2008全国英语能力竞赛！！高分

2006年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)决赛初三年级组试题

笔试部分(共七大题,计120分)
I. 选择填空(Vocabulary and structure)(共20小题,计20分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入各题空白处的最佳选项。(答案涂在答题纸上)
31. Orange juice? Sorry, no, we haven’t got ________.
A. some B. any C. many D. none
32. There ________ so much work that I have ________ now!
A. is; to do B. am; do C. are; done D. have; been done
33. —Wow, this soup you ________ is great.
—Thanks. Katrina really likes the soup, and ________.
A. cook; so Jack does B. are making; Jack does it
C. cooked; too Jack does D. made; Jack does too
34. ________ the singer left the stage after singing another beautiful song, no one wanted to leave
the hall.
A. When B.In order that C. Although D. However
35. We’d better ________ here ________ the rain stops.
A. wait; until B. to stay; after C. left; when D. to come; before
36. —I’m sorry I couldn’t go to your party. I ________ work late.
—Don’t apologize. It was just a weekend party. You ________ come.
A. may; shouldn’t B. must; don’t need to
C. had to; didn’t have to D. can’t; musn’t
37. Barry asked ________ first discovered America.
A. who do you think B. who thought I had
C. who I thought D. do I think had
38. You’re driving so fast. You’d better ________.
A. speed on B. get off C. turn down D. slow down
39. —________ you ________ the news?
—What news?
—Someone ________ the bank at the end of the road.
A. Have; heard; has robbed B. Did; know; run
C. Do; hear; has stolen D. Have; liked; broke
40. —Do you know ________ we are going to Disney World tomorrow?
—I ________.
A. why; think that B. that; guess so C. if; realise that D. when; so know
41. We couldn’t ________ our minds where to go for our holiday, so we stayed at home!

A. make sure B. make up C. think of D. think about
42. That bicycle ________ belong to Judy — it’s much too big for her.
A. won’t B. shan’t C. can’t D. needn’t
43. The only one of the actors who ________ his lines well ________ not here today.
A. remember; is B. forgot; are C. learnt; are D. knows; is
44. ________ how hard it is, we’ll keep trying until we ________ it.
A. No wonder; succeed B. No matter; make
C. Whatever; win D. Although; have
45. —Before we ________ the tour, you have to ________ these special clothes and safety shoes.
—Yes, it’s better to be safe than sorry.
—That’s true!
A. have come to; wear B. go on; put on
C. leave; put up D. began; put away
46. —Would you like an ice-cream? Or some bread perhaps?
— ________, please.
—Just a minute.
A. I choose neither B. Icecream
C. Thanks D. Bring me bread
47. —This suitcase is really heavy, and my back is giving me a lot of trouble!
— ________
—That’s very kind of you.
A. You’re welcome.B. Never mind. C. Certainly. D. Shall I carry it?
48. —I’m not sure what to do this evening. Any ideas?
— ________
—Good idea.
A. How about going to the cinema? B. I agree.
C. You never go shopping. D. You mustn’t go to the park.
49. —Good morning. How can I help you?
—Hello. I want a bus ticket from here to London. ________
—Single or return?
A. Tell me where you live.
B. Show me your ticket.
C. Can you please tell me how much it is?
D. Can I help you?
50. —We’re going on a holiday to Hong Kong.
—Great!________
—Thank you.
A. Nice talking to you. B. Don’t swim in the sea.
C. Sorry to hear that. D. Have a good holiday.
II. 阅读理解(Reading comprehension)(共20小题,计30分)
阅读下列短文或图表,然后完成文后各题。(51—60小题为选择题,每题1分且只有一个最佳答案;61—70小题为非选择题,请回答问题或完成句子,每空词数不限,每题2分)(答案涂写在答题纸上) A
Cell phones are all around us. We use cell phones to call our friends, send text messages, play games, and even take photographs. Now imagine using your cell phone to call your air conditioner (空调器). If this were possible you could tell your air conditioner to turn on before you got home. Does this sound impossible to you? Well, it could become possible sooner than you think. In the near future, we might use cell phones as remote controls (遥控器) for the electrical devices (器具) in our homes.
People are already working to develop different ways to communicate wirelessly with devices we use every day. For example, it is already possible for cell phones to communicate with laptop computers. Business people using laptops during meetings can use their cell phones as remote controls. They can use their cell phones to send instructions to computers to turn on, change pictures, and turn off.
With the same technology, people can use their cell phones to control other devices. You can call your stereo (立体声音响设备) to play music automatically (自动地). You can call your lights to turn on when you enter a room. Maybe even by next summer you will be able to call your air conditioner!

51. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. In the future we will all need air conditioners.
B. Business people need to use computers.
C. Some people like to make phone calls to machines.
D. We will use cell phones as remote controls in the future.
52. Cell phones can be used to turn on and off ________ in the future.
A. a special computer B. different kinds of devices
C. cell phone companies D. remote controls
53. Which probably could NOT be controlled by a cell phone?
A. An air conditioner or heater. B. A computer or printer.
C. A table or a basket. D. A CD player or MP3 player.
54. When will people be able to use their cell phones as remote controls for their homes?
A. Now. B. Soon.
C. In ten or fifteen years. D. Never.
55. Which instructions can be sent to a laptop according to the passage?
A. Play sound and music. B. Start and shut down.
C. Call again and hang up. D. Go faster and go slower.
B
Peter Owen has been making wigs (假发) since the 1980s. He has made wigs for the stars of more than seventy movies, including Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow, and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far has been designing the hair and make-up for the three Lord of the Rings movies. He had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a different style, colour, shape and length.

The hair and make-up in a movie are just as important as the costumes(戏装) or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a female actor look like a man!“What people don’t realize about wigs is that we are not always making people more beautiful,” he says. “Often we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary.”
All Peter’s wigs are hand-made using human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very expensive―between US$4,500 and US$12,500 each! He knows he’s done a good job when people don’t realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed her hair dark brown for a movie. “It was a wig and no one knew that,” he says.
56. How many wigs did Peter make for the three Lord of the Rings movies?
A. More than one hundred. B. Seventy.
C. Sixty. D. Three hundred.
57. What’s the best heading for Paragraph 2?
A. How wigs can change people’s height. B. Peter Owen: Wigmaker to the stars.
C. Peter’s wigs look very real. D. Peter’s wigs are very expensive.
58. What special feature about wigs does Peter mention?
A. They can make people more beautiful.
B. They can change people’s hair styles.
C. They can cover up beauty and make people look ordinary.
D. They can make people look younger.
59. Why are Peter’s wigs so expensive?
A. They are made in foreign countries.
B. Peter makes the best wigs.
C. They are only made for rich film makers.
D. They are handmade using human hair.
60. Which statement is NOT TRUE about Peter?
A. Peter Owen has made wigs for lots of movies.
B. Designing and making the wigs for The Lord of the Rings was a huge job.
C. In a movie, the costumes are more important than the hair and make-up.
D. If people think that a wig is real hair, Peter is happy.
C

Val Plumwood was exploring a river in Kakadu National Park in northern Australia. As her canoe went round a bend, she saw a stick in the water. When she got closer she saw that the stick had eyes―golden eyes. It was a crocodile!
Val tried to turn the canoe away but the crocodile hit it hard. Over and over again it hit the canoe. The bank of the river was very steep, so Val tried to jump into a tree. When she jumped, the crocodile grabbed her with its jaws and pulled her under the water.
Crocodiles kill an animal by rolling it around under the water until it becomes weak. This is called the“death roll”. They then hold the animal under the water until it drowns (淹死). The crocodile rolled Val around and around. Her head came out of the water and she took a deep breath, but the crocodile pulled her under again. After a second death roll, Val felt the crocodile’s jaws pull her under again. After the third death roll, Val pulled herself free and threw herself up the steep bank. At first she kept falling back toward the crocodile, but finally she was able to pull herself to the top of the bank.
Four hours later she was found and taken to hospital. She was badly hurt, but alive!
61. When Val first saw the crocodile, what did she think it was?
62. What happens to an animal when a crocodile holds it under the water?
63. How many times did the crocodile roll Val around in a “death roll”?
64. How did Val escape from the crocodile?
D
Read the dialogue and complete blank a, b, c and d.
A Can we watch this video cassette on the camera?
B Yes, of course. First, you have to put the cassette into the camera.
A Right, that’s easy.
B Now, open the LCD screen on the other side of the camera.
A OK. Now what?
B Turn the power switch (开关) from OFF to VCR.
It’s at the back, on the right.
A Where? Is it this switch?
B Yes, that’s it.
A OK. The LCD screen’s on. Now what?
B Press the rewind button.
A Is it this button at the top here?

B Yes, that’s it. Wait until it rewinds to the beginning of the tape.
A ... OK! What do I do now?
B Press the PLAY button. It’s next to the rewind button.
A Hey! Great! I can see the picture, but there’s no sound.
B Turn up the volume (音量) then. The knob (旋钮) is on the side of the LCD screen.
65. a ________ b ________
66. c ________ d ________
E
In the summer of 1917, two English schoolgirls, sixteen-year-old Elsie Wright and her cousin Frances Griffiths, spent many hours playing near a stream (溪流) in a place called Cottingley Glen. Frances, who was only nine, would often come home with her shoes and clothes wet. This annoyed her mother and her aunt, Elsie’s mother. They asked Frances why she kept going into the stream. Frances was silent for a moment, and then replied that she went to see the fairies (仙女). The two women didn’t believe her. Then Elsie said that she had seen the fairies too and that they would take photographs to prove it. So they borrowed Elsie’s father’s camera and went back to Cottingley Glen.
The girls produced a number of photographs of themselves with fairies. Mr Wright did not believe the fairies were real, but the girls’ mothers were not so sure. They didn’t think their daughters would trick them and, like many people at that time, they wanted to believe that fairies existed. They showed the photographs to other people, who studied them and argued about them. Many believed that the Cottingley Glen fairies were real, even the famous author Arthur Conan Doyle.
It wasn’t until 1983 that Elsie admitted to a journalist that the photographs were fakes (伪造品). The girls had drawn the fairies, cut them out and used pins to stand them up. Elsie said she couldn’t believe that their “little joke” had tricked so many people for so many years.
67. Where was the stream where Elsie and Frances used to play?
68. Why did Frances’s mother get annoyed?
69. Who was Arthur Conan Doyle?
70. How did the girls make the fakes?
III. 完形填空(Cloze)(共20小题,计20分)
A) 根据文章内容及首字母提示用最恰当的词完成下文。(答案写在答题纸上)
More and more young people are recognising (认识到) the advantages (有利条件) of living in (71) a ________ country and are deciding to study abroad. They realise it’s the best way to learn (72) a________ the customs and the way of life of other people. Student exchanges give teenagers the opportunity (机会) to live somewhere (73) e ________ for a school year.
(74) W ________ they are living abroad, they will eat new food, experience new traditions and (75) l ________ how people of their own age live from day to day.
Students (76) s ________ with carefully chosen host families (接待家庭) and attend a local (当地的) school. (77) E ________ student on the exchange programme has somebody who directly supports them the (78) w ________ time they are abroad. To qualify (79) a ________ an exchange student, you (80) m ________ be between 15 and 18 years old and be good at a foreign language.
B) 阅读短文,并用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。(答案写在答题纸上)
Last month we (81)________(decide) to drive to Scotland for a few days for a short holiday. We(82)________(be) really looking forward to a quiet rest in the country. Unfortunately, lots of things (83)________(go) wrong. First of all, the car broke down just after we (84)________(leave) home, and we (85)________ (have) to phone a garage and then wait by the side of the road for hours. By the time the car (86)________(repair), it was too late to go on, so we went home. The next day we set off early (87) ________(avoid) the traffic, but we had forgotten that it(88) ________(be) a public holiday. Every single person in the country must have had the same idea, so we (89)________(find) ourselves in a long traffic jam. We decided that the best thing to do was (90)________(take) a different road, and look for a hotel.
IV. 句式转换 (Sentence pattern transformation)(共10小题,计10分)
A) 按要求转换下列句式,每空词数不限。(答案写在答题纸上)
91. I’m sure that Peter doesn’t like football. (改为反意疑问句)
Peter ________________ football, ________________?
92. I left my bike outside the school. (改为特殊疑问句)
Where ________________ you ________________ your bike?
93. It’s a long time since we spoke to your sister. (改为现在完成时)
We ________________ to your sister for a long time.
94. “Are you having lunch or going out?” Joe asked me. (改为宾语从句)
Joe asked me ________________.
95. Someone repaired Tom’s house last week. (改为被动语态)
Tom had ________________ last week.
B) 根据上句完成下句,使两句表达的意思基本相同,每空一词。(答案写在答题纸上)
96. Living abroad is more exciting than going on holiday abroad.
Going on holiday abroad isn’t ________ exciting ________ living abroad.
97. I prefer watching films to watching documentaries.
I like watching films ________ ________ watching documentaries.
98. I’m sure it’s very hot here in summer.
It ________ ________ very hot here in summer.
99. Donna and John are getting married.
Donna and John have decided to ________ ________.
100. Only students can get it at half price.
You can get it at half price ________ ________ a student.
V. 翻译(Translation)(共10小题,计10分)
A) 把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。(答案写在答题纸上)
In the 1920s, scientists found a collection of bones near Beijing, China. (101) They believed that the bones were human and that they were about 500,000 years old.
The bones were kept in Beijing until 1941. (102) Then, because the Japanese army was advancing towards the city, the scientists decided to send the bones to the United States for safety.
Dr Harry L. Shapiro has been searching for them ever since. (103) He believes they were stolen by the American army officer whose job was to take them to the USA. He could be right. (104) After the war, a Chicago businessman offered $5,000 to anybody with information about the bones. A woman phoned him and told him she knew where the bones were. He arranged (安排) to meet her on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building (帝国大厦) in New York. (105) They met and she told him that her husband had come home from China with fossils of a prehistoric (史前的) man. She showed him a photograph of them. Then she walked away and was never heard from again.
B) 借助所给词语将下列句子译成英语。(答案写在答题纸上)
106. 她的声音非常优美,我们都被吸引住了。(voice; attract)
107. 我从来没看过比这更糟糕的电影了。(worse)
108. 不管是什么时间,你到了那里就给我打电话。(no matter)
109. 在你离家之前,你最好确认一下是否所有的窗户和电灯都已经关好了。(had better; make sure)
110. 伦敦警方在地铁站内发现了一枚由恐怖分子放置的秘密炸弹。(the London
underground; secret bomb; terrorist; place)
VI. 智力测试(IQ)(共5小题,计5分)
完成下列英语智力题。(答案写在答题纸上)
111. In Albert’s class, the ratio (比率) of students who prefer soccer to football is 4 to 3.
If there are 35 students in the class, how many prefer soccer?
112.

What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before
the day two days after the day immediately before Friday?
113. Look at the sequence (顺序) of the three words. Write the fourth word to complete the set.
Example MAIM ARK AIM MARK
PLEASE LIGHT LEASE ________
114. What number should replace (代替) the question mark?
AVIATOR = 6
FIXTURE = 9
WIZARD = 1 DIVERSE = ?
115. are four footballteams. Each team is playing against one of the others on the next three Saturdays — a different one each time.
On Saturday the 12th, Arsenal are playing against Manchester.
Manchester are playing against Tottenham on the 19th.
Who is playing against who on the 26th?
VII. 写作(Writing)(共2小题,计25分,其中A题10分,B题15分)
要求:1. 根据所提供的内容,适当拓展想象空间,灵活地将所提供的信息体现在文章中;
2. 条理清楚,语句通顺,标点正确,书写清晰、规范;
3. 不得少于规定的词数,其中A篇词数50—70, B篇词数80—100。(答案写在答题纸上)
A) You (Louis) are having a birthday party.
Write an e-mail message to your English friend, Lily. In your e-mail, you should
●invite her to the party
●offer to pick her up from the station
●suggest she stays with you for a few days.
B) It was a choice between McDonald’s, KFC, pizza, deep fried fish and chips, all poor quality (质量), fast food meals eaten as a treat and not for their nutritional value (营养价值).

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2008年的，考过的，你上网找也有的