2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛试题

2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛 年全国中学生英语能力竞赛 NEPCS 决赛 决赛 高三年级组试题高三年级组试题 总分 150分 答题时间 120分钟 听力部分 共三大题 计30分 略 笔试部分笔试部分 共七答题 计 共七答题 计120分 分 Knowledge and Usage 知识与用法知识与用法 共共15小题 每小题小题 每小题1分 计分 计15分分 Please complete the following sentences by using the Chinese hints given in the brackets 请根据括弧中所 给的汉语提示完成下列句子 答案写在答题纸上 31 We were taught at school that all living things 依赖 the sun for their growth 32 The premier wants to see more 机会 for young people to find good jobs in the near future 33 Anne emphasizes that she has 编造 虚构 the names and characters that exist in real life for her novel 34 The boy looked at his father 充满希望地 because he thought his father had brought him a present 35 The number of visitors per day is strictly 限制 to avoid damage being done to the garden Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices marked A B C and D in the boxes 请从方框中所给的A B C D四个选项中选出最佳选项完成下面的短文 答案涂在答题纸上 The world s biggest and oldest rock stars are still in love with performing in front of audiences This irresistible urge to give concerts means they are constantly 36 their retirement until a later date 37 the question remains Is rock music an art form that can really be performed by middle aged people Most of these rockers do have to keep fit Mick Jagger 38 remains astonishingly athletic in live performances take a personal trainer on tour And with an act that 39 enough dancing to stage to tire out a 20 year old Tina Turner proves that age has had 40 effect on her ability to put on a good show Yet she s never seen the inside of a gym She seems to have a kind of natural energy which means she doesn t worry about dieting or exercising Paul McCartney 41 his vegetarianism for enabling him to keep fit enough to play rock n roll McCartney also believes that he and famous rock bands 42 the Stones and the Who still perform because they can What these bands have 43 is that they perfected the craft of performing in clubs before they became famous something only a tiny minority of bands do now For the Rolling Stones it s also a matter of pride a way of answering 44 who say they re too old Nothing gives them pleasure than the knowledge that theirs have been the highest money earning tours of all time 36 giving up putting off keeping on cutting down 37 Despite In spite of However Instead of 38 which who when where 39 consists composes implies involves 40 slight few small little 41 admits permits thanks reasons 42 like as how such 43 in that in all in common on the whole 44 those anyone one they 45 further smaller better greater Cloze 完形填空完形填空 共 共15小题 每小题小题 每小题1分 计分 计15分 分 Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the 5 words or phrases out of the 7 given in the box according to the context 请阅读下面的短文 并根据其内容提示 从方框中所给 的7个词语中选出5个 并用其适当形式填空 carry on encourage deal with difficult leave look around finish Can you remember your first day at school It was probably rather confusing The 46 is that a lot of people give their children the wrong idea about going to school If children are threatened with the idea of school they can t understand why they have to go to school On his first day of school a child has to watch his mother 47 Often he thinks that she is deserting him The teacher must convince him that at the end of the day his mother and his home will still be there The children are not the only people who are disturbed by going to school The teacher sometimes has just as much trouble in 48 the mothers They re as upset as their children They hang around wondering how their children are managing The best way to improve the situation is to get the child used to the idea of school Before school starts the mother should take her child to meet the teacher and to 49 the school The first day should be something to look forward to and not to fear It s also important to emphasize the regularity of school and although the first day is difficult the mother must remember that her child must be 50 for several weeks at least Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word on one of the following three ways based on the context using the proper form of the given words based on the given letters of the words 请阅 读下面的短文 用以下三种形式中的一种填空 根据上下文填空 用所给单词的适当形式填空 根据 单词所给的字母填空 没空一词 There s no doubt that money in the form that we know it today is what keeps modern economic life 51 work Yet throughout history money in whatever form has provided people with the ability to buy and sell goods Thousands of 52 y aog people made use of the barter 物物交换 system as a way of exchanging goods Within this system a person had to exchange one thing for another This meant that the two parties involved had to 53 re an agreement as to what they thought their products were worth Items such 54 wheat tobacco and livestock 牲畜 have all been used as money at one time or another It was not until much later that human came up 55 w the idea of money in the form of metal coins So why did the barter system 56 to a stop The answer is simple Coins were 57 m easier to handle and carry around Since then the use of coins has become 58 pop It has made commerce 贸易 simpler and has given countries an opportunity for 59 develop by doing business with other countries far away Right now paper money has become more common all over the world as it s easier to use However it won t be long before plastic cards take over 60 complete replacing coins and paper money Reading comprehension 阅读理解阅读理解 共共20小题小题 61 65小题每小题小题每小题1分分 66 80小题每小题小题每小题2 分分 计计35分分 Read the following passages Each passage is followed by several questions Please respond to the questions according to the requirements given at the end of each passage 阅读下面的短文 每篇短文后设有若干问 题 请根据短文后的要求回答问题 61 63小题涂在答题纸上 64 80小题答案写在答题纸上 A Here s some exciting news The Daily Times together with the Further Education Organization FEO and the Photographers Circle announces a competition for young photographers The subject of the competition is Modern Students We want your pictures to tell us what it s like to be a student today Perhaps you think students have a very comfortable life Or you may believe they have a much harder time at college than at high school Whatever your feelings are the judges are looking for interesting and original photographs The first prize winner will get three days of work experience with The Daily Times in London a book worth up to 50 from the Photograph s Circle and 200 to spend in photographic equipment The Daily Times will print the winning photographs in the newspaper and the Photographer s Circle will include them in an exhibition at their London gallery The next 12 best winners will be awarded 100 each to spend on photographic equipment The winning pictures will be included in the FEO calendar Here are the rules The competition is open to students at secondary schools and at further education art and technical colleges in England and Wales Students must be 14 or over Three copies of each photograph should be submitted and it s no bigger than 25 20 cm Up to five photographs may be sent in by one person The final date for entries is October 1 this year Winners will be announced in The Daily Times on October 17 A parent or guardian must stay with any winner who is under age 18 while in London All tickets and accommodation costs will be paid by FEO Photographers must agree to have their pictures in FEO publications and in The Daily Times without payment The photographer s name will be printed with any picture used in this way Send your photographs to Photography competition PO Box 314 London E17 6LJ Questions 61 63 Choose the best answer from A B C and D according to the passage 61 winners will be produced in the competition A 10B 12 C 13 D 14 62 The contestants can get the result of competition from A the Further Education Organization B The Daily Times C Modern Students D the Photographers Circle 63 The purpose of this announcement is to A make more and more people interested in photography B show famous pictures to secondary school students C help poor students who want to learn photography D attract more students to participate in the competition Question 64 65 Decide whether the following statements are true T or false F according to the passage 64 The FEO will pay for a parent to accompany winners who are too young to travel alone 65 The first prize doesn t include an opportunity to work in The Daily Times B The Dragon Boat Festival 66 The festival is held to honor Qu Yuan a politician and poet who in the year 278 B C is said to have committed suicide 自杀 by jumping into a river It s said that the local people threw Zongzi into the water to save Qu Yuan s soul from the evil spirits in the river 67 Spectators eat Zongzi and crews row large dragon shaped boats The Rio Carnival 狂欢节 in Brazil Hundreds of thousands of visitors come every year for the celebrations before the start of Lent 大斋期 The carnival takes place in the Sambadrome a huge new stadium There samba schools compete with each other for the best costumes and dancing 68 In the past the carnival procession was held in the streets of Rio where beautifully clothed people threw streamers 彩带 and confetti 五彩纸屑 and danced for four days Nowadays the world s biggest street party has become a pleasure only for those who can afford the entrance fee Oktoberfest Foreign beer lovers might think that the Germans are unimaginative when it comes to beer because good as it is it all seems to taste very similar There are however many regional and seasonal differences particularly in Bavaria and Munich s many breweries 啤酒厂 makes a special beer 69 The Fallas Festival The most spectacular of Spain s thousands of festival must be Valencia s Falla Fiesta a two day event celebrating the end of winter 70 Then there are contests for the best paella a traditional rice dish In the months before the Fiesta craftsmen create around 370 fallas which are detailed caricatures 漫画像 of local people At midnight when the fallas are burnt the burst of flames and fireworks symbolically forces out winter Nowadays boat races are held every year to remind people of the search for the body of the dead poet Afterwards the figures are thrown into a river to show that not even the most beautiful things last forever Long before the festival begins monks make their preparations by mixing dyes into huge quantities of iced butter In China towards the end of June people celebrate a holiday known as the Dragon Boat Festival Because of this an astonishing variety of different types and strengths of beer are available at this festival The Fallas Fiesta party starts at noon on St Joseph s Day March 19 with a deafening explosion of fireworks They spend a lot of time and money on carnival preparations making fantastic costumes masks and decorations and teaching the samba C Aunt Sue s Stories Langston Hughes Aunt Sue has a head full of stories Aunt Sue has a whole heart full of stories Summer night on the front porch Aunt Sue cuddles 怀抱 a brown faced child to her bosom 胸部 And tells him stories Black slaves Working in the hot sun And black slaves Walking in the dewy 有露水的 night And black slaves Singing sorrow songs on the bank of mighty river Mingle themselves softly In the flow of Old Aunt Sue s voice Mingle themselves softly In the dark shadows that cross and recross Aunt Sue s stories And the dark faced child listening Knows that Aunt Sue s stories are real stories He knows that Aunt Sue never got her stories Out of any book at all But that they came Right out of her own life The dark faced child is quiet Of a summer night Listening to Aunt Sue s stories Questions 71 75 Answer the following questions according to the passage 71 When did Aunt Sue tell stories to the child 72 What s the color of the child s face 73 What did the stories tell about 74 Where did Aunt Sue s stories come from 75 What was Aunt Sue according to the poem D Try rubbing the tip of your finger backwards and forwards very quickly on your coat or a blanket It should become hot In cold weather we sometimes rub our hands together to make them warm The rubbing of two together which causes heat is called friction 摩擦力 In the same way people who lived in caves rubbed a piece of wood shaped like a pencil on another piece of wood with dried leaves or grass packed nearby The heat set the leaves or grass alight 燃烧着的 This was a difficult way of making fire Better ways were found by using flint 火石 but it was not until 1827 that the first matches were made in England Chemists made up a mixture and put it on an end of a stick or match The mixture contained a small amount of phosphorous 磷 a chemical that burst into flame when heated slightly The other chemicals then caught fire and burned less fiercely until the wood was alight By rubbing the end of the match as it was called on sandpaper the friction easily set the phosphorous alight There first matches could also be struck on other rough surfaces including the leather sole of a shoe At the time everyone thought this was a wonderful invention Unfortunately accidents happened A whole box of matches would suddenly catch fire if it was heated Imagine this happening to someone warming themselves by a fire with a box of matches in his or her pocket Even loose matches in a handbag or pocket could rub together and catch fire What was needed was a match that would only light if struck on a special surface In 1852 the safety match was invented in Sweden No phosphorous was used in the matchehead it was put on the outside of the matchbox instead This made it impossible for the match to light unless it was rubbed along the box on the special surface which contained sandpaper mixed with a little phosphorous The passage tells us the story of how the match came into being Before it was used people tried to rub two things together to 76 but it was not very easy until flint was found In 1827 the first matches were made in 77 A small amount of phosphorous was put on an end of a match By rubbing the end of the match on 78 the phosphorous can be set alight However some unexpected things happened Matches would suddenly catch fire if they were 79 To solve this problem a little phosphorous was put 80 of the matchbox Nowadays if you want to light the match you have to rub along the box on the special surface which contains phosphorous Translation 翻译翻译 共共5小题 每小题小题 每小题2分 计分 计10分分 Please translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese 请将短文中的划线句子翻 译成汉语 答案写在答题纸上 81 There are more than 100 different types of cancers and many people have the same question What causes cancer In some cases the answer is clear The choices people make can cause cancer For example smoking or using tobacco products can cause cancer in the lungs mouth throat and kidneys Not everyone who uses tobacco products will get cancer but the chance of getting certain types of cancer increases with tobacco use The persistent misuse or overuse of alcohol had been shown to cause cancer of the mouth and throat as well Sometimes cancer can be caused by radiation Radiation is found in sunlight and x rays in addition to other places 82 This doesn t mean you should stop getting x rays or stay indoors but limiting your exposure to radiation can lessen the chances of developing cancer Listen to the advice of your doctor or dentist when it comes to x rays The x rays you get at the doctor s or dentist s office are not typically enough to cause cancer And sometimes the reason why someone gets cancer is simply an unfortunate mystery Some cells in the body may start to multiply and change 83 Doctors and researchers can see it happening but they cannot provide a description for why it started Please translate the following sentences into English by using the hints given in the brackets 请根据提示 将下列句子译成英语 答案写在答题纸上 84 当一个人有足够的钱的时候 他就可能考虑一些他想买的东西 be likely to 85 每年有数以万计的人因交通事故丧生 因此举行这次图片展览为的是提醒人们遵守交通规则 被动 语态 Error Correction 短文改错短文改错 共共10处错误 每处错误处错误 每处错误1分 计分 计10分分 There are altogether 10 errors in the following passage The errors are about missing words unnecessary words and wrong words Please correct them according to the following requirements for a missing word mark the position of the missing word with the sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the line on the answer sheet for an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with the sign and put the word with the sign in the line on the answer sheet for a wrong word underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the line on the answer sheet Notes 1 There is only one word for each error 2 You only need to correct 10 errors and there will be no points for the eleventh you make 下文中共有10处错误 错误涉及缺词 多词与错词三个方面 请根据以下要求修改文中出现的错误 缺词 在缺词处加一个漏字符号 在答题线上写出该词 多词 把多余的词用斜线 划掉 在答题线上写出该词 并也用斜线 划掉 错词 在错词下划一横线 并在答题线上写出改正后的词 注意 1 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 2 只需要修改10处 多者 从第11处起 不计分 答案写在答题纸上 例如 One of my favorite writers are Charlotte Bronte She was born in the early nineteenth century when women had far fewer opportunities they have now She lived in a small village in Yorkshire and she took great pleasure in walking on the moors where near her home is than where One of my happiest childhood memories were having dinner with my parents and two sisters As a result last year I decided that the entire family would have dinner together three days a week because we find that we seldom had a chance to get together as a family We thought it would be possible for everyone set aside three evenings a week for a sit down dinner First we tried setting three fixed day for our experiment Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays After a couple of weeks of try this plan almost everyone was unhappy For a while the kids began to resist the idea They say they would rather to spend the time with their friends or take part in some activities Gradual though they began to see these evenings together for a very