2008 neccs (C类)
2008年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类决赛真题试卷(精选)
2008年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类决赛真题试卷（精选）Part ⅡV ocabulary and Structure1．Meeting my first teacher of English after all these years was an unforgettable moment, ______I will always treasure.A．That B．One C．It D．what2．Although they had signed the peace treaty, they were______preparing for a renewed offensive. A．Occupied B．Busy C．Engaged D．involved3．There seems to be a large______between the number of people employed in service industries, and those employed in the primary sector.A．Discrimination B．Discretion C．Discrepancy D．discord4．The conversation ended______when she got angry and put the phone down. A．Impulsively B．Briefly C．Shortly D．abruptly5．______has recently been done to improve the conditions of elementary schools, a large number of children are unable to go to school.A．In spite of what B．What C．Despite D．Though6．Britain’s economy is largely based on its industry, ______a few hundred years ago it was an agrarian country.A．Hitherto B．Whereas C．Whereby D．thereby7．______as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention.A．Published B．Having published C．Publishing D．To be published8．______being the coldest winter on record, it’s also been the wettest.A．Moreover B．Besides C．Although D．Furthermore9．Too much salt is known to contribute to hypertension, ______is a factor in half the deaths in the U. S. each year.A．What B．That C．Which D．this10．Having never been in the country before, I was initially confused ______the value of each coin.A．as for B．as with C．as of D．as to11．______that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point.A．During the 1980’s B．It was in the 1980'sC．That it was in the 1980’s D．It was the 1980’s12．It’s said that there is so much land in Australia that the government doesn’t know______. A．what to do it B．to do what with it C．it what to do with D．what to do with it 13．Your English is quite good. I thought you were American—______.A．If that doesn’t make things worse B．If I do say so myselfC．I' 11 take that as a compliment D．I mean that as a compliment14．—Every time I eat popcorn I get thirsty.A．Don’t you hate that? B．One of those days, huh?C．That must’ve been embarrassing! D．You can say that again.15．—I don't think it’s perfect, but I' 11 admit it has improved immensely!—Yes, good idea. We can resume discussions afterward. We' re getting a bit hungry.A．What is the next item for discussion? B．I think, more or less, that there is no more to do. C．On that note, why not break for lunch and come back later?D．It’s not exactly what I had in mind, to be honest.Part ⅢCloze(一）efficient them disapprove person appearPeople who are unpunctual fall into three categories. The first, and saddest, comprises the hopelessly incompetent and【71】______, who worry about being on time and never are. The second lot are, strange as it may seem, impatient people who cannot bear to be kept waiting, and who make sure they aren't by always being late【72】______, thus guaranteeing that others must wait for them. If they are outmanoeuvred and compelled to wait for someone, they are the first to express【73】______of such bad manners of the latecomers. Finally, there are the egoists, determined to impose their own【74】______ on others and to impress their sense of importance on them. An easy way to do this is to keep everyone waiting until the star makes an【75】______. （二）According to the World Health Organization, malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, affects millions of people every year. Everyone knows【76】h______irritating the noise made by a mosquito , accompanied by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is【77】ast______that so little is known about why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given the level of distress and disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective【78】ch______for protecting people against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened to DEET.【79】Al______DEET works well, it has some serious drawbacks; it can【80】dam______clothes and some people are allergic to it.Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others, but they do not know why this should be. They also know that people【81】va______in their reactions to mosquito bites. One person has a painful swelling while【82】an______who is bitten by the same mosquito, may hardly notice. Scientists have not discovered the reason for this, but they have【83】ca______out experiments to show that mosquitoes are attracted to, or put off by, certain smells. In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell【84】t______mosquitoes cannot resist. This could be used in a trap so that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into the trap and be destroyed. For the time【85】be______, however, we have to continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting bitten.Part ⅣReading ComperhensionSection AMost children at the tender age of six or so are full of the most impractical schemes for becoming policemen, firemen or train drivers when they grow up. But when I was that age, I could not be bothered with such mundane ambitions. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I was going to have my own zoo. My friends and relatives, who had long found me strange because I showed little interest in anything that did not have fur or feathers, accepted this as just anothermanifestation of my strangeness. They felt that, if they ignored my often repeated remarks about owning my own zoo, I would eventually grow out of it.As the years passed, however, to the bewilderment of those friends and relatives, my resolve to have my own zoo grew greater and greater, and eventually, after going on a number of expeditions to bring back animals for other zoos, I felt the time was ripe to acquire my own.From my latest trip to West Africa, I had brought back a considerable collection of animals which were living, temporarily I assured her, in my sister’s suburban garden in Bournemouth. But after a number of unsuccessful attempts to convince local councils in various areas to support my plans, I began to investigate the possibility of starting my zoo on the island of Jersey in the English Channel.I was given an introduction to a man named Hugh Fraser who, I was told, was a broad-minded, kindly soul. He would show me around the island and point out suitable sites. So, I flew to Jersey and was met by Hugh Fraser, who drove us to his family home, probably one of the most beautiful old houses on the island. There was a huge walled garden with lots of outbuildings all built in the beautiful local stone which was the colour of autumn leaves glowing in the sunshine. Turning to my wife, I said; "What a marvellous place for a zoo. "If my host had promptly fainted on the spot, I could not have blamed him. The thought of creating the average person’s idea of a zoo, with all the grey cement and iron bars, in such a lovely spot was horrible. To my astonishment, however, Hugh Fraser did not faint, but merely cocked an enquiring eyebrow at me and asked whether I really meant what I said. Slightly embarrassed, I replied that I had meant it, but added hastily that I realised that it was impossible. Hugh said he did not think it was as impossible as all that.He went on to explain that the house and grounds were too big for him to keep up as a private individual, and so he wanted to move to a smaller place in England. Would I care to consider renting the property for the purpose of establishing my zoo? I could not imagine more attractive surroundings for my purpose, and by the time lunch was over, the bargain had been sealed.31．How did the writer’s friends and family react to his childhood ambition?A．They did not take it seriously. B．They encouraged him to pursue it.C．They tried to talk him out of it. D．They tried to interest him in other things.32．What does the word "bewilderment”tell us about the attitude of friend's and relatives to the writer as he grew up?A．They were pleasantly surprised. B．They became increasingly angry with him.C．They supported his idea. D．They didn’t really understand his ambition.33．Why was the writer introduced to Hugh Fraser?A．Hugh knew a lot about zoos. B．Hugh owned a number of houses.C．Hugh knew the island very well. D．Hugh had offered land for rent.34．What was Hugh’s initial reaction to the writer’s comment about the walled garden? A．He was horrified at the prospect. B．He was surprised by the suggestion.C．He was too embarrassed to reply. D．He was interested' in the idea.Section BWhen was the last time you saw a frog? Chances are, if you live in a city, you have not seen one for some time. Even in wet areas once teeming with frogs and toads, it is becoming less and less easy to find those slimy, hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom. All over the world, even in remote jungles on the far side of the globe, frogs are losing the ecological battle for survival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise. Are amphibians simply over-sensitive to changes in the ecosystem? Could their rapid decline in numbers be signalling some coming environmental disaster for us all?This frightening scenario is in part the consequence of a dramatic increase over the last quarter of a century in the development of once natural areas of wet marshland; home not only to frogs but to all manner of wildlife. Yet, there are no obvious reasons why certain frog species are disappearing from rainforests in the Southern Hemisphere which are barely touched by human hands. The mystery is unsettling to say the least, for it is known that amphibian species are extremely sensitive to environmental variations in temperature and moisture levels. The danger is that planet Earth might not only lose a vital link in the ecological food chain (frogs keep populations of otherwise pestilent insects at manageable levels) , but we might be increasing our output of air pollutants to levels that may have already become irreversible. Frogs could be inadvertently warning us of a catastrophe.An example of a bizarre occurrence regarding a species of frog dates from the summer of 1995 , when "an explosion”of multi-coloured frogs of the species Rana klepton esculenta occurred in the Netherlands. Normally these frogs are brown and greenish-brown, but some unknown contributory factor is turning these frogs yellow and / or orange. Nonetheless, so far, the unusual bi- and even tri-coloured frogs are functioning similarly to their normal-skinned contemporaries. It is thought that frogs with lighter coloured skins might be more likely to survive in an increasingly warm climate due to global warming.One theory put forward to explain extinct amphibian species that seems to fit the facts concerns the depletion of the ozone layer, a well-documented phenomenon which has led to a sharp increase in ultraviolet radiation levels. The ozone layer is meant to shield the Earth from UV rays, but increased radiation may be having a greater effect upon frog populations than previously believed. Another theory is that worldwide temperature increases are upsetting the breeding cycles of frogs.35．Frogs are disappearing only from city areas.（Y/N/NG）36．Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying out.（Y/N/NG）37．Attempts are being made to halt the development of wet marshland.（Y/N/NG）38．Frogs are important in the ecosystem because they control pests.（Y/N/NG）39．It is not known why Dutch frogs are changing colour.（Y/N/NG）40．It is a fact that frogs' breeding cycle has been upset by worldwide increases in temperature. 41．The decline in the numbers of frogs worldwide may be warning us of a______.42．One danger to the Earth because of decreasing frog numbers is that we may______in the ecological food chain.43．Some unknown contributory factor is turning frogs yellow and / or orange in the______. 44．______has led to a sharp increase in ultraviolet radiation levels.Section CFor 25 years now, Jane Goodall has been studying chimpanzees in the wild, at Gombe in Tanzania. After ten years, she wrote her best-selling book, In The Shadow Of Man, chronicling her research until then. But if she had stopped there she would have left the world with a misleadingly benign (温和的) view of chimpanzees.Starting in the early seventies, Jane Goodall and her researchers were horrified to observe a prolonged, deliberate and planned warfare by one group of chimpanzees upon another group which had broken away some years previously. It fundamentally altered her perception of chimp society as ordered and peaceable.Her most startling discovery in her early years was that chimps use tools. Until then, paleoan-thropologists made sharp distinctions between tool users and non-tool users, to differentiate between men and monkeys. She documented and photographed chimps taking long sticks, poking them into termite holes, and extracting the termites on the sticks in order to eat them.At the same time she and other researchers discovered that chimps are the only animals, apart from humans, to be self-aware. At its most primitive level this can be demonstrated by sticking something on a chimp’s forehead and showing him a mirror. The chimp will immediately recognize himself and pull the object off his forehead. Other animals will paw at the mirror and fail to recognize themselves, let alone rearrange themselves according to the image in the mirror. They also have a structured language with abstract concepts.But her clinical and dispassionate description of the war that obliterated (使湮没) a whole chimp community may change our perceptions again of the closeness of the relationship between them and us. There was, it appeared, no particularly pressing reason for the larger northern group to set about annihilating the southern group. They turned against the other group because in the years since the two groups parted, they had become aliens, and, like humans, chimpanzee groups are hostile to those outside the immediate group. She observed too that many of them, especially the younger males, took deliberate pleasure in seeking out danger, by ranging close to the territoryoccupied by other groups. One or two especially aggressive animals were first to head in the direction of alien chimp calls, and last to linger near a potential fight.45．How long ago did Goodall write her book?46．How did the "warfare”change Goodall’s opinion of chimp society?47．What’s the purpose of the reference to "long sticks"?48．If you stick something on a chimp’s forehead and show him a mirror, how will he react?49．What did some of the chimps in the northern group enjoy doing?Section DAlmost everyone with or without a computer is aware of the latest technological revolution destined to change forever the way in which humans communicate, namely, the Information Superhighway , best exemplified by the ubiquitous Internet. Already, millions of people around the world are linked by computer simply by having a modem and an address on the "Net”, in much the same way that owning a telephone links us to almost anyone who pays a phone bill. In fact, since the computer connections are made via the phone line, the Internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links. It remains to be seen in which direction the Information Superhighway is headed, but many believe it is the educational hope of the future.The World Wide Web, an enormous collection of Internet addresses or sites, all of which can be accessed for information, has been mainly responsible for the increase in interest in the Internet in the 1990s. Before the World Wide Web, the "Net”was comparable to an integrated collection of computerized typewriters, but the introduction of the "Web”in 1990 allowed not only text links to be made but also graphs, images and even video. A Web site consists of a "home page”, the first screen of a particular site on the computer to which you are connected, from where access can be had to other subject related "pages”at the site and to thousands of other computers all over the world. This is achieved by a process called "hypertext". By clicking with a mouse device on various parts of the screen, a person connected to the "Net”can go travelling, or "surfing, through a web of pages to locate whatever information is required.Anyone can set up a site; promoting your club, your institution, your company’s products or simply yourself, is what the Web and the Internet is all about. And what is more, information on the Internet is not owned or controlled by any one organization. It is, perhaps, true to say that no one and therefore everyone owns the "Net". Because of the relative freedom of access to information , the Internet has often been criticized by the media as a potentially hazardous tool in the trends of young computer users. This perception has proved to be largely false however, and the vast majority of users both young and old get connected with the Internet for the dual purposes for which it was intended—discovery and delight.Summary:The Internet is the best example of the technological revolution known as the【65】______. Linked by computer through global telephone lines, users can speedily obtain information by connecting to the【66】______. Before the "Web”, only【67】______could be flashed upon thecomputer screen, but thanks to a process called【68】______, visual images can easily be【69】______by travelling through a maze of connected pages on Web sites all over the world. The Internet is not【70】______by any one organization, which ensures freedom of access to information.Part ⅤTranslationSection AThe first day my new teacher walked into our school in Spanish Harlem, I burst out laughing.【86】Ron Clark was a young white guy from North Carolina who talked with a funny Southern accent. He said he used to be a singing waiter. I thought. Who is this guy? He’s a complete joke.It was 1999 and I was in the fifth grade at New York City’s P. S. 83. I figured I’d spend most of the year in the principal’s office. I’d always been a troublemaker.【87】I'd get yelled at, and then the teachers would give up on me. I thought that’s what would happen with Ron Clark. I was wrong. That first week, I kept mocking him. He hauled me out to the hallway and said I’d better shape up. “Tamara, ”he said, “you' re a smart kid. You can do better. “【88】He told me I was a natural leader and that I’d go far in life if I started applying myself. I was mad at first, but then something happened: I began to respect him. There were 29 students in our class, and it didn’t take long for us to realize that Ron Clark was no ordinary teacher.He was only 27 and had the most unusual way of teaching. To help us learn the states and capitals, he changed the lyrics of a popular rap hit called "Thong Song”and had us sing and dance with him. When we read the Harry Potter books, he decorated our classroom like Hogwarts.Like most teachers, he had lots of rules: Treat each other like family. Don’t butt in line. But the real difference was how involved he was. Mr. Clark ate with us in the lunch-room instead of going to the teachers' lounge.He asked us what was going on in our lives. At recess, he came outside with us, and we taught him how to jump rope.【89】When it snowed, Mr. Clark, who’d never seen snow before, pelted us with snowballs, and we pelted him back.56．57．58．59．Section B60．他对公司的成功作出了重要的贡献。
全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案c类
全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案c类全国大学生英语竞赛（National English Contest for College Students，简称NECCS）是一项面向全国大学生的英语能力竞赛，旨在提高大学生的英语应用能力。
C类试题主要针对非英语专业本科生。
以下是一份模拟试题及答案，供参考：全国大学生英语竞赛C类模拟试题一、听力理解（共30分）Section A（共10分，每题1分）1. What is the man going to do after work today?A. Go to the gym.B. Go to the library.C. Go home directly.Answers:1. A（以下题目略）二、阅读理解（共30分）Passage 1The article discusses the importance of environmental protection and the role of individuals in reducing pollution.Questions:21. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The significance of individual actions in environmental protection.B. The role of governments in environmental policies.C. The impact of industrialization on the environment.Answers:21. A（以下题目及文章略）三、词汇和语法（共20分）Section A（共10分，每题1分）26. The company is expected to ________ a new product line next month.A. launchB. landC. latchAnswers:26. A（以下题目略）四、完形填空（共20分）In this section, there is a passage with blanks. For each blank, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choosethe one that best fits the context of the passage.Example:... The project was a success, largely due to the ________ of the team members.A. collaborationB. competitionC. communicationD. confrontationAnswer:... The project was a success, largely due to the A. collaboration of the team members.（以下题目略）五、翻译（共20分）Section A Chinese to English translation (10 points) Translate the following sentence into English:27. 随着科技的发展，我们的生活变得越来越便利。
—全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案C类
—全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案C类全国大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）是一项广泛举办的全国性英语竞赛，旨在提高大学生英语应用能力和综合素质。
其中，C类试题适用于英语专业本科学生。
本文将为大家详细解析全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案C类。
作为英语专业的学生，大家需要掌握扎实的英语语言基础，具备良好的阅读理解能力、听力技巧和写作技能。
全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题包括七个部分：听力理解、阅读理解、词汇语法、完形填空、翻译、改错和写作。
听力理解部分测试你的听力理解和快速反应能力。
你需要关注会话的上下文，抓住关键信息，理解说话者的意图，从而做出正确的选择。
阅读理解部分测试你的阅读理解能力和阅读速度。
你需要准确理解文章的主旨、细节和作者的观点，同时快速寻找相关信息，做出正确的推断。
词汇语法部分测试你对英语语法和词汇的掌握程度。
你需要掌握英语的基本语法规则，能够正确使用词汇，理解不同词性的单词在句子中的作用。
完形填空部分测试你的词汇语法和语篇理解能力。
你需要根据上下文推断空格的含义，选择适当的单词填空，使句子通顺、符合语法规则且意义完整。
翻译部分测试你的英语翻译能力。
你需要具备扎实的双语基础，能够准确翻译句子，表达原意。
改错部分测试你的英语语法和语言判断能力。
你需要找出文中的语法错误、拼写错误、标点符号错误等，并进行修改。
写作部分测试你的英语写作能力。
你需要根据题目要求，写出一篇内容充实、表达清晰、语言流畅的文章。
为了提高英语应用能力和综合素质，你可以通过以下方法进行准备：1、增加阅读量：阅读英文原版书籍、报纸、杂志等，提高阅读理解和词汇量。
2、强化听力训练：多听英语广播、新闻、电影、音乐等，提高听力理解和反应速度。
3、积累翻译经验：练习英文翻译，提高双语表达和转换能力。
4、提高写作技巧：写作练习，包括短文、日记、书信等，提高写作技巧和表达能力。
5、注重语法基础：学习英语语法基础知识，掌握基本语法规则和用法。
6、参加培训课程：参加NECCS培训课程或英语口语俱乐部等，提高竞赛技巧和经验。
全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)查分通知及获奖名单
全国大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）查分通知及获奖名单全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)卷子已经批改完毕，现根据考试类别公布成绩，考生可根据学号或不同校区的准考证号码查询成绩。
凡成绩显示为零的考生为缺考。
若对成绩有疑问或实际参加考生被误认为缺考的同学，可拨打电话：85290037，徐老师。
其中，A类考试为研究生参加；B类考试为英语专业本科的学生参加；C类考试为非英语专业的本科生参加；D类考试为高职学生参加。
本次竞赛各类别均设四个奖励等级：特等奖、一等奖、二等奖和三等奖。
二等奖和三等奖通过初赛产生。
特等奖和一等奖通过决赛产生，由省(自治区、直辖市)竞赛组织机构根据决赛成绩确定。
总获奖比率为参加初赛人数的51‰，特等奖获奖比率为1‰，一等奖获奖比率为5‰，二等奖获奖比率为15‰，三等奖获奖比率为30‰，参赛人数不足167人，但不低于100人的学校可以有一名学生参加决赛。
2008年5月下旬，全国竞赛组委会向各参赛单位寄发各类获奖证书。
经争取，我校现有B类3个名额，C类有15个名额参加决赛。
决赛笔试定于2008年5月11日(星期日)上午9：00—11：00举行。
决赛需参加笔试(含听力)和口试。
既参加笔试(含听力)又参加口试的学生满分是200分，其中笔试分数为150分(含听力)，口试分数为50分。
口试方案和题目由全国大学生英语竞赛组委会统一命制。
参加决赛具体事宜，日后会电话通知。
附1：参加决赛及决赛加试的名单：BC附2：2008全国大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）二、三等奖获奖名单：A类三等奖：B类二等奖：三等奖：C类二等奖：三等奖：D类三等奖：外国语学院团委2008.04.22。
全国大学生英语竞赛c类的试题
全国大学生英语竞赛c类的试题全国大学生英语竞赛（National English Contest for College Students, 简称NECCS）是中国规模最大、参与人数最多的英语竞赛之一，分为A、B、C、D四个类别，其中C类主要面向非英语专业的本科生。
以下是一份模拟的C类试题内容，包括听力、阅读、写作和翻译等部分。
听力部分Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear three news stories. At the end of each news story, you will hear some questions. Both the news stories and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).1. News Story 1- Question 1: What is the main topic of the news story?A) A new technological breakthroughB) A political eventC) An environmental issueD) A cultural festival- Question 2: What is the significance of the event mentioned?A) It promotes international cooperationB) It marks a historical milestoneC) It addresses a pressing social concernD) It reflects a change in economic policy2. News Story 2- [Similar format as above]3. News Story 3- [Similar format as above]Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear some questions. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).1. Conversation 1- [Similar format as above]2. Conversation 2- [Similar format as above]Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage. At the end of the passage, you will hear some questions. The passage will be spoken twice. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D).- Passage- [Similar format as above]阅读部分Passage 1- [A short passage followed by several comprehension questions]Passage 2- [A short passage followed by several comprehension questions]Passage 3- [A short passage followed by several comprehension questions]写作部分Task 1: Summary Writing- Directions: Read the following passage and write a summary in about 100 words.- [A passage for summary]Task 2: Argumentative Essay- Directions: Write an essay of 250 words on the following topic:"The impact of social media on modern society."翻译部分English to Chinese- Directions: Translate the following sentences into Chinese.1. The rapid development of technology has brought about significant changes in our daily lives.2. Environmental protection is a global issue that requires the collective efforts of all countries.Chinese to English- Directions: Translate the following sentences into English.1. 随着经济的快速发展，人们的生活水平不断提高。
2008年-2009年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛C类作文范文
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛C类作文范文参考Task I (10 marks)Directions: You are required to write a Notice in about 100 words to info rm the students and English teachers of a lecture on American Liberal Ed ucation by Prof. Gilbert in the English Department Hall. Please wri on the Answer Sheet. Task II (20 marks)Directions: For this part, you are required to write a composition on The Anti-Addiction System. You should write at least 120 words and please w rite it on the Answer Sheet.Now in China the anti-addiction system and a “real name checking” sy stem have been adopted in Cyber cafes to prevent players under 18 from becoming addicted to online games. What do students think about this sys tem? What is your opinion about this? Part VII Writing Task I NOTICEWe are very honored to have Prof. Richard Gilbert from Harvard Universi ty to give us a lecture on American Liberal Education. Prof. Gilbert, who graduated fromStandford in 1979 and received his Ph.D. in Education from Harvard in 1 984, has been conducting research and teaching international students in Harvard for more than 20 years. He has become a leading expert in this fi eld and has published several books and numerous papers on liberal educ ation and education policy. His humorous and thought provoking speech will surely benefit all the audience.The lecture will be given in the English Department Conference Hall fro m 2:30 to 4:30. p.m., Friday afternoon, November 16, 2007. All the teach ers and students are welcome.English Department Task IIThe Anti-Addiction SystemNow in China, the adoption of the anti-addiction system and a “real na me checking” system in netbars has led to a heated debate among studen ts.Some say that students' self-discipline is very limited and now at least 14 percent of the urban teenage players are addicted to the Internet and some children even repeatedly disappear from home to spend their nights at loc al Internet cafes, and play truant from school also. Therefore, they have fa iled quite a few school exams. In this sense, the new policy can prevent m inors developing online addiction.Others claim that the anti-addiction system is only a means to an end an d cannot remove the root of the online addiction completely and they beli eve the key is to guide the minors to improve their self-control and balanc e their work and play. In my opinion, the latter point hits home for me b ecause it cuts to the chase. However, education is a long process and take s time, which means before education produces effects on children, some supplementary measures should also be taken to speed up the process and the anti-addiction system is one of them.初赛(2009年）Task IDear Tom,As you know ,I’m organizing a two—day debating contest which is to be held on May 1-2,I am working on a schedule for it now and I will have to send it by E-mail tomorrow.I need some new ideas urgently.Please help me out and give me some fresh ideas by tomorrow morning.Meanwhile,would you please contact some of our teachers and invite them to be judge?Let me know their names by Friday.Thank you.Task IIReport on the Changes of Fashion for Young People in Recent Years in China IntroductionThis report sets out to present how fashions for young people have changed in recent years in China.FindingsAccording to my survey,I have found the following three points:1、Nowadays,the young are seeking for individuality instead of uniformity in the old days and they want the clothes to be unique.2、Thanks to the mass data,the young people are deeply influenced by the fashion trend throughout the word.The North Korean style in hugely popular among them in recent five or six years.3、The general trend is to be casual and simple.ConclusionTherefore,it can be concluded that the young people in China now are looking for individuality,casualness and they would like to follow the fashion abroad.决赛Task ITo:the Personnel Director and the Training ManagerFrom:assistant to the Customer Service DirectorDate:23 June 2009Subject:decreasing salesAs requested by the Customers Service Director ,I have done a survey concerning our decreasing sales.This survey shows that our staff are not interested in helping customers and they are unhappy in theirjobs.Therefore,our sales have been decreasing for several months.I think we should give bonuses to the best seller every month to improve our staff’s enthusiasm.What’s more,we should have some special offer every day to attract more customers.Task IITake My Advice on How to Control StressAs the competition between students increases,more and more students feel stressful about their course.As far as I’m concerned ,we can take the initiativeto reduce the stress.Firstly,make a plan for everyday study.For instance,you keep learning English for two hours every day,and within the two hours,you will learn 10 new words and read 2 articles.This way you can learn more than 1000 words three month later and your reading ability will improve as well.Therefore,you don’t have to stay up late before the English examination.As long as you keep learning every day,you will find you are well prepared for the exams already. Secondly,do something else to divert your mind before exams.For example,if you can play piano,play your favorite songs for one or two hours and you will feel relaxed.To conclude,keep learning regularly and cultivate a hobby and you will find yourself relaxed about your course.。
全国大学生英语竞赛c类真题及模拟试题详解
全国大学生英语竞赛c类真题及模拟试题详解全国大学生英语竞赛（National English Contest for College Students，简称NECCS）是中国大学英语教学研究会主办的一项全国性英语竞赛，旨在提高大学生的英语应用能力。
C类竞赛主要面向非英语专业本科生，考查学生的英语综合运用能力。
以下是全国大学生英语竞赛C类真题及模拟试题的详解内容。
# 听力理解真题例题：1. 听对话，选择正确答案。
- 例题：What is the man going to do this weekend?A. Go to a concert.B. Visit his parents.C. Stay at home.模拟试题：1. 听短文，回答以下问题。
- 例题：What is the main topic of the passage?详解：- 听力部分通常包含对话和短文理解，要求考生能够理解主旨大意、细节信息以及推理判断。
在准备时，注意提高听力速度和理解能力，同时练习捕捉关键词和短语。
# 阅读理解真题例题：1. 阅读下面的文章，判断下列陈述是否正确。
- 例题：The author believes that education is the key to success.A. TrueB. False模拟试题：1. 阅读文章，回答以下问题。
- 例题：What is the author's opinion on the impact of technology on society?详解：- 阅读理解部分考查考生对文章主旨、细节、推理和词汇的理解。
在准备时，应加强快速阅读和深度阅读的练习，同时注意词汇的积累和运用。
# 词汇与语法真题例题：1. 用所给词的正确形式填空。
- 例题：The company is planning to _______ (expand) its business to new markets.模拟试题：1. 选择适当的词填空。
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类模拟试卷46
大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类模拟试卷46(总分：220.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、 Listening Comperhension(总题数：10，分数：60.00)1.Part I Listening Comperhension__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：2.Section A__________________________________________________________________________________________ 解析：What was the man going to do according to the conversation?What was the man going to do according to the conversation?（分数：10.00）A.Spend a holiday in a zoo.B.Look for information. √C.Visit a pet motel.D.Go to his neighbor's.解析：解析：录音中说到男士要去网上找一些关于宠物旅馆的信息。
因此选B项。
(2).How does the rising of cigarettes prices affect smokers?（分数：2.00）A.Smokers do not care about the raise.B.Some smokers just stop smoking. √C.Lots of smokers protest against the raise.D.Some smokers smoke more than before.解析：解析：根据录音中的“There have been quite a few studies that show that every time a country raises cigarette taxes and prices，a certain percentage of smokers quit”可知，烟草价格上升，吸烟者就会相应的减少。
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类模拟试卷1
大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类模拟试卷27Part ⅡV ocabulary and Structure31．I want to put some money into my bank account, so I'm going to______bank this afternoon. It's in______Midland Street.A．a: the B．the: the C．a: a D．the: /32．Ms. Smith is very______. She has changed the director's mind about many issues. A．Prompt B．Tidy C．Influential D．vital33．The board______of the opinion that the news shouldn't be carried in the newspaper.A．Is B．will be C．Were D．are34．Production is to be______from big cities to the mountainous areas in case of war. A．Transferred B．Transmitted C．Translated D．transformed35．The crew worked so hard, they finished the entire project three days______schedule. A．forward of B．ahead of C．onward of D．above of36．We went to a restaurant that night. ______food was lovely, but I didn't like the soup or the dessert.A．Some of B．Some of the C．None of the D．All the37．The receptionist ______we handed the forms pointed out that they had not been properly filled in.A．Who B．That C．to whom D．to who38．It seems oil______from this pipe for some time. We'll have to take the machine apart to put it right.A．had leaked B．Leaked C．is leaking D．has been leaking39．The game was cancelled because most of the team members______a match without a standard court.A．objected to have B．objected to having C．were objected to have D．were objected that 40．He was out when I called, but the secretary kindly offered______a message for me. A．Taking B．to take C．Took D．taken41．______the note you left, I would have forgotten to close the door.A．With B．In case of C．Because of D．But for42．The spokesman admitted that the government's thoughtless policy had caused a crisis that A．could never have happened B．might have happenedC．should never have happened D．would never have happened43．We doubted if it was worth______about 40 miles to see the football match.A．of riding B．Riding C．Ride D．being ridden44．—Excuse me. Can I park my car here? —No, I'm afraid not. ______—Oh, do you know of anywhere around here I can park?—Sorry, I'm afraid I don't.A．Maybe you will park here? B．This is a no parking zone.C．Thanks for the offer. D．Would you mind parking here?45．—Tom! What's that?—There are two girls behind you. ______You've just noticed?—I don't get why anybody does that anymore. It's so annoying!A．They've been smoking like chimneys. B．I can't stand smoking here.C．Many people around here are smoking. D．The secondhand smoke is going to kill us.Part ⅢClozeIn the early 1950s the researchers who produced the first clad glass optical fibers were not thinking of using them for communications.【C1】H______, fiber optics was already a well-established commercial technology when the famous paper by Kao and Hockham,【C2】______ (claim)the use of low-loss optical fibers for communication, appeared in 1966. The first low-loss silica fiber was described in【C3】______which appeared in October of 1970. The date of this publication is sometimes【C4】______(cite)as the beginning of the era of fiber communication. Although this development did receive【C5】______(consider)attention in the research community at the time, it was far from inevitable that a major industry would evolve.The technological barriers appeared formidable because there were serious doubts as to【C6】wh______these fiber components could ever be produced economically enough, but the market potential was very significant.【C7】______(consequence), research and development activity expanded rapidly, and a number of important issues were【C8】re______during the early 1970s. During the middle and late 1970s, the rate of progress towards marketable products accelerated as the emphasis【C9】______(shift)from research to engineering. Fibers with losses【C10】app______the Rayleigh limit of 2 dB/km at a wavelength of 0. 8 μm were produced.By 1980 improvement in component performance, cost, and reliability led to major commitments on the part of telephone companies.Part ⅣReading ComperhensionSection AA collision between an aircraft and one or more birds is termed a bird-strike. Pilots sometimes record a birdstrike while at cruising altitudes, but most of them happen when an aircraft is relatively close to the ground, usually in proximity to an airport and during the circling, descent to land or take-off phases of a flight.Birdstrikes may cause significant damage to an aircraft and/or, if the birds are ingested into a jet engine, a significant and sudden loss of power. If this were to happen during take-off or initial climb of a fully loaded passenger aircraft the results could be catastrophic-loss of the aircraft and the lives of those on board. Any bird is a potential hazard to aircraft and this is especially true as bird numbers and bird size increase.Unfortunately airports themselves can be attractive to birds-rodents, insects and other small animals are a food source often found in flat grassed areas such as the runway strips. Even so, this problem can be reduced by careful habitat management or bird harassment techniques practised by airport maintenance and safety personnel.Care needs to be taken by local authorities in deciding the location of rubbish tips, or when permitting other land uses that may be attractive to birds in this way. Of course these effects cannot always be anticipated with certainty since birds such as gulls have been recorded as travelling 50 kilometres or more from their roosting area to an attractive food source.Local authority planning schemes often apply strict controls on developments such as abattoirs, cattle feed lots, grain handling, piggeries, canals and marina developments, fish farms, and suchlike. In most cases these uses will not be permitted without a full environmental study. That study should be required to deal with the question of likely bird hazards if the proposed location is in proximity to an airport.In some instances it may be necessary to consider ways of managing a particular land use inorder to reduce its attractiveness to birds, for example the adoption of land-fill measures at garbage tips, or enclosed rather than open-air activity. Specialist ornithological opinion may be necessary. In such cases it may not be possible to implement immediate changes in land use, but this should not inhibit the adoption of long-term measures which are designed to achieve this. Summary:A collision between an aircraft and one or more birds is known as a bird strike. It usually happens when an aircraft is close【A1】, and may result in significant damage of the aircraft or loss of the aircraft and【A2】of passengers and crew if they occur during take-off or initial climb. Because birds can find plenty food in flat grassed areas, airports are especially attractive to birds. However, the danger can be minimized by【A3】_____. Local authorities need to take care when deciding on【A4】It is suggested that a full environmental study should be made before making plans of developments on the land in proximity to an airport. Local authorities should get advice from specialists and take【A5】in order to bring about changes in land use.Section BResources can be said to be scarce in both an absolute and relative sense: the surface of the Earth is finite, imposing absolute scarcity: but the scarcity that concerns economists is the relative scarcity of resources for different uses. Materials used for one purpose can not at the same time be used for other purposes: if the quantity of an input is limited, the increased use of it in one manufacturing process must cause it to become less available for other uses.The cost of a product in terms of money may not measure its true cost to society. The true cost of, say, the construction of a supersonic jet is the value of the schools and refrigerators that will never be built as a result. Every act of production uses up some of society's available resources: it means the foregoing of an opportunity to produce something else. In deciding how to use resources most effectively to satisfy the wants of the community, this opportunity cost must ultimately be taken into account.In a market economy the price of a good and the quantity supplied depend on the cost of making it, and that cost, ultimately, is the cost of not making other goods. The market mechanism enforces this relationship. The cost of, say, a pair of shoes is the price of the leather, the labor, the fuel, and other elements used in producing them. However, the price of these inputs, in turn, depends on what they can produce elsewhere—if the leather can be used to produce handbags that are valued highly by consumers, the prices of leather would be correspondingly higher.61．This passage mainly discusses the finiteness and value of materials.A．TURE B．FALSE62．The cost of a product in terms of money measures its true cost to society.A．TURE B．FALSE63．The relationship between production and resources is that production reduces the amount of available resources.A．TURE B．FALSE64．What determines the price of goods in a market economy?65．Using land for a house and for a park, which one best reflects a cost to society as defined in the passage?Few words are more commonly used in our modern world than the word modern itself. The modernity of manufactured articles, of institutions, of attitudes, of works of art is constantly brought to our attention. We ourselves may well be judged by whether we are modern or not: indeed, many people go to considerable lengths to make quite certain that they will be accepted as modern-modern in their dress, their behavior, their beliefs. And yet, we may ask, must earlier generations not have felt precisely the same? Surely men throughout history must have recognized themselves as modern. Surely innovators like Julius Caesar, Peter the Great or Oliver Cromwell saw themselves as breaking with the past, as establishing a new order. Must they not also have shared our awareness of the significance of what is modern? What is modern is distinct from what belongs to the past and men in earlier times must have experienced this sense of distinctiveness. People cannot escape, and never have been able to escape, an awareness of change. Reflection will tell us that our awareness of change, our sense of distinctiveness, is very different from that of our predecessors. Change for us is more, much more, than the change brought about by the passing of time, by important events or by the actions of outstanding individuals or groups of people. We make use of change and are ourselves a part of a process of change. Change for us has become modernization and modernization implies both direction and consciousness. Change is something we seek, something we attempt to control and something that has no end.Our "modern" consciousness of change and this desire to direct change began with the Industrial Revolution. The term revolution is usually applied to a historical event that causes a major change in thought, life styles, and identity. We can normally speak of a time before the revolution and a time after the revolution. But the Industrial Revolution, although it had a beginning, has never come to an end. It is a process not yet stopped. It is a process which affects more and more people in more and more ways. We may argue that it is a process directed by humans. The whole process is, as yet, beyond control of any particular individual or group.We can decide the direction of modernization to some extent but we cannot decide to halt it. This has led to a disturbing situation. What we boast of as modern or up to date today, will be old-fashioned or out of date tomorrow. The noisy insistence that something is modern often conceals fear of the knowledge that it will inevitably soon be superseded. Again, the very fact that modernization has one direction only and involves every member of society permits only two attitudes: acceptance or rejection. The desire to change or modify the world we live in implies acceptance, since the world is a world of change. Rejection of modernization may, therefore, lead to a sense of the world as unreal and meaningless, and this, in turn, to a breakdown, either individual or social.66．The author believes that today people are often assessed by their______.67．People cannot escape, and never have been able to escape, ______.68．According to the author, modernization is a process that______.69．What does the passage say about the Industrial Revolution? ______.A．Unlike other revolutions, it was an event without a fairly clear end.B．Unlike other revolutions, it did not bring about major social changes.C．It was not a revolution in the true sense of the word.D．Its influence was limited to industry and economy.70．With little change of meaning, the phrase, as yet, in Line 7, Paragraph 2, could be replacedA．Therefore B．However C．Already D．StillSection DAlthough few would deny that it's better to be rich than poor, for some people the quest for money is so all-consuming that it extinguishes all other aspects of life.The cause of the compulsion to make enormous sums of money varies with the individual, but often money is a substitute for something a person's life lacks.(74)To some, money means security. To some, it means power. To others it means they are going to be able to buy love, and to a fourth group it means competition and winning the game. The belief that money can produce these things often leads to insomnia, heart attacks and problems with a spouse or children.A tremendous need for power is invariably the bottom line for those driven to make a lot of money. The bigger the pile, the more powerful they think they will feel. Parents and family background also influence a person's pursuit of money. Many people who grew up poor and then made a fortune live in fear that they will lose it. Others strive for money to compete with their wealthy, successful parents. They want to be successful at any price. They do not feel they should enjoy what they have earned.(75)Making money for its own sake can be addicting like high-stakes gambling. Some very wealthy people work so many hours, so hard and at such an intense pace that they totally neglect themselves. They don't eat right. They don't sleep right. They just act as if they were poor, as if they were struggling to make a dime.Many wealthy people are driven by the need for approval. But they may go out of their ways not to appear wealthy out of fear that they may receive less support from others.Obsession with money is a man's problem, but with the ranks of female executives growing, the feverish quest for money is becoming more of "equal-opportunity" problem. In some ways, women may have the greatest conflict with making money. In society's eyes, financial achievement is not fully satisfying for women. They must also be successful as nurturers.71．What is money in the author's point of view?72．What are the probable results of the wrong belief about money?73．What is the bottom line for those driven to make a lot of money?74．75．Error CorrectionDemographic indicators show that Americans in the postwar period were moreeager than ever to establish families. They quickly brought down the age at marriagefor both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height 【M1】______ after more than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the"baby boom. " 【M2】______ These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively largefamilies that went for more than two decades and caused a major but temporary 【M3】______ reversal of longterm demographic patterns. From the 1940s through the early1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their 【M4】______ Europen counterparts. 【M5】______Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women who formed 【M6】______ families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the divorce rate after a 【M7】______ postwar peak: their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of 【M8】______ couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States 【M9】______ maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world,the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe. 【M10】______ Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was notabandoned.Part ⅤTranslationSection B86．我劝他放弃计划，可他不听。
历年全国大学生英语竞赛C类(NECCS)决赛真题+答案解析
历年全国大学生英语竞赛C类（NECCS）决赛真题+答案解析
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2020年全国大学生英语竞赛决赛将于本周日11月22日举行。
决赛有两种方式。
每个地方可以选择一个:第一种方式是只考笔试(含听力)，第二种方式是笔试(含听力)和口试。
只考笔试(含听力)的同学，期末满分150分；笔试(含听力)和口试都参加的同学，期末成绩200分，其中笔试(含听力)150分，口试50分。
决赛试题、口试方案和试题由全国大赛组委会制定。
省赛组委会统一选择是否参加口试，并决定口试的地点、时间、形式等具体事宜。
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2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题及答案
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题及答案（C级）Part II V ocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 marks)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. So nervous ________ that she didn't know how to start her speech.A. since she becameB. would she becomeC. that she becameD. did she become32. He ________ another career but, at the time, he just wanted to earn money to study abroad.A. might have chosenB. might chooseC. had to chooseD. must have chosen33. The second report was ________ by August 2005, but one year later it was still nowhere in sight.A. submittedB. to have submittedC. to submitD. to have been submitted34. In this experiment, the students studied are stopped several times during the listening test and asked to report what they ________ during the pause before answering the questions.A. had just been thinking aboutB. have just been thinking aboutC. are just thinking aboutD. had just thought about35. I was always taught that it was ________ to interrupt.A. rudeB. coarseC. roughD. crude36. Small boys are ________ questioners. They ask questions all the time.A. originalB. peculiarC. imaginativeD. persistent37. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are ________.A. out of workB. out of reachC. out of stockD. out of practice38. The bomb will ________ the moment it is touched.A. go onB. go offC. go outD. go over39. The car won't ________; I've tried it several times, but it won't work.A. beginB. launchC. startD. drive40. Children and old people do not like having their daily ________ upset.A. habitB. routineC. practiceD. custom41. In your first few days at school you'll be given a test to help the teachers to ________ you to a class at your level.A. locateB. assignC. deliverD. place42. China only started its nuclear power industry in recent years, and should ________ no time in catching up.A.loseB.delayC. spareD. relieve43. — Y ou did an excellent job yesterday, Jim! I really enjoyed your presentation.— ________— Oh yeah, it was fabulous. It seems the English program is a great way to practice English.— Y eah. It is fun and motivating.A. Did you really?B. Oh, thank you. Y ou are so kind.C. Really? What about yours?D. Not at all. My pleasure.44. — What kind of music do you like?— Well, I like different kinds.— ________— Er, I especially like punk rock.A. I beg your pardon?B. Are you serious?C. Any in particular?D. Why do you think so?45. — How did you like the fashion show last night?— ________— I didn't see anything wrong with the clothes; they looked pretty nice to me.— Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around in streets?A. Impressive. It's a good way to show off women's sense of style and wealth.B. It was cool. The clothes are more beautiful than the people wearing them.C. Nothing serious. It's only a show to attract the eyes of fashion fans.D. It was dumb. I think it's stupid for women to wear clothes like that.Part III Reading Comprehension (20 minutes, 40 marks)Section A (4 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 4 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Y ou should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 46-49 are based on the following passage.The ability to “see” oneself in the future is a remarkable human trait - some would say unique - that is not well understood. That's despite the fact that we probably spend as much time thinking about the future as we do thinking about the present.Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that it's precisely because we can remember the past that we can visualize the future. “Our findings provide convincing support for the idea that memory and future thought are highly interrelated and help explain why future thought may be impossible without memories,” says doctoral candidate Karl Szpunar. The findings are consistent with other research showing that persons with little memory of the past, such as young children or individuals suffering from loss of memory, are less able to see themselves in the future.The researchers base their conclusions on brain scans of 21 college students who were cued to think about something in their past, and anticipate the same event in the future, like a birthday or getting lost. The experiment was carried out as each student lay on their stomach in a magnetic resonance imaging machine, a dreadful but very useful piece of equipment that can show which areas of the brain are stimulated during specific thought processes. The students were also asked to picture former President Bill Clinton in a past and future setting. Clinton was chosen because he was easily recognized and familiar to all the students.The researchers found a “surprisingly complete overlap” among regions of the brain used f or remembering the student's past and those used for picturing the future. And every region involved in remembering was also used in anticipating the future.In short, the researchers isolated the area of the brain that “lit up” when the students thought about an event in their own past. And more importantly, that same area lit up again when they thought about a similar event in their future. In fact, the researchers report that the brain activity was so similar in both cases that it was “indistinguishable.” The findings were reinforced when students imagined Bill Clinton. Since none of them knew him personally, their memories were not autobiographical. And the brain scans showed “significantly less” correlation between memories of having seen pictures of Clinton in the White House and projecting him into the future.So this “time machine,” as the researchers describe it, allows us to use the past to see ourselves in the future, and both our memories and our anticipation are interdependent.46. A remarkable human trait that is not well understood is the ability ________.A. to think about the pastB. to see the futureC. to remember the pastD. to control the present47. The findings support that ________.A. future goals will greatly influence a person's present performanceB. a person's present performance is determined by his / her past knowledgeC. future thought depends to a great degree on the memory of the pastD. present thought is impossible without the ability to imagine the future48. The conclusion of the experiment on students was that ________.A. the students could picture themselves better than Bill Clinton in a past and future settingB. the students could imagine themselves as well as Bill Clinton in a past and future settingC. the students could anticipate Bill Clinton better than themselves in a past and future settingD. the students could only picture themselves in a past and future setting but not Bill Clinton49. This “time machine” in the last paragraph most probably refer s to ________.A. clockB. brain scanningC. magnetic resonance imagingD. memorySection B (14 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 10 questions. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 50-55, 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. For questions 56-59, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.V isiting the White HouseWhite House Tours Public tours of the White House are available for groups of 10 or more people. Requests must be submitted through one's Member of Congress and are accepted up to six months in advance. These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis approximately one month in advance of the requested date. We encourage you to submit your request as early as possible since a limited number of tours are available. All White House tours are free of charge. For the most current tour information, please call the 24-hour line at 202-456-7041. Please note that White House tours may be subject to last minute cancellation.White House V isitor CenterAll tours are significantly enhanced if visitors stop by the White House V isitor Center located at the southeast corner of 15th and E Streets, before or after their tour. The Center is open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and features many aspects of the White House, including its architecture, furnishings, first families, social events, and relations with the press and world leaders, as well as a thirty-minute video. Allow between 20 minutes to one hour to explore the exhibits. The White House Historical Association also sponsors a sales area. Please note that restrooms are available, but food service is not.Mobility-Impaired / Using a WheelchairGuests requiring the loan of a wheelchair should notify the officer at the V isitors Entrance Building upon arrival. Wheelchairs loans are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are not possible.V isitors in wheelchairs, or with other mobility disabilities, on the Congressional guided or self-guided tours, between 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon, use the same V isitor entrance and, with up to four members of their party, are admitted without waiting in line and without tickets.V isitors in wheelchairs are escorted by ramp from the entrance level to the ground floor, and by elevator from the ground to the state floor. Guests generally wait in line with their family or group.Hearing-ImpairedTours for hearing-impaired groups may be arranged in advance by writing to the V isitors Office, White House, Washington, DC 20502. Tours are usually scheduled at 9:30 a.m., between the Congressional and public tour times. Participants enter at the East Appointment gate. A U.S. Secret Service / Uniformed Division Tour Officer conducts the tour in sign language. Signed tours are available to groups of 8 to 20. Groups are also encouraged to bring their own interpreters.Signing interpretation is also available for individual visitors with advance notice. A Congressional office first issues guided tour tickets to a guest who is hearing-impaired and then contacts the V isitors Office at least 2 weeks in advance to request interpreter service.The V isitors Office TDD (telephone device for the deaf) is 202-456-2121. Messages may be left outside normal business hours.V isually-ImpairedTours for visually-impaired groups may be arranged in advance by writing to the Visitors Office, White House, Washington, DC 20502. The tours are usually scheduled at 9:30 a.m., between the Congressional and public tour times. Participants enter at the East Appointment gate. A U.S. Secret Service / Uniformed Division Tour Officer permits visitors to touch specific objects in the House. Touch tours are currently available only to groups of 8 to 20, not to individual visitors. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.General Tour InformationAll White House tours are free. Changes in tour schedules are occasionally made because of official events. Notice may not be given until that morning. The V isitors Office 24-hour Information Line recording at 202-456-7041 provides the most up-to-date information. The TDD is 202-456-2121. V isitors should confirm tour schedules by calling the information line the night before and the morning that they plan to visit. It is occasionally necessary to close individual rooms on the tour; however, notice about closed rooms is not possible.Prohibited ItemsProhibited items include, but are not limited to, the following: handbags, book bags, backpacks, purses, food and beverages of any kind, strollers, cameras, video recorders or any type of recording device, tobacco products, personal grooming items (make-up, hair brush or comb, lip or hand lotions, etc.), any pointed objects (pens, knitting needles, etc.), aerosol containers, guns, ammunition, fireworks, electric stun guns, mace, martial arts weapons / devices, or knives of any size. The U.S. Secret Service reserves the right to prohibit any other personal items. Umbrellas, wallets, cell phones and car keys are permitted.Please note that no storage facilities are available on or around the complex. Individuals who arrive with prohibited items will not be permitted to enter the White House.ParkingThe closest Metrorail stations to the White House are Federal Triangle (blue and orange lines), Metro Center (blue, orange, and red lines) and McPherson Square (blue and orange lines). On-street parking is not available near the White House, and use of public transportation is strongly encouraged.Restrooms / Public TelephonesThe nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse V isitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House) and in the White House V isitor Center. Restrooms or public telephones are not available at the White House.50. Both Congressional guided and self-guided tours need to be scheduled in advance.51. All White House tours are free of charge except on federal holidays.52. The White House V isitor Center provides free drinks but not food service.53. Wheelchair reservation service is provided by the officer at the V isitors Entrance Building.54. Hearing-impaired visitors can request signing interpretation service from the V isitors Office.55. Touch tours are currently only offered to visually-impaired groups of 8 to 20.56. Sometimes official events make it necessary to close ________________ without notice.57. The personal items permitted to be carried into the White House are ________________.58. The transportation visitors are encouraged to use is ________________.59. Inside the White House, visitors cannot find or use restrooms or ________________.Section C (10 marks)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 60-64 are based on the following passage.If you were on a distant planet, and if you had instruments that could tell you the composition of Earth's atmosphere, how would you know there was life on this planet?Water in the atmosphere would suggest there could be water on the surface, and as we all know water is considered crucial to life. But water would only suggest that life is possible. It wouldn't prove it's there.Carbon? That basic component of “life as we know it?” Not necessarily. A diamond is pure carbon, and it may be pretty, but it isn't alive.What really sets Earth apart is nitrogen, which makes up 80 percent of the planet's atmosphere. And it's there only because there is abundant life on Earth, say scientists at the University of Southern California.The report grew out of a class discussion two years ago in a course taught by Capone and Kenneth Nealson, professor of earth sciences. Students were asked to come up with different ideas about searching for life on other planets. What is a distinct “signature,” as Capone puts it, that w ould show there is life on another planet?That's a question that has been kicked around in many quarters in recent decades, especially since all efforts to find some form of life, no matter whether on Mars or in the distant reaches of space, have failed. At least so far.The current effort to search for some evidence of life on Mars focuses primarily on the search for water, because it has long been believed that water, or at least some fluid, is necessary for the chemical processes that lead life to take place. But that's probably the wrong approach, the USC group argues.“It's hard to imagine life without water, but it's easy to imagine water without life,” says Nealson, who was on the Mars team before moving to USC.But nitrogen would be a much clearer signature of life. Only about 2 percent to 3 percent of the Martian atmosphere is nitrogen. That's just a trace, and it probably means there is no life on Mars today, and if there was in the past, it probably ended many, many years ago.But, the USC team adds quickly, that doesn't mean there's no life anywhere else in the universe. They don't know where, of course, but they may have found a way to narrow down the search. Look first for nitrogen, then look for biological activity that should be there.So if life exists elsewhere, and is similar to life as we know it, there should be nitrogen, and that's what we shouldbe looking for first, the researchers say.If they don't find nitrogen on Mars, Capone says, “that will probably bring us to the conclusi on that there likely never was life on Mars.”But how about elsewhere? Could this technique be used to search for life in other solar systems?Maybe. It might be possible to detect a nitrogen-rich atmosphere around a planet orbiting another star, but not yet. Current instruments aren't that sensitive.If they ever are, the search for life might be narrowed down to the most promising prospects, chiefly because of the presence of nitrogen. And won't that be fun!Questions:Section D (12 marks)Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage car efully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 65-70. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 65-70 are based on the following passage.In August 2008, athletes from the United States and around the world will compete in the Beijing Olympics. But did you know that in September of next year, disabled athletes will compete in the Paralympic Games in Beijing? The Olympics and the Paralympics are separate movements. But they have always been held in the same year, and since 1988, they have also been held in the same city. The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 to secure this connection. The next winter games will take place in V ancouver, Canada, in 2010.The Paralympic Games grew out of a sports competition held in 1948 in England and a doctor named Ludwig Guttmann organized it for men who suffered spinal cord injuries in World War II. Four years later, it became an international event as competitors from the Netherlands took part. Then, in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed. By 2004, the Paralympic Games in Athens had almost 4000 athletes from 136 countries, who may have physical or mental limitations and may be blind or in wheelchairs. Yet sometimes they perform better than athletes without disabilities.In 1968, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of former President John F. Kennedy, started the Special Olympics, which are just for children and adults with mental limitations and whose programs currently serve more than two million people in 160 countries. In November 2006, in Mumbai, India, teams competed in the First S pecial Olympics International Cricket Cup. In addition to India, there were men's teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. There were also women's cricket teams from India and Pakistan.There are many organizations in the United States that help people with disabilities play sports. Wheelchair tennis is a popular sport. So is basketball. In fact, there are more than one hundred professional teams playing wheelchair basketball thanks to the special wheelchairs for athletes that are lightweight and designed for quick moves. For people who want to go really fast in their chairs, there is a Power Wheelchair Racing Association.In the state of Utah there is a place called the National Ability Center, which teaches all kinds of sports to people with all kinds of physical and mental disabilities and even gives friends and family members a chance to try a sport as if they were disabled.A reporter from the Washington Post wanted to know what it would be like for a blind person to use a climbing wall. So, protected by a safety line, the newspaper reporter closed his eyes and started to feel for places to put his hands and feet. Trainers on the ground urged him on: “Take your time. Y ou can do it.” Finally he reached the top. At the National Ability Center people can learn to ride horses and mountain bikes. They can try winter mountain sports, and learn scuba diving and other water activities. The center also prepares athletes for the Paralympics. These days, the first place many people go when they want to travel is the Internet, where they can get information about hotels, transportation and services like tour companies. The Internet can also help travelers find special services for the disabled. For example, there are groups that help young people with disabilities travel to different countries.Susan Sygall, who uses a wheelchair herself, leads an organization called Mobility International USA, and has traveled to more than twenty-five countries to talk about the rights of people with disabilities. She says people with disabilities are all members of a global family and working together across borders is the most powerful way of making changes.Summary:Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 marks)Section A: There are 5 blanks in the passage. Use the word given on the right side to form a word that fits in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Section B: There are 10 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word has been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one wordPart V Translation (15 minutes, 15 marks)Section A (8 marks)Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.When you talk about China and India's seemingly unstoppable growth, nobody's surprised. After all, the increasing economic strength of the two countries has dominated the news for the past few years. But both China and India face some substantial demographic hurdles to continued expansion. Despite the billion-plus citizens of each country, both may simply lack sufficient qualified workers.(86) China is a rapidly aging society whose current challenges of unemployment and overpopulation will, within a decade, shift to different problems: labor shortages and an elderly population with too few children. In fact, China may be the first country to go gray before it reaches developed status. The World Bank estimates that by 2020 the mainland will face a lack of even unskilled labor due to aging.China is already facing a shortage of skilled labor. Construction sites lack welders, skilled machine operators, andplumbers. And a recent report said the country is short some 750,000 managers. Despite a 95% literacy rate among all but the oldest citizens, there are not enough well-educated Chinese. (87) This is in part due to a lack of schools that combine basic theory with practical skills and a focus on passing the elite university exams. So despite rising salaries, many of those entering China's workforce cannot learn the skills they need.India seems to have an age advantage, with half its population under 25. In the long run, this gives them the upper hand. But at present, India shares China's problem of an insufficiently educated workforce. Citigroup reports that India's talent pool isn't deep enough to meet demand in industries including textiles, aviation, telecom, retail, and engineering.By some other measures, both countries look pretty good. China graduates about 1.7 million students from 1,500 colleges and universities annually, of whom 350,000 are engineers. India produces about 3 million college and university graduates, including 440,000 engineers. Those numbers, though, don't tell the whole story.(88) Only 10% to 25% of these graduates are employable by multinationals, and this is only partially because of language challenges, which every human resources executive I've met who works in China or India agrees with.The source of the problem is cultural. Y oung people in these countries are highly motivated to study and learn, but only in theory. There is no tradition of practical application. So engineers don't go into operations, factories, or mines, and don't really know the machines and conditions for which they are designing processes. (89) Chinese and Indian students who have just earned BAs want to pursue MBAs right away, and neither they nor their parents understand the value of practical experience. The degree is seen as a trophy, a traditional ticket to higher status. Section B (7 marks)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.90. 如果你告诉他们真相，你就可以获得这次机会而不被他们误解。
全国大学生英语竞赛考试题型C类
全国大学生英语竞赛考试题型C类全国大学生英语竞赛（National English Contest for College Students, 简称NECCS）是一项面向全国大学生的英语能力竞赛，旨在提高大学生的英语应用能力，激发学习英语的兴趣，促进英语教学改革。
C类考试主要针对非英语专业的本科生，考试内容和题型设计上注重考查学生的英语综合运用能力。
# 考试内容和题型1. 听力理解（Listening Comprehension）- 短对话（Short Conversations）- 长对话（Long Conversations）- 短文理解（Short Passages）- 复合式听写（Compound Dictation）2. 阅读理解（Reading Comprehension）- 快速阅读（Skimming and Scanning）- 深度阅读（In-depth Reading）- 信息匹配（Information Matching）3. 词汇和语法结构（Vocabulary and Grammar Structure）- 选择题（Multiple Choice Questions）- 填空题（Cloze Tests）4. 完型填空（Cloze Test）- 考查学生对文章上下文的理解能力以及词汇和语法的应用能力。
5. 翻译（Translation）- 英译汉（English to Chinese）- 汉译英（Chinese to English）- 考查学生的语言转换能力和对文化差异的理解。
6. 写作（Writing）- 图表作文（Chart-based Writing）- 议论文写作（Argumentative Writing）- 考查学生的写作能力，包括组织结构、逻辑表达和语言运用。
7. 智力测试（Intelligence Test）- 数学逻辑题、图形推理题等，考查学生的逻辑思维和分析能力。
新闻出版总署印刷复制管理司关于2008年北京奥运会光盘复制产品质检活动抽样和技术检测的通知
新闻出版总署印刷复制管理司关于2008年北京奥运会光盘复制产品质检活动抽样和技术检测的通知文章属性•【制定机关】国家新闻出版总署(已撤销)•【公布日期】2008.04.30•【文号】新出复管[2008]7号•【施行日期】2008.04.30•【效力等级】部门规范性文件•【时效性】现行有效•【主题分类】新闻出版正文新闻出版总署印刷复制管理司关于2008年北京奥运会光盘复制产品质检活动抽样和技术检测的通知（新出复管〔2008〕7号）各省（区、市）新闻出版局，各光盘复制单位：根据新闻出版总署《关于开展2008年北京奥运会印刷复制产品质量监督检测活动的通知》（新出印〔2008〕283号）要求，各省（区、市）新闻出版局复制管理部门应部署和组织本辖区内光盘复制单位认真开展2008年北京奥运会光盘复制产品质检活动。
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2008年全国小学生英语竞赛穴NECPS雪五年级组初赛赛题参考答案及评分标准听力部分(共四大题,计30分)I.听辨单词(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)1—5BCABAII.句子理解(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)6—10NYYYNIII.对话理解(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)A)11—15ABACB B)16—20CAACBIV.短文理解(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)A)21—25DCAEBB)26.busy27.bedroom28.dry29.plants30.enjoy笔试部分（共七大题，计70分）V.单词与短语(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)31.waiting32.T-shirt33.tasty34.going for a walk35.wash his handsVI.单项选择(共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)36—40ABCAC41—45BADCB46—50CADCBVII.情景会话(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)51—55ACDBC56—60FDBAGVIII.完形填空(共5小题，每小题1分，计5分)61.tiring62.gets up63.opens64.to65.cyclingIX.阅读理解(共15小题，每小题1分，计15分)A)66—70ACBADB)71—75ACABDC)76.She was ten years old.77.Because she wanted to compete with her brother.78.She wants to take part in the Olympics.79.Five hours(a day).80.Yes,she is.13X.小作文(共1小题，计15分)参考范文：My New HouseThis is my new house.It is different from my old one.I think I am going to like it.From my front windows,I can see a small river.It’s very clear.I like it very much.There are many hills behind my new house.You can see many green trees on the hills.The air is fresh.I love my new house.(64words)一、评分原则：1.本题总分为15分，按四个档次给分。
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛赛卷
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛赛卷2008 National English Contest for College Students(Level C--- Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five 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, 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 center.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 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the five 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 center.Conversation one6. What’s Tania’s phone number?A. 506-6178B. 501-6678C. 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?A. B. C.10. What kind of wine does Karl want?A. Red Merlot.B. White Bordeaux.C. Rose Chianti. Conversation Two11. Which drawing shows the position of the handle?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 (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news item. 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 center.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 befo。
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2008年度全国职称英语等级考试试题、答案综合类(C级)试题第1部分：词汇选项(第l5题，每题l分，共15分)下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项.1 We’ll give every teacher room for development．A placeB employmentC spaceD house2 The policeman asked him to identify the thief．A nameB describeC captureD call3 We were all there when the accident occurred．A happenedB brokeC spreadD appeared4 It took me exactly a week to complete the work．A startB achieveC improveD finish5 The herb medicine eventually cured her disease．A nicelyB apparentlyC finallyD naturally6 This new policy has led to a dramatic increase in production．A minorB strikingC fixedD modest7 Poor schooling was the root of the unemployment problem．A baseB resultC causeD force8 John survives on l00 pounds a month．A putsB livesC borrowsD spends9 0ne’s economic condition often affects his or her way of life．A determinesB showsC influencesD confines10 If you want to keep healthy you should vary the foods you eat．A rejectB acceptC changeD choose11 She found me very dull．A dirtyB sleepyC lazyD boring12 The President made brief visit to Beijin9．A shortB workingC formaID secret13 He was pemuaded to give up the idea.A mentionB acceptC considerD drop14 Jack consumes a pound of cheese a dayA eatsB drinksC buysD produces15 Mary just told US a very fascinating storyA strangeB frighteningC difficultD interesting第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题l分，共7分)下面的短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断：如果该旬提供的是正确信息，请选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，请选择C.PetitionsPetitions(请愿／书)have long been a part of British political life．Anyone who wanted to change something would get a list of signatures from people who agreed to the idea and either send them to the government or deliver them personally to the Prime Minister’S house in London．They are always accepted at the door by one of the PM’S officials．What happens then?Nothing much，usually．But petitions have always been thought of as a useful way for those who govern to find out what the people really think．That’s why the UK government launched its“e-petition”site in November 2006．Instead of physically collecting signatures，all anyone with an idea has to do now is to make a proposal on the government website，and anyone who supports the idea is free to add his or her signature．The petitions soon started to flow in．‘The idea was for the British people to express their constructive ideas．Many chose instead to express their sense of humor．One petitioner called on Tony Blair to“stop the Deputy Prime Minister eating so much”．Another wanted to expel(驱逐)Scotland from the United Kingdom because Scottish footbalI fans never support England．in the Wodd Cup．Other petitioners called on the Prime Minister to abolish the monarchy．Some wanted to give it more power．Some wanted to oppose the United States．Others wanted to Ieave the European Union．Some wanted to send more troops to Iraq and others wanted them alI brought home.Some wanted to adopt the euro(欧元)．Others wanted to keep the pound．Yet if some petitions are not senous,others present a direct challenge to government policy．A petition calling on the government to drop plans to charge drivers for using roads has already drawn around l．8 million signatures.In response to that．A rival petition has been posted in support of road pricin9．And that is also rapidly growing．There are about 60 million people in Britain,so it is．understandable that the government wants to find out what people are thinking．But the problem with the e_petition site seems to be that the Brish people have about 70 million opinions,and want the Prime Minister to hear all of them．Perhaps he could start a petition asking everyone to just shut up for a while．16 A petition needs to be signed．A RightB WrongC Not menUoned17 The Prime Minister reads petitions every day．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned ，18 A petition has to be mailed to the Prime Minister’s house in London．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned19 Petitions have been taken to be one of the ways for the British people to express their ldeas．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned20 No other governments have launched their e-petition sites．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned21 All petitions are serious．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned22 It is impossible for the Prime Minister to hear all of the opinions．A RightB WrongC Not mentioned第3部分：概括大意与完成句子(第23～30题，每题l分，共8分)下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23-26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第27-30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项.Ways to Reduce Exposure to Air Pollution1 A report published recently brings bad news about air pollution．It suggests that it could be as damaging to our health as exposure to the radiation from the l986 Ukraine nuclear power plant disaster．The report was published by the UK’S Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution．But what can city people do to reduce exposure to air pollution? Quite a lot，it turns out．2 Avoid walking in busy streets．Choose side streets and parks instead．Pollution levels can fall a considerable amount just by moving a few meters away from the main pollution source—exhaust fumes(废气)．Also don’t walk behind smokers．Walk on the windward(顶风的)side of the street where exposure of pollutants(污染物)can be 50 percent less than on the downwind(顺风的)side．3Sitting on the driver’s side of a bus can increase your exposure by l0 percent, compared with sitting on the side nearest the pavement．Sitting upstaits on a double-decker(双层电车)can reduce exposure．It is difficult to say whether traveling on an underground train is better or worse than taking the bus．Air pollution on underground trains tends to be less toxic(有毒的)than that at street level，because underground pollution is mostly made up of tiny iron particles(粒子)thrown up by wheels hitting the rails，while dieseI(柴油机)and petrol fumes have a mixture of pollutants．4 When you are crossing a road，stand well back from the curb(路缘)while you wait for the light to change．Every meter really does count when you are close to traffic．As the traffic begins to move，fumes can be reduced in just a few seconds．So holding your breath for just a moment can make a difference，even though it might sound silly．5 There are large sudden pollution increases during rush hours．Pollution levels fall during nighttime．The time of year also makes a big difference．Pollution levels tend to be at their lowest during spring and autumn when winds are freshest.Extreme cold or hot weather has a trapping effect and tends to cause a build_up of pollutants．23 Paragraph 2___________________24 Paragraph 3___________________25 Paragraph 4___________________26 Paragraph 5___________________27 Air pollution can be as harmful to one’s health____．28 Traveling on an underground train can reduce exposure____.29 Pollution levels are lower____．30 It's wise to stay away from heavy traffic____．第4部分：阅读理解(第31～45题，每题3分，共45分)下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题.请根据短文内容，为每题确定l 个最佳选项. 第一篇 Stop Eating Too Much“Clean your plate!”and“Be a member of the clean -plate club!”Just about every kid in the US has hear this from a parent or grandparent ．Often ，it's accompanied by an appeal ：“Just think about those starving orphans(孤儿)in Africa!”Sure，we shouid be grateful for every bite of food ．Unfortunately,many people in the US take too many bites ．Instaad of staying “clean the plate”.perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow ．According to news reports ，US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies (肚子)．A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer,with two to four times the amount recommended by the government ，according to a USA Today story ．Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that ．They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little ．Barbara Rolls ，a nutrition(营养)professor at Pennsylvania State University,told USA Today that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the l970s.the same time that the American waistline(腰围)began to expand ．Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions ．Now ，apparently,some customers are calling for this too ．The restaurant industry trade magazine QSR reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4.000 people surveyed believed restaurants served portions that were too large ；23 percent had no opinion ；20 percent disagreed ．But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions.Seventy percent ofthoseearning at least $150，000 per year prefer smaller portions；but only 45 percent of those earning less than $25，000 want smaller.It's not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy．It’s just that，after long hours at low-paying jobs，getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal．They live from paycheck(薪金支票)to paycheck，happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents．31 Parents in the United States tend to ask their childrenA to save food for tomorrow．B to wash the dishes．C not to waste food．D not to eat too much．32 Why do American restaurants serve large portions?A Because Americans associate quantity with value．B Because Americans have big bellies．C Because Americans are good eaters．D Because Americans are too weak．33 What happened in the l970s?A The US government called on its people to reduce their weight．B Health experts persuaded restaurants to serve smaller portions．C The United States produced more grain than needed．D The American waistline started to expand．34 What does the survey indicate?A Many low-income Americans want large portions．B Twenty percent of Americans want smaller portions．C Fifty-seven percent of Americans want large portions．D Forty-five percent of Americans want smaller portions．35 Which of the following is NOT true of working class Americans?A They work long hours.B They live from paycheck to paycheck．C They don’t want to be healthy eaters．D They want to save money for presents．第二篇 A New Immigration BillThe US Senate is considering a new immigration bill．lt will value the economic promise of immigrants over family ties when considering US residency and citizenship．The legislation，which was proposed by President Bush and a group of senators，contains a point system．The proposal aims to increase the number of immigrants with graduate degrees，earnings or job skills．The proposed point systerm would use a l00-point scale．According to a draft of the law，merit applicants could earn up to 47 points for things like occupation，or year of work for a US firm．They could earn up to 28 points for their education，15 points for English and US civics(公民学)，and l0 points for family ties．The system has stirred up debate．Critics on the Ieft say it opposes family unity and American values．Critics on the right complain that it does not reflect the needs of high．tech employers．The current kinship(血缘关系)一based system puts pressure on the US，as it attracts low-skill workers who consume more public services than they pay back jn taxes．It allows a variety of uneducated people in from Mexico and Central America． The immigration bill would allow eight years to clear the current backlog(积压)of application for a permanent resident card，or green card．After that，only the children and spouses(配偶)of legal immigrants would be able to apply for family visas．Adult children，siblings(兄弟姐妹)，parents，and other relatives would have to apply in the general queue (排队)．Under the proposal，immigrants from Asian，countries would likely fare well(很有利)．For instance，over half of recent immigrants from China and India have a bachelor’s (学士的)or higher degree．Immigrants from Latin American countries would likely facemore difficulties．Immigration point systerns have been in use in Canada，Australia and New Zealand for years．The UK adopted a similar approach in 2001．One thing that Canada and other nations have discovered is that their system needs to fit the needs of their econom y．Too often they find that they attract highly—educated people who end up finding work that doesn’t use their skills．Some end up driving a taxi．36 0ne of the reasons for proposing the point system isA to give priority to immigrants from China．B to protect the US from terrorist attacks．，C to attract skilled immigrants．D to increase population．37 What do critics on the right say about the proposed point system?A It opposes family unity．B It is very difficult to apply．C It opposes American values．D It does not meet the needs of high—tech employers．38 Which statement is NOT true of the current system?A It is kinship—based．B lt puts pressure on the US．C It draws-lowskilled workers．D It attracts highly-educated people．39 Who can apply for family visas in future?A The uncles and aunts of legal immigrants．B The brothers and sisters of legal immigrants．C The spouses and young children of legal immigrants．D The parents and grandparents of legal immigrants．40 Which country adopted the point system in 2001 ?A The UK．B The US．C Canada．D Australia第三篇Political SpinsLast week，US White House spokesman Tony Snow sent journalists digging for theirdictionaries. He called recent criticism by the former President Bill Clinton“chutzpah”(大胆放肆)．With just one sentence，Snow managed to make headlines，a joke and a defense of President George W．Bush．Interestingly,this is how battles are fought and won in US politics—with carefully—worded one—liners(一行字幕新闻)made for TV which often lack substance and clarity(清晰度)．“The amount of information that candidates attempt to communicate to people is actually getting smaller and smaller,”said Mark Smith．a political science professor at Cedarville University．This has been accompanied by a changing media environment，Smith said．In l968，the average TV or radio soundbite(演讲中的句子或短语)was 48 seconds，according to Smith.In l996，the average soundbite had shrunk(缩短)to 8 seconds．Thus，politicians wanting publicity try to make their public communication as quotable as possible．Campaigning politicians also use 30-second TV ads and clever campaign slogans (口号)to boost their messages．Republican presidentiaI candidate John McCain ndes to campaign stops in a bus na med the“Straight-Talk Express”.McCain hopes the name will convince voters he plans to tell people the truth—whether it's in fashion or not.Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton，on the other hand，has chosen the campaign slogan“Let the conversation begin”.She hopes it will help her appear open—minded and friendly．But one—liners，TV ads and campaign slogans all have a single key ingredient：something commonly called political“spin”．Brooks Jackson，a former journalist and the current director of the non-partisan(无党派的)website FactCheck．Org，calls spin“just a polite word for deception(欺骗)．”“I do believe that very of ten politicians believe their own spin．”said Jackson．“Strong partisans suffer from a universal human tendency：They ignore the evidence that would force them into the uncomfortable position of having to change their minds and admit that they were wrong.”41 Which statement is NOT true of one-1iners?A They are unclear．B They contain a lot of information．C They lack substance.D They are carefully constructed．42 What changed from l968 to 1996？A Publicity．B Information．C Communication．D The average soundbite．43 The campaign slogan“Straight-Talk Express”aims at convincing voters that the presidential candidate isA honest．B friendly．C open-minded.D warm-hearted．44 According to Brooks Jackson，all campaign slogans areA attractive．B impressive．C deceptive．D informative．45 Which statement best describes strong partisans?A They are very funny．B They are very healthy．C They are very aggressive．D They are very stubborn(顽固的)．第5部分：补全短文(第46—50题，每题2分，共10分)下面的短文有5处空白，短文后有6个句子，其中5个取自短文，请根据短文内容将其分别放回原有位置，以恢复文章原貌.Bomb Explosions in ThailandThe new year celebration in Thailand was shattered by violence，when nine bombs exploded across Bangkok around midnight．Three Thai citizens were killed and more than 30 injured．Among the injured，six were foreignem．No Chinese casualties were reposed，the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok，the capital，said on Monday．_____(46)But other embassies have advised their citizens to avoid traveling to Bangkok．“There i s a possibility of funher attacks in coming days，”said a travel advisory(公告)from Australia．“Austrelians are urged to avoid unnecessary travelin Bangkok.”No terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombings by Tuesday ._____(47)Bombings and shootings occur almost daily in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces．Yala，Naarathiwat and Pattani have a dominant Muslim population and have long complained of neglect(忽视)and discrimination(歧视)in the largely Buddhist(佛教徒的)nation．They have asked for independence and a separate Islamic(伊斯兰的)state．Since 2004，the insurgents(叛乱者)have carried out numerous attacks in the south and more than l，900 people have been killed.____(48)But Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said on Monday that domestic politics rather than the Muslim insurgency was behind the bombings．“It iS likely relatedto people who Iost their politicaI benefits，”Surayud said, refernng to Thaksin Shinawatra．____(49)Surayud was later appointed interim(临时的)prime minister．Thaksin，however,still enjoys widespread support，especially in the COuntryside．____ (50)Thaksin’s lawyer, Noppadol Patama，denied his client’s involvement inthe bombings，according to a local website．A Some believe the explosions were the work of Muslim separatists．B Some believe that several senior army officers loyal to Thaksin plotted thebombings with ousted(赶下台)politicians to discredit(败坏名声)the government．C Thaksin was ousted in a military coup(政变)last September．D The Thai Government has been unable to control the violence，though thousandsof troops have been sent to the south．E The embassy issued no travel warnings．F Nobody is to blame．第6部分：完形填空(第51～65题，每题l分，共15分)下面的短文有l5处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定l个最佳选项.UFOSSixty years ago，a man named Kenneth Arnold saw something that we can still____ (51)today—something that changed popular culture for ever．Flying his plane over mountains in the US state of Washington．he saw a Iineof strange objects，either crescent-shaped(月牙形的)or disc—like，flying____(52) the motion of a saucer(碟)skimming(飞速掠过)on water．The media soon picked up on the story—the Flying Saucers were here! Was the earth being_____(53)by creatures from another planet?Soon，So many sightings were made that the US military began to_____(54)．1t called these strange Objects UFOs—Unidentified Flying Objects，and that is how they are_____(55)today．Military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space．But that did not stop the true____(56)．The military were____(57)up，they said．Or maybe it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence____(58)they could hide from military analysts(分析家)．People have always seen strange lights in the sky．In the past these were explained in____(59)ways．In a world where religion was less influentiaI and science fiction was popular,signs from God were replaced by visitors from other____(60)．The date of the first UFO sightings was also significant．In l947，World War II had just ended and the____(61)War was just beginning．Humanity seemed locked in endless conflicts．Like generations before them，people looked____(62)the skies for help．But instead of seeking God．they looked for help from super-intelligent aliens(外星人)with____(63)technology．Belief in UFOs became the first religion of science．However,even people who believe in UFOs are not quite sure why they visit the earth．The universe is a big place and it is____(64)to assume that there is life somewhere out there．、It is possible that aliens have worked out how to travel through space．Yet some people report that they have been taken by aliens and have had experiments____(65)on them．Why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the United States?51 A look B see C seek D feel52 A below B before C with D under53 A ruled B bombed C captured D visited54 A investigate B attack C shoot D confront55 A written B said C known D told56 A believers B thinkers C followers D runners57 A putting B covering C cheating D tricking58 A which B what C this D that59 A funny B crude C religious D foolish60 A planets B continents C countries D regions61 A cool B nuclear C Star D Cold62 A above B to C at D up63 A traditional B backward C classicaI D advanced64 A unthinkable B Impossible C reasonable D unimaginable65 A performed B studied C brought D taken。
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)报名工作全面展开
2008年全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)报名工作全面展开全国大学生英语竞赛组委会办公室
【期刊名称】《基础教育外语教学研究》
【年(卷),期】2008(000)002
【摘要】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举办的2008年全国大学生英语竞赛（2008 National English Contest for College Students，简称NECCS）将于2008年4月13日（初赛）及5月11日（决赛）上午9：00至11：00分别在全国各地同时举行。
本次竞赛是第十届全国大学生英语竞赛，由英语辅导报社承办。
【总页数】1页(P12)
【作者】全国大学生英语竞赛组委会办公室
【作者单位】全国大学生英语竞赛组委会办公室
【正文语种】中文
【中图分类】G72
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2008 National English Contest for College Students (Level C - Sample) Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)Section A(5 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear 5 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the question will be read only once. After each question,there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choicesmarked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.1. A. The man is not suitable for the position.B. The job has been given to someone else.C. She hadn't received the man's application.2. A. He is going to see his section chief. B. He is going to have a job interview.C. He is going to see his girlfriend.3. A. Ask to see the man's ID card. B. Get the briefcase for the man.C. Show the man her documents.4. A. The dorm room is too crowded. B. There is no kitchen in the building.C. No one looks after the dorm building.5. A. She was always in good shape. B. She stopped exercising one year ago.C. She lost a lot of weight in one year.Section B (10 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be aone-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the five questions,each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the bestanswer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the centre.Conversation One6. What is soon to open in China?A. The French Movie Festival.B. The French Cultural Year.C. The French Food Festival.7. How many exhibitions will be held for this activity?A. 200.B. 20.C. 100.8. What will be held at the foot of the Great Wall?A. The City Concert.B. The Opening Ceremony.C. The Great Lunch.9. Which of the following cities is not included in this activity?A. Chongqing.B. Wuhan.C. Shenzhen.10. What will certainly make great contributions to this activity?A. Internet.B. TV shows.C. Newspapers. Conversation Two11. What sound more like a native speaker in a casual conversation?A. Examples.B. Verbs.C. Idioms.12. Which of the following sounds more informal and more natural?A. Get together.B. Meet.C. See.13. Which of the following means that you cannot interrupt me?A. I’m tied up.B. I have a lot on my plate.C. I’m busy.14. In American culture, what is considered important in a conversation?A. Using proper languageB. Making eye contact.C. Looking at your own feet.15. In business, how might Americans feel about you if you are looking away?A. You’re feeling ashamed.B. You’re telling the truth.C. You’re telling a lie.Section C (5 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear 5 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and thenthe 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 singleline through the centre.16. How long will it take for new forests to grow back?A. 65 years.B. 20 years.C. 40 years.17. What did Jimmy Carter plan to focus his efforts on after leaving the White Housein 1981?A. A presidential library.B. Camp David.C. Winning a second term.18. What was regarded as the lifeblood of the country of the Maldives?A. Oil.B. Agriculture.C. Tourism.19. What is responsible for the death of many people in developing countries?A. The development of resistance to diseases.B. The difficulty to cure new emerging diseases.C. The inability of the poor to afford medicine.20. What released an estimated 8.7 million tons of the global warming gas?A. Cars.B. Wildfires.C. Wars.Section D (10 marks)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 thetape. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.A researcher says lead in the environment could be a major cause of violence by young people. Doctor Herbert Needleman is a (21) ________ at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania and he (22) ________ his findings at the yearly meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Doctor Needleman says the presence of lead in the (23) ________ changes the neurons that control actions and that can cause a person to act in antisocial and (24) ________ ways.In the 1970s, Doctor Needleman found lower scores on (25) ________ even in children who did not have such signs of lead poisoning. After that, lead was (26)________ gasoline and paint in the United States. Yet many homes still have old lead paint. Lead was also used in older (27) ________. In fact, officials just announced stronger testing and reporting requirements as from next year for lead in American drinking water.The newest research shows that even very small amounts of lead in bones can affect brain development. A simple (28)________ can measure lead except that an X-ray process is needed to measure levels in bone. In 2004, such tests were done on 190 young people who were (29) ________ and the findings showed that their average levels were higher than normal. And, in 1998, three hundred children were studied and the test scores showed higher levels of (30) ________ problems in those with increased levels of lead. Yet these levels were still considered safe by the government.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 marks)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 completesthe sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the centre.31. So nervous ________ that she didn’t know how to start her speech.A. since she becameB. would she becomeC. that she becameD. did she become32. He ________ another career but, at the time, he just wanted to earn money tostudy abroad.A. might have chosenB. might chooseC. had to chooseD. must have chosen33. The second report was ________ by August 2005, but one year later it was stillnowhere in sight.A. submittedB. to have submittedC. to submitD. to have been submitted34. In this experiment, the students studied are stopped several times during thelistening test and asked to report what they ________ during the pause before answering the questions.A. had just been thinking aboutB. have just been thinking aboutC. are just thinking aboutD. had just thought about35. I was always taught that it was ________ to interrupt.A. rudeB. coarseC. roughD. crude36. Small boys are ________ questioners. They ask questions all the time.A. originalB. peculiarC. imaginativeD. persistent37. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are ________.A. out of workB. out of reachC. out of stockD. out of practice38. The bomb will ________ the moment it is touched.A. go onB. go offC. go outD. go over39. The car won’t ________; I’ve tried it several times, but it won’t work.A. beginB. launchC. startD. drive40. Children and old people do not like having their daily ________ upset.A. habitB. routineC. practiceD. custom41. In your first few days at school you'll be given a test to help the teachers to________ you to a class at your level.A. locateB. assignC. deliverD. place42. China only started its nuclear power industry in recent years, and should________ no time in catching up.A. loseB. delayC. spareD. relieve43. — You did an excellent job yesterday, Jim! I really enjoyed your presentation.— ________—Oh yeah, it was fabulous. It seems the English program is a great way to practice English.— Yeah. It is fun and motivating.A. Did you really?B. Oh, thank you. You are so kind.C. Really? What about yours?D. Not at all. My pleasure.44. — What kind of music do you like?— Well, I like different kinds.— ________— Er, I especially like punk rock.A. I beg your pardon?B. Are you serious?C. Any in particular?D. Why do you think so?45. — How did you like the fashion show last night?— ________—I didn’t see anything wrong with the clothes; they looked pretty nice to me.— Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around in streets?A. Impressive. It’s a good way to show off women's sense of style and wealth.B. It was cool. The clothes are more beautiful than the people wearing them.C. Nothing serious. It’s only a show to attract the eyes of fashion fans.D. It was dumb. I think it’s stupid for women to wear clothes like that.Part III Reading Comprehension (20 minutes, 40 marks)Section A (4 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 4 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on thebest choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the centre.Questions 46-49 are based on the following passage.The ability to ―see‖ oneself in the future is a remarkable human trait - some would say unique --- that is not well understood. That's despite the fact that we probably spend as much time thinking about the future as we do thinking about the present.Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that it’s precis ely because we can remember the past that we can visualize the future. ―Our findings provide convincing support for the idea that memory and future thought are highly interrelated and help explain why future thought may be impossible without memories,‖ say s doctoral candidate Karl Szpunar. The findings are consistent with other research showing that persons with little memory of the past, such as young children or individuals suffering from loss of memory, are less able to see themselves in the future.The researchers base their conclusions on brain scans of 21 college students who were cued to think about something in their past, and anticipate the same event in the future, like a birthday or getting lost. The experiment was carried out as each student lay on their stomach in a magnetic resonance imaging machine, a dreadful but very useful piece of equipment that can show which areas of the brain are stimulated during specific thought processes.The students were also asked to picture former President Bill Clinton in a past and future setting. Clinton was chosen because he was easily recognized and familiar to all the students.The researchers found a ―surprisingly complete overlap‖ among regions of the brain used for remembering the student's past and those used for picturing the future. And every region involved in remembering was also used in anticipating the future.In short, the researchers isolated the area of the brain that ―lit up‖ when the students thought about an event in their own past. And more importantly, that same area lit up again when they thought about a similar event in their future. In fact, the researchers report that the brain activity was so similar in both cases that it was ―indistinguishable.‖The findings were reinforced when students imagined Bill Clinton. Since none of them knew him personally, their memories were not autobiographical. And the brain scans showed ―significantly less‖ correlation between memories of having seen pictures of Clinton in the White House and projecting him into the future.So this ―time machine,‖ as the researchers describe it, allows us to use the past to see ourselves in the future, and both our memories and our anticipation are interdependent.46. A remarkable human trait that is not well understood is the ability ________.A. to think about the pastB. to see the futureC. to remember the pastD. to control the present47. The findings support that ________.A. future goals will greatly influence a person’s present performanceB. a person’s present performance is determined by his / her past knowledgeC. future thought depends to a great degree on the memory of the pastD. present thought is impossible without the ability to imagine the future48. The conclusion of the experiment on students was that ________.A. the students could picture themselves better than Bill Clinton in a past andfuture settingB. the students could imagine themselves as well as Bill Clinton in a past andfuture settingC. the students could anticipate Bill Clinton better than themselves in a past andfuture settingD. the students could only picture themselves in a past and future setting but notBill Clinton49. This ―time machine‖ in the last paragraph most probably refers to ________.A. clockB. brain scanningC. magnetic resonance imagingD. memorySection B (14 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 10 questions. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.For questions 50-55, 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.For questions 56-59, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Visiting the White HouseWhite House ToursPublic tours of the White House are available for groups of 10 or more people. Requests must be submitted through one's Member of Congress and are accepted up to six months in advance. These self-guided tours are available from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday (excluding federal holidays), and are scheduled on a first come, first served basis approximately one month in advance of the requested date. We encourage you to submit your request as early as possible since a limited number of tours are available. All White House tours are free of charge. For the most current tour information, please call the 24-hour line at 202-456-7041. Please note that White House tours may be subject to last minute cancellation.White House Visitor CenterAll tours are significantly enhanced if visitors stop by the White House Visitor Center located at the southeast corner of 15th and E Streets, before or after their tour. The Center is open seven days a week from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and features many aspects of the White House, including its architecture, furnishings, first families, social events, and relations with the press and world leaders, as well as a thirty-minute video. Allow between 20 minutes to one hour to explore the exhibits. The White House Historical Association also sponsors a sales area. Please note that restrooms are available, but food service is not.Mobility-Impaired / Using a WheelchairGuests requiring the loan of a wheelchair should notify the officer at the Visitors Entrance Building upon arrival.Wheelchairs loans are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are not possible.Visitors in wheelchairs, or with other mobility disabilities, on the Congressional guided or self-guided tours, between 8:00 a.m. and 12 noon, use the same Visitor entrance and, with up to four members of their party, are admitted without waiting in line and without tickets.Visitors in wheelchairs are escorted by ramp from the entrance level to the ground floor, and by elevator from the ground to the state floor. Guests generally wait in line with their family or group.Hearing-ImpairedTours for hearing-impaired groups may be arranged in advance by writing to the Visitors Office, White House, Washington, DC 20502. Tours are usually scheduled at 9:30 a.m., between the Congressional and public tour times. Participants enter at the East Appointment gate. A U.S. Secret Service / Uniformed Division Tour Officer conducts the tour in sign language. Signed tours are available to groups of 8 to 20. Groups are also encouraged to bring their own interpreters.Signing interpretation is also available for individual visitors with advance notice.A Congressional office first issues guided tour tickets to a guest who is hearing-impaired and then contacts the Visitors Office at least 2 weeks in advance to request interpreter service.The Visitors Office TDD (telephone device for the deaf) is 202-456-2121. Messages may be left outside normal business hours.Visually-ImpairedTours for visually-impaired groups may be arranged in advance by writing to the Visitors Office, White House, Washington, DC 20502. The tours are usually scheduled at 9:30 a.m., between the Congressional and public tour times. Participants enter at the East Appointment gate. A U.S. Secret Service / Uniformed Division Tour Officer permits visitors to touch specific objects in the House. Touch tours are currently available only to groups of 8 to 20, not to individual visitors. Guide animals are permitted in the White House.General Tour InformationAll White House tours are free. Changes in tour schedules are occasionally made because of official events. Notice may not be given until that morning. The Visitors Office 24-hour Information Line recording at 202-456-7041 provides the most up-to-date information. The TDD is 202-456-2121. Visitors should confirm tour schedules by calling the information line the night before and the morning that they plan to visit. It is occasionally necessary to close individual rooms on the tour; however, notice about closed rooms is not possible.Prohibited ItemsProhibited items include, but are not limited to, the following: handbags, book bags, backpacks, purses, food and beverages of any kind, strollers, cameras, video recorders or any type of recording device, tobacco products, personal grooming items (make-up, hair brush or comb, lip or hand lotions, etc.), any pointed objects (pens, knitting needles, etc.), aerosol containers, guns, ammunition, fireworks, electric stun guns, mace, martial arts weapons / devices, or knives of any size. The U.S. Secret Service reserves the right to prohibit any other personal items. Umbrellas, wallets, cell phones and car keys are permitted.Please note that no storage facilities are available on or around the complex. Individuals who arrive with prohibited items will not be permitted to enter the White House.ParkingThe closest Metrorail stations to the White House are Federal Triangle (blue and orange lines), Metro Center (blue, orange, and red lines) and McPherson Square (blue and orange lines). On-street parking is not available near the White House, and use of public transportation is strongly encouraged.Restrooms / Public TelephonesThe nearest restrooms and public telephones to the White House are in the Ellipse Visitor Pavilion (the park area south of the White House) and in the White House Visitor Center. Restrooms or public telephones are not available at the White House.50. Both Congressional guided and self-guided tours need to be scheduled in advance.51. All White House tours are free of charge except on federal holidays.52. The White House Visitor Center provides free drinks but not food service.53. Wheelchair reservation service is provided by the officer at the Visitors EntranceBuilding.54. Hearing-impaired visitors can request signing interpretation service from theVisitors Office.55. Touch tours are currently only offered to visually-impaired groups of 8 to 20.56. Sometimes official events make it necessary to close ________________ withoutnotice.57. The personal items permitted to be carried into the White House are __________.58. The transportation visitors are encouraged to use is ________________.59. Inside the White House, visitors cannot find or use restrooms or ______________. Section C (10 marks)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 AnswerSheet.Questions 60-64 are based on the following passage.If you were on a distant planet, and if you had instruments that could tell you the composition of Earth's atmosphere, how would you know there was life on this planet?Water in the atmosphere would suggest there could be water on the surface, and as we all know water is considered crucial to life. But water would only suggest that life is possible. It wouldn’t prove it’s there.Carbon? That basic component of ―life as we know it?‖ Not necessarily. A diamond is pure carbon, a nd it may be pretty, but it isn’t alive.What really sets Earth apart is nitrogen, which ma kes up 80 percent of the planet’s atmosphere. And it’s there only because there is abundant life on Earth, say scientists at the University of Southern California.The report grew out of a class discussion two years ago in a course taught by Capone and Kenneth Nealson, professor of earth sciences. Students were asked to come up with different ideas about searching for life on other planets. What is a distinct ―signature,‖ as Capone puts it, that would show there is life on another planet?That’s a question that has been kicked around in many quarters in recent decades, especially since all efforts to find some form of life, no matter whether on Mars or in the distant reaches of space, have failed. At least so far.The current effort to search for some evidence of life on Mars focuses primarily on the search for water, because it has long been believed that water, or at least some fluid, is necessary for the chemical processes that le ad life to take place. But that’s probably the wrong approach, the USC group argues.―It's hard to imagine life without water, but it’s easy to imagine water without life,‖ says Nealson, who was on the Ma rs team before moving to USC.But nitrogen would be a much clearer signature of life. Only about 2 percent to 3 percent of the Martian atmosphere is nitrogen. That's just a trace, and it probably means there is no life on Mars today, and if there was in the past, it probably ended many, many years ago.But, the USC team adds q uickly, that doesn't mean there’s no life anywhere else in the universe. They don't know where, of course, but they may have found a way to narrow down the search. Look first for nitrogen, then look for biological activity that should be there.So if life exists elsewhere, and is similar to life as we know it, there should be nitrogen, and that's what we should be looking for first, the researchers say.If they don’find nitrogen on Mars, Capone says, ―that will probably bring us to the conclusion that there likely never was life on Mars.‖But how about elsewhere? Could this technique be used to search for life in other solar systems?Maybe. It might be possible to detect a nitrogen-rich atmosphere around a planet orbiting another star, but no t yet. Current instruments aren’ that sensitive.If they ever are, the search for life might be narrowed down to the most promising prospects, chiefly because of the presence of nitrogen. And won't that be fun!Questions:60. What can suggest life is possible but cannot be proved according to the author?61. What is a clear ―signature‖ of life on another planet according to Capone?62. What is considered as a wrong way to search for evidence of life on Mars?63. What can probably prove there is no life on Mars today based on the new theory?64. Why is it impossible to use the new technique to search for life in other solarsystems now?Section D (12 marks)Directions:In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing amaximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 65-70.Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 65-70 are based on the following passage.In August 2008, athletes from the United States and around the world will compete in the Beijing Olympics. But did you know that in September of next year, disabled athletes will compete in the Paralympic Games in Beijing?The Olympics and the Paralympics are separate movements. But they have always been held in the same year, and since 1988, they have also been held in the same city. The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 to secure this connection. The next winter games will take place in Vancouver, Canada, in 2010.The Paralympic Games grew out of a sports competition held in 1948 in England and a doctor named Ludwig Guttmann organized it for men who suffered spinal cord injuries in World War II. Four years later, it became an international event as competitors from the Netherlands took part. Then, in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome. 400 athletes from 23 countries competed. By 2004, the Paralympic Games in Athens had almost 4000 athletes from 136 countries, who may have physical or mental limitations and may be blind or in wheelchairs. Yet sometimes they perform better than athletes without disabilities.In 1968, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of former President John F. Kennedy, started the Special Olympics, which are just for children and adults with mental limitations and whose programs currently serve more than two million people in 160 countries. In November 2006, in Mumbai, India, teams competed in the First Special Olympics International Cricket Cup. In addition to India, there were men's teams from Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies. There were also women's cricket teams from India and Pakistan.There are many organizations in the United States that help people with disabilities play sports. Wheelchair tennis is a popular sport. So is basketball. In fact, there are more than one hundred professional teams playing wheelchair basketball thanks to the special wheelchairs for athletes that are lightweight and designed for quick moves. For people who want to go really fast in their chairs, there is a Power Wheelchair Racing Association.In the state of Utah there is a place called the National Ability Center, which teaches all kinds of sports to people with all kinds of physical and mental disabilities and even gives friends and family members a chance to try a sport as if they were disabled.A reporter from the Washington Post wanted to know what it would be like for a blind person to use a climbing wall. So, protected by a safety line, the newspaper reporter closed his eyes and started to feel for places to put his hands and feet. Trainer s on the ground urged him on: ―Take your time. You can do it.‖ Finally he reached the top.At the National Ability Center people can learn to ride horses and mountain bikes. They can try winter mountain sports, and learn scuba diving and other water activities. The center also prepares athletes for the Paralympics.These days, the first place many people go when they want to travel is the Internet, where they can get information about hotels, transportation and services like tour companies. The Internet can also help travelers find special services for the disabled. For example, there are groups that help young people with disabilities travel to different countries.Susan Sygall, who uses a wheelchair herself, leads an organization called Mobility International USA, and has traveled to more than twenty-five countries to talk about the rights of people with disabilities. She says people with disabilities are all members of a global family and working together across borders is the most powerful way of making changes.Summary:The Olympics and the Paralympics are (65) ________ but they have always been held in the same year and also in the same city since 1988 when the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee signed an agreement in 2001 to (66) ________.The Paralympic Games grew out of a sports competition organized by a doctor named (67) ________ in 1948 in England for men injured in World War II. In 1952, it became an (68)________ and in 1960, the first Paralympics were held in Rome for people who may have physical or mental limitations or may be blind or in wheelchairs.The (69) ________ was started in 1968 in the United States by Eunice Kennedy Shriver just for children and adults with mental limitations and to help people with disabilities play sports and enjoy other activities, many (70) ________ are founded, such as the Power Wheelchair Racing Association, the National Ability Center and Mobility International USA.Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 marks)Section A: There are 5 blanks in the passage. Use the word given on the right side to form a word that fits in each blank. Remember to write the answers on theAnswer Sheet.。