2016年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛
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. Is there else you can do to your plan? 2. I’ll go to the camera shop after I’ve the car. 3. She her job and chose to live in France.
4. What are the causes to the death of many wild ?
5. I don’t know how she looking after her family in such a difficult situation.
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.
7.
8. A. In her room. C. In the kitchen.
B. In her bag. D. In her jacket.
9. A. Do the homework in his room. B. Watch his favorite TV program. C. Help the woman get the dinner ready. D. Record the film which he likes best. 10. A. ￡25.00. B. ￡27.50. C. ￡35.00. D. ￡45.75.
(B) Please listen to the following dialogue. The dialogue is followed by five questions. Choose the best answer to
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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. Next year. B. After the exams. C. During his holiday. D. Before the end of this term. 12.
A. Delicious all the time. B. Not always very good. C. Quite cheap. D. Really expensive. 13.
A. Because it’s so small. B. Because it’s too noisy. C. Because he can’t afford it. D. Because his mother dislikes it. 14.
A. Apply for a scholarship. B. Ask his parents to pay it. C. Work longer in summer. D. Borrow money from a bank. 15.
A. His friend. B. His teacher. C. His brother. D. His classmates.
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. Seven. B. Eight. C. Nine. D. Ten.
17. A. Africa. B. Asia. C. America. D. Europe. 18.
19. A. Because there was heavy snow. B. Because there was an accident. C. Because there were too many people travelling D. Because there were storms on the journey. .
20. A. Bored. B. Pleased C. Terrified. D. Disappointed.
(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） BRANDON FOREST PARK ? Forest shop and cafe
The shop sells 21. , gifts and . Snacks and drinks are available in the cafe.
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The cafe is closed all day 22. . ? Picnic areas
23. are next to the park entrance. ? Bicycle hire
Cost of half-day hire is 24. . ? Summer events
This year’s event include 25. .
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 is said that Mr. Smith was endlessly kind and （耐心的）with children when he was young. 27. All of our classmates had （交上）their English homework before the class started. 28. Everyone started （恭喜；祝贺）me after they learned that I’d passed the entrance examination. 29. （事实上），it isn’t a good idea for parents to send their children to study abroad at an early age.
30. After seven years of （友谊），I still couldn’t tell when May was playing a joke on me.
(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）
Although the plane is the fastest means of transport, the idea of traveling by plane doesn’t appeal to everyone because of the frequent delays. It’s extremely disappointing when you 31 yourself plenty of time to get to the airport and –once there—it’s brought to your 32 that there’s a problem with your flight. The staff at the check-in are trying to convince you that it won’t be long before the problem is 33 . Yet, hours later you feel let 34 as you continue to wait patiently for your boarding call. Of course, you won’t gain 35 by complaining. By this stage you realize you’re going to miss your connecting flight and now you must change your booking. You feel 36 you’re never going to get your destination. However, there’s the 37 chance that you could be one of the lucky ones spending the night at a top class hotel at the expense of the airline that caused your problem in the first place. Admittedly, you would rather be 38 for your original destination. Regular customers advise us just to accept the fact 39 no matter how frustrating this situation might be, it’s unavoidable and shouldn’t affect us so much. Nevertheless, it’ll always be a common sight to see people eagerly waiting 40 the hope of hearing their flight announced. 1 A. let B. allow C. make D. keep 2 A. care B. benefit C. attention D. interest 3 A. fetched B. defeated C. solved D. restored 4 A. off B. away C. out D. down 5 A. nothing B. anything C. anyone D. someone 6 A. as if B. even if C. in case D. if only 7 A. does B. weak C. light D. slight 8 A. taking B. heading C. doing D. bringing 9 A. what B. who C. that D. which 10 A. in B. with C. at D. on
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
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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） anger, sort, look like, use, leave, clear, put up It’s astonishing how little one remembers about one’s life before the age of seven or eight. I can tell you all 41 of things that happened to me from eight onwards, but only very few before that. I studied for a whole year at Elmtree House but I cannot even remember what my classroom 42 . I do remember sitting on the stairs and trying over and over again to tie one of my shoelaces, but that’s all that comes back to me.
On the other hand, I can remember very 43 the journeys I made to and from the school because they were so extremely exciting. Great excitement is probably the only thing that really interests a six-year-old boy and it sticks in his mind. In my case, the excitement centered around my new tricycle. I rode to school on it every day with my eldest sister riding on hers. No grown-up came with us, and I can remember so vividly how we 44 to go racing at enormous tricycle speeds down the middle of the road and then when we came to a corner, we would lean to one side and take it on two wheels.
So much, then, for my memories of kindergarten sixty-two years ago. It’s not much, but it’s all that’s 45 .
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）
Chatting to babies is a particular way improves their intelligence and gives them a head start in life, a new study has found. Speech and language therapist Dr. Sally Ward 46 (select) 140 nine-month-old children. She then gave 70 of the parents detailed advice on the best way to communicate 47 their children and left the others without guidance. The “communicating” parents were told to spend at least 30 minutes every day talking to their children, without any background noise, about subjects t 48 their infants might take an interest in. more than six year later, and after 49 (regularly) checks had been kept of their progress, the children had IQ tests. Those in the talking group were, on average, a year and three months ahead of the other group. Nine children had IQs in the gifted category, wh 50 none in the non-talking group was as bright.
In a separate study experts have warned of the dangers of children under the age of two 51 (watch) television. The research has shown that exposure to television is res 52 for anything from delayed speech to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (注意缺陷障碍). The problem with television is that it confuses infants, who’ll block out the background noise coming from it. As 53 result, they learn to ignore all noise and this includes speech. Pediatric and language specialists also disapprove of radio that has much the same ef 54 on a child’s language development.
The main finding of the report is that at very early ages children shouldn’t 55 allowed to watch any television at all. Parents have good reasons for ignoring their youngsters’ protests and simply switching off.
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)
Wondering where to go for your holiday this year? Tired of beach holidays? Do you feel that just lying on some sand isn’t the most interesting way to spend your precious holiday time? If your answer is “yes” to these questions, then the solution is obvious: join us on a Blue Sky Cycling Holiday!
Get fit while you relax on holiday. Every cycling group is joined by two of our expert guides and tour leaders. As well as being knowledgeable about the route, they’re qualified fitness trainers and can make sure your cycle in the right way. We’ll passing through villages with very special local foods for your lunch, so you can buy what you
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prefer. What you eat is, of course, up to you!
Don’t worry about trying to carry all your luggage on your bike. Luggage will be taken from hotel to hotel in our cars, to be ready for you every night. The distance we cover each day will depend on the kind of countryside we’re traveling through, already planned so you’ll never get too tired.
Accommodation is arranged for you in good-quality 3-star hotels. Experience has taught us that this is the standard most people prefer on these holidays. Our prices are $50 per person, based on sharing a twin room. Single accommodation is available for a small extra payment at the time of booking. There’s a choice of breakfast, from tea and fruit to completely cooked breakfasts, and, similarly, in the evening, you can help yourself from a buffet or go for the set menu.
In order to keep the groups friendly and also safe along the roads, we set limit on the number of people n a holiday. This varies to some extent depending on the landscape and road types being used on any particular holiday, but we don’t run holidays with fewer than six guests or more than fifteen.
Call or email for more information or to make a booking today!
Questions 56-58: choose the best answer from A,B,C and D according to the passage. 56. The advertisement is to attract people to during the holidays. A. swim in the sea B. climb the mountain C. cycle in the countryside D. dive in the ocean 57. There are usually tour leaders in each cycling group. A. two B. three C. four D. five 58. The accommodation cost is usually per person. A. $20. B. $30. C. $40. D. $50.
Questions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false (F) according to the passage.
59. The limit on the number for every group is usually between six and fifteen people according to the advertisement.
60. People can get more information about the Blue Sky Cycling Holiday by making a phone call.
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Currently, nine out of ten people in the U.K. shop online at least once a month. Experts predict that our spending on the Internet over the next five years will grow by 129%. Read on to find out how you can protect yourself when you’re shopping online.
61 It should be protected by up-to-date anti-virus software, and you should also install a personal firewall, which will stop hackers attacking your system. Check that your firewall is turned on before you start shopping, and when you finish, be sure to log out of the system, especially if you share your computer with other people.
Take a minute to look at the website before you buy anything. Check that the company has a geographical address as well as a landline telephone number, and write down these details. 62
Sellers should have a list of all your rights (for example, what to do if you have a problem with the item you bought, or if it hasn’t arrived) somewhere on their websites, and you need to read this before you decide to shop there. 63 As a general rule, online companies usually give their customers seven days to cancel their order if they change their minds about their purchase. This week is called a “cooling-off” period.
64 The icon is in the shape of a padlock, and you can find it on the browser bar at the bottom of the screen. Another indication of a safe website is its address. The address should begin with “https” and not “http”—the letter “s” stands for secure.
The final stage of online shopping is the order confirmation. This is proof that you’ve bought a product from this company, and it contains the special reference number for your order. 65 You might need it if there’s a problem.
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2016年全国中学生英语能力竞赛
