2016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） Ⅰ Sentences （句子听写）（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）
Please listen to the following five sentences. There are several missing words in each sentence. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear. Each sentence will be read twice.（请听下面五个句子，每个句子中均有几个缺失的单词，请根据你所听到的单词填空。每个句子读两遍。）（答案写在答题纸上） 1. If she home on the bus, it’ll be to carry them.
2. We couldn’t because the road work went twenty-four hours a day. 3. Would you to see if there’s any for me please?
4. I saw Mr. Smith a new fence at his home yesterday afternoon. 5. When I was at home, I music and watched TV.
Ⅱ Dialogues （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.（请听下面五组小对话，每组对话后有一个问题，根据你所听到的对话内容，选出能回答所提问题的最佳选项。每组对话和问题读两遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上） 6.
A. The woman with long, fair hair. B. The woman with short, black hair. C. The tall woman with glasses. D. The short woman with a hat. 7.
A. The good weather. B. The historical center. C. A few museums. D. The water park. 8.
A. In the front of the car. B. Under the table of the kitchen. C. On the shelf by the window. D. Beside the sofa by the window. 9.
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(B) Please listen to the following dialogue. The dialogue is followed by five questions. Choose the best answer to each question according to the dialogue you hear. The dialogue and questions will be read twice. （请听下面的对话以及对话后的五个问题，根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。对话和问题读两遍）（答案涂在答题纸上） 11.
A. A cellphone. B. A computer. C. A laptop. D. A camera. 12.
A. His girlfriend. B. The woman speaker. C. His parents. D. His good friends. 13.
A. Because he has got one already. B. Because his parents don’t agree. C. Because he doesn't think it necessary. D. Because he doesn’t have enough money. 14.
A. In a computer store. B. In a library. C. In a cinema. D. In a video shop. 15.
A. A doctor. B. A painter. C. A technician. D. A student.
Ⅲ Passages （短文理解）（共10小题； 16-20 小题每小题1分，21-25小题每小题2分，计15分）
(A) Please listen to the following passage. The passage is followed by five questions. Choose the best answer to each question according to the passage you hear. The passage and questions will be read twice.（请听下面的短文以及短文后的五个问题，根据你所听到的短文内容，选择能回答所提问题的最佳选项。短文和问题读两遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上） 16.
A. An old man. B. A girl. C. A couple. D. A boy. 17.
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A. In a few days. B. During a month. C. This week. D. Next year.
(B) Please listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks according to the passage you hear with one word for each blank. The passage will be read twice.（请听下面的短文，根据你所听到的内容填空，没空一词。短文读两遍。）（答案写在答题纸上）
笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）
Ⅰ. 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.（请根据括号中所给的汉语提示完成下列句子。）（答案写在答题纸上）
26. It （原来是）that they had known each other when they were young.
27. We politely expressed out (不满意) with the room and asked if we could possibly change. 28. When things go wrong, all of us （自然地）feel disappointed and frustrated.
29. Whereas he （过去曾）be such a horrible little boy, now, he’s extremely well behaved.
30. Anne didn’t change the steps of （古典的）ballet, instead she found new ways of using them.
(B) Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices marked A,B,C and D in the boxes. （请从方框中给所的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）
Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when he’s 31 sports. In the film Play It to the Bone, he plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. During the making of the film Harrelson kept complaining that the fight 32 weren’t very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real.
Antonio wasn’t 33 on the idea at first, but he was eventually persuaded by his co-star to put his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. 34 , when he realized how seriously his opponent was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Woody hit Banderas 35 hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. He was 36 of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always dreamed of 37 a soccer star, performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably 38 . “That’s when I decided to take up acting; I saw it as 39 way of performing and achieving recognition. 40 happened to me on that football pitch was, you might say, my first lucky break. 1 A. doing B. making C. showing D. losing 2 A. fields B. areas C. scenes D. stages 3 A. interested B. keen C. enthusiastic D. happy 4 A. So B. However C. And D. Therefore 5 A. very B. much C. such D. so 6 A. remembered B. replayed C. recorded D. reminded
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7 8 9 10 A. getting A. over A. further A. Who B. growing B. on
B. additional B. What C. becoming C. to
C. different C. That D. turning D. off D. another D. Which
Ⅱ 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 5 words or phrases 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个词语中选出5个，并用其适当形式填空。）（答案写在答题纸上） yet, cause, give off, nature, take in, exist, result Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effect on the world’s climate. Many scientists put the blame for the recent 41 disasters on the increase in the world’s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ever before, the earth is at risk from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. According to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts, even more severe and 42 sea level to rise.
Environmental groups are putting pressure on governments to take action to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide which is 43 by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They’re in favor of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace 44 power stations.
Some scientists, however, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait several hundred years to notice the 45 . Global warming, they argue, is here to say.
1 B) Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways:○2using the proper form of the given words; ○3 based on the given letters of the words. （请based on the context; ○阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式中的一种填空： 1 根据上下文填空； 2 用所给单词的适当形式填空； 3 根据单词所给的字母填空，每空一词。）（答案写在答题纸上）
One memorywh 46 sticks in my mind is of a mountain trip I did with my dad when I was about seven years old. One day, my father was planning to climb the biggest mountain in our country. I had never been on such 47 trip. I still remember the feeling of excitement on the night before we left. We set out very early the next morning
and I f 48 asleep on the train. At 9:00 am, we began to climb the mountain. The first couple of 49 (hour) climbing was easy. Ho 50 , as we climbed higher, I could feel sweat dripping down my body. I focused 51 my father’s words, “If you can stand this pain now, you’ll be a 52 (good) climber than me.” As my breathing became harder, I felt tears swelling up in my eyes. But I had one goal in mind: to reach the summit and become a stronger climber than my father. When we finally m 53 it to the top, my clothes were
badly wet, but 54 didn’t matter to me. I felt proud and I thanked my father for his encouragement. 55 (look) back, I realized how the experience gave me confidence and taught me a lesson in how to be strong when facing a difficulty.
Ⅲ Reading comprehension （阅读理解）（共20小题；56-60小题每小题1分，61-75小题每小题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 passage. （阅读下面短文，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小题答案涂在答题纸上，59-75小题答案写在答题纸上） (A)
Grannie Vernnon Scannell
I stayed with her when I was six then went
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To love elsewhere when I was eight years old
For ages I remembered her faint scent Of lavender, the way she’d never scold No matter what I’d done, and most of all The way her smile seemed, somehow, to enfold My whole world like a warm, protective shawl
I knew that I was safe when she was near She was so tall, so wide, so large, she would Stand mountainous between me and my fear,
Yet oh, so gentle, and she understood Every hope and dream I ever had. She praised me lavishly when I was good, But never punished me when I was bad.
Years later war broke out and I became A soldier and was wounded while in France Back home in hospital, still very lame I realized suddenly that circumstance
Had brought me close to that small town where she
Was living still. And so I seized the chance To write and ask if she could visit me.
She came. And I still vividly recall
The shock that I received when she appeared That dark cold day. Huge grannie was so small!
A tiny, frail, old lady. It was weird. She hobbled through the ward to where I lay And drew quite close and, hesitating, peered And then she smiled; and love lit up the day.
Questions 56-58: choose the best answer from A,B,C and D according to the passage. 56. The author first lived with his granny when he was years old.
A. four B. five C. six D. seven 57. In the author’s childhood, his granny provided him with a world of .
A. beauty and grace B. blame and horror C. coldness and sadness D. warmth and protection 58. Scannell was wounded in after he became a soldier.
A. Britain B. France C. Italy D. Germany
Questions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false (F) according to the passage. 59. The author sent someone for his granny when he returned to his home country to receive medical treatment. 60. When he met his granny in the hospital, Vernon Scannell was shocked to find that she seemed small.
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Shanghai, with a population of around 23.5 million, is one of the biggest cities in China. 61 It has a famous river called Huangpu River, which separates the historic center of the city, the Puxi area, from a newly-developed financial and commercial area named Pudong.
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2016全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛
