2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛初三组试题
2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛初三组试题
（时间：120分钟总分：150分）
听力部分（共四大题，计30分）
I．听辨单词（Words）（共5小题，计5分）
& 从下列各组单词中选出你所听到的句子中所含的选项。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）
1．A．leather&& B．feather&&&&& C．weather&&&& D．whether
2．A．education B．events&&&&&&&C．environment D．encourages
3．A．living&&& B．leaving&&&&& C．keeping&&&& D．greeting
4．A．expensive B．expect&&&&&& C．except&&&&&&D．exact
5．A．graduate&&B．congratulate C．fragile&&&&&D．frustrate
II．句子理解（Sentences）（共5小题，计5分）
&& 从下列各组句子中选出与你所听到的句子所表达的意思相同或相近的选项。每个句子只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）
6．A．It's eight．The meeting will begin an hour later．
&& B．The meeting will begin before eight．
&& C．The meeting will begin at half past eight．
&& D．The meeting will begin after nine．
7．A．Would you mind turning off your radio while I'm reading？
&& B．Would you please make your radio sound lower while I'm reading？
&& C．Would you mind taking your radio away when I'm reading？
&& D．Do you mind putting away your radio when I'm reading？
8．A．Tom has lived in Honolulu since he came to Hawaii four years ago．
&& B．Tom came from Hawaii four years ago．
&& C．Tom left Honolulu four years ago．
&& D．Tom travelled to Honolulu four years ago．
9．A．Mr Green thinks he has seen a good life in the mountain．
&& B．Mr Green thinks the mountain is the best one he has ever seen in his life．
&& C．Mr Green thinks he has never seen a beautiful mountain in his life．
&& D．Mr Green thinks he will see a more beautiful mountain in his life．
&& 10．A．Go to your family，please．See you tom orrow．
&&&&&& B．Give my present to your family，please．
&&&&&& C．Say goodbye to your family，please．
&&&&&& D．Remember me to your family，please．
III．对话理解（Dialogues）（共10小题，计10分）
&&&& A）你将分别听到五段对话，从下面每组图中选出符合你所听到对话内容的图片。每段对话只读一遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）
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&&&& B）你将听到5段对话和5个问题，根据对话和问题选出各题最佳答案。对话和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）
16．A．Food． B．A table． C．Drink． D．A seat．
17．A．In a bank． B．Near a river． C．In a hospital． D．On the plane．
18．A．She wants to buy a new blouse． B．She wants to change the clothes．
&&& C．She wants to look around in the store．D．She wants to take back the money．
19．A．Just one night．B．Two days．C．One day．D．Half a day．
20．A．News．B．A TV play．C．A talk show．D．Sports．
IV．短文理解（Passage）（共10小题，计10分）
你将听到一篇短文及10个问题，选出各题的最佳答案。短文和问题将读两遍。（答案涂在答题纸上）
21．A．Two months later．B．Several weeks ago．
&&& C．A few days before．D．The year before last．
22．A．Because she has no job．B．Because Steve can't cook．
&&& C．Because the house is big enough．D．Because she enjoys living there．
23．A．He doesn't like it．B．He feels worried about it．
&&& C．It's hard work．D．He doesn't work long hours．
24．A．She's working with Steve．B．She likes to keep busy．
&&& C．She couldn't speak a word．D．She's one of Steve's neighbours．
25．A．What's wrong with you？B．Lovely weather，isn't it？
&&& C．Have you eaten yet？D．Do you like your job？
26．A．About Ten．B．About eight．C．Eleven．D．Twelve．
27．A．Before nine．B．Ten o'clock C．Half past ten．D．Eleven o'clock．
28．A．Mrs Snell couldn't sleep that night．
&&& B．He hoped to get up early the next day．
&&& C．There wasn't m uch noise in the party．
&&& D．His friends could leave early．
29．A．To a hospital．B．To another party．
&&& C．To look for a job．D．To visit Mrs Snell．
30．A．Italian meal．B．McDonald's hamburgers．
&&& C．Chinese food．D．English take-away．
笔试部分（共八大题，计120分）
I．单项选择（Multiple-choice test）（共20小题，计20分）
&& A）选择可以替代下列划线部分的最佳选项或句中划线部分的最佳解释。（答案涂在答题纸上）
1．If you are careful，you won't cut your hands with that sharp knife．
&&& A．look up &B．watch out& C．makeup your mind& D．put away
2．James dislikes his smoking habit so m ch that he wants to give up forever．
&&& A．for the time being& B．right now &C．in a hurry& D．for good
3．John's mother knew that he wasn't telling the truth from the beginning．
&&& A．all along& B．all right& C．little by little& D．till the end
4．―How do you like her singing？
&&&―It couldn't be better．
&&& A．It is wonderful& B．It is not bad &C．It is terrible& D．It seems nice
5．I don't know why you have no business to do that．
&&& A．无事可做& B．没有主意& C．无权& D．不忙
&& B）选择最佳选项填空。（答案涂在答题纸上）
6．―Can you guess if they______spoken English with us？
&& ―I think they'll do if they______free．
&&&& A．practise；are&& B．will practise；will be
&&&& C．will practise；are D．practise；will be
7．―My watch doesn't work．Could you repair it，please？
&& ―Sorry．But the workers in that shop may be ______．
&&&& A．kind& B．friendly &C．nice& D．helpful
8．You don't know ______I want to see you again．It's a year since I last saw you．
&&&& A．how much& B．how long& C．how often& D．how soon
9．Miss Zhang told the children to follow each other closely．She didn't want them to______in the park．
&&&& A．get wrong& B．get lost& C．get away& D．get ready
10．The jacket is ______than the dress or the trousers．
&&&& A．expensive &B．very expensive&
&&&& C．more expensive D．the most expensive
11．These pictures ______when we took a trip to Mount Tai．
&&&& A．took& B．will take& C．were taken& D．will be taken
12．―W hat did you find under his desk？
&&&&―Oh，______all kinds of things：a basket，pencils，a hat and shoes！
&&&& A．there were& B．it was& C．it had& D．there was
13．―I'm going to the museum ．Bus No．286 goes there，______？
&&&&―Yes，but you can take a No．287，too．
&&&& A．can't it& B．doesn't it& C．will it &D．is it
14．―How do we get there？
&&&&―Well，shall we go by bike？My little brother is going to visit the museum．We can take him there，and then we can go shopping together．
&&&&―______．See you tom orrow then！
&&&& A．I really can't agree with you& B．That's true
&&&& C．That's very interesting& D．That's a great idea
15．Look at the telephone message．Whose number is 3940527？ It's ______．
TELEPHONE MESSAGE
&From: Sally To: Sam&Date: November 10& Time: 4:30&Message: Please ring her. Her phone number is 3940527.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Lucy
&&&& A．Sam's& B．Lucy's C．Sally's& D．Sam and Sally's
&& C）下面5道小题可以组成一篇小短文（首句已给出），请根据上下文和所给选项选出各题最佳答案。（答案涂在答题纸上）
The average（普通）British teenager watches a lot of television（19 hours a week）．
16．A lot of parents think teenagers aren't studying hard．But in fact 57％ get up______7:30 a.m．
&&&& A．after& B．behind& C．among& D．before
17．The average British teenagers for“only”8 hours 45 minutes a night．
&&&& A．study B．watch TV C．sleep D．surf on the net
18．A lot of girls brush their teeth twice a day or more（78％ in fact），______，not many boys brush their teeth that often（only 57％）．
&&&& A．wherever& B．however& C．whenever& D．so
19．Young people in Britain don't get much ______money（only ￡2．95a week on average）．But many of them have a part-time job．
&&&& A．pocket B．box C．wallet D．table
20．There aren't many cinemas ______in Britain today．Only 10％ of British teenagers& go to the cinema once a month or more．
&&&& A．leave &B．leaving& C．to leave& D．left
II．阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共30小题，计30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，每题只有一个最佳答案，请将答案涂在答题纸上；31―50小题为非选择题，请回答问题或完成填空题，将答案写在答题纸上。）
21．How many cards do you use？______．
&&& A．Two B．Ten C．Fifty-two D．Any number
22．When you are holding your cards，______．
&&& A．you can't see them B．you can hold them face up
&&& C．you choose the nam e of an anim al D．you need any num ber of people
23．______is where the fun begins．
&&& A．Nobody can see the cards B．Putting the cards on the table
&&& C．The first person who makes the noise
&&& D．Taking away the same two cards
24．What noise does the person who is the horse make？“______．”
&&& A．Neigh B．Miaow C．Woof D．M oo
Jupiter's Moons and How They Travel
The many moons of Jupiter travel around the planet in different directions（方向）．
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system．Over the years，scientists have found that Jupiter has its own small solar system． Earth has one moon．Jupiter has at least sixteen and probably more．
Since there are so many moons，scientists began to number them．The numerals（numbers）tell the sequence，or order，in which the moons were found．They were slower to name the moons．All of Jupiter's moons now have a name as well as a number．
The first five moons to be discovered are known as the“inner moons”．But they are not the closest to the planet．The closest is only 127，600 kilometers away from Jupiter．All the inner moons circle the planet in counter-clockwise direction，that is，opposite of the hands of a clock．
Jupiter's middle group of moons are at least 11，100，000 kilometers from the planet．
They also move in a counter-clockwise motion（moving）．The four farthest moons are at least 20，700，000 kilometers away．These are called“outer moons”．They circle in a clockwise motion．
How many more moons do you think will be discovered？
25．What does“solar system”in this article mean？______
&&& A．银河系& B．宇宙空间& C．流星雨& D．太阳系
26．Things that travel in the same direction as the hands of a clock are said to be traveling in a______．
&&& A．clockwise direction& B．counter-clockwise direction
&&& C．same direction&& &&& D．different direction
27．Jupiter's _____group of moons travel in a clockwise direction．
&&& A．planets& B．inner& C．middle& D．outer
28．The numbers given to Jupiter's moons tell ______．
&&& A．the order in which they were discovered
&&& B．the order in which they travel
&&& C．the order of their distance from Jupiter
&&& D．the order of names
29．According to the passage，which of the following statements is true？
&&& A．None of Jupiter's moons have names．
&&& B．Most of Jupiter's moons circle clockwise．
&&& C．Jupiter's inner moons were discovered first．
&&& D．Jupiter is the nearest planet to the earth．
30．How far away are the middle group of moons from Jupiter？
&&& A．It's not mentioned．B．11，100，000 kilometers away．
&&& C．127，600 kilometers away．D．20，700，000 kilometers away．
Find the names of these places on the map of England．Write them on your answer sheet．
31．It is a large，commercial and industrial city with a population of about three hundred thousand．It is in the north-east of England，on the River Tyne．______
32．It is a tourist centre on the south coast，about eighty-five kilometres from London．It is a medium -sized town with a population of around one hundred and fifty thousand．______
33．It is an industrial and commercial city in central England．It is a very large city with a population of more than one million．______
34．It is a very small village with a population of only eight hundred and forty-two．It is in the north-west of England，on Lake Grasmere．______
A French girl outside Buckingham Palace said：“I was so excited．I saw the Queen！She came out in a Rolls Royce．I've been interested in your royal family since I was a little girl．I've read all the stories －especially about Charles and Diana －in French newspapers and magazines．They tell me what your royal family really do．Your newspapers can't tell the truth about them！”
An Italian boy，who was in Britain for the first time，talked about the weather．“I can't understand it．I've been here for over a week，and I still haven't seen any fog！”
A Japanese student from Tokyo said：“I've been in Britain since April，and I'm living with a British family．I've noticed one big difference between British and Japanese families． British men do jobs like cooking，washing up and ironing．They're jobs which I've never seen Japanese men do．They think it's women's work．But I don't agree！”
A German student，at a language school in Oxford said：“I thought Britain was a modern European country －you've been in the EEC for years now．So why do you still use miles，pints，and pounds，instead of kilometres，litres and kilos？And why do you still drive on the wrong side of the road？”
A Danish girl in Brighton said：“I came to Britain a month ago．I've noticed one very strange thing here．After British people have washed the dishes，they never rinse（remove．．．with water）them．They just take them out of the dirty，soapy water and leave them to dry！”
A Swedish girl said：“I've watched a lot of television since I arrived in Torquay two weeks ago．British television's wonderful！But the“programmes”which I've enjoyed most are the advertisements．They're very funny or very clever，or both．Back home in Sweden we don't have any TV advertisem ents at all！”
Who said what？
Who do you think said these things？Write them on your answer sheet．
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and died in France in 1973． He was one of the most important artists of the twentieth century．
Picasso's early paintings were realistic，but later he began to look at things in new ways．He experimented with shapes and colors．Soon the shapes and colors became more important to him than the real things in his pictures．
Picasso painted many im portant pictures，but his most famous is a very large painting called Guernica．Guernica is a small town in Spain．It was bombed（attacked with bombs） and ruined（毁灭）in 1937，during the Spanish Civil War．Many people died．
Picasso was angry．He wanted to show that war is terrible．The painting has only three colors －black，white，and gray．It is abstract（expressing the artist's ideas and feelings about certain things），but you can see some real things in it．On the left side are a mother and her dead baby，a bull and a horse，and a dead man with a broken sword（剑）and a flower．On the right are three people．One of them has a lamp．They are sad and helpless．
Along with the realistic things，there are many sym bols in the painting．Symbols are things that represent（describe）ideas．No one knows what all the symbols mean．They mean different things to different people．But everyone agrees that this painting shows the horror（sth．that makes people very afraid）of war．
Guernica is in the Prado Museum in Madrid．
Complete the sentences about Picasso with the correct words．
41．Picasso was born in ______in 1881 and died in France in ______．
42．When he was young，Picasso painted realistic paintings，but he is famous for his _______paintings．
Write down four things that the reading mentions in the painting．（except the sword）
43．_______and_______
44．_______and_______
45．The broken sword is a symbol of _______．
Climbing is our life
Last summer Annabelle Jones and Claire Hippert，two 17-year-old English schoolgirls， decided to climb the Matter-horn，the famous snow-covered mountain in Switzerland．The Matterhorn is popular to mountain climbers because it is so difficult to climb．
The girls first got the idea for a climbing expedition a few years ago，when a well-known disabled（unable to use legs or arms，etc．）climber，Norman Croucher，gave a talk at theirschool．Norman lost both his legs in a train accident when he was nineteen，but he has climbed some of the world's highest mountains on his artificial legs．“He inspired us，” said Claire．
Then the girls met a well-known mountaineer called Turbo Thomas and he became their trainer．For the next two years he took them climbing in the Swiss Alps during the summer holidays and they trained very hard．“It wasn't easy，”said Annabelle．“The weather was often a problem．Sometimes it was so cold that we didn't want to get out of bed，but Turbo dragged us to the foot of the mountain and made us climb．”
The girls kept going and finally they were ready to try the Matterhorn．They made a date for the last week in August and travelled to Zermatt．They started to climb，but unluckily the weather beat them．“It rained every day so it was impossible to climb very far，”said Claire．
Are they disappointed？“Of course not，”said Annabelle．“I know we didn't get to the top， but we'll be back next summer to try again！Climbing is our life．”&
Answer the questions．
46．Why did the girls start mountain climbing？______________
47．Where and how did they train？_____________________
48．Why was the training difficult？_____________________
49．What beat them ？And why？_____________________
50．Why are they going to return to Zermatt next summer？_______
III．完形填空（Cloze test）（共15小题，计15分）
&& A）阅读下面短文，根据上下文从所给的10个单词中选择7个并用其适当形式填入空中。（答案写在答题纸上）
along，away，busy，first，get，goodbye，last，quiet，stand，without
Mr and Mrs Smith were having an argument（争吵）on the boat deck．Mrs Smith was refusing to get into a lifeboat（51）______her husband．Then Mrs Smith had an idea．She saw Captain Smith（52）______nearby with a megaphone．She went up to him and explained she was all alone in the world and asked if her husband could get into the lifeboat with her．The old captain turned（53）______and shouted into the megaphone，“Women and children（54）______！”At this point Mr Smith came over ． He spoke to his wife seriously and（55）______，“You really must get in now．This（56）______with women and children first is just a matter of form．The ship is fully equipped and everyone will be saved．”Mrs Smith asked her husband if he was being completely truthful．Mr Smith replied firm y，“Yes”．So they kissed（57）______ and she got into the lifeboat．As the boat dropped into the water，Mr Smith called out from the deck，“Keep your hands in your pockets，it is very cold weather．”
B）在下面短文空白处填入一个适当的词，形式不正确不得分。（答案写在答题纸上）
Simon wrote his question on a piece of paper before he went to sleep．And he found his father's answer when he woke up．
Question：
The most popular girl in school，Andrea，invited（58）______to a party，but she didn't invite my best friend Barbara．I didn't even tell Barbara（59）______the party because I don't want to hurt her feelings．
Today Barbara invited me to go to Disney World with her family on the same weekend as the（60）______．I didn't really（61）yes or no，and I think that hurt her． I would love to go to Disney World，but I don't want to miss the party，and I don't want to lose Barbara as a friend．I have to give her an（62）______soon．What can I say？
Do you really like Andrea？Or do you just want to be with the popular kids？And what about Barbara？Do you really（63）______about her？Or do you just want to go to Disney World？
I don't know the answers to these questions，but you（64）______them ．You have no idea because you want to have everything，and that's not（65）______．You need to find out what's really im portant to you and make a choice．
IV．句型转换（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。（答案写在答题纸上）
66．The maths problem is too difficult for him to work out．（改为复合句）
&&& The maths 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．Miss Li showed us a picture of the feathered dinosaur．（改为被动语态）
&&& We _____ _____ a picture of the feathered dinosaur by Miss Li．
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。（答案写在答题纸上）
71．They went out to play football after they finished their homework．
&&& They _____ go out to play football _____ they finished their homework．
72．Mr Brown said it was all right for them to hand in their compositions on Friday or next Monday．
&&& Mr Brown told them to hand in their compositions _____ on Friday _____ next Monday．
73．You can't do your lessons well unless you listen carefully in class．
&&& You must listen carefully in class，_____ you _____ do your lessons well．
74．She was worried about the lost book and the librarians were worried，too．
&&& She was worried about the lost book and _____ _____ the librarians．
75．Why is the girl wearing such thin clothes as it is so cold outside？
&&& Why does the girl _____ on such thin clothes in _____ cold weather？
V．动词填空（Fill in the blanks with verbs in their proper forms）（共10小题，计10分）
&& A）用所给动词的正确形式填空。（答案写在答题纸上）
Matt Groening is the man who invented the world's most popular cartoon．People in almost 100countries（76）_____ （watch）The Simpsons every week．Groening was born in Portland，Oregon in 1954．When he was twenty-six he（77）_____ （start）drawing cartoons for The Los Angeles Reader，a weekly newspaper．In 1986 Matt invented the Simpson family for the popular Tracey Ullm an Show．He gave them the names of his family：Matt's father's name is Homer，his mother is Margaret，and he（78）_____ （have）two sisters，Lisa and Maggie．
Groening and his artists，musicians and actors（79）_____ （make）twelve series of programmes up to now．People of all ages，from seven to seventy all（80）_____ （love）it！
B）从方框中选用动词并用其适当的形式填入文中空白处。（答案写在答题纸上）
answer，ask，call，do，explain ，move，take，tell，wait，work
My boyfriend took time off from work one week to move to a new house．It was a lot of hard work．
I was feeling a little under the weather the next day from working so hard．I wanted to give my boyfriend a call and（81）_____ him that we should call off our plans for the evening．
When I called the number，a woman（82）the phone．“Hello，”she said．I had not counted on a woman answering Mike's phone．I was a little surprised．
I asked，“Is Mike there？”The woman said，“He（83）_____ some washing right now．”Then I asked，“Can you tell him to call his girlfriend？”I hung up the phone without waiting for the woman's answer．
Thirty minutes later，Mike had not called me back．I went on（84）_____ for an hour before I called Mike again．A man answered the phone．“Hello，”he said．The voice was strange．Suddenly I knew that I had the wrong phone number．I said，“You're not Mike！”
The man said，“And you're not my girlfriend．I（85）_____ that to my wife for over an hour．”
VI．翻译（Translation）（共5小题，计10分）
&&& 把短文中的划线部分译成汉语。（答案写在答题纸上）
The best about Britain？
What do I like best about Britain ？The fact that people here very rarely smoke．（86）I never smoke myself －I think it's a disgusting habit．But my friends in Spain smoke nearly all the time．It's so nice to be able to breathe“clean”air in cinemas，on buses and so on．（87） And the few people who do smoke，almost always ask“Do you mind if I smoke？”before they light up．
The old people are so friendly，and they've nearly always got time to help you．When you don't know where you are，they come up to you and say，“Can I help you，love？”or“What are you looking for，dear？”（88）I love the way they call everybody“love”and“dear”like that －even complete strangers．
Why does everybody say the weather here's so bad？I love these cool，grey，cloudy days．They're a bit sad －perhaps that's why I like them ．I come from Turkey．It's sunny most of the time there．But here the weather's so hard to tell．（89）You hardly ever know what to expect when you look out of the window in the morning －and then it often changes five or six times during the day！It's raining now，for example，but I've got no idea what it's going to be like this afternoon！
I'm staying with an English family．Family life here seems to be much more relaxed than in my country．（90）People eat whenever they like，come in and go out whenever they want to －there aren't so many rules．When I go out in the evening，nobody asks me“Where are you going？Whom are you going with？What time are you coming home？”You've got much more，the chance to live your own life，and do whatever you want．
VII．智力测试（Intelligence test）（共5小题，计5分）
91．Annette must see Bernice quickly．She can use a small road in the countryside which is 30km ．She doesn't have to use it because there's a new road which is 15km ．But she has to wait 10 minutes with the other cars to pay to use the new road ．She mustn't drive faster than 60km an hour．Which is the faster road？______
92．What is lighter than a feather，but you can't hold it for about 10 minutes？______
93．When Mr Lion bought a new car，he chose the old number plate．“It's really great！”he said．Why do you think he liked it？______
94．23＋9＝32
See how the digits of twenty-three are reversed（翻转）when you add nine．What
other two-figure numbers can you add nine to and reverse their digits？Write down at least two of them，please．______
95．Help Colonel Blankety-Blank find the faster route（路线）from Berlin to Paris．Trains stop at every station，shown by letters．So the fastest route passes through the fewest stations．Bridges don't count as stations，of course．______
VIII．写作（Writing）（共2题，每题10分，计20分）
&&&& A）Invitations tell your guests who，what，when，where，and sometimes why．Maps and directions need to give only helpful information，with nothing else．Complete the invitation of your party with two or three sentences and write the directions with 50 words or so．（Write them on the answer sheet．）
&&&& B）下面是一则故事，但只给出了开头和结尾两部分，请你写出该故事的中间部分。该故事情节可曲折但需合理且与开头、结尾两部分衔接自然。词数80左右。（写在答题纸上）
A man dropped his wallet，but walked on without noticing．A girl picked it up and ran after him ，but he got into a car and drove away．
The girl recognised（认出）him and gave him back the wallet．The boy didn't agree at first，but then he felt he lost face and went away．
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