1、12017 全国中学生英语能力竞赛决赛（NEPCS）高三模拟试题 1（总分：150 分 答题时间：120 分钟）听力部分（共三大题，记 30 分）I. 笔试部分（共七大题，计 120 分）I. 1. 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. (请根据括弧中所给的汉语提示完成下列句子。) （答案写在答题纸上）26. (传统的) methods are
2、 the ones that have existed for a long time without changing.27. Its a fact that I was terrible at school and left with few (学术的)qualifications.28. A report says that women who (推迟) having a baby often make the best mothers.29. A questionnaire is a (书面的) list of questions which are answered by a lot
3、 of people to provide information for a report.30. You should (集中注意力) the road especially when youre driving in the rain.(B) Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices marked A,B,C and D in theboxes(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）31. If you want
4、to know more about factory, you can go and ask man wearing a beard.A./; the B. the; a C./; a D. the; the32. Id rather have a house that wasattractive to look at, but comfortable to live in.A. less; more B. no; most C. little; most D. no; much33. We couldnt eat in a restaurant because of us had money
5、.A. all; some B. any; no C. none; any D. no one; some34. The projectby the end of 2020 will greatly expand the citys telephone network.A. to be completed B. being completed C. completed D. having been completed35. Every object a story. Even the most ordinary object can present powerful images US.A.
6、was telling; from B. tells; from C. tells; to D. told; to36. Every possible means to prevent air pollution, but the sky is still not very clear.A. were using B. have used C. has been used D. was used37. The 911 rescue team found the boy extremely, the wolves howling in the woods.A. missing; scaring
7、B. missed; scared C. missed; scaring D. missing; scared38. Since they pay for only the materials and not for the labor, do-it-yourself homeowners are happy to see how much money they save!A. must B. can C. used to D. shall39.An agreement after a long discussion, _ made everybody shout “hurrah! “A. p
8、ut forward: that B. was appeared; it C. reached: one D. was arrived at; which40. She hurt her leg climbing the mountain; otherwise, she the meeting yesterday.A. will attend B. had attended C. would have attended D. would attendH. Cloze (完形填空) (共 15 小题：每题 1 分，计 15 分)A) Please read the following passa
9、ge and fill in the blanks with the proper forms of 5 words 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 个单词中选出 5 个，并用其适当的形式填空。) (答案写在答题纸上)much who safe, sleep, notice, try, sameA teenager sleepwalker was rescued after she was found asleep on the arm of a
10、40-meter-high crane (起重机) ） ， police have just reported.Police and fire-fighters were called to a building site in southeast London after a passer-by had (41)_the girl on the crane. A fire-fighter climbed up and discovered the 15-year-old girl was fast (42)_. He didnt want to wake her in case she pa
11、nicked and fell off the crane. Luckily he found the girls mobile phone and called her parents. They then phoned their daughter to wake her up, and she was brought (43)_down to the ground. The rescue operation lasted for two hours.Apparently the unnamed girl had left home in the middle of the night a
12、nd climbed the crane while she was asleep. An expert at the London Sleep Center said, “Ive treated people(44)_have driven cars and ridden horses while asleep. One patient has even tried to fly a helicopter. But Ive never heard of a (45)_ unusual case than this.“B) Please read the following passage a
13、nd fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways: based 2on the context; using the proper form of the given words; based on the given letters of the words. (阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式之一完成短文填空：根据上下文填空；用所给单词的正确形式填空；根据单词随给首字母填空。每空一词。) ( 答案写在答题纸上)Two-thirds of British teenagers know exactly h
14、ow much a laptop (笔记本电脑) costs. But when they are (46) (ask) about the price of good a bottle of milk, three-quarters have no idea. So teenagers are good （47）knowing the price of things they want to buy, but they are (48)_ (hope) at knowing the price of everyday things. The survey was of over 300 Br
15、itish teenagers and you cant (49)_ laughing at some of the results:*77% of teens do not know the price of a bottle of milk and 34% seem to (50) th_ that it costs over 1*However, 66% know (51)_(clear) how much a laptop costs.*And how much does it cost to bring up a child (52) u_ theyre 21? Just under
16、 two-thirds suppose the cost was 50,000 or less. In fact, the true cost is a painful 140,000 and only one in five teenagers knows that.*Over half of teens are more worried about looking good (53) _ having money * Some think that the British Prime Minister is a very rich man. A third of teenagers bel
17、ieve that he gets over 1 million a year (he actually gets 178,000, (54)_ is not bad! ) *And what about having no money? 12% of teenagers think the (55) exp _“being in the red“ (It means youve borrowed money or spent money you dont have) means being embarrassed. How embarrassing for a few red-faced t
18、eenagers!III. Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)（共 20 小题，56-60 每小题 1 分，61-75 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 question.(阅读下列短文，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
19、大案涂在答题纸上，59-75 小题答案写在答题纸上)APhilip Pullman is the author of the award-winning and best selling books named His Dark Materials. The three books follow the progress of a young girl called Lyra and her friend Will on their journey into unknown worlds. His Dark Materials is much more than an adventure st
20、ory its about growing up, or innocence (天真) and experience, and it explores the major themes of truth, love and death.Pullman himself spent a great deal of his childhood traveling abroad because both his father and stepfather were pilots in the Royal Air Force. As a child he went on .several long se
21、a voyages and he lived in Africa and it: Australia. “Before I was 11 I had been to eight different schools.“In Australia I made a great discovery. TV hadnt reached Australia yet, but everyone listened to the radio. I remember listening to gangster serials, and cowboy serials, and best of all Superma
22、n! When I first saw a Superman comic, it changed my life. Id been reading books for a long time. but Id never known comics before. Soon afterwards I discovered Batman too, whom I loved even more.“Pullman started writing his first novel the day after he had finished his final exams at Oxford Universi
23、ty. “I discovered after about an hour that it was much harder than Id expected. It still is I found that the amount I could write comfortably every day was about three pages, so thats what Ive done ever since.“Before he became a full-time writer, Pullman had been teaching for many years. “What I enj
24、oyed most in that difficult and valuable profession was telling stories, telling folk tales and ghost stories and Greek myths, over and over, until I knew them as well as I knew my own life.“ He had always loved telling stories as a schoolboy he had entertained his friends by reading ghost stories t
25、o them, or by making up his own.Questions 56-58: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D according to the passage.56. Philip usually writes about _pages every day.A. three B. four C. five D. six57. From the passage we learn that_.A. Pullmans stepfather didnt like him while he was youngB. TV sets w
26、ere popular with the Australians when Philip lived in AustraliaC. Pullman began his writing after he finished his exams at Oxford UniversityD. Philips stories werent well received by his students58. The best title for this passage is_.A. Philip Pullman, a storyteller B. His Dark Materials, an advent
27、ure storyC. Superman, a great comic D. Lyra, a visitor to unknown worldQuestions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.359. Philip liked Batman more than Superman according to the passage.60. Philip had been teaching in school before he bec
28、ame a full-time writer.BDo not underestimate (低估) the power of revision in the days and hours before an examination. The closer you are to the exam, the more chance you have of storing and keeping important information. But do not overdo it. (61) _ An effective daily routine can help you to go throu
29、gh an exam period, so in the days leading up to your first exam, get into the habit of being up and ready to work by 9 a.m. It can be a shock to the system after months of working to your own timetable to be mentally alert (警觉的 ) at that time if you have not prepared for it.On the day of the exam, h
30、ave a good breakfast, pack everything you need. (pens, pencils, erasers, etc.), then make your way to the examination hall in good time. Do not arrive too early, though, as other peoples anxiety can be passed on to you, and you may suffer from panic.Once in your seat, simply stop for a few seconds a
31、nd collect your thoughts. (62)_When you first look at the test paper, spend a short period reading through all the instructions and questions, paying attention to key verbs such as “discuss“, “compare“ and “evaluate“. (63)_ It is wise always to allow for 10 minutes at the end of the exam to give you
32、rself time to go back over your answers. Once you have selected the questions you wish to deal with, begin by attempting the one you think is your strongest. It will give you more confidence when you see a well-answered question down on paper.(64)_If you do need something else to focus on to help co
33、llect your thoughts, choose a fixture in the room, such as the ceiling-or anything else-that will not allow you to be distracted.Finally, once you have finished, never hang around outside afterwards to discuss the exams youve taken with other students. (65)_Questions 61-65: Choose from the sentences
34、 A-G to complete the passage. There are two extrasentences which you do not need to use.A. After all, examiners can get very bored marking dull answers.B. Close your eyes and take in a few slow, deep breaths to help you relax.C. When you get home, read the examination paper through and look up all t
35、he words you didnt understand.D. Go and have a well-earned restthen prepare for your next exam.E. Map out a quick plan of points you wish to make and how much time you should spend on each question.F. Sleep, exercise and relaxation are all just as important.G. Try not to be tempted to look at those
36、around you, or at the clock.CChichester sails alone round the world ,1967Francis Chichester was 65 years old when he set off to sail around the world from Plymouth, England on 27 August, 1966 in his 80-meter boat Gipsy Moth IV. He stopped only once, for a few days in Sydney. He sailed 47,000 kilomet
37、ers alone, returning to Plymouth 226 days later to a heros welcome.It was not his first solo achievement. In 1929, Chichester made the second solo flight from Britain to Australia, and in 1960 he won the first solo transatlantic race in Gipsy Moth III, by sailing from Plymouth to New York City in 40
38、 days.Riddles crosses Alaska, 1985On Wednesday 20 March, 1985, the American woman Libby Riddles made history, by becoming the first woman to win the 1,700-kilometer Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska. The race goes from Anchorage to the Bering Sea. Her feat captured the attention of the nation; she wa
39、s named the 1985 Sportswoman of the Year by the Womens Sports Foundation and was given an award for her humane treatment of her dogs. Also, her dogs Dugan and Sister, won the 1985 Golden Harness award, which was given to the best dogs during the Iditarod race.Hem leman-Adams walks to the North Pole,
40、 2003 In April 2003, David Hempleman-Adams became the first person to walk solo to the geomagnetic North Pole. The 500-kilometer journey took just under three weeks, and it involved pulling more than 45 kilos of equipment and supplies. It was his second attempt to walk to the North Pole. He said tha
41、t at times the expedition had got extremely difficult and he had thought about giving up.When he left home, he told his wife that he was going on a skiing holiday. She only learned the truth when he called her the day after finishing the journey.Questions 66-70: Answer the following questions accord
42、ing to the passage.66. Where did Francis Chiehester stop on his voyage?67. Who won awards in the Iditarod race in Alaska, apart from Libby Riddles?68. What did David Hempleman-Adams tell his wife before he started the journey?69. Whats the distance from Anchorage to the Bering Sea?470. Which journey
43、 was the longest in time according to the passage?DReality TV began in the early 1980s, when a Japanese television company made a series of programs called Endurance. Starting with thousands of contestants (竞争者) in the first show, the program presenters made them really difficult and / or unpleasant
44、 things every episode. The presenters made fun of the contestants, too. Viewing figures in Japan were enormous.In Survivor, sixteen people are taken to a remote island and made to stay there for more than a month. They have to find their own food or go hungry. The producers let the contestants take
45、one luxury item each. Every three days, one contestant must leave the island and the last person wins 1 million.Its not just adults who take part in these shows. A television series in Britain in 2003, called Thatll teach em, took 30 teenagers and put them in a fictional Kings school, where they liv
46、ed for one month and received 1950s-style tuition. The pupils were made to wear thick 1950s school uniforms (including school hat) during the hot summer and they had to do a long run every day. “They made us take cold showers and we had to have our hands checked every day to see if they were clean,“
47、 says one pupil. “We werent allowed to take anything from our modern lives into the school. Although there was no prize money in the program, the teenagers learned a lot from the experience.In 2004, there was a program in Britain where contestants were not allowed to sleep for seven days to try to win97,000 prize money. The winner was 19-year-old Clare Southern. Shattered had many complaints from viewers.But where will it stop? Programs like this are broadcast all over the world. But t
