全國(guó)中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽高二初賽試卷和答案

2009年全國(guó)中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽初賽NationalEnglishProficiencyCompetitionforSecondarySchoolStudents（NEPCS）（高二試題）Seniortwohighschools（總分：150分答題時(shí)間：120分鐘）聽(tīng)力部分（共三大題，計(jì) 30分）（略）筆試部分（共七大題，計(jì) 120分）Multiple-choice（選擇填空）（共15小題；每小題1分，計(jì)15分）Beloweachofthefollowingsentences,therearefourchoices,markedA,B,CandD.Choosetheanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.（ 從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。）（答案涂在答題紙上 ）WespentaweekinParisandhadagreattimegoingup EiffelTower,andtaking boattripalongtheSeine.A.a;aB.the;a C.the;the D.（不填）；（不填）The shoeswerecoveredinmud,soIaskedthemtotakethemoffbeforetheygotinto car.A.girl's;Tom's B.girls';Toms' C.girls';Tom's D.girl's;Toms'OnSaturdaymorningweworkedfor twohoursandthenstoppedtohavesomethingtoeat.A.other B.another C.more D.eachBecauseofasteadyeconomicgrowthrate,thepresidentcanprobablylook toanotherterm.A.up B.above C.over D.forwardAsthesurveysuggestsfreshair,enoughexerciseandnutritiousfood togoodhealth.A.contribute B.add C.attribute D.encourageWhenIwatchedthefilm,Iwas toseethatitwasquite .A.surprised;boringB.surprised;boredC.surprising;boringD.surprising;boredThisisnotthesamepainting youofferedtosellusthelasttimewewerehere.A.hatB.towhichC.forwhich D.that--AreyoustillgoingtothepartyonFriday?--Yes, somethingelsecomesup.A.unlessB.incaseof C.aslongasD.supposing--I'mseeingDrEvansnextweek.--That beright.Hewillbeonholidaythen.A.mustn'tB.needn't C.can't D.hasn'tgottoReadingisanexperiencequitedifferentfromwatchingTV;therearepictures inyourmindinsteadofbeforeyoureyes.A.toformB.formingC.tohaveformed D.havingformedWhenherealizedI athim,he awayandwalkedoutoftheclassroom.A.looked;wasturning B.waslooking;turnedC.waslooking;wasturning D.looked;turnedDon'tforgettowalkthedogwhileIamaway, you?A.willB.shall C.doD.canNothingshouldgowrong,butif ,givemearingatthisnumber.A.ithadB.thatisC.itdoesD.theyshouldtoB.Itwilltakeseveraldays--Whencanweexpecttoseeanimprovement?B.ItwilltakeseveraldaysA.We'remakinghomeimprovements

C.Youcanseeherofftonight D.I'llpickitupwhenIcometoday45.--Doyouhaveanearlierflight?I'mtryingtogettoManilabeforenoon.--Thereisan8:30flightthatwillgetyouthereby11:00.---thenIcaneasilymakethe12:30meeting.A.That'llbeperfect B.Thanks,IwillcheckitlaterC.Ithinkit'sabitlate D.Ifso,Icanchangetheflight.Cloze(完形填空)(共10小題；每小題1分，計(jì)10分)Readthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithonewordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:CDaccordingtothecontext,②usingthecorrectformofthewords, (Daccordingtothefirstlettersofthewords.( 閱讀下面的短文，用以下三種形式之一完成短文填空：①根據(jù)上下）（答案寫(xiě)在答題紙上）文填空；②用所給單詞的正確形式填空；③根據(jù)單詞所給首字母填空。每空一詞。Choleraisadiseasespreadbydirtywater,eitherwhenpeopledrinkthewater,(46)eatfoodwhichhasbeenwashedinthewater,andnot(47)(proper)cooked.Unfortunately,untilthemid-19thcentury,peoplebelievedthatthedisease(48)tthroughtheair.Inthecrowdedcitiesof19th-centuryBritain,choleraspreadeasily.Mostdoctorswronglybelievedthatfreshairandabetterdietwould(49)pthedisease.Hugefireswereusuallylitinthe）（答案寫(xiě)在答題紙上）streetstodrive(50)theinfection,andtheclothesofvictimswerealsoburned.Thestreetswerealsocleanedthoroughly(51)wpowerfulchemicals.However,peoplecontinuedtosufferdreadfully.In1854,adoctorinLondon,JohnSnow,announcedwithcertaintythatcholeraspreadthrough(52)idrinkingwater.Hedidthisbycarefully(53)(collect)statisticsabouttheinfectioninonepartofLondon.Hemanagedtoprovethatinanarea(54)deathsfromcholerawerehighest,thewaterwasentirelyresponsibleforcholerainfection.(55)(Improve)madetosewers( 下水道)andsuppliesofdrinkingwaterlaterledtoadecreaseindeathsfromcholera..Readingcomprehension( 閱讀理解)(共20小題；每小題2分，計(jì)40分)Readthefollowingpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.Respondtothequestionsaccordingtothepassage.( 閱讀下列短文，然后根據(jù)短文后的要求答題。 )(答案與在答題紙上)AThecamellibraryislikenootherlibrary.ItisuniquetoKenya.Liketraditionallibraries,bookscanbe borrowedandreturned.Unliketraditionallibraries,booksarecarriedtopeoplebycamels.ThecamellibrarywasstartedinNorthernKenya,wheremanypeopleliveinremotevillages.Thenearesttown,calledGarissa,ishundredsofkilometersawayfromthesevillages.Manyofthevillagers haveneverlearnedtoread.Theycannotaffordtobuybooks,letalonehaveaccesstotheInternet.Until1996,theonlylibraryintheareawasinGarissa.Thedistancemeantvillagerscouldnotgettoit.Theproblemwassolvedwiththecreationofamobilelibrary.However,oneusescamelswhilemobilelibrariesinotherplacesusetrucks,thisoneusescamelstotakethebookstothevillages.Camelsareoftenthemostefficientformoftransportationdown.Camelscancarryheavythingsandtravellongdistanceswithoutwater.And,unliketrucks,theydon'tneedgoodroads.inNorthernKenya,asthepoorroadsmakedrivingdifficult.Trucks,buses,andcarsoftenbreakinNorthernKenya,asthepoorroadsmakedrivingdifficult.Trucks,buses,andcarsoftenbreakThecamellibraryusesthreecamels.Theycarrymorethan200bookstotenvillagesinNorthernKenya.Fourpeopletravelwiththecamels.Oneofthemactsasaguardtomakesure

noonetriestostealthebooksalongtheway.Thecamelswalkfromonevillagetoanother,fivedaysaweek.Thecamellibraryspendsonedayineachvillage,andthengoestothenextsmalltown.Itvisitseachvillageonceeverytwoweeks.ThebooksinthecamellibraryareinEnglish,whichthechildreninthevillagesarelearningasaforeignlanguageinschool.SwahiliisthenationallanguageofKenya,buttherearenotmanybookswritteninSwahili.Bookscanbeborrowedforonlytwoweeksatatime.Ifsomeonefinishesabookquickly,heorshewillhavetowaituntilthecamellibrarycomesbackbeforegettinganotherone.Questions56--57:Tellwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)accordingtothepassage.Camelsareusedbecausetherearen'tmanytrucksinNorthernKenya.ThebooksinthecamellibraryareinEnglish,thenationallanguageofKenya.Questions58--60:CompletethefollowingtablewithNOMORETHANFIVEWORDSromthepassageforeachblank.OhikvjndskiinNpuinDwtf Ihnhi5777IMi*?同，ringjmi-dd)kirHitliLy門(mén)巾山OhikvjndskiinNpuinDwtf Ihnhi5777IMi*?同，ringjmi-dd)kirHitliLy門(mén)巾山hhhu 比intlw\dikimuIfJ-cianciiiftinE>ran*da,Thepritr.電iiipIihIr--撲N(xiāo)HBardinfliji代飾HmuKung1r.iilLtt*L-f-in1max{“mm 尸門(mén).八Iirkr'l*hiHollf!Kuftgfiif 151041(1kIAlIhjmrtijm--Jin- \irimt|HHiil1口Theniiiiiiniiinig廿hi也dirIourofSyriaIlie卜糖"1月內(nèi)Him! rllrr(02087428612) aniiir-iki>ImurnfSvrijB|1町ln|i.hliirlijfii'LiflrMPjilinynijihIIErruiwk.OEnroMartoLilkTimrCiT(%70IlJLM.|h(1口軸.illGraiifl J|iH油"inUthj￡179.TliisprirfinxdimIp*nbliiniEnnkIsirhi'krN.andRa「甲lininBiketinVifinH<晶Li”(012934567IW}Ilil*也mv,iiiMit.：ullhMuJiitunin Voi￡29yimtil28kHiphlsdepanfmtn心出wickanddiildrrauM+r11patlulfWeekinSorrentoCiktlia(020擔(dān)舟65533}ha7aH41mmSnTi*ri.1iiiior￡394KThgiih4im5L,aivi￥Mifin hii”Ii”工1% 5P11,Ikihgh?liolrdhxiiidgu.lf：h口l「lniuinIJinB<mirrvMiniip)fainIhrII"中』IlnAtolumlfhidiMTheoflir呻疝小i”drfkijlufV-*i*ii31h.ProblemsSolutionsCostofbooksVillagerscannot(58) .Villagerscanborrowbooksfromalibraryinsteadofbuyingthem.DistanceManykilometersbetweenvillages.(59) werecreated.RisksPeoplemightstealthebooksalongtheway.Oneofthefourpeople(60) .BQuestions61--65:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflyaccordingtotheads.Whichisthecheapestplacetogoforaholiday?HowlongistheholidayinSorrento?WhichhotelwouldyoustayatinBoston?HowmuchconstheholidayinSpaincost?

OnwhatdatedoestheholidayinSyriabegin?CanadianCleanAirDayison6June.ItisachanceforCanadianseverywheretofocusontheproblemsofairpollutionandtoactuallytrytodosomethingtohelpreducetheproblems.beprettyWhatcanwedotofightairpollution?Well,itshouldobviousbynowthatthewaywegettoandfromeverydaycanhaveabigeffectontheairwebreathe.SotheeasiestactionyoucantakeonCleanAirDayistoacceptwhatwecallthe"CommuterChallengeandgettoworkonfootorbycyclingforachange.Ifyouhavetouseyourcar,try"car-poolingandsharethedrive,orbetterstill,usepublictransit.(66)Ifeveryonetriesthisforoneday,you'llbeamazedbythedifferenceitcanmaketotheairintownsandcities.beprettyThere'salsoalotmoreyoucandotoimproveairquality.Forexample,youcanplanttrees.Andifyoudon'thaveagarden,thenyoucandoyourbitinotherways.(67)Forinstance,didyouknowthatmodern,improvedstovescanreducesmokebyasmuchas80--90percent?Soyoucanmakeabigdifferenceifyouupgradetheappliancesinyourhome.Thegovernmentisalsoworkinghardonyourbehalftocleanupourair.Thefirstthingistoreducetheemissionshatcausesmog-andtheyhaveclearplanstogetthere.CanadaandtheUnitedStatesagreedtoreduceemissionsonbothsidesoftheborderbetweenthetwocountriesandtheyplantoreachtheirtargetsinthenextfewyears.Thegovernment'salsotakingactiontogetcleanerfuels.It'salreadyreducedthesculpturecontainedingasoline,andithopestoreachthereductiontargetforsculptureindiesel( 柴油)bynextyear.Thesemeasuresdon'tjustfocusonthemotorist-thefederalgovernment'salsoworkingtoreduceemissionsfrompowerplantsandfactoriesrightacrossthecountry.Questions66--67:TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesinthepassageintoChinese.Questions68--70:CompletethenotesbelowwithNOMORETHANTWCWORDBomthepassageforeachblank.ReducingAirPollutionIndividualaction?respondtothe"CommuterChallenge"?walk,cycleorcar-pooltowork?usepublictransit.(68) ?upgradeyourdomesticequipmentGovernmentaction?emissionreductiononbothsidesoftheborderbetweentheUSandCanada?movetowards(69)(e.g.lesssulphuringasolineanddieselfuel)?reductionofpollutantsfrom(70)andpowerplantsCoralreefsarefoundintropicalseasthroughouttheworldandprovideshelter forhundredsofdifferent plantsandanimals.Theylooklikeflatbedsofrock,butinfacttheyareformedfromthebonesoftinyseacreatures.Almostonehalfoftheworld'scoralreefsoccurinshallowseas,neartothecoastlineofoveronehundredcountries.Millionsofpeopledependonthesecoralreefsfortheirlivelihoods.Themajorityofnaturalproductswhichcomefromcoralreefs,suchasfish,shells

andseaweed,canbesold,eitherlocallyorinexportmarkets.Notonlydoesthepersonwhocollectstheproductsearnmoney,butalsothosepeoplewhoprepare,marketorsellthem.Insomecountries,coralreefsarethemainnaturalresource.IntheMaldives,forexample,25%oftheworkforceisemployedinfishing.Inaddition,56%ofthenationaleconomycomesfromreef-basedtourism.Thismeansthatalargenumberofpeopleareemployedintourism-relatedjobs.hand,Fishingisnormallyanoccupationforadultmales,particularlywhereitinvolvestheuseofboats,andotherpeopleareoftenexcludedfromit.Coralreeffisheries,ontheotherareusuallyaccessibleonfoot,soworkisnotrestrictedtomen.Infact,collectingfishandotherproductsfromthereefsisgenerallythejobofwomen,childrenandeventheelderly.hand,Women'soccupationsarenotlimitedtoreeffishing.InIndiaandtheSouthPacific,forexample,womenhelptomakeandmendthefishingequipment.Fishprocessingisoftendonebywomentoo.Suchemploymentbringsbothdirectandindirectadvantages.Forexample,onUlithiAtollinPapuaNewGuinea,womencanobtainmahoganywoodforfishingboatsinexchangeforcloththeymakeandsogainmorecontroloverthehouseholdincome.Theycanalsoapplyforloansorcredit.Thisgivesthemmoreindependenceandstatus,bothinthefamilyandinthecommunity.Question71:Choosetheanswerthatfitsthequestionbestaccordingtothepassage..Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?Thestructureandlocationofcoralreefs.FishexportsfromPapuaNewGuinea.Theeconomicimportanceofcoralreefs.Femaleunemploymentincoastalvillages.Questions72--75:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflyaccordingtothepassage..Howmanycountrieshaveacoralreefclosetotheircoastline?.WhichactivityismorethanhalfoftheMaldives'nationaleconomybasedon?.Howdopeopleusuallygettoreeffisheries?.WhatdoIndianwomenoftenhelptomake?IV.Translation（翻譯）（共5小題；每小題2分，計(jì)10分）TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthehintsgiveninthebrackets.（括號(hào)中所給的提示將下列句子譯成英語(yǔ)。 ）（答案寫(xiě)在答題紙上）.我們讓那盞燈亮著，因?yàn)楹⒆觽兣潞?。（frightened）.對(duì)于小學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)，起得那么早沒(méi)有任何意義。 （makeanysense）.完工后，新的鐵路線將有 250英里長(zhǎng)。（省略句，complete）.只有用這種方法，救援人員才能救出地震中的幸存者。 （倒裝語(yǔ)序，survivor）.那些問(wèn)題都是關(guān)于藝術(shù)的，而我對(duì)藝術(shù)一無(wú)所知。 （非限制性定語(yǔ)從句）V.IQ（智力測(cè)試）（共5小題；每小題1分，計(jì)5分）Answerthefollowingquestions.（ 回答下列問(wèn)題。）（答案寫(xiě)在答題紙上）81.Whichofthefourfunnyfalsenoseswillhelpstoptheclownfromcrying?82.If473982isto1419and329684isto1418,whatis751694to?.Whatnine-letterwordcanyoufindbymovingfromlettertoletterinanydirection?Eachlettermaybeusedonlyonce;notalltheletterswillbeused..Acartravelsataspeedof40mphoveracertaindistanceandthenreturnsoverthesamedistanceataspeedof60mph.Whatistheaveragespeedforthetotaljourney?.Canyoudrawthemissingfigureinthefollowingsequence（ 序歹U）?VI.Errorcorrection（ 短文改錯(cuò)）（共10處錯(cuò)誤；每處錯(cuò)誤1分，計(jì)10分）下面短文中有10處語(yǔ)言錯(cuò)誤。請(qǐng)?jiān)谟绣e(cuò)誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個(gè)單詞。增加：在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)（A）,并在其下面寫(xiě)上該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。修改：在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，在該詞下面寫(xiě)上修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞；2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11個(gè)起）不計(jì)分。（答案寫(xiě)在答題寫(xiě)上）例如：HansChristianAndersonwasoneoftheworld'sgreateststorytellers.HewasbornonApril2storytellers1805,inDenmark.Anderson'sfatherwas Apoorshoemaker.Sifterhisfatherpassedaway,aAndersontravelledtoCopenhagentotryouthimforthe-theatre.WhenIwasaseniorinhighschoolIhadateachernamedMrs.Smith.ShetaughtEnglishandshetrulyhasanimportanteffectonme.Shewasfullofloveforus.Shehadourclasstomakepostersandhangitaroundtheschool.Shetaughtusthatoneactofkindnesscangolongway.Well,Mrs.Smithpastawayjustacoupleofyearagoafteralongbattlewithbreastcancer.I'llneverforgethowawonderfulandsweetladysheis.Iamtrulyblessedtohavebeenknownher.IamgoingtobeateacherlikeherandI'llalwaysrememberherkind.VII.Writing（寫(xiě)作）（共2題；A題滿(mǎn)分10分，B題滿(mǎn)分20分，計(jì)30分）（答案寫(xiě)在答題紙上）A）SupposeyouareLiHuaandyoureceivedaletterfromyourfriendJackrecently.Jackcomplainedaboutthepressuresofhighschoollifeandaskedforyoursuggestions.Usingtheoutline,replytohisletterinabout80words,notincludingthegivenbeginningandending.PressuresHowtodealwithfromstudiesdrawupascientificstudyplanaboutlifeliveindependently,thinkmorepracticallyatschoolhelpyourclassmates,getalongwiththemDearJack,Iamsorrytohearaboutthetroubleyouarehaving.

Bestwishestoyou.Bestwishestoyou.Yourssincerely,LiHuaB)Yourclasshasbeendiscussingtheroleoftechnologyintoday'ssociety. Forhomeworkyourteacherhastoldyoutowriteacompositioninabout150words,givingyouropinionsonthefollowingstatement.Themobilephoneismakingapositivecontributiontoourlivestoday.2009年全國(guó)中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)能力競(jìng)賽初賽NationalEnglishProficiencyCompetitionforSecondarySchoolStudents(NEPCS)(高二試題)Seniortwohighschools參考答案聽(tīng)力部分（ 30分）（略）筆試部分（ 120分）31--35BCBDAII.Cloze31--35BCBDAII.Cloze46.or49.prevent52.infected36--40ADACB47.properly50.away/off53.collecting41--45BACBA48.travelled/traveled51.with54.where 55.ImprovementsIII.ReadingcomprehensionA)56.FA)56.FFaffordtobuybooksMobilelibraries/CamellibrariesactsasaguardB)61.Lille 62.Sevendays/Oneweek.63.TheMidtownHotel 64. ￡395 65.24MarchC）66.要是每個(gè)人都試著這樣做一天，城鎮(zhèn)空氣質(zhì)量的變化會(huì)讓你驚嘆不已。70.factories75.thefishingequipment70.factories75.thefishingequipmentplanttrees 69.cleanerfuelsD)71.C 72.Overonehundredcountries.73.Reef-basedtourism 74.Onfoot.IV.TranslationWeleavethatlightonbecausethechildrenarefrightenedofthedark.Itdoesn'tmakeanysenseforprimaryschoolchildrentogetupsoearly.Whencompleted,thenewrailwaywillrunfor250miles.Onlyinthiswaycanrescueworkerssavesurvivorsoftheearthquake.The/Thosequestionsareallonart,aboutwhichIknownothing.V.IQC82.1319 83.DRINKABLE84.48mph 85.說(shuō)明：82.1319.7+5+1=13，6+9+4=19.84.48mph設(shè)距離為60英里，去時(shí)所用的時(shí)間為： 60、40=1.5(小時(shí))，返回用的時(shí)間為： 60、60=1(小時(shí))，來(lái)回距離是 120英里，平均速度是：120、2.5=48英里/小時(shí)。85.長(zhǎng)方形水平、垂直交替排列，其內(nèi)部為4個(gè)不同圖形的排列，此排列在第二次出現(xiàn)時(shí)外部圖形不變，內(nèi)部圖形倒置。依次推理，最后一個(gè)圖片長(zhǎng)方形為水平，內(nèi)部三角形倒置；所缺的圖長(zhǎng)方形為垂直，內(nèi)部圖形是前面第二幅長(zhǎng)方形內(nèi)圖的倒置。VI.ErrorcorrectionS2.has--hadS4.tomake---make,it--themS5.alongwayS6.past--passed,year--yearsS7.how--what,is--wasS8.havebeen---haveS9.kind---kindnessVII.WritingOnepossibleversionDearJack,Iamsorrytohearaboutthetroubleyouarehaving.As