1、12017 年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛高一年级组模拟试题二（总分：150 分 答题时间：120 分钟）听力部分（共三大题，记 30 分）略笔试部分（共七大题，计 120 分）. Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) （共 20 小题； 26-35 每小题 0.5 分，36-45每小题 1 分计 15 分）(A) Please complete the following sentences with one word for each blank by using the Chinese or English hints given in the bracke
2、ts. （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. We (关心,在乎) what happens in our dreams, even when what happens makes no sense.27. Everything in my childhood crowded in my mind (好像,仿佛) they had just happened.28. But some scientists say that recovering from this (灾难) will be even more complicated.29. In a wo
3、rd, we all can make a difference in (保护) the endangered species from extinction.30. They are all American heroes and (应该得到) our thanks and our remembrances.31. The internet resources should be made use of to (make wealthy or richer) our life32. The people there did not allow them to (build) a factor
4、y so as not to pollute the water in the river.33. Helicopters (save) nearly 20 people from the roof of the burning building last night.34. A sad little boy was (looking for ) happiness and wanted to meet God.35. Some patients (in fact)got worse after receiving the treatment.(B) Please complete the f
5、ollowing 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）Sally is eighty-six years old. She has no sons 36 daughters. Her husband died ten years ago. But she didnt move into a nursing home. She would like to 37 hersel
6、f every day.Every night she spends two hours 38 kids with math for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(报 酬 ). She 39 a famous math teacher before she retired(退休) from a middle school.She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps c
7、leaners 40 the street. And she does these happily.When the kids come for help, she is always 41 and tries her best. People asked her 42 . She said, “I love it. It makes me happy to help them.”She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her 43 a smile.“ Ive decided to love ev
8、erything around me. So Im happy to do 44 . Im thankful for those kids 45 come to me for help. Each kid is my gift. I love each day to help them.” she said.Really, a good decision decided on what one does in life.36. A. and B. or C. but D. so37. A. look like B. look at C. look after D. look for38. A.
9、 helping B. to help C. helps D. help39. A. was B. is C. has been D. will be40. A. do B. run C. sweep D. play41. A. awful B. happy C. tired D. boring42. A. why B. where C. when D. how43. A. for B. on C. with D. in44. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything45. A. what B. who C. which D. whom
10、 Cloze (完形填空) ( 共 15 小题：每题 1 分，计 15 分)A) Please read the following passage 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)do mistake explain honest us refuseMost peop
11、le have trouble admitting their own faults, though theyre more than happy to point out everyone elses. This can be (41)_. After all, its usually when someone else tells us that we have done something wrong that we learn something about ourselves. What we have to do is take a deep breath, and face up
12、 to what we have done. Remember, when it comes to understanding (42) , were not on our own. Everyone we know lends a helping hand! Of course, doing the wrong thing is easy, but its what we do about our mistakes that counts. Naturally we are all good at (43) to believe that we have done anything wron
13、g at all. As we try to justify our actions, our (44) get more and more Complicated. We try to convince the listener that we are telling the truth, but its of no use. Theres no chance at all that they will believe us. And the truth is that it is ourselves we have deceived ( 蒙骗 ), not them. Thats the
14、very point Im 2trying to make. Whatever you do, dont get into the habit of deceiving yourself. What is difficult is (45)_ admitting that we are wrong-especially to ourselves.B) Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways: based on the con
15、text; 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)A diary is an individuals personal account of his / her daily experiences. Very often, diaries (46) con_ not just details of what happe
16、ned on particular days, but also include(47) (observe) and thoughts inspired by the events recorded.It is very likely that many of you have tried to keep a diary at some time or other and equally likely that many of you (48) up. either because keeping it going became too much of a chore or because y
17、ou felt that what you were recording was of little interest.(49) H , others among you may still be keeping a regular account of your activities in a diary form and discovering the value of being able to (50) ex your private thoughts and feelings, knowing that they are not intended to be shared with
18、anyone else.Although some people, such as politicians, keep diaries in order to explain and justify their (51)_(contribute) to important events and with the intention that their diaries will one day be published, not all diaries are (52)_(write) for this purpose. Most people keep diaries for precise
19、ly (恰恰)the (53) op_ reason they want what they write to be kept (54)_ and to be seen by their eyes only because they use their diaries as an opportunity to express their most intimate (秘密的 ) thoughts and feelings about their (55) exp and the people they meet.III. Reading Comprehension(阅读理解)（共 20 小题，
20、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 小题大案涂在答题纸上，59-75小题答案写在答题纸上)AIf you ask someone why h
21、e or she wears clothes, the answer will probably be “To keep warm and to cover my body.“ These are the basic reasons clothes are worn, but people also want to look attractive and appear successful to others!If people only wore clothes for warmth and to cover their bodies, most clothing would be simp
22、le and cheap. In most Western countries, however, clothing is sometimes very expensive. The main reason for this is not the cost of the fabric (布料) or the cost of making the clothes. The clothes are expensive because of fashion. Successful businessmen, for example, often wear very expensive suits, s
23、hirts and ties. Sometimes they pay thousands of dollars for a suit and hundreds of dollars for a tie. Its still just a suit and tie but they pay these prices because of the famous name of the designer. A suit costing much less would be just as warm and would cover the wearers body just as well. Fash
24、ion is constantly (不断地) changing, which means that people who want to be fashionable have to buy new clothes every few months, even if last months clothes have only been worn once or twice. Some people have wardrobes (衣柜) full of clothes that have hardly been worn but are no longer in fashion. Being
25、 fashionable, therefore, can be a very expensive pastime!Questions 56-58: Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D according to the passage.56. Why do people wear clothes?A. Only to cover themselves. B. Just to make themselves attractive.C. Just because of fashion. D. For a variety of reasons.57. S
26、uccessful businessmen buy very expensive suits because of the_.A. cost of the fabric B. famous name of the designerC. cost of making them D. good packages58. According to the passage, fashionable people have to_.A. wear their clothes only once B. buy new clothes regularlyC. wear last months clothes
27、D. buy new Clothes once or twiceQuestions 59-60: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.59. Successful businessmen pay thousands of dollars for a tie.60. Some clothes are no longer in fashion though they have hardly been worn.BTherere two main thin
28、gs that make aircraft engineering difficult: the need to make every part as reliable (可靠的) as possible and the need to build everything as light as possible. 3（61）_Given a certain power of engine and a certain fuel consumption ( 消耗 ), there is a practical limit to the total weight of the aircraft th
29、at can be made to fly. (62) So the structure of the aircraft has to be as small and light as safety and efficiency (效能) will allow. The designer must calculate (计算) the normal load (负荷 that each part will bear. This specialist is called the “stress man“. He takes account of any unusual stress that m
30、ay be put on the part.The stress mans calculations go to the designer of the part, and he must make it as strong as the stress man says is necessary. (63) Each separate part is tested, then a whole assembly (装配 ) -for example, a complete wing, and finally the whole aeroplane. When a new type of aero
31、plane is being made. normally only one of the first three made will be flown. Two will be destroyed on the ground in structural tests. (64)_(65) The first is to find the resistance (阻力) to loading of the wings, tail, etc. until they reach their largest amount of load and collapse (崩溃). The other tes
32、t is for fatigue ( 疲乏 ) strength. When a plane has passed all the tests it can get a government certificate (证书) of airworthiness, without which it is illegal to fly, except for test flying.Questions 61-65: Choose from the sentences A-G to complete the passage. There are two extra sentences which yo
33、u do not need to use.A, Two kinds of ground strength tests are carried out.B. One or two samples are always tested to prove that they are as strong as the designer intended.C. Each may be well under what the structure could stand as a single load, but many repetitions can result in collapse.D. The t
34、hird one will be tested in the air.E. Making the working parts reliable is as difficult as making the structure strong enough:F. The fact that an aeroplane is up in the air and cannot stop if anything goes wrong, makes itperhaps a matter of life or death that its performance is completely dependable
35、.G. Out of that weight as much as possible is wanted for fuel, radio navigational instruments (导航设备), passenger seats, or freight (货物) room, and, of course, the passengers or freight themselves.CAuctions (拍卖) are public sales of goods, conducted by an officially approved auctioneer. He asks the crow
36、d assembled in the auction-room to make offers, or “bids“, for the various items on sale. He encourages buyers to bid higher figures, and finally names the highest bidder as the buyer of the goods. This is called “knocking down“ the goods, for the bidding ends when the auctioneer bangs a small hamme
37、r on a table at which he stands.The ancient Romans probably invented sales by auction, and the English word comes from the Latin “auctio“, meaning “increase“. The Romans usually sold in this way the spoils (战利品) taken in war; these sales were called “sub hasta“, meaning “under the spear“, a spear be
38、ing stuck in the ground as a signal for a crowd to gather. In England in the 18th and 19th centuries goods were often sold “by the candle“: a short candle was lit by the auctioneer, and bids could be made while it stayed alight.The auctioneers services are paid for in the form of a percentage of the
39、 price the goods are sold for. The auctioneer therefore has a direct interest in pushing up the bidding as high as possible. The auctioneer must know fairly accurately the current market values of the goods he is selling, and he should be acquainted with (了解) regular buyers of such goods. He will al
40、so play on the rivalries （竞争） among his buyers and succeed in getting a high price by encouraging two business competitors to bid against each other.Questions 66-70: Answer the following questions according to the passage.66. Whom are auctions conducted by?67. Why is the end of the bidding called “k
41、nocking down“?68. Where did items the Romans used to sell by auction come from?69. What is the use of a candle burned at auction sales?70. How are the auctioneers services paid for?DAmericans smoke six thousand million cigarettes every- year (1970 figures). This is roughly the equivalent(相当于 ) of 4,
42、195 cigarettes a year for every person in the country of 18 years of age or more. It is estimated (估计) that 51% of American men smoke compared with 34% of American women.Cigarette smoking is believed by most research workers in this field to be an important factor in the development of cancer of the
43、 lungs and cancer of the throat. Some competent physicians and research workers-though their small number is dwindling (减少) even further-are less sure of the effect of cigarette smoking on health. They consider the increase in respiratory (呼吸道) diseases and various forms of cancer may possibly be ex
44、plained by other factors in the complex human environment. 4Gradually, however, research is isolating (使隔离) all other possible factors and proving them to be statistically irrelevant.While all tobacco smoking affects life expectancy and health, cigarette smoking appears to have a much greater effect
45、 than cigar or pipe smoking. Filters and low tar (焦油) tobacco are claimed to make smoking to some extent safer, but they can only marginally (略微) reduce, not eliminate (消除),the hazards (危险).Questions 71-75: Please complete the summary of the passage above with only one word for each blank.Nearly hal
46、f the adult population of the U.S.A. are smokers, in (71) of the fact that medical research has shown beyond reasonable doubt that smoking is associated with poor health. One very (72)_ disease with which smoking is thought to be (73) , is cancer. However, a few doctors think such things as bronchit
47、is (支气管炎 ) and cancer have other (74) _, but their view is not well-supported statistically. Although all forms of smoking are almost certainly (75)_ , cigarettes appear to be the most harmful.IV. Translation（翻译）（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，计 10 分）Please translate the following sentences into Chinese or English, using the hints given in the brackets.（用括号中给出的提示将下列句子译成英语或汉语。）76. An informal letter usually begin
