2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)决赛.docx

2002年全国中学生英语实力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛初三组试题（时间：120分钟总分：150分） 听力局部（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） 1Aleather   Bfeather      Cweather     Dwhether 2Aeducation Bevents       Cenvironment Dencourages 3Aliving    Bleaving      Ckeeping     Dgreeting 4Aexpensive Bexpect       Cexcept      Dexact 5Agraduate  Bcongratulate Cfragile     Dfrustrate II句子理解（Sentences）（共5小题，计5分）    从下列各组句子中选出与你所听到的句子所表达的意思一样或相近的选项。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 6AIt's eightThe meeting will begin an hour later    BThe meeting will begin before eight    CThe meeting will begin at half past eight    DThe meeting will begin after nine 7AWould you mind turning off your radio while I'm reading？    BWould you please make your radio sound lower while I'm reading？    CWould you mind taking your radio away when I'm reading？    DDo you mind putting away your radio when I'm reading？ 8ATom has lived in Honolulu since he came to Hawaii four years ago    BTom came from Hawaii four years ago    CTom left Honolulu four years ago    DTom travelled to Honolulu four years ago 9AMr Green thinks he has seen a good life in the mountain    BMr Green thinks the mountain is the best one he has ever seen in his life    CMr Green thinks he has never seen a beautiful mountain in his life    DMr Green thinks he will see a more beautiful mountain in his life    10AGo to your family，pleaseSee you tom orrow        BGive my present to your family，please        CSay goodbye to your family，please        DRemember me to your family，please III对话理解（Dialogues）（共10小题，计10分）      A）你将分别听到五段对话，从下面每组图中选出符合你所听到对话内容的图片。每段对话只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 11        12     13        14        15             B）你将听到5段对话和5个问题，依据对话和问题选出各题最佳答案。对话和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 16AFood BA table CDrink DA seat 17AIn a bank BNear a river CIn a hospital DOn the plane 18AShe wants to buy a new blouse BShe wants to change the clothes     CShe wants to look around in the storeDShe wants to take back the money 19AJust one nightBTwo daysCOne dayDHalf a day 20ANewsBA TV playCA talk showDSports IV短文理解（Passage）（共10小题，计10分） 你将听到一篇短文及10个问题，选出各题的最佳答案。短文和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上） 21ATwo months laterBSeveral weeks ago     CA few days beforeDThe year before last 22ABecause she has no jobBBecause Steve can't cook     CBecause the house is big enoughDBecause she enjoys living there 23AHe doesn't like itBHe feels worried about it     CIt's hard workDHe doesn't work long hours 24AShe's working with SteveBShe likes to keep busy     CShe couldn't speak a wordDShe's one of Steve's neighbours 25AWhat's wrong with you？BLovely weather，isn't it？     CHave you eaten yet？DDo you like your job？ 26AAbout TenBAbout eightCElevenDTwelve 27ABefore nineBTen o'clock CHalf past tenDEleven o'clock 28AMrs Snell couldn't sleep that night     BHe hoped to get up early the next day     CThere wasn't m uch noise in the party     DHis friends could leave early 29ATo a hospitalBTo another party     CTo look for a jobDTo visit Mrs Snell 30AItalian mealBMcDonald's hamburgers     CChinese foodDEnglish take-away 笔试局部（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局部的最佳选项或句中划线局部的最佳说明。（答案涂在答题纸上） 1If you are careful，you won't cut your hands with that sharp knife     Alook up  Bwatch out  Cmakeup your mind  Dput away 2James dislikes his smoking habit so m ch that he wants to give up forever     Afor the time being  Bright now  Cin a hurry  Dfor good 3John's mother knew that he wasn't telling the truth from the beginning     Aall along  Ball right  Clittle by little  Dtill the end 4How do you like her singing？    It couldn't be better     AIt is wonderful  BIt is not bad  CIt is terrible  DIt seems nice 5I don't know why you have no business to do that     A无事可做  B没有办法  C无权  D不忙    B）选择最佳选项填空。（答案涂在答题纸上） 6Can you guess if they_spoken English with us？    I think they'll do if they_free      Apractise；are   Bwill practise；will be      Cwill practise；are Dpractise；will be 7My watch doesn't workCould you repair it，please？    SorryBut the workers in that shop may be _      Akind  Bfriendly  Cnice  Dhelpful 8You don't know _I want to see you againIt's a year since I last saw you      Ahow much  Bhow long  Chow often  Dhow soon 9Miss Zhang told the children to follow each other closelyShe didn't want them to_in the park      Aget wrong  Bget lost  Cget away  Dget ready 10The jacket is _than the dress or the trousers      Aexpensive  Bvery expensive       Cmore expensive Dthe most expensive 11These pictures _when we took a trip to Mount Tai      Atook  Bwill take  Cwere taken  Dwill be taken 12W hat did you find under his desk？     Oh，_all kinds of things：a basket，pencils，a hat and shoes！      Athere were  Bit was  Cit had  Dthere was 13I'm going to the museum Bus No286 goes there，_？     Yes，but you can take a No287，too      Acan't it  Bdoesn't it  Cwill it  Dis it 14How do we get there？     Well，shall we go by bike？My little brother is going to visit the museumWe can take him there，and then we can go shopping together     _See you tom orrow then！      AI really can't agree with you  BThat's true      CThat's very interesting  DThat's a great idea 15Look at the telephone messageWhose number is 3940527？ It's _ TELEPHONE MESSAGE From: Sally To: Sam Date: November 10  Time: 4:30 Message: Please ring her. Her phone number is 3940527.                                                      Lucy     ASam's  BLucy's CSally's  DSam and Sally's    C）下面5道小题可以组成一篇小短文（首句已给出），请依据上下文和所给选项选出各题最佳答案。（答案涂在答题纸上） The average（一般）British teenager watches a lot of television（19 hours a week） 16A lot of parents think teenagers aren't studying hardBut in fact 57 get up_7:30 a.m      Aafter  Bbehind  Camong  Dbefore 17The average British teenagers for“only”8 hours 45 minutes a night      Astudy Bwatch TV Csleep Dsurf on the net 18A lot of girls brush their teeth twice a day or more（78 in fact），_，not many boys brush their teeth that often（only 57）      Awherever  Bhowever  Cwhenever  Dso 19Young people in Britain don't get much _money（only 295a week on average）But many of them have a part-time job      Apocket Bbox Cwallet Dtable 20There aren't many cinemas _in Britain todayOnly 10 of British teenagers  go to the cinema once a month or more      Aleave  Bleaving  Cto leave  Dleft II阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（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，请将答案涂在答题纸上；3150小题为非选择题，请答复问题或完成填空题，将答案写在答题纸上。） （A）   21How many cards do you use？_     ATwo BTen CFifty-two DAny number 22When you are holding your cards，_     Ayou can't see them Byou can hold them face up     Cyou choose the nam e of an anim al Dyou need any num ber of people 23_is where the fun begins     ANobody can see the cards BPutting the cards on the table     CThe first person who makes the noise     DTaking away the same two cards 24What noise does the person who is the horse make？“_”     ANeigh BMiaow CWoof DM oo （B） Jupiter's Moons and How They Travel The many moons of Jupiter travel around the planet in different directions（方向） Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar systemOver the years，scientists have found that Jupiter has its own small solar system Earth has one moonJupiter has at least sixteen and probably more Since there are so many moons，scientists began to number themThe numerals（numbers）tell the sequence，or order，in which the moons were foundThey were slower to name the moonsAll of Jupiter's moons now have a name as well as a number The first five moons to be discovered are known as the“inner moons”But they are not the closest to the planetThe closest is only 127，600 kilometers away from JupiterAll the inner moons circle the planet in counter-clockwise direction，that is，opposite of the hands of a clock Jupiter's middle group of moons are at least 11，100，000 kilometers from the planet They also move in a counter-clockwise motion（moving）The four farthest moons are at least 20，700，000 kilometers awayThese are called“outer moons”They circle in a clockwise motion How many more moons do you think will be discovered？ 25What does“solar system”in this article mean？_     A银河系  B宇宙空间  C流星雨  D太阳系 26Things that travel in the same direction as the hands of a clock are said to be traveling in a_     Aclockwise direction  Bcounter-clockwise direction     Csame direction       Ddifferent direction 27Jupiter's _group of moons travel in a clockwise direction     Aplanets  Binner  Cmiddle  Douter 28The numbers given to Jupiter's moons tell _     Athe order in which they were discovered     Bthe order in which they travel     Cthe order of their distance from Jupiter     Dthe order of names 29According to the passage，which of the following statements is true？     ANone of Jupiter's moons have names     BMost of Jupiter's moons circle clockwise     CJupiter's inner moons were discovered first     DJupiter is the nearest planet to the earth 30How far away are the middle group of moons from Jupiter？     AIt's not mentionedB11，100，000 kilometers away     C127，600 kilometers awayD20，700，000 kilometers away （C）   Find the names of these places on the map of EnglandWrite them on your answer sheet 31It is a large，commercial and industrial city with a population of about three hundred thousandIt is in the north-east of England，on the River Tyne_ 32It is a tourist centre on the south coast，about eighty-five kilometres from LondonIt is a medium -sized town with a population of around one hundred and fifty thousand_ 33It is an industrial and commercial city in central EnglandIt is a very large city with a population of more than one million_ 34It is a very small village with a population of only eight hundred and forty-twoIt is in the north-west of England，on Lake Grasmere_ （D） A French girl outside Buckingham Palace said：“I was so excitedI saw the Queen！She came out in a Rolls RoyceI've been interested in your royal family since I was a little girlI've read all the stories especially about Charles and Diana in French newspapers and magazinesThey tell me what your royal family really doYour newspapers can't tell the truth about them！” An Italian boy，who was in Britain for the first time，talked about the weather“I can't understand itI've been here for over a week，and I still haven't seen any fog！” A Japanese student from Tokyo said：“I've been in Britain since April，and I'm living with a British familyI've noticed one big difference between British and Japanese families British men do jobs like cooking，washing up and ironingThey're jobs which I've never seen Japanese men doThey think it's women's workBut I don't agree！” A German student，at a language school in Oxford said：“I thought Britain was a modern European country you've been in the EEC for years nowSo why do you still use miles，pints，and pounds，instead of kilometres，litres and kilos？And why do you still drive on the wrong side of the road？” A Danish girl in Brighton said：“I came to Britain a month agoI've noticed one very strange thing hereAfter British people have washed the dishes，they never rinse（removewith water）themThey just take them out of the dirty，soapy water and leave them to dry！” A Swedish girl said：“I've watched a lot of television since I arrived in Torquay two weeks agoBritish television's wonderful！But the“programmes”which I've enjoyed most are the advertisementsThey're very funny or very clever，or bothBack home in Sweden we don't have any TV advertisem ents at all！” Who said what？ Who do you think said these things？Write them on your answer sheet   （E） Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and died in France in 1973 He was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century Picasso's early paintings were realistic，but later he began to look at things in new waysHe experimented with shapes and colorsSoon the shapes and colors became more important to him than the real things in his pictures Picasso painted many im portant pictures，but his most famous is a very large painting called GuernicaGuernica is a small town in SpainIt was bombed（attacked with bombs） and ruined（消灭）in 1937，during the Spanish Civil WarMany people died Picasso was angryHe wanted to show that war is terribleThe painting has only three colors black，white，and grayIt is abstract（expressing the artist's ideas and feelings about certain things），but you can see some real things in itOn the left side are a mother and her dead baby，a bull and a horse，and a dead man with a broken sword（剑）and a flowerOn the right are three peopleOne of them has a lampThey are sad and helpless Along with the realistic things，there are many sym bols in the paintingSymbols are things that represent（describe）ideasNo one knows what all the symbols meanThey mean different things to different peopleBut everyone agrees that this painting shows the horror（sththat makes people very afraid）of war Guernica is in the Prado Museum in Madrid Complete the sentences about Picasso with the correct words 41Picasso was born in _in 1881 and died in France in _ 42When he was young，Picasso painted realistic paintings，but he is famous for his _paintings Write down four things that the reading mentions in the painting（except the sword） 43_and_ 44_and_ 45The broken sword is a symbol of _ （F） Climbing is our life Last summer Annabelle Jones and Claire Hippert，two 17-year-old English schoolgirls， decided to climb the Matter-horn，the famous snow-covered mountain in SwitzerlandThe Matterhorn is popular to mountain climbers because it is so difficult to climb The girls first got the idea for a climbing expedition a few years ago，when a well-known disabled（unable to use legs or arms，etc）climber，Norman Croucher，gave a talk at theirschoolNorman lost both his legs in a train accident when he was nineteen，but he has climbed some of the world's highest mountains on his artificial legs“He inspired us，” said Claire Then the girls met a well-known mountaineer called Turbo Thomas and he became their trainerFor the next two years he took the