2006年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初赛高二组试题

笔试部分(共七大题，计120分)

I. 选择填空(Vocabulary and structure) (共15小题；每小题1分，计15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。(答案涂在答题纸上) 31. I think we should organise ________ little dinner to celebrate ________ event. A. /; an B. the; the C. a; / D. a; the

32. I phoned her ________ day, but she refused to tell me ________ . A. another; nothing B. another; everything C. other; something D. the other; anything 33. —What's the matter? ________ ?

—Yes, my mother ________ seriously ill since yesterday.

A. Have you wept; get B. You've been crying, haven't you; has been C. Did you weep; got D. Are you crying; had been

34. An American Indian legend says that trees hold up the sky, and if they ________ , ________ will be a disaster. A. are cut off; it B. will be cut down; it C. are cut down; there D. will cut off; there

35. I can't help ________ at his meanness. He again decided against ________ his old aunt. A. surprising; to save B. being surprised; helping

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C. to be surprised; saving D. to surprise; to help

36. —How ________ he have got into an accident? He is such a careful driver. —But other drivers are not. Somebody ________ into his car. A. can; may have run B. may; should have crashed C. must; must have crashed D. might; can have run

37. Between 1950 and 1990, the world population doubled to 5.3 ________ . Nearly eighty ________ of these people live in developing, or poorer nations. A. billion; percent B. billion; percentage C. billions; percents D. billions; percent

38. If Janet ________ half an hour earlier, she ________ to see Kevin before he left. He was eager to say good-bye to her.

A. has arrived; would be able B. would leave; was able C. have started; would have been able D. had come; would have been able 39. —Good morning. May I help you? —No, thank you. I'm just looking around. — ________

A. Thanks for coming to see me. B. How are you feeling today?

C. I'll write you a cheque right now. D. Take your time then.

40. ________ that her fifteen-year-old son disappeared while walking home from school, she suddenly burst ________ tears.

A. Being heard; out B. Having been told; into C. To tell; away D. Seen; out

41. He was a ________ person in the neighbourhood. The people thought there was not a man alive who could do everything half as ________ as he did. A. highly respecting; more B. high respected; fast C. highly respected; well D. highest respected; better

42. Gary was extremely busy with his work last week. Not until ________ very

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dark ________ his work and go home. A. was it; he started B. it was; did he stop C. was it; did he start D. it was; he stopped

43. It's a family of three children, ________ are ________ the Internet. A. all of them; fond of B. both who; made up of C. all of whom; addicted to D. all which; satisfied with 44. —Are you ready to order? —I'm kind of in a hurry. ________

A. What can you serve quickly? B. What had happened? C. I hope you're not displeased with her. D. There will be a lot of food.

45. I did not accept the job. ________ I'm unwilling to do the job, ________ I'm unequal to it.

A. However; as B. Not that; but C. Although; so D. Not for; though

II. 阅读理解(Reading comprehension) (共20小题；选择题5小题，每小题1分，非选择题15小题，每小题2分，计35分)

A)选择题：阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。(答案涂在答题纸上)

Can you understand the beginning of this essay?

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“My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2go2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & 3 kds FTF.” The Scottish teacher who received it in class had no idea what the girl who wrote it meant. The essay was written in a form of English used in cell phone text messages. Text messages (also called SMS) through cell phones became very popular in the late 1990s. At first, mobile phone companies thought that text messaging would be a good way to send messages to customers, but customers quickly began to use the text messaging service to send messages to each other. Teenagers in particular enjoyed using text messaging, and they began to create a new language for messages called “texting.”

A text message is limited to 160 characters, including letters, spaces, and numbers, so mess- ages must be kept short. In addition, typing on the small keypad of a cell phone is difficult, so it's common to make words shorter. In texting, a single letter or number can represent a word, like “r” for “are,” “u” for “you,” and “2” for “to.” Several letters can also represent a phrase, like “lol” for “laughing out loud.” Another characteristic of texting is the leaving out of letters in a word, like spelling “please” as “pls.”

Some parents and teachers worry that texting will make children bad spellers and bad writers. The student who wrote the essay at the top of this page said writing that way was more comfortable for her. (The essay said, “My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before,

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