2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛试题

2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛试题

2015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）略 笔试部分 （共七答题，计120分）

? Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)

? 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. We were taught at school that all living things (依赖) the sun for their growth.

32. The premier wants to see more (机会) for young people to find good jobs in the near future.

33. Anne emphasizes that she has (编

造、虚构) the names and characters that exist in real life for her novel.

34. The boy looked at his father (充满

希望地) because he thought his father had brought him a present.

35. The number of visitors per day is strictly (限制) to avoid damage being done to the garden.

? 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） The world’s biggest and oldest rock stars are still in love with performing in front of audiences. This irresistible urge to give concerts means they are constantly (36) their retirement until a later date. (37) , the question remains: Is rock music an art form that can really be performed by middle-aged people?

Most of these rockers do have to keep fit. Mick Jagger, (38) remains astonishingly athletic in live performances; take a personal trainer on tour. And with an act that (39) enough dancing to stage to tire out a 20-year-old, Tina Turner proves that age has had (40) effect on her ability to put on a good show. Yet she’s never seen the inside of a gym. She seems to have a kind of natural energy, which means she doesn’t worry about dieting or exercising. Paul McCartney (41) his vegetarianism for enabling him to keep fit enough to play rock’n’roll. McCartney also believes that he and famous rock bands

(42) the Stones and the Who still perform because they can. What these bands have (43) is that they perfected the craft of performing in clubs before they became famous, something only a tiny minority of bands do now. For the Rolling Stones it’s also a matter of pride, a way of answering (44) who say they’re too old. Nothing gives them pleasure than the knowledge that theirs have been the highest money-earning tours of all time. 36 37 38 39 40 41 4

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giving up Despite which consists slight admits like

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cutting down Instead of where involves little reasons such

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? Cloze (完形填空) （共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）

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in that those further

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in all anyone smaller

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in common one better

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on the whole they greater

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? 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。)

carry on, encourage, deal with, difficult, leave, look around, finish Can you remember your first day at school? It was probably rather confusing. The (46) is that a lot of people give their children the wrong idea about going to school. If children are threatened with the idea of school, they can’t understand why they have to go to school.