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　　2015年全国中学生英语能力竞赛（NEPCS）决赛高三年级组试题
　　1. Knowledge and Usage (知识与用法) (共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)
　　(A) Please complete the following sentences by using the Chinese hints given in the brackets. (请根据括弧中所给的汉语提示完成下列句子。) （答案写在答题纸上）
　　31. We were taught at school that all living things             (依赖) the sun for their growth.
　　32. The premier wants to see more                (机会) for young people to find good jobs in the near future.
　　33. Anne emphasizes that she has                (编造、虚构) the names and characters that exist in real life for her novel.
　　34. The boy looked at his father          充满希望地) because he thought his father had brought him a present.
　　35. The number of visitors per day is strictly               (限制) to avoid damage being done to the garden.
　　(B) (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。) （答案涂在答题纸上）
　　The world’s biggest and oldest rock stars are still in love with performing in front of audiences. This irresistible urge to give concerts means they are constantly (36)          their retirement until a later date. (37)       , the question remains: Is rocsic an art form that can really be performed by middle-aged people?
　　Most of these rockers do have to keep fit. Mick Jagger, (38)         remains astonishingly athletic in live performances; take a personal trainer on tour. And with an act that (39)          enough dancing to stage to tire out a 20-year-old, Tina Turner proves that age has had (40)           effect on her ability to put on a good show. Yet she’s never seen the inside of a gym. She seems to have a kind of natural energy, which means she doesn’t worry about dieting or exercising. Paul McCartney (41)           his vegetarianism for enabling him to keep fit enough to play rock’n’roll. McCartney also believes that he and famous rock bands (42)        the Stones and the Who still perform because they can. What these bands have (43)           is that they perfected the craft of performing in clubs before they became famous, something only a tiny minority of bands do now. For the Rolling Stones it’s also a matter of pride, a way of answering (44)          who say they’re too old. Nothing gives them pleasure than the knowledge that theirs have been the highest money-earning tours of all time.
　　36 A. giving up B. putting off C. keeping on D. cutting down
　　37 A. Despite B. In spite of C. However D. Instead of
　　38 A. which B. who C. when D. where
　　39 A. consists B. composes C. implies D. involves
　　40 A. slight B. few C. small D. little
　　41 A. admits B. permits C. thanks D. reasons
　　42 A. like B. as C. how  D. such
　　43 A. in that B. in all C. in common D. on the whole
　　44 A. those B. anyone C. one D. they
　　45 A. further B. smaller C. better D. greater
　　2. Cloze (完形填空) （共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
　　(A) . (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，并用其适当形式填空。)
　　carry on, encourage, deal with, difficult, leave, loond, finish
　　Can you remember your first day at school? It was probably rather confusing. The (46)          is that a lot of people give their children the wrong idea about going to school. If children are threatened with the idea of school, they can’t un