全国中学生英语能力竞赛高一组试题及标准答案

2013年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛

高一年级组试题

（总分：150分答题时间：120分钟）

听力部分（共三大题，记30分）

I. Responses (句子应答)（共5小题；每小题1分，记5分）

Please listen to the following five sentences and choose the best response to each one you hear. Each sentence will be read only once.(请听句子，然后选出一个能够恰当应答你所听到的句子的最佳选项。每个句子只读一遍。)（答案涂在答题纸上

1. A. Not at all. B. It's great. C. It sounds good. D. It works well.

2. A. Yes, of course. B. At eight o'clock. C. I wish you good luck. D. In Richard's apartment.

3. A. See you. B. With pleasure. C. What happened? D. You're welcome.

4. A. I hurt my finger. B. I can play basketball well.

C. I like David Beckham a lot.

D. It's my favourite sport.

5. A. On Saturday. B. Once a month. C. After school. D. On holidays.

II. Dialogues(对话理解)（共15小题；每小题1分，记15分）

A) Please listen to the following five mini-dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by a question. Choose the best answer or picture for each question. 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. At an airport. B. In an office. C. In a fast-food restaurant. D. At the cinema.

7.

8. A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus. D. By taxi.

9. A. David. B. David's father. C. David's mother. D. David's wife.

10.

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)

11. Why is the man seeing the doctor?

A. Because his wife told him to.

B. Because he always feels tired and weak.

C. Because his wife feels tired.

D. Because he has got a high fever.

12. When did the man return to work the last time he was ill?

A. When he felt better.

B. When he had to.

C. When his wife asked him to.

D. When his boss demanded him to.

13. What does the doctor think the man's problem is?

A. His wife.

B. His job.

C. The operation.

D. A bad cold.

14. Where will the man go tomorrow morning?

A. 'To his office.

B. To his home.

C. To the hospital.

D. To the lab.

15. What can we learn about the doctor?

A. She isn't fit for her job.

B. She will give the man some medicine.

C. She believed the man didn't need any examination.

D. She will give the man a further examination tomorrow.

III. Passage s(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)

16. How many days does the man work in an office every week?

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Six.

D. Seven.

17. How long does it take the man to go to work?

A. About an hour by car.

B. About an hour by bike.

C. About an hour on foot.

D. About an hour by train.

18. How does the man work from home?

A. He uses a mobile phone.

B. He uses a typewriter.

C. He uses a computer.

D. He uses a printer.

19. Why does the man think working from home is good?

A. Because he can visit his friends.

B. Because he doesn't have to catch the early bus as others do.

C. Because he can work till midnight.

D. Because he can have time to go out or do some jobs around the house.

20. What does the man miss being able to do when he is working at home?

A. Enjoy the scenery on his way to work.

B. See someone face to face and ask them what he needs to know.

C. Meet his workmates during the day.

D. Work at home all the time and do housework at the same time.

B) Please listen to the following material, and fill in the blanks according to the material you hear with one or two word s. 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，每空填一到两个

I. 笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）

I. Multiple-choice(选择填空)(共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)

For each of the following sentences or dialogues, there are four choices, marked A, B, C, and D. Please choose the answer that best completes the sentence.(下列各句或对话均含有A,B, C,D 四个选项中，请从四个选项中选出可以完成该句或对话的最佳选项。) (答案涂在答题纸上)

26. There're a great many people on the playground. Some are standing still, __________ others are walking

round.

A. where

B. when

C. while

D. which

27. All the_________ indicate that he has been deeply involved in the crime.

A. cause

B. fact

C. factor

D. evidence

28. What________ it is to have a cold drink after an _________ game!

A. fun; exciting

B. funs; exciting

C. funs; excited

D. fun; excited

29. I am _________of the class team at school and I'm also _________of the Senior High Team.

A. captain; member

B. captain; a member

C. the captain; member

D. a captain; member

30. Luckily, everyone in the building _________ get out with the help of the firemen after the fire broke out.

A. can

B. was able to

C. would

D. had to

31. Not until Richard began to work _________how much time he had wasted.

A. didn't he realize

B. did he realize

C. he didn't realize

D. he realized

32. Rather than _________a bike in the freezing weather, she prefers a bus.

A. to ride; to take

B. to take; ride

C. take; to ride

D. ride; to take

33. You'd better tell David not to leave the classroom unless he_________ that all the lights

A. is made sure; will be turned off

B. makes sure; are turned off

C. will make sure; will turn off

D. will make sure; will be turned off

34. In China, the number of people who _______ cars _______ been increasing rapidly in the past few years.

A. owns; has

B. owns; have

C. own; has

D. own; have

35. Max was called in by the police to answer questions _________ the disappearance of James, whose parents were very _________his present situation.

A. concerning; concerning about

B. concerning; concerned about

C. concerned; concerning about

D. concerned; concerned about

36. The most important thing _________ we should pay attention to is the first thing have said.

A. which; that

B. that; which

C. which; which

D. that; that

37. Mrs. Smith has tried many times to persuade her husband to give _________ smoking, but Mr. Smith wouldn't listen. Finally Mrs. Smith had to give _________ and let him be.

A. in; out

B. up; out

C. up; in

D. in; up

38. --How can I help you today?

--Well, I haven't been feeling well lately.

-- _________What's wrong?

--I often get headaches and feel dizzy.

A. That will be fine.

B. Oh dear, I'm sorry to hear that.

C. Yes, of course.

D. Is there anything else?

39.-- _________

--Thank you. I try to keep in shape.

--Do you often exercise?

--Yes, as long as I can find the time. I like swimming best.

A. You're looking very well

B. I'm pleased to hear that

C. It's my treat this time

D. You did well in this exam

40. -----I'd like to have a room for two weeks~

------We have a nice room facing the sea on the third floor.

------May I have a look at the room now, please?

----- ___________. Would you please follow me?

A. It's up to you

B. Never mind

C. My pleasure

D. That's really amazing

H. Cloze (完形填空) (共15小题：每题1分，计15分)

A) Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of 5 words out of the 7 given

ones 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个单词中选出5个，并用其适当的形式填空。) (答案写在答题纸上)

kind stair develop strong take sport increase

Exercise is important for good health. Our bodies need exercise in order

to be fit. There are three important 41______ of fitness: muscle strength,

flexibility, and heart and lung strength. Different exercises develop

different kinds of fitness. Doing sit-ups or lifting weights makes your

muscles (42)_______. Stretching exercises increase your flexibility.

Running (43) ___ your heart and Lung strength. Some (44)_____, such as

swimming, develop all three kinds of fitness. Also. you do not need to

play a sport to get exercise. For example, if you take the (45)_____ instead of the elevator,

you will increase yore heart strength. When you pick up a baby your muscles get stronger. B) Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways: ①based on the context; ②using the proper form of the given words; ③based on the given letters of the words. (阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式之一完成短文填空：①根据上下文填空；②用所给单词的正确形式填空；③根据单词随给首字母填空。每空一词。) (答案写在答题纸上)

At 5 a.m. one morning, the Edmonton Two went to the

Petro-Canada petrol station in Vancouver. They

________ (46) for the attendant to give them the money

in the till (放线的抽屉) and (47) lo_____ him in the

toilet. Then they drove away with $100. Because they

came from Edmonton, they did not know their way

around Vancouver and quickly got (48) ________.

Twenty minutes later they drove into the same petrol

station to ask for (49)___________(direction).

The attendant, Mr. Karnail Dhillon, had just (50)

es_______ from the toilet. He saw the two robbers and

was very (51)____ (frighten). However, he soon realized they did not (52) rec______ him or the station. "They wanted me to tell them the way to Port Moody, so I told them," he said. As he was calling the police, the two men came back (53)_______ Their ear had broken down and they could not start it. Mr Dhillon told them that there would be no mechanic until 8 a.m. They went back to the car and (54)_______ (try) to start it again.

They were calling a breakdown company when police constable( 警员) Tom Drechsel (55) a ____and arrested them.

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III. Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)（共20小题，56-60每小题1分，61-75每小题2分计35分）R ead 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 question.(阅读下列短文，每篇短文后设有若干问题，请根据短文后的要求回答问题) （56-58小题大案涂在答题纸上，59-75小题答案写在答题纸上)

A

A higher reading rate, with no loss of

comprehension, will help you in other subjects as well

as English, and the general principles apply to any

language. Naturally, you will not read every book at the

same speed. You would expect to read a newspaper, for

example, much more rapidly than a physics or

economics book--but you can raise your average reading

speed over the whole range of materials you wish to cover so that the percentage gain will be the same whatever kind of reading you are concerned with.

Perhaps you would like to know what reading speeds are common among native English-speaking university students and how those speeds can be improved. Tests in Minnesota, U.S.A. for example, have shown that students without special training can read English of average difficulty, for example Tolstoy's War and Peace in translation, at speeds of between 240 and 250w.p.m, with about 70% comprehension. Minnesota claims that after 12 half-hour lessons, once a week, the reading speed can be increased, with no loss of comprehension, to around 500 w.p.m. It's further claimed that with intensive training over seventeen weeks, speeds of over 1000 w.p.m. can he reached, but this would be quite exceptional.

If you get to the point where you can read books of average difficulty at between 400 and 500 w.p.m, with 70% or more comprehension, you will be doing quite well, though of course any further improvement of speed-with-comprehension will be a good thing.

Questions 56-58: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D according to the passage.

56. A higher reading rate will help in other subjects as well as English __

A. provided there is no loss of understanding

B. only if we memorize well

C. but not in any other language

D. though not as a general principle

57. The average untrained native speaker at the University of Minnesota

A. reads at about 245 w.p.m.

B. reads at about 300 w.p.m.

C. reads at 450 w.p.m.

D. reads at 600 w.p.m.

58. The University of Minnesota claims that 12 half-hour lessons

A. can increase a student's reading speed three times

B. can double a student's reading speed

C. can increase a student's reading speed four times

D. bring no real increase in reading speed

Questions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.

59. You would expect to read a difficult physics book as fast as you read a newspaper.

60. Intensive training over seventeen weeks may increase a student's reading speed four times.

B

Do you blank out, freeze up or feel so nervous in

exams that you have trouble writing answers to

questions that you knew just the night before?

(61) _______ But, don't panic. By knowing the

problem, you are taking the first step towards

overcoming it. Believe it or not, a touch of

nervousness can sharpen your mind, allowing you

to perform more quickly. (62)______ However. too

much anxiety can result in sleeplessness, loss of

appetite (食欲) before tests, and poor performance.

Some people might feel shaky, hot or even sick.

If you worry a lot or are a perfectionist, you

are more likely to have trouble with test anxiety. (63)

_____When you feel a storm of anxiety coming on, stop what you're doing and make your mind a blank. If possible, actually tell yourself to "STOP! " This will get your mind off the stress. Then think of being at a place of comfort and let your body relax. (64)______ This will help restore your confidence. Another thing you can do is to learn to accept mistakes. In fact, they can be valuable learning opportunities. (65)_____ After all, good stud~ habits and skills for example, time management and note-taking--will give you the feeling that you are in control. Questions 61-65: Choose from the sentences A-G to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.

A. As you continue the test, find questions you know the answers to and answer them first.

B. Talk to yourself using positive language.

C. Last but not least, start test preparation early three to five days ahead of the quiz or test.

D. If so, you likely have a case of test anxiety.

E. Those who have prepared poorly for a test or have had negative experiences taking tests may also

experience test anxiety.

F．Make it a habit to replace each negative thought with a logical reason.

G. This is because under stress, the body releases the hormone adrenaline (肾上腺素), which prepares it for something important that will happen.

C

It's easy to buy products that come in pretty packages. Be careful, though. In general, the most expensive items come in the fanciest packages.

You can be a smart shopper by choosing for value, not for looks. Choose generic (普通的，无注册商标的)

products. These products don't have brand names, and they

usually come in the plainest packages. Generic products offer

the best value and the lowest prices.

Be smart by buying the largest amount of a product.

Almost always, you'll pay less if you buy items by the pound

or kilogram--the unit price will be lower for larger sizes than

for smaller ones. And large sizes last longer, so you'll save

money by shopping less.

It's wise to buy food in bulk (散装) whenever you can.

That means buying foods that are unpackaged. Unpackaged

items are usually cheaper. You can also buy the exact amount that you need, so there's no waste. Rice, beans, nuts, and flour are often sold in bulk.

Remember that fancy packages cost shoppers money. The next time you reach for a fancy package, stop and remind yourself, "Don't be fooled by pretty looks! "

Questions 66-70: Answer the following questions according to the passage.

66. What kind of items come in the fanciest packages?

67. Which products are cheaper, generic products or brand-name products?

68. How are generic products usually packaged?

69. Why is it better to buy larger packages?

70. What kinds of food are often sold in bulk?

D

It is generally accepted that the experiences of the child in his first years largely determine his character (性格) and later personality. "Upbringing" is normally used to refer to the treatment and training of the child within the home. This is closely related to the treatment and training of the child in school, which is usually distinguished（区分）by the term "education".

The ideals and practices of child

rearing (养育) vary from culture to

culture. In general, the more rural the

community, the more uniform are the

customs of child upbringing. Early

upbringing in the home is naturally

affected both by the cultural pattern of

the community and by the parents'

capabilities and their aims and depends

not only on upbringing and education

but also on the innate (天生的) abilities

of the child.

Parents can ascertain what is normal in physical, mental and social development, by referring to some of the many books based on scientific knowledge in these areas, or. Less reliably, since the sample is smaller, by comparing notes with friends and relatives who have children. Intelligent parents, however, realize that the particular setting of each family is unique. and there can be no general rules. They use general information only as a guide in making decisions and solving problems.

All parents have to solve the problems of freedom and discipline符合行为准则的行为). The younger the child, the more readily the mother gives in to his demands to avoid disappointing him. She knows that if his energies are not given an outlet, her child's continuing development may be warped (扭曲). An example of this is a child must be allowed to play with mud and sand and water before he is ready to go on to the less physical pleasures of toys and hooks. Similarly, throughout life, each stage depends on the satisfactory completion of the one before.

Questions 71-75: Please .complete the summary of the passage above with only one word for each blank.

A child's later character is (71)_______decided by his early experiences, both at home and in school. Rural communities are usually more uniform in their child-rearing methods, while in the town there is more variety, (72) ______early upbringing also depends on the parents' capabilities and the intelligence and temperament of the child. While parents can get(73) _____from books or friends on more general points of child health and development, they must (74)_____that each home is a unique environment, and that questions of freedom and discipline must be considered within each child's individual rate of progress (75)_____each stage of development.

IV. Translation（翻译）（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）

Translate the following sentences into Chinese or English, using the hints given in the brackets.（用括号中给出的提示将下列句子译成英语或汉语。）

76. The newsreader tells the news in sign language with the words appearing on the screen.

77. On average, hundreds of wild animals and plants are dying out every year.

78.我市有二百多万人持有驾照。（million）

79.他们自从迁入新居后，生活质量大大提高了。（quality）

80.尽管老人生活不富裕，但他每个月都要捐一些钱给贫困地区的孩子们。(donate)

V. Error 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 " A " 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: Don’t make any correction if there is no error in the line.

按要求修改下面的英语作文，文中共有10处语言错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。请按下列情况在文中改正：一、增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词·二、删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）画掉。三、修改：在错的词下画舟横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1．原行没有错误的不要改。

How wonderful it would be if all people could understand each other with easy. 81._________

Fortunately, people of different nations, races and cultures are all too often separated from 82_________ each other because they lack a common language through which to communication. To 83_________ truly understand our fellow human beings, what we have to understand each other's languages 84. _________ because a language reveals people's deepest hopes, fears and believes. Few of us can speak and 85_________ use a second language easily, even in countries actively promote bilingualism. 86. _________ The secret seems to be to start young. The youngest we are, the more easily 87. _________ we learn languages. Although it is not impossible to learn new languages in adulthood, 88_________ it is much more difficult. Once we reach middle or old aged, 89. _________ it becomes virtually impossible to develop true fluent in a new language. As the saying 90_________

goes, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

VI. IQ(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。）

91. What is the missing number in the number square with a "?"?

92. What is easy to get into but hard to get out of?

__________________________________________________________________

93. What letter should replace the question mark?

666(S) 389(T) 972(N) 707(?)

94. Which shape completes the bigger pattern?

95. How can you make 6 out of three 5's?

__________________________________________________________________________________________ VII. VII. Writing（写作）（共2题；A题满分10分，B题满分20分，计30分）

A)Recently you did a survey on "Views on Newspapers". Please contribute to English Coaching Paper

introducing the survey according to the information given below, and state your own opinion. Your

letter should be around 100 words.

Like (45%) Dislike (55%)

1. Convenient

2." Make people think and help develop people's intelligence

3. Read whatever they are interested in 1. Lack the sound and video

2. Not attractive

3. Receive information later than from the Internet or TV

B) Testing and Evaluation holds a debate on the topic "Are Training Classes or Tutors Necessary?". Write a composition in 120 words to state the reasons For and Against and present your own opinion on this topic