2007年全国中学生英语能力竞赛 (NEPCS) 高三年级组样题
I. 选择填空 (Multiple-choice) (共15小题；每小题1分，计15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。(Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.) 31. Many new ________ will be opened up in the future for those with a university degree. A. realities B. necessities C. probabilities D. opportunities
32. All these changes will lead to ________ strong and powerful China, ________ country that can surprise and enrich our planet.
A． a; a B． the; the C． a; the D． the; a
33. When still young, he sometimes preferred ________ something new rather than ________ the same routine. A. tried; follow B. to try; followed C. trying; to following D. to try; follow
34. Music is a universal language, which makes ________ possible for Jay Chou to be popular in America ________ he doesn't speak English.
A. that; as if B. it; even though C. which; because D. it; if
35. It was ________ we were having dinner at the table ________ there was a knock at the door. A． where; while B． which; as C． when; that D． when; after
36. Do what you should, give what you can, and then________. A. you can stay on your own business B. please mind you're own business C. you will mind your own business D. go on with your own business
37. —Why!Where's my passport? Maybe I left it on the plane. —My goodness! You ________ things behind. A. haven't left B. didn't leave C. had never left D. never leave
38. ________ much I dislike the idea of begging in the street, we should still show consideration for those who are in difficult situations.
A. However B. How C. Whatever D. No matter
39. The runners are ________ their positions on the starting line. Liu Xiang in Track 4! A. taking B. picking C. turning on D. getting down
40. —Which of the fashionable dresses do you like best? —________. They are both expensive and of little use. A. No one B. Nothing C. None D. Either
41. In area it is approximately the same size as the USA (without Alaska), ________, however, has ________. A. which; more than fourteen times as many people B. which; fourteen times more than many people C. what; as fourteen times as many people
D. where; more than fourteen times as many people
42. The books still ________ where I ________ them a week before. A. lay; had lied B. lay; had laid C. lied; had laid D. laid; lay
43. If I ________ long enough to have a job, I would choose to be a doctor, ________ those AIDS patients. A. had lived; helping B. should live; help C. were to live; helping D. should have lived; help 44. —Learning a language isn't easy. It takes time. —I agree. ________. There's no short cut.
A. All roads lead to Rome B. Rome wasn't built in a day
C. Practice makes perfect D. Slow but sure wins the race 45. —How often do you eat out?
—________, but usually once a week.
A. Have no idea B. As usual C. It depends D. Generally speaking
II. 阅读理解 (Reading comprehension) （共20小题；选择题5小题，每小题1分；非选择题15小题，每小题2分，计35分）
A) 选择题：阅读下面的短文，根据文意从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项。(Read the following passage which is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage.)
Imagine this: You're sitting in a London café with an English friend. He turns to you and asks if you think that “bird over there is a bunny boiler”. Would you: A) look blank and tell him rabbits can't fly; B) curse the day you
ever started studying the terrible English language; or C) give your opinion of whether that girl over there is crazy or not?
Teachers and students often talk about the “plateau” of language learning. The metaphor sees every word learned as a step on the journey towards fluency. When you've reached a certain high level, you stop improving and hit the “plateau”. Thousands of English language learners have wandered around for years on this flat, boring plateau. However, few have come up with ideas about how to get off it. If you answered A or B to the above scenario (情景) then my solution may come as a surprise: You need slang to lift you up and away.
Of course textbooks won't recommend this route. Slang is too fast-changing to be recorded in them. And slang's also a dirty word to some teachers, who only like polite English. But English is not only an old-fashioned, polite language, it is also changing quickly. At the end of 2005, two fat new dictionaries—“The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English” and “Cassell's Dictionary of Slang” —hit the bookshops. Ignoring English's slang is like travelling to a new country and only visiting places recommended in a 10-year-old guidebook. Boring. So where can you get a fix?
New books are good slanguage (slang-language) sources. If you're tired of reading, buy a CD. Musicians and rappers like the UK's Artic Monkey and The Streets and the US' Kelis and Eminem are slang sensations (引起轰动的人), constantly playing tricks with the Queen's English.
As the Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said, the limits of your language are the limits of your world. So why not widen your horizons with a little properly used slanguage? From there it's just a short step to pushing yourself and your friends off the plateau on all-new adventures. 46. The first paragraph is mainly written to ________.
A. show British people enjoy chatting with friends in a café B. prove that slanguage is difficult to study
C. present the topic to be discussed in the passage D. let the reader choose a correct answer
47. According to the passage, the underlined “bird” in Paragraph 1 probably refers to ________. A. English language B. a young woman C. slanguage D. a rabbit
48. Which of the following is TRUE of people on the “plateau” of language learning? A. They never make any improvement in language learning. B. They usually lose heart in language learning. C. They know nothing about slang.
D. They are puzzled by how to learn a language better. 49. In the passage, slanguage is best seen as ________. A. a key to the “plateau” problem B. a dirty word to some teachers
C. a 10-year-old guidebook D. a foreign language
50. What's the writer's attitude towards slanguage learning?
A. Learners had better use the two fat new dictionaries mentioned. B. Learners benefit from musicians and rappers most.
C. Slanguage decides whether learners can learn a language well. D. Slanguage helps learners easily conquer the language plateau.
B) 非选择题：阅读下列短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所给出的题目。(Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions according to the passage.) A
In a society such as the United States or Canada, which has many national, religious, and cultural differences, people highly value individualism—the differences among people. Teachers place a lot of importance on the equalities that make each student special. The educational systems in these countries show these values. Students do not memorize information. Instead, they work individually and find answers themselves. There is often discussion in the classroom. At an early age, students learn to form their own ideas and opinions.
In most Asian societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history, and culture. Perhaps for this reason, the educational system in much of the Orient reflects society's belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments. In the classroom, the teaching methods are often very formal. The teacher lectures, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the students recite rules and information that they have memorized. There are advantages and disadvantages to both of these systems of education. For example, one advantage to the system in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science than American students learn by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is strict, but it prepares students for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.
The advantage of the educational system in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they haven't memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other countries have.
Questions 51—56: Complete the following table with no more than three words in each blank according to the passage above.
Educational differences between East and West
B
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2019年全国中学生英语能力竞赛高三年级组样题及参考答案
