全国中学生英语能力竞赛初三年级组试题及答案

2020年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)初三年级组试题

(总分：150分钟 答题时刻：120分钟)

听力部份(共四大题，计30分)(略)

笔试部份(共九大题，计120分)

le-choice(选择填空)(共15小题；每题1分，计15分)

Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.

Choose the answer that best completes the sentence.(从A，B，C，D四个选项当选出能够填入空白处的最正确选项。)

cakes ____ delicious! Can I have ____ one?

；another ；another

g；other ；others

boy, ____ father is a footballer, is very good at sports.

's

are many foreign students in this university, ____ 24 Japanese ones.

ing ed es e

found ____ very difficult ____ learn math well.

；for B./；go ；for ；to

doctor told my uncle to ____ drinking so much wine if he wanted to be

healthier.

up up up up

you know ____ this time yesterday?

she is cooking is she cooking

she was cooking was she cooking

37.I don't think teenagers should get their ears pierced, ____?

I 't I they n't they

were late for school last Wednesday ____ the heavy rain.

e of e

39.--Don't worry. Your brother is coming to help you.

--____ he doesn't come and I am here alone?

about if not about

went swimming with his parents yesterday afternoon. ____.

did Mary Mary does Mary was Mary did

41.--Which do you prefer, English ____ French?

--I prefer English ____ French.

；to ；to ；than ；than

42.--Look at the old lady in red. Is that Mrs Lee?

--No, it ____ be her. She has gone to Canada.

't 't

43.--What did your friend say to you the day before yesterday?

--She asked me ____ anyone her secret.

tell not to tell 't tell tell

44.--How was your holiday, Ann?

--____ It rained all the time and I had to stay inside.

! ful! ng! !

45.--Do you mind my smoking here?

--____ Can't you see the “No Smoking”sign?

A.I'm afraid you can't. course not.

at all. doesn't matter.

g comprehension(阅读明白得)(共20小题；选择题5小题，每题1分；非选择题15小题，每题2分，计35分)

A)Read the following passage which is followed by five questions. For each

question, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one that fits

best according to the passage.(阅读下面的短文，依照短文内容从每题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最正确答案。)

Mike Bing and his wife Lynn were very hungry. A waitress with short,curly hair

came to their table. Mike asked her for a cup of tea. A few minutes later, the

waitress with short, curly hair came back, but she did not have Mike's tea. She said

to Mike and Lynn,“Do you want something to drink?”Again, Mike asked for a

cup of tea. Suddenly, two waitresses came back to the table. They both had a cup

of tea for Mike. And they hoth had short, curly hair. In fact, they looked exactly the

same. Mike was confused. What happened? Mike and Lynn were at Twins

Restaurant in New York City.

Lisa and Debbie Ganz are the owners of Twins Restaurant. The two women are

identical twins. In fact, all the people who work at Twins Restaurant are twins.

Thirty-seven sets of twins work there, and each set wears the same clothes.

Sometimes customers like Mike and Lynn Bing get confused, but the restaurant

is a lot of fun. Everything at Twins Restaurant is double. For example, there are

two doorknobs on each door.

The Ganz sisters are always happy when twins come into the restaurant to eat.

The twin guests sign their names in a special book. Then the twins can have a

photo taken with the Ganz sisters. Usually the Ganz sisters put these pictures on

the walls, so there are a lot of pictures of twins on the walls of the restaurant. There

are pictures on the walls of famous twins, too. However Twins Restaurant is not

only for twins, but also for people like Mike and Lynn Bing. But it's double the fun

for twins!

were Mr and Mrs Bing?

a special club in Paris.

a special cafe in London.

a special restaurant in New York.

a special supermarket in Sydney.

was Mike confused?

e the first girl was impolite and not helpful.

e the two girls looked exactly the same.

e the two girls both had long, curly hair.

e the second girl brought him a cup of coffee.

is the meaning in Chinese of the underlined word“identical”?

A.富有的 B.完全不同的 C.友好的 D.完全相同的

are the Ganz sisters?

are the owners of a restaurant.

are the visitors to New York City.

are local newspaper reporters.

are both famous photographers.

guests can have a chance to sign their names and ____.

a cup of tea for free

pictures of famous twins

a photo taken with the Ganz sisters

a prize of 1,000 dollars

B)Read the following three passages and follow the instructions for each

section.(阅读下面的三篇短文，然后按短文后的要求完成所给出的题目。)

A

Do you send messages on your cellphone? Do you email your friends? Do you

chat on the Internet? Then you are part of the language revolution. Computers

and technology are changing the language. When people type on the computer

or send cellphone messages, they usually want to do it quickly.

An email is electronic mail. You send it to people from a computer. Emails

don't have a long history. The world lived without emails for a very long time.

People used faxes or the post office to send letters. Now, we can send emails, and

things are much faster. We all need emails because they are easy, and almost

everyone has access to the Internet.

Since people send emails, they don't write any more. Regular mail is slower

than email, and people call it “snail mail”. A snail is a very slow creature, and

regular mail is slow, too. People don't write letters any more, and it is sad. People

like to receive letters because it shows the time and care of the letter writer. It is

nice to receive a kind letter from a friend. You can keep letters in a pretty box and

read them again later. You can also keep emails, but must people just erase them.

Also, people don't try to write well in emails. They just write short messages.

Emails are helpful, but we miss old-fashioned letters too.

Questions 51-55: Fill in the blanks using suitable words according to the

passage above. Use only one word for each blank.

Emails are a kind of computer mails, which don't have a long (51)____. Emails

are (52)____ and (53)____ than regular mails, which are called“snail mails”. But

emails are not as nice to receive as regular mails. People don't write them (54)____,

and they usually don't (55)____ their emails. Emails are not as special as

old-fashioned letters.

B

Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances?

Captain Goodfellow wants children to join in these activities at they City Theater

on Saturday morning, free.

Movies at the Museum Theater

Two European movies will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum

Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be shown at 3:45. For further

information, call 4987898.

International Picnic

Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on

Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive.

Noon to 5:00 pm.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

It's November 7, and Saturday night(7:00-9:00)is your last chance to see The Red

Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold, so don't forget to take

sweaters and jackets.

Do You Want to Hear“The Zoo”

“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert

this Saturday night, at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College.

Questions 56-60: Complete the statements or answer the following questions

according to the information above.

Saturday morning, children can enjoy interesting stories, funny games

and exciting dances at ____ without paying any money.

the Museum Theater, children can watch ____.

will the food at International Picnic be like?

can you see The Red Birds for the last time?

is“The Zoo”?

C

Reading is a very important skill. Reading is also an excellent way to improve

your English. However, to make sure what you read isn't too difficult, it's

important to know what makes texts difficult and how you can improve your

understanding of them. Here are some suggestions:

tand the purpose of your reading. The way you read something

depends very much on your reasons for reading it. The kind of reading you do in

class or for your homework is different from how you read a novel for pleasure in

the summer holidays.

background information. Find something out about the topic you are

going to read. (61)The more background information you have, the easier it'll be

to understand the text. You can get this background information in your own

language.

se your vocabulary. Of course, reading itself is an excellent way to

improve your vocabulary, but there are many other things you can do. The more

vocabulary you have, the easier your reading will be.

your dictionary correctly. (62)A common mistake is to read everything

very slowly and carefully, looking up each unknown word. Sometimes this is

necessary, for example, when reading exam questions. However, it takes a long

time and can be very boring；it can even make understanding more difficult!

If you've followed the above advice and still can't understand a text, then it's

simply too hard for your. Stop reading and ask someone to help you. Nobody likes

to give up, but you'll just be wasting your time if you continue to work at a text

that's beyond you.

Questions 61-62: Translate the underlined sentences into Chinese.

Questions 63-65: Answer the following questions.

are the above four suggestions about?

can you get background information according to the passage?

is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary?

(完形填空)(共15小题；每题1分，计15分)

A)Read the passage below, and fill in the blanks with suitable forms of 10

words or phrases out of the 12 given according to the context. (阅读下面的短文，依照其内容从所给的12个单词或短语当选择10个，并用其适当的形式填空。)

say, do, interest, good, lend, science, angrily, talk, be, play, borrow, happy

My Black lived in a village before he became a famous lawyer. He remembers

how hard his life was when he studied in college and his parents had to (66)____ a

lot of money for him. He works hard now and tries to make as much money as

possible.

He lives in a beautiful house with his family, and his son Richard (67)____ clever.

He loves his son very much and sends him to the (68)____ school in the city. He

wants Richard to live a happy life and he buys anything the boy wants. He also

hopes that his son will become a great(69)____.

He doesn't know that Richard hates studying and spends a lot of time (70)____

games. Now he's (71)____ in fishing and sometimes misses classes, so he failed all

his last exams. Miss Brown, his headteacher, has told him not (72)____ this, but he

doesn't listen to her. She became (73)____ when he was late again one afternoon.

“I'll visit your father tomorrow evening, Richard,”(74)_____ Miss Brown,“I'll tell

him he needs to find a good way to educate you!”

“You had better not (75)____ to him, madam,”answered Richard,“Or you'll

have to pay for a consultation(咨询)!”

B)Read the passage below, and complete it by filling in the missing words.(阅读下面的短文，依照其内容填入所缺单词。)

How far do you think you can run? How (76)____ 3,000 miles? Does that seem

impossible? It's not. Terry Fox proved that in 1980. Terry wanted to raise money for

cancer research. He lost his right leg to cancer in 1977. In 1979, Terry decided to

run across Canada to raise money (77)____ cancer. It seemed impossible. Terry had

and artificial leg, and it was very painful to run on.

He started (78)____ April 12, 1980. For months, he endured the pain and

continued running. As he moved across the country, news of his plan spread. Sadly,

Terry never finished his run. He had to stop on September 1, 1980 after 3,339

miles. He had cancer in his lungs then. Terry died (79)____ June of the next year, but

he was a success in many ways. Terry raised over 360 million dollars for cancer

research.

Terry was (80)____ hero to those with cancer.

ce pattern transformation(句式转换)(共5小题；每题1分，计5分)

Transform the following sentences as required.(按要求转换以下各句。)

Green bought a digital camera yesterday.(改成一样疑问句)

____ Mrs Green ____ a digital camera yesterday?

didn't know what he should do at that time.(改成同义句)

He didn't know ____ ____ do at that time.

rained yesterday, so I stayed at home.(用because改写)

I stayed at home yesterday ____ ____ rained.

84.A Canadan doctor invented basketball.(改成被动句)

Basketball ____ ____ by a Canadian doctor.

n was the doctor's name. He lived in Paris three years ago.(改成含定语从句的复合句)

The doctor, ____ ____ was Johnson, lived in Paris three years ago.

ation(翻译)(共5小题；每题2分，计10分)

Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in

brackets.(依照所给提示词语，将以下汉语句子翻译成英语。)

86.这把刀能用来切西瓜吗？(be used for)

__________________________________

87.请务必告知我关于他的一切。(be sure to)

__________________________________

88.我相信我自己能做出这道题。(work out)

__________________________________

89.她常常在语法上犯错。(make mistakes)

__________________________________

90.使我吃惊的是，昨天他又一次迟到了。(to one's surprise)

__________________________________

correction(改错)(共5小题；每题1分，计5分)

Read the following passage. Write “√”if the underlined part is right, or correct

it if it is wrong.(阅读下面短文，若是划线部份正确，写“√”；若是有错误，请在后面的横线上更正。)

One afternoon I walked up the street behind our hotel.

Suddenly there was an big eg: a

brown dog in the front of me. It looked at me with angry

yellow eyes and I began 91._____

to get nervous. Then an Italy girl came down the street.

“It's OK,”she said to me. 92._____

She shouted some word in Italian, and the dog went away.

The girl's name was Chiara, 93._____

and after this was become good friends. That was six years

ago, but I still write 94._____

to Chiara and our friendship is very important to me. 95._____

ue completion(补全对话)(共5小题；每题1分，计5分)

Read the following dialogue. Complete it by filling in the blanks with five

sentences out of the seven given according to the context. (阅读下面的对话，依照对话内容从所给的7个句子当选出5个，补全下面的对话。)

A: (96)____

B: Yes, please. Could you tell me the time of the next train to London, please?

A: London? Let me see …(97)____

B: Oh good! What time does it arrive?

A: (98)____

B: That's fine. (99)____

A: No. 24. (100)____

B: I see. Well, thank you very much.

A: You're welcome.

A. Yes, there's one leaving in about an hour, at 14:40.

B. What would you like to drink?

C. Can I help you?

D. Twelve minutes past eight tomorrow morning.

E. You can get off the bus anytime you like.

F. What's the number of the train?

G. You can get on the train at Platform Four.

(智力测试)(共5小题；每题1分，计5分)

Answer the following questions.(回答以下问题。)

two years I will be four times older than my brother is now. My brother

is five years now. How old will I be when I am twice as old as my brother?

is the missing circle, A, B, C, D, or E?

number should replace(代替) the “?”?

3, 6, 18, 72, 360, ?

day is two days before the day after the day three days after the

day before Tuesday?

picture is different from the others?

g(写作)(共2小题；A题总分值10分；B题总分值15分，计25分)

要求：1.依照所提供的内容，适当拓展想象空间，灵活地将提供的信息体此刻文章中；2.层次清楚，语句通顺，标点正确，书写清楚、标准；3.不得少于规定的词数。

A)Suppose your classmate Jack sent you an email asking for help. However,

you have to look after your sick mother so you ask Wang Lei to help Jack instead.

Please write back to him an email telling him this. (50-70 words)

From Jack234@popmail

To: limingstu@yahoo

Subject: Help!

Hi Li Ming!

I have got a bad cold. I can't go to school today and tomorrow. Can you

help me

with my Chinese if you have time? Thank you!

Jack

From limingstu@yahoo

To: Jack234@popmail

Subject: RE:Help!

Hi Jack!

Li Ming

B)Nowadays, some teenagers enjoy going out with their friends after school

and on weekends. Some teachers and pareents don't like teenagers doing this,

because they believe it will interfere (干扰) with their school work or studies.

What do you think? Should teenagers go out with their friends after school

and on weekends? Why or why not? Write an article giving your own

opinion.(70-90 words)

参考答案

听力部份(略)

笔试部份

le-choice(选择填空)

31-35 BCADC 36-40 CCABA 41-45 ACBDA

g comprehension(阅读明白得)

A)46-50 CBDAC

B)y lly/well /save

City Theater European movies/Broken Window and The

Workers

ous and not expensive.

7:00-9:00 on Saturday night, November 7.

is a popular rock group from Australia.

61.你了解到背景资料越多，(你会发觉)课文就变得容易明白得些。

62.一种常见的错误(做法)确实是不管读什么都很慢很细致，一碰到不熟悉的生词就查词典。

are about knowing what makes texts difficult and how you can

improve your understanding of them.

finding something out about the topic (in your own language).

g itself.

(完形填空)

A) ist

sted

do

B) 80.a

ce pattern transformation(句式转换)

；buy to e it invented

name

ation(翻译)

this knife be used for cutting watermelons?

be sure to tell me everything about him.

88.I believe that I can work out this problem myself.

often makes mistakes in grammar.

my surprise, he was late again yesterday.

correction(改错)

front of n 95.√

ue completion(补全对话)

96-100 CADFG

(智力测试)

101.26 102.E 103.2160 day 105.C

g(写作)

A)One possible version:

Hi Jack!

g

I'm very sorry to hear that you are ill, and also sorry that I can't come and help

you with your Chinese, because I have to look after my sick mother. But please

don't worry about it, I have asked Wang Lei to go to your house to help you

instead. I'm sure he will do a better job than I.

Li Ming

B)One possible version:

In my opinion, teenagers should have a rest after school and on weekends.

We should be allowed to go out with our classmates or friends to enjoy ourselves

and relax well, and also have life experience outside of school. Some life

experiences are more important than the lessons in school.

However, before we go out to relax, we should finish all our homework and

should also let our parents know we are safe and we won't allow these activities to

interfere with our school work.