全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS初赛高一年级组试题.docx

1、全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS初赛高一年级组试题2005年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛高一年级组试题听力部分（共三大题，计30分） I. 句子理解（Sentences）（共10小题，计10分） 请听句子，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个与你所听到的句子意思一致或相近的答案。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 1. A. You mustnt bring mobile phones into this meeting room. B. Dont leave your mobile phones in this meeting room. C. Mobile phones

2、cannot be used in this meeting room. D. You can use mobile phones in this meeting room. 2. A. Youd better leave because the light isnt bright enough to work. B. You must check that the light is turned off when you leave. C. When you leave, the light should remain on. D. Please take the lamp with you

3、 when you leave. 3. A. Emma seldom speaks no matter whether shes excited or not. B. Emma is so excited that she cant say a word. C. Emma wont say a word unless shes excited. D. Emma is too excited, and she talks a lot. 5. A. Ellen always goes to school after a short walk. B. Ellen seldom goes out fo

4、r a walk before going to school. C. Ellen likes to go to the school yard for a short walk. D. Ellen often goes out for a short walk after she gets to school. 6. A. Jerry is fond of playing with his little brother. B. Jerry is very happy to meet his little brother by accident. C. Jerry loves to read

5、funny stories for his little brother. D. Jerry is very happy to go without his little brother who always bothers him. 7. A. I stood up because I saw your mother was coming. B. I wanted to talk with your mother face to face. C. I havent gone to sleep, because I wanted to talk about your mother with y

6、ou. D. I didnt want to talk with you about your mother at all. 9. A. We should stay with our friends and our family and go nowhere. B. Our friends and our family will always stay far away from us. C. We should keep in touch with our friends and relatives wherever we go. D. We should enjoy our leisur

7、e to the full by making trips to other countries on holiday. 10. A. I want to know whom Jane will invite to her birthday party. B. I wonder what the people whom Jane is going to invite to her birthday party do. C. Jane is going to invite nobody else but me to her birthday party. D. Jane is going to

8、give notice to people that she will put off her birthday party to next Sunday. II. 对话理解（Dialogues）（共10小题，计10分） A） 请听下面五组小对话，每组对话后有一个问题，然后根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。每组对话和问题均读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 11. A. After one oclock. B. Before one oclock. C. At a quarter past twelve. D. Before twelve. 12. A. In a booksho

9、p. B. In a library. C. In a hospital. D. In a store. 13. A. He had lost the dictionary. B. He had forgotten to bring the dictionary. C. He had forgotten to give Mr Smith the dictionary. D. He had forgotten to tell Mr Smith to bring the dictionary. 14. A. A TV play. B. Their past. C. Their hometown.

10、D. The news. 15. A. One baby. B. Three women. C. One baby and three women. D. None. B） 请听下面一段对话，然后根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。对话读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 16. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Policeman and stranger. B. Waiter and customer. C. Close friends. D. Doctor and patient. 17.

11、How did the man get the tickets? A. By asking for them from a friend. B. By lining up in front of the ticket office. C. By buying them from someone who changed his mind. D. By booking them on the phone. 18. What do we learn about the exhibition? A. It is very popular with people. B. It is so boring

12、that one can easily get a ticket. C. It is good but few people want to see it. D. It is so-so and only a few people are interested in it. 19. Why does the man invite the woman to the exhibition with him? A. Because he cant find anyone else to go with him. B. Because she asks him to give her one tick

13、et. C. Because he will feel lonely going there by himself. D. Because she loves art. 20. Which is the probable result of the conversation? A. The two speakers will go to the exhibition together. B. The man will go there with someone else. C. The two speakers will sell the tickets to someone else. D.

14、 The man will give both of the tickets to the woman. III. 短文理解（Passages）（共10小题，计10分） 请听下面两篇短文，然后根据你所听到的短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳答案。每篇短文读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） A 21. Where was Joe from? A. A town. B. Another country. C. A farm. D. A big city. 22. When did the farmer milk the cows? A. At midnight. B. After breakfast.

15、C. Before daylight. D. Late afternoon. 23. What did the farmer ask Joe to do? A. To look after the sheep. B. To look after a lamb. C. To play everywhere. D. To find the lambs mother. 24. Why was Joe very sad one day? A. The lamb was dead. B. He couldnt find the animals on the farm. C. The farmer was

16、 ill. D. He had to leave the farm. 25. Which of the following statements is true? A. Joe spent the holiday abroad. B. Joe learned how to feed birds. C. Joe enjoyed himself very much with the animals. D. Joe took the lamb back home from the farm. B 26. What do we know about computer networks in the 1

17、960s? A. They worked very well. B. They were widely used at that time. C. They went wrong easily. D. They were not very expensive. 27. Which of the following was NOT allowed to use computer networks in the early 1970s? A. The government. B. Universities. C. Hospitals. D. Clubs. 28. When did people h

18、ave enough software to get online? A. In the early 1990s. B. In the 1980s. C. In the 1970s. D. In the 1960s. 29. Why did “surfing” the Internet become more convenient? A. Computers became smaller. B. Scientists taught people how to get online. C. Scientists had developed software. D. People were cle

19、verer. 30. What is the passage about? A. How a new network system was set up. B. The development of the Internet. C. How to use the Internet. D. What the Internet is. 笔试部分（共七大题，计120分） I. 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure）(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。（答案涂在答题纸上） 31. My wallet was _ while I

20、 was shopping in a busy department store. A. robbed B. stolen C. missed D. losing 32. Can I help you, madam? Yes, Id like a Coke, please. _ Oh, yes, please. A. Why do you like it? B. Sorry, we have no Coke now. C. Here you are. D. Would you like ice and lemon in your Coke? 33. Do you know _ teacher?

21、 A. young brilliant that English B. that brilliant young English C. that English young brilliant D. English that young brilliant 34. Nobody phoned while I was out, _? A. was I B. did I C. does he D. did they 35. He gave me quite a few examples, _ is here for you to see. A. of that one B. of one whic

22、h C. one of which D. which one of 36. I dont really work here; I _ until the new secretary arrives. A. am just helping out B. have just helped out C. had just helped out D. just helped out 37. We couldnt eat in a restaurant because _ of us had _ money with us. A. all; no B. any; no C. none; any D. s

23、ome; any 38. Im very sorry Ive lost the VCD I borrowed from you. _ I guess Id better not. I dont want to let it happen again. A. Thats all right. I like it. B. Thanks for returning it. C. It doesnt matter. Would you like another one? D. Dont worry. I will find it. 39. Youve made great progress in th

24、e study of Chinese, havent you? Yes, but much _. A. remains to be done B. is remained to do C. remains to do D. is remained to be done 40. The coffee tastes perfect. _ A. So is it. B. So does it. C. So it is. D. So it does. 41. I asked her in English _ she was, and she told me _ she was an English t

25、eacher. A. who; which B. what; that C. how; that D. who; what 42. We were told that we should follow the main road _ we reached the central railway station. A. whenever B. while C. until D. wherever 43. He is fond of watching _ TV while his father is interested in listening to _ radio. A. the; the B

26、. / ; / C. the; / D. / ; the 44. When you go camping on a wild island, remember to _ poisonous snakes. A. watch out for B. care about C. take care of D. be careful 45. What about having lunch tomorrow? _ A. Me, too. B. Good idea. C. Never mind. D. I visited you yesterday. 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

27、选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。（答案涂在答题纸上） 46. When Amelia Earhart was four years old, she learned that the Wright Brothers made the historic first airplane flight _ Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A. from B. to C. at D. on 47. Young Amelia was _ the idea of flight, she loved to watch airplanes taxi down the runway,

28、their pilots sitting at the controls in the open cockpit (驾驶舱). A. worried about B. excited by C. feared of D. unhappy with 48. Years later, Amelia Earhart took _ lessons, and studied very hard. A. flying B. driving C. swimming D. gym 49. She learned how to _ the engine that turned the propellers (螺

29、旋推进器), and practiced how to level the wings during the landing. A. hold B. push C. get D. handle 50. _, Amelia Earhart would make her first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. A. Long ago B. Before long C. Not long ago D. Long before II. 阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共20小题，计35分） A）阅读下列短文，从A、B、C、D四个

30、选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（答案涂在答题纸上） A Some people decide to rebuild or redecorate their homes at some point, and sometimes the job takes longer than expected. The Winchester house in San Jose, California was rebuilt over 38 years!One reason that this house took so long to rebuild was that the owner of the house thought that ghosts lived there. Sarah Winchester was married to Oliver Win