高二英语能力竞赛nepcs组样题.docx

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高二英语能力竞赛nepcs组样题

高二英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）组样题

听力部分（共四大题，计30分）（略）

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答案。

1．—IwonderifIcoulduseyourtelephone．

  —_______．

  A．Iwonderhow    

  B．Idon'twonder

  C．Sorry，it'soutoforder

  D．Nowonder，hereitis

2．Tomwasplaying_______ basketballwhilehissisterwasplaying_______ piano．

  A．／；／   B．the；the   C．the；／   D．／；the

3．—IsMrs．Johnsonveryweak？

  —I'mafraid_______ ．

  A．so      B．this        C．ofit     D．to

4．Perhapsitwillbealongtime_______ fromabroad．

  A．whenTomcomesback

  B．whenTomwillcomeback

  C．beforeTomcomesback

  D．thatTomcomesback

5．WilmabecamethefirstAmericanwomantowinthreeOlympicgoldmedalsintrack，_______madehermotherveryproud．

  A．it    B．that   C．which    D．this

6．Jackseldomhaslunchatschoolwithhisclassmates，_______？

  A．hasn'the   B．hashe C．doesn'the   D．doeshe

7．—Couldyousmokesomewhereelse？

I'veacold．

  —_______．Ididn'trealizeitbotheredyou．

  A．Don'tworryaboutit

  B．Excuseme．Ididwrong

  C．Itdoesn'treallymatter

  D．I'msorry

8．_______cavethatGeorgehasdiscoveredinhislifetimeisneartheAlps．

  A．Thehundredth

  B．Thehundred

  C．Hundredth

  D．Ahundredth

9．Don't_______ yourtimeindoingnothing．

  A．spend    B．take    C．waste    D．spare

10．Thetownhasgrownintoabigcity，whichis_______ whatitusedtobe．

  A．twicethesizeof

  B．twicethesizebiggerthan

  C．twotimesthesizethan

  D．twotimesthesizeas

11．Thatyoungmanhasmadesomuchnoisethathe_______ nothavebeenallowedtoattendtheconcert．

  A．could   B．must  C．would    D．should

12．—Ididn'tpasstheEnglishexam．

   —_______nexttime，andyou'llsucceed．

  A．Workinghard

  B．Toworkhard

  C．Workhard

  D．Withhardwork

13．—_______？

   —It'ssomethingforthechildren'sparty．

  A．Whatdoyoumean

  B．Howareyoufeeling

  C．Whatareyoudoing

  D．Whatareyoumaking

14．Itseemedlikeaterriblethingforhimtodo，butItriedtoputmyselfinhisplace．Theunderlinedphrasemeans_______ ．

  A．takeanotherperson'splace

  B．comeintopower

  C．dothejobinsteadoftheother

  D．understandanotherperson'sfeeling

15．Iknowhimwhenwewereatschooltogether，butthat'smanyyearsago．IfIweretomeethimtodayIshouldn'tknowhimfromAdam．Theunderlinedsentencemeans．

  A．Ican'trecognizehimwithoutAdam'shelp

  B．IshouldrecognizehimatfirstsightC．Ishouldbeunabletorecognizehim

  D．Ishouldhaverecognizedhim

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。

16．Themole（鼹鼠），theowl（猫头鹰），theswallow（燕子），thefrogandthemoth（蛾）oncelivedtogetherina_______ inthedesert．Oneeveningasdarknessfell，acamelriderappeared．

  A．room    B．space    C．tent    D．house

17．Theanimalsinvitedhimtobetheirguest，bringinghimfood，entertaininghimwithtalk，andofferinghimaplaceintheirtentto_______ ．

  A．sit     B．sleep    C．talk    D．lecture

18．Thenightwasdarkandalltheanimalswereasleep．Arobberapproachedthetent，_______theguest'scamel，andleditaway．Nextmorning，whenthecamelriderdiscoveredhisloss，hiscriesandshoutsweresoloudthathewokeuphishosts．

  A．untied   B．tied   C．helped    D．touched

19．Theanimalswentnorth，south，eastandwestinsearchofthestolencamel．Themolesearchedunderground，theowlhuntedintheruins．Theswallowflewfarandhigh，thefrogdivedintothewaterholes，andthemothwentthroughthecarpets．But_______ couldtheyfindthemissingcamel．

  A．nobody B．how     C．nowhere   D．only

20．_______greatwastheirfeelingofunhappinessbecauseaguestwasrobbedintheirtent，thattothisdaythemoththrowsherselfateveryfire，saying：

BettertodiebytheflameThanlivewithsuchshame！

  A．In     B．Such    C．As        D．So

II．阅读理解（Readingcomprehension）（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，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。

（A）

In1608anEnglishmanwhosenamewasThomasCoryatevisitedItaly．Helikedthecountryandnoteddowneveryinterestingthinghefound．Buttherewasonethingwhichhefoundmoreinterestingthantheothers．InhisdiaryThomaswrote，“WhentheItalianseatmeat，theyusesmallforks．Theydonoteatwithhandsbecause，astheysay，peopledonotalwayshavecleanhands．”

BeforeleavingforEngland，ThomasCoryateboughtafewforks．

AthomeThomasgaveadinnerpartytoshowtheinventiontohisfriends．Whentheservantsbroughtthesteak，hetookoutaforkandbegantoeatliketheydidinItaly．

Everybodylookedathiminsurprise．Whenhetoldhisfriendswhatitwas，theyallwantedtotakeagoodlookatthestrangething．AllhisfriendssaidthattheItalianswereverystrangepeoplebecausetheforkwasveryinconvenient．

ThomasCoryatetriedtoprovetheopposite．Hesaiditwasnotnicetoeatmeatwithone'sfingersbecausetheywerenotalwaysclean．

Everybodygotangryatthat．DidMrCoryatethinkthatpeopleinEnglandalwayshaddirtyhands？

Andweren'tthetenfingerswehadenoughforus？

ThomasCoryatewantedtoshowthatitwasveryeasytousethefork．Butthefirstpieceofmeathetookwiththeforkfelltothefloor．Hisfriendsbegantolaughandhehadtotaketheforkaway．

OnlyfiftyyearslaterdidpeopleinEnglandbegintouseforks．

21．WhydidThomasCoryatebringforkstoEngland？

   A．Hewantedtomakehisfriendssurprised．

   B．Hebelieveditwasnotnicetoeatmeatwithfingers．

   C．Forkswerebeautiful．

   D．Hewantedtomakebusinesssellingforks．

22．WhydideverybodylookatThomaswhenhebegantoeatliketheItalians？

   A．Theybelievedthatwasbadmanners．

   B．NobodyatemeatwithhandsinEngland．

   C．Everybodythoughtitwasanamazinginvention．

   D．Nobodyhadseenaforkbefore．

23．WhydidthefirstpieceofmeatfalltothefloorwhenThomastookitwiththefork？

A．Theforkwasveryinconvenienttouse．

   B．Theforkwasbad．

   C．Thomaswasnotusedtoeatingwithafork．

   D．Thesteakwastootough．

（B）

Everyyearmoreandmoreplantsandanimalsdisappearnevertobeseenagain．Strangely，itisthemostintelligentbutmostthoughtlessanimalthatiscausingmostoftheproblems—man．Natureisverycarefullybalancedandifthisbalanceisdisturbed，animalscandisappearalarmingly（令人担忧地）fast．Everyday，thousandsofspeciesofanimalsdrawclosertoextinction．Therearecountlessnumbersofspecieswhichmaybecomeextinctbeforetheyareevendiscovered．

Inmanylakesthefisharedying．Fishermenareworriedbecauseeveryyeartherearefewerfishandsomelakeshavenofishatall．Scientistsarebeginningtogetworriedtoo．Whatiskillingthefish？

Theproblemisacidrain．Acidrainisakindofairpollution．Itiscausedbyfactoriesthatburncoaloroilorgas．Thesefactoriessendsmokehighintotheair．Thewindoftencarriesthesmokefarfromthefactories．Someoftheharmfulsubstancesinthesmokemaycomedownwiththerainhundredsofmilesaway．

Theraininmanyplacesisn'tnaturalandcleananymore．It'sfullofacidchemicals．Whenitfallsinlakes，itchangesthemtoo．Thelakesbecomemoreacidic．Acidwaterislikevinegarorlemonjuice．Ithurtswhenitgetsinyoureyes．Italsokillstheplantsandanimalsthatusuallyliveinlakewater．Thatiswhythefisharedyinginlakes．

Butdeadfishmaybejustthebeginningoftheproblem．Scientistsarefindingothereffectsofacidrain．Insomelargeareastreesaredying．Notjustonetreehereandthere，butwholeforests．Atfirstscientistscouldn'tunderstandwhy．Therewerenobugsordiseasesinthesetrees．Theweatherwasnotdry．Butnowtheythinkthattherainwasthecause．Acidrainismakingtheearthmoreacidicintheseareas．Somekindsoftreescannotliveinthesoilthatisveryacidic．

Nowscientistsarealsobeginningtostudytheeffectsofacidrainonlargeranimals．Forexample，theybelievethatsomedeerinPolandarelesshealthybecauseofacidrain．Ifdeerarehurtbytherain，whataboutpeople？

Thisisthequestionmanypeoplearebeginningtoask．Nooneknowstheansweryet．Butitisanimportantquestionforusall．

24．Everyyearthousandsofspeciesofanimals_______．A．arehuntedfortheirmeatandskins

   B．migratetootherplaces

   C．starvetodeath

   D．dieout

25．Acidrainiscausedby_______ ．

  A．naturalgas

  B．theozone（臭氧）layerdepletion（损耗）

  C．acidiclakewater

  D．emissionsofindustrialenterprises

26．Whichofthefollowingistrue？

  A．Deadfishinlakesistheonlyproblemcausedbyacidrain．

  B．Scientistsaresurethatacidrainisnotharmfulformankind．

  C．Ifwedon'tmakeanattempttostopacidrainwemayneverseesomeanimalsagain．

  D．There'snoreasontoworryaboutseveraltreesthatdiedofsomeunknowndisease．

27．Whatisnotmentionedinthetext？

  A．Acidrainiscapableofdissolving（分解）somerocksandstones．

  B．Fishareunabletoliveinthewatercontainingacidicchemicals．

  C．Coal，oilorgasformdangerouscombinationsafterbeingburnt．

  D．Scientiststhinkthatifsomelargeranimalscanbeaffectedbyacidrain，peoplemaybeingreatdanger．

28．Factorysmoke_______ ．

  A．staysoverthefactories

  B．isusuallycleannowC．turnsintoair

  D．cantravelhundredsofmiles

29．Scientiststhinkacidrain_______ ．

  A．iskillingpeople

  B．helpskillbugs

  C．fertilizesthesoil

  D．iskillingtrees

30．Thewordbuginthiscontextmeans_______．

  A．aninfectuousdisease

  B．asmallinsect

  C．adangerousbird

  D．asmallplant

（C）

B）阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完成句子。

31．Whati