全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)高三年级组样题

2005年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)高三年级组样题全国中学生英语能力竞赛组委会办公室提供（时间：120分钟总分：150分）听力部分（共三大题，计30分）（略）笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）I.选择填空(Vocabularyandstructure)(共20小题，计20分)A)从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。31._________isafactthatEnglishisbeingacceptedasagloballanguage.A.ThisB.ThatC.ThereD.It32.—Areyoustillbusy?—Yes,I_________mywork,anditwon'ttakelong.A.havejustfinishedB.amjustfinishingC.hadjustfinishedD.amjustgoingtofinish33.Perseveranceisakindofquality,andthat's_________ittakestodoanythingwell.A.whatB.whyC.thatD.as34.—Whatdoyouthinkofyourboss?—Seldominallmylife_________sucha_________person.A.Ihavemet;determiningB.Imet;determiningC.haveImet;determinedD.didImeet;determined35.—DoyouknowwhereJoeis?Icouldn'tfindhimanywhere.—Well.He_________havegonefar—hiscoatisstillhere.A.shouldn'tB.mustn'tC.wouldn'tD.can't36.Themother,alongwithhertwochildren,_________fromthesinkingaircraftbyapassingship.A.hasbeenrescuedB.havebeensavedC.hassavedD.haverescued37.Manypeoplewouldratherridebicycles,asbicycleridinghas_________ofthetroubleoftakingbuses.A.nothingB.noneC.someD.any38.—I'mafraidMr.Woodcan'tseeyouuntil4o'clock.—Oh,_________Iwon'twait.A.nodoubtB.afterallC.inthatcaseD.inthisway39.Thankyouforsendingus_________freshvegetablesofmanykinds.Youhavedoneus_________greatservice.A.不填；aB.the;aC.不填；不填D.the;不填40.Mr.Leeneversaidthathehatedschoolwhenhewasachild,_________?A.didheB.wouldheC.didn'theD.wasn'the41.WiththedevelopmentoftheInternet,_________communicationisdonebyregularmail.A.moreB.littleC.muchD.less42.—Englishhasalargevocabulary,hasn'tit?—Yes,_________morewordsandexpressionsandyouwillfinditeasiertoreadandcommunicate.A.knowingB.toknowC.knowD.havingknown43.—What'sthematter?Youreallylookdown.—_________—Well,betterlucknexttime.A.Why,Ialwayslookuptoyou.B.Ifailedanimportanttest.C.Ihaveabadcold.D.Me?Ineverlookdownuponanybody.44.—Youbrokemyglasses.—_________Isteppedonthembyaccident.—It'sallright.Don'tworry.A.Ididn'tmeanto.B.Iforgot.C.Youshouldbelieveme.D.You'vegotmeallwrong.45.—CanIleaveschoolearly?—_________—Ihaveaterribleheadache.A.Youshouldseeadoctor.B.I'mrelievedtohearthat.C.What'swrongwithyou?D.IhavetosayIcan.B)下列5题中的句子可以组成一篇小短文，请从所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。46.ThelifeofBeethovenisthelifeofagreatartistwhowasalsoagreatman.Hisgenius_________thelanguageofmusic,A.limitedB.enlargedC.createdD.expressed47.forhiscompositionsspeaktotheworldofthestruggles,aspirationsandtriumphsofthe_________.A.soulB.musicC.imaginationD.works48.Theyaredeeply_________andexpressthefeelingsofallhumanityintheirbeauty.A.excitingB.interestingC.pleasantD.emotional49.Peoplerespecthimforhisgreatgeniusandlovehimforthegoodnessandpurityof_________soul.A.one'sB.theirC.hisD.its50.Throughgriefandmisfortunehebravelyfoughtalifelongbattlewithfateinordertobeworthy_________hishighideals.A.forB.ofC.withD.againstII.阅读理解(Readingcomprehension)（共20小题，计35分）A)阅读下面的短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。（5分，每小题1分）AEveryonehasachildhoodfullofdreams.Lookingbackonmychildhood,Iamconvincedthatnaturalistsarebornandnotmade.Althoughwewereallbroughtupinthesameway,mybrothersandsisterssoonabandonedtheirpressedflowersandinsects.Unlikethem,Ihadnoearformusicandlanguages.IwasnotanearlyreaderandIcouldnotdomentalarithmetic.BeforeWorldWarI,wespentoursummerholidaysinHungary.Ihaveonlythedimmemoryofthehousewelivedin,ofmyroomandmytoys.NordoIrecallclearlythelargefamilyofgrandparents,aunts,unclesandcousinswhogatherednextdoor.ButIdohaveaclearmemoryofthedogs,thefarmanimals,thelocalbirds,andaboveall,theinsects.Iamanaturalist,notascientist.Ihaveastrongloveofthenaturalworldandmyenthusiasmhadledmeintovariedinvestigations.Ilovediscussingmyfavoritetopicsandenjoyburningthemidnightoilreadingaboutotherpeople'sobservationsanddiscoveries.Thensomethinghappens,thatbringstheseobservationstogetherinmyconsciousmind.Suddenlyyoufancyyouseetheanswertotheriddle,becauseitallseemstofittogether.Thishasresultedinmypublishing300papersandbooks,whichsomemighthonorwiththetitleofscientificresearch.Butcuriosity,akeeneye,agoodmemoryandenjoymentoftheanimalandplantworlddonotmakeascientist:oneoftheoutstandingandessentialqualitiesrequiredisself-discipline,aqualityIlack.Ascientist,uptopoint,canbemade.Anaturalistisborn.Ifyoucancombinethetwo,yougetthebestofbothworlds.51.Thefirstparagraphtellsustheauthor__________.A.wasinterestedinflowersandinsectsinhischild-hoodB.losthishearingwhenhewasachildC.didn'tlikehisbrothersandsistersD.wasborntoanaturalist'sfamily52.Theauthorcan'trememberhisrelativesclearlybecause__________.A.hedidn'tliveverylongwiththemB.thefamilywasextremelylargeC.hewastooyoungwhenhelivedwiththemD.hewasfullyoccupiedwithobservingnature53.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethattheauthorwas__________.A.ascientistaswellasanaturalistB.anaturalistbutnotascientistC.nomorethanabornnaturalistD.firstofallascientist54.Theauthorsaysthatheisanaturalistratherthanascientistprobablybecausehethinkshe__________.A.hasagreatdealoftroubledoingmentalarithmeticB.lackssomeofthequalitiesrequiredofascientistC.justreadsaboutotherpeople'sobservationsanddiscoveriesD.comesupwithsolutionsinamostnaturalway55.Accordin