1、WORD9/92011年全國中學生英語能力競賽(NEPCS)初三年級組試題(總分：150分鐘 答題時間：120分鐘)聽力部分(共四大題，計30分)(略)筆試部分(共九大題，計120分)I.Multiple-choice(選擇填空)(共15小題；每小題1分，計15分)Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.(從A，B，C，D四個選項中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。)

2、31.These cakes _ delicious! Can I have _ one?A.tastes；anotherB.taste；anotherC.tasting；other D.taste；others32.That boy, _ father is a footballer, is very good at sports.A.thatB.whosC.whoseD.which33.There are many foreign students in this university, _ 24 Japanese ones.A.including B.included C.include

3、s D.include34.He found _ very difficult _ learn math well.A.it；for B./；goC.that；forD.it；to35.These doctor told my uncle to _ drinking so much wine if he wanted to be healthier.A.open up B.put up C.give upD.make up36.Do you know _ this time yesterday?A.what she is cookingB.what is she cookingC.what s

4、he was cooking D.what was she cooking37.I dont think teenagers should get their ears pierced, _?A.do IB.dont IC.should theyD.shouldnt they38.We were late for school last Wednesday _ the heavy rain.A.because ofB.as C.becauseD.since39.-Dont worry. Your brother is coming to help you.-_ he doesnt come a

5、nd I am here alone?A.What aboutB.What ifC.Why notD.How about40.Jim went swimming with his parents yesterday afternoon. _.A.So did Mary B.So Mary does C.So Mary wasD.So Mary did41.-Which do you prefer, English _ French?-I prefer English _ French.A.or；toB.and；toC.and；thanD.or；than42.-Look at the old l

6、ady in red. Is that Mrs Lee?-No, it _ be her. She has gone to Canada.A.willB.mustntC.cantD.may43.-What did your friend say to you the day before yesterday?-She asked me _ anyone her secret.A.to tell not B.not to tellC.dont tell D.not tell44.-How was your holiday, Ann?-_ It rained all the time and I

7、had to stay inside.A.Great!B.Wonderful! C.Exciting!D.Boring!45.-Do you mind my smoking here?-_ Cant you see the “No Smoking”sign?A.Im afraid you cant.B.Of course not.C.Not at all.D.It doesnt matter.II.Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)(共20小題；選擇題5小題，每小題1分；非選擇題15小題，每小題2分，計35分)A)Read the following passage whi

8、ch is followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage.(閱讀下面的短文，根據短文容從每小題所給的A，B，C，D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。)Mike Bing and his wife Lynn were very hungry. A waitress with short,curly hair came to their table. Mike

9、 asked her for a cup of tea. A few minutes later, the waitress with short, curly hair came back, but she did not have Mikes tea. She said to Mike and Lynn,“Do you want something to drink?”Again, Mike asked for a cup of tea. Suddenly, two waitresses came back to the table. They both had a cup of tea

10、for Mike. And they hoth had short, curly hair. In fact, they looked exactly the same. Mike was confused. What happened? Mike and Lynn were at Twins Restaurant in New York City.Lisa and Debbie Ganz are the owners of Twins Restaurant. The two women are identical twins. In fact, all the people who work

11、 at Twins Restaurant are twins. Thirty-seven sets of twins work there, and each set wears the same clothes. Sometimes customers like Mike and Lynn Bing get confused, but the restaurant is a lot of fun. Everything at Twins Restaurant is double. For example, there are two doorknobs on each door.The Ga

12、nz sisters are always happy when twins come into the restaurant to eat. The twin guests sign their names in a special book. Then the twins can have a photo taken with the Ganz sisters. Usually the Ganz sisters put these pictures on the walls, so there are a lot of pictures of twins on the walls of t

13、he restaurant. There are pictures on the walls of famous twins, too. However Twins Restaurant is not only for twins, but also for people like Mike and Lynn Bing. But its double the fun for twins!46.Where were Mr and Mrs Bing?A.In a special club in Paris.B.In a special cafe in London.C.In a special r

14、estaurant in New York.D.In a special supermarket in Sydney.47.Why was Mike confused?A.Because the first girl was impolite and not helpful.B.Because the two girls looked exactly the same.C.Because the two girls both had long, curly hair.D.Because the second girl brought him a cup of coffee.48.What is

15、 the meaning in Chinese of the underlined word“identical”?A.富有的B.完全不同的C.友好的D.完全一樣的49.Who are the Ganz sisters?A.They are the owners of a restaurant.B.They are the visitors to New York City.C.They are local newspaper reporters.D.They are both famous photographers.50.Twin guests can have a chance to s

16、ign their names and _.A.have a cup of tea for freeB.get pictures of famous twinsC.have a photo taken with the Ganz sistersD.win a prize of 1,000 dollarsB)Read the following three passages and follow the instructions for each section.(閱讀下面的三篇短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所給出的題目。)ADo you send messages on your cellpho

17、ne? Do you email your friends? Do you chat on the Internet? Then you are part of the language revolution. Computers and technology are changing the language. When people type on the computer or send cellphone messages, they usually want to do it quickly.An email is electronic mail. You send it to pe

18、ople from a computer. Emails dont have a long history. The world lived without emails for a very long time. People used faxes or the post office to send letters. Now, we can send emails, and things are much faster. We all need emails because they are easy, and almost everyone has access to the Inter

19、net.Since people send emails, they dont write any more. Regular mail is slower than email, and people call it “snail mail”. A snail is a very slow creature, and regular mail is slow, too. People dont write letters any more, and it is sad. People like to receive letters because it shows the time and

20、care of the letter writer. It is nice to receive a kind letter from a friend. You can keep letters in a pretty box and read them again later. You can also keep emails, but must people just erase them. Also, people dont try to write well in emails. They just write short messages. Emails are helpful,

21、but we miss old-fashioned letters too.Questions 51-55: Fill in the blanks using suitable words according to the passage above. Use only one word for each blank.Emails are a kind of computer mails, which dont have a long (51)_. Emails are (52)_ and (53)_ than regular mails, which are called“snail mai

22、ls”. But emails are not as nice to receive as regular mails. People dont write them (54)_, and they usually dont (55)_ their emails. Emails are not as special as old-fashioned letters.BDo your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow wants children to

23、join in these activities at they City Theater on Saturday morning, free.Movies at the Museum TheaterTwo European movies will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater.See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be shown at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.International PicnicAr

24、e you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.Take Me Out to the BallgameIts November 7, and Saturday night(7:00-9:00)is your last chance to see The Red Birds this year. Get your ti

25、ckets at the gate. It might be cold, so dont forget to take sweaters and jackets. Do You Want to Hear“The Zoo”“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert this Saturday night, at 8:00 at Rose Hall, CityCollege.Questions 56-60: Complete the statements or answer the

26、 following questions according to the information above.56.On Saturday morning, children can enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances at _ without paying any money.57.At the Museum Theater, children can watch _.58.What will the food at International Picnic be like?59.When can you s

27、ee The Red Birds for the last time?60.What is“The Zoo”?CReading is a very important skill. Reading is also an excellent way to improve your English. However, to make sure what you read isnt too difficult, its important to know what makes texts difficult and how you can improve your understanding of

28、them. Here are some suggestions:1.Understand the purpose of your reading. The way you read something depends very much on your reasons for reading it. The kind of reading you do in class or for your homework is different from how you read a novel for pleasure in the summer holidays.2.Find background

29、 information. Find something out about the topic you are going to read. (61)The more background information you have, the easier itll be to understand the text. You can get this background information in your own language.3.Increase your vocabulary. Of course, reading itself is an excellent way to i

30、mprove your vocabulary, but there are many other things you can do. The more vocabulary you have, the easier your reading will be.4.Use your dictionary correctly. (62)A common mistake is to read everything very slowly and carefully, looking up each unknown word. Sometimes this isnecessary, for examp

31、le, when reading exam questions. However, it takes a long time and can be very boring；it can even make understanding more difficult!If youve followed the above advice and still cant understand a text, then its simply too hard for your. Stop reading and ask someone to help you. Nobody likes to give u

32、p, but youll just be wasting your time if you continue to work at a text thats beyond you.Questions 61-62: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.Questions 63-65: Answer the following questions.63.What are the above four suggestions about?64.How can you get background information according

33、to the passage?65.What is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary?III.Cloze(完形填空)(共15小題；每小題1分，計15分)A)Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of 10 words or phrases out of the 12 given according to the context. (閱讀下面的短文，根據其容從所給的12個單詞或短語中選擇10個，并用其適當的形式填空。)say, do, intere

34、st, good, lend, science, angrily, talk, be, play, borrow, happy My Black lived in a village before he became a famous lawyer. He remembers how hard his life was when he studied in college and his parents had to (66)_ a lot of money for him. He works hard now and tries to make as much money as possib

35、le.He lives in a beautiful house with his family, and his son Richard (67)_ clever. He loves his son very much and sends him to the (68)_ school in the city. He wants Richard to live a happy life and he buys anything the boy wants. He also hopes that his son will become a great(69)_.He doesnt know t

36、hat Richard hates studying and spends a lot of time (70)_ games. Now hes (71)_ in fishing and sometimes misses classes, so he failed all his last exams. Miss Brown, his headteacher, has told him not (72)_ this, but he doesnt listen to her. She became (73)_ when he was late again one afternoon.“Ill v

37、isit your father tomorrow evening, Richard,”(74)_ Miss Brown,“Ill tell him he needs to find a good way to educate you!”“You had better not (75)_ to him, madam,”answered Richard,“Or youll have to pay for a consultation(咨詢)!”B)Read the passage below, and complete it by filling in the missing words.(閱讀

38、下面的短文，根據其容填入所缺單詞。)How far do you think you can run? How (76)_ 3,000 miles? Does that seem impossible? Its not. Terry Fox proved that in 1980. Terry wanted to raise money for cancer research. He lost his right leg to cancer in 1977. In 1979, Terry decided to run acrossCanada to raise money (77)_ canc

39、er. It seemed impossible. Terry had and artificial leg, and it was very painful to run on.He started (78)_ April 12, 1980. For months, he endured the pain and continued running. As he moved across the country, news of his plan spread. Sadly, Terry never finished his run. He had to stop on September

40、1, 1980 after 3,339 miles. He had cancer in his lungs then. Terry died (79)_ June of the next year, but he was a success in many ways. Terry raised over 360 million dollars for cancer research.Terry was (80)_ hero to those with cancer.IV.Sentence pattern transformation(句式轉換)(共5小題；每小題1分，計5分)Transform

41、 the following sentences as required.(按要求轉換下列各句。)81.Mrs Green bought a digital camera yesterday.(改為一般疑問句)_ Mrs Green _ a digital camera yesterday?82.He didnt know what he should do at that time.(改為同義句)He didnt know _ _ do at that time.83.It rained yesterday, so I stayed at home.(用because改寫)I stayed

42、at home yesterday _ _ rained.84.A Canadan doctor invented basketball.(改為被動句)Basketball _ _ by a Canadian doctor.85.Johnson was the doctors name. He lived in Paris three years ago.(改為含定語從句的復合句)The doctor, _ _ was Johnson, lived in Paris three years ago.V.Translation(翻譯)(共5小題；每小題2分，計10分)Translate the

43、following sentences into English, using the words given in brackets.(根據所給提示詞語，將下列漢語句子翻譯成英語。)86.這把刀能用來切西瓜嗎？(be used for)_87.請務必告訴我關于他的一切。(be sure to)_88.我相信我自己能做出這道題。(work out)_89.她經常在語法上出錯。(make mistakes)_90.使我吃驚的是，昨天他又一次遲到了。(to ones surprise)_VI.Error correction(改錯)(共5小題；每小題1分，計5分)Read the followin

44、g passage. Write “”if the underlined part is right, or correct it if it is wrong.(閱讀下面短文，如果劃線部分正確，寫“”；如果有錯誤，請在后面的橫線上改正。)One afternoon I walked up the street behind our hotel.Suddenly there was an bigeg:abrown dog in the front of me. It looked at me with angryyellow eyes and I began91._to get nervous

45、. Then an Italy girl came down the street.“Its OK,”she said to me.92._She shouted some word in Italian, and the dog went away.The girls name was Chiara,93._and after this was become good friends. That was six yearsago, but I still write 94._to Chiara and our friendship is very important to me.95._VI

46、I.Dialogue completion(補全對話)(共5小題；每小題1分，計5分)Read the following dialogue. Complete it by filling in the blanks with five sentences out of the seven given according to the context. (閱讀下面的對話，根據對話容從所給的7個句子中選出5個，補全下面的對話。)A: (96)_B: Yes, please. Could you tell me the time of the next train to London, pleas

47、e?A: London? Let me see (97)_B: Oh good! What time does it arrive?A: (98)_B: Thats fine. (99)_A: No. 24. (100)_B: I see. Well, thank you very much.A: Youre welcome.A. Yes, theres one leaving in about an hour, at 14:40.B. What would you like to drink?C. Can I help you?D. Twelve minutes past eight tom

48、orrow morning.E. You can get off the bus anytime you like.F. Whats the number of the train?G. You can get on the train at Platform Four.VIII.IQ(智力測試)(共5小題；每小題1分，計5分)Answer the following questions.(回答下列問題。)101.In two years I will be four times older than my brother is now. My brother is five years no

49、w. How old will I be when I am twice as old as my brother?102.Which is the missing circle, A, B, C, D, or E?103.Which number should replace(代替) the “?”?3, 6, 18, 72, 360, ?104.Which day is two days before the day after the day three days after the day before Tuesday?105.Which picture is different fr

50、om the others?IX.Writing(寫作)(共2小題；A題滿分10分；B題滿分15分，計25分)要求：1.根據所提供的容，適當拓展想象空間，靈活地將提供的信息體現在文章中；2.條理清楚，語句通順，標點正確，書寫清晰、規；3.不得少于規定的詞數。A)Suppose your classmate Jack sent you an email asking for help. However, you have to look after your sick mother so you ask Wang Lei to help Jack instead. Please write ba

51、ck to him an email telling him this. (50-70 words)From Jack234popmail.To: limingstu.Subject: Help!Hi Li Ming!I have got a bad cold. I cant go to school today and tomorrow. Can you help mewith my Chinese if you have time? Thank you!JackFrom limingstu.To: Jack234popmail.Subject: RE:Help!Hi Jack!Li Min

52、gB)Nowadays, some teenagers enjoy going out with their friends after school and on weekends. Some teachers and pareents dont like teenagers doing this, because they believe it will interfere (干擾) with their school work or studies.What do you think? Should teenagers go out with their friends after sc

53、hool and on weekends? Why or why not? Write an article giving your own opinion.(70-90 words)參考答案聽力部分(略)筆試部分I.Multiple-choice(選擇填空)31-35 BCADC36-40 CCABA41-45 ACBDAII.Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)A)46-50 CBDACB)51.history52.faster53.easier54.carefully/well55.keep/save56.the City Theater 57.two European movies/Broken Window and The Workers58.Delicious and not expensive.59.At 7:00-9:0