1、全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初三年级组试题(总分：150分钟 答题时间：120分钟)听力部分(共四大题，计30分)(略)笔试部分(共九大题，计120分)I.Multiple-choice(选择填空)(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分) Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.(从A，B，C，D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。) 31.These c
2、akes _ delicious! Can I have _ one? A.tastes；another B.taste；another C.tasting；other D.taste；others 32.That boy, _ father is a footballer, is very good at sports. A.that B.whos C.whose D.which 33.There are many foreign students in this university, _ 24 Japanese ones. A.including B.included C.include
3、s D.include 34.He found _ very difficult _ learn math well. A.it；for B./；go C.that；for D.it；to 35.These doctor told my uncle to _ drinking so much wine if he wanted to be healthier. A.open up B.put up C.give up D.make up 36.Do you know _ this time yesterday? A.what she is cooking B.what is she cooki
4、ng C.what she was cooking D.what was she cooking 37.I dont think teenagers should get their ears pierced, _? A.do I B.dont I C.should they D.shouldnt they 38.We were late for school last Wednesday _ the heavy rain. A.because of B.as C.because D.since 39.-Dont worry. Your brother is coming to help yo
5、u. -_ he doesnt come and I am here alone? A.What about B.What if C.Why not D.How about 40.Jim went swimming with his parents yesterday afternoon. _. A.So did Mary B.So Mary does C.So Mary was D.So Mary did 41.-Which do you prefer, English _ French? -I prefer English _ French. A.or；to B.and；to C.and；
6、than D.or；than 42.-Look at the old lady in red. Is that Mrs Lee? -No, it _ be her. She has gone to Canada. A.will B.mustnt C.cant D.may 43.-What did your friend say to you the day before yesterday? -She asked me _ anyone her secret. A.to tell not B.not to tell C.dont tell D.not tell 44.-How was your
7、 holiday, Ann? -_ It rained all the time and I had to stay inside. A.Great! B.Wonderful! C.Exciting! D.Boring! 45.-Do you mind my smoking here? -_ Cant you see the “No Smoking”sign? A.Im afraid you cant. B.Of course not. C.Not at all. D.It doesnt matter. II.Reading comprehension(阅读理解)(共20小题；选择题5小题，每
8、小题1分；非选择题15小题，每小题2分，计35分) A)Read the following passage which is followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the passage.(阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容从每小题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。) Mike Bing and his wife Lynn were very hungry
9、. A waitress with short,curly hair came to their table. Mike asked her for a cup of tea. A few minutes later, the waitress with short, curly hair came back, but she did not have Mikes tea. She said to Mike and Lynn,“Do you want something to drink?”Again, Mike asked for a cup of tea. Suddenly, two wa
10、itresses came back to the table. They both had a cup of tea for Mike. And they hoth had short, curly hair. In fact, they looked exactly the same. Mike was confused. What happened? Mike and Lynn were at Twins Restaurant in New York City. Lisa and Debbie Ganz are the owners of Twins Restaurant. The tw
11、o women are identical twins. In fact, all the people who work at Twins Restaurant are twins. Thirty-seven sets of twins work there, and each set wears the same clothes. Sometimes customers like Mike and Lynn Bing get confused, but the restaurant is a lot of fun. Everything at Twins Restaurant is dou
12、ble. For example, there are two doorknobs on each door. The Ganz sisters are always happy when twins come into the restaurant to eat. The twin guests sign their names in a special book. Then the twins can have a photo taken with the Ganz sisters. Usually the Ganz sisters put these pictures on the wa
13、lls, so there are a lot of pictures of twins on the walls of the restaurant. There are pictures on the walls of famous twins, too. However Twins Restaurant is not only for twins, but also for people like Mike and Lynn Bing. But its double the fun for twins! 46.Where were Mr and Mrs Bing? A.In a spec
14、ial club in Paris. B.In a special cafe in London. C.In a special restaurant in New York. D.In a special supermarket in Sydney. 47.Why was Mike confused? A.Because the first girl was impolite and not helpful. B.Because the two girls looked exactly the same. C.Because the two girls both had long, curl
15、y hair. D.Because the second girl brought him a cup of coffee. 48.What is the meaning in Chinese of the underlined word “identical”? A.富有的 B.完全不同的 C.友好的 D.完全相同的49.Who are the Ganz sisters? A.They are the owners of a restaurant. B.They are the visitors to New York City. C.They are local newspaper rep
16、orters. D.They are both famous photographers. 50.Twin guests can have a chance to sign their names and _. A.have a cup of tea for free B.get pictures of famous twins C.have a photo taken with the Ganz sisters D.win a prize of 1,000 dollars B)Read the following three passages and follow the instructi
17、ons for each section.(阅读下面的三篇短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所给出的题目。) A Do you send messages on your cellphone? Do you email your friends? Do you chat on the Internet? Then you are part of the language revolution. Computers and technology are changing the language. When people type on the computer or send cellphone m
18、essages, they usually want to do it quickly. An email is electronic mail. You send it to people from a computer. Emails dont have a long history. The world lived without emails for a very long time. People used faxes or the post office to send letters. Now, we can send emails, and things are much fa
19、ster. We all need emails because they are easy, and almost everyone has access to the Internet. Since people send emails, they dont write any more. Regular mail is slower than email, and people call it “snail mail”. A snail is a very slow creature, and regular mail is slow, too. People dont write le
20、tters any more, and it is sad. People like to receive letters because it shows the time and care of the letter writer. It is nice to receive a kind letter from a friend. You can keep letters in a pretty box and read them again later. You can also keep emails, but must people just erase them. Also, p
21、eople dont try to write well in emails. They just write short messages. Emails are helpful, but we miss old-fashioned letters too. Questions 51-55: Fill in the blanks using suitable words according to the passage above. Use only one word for each blank. Emails are a kind of computer mails, which don
22、t have a long (51)_. Emails are (52)_ and (53)_ than regular mails, which are called “snail mails”. But emails are not as nice to receive as regular mails. People dont write them (54)_, and they usually dont (55)_ their emails. Emails are not as special as old-fashioned letters. BDo your children en
23、joy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good fellow wants children to join in these activities at they City Theater on Saturday morning, free. Movies at the Museum Theater Two European movies will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater. See Broken Window at 1
24、:30. The Workers will be shown at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm. Take Me Out to the Ballgame Its
25、November 7, and Saturday night(7:00-9:00)is your last chance to see The Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold, so dont forget to take sweaters and jackets. Do You Want to Hear“The Zoo” “The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert this
26、 Saturday night, at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College. Questions 56-60: Complete the statements or answer the following questions according to the information above. 56.On Saturday morning, children can enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances at _ without paying any money. 57.At the
27、 Museum Theater, children can watch _. 58.What will the food at International Picnic be like? 59.When can you see The Red Birds for the last time? 60.What is“The Zoo”? C Reading is a very important skill. Reading is also an excellent way to improve your English. However, to make sure what you read i
28、snt too difficult, its important to know what makes texts difficult and how you can improve your understanding of them. Here are some suggestions: 1.Understand the purpose of your reading. The way you read something depends very much on your reasons for reading it. The kind of reading you do in clas
29、s or for your homework is different from how you read a novel for pleasure in the summer holidays. 2.Find background information. Find something out about the topic you are going to read. (61)The more background information you have, the easier itll be to understand the text. You can get this backgr
30、ound information in your own language. 3.Increase your vocabulary. Of course, reading itself is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary, but there are many other things you can do. The more vocabulary you have, the easier your reading will be. 4.Use your dictionary correctly. (62)A common mistak
31、e is to read everything very slowly and carefully, looking up each unknown word. Sometimes this is necessary, for example, when reading exam questions. However, it takes a long time and can be very boring；it can even make understanding more difficult! If youve followed the above advice and still can
32、t understand a text, then its simply too hard for your. Stop reading and ask someone to help you. Nobody likes to give up, but youll just be wasting your time if you continue to work at a text thats beyond you. Questions 61-62: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese. Questions 63-65: Answer
33、 the following questions. 63.What are the above four suggestions about? 64.How can you get background information according to the passage? 65.What is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary? III.Cloze(完形填空)(共15小题；每小题1分，计15分) A)Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with suitable forms o
34、f 10 words or phrases out of the 12 given according to the context. (阅读下面的短文，根据其内容从所给的12个单词或短语中选择10个，并用其适当的形式填空。) say, do, interest, good, lend, science, angrily, talk, be, play, borrow, happyMy Black lived in a village before he became a famous lawyer. He remembers how hard his life was when he stu
35、died in college and his parents had to (66)_ a lot of money for him. He works hard now and tries to make as much money as possible. He lives in a beautiful house with his family, and his son Richard (67)_ clever. He loves his son very much and sends him to the (68)_ school in the city. He wants Rich
36、ard to live a happy life and he buys anything the boy wants. He also hopes that his son will become a great(69)_. He doesnt know that Richard hates studying and spends a lot of time (70)_ games. Now hes (71)_ in fishing and sometimes misses classes, so he failed all his last exams. Miss Brown, his h
37、eadteacher, has told him not (72)_ this, but he doesnt listen to her. She became (73)_ when he was late again one afternoon. “Ill visit your father tomorrow evening, Richard,”(74)_ Miss Brown,“Ill tell him he needs to find a good way to educate you!” “You had better not (75)_ to him, madam,”answered
38、 Richard,“Or youll have to pay for a consultation(咨询)!” B)Read the passage below, and complete it by filling in the missing words.(阅读下面的短文，根据其内容填入所缺单词。) How far do you think you can run? How (76)_ 3,000 miles? Does that seem impossible? Its not. Terry Fox proved that in 1980. Terry wanted to raise m
39、oney for cancer research. He lost his right leg to cancer in 1977. In 1979, Terry decided to run across Canada to raise money (77)_ cancer. It seemed impossible. Terry had and artificial leg, and it was very painful to run on. He started (78)_ April 12, 1980. For months, he endured the pain and cont
40、inued running. As he moved across the country, news of his plan spread. Sadly, Terry never finished his run. He had to stop on September 1, 1980 after 3,339 miles. He had cancer in his lungs then. Terry died (79)_ June of the next year, but he was a success in many ways. Terry raised over 360 millio
41、n dollars for cancer research. Terry was (80)_ hero to those with cancer. IV.Sentence pattern transformation(句式转换)(共5小题；每小题1分，计5分) Transform the following sentences as required.(按要求转换下列各句。)81.Mrs Green bought a digital camera yesterday.(改为一般疑问句) _ Mrs Green _ a digital camera yesterday? 82.He didnt
42、know what he should do at that time.(改为同义句) He didnt know _ _ do at that time.83.It rained yesterday, so I stayed at home.(用because改写) I stayed at home yesterday _ _ rained. 84.A Canadan doctor invented basketball.(改为被动句) Basketball _ _ by a Canadian doctor. 85.Johnson was the doctors name. He lived
43、 in Paris three years ago.(改为含定语从句的复合句) The doctor, _ _ was Johnson, lived in Paris three years ago. V.Translation(翻译)(共5小题；每小题2分，计10分) Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in brackets.(根据所给提示词语，将下列汉语句子翻译成英语。) 86.这把刀能用来切西瓜吗？(be used for) _ 87.请务必告诉我关于他的一切。(be sure to
44、) _ 88.我相信我自己能做出这道题。(work out) _ 89.她经常在语法上出错。(make mistakes) _ 90.使我吃惊的是，昨天他又一次迟到了。(to ones surprise) _ VI.Error correction(改错)(共5小题；每小题1分，计5分) Read the following passage. Write “”if the underlined part is right, or correct it if it is wrong.(阅读下面短文，如果划线部分正确，写“”；如果有错误，请在后面的横线上改正。) One afternoon I w
45、alked up the street behind our hotel. Suddenly there was an big eg: a brown dog in the front of me. It looked at me with angry yellow eyes and I began 91._ to get nervous. Then an Italy girl came down the street. “Its OK,”she said to me. 92._ She shouted some word in Italian, and the dog went away.
46、The girls name was Chiara, 93._ and after this was become good friends. That was six years ago, but I still write 94._ to Chiara and our friendship is very important to me. 95._ VII.Dialogue completion(补全对话)(共5小题；每小题1分，计5分) Read the following dialogue. Complete it by filling in the blanks with five sentences out of the seven given according to the context. (阅读下面的对话，根据对话内容从所给的7个句子中选出5个，补全下面的对话。
