2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛

2015年庙渠中学英语能力竞赛（NEPCS ）初三组试题

笔试部分（共八大题，计150分）

I ．选择填空（Multiple －choice ）：（共20小题，计20分）从A 、B 、C 、D 四项中选出各题的最佳答案。

1．Lucy told me that she could remember what I said ． “Remember” in this sentence means ．

A ．think about

B ．take back

C ．keep in mind

D ．write down

2．It is said that Mr Brown takes the chair at every meeting ．The Chinese for“takes the chair”in the sentence is ．

A ．带椅子

B ．主持会议

C ．让座位

D ．就座 3．The news good ．Where did you hear ？

A ．is ；it

B ．are ；them

C ．is ；them

D ．are ；it

4．We have to stop books from the library because the time is going to be up ． A ．to borrow B ．borrowing C ．to lend D ．lending 5．The cars are made Changchun ． A ．by B ．of C ．from D ．in

6．There's nothing in the dining-room ， ？ A ．is there B ．isn't there C ．is anything D ．isn't anybody

7．In the exam ，the you are ， mistakes you'll make ． A ．careful ；little B ．more careful ；less

C ．careful ；few

D ．more careful ；the fewer 8．He doesn't know when he to Australia next year ．

A ．goes

B ．will go

C ．has gone

D ．had gone 9．Chinese by the largest number of people in the world ． A ．speak B ．is speaking C ．is spoken D ．speaks

10．Everyone in the village could make shoes ，but didn't wear their own shoes ． A ．himself ；none B ．oneself ；one C ．themselves ；they D ．themselves ；none 11．—Must we bring all the food with us ？

—No ，you ．You bring some of it ． A ．may not ；will B ．mustn't ；can C ．won't ；need D ．needn't ；may

12．There's “h”in word“hour”and hour has sixty minutes ． A ．the ；the ；an B ．a ；an ；an C ．an ；the ；an D ．an ；an ；a

13．Jenny got to the park gate when the bell rang that day ．But she was late ． A ．often B ．almost C ．always D ．never 14． either you or I afraid of dogs ？

A ．Are

B ．Is

C ．Do

D ．Have 15．Zhao Wei is one of film stars in China ． A ．much popular B ．more popular C ．most popular D ．the most popular

16．It's really nice you me to work it out ．

A ．of ；help

B ．for ；help

C ．of ；to help

D ．for ；to help

17．Please take away the big stone on the road ， there may be an accident ． A ．and B ．then C ．so D ．or 18．—Well ， ？

—I have a headache ，Doctor ． A ．how do you do

B ．what's the matter with you

C ．how are you feeling like

D ．what kind of illness do you have

19．In the classroom ，someone asks you“Do you mind my smoking here ？”If you don't mind ，you should say“ ”to him ．

A ．No ，of course not ．

B ．Yes ，sit down please ．

C ．No ，you can't take it ．

D ．Yes ，smoke please ． 20．— ？ —It's cloudy ．

—Do you like this kind of weather ？ —No ，I don't ．

A ．What's the weather like today

B ．Do you think it might rain today

C ．Do you like rainy days

D ．What's the temperature

II ．阅读理解（Reading comprehension ）：（共30小题，计50分）

阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（21— 30小题为选择题，每题1分，每题只有一个最佳答案；31—50小题为非选择题，每题2分，请回答问题或完成填空题。）

（A ）

下列方框中的图表是一本书的目录，请根据其内容选出各题的最佳答案。

Choose the best answers ．

21．What is the author's purpose of this writing ？

密 封 线 内 不 要 答 题

A．Tell somebody something．

B．Wait for somebody．

C．Receive somebody as a guest．

D．None of these．

22．What information can you find on pages 27－39？

A．Teams in Europe．

B．Teams in the US．

C．Rules of the Game．

D．Equipment．

23．The History of Basketball can be found on pages ．

A．224－266B．98－112

C．172－182D．1－26

24．What pages will give you information about basketball teams in Europe？

A．211－223．B．114－171．

C．184－208．D．None of these．

25．What information can be found on pages 184－208？

A．Teams in Europe．B．Rules of the Game．

C．Teams in the US．D．None of these．

（B）

There are many kinds of animals that live in the forest，such as mice，rabbits，squirrels，owls（猫头鹰）and hawks．Animals in the forest depend on one another for food．Many small forest animals，such as mice，eat green plants for food，and then they，themselves，are eaten by larger animals．This is called a food chain．

A food chain begins with the sun．The green plants in the forest use the sun's energy（能源）to make food for themselves．This process，or action，is called photosynthesis（光合作用）．Forest plants produce flowers and seeds that are eaten by mice and other animals．The mice get their energy from the plants，and the mice become food for a larger animal，such as the hunting hawk．So，the energy from the sun passes from the plants to the mice to the hawk．A break in any link of this food chain means that some animals may not have enough food to live．Choose the best answers．

26．Photosynthesis takes place when ．

A．larger animals eat small animals

B．green plants use the sun's energy to make food

C．forest animals eat the food made by green plants

D．the food chain is broken

27．What is the first link in a food chain？

A．The sun．B．The earth．

C．Green plants．D．Forest animals．

28．Animals sometimes cannot find enough food because ．

A．it's cloudy

B．there is very little food in a forest

C．photosynthesis stops

D．there is a break in the food chain

29．What does the food chain show about living things？

A．They depend upon each other．

B．Small animals eat as much as large animals．

C．Plants with flowers are the most important．

D．Plants are more than animals．

30．Which of the living things below fills the missing link in this food chain？

A．rabbits

B．mice

C．green plants

D．owls

Look at the bus timetable and complete the sentences．

31．The timetable is for bus number ．32．The bus goes from to Railway Square．

33．The first bus leaves Sydenham at 6．05am．It gets to Redfern at ．34．I want to go from Redfern to Railway Square．I want to arrive at Railway Square by

9o'clock．When does the bus leave？．35．How long does the bus take to get from Sydenham Station to Redfern in the morning？．

（D）

George Washington was born on February 22，1732 in Virginia．His parents were Augustine and Mary Washington．George grewup on a farm in Virginia．George did notgo to school．His father taught him at home．George's favorite subject was maths．George learned to be a surveyor （测量员）of land when he grew up．He joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution．He later became the first President of the United States．George Washington is called the“Father of th e USA．Americans celebrate his birthday on Prsident's Day in February．His picture is on the one dollar bill．

Answer the questions．

36．Why is George Washington called the“Father of the USA”？

37．What subject did George like to study best？

38．Where was George Washington born？

39．When is Washington's birthday celebrated？

40．What did George learn to be？

（E）

CHICAGO STAR

TASTEOFCHICAGO

The Windy City's Food Festival

Every year the city of Chicago has an outdoor food festival．It's called Taste of Chicago．For eight days you can't drive a car on Columbus Drive

or Congress Drive．These two big streets in downtown Chicago are closed

for the festival．But you can walk，eat，and listen to music．The festival is

open in the morning，afternoon，and evening．About 375，000 people go

there every day．

There is food from over eighty different Chicago restaurants at the

festival．For example，you can eat quesadillas—a kind of round，flat bread （or tortilla）filled with meat or vegetables and cheese—in a Mexican restaurant．Then you can have tempura—shrimp and vegetables in flour and fried in oil—in a Japanese restaurant．You can also have shish kebabs—pieces of meat and vegetables cooked over a fire on skewers（long，thin pieces ofwood or metal）—in a Turkish restaurant．Of course，there is a lot of American food，too—hamburgers，hot dogs，and fried chicken．

How much do people usually eat？Here are some interesting numbers：55，000hot dogs，460，000 slices of pizza，50，000 slices of cake，102，000 Chinese egg rolls，and 27，000kilos of French fries．

Answer the questions．

41．Where are Columbus Drive and Congress Drive？

42．How many people go to the festival every day？

43．In which restaurant can we eat quesadillas？

44．What are skewers？

45．How many Chinese egg rolls do the people usually eat？

（F）

People like to think about whatthe future is going to be．But

did you know that some people predict the future as a job？

Futurists are scientists who study and predictthe future．They can

guess what is going to happen in the future from the information

they know now．In this way，futurists can help people and

businesses get ready for the future．

What do futurists say about the future？They think there are

going to be big changes in people's everyday lives—and soon！For example，cars are going to drive us to places without a driver．We're going to tell the car where we want to go，and the car is going to get us there！Some futurists think we're going to talk to people on small video telephones that we can wear like a watch．They say we're not going to use as much paper as we do today，and we're not going to need money at all—we're going to use special cards for everything we buy！

Some futurists predict that scientists are going to be able to make changes to the weather，that botanists are going to make new kinds of plants so there is more food for more people，and that there are going to be new ways to cook food quickly．

Of course，even scientists don't really know what the future is going to be．They can only guess．But we can be sure of one thing：the future is going to be very different，and futurists can

help us get ready．

Complete the sentences．

46．Futurists are ．They try to guess what will happen in

the future．

47．Futurists say we'll go to places in cars without a ．

48．People can wear video telephones like a ．

49．If you're going to buy something，you'll use cards instead of ．

50．Scientists will be able to the weather in the future．III．完形填空（Cloze）：（共15小题，计15分）

A）从下面10个词语中选出7

When you have a post office box，the postman does notbring letters toyou，you have togo tothe 51 and getyour letters and parcels（包裹）from your box．The box is locked，and you have the key，so the letters are quite 52 ．

One day Mr Black，the 53 ofaschool，wrote to the post office for his school．He soon got an answer．It 54 ，“We will give you a post box in one month．”

Two months later，Mr Black wrote to the post office 55 and said，“Why haven'twe got a post box yet？”

Five months later，there was still no news．Mr Black was so angry that he went to the office and asked why he had had no reply．The postman said，“We have wri tten two letters to you and told you to get the 56 to your post box back，but you didn't 57 ．”“Where are the letters？”“We sent them to your post box．”

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B）根据首字母提示，填出空内所缺单词。

I love living in Venice，it's full of history．I like i （58）because it's quite a small city．I think it's got a p （59）of about 200，000 people，but there are lots of tourists，especially in the summer，and there's not enoug h （60）for them all．Of course，there are no cars or lorries, but there are water buses on the main canals all day and all n （61）and it's not far to walk anywhere in the city．But you n （62）lots of money to live here．Houses are very e （63）and everything comes from the mainland，so the

p （64）of everyday super- market items are rather high．And apart from cinemas and theatres，there's not m （65）to do in the evenings．But I still like it here．IV．句式转换（Sentence pattern transformation）：（共10小题，计10分）

A）按要求转换下列句型，每空限填一词。

66．The English problem is too difficult for him to work out．（改为复合句）The English problem is difficult he can't work it out．67．The surfers both won first prize in the city surfing competition．（改为否定句）

the surfers won first prize in the city surfing competition．68．I think the fastest way to travel is by plane．（改为特殊疑问句）

do you think the fastest way to travel？

69．Mrs Zhang showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur．（改为被动语态）We a picture of the feathered dinosaur by Mrs Zhang．70．They had a wonderful time during last Spring Festival．（改为感叹句）

a wonderful time they during last Spring Festival！

B）根据上句完成下句，使两句表达的意思基本相同，每空一词。

71．Willy didn't bring out the new coat until the boss made a phone call to Lily．Willy didn't bring out the new coat the boss made a phone call to Lily．72．If we don't move that bag，there may be an accident．

Move that bag， there won't be an accident．

73．The concert began at six o'clock．George arrived there at six，too．

George arrived at the concert hall ．

74．Bob had no teacher，but he learned Chinese well at his young age．

Bob Chinese when he was young．

75．There's nobody but a passenger in the bus．

There's one passenger in the bus．

V．动词填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs）：（共10小题，计10分）

A）用所给动词的正确形式填空。

76．He found the word （write）wrong as soon as he turned to the page．

77．I'll write to you after I （arrive）there．

78．He （make）（do）the exercises again as he didn't do them carefully enough．

79．Harris began （work）when he saw the boss （come）．

80．Robert （not finish）（do）his lessons until his father returned home．

B

People（81） in Britain since the Stone Age

（82） the country from time to time．In about 400BC the Celts conquered Britain．Then around 55 BC the Romans invaded Britain．They stayed until 410AD．After that Vikings from Northern Europe invaded Britain．Since then many things（83） in Britain and there（84） many changes．Since 1801 England，Scotland，Wales，and Northern Ireland have been called the United Kingdom（or UK for short）．The UKis the 73rd largest country in the world．It contains four different countries．They are Scotland，Wales，England and Northern Ireland．England（85） the largest number of people．Some famous tourist attractions in the UK are Big Ben，Edinburgh Castle and Mount Snowdon．VI．翻译（Translation）：（共10小题，计20分）

A）将下列句子译成英语，提示词语已给出。

86．西湖是个非常美丽的地方，但这五年间我只去过一次。（be）

87．虽然他知道玛丽已经搬走了，但是他还是不停地写信给她。（but；keep）

88．下个月我一放寒假就飞到通化去参加英语冬令营。（as soon as；winter camp）89．我爸爸突然有病了，我不得不去请大夫。（send）

90．我认为在一个星期之内完成这么难的工作并非易事。（easy）

B）把下面短文中的划线部分译成汉语。

（91）Thomas Edison was perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever known．Without his invention，people may not have had lights，films and other things．（92）But this clever man had very little schooling．

Edison began to make a talking machine in 1877．（93）At first he used paper with holes to make a sound．He worked for months on this idea．At last he

found how to record a person's voice．（94）But the first machine was very simple and the voice was only one type and not clear．Then he spent another long time on it．He changed some parts and he added some new ones to the talking machine．This time the voice could be played and the voice was also very clear．（95）After the Second World War others used his method to record music and songs．Then came the tape recorder．It is much easier to record the voice．How great Edison was．

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VII．智力测试（Intelligence test）：（共5小题，计5分）

96．0．25，0．25，0．5，1．5，？，

What number comes next in the sequence above？

97．A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half hour．How many minutes would the pills last？

98．The day before the day before yesterday is three days after Saturday．What day is today？

99．Please find the odd one out：

100．If you throw a white stone into the Red Sea，what will it become ？

VIII．写作（Writing）：（共2题，每题10分，计20分）

要求：

1. 根据提供的内容，适当拓展想象空间，灵活地将提供的信息体现在文章中；

2. 条

理清楚，语句通顺，标点正确，书写清晰、规范；

3. 不得少于规定的词数。

(A)

请根据以下的生活场景，再结合你自己的感受，以“Should we help our parents do some housework?”为题，写一篇小议论文。该文须表明你的个人观点，并围绕此观点展开论述。词数50—70。(计10分)

Mum: David!Can you help me do the washing, please?

David: Oh, no! I need to do my homework.

Dad: But it is Sunday. You have the whole afternoon to do it.

David: No, Daddy, I also need to prepare for my math test for tomorrow.

Mum: David. Doing the washing won't take you a minute. You should share the housework.

David: Oh, no, please ...

(B)

假设你有幸参加今年在南京举行的2011 年全国中学生英语夏令营，在夏令营的第一天的分组讨论会上，你要向来自全国各地的学生介绍你自己。请根据你的实际情况写一篇自我介绍。词数70—90。(计10分)

2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛初三年级组试题答案

I．1—5CBABD 6—10ADBCC 11—15DCBAD 16—20CDBAA

II．21—25ACDBC 26—30BADAC 31．305 32．Sydenham 33．6．39am 34．8．39am 35．34minutes 36．Because he was the first President of the USA．37．Maths．38．Virginia．39．In February．40．Asurveyor．41．They are in downtown Chicago．42．About 375，000．43．In a Mexican restaurant．44．They're long，thin pieces of wood or metal．45．102，000．46．scientists 47．driver 48．watch 49．money 50．change

III．51．post office 52．safe 53．headmaster 54．said 55．again 56．key 57．come 58．it 59．population 60．room 61．night 62．need 63．expensive 64．price 65．much IV．66．so，that 67．Neither of 68．What，is 69．were shown（showed）70．What，had 71．before 72．and 73．on（in）time 74．taught himself 75．only

V．76．written 77．arrive 78．was made，to do 79．working ／to work，coming 80．didn't finish doing 81．have lived 82．broke into 83．have happened 84．have been 85．has VI．86．The West Lake is a very beautiful place，but I've been there only once in five years．87．He knows Mary has moved away，but he keeps writing to her．

88．I'll fly to Tonghua for the winter camp as soon as the winter holidays begin next month．89．My father suddenly became ill，and Ihad to send for a doctor．

90．I don't think it is easy to finish such a difficult job in a week．

91．托马斯·爱迪生也许是世界范围内最伟大的科学家。

92．但是这个聪明的人几乎没有上过学。

93．起初他用带孔的纸弄出声音。

94．但是最早的机器很简单，只有一种类型的声音并且不清楚。

95．二战后，别人用了他的方法来录制音乐和歌曲。

VII．96．6．97．60minutes．98．Friday．99．E．100．Wet．

VIII. 写作（Writing）(共2小题，计25分)

Possible versions:

(A)

To be honest, I seldom help my parents with the housework. I am usually busy with my studies and I don't seem to have time to help my parents, even though I really want to do that.

I think doing the housework not only can improve our ability to live independently, but also give us a sense of responsibility. We could get lots of experience from it so that we can do well in the future.

From my experience, I enjoyed doing housework. It made me feel good and confident. If I have time, I would love to share doing the housework.

(B)

Hi, everybody! I am Li Ming from Jilin. It is great to see you all. And I am very happy to be here to take part in this summer camp. I was born in the year of the sheep and I am the only child in my family. I like sports and I want to be a great footballer when I grow up. I also like pop music and I am a great fan of Michael Learns to Rock.

I hope I can make lots of friends and improve my spoken English in this wonderful summer camp.

Thank you!