中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽(nepcs)高二年級(jí)組試題

1、中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽（NEPCS）高二年級(jí)組試題筆試部分 （共七大題，計(jì) 120 分 ）I. 選擇填空 （Vocabulary and structure） （ 共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，計(jì) 15 分 ）從 A、B、C、 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。（ 答案涂在答題紙上 ）31. On_typical summer day, the temperature can rise from 3C before_sunrise to 27Cby midday.A. the; theB. the; /C. a; /D. a; the32. She learnt both busin

2、ess and history, but she knows _ of them well, though shecan speak on _ subjects in general.A. none; anyB. nothing; anythingC. neither; both D. either; neither33. I _ the work so carelessly. Shall I do it again? OK, but it _ by noon.A. cant complete; must be finishingB. shouldnt have done; must be d

3、oneC. must not have completed; may have doneD. must not do; must have been finished34. She kept _ they must be economical, _ they were not rich.A. on saying; thoughB. speak; tillC. saying; sinceD. to speak; as35. Since the beginning of agriculture, the human population _ more than twothousand times.

4、A. had enlarged onB. has been broadened byC. went up forD. has increased by36. I told them not everybody could do it, _ ? I was right about everything.37. Do you remember _ Celia came? Sure. On foot, not by car, I think.A. when it was thatB. how it was thatC. how was it thatD. when was it that38. Ni

5、ck suggested _ there for two weeks. It was a brilliant idea. I wished I_ of it myself.A. to go; thoughtB. to live; exchangedC. going; had thoughtD. living; would have exchanged39. He is a difficult person. He has never got _ well with his _ relatives.A. on; daughter-in-lawsB. along; daughters-in-law

6、C. /; daughter-in-lawsD. up; daughters-in-law40. She looked at him _ and her words sounded _ .A. warm; tireless B. cold; sharply C. warmly; tirelesslyD. coldly; sharp41._ his movie work, Redford is known as a famous sociologist.A. In addition toB. In a wordC. In troubleD. In case of42._ the table, s

7、he pretended not to notice their talking about Judy.A. Having setB. Be layingC. Setting D. Laid43. I spent the summer in France, _ I climbed the Alps.A. in whereB. during whichC. thereD. that44. You have lots of bags. Let me help you. Thanks a lot.A. Really? I didnt know that.A. didnt IB. couldnt th

8、eyC. could theyD. did IB. Sounds good!lm very interested in classic music.C. Come this way. My cars in the parking lot.D. Yes, Id like to have a bag.45. I saw a good tennis racket last week. It wasYes, 20% off!_Hurry up, or itll be gone!A. Are you trying to make a fool of me?C. Hot dogs are fine. Le

9、ts go there.B. I dont think I can. Its really painful.D. Thats really a good buy.（共 20 小題；選擇題 5 小題，每小題 1 分，非選擇題 15小題，每小題 2 分，計(jì) 35 分）A）選擇題：閱讀下面短文，從 A、B、C、D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出能回答所Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system. It is also one of the most interesting. It was named after Jupiter,the most import

10、ant of the Roman gods, and nicknamed thePlanets. It is the fifth planet from the sun and the fourth brightest object in the sky.Beforethe invention of the telescope, Jupiter was thought to be a bright star.In 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo realised that Jupiter was actually a planet. He alsonot

11、iced that it had four large moons. These are known as the Galilean moons. The biggest isGanymede, and it is larger than the planets Pluto and Mercury. Next in size is Callisto, whichis the farthest away from Jupiter. Io is the closest to the planet, and has a lot of activevolcanoes. The smallest of

12、the Galilean moons is Europa. Europa is covered in ice, and scientists believe there maybe an ocean underneath.Galileos discovery that Jupiter was not a star but a planet was very important. Before this time, people believed theEarth to be the centre of the universe. They thought that the sun, 60, b

13、ut they are having a sale.II. 閱讀理解(Reading comprehension)提問(wèn)題的最佳答案。（答案涂在答題紙上）King ofA. approachedB. stoppedC. sped upD. circledstars, and other planets all revolved around the Earth. However, Galileo proved that the sun was at the centre of theuniverse!(A) Jupiter is farther out in the solar system t

14、han Earth, so it takes longer to revolve aroundthe sun. (B) However, a day on Jupiter is much shorter, only 9.8 Earth hours. (C) This isbecause it spins a lot faster than the Earth does. (D)Another of Jupiters interesting features is its“ Great Red Spot.”is a large red spot. The spot is actually a h

15、uge storm like a hurricane, but bigger. It covers an area twice as big as theEarth and has been going on for at least 400 years!46. What is the passage mainly about?A. Features of the planet Jupiter.B. Differences between Jupiter and other planets.C. Galileos accomplishments in astronomy.D. How Jupi

16、ter moves in the solar system.47. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Jupiter?A. It is the brightest object in the sky.B. One of its four moons might have an ocean.C. It is the fourth planet from the sun.D. Either Pluto or Mercury is bigger than it.48. According to Paragra

17、ph 3, why is Galileos discovery important?A. Because Jupiter was thought to be smaller than Earth.B. Because people knew that Earth is not the only planet.C. Because it meant that the planet goes around the Earth.D. Because it proved that Earth is not the centre of the universe.49. The underlined wo

18、rd “ revolved ” in the third paragraph is closest in meaning toOn the surface of the planet50. Where would the following sentence best fit into Paragraph 4, (A), (B), (C) or (D)?This means that one year on Jupiter is as long as 11.6 Earth years.B）非選擇題：閱讀下列材料，然后按要求完成所給岀的題目。（答案寫在答題紙上）urwERSinOFMINSIER

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30、hat would your teacher think if you walked into class and said,“ Hey buddy, whats up?” Hewould probably think you were impolite for speaking too casually. A better greeting might be,“ Good morning, sir.” This is one example showing how English usage depends on a particularrelationship. As you can se

31、e, English has no honorifics （敬語(yǔ)）in the language itself, unlikeKorean and Japanese. Instead, English speakers show respect by speaking politely andformally.This is particularly true when you are making requests. Imagine you are at dinner with anAmerican host family. A basic rule to keep in mind is a

32、lways to use“ please ” and “ thank you ”when you ask for something.“ Pass me the salt ” is considered a rude command!“ Pass me thesalt, please ” is fairly polite. To ask even more politely, English speakers use“ would you ” o“ could you ” at the beginning of requests:“ Would you please pass me the s

33、alt?”Another way to show respect in English is through the use of titles. In formal situations youshould call a person Mr., Mrs., or Ms. Certain professions have titles as well. For example, doctors are called Dr. instead of Mr., Mrs., or Ms. Aperson who holds a PhD is also called57. What doesNews o

34、n the hourmean?human eyes. The (67)people who are known to have seen it were hunters on shipsofficer should be addressed as“ Officer ”.(64) Even though the English language does not have honorifics in the language form, it isimportant to show respect in certain situations. With close frie nds you ca

35、n use sla ng and casuallanguage. However, you should take care to speak differently to older people, or those who youdont know very well. (65) Also when youre not sure which level of formality to use, you shouldbe more formal than not formal enough, just as you would in Korean or Japanese.Questions

36、6163: Answer the questions or complete the sentence.61. What is the passage mainly talking about?62. There are two ways for English speakers to show respect in oral communication. What arethey?63. When you talk to a police officer who is going to give you a ticket for speeding, you shouldcall him or

37、 her“_ ” .Questions 6465: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.III.完形填空（Cloze）（共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，計(jì) 15 分）It is probable that until two hundred years ago, (66)_ had never been seen by anydoctor.Judges also have a special title,Your Honour,in the courtroom. Finally, a police閱讀下面短文，在空白處填上適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，

38、使短文語(yǔ)義完整。每空一詞。（答案寫在答題紙上）in 1819. Two years (68)_ , one of them managed to land there even (69)_conditions prevented him from exploring very far. Larger scientific expeditions ( later came to the Antarcticto find out more. By the end of the nineteenth century they had (70)_ in mapping thecoast of the

39、continent, in spite of the fact (71)_Antarctica is almost entirely covered by a thick sheet of (72)_ which in placesstretches ( 延伸 ) far beyond the edge of the land onto the (73)_ .There was something (74)_ which attracted people to Antarctica besides scientific(75)_ . This was the South (76)_. A nu

40、mber of attempts to reach it weremade in the early years of the twentieth (77)_ , but the first person to get there wasthe Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, in 1911. Travelling with dogs (78) _ pull thesledges ( 雪橇 ) which carried his partys supplies, he arrived at the pole five weeks (79)his rivals(_ 對(duì)手 )

41、, a British group led by Robert Scott.Despite the terrible weather, many nations now have scientific bases onAntarctica,(80)_ out research on a great range of subjects.IV.翻譯 (Translation)( 共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，計(jì) 10 分 )用括號(hào)中所給的詞語(yǔ)將下列句子譯成英語(yǔ)。 ( 答案寫在答題紙上 )81.新教學(xué)樓以紀(jì)念本校的第一位校長(zhǎng)而命名。 (in honour of)82.她要我注意報(bào)告中的一處錯(cuò)誤。 (

42、draw ones attention)83.當(dāng)看到那個(gè)男孩溺水時(shí)，他毫不猶豫地跳入河中。 (without hesitation)84.這個(gè)案件中的原因與結(jié)果很難聯(lián)系在一起。(relate to)85.由于生病，杰克已經(jīng)四天沒(méi)上班了。 (absent)V.短文改錯(cuò) （Error correction）（ 共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，計(jì) 10 分 ）此題要求改正所給短文中的錯(cuò)誤。對(duì)標(biāo)有題號(hào)的每一行作出判斷：如無(wú)錯(cuò)誤，在該行右邊橫線上畫一個(gè)勾考察）（V）;如有錯(cuò)誤（每行只有一個(gè)錯(cuò)誤），則按下列情況改正：此行多一個(gè)詞：把多余的詞用斜線 () 劃掉，在該行右邊橫線上寫出該詞，并也用斜線劃掉此行缺

43、一個(gè)詞：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（A），在該行右邊橫線上寫出該加的詞。此行錯(cuò)一個(gè)詞：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該行右邊橫線上寫出改正后的詞。 注意：原行沒(méi)有錯(cuò)的不要改。（答案寫在答題紙上 ）I am writing this leaflet because I want everyone know what a wonderful town I live in.86._Not many people live here, so it is a quiet and peace place. Many visitors come here87._to relax and recovered after

44、an illness. Many famous people have visited this town. For example,88._Julia Roberts, David Copperfield and Elizabeth Taylor all came here in last year.89._They were feeling badly when they arrived but they soon stopped feeling ill here.90._The town is surrounded by high mountain and has wonderful f

45、resh air.91._If you feel fit enough, you can rent a bicycle and go for a ride into the mountains. If you92._come in winter, you will be able to go skiing. Some people may wonder that what93._there is to do in the evenings in such a small town. There are several fine restaurants and94._ clubs and the

46、 nightlife is really unexpectedly good. We look forward to see you.95.VI.智力測(cè)試（IQ）（共 5 小題；每小題 1 分，計(jì) 5 分）回答下列問(wèn)題。（答案寫在答題紙上）96. Add a letter somewhere in each of words on the left so that they match the clue （The first one has been done as an example. The letters in the boxes spell out a word./ICE |anim

47、als with tails, Uke small ratsCHATdo somethinc dishonest to winBANa music groupNOSE |I Loud or unpleasant soundHILLYcoldDEALperfectSAILsmall., slow creature with a shellBARDhair on a rnanS Face97. I met four of my old school friends today. In the morning I first saw Patricia and later Richie. Thenin

48、 the afternoon I saw Christabel. Whom did I encounter in the evening? Was it Thora, Stella, Thelmaor Sally?98. The cost of an identical （完全相同的）three-course lunch for four people wasThe main course cost twice as much as the sweet and the sweet cost twice as much as the starter. Howmuch did the main c

49、ourse cost per person?VII.寫作（Writing） （共 2 題；A 題滿分 10 分，B 題滿分 20 分，計(jì) 30 分）A） You are going to England for a few months with a friend. You need to find somewhere tostay. You have found some information and have written some notes. Write to your friend giving youropinion of the different places. Say w

50、hat you can do if you stay in each place.線索） . 56.00.Write your composition in 120150 words. （20 分）（答案寫在答題紙上）Write a letter in about 80 words in an appropriate style. Do not write any addresses.分）（答案寫在答題紙上）Th? Linn HotelSmall friendly hotel ir: eily centre,- popuhi wiili uhitoB fre oveBtas. ADTOOTSw

51、ith priv3：e fac】怖es,_penon per week, indudiug toeakfast, Tel 357103.注：住宿 accommodationB) Your classmates have recently had a discussion about how much freedom parents should allow youngpeople to have nowadays. Your teacher has asked you to write a composition giving your own views on thefollowing st

52、atement:Young people are given too much freedom nowadays by their parents.(10Roominfamilyhousemwosingleroams.EreaKist里世piT FLATS Ihingroo世磁在kite ji cr.,: SjtLrocm, bcilrooni w ititwin beds. 3 km dry centre. 10 trinytesbus stop. 250 per month. Electricityextra. Phc 27533220XX 年全國(guó)中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽 （NEPCS） 決賽高

53、二年級(jí)組試題參考答案聽力部分 （ 共四大題，計(jì) 30 分）I 句子理解 (Statements)15 ACBDBII 問(wèn)句應(yīng)答 (Responses) 610 BDCACIII 對(duì)話理解 (Dialogues)A) 11 15 BDCABB) 16 20 CBDADIV.短文理解 (Passages)A) 21 25 ADADC27. 1605 28. poet 29. beauty 30. nine筆試部分 （共七大題，計(jì) 120 分 ）I. 選擇填空 (Vocabulary and structure)31 35 CCBCD36 40 ABCAD41 45 ACBCDII 閱讀理解 (Re

54、ading comprehension)46 50 ABDDB51. Public Services Management52. EducationB) 26. owner53. Master54. three years55. Interested people can get more information and meet the staff.56. 55,000.57. News at exactly 1 oclock, 2 oclock, etc. / News exactly at the beginning of an hour.58. 6:55 am.59. 7:00 pm.

55、60. Robin Sedgley.61. Different English formalities in different situations.62. By speaking politely and formally and through the use of titles.63. Officer.64. 盡管在英語(yǔ)的語(yǔ)言形式中沒(méi)有敬語(yǔ)，但在某些場(chǎng)合表示敬意是很重要的。65. 同樣，當(dāng)你不確定用什么等級(jí)的禮節(jié)時(shí)，你最好像使用朝語(yǔ)和日語(yǔ)那樣做到多禮而非欠禮III. 完形填空 (Cloze)66. Antarctica67. first68. later69. though70. su

56、cceeded71. that72. ice73. sea / ocean74. else75. research76. Pole77. century78. to79. before80. carryingIV. 翻譯仃 ranslation)81. The new school building was named in honour of the first headmaster.82. She drew my attention to an error in the report.83. When he saw the little boy drowning in the river,

57、 he jumped into the water withouthesitation.84. Its difficult to relate cause to effect in this case.85. Due to the illness Jack has been absent from work for four days.V.短文改錯(cuò)(Error correction)I am writing this leaflet because I want everyoneAknow what a wonderful town I live in.86.toNot many people

58、 live here, so it is a quiet and peace place. Many visitors come here87. peacefulto relax and recovered after an illness. Many famous people have visited this town. Forexample,88. recover_Julia Roberts, David Copperfield and Elizabeth Taylor all came here in last year. 89.inThey were feeling badly w

59、hen they arrived but they soon stopped feeling ill here.90.badThe town is surrounded by high mountain and has wonderful fresh air.91.mountainsIf you feel fit enough, you can rent a bicycle and go for a ride into the mountains. If you92.Vcome in winter, you will be able to go skiing. Some people may

60、wonder that what93.that_there is to do in the evenings in such a small town. There are several fine restaurants and94.Vclubs and the nightlife is really unexpectedly good. We look forward to see you.95.seeingVI.智力測(cè)試（IQ）96. cheat, band, noise, chilly, ideal, snail, beardThe word in the box is MEDICINE.97