2021年全国中学生英语能力竞赛高三决赛试题

全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS〉决赛高三年级组试题（总分：150分 答题时间:120分钟）听力部分（共三大题，记30分）I.Responses（句子应答）（共5小题:每小题1分，记5分）Pleaselistentothefollowingfivesentencesandchoosethebestresponsetoeachoneyouhear.Eachsentencewillbereadonlyonce.（请听句子，然后选出一个能够恰当应答你所听到的句子的最佳选项。每个句子只读一遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上）1.A.I'dratherwalk.Ineedsomeexercise・B.Goahead・Thaisallrightwithme.C.Sure.Gostraightfortwoblocks・Thenturnleft・D.I'mafraidI'mnotgoingthatway.C.Thesportsmeetisattwoo'clock. D.She'llseeyouonMonday.A.YoumayaskMotheraboutthem・ B.Iboughtthemyesterday.C.Iborrowedthemfromthelibrary. D.They'reaboutgoodhealth.A.Mypleasure・Iwillgowithyoutotheconcert・ B.Takeiteasy.It*sverykindofyoutodoso.C.Forgetit.Iwon'tgowithyoutothesupermarket.D.Thanks,butIpromisedMaryI'dgowithher.A.Thereistoomuchdeliciousfoodformetoeat.B.Whoknows?I'malwaysaskedtodosomethingatthelastminute・D.Ilikemynewjobverymuchbecausemyofficeisn*tfarfrommyhouse・II.Dialogues（对话理解）（共10小题；每小题1分，记10分）A）Pleaselistentothefollowingfivemini-dialogues・Eachdialogueisfollowedbyaquestion・Choosethebestanswerorpictureforeachquestion.Eachdialogueandquestionwillbereadtwice.（请听卜而五组对话，每组对话后有一个问题，根据你所听到的对话内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。每组对话和问题均读两遍C）（答案涂在答题纸上）6.A.VisitChina. B・Findherluggage・ C.Bookaninternationalflight.D.Buysomenewspapers.A.Upstairs. B.Downthecorridorontheman'sleft・C.Nexttoareadingroom. D.Onthethirdfloor.A.Becausetheticketswereallsoldout.B.Becausetherewerenopeopleworkingthere・C.Becausethemanaskedtoomanyquestions.D・Becausetherewassomethingwrongwiththc-Iine・A.Thepostman. B.Mr.Brown. C.Mrs.Brown.D.Mr.Brown'sson.B）Listentothefollowingdialogueandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestion・Thedialoguewillbereadhvice.（请听下面一段对话，选择能回答下列问题的最佳选项。对话读两遍。）（答案涂在答题纸上）11・Wheredoesthemanwork?Atapublicschool. B・Atasupermarket.C・Atajobagency.D.Atapostoffice・What'stherelationshipbetweenLisaandLauren?A.Teacherandstudent. B・Doctorandpatient.C.Managerandex-employec・ D.Waitressandcustomer.WhycanLisanotanswerthephonenow?A.Becausesheisattendingameeting・ B.Becauseit*sherassistantsjobtoanswerthephone・C.Becausesomethingiswrongwithherphone・ D.Becausesheiswatchingamovie・Whichofthefollowingistheman'smobilenumber?A.0124576277.B.0412556207.C.0412567702.D.0421566270.What-doesthemanexpectLisatodo?A.Emailhimandwriteareference・ B.Phonehimandgivehimsomeinformation.C.Attendapartythatheisgoingtohold.D.Givehimlotsofinformationongettingagoodjob・III.Passages（短文理解）（共10小题；16-20每小题1分，21-25每小题2分计15分）A） Listentothefollowingmaterialandchoosethebestanswertoeachquestionaccordingtothematerialyouhear.Thematenalwillhereadtwice.（i^听下面一段材料,根据你所听到的内容，选择能回答所提问的最佳选项。材料读两遍）（答案涂在答题纸上）WhendidMariemovetoPariswithhermother?A.In1761.B.Inl767・ C.In1770.D.In1794.FromwhomdidMarielearnhowtomakewaxmodels?A.DrCurtius・ B.Hermothe匚C.Herassistant.D.MrTussaud.HowlongdidMarietravelaroundGreatBritainwithhercollection?A.For12years. B.For30years C.For33years.D.For74years.WheredidMariebuildapermanentwaxmuseum?A.InParis. B.InLondon・CInHongKong.D.InNewYork.WhathappenedtoTussaud'swaxmuseumin19257?A.Somethievesstolethewaxworks・ Bitwassoldtothegovernment.C.Itwaspulleddownandrebuilt. D.Afiredestroyedalmostallofitsworks・B） Pleaselistentothefollowingmaterial,andfillintheblanksaccordingtothematerialyouhearwithoneorhvowords.Thematenalwillhereadtwice.（请听下面一段材料，根据你所听到的材料内容填空，每空填一到两个单词。材料读两遍）（答案涂在答题纸上）PlymouthSealifeCenterCOSTAdults:£3.70Children:£2.00Specialpricesforover（21） andSchoolgroupsOPENINGTIMESEverydayexceptthe25thand26thof（22） FORCHILDREN☆Aspecialquiz☆（23） time（everyhourfrom9:30am）☆Slideandvideoshows（from10:00am）GROUPSGuidedtoursareavailable-askatthe（24） ・NEWATTRACTIONWalkthroughthebigtunnelmadeof（25）withenormousfishswimmingaroundyou.FORMOREINFORMATION,TELEPHONE01743578912.I・笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）I.Multiple-choice（选择填空） （共15小题，每小题1分，计15分）Foreachofthefollowingsentencesordialogues,therearefourchoices,markedA,B.C,andD・Pleasechoosetheanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence^V列各句或对话均含有ABC.D四个选项中，诘从四个选项中选出可以完成该句或对话的最佳选项匚）（答案涂在答题纸上）ourrecords,thebooksyouhaveborrowedshouldnowbereturnedtothelibrary.A.AccordingtoB.OnaccountofC.InadditiontoD.ThankstoHI匚WangmadeuphismindtoallhecouldhisoralEnglishbeforegoingabroad.A.expose;improveB.donate;toimproveC.draw;improvingD.devote:toimprovingThehouserentishighhere・I'vegotabouthaftthespaceIhadathomeandI'mpayinghere・Theprecedingdiscussionhasbeenbasedonconsiderationoftheperformanceofthegroupoflearnersas whole.A.the;a B.a;/ C.a;the D.the;theIt'salwaysbeinginaforeigncountry,ifyoudon'tspeakthelanguageofthatcountry.A.easy;naturallyB.freeibasicallyC.glad;unluckilyD.difficult;especiallyIfwehadfollowedhisplan,wecouldhavedonethejobbetterwithmoneyandpeople・A.more;leastB.fewer;mostC.less;fewerD.most;lessYouhaveanydifficultyinpassingtheroadtestsinceyoualotinthedrivingschool.A.mustn't;practiced B・Didn't;arepracticingC.shouldn*t;havepracticed D.needn't;hadpracticedThereisnodoubt,inmyopinion,mattersisnotthespeed,butthequalityoftheproduct.A.thatwhatB.thatthat C.whatif D.whatthat34.1shallneverforgetthoseyearsIlivedinthecountrysidewiththefarmers.havehadagreateffectonmylife・A.that:whichB.when:whichC.which;thatD..when;whomatripabroadiscertainlygood/fortheoldcouple,butitremainswhethertheywillenjoyit.A.TohaveseenB.Having;tobeseenC.Having:seeingD.Tohave;seenIlwasforthisreason herunclemovedoutofNewYorkandinthesmallvillage・A.which:putdownB.why;setupC.that;settleddownD・how;grewupNotonlyill-mannered,butalsothelaziestandthemostirresponsiblepersonyoucouldneverhopetomeet.A.ishe:heisB.heis;heisC・heis;isheD.ishe;ishe-Cany~tellmehowtogettotheShanghaiMusicHallfromhere? ■-Oh.areyounewhere?-—Yes・Ijustgotherelastnight.…Well,youcanwalkstraightdownthisstreetuntilyoupassasupermarket,andthenturnleft.TheShanghaiMusicHallwillbestraightahead.A.Thebusonlytakesaboutfiveminutestogetthere・ B.Howlongwillittakemetogethome?C.Ihavealecturetoattendthere. ・D・Well.IguessImightaswellwalk.AreyoureadyforthetriptotheBigApple?Icanhardlywait. TheBigApple? TheBigAppleisthenicknameforNewYork.You'regoingtoNewYorkwithus,aren'tyou? Yes,I'mgoing・I'mespeciallylookingforwardtoseeingtheMuseumofModernArt. There'saspecialshowof20thcenturyAmericanpaintersthere・A.WhatifIwanttogotoapub? B.Whatareyoutalkingabout?C.HowcanIgettoNewYork? D.Whereisthenewmuseum?Hello,frontdesk?ThisisMitalyTridowinRoom504. Well.yes. 1wanttotakeashower,butthereisnohotwater. Well,alotofpeopletakeshowersbeforebreakfast.Maybeifyouwaitawhile,itllheatupagain.

A.Areyousurethereisabsolutelynohotwater?B.MayIknowyourname,sir?C.Don'twehaveenoughwaternow? D.HowcanIhelpyou.MissTridow?H.Cloze(完形填空)(共15小题：每题1分,计15分)A)Pleasereadthefollowingpassageandfillintheblankswiththeproperformsof5wordsoutofthe7givenonesintheboxaccordingtothecontext.(请阅读下而的短文，并根据其内容提示，从方框中所给的7个单词中选岀5个，并用其适当的形式填空。)(答案写在答题纸上)Found,cheap,building,electricity，receive,office,energyThesmallestindependentcountryintheVaticanCity,coversanareathesizeofagolfcourseinRome,thecapitalofItaly.Itwas(41) in1929andisniledbyjustoneman,thePope,whoisalsotheheadoftheCatholicChurch.Its(42) arehometosomeoftheworldsmostfamousart,includingworksbyBotticelli,RaphaelandMichelangelo.Ithasitsownbank.army,policeforce,postoffice,satelliteTVchannel,etc.MillionsofpeoplevisittheVaticancvcryycar,butthe,Vaticanhasapopulationofonlyabout800people・TheVaticanhasno(43) language・TheSwissGuarduseGerman,butmostpeopleuseItalianandLatin・Thecountry\economyisunique.It(44) mostofitsmoneyfromCatholicsaroundtheworldandfromtourism.ItalsomakesmoneyfromapetrolstationwhereItalianscanbuyfuelthatis30percent(45) thaninItaly-becausetheVaticanhasnotaxes!B)Pleasereadthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithonewordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:①basedonthecontext:②usingtheproperformofthegivenwords:(Abasedonthegivenlettersofthe陀泌・(阅读下面的短文，用以下三种形式之一完成短文填空：①根据上下文填空；②用所给单词的正确形式填空；③根据单词随给首字母填空。每空一词。)(答案写在答题纸上)Ifyouneedanotherreasontomotivateyoutosendyourgrandmaapieceofsnailmail,maybesomeBelgianchocolate-flavoredstampswilldothetrick.Italmostsoundstoogoodtobetnie.Thesestampssmellandtaste(46) chocolate.OnMarch25,theBelgianPostOfficeput538.000chocolate-flavoredstampsupforsale.Thestampsaremadeonacocoa-scentedpaperwithcocoaintheinkforsmellandcocoaoilessence(可可汕精华液)inthegluesowhen(47)conlickthestampstheyllgetatasteofchocolate・Collectorsarebuyingthemup,althoughsomeare(48)(seem)findingthetastenotuptousualstandardsforchocolatemadeinBelgium.StampcollectorMarie-ClaireVersticheLofBelgium,saidshewas(49)(disappoint)inthetaste,butHtheysmellgood”.Thestampsarealsopopular(50)sometourists・Thestampscomeinfive(51)dichocolate-themeddesigns・Itisnotaneasyjob.TheywerecreatedbyexpertsfromGermany,SwitzerlandandtheNetherlands.Asetoffivestampsissellingfor6.2Euros.MWehad(52)atriedmanyfragrant(芳香)stampsandthisyearwewantedtopromotechocolate・Insteadofhaving(53)theflavor,wealsohavethetaste/1BelgiumStampProducer,PierreLccmpoeLsaid・With(54)(tradition)mailbecominganeverlessimportantpartofourlives,andwithsomecountrieseven(55)annthattheywillstopdeliveringmail.it'srefreshingtosecsomethingpositivehappeningintheworldof

snailmail.Readthefollowingpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedhyseveralquestions.Pleaserespondtothequestionsaccordingtotherequirementsgivenattheendofeachquestion.(阅读下列短文,每篇短文后设有若F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)APeoplewhotakecareofelderlyparentsoftenfacedifficultissues・Caringforadultchildrenpresentschallengesaswell,andcaregivershavetoresolvemanyimportantquestions・Questions56-58:ChoosethebestanswerfromA, CandDaccordingtothepassage.WhatdoesMthcsandwichgeneration**referto?Today'sgenerationofyoungadultswhodon'tcookandmainlyeatsandwiches・Elderlypeoplewhoarelivinglongernowadaysandprefersandwiches・Middle-agedpeoplewhohaveresponsibilitiesforboththeiragingparentsandtheirchildren.Youngadultswhofeelsandwichedbetweenthcir-financial-responsibilitiesandtheirdesiretoenjoylife・Whichofthefollowingisonereasonfortheriseofthesandwichgeneration?A.Peoplearelivinglongerthantheyusedto.Elderlyparentsusuallyneedfinancialhelpnowadays・Today'syoungadultsseldomgohomeaftercollege・Theunderlinedword^overwhelming"meansA.verygreatorverystrong・ B.verysillyorunreasonableC.excellentorwonderfulD・clearanddefiniteQuestions59-60:Decidewhetherthefallowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)accordingtothepassage.60.Peopleinthesandwichgenerationshouldremembertotakecareoftheirownneedstoavoidstress・BDirty,dangerousanddull・Thesearethreewordsyoudonotwanttousetodescribeyourjob.Whilemanyjobsarealittledirty,dangerousordull,somearesomuchsothatitisbetternottohavehumansperformingthematall.Wouldyouwanttobethefirstpersontogointoabuildingonfire?(61) Thisisalreadyhappeningallaroundtheworld.Therearemillionsofrobotsatworktoday.Themostcommontypeofroboticdeviceisamechanicalarm・Thisisoftenusedinmanufacturing・(62) Butrobotshavemovedwellbeyondsuchsimpletasks・ArobotnamedDemeterisanagriculturalharvestcanmovearoundafieldofcrops,plantingandharvestingbyusingGPS(全球立位系统)，controllersandsensors(传感器).Somerobotsareprogrammedtodocertainjobs,butothersareremotelyoperatedvehicles(ROVs)u(63) TlieUSspaceagencyNASAhasusedROVstoexplorethesurfaceofthemoonandMars.ROVsarealsousedinunderwaterenvironments・Whatdoregularpeoplewantfromrobots?Somepeoplewouldlikerobots

toperforintasksaroundthehouse・OnehomerobotonthemarketnowisRoomba.aturtle-shapedrobotthatslowlyvacuumsitswayaroundtheroom・（64） Arobotthatwashesthewindowsanddoesthedishescouldmakeasmallfortune!（65） Surelytheywillcontinuetoexploretheocean,analyzethesurfaceofdistantplanet,andbuildourcarsandcomputers.Butwhatelse?Willmorerobotsdriveourcarsforus?Willtheydoourlaundry?Willtheydoourgardening?Perhaps・Whensomeoneinventsthatwindow-cleaningrobot,theywillberewardedbyagratefulpopulation.Questions61-65:ChoosefromthesentencesA-Gtocompletethepassage・Therearetwoextrasentenceswhichyoudonotneedtouse.A.Whatifarobotcouldassessandfixthesituation?jB.Robotswillplayamoreimportantroleinthefuture.}C.Ilsenseswallsandturnstoavoidstairsandobjectsonthefloor.iTheyarealsousedtogatherinformationongeographicalchangesinvolcanoes・|E.Theycanperformmaintenanceonoildrillingplatformsandexploretheoceanfloors・IF.Thesearms'moveinmanydirectionsandperformpreciseandrepetitivetaskswithease・JG.ROVscanhavecameras,sensorsandotherdevicesthatprovidehard-to-obtaininformation.CARBEIAROMANFORTANDMUSEUMLOCATIONANDHISTORYArbeiaRomanFort（城堡）issituatedonHadrian'sWall.ThisfrontiersystemwasthemostimportantstructureguiltbytheRomansinBritain,anditisaWorldHeritageSite（世界遗产地）.InADt22theEmperorHadrianorderedthewalltobebuiltacrossnorthern”Britain,fromcoasttocoast.OverlookingthemouthoftheRiverTyneandbuiltaroundAD160.ArbeiaFortwasthemilitarysupplybaseforthesoldierswhowerestationedintheseventeenfortsalongHadriansWall.Theforthasbeengraduallyexcavated（挖掘）torevealitssecretsandtoshowwhatlifewasreallylikeinRomanBritain.Someoriginalpartshavebeenrevealed,andtherearespectacularreconstructionsthatshowhowArbeiawouldhavelooked・THERECONSTRUCTIONSTHEMUSEUMVisitthemuseumandseetheobjectsfoundatArbeiawhichshowwhatdailylifewaslikeforalltheoccupantsofthefort.Youwillseeweapons,armor（盔甲）andjewelery.TIMEQUESTThis,,hands-onuareaallowsvisitorstodigontheexcavationsiteandstudytheirfindswiththehelpofmuseumstaff.Youcanpiecetogetherpottery.OPENINGTIMESANDGETTINGTHERE1April-31October:MondaytoSaturday10am-5:3OpmSunday1Pm-5PmlNovember-31March:MondaytoSaturday10ani-4pmClosedonSunday.(Closedon25-26Decemberand1January.)Entryisfree.,Arbeiaisonlyaten-minutewalkfromthemainmetroandbusstationatSouthShields.ThefortissignpostedfromOceanRoad・Freecarparknearby.Website:.uk/arbeiaQuestions66-70:Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage・WhenwasArbeiaRomanFortbuilt?Wherecanyoufindmosaicsonthefloorsandcourtyardswithfountains?Besidesdiggingonthesiteandstudyingthefinds,whatelsecanyoudoinTimeQuest?HowlongdoesittaketowalkfromthebusstationatSouthShieldstoArbeia?DNativeAmericanandCanadianIndiantribeshavepasseddownstoriesgoingbackthousandsofyearsaboutgiantape-men.TheycalledthesecreaturesSasquatchorMountainDevils・Regardlessofthenames,thedescriptionsoftheseanimalsareusuallythesame・TheBigfootisusuallydescribedasbeingverytall,wellovertwometers.Itiscoveredinthick.darkhairandusuallygivesoffabadsmell・TheBigfoofsbodyisusuallyverymuscularandape-like,yetitwalksuprightandhasafacemoresimilartothatofhumansthanofapes.Tlioughsightingshavebeenreportedforexistenceofthesecreatures?Somesayyes,andotherssayno.DrGroverKrantz,aphysicalanthropologistattheUniversityofOregon,believesthattheBigfootmaybeatypeofcreatureknownastheGigantopithicus・TheGigantopithicusisananimalthatlivedinAsiaover300.000yearsagoandlookedlikeamixbetweenanapeandaverylargeman・DrKrantzbelievesthattheseanimals,whichlivedlongbeforehumans,mayhavemigrated(迁徙)fromAsiaanddecidedtosettleintheheavilywoodedareaofthePacificNorthwest,wherefoodwasplentiful.Itispossiblethatwemayneverknowthetruthabouttheseanimals.Iftheyhaveavoidedbeingseenforthelastseveralthousandyears.thenmaybetheywillstayhiddenforanotherseveralthousand・OritmaybethataswehumansgodeeperanddeeperintotheforestsofNorthwestAmericaandCanadanwemayfinallycomefacetofacewithlhem.Questions7/・75.・Pleasecompletethesiunnuuyofthepassageabovewithnomorethanthreewordsfareachblank・DescriptionsoftheBigfootindicatethatitislargerthanhumans,haslotsofhairandusuallyhas(71).OnetheorysaysthattheBigfootcamefromAsiaoriginally,butitmigratedtothePacificNorthwesttofindplentiful(72) .SomepeoplewonderwhymorepeoplehavenotfoundtheBigfoot.Bigfootresearcherssayitisbecausethesecreaturesarenot(73)andtheyhidewhenhumanscomenearthem.Therearealsosomepeoplewhopointoutthatnoonehaseverfoundthedead(74)ofanyBigfoot;however,researcherssaythatthefactisnotsostrange・Itisactuallyraretofindthembecauseotheranimalsmay(75)them.IV.Translation(翻译)(共5小题：每小题2分，it10分)PleasetranslatethefallowingsentencesintoChineseorEnglish,usingthehintsgiveninthebrackets・(用括号中给岀的提示将下列句子译成英语或汉语。)77.Wealllovecheerfulcompany,butweareapttoforgetthatcheerfulnessisahabitwhichcanbecultivatedbyall.

78•社会上许多热心人对那位病重的孩子伸出了援助之手。（helpout）79.没有理由让人生任由控制不了的想法、感觉、忧虑和恐惧来左右。（atthemercyof）80•他不后悔自己说过的话，但他感觉到要是用更好的一种方式来表达就好了.（用虚拟语气）V.Errorcorrection（短文改错）（共10处错误；每处题错误1分，计10分）Therearealtogether10errorsmthefollowingpassage・Theerrorsareaboutmissingwords,unnecesscuywordsandwrongwords・Pleasecorrectthemaccordingtothefollowin^requirementsforamissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwiththesign,fA"andwritethewordyoubelievetohemissinginthelineontheanswersheet;foranunnecessaryword,crossouttheunnecessarywordwiththesignandputthewordwiththesignr\ninthelineontheanswersheet;forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneinthelineontheanswersheet.Notes:].Thereisonlyonewordforeacherror;2.Youneedtocorrectonly10errorsandtherewillhenomarksfartheeleventherroryoucorrect.按要求修改下面的英语作文，文中共有10处语言错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。谙按下列情况在文中改正：一、增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A）,并在其下而写岀该加的词•二、删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）画掉。三、修改：在错的词下画舟横线，并在该词下而写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词：2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Thebicycleisstilloneofthemostimportantkindsoftransport.Insomecountries,peopleusebicyclesbecausetheyarethecheapestwaytogetaround.Insomeanothercountries,peopleusethempartlybecauseoftheirlowcost,butmainlybecausetheypreferthisformoftransportthananyother.ItissaidthatthebicyclewasinventedinFrancein1790.butnotclearinformationsupportsthis.