全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)决赛初三组试题

1、全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛初三组试题（时间： 120 分钟总分： 150 分）听力部分 （共四大题，计30 分）I 听辨单词 （Words ）（共 5 小题，计 5 分）在下列各组单词中选出所听句子里含有的那个选项。每句只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）1 Adifficult B digital C different D dangerous2 Asecret Bscenery Csociety D science3 Aproduce Bprevent C practise Dprotect4 Aflying B flowing C following Dfalling5 Awea

2、ther B whenever C wherever D whetherII 句子理解 （ Sentences ）（共 5 小题，计 5 分）从下列各组句子中选出与你所听到的句子所表达的意思相同或相近的选项。每句只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）6 AExcuse me Could you tell me what China Hotel is，please？B How do you know where China Hotel is， sir ？CWould you tell me how I can get to China Hotel， please？D Excuse me Can I ge

3、t to China Hotel，sir ？7 AYou can leave here after you finish your workB Leave your work aloneCBefore you leave，come here D Finish your work first，then take a break8 ATony hurried to catch the train to see the football game yesterdayB Tony was thinking about yesterday's gameCTony was very sorry a

4、bout losing the game yesterdayD Tony said sorry to his classmates about yesterday's game9 AHow do you say the word in Japanese？B Why do you show this to me？CWhat does it seem to be？D What does the word“ showing” mean？10 A Turn off the lights，though the room is darkB Please keep the lights on whe

5、n you leave the roomCTurn on the lights when you enter the roomD Don't forget to turn off the lights when you leave the roomIII 对话理解 （Dialogues ）（共 10 小题，计 10 分）A ）你将分别听到五段小对话，针对每段对话将提出一个问题，从下面每组图片中选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。对话及问题只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）11 A.B.C.D.12 A.B.C.D.13 A.B.C.D.14 A.B.C.D.15 A.B.C.D.B ）你将听到一

6、段对话和对话后的 5 个问题， 请根据对话和问题选择各题的最佳答案。对话和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）16A It's singing while listening to the musicB It's dancing along to the musicCIt's playing musicD It's singing by yourself17A A mobile phoneB A microphone C Microsoft D A motorbike 18A In Beijing BIn New YorkC In Hong KongD In To

7、kyo 19A Western pop songsB Traditional Japanese songsCFrank and Phil D Madonna's songs20A Because it's very easy and cheapB Because it may make them become popularCBecause it's a way of showing friendshipD Because it's a chance to make a fool of themselvesIV 短文理解 （ Passages）（共 10 小题，

8、计 10 分）A ）你将听到一篇短文及短文后的4 个问题，请根据短文内容及问题选择各题的最佳答案。短文和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）21 A Because her parents wanted to go on holiday aloneB Because she had some studying to doCBecause she had to go to schoolD Because she had to take care of the house22A One month B Half a monthCFour days D One week23A She would do

9、 lots of homework BShe would go walkingCShe would do the cleaningD She would take part in sports in thepark 24 A When she was phoningB When she was swimmingCWhen she was cooking and cleaningD When she was seeing film s and m eeting her friendsB ）你将听到一篇短文及短文后的 6 个问题， 请根据短文内容及问题选择各题的最佳答案。短文和问题将读两遍。（答案

10、涂在答题纸上）25A East London B North MacaoCSouth ParisD West Toronto26 A 40 B65 C 60 D 50 27A Flowers B Jackets CToys for childrenD Vegetables and fruit28A Columbia Road B Brick Lane C Petticoat Lane DWhitechapel29A On SundayB On FridayC On Saturday D On Monday 30A It's next to the Columbia RoadB It&#

11、39;s right by the post officeCIt's opposite a hospitalD It's in the underground station笔试部分 （共八大题，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，找出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）1 Although the girl is only eight years old， she can do the cooking herself The word“ her

12、self ” in the sentence meansA by her B without help C lonely D along2 After making such a fool of myself，I'll never be able to show my face in thereagain TheChinese for“ show my face ”in this sentence isA 做秀B丢脸C尊严D 露面3 Li Xiuming wasto stay at hometwo weeks because he hadvisited asuspected （疑似）

13、SARS patient in MayA told ； at least Bsaying ； less C speaking； mostly D talked；almost4 Amy ，you may go skating after your homeworkA has finished B will finish C is finished D was finished5 It took the scientists seven days toTakla Makan“the sea ofdeath ”A climb； calling B through ；called Cacross； n

14、aming D cross ；named6 There is only one ticket for both of usyouI can go into thecinemaA Both；and B Not only；but alsoC Either；or D Neither ； nor7 David told meimportant information heon the InternetA what an ；searched B what ；gotChow ； typed D how an；downloaded8 The wind is blowing， therain is on th

15、e wayA hard ；heavy B big ； large C great ； most Dstrong ； heavily9 If yourobbed ，whomyou askhelp ？A will be ；will ； for B will be ； do ；to C are ； will ； for D are ；do ；to10All beepers and mobile phones mustduring the meetingwe canhear the report clearlyA keep away；ever since B not open；untilCbe kep

16、t closed；if D be turned off； so that11 Are you going to dive now？ No ， I'd preferbecause we don't know the depth of the waterA not to Bto go C like to D going12SARS teaches people to be thankful， not only for their own lives，but alsoforA another's B others'Cthe other D some other13Yo

17、u are watching television when someone asks you：Would you mind turning downthe sound，please？As you do so， you say ：A Of course I do BYes ， I wouldCNo ，of course not DNo ， I don't turn it down14As you're leaving a shop the assistant says，“ Have a nice day！”You say：A Thank you Same to you Bye

18、B Congratulations to youCNo ，thanks I've made other plans D Take your time，see you15The sign “THIS SIDE UP”is often seenA in a lift B at a theatre C on a box D in the streetB ）下面 5 道小题可以组成一篇小短文（首句已给出），请根据上下文和所给选项选出各题的最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）Come with me，and I will help you find some of nature's secre

19、tsLet's go quickly throughthe woods and fields16 Here we shall finda rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is dangerA what B how C why D which17 We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search forfood and get readyfor their long winterA work B trip Choliday D sleep18 We shall

20、 watch bees dancing in the airwhere theycan find foodthe other beesA to let；know Bmake；see C let； to see D to make； to knowthat I can teach19 I will show you many other interesting things you is to keep your eyes open when you go out，but thethingA delicious Bwell Cmost D best20 Natureher secrets onl

21、y to people who look and listen carefullyA asks B follows Ctells D findsII 阅读理解 （ Reading comprehension）（共30 小题，计30 分）阅读下列短文或图表，按要求完成文后各题。 （21 30 小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳选项，请将答案涂在答题纸上； 31 50 小题为非选择题，请将答案写在答题纸上。）（A ）The most important day Helen Keller remembered in all her life was the one on whichher teacher

22、 ， Anne Sullivan ，came to her It was three months before she was seven years old On the afternoon of that day，Helen knew that something was happening She wentoutside and waited at the door of the houseShe could feel the sun on her face and she couldtouch the leaves of the plantsThen she felt someone

23、 walking towards herShe thought itwas her mother and she went to her and held her close This was the teacher who had cometo teach all things to her and， above all， to love herThe next morning，the teacher took her into her room and gave her a dollWhen Helenwas playing with it，Miss Sullivan slowly spe

24、lled the word“d o l l”onto her hand Helenlearnt a lot of words like thisAfter the teacher had been with her for several weeks， Helenunderstood that everything had a nameOne day Helen didn't understand the difference between“ mug ”and “ water ” Shebecame angry and threw the doll on the floorIn he

25、r quiet，dark world she didn't feel sorryfor doing itThen her teacher took her out into the warm sunshine They walked down to thewell where someone was drawing waterHer teacher put her hand under the water andspelled the word“ w a t e r ” at the same time in her other handSuddenly， Helen feltan u

26、nderstanding She knew then that“ w a t e r ” was the wonderful cool somethingflowing over her handThat living word awakened her spirit，gave it light， hope ，fun and setit free！21 How was the girl different from other children？A She didn't know how to play gamesB She was angry all the timeCShe cou

27、ldn't speakD She was deaf and blind22 Helen Keller's age waswhen she met MissSullivanA five B under six C above six D seven23 Why was her teacher so important to her？A Because her teacher loved her and taught herB Because her parents were both deadCBecause she wanted to go to universityD Bec

28、ause there was nobody to play with her24 Helen learnt new words whenA she went to the wellB Miss Sullivan spelled them on her handCthe teacher gave her a dollD she knew the difference between two words25 What can the reader learn from the passage？A How to spell different words and understand their m

29、eaningsB The way to feel sorry for doing something wrongCThe idea of how to describe things and make them feel realD When someone is drawing water， we should go to feel it（B ）People think being an artist must be a wonderful way to make one's living And ofcourse ， there are lots of great things a

30、bout working for oneself，at home，alone What I reallylike is that nobody tells me what time to start in the morning， or what to wear， or whetherI can take the afternoon off and go to a football matchBut then，I have no one to talk with，no one to discuss last night's match with during thelunch-hour

31、Sure ， I can spend the afternoon doing something I enjoy like swimming，orwalking the dog，or even sleeping，if I chooseBut the work will still be there when I get backhome And it's still got to be finished in timeWorking at home means that people can always find me，once I've answered thedoorbe

32、ll， it's too late my thoughts have been stoppedNo one would dream of calling in ifI worked in an office， but I find myself making cups of coffee and listening to friends'troublesAs they talk，my ideas disappear26 The writer is writing the passage toA encourage readers to work at home Bexplain

33、 why he has changed his jobCdescribe his working life Dsay how he would like to work27 The reader can learnfrom the passageA how to start working for oneselfB what it's like to work at homeCwhy the writer worked for himselfD how artists do well28 What does the writer like about his life？A He has

34、 a lot of time for sportB He is his own managerCHe can see people when he wants toD He has a comfortable place to work at29 When do the writer's ideas disappear？A When he answers the letterB When he goes to the swimmingpool CWhen his friends are drinking coffeeD When his friends talk30 Which of

35、these notices would be most useful for the writer to put on his door？（C ）Seven Modern Wonders of the WorldThe Panama Canal，begun in the 1880s，wasn't finished until 1914It joins the Atlanticand Pacific oceans Engineers describe the canal as a victory of humans over geographyFor 40 years after it

36、was completed in 1931 City ，was the tallest building in the world， the Empire State Building， in New York Amazingly ，this 102-story building was completedin just 410 daysThe Netherlands North Sea Protection Worksis another victory overgeography The Netherlands，which is below sea level，was often floo

37、ded by the North Seaand by rivers Then ，between 1927 and 1932，a dam was built to shut out the seaTwentyyears later， dams and canals were built to control the riversThe Golden Gate Bridge，completed in 1937，was alsovery hard work for workers： SanFrancisco Bay has very strong winds and rough waves The

38、Golden Gate is still the world'stallest bridge It has enough steel to go around the world three timesAt 1 ， 815 feet，theCN Tower，in Toronto， Canada ，is one of the world's tallestfree-standing buildingsCompleted in 1976，the tower is used for TV and radio broadcastingThe ItaipúDam， comple

39、ted in 1984，goes across the Parana River at the BrazilParaguay border It is the world's largest hydroelectric plantCompleted in 1994，the Channel Tunneljoins France and EnglandThe “ Chunnel” isa great convenience：Cars ， buses ，and trucks are all carried through the tunnel by trainFill in the blan

40、ks with one or two words according to the information above31 Thejoins two bodies of water32The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for33The CN Tower ishighIt's higher than Empire State Building34The dam in Netherlands was built from 1927 to35It was difficult to complete

41、the Golden Gate Bridge because there wereandrough waves 36The Itaip úDam crosses the borders ofand Paraguay 37If you go to England from France，you can take your car or truck through the ChannelTunnel（ D ）Use the newspaper TV guide to fill in the blanks38You may watch Channelto find out the weat

42、her report39What sport do the New York Wolves play？40The Cooking Show startson Channel 6on Monday night41The name of Monday night's show is：The Life and Times of John FKennedy42How long does the film Star Battle last on Monday night？43If you want to learn more about lions， which channel may you

43、turn to？（ E）Many North Americans love sport This does not necessarily meanthat they get any exerciseWhat they do is watch national teams ontelevision They watch baseball，football， basketball，hockey，golf andtennis which means that for most of the weekends they sit in front ofthe televisionIf they are

44、 friendly， their friends watch with themBaseball is the great American sport and every team has fans Nearly every big city hasa team，and as each team plays 162 games a year， following baseball can take up a lot oftime The playing season begins in spring and finishes in the fall World Series，when the

45、 twoleading teams play each other The first to win four games wins the Series Although calledthe World Series，Canada is the only other country to take part in itFootball，played in fall and winter，is also very popularIt is not at all like the game calledsoccer There isn't much kicking in American

46、 football，which has more to do with running withthe ball and knocking people down Each team only plays 16games during the season， andthese take place on Sundays and Monday eveningsHalf the country watches the final gameon a Sunday， in JanuaryWhen there are no good games on television，Americans watch

47、 college sportsManycolleges feel that if they want their former students to give money to their old schools， theyneed a winning football team To our surprise， this seems to be trueAnswer the following questions according to the passage44 When do Americans and their friends sit to watch games on TV？4

48、5 Which two sports are the most popular in the USA？46 How many countries are there in the World Series？47 When is the baseball season in America？48 When is the final football game held in the USA？49 Why are college teams important for colleges in America？50 What does the word“former” mean in Chinese？III 完形填空 （Cloz