2015全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛试题

2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛

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）略

笔试部分（共七答题，计120分）

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

?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. We were taught at school that all living things (依赖) the sun for their growth.

32. The premier wants to see more (机会) for young people to find good jobs in the near future.

33. Anne emphasizes that she has (编造、虚构) the names and characters that exist in real life for her novel.

34. The boy looked at his father (充满希望地) because he thought his father had brought him a present.

35. The number of visitors per day is strictly (限制) to avoid damage being done to the garden.

?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）The world’s biggest and oldest rock stars are still in love with performing in front of audiences. This irresistible urge to give concerts means they are constantly (36) their retirement until a later date. (37) , the question remains: Is rock music an art form that can really be performed by middle-aged people?

Most of these rockers do have to keep fit. Mick Jagger, (38) remains astonishingly athletic in live performances; take a personal trainer on tour. And with an act that (39) enough dancing to stage to tire out a 20-year-old, Tina Turner proves that age has had (40) effect on her ability to put on a good show. Yet she’s never se en the inside of a gym. She seems to have a kind of natural energy, which means she doesn’t worry about dieting or exercising. Paul McCartney (41) his vegetarianism for enabling him to keep fit enough to play rock’n’roll. McCartney also believes that he an d famous rock bands (42) the Stones and the Who still perform because they can. What these bands have (43) is that they perfected the craft of performing in clubs before they became famous, something only a tiny minority of bands do now. For the Rolling S tones it’s also a matter of pride, a way of answering (44) who say they’re too old. Nothing gives them pleasure than the knowledge that theirs have been the highest money-earning tours of all time.

36?giving up?putting off?keeping on ?cutting down 37?Despite ?In spite of ?However ?Instead of 38?which ?who ?when ?where 39?consists ?composes ?implies ?involves 40?slight ?few?small ?little 41?admits ?permits ?thanks ?reasons

42?like ?as ?how ?such

43?in that ?in all ?in common?on the whole 44?those ?anyone?one?they 45?further ?smaller ?better ?greater

?Cloze (完形填空) （共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

?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

Can you remember your first day at school? It was probably rather confusing. The (46) is that a lot of people give their children the wrong idea about going to school. If children are threatened with the idea of school, they can’t understand why they have to go to school.

On his first day of school, a child has to watch his mother (47). Often he thinks that she is deserting him. The teacher must convince him that at the end of the day his mother and his home will still be there.

The children are not the only people who are disturbed by going to school. The teacher sometimes has just as much trouble in (48) the mothers. They’re as upset as their children. They hang around, wondering how their children are managing.

The best way to improve the situation is to get the child used to the idea of school. Before school starts the mother should take her child to meet the teacher and to (49) the school. The first day should be something to look forward to and not to fear. It’s also important to emphasize the regularity of school, and although the first day is difficult, the mother must remember that her child must be (50) for several weeks at least.

?Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word on one of the following three ways: based on the context; using the proper form of the given words; based 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：根据上下文填空；用所给单词的适当形式填空；根据单词所给的字母填空。没空一词。)

There’s no doubt that money, in the form that we know it today, is what keeps modern economic life (51) (work). Yet, throughout history, money, in whatever form, has provided people with the ability to buy and sell goods.

Thousands of (52) y aog, people made use of the barter(物物交换) system as a way of exchanging goods. Within this system a person had to exchange one thing for another. This meant that the two parties involved had to (53) re an agreement as to what they thought their products were worth. Items such (54) wheat, tobacco, and livestock (牲畜) have all been used as money at one time or another. It was not until much later that human came up (55)w the idea of money in the form of metal coins. So why did the barter system (56)to a stop? The answer is simple. Coins were (57) m easier to handle and carry around. Since then, the use of coins has become (58) pop. It has made commerce (贸易) simpler and has given countries an opportunity for (59) (develop) by doing business with other countries far away.

Right now, paper money has become more common all over the world, as it’s easier to use. However, it won’t be long before plastic cards take over, (60) (complete) replacing coins and paper money.

?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。）

A

Here’s some exciting news. The Daily Times, together with the Further Education Organization (FEO) and the Photographers’ Circle, announces a competition for young photographers.

The subject of the competition is “Modern Students”. We want your pictures to tell us what it’s like to be a student today. Perhaps you think students have a very comfortable life. Or you may believe they have a much harder time at college than at high school. Whatever your feelings are, the judges are looking for interesting and original photographs.

The first prize winner will get three days of work experience with The Daily Times in London, a book worth up to 50 from the Photograph’s Circle, and 200 to spend in photographic equipment. The Daily Times will print

the winning photographs in the newspaper and the Photographer’s Circle will include them in an exhibition at their London gallery. The next 12 best winners will be awarded 100 each to spend on photographic equipment. The winning pictures will be included in the FEO calendar.

Here are the rules:

?The competition is open to students at secondary schools, and at further education, art and technical colleges in England and Wales.

?Students must be 14 or over.

?Three copies of each photograph should be submitted and it’s no bigger than 25*20 cm.

?Up to five photographs may be sent in by one person.

?The final date for entries is October 1 this year. Winners will be announced in The Daily Times on October 17.

? A parent or guardian must stay with any winner who is under age 18 while in London. All tickets and accommodation costs will be paid by FEO.

?Photographers must agree to have their pictures in FEO publications and in The Daily Times without payment. The photographer’s name will be printed with any picture used in this way.

Send your photographs to:

Photography competition, PO Box 314, LondonE17 6LJ.

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

61. winners will be produced in the competition.

A. 10

B.12.

C. 13.

D. 14.

62. The contestants can get the result of competition from .

A. the Further Education Organization

B. The Daily Times

C. Modern Students

D. the Photographers’ Circle

63. The purpose of this announcement is to .

A. make more and more people interested in photography

B. show famous pictures to secondary school students

C. help poor students who want to learn photography

D. attract more students to participate in the competition

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

64. The FEO will pay for a parent to accompany winners who are too young to travel alone.

65. The first prize doesn’t include an opportunity to work in The Daily Times.

B

The Dragon Boat Festival

(66) The festival is held to honor Qu Yuan, a politician and poet who, in the year 278 B.C., is said to have committed suicide (自杀) by jumping into a river. It’s said that the local people threw Zongzi into the water to save Qu Yuan’s soul from the evil spirits in the river (67). Spectators eat Zongzi and crews row large dragon-shaped boats.

The Rio Carnival (狂欢节) in Brazil

Hundreds of thousands of visitors come every year for the celebrations before the start of Lent(大斋期). The carnival takes place in the Sambadrome, a huge new stadium. There, samba schools compete with each other for the best costumes and dancing. (68) In the past, the carnival procession was held in the streets of Rio, where beautifully clothed people threw streamers(彩带) and confetti(五彩纸屑) and danced for four days. Nowadays, the world’s biggest street party has become a pleasure only for those who can afford the entrance fee.

Oktoberfest

Foreign beer-lovers might think that the Germans are unimaginative when it comes to beer because, good as it is, it all seems to taste very similar. There are, however, many regional and seasonal differences, particularly in Bavaria and Munich’s many breweries (啤酒厂) makes a special beer. (69)

The Fallas Festival

The most spectacular of Spain’s thousands of festival must be Valencia’s Falla Fiesta, a two-day event celebrating the end of winter. (70) Then there are contests for the best paella—a traditional rice dish. In the months before the Fiesta, craftsmen create around 370 fallas, which are detailed caricatures(漫画像) of local people. At midnight, when the fallas are burnt, the burst of flames and fireworks symbolically forces out winter. ?Nowadays, boat races are held every year to remind people of the search for the body of the dead poet.?Afterwards, the figures are thrown into a river to show that not even the most beautiful things last forever.?Long before the festival begins, monks make their preparations by mixing dyes into huge quantities of iced butter.

?In China, towards the end of June, people celebrate a holiday known as the Dragon Boat Festival.?Because of this, an astonishing variety of different types and strengths of beer are available at this festival. ?The Fallas Fiesta party starts at noon on St, Joseph’s Day, March 19, with a deafening explosion of fireworks.

?They spend a lot of time and money on carnival preparations, making fantastic costumes, masks and decorations and teaching the samba.

C

Aunt Sue’s Stories

Langston Hughes

Aunt Sue has a head full of stories,

Aunt Sue has a whole heart full of stories,

Summer night on the front porch

Aunt Sue cuddles (怀抱) a brown-faced child to her bosom(胸部)

And tells him stories.

Black slaves

Working in the hot sun,

And black slaves

Walking in the dewy(有露水的) night,

And black slaves

Singing sorrow songs on the bank of mighty river

Mingle themselves softly

In the flow of Old Aunt Sue’s voice.

Mingle themselves softly

In the dark shadows that cross and recross

Aunt Sue’s stories.

And the dark-faced child, listening

Knows that Aunt Sue’s stories are real stories.

He knows that Aunt Sue never got her stories

Out of any book at all,

But that they came,

Right out of her own life.

The dark-faced child is quiet,

Of a summer night,

Listening to Aunt Sue’s stories.

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

71. When did Aunt Sue tell stories to the child?

72. What’s the color, of the child’s face?

73. What did the stories tell about?

74. Where did Aunt Sue’s stories come from?

75. What was Aunt Sue according to the poem?

D

Try rubbing the tip of your finger backwards and forwards very quickly on your coat or a blanket. It should become hot. In cold weather we sometimes rub our hands together to make them warm. The rubbing of two together which causes heat is called “friction” (摩擦力). In the same way, people who lived in caves rubbed a piece of wood shaped like a pencil on another piece of wood with dried leaves or grass packed nearby. The heat set the leaves or grass alight(燃烧着的). This was a difficult way of making fire. Better ways were found by using flint(火石) but it was not until 1827 that the first matches were made in England.

Chemists made up a mixture and put it on an end of a stick or match. The mixture contained a small amount of phosphorous(磷), a chemical that burst into flame when heated slightly. The other chemicals then caught fire and burned less fiercely until the wood was alight. By rubbing the end of the match, as it was called, on sandpaper the friction easily set the phosphorous alight. There first matches could also be struck on other rough surfaces, including the leather sole of a shoe.

At the time, everyone thought this was a wonderful invention. Unfortunately accidents happened. A whole box of matches would suddenly catch fire if it was heated. Imagine this happening to someone warming themselves by a fire with a box of matches in his or her pocket! Even loose matches in a handbag or pocket could rub together and catch fire.

What was needed was a match that would only light if struck on a special surface. In 1852, the safety match was invented in Sweden. No phosphorous was used in the matchehead—it was put on the outside of the matchbox instead. This made it impossible for the match to light unless it was rubbed along the box on the special surface

ⅣTranslation (翻译) (共5小题；每小题2分，计10分)

?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）

(81) There are more than 100 different types of cancers and many people have the same question: “What causes cancer?” In some cases, the answer is clear.The choices people make can cause cancer. For example, smoking or using tobacco products can cause cancer in the lungs, mouth, throat and kidneys. Not everyone who uses tobacco products will get cancer, but the chance of getting certain types of cancer increases with tobacco use. The persistent misuse, or overuse, of alcohol had been shown to cause cancer of the mouth and throat as well.

Sometimes cancer can be caused by radiation. Radiation is found in sunlight and x-rays, in addition to other

places. (82) This doesn’t mean you should stop getting x-rays or stay indoors, but limiting your exposure to radiation can lessen the chances of developing cancer. Listen to the advice of your doctor or dentist when it comes to x-rays. The x-rays you get at the doctor’s or dentist’s office are not typ ically enough to cause cancer.

And sometimes, the reason why someone gets cancer is simply an unfortunate mystery. Some cells in the body may start to multiply and change. (83) Doctors and researchers can see it happening but they cannot provide a description for why it started.

?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. 当一个人有足够的钱的时候，他就可能考虑一些他想买的东西。（be likely to ）

85. 每年有数以万计的人因交通事故丧生，因此举行这次图片展览为的是提醒人们遵守交通规则。（被动语态）

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 a nswer 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；

One of my happiest childhood memories were having dinner with my parents and two sisters. As a result, last year I decided that the entire family would have dinner together three days a week because we find that we seldom had a chance to get together as a family. We thought it would be possible for everyone set aside three evenings a week for a sit-down dinner. First we tried setting three fixed day for our experiment—Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. After a couple of weeks of try this plan, almost everyone was unhappy. For a while, the kids began to resist the idea. They say they would rather to spend the time with their friends or take part in some activities. Gradual, though, they began to see these evenings together for a very different way. We laughed a lot and we discu ssed each other’s problems. Since a few months, we all feel that we have been able to build much strong relationship within the family than we had before.

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. Logically, what number should replace the question mark?

97. Albert, Bernard and Claire have to share 23 ￡1 coins for pocket money between them so that:

1) Albert gets half of the total,

2) Bernard gets a third and

3) Claire receive an eighth.

“That’s impossible to do with these coins,” said Albert.

“Not if Daddy lends us something.” said Claire.

What did their father lend the children, and how much did they each receive?

98. A: What’s wrong with you?

B: I failed this exam.

A: Never say uncle, and you’ll pass the exam.

B: Thank you.

What does the idiom “Never say uncle” mean?

99. Move from star to star to spell out a ten-letter word.

100. Which hexagon(六边形) below continues the sequence?

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）?Suppose you’re Li Ming, aged 18. You’ve read the advertisement below in the newspaper. You’re writing a

Wanted: 80 Holiday CampAssistants for USA Summer Camps

Age: 18-25 male and female

Must be able to do at least some of the following:

?Play a musical instrument

?Sing

?Play baseball/basketball/volleyball

?Swim

Work is offered during the following periods: June 21—July 20; July 20—Auguse 18; August 18—September 16;

Experienced proffered

Write, saying when you can work, and giving phone number/e-mail address to:

Holiday Extra, PO Box 2720, Denver, Colorado, USA.

?Nowadays more and more animals are kept in zoos to save them from becoming extinct(灭绝的). Some people think that it’s right, while others believe that it’s cruel to keep them in zoos. What’s your opinion on this? Please write an article in no less than 120 words.

The topic: Should animals be kept in zoos?