2015全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛

2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛

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）

ⅠResponses (句子应答) （共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

Please listen to the following five sentences and choose the best response to each one you hear. Each sentence will be read once. (请听下面5个句子，选出能应答所听句子的最佳选项。每个句子读一遍。)（答案涂在答题纸上）

ⅠDialogues (对话理解) （共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）

(A)Please listen to the following five mini-dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by a question. Choose the best

answer to each question according to the dialogue you hear. Each dialogue and question will be read twice.（请听下面五组对话，每组对话后有一个问题，根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。

每组对话和问题均读两遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上）

6 A.Hold a party at home. B.Buy a Christmas present.

C.Take the woman to the party.

D.Repair the woman’s car.

7 A.He dialed a wrong number. B.The phone line is busy.

C.Mr. Hewitt is not in the office.

D.Mr. Hewitt is busy now.

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1 A. I will fetch some fresh fruit for you. B. Coffee is popular with British people.

C. No problem. I’ll go and put the kettle on.

D. Their idea is exported to Britain every year.

2 A. He recognized her Italian accent. B. On the first day of next month.

C. She has moved several times.

D. Italian food can be found here.

3 A. My parents like classical music very much. B. Playing music in class is not allowed.

C. There are many music programs on TV.

D. Sorry, I didn’t think it was very loud.

4 A.It’s about an hour’s drive to the museum. B.Oh, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll go shopping.

C.My friend prefers walking to taking a bus.

D.My mother hates going shopping alone.

5 A.There’s one about five minutes’ walk away. B.My English teacher is my good friend.

C.The college provides the best English course.

D.I like reading novels in English.

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(B) Listen to the following dialogue and choose the best answer to each question. The dialogue will be read twice.

(请听下面一段对话，选择能回答下列问题的最佳选项。对话读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上）

Ⅲ Passages (短文理解) (共10小题；16-20每小题1分， 21-25每小题2分计15分)

A ） Listen to the following material and choose the best answer to each question according to the material you

hear. The material will be read twice. (请听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。材料读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上）

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A. Father and daughter.

B. Two strangers.

C. Customer and lawyer.

D. Student land landlord. 12

A. Because it’s the end of the school term.

B. Because the hotels are expensive.

C. Because the area has many technology companies.

D. Because the town is too small. 13

A. ￡4 an hour.

B. ￡14 a day.

C. ￡40 a week.

D. ￡400 a month. 14

A. At home.

B. In a dormitory.

C. At a friend’s.

D. In a hotel. 15 A. It’s a bit noisy at night.

B. It’s a second floor apartment.

C. It has two bathrooms.

D. It has two large living rooms.

16 A. A businessman. B. A university teacher.

C. A company owner.

D. A school principal.

17 A. At the age of seventeen. B. After he won a prize.

C. As soon as he had enough friends.

D. After working for an Italian company.

18 A. Three month. B. Nine month.

C. Two years.

D. Three years.

19 A.Interesting but paid less. B.Dull and dangerous.

C.Exciting but stressful.

D.Easy and enjoyable.

20 A.In London. B.In Milan.

C.In New York.

D.In Paris.

B）P lease listen to the following material, and fill in the blanks according to the material you hear with one or two words. The material will be read twice. (请听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的材料内容填空，没空填一到两个单词。材料读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上）

A 10-year-old girl, Ann Waxman, saved her elder brother’s life last night when a fire (21) in their house in Manchester.

Ann’s parents were out of town for the weekend when faulty electrical wiring caused the fire to start (22) the night. The young girl was awakened by the family’s dog, Danny, who was (23) excitedly in the back garden. Ann smelled something burning and (24) ran through the smoke-filled house to save her older brother, Frank.

When Frank would not (25) , Ann got some help from the family dog. Frank’s body was too far too (26) for the little girl to move alone, but the clever girl brought the dog (27) and tied the dog’s lead to Frank’s left ankle. She then grabbed her brother’s right ankle, and together, the girl and the dog (28)Frank to safety.

The little heroine is quite modes about the whole thing. “I couldn’t have done it (29) Danny, our dog,” she said afterwards. “I’m just glad we’re all alright.”Ann is to receive a medal for her (30) from Mayor Witticombe next week.

笔试部分（共七答题，计120分）

1.Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)

(A)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. (传统的) methods are the ones that have existed for a long time without changing.

32. It’s a fact that I was terrible at school and left with few (学术的)qualifications.

33. A report says that women who (推迟) having a baby often make the best mothers.

34. A questionnaire is a (书面的) list of questions which are answered by a lot of people to provide information for a report.

35. You should (集中注意力) the road especially when you’re driving in the rain.

(B)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）Roger Press, 40, has changed his career. After spending five years as a concert pianist he’s gone in business, recently (36) up his own company. He explained: “After leaving university I decided to (37)myself to a career in music. I loved performing but it was very hard. I played at concerts in Europe and (38)in America, made recordings and got good reviews. But after a while I felt I’d gone as (39) as I could. Unless you’re one of the world’s top pianists, it’s difficult to earn a good living and I wasn’t one of the greatest. I’ve always thought that it’s important to

be commercial, to participate and complete in the modern world. When I (40) up my performing career, people around me were more sad and disappointed than I was. But I felt free and (41) I knew I was getting serious about life. After getting a qualification in business administration, I joined a recording company and started their classical video division, (42) programs about famous artists. A year ago, I left this company and formed a new one (43) specialized in multimedia programs. Now that I run my own business, I’m in control (44) my life and I can feel proud of my achievements. Although the stress is high and I work long hours, the stress involved in piano play was much (45). It took physical, emotional and mental skills. I prefer the pressures I live with now.

36 A.giving B.setting C.forming D.bringing

37 A.devote B.take C.assign D.employ

38 A.job B.effort C.work D.career

39 A.soon B.often C.far D.much

40 A.took B.brought C.gave D.put

41 https://www.360docs.net/doc/0316040156.html,te B.at last C.at the end https://www.360docs.net/doc/0316040156.html,tely

42 A.produced B.producing C.being produced D.having produced

43 A.who B.what C.whose D.which

44 A.on B.in C.at D.of

45 A.worse B.less C.better D.fewer

2.Cloze (完形填空) （共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

(A)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

the major fashion (46) and is one of the faces of Chanel.

Claudia is a very beautiful woman. She has a slim figure and is tall with very long legs. Her most stunning(有魅力的) feature, though, is her attractive heart-shaped face with her sparking eyes and straight nose. She has shoulder-length blonde hair but its style and color are often (47) to suit each modeling assignment.

Not only is Claudia a professional model, but she’s also a very successful businesswoman. She has her own fitness video and is a partner in the new chain of “Fashion Cafes”. She’s also very generous, and (48) a lot of her time working with various charity (慈善) organizations helping children in need. Claudia is sociable, too, and likes being with famous people.

When Claudia is not modeling or doing charity work, she likes reading and watching old films. She also enjoys going to parties, but she rarely (49) late.

In recent years people can often see her again after her disappearance from the public’s eyes. Although Claudia’s popularity as a model (50) with the season (as it does for all supermodel), Claudia is so beautiful, talented and intelligent that she’ll be famous for a long time to come.

(B)Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word on one of the following three ways: ○1

based on the context; ○2using the proper form of the given words; ○3based 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：○1根据上下文填空；○2用所给单词的适当形式填空；○3根据单词所给的字母填空。没空一词。)

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, thought that sleep was unnecessary and that a society that operated without sleep would be an ideal (51)o . However, he was wrong. Nowadays, we are living in a society in

(52)wh people are sleeping less than ever and this has resulted in many negative effects.

According (53) police reports, more than twenty-five percent of accidents are directly or indirectly attributed to lack of sleep. It is true that people (54)u to sleep nine hours a night, whereas today they sleep seven or even less. This is because our way of life has varied and we are trying to squeeze activities, like (55) (watch) television, shopping or going to the gym, in our 24-hour day.

Lack of (56) also has a negative effect on our health. Research that has been carried out on animals continuously deprived (剥离) of sleep has shown that they are (57) li to die. Of course, experiments of this kind are highly unlikely to be carried out on humans. The longest period of wakefulness which (58)(break) the record was eleven days. This experiment showed that after a few days without sleep, the mind and body were (59)una

to function normally.

In summary, the vast majority of us (60) n adequate sleep in every twenty-four-hour period.

3.Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共20小题：61-65小题每小题1分；66-80小题每小题

2分，计35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。）

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When Christopher Columbus arrived in America 500 years ago, he found people who’d been living there for centuries. Among the Native Americans eventually affected by his “discovery” were the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Recently, we spoke with five Pueblo teen. Here’s what they had to say about their lives today.

What qualities do you think are special Native Americans?

Rabin Atencio, 15: Our people are proud and have a strong sense of community. We look out for one another. No one is homeless.

Katrina Humetewa, 16: We have many strong old beliefs and traditions. One is that nature is scared(神圣的). The earth gives us food and life. We don’t throw away a lot poisons into the ground and rivers.

How do you learn about your history and culture?

Fabiola Lovato, 17: We learn from our elders. They tell us about the natural world, medicines, and other things. Our traditions are passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth.

Is your daily life like that of other teens?

Justin Mchorse, 17: In many ways, yes. I listen to rap and rock’n’roll. I dress in jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. I go to a public school. In my village, I live in an adobe (house made of mud and plaster). We have electricity and plumbing.

Jonathan Teba, 15: I go to movies with my friends and just hang out and talk. I also love sports. I watch the Lakers and the Bulls on TV.

How is your life different from other American teens?

Justin: I listen to traditional Native American music. At powwows(帕瓦仪式), different tribes get together to perform their dances. I’ll hear round-dance songs, war-party songs and stuff like that.

Jonathan: Mostly it’s a matter of religion. We have many traditional beliefs and ceremonies. But we can’t talk about them. They’re private.

What other concerns do you have?

Rabin: For me, seeing Columbus being celebrated for discovering America is difficult. Our people lost their lives, their culture and their land. We’re wandering, “What about us?”

Jonathan: I worry about losing our traditions. I’m trying to learn my language—Tewa. But it seems many

elders have forgotten a lot. Elders stayed at home and taught the children. Today, many have to work. There’s less time for the old ways nowadays.

Questions 61-63: Choose the best answer from A,B, C and D according to the passage.

61. The five Pueblo teens liven in .

A. New York

B. New Mexico

C. California

D. San Francisco

62. Most Pueblo teens learn their tribe’s Native American history from .

A. reading books

B. watching TV

C. their elders

D. the state schools

63. The purpose of this article is to .

A. help people learn more about Native Americans

B. introduce the history of the United States

C. show the importance of respecting nature

D. describe the lives of the elders in the USA

Question 64-65: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.

64. Nowadays, Pueblo teens’ lives are completely different from the others in the United States.

65. Jonathan worries about the loss of their traditions because of the change in their lifestyle.

B

(66)“Yes, of course,” most people would answer, but then they’ve probably forgotten all those little lies that are told so easily—for example, “This is delicious.”“You look lovely in that dress.”“I’d love to come with you.”Lies are used a lot in everyday life.

Generally speaking, there are three types of lies and liars. The first type of liar want to please people, the second type wants to protect himself or herself, and the third type lies to get what he or she wants. Lying can also be separated into different types.

(67) If someone is fishing for compliments and you tell them what they want to hear, you probably thing this a “kind” lie. However, you get something as a result of this lie, too—affection, friendship, or peace and quiet.

The second type is refusing to accept responsibility. When you lie for self-protection, the reason is very clear to explain your lateness, you tell your boss the train was late, not that you overslept. You cannot be blamed for being late because you’re not responsible for any problems the train has and the consequences of those problem.

(68) It is, for example, the kind of lie that people tell in order to climb up the ladder at work, without caring about the people who are treated badly and unfairly.

What about being lied to? (69) Obviously, there are some verbal clues-lots of ums and ahs—and liars are often take longer to answer questions. They also speak faster but are sometimes very unclear about details.

(70) Experts say that speaking through one’s fingers or putting one’s hands over his face may indicate that a person is lying. Playing with one’s hair or clothes and being unable to say still for any length of time are other clues.

However, the truth of the matter is that we all lie at some time, and if anyone tells you they never lie, they are lying.

Questions 66-70: Choose from the sentences A-G to complete the passage. There are two sentences which you do not need to use.

A.The third sort of lie is more harmful than the other two.

B.Can you tell when someone is telling you a lie?

C.Can you imagine going through a whole day without telling a lie?

D.This kind of lie can make both sides benefit.

E.It’s impossible to find people who never tell lies.

F.Lies are not recognized in the first place.

G.Certain types of body language can also indicate that someone is lying.

C

Geography Lesson

Brian Patten

Our teacher told us one day he would leave

And sail across a warm blue sea

To places he’d only known from maps,

And all his life had longed to be.

The house he lived in was narrow and gray

But in this mind’s eye his could see

Sweet-scented jasmine clambering(茉莉攀爬) up the walls,

And green leaves burning on an orange tree.

He spoke of the lands he longed to visit,

Where it was never drab(单调) or cold.

And I couldn’t understand why he never left,

And shook off our school’s stranglehold(束缚).

Then halfway through his final term,

He took ill and he never returned,

And he never got to that place on the map

Where the green leaves of the orange trees burned.

The maps were pulled down from the classroom wall;

His name was forgotten, it faded away.

But a lesson he never knew he taught

Is with me to this today.

I travel to where the green leaves burn,

To where the ocean’s glass-clear and blue,

To all those places my teacher taught me to love—

But which he never knew.

Questions 71-75: Answer the following questions according to the passage.

71. What is the geography teacher’s dream?

72. How is the teacher’s house described?

73. When did the teacher take ill?

74. Who finally reached the places the teacher dreamed of?

75. What’s the poet’s purpose of writing the poem?

D

Alternative medicine

Is it all in the mind?

One in five people in the UK choose to use alternative medicine.

Alternative medicine may be news, but it’s not new. It’s modern medicine that is new—for example, the first synthetic(人造的) drug, aspirin, only date from 1899. But alternative medicine goes back thousands of years. Acupuncture(针灸), inserting fine needles at selected points in the body, was used in China over 2,000 years ago and keeps moving in popularity.

Herbal(草药的) medicine, treating illness and pain with natural remedies(治疗), is the oldest system of medicine in the world. Herbalists are prepared to spend more time than modern doctors with patients so they can treat them as individuals.

And what’s next? “A acupuncture-in-a-pill!” A company in Singapore expects to identify the gene responsibility for acupuncture healing soon. It plans to make s pill for people who want to avoid having acupuncture because they can’t stand the thought of all those needles.

Arecent TV program on alternative medicine showed a young Chinese woman having open-heart surgery without a general anesthetic(麻药)—but with acupuncture. There seemed to be no doubt that acupuncture stopped the woman from feeling pain. Later the program showed how the needlesappeared to change the brain’s reaction to pain.

Then there’s the “placebo”(安慰剂) effect. In a major trail in the USA a group of patients had a normal operation for bad knee pain. Another group of patients with knee pain also believed they had operations. But in fact all the surgeon did was cut the knee open and close it again. Both groups had the same positive results from their “operation”. In other words, the effect of real and fake operations was the same.

So what does this experiment tell us about medicine? Simply this: when people expect to get better they often do. Questions 76-80: Complete the summary of the passage with no more than three words for each blank according to

ⅣTranslation (翻译) (共5小题；每小题2分，计10分)

(A)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）

Young people and older people don’t always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about life, work and play. But in one special program in New York state, adults and teenagers live together in peace. (81) Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of special work group. Everyone works several hours each day.The aim is not just to keep busy but rather to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make furniture and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photography or painting. Others sit around talking or singing. Each teenager chooses his or her way to spend free time.

When people live together, rules are necessary. (82) In this program the teenagers and adults make rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group.The group members discuss the problem. They ask. “Why did it happen?” and “What should we do about it?”

(83) One of the teenagers has this to say about the experience: “You stop thinking only about yourself. You know how to think about the group.”

(B)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. 他们这次中国之旅大大加深了他们对这个伟大国家的了解。

85. 他们想知道的是世界上有没有足够的自然资源。（主语从句）

ⅤError Correction (短文改错) (共10处错误；每处错误1分，计10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；

the time, while others see it as a wise way to spend their money. After all, there are some who they discover that their seemingly humble collections are actually worth a lot of money.

That may be a fascinating collection for one person, through, may be quite dull and uninteresting for one. Visitors to the Hanley museum in Stoke-on Trent might wonder if it’s the interest which led a local millionaire to collect porcelain(瓷器) cows. He donates a large amount of money to museum on condition that the cows would be display alongside pieces of valuable porcelain.

Although others may not always understand a collector passion, these people continue to feel that their hobby is worthwhile and is very satisfied.

86.87.88.89.90.

91.92.93.94.95.

ⅥIQ Test (智力测试)（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

Answer the following questions. (回答下列问题)

96. What the number should replace the question mark?

97. Replace the dots with a word to make four new words.

98. What appears once in a second, once in a month, once in a century, yet not at all in a year or a week?

99. –Is everyone here?

--Everyone except Li Ping.

--If he doesn’t arrive at 4:00, he’ll miss the boat because Andy will go instead of him.

What does the idiom “miss the boat” mean?

100. Which is the missing square?

ⅦWriting (写作) (共2小题；A题满分10分，B题满分20分，计30分) （答案写在答题纸上）

(A)The graph below shows the rise and fall in the number of people at a city’s underground station during a day.

Use the information shown in the graph to write an essay in no less than 100 words to explain the city’s traffic situation.

(B)English Coaching paper is having a national English writing competition on the given topic. Suppose you’re

interestedn taking part in the competition, write an article about your opinion using your knowledge and experience of computers, Smartphones, e-mail and the Internet.

The topic: The electronic age is having a harmful effect on people.

You should write no less than 120 words.