2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)决赛 高二组试题 江苏

2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛高二组试题

（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）

根据你所听到的句子，选出你所听到的单词。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）

1．A．reason B．raising C．seeds D．season

2．A．worth B．words C．worthy D．world

3．A．public B．pub C．publish D．politics

4．A．clearly B．knew C．newly D．nearly

5．A．invented B．signed C．unkind D．designed

II．句子理解（Sentences）（共5小题，计5分）

请听句子，然后从A、B、C、D中选出一个与你所听到的句子意思一致的句子。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）

6．A．Jane doesn't like cooking．B．Jane doesn't have time to do much cooking．

C．Jane spends lots of time cooking．D．Jane is tired of cooking．

7．A．They didn't want to go sailing．B．It was too windy．

C．They didn't think the weather was right．

D．They planned another activity．

8．A．He is usually too tired to play tennis．B．He plays golf most of the time．

C．He plays golf more often than he plays tennis．

D．He usually prefers tennis to golf．

9．A．Peter didn't want to be a doctor．B．Peter couldn't make up his mind．

C．Peter wasn't interested in studying medicine．

D．Peter was advised that a law course would be best for him．

10．A．Eric would have one roommate．B．Eric wanted to have two roommates．

C．Eric wanted a room alone．D．Eric would have two roommates．

III．对话理解（Dialogues）（共10小题，计10分）

A）请听下面六组小对话，每段对话后有一个小题，然后根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。每组对话和问题均读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）

11．A．By car．B．Standing up．C．By bus．D．No，hedoesn't．

12．A．Japanese．B．Chinese．C．American．D．English．

13．A．That she will correct the exams．

B．That her teaching assistant will correct the exams．

C．That she will collect the exams．

D．That she will not give her students the final exams．

14．A．Go to a dance．B．Go to a lecture．

C．Go to the Student Center．D．Stay at home．

15．A．Five years old．B．Six years old．

C．Four years old．D．It is new．

16．

B）请听下面一段对话，然后根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。对话读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）

17．A．An exhibition of paintings．B．A Broadway play．

C．An opera．D．A modern dance production．

18．A．Tour guides．B．Musicians．C．Artists．D．Travellers．

19．A．In the early 18th century．B．In the early 20th century．

C．In the late 17th century．D．In the late 19th century．

20．A．Fascinating．B．Huge．C．Cold．D．Popular．

IV．短文理解（Passage）（共10小题，计10分）

请听下面短文，然后根据你所听到的短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。短文读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）

21．What is the passage mainly about？

A．How to greet people wherever you go．

B．Different greetings in Asian countries．

C．Different greetings in European countries．

D．Greetings and introductions．

22．According to the passage，what do people in most Asian countries do when they meet each other？

A．Greet with a kiss on the cheek．B．Shake hands．

C．Bow．D．Kiss and shake hands．

23．If you are introduced to someone in the United States，often you will be given _____ ．

A．the name the person wishes to be called B．a name card

C．the address of the person you want to meet

D．a book about communications

24．A person will appreciate it if you use a title when you address him or her if_____ ．

A．the person has no title

B．the person has a title such as doctor or professor

C．you are uncertain

D．nobody tells you what he or she is

25．It's all right to address a person with only his or her first name _____ ．

A．whoever he or she is B．no matter how old he or she is

C．if the person is the same age as you or younger

D．if the person is older

26．It's always best to be polite and use a title with a business associate，but for the most part，_____ with greetings．

A．the average American is very informal

B．the average American is very formal

C．a few Americans are informal D．all Americans are formal

27．A hug and a kiss are used with people_____ ．

A．who are in love B．who are women

C．who are introduced to each other for the first time

D．who know one another well

28．He or she might think that you are _____ if you look away while he or she is speaking to you．A．deaf B．uninterested C．afraid D．blind

29．If you stand in the personal space of an American，he or she might _____ ．

A．welcome you with open arms B．shout at you angrily

C．stand still D．move to avoid contact

30．According to the passage，where are you likely to meet people who may not seem very friendly？A．In small towns．B．In big cities．

C．In restaurants．D．In supermarkets．

笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）

I．选择填空（Multiple-choice）（共20小题，计20分）

A）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）

1．—Did the medicine make you feel better？

—No．_____ ，the worse I feel．

A．Taking more medicine B．More medicine taken

C．When I take more D．The more medicine I take

2．The Rolls Royce，_____ in almost every country，is one of the most expensive cars．A．buy and sell B．having bought and sold

C．buying and selling D．bought and sold

3．—Alice looks sad．Did you tell her about the accident？

—Yes，but I _____ her just before as her final examinations．

A．shouldn't have told B．should have told

C．ought to have told D．must have told

4．To carry out this plan will cost you _____ money．

A．a large number of B．a large sum of

C．a good many D．large quantity

5．_____ ，so the sports meet has to be put off．

A．Because of the bad weather B．As it has been raining for days

C．As the bad weather D．It has been raining for days

6．Computers that once took up entire rooms are now _____ to be put on desktops and into watches．A．as small as B．small enough

C．smaller than D．so small

7．_____ must be no more time wasted．

A．It B．That C．There D．They

8．If too many of these rare animals are killed，they will _____ ．

A．shorten B．disappear C．lose D．increase

9．Mr．Cox lost his job；_____ ，he was unable to support his family．

A．what's more B．as a result C．by this means D．by the way

10．—How beautiful your garden looks in this dry weather！

—Well，we've just had the flowers a short time ago．

A．of being watered B．watering

C．watered D．to be watered

11．_____ temperature at which air holds as much water vapor as it can is called the dew point．A．As the B．The C．It is the D．It is

12．After the teacher gave an explanation，Jim，_____ his mistake，corrected his answer．A．realizing B．realized C．having been realized D．he realized

13．—How many times have you seen the actor？

—Oh，_____ ，I think．

A．hundreds of times B．a hundred of times

C．hundred times D．hundreds times

14．There will be plenty of activities here tonight because the French delegates have just hit town．The underlined phrase means _____ ．

A．arrived in town B．made speeches in town

C．gone on strike D．given performances

15．He has worked hard all year，and should be able to make light work of passing the exam．The underlined phrase means _____ ．

A．to burn the midnight oil B．to make all lights bright

C．to do something easily and without much effort

D．to know the answers beforehand

B）下列5题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文，请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）

16．I then took the train to St Petersburg．No one was _____ at the station to meet me，although the theatre I was visiting was going to send someone．

A．just B．liking C．however D．waiting

17．I later learnt that the director didn't recognise me because I was wearing a fur hat and looked _____ a Russian．

A．about B．like C．for D．at

18．So I took a taxi to the theatre．Before I could find a hotel one of the actresses，Natasha，invited me to stay with her．She lived in a flat which she was sharing with six other people．Natasha couldn't _____ me on her salary because she was only earning about ￡3．00 a month，so I tried to find food during the day．

A．feed B．advise C．give D．depend

19．Old women stood in the bitter cold and sold pastries which they kept warm in large pots with steaming cloths sealing them from the falling snow．I never knew what was going to be inside them and ate cabbage pastries for breakfast _____ I discovered a woman in front of the Winter Palace selling apple pies．

A．did B．then C．until D．after

20．They were the best I had ever tasted，and by the end of the week she had two apple pies ready when she saw me approaching ．I had a very real _____ of what life is really like in Russia．

A．idea B．knowledge C．exercise D．information

II．阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共30小题，计30分）

A）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）

（A）

Do you want something different for dinner？Try some space food．Scientists are experimenting with ways to grow food in space．Scientists think that in 20or 30years，astronauts will be able to live in space colonies（聚居地）off the planet．It's too expensive to carry food to feed people living in space colonies．People in space colonies will need to grow food for them selves．But how can they grow food without soil and sunlight？

Today，we already have hydroponic（无土栽培）vegetables．These are vegetables you can grow without soil．This kind of food can grow in an artificial（人工的）environment．In addition to sunlight，hydroponic farms can use artificial lighting．Instead of soil，hydroponic farms can use special material，such as mixtures of chemicals，to feed the plants，and in addition to a natural climate，most hydroponic farms often use greenhouses．Farmers know how to grow a few kinds of hydroponic vegetables．In winter，when it is too cold to grow vegetables outdoors，hydroponic farmers can grow such vegetables as lettuce，tomatoes，and cucumbers and many different herbs and spices．These products are in many superm arkets．However，in space，people will need to eat more than salad and spices．So scientists are learning how to grow hydroponic rice，beans，potatoes，and wheat．Scientists can even grow hydroponic melons and strawberries．

Nutrition（营养）scientists at Cornell University in New York State are experimenting with recipes（食谱）that use these hydroponic vegetables．The National Aeronautics and Space Agency（NASA）is paying for this nutrition research．Some of the Cornell experiments are unusual．They make imitation meat dishes，such as carrot drum sticks made from carrots，peppers，onions，garlic，herbs，and breadcrum bs instead of chicken．They make dishes made from tofu and seitan（a wheat protein（蛋白质））instead of meat．How do these unusual foods taste？The scientists invite a group of taste testers into their laboratories．Every week，twenty-five people come to taste five different dishes．So far，they have tested 200 different recipes．The carrot drum stick dish was a hit．It rated an 8out of 9．Perhaps soon，people will eat meals m ade from hydroponic vegetables that are truly out of this world．

21．Scientists are experimenting with ways to grow food _____ ．

A．in space colonies B．in cold weather

C．in expensive restaurants D．in the sunshine

22．It takes too much _____ to bring food to space colonies．A．time B．money C．work D．water

23．To grow hydroponic vegetables，you need _____ ．A．chemicals to feed the plants B．sunlight and warm weather C．soil to grow the plants in D．nothing to feed the plants 24．You can find hydroponic vegetables in _____ ．A．space laboratories B．outdoor gardens

C．many supermarkets D．the countryside

25．Scientists are experimenting with recipes that use _____ ．A．vegetables instead of meat B．chicken instead of tofu C．chicken drum sticks D．garlic and breadcrumbs only 26．Scientists invite _____ to try out their unusual recipes．A．taste testers B．NASA C．farmers D．astronauts 27．The most popular dish was _____ ．

A．tofu and seitan B．breadcrumbs

C．meat dishes D．carrot drumsticks

（B）

Ice cream is rated as America's favorite dessert. Annual production amounts to 15 quarts a year for every man, woman and child in the US, and if ice, sherbet, sorbet, frozen yogurt and gelato are added, the figure jumps to 23 quarts per person. Ice cream has been a dessert phenomenon since its creation 4 thousand years ago. Surprisingly, ice cream was developed in a country not known for its milk products, China.

At that point in history, the milking of farm animals had recently begun in China and milk was a prized conmmodity. A favorite dish of the nobility was made of a soft paste of overcooked rice, spices and milk packed in snow to solidify. This milk ice was regarded as a symbol of great wealth. Next. the Chinese turned to importing snow from the mountains and adding fruit juices to create fruit ices.

Ice milk and fruit ice made their way to Italy, probably through Marco Polo. The Italians carried ice cream across Europe, improving it over time, making it with cream and perfecting its production. Eventually the popular dessert made its way to America.

注：dessert甜食，annual每年的，phenomenon现象，commodity商品，solidify使固化

28．Which of the following statements is true？

A．Only wealthy people around the world eat ice cream ．

B．Rich and poor alike now eat ice cream．

C．Ice cream is available only in cold countries．

D．Ice cream was developed in America．

29．Which ingredient（成分）is in contem porary（现代的）ice cream that was not

originally present in ice cream ？

A．Cream ．B．Snow．C．Spices．D．Rice．

30．What is unusual about ice cream's creation？

A．It took a long time to get to America．

B．It was created in a country that didn't produce a lot of dairy products．

C．It was developed in winter when it was too cold to eat ice cream．

D．It was created to celebrate special holidays and events．

B）阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完成句子。（答案写在答题纸上）

（C）

Every day，we have messages to give people．Do you want to tell people about an important meeting？Do you have to leave your office for 5minutes？Do you want to remember something important？Write the information on a Post-it Note．Post-it Notes have special glue on the edge of the paper．They are sticky so that you can leave them anywhere—on a door or on a wall or in a book—and they won't fall out．You can reuse the notes because they have special glue on the back—if you take off the note and put it back down，it will stay in place．

Who invented Post-it Notes？Art Fry was a scientist who worked for the famous 3M Company．He needed a bookm ark that stayed in place but didn't tear the page．A friend at the company was making special glue．Fry took some of the glue and put it on the back of a piece of yellow paper．Then he wrote a report to his boss and put the yellow sticky paper on the top page．His boss took off the note，wrote an answer，stuck the paper back on，and sent it back．The two men met for coffee in the cafeteria that afternoon．Fry's boss congratulated him on his invention．This was the beginning of Post-it Notes．

Today，everyone uses them for many different purposes．One man used it to write a marriage proposal．He wrote，“Will you marry me？”and put the Post-it Note on his girlfriend's front door．She wrote her answer and put the note back on his door．One mother put a note on the back of her son's car before he left on a long trip．When he arrived，he found the note．After 3，000 miles，it was still on the car．There are Post-it Notes to suit everyone's tastes．You can buy Post-it Notes in eighteen different colors，twenty-seven different sizes，and fifty-six different shapes．Post-it Notes are popular around the world．

31．People use Post-it Notes for _____ ．

32．You can put a Post-it Note _____ ．

33．Post-it Notes can be _____ ．

34．Post-it Notes _____ when you stick them back down．

35．_____ used the glue made by _____ and put it _____ ．

36．Today _____ come in many colors，sizes and shapes．

（D）

Janet Jackson，the youngest of nine children，was born in 1966．She became a child star in American soap operas after being spotted（发现）in a television appearance with her brothers，The Jackson Five．In the past ten years she has recorded five albums，the last two of them providing her with twelve American Top Five singles．

As a female singing star，only a handful of other artists—Madonna，Whitney Houston and Gloria Estefan，for example—provide her with serious competition．

Janet has managed to create a new art form ，a mixture of music，dance and fashion which is perfect for the m usic video age．She is small and rather shy which makes her seem vulnerable（脆弱的）．She also has much more natural talent than many of today's stars．

Janet was born in Gary，Indiana，but moved with her family to the West Coast when she was two．She was brought up in the Jackson compound in Encino，California，with its own zoo and private cinema．She would turn on the TV to find cartoon copies of her brothers dancing to“ABC” and“I want you back”．

By the age of seven she was performing in the fam ily's live stage act．Janet and her brother Randy would do im pressions of Sonny ＆Cher，W．C．Fields and Mae West．Then came her enrollment（录取）in Valley Professional，a school for children in the entertainment business，as well as small parts in TV series and a recording contract with A＆M Records．

At the age of eighteen she moved away from the family to live in New York．She then secretly married Motown singer James DeBarge．The marriage only lasted sixty days．“All my life I had people telling me what to do．I wanted to do something on my own．So I ran away to get married．”

37．How did Janet Jackson become a TV star？

38．Why was her childhood unusual？

39．How old was she when she began perform ing in the family's live stage act？

40．Why did she move away and get married？

（E）

Whether it's the melodic（旋律优美的）sound of an Eric Clapton solo or the growl（隆隆声）of a heavy metal band，the electric guitar has influenced popular music and culture more than any other instrument．Rock's greatest musicians have always been closely identified with their guitars，but the instruments being designed for tomorrow's pop stars may look and sound rather different from today's familiar electric and acoustic guitars（原声吉他）．

It has been only sixty years since the electric guitar was invented．Since then there have been incredible changes to the technical design of the instrument．From what was once a rounded wooden box with a hole in the front，the guitar has evolved（发展）into the smooth solid b ody of the rock guitarist's“axe”．The most modern guitars are really computer-controlled synthesisers（音响合成器）．

Adolph Rickenbacker's Electro String Company produced the world's first electric guitar．It was made of wood and played on the user's lap．The first real breakthrough in design came in 1950when Leo Fender，a Californian radio repairman，made the first solid-bodied electric guitar，the Fender Telecaster．Soon afterwards the inventor Les Paul made the famous Gibson Les Paul．Fender launched his stylish Stratocaster two years later．These guitars became standard instruments against which newer guitar designs are measured．

All sorts of different materials have been used to make guitars．Acoustic guitars are made from wood，which gives the sound a soft tone．Wood is also a popular material in electric guitar manufacture，but more modern materials such as glass and carbon fibre are also used．There have also been guitars with metal bodies and necks，though these were never popular with players，who claim metal feels cold in the hand．

Plastics，on the other hand，have been used more and more in guitar bodies．A company that makes parts for the aerospace industry has begun to use a kind of fibreglass that was originally used in helicopter blades to make the bodies for its electric-acoustic instruments．Other makers have begun to experiment with graphite，a material that is ten times stiffer（硬的）than wood but much lighter．It doesn't expand or contract as the temperature or humidity （湿度）changes either．This makes it particularly suitable for guitar necks and for tennis rackets，for which it is also used．

41．According to this passage，what is likely to change in the future？

42．The first electric guitar was played on _____ ．

43．Leo Fender from _____ in the U．S．made the first solid-bodied electric guitar．

44．What kinds of guitars are made from wood？

45．Which material was disliked by musicians？

46．Why is graphite a good material for guitar necks？

（F）

There's no such thing

as a non-smoker．

Over 70％of Australians today don't smoke！But you don't have to buy cigarettes to be a smoker．The fact is，none of us can avoid breathing in second-hand smoke．There are two types of cigarette smoke：

Mainstream Smoke which the smoker breathes in．

Sidestream Smoke which drifts from the end of the cigarette into the air．

Other people's smoke．

What's in it for you？

Compared with mainstream smoke，sidestream smoke is unfiltered so it's three times more deadly than mainstream smoke．It contains far higher concentrations of poisonous chemicals．

For example：

·One and a half times as much tar．

·Two and a half times as much nicotine（an addictive drug）．

·Ninety eight times as much ammonia（floor and toilet cleaner）．

Other people's smoke also contains 40 known cancer-causing substances（carcinogens）and around 4，000 chemicals．

The Hazard's of inhaling

second-hand smoke

Second-hand smoke is far more than anirritant，it's a killer．It can increase the risk of lung cancer and heart disease in non-smokers by as much as 30％．

Each year，it is estimated that second-hand smoke causes 140 lung cancer deaths and 1，400heart disease deaths ．That's four Australians every day．

For the young

Children and infants are especially at risk．Non-smoking women exposed to second-hand smoke during pregnancy are more likely to deliver underweight babies．This can lead to complications in pregnancy which increase the risk of still-births and deaths from Respiratory Distress Syndrome，pneumonia and prematurity．

Children with a parent who smokes have more chest，ear，nose and throat infections than non-smokers'children．

They run a greater risk of suffering from bronchitis，pneumonia and asthma attacks．

There is even evidence to suggest that second-hand smoke is a risk factor in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome （SIDS）．

For people living with smokers

Non-smokers who live with smokers are more likely to suffer from diseases，such as：

·Lung cancer

·Heart disease

·Heart Attacks

·Asthma attacks

·Respiratory problems

·Coughing

·Eye and throat irritations

·Headaches

注：unfiltered未经过滤的，concentration浓缩物，ammonia氨，pregnancy怀孕，respiratory呼吸的，syndrome 综合症状，pneumonia肺炎，bronchitis支气管炎，asthma哮喘

47．What percentage of Australians smoke today？

48．Sidestream smoke is more dangerous than mainstream smoke because _____ ．

49．How many non-smokers die from heart disease caused by second-hand smoke each year？

50．_____ have a risk of suffering from bronchitis，pneumonia and asthma attacks．

III．完形填空（Cloze）（共20小题，计20分）

A）用所给的词填空，每空一词，词形根据语义要有变化，其中有多余选项。（答案写在答题纸上）

physics，luck，simple，nature，danger，able，success，instruct，agree，enjoy value，defend，develop，vary，medicine

The word“radar”stands for Radio Detection and Ranging and was（51）_____ by a（52）_____named R．A．Watson Watt．But how does radar work？

It（53）_____sends out radio waves and an echo returns from solid objects．By 1935 Watt had（54）_____built a long range system that could be used to detect approaching storms which might（55）_____aircraft．Radar was also used in World War II primarily because of its（56）_____to identify aircraft long before they could be seen or heard．The radar proved（57）_____to the British during the war．They set up radar stations as a（58）_____along the south and east coasts of England．These days，radar is used in（59）_____ ways but most importantly in airports by air traffic controllers who give（60）_____ to airline pilots．Without this，aeroplanes would risk having mid-air collisions．Today radar is used in many more places than you would think．

B）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，使短文语义完整。每空一词。（答案写在答题纸上）

Does the idea of sitting for an exam（61）_____you anxious？There is（62）_____doubt that during the exam period stress levels tend to rise．Exams are certainly important but they're not（63）_____getting into a state over．In （64）_____，stress has a negative effect on your performance．Below are some simple ways of overcoming stress．

Firstly，it is important to know the date and place of each exam beforehand．This will remove the initial worry （65）_____what time the exam begins and when you have to go．Secondly，your physical state is particularly important during the exam period．Therefore，a good night's sleep before each exam is highly advisable．In addition，it's necessary that you（66）_____plenty of exercise while studying，as sitting down all day can make it harder to get to sleep at night．