2012全国中学生英语能力竞赛 初二年级组初赛试题 + 答案

2012年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛初二年级组试题(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)听力部分 (共四大题，计30分)I. Sentences (句子理解) (共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)Listen to the following five sentences, and choose the best picture for each sentence. Each sentence will be read only once. II. Responses(问句应答) (共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)Listen to the following five sentences, and choose the best response to each question. Each question will be read only once. III. Dialogues(对话理解) (共10小题，每小题1分，10分)A) Listen to the following five mini-dialogues, and choose the best answer to each question. Each dialogue will be read twice.B) Listen to a long dialogue, and choose the best answer to each question. The dialogue will be read twice.IV. Passages(短文理解) (共10小题，每小题1分，10分)A) Listen to the following passages, and choose the best answer to each question. The passage will be read twice.B) Listen to the following passage, and fill in each blank according to the passage with no more than two words. The passagewill be read twice.Jack‘s Future PlansJack wants to be 26 when he grows up and he plans to train very hard. Now he plays football 27 a week but he decides to train 28 . Jack‘s favourite football teams are Manchester United, Inter Milan and Real Madrid and he wants to play for 29 . Jack is going to play football till he is 30 years old.笔试部分 (共九大题，计120分)I. Multiple-choice (选择填空) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)A) Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.31. I usually get up ____ 11 o‘clock ____ Sundays.A. in; atB. at; onC. by; forD. at; from32. Our flight is taking ____ soon. Let‘s run and check ____.A. on; inB. on; outC. off; inD. off; out33. ____ she told you was a lie. ____ was true.A. Something; EverythingB. Nothing; SomethingC. Everything; NothingD. Nothing; Anything34. -----Cafés in London are ____ than Cafés in Paris.-----No! Cafés in London are much ____.A. better; worseB. the same; betterC. much good; badD. better; best35. ----____ do you get to work?----I usually take the subway.A. How oftenB. WhereC. WhenD. How36. It‘s so cold today. Let's take a taxi, ____?A. are weB. do weC. have weD. shall we37. To ____ surprise, my parents bought ____ a new television.A. our; oursB. my; usC. mine; meD. me; ours38. There are ____ buildings in this city. But there aren‘t ____ parks for children.A. too many; enoughB. too many; lessC. too much; moreD. very much; any39. -----May I put my luggage here?-----No, you ____. You should put it up on the shelf.A. wouldn‘tB. needn‘tC. mustn‘tD. won‘t40. Don‘t forget ____ Ron the departure time or he ____ not be able to catch the train.A. telling; willB. telling; canC. to tell; shouldD. to tell; may41. ----- I‘m sorry I‘m late. The weather‘s too cold today.----- ____. Come in and sit down. We‘re at Page 25.A. You are welcomeB. It‘s a shameC. Don‘t worryD. You are luckyB) Beneath each of the following dialogues, there are four choices, marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best completes the dialogue.42. -----It‘s very hot here. Can I open the window?----- ______?----- The window, can I open it?----- Yes, ______.A. How come; you pleaseB. Pardon; of courseC. Why is that; it isD. What; here you are43. -----Good morning. Dixons Electrical. How can I help you?-----Good morning. ______?-----I‘m afraid Mr. Smith isn‘t in his office at the moment.-----______?-----Thanks. I‘ll call later.A. Can I speak to the manager please; Can I take a messageB. Have you got my invitation please; Can I have your messageC. Can I have his last name please; Can I leave a messageD. Are you Mr. Smith please; Can I bring a message44. -----Hi! Cici. What club are you in?----- ______.----- ______?----- Once a week.A. I got two tickets for the club; When did you meetB. I am in the Movie Club; How often does your club meetC. I like taking pictures; How do you like your membersD. I want to be a singer; How many times do you practice45. ----- What will you do this weekend, Mary?----- I‘ll go to the book store. ______?----- I‘m going to visit an old people‘s home with my friends.----- So nice! ______?----- Sure you can.A. Why not come together; Can I help youB. Do you want some; Would you like to comeC. What did you say; Do you like themD. How about you; Can I go with youII. Reading comprehension (阅读理解) (共20小题，选择题10小题，每小题1分，非选择题10小题，每小题2分，计30分)A) Read the following passage which is followed by five questions. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage46. How many forms are there in TRURO High School?A. Three.B. FourC. Five.D. Six47. Who will pay for the students of TRURO High School?A. The schoolB. The governmentC. The peopleD. The parents48. What do students have to wear at school?A. School hats.B. School UniformC. School boots.D. All the above.49. Which subjects must they take for GCSE(英国普通初中考试)?A. English and a modern language.B. Mathematics and riding.C. A Science, singing and violin.D. All of the above.50. The students may be absent from school ______.A. on the first day of each termB. with an extra feeC. when they join the school clubD. with special permissionB) The following three passages are followed by several questions. Respond to the question according to the passage.AEvery American student like popular music. Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, and the information about Americans. Most of the radio programmes are music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Then the singer has become a national star.There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called western or country music.Questions 51—55: Judge the following sentences true(T) or false (F) according to the passage.51. American students like listening to pop music and they can even listen to them in class.52. Adult drivers listen to music as well as other programmes while driving.53. All the money from the CDs and tapes goes to the singer himself or herself.54. Only pop music is popular in America now.55. Folk music and country music tell stories about common life of Americans in cities and countryside.BCooking with CarePeople are so busy these days that many have no time to cook. This creates a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often theonly times everyone sees one another at the same time.Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who bakes a batch of chocolate cookies isn ‘t just satisfying a child ‘s sweet tooth. He /She is sending a message. The message says, ‗I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you!‘There ‘s also something about the smell of good cooking that attracts people of all ages. It makes most of us feel safe and loved – even if we are the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake baking, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood. Chances are, the good smell is making you feel happy.Real estate agents (房产中介) know that good cooking smells are important. They sometimes advise people whose homes are for sales to bake cookies if buyers are coming to see the house. The good smells make the place ‗feel like home ‘. These pleasant smells help to make buyers buy the house to make a good home for their family, too!Questions 56-60: Fill in the blanks with suitable words according to the passage above. Use no more than three words for each blank.56. Fewer people cook now because they are ______.57. Family meals are ______ because they bring family members ______.58. Homemade cookies can satisfy a child ‘s sweet tooth while telling him/her that the parents ______ him/her as well.59. Real estate agents often ask home sellers to ______ when people come to see their houses.60. The smell of baking may encourage buyers to ______.CIf you go to the Spanish town of Bunol in August, you should wear old clothes. Don ‘t wear good clothes because you may get covered with tomato juice!The farmers near Bunol grow a lot of tomatoes. In summer there are too many tomatoes to sell. So the people of Bunol have an unusual way of using them. Every year, one day in August is called ‗Tomatina ‘(西红柿狂欢节). In the morning, the shopkeepers in Bunol put plastic over their shops. They don ‘t want their shops to be covered with tomato juice. A big crowd of people comes into town. Then trucks bring 125,000 kilograms of tomatoes.At 11 o ‘clock, the fun starts. Suddenly everyone starts throwing tomatoes at each other. People enjoy throwing tomatoes. They also enjoy being hit by tomatoes! Soon everyone is red. And everyone is having a lot of fun.Then, at 1 o ‘clock, everyone stops throwing tomatoes. The streets of Bunol are covered with tomato juice. The people wash the street, and soon all the tomato juice is gone. Tomatina is finished for another year. But next August the farmers will have a lot of tomatoes again. And it will be Tomatina time again!Questions 61-65: Answer the following questions according to the passage.61. When is Tomatina each year?62. Why do shopkeepers put plastic over their shops?63. How many tomatoes are used in Tomatina?64. How long does Tomatina last?65. What do people enjoy about Tomatina?III. Cloze (选择填空) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)A) Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of 10 words out of the 12 given according to the context.Healthy Eating!Do you want to be healthy? Perhaps you need to go on a 66 . Start the day by 67 a glass of water or orange juice... but no coffee or tea, and no milk or sugar please! For 68 , don ‘t eat any fried foods... French fries, or burgers, for 69 some fish, perhaps with some green vegetables, is really 70 for you. Do you want some noodles for lunch? OK, but don't 71 any cheese or tomato sauce on top! If you are still 72 , eat some fruit, or have some nuts--- they are 73 healthy. And to drink ... just water! It hasn ‘t any calories so you can drink as 74 as you want. For dinner, have some soup and bread. It ‘s 75 ... but delicious!drink, simple, lunch, example, some, good, diet, put, hungry, strong, much, realB)IV. Sentences pattern transformation (句型转换) (共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)Transform the sentences as required. Fill in each blank with only one word.81. I‘m too tired to play with you. (改为同义句)I‘m _____ _____ that I _____ _____ play with you.82. Milk chocolate is sweeter than dark chocolate. (改为否定句)Dark chocolate is _____ _____ _____ _____ milk chocolate.83. My little brother coughed for two days. (对划线部分提问)______ ______ ______ your little brother ______ ?84. It was a terrible day yesterday. (改为感叹句)______ ______ it was yesterday!85. There was some bread and fruit in the kitchen. (改写为一般疑问句)______ ______ ______ bread ______ fruits in the kitchen?V. Translation (翻译) (共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)Translate the sentences into Chinese or English, using the words given in the brackets.86. Better late than never.87. People have a long way to go before they achieve world peace.88. 一个人是否能成功取决于他有多努力。