全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS初赛.docx

1、全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS初赛2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛 初三组试题 （时间：120分钟总分：150分） 听力部分（共四大题，计30分） I听辨单词（Words）（共5小题，计5分） 从下列各组单词中选出你所听到的句子中所含的选项。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 1AallowBamazeCattackDattract 2Adanger BdigitalCdoubleDdirect 3AmountBmouthCmonth Dmaths 4ApreferredBpressedCpractised Dproduced 5ApassageBmessageCsan

2、dwichDorange II句子理解（Sentences）（共5小题，计5分） 从下列各组图片中选出与你所听到的各组句子所表达的意义相符的选项。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 6ABCD 7ABCD 8ABCD 9ABCD 10ABCD III对话理解（Dialogues）（共10小题，计10分） A）你将听到五段对话，针对每段对话将提出一个问题。请选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。对话和问题读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 11AA notebook BAn umbrella CA pencil sharpener DA dictionary 12ABy air BBy train CBy

3、 ship DBy bike 13AHes doing all the things before Saturday BHes phoning Jim CHes mending the car outside DHes sleeping in front of the TV 14AFour yuan BFive yuan and fifty fen CSix yuanDEight yuan 15AAt 7oclockBAt 8oclockCAt 9oclockDAt 9：30 B）你将听到a radio journalist和Bob之间的一段对话。请根据对话内容回答录音中的5个问题，对话和问题

4、将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 16AIn a village in the east of the USA BIn a town in England CIn West Hills，a small town in California DIn a village in the west of England 17AEnglandBItaly CFrance DGermany 18ANone BOnly once CFour times DTwo or three times 19AExcuse meBSorry CThank youDHello 20AMilk BCoffee CTea wi

5、th milkDTea with sugar IV短文理解（Passage）（共10小题，计10分） A）根据你所听到的录音内容回答下列问题，短文将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 21Where was Susan when there was a knock at the door one afternoon？ ABCD 22What was the Queen wearing and holding at that time？ ABCD 23Where did the Queen sit？ ABCD 24What did Susan give the Queen to drink？ ABCD

6、 25How did the Queen go back home？ ABCD 26When would the Queen arrive home？ ABCD 27Why did the Queen go to Susans house？ ABecause it was too late BBecause it was too early to go home CBecause she felt tired DBecause she was lost 28What did the Queen and Susan talk about？ AThe weatherBThe clothes CTh

7、eir countryDTheir family 29Who telephoned the Queen ？ AHer husbandBHer daughterCHer son DHer driver 30What did the Queen give Susan when she was leaving？ ASome moneyBA bag CA diary DA book 笔试部分（共八大题，计120分） I单项选择（Multiple-choice test）（共20小题，计20分） A）选择可以替代下列划线部分的最佳选项或句中划线部分的最佳解释。（答案涂在答题纸上） 1Would you

8、like me to help you choose a new dress for the dance？ Atry on Bpick out Cput away Dput up 2The following evening they met at the end of the bridge Afirst Bsecond Clast Dnext 3Mother has been to the farm She has not a few apples in her basket Aa few Bsome Cmany Dseveral 4Have you seen the film ？ Yes，

9、I haveI can catch the whole of the film Aget all the idea ofBtake all of Clook at whole of Dknow something about 5Wait and see，he will turn the table some day A变换桌子B发脾气C踢翻桌子D扭转形势 B）选择最佳选项填空。（答案涂在答题纸上） 6The two new doctors in that hospital have already read _ newspaper Atoday BtodaysCtodays Dtodays 7

10、Neither Joseph nor his cousin _ to Canada，but they know the country very well Ahave visited Bis gone Chas been Dhas gone 8Will you please _ us a story，Mr Smith？ OKShall I _ it in English or in Chinese？ Asay；speak Btalk；speak Ctell；tell Dtalk；say 9My wife often forgets _ the door，but she remembered _

11、 it when she left yesterday Aclosing；close Bto close；close Cclosing；to close Dto close；closing 10He seems terribly illIs there anything serious？ No，hell be all right soon _ AIll have a look at it BIm sure of that CIve done that DI have no idea 11Father doesnt tell me when he _ Ill telephone you as s

12、oon as he _ Awill come；comes Bwill come；will come Ccomes；will come Dcomes；comes 12English _ in many countries，but the Chinese _ their own language Aspeaks；spoken Bis speaking；are spoken Cis spoken；speak Dis spoken；speaks 13Waikiki is one of the best beaches surfing in Honolulu Awith Bon Cto Dfor 14I

13、n the exam _ ，the _ you are，mistakes youll make Acareful；little Bmore careful；less Ccareful；fewDmore careful；the fewer 15Oh，theres someone knocking at the door _ must be your neighbour AThere BShe CHe DIt 16Hes given an important talk on the differences between the second language and the foreign la

14、nguage， _ ？ Ahasnt he Bdoesnt he Cisnt he Dwasnt he 17The headmaster asked Ted _ he was going to take Mr Browns lessons instead and he said“No” Awhy Bhow Cwhether Dwhen 18You work in a storeWhen someone gets into the store，you say“_ ” AHow are you？BWhat can I do for you？ CWhat do you do？DYoure welco

15、me 19Have you received an e-mail message fromHelen？ _ Really？No news is good news AYes，I have BI dont mind CNo，I havent DNo problem 20Happy TeachersDay，Miss Zhang！Here are some cards for you _ ！Thank you ABest wishesBWhat beautiful cards CHoW happy am I DYou are so welcome II阅读理解（Reading comprehensi

16、on）（共30小题，计30分） 阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（2130小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳答案，答案涂在答题纸上；3150小题为非选择题，请回答问题或完成填空题，答案写在答题纸上。） （A） The long hiccup For many people the subject of hiccups（嗝）is a joke，but for Harry Mendis，a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham，it was something quite different His hiccups began one Sunday

17、 lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks After the first week， Harrys parents took him to hospital，but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack Harry，who is now back at school， described what happened to him “When I began to hiccup，I drank a glass of water but that didnt d

18、o any goodThat evening I had hiccups every four seconds We tried everything to stop themI held my breath and drank cold drinksMy father even tried to give me a shock but that didnt work either” After a week of sleepless nights，he went to hospitalThe doctors took an X-ray of his chest but they couldn

19、t find anything wrong “They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down， but it was another week before the medicine worked completely andmy hiccups stopped” Harry was very luckyThe world record holder is the American _ farmer Charles Osborne，who hiccuped for sixty-eight yearsHe stopped in 1990

20、at last，but nobody knows why 21Harrys hiccups lasted _ Aa week Bfourteen days Ctwenty-eight days Done month 22His hiccups started after he _ Adrank a glass of water Bwent to hospital Cate an Indian meal Dfinished his homework 23His parents decided to take him to hospital when he _ Ahiccuped for four

21、 seconds Bheld his breath Chiccuped at night Dcouldnt stop hiccuping 24His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _ Agave him some medicine Btook an X-ray of his chest Cgave him a shock Dlet him drink cold drinks 25What does“shock”in this passage mean？ A震惊B休克C喷嚏D哈欠 （B） A chicken lays a

22、n eggYou feel sleepyAnd a tree loses its leavesAll of these things，and many more，happen in a certain way，at a certain time each day or each yearThey take place beacuse of something called an internal clockThe word internal means“inside of”，and the internal clock is inside a certain part of every pla

23、nt and animalFor example，there is an internal clock in the head of a chicken The internal clock receives a sig nal，or message，from the world around itSome of these signals include light，heat， darkness and coldWhen the internal clock gets the signal，the body of the plant or animal produces a chemical

24、 that causes the living thing to do different actionsFor example，daylight signals the chickens internal clock to make a chemicalThen this chemical causes the chicken to lay eggs People are learning a lot about internal clocksFarmers have even learned how to fool a chickens internal clock so that the

25、 chicken lays more eggs！ 26A signal is_ Aa chemical Ba message Cinternal Dinside 27The clock described in the story is called internal because it _ Ameans“inside of”Bis inside every plant or animal Cnever stops running Dproduces a signal 28In this story，one signal would be_ Acold weather Ba chemical

26、 Cfalling leaves Da sleepy dog 29In thechain of events below，what is missing？ Daylight acts as a signalA chickens internal clock receives the signal？The chicken lays an eggAThe chicken moves its body BThe chicken is fooled by the farmerCThe chicken makes a chemical DThe chicken sees the daylight 30W

27、hat do you think farmers do to make chickens lay more eggs？They _ Amake the chickens do different actions Bkeep the chickens in a cooler place Cfeed the chickens a special chemical Dturn on lights in the chicken house at night （C） Read the three postcards and an- swer the following questions 31Only one writer really is having a great time which one？Write 1，2 or 3_ 32Whom did Psend the postcard to？_ 33Where does Sam come from？_ 34What does Sam do every morning？_ 35Of the three who needed money most？_（D） St Pauls Cathedral St Pauls Cathedral was built between 1675 and 1710For one of the