2003年全國中學生英語能力競賽（NEPCS）決賽初三組試題

1、2003年全國中學生英語能力競賽NEPCS決賽初三組試題時間：120分鐘總分：150分 聽力局部共四大題，計30分 I聽辨單詞Words共5小題，計5分 在以下各組單詞中選出所聽句子里含有的那個選項。每句只讀一遍。答案涂在答題紙上 1Adifficult Bdigital Cdifferent Ddangerous 2Asecret Bscenery Csociety Dscience 3Aproduce Bprevent Cpractise Dprotect 4Aflying Bflowing Cfollowing Dfalling 5Aweather Bwhenever Cwherever

2、 Dwhether II句子理解Sentences共5小題，計5分 從以下各組句子中選出與你所聽到的句子所表達的意思相同或相近的選項。每句只讀一遍。答案涂在答題紙上 6AExcuse meCould you tell me what China Hotel is，please？ BHow do you know where China Hotel is，sir？ CWould you tell me how I can get to China Hotel，please？ DExcuse meCan I get to China Hotel，sir？ 7AYou can leave here

3、after you finish your work BLeave your work alone CBefore you leave，come here DFinish your work first，then take a break 8ATony hurried to catch the train to see the football game yesterday BTony was thinking about yesterdays game CTony was very sorry about losing the game yesterday DTony said sorry

4、to his classmates about yesterdays game 9AHow do you say the word in Japanese？ BWhy do you show this to me？ CWhat does it seem to be？ DWhat does the word“showingmean？ 10ATurn off the lights，though the room is dark BPlease keep the lights on when you leave the room CTurn on the lights when you enter

5、the room DDont forget to turn off the lights when you leave the room III對話理解Dialogues共10小題，計10分 A你將分別聽到五段小對話，針對每段對話將提出一個問題，從下面每組圖片中選出能答復所提問題的最正確選項。對話及問題只讀一遍。答案涂在答題紙上 11A.B.C.D. 12A.B.C.D. 13A.B.C.D. 14A.B.C.D. 15A.B.C.D. B你將聽到一段對話和對話后的5個問題，請根據(jù)對話和問題選擇各題的最正確答案。對話和問題將讀兩遍。答案涂在答題紙上 16AIts singing while l

6、istening to the musicBIts dancing along to the music CIts playing musicDIts singing by yourself 17AA mobile phoneBA microphoneCMicrosoftDA motorbike 18AIn BeijingBIn New YorkCIn Hong KongDIn Tokyo 19AWestern pop songsBTraditional Japanese songs CFrank and PhilDMadonnas songs 20ABecause its very easy

7、 and cheap BBecause it may make them become popular CBecause its a way of showing friendship DBecause its a chance to make a fool of themselves IV短文理解Passages共10小題，計10分 A你將聽到一篇短文及短文后的4個問題，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及問題選擇各題的 最正確答案。短文和問題將讀兩遍。答案涂在答題紙上 21ABecause her parents wanted to go on holiday alone BBecause she had s

8、ome studying to do CBecause she had to go to school DBecause she had to take care of the house 22AOne monthBHalf a monthCFour daysDOne week 23AShe would do lots of homeworkBShe would go walking CShe would do the cleaningDShe would take part in sports in the park 24AWhen she was phoningBWhen she was

9、swimming CWhen she was cooking and cleaning DWhen she was seeing film s and m eeting her friends B你將聽到一篇短文及短文后的6個問題，請根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及問題選擇各題的最正確答案。短文和問題將讀兩遍。答案涂在答題紙上 25AEast LondonBNorth Macao CSouth ParisDWest Toronto 26A40B65C60D50 27AFlowersBJacketsCToys for childrenDVegetables and fruit 28AColumbia RoadBB

10、rick LaneCPetticoat LaneDWhitechapel 29AOn SundayBOn FridayCOn SaturdayDOn Monday 30AIts next to the Columbia Road BIts right by the post office CIts opposite a hospital DIts in the underground station 筆試局部共八大題，計120分 I選擇填空Vocabulary and structure共20小題，計20分 A從A、B、C、D四個選項中，找出可以填入各題空白處的最正確選項。答案涂在答題紙上 1

11、Although the girl is only eight years old，she can do the cooking herselfThe word “herselfin the sentence means Aby her Bwithout help Clonely Dalong 2After making such a fool of myself，Ill never be able to show my face in there againTheChinese for“show my facein this sentence is A做秀B丟臉C尊嚴D露面 3Li Xium

12、ing was to stay at home two weeks because he had visited asuspected疑似SARS patient in May Atold；at least Bsaying；less Cspeaking；mostly Dtalked；almost 4Amy，you may go skating after your homework Ahas finished Bwill finish Cis finished Dwas finished 5It took the scientists seven days to Takla Makan“the

13、 sea of death Aclimb；calling Bthrough；called Cacross；naming Dcross；named 6There is only one ticket for both of usyou I can go into the cinema ABoth；and BNot only；but alsoCEither；or DNeither；nor 7David told me important information he on the Internet Awhat an；searched Bwhat；got Chow；typed Dhow an；dow

14、nloaded 8The wind is blowing ，the rain is on the way Ahard；heavy Bbig；large Cgreat；most Dstrong；heavily 9If you robbed，whom you ask help？ Awill be；will；for Bwill be；do；to Care；will；for Dare；do；to 10All beepers and mobile phones must during the meeting we can hear the report clearly Akeep away；ever s

15、ince Bnot open；until Cbe kept closed；if Dbe turned off；so that 11Are you going to dive now？ No，Id prefer because we dont know the depth of the water Anot to Bto go Clike to Dgoing 12SARS teaches people to be thankful，not only for their own lives，but also for Aanothers BothersCthe other Dsome other 1

16、3You are watching television when someone asks you：Would you mind turning down the sound，please？As you do so，you say： AOf course I do BYes，I would CNo，of course not DNo，I dont turn it down 14As youre leaving a shop the assistant says，“Have a nice day！You say： AThank youSame to youBye BCongratulation

17、s to you CNo，thanksIve made other plans DTake your time，see you 15The sign“THIS SIDE UPis often seen Ain a lift Bat a theatre Con a box Din the street B下面5道小題可以組成一篇小短文首句已給出，請根據(jù)上下文和所給選項選出各題的最正確選項。答案涂在答題紙上 Come with me，and I will help you find some of natures secretsLets go quickly through the woods a

18、nd fields 16Here we shall find a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger Awhat Bhow Cwhy Dwhich 17We shall follow a mother bear and her young ones as they search for food and get readyfor their long winter Awork Btrip Choliday Dsleep 18We shall watch bees dancing in the air the other bee

19、s where theycan find food Ato let；know Bmake；see Clet；to see Dto make；to know 19I will show you many other interesting things，but the thing that I can teachyou is to keep your eyes open when you go out Adelicious Bwell Cmost Dbest 20Nature her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully Aas

20、ks Bfollows Ctells Dfinds II閱讀理解Reading comprehension共30小題，計30分 閱讀以下短文或圖表，按要求完成文后各題。2130小題為選擇題，每題只有一個最正確選項，請將答案涂在答題紙上；3150小題為非選擇題，請將答案寫在答題紙上。 A The most important day Helen Keller remembered in all her life was the one on which her teacher，Anne Sullivan，came to herIt was three months before she was

21、seven years old On the afternoon of that day，Helen knew that something was happeningShe went outside and waited at the door of the houseShe could feel the sun on her face and she could touch the leaves of the plantsThen she felt someone walking towards herShe thought itwas her mother and she went to

22、 her and held her closeThis was the teacher who had come to teach all things to her and，above all，to love her The next morning，the teacher took her into her room and gave her a dollWhen Helen was playing with it，MissSullivan slowly spelled the word“dollonto her hand Helen learnt a lot of words like

23、thisAfter the teacher had been with her for several weeks， Helen understood that everything had a name One day Helen didnt understand the difference between“mugand“waterShebecame angry and threw the doll on the floorIn her quiet，dark world she didnt feel sorry for doing itThen her teacher took her o

24、ut into the warm sunshineThey walked down to the well where someone was drawing waterHer teacher put her hand under the water and spelled the word“waterat the same time in her other handSuddenly，Helen felt an understandingShe knew then that“waterwas the wonderful cool something flowing over her hand

25、That living word awakened her spirit，gave it light， hope，fun and set it free！ 21How was the girl different from other children？ AShe didnt know how to play games BShe was angry all the time CShe couldnt speak DShe was deaf and blind 22Helen Kellers age was when she met MissSullivan Afive Bunder six

26、Cabove six Dseven 23Why was her teacher so important to her？ ABecause her teacher loved her and taught her BBecause her parents were both dead CBecause she wanted to go to university DBecause there was nobody to play with her 24Helen learnt new words when Ashe went to the well BMissSullivan spelled

27、them on her hand Cthe teacher gave her a doll Dshe knew the difference between two words 25What can the reader learn from the passage？ AHow to spell different words and understand their meanings BThe way to feel sorry for doing something wrong CThe idea of how to describe things and make them feel r

28、eal DWhen someone is drawing water，we should go to feel it B People think being an artist must be a wonderful way to make ones livingAnd of course， there are lots of great things about working for oneself，at home，aloneWhat I really like is that nobody tells me what time to start in the morning，or wh

29、at to wear，or whether I can take the afternoon off and go to a football match But then，I have no one to talk with，no one to discuss last nights match with during the lunch-hourSure，I can spend the afternoon doing something I enjoy like swimming，or walking the dog，or even sleeping，if I chooseBut the

30、work will still be there when I get back homeAnd its still got to be finished in time Working at home means that people can always find me，once Ive answered the doorbell，its too latemy thoughts have been stoppedNo one would dream of calling in if I worked in an office，but I find myself making cups o

31、f coffee and listening to friends troublesAs they talk，my ideas disappear 26The writer is writing the passage to Aencourage readers to work at home Bexplain why he has changed his job Cdescribe his working life Dsay how he would like to work 27The reader can learn from the passage Ahow to start work

32、ing for oneself Bwhat its like to work at home Cwhy the writer worked for himself Dhow artists do well 28What does the writer like about his life？ AHe has a lot of time for sport BHe is his own manager CHe can see people when he wants to DHe has a comfortable place to work at 29When do the writers i

33、deas disappear？ AWhen he answers the letter BWhen he goes to the swimming pool CWhen his friends are drinking coffee DWhen his friends talk 30Which of these notices would be most useful for the writer to put on his door？ C Seven Modern Wonders of the World The Panama Canal，begun in the 1880s，wasnt f

34、inished until 1914It joins the Atlantic and Pacific oceansEngineers describe the canal as a victory of humans over geographyFor 40 years after it was completed in 1931，the Empire State Building，in New York City，was the tallest building in the worldAmazingly，this 102-story building was completed in j

35、ust 410 days The Netherlands North Sea Protection Works is another victory over geographyThe Netherlands，which is below sea level，was often flooded by the North Sea and by riversThen，between 1927 and 1932，a dam was built to shut out the seaTwenty years later，dams and canals were built to control the

36、 rivers The Golden Gate Bridge，completed in 1937，was alsovery hard work for workers： San Francisco Bay has very strong winds and rough waves The Golden Gate is still the worlds tallest bridgeIt has enough steel to go around the world three times At 1，815 feet，the CN Tower，in Toronto，Canada， is one o

37、f the worlds tallest free-standing buildingsCompleted in 1976，the tower is used for TV and radio broadcasting The Itaip Dam，completed in 1984，goes across the Parana River at the Brazil Paraguay borderIt is the worlds largest hydroelectric plant Completed in 1994，the Channel Tunnel joins France and E

38、nglandThe“Chunnel is a great convenience：Cars， buses，and trucks are all carried through the tunnel by trainFill in the blanks with one or two words according to the information above 31The joins two bodies of water 32The Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world for 33The CN Tower

39、is highIts higher than Empire State Building 34The dam in Netherlands was built from 1927 to 35It was difficult to complete the Golden Gate Bridge because there were and rough waves 36The ItaipDam crosses the borders of and Paraguay 37If you go to England from France，you can take your car or truck t

40、hrough the Channel Tunnel D Use the newspaper TV guide to fill in the blanks 38You may watch Channel to find out the weather report 39What sport do the New York Wolves play？ 40The Cooking Show starts on Channel 6on Monday night 41The name of Monday nights show is ：The Life and Times of John FKennedy

41、 42How long does the film Star Battle last on Monday night？ 43If you want to learn more about lions，which channel may you turn to？ E Many North Americans love sportThis does not necessarily mean that they get any exerciseWhat they do is watch national teams on television They watch baseball，football

42、， basketball，hockey，golf and tenniswhich means that for most of the weekends they sit in front of the televisionIf they are friendly，their friends watch with them Baseball is the great American sport and every team has fansNearly every big city has a team ，and as each team plays 162 games a year，fol

43、lowing baseball can take up a lot of timeThe playing season begins in spring and finishes in the fall World Series，when the two leading teams play each otherThe first to win four games wins the SeriesAlthough called the World Series， Canada is the only other country to take part in it Football，playe

44、d in fall and winter，is also very popularIt is not at all like the game called soccerThere isnt much kicking in American football，which has more to do with running with the ball and knocking people downEach team only plays 16games during the season，and these take place on Sundays and Monday evenings

45、Half the country watches the final game on a Sunday，in January When there are no good games on television，Americans watch college sportsMany colleges feel that if they want their former students to give money to their old schools，they need a winning football teamTo our surprise，this seems to be true

46、 Answer the following questions according to the passage 44When do Americans and their friends sit to watch games on TV？ 45Which two sports are the most popular in the USA？ 46How many countries are there in the World Series？ 47When is the baseball season in America？ 48When is the final football game

47、 held in the USA？ 49Why are college teams important for colleges in America？ 50What does the word“formermean in Chinese？ III完形填空Cloze共15小題，計15分 A閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)其內(nèi)容從所給的12個單詞中選出最恰當?shù)?個填入空中。答案寫在答題紙上 already；any；businessman；but；died；early；how； remember；scientist；still；understand；whenIf you ask many people to n

48、ame a twentieth century artist，they will tell you“Picasso Although he was born in 1881 and51 in 1973，the public52 think of his work as modern artHis53 paintings look traditional to us now，but his later work is less easy to54 ，even seventy years after he did itOne thing we students should55 about Pic

49、asso is that he enjoyed a jokeThis is clear56 we look at the drawings he made of dishes and potsWhen we try to understand the importance of Picasso，we must not forget that he was a clever57 as well as a great artistAlthough poor when young，he was good at selling his work，and hebecame very richHe bel

50、ieved he was a great artist，and he could make other people think that he was，tooSome people feel that there are other twentieth century artists who should be as famous as he is，58 this can only be decided in the future B根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容及首字母提示用最恰當?shù)脑~完成下文。答案寫在答題紙上 In England，tea is not just a drink，its a m 59as

51、wellIn some homes its the last meal of the day，although for many people its a l 60meal between lunch and d 61But，for most people at work，there isnt time to s 62for afternoon teaMost tea shops serve afternoon tea b 63three and five in the afternoon，although the most popular t 64is around four oclockS

52、o，an English tea is good for people on holiday who have time to enjoy itWhy not try to taste a special English tea in that most English of cities，Oxford？After a long day v 65the wonderful city，enjoy yourself at one of the many tea shops IV句式轉(zhuǎn)換Sentence pattern transformation共10小題，計10分 A按要求轉(zhuǎn)換以下句式，每空詞數(shù)

53、不限。答案寫在答題紙上 66You shouldnt be late for the meeting any more改為祈使句 late for the meeting any more，please 67My neighbour，Peter，is tall and thin改為特殊疑問句 does your neighbour，Peter，look ？ 68Someone saw her practise dancing at the foot of the hill改為被動語態(tài) She dancing at the foot of the hill 69I think there is

54、something wrong with the digital camera改為否認句 I there anything wrong with the digital cam era 70Its ten years since the Littles started to work in China改為現(xiàn)在完成時 The Littles in China for over ten years B根據(jù)上句完成下句，使兩句表達的意思根本相同，每空一詞。答案寫在答題紙上 71Fred would rather live on a boat than in a house Fred living o

55、n a boat living in a house 72I like the book and think others should read it，too That book is 73You really shouldnt spend so much time playing computer games Its of time playing computer games 74We are going to the mountains so that we can enjoy the cool weather We are going to the mountains the coo

56、l weather 75The boy found the university，although nobody told him the way The boy found the university anybody him the way V動詞填空Fill in the blanks with verbs in their proper forms共10小題，計10分 A閱讀短文并用括號內(nèi)所給動詞的適當形式填空。答案寫在答題紙上 Joan Chen is famous both in China，where she grew up，and in the United States，wh

57、ere she now76 liveHow did Joan become a famous actress in two countries？Its an interesting story Joan Chen was born in Shanghai in 1961When she was 14，some people from a film company came to her school and77 encourageher to study actingShe was happy about this chanceAt the age of 18，she won the Gold

58、en Rooster，Chinas top film award In late 1970，she moved to AmericaHer parents hoped she78 study medicineInstead she looked for work as an actressShe had to start all over againOne day she went to speak to a director，but the interview79 not gowellAs she walked away，a man in a car noticed herThe man w

59、as Dino Dalaurentiis，the film s producerHe offered her a80 leadpartA year later，she starred in Bernardo Bertoluccis The Last Emperor B從所給的8個動詞中選出5個最恰當?shù)牟⒂闷溥m當?shù)男问教钊胛闹锌瞻滋帯４鸢笇懺诖痤}紙上 buy；he ar；invent；keep；see；serve；start；workThe telephone was invented in March 1876by Alexander Graham Bell，a teacher who liv

60、ed in Boston，MassachusettsOne day Bell and Watson，a worker，were in different rooms81 on their new inventionBell said，“Come hereI want you，and Watson82 these words on the telephone in the other room Soon Bell83 his own company，the Bell Telephone CompanyOther small telephone com panies were started in