2013年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛

高一年级组试题

（总分：150分 答题时间：120分钟）

听力部分（共三大题，记30分）

B)Please listen to the following material, and fill in the blanks according to the material youhear with one or two words. The material will be read twice.(请听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的材料内容填空，每空填一到两个单词。材料读两遍。) (答案涂在答题纸上) Use Fact What to do 笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）

I. Multiple-choice(选择填空)(共15小题，每小题1分，计15 ) 26. I like listening to music; but music in this film is boring.

A./; the B./; / C. the: the D. the; / 27. He divided the sweets the children who were divided three groups.

A. in; in B. into; into C. between; in D. among; into 28. It is such a good book is worthagain!

A. that; reading B. as; to be read C. that it: reading D. which; being read 29. Soon after the accident, police were sent to the place to keep order.

A. scores B. score of C. scores of D. two scores of 30. When _______down the hill, his car _______upside down.

A. came; turned B. coming; turned C. came; turning D. coming; turning

31. Susan has been fortunate to find a good job she loves in this city, and she gets well paid for it. A. what's more B. sooner or later C. as if D. more or less

32. The teachers are busy________ the exam papers while the students are busy the exams. A. prepare; prepare for B. preparing; preparing for C. prepare for; prepare D. preparing for; preparing

33. At present, more and more people from the countryside are going into the cities in_______ of better jobs. A. favour B. honour C. memory D. search

34. The news that the woman was still _______ five days after the tsunami was broadcast on_____TV worldwide. A. alive; alive B. living; alive C. alive; live D. lively; live 35.________has been introduced to the students to help them make progress.

A. Many books as well as some advice B. Not only some advice but also many books C. Some advice as well as many books D. Some advice and many books

36. Maria and I ________ friends for eight years. We first got to know each other at a wedding party. But we

_______ each other several times before that.

A. had been; have seen B. have been; have seen

C. had been; had seen D. have been; had seen

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Cultural relics are (21)______ that remind people of the past. By (22)________ cultural relics, we can learn what our ancestors did and how they lived. Many people steal these ancient things (23)______________. To (24)________our valuable cultural relics, it is necessary to (25) to stop people from destroying them. 37. I suggested that heto hospital at once, but he insisted that he quite well then.

A. was sent; felt B. should be sent; was feeling C. be sent; feel D. should be sent; should feel 38. --Did you have a good day at school?

--Yeah, I had a great day. I got the part of Juliet in the school play! Can you believe it? --______________ I'll cook your favourite for dinner.

A. That's excellent news! B. That's all right. C. Don't be ridiculous! D. Take it easy. 39. --Is that really what you're wearing to meet your new boss? -- _______ What'swrong with what I'm wearing?

--Well... it's just... Why don't you put on something smarter? You look a bit of a mess. A. What did you say? B. What do you mean? C. You must be kidding. D. Never mind.

40. --I've been thinking about quitting this course. It seems it doesn't suit me. --You can't stop trying now. Think of all the time you've invested. --I know, I've thought of that but I don't think I have much choice,

A. I'll see you there. B. That's a good idea, C. You can't be serious. D. I'll give it a go.

Ⅱ Cloze (完形填空)(共15小题：每题1分，计15分) use do mistake explain honest us refuse A) Most people have trouble admitting theirown faults,though they're more than happy to point out everyoneelse's. This can be (41)_________.After all, it's usually when someone else tells us that we have done something wrong that welearn something about ourselves. What wehave to do is take a deep breath, and face up to what we have done. Remember, when it comesto understanding (42), we're not on our own. Everyone we know lends a helping hand!Of course, doing the wrong thing is easy, but it's 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 actions, our (44) get more and more Complicated. We try toconvince the listener that we are telling the truth, but it's of no use. There's no chance at allthat they will believe us. And the truth is that it is ourselves we have deceived ( 蒙骗 ), not them.That's the very point I'm trying to make. Whatever you do, don't get into the habit of deceivingyourself. What is difficult is (45)______ admitting that we are wrong---especially toourselves.

B) A diary is an individual's personal account of his / her daily experiences. Very often, diaries(46) con_____ not just details of what happened on particular days, but also include(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 andequally likely that many of you (48) up. either because keeping it going becametoo much of a chore or because you felt that what you were recording was 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) exyourprivate thoughts and feelings, knowing that they are not intended to be shared with anyone else.

Although some people, such as politicians, keep diaries in order to explain and justify their (51)______(contribute) to important events and with the intention that their diarieswill one day be published, not all diaries are (52)(write)for this purpose. Most people keep diaries forprecisely (恰恰)the (53) opreason they wantwhat they write to be kept (54) and to be seen bytheir eyes only because they use their diaries as an opportunity to express their most intimate(秘密的) thoughts and feelings about their (55) expand the people they meet.

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III. Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)（共20小题，56-60每小题1分，61-75每小题2分计35分）

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If you ask someone why he or she wears clothes, the answer will probably be \body.\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, however, 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 dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. It's still just a suit and tie but they paythese prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearer's body just as well.

Fashion is constantly (不断地) changing, which means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last month's 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 expensive 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 suits 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 month's clothes D. buy new clothes once or twice

Questions 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.

B

There're two main things that make aircraft engineering 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 aircraftthat can be made to fly. (62) So the structure of the aircraft has to be assmall and light as safety and efficiency (效能) will allow. The designer must calculate (计算) the normal load (负荷 that each part will bear. This specialist is called the \the part.

The stress man's calculations go to the designer of the part, and he must make it as strongas the stress man says is necessary. (63) Each separate part is tested, thena whole assembly (装配) --for example, a complete wing, and finally the whole aeroplane.When a new type of aeroplane is being made.normally only one of the first three made will beflown. Two will be destroyed on the ground in structural tests. (64)______________

(65) The first is to find the resistance (阻力) to loading of thewings, tail, etc. until they reach their largest

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amount of load and collapse (崩溃). The other testis for fatigue ( 疲乏 ) strength. When a plane has passed all the tests it can get a governmentcertificate (证书) 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 extrasentences which you do not need to use. A, Two kinds of ground strength tests are carried out. B. One or two samples are always tested to prove that they are as strong as thedesigner 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. 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 possible is wanted for fuel, radio navigational instruments (导航设备), passenger seats, or freight (货物) room, and, of course, the passengers or freight themselves. C

Auctions(拍卖) are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the

crowdassembled in the auction-room to make offers, or \to bidhigher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called \down\The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes fromthe Latin \meaning \The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils (战利品]) taken in war; these sales were called \In England in the 18th and 19th centuriesgoods were often sold \the candle\a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids couldbe made while it stayed alight.

The auctioneer's services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the price the goodsare sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high aspossible. The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods heis selling, and he should be acquainted with (了解) regular buyers of such goods. He will alsoplay on the rivalries （竞争） among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price byencouraging 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 \

68. Where did items the Romans used to sell by auction come from? 69. What is the use of a candle burned at auction sales? 70. How are the auctioneer's services paid for?

D

Americans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every- year (1970 figures). This is roughly the equivalent(相当于) of 4,195 cigarettes a year for every person in the country of 18 years of age or more. It is

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estimated (估计) that 51% of American men smoke compared with 34% of American women.

Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to bean important factor in the development of cancer of the lungs and cancer of the throat. Somecompetent physicians and research workers--though their small number is dwindling (减少)even further--are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider theincrease in respiratory (呼吸道) diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be explainedby other factors in the complex human environment. Gradually, however, research is isolating(使隔离) all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant.

While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears tohave a much greater effect than cigar or pipe smoking. Filters and low tar (焦油) tobacco areclaimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only marginally (略微) reduce, noteliminate (消除), the hazards (危险).

Questions 71-75: Please complete the summary of the passage above with only one word foreach blank. Nearly half the adult population of the U.S.A. are smokers, 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 (支气管炎) and cancer have other (74) _____, but 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（翻译）（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分） 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. 太多的垃圾已经把美丽的城市变成了一个大垃圾箱。 (change... into) 79. 学生们轮流着照看这个老人，赢得了广泛的赞誉。 (take turns)

80. 如果你想考入一所好大学的话，你就应该在学习上付出大量的时间和努力。(put... into)

V. Error correction(短文改错）（共10小题；每小题1分，计10分） Example One of my favorite writers are Charlotte Bronte. She was born in the early nineteenth is century when 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 81.________ at around midnight. It appeared that the fire had broken on the first 82.________ floor and spread rapid throughout the building. Unfortunately it coincided (同时发生) 83________ with gale-force winds which fuelled the flames. Although they had no 84.________ advance warning, the guests were able to get out of and the hotel manager felt 85.________ they had had a narrow escape. Firefighter fought the blaze for several 86.________ hours but eventually put it out. This fire comes at a time where 87.________ there is growing concern about the health and safe regulations in holiday 88.________ accommodation; the hotel owners now face the prospect of enquiry into 89.________

the cause of the fire, and if they are held responsibility, they could face prosecution (起诉). 90.________

VI. IQ(智力测试）（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）

91. Which letter completes the last group? DBAC HFEG LJIK PNM(?)

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