2007年全国大学生英语竞赛B类初赛

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全国大学生英语竞赛B类的试题

全国大学生英语竞赛B类的试题全国大学生英语竞赛B类试题通常包括听力、阅读、写作和翻译四个部分。

以下是一份模拟试题的示例内容：听力部分1. 短对话理解：考生需听一段对话，然后根据问题选择正确答案。

2. 长对话理解：考生需听一段较长的对话或访谈，回答相关问题。

3. 短文理解：考生需听一篇短文，然后回答相关问题。

4. 听力填空：考生需听一段材料，并根据听到的内容填写空白处。

阅读部分1. 快速阅读：考生需快速浏览一篇文章，然后回答相关问题。

2. 阅读理解：考生需仔细阅读几篇文章，回答深入理解的问题。

3. 完形填空：考生需阅读一篇有空白的文章，从选项中选择最合适的词填入空白处。

写作部分1. 应用文写作：考生需根据给定的情景写一封信、通知或其他应用文。

2. 议论文写作：考生需就某一话题发表自己的观点，并用论据支持。

翻译部分1. 英译汉：考生需将一段英文翻译成中文。

2. 汉译英：考生需将一段中文翻译成英文。

样题示例听力部分1. 短对话理解- 问题：What is the man going to do this weekend?- 选项：A. Go to the library. B. Visit his grandparents. C. Attend a concert.阅读部分1. 快速阅读- 问题：What is the main idea of the passage?- 选项：A. The importance of environmental protection. B. The impact of technology on society. C. The benefits of physical exercise.写作部分1. 应用文写作- 题目：Write a letter to your friend, inviting him/her to your birthday party.翻译部分1. 英译汉- 原文：The rapid development of technology has brought us a lot of conveniences in our daily lives.- 翻译：技术快速发展给我们的日常生活带来了许多便利。

2007 National English Contest

2007-2011年大学生英语竞赛C类初赛完整听力真题

2007 National English Contest for College Students (Level C--- Preliminary)Section A Short conversations (6 points)1. A. He hasn’t found a suitable one. B. He hasn’t enough money. C. He prefers his old one.2. A. In ten minutes. B. In fifteen minutes. C. In twenty minutes.3. A. Have dinner with Mary. B. See a film with Mary. C. Do his homework.4. A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. A. He has to go to the bank. B. He has missed the train. C. His train has been delayed.6. A. £315 B. £350 C. £375Section B (4 points) Long Conversation7. What office is the student looking for? A. Accounting. B. Economic history. C. Economics.8. When was the orientation meeting held? A. Yesterday. B. Last Friday. C. A week ago.9. What is the rule about attendance at lectures? A. It is optional. B. It is necessary. C. It is difficult to enforce.10. How often does the student have to attend tutorials? A. Once every other week. B. Three times a week. C. Once a week. Section C News (10 points)11. When did the bomb go off in a popular market in central Baghdad?A. Late in the evening.B. At mid-morning.C. Late in the afternoon.12. What’s the purpose of the Amber Alert program?A. To report the number of children missing in the U.S .every year.B. To help find the children who are believed to have been abducted.C. To find out the reasons why children are kidnapped in the U.S.13. How many villages have been involved in the inter-communal fighting in Chad?A. Fewer than 8.B. About 10.C. Over 20.14. What is the best tactic when you’re caught up by a rolling wave of snow?A. To create space around you.B. To outrun the avalanche.C. To leave the ski resort instantly.15. What’s the news item mainly talking about?A. Development of medical technology.B. Health care in California.C. Health insurance in the U.S.16. How many people did bird flu kill in Indonesia in two weeks? A.5. B.2. C.35.17. What’s the function of the new drug produced by Pfizer?A. Reducing dogs’ weight.B. Increasing dogs’ appetite.C. Controlling dogs’ population.18. What will soon begin in the southern Senegalese towns?A. Planting new agricultural crops.B. Biofuel production.C. Fuel recycling.19. When did Ponti begin making films? A. In1913. B. In1931. C. In1938.20. What’s the main reason Democrats could regain control of Congress after 12 years?A. Nancy Pelosi has become their leader.B. Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq war.C. They support sending more troops to Iraq.Section D (10 points) Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.Every traveler has a tale to tell about bad driving. These are usually exaggerated (21) ___________ of life on the main streets of cities where the motorists are crazy and traffic lights are treated as colorful (22)___________.It all happened on a Sunday April morning. I (23) _______ my intention to turn left into a side road and paused as the oncoming traffic cleared. But as I drove across the road, an elderly man driving a battered Renault 12 chose to overtake me (24) ___________ pass on the inside. There was a fearful bang and my car was pushed sideways. I felt groggy and bruised and was taken to hospital in the back seat of a police car. There my spleen was removed. Fortunately, though, my recovery was steady and (25) _________.But that’s not the end of the tale. Yes, I had taken out insurance and it covered my medical expenses, (26) _________________ while I recovered and my flights home. However, as always, there was a catch to it. I had (27) ________ hired my car from a backstreet firm called Kavis that had been recommended by the hotel front desk. I was assured that I had full insurance cover, but Kavis (28) _________ my credit card £800 on the day of the accident. My solicitor took advice on theform I had signed. Being in a hurry at the time, I hadn’t (29) __________ to get it translated. “Mr. Balmer was stupid to sign this document,” it read. I (30) ________ with a smile. After all, I am still alive!2008 National English Contest for College Students (Level C--- Preliminary)Section A Short conversations (5 points)1. A. To buy a newspaper. B. To find a chemist. C. To post a letter.2. A. Their billing system has been efficient.B. Their old billing system is outdated.C. He’s unimpressed with the new billing system.3. A. She’s been on vacation. B. She’s been at the grocery store.C. She’s been on a business trip.4. A. To go to the market. B. To have coffee. C. To have a discussion.5. A. Changing a flight reservation. B. Canceling a hotel reservation. C. Reserving an extra hotel room.Section B (10 points) Long Conversation 16. What’s Tania’s phone number? A. 506-6178 B. 501-6678 C. 501-66877. Who is going shopping at Harrods? A. Tania. B. Karl. C. Karl’s mother.8. How is Tania going to get to Harrods? A. On foot. B. By taxi. C. By tube.9. Which street plan shows the way from the station? (因为是图片，没法打，请见谅)A. B. C.10. What kind of wine does Karl want? A. Red Merlot. B. White Bordeaux. C. Rose Chianti.Long Conversation 211. Which drawing shows the position of the handle? (因为是图片，没法打，请见谅)A. B. C.12. What other product features are included?A. A range of handle sizes.B. A variety of color combinations.C. A set of rings for different-sized tins.13. What’s the purpose of the V-clip?A. To hold the paint brush so it drips in the can.B. To prevent paint from getting onto the painted surfaces.C. To prevent the brush drying out if the painter is interrupted.14. Who will probably use the can-holder? A. Artists. B. Decorators. C. Soldiers.15. How much does the product cost? A. £4. B. £5. C. $4.Section C News (5 points)16. What has prompted the new administration to review the Australia’s citizenship test?A. It’s out of date.B. Higher immigration rates.C. Many applicants failing it.17. Which train provides the easiest way to see Mount Fuji?A. From Tokyo to Yokohama.B. From Osaka to Yokohama.C. From Tokyo to Osaka.18. How many U.N. employees were killed in 2007? A. 17. B. 42. C. 59.19. What have studies found out about severe pneumonia treatment?A. No medication works in developing countries.B. It can be effectively treated at home with oral antibiotics.C. It can only be treated in the hospital with injectable antibiotics.20. What was the bar’s business like before the smoking ban?A. Almost empty every day.B. Usually crowded at midday.C. Empty on Wednesdays.Section D (10 points) Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.Crime isn’t rising because the laws are not strict enough, or because the (21) ________ are not tough enough, o r simply because there aren’t enough policemen on the beat. It is rising because the agencies and individuals who can have a (22) _______ effect on crime are not pulling together or in the same (23) ______. The police are one of those agencies, of course. But crime prevention is also a matter for (24) ______ who are content to see mass (25) _______ turn into a way of life, for councils who prefer to shout yah-boo at the police, (26) _____ getting on with making life safer for local people, for architects wh o design exposed and indefensible buildings, for parents who don’t take enough interest in what their teenage children are getting up to and for (27) ______ who sit inside and moan (28) ______ do anything about the state of the neighborhood or thestreet. Crime prevention has been neglected for too many by too many. Over the last ten years it has been willfully neglected in defiance of mounting (29) _______ that it is the central hope of (30) ________ action against crime.2009 National English Contest for College Students (Level C--- Preliminary)Section A Short conversations (5 marks)1. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In an engine room. B. In a car. C. In a factory.2. Who is the man talking to? A. A lifeguard. B. A travel agent C. A gymnasium manager3. How will the correct price be determined?A. By calling the company.B. By asking the sales representative.C. By looking at the price list.4. Why is Sue upset according to the conversation?A. someone broke into her car.B. She had to pay too much for parking.C. She was given a ticket.5. What do the two speakers probably do for a living? A. office clerks. B. Printers C. Architects.Section B (10 marks) Long Conversation 16. Why did the man watch the video?A. it was required by Professor Stephen.B. He wanted to learn about heart attacks.C. He had to take part in a discussion.7. In the man’s opinion, what is the video about? A. Men’s health. B. Stress. C. Health car for women8. What did the man learn from the video?A. Women are under more stress than men.B. Women have more heart attacks than men.C. Women who have hart attacks get less care than men.9. At what ages are women most likely to have a heart attack? A. 40 to 45. B. 60 to 65. C. 45 to 6010. What does the woman think about the video? A. It sounds puzzling. B. it sounds very interesting. C. it sounds very dull. Long Conversation 211. How long did the man wait before his call was answered? A. 20 minutes B. 12 minutes. C. 24 minutes.12. Why did the man phone Interserve Customer Service?A. He wanted to know what the recorded message means.B. He didn’t know which button to choose.C. He wanted to know if he can use his email address while overseas.13. What does the man think about the menu of options?A. its meaning isn’t ambiguous.B. it is far form clear.C. it is satisfactory.14. Which department would the man have spoken to if he had chosen button 2?A. Accounts and Billing. C. General Enquiries. C. Accounts and Service.15. What will the operator do next?A. Make an official complaint.B. Improve the menu of options.C. Make a note of the man’s complaint.Section C. News16. How does rotational grazing reduce the need for pesticide treatments?A. By increasing the use of natural fertilizer.B. By limiting the need for chemical fertilizers.C. By reducing the growth of weeds.17. Which news agency votes for the top ten news stories? A. Renters. B. The Associated Press. C. United Press International.18. Which countries spent billions of dollars to develop new oil fields?A. Syria, Brazil and Russia.B. Brazil, Iran and Saudi Arabia.C. Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Russia.19. Why has the number of camels in India been decreasing in recent years?A. Because they are dying from travelling too far.B. Because they are short of food.C. Because they are infected with a disease.20 What is a symptom of multiple sclerosis?A. Loss of the ability to hear.B. Loss of the ability to see well.C. Loss of ability to speak clearly.Section D (10 points) Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.The fourth component of the Swedish social system is that its policies ensure full employment and increase the mobility of labor – that is, the ability to change jobs without (21) ______ income. Swedes have a strong work ethic. This, combined with state-funded programs that (22) ______ unemployment, results in a policy of subsidized employment, which Sweden prefers tohigh employment rates and large welfare (23) ______. So, there are a large number of (24) ______ training programs that employers pay for (25) ______ to workers in jobs that have become unnecessary. There are also subsidies for workers who must change jobs because of changes in the labor market.Sweden introduced the fifth and final component of its social system at the end of the 20th century. This component corrects some of the problems created by the four (26) ______ mentioned components. It includes new rules that are designed to improve job stability, such as training programs to help employees learn new skills as their jobs change and become more (27) ______. Also, the government has reduced social (28) ______ and welfare payments.So, in conclusion, the Swedes are happy with their system. Sweden has achieved more in terms of social equality, economic (29) ______ than many other economics. As a result, most Swedes aren’t interested in any more reform of the economic system. However, because it is (30) ______ in international markets, Sweden must continue to manage its social policies so that it remains competitive in the international marketplace.2010 National English Contest for College Students (Level C--- Preliminary)Section A. Short conversations (5 marks)1.What is the woman probably doing now? A. writing an essay. B. studying for a test. C. shopping for shoes.2.How did the woman feel according to the conversation? A. relaxed B. pleased C. disappointed3. What does the woman say about her presentation?A. It’s far from being ready.B. She got a lot of information from the internet.C. She needs another week to get it ready.4. Where will the company probably hold the staff party?5. Which picture shows the corrections to the man’s name?Section B (10 marks) Long Conversation 16. What does the man want to talk to Ann about?A. A holiday trip to Yellowstone Park.B. A research project in Yellowstone Park.C. A lecture by a professor who visited Yellowstone Park.7. According to the man, why is the buffalo population increasing in Yellowstone Park?A. A lot of buffalo have come from neighboring areas.B. Fewer buffalo are dying of disease.C. It is easier now for the buffalo to find food in winter.8. Why does the man think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone?A. She has been studying animal diseases.B. She is eager to visit Yellowstone Park.C. She needs the money to continue her studies.9. What did the woman plan to do in July?A. Work on her thesis.B. Have a holidayC. Study the buffalo population.10. Where will the woman most probably spend the coming summer?A. At the University Wyoming.B. At Yellowstone National Park.C. At their friend’s home in Wyoming.Long Conversation 211. What was Matt Ryan’s first job?A. Doing holiday relief work at a television channel.B. Working part-time as a mode.C. Taking pictures for a television station.12. What did Matt find interesting about the sixties?A. The increasing number of comic books.B. The rapid advances in technology.C. The American space programme.13. Why were Matt’s models once used on the news?A. They presented better images than the real pictures.B. The spacecraft camera got damaged and failed to take any pictures.C. The television studio was trying some new ideas.14. What was the name of the program that marked the beginning of Matt’s TV career?A. Strange Creatures.B. Time Traveler.C. Bright Star.15. What did Matt do for the program?A. He made models.B. He acted the part of a monster.C. He filmed it.Section C News (5 marks)16. How many times has the National Hokey League allowed its players to take part in the Winter Olympics?A. 5 timesB. 3 timesC. twice17. Where was the Africa Cup of Nations held?A. In Togo.B. In South Africa.C. In Angola.18. What has cause a large number of people to flee their homes in northern Yemen?A. An armed conflict.B. Lack of food.C. Freezing temperatures.19. Who is Emtiaz Sooliman?A. A search and rescue specialist.B. Head of a South Africa foundation.C. Leader of a local civic group.20. What did the second stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives aim at?A. Promoting international trade.B. Boosting employment.C. Expanding the private sector.Section D. Children’s Toys (10 marks) Fill the blanks with no more than three words.Most popular wooden toy: (21) __________The wooden toy is for (22) __________Output per (23) __________:4000 itemsAverage (24) __________ time per box: (25) __________ minutes.The number of boxes in (26) __________: 1,000Date of the coming dispatch: (27) __________Current number of (28) __________: 20Number of staff working on the (29) __________: 40 staffAll staff do: (30) __________ work2011 National English Contest for College students (Level C-Preliminary)Section A Short conversations (5 marks)1. What does the man want to do?A. Get something to eat now.B. Find a quiet place that shows games.C. Watch the next game with the woman.2. Why does not the man have a MySpace account?A. He is not skilled at using computer.B. All of the instruction are in EnglishC. The woman won not teach him.3. How long does the woman plan to try teleworking A. For a few days. B. For a few weeks. C. For a few months.4. What does the man hope will happen?A. The price of cell phone novels will go down.B. The novel’s author will writer longer stories.C. The woman will tell him ho the story ends.5. What is the woman going to do next?A. turn on her computer.B. Go for a walk with peter.C. Visit her new neighbors.Section B (10 marks) Long Conversation 16. What did Jack do over the summer?A. He studied very hard.B. He took a summer class.C. He visited one of his teachers.7. What does Jack think of Ms Wellington as a teacher? A. Easy-going. B. Tough. C. Interesting.8. Why is Ms Wellington’s class hard?A. Her exams are difficult.B. She does not give students the help they need.C. She makes do lots of work.Long Conversation 29. Why is Mrs. Griffin going to the city where the hotel is located?A. He is on holiday.B. He’s on a business trip.C. He is going to a conference.10. How many times has Mrs. Griffin stayed at the Sunrise Hotel? A. Twice. B. Once. C. Three times11. Where is Mrs. Griffin from? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Australia.12. What is Mrs. Griffin’s passport number? A. 87647489 B. 87637289 C.8763748913. What kind of room does Mrs. Griffin want?A. A single room for two nights.B. A double room for two nights.C. A single room for one night.14. When will Mrs. Griffin arrive at Sunrise Hotel? A. at 9:15 pm B. at 9:35 pm C. at 10:00 pm15. What food will be put into Mrs. Griffin’s room? A. a sandwich with fries. B. a cheese sandwich. C. a burger with chips. Section C News (5 Marks)16. What does the Associated Press ask editor and news directors to do?A. vote for the top stories of the year.B. describe the oil spill in the Gulf of MexicoC. writes about the 11 workers killed in the explosion17. Where are the doctors and technology experts from? A. New York. B. London C. Tokyo18. For how long does President Obama agree to extend the tax cuts? A. for four years B. for three years C. for two years.19. How many people in the world don’t hav e enough to eat according to the report?A. more than one billion.B. some six hundred million .C. nearly nine hundred million20. What have astronomers recently discovered?A. there are unknown plants in older galaxies.B. there are many galaxies in the universeC. there are a lot more red dwarf in older galaxiesSection D (10 marks) Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.What do you do if you don’t get your first choice university? This (21). ___________ faces thousands of British every year. Many such (22). ___________ turn to Clearing, a service that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If they don’t have the marks to get into their (23). __________________________, Clearing tells them about places available at other university, though they might have to read a difficult subject.This year has seen a record number of people applying to university. This, combined with the (24). _______________, an uncertain job market, and budget cuts at university, product even more of a scramble for places than usual. Some sources say six students have applied for each remaining (25). _______________________ placeThe British University Admissions Service, UCAS, says up to a quarter of this year’s university applicants-almost 190000 people-have not been admitted into a (26). _______________________. That is an increase of over 46000 students from last year.Faced with these figure, some British students might consider an interesting alternative: (27). _____________________. The University of Nottingham for is offering place at its campuses in Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Students at these institutions can earn University of Nottingham degrees, according, engineering and English. Similarly, the University of Bolton says it has unlimited places at its campus in the United Arab Emirates.To deal with these problems, the UK’s Higher Education Minister, David Willet’s, is encouraging students who have not made the grade to consider alternatives to university, such as (28). _____________________ and studying at home.“There are arrange of options available, “he says. “people can reapply next year, so they should consider spending this year in a way that will add positively to their CVs. Getting (29). _____________________or other skills will strengthen their chances next year.” Some commentators say, though that rising university costs, poor long-term (30). ____________________, and a drop in graduate recruitment mean this the worst time to be a university student in the UK.。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业决赛真题2007年(无听力)_真题(含答案与解析)-交互

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业决赛真题2007年(无听力)(总分112, 做题时间90分钟)Part Ⅰ Listening Comperhension(略)Part Ⅱ Multiple ChoiceSection ADirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that **pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1.Half of the medical supplies have already been ______ to the victims of the earthquake.SSS_SINGLE_SELA allocatedB referredC impartedD injected该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:Aallocate to分派，分配。

refer to提交，涉及。

impart to给予。

inject to 注射。

2.If you buy a camera in Singapore and take it back to England, you have to pay ______ on it.SSS_SINGLE_SELA cashB dutyC fundD fines该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:Bduty关税。

cash现金。

fund资金。

fine罚款。

3.When writing a biography of Napoleon she ______ some unknown facts.SSS_SINGLE_SELA stumbled acrossB stumbled throughC stumbled atD stumbled over该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:Astumble across无意间发现，偶然发现。

2007-2011年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛真题及答案

2007 National English Contestfor College Students(Level C - Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)Section A (6 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. He hasn’t found a suitable one. B. He hasn’t enough money.C. He prefers his old one.2. A. In ten minutes. B. In fifteen minutes. C. In twenty minutes.3. A. Have dinner with Mary. B. See a film with Mary.C. Do his homework.4. A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. A. He has to go to the bank. B. He has missed the train.C. His train has been delayed.6. A. £315. B. £350. C. £375.Section B (4 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7. What office is the student looking for?A. Accounting.B. Economic History.C. Economics.8. When was the orientation meeting held?A. Yesterday.B. Last Friday.C. A week ago.9. What is the rule about attendance at lectures?A. It is optional.B. It is necessary.C. It is difficult to enforce.10. How often does the student have to attend tutorials?A. Once every other week.B. Three times a week.C. Once a week.Section C (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. When did the bomb go off in a popular market in central Baghdad?A. Late in the evening.B. At mid-morning.C. Late in the afternoon.12. What’s the purpose of the Amber Alert program?A. To report the number of children missing in the U.S. every year.B. To help find the children who are believed to have been abducted.C. To find out the reasons why children are kidnapped in the U.S.13. How many villages have been involved in the inter-communal fighting in Chad?A. Fewer than 8.B. About 10.C. Over 20.14. What is the best tactic when you’re caught up by a rolling wave of snow?A. To create space around you.B. To outrun the avalanche.C. To leave the ski resort instantly.15. What’s the news item mainly talking about?A. Development of medical technology.B. Health care in California.C. Health insurance in the U.S.16. How many people did bird flu kill in Indonesia in two weeks?A. 5.B. 2.C. 35.17. What’s the function of the new drug produced by Pfizer?A. Reducing dogs’ weight.B. Increasing dogs’ appetite.C. Controlling dogs’ population.18. What will soon begin in the southern Senegalese towns?A. Planting new agricultural crops.B. Biofuel production.C. Fuel recycling.19. When did Ponti begin making films?A. In 1913.B. In 1931.C. In 1938.20. What’s the main reason Democrats could regain control of Congress after 12 years?A. Nancy Pelosi has become their leader.B. Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq war.C. They support sending more troops to Iraq.Section D (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are ten missing words or phrases in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Every traveller has a tale to tell about bad driving. These are usually exaggerated (21) __________ of life on the main streets of cities where the motorists are crazy and traffic lights are treated as colourful (22) __________.It all happened on a Sunday April morning. I (23) __________ my intention to turn left into a side road and paused as the oncoming traffic cleared. But as I drove across the road, an elderly man driving a battered Renault 12 chose to overtake me (24) __________ pass on the inside. There was a fearful bang and my car was pushed sideways. I felt groggy and bruised and was taken to hospital in the back seat of a police car. There my spleen was removed. Fortunately, though, my recovery was steady and (25) __________.But that’s not the end of the tale. Yes, I had taken out insurance and it covered my medical expenses, (26) __________ while I recovered and my flights home. However, as always, there was a catch to it. I had (27) __________ hired my car from a backstreet firm called Kavis that had been recommended by the hotel front desk. I was assured that I had full insurance cover, but Kavis (28) __________ my credit card £800 on the day of the accident. My solicitor took advice on the form I had signed. Being in a hurry at the time, I hadn’t (29) __________ to get it translated. “Mr. Balmer was stupid to sign this document,” it r ead. I (30) __________ with a smile. After all, I am still alive!Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. If I lose my new watch my parents will be very annoyed ______ me.A. againstB. withC. forD. about32. I don’t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.A. thisB. thatC. itsD. it33. Does brain power ______ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.A. descendB. declineC. reduceD. collapse34. I don’t believe in Brown’s adventure at all. It sounds so ______.A. incredibleB. credibleC. incredulousD. credulous35. We’ll never get to the station on tim e ______ we run as fast as we can.A. in caseB. even ifC. provided thatD. if only36. Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose by 24% and 50% ______, over July 2006.A. separatelyB. individuallyC. independentlyD. respectively37. The shipping authorities followed the ______ of the unidentified submarine on their radar screens.A. channelB. wayC. courseD. direction38. I set off as soon as I got the news about my grandpa’s illness. Unfortunately, he ______ at the hospital before I ______.A. has died; went thereB. had died; arrivedC. died; had been thereD. was dying; had gone39. The committee has made rules ______ all its members are supposed to work.A. by whichB. so thatC. now thatD. for which40. They were married for fifteen years but have now ______ up and live apart.A. splitB. dividedC. divorcedD. separated41. We wouldn’t have missed the train if we ______ to the station.A. didn’t walkB. wouldn’t runC. hadn’t walkedD. weren’t running42. No matter what measure they took, in no way ______.A. could the outflowing tide be controlledB. the outflowing tide could be controlledC. could the outflowing tide controlD. the outflowing tide could control43. —Did you get any information from Peter?—He ______ an expert, but he doesn’t seem to know much.A. believes to beB. is supposed to beC. thought to beD. is claimed being44. —The radio’s terribly loud. Could you turn it down a little?—Sorry! ______—Yes, and something else - wouldn’t it be an idea to buy your own soap?A. Is it disturbing you?B. I forgot where I put my soap this morning.C. A football match was broadcast live on it.D. Could you repeat what you said?45. —Can I book a room from now until Friday?—_________________—What’s the price?—$128.75 not counting the service.A. Definitely. Go see it yourself.B. Yes, our hotel is quite near to the station.C. Of course. Would you like to follow me?D. You can have Room 33, overlooking the sea.Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions:There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. Which figure completes the sequence?47. A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical grey and 12 identical black. The lights have fused and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make certain that he has a pair of each colour?A. 21B. 14C. 23D. 2448. Which comes next?A, 1A, 111A, 311A,?A. 1312AB. 13211AC. 1231AD. 11231A49. Find the weight to balance the scales.A. 2kgB. 4kgC. 3kgD. 5kg50. What is the missing number?A. 748B. 754C. 745D. 784Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A (6 points)Directions:There is one passage in this section with 6 questions. For each question, there are fourchoices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51-56 are based on the following passage.“A Unique Experience in IndianCuisine”Opening night at the Gandhi Restaurant brought cries of praise and delight from customers when they sampled the unique cuisine on Monday night.Opened by County Councillor, Mr. Tony Peaston, the Gandhi offers the discerning diner authentic Indian dishes, many available for the first time in Hampshire.The secret lies in the preparation - only authentic Indian herbs and spices are used to individually prepare each special dish, following ancient recipes, many handed down through generations of Indian chefs.High Standard“I’ve travelled extensively and dined at many Indian restaurants throughout the country, but rarely have I tasted Indian food of such a high standard,” extolled Councillor Peaston.“Whilst Gandhi himself was a leader of men, the Gandhi Restaurant could be considered the leader of a new breed of Indian cuisine in Hampshire,” he added.“By far the best curry we have had in the Portsmouth area,” was the comment of Havant diners, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cairns of Denvilles.“We enjoyed the different menu and found the advice of the staff, explaining how each dish was prepared, very helpful for deciding our choice of menu,” they said.Such glowing comments reflect the exclusive nature of the dishes available at the Gandhi Restaurant.Original RecipesYou can choose from a menu which offers curries and tandoories, knowing each one is specially cooked for you, with individual care and attention, according to strict original recipes, by a top London chef, formerly of Covent Garden.And after you have sampled the spicy delights of your main course, you can select from a choice of original Indian sweets to temper your palate.Relaxing in the comfortablesurroundingsof the restaurant, you can have a hot towel to freshen yourself or clean your fingers between courses - another touch of Indian living.The Gandhi Restaurant, situated at 139 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, is fully licensed and open seven days a week.You can pop in for a traditional Indian lunch between 12 and 2:30 pm or enjoy a languid evening meal, when the restaurant is open from 6 pm to midnight.But take care to book in advance, as demand for this cuisine is expected to be high, so avoid disappointment by telephoning Portsmouth 811966.As proof of confidence in your enjoyment, the Gandhi is offering a 10 per cent discount on the cost of your meal, when you produce this advertisement within three months of the opening.The staff at the Gandhi look forward to serving you with your first taste of truly authentic Indian cuisine in this area- and they know you will come back again and again.51. “A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine” here means that the Gandhi restaurant __________.A. is the only genuine Indian restaurant in HampshireB. offers customers its own special style of cookingC. makes special food for native Indian customersD. is trying out Indian recipes for the first time52. How does the food preparation contribute to the unique, experience?A. It varies from customer to customer, depending on the price.B. The methods used are secret and known only to the chef.C. It uses genuine Indian ingredients and follows ancient recipes.D. It follows methods described by traditional Indian authors.53. According to the article, in what way does the restaurant live up to its name?A. It will soon be as famous throughout the world as Gandhi himself.B. The owner considers himself to be a leader of the local Indian community.C. It has had a considerable influence on other Hampshire restaurants.D. It sets new standards of excellence for other Indian restaurants to follow.54. Where did the top chef of the Gandhi Restaurant use to work?A. In London.B. In Hampshire.C. In Denvilles.D. In Portsmouth.55. Hot towels are provided __________.A. because customers feel coldB. to make customers feel more relaxedC. mainly for hygienic reasonsD. to give customers the true feel of Indian life56. Customers can obtain a cheaper meal by __________.A. bringing the advertisement with themB. making a phone call to the restaurantC. providing proof of their enjoymentD. contributing to the cost of advertisingSection B (7 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 7 statements. Go over the passage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 57- 63, markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 57-63 are based on the following passage.Eleven days ago, as he felt himself being crushed from head to toe, Andrew Jepson was certain he was about to die.Yesterday the 26-year-old construction worker was able to stroll around his parents’ home and tell for the first time how he survived being run over by a four-ton road roller.The accident happened as Mr. Jepsonworked at a building site at Heathrow and the roller was reversing at 4 mph.“I was looking away and then I just felt it go over my leg”, he said. “I fell to the floor and felt this amazing pain in my leg as it was being crushed.”“When I felt it running over me I thought this is it, I’m dead. Nobody can survive this.”“There was absolutely nothing I could do. The pain was horrendous and all the air was being crushed out of my lungs.”“I couldn’t breathe. I thought every breath would be my last.”The mach ine took more than a second to roll over Mr. Jepson’s body.“It came over my head but I had my hard hat on which must have blocked most of the pressure,” he said.Workmates believed he would be dead but the uneven surface, foundation for a road, cushioned much of the weight of the roller and saved him.“Afterwards I tried to get straight up,” he said. “I was fully conscious. I was in shock but for some reason I thought, ‘If I stay down, I will die.’”“Luckily a labourer ran over and kept me down so that I would not do any more injury to myself.”“The driver rushed over. He was really upset. I said, ‘You are not to blame, it was just an accident.’”Mr. Jepson, a site engineer, suffered crushed ribs, bruising, cuts and a collapsed left lung but escaped permanent injury. An air ambulance arrived and doctors operated at the scene.He spent two days in intensive care but six days later was back at his parents’ home near Spalding, Lincolnshire.“It is like being born again,” said Mr. Jepson, who has amazed doctors with his recovery.“When I came around from the anaesthetic I just cried with joy. Being able to walk and breathe again is the most wonderful thing in the world.”Mr. Jepson’s 62-year-old father, John, said, “When we heard he had been under a roller I fear ed the worst. We prayed all the way to the hospital. To see him now is just wonderful.”Mr. Jepson’s employer, construction firm Laing, said the accident was still being investigated.Statements:Section C Directions: You are going to read a magazine article about sand. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-H) the one which fits each gap (64-70). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet .Sand: as children we play on it and as adults we relax on it. It is something we complain about when it gets in our eyes on a windy beach, and praise when it is made into sand castles.But we don’t often look at it. If we did, we would discover an account of a geological past and a history of sea life that goes back thousands and, in some cases, mil- lions of years.Sand covers not just seashores, but also ocean beds, deserts and mountains. And it is a major element in manufactured products too - concrete is largely sand, while glass is made of little else.Well, it is larger than fine dust and smaller than shingle. In fact, according to the most generally accepted scheme of measurement, grains can be called sand if their diameter is greater than 0.06 of a millimetre andless than 0.6 of a millimetre.Depending on its age and origin, a particular sand can consist of tiny stones or porous grains through which water can pass. They have come from the breaking down of rocks, or from the dead bodies of sea creatures, which collect on the bottom of the oceans, or even from volcanic eruptions.If it is a dazzling white, its grains may come from nearby coral, from crystalline quartz rocks or from gypsum, like the white sand of New Mexico. On Pacific Islands, jet black sands form from volcanic minerals.Other black beaches are magnetic and are mined for iron ore.It washes rock into streams and rivers and down to the sea, leaving be- hind softer materials. By the time it reaches the sea, the hardest rocks remain but every- thing else has been broken into tiny particles of 0.02millimetre diameter or less. The largest pieces fall to the bottom quickly, while smaller particles float and settle only slowly in deeper water, which is why the sandy beach on the shoreline so often turns to mud further out.If the individual fragments still have sharp edges, you can be sure they were formed fairly recently. This is the case on the island of Kamoama in Hawaii, where a beach was created after a volcanic eruption in 1990.Molten lava spilled into the sea and exploded into glassy droplets.646566676869It seems that when the poet William Blake saw infinity in a grain of sand he was not far wrong. Sand is an irreplaceable industrial ingredient which has many uses.Sand cushions our land from the force of the sea, and geologists say it often does a better job protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.Section D (10 points)Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet .Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Rare among American actors, Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainstream Hollywood movies and more “out of the ordinary” projects. Talking about his choice of roles, he once said, “With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it’s not acting. It’s lying.” Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean .Depp dropped out of school at sixteen to concentrate on a career in music, playing the guitar (he played with more than twenty bands). However, his musical career rifled to take off, and he found himself selling pens over the phone to pay the bills. His lucky break came when makeup artist Loft Allison, to whom he was briefly married, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Although at first they did not like each other, they later became good friends and Cage persuaded him to try acting. Depp signed on with Cage’s agent, and made his feature film debut in Wes Craven’s horror film Nightmare on Elm Street, in which the character he p layed was eaten by his bed. After that he had his first screen leading role in Private Resort.Depp went on to achieve teen idol status in the TV series 21 Jump Street, but after four seasons, he wanted out, with the hope of making the transition to the big screen. He starred in Cry-Baby, followed by Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands, after which he went on to win considerable critical acclaim in Ed Wood, a reunion with Burton. Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in 1997, a film he also co-wrote and starred in. Premiering at theCannes Film Festival, the film also featured Marlon Brando, butearned mostly negative reviews, with most critics blaming its weakscript. Sleepy Hollow teamed him with director Burton yet again,before he starred in Ted Demme’s Blow, and a ppeared in the thrillerFrom Hell, about Jack the Ripper.OFF screen, his good looks and “bad boy” image (he was oncearrested for attacking intrusive paparazzi with a wooden plank) haveearned him a lot of media attention. He was voted one of the fiftymost beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. Hehas also had his fair share of celebrity romances; when hisengagement to Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder ended,he had a tattoo (one of at least eight), which said “Winona Forever”,altered by laser to get rid of the last two letters of her name. Hisrelationship with model Kate Moss also ended abruptly in 1998,when he started dating French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis. Theyare now married and have two children, Lily-Rose Melody and Jack.More recent work has included Pirates of the Caribbean withGeoffrey Rush and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.70Section E (10 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the pas- sage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 76-80. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 76-80 are based on the following passage.Lack of culture, or rather an excess of the wrong sort of culture, is often considered to be synonymous with disadvantage. Most commonly associated with low cultural standards are low levels of reading, and some thirteen per cent of all twenty-three-year-olds feel they have trouble with reading and writing. One way of compensating such disadvantaged young people is thought to be to provide them with the culture they lack: in particular, high quality reading material.Whereas forty to fifty per cent of young people aged sixteen to twenty rarely read a book, the majority appear to read comics. In 1991 sales of Viz, a UK comic, exceeded one million copies per issue, making it the fourth best-selling periodical in Britain. The reading of comics, however, is not restricted to young people: by 1992 it was estimated that two out of three men aged eighteen to fifty-three read Viz. The number of imitators this comic has spawned, including Zit, Gas, Brain Damage and Swiz, indicates the extent of the influence it wields.The reading of comics was traditionally regarded by the educational establishment with considerable suspicion. Whereas the received arts were always assumed to exert an improving or civilizing influence, comics were thought to “rot children’s brains”, to lower educational standards and to threaten morality. They were, and are, assumed to be an inferior cultural form, their readers assumed to come from the lower social classes, to be low educational attainers and to be easily led astray.Over the past decade, perceptions of comics have shifted. Since the 1970s, the comic format has been commonly used to represent the interests of various disenfranchised groups — community groups, the unemployed, welfare recipients — who became more conscious of a climate conditioned by other contemporary movements such as civil fights, consumerism, self-help and de-institutionalization. As cultural signifiers, comics have become the subject matter of academic courses in cultural and media studies. Indeed, young people’s cultural activities, grounded in the commercial rather than the subsidized sector, are beginning to merit the attention of the arts establishment.Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)Directions:There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the box to fill in the blanks, changing the form where necessary. Use only one word (phrase) in each blank. There are two extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Working out to music you are football crazy or keen on tennis. The (82) __________ that rock or pop music might ever play a part in sports training would have been regarded as a joke not so long ago. But today modem music is increasingly filling the gym as well as the front room.The idea of exercise to music is not new. For years, (83) __________ in eastern Europe, the benefits of sportsmen and sportswomen having (84) __________in ballet and classical dance, with their stress on total body control and balance, have long been recognised.Figure-skating and ice-dance are usually performed to music and can be said to be specialised (85) __________ of this type of exercise. But ballet and classical dance can be (86) __________ other sports that are also pleasing to the eye, such as gymnastics and skiing, (87) __________ of which demand high standards of balance, coordination and suppleness.In western Europe and North America, a far (88) __________ interest has been shown in working out to classical music. Even sports which seem to demand muscular (89) __________ more than any other physical requirement have taken up exercise to music as a valuable addition to their own specialised training schemes.Devotees of soccer, rugby, and rowing now regularly train to music; even those who take part in weightlifting, (90) __________ demands enormous physical strength, and participants in athletics field events, find that exercise to music is beneficial and makes their movements more fluid.Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points)Section A (10 points)Directions:Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.(91) An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said.As people live longer, finding ways of halting the decline in mental agility is becoming increasingly important, said Professor Ian Robertson, director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.(92) “The biggest threat to being able to function well and properly is our brains,” he told journalists.“There is very strong evidence, particularly in the over-50s, that the degree to which you maintain your mental faculties depends on a handful of quite simple environmental factors,” he said.(93) Those who remained physically fit, avoided high stress levels and enjoyed a rich and varied social life are better equipped to stay alert as they age. Mental stimulation, learning new things and simply thinking young also help.A new survey compiled for the University of Kent and the charity Age Concern showed ageism was rife in Britain where people, on average, see youth as ending at 49 and old age beginning at 65.But Robertson said such attitudes were not helpful given the number of 80-year- olds who remain “sharp as pins”.(94) “If you start to think of yourself as old when you are 60, which is no longer justified, you will behave old,” he said.Research conducted by his Trinity College colleague, Professor Marina Lynch, showed healthy eating was another key requirement for staying on the ball.(95) Lynch said new research showed fish oils may reduce the cell inflammation that triggers a decline in memory.Section B (10 points)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.96．这决不是解决人口问题的最好办法。

2007年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛试题及答案

2007Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)Section A (6 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. He hasn‟t found a suitable one. B. He hasn‟t enough money.C. He prefers his old one.2. A. In ten minutes. B. In fifteen minutes. C. In twenty minutes.3. A. Have dinner with Mary. B. See a film with Mary.C. Do his homework.4. A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. A. He has to go to the bank. B. He has missed the train.C. His train has been delayed.6. A. £315. B. £350. C. £375.Section B (4 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7. What office is the student looking for?A. Accounting.B. Economic History.C. Economics.8. When was the orientation meeting held?A. Yesterday.B. Last Friday.C. A week ago.9. What is the rule about attendance at lectures?A. It is optional.B. It is necessary.C. It is difficult to enforce.10. How often does the student have to attend tutorials?A. Once every other week.B. Three times a week.C. Once a week.Section C (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. When did the bomb go off in a popular market in central Baghdad?A. Late in the evening.B. At mid-morning.C. Late in the afternoon.12. What‟s the purpose of the Amber Alert program?A. To report the number of children missing in the U.S. every year.B. To help find the children who are believed to have been abducted.C. To find out the reasons why children are kidnapped in the U.S.13. How many villages have been involved in the inter-communal fighting in Chad?A. Fewer than 8.B. About 10.C. Over 20.14. What is the best tactic when you‟re caught up by a rolling wave of snow?A. To create space around you.B. To outrun the avalanche.C. To leave the ski resort instantly.15. What‟s the news item mainly talking about?A. Development of medical technology.B. Health care in California.C. Health insurance in the U.S.16. How many people did bird flu kill in Indonesia in two weeks?A. 5.B. 2.C. 35.17. What‟s the function of the new drug produced by Pfizer?A. Reducing dogs‟ weight.B. Increasing dogs‟ appetite.C. Controlling dogs‟ population.18. What will soon begin in the southern Senegalese towns?A. Planting new agricultural crops.B. Biofuel production.C. Fuel recycling.19. When did Ponti begin making films?A. In 1913.B. In 1931.C. In 1938.20. What‟s the main reason Democrats could regain control of Congress after 12 years?A. Nancy Pelosi has become their leader.B. Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq war.C. They support sending more troops to Iraq.Section D (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are ten missing words or phrases in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Every traveller has a tale to tell about bad driving. These are usually exaggerated (21) __________ of life on the main streets of cities where the motorists are crazy and traffic lights are treated as colourful (22) __________.It all happened on a Sunday April morning. I (23) __________ my intention to turn left into a side road and paused as the oncoming traffic cleared. But as I drove across the road, an elderly man driving a battered Renault 12 chose to overtake me (24) __________ pass on the inside. There was a fearful bang and my car was pushed sideways. I felt groggy and bruised and was taken to hospital in the back seat of a police car. There my spleen was removed. Fortunately, though, my recovery was steady and (25) __________.But that‟s not the end of the tale. Yes, I had taken out insurance and it covered my medical expenses, (26) __________ while I recovered and my flights home. However, as always, there was a catch to it. I had (27) __________ hired my car from a backstreet firm called Kavis that had been recommended by the hotel front desk. I was assured that I had full insurance cover, but Kavis (28) __________ my credit card £800 on the day of the accident. My solicitor took advice on the form I had signed. Being in a hurry at the time, I hadn‟t (29) __________ to get it translated. “Mr. Balmer was stupid to sign this document,” it read. I (30) __________ with a smile. After all, I am still alive!Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. If I lose my new watch my parents will be very annoyed ______ me.A. againstB. withC. forD. about32. I don‟t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.A. thisB. thatC. itsD. it33. Does brain power ______ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.A. descendB. declineC. reduceD. collapse34. I don‟t believe in Brown‟s adventure at all. It sounds so ______.A. incredibleB. credibleC. incredulousD. credulous35. We‟ll never get to the station on time ______ we run as fast as we can.A. in caseB. even ifC. provided thatD. if only36. Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose by 24% and 50% ______, over July 2006.A. separatelyB. individuallyC. independentlyD. respectively37. The shipping authorities followed the ______ of the unidentified submarine on their radar screens.A. channelB. wayC. courseD. direction38. I set off as soon as I got the news about my grandpa‟s illness. Unfortunately, he ______ at the hospital before I ______.A. has died; went thereB. had died; arrivedC. died; had been thereD. was dying; had gone39. The committee has made rules ______ all its members are supposed to work.A. by whichB. so thatC. now thatD. for which40. They were married for fifteen years but have now ______ up and live apart.A. splitB. dividedC. divorcedD. separated41. We wouldn‟t have missed the train if we ______ to the station.A. didn‟t walkB. wouldn‟t runC. hadn‟t walkedD. weren‟t running42. No matter what measure they took, in no way ______.A. could the outflowing tide be controlledB. the outflowing tide could be controlledC. could the outflowing tide controlD. the outflowing tide could control43. —Did you get any information from Peter?—He ______ an expert, but he doesn‟t seem to know much.A. believes to beB. is supposed to beC. thought to beD. is claimed being44. —The radio‟s terribly loud. Could you turn it down a little?—Sorry! ______—Yes, and something else - wouldn‟t it be an idea to buy your own soap?A. Is it disturbing you?B. I forgot where I put my soap this morning.C. A football match was broadcast live on it.D. Could you repeat what you said?45. —Can I book a room from now until Friday?—_________________—What‟s the price?—$128.75 not counting the service.A. Definitely. Go see it yourself.B. Yes, our hotel is quite near to the station.C. Of course. Would you like to follow me?D. You can have Room 33, overlooking the sea.Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions:There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. Which figure completes the sequence?47. A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical grey and 12 identical black. The lights have fused and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make certain that he has a pair of each colour?A. 21B. 14C. 23D. 2448. Which comes next?A, 1A, 111A, 311A,?A. 1312AB. 13211AC. 1231AD. 11231A49. Find the weight to balance the scales.A. 2kgB. 4kgC. 3kgD. 5kg50. What is the missing number?A. 748B. 754C. 745D. 784Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A (6 points)Directions:There is one passage in this section with 6 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51-56 are based on the following passage.“A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine”Opening night at the Gandhi Restaurant brought cries of praise and delight from customers when they sampled the unique cuisine on Monday night.Opened by County Councillor, Mr. Tony Peaston, the Gandhi offers the discerning diner authentic Indian dishes, many available for the first time in Hampshire.The secret lies in the preparation - only authentic Indian herbs and spices are used to individually prepare each special dish, following ancient recipes, many handed down through generations of Indian chefs.High Standard“I‟ve travelled extensively and dined at many Indian restaurants throughout the country, but rarely have I tasted Indian food of such a high standard,” extolled Councillor Peaston.“Whilst Gandhi himself was a leader of men, the Gandhi Restaurant could be considered the leader of a new breed of Indian cuisine in Hampshire,” he added.“By far the best curry we have had in the Portsmouth area,” was the comment of Havant diners, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cairns of Denvilles.“We e njoyed the different menu and found the advice of the staff, explaining how each dish was prepared, very helpful for deciding our choice of menu,” they said.Such glowing comments reflect the exclusive nature of the dishes available at the Gandhi Restaurant.Original RecipesYou can choose from a menu which offers curries and tandoories, knowing each one is specially cooked for you, with individual care and attention, according to strict original recipes, by a top London chef, formerly of Covent Garden.And after you have sampled the spicy delights of your main course, you can select from a choice of original Indiansweets to temper your palate.Relaxing in the comfortable surroundings of the restaurant, you can have a hot towel to freshen yourself or clean your fingers between courses - another touch of Indian living.The Gandhi Restaurant, situated at 139 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, is fully licensed and open seven days a week.You can pop in for a traditional Indian lunch between 12 and 2:30 pm or enjoy a languid evening meal, when the restaurant is open from 6 pm to midnight.But take care to book in advance, as demand for this cuisine is expected to be high, so avoid disappointment by telephoning Portsmouth 811966.As proof of confidence in your enjoyment, the Gandhi is offering a 10 per cent discount on the cost of your meal, when you produce this advertisement within three months of the opening.The staff at the Gandhi look forward to serving you with your first taste of truly authentic Indian cuisine in this area- and they know you will come back again and again.51. “A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine” here means that the Gandhi restaurant __________.A. is the only genuine Indian restaurant in HampshireB. offers customers its own special style of cookingC. makes special food for native Indian customersD. is trying out Indian recipes for the first time52. How does the food preparation contribute to the unique, experience?A. It varies from customer to customer, depending on the price.B. The methods used are secret and known only to the chef.C. It uses genuine Indian ingredients and follows ancient recipes.D. It follows methods described by traditional Indian authors.53. According to the article, in what way does the restaurant live up to its name?A. It will soon be as famous throughout the world as Gandhi himself.B. The owner considers himself to be a leader of the local Indian community.C. It has had a considerable influence on other Hampshire restaurants.D. It sets new standards of excellence for other Indian restaurants to follow.54. Where did the top chef of the Gandhi Restaurant use to work?A. In London.B. In Hampshire.C. In Denvilles.D. In Portsmouth.55. Hot towels are provided __________.A. because customers feel coldB. to make customers feel more relaxedC. mainly for hygienic reasonsD. to give customers the true feel of Indian life56. Customers can obtain a cheaper meal by __________.A. bringing the advertisement with themB. making a phone call to the restaurantC. providing proof of their enjoymentD. contributing to the cost of advertisingSection B (7 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 7 statements. Go over the passage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 57- 63, markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 57-63 are based on the following passage.Eleven days ago, as he felt himself being crushed from head to toe, Andrew Jepson was certain he was about to die.Yesterday the 26-year-old construction worker was able to stroll around his parents‟ home and tell for the first time how he survived being run over by a four-ton road roller.The accident happened as Mr. Jepson worked at a building site at Heathrow and the roller was reversing at 4 mph.“I was looking away and then I just felt it go over my leg”, he said. “I fell to the floor and felt this amazing pain in my leg as it was being crushed.”“When I felt it running over me I thought this is it, I‟m dead. Nobody can survive this.”“There was absolutely nothing I could do. The pain was horrendous and all the air was being crushed out of my lungs.”“I couldn‟t breathe. I thought every breath would be my last.”The machine took more than a second to roll over Mr. Jepson‟s body.“It came over my head but I had my hard hat on which must have blocked most of the pressure,” he said.Workmates believed he would be dead but the uneven surface, foundation for a road, cushioned much of the weight of the roller and saved him.“Afterwards I tried to get straight up,”he said. “I was fully conscious. I was in shock but for some reason I thought, …If I stay down, I will die.‟”“Luckily a labourer ran over and kept me down so that I would not do any more injury to myself.”“The driver rushed over. He was really upset. I said, …You are not to blame, it was just an accident.‟”Mr. Jepson, a site engineer, suffered crushed ribs, bruising, cuts and a collapsed left lung but escaped permanent injury. An air ambulance arrived and doctors operated at the scene.He spent two days in intensive care but six days l ater was back at his parents‟ home near Spalding, Lincolnshire.“It is like being born again,” said Mr. Jepson, who has amazed doctors with his recovery.“When I came around from the anaesthetic I just cried with joy. Being able to walk and breathe again i s the most wonderful thing in the world.”Mr. Jepson‟s 62-year-old father, John, said, “When we heard he had been under a roller I feared the worst. We prayed all the way to the hospital. To see him now is just wonderful.”Mr. Jepson‟s employer, constructi on firm Laing, said the accident was still being investigated.Statements:57. The accident happened two weeks ago.58. Mr. Jepson was paving the road when the accident happened.59. The roller was going backwards when it hit Mr. Jepson.60. A workman ran immediately to the scene of the accident.61. An operation was performed at the scene of the accident.62. The company has decided who is responsible for the accident.63. The investigation of the accident lasted for almost two years.Section C (7 points)Directions: You are going to read a magazine article about sand. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-H) the one which fits each gap (64-70). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.Sand: as children we play on it and as adults we relax on it. It is something we complain about when it gets in our eyes on a windy beach, and praise when it is made into sand castles.But we don‟t often look at it. If we did, we would discover an account of a geological past and a history of sea life that goes back thousands and, in some cases, mil- lions of years.Sand covers not just seashores, but also ocean beds, deserts and mountains. And it is a major element in64manufactured products too - concrete is largely sand, while glass is made of little else.Well, it is larger than fine dust and smaller than shingle. In fact, according to the most generally acceptedscheme of measurement, grains can be called sand if their diameter is greater than 0.06 of a millimetre and less than 0.6 of a millimetre. Depending on its age and origin, a particular sand can consist of tiny stones or porous grains through which water can pass. They have come from the breaking down of rocks, or from the dead bodies of sea creatures, which collect on the bottom of the oceans, or even from volcanic eruptions.If it is a dazzling white, its grains may come from nearby coral, from crystalline quartz rocks or fromgypsum, like the white sand of New Mexico. On Pacific Islands, jet black sands form from volcanic minerals. Other black beaches are magnetic and are mined for iron ore.It washes rock into streams and rivers and down to the sea, leaving be- hind softer materials. By the time itreaches the sea, the hardest rocks remain but every- thing else has been broken into tiny particles of 0.02 millimetre diameter or less. The largest pieces fall to the bottom quickly, while smaller particles float and settle only slowly in deeper water, which is why the sandy beach on the shoreline so often turns to mud further out.If the individual fragments still have sharp edges, you can be sure they were formed fairly recently. This isthe case on the island of Kamoama in Hawaii, where a beach was created after a volcanic eruption in 1990. Molten lava spilled into the sea and exploded into glassy droplets. It seems that when the poet William Blake saw infinity in a grain of sand he was not far wrong. Sand is an irreplaceable industrial ingredient which has many uses. Sand cushions our land from the force of the sea, and geologists say it often does a better job protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.A. These may have the shape of stars or spirals, their edges rough or smooth.B. It is one of the most common substances on earth.C. In addition, it has one vital function which you might never even notice.D. Rain is an important force in the creation of beaches.E. In the great slow cycle of the earth, sand that was once rock can turn to rock again.F. What exactly is sand?G . Colour is another clue to the origins of sand.H. It can be difficult to date the sand on a beach accurately but it is possible to get a general ideaof whether or not the sand is “young” or “old”.Section D (10 points)Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet . Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Rare among American actors, Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainstream Hollywood movies and more “out of the ordinary” projects. Talking about his choice of roles, he once said, “With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it‟s not acting. It‟s lying.” Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean .Depp dropped out of school at sixteen to concentrate on a career in music, playing the guitar (he played with more than twenty bands). However, his musical career rifled to take off, and he found himself selling pens over the phone to pay the bills. His lucky break came when makeup artist Loft Allison, to whom he was briefly married, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Although at first they did not like each other, they later became good friends and Cage persuaded him to try acting. Depp s igned on with Cage‟s agent, and made his feature film debut in Wes Craven‟s horror film Nightmare on Elm Street, in 656667686970which the character he played was eaten by his bed. After that he had his first screen leading role in Private Resort.Depp went on to achieve teen idol status in the TV series 21 Jump Street, but after four seasons, he wanted out, with the hope of making the transition to the big screen. He starred in Cry-Baby, followed by Tim Burton‟s Edward Scissorhands, after which he went on to win considerable critical acclaim in Ed Wood, a reunion with Burton. Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in 1997, a film he also co-wrote and starred in. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film also featured Marlon Brando, but earned mostly negative reviews, with most critics blaming its weak script. Sleepy Hollow teamed him with director Burton yet again, before he starred in Ted Demme‟s Blow, and a ppeared in the thriller From Hell, about Jack the Ripper.OFF screen, his good looks and “bad boy” image (he was once arrested for attacking intrusive paparazzi with a wooden plank) have earned him a lot of media attention. He was voted one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. He has also had his fair share of celebrity romances; when his engagement to Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder ended, he had a tattoo (one of at least eight), which said “Winona Forever”, altered by laser to get rid of the last two letters of her name. His relationship with model Kate Moss also ended abruptly in 1998, when he started dating French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis. They are now married and have two children, Lily-Rose Melody and Jack. More recent work has included Pirates of the Caribbean with Geoffrey Rush and Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Questions:71. What does Johnny Depp think of acting a role without having any part of oneself in it?72. Who inspired Depp to start his film career?73. Why did many critics negatively review Depp‟s film The Brave?74. How many films has Depp made with director Tim Burton?75. What have brought Depp a lot of media attention off screen?Section E (10 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the pas- sage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 76-80. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 76-80 are based on the following passage.Lack of culture, or rather an excess of the wrong sort of culture, is often considered to be synonymous with disadvantage. Most commonly associated with low cultural standards are low levels of reading, and some thirteen per cent of all twenty-three-year-olds feel they have trouble with reading and writing. One way of compensating such disadvantaged young people is thought to be to provide them with the culture they lack: in particular, high quality reading material.Whereas forty to fifty per cent of young people aged sixteen to twenty rarely read a book, the majority appear to read comics. In 1991 sales of Viz, a UK comic, exceeded one million copies per issue, making it the fourth best-selling periodical in Britain. The reading of comics, however, is not restricted to young people: by 1992 it was estimated that two out of three men aged eighteen to fifty-three read Viz. The number of imitators this comic has spawned, including Zit, Gas, Brain Damage and Swiz, indicates the extent of the influence it wields.The reading of comics was traditionally regarded by the educational establishment with considerable suspicion. Whereas the received arts were always assumed to exert an improving or civilizing influence, comics were thought to “rot children‟s brains”, to lower educational standards and to threaten morali ty. They were, and are, assumed to be an inferior cultural form, their readers assumed to come from the lower social classes, to be low educational attainers and to be easily led astray.Over the past decade, perceptions of comics have shifted. Since the 1970s, the comic format has been commonly used to represent the interests of various disenfranchised groups — community groups, the unemployed, welfare recipients —who became more conscious of a climate conditioned by other contemporary movements such as civil fights, consumerism, self-help and de-institutionalization. As cultural signifiers, comics have become the subject matter of academic courses in cultural and media studies. Indeed, young people‟s cultural activities, grounded in the commercial rather than the subsidized sector, are beginning to merit the attention of the arts establishment.Summary:Low cultural standards, such as 76 of reading, a difficulty experienced by manyyoung adults, are often associated with disadvantage. While around half of sixteen totwenty-year-olds rarely read books, most will read comics. Although many comics inBritain are 77 and have lots of readers, the educational establishment stillconsiders them to be an 78 , appealing only to the lower levels of society.However, attitudes are beginning to change as the format has been adopted to 79of disenfranchised groups. Certain comics have been included in the courses of 80studies. Young people’s cultural activities are beginning to attract the a ttention ofthe arts establishment.Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)Directions:There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the box to fill in the blanks, changing the form where necessary. Use only one word (phrase) in each blank. There are two extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.anxious about, strong, suggest, instruct, which,especial, whether, apply to, all, both, great, formWorking out to music can improve the coordination of your mind and body, (81) __________ you are football crazy or keen on tennis. The (82) __________ that rock or pop music might ever play a part in sports training would have been regarded as a joke not so long ago. But today modem music is increasingly filling the gym as well as the front room.The idea of exercise to music is not new. For years, (83) __________ in eastern Europe, the benefits of sportsmen and sportswomen having (84) __________in ballet and classical dance, with their stress on total body control and balance, have long been recognised.Figure-skating and ice-dance are usually performed to music and can be said to be specialised (85) __________ of this type of exercise. But ballet and classical dance can be (86) __________ other sports that are also pleasing to the eye, such as gymnastics and skiing, (87) __________ of which demand high standards of balance, coordination and suppleness.In western Europe and North America, a far (88) __________ interest has been shown in working out to classical music. Even sports which seem to demand muscular (89) __________ more than any other physical requirement have taken up exercise to music as a valuable addition to their own specialised training schemes.Devotees of soccer, rugby, and rowing now regularly train to music; even those who take part in weightlifting, (90) __________ demands enormous physical strength, and participants in athletics field events, find that exercise to music is beneficial and makes their movements more fluid.Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points)Section A (10 points)Directions:Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.(91) An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said.As people live longer, finding ways of halting the decline in mental agility is becoming increasingly important, said Professor Ian Robertson, director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.(92) “The biggest threat to being able to function well and properly is our brains,” he told journalists.“There is very strong evidence, particularly in the over-50s, that the degree to which you maintain your mental faculties depends on a handful of quite simple environmental factors,” he said.(93) Those who remained physically fit, avoided high stress levels and enjoyed a rich and varied social life are better equipped to stay alert as they age. Mental stimulation, learning new things and simply thinking young also help.。

2007年大学生英语竞赛初赛(B级)真题

2007年大学生英语竞赛初赛(B级)真题(总分：145.00，做题时间：120分钟)一、Part I Listening Comprehension（25 minutes, 30 points） (总题数：10，分数：10.00)A.Asking the customer's opinion.B.Offering a cheap sample. √C.Explaining a price rise.解析：A.She didn't know they were wanted. √B.It wasn't part of her job to do it.C.She didn't know which notes to send.解析：A.A bowl.B.A lamp.C.A vase. √解析：A.Repairing a printer.B.Positioning a personal computer. √C.Selecting a CD player解析：A.At a swimming pool √B.In a sports hall.C.On a football field.解析：A.Both of them.B.The boyC.The girl. √解析：A.The boss is unfair to him. √B.He has been ill.C.He has too much to do.解析：A.Cancel her booking.B.Postpone her flight. √C.Change her destination解析：A.A repair man. √B.A friend.C.A retailer.解析：A.A supermarketB.A concert hall.C.A racetrack. √解析：二、Section B (10 points) (总题数：10，分数：10.00)11.What does this news item mainly talk about?（分数：1.00）A.Adults'health.B.Young people's health.C.Children's health. √解析：12.Which country didn't press Burma to speed up its reforms?（分数：1.00）A.Vietnam.B.The Philippines. √C.Thailand.解析：13.Which year is expected to be the hottest year on record?（分数：1.00）A.2006.B.2007 √C.200解析：14.Why did the Iraqi government arrest the person?（分数：1.00）A.He was one of Saddam's close followers.B.He opposed the current Iraqi government.C.He made a video of Saddam's execution √解析：15.When did they find that 13 people were dead in the accident?（分数：1.00）A.On MondayB.On Friday √C.On Saturday解析：16.Why did Oprah Winfrey open a school for poor girls in South Africa?（分数：1.00）A.To provide poor girls with a first-class education.B.To raise revenue for South Africa. √C.To please President Nelson Mandela解析：17.How many former American presidents attended Gerald Ford's funeral service? （分数：1.00）A.5B.3. √C.4.解析：18.Whose major responsibilities are for Iraqi issues?（分数：1.00）A.John NegroponteB.Mike McConnell √C.Donald Rumsfeld.解析：19.Which two countries led the boom in 2006?（分数：1.00）A.China and Japan.B.India and Japan.C.China and India. √解析：20.What did Rice discuss with the Russian leaders?（分数：1.00）A.Human rights issues.B.North Korean issues. √C.American and Russian military issues解析：三、Section C (10 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Thursday(s)）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：the Gallery）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Photography）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Print Technology）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Model-making）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：academic secretary）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：third-year）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：stationery / notebooks）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：the administration assistant）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：the Department Head）解析：四、Part II Multiple Choice (10 minutes, 15 points) (总题数：10，分数：10.00)21.The boxer recovered, although he had been for ten minutes after the fight.（分数：1.00）A.unconscious √B.unawareC.dazzledD.diminished解析：22.If you took more than your share of the money, you should at once by returning the extra amount. （分数：1.00）e aboutB.make amends √C.feel ashamedD.get punished解析：23.The news that the examination would be held two weeks earlier caused quite a among the students. （分数：1.00）A.fluctuationB.torrentC.flutter √D.degradation解析：24.If you'e going to run for mayor, just make sure there are no in the cupboard! You know what the press is like.（分数：1.00）A.skullsB.skeletons √C.ghostsD.leg解析：25.Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks, the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.（分数：1.00）A.asB.thusC.likeD.so √解析：26.The project by the end of 2007, will expand the city蒺s mobile phone network to cover 10,000,000 users.（分数：1.00）A.accomplishedB.being accomplishedC.having been accomplishedD.to be accomplished √解析：27.I must go now. , if you want that book, I'l bring it next time.（分数：1.00）A.SpecificallyB.SimultaneouslyC.Incidentally √D.Undoubtedly解析：28.For there successful communication, all present must be attentive and get involved in the discussion.（分数：1.00）A.isB.to be √C.will beD.being解析：29.It is recommended that the project until all the preparations have been made.（分数：1.00）A.not be started √B.will not be startedC.is not startedD.is not to be started解析：30.- I' sorry to tell you I failed the physics course, Mom. - . The world won' end if you don' pass an exam. - Thank you for your encouragement.（分数：1.00）A.Let' face it √B.I' so sad to hear thatC.Let' go to see the doctorD.Don' go away解析：五、Section B（5 points) (总题数：5，分数：5.00)31.Geographically speaking, which of the following terms covers the largest area?（分数：1.00）A.Great Britain.B.England.C.The United Kingdom. √D.The British Isles.解析：32.In the twentieth century Britain experienced many wars, of which ________brought the country the largest number of casualties.（分数：1.00）A.the Invasion against EgyptB.the First World War. √C.the Second World War.D.the Falkland Islands War.解析：33.The ancestors of the English are _____.（分数：1.00）A.Anglo-Saxons √B.CeltsC.BritonsD.Romans解析：34.The famous words“United we stand, divided we fall”were spoken by ___________and the famous speech“I have a dream”was delivered by Martin Luther King.（分数：1.00）A.John F. KennedyB.GeorgeWashingtonC.Thomas JeffersonD.AbrahamLincoln √解析：35._____is Canada's largest city.（分数：1.00）A.MontrealB.VancouverC.Toronto √D.Ottawa解析：六、Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points) (总题数：5，分数：5.00)36.Henry is a beggar. He has the habit of picking up cigarette ends left by other people. He can always make one new cigarette out of seven ends. One Saturday night he ollected 49 cigarette ends. The next day he made them into cigarettes and smoked them all. How many whole cigarettes did he smoke that day?（分数：1.00）A.TenB.SevenC.NineD.Eight √解析：（分数：1.00）A. √B.C.D.解析：（分数：1.00）A.B. √C.D.解析：（分数：1.00）A.Avenue 4, Street 2.B.Avenue 4, Street 3. √C.Avenue 4, Street 4.D.Avenue 4, Street 5.解析：40.Yesterday my doctor gave me some tablets. There were five in the box. He told me to take one every half hour. How long did they last?（分数：1.00）A.They lasted one and a half hours.B.They lasted 3 hours.C.They lasted 2 hours. √D.They lasted 4 hours.解析：七、Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points) (总题数：1，分数：6.00)6.00）(1).It is stated in the first paragraph that _________. （分数：1.00）A.both stress and pressure produce bad reactionsB.there is a link between stress and other illnesses √C.stress can help you to do betterD.depression is caused by pressure解析：(2).Why is it important for employers to take stress seriously? （分数：1.00）A.The law requires them to make their workplaces stress-free.B.Reducing stress can be very expensive.C.Ignoring stress in employees may be expensive for the organisation. √D.Stressed workers complain a lot.解析：(3).According to the health and safety law, employers must _______ . （分数：1.00）A.make sure that all pressures are removedB.implement immediate procedures to reduce stressC.analyse the causes of illness in the workplaceD.carry out a study to identify work-related stress √解析：(4).We learn from the fourth paragraph that _______. （分数：1.00）A.employers are not obliged to deal with non-work related health problems √B.employers must be aware of their employees'home situationsC.stress at work may influence an employee's home lifeD.employees need to be aware of the causes of stress解析：(5).It can be learned from the fifth paragraph that employers ________. （分数：1.00）A.must ensure that employees don't fall ill because of their job √B.should organise their work carefullyC.can help employees by reorganising their workD.mustn't think that every employee can put up with stress解析：(6).An employer may know when employees are under stress because______ . （分数：1.00）A.they will give a warning signalB.the outward signs are always visibleC.consumption of cigarettes may increase √D.they are always unhappy解析：八、Section B (7 points) (总题数：1，分数：7.00)7.00）(1).Both Heathrow 4 and Stansted airports have shops which sell highly-priced goods（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(2).Manchester 2 airport seems to have put its seating in the wrong place.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(3).Both Heathrow2 and Cardiff airports have a departure lounge which is very impressive（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）解析：(4).Stores at Edinburgh airport sell not only rolls and buns, but other foods as wel（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）解析：(5).Heathrow 4 airport is the largest airport in the UK.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：NG）解析：(6).East Midlands airport changes its range of food according to the season.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(7).Cardiff airport does not sell anything to read and needs modernisin（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：九、Section C (7 points) (总题数：1，分数：7.00)7.00）A.B.C.D.E.F. √解析：A.B.C.D. √解析：A.B.C.D.E. √解析：A.B. √C.D.解析：A.B.C.D.E.F.G. √解析：A.B.C. √D.解析：A. √B.C.D.解析：十、Section D(10 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）(1).What is the researchers'estimated percentage of school dropouts among Latino and black students?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Almost fifty percent.)解析：(2).What efforts have been made to increase graduation rates?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Education reforms and dropout prevention programmes.)解析：(3).What has been done to help young parents complete their education?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Providing free transportation and childcare.)解析：(4).Who made a report about the decrease of Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(The Educational Testing Service.)解析：(5).What do experts suggest setting up to help prevent students fromdropping out of school?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Early warning system.)解析：十一、Section E(10 points) (总题数：1，分数：5.00)5.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：need (for changes)）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：legislation）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：resources）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：policy statement）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：environmental audit）解析：十二、Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：disposable）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：indifferent）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：attachment）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：universa）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：intensity）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：basically）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：assertion）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：attraction）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：exceptional）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：distinctive）解析：十三、Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points) 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Part I Listening Comprehension (25minutes,30points)Section A (6points)Directions:In this section,you will hear 6short conversations.At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.Both the conversation and the question will be read only once.After each question,there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the three choices marked A,B and C,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1.A.He hasn ’t found a suitable one. B.He hasn ’t enough money.C.He prefers his old one.2.A.In ten minutes. B.In fifteen minutes. C.In twenty minutes.3.A.Have dinner with Mary. B.See a film with Mary.C.Do his homework.4.A.Rainy. B.Sunny. C.Cloudy.5.A.He has to go to the bank. B.He has missed the train.C.His train has been delayed.6.A.￡315. B.￡350. C.￡375.Section B (4points)Directions:In this section,you will hear one long conversation.The conversation will be2007National English Contest for College Students(Level C -Preliminary)1--read only once.At the end of the conversation,there will be a one-minute pause.During the pause,you must read the four questions,each with three choices marked A,B and C, and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7.What office is the student looking for?A.Accounting.B.Economic History.C.Economics.8.When was the orientation meeting held?A.Yesterday.st Friday.C.A week ago.9.What is the rule about attendance at lectures?A.It is optional.B.It is necessary.C.It is difficult to enforce.10.How often does the student have to attend tutorials?A.Once every other week.B.Three times a week.C.Once a week.Section C(10points)Directions:In this section,you will hear10short news items.After each item,there will be a pause.During the pause,you must read the question and then the three choices marked A,B and C,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11.When did the bomb go off in a popular market in central Baghdad?te in the evening.B.At mid-morning.te in the afternoon.12.What’s the purpose of the Amber Alert program?A.To report the number of children missing in the U.S.every year.B.To help find the children who are believed to have been abducted.C.To find out the reasons why children are kidnapped in the U.S.13.How many villages have been involved in the inter-communal fighting in Chad?A.Fewer than8.B.About10.C.Over20.14.What is the best tactic when you’re caught up by a rolling wave of snow?A.To create space around you.B.To outrun the avalanche.C.To leave the ski resort instantly.15.What’s the news item mainly talking about?A.Development of medical technology.B.Health care in California.C.Health insurance in the U.S.2--16.How many people did bird flu kill in Indonesia in two weeks?A.5.B.2.C.35.17.What’s the function of the new drug produced by Pfizer?A.Reducing dogs’weight.B.Increasing dogs’appetite.C.Controlling dogs’population.18.What will soon begin in the southern Senegalese towns?A.Planting new agricultural crops.B.Biofuel production.C.Fuel recycling.19.When did Ponti begin making films?A.In1913.B.In1931.C.In1938.20.What’s the main reason Democrats could regain control of Congress after12years?A.Nancy Pelosi has become their leader.B.Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq war.C.They support sending more troops to Iraq.Section D(10points)Directions:In this section,you will hear a short passage.There are ten missing words or phrases in it.Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape.Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Every traveller has a tale to tell about bad driving.These are usually exaggerated (21)of life on the main streets of cities where the motorists are crazy and traffic lights are treated as colourful(22).It all happened on a Sunday April morning.I(23)my intention to turn left into a side road and paused as the oncoming traffic cleared.But as I drove across the road,an elderly man driving a battered Renault12chose to overtake me(24)pass on the inside.There was a fearful bang and my car was pushed sideways.I felt groggy and bruised and was taken to hospital in the back seat of a police car.There my spleen was removed.Fortunately,though,my recovery was steady and(25).But that’s not the end of the tale.Yes,I had taken out insurance and it covered my medical expenses,(26)while I recovered and my flights home.However,as al-ways,there was a catch to it.I had(27)hired my car from a backstreet firm called Kavis that had been recommended by the hotel front desk.I was assured that I had3--full insurance cover,but Kavis(28)my credit card谊800on the day of the accident.My solicitor took advice on the form I had signed.Being in a hurry at the time,I hadn’t(29)to get it translated.“Mr.Balmer was stupid to sign this document,”it read.I(30)with a smile.After all,I am still alive!Part II Vocabulary and Structure(10minutes,15points) Directions:There are15incomplete sentences in this part.For each blank there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31.If I lose my new watch my parents will be very annoyed me.A.againstB.withC.forD.about32.I don’t think possible to master a foreign language without much memorywork.A.thisB.thatC.itsD.it33.Does brain power as we get older?Scientists now have some surprising an-swers.A.descendB.declineC.reduceD.collapse34.I don’t believe in Brown’s adventure at all.It sounds so.A.incredibleB.credibleC.incredulousD.credulous35.We’ll never get to the station on time we run as fast as we can.A.in caseB.even ifC.provided thatD.if only36.Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose by24%and50%,overJuly2006.A.separatelyB.individuallyC.independentlyD.respectively37.The shipping authorities followed the of the unidentified submarine ontheir radar screens.A.channelB.wayC.courseD.direction38.I set off as soon as I got the news about my grandpa’s illness.Unfortunately,heat the hospital before I.A.has died;went thereB.had died;arrivedC.died;had been thereD.was dying;had gone39.The committee has made rules all its members are supposed to work.4--A.by whichB.so thatC.now thatD.for which40.They were married for fifteen years but have now up and live apart.A.splitB.dividedC.divorcedD.separated41.We wouldn’t have missed the train if we to the station.A.didn’t walkB.wouldn’t runC.hadn’t walkedD.weren’t running42.No matter what measure they took,in no way.A.could the outflowing tide be controlledB.the outflowing tide could be controlledC.could the outflowing tide controlD.the outflowing tide could control43.—Did you get any information from Peter?—He an expert,but he doesn’t seem to know much.A.believes to beB.is supposed to beC.thought to beD.is claimed being44.—The radio’s terribly loud.Could you turn it down a little?—Sorry!—Yes,and something else-wouldn’t it be an idea to buy your own soap?A.Is it disturbing you?B.I forgot where I put my soap this morning.C.A football match was broadcast live on it.D.Could you repeat what you said?45.—Can I book a room from now until Friday?——What’s the price?—$128.75not counting the service.A.Definitely.Go see it yourself.B.Yes,our hotel is quite near to the station.C.Of course.Would you like to follow me?D.You can have Room33,overlooking the sea.Part III IQ Test(5minutes,5points)Directions:There are5IQ Test questions in this part.For each question there are4 choices marked A,B,C and D.Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.5--46.Which figure completes the sequence?47.A man has 29socks in his drawer,9identical blue,8identical grey and 12identical black.The lights have fused and he is completely in the dark.How many socks must he take out to make certain that he has a pair of each colour?A.21B.14C.23D.2448.Which comes next?A,1A,111A,311A,?A.1312AB.13211AC.1231AD.11231A49.Find the weight to balance the scales.A.5kg 50.What is the missing number?A.748B.754C.745D.784Part IV ReadingComprehension (25minutes,40points)Section A (6points)Directions:There is one passage in this section with 6questions.For each question,there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.You should decide on the best choice.Then4kg 16kg 10kg ?A. B.C. D.6--“A Unique Experience inIndian Cuisine”Opening night at the Gandhi Restaurant brought cries of praise and delight from customers when they sampled the unique cuisine on Monday night. Opened by County Councillor,Mr. Tony Peaston,the Gandhi offers the dis-cerning diner authentic Indian dishes,many available for the first time in Hampshire. The secret lies in the preparation-only authentic Indian herbs and spices are used to individually prepare each special dish,following ancient recipes,many hand-ed down through generations of Indian chefs.High Standard“I’ve travelled extensively and dined at many Indian restaurants throughout the country,but rarely have I tasted Indian food of such a high standard,”extolled Councillor Peaston.“Whilst Gandhi himself was a leader of men,the Gandhi Restaurant could be considered the leader of a new breed of Indian cuisine in Hampshire,”he added.“By far the best curry we have had in the Portsmouth area,”was the comment of Havant diners,Mr.and Mrs.Jim Cairns of Denvilles.“We enjoyed the different menu andmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Questions51-56are based on the following passage.7--51.“A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine ”here means that the Gandhi restaurant.A.is the only genuine Indian restaurant in HampshireB.offers customers its own special style of cookingC.makes special food for native Indian customersD.is trying out Indian recipes for the first time52.How does the food preparation contribute to the unique experience?A.It varies from customer to customer,depending on the price.B.The methods used are secret and known only to the chef.C.It uses genuine Indian ingredients and follows ancient recipes.D.It follows methods described by traditional Indian authors.found the advice of the staff,explaining how each dish was prepared,very helpful for de -ciding our choice of menu,”they said.Such glowing comments reflect the ex -clusive nature of the dishes available at the Gandhi Restaurant.Original Recipes You can choose from a menu which of -fers curries and tandoories,knowing each one is specially cooked for you,with indi -vidual care and attention,according to strict original recipes,by a top London chef,for -merly of Covent Garden.And after you have sampled the spicy delights of your main course,you can select from a choice of original Indian sweets to temper your palate.Relaxing in the comfortable surround -ings of the restaurant,you can have a hot towel to freshen yourself or clean your fin -gers between courses -another touch of In -dian living.The Gandhi Restaurant,situated at 139Kingston Road,Portsmouth,is fully li -censed and open seven days a week.You can pop in for a traditional Indi -an lunch between 12and 2:30pm or enjoy a languid evening meal,when the restau -rant is open from 6pm to midnight.But take care to book in advance,as demand for this cuisine is expected to be high,so avoid disappointment by tele -phoning Portsmouth 811966.As proof of confidence in your enjoy -ment,the Gandhi is offering a 10per cent discount on the cost of your meal,when you produce this advertisement within three months of the opening.The staff at the Gandhi look forward to serving you with your first taste of truly authentic Indian cuisine in this area -and they know you will come back again and again.8--53.According to the article,in what way does the restaurant live up to its name?A.It will soon be as famous throughout the world as Gandhi himself.B.The owner considers himself to be a leader of the local Indian community.C.It has had a considerable influence on other Hampshire restaurants.D.It sets new standards of excellence for other Indian restaurants to follow.54.Where did the top chef of the Gandhi Restaurant use to work?A.In London.B.In Hampshire.C.In Denvilles.D.In Portsmouth.55.Hot towels are provided.A.because customers feel coldB.to make customers feel more relaxedC.mainly for hygienic reasonsD.to give customers the true feel of Indian life56.Customers can obtain a cheaper meal by.A.bringing the advertisement with themB.making a phone call to the restaurantC.providing proof of their enjoymentD.contributing to the cost of advertisingSection B(7points)Directions:In this section,there is one passage followed by7statements.Go over the passage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet.For questions57-63,mark Y(for Yes)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N(for No)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG(for Not Given)if the information is not given in the passage.Questions57-63are based on the following passage.Eleven days ago,as he felt himself being crushed from head to toe,Andrew Jepson was certain he was about to die.Yesterday the26-year-old construction worker was able to stroll around his parents蒺home and tell for the first time how he survived being run over by a four-ton road roller.9--The accident hap -penedas Mr.Jepson worked at a building site at Heathrow andthe roller was reversing at 4mph.“I was looking awayand then I just felt it goover my leg ”,he said.“Ifell to the floor and felt this amazing pain in my leg as it was being crushed.”“When I felt it running over me I thought this is it,I ’m dead.Nobody can survive this.”“There was absolutely nothing I could do.The pain was horrendous and all the air was being crushed out of my lungs.”“I couldn ’t breathe.I thought every breath would be my last.”The machine took more than a second to roll over Mr.Jepson ’s body.“It came over my head but I had my hard hat on which must have blocked most of the pressure,”he said.Workmates believed he would be dead but the uneven surface,foundation for a road,cushioned much of the weight of the roller and saved him.“Afterwards I tried to get straight up,”he said.“I was fully conscious.I was in shock but for some reason I thought,‘If I stay down,I will die.’”“Luckily a labourer ran over and kept me down so that I would not do any more in -jury to myself.”“The driver rushed over.He was really upset.I said,‘You are not to blame,it was just an accident.’”Mr.Jepson,a site engineer,suffered crushed ribs,bruising,cuts and a collapsed left lung but escaped permanent injury.An air ambulance arrived and doctors operated at the scene.He spent two days in intensive care but six days later was back at his parents ’home near Spalding,Lincolnshire.Worker is crushed into broken gravel /concrete base as roller reverses over him at 4mph.Ridges in uneven surface take some of roller 蒺s 4-ton load.Mail Graphics:Adrian Black and Liz Faunce 10--“It is like being born again,”said Mr.Jepson,who has amazed doctors with his re-covery.“When I came around from the anaesthetic I just cried with joy.Being able to walk and breathe again is the most wonderful thing in the world.”Mr.Jepson’s62-year-old father,John,said,“When we heard he had been under a roller I feared the worst.We prayed all the way to the hospital.To see him now is just wonderful.”Mr.Jepson’s employer,construction firm Laing,said the accident was still being in-vestigated.Statements:Section C(7points)Directions:Y ou are going to read a magazine article about sand.Seven sentences have been removed from the article.Choose from the sentences(A-H)the one which fits each gap(64-70).There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use.Mark your an原swers on the Answer Sheet.Sand:as children we play on it and as adults we relax on it.It is something we complain about when it gets in our eyes on a windy beach,and praise when it is made into sand castles.But we don’t often look at it.If we did,we would discover an account of a11--geological past and a history of sea life that goes back thousands and,in some cases,mil-lions of years.Sand covers not just seashores,but also ocean beds,deserts and mountains.And it is a major element in manufactured products too-concrete is largelysand,while glass is made of little else.Well,it is larger than fine dust and smaller than shingle.In fact,accord-ing to the most generally accepted scheme of measurement,grains can be called sand if their diameter is greater than0.06of a millimetre and less than0.6of a millimetre.Depending on its age and origin,a particular sand can consist of tiny stones or porous grains through which water can pass.They have come from the breakingdown of rocks,or from the dead bodies of sea creatures,which collect on the bottom of the oceans,or even from volcanic eruptions.If it is a dazzling white,its grains may come from nearby coral,fromcrystalline quartz rocks or from gypsum,like the white sand of New Mexico.On Pacific Islands,jet black sands form from volcanic minerals.Other black beaches are magnetic and are mined for iron ore.It washes rock into streams and rivers and down to the sea,leaving be-hind softer materials.By the time it reaches the sea,the hardest rocks remain but every-thing else has been broken into tiny particles of0.02millimetre diameter or less.The largest pieces fall to the bottom quickly,while smaller particles float and settle only slowly in deeper water,which is why the sandy beach on the shoreline so often turns to mud further out.If the individual fragments still have sharp edges,you can be sure theywere formed fairly recently.This is the case on the island of Kamoama in Hawaii,where a beach was created after a volcanic eruption in1990.Molten lava spilled into the sea and exploded into glassy droplets.It seems that when the poet William Blake saw infinity in a grain of sand he was not far wrong.Sand is an irreplaceable industrial ingredient which has many uses.Sand cushions our land from the force of the sea,and geologists say it often does a better job protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.12--Section D(10points)Directions:In this section,there is one passage followed by5questions.Read the pas原sage carefully,then answer the questions in as few words as possible(not more than10 words).Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions71-75are based on the following passage.Rare among American actors,Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainstream Hollywood movies and more“out of the ordinary”projects.Talking about his choice of roles,he once said,“With any part you play,there is a certain amount of yourself in it.There has to be,otherwise it’s not acting.It’s lying.”Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands,Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean.Depp dropped out of school at sixteen to concentrate on a career in music,playing the guitar(he played with more than twenty bands).However,his musical career failed to take off,and he found himself selling pens over the phone to pay the bills.His lucky break came when makeup artist Lori Allison,to whom he was briefly married,introduced him13--to Nicolas Cage.Although at first they did not like each other,they later became good friends and Cage persuaded him to try acting.Depp signed on with Cage’s agent,and made his feature film debut in Wes Craven’s horror film Nightmare on Elm Street,in which the character he played was eaten by his bed.After that he had his first screen lead-ing role in Private Resort.Depp went on to achieve teen idol status in the TV series21Jump Street,but after four seasons,he wanted out,with the hope of making the transition to the big screen.He starred in Cry-Baby,followed by Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands,after which he went on to win considerable critical acclaim in Ed Wood,a reunion with Burton.Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in1997,a film he also co-wrote and starred in. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival,the film also featured Marlon Brando,but earned mostly negative reviews,with most critics blaming its weak script.Sleepy Hollow teamed him with director Burton yet again,before he starred in Ted Demme’s Blow,and ap-peared in the thriller From Hell,about Jack the Ripper.Off screen,his good looks and“bad boy”image(he was once arrested for attackingintrusive paparazzi with a wooden plank)have earned him alot of media attention.He was voted one of the fifty mostbeautiful people in the world by People magazine in1996.Hehas also had his fair share of celebrity romances;when his en-gagement to Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryderended,he had a tattoo(one of at least eight),which said“Winona Forever”,altered by laser to get rid ofthe last two letters of her name.His relation-ship with model Kate Moss also ended abruptlyin1998,when he started dating Frenchsinger-actress Vanessa Paradis.They are nowmarried and have two children,Lily-RoseMelody and Jack.More recent work has in-cluded Pirates of the Caribbean with Geoffrey14--Rush and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.Questions:Section E(10points)Directions:In this section,there is one passage followed by a summary.Read the pas原sage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces76-80.Remember to write the answers on the An原swer Sheet.Questions76-80are based on the following passage.Lack of culture,or rather an excess of the wrong sort of culture,is often considered to be synonymous with disadvantage.Most commonly associated with low cultural standards are low levels of reading,and some thirteen per cent of all twenty-three-year-olds feel they have trouble with reading and writing.One way of compensating such disadvantaged young people is thought to be to provide them with the culture they lack:in particular, high quality reading material.Whereas forty to fifty per cent of young people aged sixteen to twenty rarely read a book,the majority appear to read comics.In1991sales of Viz,a UK comic,exceeded one million copies per issue,making it the fourth best-selling periodical in Britain.The read-ing of comics,however,is not restricted to young people:by1992it was estimated that two out of three men aged eighteen to fifty-three read Viz.The number of imitators this comic has spawned,including Zit,Gas,Brain Damage and Swiz,indicates the extent of the influence it wields.The reading of comics was traditionally regarded by the educational establishment15--with considerable suspicion.Whereas the received arts were always assumed to exert an improving or civilizing influence,comics were thought to“rot children’s brains”,to lower educational standards and to threaten morality.They were,and are,assumed to be an infe-rior cultural form,their readers assumed to come from the lower social classes,to be low educational attainers and to be easily led astray.Over the past decade,perceptions of comics have shifted.Since the1970s,the comic format has been commonly used to represent the interests of various disenfranchised groups-community groups,the unemployed,welfare recipients-who became more conscious of a climate conditioned by other contemporary movements such as civil rights,con-sumerism,self-help and de-institutionalization.As cultural signifiers,comics have become the subject matter of academic courses in cultural and media studies.Indeed,young peo-ple’s cultural activities,grounded in the commercial rather than the subsidized sector,are beginning to merit the attention of the arts establishment.Summary:Part V Cloze(10minutes,10points)Directions:There are10blanks in the e the words(phrases)given in the box to fill in the blanks,changing the form where e only one word(phrase)in each blank.There are two extra words(phrases)which you do not need to use.Remember towrite the answers on the Answer Sheet.16--Working out body,(81) you are football crazy or keen on tennis.The(82)that rock or pop music might ever play a part in sports training would have been regarded as a joke not so long ago.But today modern music is increasingly filling the gym as well as the front room.The idea of exercise to music is not new.For years,(83)in eastern Europe,the benefits of sportsmen and sportswomen having(84)in ballet and classical dance,with their stress on total body control and balance,have long been recognised.Figure-skating and ice-dance are usually performed to music and can be said to be specialised(85)of this type of exercise.But ballet and classical dance can be(86)other sports that are also pleasing to the eye,such as gymnastics and skiing,(87)of which demand high standards of balance,coordination and suppleness.In western Europe and North America,a far(88)interest has been shown in working out to classical music.Even sports which seem to demand muscular(89)more than any other physical requirement have taken up exercise to music as a valuable addition to their own specialised training schemes.Devotees of soccer,rugby,and rowing now regularly train to music;even those who take part in weightlifting,(90)demands enormous physical strength,and partici原pants in athletics field events,find that exercise to music is beneficial and makes their movements more fluid.Part VI Translation(15minutes,20points)Section A(10points)Directions:Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.17--(91)An active lifestyle and a healthy,fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart,they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age,two leading neuroscientists said.As people live longer,finding ways of halfing the decline in mental agility is becoming increasingly important,said Professor Ian Robertson,director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.(92)“The biggest threat to being able to function well and properly is our brains,”he told journalists.“There is very strong evidence,particularly in the over-50s,that the degree to which you maintain your mental faculties depends on a handful of quite simple environmental factors,”he said.(93)Those who remained physically fit,avoided high stress levels and enjoyed a rich and varied social life are better equipped to stay alert as they age.Mental stimulation, learning new things and simply thinking young also help.A new survey compiled for the University of Kent and the charity Age Concern showed ageism was rife in Britain where people,on average,see youth as ending at49and old age beginning at65.But Robertson said such attitudes were not helpful given the number of80-year-olds who remain“sharp as pins”.(94)“If you start to think of yourself as old when you are60,which is no longer justified,you will behave old,”he said.Research conducted by his Trinity College colleague,Professor Marina Lynch, showed healthy eating was another key requirement for staying on the ball.(95)Lynch said new research showed fish oils may reduce the cell inflammation that triggers a decline in memory.Section B(10points)Directions:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.96.这决不是解决人口问题的最好办法。

大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类英语专业模拟题

模拟试题一Part I Listening ComprehensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause. Daring the pause, read the question with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1. What does the woman mean?A. She likes all of his novels.B. She likes none of his novels.C. She likes his latest novel very much.2. How many days will the woman be traveling?A. 9.B. 11.C. 15.3. What is the woman most likely?A. A patient.B. A chemist.C. A doctor.4. What' s the probable relationship between the man and the woman?A. Colleagues.B. Classmates.C. Husband and wife.5. Who is in favor of communicating on line?A. The mart.B. The woman.C. Both.Section BIn this section, you will hear two interviews. Each interview will be read only once. At the end of each interview, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Interview One6. When is BBC' s Overseas Students at British Universities on air every day?A. 6:30 AM.B. 8:30 GMT.C. 18:30 Greenwich Mean Time.7. What is today's broadcast series about?A. How Chinese students manage to come to Britain.B. How to apply for a scholarship.C. How Chinese students finance their studies.8. Mrs. Wang belongs to the type of students who ______.A. live on a scholarship provided by their working unit back in ChinaB. are usually olderC. haven't finished their college education in China yet9. How much does the Chinese government pay Mrs. Wang each month?A. 1000 pounds.B. 1200 pounds.C. 1000 dollars.10. Which of the following about Mr. Zhu is NOT true?A. Mr. Zhu also lives on a scholarship.B. Mr. Zhu is from Xi'an.C. Mr. Zhu receives around 1200 dollars per month.Interview Two11. What is Mr. Bacon's job specifically?A. Veterinary surgeonB. DoctorC. Nursery12. What sort of pets do people bring to the surgery mainly?A. Cats and dogs.B. Snakes and parrots.C. Rats and ferrets.13. Does Mr. Bacon think the British spend more money on their animals than their children?A. Yes, the British people are very animal-minded.B. No, a group of people are cruel to their animals.C. It depends on the people.14. Does Mr. Bacon think animals are good for people's health?A. Yes, they are companion to old people.B. No.C. Not mentioned.15. Is Mr. Bacon still very much interested in his job?A. Yes, he loves it.B. No, he would like a lot less paperwork.C. Not mentioned.Section CIn this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16. According to the BBC correspondent, the Greeks are worried that Annan has offered too much to the ______ side.A. GreekB. Greek CypriotC. Turkish Cypriots17. Which of the following is TRUE about the American spy plane?A. China refused to let it land in Hong Kong.B. It crashed over the South China Sea.C. It crashed with Chinese fighter plane on April 3rd.18. How many people died in the clashes between Iraqi demonstrators and US troops?A. More than 8.B. More than 13.C. More than 38.19. What can we infer from the news?A. The US and Britain have made a thorough examination on weapons before they started war.B. The UN weapons inspection has been in abeyance because of the war.C. The US and Britain have found evidence that Iraq owned some atomic weapons.20. Which of the followings is NOT the topic of the meetings between the two presidents?A. Nuclear weapons.B. Terrorism.C. Illegal drugs.Section DIn this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.If this is a "Mandela moment" for America, there were—perhaps inevitably—few specific clues in Barack Obama's victory speech as to how that will work its way through on to the world stage. But for those who have objected to American (21) during the Bush years there was the commitment to listening, the promise—in Mr. Obama's words—of (22) American leadership, coupled with the pledge to defeatthose who "would (23) "Among the reaction from Europe, President Sarkozy said the American peoplehad chosen "change, openness and (24) " And the European Commission president, Jose Manuel Barroso, said "we need a new deal for a new world".Iraq' s foreign minister (25) Mr. Obama that there was " (26) " in Iraq and he didnot foresee a quick US disengagement, (27) President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan said he hoped the election would bring peace, life and (28) to his country.Managing such (29) abroad, as well as at home, will clearly be one of Mr.Obama's biggest (30)Part II Multiple ChoiceSection ADirections:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31. When she heard the bad news, her eyes ______ with tears as she struggled to control her emotions.A. sparkledB. twinkledC. radiatedD. glittered32. Half the excuses she gives are not true, but she always seems to ______ them.A. get on withB. get away withC. get up fromD. get in on33. I only know the man by ______ but I have never spoken to him.A. chanceB. heartC. sightD. experience34. The multinational corporation was making a take-over ______ for a property company.A. applicationB. bidC. proposalD. suggestion35. The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from every other machine ______ invented.A. everB. thusC. yetD. as36. There ______ nothing more for discussion ; the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier.A. to beB. to have beenC. beingD. be37. He must give US more time, ______ we shall not be able to make a good jobof it.A. consequentlyB. otherwiseC. thereforeD. doubtlessly38. He resented ______ to wait. He expected the minister ______ him at once.A. to be asked; to seeB. being asked; to fleeC. to be asked; seeingD. being asked; seeing39. It was recommended that passengers ______ smoke during the flight.A. notB. need notC. could notD. would not40. If this university ______ such a good reputation, I would not have come here.A. didn't haveB. hadn't hadC. doesn't haveD. hasn't hadSection BDirections:There are 5 incomplete statements or questions about some English speaking countries in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the most suitable answer from the given choices. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.41. ______ is the capital city of New Zealand.A. WellingtonB. VancouverC. AucklandD. Canberra42. According to the theory of semantic triangle. A Word is not directly relatedto the thing it refers to. They are connected by ______.A. meaningB. referenceC. conceptD. sense43. The largest river in England is ______.A. the Severn RiverB. the Thames RiverC. Ben NevisD. the Laugh Neigh44. The official name of the United Kingdom is ______.A. the United Kingdom of Great BritainB. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandC. the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern IrelandD. the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland45. The House of Commons consists of ______ Members of Parliament.A. 551B. 651C. 751D. 851Part III Reading ComprehensionSection AThere is one passage in this section followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice, then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.The Supreme Court's decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of "double effect", a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients' pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient. Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who "until now have very, verystrongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that might hasten death. "George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. "It's like surgery," he says. "We don't call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn't intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you're a physician, you can risk your patient's suicide as long as you don't intend their suicide."On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.Just three weeks before the Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report—Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the under treatment of pain and the aggressive use of "ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolongand even dishonor the period of dying" as the twin problems of end-of-life care.The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, totest knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. "Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering," tothe extent that it constitutes "systematic patient abuse". He says medical licensing boards "must make it clear that painful deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension. "Questions:46. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that ______.A. doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients' painB. it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their livesC. the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicideD. patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide47. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A. Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patients' death.B. Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.C. The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.D. A doctor's medication is no longer justified by his intentions.48. According to the NAS's report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is______.A. prolonged medical proceduresB. inadequate treatment of painC. systematic drug abuseD. insufficient hospital care49. Which of the following best defines the word "aggressive" (line 3, paragraph6) ?A. Bold.B. Harmful.C. Careless.D. Desperate.50. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they ______.A. manage their patients incompetentlyB. give patients more medicine than neededC. reduce drug dosages for their patientsD. prolong the needless suffering of the patientsSection BIn this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing no more than three words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.As every schoolboy knows, insects pollinate flowers, while birds and mammals disperse seeds by eating fruits or transporting burs on their feathers and fur. These are examples of co-evolution, a phenomenon first described by Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, published in 1871.Co-evolution, in which two species have evolved together in response to adaptations that each has imposed on the other, can be extremely subtle. For instance, some animals may help to transfer pollen from one plant to another without acting directly as the carrier themselves. Instead, they make it easier for the pollen to be dispersed by other creatures. Mats Olsson and Richard Shine, of the University of Sydney, and Elisabeth Bak-Olsson, of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, have discovered, apparently for the first time, such a mutually beneficial arrangement between a reptile and a plant.For most of the year the Tasmanian snow skink lizard confined to mountain tops in that island is catholic in what it eats. But when the honey-bush is in bloom, the skinks make a point of tearing off the tough, red petals that enclose the rest of the flower. They chew them to extract the nectar and spit out what is left. At first sight,this skink-savaging may not seem all that helpful to the honey- bush. But it is. Itexposes the reproductive parts of the flowers, thereby allowing pollinating insects to get at them. Dr. Olsson and his colleagues found that flowers with the petals left intact never produced seed. But, according to their paper in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 87% of flowers with the petals torn off did so.To check that it was the skinks alone that were the plants' little helpers, the researchers placed cages around some honey-bushes. Virtually all of the petals were removed from the flowers on bushes without cages. Only 16% of the caged bushes had their petals ripped off, possibly by high winds battering them.Dr Olsson found no evidence of pollen being carried on a skink and so concluded that the lizards play no role in transporting honey-bush pollen from one flower to another. But he did see a range of insects: wasps, flies, bumble-bees and others feeding from honey-bush flowers that had no petals covering them. Without the petals removed, it was impossible for insects to do any pollinating.SUMMARY:Co-evolution is (51) described by Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man. In the process of co-evolution, two species may have to respond to adaptations they have imposed on each other.For example, some animals may not carry. (52) from one plant to another. They may help by making it easier for other creatures to disperse the pollen from one plant to another. Such an arrangement seems (53) to both species. In Tasmania, the skink lizards chew the red petals of (54) and spit out what is left. In doing so, they expose the reproductive parts of the flower and enable pollinating insects to reach them. It was discovered that 87% of these flowers produced seeds. Conversely, flowers with petals remaining (55) never did.Section CIn this section, there is one passage followed by five incomplete sentences. Read the passage carefully, and then complete each sentence in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Most people consider bacteria dangerous. After all, these microorganisms cause a host of serious human diseases, including tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pneumonia, and food poisoning. In fact, however, only a small percentage of bacteria cause diseases, while many bacteria are actually beneficial to humans. For example, doctors use bacteria to produce vaccines and other medicines. Bacteria are also critical to many industrial processes, from fermenting wine to recycling wastes, and scientists use bacteria to study many of the biological processes common to all living things.With such a wide variety of economic and scientific applications, it is no surprise that several laboratories around the United States grow and sell bacteria as a crop. These laboratories use specialized farming techniques to produce one of the nation's most valuable biological commodities.Like plants, bacteria have specific growth requirements. In particular, they needa place to grow and they need a supply of nutrients. Bacteria may be cultivated in containers ranging from small test tubes to giant steel tanks. The organisms are placed in a container along with a nutritionally balanced liquid or jelly, called a culture medium, which provides vitamins, minerals, and fluids to the growing bacteria. The growth container and culture medium must be kept at a constant temperature that is appropriate for the type of bacteria being cultivated. Most bacteria used in medicine and industry grow best between 20℃ and 45℃.In a closed container, bacteria exhibit a definite growth pattern. The figure shows a typical bacterial growth curve. All bacteria follow this pattern, a fact that is very important to anyone who wants to cultivate them in large numbers.When bacteria are first placed in a growth container, they must adapt to theirnew environment, and growth is slow while they are making this adjustment. This period is called the "start phase" of the bacterial growth cycle. At the end of this phase, as the bacteria become accustomed to their new living conditions, they begin to grow and reproduce rapidly. During the second phase, called the "log phase," a population explosion occurs. In a large tank, millions of new bacteria may be produced everyhour during this phase. Eventually, however, the bacterial population reaches the maximum size possible, given the limitations of the growth container. At this point,the bacteria enter the "stationary growth phase," during which they continue to reproduce, but at a slower rate. After a time, the bacteria use up their supply of nutrients and their wastes accumulate in the growth container. The final period in the growth cycle, called the "death phase," occurs when the bacteria begin to die faster than they reproduce.People who grow bacteria for science and industry take advantage of this unique growth cycle. Bacteria are harvested during the "stationary growth phase," yielding a good crop of usable organisms. By carefully monitoring the growth pattern, bacteria farmers can also decide when to add more nutrients to the culture medium or to transfer the bacteria to new growth containers. In this way, they can prevent large losses during the "death phase." By applying a knowledge of the growth requirements and patterns of bacteria, these modern-day agriculturalists are able to help everyone derive the maximum benefit from these versatile organisms.56. Most people consider bacteria dangerous, actually, most of them are ______.57. Most bacteria used in medicine and industry grow best between the temperature of ______.58. ______ follow the growth pattern illustrated in FIGURE 1.59. There are ______ phases in the growth cycle of bacteria.60. Large losses of bacteria in the ______ phase can be avoided artificially.Section DIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it has been debated since the National Forests were first formed in 1905. Since then, the U.S. Forest Service has been allowing timber, mining, ranching, and recreational intereststo use the forests as a resource. In fact, the Forest Service, which manages 34 million acres of wilderness across the country, is part of the Department of Agriculture. Since the government perpetuated the concept of nature as a user-friendly commodity, you might say that it missed the forest for the trees.For the last 27 years, the rest of the nation—both public and private—has been working to comply with the landmark Endangered Species Act, but the U.S. Forest Service has paid little attention to the wildlife under its care: sometimes due to a lackof funds, sometimes a lack of information, sometimes a lack of will. For the forests in Southern California, however, this is changing. A little known regional environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, brought a lawsuit two years ago that has forced the Forest Service to face the Endangered Species Act and comply with it. Assuming the agency is able, all the life in the forest, from Smith's blue butterfly tothe cattle rancher to the intrepid backpacker, will be affected.In the Los Padres Forest alone, which spans almost two million acres, as many as 11.6 million people have been allowed to troop in each year during the summer months, unknowingly disrupting a fragile ecosystem essential to the health of the forest they have come to enjoy. Even the rugged packers in the backcountry, mostly nature-lovers at heart, have disturbed the breeding of the red-legged frog and arroyo as they camped, with permission, along shallows.Invasive species aside from humans pose problems as well. Bullfrogs originally from the Eastern U.S. are munching red-legged frogs and arroyo toads, as are the warm water non-native fish species like small-mouthed bass and blue gill. Fragile native plants are being crowded out by pampas grass and other non-natives in the majority of the meadows. One of the most dangerous invaders of Southern California is the cowbird, also an East Coast native, which has been wreaking havoc on native avian species across the country. Cowbirds have the offensive but biologically useful trait of laying eggs in others' nests, leaving the host parents to rear its big, hungry young. Often the baby cowbird hatches first and develops faster at the expense of its foster parents' offspring.Temporary emergency measures adopted in January 1999 to address these problems closed four campgrounds in the Ojai Ranger District from sunset to sunrise to protect the arroyo toad. In the Monterey district, fencing and grazing use were limited for the benefit of steel head.The final settlement on March 1 of the Center for Biological Diversity suit stipulated another set of protections, largely benefiting the California condor. Poisonous ethylocol-based antifreeze was banned, requirements for anti-perching devices on communication sites went into effect, and bird- safe power lines must be installed.Questions:61. What activities have been allowed in public forests since 1905.962. What made the Forest Service comply with the Endangered Species Act?63. What is the area of the Los Padres Forest?64. Apart from humans what else are regarded as invaders of forests?65. When were four campgrounds closed in order to protect the native species in the forest?Part IV ClozeRead the following passage and fill in each blank with one word in three ways: according to the context; using the correct form of the given words; according to the given letters of the words. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.One of the questions coming into focus as we face growing scarcity of resources in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development com 66 , the coronal wisdom has been 67 the billion people living in poor countries could never expect to r 68 the standard of living that most of the people in North America e 69 , simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on. At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super-affluence as though there were no limits 70 how much we could consume. We m 71 only 6 percent of the world's people; yet we consume one third of the world's resources.As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from w 72 our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter. But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, we will no longer be able to think in 73 of "our" resources and "their" resources, but only of c 74 resources.As Americans consume such a(n) 75 (proportion) share of the world's resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super-affluence in a world of 76 (scarce). We are now reaching the point at 77 we must carefully examine the presumed 1 78 between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumed. If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly 79 (enhance). But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesn't make d 80 In the eyes of most of the world today, Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still mole. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition in, the world's resources requires that we re-examine the way in which we relate to the rest of the world.Part V TranslationSection ATranslate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Last spring, my husband and I loaded our three children into the car and drove off to see friends in the United States. Over the course of a week, we visited half a dozen households, each with children of its own. (81) And I found myself struck, again and again, by the frequency with which we modern parents use television to silence young children.Get a couple of families together, and when noise from the kids rises too much, on goes the video and all is gratifying silence until the credits roll. (82) It's like throwing a blanket over a noisy parrot's cage : With one motion, the parrot's stimulating surroundings vanish and its squawking instantly subsides. Hit the "play" button and the same thing happens. Children might be wrestling or running around, but let that mesmerizing box light up and they'll stop to stare at the screen. Nearby, the adults smile as the caterwauling ceases: "Phew! That's better."The video has become a member of every family I know. Need to finish a project on a Sunday afternoon? Popping a video buys you an hour or two. Often my children go to play in someone's basement room and a video is on from the time they arrive until they leave.Guilty as I am myself. I find promiscuous use of this sedative disquieting.Children don't stand a chance against videos. (83) No matter how imaginative or independent they may be or how much they may like playing with visiting friends, they cannot escape the stupefying effects of the box.(84) Child-development expert Paul Smith attributes this to the brain's "orienting response," a reaction discovered by Parlor early in the last century. "We humans are。

全国大学生英语竞赛2007年初赛(B级)答案

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2007 National English Contestfor College Students(Level C - Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)Section A (6 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. He hasn‟t found a suitable one. B. He hasn‟t enough money.C. He prefers his old one.2. A. In ten minutes. B. In fifteen minutes. C. In twenty minutes.3. A. Have dinner with Mary. B. See a film with Mary.C. Do his homework.4. A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.5. A. He has to go to the bank. B. He has missed the train.C. His train has been delayed.6. A. £315. B. £350. C. £375.Section B (4 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7. What office is the student looking for?A. Accounting.B. Economic History.C. Economics.8. When was the orientation meeting held?A. Yesterday.B. Last Friday.C. A week ago.9. What is the rule about attendance at lectures?A. It is optional.B. It is necessary.C. It is difficult to enforce.10. How often does the student have to attend tutorials?A. Once every other week.B. Three times a week.C. Once a week.Section C (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. When did the bomb go off in a popular market in central Baghdad?A. Late in the evening.B. At mid-morning.C. Late in the afternoon.12. What‟s the purpose of the Amber Alert program?A. To report the number of children missing in the U.S. every year.B. To help find the children who are believed to have been abducted.C. To find out the reasons why children are kidnapped in the U.S.13. How many villages have been involved in the inter-communal fighting in Chad?A. Fewer than 8.B. About 10.C. Over 20.14. What is the best tactic when you‟re caught up by a rolling wave of snow?A. To create space around you.B. To outrun the avalanche.C. To leave the ski resort instantly.15. What‟s the news item mainly talking about?A. Development of medical technology.B. Health care in California.C. Health insurance in the U.S.16. How many people did bird flu kill in Indonesia in two weeks?A. 5.B. 2.C. 35.17. What‟s the function of the new drug produced by Pfizer?A. Reducing dogs‟ weight.B. Increasing dogs‟ appetite.C. Controlling dogs‟ population.18. What will soon begin in the southern Senegalese towns?A. Planting new agricultural crops.B. Biofuel production.C. Fuel recycling.19. When did Ponti begin making films?A. In 1913.B. In 1931.C. In 1938.20. What‟s the main reason Democrats could regain control of Congress after 12 years?A. Nancy Pelosi has become their leader.B. Americans are dissatisfied with the Iraq war.C. They support sending more troops to Iraq.Section D (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are ten missing words or phrases in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on the tape. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Every traveller has a tale to tell about bad driving. These are usually exaggerated (21) __________ of life on the main streets of cities where the motorists are crazy and traffic lights are treated as colourful (22) __________.It all happened on a Sunday April morning. I (23) __________ my intention to turn left into a side road and paused as the oncoming traffic cleared. But as I drove across the road, an elderly man driving a battered Renault 12 chose to overtake me (24) __________ pass on the inside. There was a fearful bang and my car was pushed sideways. I felt groggy and bruised and was taken to hospital in the back seat of a police car. There my spleen was removed. Fortunately, though, my recovery was steady and (25) __________.But that‟s not the end of the tale. Yes, I had taken out insurance and it covered my medical expenses, (26) __________ while I recovered and my flights home. However, as always, there was a catch to it. I had (27) __________ hired my car from a backstreet firm called Kavis that had been recommended by the hotel front desk. I was assured that Ihad full insurance cover, but Kavis (28) __________ my credit card £800 on the day of the accident. My solicitor took advice on the form I had signed. Being in a hurry at the time, I hadn‟t (29) __________ to get it translated. “Mr. Balmer was stupid to sign this document,” it read. I (30) __________ with a smile. After all, I am still alive!Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. If I lose my new watch my parents will be very annoyed ______ me.A. againstB. withC. forD. about32. I don‟t think ______ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.A. thisB. thatC. itsD. it33. Does brain power ______ as we get older? Scientists now have some surprising answers.A. descendB. declineC. reduceD. collapse34. I don‟t believe in Brown‟s adventure at all. It sounds so ______.A. incredibleB. credibleC. incredulousD. credulous35. We‟ll never get to the station on time ______ we run as fast as we can.A. in caseB. even ifC. provided thatD. if only36. Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose by 24% and 50% ______, over July 2006.A. separatelyB. individuallyC. independentlyD. respectively37. The shipping authorities followed the ______ of the unidentified submarine on their radar screens.A. channelB. wayC. courseD. direction38. I set off as soon as I got the news about my grandpa‟s illness. Unfortunately, he ______ at the hospital before I ______.A. has died; went thereB. had died; arrivedC. died; had been thereD. was dying; had gone39. The committee has made rules ______ all its members are supposed to work.A. by whichB. so thatC. now thatD. for which40. They were married for fifteen years but have now ______ up and live apart.A. splitB. dividedC. divorcedD. separated41. We wouldn‟t have missed the train if we ______ to the station.A. didn‟t walkB. wouldn‟t runC. hadn‟t walkedD. weren‟t running42. No matter what measure they took, in no way ______.A. could the outflowing tide be controlledB. the outflowing tide could be controlledC. could the outflowing tide controlD. the outflowing tide could control43. —Did you get any information from Peter?—He ______ an expert, but he doesn‟t seem to know much.A. believes to beB. is supposed to beC. thought to beD. is claimed being44. —The radio‟s terribly loud. Could you turn it down a little?—Sorry! ______—Yes, and something else - wouldn‟t it be an idea to buy your own soap?A. Is it disturbing you?B. I forgot where I put my soap this morning.C. A football match was broadcast live on it.D. Could you repeat what you said?45. —Can I book a room from now until Friday?—_________________—What‟s the price?—$128.75 not counting the service.A. Definitely. Go see it yourself.B. Yes, our hotel is quite near to the station.C. Of course. Would you like to follow me?D. You can have Room 33, overlooking the sea.Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions:There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. Which figure completes the sequence?47. A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical grey and 12 identical black. The lights have fused and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make certain that he has a pair of each colour?A. 21B. 14C. 23D. 2448. Which comes next?A, 1A, 111A, 311A,?A. 1312AB. 13211AC. 1231AD. 11231A49. 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Questions 51-56 are based on the following passage.“A Unique Experience in IndianCuisine ”Opening night at the GandhiRestaurant brought cries of praise anddelight from customers when theysampled the unique cuisine on Mondaynight.Opened by County Councillor, Mr.Tony Peaston, the Gandhi offers thediscerning diner authentic Indian dishes,many available for the first time inHampshire.The secret lies in the preparation -only authentic Indian herbs and spices are used to individually prepare each special dish, following ancient recipes, many handed down through generations of Indian chefs. High Standard “I‟ve travelled extensively and dined at many Indian restaurants throughout the country, but rarely have I tasted Indian food of such a high stan dard,” extolled Councillor Peaston. “Whilst Gandhi himself was a leader of men, the Gandhi Restaurant could be considered the leader of a new breed of Indian cuisine in Hampshire,” he added.“By far the best curry we have had in the Portsmouth area,” was t he comment of Havant diners, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cairns of Denvilles.“We enjoyed the different menu and found the advice of the staff, explaining how each dish was prepared, very helpful for deciding our choice of menu,” they said.Such glowing comments reflect the exclusive nature of the dishes available at the Gandhi Restaurant.Original RecipesYou can choose from a menu which offers curries and tandoories, knowing each one is specially cooked for you, with individual care and attention, according to strict original recipes, by a top London chef, formerly of Covent Garden.And after you have sampled the spicy delights of your main course, you can select from a choice of original Indian sweets to temper your palate.Relaxing in the comfortable surroundings of the restaurant, you can have a hot towel to freshen yourself or clean your fingers between courses - another touch of Indian living.The Gandhi Restaurant, situated at 139 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, is fully licensed and open seven days a week.You can pop in for a traditional Indian lunch between 12 and 2:30 pm or enjoy a languid evening meal, when the restaurant is open from 6 pm to midnight.But take care to book in advance, as demand for this cuisine is expected to be high, so avoid disappointment by telephoning Portsmouth 811966.As proof of confidence in your enjoyment, the Gandhi is offering a 10 per cent discount on the cost of your meal, when you produce this advertisement within three months of the opening.The staff at the Gandhi look forward to serving you with your first taste of truly authentic Indian cuisine in this area- and they know you will come back again and again.51. “A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine” here means that the Gandhi restaurant __________.A. is the only genuine Indian restaurant in HampshireB. offers customers its own special style of cookingC. makes special food for native Indian customersD. is trying out Indian recipes for the first time52. How does the food preparation contribute to the unique, experience?A. It varies from customer to customer, depending on the price.B. The methods used are secret and known only to the chef.C. It uses genuine Indian ingredients and follows ancient recipes.D. It follows methods described by traditional Indian authors.53. According to the article, in what way does the restaurant live up to its name?A. It will soon be as famous throughout the world as Gandhi himself.B. The owner considers himself to be a leader of the local Indian community.C. It has had a considerable influence on other Hampshire restaurants.D. It sets new standards of excellence for other Indian restaurants to follow.54. Where did the top chef of the Gandhi Restaurant use to work?A. In London.B. In Hampshire.C. In Denvilles.D. In Portsmouth.55. Hot towels are provided __________.A. because customers feel coldB. to make customers feel more relaxedC. mainly for hygienic reasonsD. to give customers the true feel of Indian life56. Customers can obtain a cheaper meal by __________.A. bringing the advertisement with themB. making a phone call to the restaurantC. providing proof of their enjoymentD. contributing to the cost of advertisingSection B (7 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 7 statements. Go over the passage quickly and mark the answers on the Answer Sheet. For questions 57- 63, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 57-63 are based on the following passage.Eleven days ago, as he felt himself being crushed from head to toe, Andrew Jepson was certain he was about to die.Yesterday the 26-year-old construction worker was able to stroll around his parents‟ home and tell for the first time how he survived being run over by a four-ton road roller.The accidenthappened as Mr. Jepsonworked at a building siteat Heathrow and the rollerwas reversing at 4 mph.“I was looking awayand then I just felt it goover my leg”, he said. “Ifell to the floor and feltthis amazing pain in myleg as it was beingcrushed.”“When I felt it running over me I thought this is it, I‟m dead. Nobody can survive this.”“There was absolutely nothing I could do. The pain was horrendous and all the air was being crushed out of my lungs.”“I couldn‟t breathe. I thought every breath would be my last.”The machine took more than a second to roll over Mr. Jep son‟s body.“It came over my head but I had my hard hat on which must have blocked most of the pressure,” he said.Workmates believed he would be dead but the uneven surface, foundation for a road, cushioned much of the weight of the roller and saved him.“Afterwards I tried to get straight up,”he said. “I was fully conscious. I was in shock but for some reason I thought, …If I stay down, I will die.‟”“Luckily a labourer ran over and kept me down so that I would not do any more injury to myself.”“The driver rushed over. He was really upset. I said, …You are not to blame, it was just an accident.‟”Mr. Jepson, a site engineer, suffered crushed ribs, bruising, cuts and a collapsed left lung but escaped permanent injury. An air ambulance arrived and doctors operated at the scene.He spent two days in intensive care but six days later was back at his parents‟ home near Spalding, Lincolnshire.“It is like being born again,” said Mr. Jepson, who has amazed doctors with his recovery.“When I came around from the anaesthetic I just cried with joy. Being able to walk and breathe again is the most wonderful thing in the world.”Mr. Jepson‟s 62-year-old father, John, said, “When we heard he had been under a roller I feared the worst. We prayed all the way to the hospital. To see him now is just wonderful.”Mr. Jepson‟s employer, construction firm Laing, said the accident was still being investigated.Statements:Directions: You are going to read a magazine article about sand. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the sentences (A-H) the one which fits each gap (64-70). There is one extra sentence which you do not need to use. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.Sand: as children we play on it and as adults we relax on it. It is something we complain about when it gets in our eyes on a windy beach, and praise when it is made into sand castles.But we don‟t often look at it. If we did, we would discover an account of ageological past and a history of sea life that goes back thousands and, in some cases, mil- lions of years.Sand covers not just seashores, but also ocean beds,deserts and mountains. And it is a major element in manufactured products too - concrete is largely sand, while glass is made of little else.Well, it is larger than fine dust and smaller than shingle. In fact, according to the most generally accepted scheme of measurement, grains can be called sand if their diameter is greater than 0.06 of a millimetre and less than 0.6 of a millimetre.Depending on its age and origin, a particular sand can consist of tiny stones or porous grains through which water can pass. They have come from the breaking down of rocks, or from the dead bodies of sea creatures, which collect on the bottom of the oceans, or even from volcanic eruptions.If it is a dazzling white, its grains may come from nearby coral, from crystalline quartz rocks or from gypsum, like the white sand of New Mexico. On Pacific Islands, jet black sands form from volcanic minerals. Other black beaches are magnetic and are mined for iron ore.It washes rock into streams and rivers and down to the sea, leaving be- hind softer materials. By the time it reaches the sea, the hardest rocks remain but every- thing else has been broken into tiny particles of 0.02 millimetre diameter or less. The largest pieces fall to the bottom quickly, while smaller particles float and settle only slowly in deeper water, which is why the sandy beach on the shoreline so often turns to mud further out.If the individual fragments still have sharp edges, you can be sure they were formed fairly recently. This is the case on the island of Kamoama in Hawaii, where a beach was created after a volcanic eruption in 1990. Molten lava spilled into the sea and exploded into glassy droplets.It seems that when the poet William Blake saw infinity in a grain of sand he was not far wrong. Sand is an irreplaceable industrial ingredient which has many uses. Sand cushions our land from the force of the sea, and geologists say it often does a better job protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.64656667686970Section D (10 points)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Rare among American actors, Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainst ream Hollywood movies and more “out of the ordinary” projects. Talking about his choice of roles, he once said, “With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it‟s not acting. It‟s lying.” Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean.Depp dropped out of school at sixteen to concentrate on a career in music, playing the guitar (he played with more than twenty bands). However, his musical career rifled to take off, and he found himself selling pens over the phone to pay the bills. His lucky break came when makeup artist Loft Allison, to whom he was briefly married, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Although at first they did not like each other, they later became good friends and Cage persuaded him to try acting. Depp signed on with Cage‟s agent, and made his feature film debut in Wes Craven‟s horror film Nightmare on Elm Street, in which the character he played was eaten by his bed. After that he had his first screen leading role in Private Resort.Depp went on to achieve teen idol status in the TV series 21 Jump Street, but after four seasons, he wanted out, with the hope of making the transition to the big screen. He starred in Cry-Baby, followed by Tim Burton‟s Edward Scissorhands, after which he went on to win considerable critical acclaim in Ed Wood, a reunion with Burton. Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in 1997, a film he also co-wrote and starred in. Premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, the film also featured Marlon Brando, but earned mostly negative reviews, with most critics blaming its weak script. Sleepy Hollow teamed him with director Burton yet again, before he starred in Ted Demme‟s Blow, and appeared in the thriller From Hell, about Jack the Ripper.OFF screen, his good looks and “bad boy” image (he was once arrested for attacking intrusive paparazzi with a wooden plank) have earned him a lot of media attention. He was voted one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. He has also had his fair share of celebrity romances; when his engagement to Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder ended, he had a tattoo (one of at least eight), which said “Winona Forever”, altered by laser t o get rid of the last two letters of her name. His relationship with model Kate Moss also ended abruptly in 1998, when he started dating French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis. They are now married and have two children, Lily-Rose Melody and Jack. More recent work has included Pirates of the Caribbean with Geoffrey Rush and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.Questions:Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the pas- sage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 76-80. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 76-80 are based on the following passage.Lack of culture, or rather an excess of the wrong sort of culture, is often considered to be synonymous with disadvantage. Most commonly associated with low cultural standards are low levels of reading, and some thirteen per cent of all twenty-three-year-olds feel they have trouble with reading and writing. One way of compensating such disadvantaged young people is thought to be to provide them with the culture they lack: in particular, high quality reading material.Whereas forty to fifty per cent of young people aged sixteen to twenty rarely read a book, the majority appear to read comics. In 1991 sales of Viz, a UK comic, exceeded one million copies per issue, making it the fourth best-selling periodical in Britain. The reading of comics, however, is not restricted to young people: by 1992 it was estimated that two out of three men aged eighteen to fifty-three read Viz. The number of imitators this comic has spawned, including Zit, Gas, Brain Damage and Swiz, indicates the extent of the influence it wields.The reading of comics was traditionally regarded by the educational establishment with considerable suspicion. Whereas the received arts were always assumed to exert an improving or civilizing influence, comics were thought to “rot children‟s brains”, tolower educational standards and to threaten morality. They were, and are, assumed to bean inferior cultural form, their readers assumed to come from the lower social classes, to be low educational attainers and to be easily led astray.Over the past decade, perceptions of comics have shifted. Since the 1970s, the comic format has been commonly used to represent the interests of various disenfranchised groups — community groups, the unemployed, welfare recipients — who became more conscious of a climate conditioned by other contemporary movements such as civil fights, consumerism, self-help and de-institutionalization. As cultural signifiers, comics have become the subject matter of academic courses in cultural and media studies. Indeed, young people‟s cultural activities, grounded in the commercial rather than the subsidized sector, are beginning to merit the attention of the arts establishment.Summary:Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)Directions:There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the box to fill in the blanks, changing the form where necessary. Use only one word (phrase) in each blank. There are two extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Working out and body, (81) __________ you are football crazy or keen on tennis. The (82) __________ that rock or pop music might ever play a part in sports training would have been regarded as a jokenot so long ago. But today modem music is increasingly filling the gym as well as the front room.The idea of exercise to music is not new. For years, (83) __________ in eastern Europe, the benefits of sportsmen and sportswomen having (84) __________in ballet and classical dance, with their stress on total body control and balance, have long been recognised.Figure-skating and ice-dance are usually performed to music and can be said to be specialised (85) __________ of this type of exercise. But ballet and classical dance can be (86) __________ other sports that are also pleasing to the eye, such as gymnastics and skiing, (87) __________ of which demand high standards of balance, coordination and suppleness.In western Europe and North America, a far (88) __________ interest has been shown in working out to classical music. Even sports which seem to demand muscular (89) __________ more than any other physical requirement have taken up exercise to music as a valuable addition to their own specialised training schemes.Devotees of soccer, rugby, and rowing now regularly train to music; even those who take part in weightlifting, (90) __________ demands enormous physical strength, and participants in athletics field events, find that exercise to music is beneficial and makes their movements more fluid.Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points)Section A (10 points)Directions:Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.(91) An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said.As people live longer, finding ways of halting the decline in mental agility is becoming increasingly important, said Professor Ian Robertson, director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.(92) “The biggest threat to being able to function well and properly is our brains,” he told journalists.“There is very strong evidence, particularly in the over-50s, that the degree to which you maintain your mental faculties depends on a handful of quite simple environmental factors,” he said.(93) Those who remained physically fit, avoided high stress levels and enjoyed a rich and varied social life are better equipped to stay alert as they age. Mental stimulation, learning new things and simply thinking young also help.A new survey compiled for the University of Kent and the charity Age Concern showed ageism was rife in Britain where people, on average, see youth as ending at 49 and old age beginning at 65.But Robertson said such attitudes were not helpful given the number of 80-year- olds who remain “sharp as pins”.(94) “If you start to think of yourself as old when you are 60, which is no longer。

2007年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2007年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. Multiple Choice 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Translation 6. IQ Test 7. WritingPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：You are walking round the market when you hear this woman talking to a customer. What is she doing? —Look, I’ll tell you what. You just take a couple home tonight. I’ll knock off 50 pence. How’s that? And try them, you’ll love them. I promise you. And then tomorrow you can come and tell me if I’m not right. What do you say to that then? I cannot say fairer than now, can I?1．A．Asking the customer’s opinion.B．Offering a cheap sample.C．Explaining a price rise.正确答案：B解析：录音中提到他们谈话的地点是在the market，其中一人说你可拿一双回家，价格已经降到了50便士。

由此可知，B选项符合题意。

听力原文：These friends are talking about a film. Who will go to see it? —I really think you ought to give it a chance. You are usually so narrow-minded. —I’m not. But Tom said his dad really enjoyed it. We’ve got nothing in common as far as I know. So I know what it’ll be like. —Well, I think you’re silly. You’ll be sorry when I tell you how funny it was.2．A．Both of them.B．The boy.C．The girl.正确答案：C解析：由第三句话可知女孩会去看电影。

2007年全国大学生英语竞赛A类决赛

2007 National English Contestfor College Students(Level A - Final)Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)Section A: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (6 points)1. A. She was impressed. B. She was disappointed. C. She was bored.2. A. Three. B. Two. C. One.3. A. There is a mistake in the bill. B. I t is someone else‟s bill. C. The man has made a mistake.4. A. On a beach. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.5. A. To learn Japanese. B. To do some painting. C. To study Japanese art.6. A. It was too long. B. There was too much violence. C. The acting was poor.Section B: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (4 points) Questions 7-10 are based on the long conversation you have just heard.7. What‟s Mr. Holloway‟s first name?A. Sanderson.B. Brad.C. Atlas.8. How long has Michael been at the school?A. Less than a year.B. More than a year.C. At least a year.9. Where did Mr. Holloway buy the P.E. kit?A. “At Last” Sports Shop.B. South Street Sports Shop.C. The shop recommended by the school.10. On what page of the school information booklet did it first explain the kit to be worn?A. Page 10.B. Page11.C. Page12.Section C:In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (10 points)11. Which country was infamous for its racist apartheid system?A. South Africa.B. Burundi.C. The Democratic Republic of Congo.12. What did General George Casey think of the new Iraqi-American security drive?A. He thought it wouldn‟t succeed.B. He expected significant results from it.C. He believed it could work under certain conditions.13. What attracted so many people?A. A political conference.B. A sports programme.C. A religious ceremony.14. How many countries were mentioned in this news item?A. 3.B. 4.C. 5.15. Who will the U.S. Secretary of State meet with next month?A. President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert.B. Prime Minister Olmert and President Hosni Mubarak.C. President Hosni Mubarak and President Abbas.16. What is the purpose of the Holocaust Memorial Center?A. To show sympathy for the Hungarian Jews killed by German Nazis.B. To help people understand the Second World War better.C. To educate the young about the glory of the Hungarian history.17. What did some agricultural producing nations complain about?A. The Doha Round of world trade talks hasn‟t been held for long.B. Their farmers can not compete with artificially-low prices.C. Developing countries cannot compete with developed ones.18. What can we learn from this news item?A. The new vaccines are intended solely for developing countries.B. The oral vaccines are much cheaper than conventional ones.C. The oral vaccines will cost less than two dollars each dose.19. According to the chief of the U.N. Human Rights Office in Iraq, how many civilians have been killed during2006?A. 34,452.B. 36,685.C. 36,500.20. Which of the following is responsible for Thai economy‟s shaky start to 2007?A. The bloodless coup that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin.B. Prime Minister Thaksin‟s abuse of power and corruption.C. Bomb blasts in Bangkok and the new investment rules.Section D: In this section, you will hear one passage. You are required to make some notes when you listen to it. After you hear the passage, you should complete the table below, using the exact words you hear from the recording, not exceeding three words in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points)Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. These circumstances were far from being ordinary and Smith had a ________ reason for being herepersonally.A. twofoldB. coupleC. bilateralD. doubling31.A 句意：这里的情况连普通的状况都赶不上，史密斯先生有双倍的理由亲自参加。

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全国大学生英语竞赛B类考试指导【考试简介】全国大学生英语竞赛(：National English Contest：for College Students，简称NEccs)是经教育部有关部门批准，由高等学校大学外语教学指导委员会和高等学校大学外语教学研究会联合主办，英语辅导报社承办的全国惟一的大学生英语综合能力竞赛。

本竞赛是全国性大学英语学科竞赛。

旨在贯彻落实教育部关于大学英语教学改革精神，促进大学生英语水平的全面提高，激发学生学习英语的兴趣，鼓励英语学习成绩优秀的大学生。

这项竞赛活动，既可以展示各高校大学英语教学改革的成果，又可以有助于学生打好英语基础，提高综合运用英语的能力，推动全国大学英语教学上一个新台阶。

本竞赛内容主要包括大学英语学习阶段应掌握的英语基础知识和读、听、说、写、译五方面的技能，特别是英语综合运用能力。

从2007年开始竞赛分A、B、c、D四个类别，全国各高校的研究生及本、专科所有年级学生均可自愿报名参赛。

A类考试适用于研究生参加；B类考试适用于英语专业本、专科的学生参加；c类考试适用于非英语专业的本科生参加；D类考试适用于体育类和艺术类的本科生和高职高专类的学生参加。

本竞赛面向大多数学生，提倡“重在参与”的奥林匹克精神，坚持自愿报名参加的原则，避免仅仅选拔“尖子”参加竞赛，而把大多数学生排除在竞赛之外的做法。

全国大学生英语竞赛B类考试的初赛和决赛赛题的命题将依据《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》等文件，并借鉴国内外最新的测试理论和命题技术、方法，既要参考现行各种大学英语教材，又不依据任何一种教材；既要贴近当代大学生的学习和生活，又要有利于检测出参赛大学生的实际英语水平。

本竞赛的初、决赛赛题注意信度和效度，内容上体现真实性、实用性、交流性和时代性。

本竞赛分初赛和决赛两个阶段进行。

初赛和决赛均为全国统一命题。

初赛包括笔答和听力两种方式。

决赛分两种方式，各地可任选一种：第一种是只参加笔试，第二种是参加笔试和口试。

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Scientists now have some surprising answers. （分数：1.00）A.descendB.decline √C.reduceD.collapse解析：24.I don't believe in Brown's adventure at all. It sounds so___ .（分数：1.00）A.incredible √B.credibleC.incredulousD.credulous解析：25.We'll never get to the station on time we run as fast as we can.（分数：1.00）A.in caseB.even if √C.provided thatD.if only解析：26.Oil sales volume in local urban and rural areas rose by 24% and 50% ________, over July 2006. （分数：1.00）A.separatelyB.individuallyC.independentlyD.respectively √解析：27.The shipping authorities followed the ________of the unidentified submarine on their radar screens.（分数：1.00）A.channelB.wayC.course √D.direction解析：28.I set off as soon as I got the news about my grandpa's illness. 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Could you turn it down a little? — Sorry!_________ — Yes, and something else - wouldn't it be an idea to buy your own soap?（分数：1.00）A.Is it disturbing you? √B.I forgot where I put my soap this morning.C.A football match was broadcast live on it.D.Could you repeat what you said?解析：35.— Can I book a room from now until Friday? —____________ — What's the price? — $128.75 not counting the service.（分数：1.00）A.Definitely. Go see it yourself.B.Yes, our hotel is quite near to the station.C.Of course. Would you like to follow me?D.You can have Room 33, overlooking the sea. √解析：六、Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points) (总题数：5，分数：5.00)（分数：1.00）A.B. √C.D.解析：37.A man has 29 socks in his drawer, 9 identical blue, 8 identical grey and 12 identical black. The lights have fused and he is completely in the dark. How many socks must he take out to make certain that he has a pair of each colour?（分数：1.00）A.21B.14C.23 √D.24解析：38.Which comes next? A, 1A, 111A, 311A, ?（分数：1.00）A.1312AB.13211A √C.1231AD.11231A解析：（分数：1.00）A. √B.C.D.解析：（分数：1.00）A.B. √C.D.解析：七、Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points) (总题数：1，分数：6.00)6.00）(1).“A Unique Experience in Indian Cuisine”here means that the Gandhi restaurant____________ （分数：1.00）A.is the only genuine Indian restaurant in HampshireB.offers customers its own special style of cooking √C.makes special food for native Indian customersD.is trying out Indian recipes for the first time解析：(2).How does the food preparation contribute to the unique experience? （分数：1.00）A.It varies from customer to customer, depending on the price.B.The methods used are secret and known only to the chef.C.It uses genuine Indian ingredients and follows ancient recipes. √D.It follows methods described by traditional Indian authors.解析：(3).According to the article, in what way does the restaurant live up to its name? （分数：1.00）A.It will soon be as famous throughout the world as Gandhi himself.B.The owner considers himself to be a leader of the local Indian community.C.It has had a considerable influence on other Hampshire restaurants.D.It sets new standards of excellence for other Indian restaurants to follow √解析：(4).Where did the top chef of the Gandhi Restaurant use to work? （分数：1.00）A.In London. √B.In HampshireC.In Denvilles.D.In Portsmouth解析：(5).Hot towels are provided _______ （分数：1.00）A.because customers feel coldB.to make customers feel more relaxedC.mainly for hygienic reasonsD.to give customers the true feel of Indian life √解析：(6).Customers can obtain a cheaper meal by __________ （分数：1.00）A.bringing the advertisement with them √B.making a phone call to the restaurantC.providing proof of their enjoymentD.contributing to the cost of advertising解析：八、Section B (7 points) (总题数：1，分数：7.00)7.00）(1).The accident happened two weeks ago.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）解析：(2).Mr. Jepson was paving the road when the accident happened.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：NG）(3).The roller was going backwards when it hit Mr. Jepson.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(4).A workman ran immediately to the scene of the accident.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(5).An operation was performed at the scene of the accident（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：Y）解析：(6).The company has decided who is responsible for the accident.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：N）解析：(7).The investigation of the accident lasted for almost two years.（分数：1.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：NG）解析：九、Section C (7 points) (总题数：1，分数：7.00)7.00）A.B. √C.D.解析：A.B.C.D.E.F. √解析：A. √B.C.D.解析：A.B.C.D.E.F.G. √解析：A.B.C.D. √解析：B.C.D.E.F.G.H. √解析：A.B.C. √D.解析：十、Section D (10 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）(1).What does Johnny Depp think of acting a role without having any part of oneself in it?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Lying. / Not acting, but lying.)解析：(2).Who inspired Depp to start his film career?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Nicolas Cage.)解析：(3).Why did many critics negatively review Depp蒺s film The Brave?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(They thought its script was weak.)解析：(4).How many films has Depp made with director Tim Burton?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(Three.)解析：(5).What have brought Depp a lot of media attention off screen?（分数：2.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(His good looks and“bad boy”image.)解析：十一、Section E (10 points) (总题数：1，分数：5.00)5.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：low levels）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：best-selling periodicals）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：inferior cultural form）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：represent the interests）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：cultural and media）解析：十二、Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：whether）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：suggestion）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：especially）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：instruction）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：forms）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：applied to）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：both）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：greater）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：strength）解析：填空项1:__________________ （正确答案：which）解析：十三、Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points) (总题数：1，分数：10.00)10.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：(两位著名的神经专家认为，积极的生活方式和健康的、富含鱼类的饮食不仅对心脏有好处，还有助于攻克由衰老引起的记忆力减退。

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大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业-10(总分：150.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Part Ⅰ Listening Comperhension{{/B}}(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、{{B}}Section A{{/B}}(总题数：1，分数：5.00)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer.（分数：5.00）(1).Why has Mary been absent from class?∙ A. She has been ill.∙ B. She has been in Mexico.∙ C. Some relatives have been visiting her.∙ D. She has been in Mexico City.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. √D.解析：[听力原文] W: Anne missed class again, didn't she? I wonder why. M: Well. I called her this morning. Her brother and his family have been visiting her. That's all. They live in Mexico. 关于Anne缺席的原因，男士的回答是她的家人来看望她了。