2023年全国中学生英语能力竞赛NEPCS初赛高二年级组试题

2023年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)预赛高二年级组试题
（总分：150分答题时间：120分钟）
听力部分（共三大题，计30分）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。

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31. —Do you know Mr. Smith?
—Yes. He's a strange man. We found ________ difficult to work with him.
A. us
B. it
C. him
D. you
32. They ________ the distance and the communication problem for people visiting their city.
A. drew attention to
B. used up
C. washed away
D. dreamed of
33. —You were driving at 100 km an hour, sir.
—But officer, I ________. My car can't go more than 80.
A. may not have to
B. couldn't have been
C. wouldn't like to
D. needn't to be
34. His money had not brought happiness and perhaps it had contributed________ his strange sense of values.
A. up
B. for
C. as
D. to
35. ________ their service, the workers of the hotel are active in learning English.
A. Searching
B. Informed
C. To improve
D. Having caused
36. Every morning at a ________ time after breakfast she gave him an hour's lesson.
A. busy
B. patient
C. convenient
D. present
37. It was not until last year ________ he got in touch with his father in Canada. A.
where B. what C. how D. that
38. I kept looking at the man wearing a pair of glasses, wondering ________.
A. whether did I borrow his book
B. where I had seen him before
C. what I knew his wife
D. when had I helped him
39. The item you requested yesterday is no longer available and ________ we are returning your cheque.
A. therefore
B. altogether
C. otherwise
D. moreover
40. —When did the story happen?
—It happened in ________ spring of ________ 1937.
A. the; the
B. a; the
C. the; 不填
D. 不填；不填
41. —May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five o'clock tonight?
—I'm sorry. He ________ gone to a party long before then.
A. had
B. is
C. will have
D. has
42. I've got a lot of books, ________ are written in foreign languages.
A. and most of which
B. some of which
C. some of them
D. most of these
43. —How are you getting on with your book?
—I have finished a large part of it; the rest of it ________ more difficult.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
44. —I have to be at the office by noon tomorrow. My co-workers are taking me out for a final good-bye lunch.
— ________ Where are you going to eat?
—I don't know. They want to treat me.
A. I don't know.
B. How nice!
C. It's my pleasure.
D. It's none of my business.
45. —When you finish that report, here are all the files for the next one we need to complete, by tomorrow
evening.
— ________ Can't you extend the deadline? I've got a headache and I've hardly slept all week.
—I'll see what I can do, but take some aspirin and keep working.
A. I'm not even halfway through this first one!
B. It looks like it went through just fine.
C. Oh, I'm sure I can help you do that.
D. What do you want to discuss?
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。

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46. Faraday made the ________ electric motor in 1821. It was an invention that used electricity to produce movement.
A. obvious
B. social
C. mad
D. first
47. In 1831, Faraday discovered that electricity moves through a wire ________ a magnet（磁铁） is moved near the wire.
A. where
B. so
C. when
D. but
48. He used this discovery to ________ a machine for making electricity. Faraday also showed how electricity affects chemical ubstances.
A. debate
B. reflect
C. match
D. produce
49. Faraday gave ________ most of his money to the poor. When he grew old, he did not have enough money left to live on.
A. on
B. away
C. by
D. of
50. Queen Victoria rewarded him for his ________ by giving him money and a house. He died in 1867.
A. discoveries
B. introductions
C. books
D. definitions
II. 阅读理解（Reading comprehension）（共20小题，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或完毕所给句子的最佳答案。

（答案涂在答题纸上） A
Most people think that the capital of the movie world is
Hollywood, in the United States. However, the real movie
capital is Mumbai, in India. Mumbai used to be known as
Bombay, and so the film industry there is called “Bollywood”.
Bollywood makes twice as many movies each year as
Hollywood—more than 800 films a year.
The movies from Bollywood are very different from
Hollywood movies. For one thing, Bollywood movies are
much longer than most Hollywood movies. Most Bollywood
movies are more than three hours long, and contain singing,
dancing, action, adventure, mystery, and romance. Because
Bollywood films contain so many different features, this style
of film i s sometimes called a “masala” film. (“Masala” is an
Indian word for a mixture of spices. )
Another big difference between Bollywood and Hollywood
movies is the way the movies are made. It takes much longer
to make a movie in Hollywood than in Bollywood. In fact,
filming may begin on a Bollywood movie before the script is
even finished. The director and writers can make up the story
while the film is being made. Sometimes they will even write
the script by hand instead of taking time to type it.
Bollywood actors are very popular and some are in such high demand that they may work on several movies at the same time. They may even shoot scenes for several films on the same day using the same clothes and scenery (舞台布景）. Since most Bollywood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting scenes for several films at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors. This also helps keep the cost of Bollywood movies lower than the cost of Hollywood movies. The average Bollywood film, with a budget （预算） of only two million U.S. dollars, seems very cheap compared to the average budget of sixty million U.S. dollars for a Hollywood film—thirty times as much!
51. The main topic of the passage is ________.
A. famous stars in Bollywood
B. how Hollywood movies are made
C. the differences between two movie industries
D. the history of movie-making in India
52. What is NOT true about Mumbai?
A. It is the movie capital of India.
B. Its new name is Bombay.
C. More movies are made there than in Hollywood.
D. The film indust ry there is called “Bollywood”.
53. Why are Bollywood fil ms often called “masala” films?
A. They have interesting stories.
B. They are much longer than Hollywood films.
C. They show Indian culture.
D. They mix different styles of movies.
54. Bollywood movies are cheap to make because ________.
A. they are shorter than Hollywood films
B. the scripts are written by hand
C. the movies do not use any special effects
D. most movies reuse things from other movies
55. Which of these statements would the writer probably agree with?
A. Most Bollywood movies are very similar.
B. It takes a lot of money to make a good movie.
C. Only Indian people can understand Bollywood movies.
D. Hollywood movies are too violent.
B）非选择题：阅读下列短文，然后回答问题或完毕句子。

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B
Every afternoon in South Korea, when school and work
finish, over 100,000 people meet on the Internet to play a
game called Lineage. They meet in a virtual（虚拟的）world
500 years in the past. They form teams and fight for justice
and money. They are part of one of the Internet's many online
gaming communities. The people who play these games are
called gamers. Often they meet in 24-hour cafés to play
Lineage, as well as other games such as Diablo, StarCraft and
Counter Strike. Most gamers just play for fun, but for some
people, it can become an obsession （着迷）.
When gaming becomes an obsession it can become dangerous. In Hong Kong, a seventeen-year-old boy died as a result of playing his favourite game in the café where he worked. After working for eight hours, he often stayed at the café and played Diablo II. On some nights he slept for only two hours. In May 2023, he was found unconscious at a computer after playing all night. When he died later in hospital, doctors said it was because he was exhausted.
In Korea, the dangers can come from other gamers. In the virtual world of Lineage, gamers can create new characters for themselves. High school students can become very powerful fighters and leaders. They play against doctors, businessmen and even members of dangerous gangs. But sometimes things that happen in the game affect real life. Gamers have been beaten up in real life by people they have killed online!
56. How many people play Lineage when school and work are over every day in South Korea?
57. What do people do in the virtual world of Lineage?
58. The online games mentioned in the passage are ________.
59. What does the underlined word “exhausted” mean?
60. What does the passage mainly talk about?
C
注：appliance n. 器具； rebate n. 折扣
61. What is the address of Swanson Electric?
62. How much can you save if you buy two printers on February 5?
63. The refrigerator whose price is $400 will be sold for ________ on February 6.
64. If you want to buy some of the things in this advertisement and want to save money you must go there during ________.
65. What number should you call if you need directions to the store?
D
On May 7, 2023, Ronnie Biggs arrived in Britain for the first time in about thirty-five years. His return was the end of one of Britain's most famous crime stories, The Great Train Robbery. In 1963 Biggs was in a gang that stole ￡2.6 million from a train traveling between London and Glasgow. The gang was caught quickly, and Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail. Many people thought that the sentence was too harsh（严厉的）. Biggs also thought it was too harsh, so he decided to escape.
Biggs was sent to Wandsworth Prison, a maximum security jail. It had one very high wall to keep the prisoners in, and some guards to watch them. One afternoon in July 1965, Biggs was in the prison yard. He had been in jail for just fifteen months. A tall van（货车） stopped outside the jail, and a ladder was placed against the wall. Then a rope ladder was thrown over the wall into the prison yard. Biggs climbed up the rope ladder, jumped down into the van and escaped!
From that time on, Biggs lived on the run. After hiding in France, Spain and Australia, he finally settled in Brazil in 1970. He was a celebrity（名人） criminal. He appeared in rock videos and movies, and he sold souvenirs to tourists who came to see him. But he missed his home in Britain and, at the age of seventy-one, decided to go home. He was met at the airport by family, friends—and police.
66. Ronnie Biggs was sentenced to thirty years in jail because ________.
67. What kind of prison was Ronnie Biggs in?
68. The main idea of Paragraph 2 is ________.
69. How many countries had Ronnie Biggs been to after he escaped from Britain?
70. When was Ronnie Biggs born?
III. 完形填空（Cloze）(共15小题，计15分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从方框内选择适当的单词或短语填空。

方框内有多余的词或短语，每个词或短语限用一次。

（答案写在答题纸上）
found, may, of, led to, sometimes, rather than, mad, in fact, even if, different,
water, part, drink, as well as, natural, include, important, wherever
Many tourists nowadays walk around carrying plastic bottles of water, even in
cities. The bottles seem to have become an (71)________ fashion accessory（配
件）, and not only for tourists. (72)________, nowadays everyone seems to carry
a bottle of water with them (73)________ they go. This fashion for being seen
with bottled water, (74)________ called “designer water”, has (75)________ a
massive（大量的）increase in sales over the past few years. There are now so
many (76)________ brand names available in the shops that it is hard to choose.
But why do some people prefer their water from a bottle (77)________ a tap? To start with, water forms a very important (78)________ of a healthy lifestyle. We are now advised to (79)________ two litres of water daily, (80)________ eating large quantities of fruit and vegetables. Besides this, designer water offers the promise (81)________ purity.
It is advertised as clean and (82)________, while tap water (83)________ be viewed with suspicion （怀疑）.
But is there really any difference between bottled and tap (84)________? Surprisingly, in the USA it was (85)________ that bottled water was not always as pure as most ordinary tap water.
IV. 翻译（Translation）（共10小题，计10分）
A) 阅读下面短文，然后把划线处的句子译成汉语。

（答案写在答题纸上）
In order to make a good impression during a job interview, you need to prepare yourself for it.
(86) You should arrive in advance for the interview, so that you can give yourself a little time to relax before the interview begins.
The impression you make as you walk into the room is very important. (87) Try to find out if the
company or organization has rules about dress. Then try to dress according to their regulations.
You also need to plan what you are going to say. In some interviews you will have to do a lot of talking, and in others you will only have to answer a few questions about your education and experience.
(88) You need to have answers ready about yourself, your schoolwork, your strong points, your reasons for applying for the job, and the salary you expect.
You will also be allowed to ask some questions of your own. (89) The questions you ask will show the interviewer that you have given careful thought to the position. You can ask questions like these: (90) What duties will I have to perform in this position? Does the company provide health insurance? Does the company provide opportunities for further education?
B) 根据提醒把下列句子译成英语。

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91. 现代科学不仅仅是大量的信息。

（more than）
92. 事实是地球围绕太阳转，而不是太阳围绕地球转。

（the other way around）
93. 她建议我准时归还学校图书馆的图书。

（虚拟语气）
94. 我会遵守诺言，一到北京就给你写信。

（同位语从句）
95. 他发现很难集中注意一件事在五分钟以上。

（focus on）
V. 短文改错（Error correction）（共10小题，计10分）
此题规定改正所给短文中的错误。

对标有题号的每一行做出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

注意：原行没有错的不要改。

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I am watching televison a few nights ago when I saw something that 96. ________ it made me feel very upset. You see I recognized someone from my past. I 97. ________ nce worked in a restaurant who the boss treated his workers very badly. 98. ________
For example, when customers left us a tip he used keep it for himself. 99. ________
I realize that it is quite normal for bosses to get angry from time to 100. ________ time, but he used to get very angry so we did the smallest thing wrong. 101. ________ Almost waiters there only stayed about a month and several waitresses left 102. ________
after only one night. I hated attitude. I decided to leave after a week. 103. ________ So I was very surprised when I turned off my television last Saturday 104. ________ and saw him starring in a cookery programme. I couldn't see my eyes! 105. ________ VI. 智力测试（IQ）（共5小题，计5分）
回答下列问题。

（答案写在答题纸上）
106. What number should replace the question mark?
107. One letter in each word of a well-known saying has been changed. What is the saying?
TAPE TIE PULL MY TOE CORNS
108. What letter should replace the question mark?
109. Tom beats Joe at pool （落袋台球戏） but loses to Sue. Hilary usually wins against Joe, sometimes against Tom, but never against Sue. Who is the weakest player?
110.
is to as is to: ________ .
VII. 写作（Writing）（共2小题，计２5分）
A) Read the following passage, and then use your own words to give a brief summary of it in about
90 words.（10分）（答案写在答题纸上）
All thanks to the mobile phone
Dave Mill owes his life to his mobile phone. He
was trying to make history by walking to the North
Pole alone, without any help or support. But after
50 days of extremely bad weather, during which the
temperature dropped as low as minus 30°C, Dave
was forced to
abandon his attempt.
He had completed 185 miles of the 375-mile
journey and had suffered several mishaps（不幸事
故）. He had broken his sunglasses, been followed
by polar bears and fallen into freezing water twice.
Then, after making the decision to give up, he had
some more bad luck and found himself stranded
（处在困境的）on a floating piece of ice that was
slowly melting.
The weather was too bad for any rescue attempt to be made. Dave waited for three days, hoping that conditions would improve. But the rescue planes could not land because dense fog prevented them from seeing the surface of the ice. It was a race against time.
Then he remembered his mobile phone. He marked out a runway on the ice and took a photograph with his digital camera. Then he used his phone to e-mail it to the waiting air rescue team. Using the photograph to guide him, the pilot was able to land in spite of the weather, and Dave was lifted off the ice to safety.
B) You have seen the following advertisement in a young people's magazine.
Write your composition in about 120 words. （15分）（答案写在答题纸上）
2023年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)预赛高二年级组试题参考答案
听力部分(共三大题，计3０分)
I．句子理解（Sentences）
1—5 ACBCD 6—10 BDCBA
II．对话理解（Dialogues）
11—15 BCCCA 16—20 ADDAB
III．短文理解（Passages）
21—25 ACADB 26—30 BCDDA
笔试部分(共七大题，计120分)
I. 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure）
31—35 BABDC 36—40 CDBAC 41—45 CBABA 46—50 DCDBA
II．阅读理解（Reading comprehension）
51—55 CBDDA
56. Over 100,000.
57. They form teams and fight for justice and money.
58. Lineage, Diablo, StarCraft and Counter Strike
59. Tired out / Very tired.
60. Computer games.
61. 1123 Garden Street.
62. $40.
63. $340
64. February 3—10
65. 301-721-2121.
66. he and his gang stole ￡2.6 million from a train traveling between London and Glasgow
67. It was a maximum security jail which had one very high wall to keep the prisoners in and some guards to watch them.
68. Ronnie Biggs's escape from jail
69. Four.
70. In 1930.
III. 完形填空（Cloze）
71. important 72. In fact 73. wherever 74. sometimes 75. led to 76. different 77. rather than 78. part 79. drink 80. as well as 81. of 82. natural 83. may 84. water 85. found
IV. 翻译（Translation）
A) 86. 你应当提前到达面试地点，以便在面试开始前有点儿时间来放松一下自己。

87. 设法弄清楚这家公司或机构在服饰方面是否有什么规定。

88. 对于你自己、你的学业、你的长处、你申请这项工作的理由以及你盼望的薪水，你都需要准备好现成的答案。

89. 你所提出的问题会向主持面试者表白，你对那个职位已经通过深思熟虑。

90. 我在这个职位上得承担什么职责？公司是否提供健康保险？公司是否提供进一步深造的机会？
B) 91. Modern science is more than a large amount of information.
92. It's a fact that the earth moves around the sun, not the other way around.
93. She advised that I (should) return the books to the school library on time.
94. I will keep my promise that I will write to you as soon as I get to Beijing.
95. He found it hard to focus on one thing for longer than five minutes.
V. 短文改错（Error correction）
I am watching televison a few nights ago when I saw something that 96. was
it made me feel very upset. You see I recognized someone from my past. I 97. it
once worked in a restaurant who the boss treated his workers very badly. 98. where
For example, when customers left us a tip he used ∧ keep it for himself. 99. to
I realize that it is quite normal for bosses to get angry from time to 100. √
time, but he used to get very angry so we did the smallest thing wrong. 101. if
Almost waiters there only stayed about a month and several waitresses left 102. Most
after only one night. I hated ∧ attitude. I decided to leave after a week. 103. his
So I was very surprised when I turned off my television last Saturday 104. on
and saw him starring in a cookery programme. I couldn't see my eyes! 105. believe
VI. 智力测试（IQ）
106. 30. (7×4+2=30)
107. Take the bull by the horns.
108. O. (Opposite letters are the same number of letters from the beginning and end of the alphabet respectively.)
109. Joe.
110.
VII. 写作（Writing）
A) One possible version:
All thanks to the mobile phone
Dave Mill was saved by his mobile phone. He was attempting to walk to the North Pole alone. But after 50 days of very bad weather, he had to give up his attempt.
He had completed about half of his journey and had several accidents before he found himself stranded on a floating piece of ice.
The weather was too bad for the rescue planes to land. He took a photograph with his digital camera, then e-mailed it with his mobile phone to the waiting air rescue team. The pilot was able to land using the photograph and Dave was saved.
B) One possible version:
Healthier than ever before!
The most important difference between us and the older generation is education. There is so much information about what is healthy and what is not that it's easy to know what you should and shouldn't eat. My parents certainly didn't learn about this at school as my generation all have.
As well as that, food now is produced to a much higher standard than it used to be. Farming is more efficient and restaurants are cleaner. Most towns also have a gym where it is possible to exercise in many different ways. Finally, there have been more advances in medical technology in our lifetime
than at any time in history, which means that we will live longer than any generation before us.
一、评分原则：
1．本题总分为: A） 10分； B） 15分。

按四个档次给分。

2．评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步拟定其所属档次，然后以该档次的规定来衡量，拟定或调整本档次，最后给分。

3．作文词数少于或多于规定词数20词的，从总分中减去2分。

4．如书写较差，以至影响交流，将分数减少一个档次。

二、各档次的给分范围和规定：
第四档（很好）：A） 9—10分； B） 12—15分
完全完毕了试题规定的规定，覆盖所有内容要点，符合英语表达习惯, 应用了较多的语法结构和词汇，没有语法和词汇错误，具有较强的语言运用能力，完全达成了预期的写作目的。

第三档（好）：A） 6—8分； B） 9—11分
完毕了试题规定的规定，应用的语法结构和词汇能满足题目的规定，符合英语表达习惯, 基本没有语法和词汇错误，达成了预期的写作目的。

第二档（一般）：A） 3—5分； B） 5—8分
未恰当完毕试题规定的规定，漏掉内容要点，未描述清楚重要内容，写了一些无关内容，有语法和词汇错误，影响了对写作内容的理解，信息未能清楚地传达给读者。

第一档（差）：A） 1—2分； B） 1—4分
未完毕试题规定的规定，明显漏掉重要内容，写了一些无关内容，语法结构单调，词汇项目有限，有较多语法和词汇错误，影响对写作内容的理解，信息未能传达给读者。

0分
未能传达给读者任何信息：没有内容或内容太少，无法评判，写的内容均与所规定内容无关或所写内容无法看清。

三、说明：
1．内容可用不同方式表达。

2．对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。

2023年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)预赛高二年级组试题听力部分录音原文
Part I. Sentences
Listen to the following sentences and choose the statement or the picture which has the same or almost the same meaning as the sentence you hear. Each sentence will be read once.
1. Her heart stopped three times, but they brought her back to life.
2. I can remember and use the new words and expressions in new situations.
3. Just as I was leaving, the phone rang again.
4. He had so much homework to do that he decided not to see the film that night.
5. The man is known by the people he has made friends with.
6. Steven broke the mirror when he was playing ball in the house.
7. I'll write down his telephone number so as not to forget it.
8. Given more attention, the trees could have grown better.
9. As I see it, meeting people is very important in our modern life.
10. Whether we can control the flood is still uncertain.
Part II. Dialogues
A) Listen to the following mini-dialogues and choose the best answer to each question. Each dialogue and question will be read twice.
11. M: Does the number one train stop at Wall Street?
W: No. You have to take the number two and change at Park Place.
M: Thank you.
Question: Where does the man want to go?
12. M: I'd like to make a booking for 7:30 tomorrow night please.
W: For how many people, sir?
M: Two, and I'd like a table near a window, if possible. My wife loves the view.
Question: What is the man doing?
13. W: We need a new computer system.
M: Don't buy from Dawson again. Select Systems is very good, but I'd go with Phillips Computers.I've heard good things about them.
W: Fine. Get me their number.
Question: Which company does the man recommend?
14. W: It's Chris's birthday on Friday. What shall we get him?
M: Mmm, it's difficult. Tapes? CDs? But he's already got a lot of those.
W: We could get him something to wear. No, let's get him a book on sport—he's really keen on that.
M: Why not?
Question: What will the man and the woman buy for Chris for his birthday?
15. M: I don't think you should run after work now that it's getting dark earlier.
W: But it's the only time I have to exercise.
M: It's not safe and I worry about you.
Question: Why is the man worried?
B) Listen to the following dialogue and choose the best answer to each question. The dialogue will be read twice.
M: What shall we do tonight? Shall we go out somewhere?
W: No, I'm tired. I've had a really hard day.
M: That's a bit boring!Come on, let's go to a cinema or see that new play at the theatre.
W: Not tonight. Why don't we rent a video and stay in?
M: Well, I'd rather go out... but if you're tired... OK. So what shall we get? How about that new Italian film?
W: No, it's far too serious for me. I'd fall asleep!Why can't we get something funny—a film with Rik Moranis or someone like that?
M: A comedy? No thanks. They're boring. I'm not wasting my money on one of those.
W: Well, I'll pay, if you're going to be difficult about it.
M: I'm not being difficult—I just don't want to see a comedy.
W: Fine. What else do you suggest then?
M: How about a Robert de Niro?
W: We've seen them all.
M: Maybe, but they're great films. Let's watch one again.
W: OK.
Part III. Passages
Listen to the following two passages and choose the best answer to each question. Each passage will be read twice.
Passage A
W: A month ago I had no idea that on a Saturday afternoon in November I'd be hanging 30 metres above the ground and enjoying it. As I looked down at the river far below me, I realised why people love rock-climbing. My friend Matt and I had arrived at the Activity Centre on Friday evening. The accommodation wasn't wonderful, but we had everything we needed(beds, blankets, food), and we were pleased to be out of the city and in the fresh air.
On Saturday morning we met the other ten members of our group. Cameron had come along with two friends, Kevin and Simon, while sisters Carole and Lynn had come with Amanda. We had come from various places and none of us knew the area.
We knew we were going to spend the weekend outdoors, but none of us was sure exactly how. Half of us spent the morning caving while the others went rock-climbing and then we changed at lunchtime. Matt and I went to the caves first. Climbing out was harder than going in, but after a good deal of pushing, we were out at last—covered in mud but pleased and excited by what we'd done.
Passage B
M:Sunflower designs seem to be everywhere: on hats and clothing, on posters, on plates and coffee mugs. Although the designs usually show large, bright flowers with black centers and cheerful yellow petals, Nature is more creative. Real-life sunflowers come not only in yellow but also in shades of white, red, brown, and orange. Sunflower blossoms may range in size from only an inch wide to more than a foot across.
Sunflowers are easy to plant. Just press seeds a couple of inches into garden soil. With plenty of
sun and some water, they are almost guaranteed to bloom. When they do, you can pick the flowers or leave them in place. After the flowers fade, you can even eat the dried seeds—if you collect them before the birds do. Birds love sunflower seeds, and they can certainly tell the difference between a sunflower design and the real thing!
2023年全国中学生英语能力竞赛(NEPCS)预赛高三年级组试题参考答案
听力部分（共三大题，计30分）
I．句子理解（Sentences）
1—5 DBACB 6—10 CADBB
II．对话理解（Dialogues）
11—15 CBDDD 16—20 BADCD
III．短文理解（Passages）
21—25 BDBDC 26—30 BCBDC
笔试部分（共七大题，计120分）
I. 选择填空（Vocabulary and structure）
31—35 CCAAD 36—40 CABAC 41—45 BBDDD 46—50 DCABD
II．阅读理解（Reading comprehension）
51—55 CDBBA
56. learn new material
57. (having) breakfast
58. Check everything / what you need
59. Plan your time
60. analyse the (test) paper
61. residential colleges
62. rent, gas and electricity
63. size, condition and location。