2004年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)决赛高二组试题.pdf

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1、第 1 页 共 23 页 2004 年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛 高二组试题 （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）根据你所听到的句子，选出你所听到的单词。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）1Areason Braising Cseeds Dseason 2Aworth Bwords Cworthy Dworld 3Apublic Bpub Cpublish Dpolitics 4Aclearly Bknew Cnewly Dnearly 5Ainvented Bsigned Cunkind

2、 Ddesigned II句子理解（Sentences）（共 5 小题，计 5 分）请听句子，然后从 A、B、C、D 中选出一个与你所听到的句子意思一致的句子。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）6AJane doesnt like cookingBJane doesnt have time to do much cooking CJane spends lots of time cookingDJane is tired of cooking 7AThey didnt want to go sailingBIt was too windy CThey didnt think the wea

3、ther was right DThey planned another activity 8AHe is usually too tired to play tennisBHe plays golf most of the time CHe plays golf more often than he plays tennis DHe usually prefers tennis to golf 9APeter didnt want to be a doctorBPeter couldnt make up his mind CPeter wasnt interested in studying

4、 medicine 第 2 页 共 23 页 DPeter was advised that a law course would be best for him 10AEric would have one roommateBEric wanted to have two roommates CEric wanted a room aloneDEric would have two roommates III对话理解（Dialogues）（共 10 小题，计 10 分）A）请听下面六组小对话，每段对话后有一个小题，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选项。每组对话和问题均读两

5、遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）11ABy carBStanding upCBy busDNo，hedoesnt 12AJapaneseBChineseCAmericanDEnglish 13AThat she will correct the exams BThat her teaching assistant will correct the exams CThat she will collect the exams DThat she will not give her students the final exams 14AGo to a danceBGo to a lecture CGo

6、to the Student CenterDStay at home 15AFive years oldBSix years old CFour years oldDIt is new 16 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选项。对话读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）第 3 页 共 23 页 17AAn exhibition of paintingsBA Broadway play CAn operaDA modern dance production 18ATour guidesBMusiciansCArtistsDTravellers 19AIn the

7、 early 18th centuryBIn the early 20th century CIn the late 17th centuryDIn the late 19th century 20AFascinatingBHugeCColdDPopular IV短文理解（Passage）（共 10 小题，计 10 分）请听下面短文，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选项。短文读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）21What is the passage mainly about？AHow to greet people wherever you go BDifferent gree

8、tings in Asian countries CDifferent greetings in European countries DGreetings and introductions 22According to the passage，what do people in most Asian countries do when they meet each other？AGreet with a kiss on the cheekBShake hands CBowDKiss and shake hands 23If you are introduced to someone in

9、the United States，often you will be given _ Athe name the person wishes to be called Ba name card Cthe address of the person you want to meet Da book about communications 24A person will appreciate it if you use a title when you address him or her if_ Athe person has no title 第 4 页 共 23 页 Bthe perso

10、n has a title such as doctor or professor Cyou are uncertain Dnobody tells you what he or she is 25Its all right to address a person with only his or her first name _ Awhoever he or she is Bno matter how old he or she is Cif the person is the same age as you or younger Dif the person is older 26Its

11、always best to be polite and use a title with a business associate，but for the most part，_ with greetings Athe average American is very informal Bthe average American is very formal Ca few Americans are informal Dall Americans are formal 27A hug and a kiss are used with people_ Awho are in love Bwho

12、 are women Cwho are introduced to each other for the first time Dwho know one another well 28 He or she might think that you are _ if you look away while he or she is speaking to you Adeaf Buninterested Cafraid Dblind 29If you stand in the personal space of an American，he or she might _ Awelcome you

13、 with open arms Bshout at you angrily Cstand still Dmove to avoid contact 30According to the passage，where are you likely to meet people who may not seem very friendly？AIn small townsBIn big cities 第 5 页 共 23 页 CIn restaurantsDIn supermarkets 笔试部分（共七大题，计 120 分）I选择填空（Multiple-choice）（共 20 小题，计 20 分）A

14、）从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）1Did the medicine make you feel better？No_，the worse I feel ATaking more medicine BMore medicine taken CWhen I take more DThe more medicine I take 2The Rolls Royce，_ in almost every country，is one of the most expensive cars Abuy and sell Bhaving bought and s

15、old Cbuying and selling Dbought and sold 3Alice looks sadDid you tell her about the accident？Yes，but I _ her just before as her final examinations Ashouldnt have told Bshould have told Cought to have told Dmust have told 4To carry out this plan will cost you _ money Aa large number of Ba large sum o

16、f Ca good many Dlarge quantity 5_，so the sports meet has to be put off ABecause of the bad weather BAs it has been raining for days CAs the bad weather DIt has been raining for days 6Computers that once took up entire rooms are now _ to be put on desktops and into watches 第 6 页 共 23 页 Aas small as B

17、small enough Csmaller than Dso small 7_ must be no more time wasted AIt BThat CThere DThey 8If too many of these rare animals are killed，they will _ Ashorten Bdisappear Close Dincrease 9MrCox lost his job；_，he was unable to support his family Awhats more Bas a result Cby this means Dby the way 10How

18、 beautiful your garden looks in this dry weather！Well，weve just had the flowers a short time ago Aof being watered Bwatering Cwatered Dto be watered 11_ temperature at which air holds as much water vapor as it can is called the dew point AAs the BThe CIt is the DIt is 12After the teacher gave an exp

19、lanation，Jim，_ his mistake，corrected his answer Arealizing Brealized Chaving been realized Dhe realized 13How many times have you seen the actor？Oh，_，I think Ahundreds of times Ba hundred of times Chundred times Dhundreds times 14 There will be plenty of activities here tonight because the French de

20、legates have just hit town The underlined phrase means _ Aarrived in town Bmade speeches in town 第 7 页 共 23 页 Cgone on strike Dgiven performances 15He has worked hard all year，and should be able to make light work of passing the exam The underlined phrase means _ Ato burn the midnight oil Bto make a

21、ll lights bright Cto do something easily and without much effort Dto know the answers beforehand 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。（答案涂在答题纸上）16 I then took the train to St Petersburg No one was _ at the station to meet me，although the theatre I was visiting was going to send someone Aju

22、st Bliking Chowever Dwaiting 17I later learnt that the director didnt recognise me because I was wearing a fur hat and looked _ a Russian Aabout Blike Cfor Dat 18So I took a taxi to the theatreBefore I could find a hotel one of the actresses，Natasha，invited me to stay with herShe lived in a flat whi

23、ch she was sharing with six other peopleNatasha couldnt _ me on her salary because she was only earning about 300 a month，so I tried to find food during the day Afeed Badvise Cgive Ddepend 19Old women stood in the bitter cold and sold pastries which they kept warm in large pots with steaming cloths

24、sealing them from the falling snowI never knew what was going to be inside them and ate cabbage pastries for breakfast _ I discovered a woman in front of the Winter Palace selling apple pies Adid Bthen Cuntil Dafter 20 They were the best I had ever tasted，and by the end of the week she had two apple

25、 pies ready when she saw me approaching I had a very real _ of what life is really like in Russia Aidea Bknowledge Cexercise Dinformation II阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共 30 小题，计 30 分）第 8 页 共 23 页 A）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。（答案涂在答题纸上）（A）Do you want something different for dinner？Try some

26、space foodScientists are experimenting with ways to grow food in spaceScientists think that in 20or 30years，astronauts will be able to live in space colonies（聚居地）off the planetIts too expensive to carry food to feed people living in space coloniesPeople in space colonies will need to grow food for t

27、hem selvesBut how can they grow food without soil and sunlight？Today，we already have hydroponic（无土栽培）vegetables These are vegetables you can grow without soilThis kind of food can grow in an artificial（人工的）environmentIn addition to sunlight，hydroponic farms can use artificial lightingInstead of soil

28、，hydroponic farms can use special material，such as mixtures of chemicals，to feed the plants，and in addition to a natural climate，most hydroponic farms often use greenhouses Farmers know how to grow a few kinds of hydroponic vegetablesIn winter，when it is too cold to grow vegetables outdoors，hydropon

29、ic farmers can grow such vegetables as lettuce，tomatoes，and cucumbers and many different herbs and spicesThese products are in many superm arkets However，in space，people will need to eat more than salad and spicesSo scientists are learning how to grow hydroponic rice，beans，potatoes，and wheatScientis

30、ts can even grow hydroponic melons and strawberries Nutrition（营养）scientists at Cornell University in New York State are experimenting with recipes（食谱）that use these hydroponic vegetables The National Aeronautics and Space Agency（NASA）is paying for this nutrition research Some of the Cornell experime

31、nts are unusual They make imitation meat dishes，such as carrot drum sticks made from carrots，peppers，onions，garlic，herbs，and breadcrum bs instead of chickenThey make dishes made from tofu and seitan（a wheat protein（蛋白质）instead of meatHow do these unusual foods taste？The scientists invite a group of

32、taste testers into their laboratories Every week，twenty-five people come to taste five different dishes So far，they have tested 200 different recipes The carrot drum stick dish was a hit It rated an 8out of 9 Perhaps soon，people will eat meals m ade from hydroponic vegetables that are truly out of t

33、his world 21Scientists are experimenting with ways to grow food _ Ain space colonies Bin cold weather Cin expensive restaurants Din the sunshine 22It takes too much _ to bring food to space colonies Atime Bmoney Cwork Dwater 23To grow hydroponic vegetables，you need _ 第 9 页 共 23 页 Achemicals to feed

34、the plants Bsunlight and warm weather Csoil to grow the plants in Dnothing to feed the plants 24You can find hydroponic vegetables in _ Aspace laboratories Boutdoor gardens Cmany supermarkets Dthe countryside 25Scientists are experimenting with recipes that use _ Avegetables instead of meat Bchicken

35、 instead of tofu Cchicken drum sticks Dgarlic and breadcrumbs only 26Scientists invite _ to try out their unusual recipes Ataste testers BNASA Cfarmers Dastronauts 27The most popular dish was _ Atofu and seitan Bbreadcrumbs Cmeat dishes Dcarrot drumsticks（B）Ice cream is rated as Americas favorite de

36、ssert.Annual production amounts to 15 quarts a year for every man,woman and child in the US,and if ice,sherbet,sorbet,frozen yogurt and gelato are added,the figure jumps to 23 quarts per person.Ice cream has been a dessert phenomenon since its creation 4 thousand years ago.Surprisingly,ice cream was

37、 developed in a country not known for its milk products,China.At that point in history,the milking of farm animals had recently begun in China and milk was a prized conmmodity.A favorite dish of the nobility was made of a soft paste of overcooked rice,spices and milk packed in snow to solidify.This

38、milk ice was regarded as a symbol of great wealth.Next.the Chinese turned to importing snow from the mountains and adding fruit juices to create fruit ices.Ice milk and fruit ice made their way to Italy,probably through Marco Polo.The Italians carried ice cream across Europe,improving it over time,m

39、aking it with cream and perfecting its production.Eventually the popular dessert made its way to America.注：dessert 甜食，annual 每年的，phenomenon 现象，commodity 商品，solidify 使固化 第 10 页 共 23 页 28Which of the following statements is true？AOnly wealthy people around the world eat ice cream BRich and poor alike

40、now eat ice cream CIce cream is available only in cold countries DIce cream was developed in America 29Which ingredient（成分）is in contem porary（现代的）ice cream that was not originally present in ice cream？ACream BSnowCSpicesDRice 30What is unusual about ice creams creation？AIt took a long time to get t

41、o America BIt was created in a country that didnt produce a lot of dairy products CIt was developed in winter when it was too cold to eat ice cream DIt was created to celebrate special holidays and events B）阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完成句子。（答案写在答题纸上）（C）Every day，we have messages to give peopleDo you want to tell

42、people about an important meeting？Do you have to leave your office for 5minutes？Do you want to remember something important？Write the information on a Post-it Note Post-it Notes have special glue on the edge of the paperThey are sticky so that you can leave them anywhereon a door or on a wall or in

43、a bookand they wont fall outYou can reuse the notes because they have special glue on the backif you take off the note and put it back down，it will stay in place Who invented Post-it Notes？Art Fry was a scientist who worked for the famous 3M CompanyHe needed a bookm ark that stayed in place but didn

44、t tear the pageA friend at the company was making special glueFry took some of the glue and put it on the back of a piece of yellow paperThen he wrote a report to his boss and put the yellow sticky paper on the top page His boss took off the note，wrote an answer，stuck the paper back on，and sent it b

45、ack The two men met for coffee in the cafeteria that afternoonFrys boss congratulated him on his inventionThis was the beginning of Post-it Notes 第 11 页 共 23 页 Today，everyone uses them for many different purposesOne man used it to write a marriage proposalHe wrote，“Will you marry me？”and put the Pos

46、t-it Note on his girlfriends front doorShe wrote her answer and put the note back on his doorOne mother put a note on the back of her sons car before he left on a long tripWhen he arrived，he found the noteAfter 3，000 miles，it was still on the car There are Post-it Notes to suit everyones tastes You

47、can buy Post-it Notes in eighteen different colors，twenty-seven different sizes，and fifty-six different shapesPost-it Notes are popular around the world 31People use Post-it Notes for _ 32You can put a Post-it Note _ 33Post-it Notes can be _ 34Post-it Notes _ when you stick them back down 35_ used t

48、he glue made by _ and put it _ 36Today _ come in many colors，sizes and shapes（D）Janet Jackson，the youngest of nine children，was born in 1966She became a child star in American soap operas after being spotted（发现）in a television appearance with her brothers，The Jackson FiveIn the past ten years she ha

49、s recorded five albums，the last two of them providing her with twelve American Top Five singles As a female singing star，only a handful of other artistsMadonna，Whitney Houston and Gloria Estefan，for exampleprovide her with serious competition Janet has managed to create a new art form，a mixture of m

50、usic，dance and fashion which is perfect for the m usic video age She is small and rather shy which makes her seem vulnerable（脆弱的）She also has much more natural talent than many of todays stars Janet was born in Gary，Indiana，but moved with her family to the West Coast when she was twoShe was brought