[中考英语]2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛初三组试题及答案[整理]

1、2002年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）初赛 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） 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） 1Would you like me to help you choose a new dress for the dance？ Atry on  Bpick out  Cput away  Dput up 2The following

2、evening they met at the end of the bridge Afirst Bsecond  Clast  Dnext 3Mother has been to the farm She has not a few apples in her basket Aa few  Bsome  Cmany  Dseveral 4Have you seen the film ？ Yes，I haveI can catch the whole of the film Aget all the idea ofBtake all of Cl

3、ook at whole of  Dknow som ething about 5Wait and see，he will turn the table some day A变换桌子B发脾气C踢翻桌子D扭转形势 B）选择最佳选项填空。（答案涂在答题纸上） 6The two new doctors in that hospital have already read _  newspaper Atoday  Btodays'Ctodays  Dtoday's 7Neither Joseph nor his cousin  _ to

4、 Canada，but they know the country very well Ahave visited  Bis gone  Chas been  Dhas gone 8Will you please  _ us a story，Mr Smith？ OKShall I  _ it in English or in Chinese？ Asay；speak  Btalk；speak  Ctell；tell  Dtalk；say 9My wife often forgets  _ the door，

5、but she remembered  _ it when she left yesterday Aclosing；close  Bto close；close Cclosing；to close  Dto close；closing 10He seems terribly illIs there anything serious？ No，he'll be all right soon  _ AI'll have a look at it  BI'm sure of that CI've done that

6、60; DI have no idea 11Father doesn't tell me when he  _ I'll telephone you as soon as he _  Awill come；comes  Bwill come；will come Ccomes；will come  Dcomes；comes 12English  _ in many countries，but the Chinese  _ their own language Aspeaks；spoken  Bis speaki

7、ng；are spoken Cis spoken；speak  Dis spoken；speaks 13Waikiki is one of the best beaches surfing in Honolulu Awith  Bon  Cto  Dfor 14In the exam _ ，the  _ you are，mistakes you'll make Acareful；little  Bmore careful；less Ccareful；fewDmore careful；the fewer 15Oh，there&#

8、39;s someone knocking at the door _ must be your neighbour AThere  BShe  CHe  DIt 16He's given an important talk on the differences between the second language and the foreign language，  _ ？ Ahasn't he  Bdoesn't he  Cisn't he Dwasn't he 17The headmas

9、ter asked Ted  _ he was going to take Mr Brown's lessons instead and he said“No” Awhy  Bhow  Cwhether  Dwhen 18You work in a storeWhen someone gets into the store，you say“_ ” AHow are you？BWhat can I do for you？ CWhat do you do？DYou're welcome 19Have you received an e-mai

10、l message fromHelen？ _ Really？No news is good news AYes，I have  BI don't mind  CNo，I haven't DNo problem 20Happy Teachers'Day，Miss Zhang！Here are some cards for you _ ！Thank you ABest wishesBWhat beautiful cards CHoW happy am I  DYou are so welcome II阅读理解（Reading comprehen

11、sion）（共30小题，计30分） 阅读下列短文或图表，然后完成文后各题。（2130小题为选择题，每题只有一个最佳答案，答案涂在答题纸上；3150小题为非选择题，请回答问题或完成填空题，答案写在答题纸上。） （A） The long hiccup For many people the subject of hiccups（嗝）is a joke，but for Harry Mendis，a fifteen-year-old schoolboy from Birmingham，it was something quite different His hiccups began one Sund

12、ay lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks After the first week， Harry's parents took him to hospital，but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack Harry，who is now back at school， described what happened to him “When I began to hiccup，I drank a glass of water but that

13、didn't do any goodThat evening I had hiccups every four seconds We tried everything to stop themI held my breath and drank cold drinksMy father even tried to give me a shock but that didn't work either” After a week of sleepless nights，he went to hospitalThe doctors took an X-ray of his ches

14、t but they couldn't find anything wrong “They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down， but it was another week before the medicine worked completely andmy hiccups stopped” Harry was very luckyThe world record holder is the American _ farmer Charles Osborne，who hiccuped for sixty-eight y

15、earsHe stopped in 1990at last，but nobody knows why 21Harry's hiccups lasted  _ Aa week  Bfourteen days Ctwenty-eight days Done month 22His hiccups started after he  _ Adrank a glass of water  Bwent to hospital Cate an Indian meal  Dfinished his homework 23His parents dec

16、ided to take him to hospital when he _ Ahiccuped for four seconds Bheld his breath Chiccuped at night Dcouldn't stop hiccuping 24His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor _ Agave him some medicine Btook an X-ray of his chest Cgave him a shock Dlet him drink cold drinks 25What does

17、“shock”in this passage mean？ A震惊B休克C喷嚏D哈欠 （B） A chicken lays an eggYou feel sleepyAnd a tree loses its leavesAll of these things，and many more，happen in a certain way，at a certain time each day or each yearThey take place beacuse of something called an internal clockThe word internal means“inside of

18、”，and the internal clock is inside a certain part of every plant and animalFor example，there is an internal clock in the head of a chicken The internal clock receives a sig nal，or message，from the world around itSome of these signals include light，heat， darkness and coldWhen the internal clock gets

19、the signal，the body of the plant or animal produces a chemical that causes the living thing to do different actionsFor example，daylight signals the chicken's internal clock to make a chemicalThen this chemical causes the chicken to lay eggs People are learning a lot about internal clocksFarmers

20、have even learned how to fool a chicken's internal clock so that the chicken lays more eggs！ 26A signal is_ Aa chemical Ba message Cinternal Dinside 27The clock described in the story is called internal because it _ Ameans“inside of”Bis inside every plant or animal Cnever stops running Dproduces

21、 a signal 28In this story，one signal would be_ Acold weather Ba chemical Cfalling leaves Da sleepy dog 29In thechain of events below，what is missing？ Daylight acts as a signalA chicken's internal clock receives the signal ？The chicken lays an eggAThe chicken moves its body BThe chicken is f

22、ooled by the farmerCThe chicken makes a chemical DThe chicken sees the daylight 30What do you think farmers do to make chickens lay more eggs？They _ Amake the chickens do different actions Bkeep the chickens in a cooler place Cfeed the chickens a special chemical Dturn on lights in the chicken house

23、 at night （C） Read the three postcards and an- swer the following questions 31Only one writer really is having a great time which one？Write 1，2 or 3_ 32Whom did Psend the postcard to？_ 33Where does Sam come from？_ 34What does Sam do every morning？_ 35Of the three who needed money most？_（D） St Paul&#

24、39;s Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral was built between 1675 and 1710For one of the best views of London you must climb 650 steps up to the Golden Gallery at the very top，where you're 111 metres above the ground Cristina Garcia from Valenica has stopped after only 259 steps，at the Whispering Ga

25、llery “I've just sent my sister round to the other side of the dome（穹顶），30metres awayWhen she whispers（低语）something to me，I'll be able to hear it if I put my ear close to the wall” “Have you been up to the top yet？” “No，I've already climbed enough steps for one day！”Fill in the blanks wi

26、th one or two words according to the passag e above Tower Bridge Tower Bridge was opened in 1894It is 244 metres long and 100metres highA lot of bricks（砖）were used in its construction（施工）enough to build 350 houses “Before I came here，I thought Tower Bridge was the same as London Bridge，”said Pascal

27、Bouchet from Toulouse“But now I've seen London Bridge from the top of Tower Bridge，so I know they're differentBut I'm a bit disappointed I've been waiting here since eleven o'clock this morning，and the bridge hasn't opened yetI'm freezing！” The Monument The Monument is a

28、tall，hollow column with a golden ball at the topIt is 70 metres highIt was designed in 167 1and completed in 1677It commenmorates（纪念）the Great Fire of London in 1666，in which most of the city was burnt downThe fire started in a shop nearbyMaki Onuma has just climbed the 311 steps to the top I've

29、 been standing here for ten minutes now，just looking at the viewFrom here you can see the Tower of London，Big Ben and The Post Office Tow- erIt's amazing！I've brought my video camera with me to make a film of it all！ 36St Paul's Cathedral was completed in the _ century 37You can whisper

30、to somebody _ away inside the dome of St Paul's 38The bricks of Tower Bridge can be used to build _ 39The bridge didn't open at _ that morning 40The Monum ent has _ steps than St Paul's 41The Great Fire of London started in _ in 1666 （E） Look at the grid（网格）mapNotice the number 17down th

31、e left sideNotice the letters A G across the topThe numbers，the letters and the lines on the map help you find places Find these places on the mapWrite down the grid reference（letter and number）for each place 42Car Park _ 43Eme rald Railway Station _ 44John _ Write down one thing about each grid ref

32、erence 45B4 _ D3 _ 46B7 _  F3 _ （F） FROM:Herry Wilson Date:October 11,2002 To:Jeff Manning Subject:A Book!                        October 11,2002 I just read a book and I think you

33、'd like itIt's called Cold Mountain and it's by Charles FrazierIt's a story about the 1860s，at the time of the American Civil WarI know you're interested in the Civil War，so I think you would like this book The story is about a young guy and his girlfriendHe goes to fight in the

34、war，but after he almost dies，he just leaves and starts walking home His girlfriend is rich at first，but then her father dies and she's alone and has no money She has a farm but she doesn't know how to be a farme rThe story is about the man 's trip home（it takes him several months）an d th

35、e woman's experiences on the farm If you read it，let me know how you like it Give a short answer to each question 47Who wrote the e-mail letter？ 48When did the story happen？ 49How many people were mentioned in the story？ 50How long did it take the man in the story to walk home？ III完形填空（Cloze tes

36、t）（共15小题，计15分） A）阅读下面对话，根据上下文从所给的9个词语中选择6个并用其适当形式填入空中。（答案写在答题纸上） before，come，go out，feel like，for，hear of，large，look forw ard to，thank Jan：What are you going to do after you graduate？ Mary：I'm going to work in New York Jan：Really？Mary：As a matter of fact，I'll be working for a company named A

37、nderson ArthurHave you （51） _ it？ Jan：Of course I have！They're one of（52）_ accounting companies in this countryCongratulations！ Mary：（53）_ To go to New York is my dream that（54）_ true alreadyI'm really （55）_ living there Jan：We have to eat out somewhere special（56）_ you leave Mary：Do you wan

38、t to go out tonight？I'm not busy Jan：Sure！Let's go 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） Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess（公主）who had a golden ballShe lived in a palace with her father，the King，and her seven sistersEvery day she played with her（57）_ in the garden of the palace

39、 At the end of the garden there was a deep，dark（58）_ When the weather was hot，the princess liked playing near the lake Unluckily，one day she dropped her golden ball into the waterShe was very（59）_  and she sat on the grass and started to cry Suddenly she heard a voice：“Don't（60）_ ，princess”

40、 She opened her eyes and saw a large green frog“Oh，please help me！”she said，“I can't get my ball” “I'll help you，”said the frog，“（61）_ I can come and live with you in the palace！” “Yes，yes，of courseI promise（许诺），”said the princess So the frog jumped into the water and came back（62）_ the ball

41、The princess laughed and took the ballShe ran quickly（63）_ to the palace and forgot all about the frog The frog was very angryHe followed the princess into the palace and told his story to the King Then the King said to his daughter，“A promise is a promise，my daughter（64）_  this frog to your ro

42、omand look after him carefully” She took the frog and put him on her bedThe frog looked at her and said quietly，“Please kiss me，princess”She closed her eyes and kissed him The frog turned into a handsome prince（王子）quicklyOf course，he and the princess fell in loveOne week（65）_ they married and they l

43、ived happily ever after 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） 66In 1949，China's population was about 475 million（改为特殊疑问句） _ was the population of  _ in 1949？ 67There are young sheep eating grass on the hill（改为反意疑问句） There are young sheep eating gr

44、ass on the hill，_ _ ？ 68I'm glad to see you（改为感叹句） _ _ I am to see you！ 69You can't be late for class any more（改为祈使句） _ _ late for class any more 70The students in Class One have already finished their compositions（改为否定句） The students in Class One  _ finished their compositions _ _ B）根据

45、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） 71Many people know Changchun and Shiyan because a lot of trucks are made there Changchun and Shiyan are   _ _ their trucks 72Most of these questions had nothing to do with the boy's lessons Most of these questions were  _ _ the boy's lessons

46、 73Do you know how you can get the kite down from the tree？ Do you know  _ _ get the kite down from the tree？ 74My mother often tells me to get everything ready before I go to school I am often told to get everything ready  _ _ to school by my mother 75You'd better water these trees as

47、 often as you can It's  _ to water these trees as often as  _ 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） 76China's entry into WTO_ （encourage）lots of people to learn English in my hometown last year 77Joanna Trollope_ （live）in O

48、xford for two years，and then in 2000 she moved to Paris 78The scientist（find）_ the word written wrong if he turns to the page 79Grandfather was made （work）_ over ten hours a day before the PRC was founded 80I want to borrow a video tape，but it's not on that shelf I guess somebody else_ （borrow）i

49、t B）从下列方框中选用动词并用其适当形式填入文中空白处。（答案写在答题纸上）     discover，find，get，lose，offer，post，ring14 years ago Spanish tourist Gaspar Sanchez dropped his wallet into the waters of Loch Ness in ScotlandHis passport，his car keys，his business card and his money（81）_  in 150m of waterThis week the p

50、hone（82）_ in his house and a Scottish policeman told him ，“Sir，your wallet（83）_ ！It（84）_ last Sunday on the bed of the lake by some explorers diving to look for the monster（怪物）in the lake！” Gaspar Sanchez said，“The whole thing is quite amazingThey（85）_ all the things to me alreadyI will get them tom

51、orrowI can't believe it！” 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） We can't really say that one language is easier or more difficult than another language In some ways，English is an easy language to learntake the verbs for example（86)  but in some language，you have to make

52、many，many changes to the verb in Latin，for example，there are more than 120different forms of one verb！In English，there are only fivewith verb“go”for example，there's“go”，“goes”，“went”，“going”and“gone”but we use these forms in a lot of different ways！（87) And the spelling and pronunciation of Engl

53、ish are more difficult than in many languageswe have a lot of sounds in Englishand the spelling isn't very regular Nobody knows exactly how many people are learning English in the world todaybut it's certainly more than it was 50 years ago（88) For example ，fifty years ago very few people in China learned English，but now the number of people learning English in China is bigger than the population of the United States！（89) So there are probably about 300million people learning English at the moment，which