2017全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛(NEPCS)高三模拟试题1

2017全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛（NEPCS）高三模拟试题1（总分：150分 答题时间：120分钟）听力部分（共三大题，记30分）I. 笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）I. 1. Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分) (A) Please complete the following sentences by using the Chinese hints given in the brackets. (请根据括弧中所给的汉语提示完成下列句子。) （答案写在答题纸上）26. (传统的) methods are the ones that have existed for a long time without changing.27. Its a fact that I was terrible at school and left with few (学术的)qualifications.28. A report says that women who (推迟) having a baby often make the best mothers.29. A questionnaire is a (书面的) list of questions which are answered by a lot of people to provide information for a report.30. You should (集中注意力) the road especially when youre driving in the rain.(B) Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices marked A,B,C and D in theboxes(请从方框中所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳选项完成下面的短文。) （答案涂在答题纸上）31. Ifyou want to know more about factory, you can go and askman wearing a beard. A./; the B. the; a C./; a D. the; the32. Id rather have a house that wasattractive to look at, but comfortable to live in. A. less; more B. no; most C. little; most D. no; much33. We couldnt eat in a restaurant because of us had money. A. all; some B. any; no C. none; any D. no one; some34. The projectby the end of 2020 will greatly expand the citys telephone network. A. to be completed B. being completed C. completed D. having been completed35. Every object a story. Even the most ordinary object can present powerful imagesUS.A. was telling; from B. tells; from C. tells; to D. told; to36. Every possible meansto prevent air pollution, but the sky is still not very clear. A. were using B. have used C. has been used D. was used37. The 911 rescue team found the boy extremely, the wolves howling in the woods. A. missing; scaring B. missed; scared C. missed; scaring D. missing; scared38. Since they pay for only the materials and not for the labor, do-it-yourself homeowners are happy to see how much money they save! A. must B. can C. used to D. shall39.An agreement after a long discussion, _ made everybody shout hurrah! A. put forward: that B. was appeared; it C. reached: one D. was arrived at; which40. She hurt her leg climbing the mountain; otherwise, she the meeting yesterday. A. will attend B. had attended C. would have attended D. would attendH. Cloze (完形填空) (共15小题：每题1分，计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. (请阅读下面的短文，并根据其内容提示，从方框中所给的7个单词中选出5个，并用其适当的形式填空。) (答案写在答题纸上)much who safe, sleep, notice, try, same A teenager sleepwalker was rescued after she was found asleep on the arm of a 40-meter-high crane (起重机)）， police have just reported. Police and fire-fighters were called to a building site in southeast London after a passer-by had (41)_the girl on the crane. A fire-fighter climbed up and discovered the 15-year-old girl was fast (42)_. He didnt want to wake her in case she panicked and fell off the crane. Luckily he found the girls mobile phone and called her parents. They then phoned their daughter to wake her up, and she was brought (43)_down to the ground. The rescue operation lasted for two hours. Apparently the unnamed girl had left home in the middle of the night and climbed the crane while she was asleep. An expert at the London Sleep Center said, Ive treated people(44)_have driven cars and ridden horses while asleep. One patient has even tried to fly a helicopter. But Ive never heard of a (45)_ unusual case than this.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 given words; based on the given letters of the words. (阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式之一完成短文填空：根据上下文填空；用所给单词的正确形式填空；根据单词随给首字母填空。每空一词。) (答案写在答题纸上)Two-thirds of British teenagers know exactly how much a laptop (笔记本电脑) costs. But when they are (46) (ask) about the price of good a bottle of milk, three-quarters have no idea. So teenagers are good （47）knowing the price of things they want to buy, but they are (48)_ (hope) at knowing the price of everyday things. The survey was of over 300 British teenagers and you cant (49)_ laughing at some of the results:*77% of teens do not know the price of a bottle of milk and 34% seem to (50) th_ that it costs over 1 *However, 66% know (51)_(clear) how much a laptop costs. *And how much does it cost to bring up a child (52) u_ theyre 21? Just under two-thirds suppose the cost was 50,000 or less. In fact, the true cost is a painful 140,000 and only one in five teenagers knows that. *Over half of teens are more worried about looking good (53) _ having money * Some think that the British Prime Minister is a very rich man. A third of teenagers believe that he gets over 1 million a year (he actually gets 178,000, (54)_ is not bad! ) *And what about having no money? 12% of teenagers think the (55) exp _being in the red (It means youve borrowed money or spent money you dont have) means being embarrassed. How embarrassing for a few red-faced teenagers!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）Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Please respond to the questions according to the requirements given at the end of each question.(阅读下列短文，每篇短文后设有若干问题，请根据短文后的要求回答问题) （56-58小题大案涂在答题纸上，59-75小题答案写在答题纸上)APhilip Pullman is the author of the award-winning and best selling books named His Dark Materials. The three books follow the progress of a young girl called Lyra and her friend Will on their journey into unknown worlds. His Dark Materials is much more than an adventure story its about growing up, or innocence (天真) and experience, and it explores the major themes of truth, love and death. Pullman himself spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force. As a child he went on .several long sea voyages and he lived in Africa and it: Australia. Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools. In Australia I made a great discovery. TV hadnt reached Australia yet, but everyone listened to the radio. I remember listening to gangster serials, and cowboy serials, and best of all Superman! When I first saw a Superman comic, it changed my life. Id been reading books for a long time. but Id never known comics before. Soon afterwards I discovered Batman too, whom I loved even more. Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford University. I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than Id expected. It still is I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages, so thats what Ive done ever since. Before he became a full-time writer, Pullman had been teaching for many years. What I enjoyed most in that difficult and valuable profession was telling stories, telling folk tales and ghost stories and Greek myths, over and over, until I knew them as well as I knew my own life. He had always loved telling stories as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading ghost stories to them, or by making up his own.Questions 56-58: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D according to the passage.56. Philip usually writes about _pages every day. A. three B. four C. five D. six57. From the passage we learn that_. A. Pullmans stepfather didnt like him while he was young B. TV sets were popular with the Australians when Philip lived in Australia C. Pullman began his writing after he finished his exams at Oxford University D. Philips stories werent well received by his students58. The best title for this passage is_. A. Philip Pullman, a storyteller B. His Dark Materials, an adventure story C. Superman, a great comic D. Lyra, a visitor to unknown worldQuestions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage. 59. Philip liked Batman more than Superman according to the passage. 60. Philip had been teaching in school before he became a full-time writer. BDo not underestimate (低估) the power of revision in the days and hours before an examination. The closer you are to the exam, the more chance you have of storing and keeping important information. But do not overdo it. (61) _ An effective daily routine can help you to go through an exam period, so in the days leading up to your first exam, get into the habit of being up and ready to work by 9 a.m. It can be a shock to the system after months of working to your own timetable to be mentally alert (警觉的 ) at that time if you have not prepared for it. On the day of the exam, have a good breakfast, pack everything you need. (pens, pencils, erasers, etc.), then make your way to the examination hall in good time. Do not arrive too early, though, as other peoples anxiety can be passed on to you, and you may suffer from panic. Once in your seat, simply stop for a few seconds and collect your thoughts. (62)_When you first look at the test paper, spend a short period reading through all the instructions and questions, paying attention to key verbs such as discuss, compare and evaluate. (63)_ It is wise always to allow for 10 minutes at the end of the exam to give yourself time to go back over your answers. Once you have selected the questions you wish to deal with, begin by attempting the one you think is your strongest. It will give you more confidence when you see a well-answered question down on paper. (64)_If you do need something else to focus on to help collect your thoughts, choose a fixture in the room, such as the ceiling-or anything else-that will not allow you to be distracted. Finally, once you have finished, never hang around outside afterwards to discuss the exams youve taken with other students. (65)_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. After all, examiners can get very bored marking dull answers. B. Close your eyes and take in a few slow, deep breaths to help you relax. C. When you get home, read the examination paper through and look up all the words you didnt understand. D. Go and have a well-earned restthen prepare for your next exam. E. Map out a quick plan of points you wish to make and how much time you should spend on each question. F. Sleep, exercise and relaxation are all just as important. G. Try not to be tempted to look at those around you, or at the clock. C Chichester sails alone round the world ,1967 Francis Chichester was 65 years old when he set off to sail around the world from Plymouth, England on 27 August, 1966 in his 80-meter boat Gipsy Moth IV. He stopped only once, for a few days in Sydney. He sailed 47,000 kilometers alone, returning to Plymouth 226 days later to a heros welcome. It was not his first solo achievement. In 1929, Chichester made the second solo flight from Britain to Australia, and in 1960 he won the first solo transatlantic race in Gipsy Moth III, by sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40 days. Riddles crosses Alaska, 1985On Wednesday 20 March, 1985, the American woman Libby Riddles made history, by becoming the first woman to win the 1,700-kilometer Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. The race goes from Anchorage to the Bering Sea. Her feat captured the attention of the nation; she was named the 1985 Sportswoman of the Year by the Womens Sports Foundation and was given an award for her humane treatment of her dogs. Also, her dogs Dugan and Sister, won the 1985 Golden Harness award, which was given to the best dogs during the Iditarod race.Hem leman-Adams walks to the North Pole, 2003 In April 2003, David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to walk solo to the geomagnetic North Pole. The 500-kilometer journey took just under three weeks, and it involved pulling more than 45 kilos of equipment and supplies. It was his second attempt to walk to the North Pole. He said that at times the expedition had got extremely difficult and he had thought about giving up. When he left home, he told his wife that he was going on a skiing holiday. She only learned the truth when he called her the day after finishing the journey. Questions 66-70: Answer the following questions according to the passage.66. Where did Francis Chiehester stop on his voyage?67. Who won awards in the Iditarod race in Alaska, apart from Libby Riddles?68. What did David Hempleman-Adams tell his wife before he started the journey?69. Whats the distance from Anchorage to the Bering Sea? 70. Which journey was the longest in time according to the passage? D Reality TV began in the early 1980s, when a Japanese television company made a series of programs called Endurance. Starting with thousands of contestants (竞争者) in the first show, the program presenters made them really difficult and / or unpleasant things every episode. The presenters made fun of the contestants, too. Viewing figures in Japan were enormous. In Survivor, sixteen people are taken to a remote island and made to stay there for more than a month. They have to find their own food or go hungry. The producers let the contestants take one luxury item each. Every three days, one contestant must leave the island and the last person wins 1 million. Its not just adults who take part in these shows. A television series in Britain in 2003, called Thatll teach em, took 30 teenagers and put them in a fictional Kings school, where they lived for one month and received 1950s-style tuition. The pupils were made to wear thick 1950s school uniforms (including school hat) during the hot summer and they had to do a long run every day. They made us take cold showers and we had to have our hands checked every day to see if they were clean, says one pupil. We werent allowed to take anything from our modern lives into the school. Although there was no prize money in the program, the teenagers learned a lot from the experience. In 2004, there was a program in Britain where contestants were not allowed to sleep for seven days to try to win97,000 prize money. The winner was 19-year-old Clare Southern. Shattered had many complaints from viewers. But where will it stop? Programs like this are broadcast all over the world. But there are people who think that these programs degrade both the contestants and the viewers, and feel that contestants are often made to do dangerous things to make good television.Questions 71-75: Please complete the summary of the passage above with no more than two words for each blank.Reality TV began in (71)_in the early 1980s when a company made a program called Endurance. In Endurance, contestants were required to do difficult things and of by the presenters. After that, many such programs sprang up around the (72)_world. For example, in Survivor, producers asked 16 people to live on an island for over a month and the last person leaving the island won 1 million. Thatll teach em took thirty teenagers to a fictional Kings school (73)_ the contestants had to wear 1950s school uniforms, run a long way and have a cold shower every day. No modern things were (74)_ to be taken into the school. Shattered received many (75) _ from viewers in 2004 because contestants were kept awake for 7 days. Although they were popular, some people were worried about their negative effects on contestants and viewers.IV. Translation（翻译）（共5小题；每小题2分，计10分）Translate the following sentences into Chinese or English, using the hints given in the brackets.（用括号中给出的提示将下列句子译成英语或汉语。） 76. I came to realise that true friends never really lose their special feelings. 77. Culture shock is the term experts use when talking about the feelings that people have in a new environment.78.张薇说她有愧于学校给予的荣誉。 (worthy) 79. 不管我说什么，他都不相信。 (no matter) 80.我妈妈出国已经四年了，我盼望着再见到她。 (look forward to) V. Error correction(短文改错）（共10处错误；每处错误1分，计10分）There are altogether 10 errors in the following passage. The errors are about missing words, unnecessary words and wrong words. Please correct them according to the following requirements: for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with the sign A and write the word you believe to be missing in the line on the answer sheet; for an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with the sign and put the word with the sign in the line on the answer sheet; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the line on the answer sheet.Notes: 1. There is only one word for each error; 2. You need to correct only 10 errors and there will be no marks for the eleventh error you correct.按要求修改下面的英语作文，文中共有10处语言错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。请按下列情 况在文中改正：一、增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词二、删除：把多余的词用斜线（）画掉。三、修改：在错的词下画横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；Dear Roberto,Thank for your letter. Good luck in your exams.When you pass them, youll be able to stay England. Just remember that! Ive just had my car repair by a mechanic. It was very expensive! 800! I really wish I have enough money to buy a new one. I think Ill buy a sports car next time!Other thing Id really like to do is to travel more. My friend is planning to go on a holiday soon. He wanted to cycle over the Pyrenees through the Spain and then go across the Mediterranean by boat. He expects to arrive in the Middle East in two months time. I only wish I could go with him.I hope to come to London for a weekend in June. Maybe you can get tickets for a musical so as Les Miserables? One of my friends told me that its very good, and I havent seen it still. Best wishes,Marina2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。VI. IQ(智力测试）（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）Answer the following questions.（回答下列问题。）91. What letter is missing from the wall? 92. What word can be prefixed to these words to make new words? DAY SHINE BEAM RISE 93. What number should replace the question mark in this series? 94. Which letter is opposite letter b? 95. A ear travels at a speed of 40 mph over a certain distance and then returns over the same distance at a speed of 60 mph. What is the average speed for the total journey? VII. Writing（写作）（共2题；A题满分10分，B题满分20分，计30分） A) Suppose youre a college student, Wendy Parez, and you have held your Thames College Party at Star Hotel. However, you have some complaints about the organiser after dinner. Please write a letter in about 120 words to Mrs. Grundy. The given parts are not included in the composition. Dear Mrs. Grundy,I am writing to you abo