(NEPCS)初赛高二年级组笔试试题及参考答案

(NEPCS)初赛高二年级组笔试试题及参考答案

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分)　　Beloweachofthefollowingsentences,therearefourchoices,markedA,B,CandD.Choosetheanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence.(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)　　31.WespentaweekinParisandhadagreattimegoingup________EiffelTower,andtaking_________boattripalongtheSeine.　　A.a;a　　　　　　　　　B.the;a　　　　　　　　C.the;the　　　　　　　D.(不填)；(不填)　　32.The_________shoeswerecoveredinmud,soIaskedthemtotakethemoffbeforetheygotinto_________car.　　A.girl's;Tom's　　　　B.girls';Toms'　　　　C.girls';Tom's　　　　D.girl's;Toms'　　33.OnSaturdaymorningweworkedfor_______twohoursandthenstoppedtohavesomethingtoeat.n　　A.other　　　　　　　　B.another　　　　　　　C.more　　　　　　　　D.each　　34.Becauseofasteadyeconomicgrowthrate,thepresidentcanprobablylook_____toanotherterm.　　A.up　　　　　B.above　　　　　C.over　　　D.forward　　35.Asthesurveysuggests,freshair,enoughexerciseandnutritiousfood______togoodhealth.　　A.contribute　　　B.add　　　　C.attribute　　　　　　D.encourage　　36.WhenIwathedthefilm,Iwas____toseethatitwasquite________.　A.surprised;boring　B.surprised;bored　C.surprising;boring　　D.surprising;bored　　37.Thisisnotthesamepainting_______youofferedtosellusthelasttimewewerehere.　　A.what　　B.towhich　　C.forwhich　　D.that　　38.--AreyoustillgoingtothepartyonFriday?n　　　--Yes,_________somethingelsecomesup.　　A.unless　　B.incaseof　　　C.aslongas　　D.supposing　　39.--I'mseeingDrEvansnextweek.　　　--That________beright.Hewillbeonholidaythen.　　A.mustn't　B.needn't　　C.can't　　D.hasn'tgotto　　40.ReadingisanexperiencequitedifferentfromwatchingTV;therearepictures______inyourmindinsteadofbeforeyoureyes.　　A.toform　B.forming　　C.tohaveformed　　　D.havingformed　　41.WhenherealisedI______athim,he______awayandwalkedoutoftheclassroom.　　A.looked;wasturning　B.waslooking;turned　　C.waslooking;wasturning　　　D.looked;turnedn　　42.Don'tforgettowalkthedogwhileIamaway,_________you?　　A.will　　B.shall　　　C.do　　D.can　　43.Nothingshouldgowrong,butif________,givemearingatthisnumber.　　a.ithad　　B.thatis　　C.itdoes　　D.theyshouldto　　44.--Whencanweexpecttoseeanimprovement?　　　--_________.　　A.We'remakinghomeimprovements　　B.Itwilltakeseveraldays　　C.Youcanseeherofftonight　　　D.I'llpickitupwhenIcometoday　　45.--Doyouhaveanearlierflight?I'mtryingtogettoManilabeforenoon.　　　--Thereisan8:30flightthatwillgetyouthereby11:00.n　　　--__________-thenIcaneasilymakethe12:30meeting.　　A.That'llbeperfect　　　　　B.Thanks,Iwillcheckitlater　　C.Ithinkit'sabitlate　　　D.Ifso,Icanchangetheflight　　II.Cloze(完形填空)(共10小题；每小题1分，计10分)　　Readthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithonewordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:①accordingtothecontext,②usingthecorrectformofthewords,③accordingtothefirstlettersofthewords.(阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式之一完成短文填空：①根据上下文填空；②用所给单词的正确形式填空；③根据单词所给首字母填空。每空一词。)(答案写在答题纸上)　　Choleraisadiseasespreadbydirtywater,eitherwhenpeopledrinkthewater,(46)_______eatfoodwhichhasbeenwashedinthewater,andnot(47)______(proper)cooked.Unfortunately,untilthemidn19thcentury,peoplebelievedthatthedisease(48)t_________throughtheair.Inthecrowdedcitiesof19th-centuryBritain,choleraspreadeasily.Mostdoctorswronglybelievedthatfreshairandabetterdietwould(49)p_____thedisease.Hugefireswereusuallylitinthestreetstodrive(50)_______theinfection,andtheclothesofvictimswerealsoburned.Thestreetswerealsocleanedthoroughly(51)w______powerfulchemicals.However,peoplecontinuedtosufferdreadfully.In1854,adoctorinLondon,JohnSnow,announedwithcertaintythatcholeraspreadthrough(52)i________drinkingwater.Hedidthisbycarefully(53)_______(collect)statisticsabouttheinfectioninonepartofLondon.Hemanagedtoprovethatinanarea(54)_______deathsfromcholerawerehighest,thewaterwasentirelyresponsibleforcholerainfection.(55)________(Improve)madetosewers(下水道)andsuppliesofdrinkingwaterlaterledtoadecreaseindeathsfromcholera.　　III.Readingcomprehension(阅读理解)(共20小题；每小题2分，计40分)n　　Readthefollowingpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.Respondtothequestionsaccordingtothepassage.(阅读下列短文，然后根据短文后的要求答题。)(答案与在答题纸上)A　　Thecamellibraryislikenootherlibrary.ItisuniquetoKenya.Liketraditionallibraries,bookscanbeboorowedandreturned.Unliketraditionallibraries,booksarecarriedtopeoplebycamels.　　ThecamellibrarywasstartedinNorthernKenya,wheremanypeopleliveinremotevillages.Thenearesttown,calledGarissa,ishundredsofkilometresawayfromthesevillages.Manyofthevillagershaveneverlearnedtoread.Theycannotaffordtobuybooks,letalonehaveaccesstotheInternet.Until1996,theonlylibraryintheareawasinGarissa.Thedistancemeantvillagerscouldnotgettoit.　　Theproblemwassolvedwiththecreationofamobilelibrary.However,whilemobilelibrariesinotherplacesusetrucks,thisoneusescamelstotakethebookstonthevillages.CamelsareoftenthemostefficientformoftransportationinNorthernKenya,asthepoorroadsmakedrivingdifficult.Trucks,buses,andcarsoftenbreakdown.Camelscancarryheavythingsandtravellongdistanceswithoutwater.And,unliketrucks,theydon'tneedgoodroads.　　Thecamellibraryusesthreecamels.Theycarrymorethan200bookstotenvillagesinNorthernKenya.Fourpeopletravelwiththecamels.Oneofthemactsasaguardtomakesurenoonetriestostealthebooksalongtheway.Thecamelswalkfromonevillagetoanother,fivedaysaweek.Thecamellibraryspendsonedayineachvillage,andthengoestothenextsmalltown.Itvisitseachvillageonceeverytwoweeks.　　ThebooksinthecamellibraryareinEnglish,whichthechildreninthevillagesarelearningasaforeignlanguageinschool.SwahiliisthenationallanguageofKenya,buttherearenotmanybookswritteninSwahili.　　Bookscanbeborrowedforonlytwoweeksatatime.Ifsomeonefinishesabookquickly,heorshewillnhavetowaituntilthecamellibrarycomesbackbeforegettinganotherone.　　Questions56--57:Tellwhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)accordingtothepassage.　　56.Camelsareusedbecausetherearen'tmanytrucksinNorthernKenya.　　57.ThebooksinthecamellibraryareinEnglish,thenationallanguageofKenya.　　Questions58--60:CompletethefollowingtablewithNOMORETHANFIVEWORDSfromthepassageforeachblank.　　ProblemsSolutionsCostofbooksVillagerscannot(58)___________.Villagerscanborrowbooksfromalibraryinsteadofbuyingthem.DistanceManykilometresbetweenvillages.(59)________werecreated.RisksPeoplemightstealthebooksalongtheway.Oneofthefourpeople(60)_______.nB　　Questions61--65:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflyaccordingtotheads.　　61.Whichisthecheapestplacetogoforaholiday?　　62.HowlongistheholidayinSorrento?　　63.WhichhotelwouldyoustayatinBoston?　　64.HowmuchcoestheholidayinSpaincost?n　　65.OnwhatdatedoestheholidayinSyriabegin?C　　CanadianCleanAirDayison6June.ItisachanceforCanadianseverywheretofocusontheproblemsofairpollutionandtoactuallytrytodosomethingtohelpreducetheproblems.　　Whatcanwedotofightairpollution?Well,itshouldbeprettyobviousbynowthatthewaywegettoandfromworkeverydaycanhaveabigeffectontheairwebreathe.SotheeasiestactionyoucantakeonCleanAirDayistoacceptwhatwecallthe"CommuterChallenge"andgettoworkonfootorbycyclingforachange.Ifyouhavetouseyourcar,try"car-pooling"andsharethedrive,orbetterstill,usepublictransit.(66)Ifeveryonetriesthisforoneday,you'llbeamazedbythedifferenceitcanmaketotheairintownsandcities.　　There'salsoalotmoreyoucandotoimproveairquality.Forexample,youcanplanttrees.Andifyoundon'thaveagarden,thenyoucandoyourbitinotherways.(67)Forinstance,didyouknowthatmodern,improvedstovescanreducesmokebyasmuchas80--90percent?Soyoucanmakeabigdifferenceifyouupgradetheappliancesinyourhome.　　Thegovernmentisalsoworkinghardonyourbehalftocleanupourair.Thefirstthingistoreducetheemissionshatcausesmog-andtheyhaveclearplanstogetthere.CanandaandtheUnitedStatesagreedtoreduceemissionsonbothsidesoftheborderbetweenthetwocountriesandtheyplantoreachtheirtargetsinthenextfewyears.　　Thegovernment'salsotakingactiontogetcleanerfuels.It'salreadyreducedthesulphurcontainedingasoline,andithopestoreachthereductiontargetforsulphurindiesel(柴油)bynextyear.Thesemeasuresdon'tjustfocusonthemotorist-thefederalgovernment'salsoworkingtoreduceemissionsfrompowerplantsandfactoriesrightacrossthecountry.　　Questions66--67:TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesinthepassageintoChinese.n　　Questions68--70:CompletethenotesbelowwithNOMORETHANTWOWORDSfromthepassageforeachblank.ReducingAirPollution　　Individualaction　　◆respondtothe"CommuterChallenge"　　◆walk,cycleorcar-pooltowork　　◆usepublictransit　　◆(68)______________　　◆upgradeyourdomesticequipment　　Governmentaction　　◆emissionreductiononbothsidesoftheborderbetweentheUSandCanada　　◆movetowards(69)_________(e.g.lesssulphuringasolineanddieselfuel)　　◆reductionofpollutantsfrom(70)_______andpowerplantsnD　　Coralreefsarefoundintropicalseasthroughouttheworldandprovideshelterforhundredsofdifferentplantsandanimals.Theylooklikeflatbedsofrock,butinfacttheyareformedfromthebonesoftinyseacreatures.Almostonehalfoftheworld'scoralreefsoccurinshallowseas,neartothecoastlineofoveronehundredcountries.　　Millionsofpeopledependonthesecoralreefsfortheirlivelihoods.Themajorityofnaturalproductswhichcomefromcoralreefs,suchasfish,shellsandseaweed,canbesold,eitherlocallyorinexportmarkets.Notonlydoesthepersonwhocollectstheproductsearnmoney,butalsothosepeoplewhoprepare,marketorsellthem.Insomecountries,coralreefsarethemainnaturalresource.IntheMaldives,forexample,25%oftheworkforceisemployedinfishing.Inaddition,56%ofthenationaleconomycomesfromreef-basedtourism.Thismeansthatalargenumberofpeopleareemployedintourism-relatedjobs.n　　Fishingisnormallyanoccupationforadultmales,particularlywhereitinvolvestheuseofboats,andotherpeopleareoftenexcludedfromit.Coralreeffisheries,ontheotherhand,areusuallyaccessibleonfoot,soworkisnotrestrictedtomen.Infact,collectingfishandotherproductsfromthereefsisgenerallythejobofwomen,childrenandeventheelderly.　　Women'soccupationsarenotlimitedtoreeffishing.InIndiaandtheSouthPacific,forexample,womenhelptomakeandmendthefishingequipment.Fishprocessingisoftendonebywomentoo.Suchemploymentbringsbothdirectandindirectadvantages.Forexample,onUlithiAtollinPapuaNewGuinea,womencanobtainmahoganywoodforfishingboatsinexchangeforcloththeymakeandsogainmorecontroloverthehouseholdincome.Theycanalsoapplyforloansorcredit.Thisgivesthemmoreindependenceandstatus,bothinthefamilyandinthecommunity.　　Question71:Choosetheanswerthatfitsthequestionbestaccordingtothepassage.n　　71.Whatisthemainideaofthepassage?　　A.Thestructureandlocationofcoralreefs.　　B.FishexportsfromPapuaNewGuinea.　　C.Theeconomicimportanceofcoralreefs.　　D.Femaleunemploymentincoastalvillages.　　Questions72--75:Answerthefollowingquestionsbrieflyaccordingtothepassage.　　72.Howmanycountrieshaveacoralreefclosetotheircoastline?　　73.WhichactivityismorethanhalfoftheMaldives'nationaleconomybasedon?　　74.Howdopeopleusuallygettoreeffisheries?　　75.WhatdoIndianwomenoftenhelptomake?　　IV.Translation(翻译)(共5小题；每小题2分，计10分)n　　TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthehintsgiveninthebrackets.(用括号中所给的提示将下列句子译成英语。)(答案写在答题纸上)　　76.我们让那盏灯亮着，因为孩子们怕黑。(frightened)　　77.对于小学生来说，起得那么早没有任何意义。(makeanysense)　　78.完工后，新的铁路线将有250英里长。(省略句，complete)　　79.只有用这种方法，救援人员才能救出地震中的幸存者。(倒装语序，survivor)　　80.那些问题都是关于艺术的，而我对艺术一无所知。(非限制性定语从句)　　V.IQ(智力测试)(共5小题；每小题1分，计5分)　　Answerthefollowingquestions.(回答下列问题。)(答案写在答题纸上)　　81.Whichofthefourfunnyfalsenoseswillhelpstoptheclownfromcrying?n　　82.If473982isto1419and329684isto1418,whatis751694to?　　83.Whatnine-letterwordcanyoufindbymovingfromlettertoletterinanydirection?Eachlettermaybeusedonlyonce;notalltheletterswillbeused.　　84.Acartravelsataspeedof40mphoveracertaindistanceandthenreturnsoverthesamedistanceataspeedof60mph.Whatistheaveragespeedforthetotaljourney?　　85.Canyoudrawthemissingfigureinthefollowingsequence(序列)?n　　VI.Errorcorrection(短文改错)(共10处错误；每处错误1分，计10分)　　下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。　　注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；　　　　　2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11个起)不计分。(答案写在答题写上)例如：HansChristianAndersonwasoneoftheworld'sgreateststoryteller.HewasbornonApril2　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　storytellers1805,inDenmark.Anderson'sfatherwas∧poorshoemaker.Sfterhisfatherpassedaway,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　anAndersontravelledtoCopenhagentotryouthimforthetheatre.　　WhenIwasaseniorinhighschoolIhadateachernamedMrsSmith.ShetaughtEnglishandshetrulyhasanimportanteffectonme.Shewasfullofloveforus.Shehadourclasstomakepostersandhangitaroundtheschool.Shetaughtusthatoneactofkindnesscangolongway.Well,MrsSmithpastawayjustacoupleofyearagoafteralongabttlewithbreastcancer.I'llneverforgethowawonderfulandsweetladysheis.Iamtrulyblessedtohavebeenknownher.IamgoingtobeateacherlikeherandI'llalwaysrememberherkind.　　VII.Writing(写作)(共2题；A题满分10分，B题满分20分，计30分)(答案写在答题纸上)　　A)SupposeyouareLiHuaandyoureceivedaletterfromyourfriendJackrecently.Jackcomplainedaboutthepressuresofhighschoollifeandaskedforyoursuggestions.Usingtheoutline,replytohisletterinabout80words,notincludingthegivenbeginingandending.PressuresHowtodealwithnfromstudiesdrawupascientificstudyplanaboutlifeliveindependently,thinkmorepracticallyatschoolhelpyourclassmates,getalongwiththem　　DearJack,　　Iamsorrytohearaboutthetroubleyouarehaving.　　　　Bestwishestoyou.Yourssincerely,LiHua　　B)Yourclasshasbeendiscussingtheroleoftechnologyintoday'ssociety.Forhomeworkyourteacherhastoldyoutowriteacompositioninabout150words,givingyouropinionsonthefollowingstatement.Themobilephoneismakingapositivecontributiontoourlivestoday.n参考答案　　I.Multiple-choice　　31--35BCBDA　　　36--40ADACB　　　41--45BACBA　　II.Cloze　　46.or　　　　47.properly　　　　　48.travelled/traveled　　49.prevent　　50.away/off　　　　51.with　　52.infected　　　53.collecting　　54.where　　　55.Improvements　　III.Readingcomprehension　　A)56.F　　　57.F　　　58.affordtobuybooks　　59.Mobilelibraries/Camellibraries　　60.actsasaguard　　B)61.Lille　　　62.Sevendays/Oneweek.　　63.TheMidtownHotel　　　　　64.￡395　　　　　　　65.24Marchn　　C)66.要是每个人都试着这样做一天，城镇空气质量的变化会让你惊叹不已。　　67.例如，你知道新式改良的炉子可减少百分之八九十的烟吗？　　68.planttrees　　　　　69.cleanerfuels　　　　70.factories　　D)71.C　　　72.Overonehundredcountries.　　73.Reef-basedtourism　　　74.Onfoot.　　　　75.thefishingequipment　　IV.Translation　　76.Weleavethatlightonbecausethechildrenarefrightenedofthedark.　　77.Itdoesn'tmakeanysenseforprimaryschoolchildrentogetupsoearly.　　78.Whencompleted,thenewrailwaywillrunfor250miles.　　79.Onlyinthiswaycanrescueworkerssavesurvivorsoftheearthquake.n　　80.The/Thosequestionsareallonart,aboutwhichIknownothing.　　V.IQ　　81.C　　　82.1319　　　　　83.DRINKABLE　　　84.48mph　　　85.　　说明：82.1319.7+5+1=13，6+9+4=19.84.48mph设距离为60英里，去时所用的时间为：60、40=1.5（小时），返回用的时间为：60、60=1（小时），来回距离是120英里，平均速度是：120、2.5=48英里/小时。85.长方形水平、垂直交替排列，其内部为4个不同图形的排列，此排列在第二次出现时外部图形不变，内部图形倒置。依次推理，最后一个图片长方形为水平，内部三角形倒置；所缺的图长方形为垂直，内部图形是前面第二幅长方形内图的倒置。　　VI.Errorcorrection　　S2.has--hadS4.tomake---make,it--themS5.alongwayS6.past--passed,year--yearsS7.how--what,is--waasS8.havebeen---haveS9.kind---kindness　　VII.Writingn　　A)OnepossibleversionDearJack,　　Iamsorrytohearaboutthetroubleyouarehaving.Asyouknow,highschoollifeisfullofchallengesandeveryonefeelsheisundergreatpressureattimes.Withendlesshomeworkandfiercecompetition,itiseasytobecomediscouraged.Youshoulddrawupascientificplan,andturntoyourteachersforhelpifnecessary.Second,ifyouarefindingithardtoliveawayfromyourfamily,itistimeforyoutoliveindependentlyandthinkpractically.Last,ifyouarehavingdifficultygettingalongwithyourclassmates,keepinmindthateveryonelikesapersonwhoishelpfulandkind.　　Bestwishestoyou.Yourssincerely,LiHua　　B)Onepossibleversionn　　Mobilephonesarenolongerluxuryitemsandtheyclearlyhavemanyadvatagesforthosewhousethem,eventhoughthereareseveraldrawbacks.　　Oneadvatagesistahttheyenableustocommunicatewithotherpeoplewherevertheymaybeandatanytimeoftheday.Teenagerswhoneedhelpcancontacttheirparentsimmediatelyandemergencyservicescanbecalledtothesceneofanaccidentwithoutdelay.AnotheradvantageisthatmanymodelsnowhavemorethanonefunctionandcanbeusedascamerasorMP3players.However,everythinghastwosides.Themobilephoneisalsothoughttobeaseriousthreattohealth.Moreover,driverswhouseonewhiledrivingmightcauseaccidents.　　Inaword,ifwearecarefulaboutwhenandwhereweusemobilephones,theywillcertainlyimproveourlives.　　评分原则之二：作文词数少于或多于规定词数，从总分中减去2分。n　　评分原则之三：如书写较差，以致影响阅卷，将分数降低一个档次。　　评分档次范围要求：　　第四档（很好):A)9--10分；B）16--20分　　完全完成了试题规定的要求，覆盖所有内容要点，符合英语表达习惯，应用了较多的语法结构和词汇，没有语法和词汇运用错误，具有较强的语言能力，完全达到了预期的写作目的。　　第三档（好）：A)6--8分B）11--15分　　完成了试题规定的要求，应用的语法结构好词汇能满足题目的要求，符合英语表达习惯，基本没有语法和词汇运用错误，达到了预期的写作目的。　　第二档（一般）：A）3--5分B）6--10分　　未恰当完成试题规定的要求，漏掉内容要点，未描述清楚主要内容，写了一些无关内容，有语法和词汇运用错误，影响了对写作内容的理解，信息未能清楚地传达给读者。　　第一档（差）A）1--2分B）1--5分n　　未完成试题规定的要求，明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，语法结构单调，词汇项目有限，有较多的语法和词汇运用错误，影响对写作内容的理解，信息未能传达给读者。　　0分　　未能传达给读者任何信息，没有内容或内容太少，无法评判，写的内容均与所要求内容无关或缩写内容无法看清。