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1、2005年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)高一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（Vocabulary and structure）（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。（每题1分） 31. Im thinking of hiring a teacher for my son. You see, he isnt able to _ the rest of his class. A. get on B
2、. keep up with C. keep in touch with D. go on 32. Must I come to your office to get my paper topic? No, you _. I can telephone you. A. mustnt B. couldnt C. shouldnt D. dont have to 33. _ they will send us invitation is not yet known, but we hope they will. A. If B. That C. Whether D. When 34. I agre
3、e with most of what you said, but I dont agree with _. A. everything B. anything C. something D. nothing 35. Peter asked Tom whether the teacher _ five minutes _. A. was here; ago B. has been there; before C. had been there; ago D. had been there; before 36. It is _ fun to go to _ cinema. A. a; the
4、B. a; 不填 C. 不填; 不填 D. 不填; the 37. Mr. Brown returned to his office after a holiday, only _ broken into. A. to find it had been B. to find it had C. finding it had been D. finding it was 38. Anyway, that evening, _ Ill tell you more about later, I ended up staying at Rachels place. A. when B. where C
5、. which D. what 39. Excuse me _ for so long. It doesnt matter. A. to keep you waiting B. for having kept you waiting C. for keeping you to wait D. of keeping you to wait 40. Bill, you dont look well. Whats the matter? Oh. _. Im just tired. Ive been working until around ten every night this week. A.
6、Theres nothing serious B. Something is wrong with me C. Its none of your business D. That sounds great 41. Mr. Lius wife was hurt in the traffic accident yesterday afternoon. _ A. I dont think so. B. Im interested in such news. C. She must be more careful. D. What a pity!Is she OK now? 42. _ of the
7、land in that district _ covered with trees and grass. A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are 43. Was _ Bill, _ played basketball very well, _ helped you repair your bike? A. that; that; who B. it; that; that C. this; who; who D. it; who; that 44. When I returned to m
8、y childhood home, I was distressed to find all the apple trees _. A. were cut down B. had been cut down C. to cut down D. being cut down 45. If I had _, Id visit Europe, stopping at all the small interesting places. A. a long enough holiday B. an enough long holiday C. a holiday enough long D. a lon
9、g holiday enough 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。（每题1分） 46. Most people have thirty-two _ by the time they are twenty-five years old. A. neighbours B. pets C. teeth D. friends 47. Its easy enough to keep that many teeth clean, because people usually _ time to brush them, most often two
10、or three times a day. A. set aside B. set at C. set about D. set in 48. Can you imagine, though, what it would be like to_ about eight hundred times that many teeth? A. watch B. smell C. touch D. brush 49. Some snails actually have as many as _ thousand teeth! A. thirty-two B. eighteen C. twenty-fiv
11、e D. forty 50. Its just _ that snails dont have to bother about brushing them. A. unfortunate B. lucky C. disappointing D. helpless II 阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共20小题，计35分） A）阅读下列短文，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。（每题1分） A The first organized system that was used to send messages began in Egyp
12、t around 1500 B.C. This system developed because the pharaohs (法老王) frequently needed to send messages up and down the Nile River in order to keep their empire running smoothly. Later, the Persians (波斯人) developed a more efficient system for sending messages using men and horses. Message carriers ro
13、de along the road system stretching from one end of the Persian Empire to the other. The problem with early systems for sending messages was that only the government was allowed to send messages. Businesses and other people had to find their own ways for delivering messages to distant places. Later,
14、 with the fall of the Roman Empire, organized postal systems almost completely disappeared in Europe for 600 years. In China, however, Kublai Khan had built up his own system for delivering messages. This system worked in the same basic way as the Roman system. The difference was that Kublai Khan kept 300,000 horses along the roads of his delivery lines. It wasnt until the 1500s that a well-organized postal system appeared again in Europe. One family gained the right to deliver mail for the Holy Roman Empire and parts of Spain. This family
