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全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS高三年级组样题
2005年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）高三年级组样题
全国中学生英语能力竞赛组委会办公室提供
（时间：
120分钟总分：
150分）
听力部分（共三大题，计30分）（略）
笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）
I.选择填空（Vocabularyandstructure）（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。
31._________isafactthatEnglishisbeingacceptedasagloballanguage.
A.ThisB.ThatC.ThereD.It
32.—Areyoustillbusy?
—Yes,I_________mywork,anditwon'ttakelong.
A.havejustfinished B.amjustfinishing
C.hadjustfinished D.amjustgoingtofinish
33.Perseveranceisakindofquality,andthat's_________ittakestodoanythingwell.
A.what B.why C.that D.as
34.—Whatdoyouthinkofyourboss?
—Seldominallmylife_________sucha_________person.
A.Ihavemet;determining B.Imet;determining
C.haveImet;determined D.didImeet;determined
35.—DoyouknowwhereJoeis?
Icouldn'tfindhimanywhere.
—Well.He_________havegonefar—hiscoatisstillhere.
A.shouldn't B.mustn't C.wouldn't D.can't
36.Themother,alongwithhertwochildren,_________fromthesinkingaircraftbyapassingship.
A.hasbeenrescued B.havebeensaved
C.hassaved D.haverescued
37.Manypeoplewouldratherridebicycles,asbicycleridinghas_________ofthetroubleoftakingbuses.
A.nothing B.none C.some D.any
38.—I'mafraidMr.Woodcan'tseeyouuntil4o'clock.
—Oh,_________Iwon'twait.
A.nodoubt B.afterall
C.inthatcase D.inthisway
39.Thankyouforsendingus_________freshvegetablesofmanykinds.Youhavedoneus_________greatservice.
A.不填；a B.the;a
C.不填；不填 D.the;不填
40.Mr.Leeneversaidthathehatedschoolwhenhewasachild,_________?
A.didhe B.wouldhe
C.didn'the D.wasn'the
41.WiththedevelopmentoftheInternet,_________communicationisdonebyregularmail.
A.more B.little C.much D.less
42.—Englishhasalargevocabulary,hasn'tit?
—Yes,_________morewordsandexpressionsandyouwillfinditeasiertoreadandcommunicate.
A.knowing B.toknow
C.know D.havingknown
43.—What'sthematter?
Youreallylookdown.
—_________
—Well,betterlucknexttime.
A.Why,Ialwayslookuptoyou. B.Ifailedanimportanttest.
C.Ihaveabadcold. D.Me?
Ineverlookdownuponanybody.
44.—Youbrokemyglasses.
—_________Isteppedonthembyaccident.
—It'sallright.Don'tworry.
A.Ididn'tmeanto. B.Iforgot.
C.Youshouldbelieveme. D.You'vegotmeallwrong.
45.—CanIleaveschoolearly?
—_________
—Ihaveaterribleheadache.
A.Youshouldseeadoctor. B.I'mrelievedtohearthat.
C.What'swrongwithyou?
D.IhavetosayIcan.
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答案。
46.ThelifeofBeethovenisthelifeofagreatartistwhowasalsoagreatman.Hisgenius_________thelanguageofmusic,
A.limited B.enlarged C.created D.expressed
47.forhiscompositionsspeaktotheworldofthestruggles,aspirationsandtriumphsofthe_________.
A.soul B.music C.imagination D.works
48.Theyaredeeply_________andexpressthefeelingsofallhumanityintheirbeauty.
A.exciting B.interesting
C.pleasant D.emotional
49.Peoplerespecthimforhisgreatgeniusandlovehimforthegoodnessandpurityof_________soul.
A.one's B.their C.his D.its
50.Throughgriefandmisfortunehebravelyfoughtalifelongbattlewithfateinordertobeworthy_________hishighideals.
A.for B.of C.with D.against
II.阅读理解（Readingcomprehension）（共20小题，计35分）
A）阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
（5分，每小题1分）
A
Everyonehasachildhoodfullofdreams.Lookingbackonmychildhood,Iamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornandnotmade.Althoughwewereallbroughtupinthesameway,mybrothersandsisterssoonabandonedtheirpressedflowersandinsects.Unlikethem,Ihadnoearformusicandlanguages.IwasnotanearlyreaderandIcouldnotdomentalarithmetic.
BeforeWorldWarI,wespentoursummerholidaysinHungary.Ihaveonlythedimmemoryofthehousewelivedin,ofmyroomandmytoys.NordoIrecallclearlythelargefamilyofgrandparents,aunts,unclesandcousinswhogatherednextdoor.ButIdohaveaclearmemoryofthedogs,thefarmanimals,thelocalbirds,andaboveall,theinsects.
Iamanaturalist,notascientist.Ihaveastrongloveofthenaturalworldandmyenthusiasmhadledmeintovariedinvestigations.Ilovediscussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnightoilreadingaboutotherpeople'sobservationsanddiscoveries.Thensomethinghappens,thatbringstheseobservationstogetherinmyconsciousmind.Suddenlyyoufancyyouseetheanswertotheriddle,becauseitallseemstofittogether.Thishasresultedinmypublishing300papersandbooks,whichsomemighthonorwiththetitleofscientificresearch.
Butcuriosity,akeeneye,agoodmemoryandenjoymentoftheanimalandplantworlddonotmakeascientist:
oneoftheoutstandingandessentialqualitiesrequiredisself-discipline,aqualityIlack.Ascientist,uptopoint,canbemade.Anaturalistisborn.Ifyoucancombinethetwo,yougetthebestofbothworlds.
51.Thefirstparagraphtellsustheauthor__________.
A.wasinterestedinflowersandinsectsinhischild-hood
B.losthishearingwhenhewasachild
C.didn'tlikehisbrothersandsisters
D.wasborntoanaturalist'sfamily
52.Theauthorcan'trememberhisrelativesclearlybecause__________.
A.hedidn'tliveverylongwiththem
B.thefamilywasextremelylarge
C.hewastooyoungwhenhelivedwiththem
D.hewasfullyoccupiedwithobservingnature
53.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorwas__________.
A.ascientistaswellasanaturalist
B.anaturalistbutnotascientist
C.nomorethanabornnaturalist
D.firstofallascientist
54.Theauthorsaysthatheisanaturalistratherthanascientistprobablybecausehethinkshe__________.
A.hasagreatdealoftroubledoingmentalarithmetic
B.lackssomeofthequalitiesrequiredofascientist
C.justreadsaboutotherpeople'sobservationsanddiscoveries
D.comesupwithsolutionsinamostnaturalway
55.Accordingtotheauthor,abornnaturalistshouldfirstofallbe__________.
A.fullofhope B.fullofenthusiasm
C.knowledgeable D.self-disciplined
B）阅读下列短文，并按要求做每篇后面的题目。
（30分，每小题2分）
B
Inwhatnowseemsliketheprehistorictimesofcomputerhistory,theearth'spostwareratherewasquiteawidespreadconcernthatcomputerswouldtakeovertheworldfrommanoneday.Alreadytoday,lessthanfortyyearslater,ascomputersarerelievingusofmoreandmoreoftheroutinetasksinbusinessandinourpersonallives,wearefacedwithalessdramaticbutalsolessforeseenproblem.Peopletendtobeover-trustingofcomputersandarehesitanttochallengetheirauthority.Indeed,theybehaveasiftheywerehardlyawarethatwrongbuttonsmaybepushed,orthatacomputermaysimplyfunctioninawrongway.
Obviously,therewouldbenopointininvestinginacomputerifyouhadtocheckallitsanswers,butpeopleshouldalsorelyontheirowninternal（内在的）computersandcheckthemachinewhentheyhavethefeelingthatsomethinghasgonewrong.
Questioningandroutinedouble-checksmustcontinuetobeasmuchapartofgoodbusinessastheywereinpre-computerdays.Maybeeachcomputershouldcome
withthewarning:
forallthehelpthiscomputermayprovide,itshouldnotbeseenasasubstituteforfundamentalthinkingandreasoningskills.
Answerthequestions56—59andcompletethesentenceof60.
56.Whatwastheinitialconcernaboutcomputers?
57.What'sthelessdramaticandlessforeseenproblem?
58.Whatdoes“theirowninternalcomputers”referto?
59.What'soneofthereasonswhyquestioningandroutinedouble-checksmustcontinuetobeasmuchapartofgoodbusinessastheywereinpre-computerdays?
60.Theauthorwoulddisapproveof_________.
C
Therearefiveadvertisementsabove.Column（A）arethenamesofthefiveadvertisements,andcolumn（B）givessomeinformationthattheadvertisementstell.Pleasematchtheitemsofcolumn（B）tocolumn（A）bychoosingthelettersfromAtoE.Eachitemincolumn（B）canbeusedonlyonce.
（A）
61.Jaspar's
62.BOY
63.Writerscafe
64.Trellinis
65.VegetarianCookingClasses
（B）
A.offeringfacilitiesforparties
B.notarestaurant
C.offeringbreakfast
D.givingyouanextraservingifyoupresentthe
coupon
E.bringingthefoodyouordertoyourhouses
D
WhenChristopherColumbusarrivedinAmerica500yearsago,hefoundpeoplewhohadbeenlivinghereforcenturies.AmongtheNativeAmericanseventuallyaffectedbyhis“discovery”werethePuebloIndiansofNewMexico.Recently,wespokewithfivePuebloteens.Here'swhattheyhadtosayabouttheirlivestoday:
WhatqualitiesdoyouthinkarespecialtoNativeAmericans?
RobinAtencio,15:
Ourpeopleareproudandhaveastrongsenseofcommunity.Welookoutforoneanother.Nooneishomeless.
KatrinaHumetewa,16:
Wehavemanystrongoldbeliefsandtraditions.Oneisthatnatureissacred（神圣的）.Theearthgivesusfoodandlife.Wedon'tthrowawayalotofpoisonsintothegroundandrivers.
Howdoyoulearnaboutyourhistoryandculture?
FabiolaLovato,17:
Welearnfromourelders.Theytellusaboutthenaturalworld,medicines,andotherthings.Ourtraditionsarepasseddownfromgenerationtogenerationbywordofmouth.
Isyourdailylifelikethatofotherteens?
JustinMchorse,17:
Inmany
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