2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛
高三年级组试题
（总分：150分答题时间：120分钟） 听力部分（共三大题，计30分）
ⅠResponses (句子应答) （共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）
Please listen to the following five sentences and choose the best response to each one you hear. Each sentence will be read once. (请听下面5个句子，选出能应答所听句子的最佳选项。每个句子读一遍。)（答案涂在答题纸上） 1 2 3 4 5
A. I will fetch some fresh fruit for you. C. No problem. I’ll go and put the kettle on. A. He recognized her Italian accent. C. She has moved several times.
A. My parents like classical music very much. C. There are many music programs on TV. A. It’s about an hour’s drive to the museum. C. My friend prefers walking to taking a bus. A. There’s one about five minutes’ walk away. C. The college provides the best English course.
B. Coffee is popular with British people.
D. Their idea is exported to Britain every year. B. On the first day of next month. D. Italian food can be found here.
B. Playing music in class is not allowed. D. Sorry, I didn’t think it was very loud.
B. Oh, I don’t know. Maybe I’ll go shopping. D. My mother hates going shopping alone. B. My English teacher is my good friend. D. I like reading novels in English.
ⅠDialogues (对话理解) （共10小题；每小题1分，计10分）
(A) Please listen to the following five mini-dialogues. Each dialogue is followed by a question. Choose the best
answer to each question according to the dialogue you hear. Each dialogue and question will be read twice.（请听下面五组对话，每组对话后有一个问题，根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。每组对话和问题均读两遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上） 6 A. Hold a party at home. B. Buy a Christmas present.
C. Take the woman to the party. D. Repair the woman’s car. 7 A. He dialed a wrong number. B. The phone line is busy.
C. Mr. Hewitt is not in the office. D. Mr. Hewitt is busy now. 8
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(B) Listen to the following dialogue and choose the best answer to each question. The dialogue will be read twice.
(请听下面一段对话，选择能回答下列问题的最佳选项。对话读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上） 11 12 13 14 15
A. Father and daughter. C. Customer and lawyer.
A. Because it’s the end of the school term.
C. Because the area has many technology companies. A. ￡4 an hour. C. ￡40 a week. A. At home. C. At a friend’s.
A. It’s a bit noisy at night. C. It has two bathrooms.
B. Two strangers.
D. Student land landlord.
B. Because the hotels are expensive. D. Because the town is too small. B. ￡14 a day.
D. ￡400 a month. B. In a dormitory. D. In a hotel.
B. It’s a second floor apartment. D. It has two large living rooms.
Ⅲ Passages (短文理解) (共10小题；16-20每小题1分， 21-25每小题2分计15分)
A） Listen to the following material and choose the best answer to each question according to the material you
hear. The material will be read twice. (请听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。材料读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上）
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A. A businessman. C. A company owner.
A. At the age of seventeen.
C. As soon as he had enough friends. A. Three month. C. Two years.
A. Interesting but paid less. C. Exciting but stressful. A. In London. C. In New York. B. A university teacher. D. A school principal. B. After he won a prize.
D. After working for an Italian company. B. Nine month. D. Three years.
B. Dull and dangerous. D. Easy and enjoyable. B. In Milan. D. In Paris.
B） Please listen to the following material, and fill in the blanks according to the material you hear 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，没空填一到两个单词。材料读两遍。) （答案涂在答题纸上）
A 10-year-old girl, Ann Waxman, saved her elder brother’s life last night when a fire (21) in their house in Manchester.
Ann’s parents were out of town for the weekend when faulty electrical wiring caused the fire to start (22) the night. The young girl was awakened by the family’s dog, Danny, who was (23) excitedly in the back garden. Ann smelled something burning and (24) ran through the smoke-filled house to save her older brother, Frank.
When Frank would not (25) , Ann got some help from the family dog. Frank’s body was too far too (26) for the little girl to move alone, but the clever girl brought the dog (27) and tied the dog’s lead to Frank’s left ankle. She then grabbed her brother’s right ankle, and together, the girl and the dog (28)Frank to safety.
The little heroine is quite modes about the whole thing. “I couldn’t have done it (29) Danny, our dog,” she said afterwards. “I’m just glad we’re all alright.”Ann is to receive a medal for her (30) from Mayor Witticombe next week.
笔试部分（共七答题，计120分）
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） 31. (传统的) methods are the ones that have existed for a long time without changing. 32. It’s a fact that I was terrible at school and left with few (学术的)qualifications. 33. A report says that women who (推迟) having a baby often make the best mothers.
34. A questionnaire is a (书面的) list of questions which are answered by a lot of people to provide information for a report.
35. You should (集中注意力) the road especially when you’re 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 the
boxes(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） Roger Press, 40, has changed his career. After spending five years as a concert pianist he’s gone in business, recently (36) up his own company. He explained: “After leaving university I decided to (37)myself to a career in music. I loved performing but it was very hard. I played at concerts in Europe and (38)in America, made recordings and got good reviews. But after a while I felt I’d gone as (39) as I could. Unless you’re one of the world’s top pianists, it’s difficult to earn a good living and I wasn’t one of the greatest. I’ve always thought that it’s important to
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be commercial, to participate and complete in the modern world. When I (40) up my performing career, people around me were more sad and disappointed than I was. But I felt free and (41) I knew I was getting serious about life. After getting a qualification in business administration, I joined a recording company and started their classical video division, (42) programs about famous artists. A year ago, I left this company and formed a new one (43) specialized in multimedia programs. Now that I run my own business, I’m in control (44) my life and I can feel proud of my achievements. Although the stress is high and I work long hours, the stress involved in piano play was much (45). It took physical, emotional and mental skills. I prefer the pressures I live with now. 36 A. giving B. setting C. forming D. bringing 37 A. devote B. take C. assign D. employ 38 A. job B. effort C. work D. career 39 A. soon B. often C. far D. much 40 A. took B. brought C. gave D. put 41 A. late B. at last C. at the end D. lately 42 A. produced B. producing C. being produced D. having produced 43 A. who B. what C. whose D. which 44 A. on B. in C. at D. of 45 A. worse B. less C. better D. fewer
2. Cloze (完形填空) （共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
(A) Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the 5 words or phrases out of
the 7 given 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个词语中选出5个，并用其适当形式填空。) pick up, spend, magazine, stay out, rise and fall, changes, continue Claudia Schiffer is very successful German supermodel. She’s appeared on the covers and fashion pages of all the major fashion (46) and is one of the faces of Chanel.
Claudia is a very beautiful woman. She has a slim figure and is tall with very long legs. Her most stunning(有魅力的) feature, though, is her attractive heart-shaped face with her sparking eyes and straight nose. She has shoulder-length blonde hair but its style and color are often (47) to suit each modeling assignment.
Not only is Claudia a professional model, but she’s also a very successful businesswoman. She has her own fitness video and is a partner in the new chain of “Fashion Cafes”. She’s also very generous, and (48) a lot of her time working with various charity (慈善) organizations helping children in need. Claudia is sociable, too, and likes being with famous people.
When Claudia is not modeling or doing charity work, she likes reading and watching old films. She also enjoys going to parties, but she rarely (49) late.
In recent years people can often see her again after her disappearance from the public’s eyes. Although Claudia’s popularity as a model (50) with the season (as it does for all supermodel), Claudia is so beautiful, talented and intelligent that she’ll be famous for a long time to come.
1(B) Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word on one of the following three ways: ○
2using the proper form of the given words; ○3based on the given letters of the words. (请based on the context; ○
1根据上下文填空；○2用所给单词的适当形式填空；○3阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式中的一种填空：○
根据单词所给的字母填空。没空一词。)
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, thought that sleep was unnecessary and that a society that operated without sleep would be an ideal (51)o . However, he was wrong. Nowadays, we are living in a society in
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2015全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛
