2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)高二组样题及参考答案.doc

2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）高二组样题及参考答案（时间：120分钟 总分：150分） 听力部分 （共四大题，计30分）（略） 笔试部分（共七大题，计120分） I. 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure）(共20小题，计20分) A) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1. Excuse me for breaking in, _ I have some news for you. A. but B. so C. yet D. and 2. _ the wheelchair, the old man thought of his son who bought it for him. A. Sat B. Sitting C. Sitting in D. When sitting 3. China Daily is _ a newspaper. It helps us improve our English. A. not more than B. no more than C. more than D. only 4. Do you have a(an) _ for pop music or folk music? A. preference B. ability C. choice D. interest 5. Both horses have shown _ over the last season. A. a good knowledge B. a good form C. good shape D. good form 6. I cant change the situation so Im going to have to learn to _ with it. A. do B. live C. accept D. change 7. Would you like to go swimming with us this afternoon? _. I cant swim. A. All right B. It would be too much trouble C. Id be glad to D. No, thank you 8. I have good eyesight. I can see _ the distant island in the sea. A. as far as B. so long as C. as long as D. so far 9. I have to meet Mr Green tomorrow at noon. _? Mr Green. Dont you know him? A. Meet who B. What for C. Do you know when D. How do you know 10. It is _ but not _ that Auntie will come over to see us. A. likely; possible B. probably; likely C. probably; possible D. possible; propable 11. This is our school, _ is _ the factory by a river. A. it; made up B. which; separated from C. as; divided into D. that; consisted of 12. _ Mr Cox couldnt understand was _ fewer and fewer students showed interest in his lesson. A. What; why B. That; what C. Why; that D. What; because 13. _, so we have taken Jim to hospital. Which of the following cant be used? A. Something has wrong with Jim B. There is something wrong with Jim C. Something is the matter with Jim D. Something is wrong with Jim 14. If you go there tomorrow, _. A. so I do B. so do I C. so will I D. so I will 15. Good morning. Can I help you? _. How do you want to send them? _. A. I think I should send them by airmail; Id like to buy three ten-yuan stamps B. I want to send these letters to the United States; I guess I should send it by airmail C. Ill fly back to the United States; You may send email to me D. Stamps, please; Ill write home B) 下列5题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文，请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 16. When Vincent van Gogh came to London in 1873 at the _ of twenty, he was not yet an artist, but a well-paid sales assistant with Goupil & Co, an inter- national firm of art dealers. A. year B. time C. period D. age 17. Several of his uncles were dealers, so it was an obvious _ of employment for Vincent and his younger brother, Theo. A. choice B. way C. method D. style 18. Vincent did not become an artist until 1880 when he was back in Holland, but his three years in London was very important in his _ as an artist. A. promotion B. development C. action D. job 19. During this time he was rejected in love, and he _ the loneliness that first turned him to religion. Vincents loneliness was one symptom of his difficult personality. A. settled B. reduced C. experienced D. suffered 20. It was his difficult personality that made him lose his job too: he was sacked from Goupil & Co because of the unfriendly way he treated the clients. But behind his subsequent attempts to be a schoolmaster, a bookshop assistant and a theology student, _ the tragic story of a man with a mission to serve others. A. lies B. says C. talks D. means II. 阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共30小题，计30分） A) 阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。 AAlmost every family in America or England buys at least one copy of a newspaper each day. Some people buy as many as two or three different papers. Why do people read newspapers? Newspapers supply us with news about events in our home towns, in our country, and in other parts of the world. Today we can read about important things that took place in foreign countries on the same day they happened, even in countries far away. But hundreds of years ago news of things took months or even years to travel from one country to another. In those times, news was often passed from one person to another and never entirely true. Newspapers today supply us with more than just what happened in our country or in other countries. If we want to know what the weather will be like, we can read the weather reports. If we want to find out what films are being shown, or what plays or concerts we can go to, we can look in the newspapers. 21. This article tells us _. A. most people read newspapers B. all people read newspapers C. every person in America or England reads newspapers D. all families read newspapers 22. Newspapers supply us with _. A. only home news B. only world news C. home news and world news D. important things 23. Today we can read in our newspapers about important events _. A. that took place hundreds of years ago B. that took place in faraway countries soon after they happened C. that will take place in foreign countries D. that will take place in the world 24. Things such as _ can be found in newspapers. A. weather reports and film or concert guides B. requirements for a job or a house C. information about a lost person D. all of the above 25. Which is NOT true according to the passage? A. The habit of reading newspapers is found among most people. B. Newspapers can not only supply us with news from all over the world but also give us a lot of useful information. C. Hundreds of years ago news was not wholly true because it was told in spoken words. D. If you have no place to live in, you can put notice in a newspaper and then you will certainly get a room to live in. BThe porter brings your bags to your room and helpfully explains all you want to know. Then he points to the phone and says：“If theres anything else you need, just call.” All this time you have been thinking one thing：“How much should I tip（付小费） him?” To make your next trip a little easier, heres a guide to tipping across some Asian countries. Bangkok In general, the more Westernized the place is, the more likely you will be expected to leave a tip. Some top-end restaurants will add a 10% service charge to the bill. If not, waiters will appreciate you tacking on（附加） the 10% yourself. However, if youre eating at a lower-end （低档的） restaurant a tip is not necessary. If youre staying at one of Bangkoks many five-star hotels, expect to tip the porter 20 to 50 baht, depending on how many bags you have. Taxis are now metered（打表） in Bangkok. Local custom is to round the fare（车费） up to the nearest five baht. Hong KongTipping is customary in this money-mad metropolis（大都市）. Most restaurants add a 10% service charge to the bill, but the extra money often ends up in the pocket of the owner. If the service is good, add another 10% to the bill, up to HK $100 in an especially nice restaurant. For HK $10 hotel porters should do it at all but the nicest hotels where a new HK $20 bill may be more acceptable. When in a taxi, round up（凑整数） to the nearest dollar. Kuala Lumpur Tipping in Malaysia is limited to the expensive Westernized hotels, which often add a 10% service charge to your meal or hotel room. If you are at a hotel restaurant, expect a 10% service charge. But at local restaurants, theres no need to add a tip. At five-star hotels, one or two ringgit will content a porter. At lower-end buildings dont feel you have to tip. Like Bangkok, many taxis are now metered so you can just round up to the nearest ringgit. Seoul Tipping is not part of Korean culture, although it has become a matter of course in international hotels where a 10% service charge is often added. If youre at a Korean barbecue joint（烧烤处）, theres no need to add anything extra. But a nice Italian restaurant may require a 10% contribution. If youre at a top-end hotel, so expect to pay 5001000 won per bag. Taxi drivers dont accept a tip. Keep the change for yourself. 26. In which of the following cities is it unnecessary to tip the taxi-drivers? A. Bangkok. B. Hong Kong. C. Kuala Lumpur. D. Seoul. 27. Which of the following is not the unit of money? A. Charge. B. Baht. C. Won. D. Ringgit. 28. From the text, we can infer tipping comes from _ . A. Hong Kong B. the west C. Asian countries D. Bangkok 29. If you stay at a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, how much will you pay the porter at least? A. 10% of service charge. B. One ringgit. C. Half a ringgit. D. Two ringgit. 30. The writer seems _. A. to tell the readers how to travel B. to give the readers some advice on how to tip C. to ask the readers to go on a travel to Asian cities D. to make the trip more pleasant B）阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完成句子。 CThe US, Canada, and Mexico announced a comprehensive plan for free trade across North America on August 12, 1992. It was portrayed as an opportunity for greater economic growth for all 3 nations. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was greeted enthusiastically by business groups generally, but US labor unions, long opposed to opening the southern border, contended that the accord would send jobs to Mexico, where labor costs were lower and environmental regulations more lax than in the US. The 3 countries attempted to satisfy some of the opposition to NAFTA by concluding side agreements, announced a year later. The agreement brings together 36 million consumers in a 6.6 trillion dollars market. It effectively creates the worlds largest and richest trading bloc. 31. What was the date when the plan for free trade across North America was announced? 32. Which area does NAFTA address? 33. According to the report, what was the opposing argument to NAFTA? 34. _ opposed NAFTA. 35. What was the argument in favor of NAFTA? 36. The result of NAFTA is that _ . DFor five years from December 1903 to September 1908, two young bicycle mechanics from the state of Ohio in America repeatedly claimed that they had built a heavier-than-air machine which they had flown successfully. Despite demonstrations and photographs of themselves flying, the claims of Wilbur and Orville Wright were laughed at and dismissed as a practical joke by the magazine Scientific American, the newspaper the New York Herald, the US Army and most American scientists. Experts rejected the Wright brothers claim without troubling to examine the evidence as they were so convinced, on purely scientific grounds, that flight in powered machines which were heavier than air was impossible. It was not until President Theodore Roosevelt ordered public trials at Fort Myers in 1908 that the Wrights were able to prove their claim conclusively and the Army and the scientific press were forced to accept that their flying machine was a reality. It is perhaps not too surprising that a couple of young bicycle mechanics in a remote town on the prairies should be ignored by the intellectuals of the more sophisticated east coast of America at a time when the horse was still the principal means of transport. What is more surprising is that the local newspapers in their home town of Dayton, Ohio, should have ignored the Wrights. In 1904, a local banker, Torrence Huffman, allowed the brothers to use a large piece of farm land owned by him outside the town for their flying experiments. The land was bordered by two main roads and the local railway line so that, as the months went by, hundreds of people actually saw the Wrights flying. Many of the amazed passengers wrote to the local newspapers to ask who were the young men who were regularly flying near the railway line and why had nothing appeared about them in the papers. Eventually the enquiries became so frequent that the papers complained that they were becoming a nuisance, but still their editors showed no interest in the story, sending neither a reporter nor a photographer. In 1940, Dan Kumler, the city editor of the Dayton Daily News at the time of the flights gave an interview about his refusal to publish anything thirty-five years earlier and spoke frankly about his reasons. Kumler recalled,I guess we just didnt believe it. Of course, you must remember that the Wrights at that time kept things very secret. The interviewer responded in amazement,You mean they kept things secret by flying over an open field? Kumler considered the question, grinned and said,I guess the truth is we were just plain stupid. 37. What do we learn about the Wright brothers in the first paragraph? 38. How did Theodore Roosevelt become involved with the Wright brothers? 39. Why are horses mentioned in the third paragraph? 40. The writer surprisingly finds that _. 41. Torrence Huffman helped the Wright brothers by_. 42. Why did people write to the newspapers? 43. Why was the interviewer surprised by the first answer given by Dan Kumler? EEvery year more and more plants and animals disappear never to be seen again. Strangely, it is the most intelligent but most thoughtless animal that is causing most of the problemsman. Nature is very carefully balanced and if this balance is disturbed, animals can disappear very fast. Every day, thousands of species of animals draw closer to extinction. There are countless number of species which may become extinct before they are even discovered. In many lakes the fish are dying. Fishermen are worried because every year there are fewer fish and some lakes have no fish at all. Scientists are beginning to get worried too. What is killing the fish? The problem is acid rain. Acid rain is a kind of air pollution. It is caused by factories that burn coal or oil or gas. These factories send smoke high into the air. The wind often carries the smoke far from the factories. Some of the harmful substances in the smoke may come down with the rain hundreds of miles away. The rain in many places isnt natural and clean any more. Its full of acid chemicals. When it falls in lakes, it changes them too. The lakes become more acidic. Acid water is like vinegar or lemon juice. It hurts when it gets in your eyes. It also kills the plants and animals that usually live in lake water. That is why the fish are dying in lakes. But dead fish may be just the beginning of the problem. Scientists are finding other effects of acid rain. In some large areas trees are dying. Not just one tree here and there, but whole forests. At first scientists couldnt understand why. There were no bugs or diseases in these trees. The weather was not dry. But now they think that the rain was the cause. Acid rain is making the earth more acidic in these areas. Some kinds of trees cannot live in the soil that is very acidic. Now scientists are also beginning to study the effects of acid rain on larger animals. For example, they believe that some deer in Poland are less healthy because of acid rain. If deer are hurt by the rain, what about people? This is the question many people are beginning to ask. No one knows the answer yet. But it is an important question for us all. 44. Every year thousands of species of animals _. 45. Acid rain is caused by _. 46. If me dont make an attempt to stop acid rain, we _. 47. Coal, oil or gas form dangerous combinations after _. 48. How far can factory smoke travel? 49. Scientists think acid rain _. 50. The word bug in this context means _. III. 完形填空(Cloze) (共20小题,计20分) A) 阅读下面的短文,掌握其大意,然后用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填空.方框内有多余的词,每个词或短语限用一次. possible, enjoy, pleasure, beat, real, usual, make, wake, dream, success, do While some dreams disappear forever, other dreams come back again and again, which for the (51) _is like going back to the same place for a vacation and (52) _ the same things. We do not only go back to (53) _ experiences but also to (54) _ ones. An example of a nice dream is when we are doing something very(55) _, like winning a prize, while a common nightmare is when we are (56) _ fools of ourselves in public or being in a situation from which it is(57) _ to escape. Perhaps, then, we should not see dreams as an escape from (58) _ , but as an extension of it. In dreams, we (59) _continue to occupy ourselves with whatever pleasure or problems we have had during the day, while we were (60) _. So, rather than freeing us from everyday life, dreams lead us back to it. B) 阅读下面短文,在空白处填上适当的单词,使短文语义完整.每空一词. Human beings may be the most intelligent animal species, but most of us are not too sure what we (61) _ when we talk about intelligence. One moment we will use the word to describe someone who(62) _ the answer to a difficult question, and the next we will say that someone is intelligent because they have (63) _ a lot of money. Intelligence is the ability to (64) _ up with new approaches to solve problems, as opposed to doing things out of habit or conditioning. Rats in a maze can learn (65) _the mistakes that they make, but this isnt really intelligence. A good example of intelligence is the way that humans use tools to make life easier for themselves. One measure of intelligence is the (66) _ of learning, or how long it (67) _ to find a solution to a problem. The ability to learn a language isnt directly related to intel