全國中學(xué)生英語能力競賽NEPCS初賽高二年級組試題

1、2005年全國中學(xué)生英語能力競賽(NEPCS)初賽高二年級組試題（總分：150分  答題時間：120分鐘）聽力部分（共三大題，計30分） . 句子理解（Sentences） (共10小題，計10分)     請聽句子，然后從A、B、C、D四個選項中選出一個及你所聽到的句子意思一致或相近的答案。每個句子只讀一遍。（答案涂在答題紙上） 1. A. Though her heart stopped three times, they finally saved her.   B. Nobody could save her bec

2、ause her heart stopped.   C. Her heart stopped three times, then she died.   D. They brought her back home, then she died.2. A. These words and expressions are too difficult for me to remember.   B. If one wants to learn English well, he or she has to read a lot. &

3、#160; C. Not only can I remember these new words and expressions but also I can use them in new situations.   D. When you meet new words and expressions in a text, you should look them up in a dictionary.3. A. The phone rang again after he left.   B. I was going to leave when the

4、 phone rang again.   C. If someone calls me, tell him or her I went to the cinema.   D. I like that kind of phone and I will buy one sooner or later.4. A. He was too busy to see his parents that night.   B. He didn't want to help his sister do her homework. 

5、60; C. Having too much homework, he couldn't go to see the film that night.   D. He didn't do his homework because he went to see the film that night.5. A. It is difficult to know how many friends the man has.   B. The man hardly has any friends, so nobody knows him. 

6、;  C. Everyone would like to be the man's friend.   D. Judging from the friends the man makes, we can know what kind of person he is.6.   7. A. I will never call him, so it is unnecessary for me to know his telephone number.   B. I forgot his telephone number,

7、so please tell me what it is.   C. Even though I had written down his telephone number, I forgot it.   D. In order not to forget his telephone number, I'll write it down.8. A. The trees died because you watered them too often.   B. More attention should be paid to t

8、hese flowers.   C. If you had given more attention to the trees, they would have grown better.   D. We should plant more trees to make our city more beautiful.9. A. As far as I can see, it's important to work hard.   B. In my opinion, it is very important to meet pe

9、ople in our modern life.   C. When we meet people we should say hello to them.   D. Try to chat with people on the Internet.10. A. We still don't know whether we can control the flood.    B. We will try our best to control the flood.    C. What c

10、aused the flood is still unknown.    D. We will have many floods in the coming years.II. 對話理解（Dialogues）（共10小題，計10分）     A） 請聽下列五組小對話，每段對話后有一個問題，然后根據(jù)你所聽到的對話內(nèi)容，選擇能回答所提問題的最佳答案。每組對話與問題均讀兩遍。（答案涂在答題紙上） 11. A. The number one train.       

11、60;  B. Wall Street.     C. Park Place.                    D. The number two train.12. A. Making a hotel booking.        B. Making an airline flight b

12、ooking.    C. Making a dinner booking.       D. Arranging a meeting.13. A. Dawson.                        B. Select Systems.  

13、0; C. Phillips Computers.            D. Computer system.14.    15. A. Running at night is dangerous.     B. The woman doesn't have time to exercise.    C. Monday is the only time for the woman to exerc

14、ise.    D. The woman works too hard.    B）請聽下面一段對話，然后根據(jù)你所聽到的對話內(nèi)容，選擇能回答所提問題的最佳答案。對話讀兩遍。（答案涂在答題紙上） 16. Where are the man and the woman?    A. At home.      B. In a hospital.     C. In a taxi.   

15、60;   D. In a shop.17. Why doesn't the woman want to go out?    A. She has a lot of housework to do.     B. She will have a party at home with her friends.    C. Her mother will visit her.         

16、; D. She is too tired.18. What does the woman like to watch?    A. Italian films.                      B. Cartoons.    C. Thrillers（恐怖電影）.    

17、60;         D. Comedies.19. Why doesn't the man want a comedy?    A. He thinks it's boring.             B. It's too expensive to rent one.    C. It's

18、 difficult to rent one.        D. He has watched too many comedies.20. What do they finally decide to do?    A. To stay at home and read books.     B. To rent a Robert de Niro.    C. To eat out together.  

19、  D. To call their friends to go to the cinema together.III. 短文理解（Passages）（共10小題，計10分）     請聽下列兩篇短文，然后根據(jù)你所聽到的短文內(nèi)容，選擇能回答所提問題的最佳答案。每篇短文讀兩遍。（答案涂在答題紙上）                       

20、;                  A21. When did the writer and Matt arrive at the Activity Centre?    A. On Friday evening.            B. On Saturday morning.  

21、  C. On Saturday afternoon.        D. On Friday morning.22. How many people were there in the writer's group?    A. Three.   B. Ten.   C. Twelve. D. Eleven.23. What did the writer and Matt do on Saturday afternoon?    A.

22、Went rock-climbing.    B. Caved.    C. Went fishing.          D. Played football.24. What does the writer try to do in this passage?    A. Advertise a bookshop.           

23、;         B. Describe some people she met.    C. Explain how to do certain indoor sports. D. Say how she spent some free time.25. Which of the following advertisements describes the Activity Centre?26. How do real sunflowers differ from sunflowe

24、r designs?    A. They are yellow.                  B. They are more varied.    C. They are less colourful.          D. They are smaller.27. How wide i

25、s a sunflower blossom (花）?    A. More than two feet.               B. Only an inch.    C. From an inch to more than a foot. D. No more than an inch.28. What do sunflowers need to grow?    A.

26、 Some clothing.                    B. Birds that love them.    C. A lot of oil.                    

27、D. Plenty of sun and some water.29. Why do you have to collect the seeds as soon as they are ready?    A. Otherwise they will rot.          B. Otherwise they will change colours.    C. Otherwise they will be blown away.D. Otherwis

28、e birds will eat them.30. What does this passage mainly talk about?    A. Sunflowers.                       B. Why birds love flowers.    C. Nature is more creative.

29、          D. How to design hats and clothing.筆試部分（共七大題，計120分）I. 選擇填空（Vocabulary and structure）(共20小題，計20分)    A） 從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。（答案涂在答題紙上）31. Do you know Mr. Smith?    Yes. He's a strange man. We found _ difficult to

30、work with him.    A. us                B. it             C. him            D. you32. They _ the distance and the co

31、mmunication problem for people visiting their city.    A. drew attention to B. used up        C. washed away    D. dreamed of33. You were driving at 100 km an hour, sir.    But officer, I _. My car can't go more than 80. 

32、   A. may not have to                     B. couldn't have been     C. wouldn't like to               

33、    D. needn't to be34. His money had not brought happiness and perhaps it had contributed_ his strange sense of values.    A. up                B. for        &#

34、160;   C. as             D. to35. _ their service, the workers of the hotel are active in learning English.    A. Searching         B. Informed       C. To impr

35、ove     D. Having caused36. Every morning at a _ time after breakfast she gave him an hour's lesson.    A. busy              B. patient        C. convenient     D. pr

36、esent37. It was not until last year _ he got in touch with his father in Canada.    A. where             B. what           C. how          &

37、#160; D. that38. I kept looking at the man wearing a pair of glasses, wondering _.    A. whether did I borrow his book       B. where I had seen him before    C. what I knew his wife           &#

38、160;    D. when had I helped him39. The item you requested yesterday is no longer available and _ we are returning your cheque.    A. therefore         B. altogether     C. otherwise       D. mor

39、eover40. When did the story happen?    It happened in _ spring of _ 1937.    A. the; the          B. a; the         C. the; 不填       D. 不填；不填41. May I speak to your manag

40、er Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight?    I'm sorry. He _ gone to a party long before then.    A. had               B. is             C. wil

41、l have       D. has42. I've got a lot of books, _ are written in foreign languages.    A. and most of which                   B. some of which     C. some o

42、f them                        D. most of these43. How are you getting on with your book?    I have finished a large part of it; the rest of it _ more difficult.  

43、60; A. is                B. are            C. was             D. were44. I have to be at the office by noon tomorrow. My co-w

44、orkers are taking me out for a final good-bye lunch.    _ Where are you going to eat?    I don't know. They want to treat me.    A. I don't know.                  

45、;     B. How nice!     C. It's my pleasure.                   D. It's none of my business.45. When you finish that report, here are all the files for the next one we need t

46、o complete, by tomorrow evening.    _ Can't you extend the deadline? I've got a headache and I've hardly slept all week.    I'll see what I can do, but take some aspirin and keep working.     A. I'm not even halfway through this first

47、one!     B. It looks like it went through just fine.    C. Oh, I'm sure I can help you do that.    D. What do you want to discuss?    B） 下列5題中的句子可以組成一篇小短文，請從所給的四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。（答案涂在答題紙上）46. Faraday made the _ electric motor in 1821.

48、 It was an invention that used electricity to produce movement.    A. obvious          B. social         C. mad            D. first47. In 1831, Faraday discovered th

49、at electricity moves through a wire _ a magnet（磁鐵） is moved near the wire.    A. where            B. so             C. when           D

50、. but48. He used this discovery to _ a machine for making electricity. Faraday also showed how electricity affects chemical ubstances.    A. debate           B. reflect        C. match     &

51、#160;    D. produce49. Faraday gave _ most of his money to the poor. When he grew old, he did not have enough money left to live on.    A. on               B. away        

52、;   C. by             D. of50. Queen Victoria rewarded him for his _ by giving him money and a house. He died in 1867.    A. discoveries      B. introductions   C. books     &

53、#160;   D. definitionsII. 閱讀理解（Reading comprehension）（共20小題，計35分）    A）選擇題：閱讀下面短文，從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出能回答所提問題或完成所給句子的最佳答案。（答案涂在答題紙上）                        

54、60;                    A    Most people think that the capital of the movie world is Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be k

55、nown as Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood”. Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as Hollywoodmore than 800 films a year.    The movies from Bollywood are very different from Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are much longer than most

56、 Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing, dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance. Because Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style of film is sometimes called a “masala” film. (“Masala” is an Indian word for a mixtur

57、e of spices. )   Another big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies is the way the movies are made. It takes much longer to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact, filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is even finished. The director and writers c

58、an make up the story while the film is being made. Sometimes they will even write the script by hand instead of taking time to type it.    Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scen

59、es for several films on the same day using the same clothes and scenery (舞臺布景）. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the

60、 cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget （預(yù)算） of only two million U.S. dollars, seems very cheap compared to the average budget of sixty million U.S. dollars for a Hollywood filmthirty times as much!51. The main topic of the passage is _.    A. famous stars

61、 in Bollywood     B. how Hollywood movies are made    C. the differences between two movie industries    D. the history of movie-making in India52. What is NOT true about Mumbai?    A. It is the movie capital of India.     B.

62、 Its new name is Bombay.    C. More movies are made there than in Hollywood.    D. The film industry there is called “Bollywood”.53. Why are Bollywood films often called “masala” films?    A. They have interesting stories.     B. They are m

63、uch longer than Hollywood films.    C. They show Indian culture.     D. They mix different styles of movies.54. Bollywood movies are cheap to make because _.    A. they are shorter than Hollywood films     B. the scripts are written by hand

64、    C. the movies do not use any special effects    D. most movies reuse things from other movies55. Which of these statements would the writer probably agree with?    A. Most Bollywood movies are very similar.    B. It takes a lot of money

65、 to make a good movie.    C. Only Indian people can understand Bollywood movies.    D. Hollywood movies are too violent.    B）非選擇題：閱讀下列短文，然后回答問題或完成句子。（答案寫在答題紙上）                

66、;                       B    Every afternoon in South Korea, when school and work finish, over 100,000 people meet on the Internet to play a game called Lineage. They meet in

67、a virtual（虛擬的） world 500 years in the past. They form teams and fight for justice and money. They are part of one of the Internet's many online gaming communities. The people who play these games are called gamers. Often they meet in 24-hour cafés to play Lineage, as well as other games suc

68、h as Diablo, StarCraft and Counter Strike. Most gamers just play for fun, but for some people, it can become an obsession （著迷）.    When gaming becomes an obsession it can become dangerous. In Hong Kong, a seventeen-year-old boy died as a result of playing his favourite game in the caf

69、é where he worked. After working for eight hours, he often stayed at the café and played Diablo II. On some nights he slept for only two hours. In May 2002, he was found unconscious at a computer after playing all night. When he died later in hospital, doctors said it was because he was ex

70、hausted.    In Korea, the dangers can come from other gamers. In the virtual world of Lineage, gamers can create new characters for themselves. High school students can become very powerful fighters and leaders. They play against doctors, businessmen and even members of dangerous gang

71、s. But sometimes things that happen in the game affect real life. Gamers have been beaten up in real life by people they have killed online!56. How many people play Lineage when school and work are over every day in South Korea?57. What do people do in the virtual world of Lineage?58. The online gam

72、es mentioned in the passage are _.59. What does the underlined word “exhausted” mean?60. What does the passage mainly talk about?                            

73、60;              C  注：appliance n. 器具； rebate n. 折扣    61. What is the address of Swanson Electric?    62. How much can you save if you buy two printers on February 5?    63. The refrig

74、erator whose price is $400 will be sold for _ on February 6.    64. If you want to buy some of the things in this advertisement and want to save money you must go there during _.    65. What number should you call if you need directions to the store?   &#

75、160;                               D    On May 7, 2001, Ronnie Biggs arrived in Britain for the first time in about thirty-five years.

76、His return was the end of one of Britain's most famous crime stories, The Great Train Robbery. In 1963 Biggs was in a gang that stole 2.6 million from a train traveling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, and Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail. Many people thought t

77、hat the sentence was too harsh（嚴(yán)厲的）. Biggs also thought it was too harsh, so he decided to escape.    Biggs was sent to Wandsworth Prison, a maximum security jail. It had one very high wall to keep the prisoners in, and some guards to watch them. One afternoon in July 1965, Biggs was

78、in the prison yard. He had been in jail for just fifteen months. A tall van（貨車） stopped outside the jail, and a ladder was placed against the wall. Then a rope ladder was thrown over the wall into the prison yard. Biggs climbed up the rope ladder, jumped down into the van and escaped!  

79、60; From that time on, Biggs lived on the run. After hiding in France, Spain and Australia, he finally settled in Brazil in 1970. He was a celebrity（名人） criminal. He appeared in rock videos and movies, and he sold souvenirs to tourists who came to see him. But he missed his home in Britain and, at the age of seventy-one, decided to go home. He was met at the airport by family, friendsand police.66. Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail because _.67. What kind