2019年全国中学生英语能力测评(NEPTS)高一年级组初赛试题解析（三）

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【试题】

（B） Please complete the following passage by choosing the best of the four choices in the boxes， marked A， B， C and D. 请从方框中所给的A， B， C， D四个选项中选出最佳选项完成下面的短文。

Do you know the animal in the picture？ Yes， it is a kangaroo.

Kangaroos also move in an unusual way.

The weather in Australia's summer is very hot. During the day， kangaroos often sleep under trees.

Kangaroos have big ears.

【答案及解析】 36—40 CABDA 41—45 ADBCA

36. C。名词词义辨析题。根据整篇文章的大意和我们对澳大利亚的相关背景知识可知此处是指“澳大利亚的象征之一”。

38. B。由此试题所在句子的句意可知，此处应使用it代替前文出现的“a joey”;并且其后的句子中也有相关提示。

43. B。根据此试题所在句子的前文“The weather in Australia's summer is very hot. During the day， kangaroos often sleep under trees. ”可知，袋鼠们是在晚间天气变得凉爽（cool）时外出觅食。

【试题】

II. Cloze （完形填空） （共 15小题;每小题1分，计15分）

（A） Please read the following passage and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of 5 words or phrases out of the 7 given in the box， according to the context. 请阅读下面的短文， 并根据其内容提示， 从方框中所给的7个词语中选出5个， 并用其正确形式填空。

Do you know mummies？ They are the remains of bodies of people who died thousands of years ago in Egypt. They are fascinating 46. ______ they tell us a lot about ancient Egypt. These bodies are preserved （保存） by 47. ______ the fluids （液体） from them.

Mummies were first found in 1795. Then many of them were taken out of Egypt， but now the government forbids people to do this. At first， mummies were made spontaneously （自然地）. About 5，000 years ago， Egyptians 48. ______ their dead persons in the sand. This warm sand dried the bodies and the result was 49. ______ mummies. 50. ______， Egyptians feared grave robbers （盜墓者）， so they placed the bodies in closed tombs （坟墓）. However， making a man-made mummy was a long process， which took about 70 days.

【答案及解析】 46. because 47. removing 48. buried 49. natural 50. Later on

46. because。本题空白处所处的句子中包含两个完整的小句子，但是缺少相应的连词;再根据所给的7个词语中只包含一个连词，故此空应填because。

47. removing。根据整篇文章的大意和我们对木乃伊的相关背景知识可知，本题空白处所处句子的句意为“这些尸体是通过排出其内部的液体来保存的，”因此应选用remove;但是by为介词，所以应用其V-ing形式。

49. natural。通过分析本题空白处所处的句子成分可知，缺少一个形容词作定语修饰mummies;再根据后文提到“a man-made mummy”可知此处应填 natural（自然的）。

【试题】

（B） Please read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in one of the following three ways： ① based on the context; ② using the proper form of the given word; ③ based on the given letters of the words. 请阅读下面的短文， 用以下三种形式中的一种填空：① 根据上下文填空;② 用所给单词的正确形式填空;③ 根据单词所给的字母填空，每空一词。

In Northern Ireland， there is a group of rocks off the coast of County Antrim called the Giant's Causeway. The rocks are all shaped like tall columns （柱状物） with 51. betw______ four and ten straight sides. They are of different 52. ______ （high）， the tallest reaching up to six meters

high. And the rock columns fit together， so that the rocks look like a kind of road stretching out into the sea. There is a similar group of rocks， about 200 km across the sea， in Scotland called the Fingal's Cave. Scientists believe that the rocks in both of the areas 53. w______ formed 50 million years ago by the volcanic （火山的） activity. However， the local Irish people say that a long， long time ago there was 54. ______ Irish giant called Finn Mac Cool living in Ireland and a Scottish giant called Finn Gall living in Scotland. Cool wanted to fight with Gall， so he placed columns of rocks in the sea bed to make a huge road across to Scotland. After he 55. ______ （complete） the causeway， Cool was tired and took a nap （小睡）. Then Gall walked across the road 56. ______ （quiet） to look at his enemy. But Cool's wife saw Gall and told him the sleeping giant was their baby because she wanted to stop the fight. Gall looked at the giant and thought， “57. ______ this is just a baby， how big is the father？ Too big for me 58. ______ have a fight with！ That's for sure.” So Gall hurried back to Scotland， 59. ______ （break） up the causeway as he ran. That is the reason

60. w______ only the two ends of the causeway remain today.

【答案及解析】 51. between 52. heights 53. were 54. an 55. completed 56. quietly 57. If 58. to 59. breaking 60. why

52. heights。通過分析句子成分可知，本题空白处应填入一个名词，但是需要注意的是high的名词形式height是一个可数名词，再结合本题空白处前的different可知，此处应使用其复数形式。

53. were。本题空白处所处的句子是一个宾语从句，通过本题空白处所处的句子句意可知，本句表达一个被动意义，但是却缺少相应的助动词，再结合本从句的主语rocks和首字母提示可知，此处应填were。

57. If。通过本题空白处所处的句子句意可知，此句包含一个条件状语从句，即“如果……”，此时我们不难想到使用if，但是需要注意的是本题空白处位于句首，故首字母应大写。