高二英语能力竞赛nepcs组样题Word文档格式.docx

1、the Cthe； D；the 3Is MrsJohnson very weak？ Im afraid _ Aso Bthis Cof it Dto 4Perhaps it will be a long time _from abroad Awhen Tom comes back Bwhen Tom will come back Cbefore Tom comes back Dthat Tom comes back 5Wilma became the first American woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track， _ made h

2、er mother very proud Ait Bthat Cwhich Dthis 6Jack seldom has lunch at school with his classmates， _ ？ Ahasnt he Bhas he Cdoesn Ddoes he 7Could you smoke somewhere else？Ive a cold _ I didnt realize it bothered you ADont worry about it BExcuse meI did wrong CIt doesnt really matter DIm sorry 8 _ cave

3、that George has discovered in his lifetime is near the Alps AThe hundredth BThe hundred CHundredth DA hundredth 9Dont _your time in doing nothing Aspend Btake Cwaste Dspare 10The town has grown into a big city，which is _ what it used to be Atwice the size of Btwice the size bigger than Ctwo times th

4、e size than Dtwo times the size as 11That young man has made so much noise that he _ not have been allowed to attend the concert Acould Bmust Cwould Dshould 12I didnt pass the English exam _ next time，and youll succeed AWorking hard BTo work hard CWork hard DWith hard work 13 _ ？ Its something for t

5、he childrens party AWhat do you mean BHow are you feeling CWhat are you doing DWhat are you making 14It seemed like a terrible thing for him to do，but I tried to put myself in his placeThe underlined phrase means _ Atake another persons place Bcome into power Cdo the job instead of the other Dunders

6、tand another persons feeling 15I know him when we were at school together，but thats many years agoIf I were to meet him today I shouldnt know him from Adam The underlined sentence means AI cant recognize him without Adams help BI should recognize him at first sightCI should be unable to recognize hi

7、m DI should have recognized him 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。16The mole（鼹鼠），the owl（猫头鹰），the swallow（燕子），the frog and the moth（蛾） once lived together in a _ in the desertOne evening as darkness fell，a camel rider appeared Aroom Bspace Ctent Dhouse 17The animals invited him to be thei

8、r guest，bringing him food，entertaining him with talk，and offering him a place in their tent to _ Asit Bsleep Ctalk Dlecture 18The night was dark and all the animals were asleepA robber approached the tent， _ the guests camel，and led it awayNext morning，when the camel rider discovered his loss，his cr

9、ies and shouts were so loud that he woke up his hosts AuntiedBtiedChelped Dtouched 19The animals went north，south，east and west in search of the stolen camelThe mole searched underground，the owl hunted in the ruinsThe swallow flew far and high，the frog dived into the water holes，and the moth went th

10、rough the carpets But _could they find the missing camel Anobody Bhow Cnowhere Donly 20 _ great was their feeling of unhappiness because a guest was robbed in their tent，that to this day the moth throws herself at every fire，saying：Better to die by the flame Than live with such shame！ AIn BSuch CAs

11、DSo II阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（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） In 1608an Englishman whose name was Thomas Coryate visited ItalyHe liked the country and noted down every interesting thing he foundBut there was one thing which he found more interesting than the

12、othersIn his diary Thomas wrote，“When the Italians eat meat，they use small forksThey do not eat with hands because，as they say，people do not always have clean hands” Before leaving for England，Thomas Coryate bought a few forks At home Thomas gave a dinner party to show the invention to his friendsWh

13、en the servants brought the steak，he took out a fork and began to eat like they did in Italy Everybody looked at him in surpriseWhen he told his friends what it was，they all wanted to take a good look at the strange thingAll his friends said that the Italians were very strange people because the for

14、k was very inconvenient Thomas Coryate tried to prove the oppositeHe said it was not nice to eat meat with ones fingers because they were not always clean Everybody got angry at thatDid Mr Coryate think that people in England always had dirty hands？And werent the ten fingers we had enough for us？Tho

15、mas Coryate wanted to show that it was very easy to use the forkBut the first piece of meat he took with the fork fell to the floorHis friends began to laugh and he had to take the fork away Only fifty years later did people in England begin to use forks 21Why did Thomas Coryate bring forks to Engla

16、nd？ AHe wanted to make his friends surprised BHe believed it was not nice to eat meat with fingers CForks were beautiful DHe wanted to make business selling forks 22Why did everybody look at Thomas when he began to eat like the Italians？ AThey believed that was bad manners BNobody ate meat with hand

17、s in England CEverybody thought it was an amazing invention DNobody had seen a fork before 23Why did the first piece of meat fall to the floor when Thomas took it with the fork？AThe fork was very inconvenient to use BThe fork was bad CThomas was not used to eating with a fork DThe steak was too toug

18、h （B） Every year more and more plants and animals disappear never to be seen againStrangely，it is the most intelligent but most thoughtless animal that is causing most of the problems manNature is very carefully balanced and if this balance is disturbed，animals can disappear alarmingly（令人担忧地）fastEve

19、ry day，thousands of species of animals draw closer to extinctionThere are countless numbers of species which may become extinct before they are even discovered In many lakes the fish are dyingFishermen are worried because every year there are fewer fish and some lakes have no fish at allScientists a

20、re beginning to get worried tooWhat is killing the fish？The problem is acid rainAcid rain isa kind of air pollutionIt is caused by factories that burn coal or oil or gasThese factories send smoke high into the airThe wind often carries the smoke far from the factoriesSome of the harmful substances i

21、n the smoke may come down with the rain hundreds of miles away The rain in many places isnt natural and clean any moreIts full of acid chemicalsWhen it falls in lakes，it changes them tooThe lakes become more acidicAcid water is like vinegar or lemon juiceIt hurts when it gets in your eyesIt also kil

22、ls the plants and animals that usually live in lake waterThat is why the fish are dying in lakes But dead fish may be just the beginning of the problemScientists are finding other effects of acid rainIn some large areas trees are dyingNot just one tree here and there，but whole forestsAt first scient

23、ists couldnt understand whyThere were no bugs or diseases in thesetreesThe weather was not dryBut now they think that the rain was the causeAcid rain is making the earth more acidic in these areasSome kinds of trees cannot live in the soil that is very acidic Now scientists are also beginning to stu

24、dy the effects of acid rain on larger animalsFor example，they believe that some deer in Poland are less healthy because of acid rainIf deer are hurt by the rain，what about people？This is the question many people are beginning to askNo one knows the answer yetBut it is an important question for us al

25、l 24Every year thousands of species of animals _ Aare hunted for their meat and skins Bmigrate to other places Cstarve to death Ddie out 25Acid rain is caused by _ Anatural gas Bthe ozone（臭氧）layer depletion（损耗） Cacidic lake water Demissions of industrial enterprises 26Which of the following is true？

26、 ADead fish in lakes is the only problem caused by acid rain BScientists are sure that acid rain is not harmful for mankind CIf we dont make an attempt to stop acid rain we may never see some animals again DTheres no reason to worry about several trees that died of some unknown disease 27What is not

27、 mentioned in the text？ AAcid rain is capable of dissolving（分解）some rocks and stones BFish are unable to live in the water containing acidic chemicals CCoal，oil or gas form dangerous combinations after being burnt DScientists think that if some larger animals can be affected by acid rain，people may

28、be in great danger 28Factory smoke _ Astays over the factories Bis usually clean now Cturns into air Dcan travel hundreds of miles 29Scientists think acid rain _ Ais killing people Bhelps kill bugs Cfertilizes the soil Dis killing trees 30The word bug in this context means _ Aan infectuous disease Ba small insect Ca dangerous bird Da small plant （C） B）阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完成句子。31What i