全國中學(xué)生英語能力競賽決賽高一組模擬題

1、2017年全國中學(xué)生英語能力競賽（NEPCS）決賽高一年級組模擬試題二（總分：150分 答題時間：120分鐘）聽力部分（共三大題，記30分）略筆試部分（共七大題，計120分）. Knowledge and Usage (知識與用法) （共20小題；26-35每小題0.5分，36-45每小題1分計15分）(A) Please complete the following sentences with one word for each blank by using the Chinese or English hints given in the brackets. （請根據(jù)括號中所給的漢語提示

2、完成下列句子。）（答案寫在答題紙上）26. We (關(guān)心,在乎) what happens in our dreams, even when what happens makes no sense.27. Everything in my childhood crowded in my mind (好像,仿佛) they had just happened.28. But some scientists say that recovering from this (災(zāi)難) will be even more complicated.29. In a word, we all can make

3、a difference in (保護(hù)) the endangered species from extinction.30. They are all American heroes and (應(yīng)該得到) our thanks and our remembrances.31. The internet resources should be made use of to (make wealthy or richer) our life32. The people there did not allow them to (build) a factory so as not to pollu

4、te the water in the river.33. Helicopters (save) nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building last night.34. A sad little boy was (looking for ) happiness and wanted to meet God.35. Some patients (in fact)got worse after receiving the treatment.(B) Please complete the following passage by

5、choosing the best of the four choices marked A,B,C and D in the boxes. （請從方框中給所的A,B,C,D四個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)完成下面的短文。）（答案涂在答題紙上）Sally is eighty-six years old. She has no sons 36 daughters. Her husband died ten years ago. But she didnt move into a nursing home. She would like to 37 herself every day.Every night

6、 she spends two hours 38 kids with math for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(報酬). She 39 a famous math teacher before she retired(退休) from a middle school.She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners 40 the street. An

7、d she does these happily.When the kids come for help, she is always 41 and tries her best. People asked her 42 . She said, “I love it. It makes me happy to help them.”She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her 43 a smile.“ Ive decided to love everything around me. So Im

8、 happy to do 44 . Im thankful for those kids 45 come to me for help. Each kid is my gift. I love each day to help them.” she said.Really, a good decision decided on what one does in life.36. A. and B. or C. but D. so37. A. look likeB. look at C. look after D. look for38. A. helping B. to help C. hel

9、ps D. help39. A. was B. is C. has been D. will be40. A. do B. run C. sweep D. play41. A. awful B. happy C. tired D. boring42. A. why B. where C. when D. how43. A. for B. on C. with D. in44. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything45. A. what B. who C. which D. whom Cloze (完形填空) (共15小題：每題1分，

10、計15分)A) Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of 5 words out of the 7 given ones in the box according to the context. (請閱讀下面的短文，并根據(jù)其內(nèi)容提示，從方框中所給的7個單詞中選出5個，并用其適當(dāng)?shù)男问教羁铡? (答案寫在答題紙上)do mistake explain honest us refuse Most people have trouble admitting their own f

11、aults, though theyre more than happy to point out everyone elses. This can be (41)_. After all, its usually when someone else tells us that we have done something wrong that we learn something about ourselves. What we have to do is take a deep breath, and face up to what we have done. Remember, when

12、 it comes to understanding (42) , were not on our own. Everyone we know lends a helping hand! Of course, doing the wrong thing is easy, but its what we do about our mistakes that counts. Naturally we are all good at (43) to believe that we have done anything wrong at all. As we try to justify our ac

13、tions, our (44) get more and more Complicated. We try to convince the listener that we are telling the truth, but its of no use. Theres no chance at all that they will believe us. And the truth is that it is ourselves we have deceived ( 蒙騙 ), not them. Thats the very point Im trying to make. Whateve

14、r you do, dont get into the habit of deceiving yourself. What is difficult is (45)_ admitting that we are wrong-especially to ourselves.B) Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways: based on the context; using the proper form of the giv

15、en words; based on the given letters of the words. (閱讀下面的短文，用以下三種形式之一完成短文填空：根據(jù)上下文填空；用所給單詞的正確形式填空；根據(jù)單詞隨給首字母填空。每空一詞。) (答案寫在答題紙上)A diary is an individuals personal account of his / her daily experiences. Very often, diaries (46) con_ not just details of what happened on particular days, but also includ

16、e(47) (observe) and thoughts inspired by the events recorded. It is very likely that many of you have tried to keep a diary at some time or other and equally likely that many of you (48) up. either because keeping it going became too much of a chore or because you felt that what you were recording w

17、as of little interest. (49) H , others among you may still be keeping a regular account of your activities in a diary form and discovering the value of being able to (50) ex your private thoughts and feelings, knowing that they are not intended to be shared with anyone else. Although some people, su

18、ch as politicians, keep diaries in order to explain and justify their (51)_(contribute) to important events and with the intention that their diaries will one day be published, not all diaries are (52)_(write) for this purpose. Most people keep diaries for precisely (恰恰)the (53) op_ reason they want

19、 what they write to be kept (54)_ and to be seen by their eyes only because they use their diaries as an opportunity to express their most intimate (秘密的) thoughts and feelings about their (55) exp and the people they meet.III. Reading Comprehension(閱讀理解)（共20小題，56-60每小題1分，61-75每小題2分計35分）Read the foll

20、owing passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Please respond to the questions according to the requirements given at the end of each question.(閱讀下列短文，每篇短文后設(shè)有若干問題，請根據(jù)短文后的要求回答問題) （56-58小題大案涂在答題紙上，59-75小題答案寫在答題紙上) A If you ask someone why he or she wears clothes, the answer will probab

21、ly be To keep warm and to cover my body. These are the basic reasons clothes are worn, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others! If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothing would be simple and cheap. In most Western countries, howeve

22、r, clothing is sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the fabric (布料) or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion. Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, shirts and ties. Sometimes they pay thousands of

23、 dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. Its still just a suit and tie but they pay these prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearers body just as well. Fashion is constantly (不斷地) changing, which means t

24、hat people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last months clothes have only been worn once or twice. Some people have wardrobes (衣柜) full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion. Being fashionable, therefore, can be a very expensiv

25、e pastime! Questions 56-58: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D according to the passage. 56. Why do people wear clothes? A. Only to cover themselves. B. Just to make themselves attractive. C. Just because of fashion. D. For a variety of reasons. 57. Successful businessmen buy very expensive s

26、uits because of the_. A. cost of the fabric B. famous name of the designer C. cost of making them D. good packages 58. According to the passage, fashionable people have to_. A. wear their clothes only once B. buy new clothes regularly C. wear last months clothes D. buy new Clothes once or twice Ques

27、tions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage. 59. Successful businessmen pay thousands of dollars for a tie.60. Some clothes are no longer in fashion though they have hardly been worn. BTherere two main things that make aircraft engineering

28、difficult: the need to make every part as reliable (可靠的) as possible and the need to build everything as light as possible. （61）_Given a certain power of engine and a certain fuel consumption ( 消耗 ), there is a practical limit to the total weight of the aircraft that can be made to fly. (62) So the

29、structure of the aircraft has to be as small and light as safety and efficiency (效能) will allow. The designer must calculate (計算) the normal load (負(fù)荷 that each part will bear. This specialist is called the stress man. He takes account of any unusual stress that may be put on the part. The stress man

30、s calculations go to the designer of the part, and he must make it as strong as the stress man says is necessary. (63) Each separate part is tested, then a whole assembly (裝配) -for example, a complete wing, and finally the whole aeroplane. When a new type of aeroplane is being made. normally only on

31、e of the first three made will be flown. Two will be destroyed on the ground in structural tests. (64)_ (65) The first is to find the resistance (阻力) to loading of the wings, tail, etc. until they reach their largest amount of load and collapse (崩潰). The other test is for fatigue ( 疲乏 ) strength. Wh

32、en a plane has passed all the tests it can get a government certificate (證書) of airworthiness, without which it is illegal to fly, except for test flying.Questions 61-65: Choose from the sentences A-G to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.A, Two kinds of

33、 ground strength tests are carried out.B. One or two samples are always tested to prove that they are as strong as the designer intended.C. Each may be well under what the structure could stand as a single load, but many repetitions can result in collapse.D. The third one will be tested in the air.E

34、. Making the working parts reliable is as difficult as making the structure strong enough:F. The fact that an aeroplane is up in the air and cannot stop if anything goes wrong, makes it perhaps a matter of life or death that its performance is completely dependable.G. Out of that weight as much as p

35、ossible is wanted for fuel, radio navigational instruments (導(dǎo)航設(shè)備), passenger seats, or freight (貨物) room, and, of course, the passengers or freight themselves.CAuctions (拍賣) are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crowd assembled in the auction-room to

36、make offers, or bids, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called knocking down the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hammer on a table at which he stands. The an

37、cient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin auctio, meaning increase. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils (戰(zhàn)利品) taken in war; these sales were called sub hasta, meaning under the spear, a spear being stuck in the ground as a signal for a crow

38、d to gather. In England in the 18th and 19th centuries goods were often sold by the candle: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight. The auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer t

39、herefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with (了解) regular buyers of such goods. He will also play on the rivalries （競爭） among his buyers

40、and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.Questions 66-70: Answer the following questions according to the passage.66. Whom are auctions conducted by? 67. Why is the end of the bidding called knocking down? 68. Where did items the Romans us

41、ed to sell by auction come from? 69. What is the use of a candle burned at auction sales? 70. How are the auctioneers services paid for? DAmericans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every- year (1970 figures). This is roughly the equivalent(相當(dāng)于) of 4,195 cigarettes a year for every person in the

42、 country of 18 years of age or more. It is estimated (估計) that 51% of American men smoke compared with 34% of American women.Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat. Some compete

43、nt physicians and research workers-though their small number is dwindling (減少) even further-are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider the increase in respiratory (呼吸道) diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be explained by other factors in the complex human

44、 environment. Gradually, however, research is isolating (使隔離) all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant. While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears to have a much greater effect than cigar or pipe smoking. Filters and low

45、tar (焦油) tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only marginally (略微) reduce, not eliminate (消除), the hazards (危險).Questions 71-75: Please complete the summary of the passage above with only one word for each blank.Nearly half the adult population of the U.S.A. are smo

46、kers, in (71) of the fact that medical research has shown beyond reasonable doubt that smoking is associated with poor health. One very (72)_ disease with which smoking is thought to be (73) , is cancer. However, a few doctors think such things as bronchitis (支氣管炎) and cancer have other (74) _, but

47、their view is not well-supported statistically. Although all forms of smoking are almost certainly (75)_ , cigarettes appear to be the most harmful.IV. Translation（翻譯）（共5小題；每小題2分，計10分）Please translate the following sentences into Chinese or English, using the hints given in the brackets.（用括號中給出的提示將下

48、列句子譯成英語或漢語。）76. An informal letter usually begins with a casual and friendly greeting. 77. When I held fast to my dreams, even during the tough times, the wonders really began to happen. 78. 太多的垃圾已經(jīng)把美麗的城市變成了一個大垃圾箱。 (change. into) 79. 學(xué)生們輪流著照看這個老人，贏得了廣泛的贊譽(yù)。 (take turns) 80. 如果你想考入一所好大學(xué)的話，你就應(yīng)該在學(xué)習(xí)上付出大量

49、的時間和努力。(put. into) V. Error correction(短文改錯）（共10小題；每小題1分，計10分） Correct the errors in the passage according to the following requirements. First, you have to decide whether there is an error or not in the line which is numbered. If there is no error, put the sign N/ in the corresponding line on the r

50、ight; If there is an error, correct it in the following way: for an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with the sign and put the word with the sign in the line on the right;for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with the sign / and write the word you believe to be mi

51、ssing in the line on the right; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the line on the right. Notes: Do not make any correction if there is no error in the line. ExampleOne of my favorite writers are Charlotte Bronte. She was born in the early nineteenth is century w

52、hen women had far fewer opportunities they have now. She lived in a than small village in Yorkshire and she took great pleasure in walking on the moors where where near her home.Firefighters were called out last night to a Taunton hotel which catching fire at around midnight. It appeared that the fire had broken on the first floor and spread rapid throughout the building. Unfortunately it coincided (同時發(fā)生) with gale-force winds which fuelled the flames. Although they have no advance warning, the guests were able to get out of and the hotel manager felt they had had a narrow e