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2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second 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.1.Why didn’t the man go to see Macbeth last week?A.He didn’t manage to get a ticket.B.He had to attend a conference.C.He had a better production to watch.2.What does ―Fill Me In‖ refer to in this conversation?A. A type of upgraded mobile phone.B. A well-selling magazine.C. A writer’s new book series.3.Why doesn’t the woman like the bag?A.She doesn’t like the pattern.B.It’s not easy to carry.C.It’s too big for her.4.What makes a bad CV according to the man?A.Fake information.B. Terrible writing.C. Undesirable length.5.How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning?A.She’s going to make a friend in Spain.B.She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend in Spain.C.She’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversation. 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 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.Conversation One6.What traffic accident are the speakers talking about?A. A kid was knocked down by a car.B.Two cars crashed into a shop.C. A car ran into a wrong place.7.Why did the accident happen according the woman?A.There were many shops around.B.The crossing is in a wrong place.C.There was no crossing here.8.Which of the following is the suggestion they made?A.More traffic lights should be installed.B. A speed camera should be mounted.C.More policemen should patrol that area.9.Where, as the woman mentioned, has got improved traffic?A.Her own neighborhood.B.Her big brother’s neighborhood.C.Her parents’ neighborhood.10.How was the man punished for his traffic offence?A.He was fined 100 pounds with extra penalty points.B.He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty points.C.He finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty points.Conversation Two11.Why is the expert opposed to the view that memory aids make your memory worse?A.There is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalid.B.Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective way.C.Memory aids encourage an organized approach which helps the brain functioneffectively.12.What is interview’s attitude towards the idea that visual image help the memoryA.It is hard to believe.B.It is nothing strange.C.It is obviously nonsense.13.Who developed the system of memory aids centuries ago?A.Inhabitants on an isolated island.B.The Ancient Greeks.C. A great psychologists.14.How does mapping out notes affect the brain?A.It is helpful in reflecting the way people link information in the brain.B.It prevents people from arranging things logically.C.It makes people’s brain f unction the opposite way.15.What tends to affect people’s ability to think clearly?A.Upbringing and innate differences.B.Worry and anxiety.C.Their aptitudes.Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B andC, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.16.How can social media influence the presidential election in the USA according to thelatest research?A.It can help voters to choose their president.B.It can help to ensure the fairness of the elections.C.It can help to increase the number of voters.17.What honorary title has Yaya Toure been granted?A.The African Player of the Year.B.212 Star of the Confederation of African Football.C.The Ivory Coast star.18.Why did Reshma Saujani set up the organization ―Girls Who Code‖?A.To raise women’s status in the field of science.B.To improve girls’ aptitude and performance in STEM.C.To arouse girls’ interest in science and technology.19.Which tablet computer’s hardware inside is more powerful?A.The CNET Kum.B. The Google Nexus 7.C. The Apple iPad mini.20.What does the company announce that it can do for the United States?A.It can reduce the amount of plastic waste.B.It can help to recycle the plastic waste.C.It can increase the amount of exports.Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.If you (21) ____ smooth skin that glows with youth, the chances are that at some point you will have heard the exhortation to drink lots of water in order to (22) ____ those evil toxins and keep your skin healthy.The exact amount people suggest varies. US – based advice (23) ____ eight glasses a day, while in hotter climates people are advised to drink to more to (24) ____ higher rates of sweating. But regardless of the exact volume of water suggested, the principle behind the advice remains the same --- taking extra water on board will keep your skin hydrated. In other words, water acts like a moisturizer, but from the inside out.This is such a common idea you might be surprised at the (25) ____ to back up. You might expect there to be countless studies where people are (26) ____ two groups, one assigned to sip water all day, the other to drink a normal amount. Then the smoothness of the skin could be (27) ____ a month or so later to establish whether sipping more lead to smoother skin.In fact such studies are rare, partly because water can’t be patented, so it is hard to find anyone to fund such research when there will be no new (28) ____ or cosmetic to sell that could repay the costs. A review by the dermatologist Ronni Wolf at the Kaplan Medical Center in Israel found just one study looking at the effect of long-term water intake on the skin. But the resultswere (29) ____. After four weeks, the group who drank mineral water showed a decrease in skin density, which some believe suggests the skin is retaining more moisture, while those who drank tap water showed an increase in skin density. But regardless of the type of water they drank, it made no difference to their (30) ____ or to the smoothness of their skin.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.31. The new star said to the journalists that she _C___ the opportunity to show that she could playa serious film role.A. greetedB. rejoicedC. welcomedD. cheered32. We haven’t really __D__ a solution to the problem yet, which makes the boss really frustrated.A. built upB. fallen back onC. brought overD. come up with33. Personally, I am __C__ banning cigarette smoking completely, especially in public areas.A. in touch withB. apart fromC. in favor ofD. regardless of34. Until a firm agreement has been reached, I am not __C__ to accepting the offer.A. accustomedB. dedicatedC. committedD. entitled35. The government is making every effort to __B__ an economic crisis, but it seems nothing could help.A. eliminateB. avertC. impedeD. swerve36. __B__ a serious crime, what exactly should you do?A. Unless you witnessB. If you were to witnessC. If only you witnessD. since you witness37. During examinations candidates are always supposed to stay in seats, keep their eyes on the work, _A___ to anyone.A. and not speakB. but could not speakC. rather than speakD. instead of speaking38. Realizing that he hadn’t got enough money and _D___ to borrow any from his parents, he decided to sell his house.A. wanted notB. not to wantC. wanting notD. not wanting39. There’s no point waiting here any longer. We _C___ go and have something to eat.A. can hardlyB. are bound toC. might as wellD. will have to40. While many people may refer to up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television and the Internet _A___ the newspapers completely.A. will replaceB. replaceC. are replacingD. have replaced41. She married a very nice young architect from Belfast, _A___ she met on a bus during her journey to Northern Ireland.A. whoB. whenC. whichD. where42. It is a kind of illness that can result in total blindness if __D__A. to leave untreatedB. is left untreatedC. leaving untreatedD. left untreated43. ----I’m so disappointed with my son! He just wouldn’t practice the piano!----Take it easy. You can lead ___B_ to water, but you can’t make it drink.A. a duckB. a horseC. a cowD. a dog44. ----Good morning, Madam! I’d like some information about the course.----Certainly. _B___A.I’m afraid I don’t know more than you either.B.Is there anything I can do for you?C.What exactly would you like to know?D.How much information did you know?45. ---- How do you feel about countries that don’t try to reduce global warming?---- __A__, those countries care more about money than saving the planet.A.As far as I’m concernedB. It’s none of our businessC. We’re not to blameD. Things are under controlPart III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.According to recent surveys, 72% of all Americans believe that the United States government is (46) hiding____ information about UFOs. Almost 68% of people think that the government has secret knowledge of extraterrestrial life. It is not (47) _surprising__ (surprise) that the government has come under more and more (48) pressure____ to declassify its UFO records and make them public. A variety of different groups have been involved in these efforts.One group to become involved is called CFI, the Coalition for Freedom of Information, John Podesta, who was White House Chief of Staff duri ng Bill Clinton’s (49)presidency____(president), is one of the many high-powered people active in this group. CFI’s aim is not to prove the (50) _existence___(exist) of extraterrestrial life, but to make it easier for scientists in general to study unexplained aerial phenomena. Podesta and his group has asked the Pentagon to declassify its UFO records and therefore provide scientists (51) with____ data that will help in the study of UFOs.CFI has requested the release of information on several UFO cases, starting with the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, incident. This incident took (52) __place__ in 1965 when a large acorn-shaped object, the size of a small car, crashed in Pennsylvania. Some analysts say it could have been the spacecraft Kosmos 96 that had been launched towards Venus by the Soviet Union, but failed to escape Earth’s (53) g ravity____. Others say the object did not look anything like spacecraft built on Earth in 1965.(54) Additionally___, the people of Kecksburg want to know what happened. On that (55) afternoon____, hundreds of eyewitnesses watched a fiery streak of light descend from the sky towards Earth. Officials explained that nothing was found or recovered and that maybe the fireball in the sky was a meteor. But many witnesses say they saw a number of military personnel from the Army and the Air Force search the woods, and later that evening, saw a large militarytractor-trailer coming from the area carrying a large object under a tarp.Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The average automatic teller machine (ATM) is not very smart. It will give money to anyone who has the right card and punches four or five keys in the right order. Some analysts estimate that as many as 30% of ATM transaction worldwide are cases of theft. To increase security at cash machines, some banks have tried to make their ATMs a little smarter. A small camera on the machine looks directly into the eye of every customer. It scans one iris and compares the tiny patterns of ridges, dots, and other features to a code in its computer. If there is a match, the ATM will start counting out cash. If not, a message is automatically sent to the nearest police station.Iris-scanning is one fast-growing form of biometric identification --- determining who someone is by examining features the body. One of the earliest biometric techniques was fingerprinting. The line on fingerprints are unique to each person, so not even identical twins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprinting has become famous as a way of finding out who committed a crime, but it very often fails. A careful criminal can swear gloves, avoid touching thing, or even alter his fingerprints by burning, cutting, or scraping them. In the search for a more reliable system, security experts have focused on the eye.Like a fingerprint, every iris is, for all practical purposes, unique. Each person’s right iris is even different from his or her left one. A low-cost digital camera, like the kind installed at ATM machines, can easily detect hundreds of different features in the iris. The chance of two irises having the same features is close to zero. Tests have shown that iris-scanners are very hard to fool. They can tell the difference between a real iris and a false one. They can see right through colored contact lenses, eyeglasses, and even mirrored sunglasses. Although many criminal are willing to burn or cut their fingers in pursuit of the perfect crime, few would be willing or able to alter their irises.T o make iris-scanning work, a computerized database has to match certain iris features with certain people. This means that each A TM customer has to allow a bank to photograph his or her iris and keep that highly personal information in a computer. Some people have worried, however, that an increased use of iris-scanning will lead to a dangerous loss of privacy. By mountingiris-scan cameras in public places, governments could track a private citizen all day long without the person’s knowledge. This would be a great advantage to the police, but it could also giv e corrupt officials a new way to control their opponents. The military’s development of tiny robots suggests that government iris-scanners could even invade private homes!Questions 56-60Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with only one word for each blank.Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Seed catalogues feature hundreds of flowering species. For the persons just beginning garden this can be bewildering, and below are the details of some popular choices, nearly all of which should be sown in the spring. With the exception of busy lizzies, which need a little care, they are all very easy to grow from seed.DahliasThese are sturdy plants bearing showy flowers in a wide range of rather gaudy colors. Sow in a frame in April and plant the seedlings out when frosts are over. Dahlias flower throughout the summer and into the autumn. When autumn frosts begin to make them look unhappy, you should dig up the tuberous roots and save them. A frost-free loft, shed or garage is the ideal place. The following spring you plant the tubers instead of sowing seed again.LupinsLupins are hardy perennials. This means that the plants will stay in your garden and carry on flowering year after year. Seed sown in April will usually give you some spikes of colors in the first summer, and year by year the plants get bigger and the flowering stems get taller and grander. Selective breeding has led to the introduction of some fine, bicolored varieties in some dazzling shades. The short-lived flowers make a real misunderstanding spectacle.Busy lizziesLike dahlias, busy lizzies need to be started offunder glass, as they cannot stand frost, and pantingout is best done in May. Outdoor flowering ends inSeptember, so beat the frosts and bring your favoritespecimens indoors to give your home some sintercolor! Indoors they will carry on floweringindefinitely, though you may like to plant them outagain when spring returns. Like pansies (below) they do very well in sun or shade, but the soil must be moist. Most varieties grow to be a height of only 20 cm or so.PotentillasPotentillas are hardy shrubs. In other words, the woody branches spring from groundlevel —there is no central trunk. Seed is probably best sown in autumn, in which case you should keep the plants in a sheltered spot until April offers favorable conditions for planting out. Once flowering begins in early summer the best varieties (such as Melton Fire) will stay in bloomATM transactions are often cases of theft, where an unauthorized user takes (56) __money_. To decrease insecurity, some banks have installed iris-scanning machines at ATMs. These small cameras scan t he user’s iris, recording its features and (57) _comping___ them to a digital file. Every person has a (58) _ unique ___ iris, making iris identification highly reliable. Earlier efforts at biometric identification often relied on fingerprints. However, fingerprints can easily be (59) altered____ through cutting, burning or scrapping. Iris scanners are so effective that they can even see through contact lenses and mirrored sunglasses. Use of iris scanners would provide great advantages to the police. However,others worry about a loss of (60) ____.almost ceaselessly for years on end while at the same time spreading out to provide ground cover or a low hedge.PansiesPansies have a good long flowering season year after year, and some varieties can be sown in spring to give truly splendid results the first autumn. Unlike dahlias and lupins, which can easily grow a meter tall, pansies grow no higher than 10 or 20 cm. Their soil, position and moisture requirements are just like those of busy lizzies but pansies differ in being hardy. Give them a try!Questions 61-63Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.61. Both dahlias and lupins, which are sown in April, need protecting from frost.62. Brought indoors in autumn, dahlias, busy lizzies and potentillas will carry on flowering almost non-stop.63. Among all the flowers busy lizzies are not very easy to grow from seed.Section C (10 marks)Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating services. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? have proved to be ratings blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated fifteen women to find the one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Johnson, an English celerity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each episode, he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them.At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn’t see it working. ―He wasn’t my cup of tea.‖ In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. ―You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t bel ieve you did that. I really liked you,‖ she sobbed.But in the final episode, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. ―I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,‖ she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love---with the show’s host!After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and Johnson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally, on May 1, 2003, Gerrard-Wright proposed to Johnson o n the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accepted his proposal right away, although it was a conditional acceptance. Johnson has two children from previous relationships—aneight-year-old son, Cameron, and a two-year-old daughter, Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage. Luckily, they did. Gerrard-Wright said, ―In the end the show did work for me. I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did. Ulrika’s gorgeous.‖Questions 66-68Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 2 words for each blank.66. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to ____ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match.67. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was almost ____.68. Ulrika accepted Lance’s proposal ____ that her children agreed to their marriage as well. Questions 69-70Choose the best answer according to the passage.69. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show?A. Lance went on dates with several women.B. The candidates went to some very good restaurants.C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision.D. The women met Lance’s family.70. What happened after seven weeks of doing the show?A. All of the women found their beloved.B. Lance started to date with the show’s host.C. One of the women on the show couldn’t help crying.D. Ulrika asked Lance to marry her.Section D (10 marks)Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?One reason for Alaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting its glaciers. According t o one geologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaciers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increased by 5℉. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by 8℉. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10℉by the year 2010.Another problem contributing to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its permafrost. (74) Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.The melting permafrost and increasing temperature are also having a negative impact on the forests of Alaska. As the permafrost under the forests melts, in sects that normally don’t turn upuntil the warmer seasons are appearing sooner. The spruce-bark beetle, for example, is increasing in numbers as a result of global warming. It usually takes about two years for these beetles to grow and reproduce in a very cold weather. However, due to the increase in temperatures, spruce-bark beetles are damaging as many trees in one year as they previously damaged in two. At this rate, Alaska’s forest won’t survive the turn of the century.Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to a global increase in weather temperature. Whether the rising temperature are caused by human activity or natural changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming. Some others argue that global warming may be a normal trend on the Earth’s temperature chart. (75) One theory argues that we are near the end of aso-called ―Little Ice Age‖, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them. Horribly, this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.Questions 71-73Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.71. What are disappearing in Alaska actually?72. How much ice is melting each year according to the survey?73. Why do insects damage more trees than before?Questions 74-75Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.74. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity75. One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called ―Little Ice Age‖, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them.Part V Translation (10 marks)Translate the following sentences into English, using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.76. 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语决赛真题2013年

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语决赛真题2013年Part I Listening C o m p e r h e n sio nSection AIn this section, yon will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the th r ee 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 cent r e.1. Where does this conversation probably take place?A.In a swimming pool.B.In a bank.C.On a plane.B [听力原文]M: This is your passbook. The interest rate will automatically adjust depending on how much you have in the account.W: Oh, that's good. There's something else. I'd like to apply for a mortgage, please.M: Certainly, I'll make you an appointment with our mortgage adviser.根据录音中的关键词和短语passbook(存折)、interest rate(利率)、account(账户)和apply for a mortgage(申请住房贷款)等，可推测对话的发生地点为银行，故答案选B。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛决赛C类

2013 NationalEnglish ContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC - Final)参考答案及作文评分标准PartIListening Com prehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)1—5 ACBBCSection B (10 marks)6—10 CCABA11—15 BCBCASection C (5 marks)16—20 ACBACSection D (10 marks)21.prescription22.drugaddiction23.lenientapproach24.distinguished between25.arelicensed to 26.singletransaction27.Proponents28.legitimate29.campaigns30.therebyPartIIVocabulary and Structure(15 marks)31—35 DBBCB36—40 CABAD41—45 ABACAPartIIICloze(10 marks)46.height47.both48.surprising49.mistakenly50.through51.hungry52.scientific53.Sleepiness54.connection55.evilPartIV Reading Com prehension (40 marks)Section A (10 marks)56.risks57.innocentrmation59.gang60.requestingSection B (10 marks)61.F62.T63.F64.Itprovidesstudentswith an onlinelearningenvironment.65.Theyreceivetheindividualsupportandadvicetheyneedtosucceed in theirstudy.Section C (10 marks)66.enduring 67.starved68.moredramatically69.D70.CSection D (10 marks)71.BecausetheEgyptiansworshipedcatsasholyanimalsandtherewerelawsprotectingthem.72.TheDarkAgesin Europe.1--73.About10 percent.74.猫惯有“巫师的助手”之称。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业初赛真题2013年

由此可知男士认为Sue的想法不现实，所以选C。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业决赛真题2013年(暂缺听力音频)

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业决赛真题2013年(暂缺听力音频)(总分：120.00，做题时间：120分钟)一、Part Ⅰ Listening Comperhension (总题数：5，分数：5.00)1.What does the man say about the item he is sending?（分数：1.00）A.It is expensive.B.It is insured.C.It is breakable. √解析：[听力原文] M: Hello, I need to send this package to London as soon as possible. W: All right. We can send it by DHL. That will give you a tracking number to follow. M: Also, there's some electronic equipment inside that is quite fragile. W: Would you like to insure the contents? It's only a few dollars more. Q: What does the man say about the item he is sending.7 男士提到，there's some electronic equipment inside that is quite fragile。

fragile与breakable为同义词，意为“易碎的”。

故C项为正确答案。

2.What will the man probably do next?（分数：1.00）A.Help Sue with the makeup.B.Go to the theatre with Sue. √C.Drive to the theatre alone.解析：[听力原文] M: Can you give me a ride to the University Theater tonight, Sarah? W: Sorry I can't, but you might ask Sue. She's helping with the makeup, so she might have to be there early. Q: What will the man probably do next? 男士问女士今晚是否可以载他一程去学校的剧院。

2013年大学生英语竞赛C类决赛真题试卷

2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类决赛真题试卷Part ⅡV ocabulary and Structure31．She was on her______throughout the job interview because she didn't want to say anything stupid.A．Defence B．Care C．Caution D．Guard 32．He has been with the company for 30 years, but the management has now decided to______ with his services.A．Discard B．Dispense C．Dispose D．Dismiss 33．To the disappointment of the whole country the national team was______in the first round of the international tournament.A．Excluded B．Eliminated C．Suspended D．Segmented 34．Dr. Jones' theory had been the orthodoxy in the field for 50 years until a young scholar______every argument of the theory in a famous paper.A．Confront B．Confounded C．Refuted D．Renounced 35．______every effort has been made to ensure that the details in this brochure are correct, the company cannot accept responsibility for any late changes.A．Even B．While C．Nevertheless D．Whereas 36．In this part of town, people are only worried about keeping up with______.A．the Johnsons B．the Smiths C．the Joneses D．the Williams 37．The general public depends upon television to know about world affairs but unfortunately the TV reports sometimes______the reality.A．Misrepresent B．Tramper C．Disrupt D．Mistake38．______, street features such as fountains, steps and even cobbled roadways, are being excluded from our streets because of the risk of accidents.A．Technically B．Surprisingly C．Financially D．Logically39．For some people, it may be______to remember what they have just read ______recall where they left their car keys.A．much easier: than to B．probable: as C．better: than D．so easy: just as 40．"If you don't mind, I'd sooner you______your violin somewhere else," my landlord cried. A．would practise B．Practise C．had practised D．Practised41．______our money back in a reasonable manner failed, we had to resort threats.A．When asking for B．While we asked for C．Having asked for D．If we ask for 42．The president ordered that the stadium______finished before the National Day but the engineer knew very clearly that it was almost impossible for it______in so short a time.A．be: to do B．be: to be done C．should be: to be doing D．will be: to have done 43．The dinosaurs probably became extinct after a giant asteroid hit the Earth about 65 million years ago. But what______if this asteroid______?A．would have happened: had missed B．would happen: missed C．happened: would miss D．was happening: missed44．—Are your printers easy to use? You see, we've managed without one up to now. Why are there so many knobs and buttons?—______In fact, they're entirely automatic.A．Whatever you think it is. B．Sorry to disappoint you.C．They couldn't be easier. D．It is the cheapest one.45．—Hello, John. How's your latest book going? I mean the one you're writing on the Loch Ness monster.—Well, ______.—Oh dear. Why's that?—Well, the inspiration's there but everything else is wrong. One day I tire myself out with the writing and the next day I can hardly keep myself awake.A．it's going rather slowly at present B．I've finished it now C．Nobody has found the monster yet D．The editor asked me to stop writing Part ⅢClozeThe opium poppy is a bright flower, usually red or orange, that grows to a【C1】h______of about 75 -90 centimetres. In the wild, it usually grows in huge clusters, sometimes covering an entire field. Humans have cultivated this flower for thousands of years,【C2】b______for its beauty and for the powerful chemicals it produces.It is not【C3】sur______that an ancient human eventually tasted opium, the dried juice of the poppy. Many people【C4】______(mistake)believe that the juice comes only from the seedpods, and only at a certain time of year. The juice does not pool up the seedpod just before the seed ripen, but it flows【C5】thr______the rest of the plant as well. The stem and seed capsules leak this milky juice easily if the plant is knocked down or the stem is broken. The dried juice forms a brown crust that is easy to see. Someone searching for food was probably【C6】hu______enough to risk tasting the dried material. He or she was probably surprised by the result.The first opium-eater has had a long sleep before being able to tell anyone else about the poppy. Its【C7】sci______name, papa-ver somniferum, means " sleep-bringing poppy ".【C8】______ (sleep)is one of the best-known side-effects of ingesting opium. Ancient Greek art oftenshowed Hypnos, the god of sleep, with poppies in his hands. The same images were associated with Somnus, the Roman god of sleep.This【C9】______(connect)of poppies with sleep carried through to one of the most popular books and movies of 20th-century America. In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, a girl named Dorothy and her friends are trying to find a wizard who can help them get the things they need. An 【C10】ev______witch tries to stop them. One of the witch's tricks is to put Dorothy and all her friends to sleepby leading them into a beautiful, dangerous field of bright poppies.Part ⅣReading ComperhensionSection ANowadays, most people realise that it's risky to use credit card online. However, from time to time, we all use passwords and government ID numbers on the Web. We think we are safe, but that may not be true I A new kind of attack is being used by dishonest people to steal ID and credit card numbers from innocent websurfers.This new kind of attack is called " phishing". Phishing sounds the same as the word "fishing" , and it implies a thief is trying to lure people into giving away valuable information. How can phishers lure people to do this? Like real fishermen, they use bait in the form of great online deals or services. For example, phishers might use fake emails and false websites to con people into revealing credit card numbers, account usernames, and passwords. They imitate well-known banks, online sellers, and credit card companies. Successful phishers may convince as many as 5 percent of the people they contact to respond and give away their personal financial information.Is this really a big problem? Actually, tricking 5 percent of the online population is huge! Currently , more than 350 million people have access to the Internet, and 75 percent of those Internet users live in the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has been estimated that phishers send more than 3 billion scam messages each year. Even by tricking only 5 percent of the people, phishers can make a lot of money.Since there is so much money to make through this kind of scam, it has caught the interest of more than just small-time crooks. Recently, police tracked down members of an organised phishing group in Eastern Europe who had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from people online. The group created official-looking email messages requesting people to update their personal information at an international bank's website. However, the link to the bank in the message actually sent people to the phishers' fake website. To make matters worse, furtherinvestigation revealed that this group had connections with a crime in Russia.How can innocent websurfers protect themselves? Above all, they have to learn to recognize email that has been sent by a phisher. Always be wary of any email with urgent requests for personal financial information. Phishers typically write upsetting or exciting but fake statements in their emails so that people will reply right away. Also, messages from phishers will not address recipients by name because they really don't know who the recipients are yet. On the other hand, valid messages from your bank or other companies you normally deal with typically include your personal name.Giving personal information over the Internet has always been full of【A1】______but now it's even more so with the new Internet scam, phishing. Phishers first lure,【A2】______websurfers into a scam by making up fake emails. With this bait they lure some of the people they contact to give away personal financial【A3】______while there are millions of people surfing the Internet, phishers may make a lot of money through sending scam message. These phishers are not just small-time crooks. Police investigations have recently tracked down organised phishing groups in Eastern Europe with connections to a crime【A4】______in Russia. Websurfers must deal with any urgent emails【A5】______private information warily. For example, a bank will address their customers properly whereas a phisher will not be able to.Section BCollege of Engineering,Mathematics and Physical ScienceHarrison BuildingStreatham CampusUniversity of ExeterExeter UK EX44QFTel: + 44(0)1392723628Fax: +44(0)1392217965Email: emps@ exeter. ac. ukDear Mr Qiu YeCongratulations! On behalf of the University of Exeter, I write to inform you that your application for postgraduate study at the University has been considered and we are pleased to offer you a place on the following programme subject to the conditions set out below.Programme: Master of science in Computer ScienceRegistration dates: 21-22 September 2013School: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical ScienceMode of study: Full-timeTuition status: OverseasAll new students will be required to arrive and register over the weekend of 21 -22 September, 2013 and to participate in the Welcome Week events held between 23 -27 September, 2013.As a postgaduate student at Exeter, you will be part of our friendly Computer ScienceDepartment which provides close personal contact between staff and students and results in a highly productive and well-organised research environment. You will be based in the College's Harrison building which includes a suite of new teaching and research laboratories.We maintain a firm focus on career-orientated postgraduate training. Working closely with a professional advisory group that includes senior managers from companies such as IBM, we ensure that our programmes support the needs of the sector and our graduates are well placed for success in this exciting field.The College maintains an excellent reputation for its research in robotics, machine learning, multi-objective optimisation, pattern recognition and computational statistical modelling, natural computing and hydroinformatics.The University of Exeter offers excellent technology-enhanced learning opportunities via an interactive online learning environment which encourages blogging, online discussion forums and virtual field trips. All students have access to My Exeter—a student portal which is home to vital IT services including your email and calendar, documents saved to your own file space, online learning facilities and teaching timetables.At Exeter we are also committed to a system of personal tutoring so that student receive the individual support and advice they need to succeed in their study here. All students have a personal tutor who is there to support you and help you deal with any problems or issues that arise.Our Main Library is available to you to support your studies 24/7 throughout the academic year: we have the second largest number of e-journal downloads of any UK university: we have one of the highest UK academic library ratios of books to students with a stock in excess of 1. 2 million: and we have one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relating to the history and prehistory of cinema in the Bill Douglas Centre.I congratulate you on this offer and I look forward to welcoming you to the University of Exeter.Yours sincerely,Howard JohnsonHead of Recruitment and Admissions Office61．There is a welcome week dating from 23 -27 September, 2013 and all new postgraduates must register during that week.A．TURE B．FALSE62．Qiu Ye will study Computer Science in the University of Exeter as a full-time overseas postgraduate student.A．TURE B．FALSE63．All postgraduate students in Computer Science can work in IBM after graduation because of the close relationship between the company and the university.A．TURE B．FALSE64．What does My Exeter provide students with?65．How can students benefit from the personal tutoring system?Section CDavid Blaine calls himself an illusionist—a kind of magician who appears to do spectacular and often dangerous tricks. Among his more widely publicized feats, Blaine has been buried alive for a week, spent sixty hours encased in a hollow block of ice, and spent thirty-five hours standing on a platform 50 centimeters in diameter at the top of a 30-metre high pillar. In 2003 , the thirty-year-old illusionist from New York spent forty-four days in a clear plastic box that was hanging from a crane above the Thames River in Lon-don. But there was more to this trick than just staying in a small box for such a long time. Blaine also went without food for the entire period living nothing but water the whole time.On the day Blaine entered the box and the crane lifted him high above the river, a crowd of curious spectators gathered to watch. For the next six weeks the crowds continued to drop by the site to watch Blaine sleeping, writing in his journal, and staring back at them. However, not everyone just wanted to watch. Some people came to give Blaine a hard time and to do things to break the magician's will and force him to come down. A few people threw things at his box or grilled food under it so that the smell would float up to the starving performer. One person even went so far as to try and cut the hose carrying water up to Blaine's box, but security guards stopped the vandal before he could do any damage. Finally, after forty-four days up in the air, Blaine was lowered to the ground and released from his box. He was weak and much thinner than before, but the performer still managed to give a short speech to the crowd gathered to watch him emerge. Then he was put in an ambulance and rushed to a hospital where he spent the next week recovering from his ordeal.Not everyone in the crowd was satisfied with the ending of the magician's stunt. They had come expecting to see a dramatic finale. Some of the suggestions for ending the feat in a spectacular way included dropping the box into the river and watching Blaine escape, or opening the box in the air and letting Blaine jump out. Or, in a true magician's fashion, some people wanted to see him vanish into thin air, leaving a white rabbit in his place.So what did David Blaine finally accomplish through this amazing feat of endurance? He certainly generated a lot of headlines! Along with a number of articles appearing in newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, various websites sprang up both supporting and criticizing the man and his stunt.66．David Blaine is a man who has done many amazing and______stunts over his career.67．For one of his latest feat, Blaine stayed inside a small box and______himself for quite a long time with only water.68．Unsatisfied with Blaine's hanging stunt, some people expected to see him perform______at the end.69．Which of Blaine's stunts lasted the longest?A．Being buried alive. B．Being encased in a hollow block of ice.C．Standing on a high pillar. D．Staying without food in a hanging box.70．Why did some people criticize Blaine's hanging stunt?A．He came out of the box early. B．He didn't perform as long as he had promised. C．The ending was not surprising enough. D．It was too cruel and unhuman.Section DIt seems that there is no middle ground when it comes to cats. People either love them or hate them. These feelings are not new either. All through history, cats have been worshiped or hated. A study of ancient writings and evidence found in tombs indicates that for the past 5,000 years, cats have been kept as pets in China, Arabia, Egypt, and India. However, this isn't very long compared to dogs, which have been domesticated for 50,000 years. Still, while the period in which cats have been domesticated may be quite short, it has definitely had its high and low points.Cats were at their positions of domesticated life in ancient Egypt. There were more cats living in Egypt during the time of the pharaohs than any other place in the world since that time. This high number of cats was probably due to the laws protecting them as holy animals. If anyone was caught killing a cat, the person could be put to death. Families in Egypt also mourned the death of a cat and had the body of the dead cat wrapped in cloth before it was finally laid to rest. This respect for cats carried over to the Boman Empire where cats were the only animals allowed into temples. This fact was probably because of the ability of cats to keep the temples free of mice and rats.With the coming of the Dark Ages in Europe, the place of cats in society took a turn for the worse. Because they were associated so closely with the "old religions" of Egypt and the Roman Empire, Christians began to associate cats with pagan beliefs.(74)Cats had a reputation as helpers of witches. When a person was accused of being a witch, a cat would often be put on trial with the person. The cat would be tortured to try and make the person tell the truth, and usually the cat and the person would end up being burned in a bonfire or drowned. Bonfires of collected cats were not uncommon during this time.The days of hunting witches have ended, but other myths about cats still hold out. For a while,people in some places used to bury live cats under new buildings for good luck. As well, many people today continued to believe that black cats bring bad luck. If a black cat walks in front of a person, that person must take extra care in the near future to watch out for dangerous situations.(75)Regardless of superstition, cats remain a popular pet today. Some cat experts believe that a cat can never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time. However, this claim has not put people off keeping cats in their homes. A third of homes in the United States have cats, and one out of every three of these homes keeps both a dog and a cat. Especially in large cities, many people in small apartments have found that cats make much better pets than dogs.71．Why were there most cats living in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharaohs?72．When was the lowest point in the history of raising cats?73．What percentage of American homes keeps both a cat and a dog?74．Cats had a reputation as helpers of witches. When a person was accused of being a witch, a cat would often be put on trial with the person.75．Regardless of superstition, cats remain a popular pet today. Some cat experts believe that a cat can never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time. However, this claim has not put people off keeping cats in their homes.Error CorrectionOne theory about the universe says that it has no boundary, no edge.This theory was proposed by Stephen Hawking and Jim Hartle. It says 【M1】______that the universe has a finite area, but no one travelling through theuniverse would ever come to a point that the universe stops. This 【M2】______would be similar to journey over the surface of Earth. We can travel 【M3】______around the world without reaching boundaries nor edges, yet the area of 【M4】______the planet is finite. This no boundary theory predicts what the universe 【M5】______does have a beginning and an end, but it differs off the traditional 【M6】______Big Bang theory in some ways. The traditional Big Bang theoryassuming that the beginning of the universe was a singularity, a point 【M7】______of infinite density and infinitesimal volume to where space and time 【M8】______became distorted. Instead, Hawking and Hatle predictthat the beginning of the universe could likened to the North 【M9】______Pole of the Earth. If degrees of latitude on the Earth could becompare to time, it could be said that the universe began 【M10】______at the North Pole. However, the North Pole in itself is just an ordinarypoint on Earth.Part ⅤTranslationSection B86．两国的边境东部山区至西部海岸绵延一千余公里，其中多处存在争端。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛真题试卷(C类)及答案

大学生英语竞赛

2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类决赛真题试卷Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure31． She was on her______throughout the job interview because she didn't want to say anything stupid.A．Defence B．Care C．Caution D．Guard32． He has been with the company for 30 years, but the management has now decided to_____ _ with his services.A．Discard B．Dispense C．Dispose D．Dismiss33． To the disappointment of the whole country the national team was______in the first round of t he international tournament.A．Excluded B．Eliminated C．Suspended D．Segmented34． Dr. Jones' theory had been the orthodoxy in the field for 50 years until a young scholar _____ _every argument of the theory in a famous paper.A．Confront B．Confounded C．Refuted D．Renounced35． ______every effort has been made to ensure that the details in this brochure are correct, the company cannot accept responsibility for any late changes.A．Even B．While C．Nevertheless D．Whereas36． In this part of town, people are only worried about keeping up with______.A．the Johnsons B．the Smiths C．the Joneses D．the Williams37． The general public depends upon television to know about world affairs but unfortunately the TV reports sometimes______the reality.A．Misrepresent B．Tramper C．Disrupt D．Mistake38． ______, street features such as fountains, steps and even cobbled roadways, are being excl uded from our streets because of the risk of accidents.A．Technically B．Surprisingly C．Financially D．Logically39． For some people, it may be______to remember what they have just read ______recall wher e they left their car keys.A．much easier: than to B．probable: as C．better: than D．so easy: just as 40． "If you don't mind, I'd sooner you______your violin somewhere else," my landlord cried. A．would practise B．Practise C．had practised D．Practised41． ______our money back in a reasonable manner failed, we had to resort threats.A．When asking for B．While we asked for C．Having asked for D．If we ask for42． The president ordered that the stadium______finished before the National Day but the engin eer knew very clearly that it was almost impossible for it______in so short a time.A．be: to do B．be: to be done C．should be: to be doing D．will be: to have done43． The dinosaurs probably became extinct after a giant asteroid hit the Earth about 65 million ye ars ago. But what______if this asteroid______?A．would have happened: had missed B．would happen: missed C．happened: would miss D．was happening: missed44．—Are your printers easy to use? You see, we've managed without one up to now. Why are th ere so many knobs and buttons?—______In fact, they're entirely automatic.A．Whatever you think it is. B．Sorry to disappoint you. C．They couldn't be easier.D．It is the cheapest one.45．—Hello, John. How's your latest book going? I mean the one you're writing on the Loch Ness monster.—Well, ______.—Oh dear. Why's that?—Well, the inspiration's there but everything else is wrong. One day I tire myself out with the writing and the next day I can hardly keep myself awake.A．it's going rather slowly at present B．I've finished it now C．Nobody has fou nd the monster yet D．The editor asked me to stop writing Part Ⅲ ClozeThe opium poppy is a bright flower, usually red or orange, that grows to a【C1】h eight______of about 75 -90 centimetres. In the wild, it usually grows in huge clusters, sometimes covering an entire field. Humans have cultivated this flower for thousands of years,【C2】b oth_____for its beauty and for the powerful chemicals it produces. It is not【C3】sur prising______that an ancient human eventually tasted opium, the dried juice of the poppy. Man y people【C4____mistakenly(mistake)believe that the juice comes only from the seedpods, and only at a c ertain time of year. The juice does not pool up the seedpod just before the seed ripen, but it flows 【C5】thr ough______the rest of the plant as well. The stem and seed capsules leak this milky juice easily if the plant is knocked down or the stem is broken. The dried juice forms a brown crust that is eas y to see. Someone searching for food was probablyhu ngry______enough to risk tasting the dried material. He or she was probably surprised by the re sult.The first opium-eater has had a long sleep before being able to tell anyone else about the poppy . Its【C7】sci entific______name, papa-ver somniferum, means " sleep-bringing poppy ".【C8】_sleepiness_____ (sleep)is one of the best-known side-effects of ingesting opium. Ancient Greek art often showed Hypnos, the god of sleep, with poppies in his hands. The same images were ass ociated with Somnus, the Roman god of sleep.This【C9 connectio n__(connect)of poppies with sleep carried through to one of the most popular books and movies of 20th-century America. In the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, a girl named Dorothy and h er friends are trying to find a wizard who can help them get the things they need. An【C10】ev il______witch tries to stop them. One of the witch's tricks is to put Dorothy and all her friends to sleepby leading them into a beautiful, dangerous field of bright poppies.Part Ⅳ Reading Comperhension Section ANowadays, most people realise that it's risky to use credit card online. However, from time to tim e, we all use passwords and government ID numbers on the Web. We think we are safe, but that may not be true I A new kind of attack is being used by dishonest people to steal ID and credit car d numbers from innocent websurfers.This new kind of attack is called " phishing". Phishing sounds the same as the word "fishing" , a nd it implies a thief is trying to lure people into giving away valuable information. How can phishers lure people to do this? Like real fishermen, they use bait in the form of great online deals or servic es. For example, phishers might use fake emails and false websites to con people into revealing cr edit card numbers, account usernames, and passwords. They imitate well-known banks, online sel lers, and credit card companies. Successful phishers may convince as many as 5 percent of the p eople they contact to respond and give away their personal financial information.Is this really a big problem? Actually, tricking 5 percent of the online population is huge! Currentl y , more than 350 million people have access to the Internet, and 75 percent of those Internet user s live in the wealthiest countries on Earth. It has been estimated that phishers send more than 3 bil lion scam messages each year. Even by tricking only 5 percent of the people, phishers can make a lot of money.Since there is so much money to make through this kind of scam, it has caught the interest of m ore than just small-time crooks. Recently, police tracked down members of an organised phishing group in Eastern Europe who had stolen hundreds of thousands of dollars from people online. The group created official-looking email messages requesting people to update their personal information at an international bank's website. However, the link to the bank in the message actually sent p eople to the phishers' fake website. To make matters worse, further investigation revealed that this group had connections with a crime in Russia.How can innocent websurfers protect themselves? Above all, they have to learn to recognize e mail that has been sent by a phisher. Always be wary of any email with urgent requests for person al financial information. Phishers typically write upsetting or exciting but fake statements in their e mails so that people will reply right away. Also, messages from phishers will not address recipients by name because they really don't know who the recipients are yet. On the other hand, valid mess ages from your bank or other companies you normally deal with typically include your personal na me.Giving personal information over the Internet has always been full of【A1】_risks_____but now it's even more so with the new Internet scam, phishing. Phishers first lure,【A2】___innocent___websurfers into a scam by making up fake emails. With this bait they lure some of the people they contact to give away personal financial【A3】______while there are millions of people surfing the Internet, phishers may make a lot of money th rough sending scam message. These phishers are not just small-time crooks. Police investigation s have recently tracked down organised phishing groups in Eastern Europe with connections to a crime【A4】______in Russia. Websurfers must deal with any urgent emails【A5】______private information warily. For example, a bank will address their customers properly where as a phisher will not be able to.Section BCollege of Engineering,Mathematics and Physical Science Harrison Building Streatham Campus University of Exeter Exet er UK EX44QF Tel: + 44(0)1392723628 Fax: +44(0)1392217965 Email: emps@ exeter. ac. uk De ar Mr Qiu YeCongratulations! On behalf of the University of Exeter, I write to inform you that your application for postgraduate study at the University has been considered and we are pleased to offer you a pl ace on the following programme subject to the conditions set out below.Programme: Master of science in Computer Science Registration dates: 21-22 September 20 13School: College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Science Mode of study: Full-time Tuition status: OverseasAll new students will be required to arrive and register over the weekend of 21 -22 September, 2 013 and to participate in the Welcome Week events held between 23 -27 September, 2013.As a postgaduate student at Exeter, you will be part of our friendly Computer Science Departme nt which provides close personal contact between staff and students and results in a highly produc tive and well-organised research environment. You will be based in the College's Harrison building which includes a suite of new teaching and research laboratories.We maintain a firm focus on career-orientated postgraduate training. Working closely with a prof essional advisory group that includes senior managers from companies such as IBM, we ensure th at our programmes support the needs of the sector and our graduates are well placed for success in this exciting field.The College maintains an excellent reputation for its research in robotics, machine learning, mul ti-objective optimisation, pattern recognition and computational statistical modelling, natural compu ting and hydroinformatics.The University of Exeter offers excellent technology-enhanced learning opportunities via an inter active online learning environment which encourages blogging, online discussion forums and virtu al field trips. All students have access to My Exeter—a student portal which is home to vital IT services including your email and calendar, documents saved to your own file space, online learning fa cilities and teaching timetables.At Exeter we are also committed to a system of personal tutoring so that student receive the indi vidual support and advice they need to succeed in their study here. All students have a personal tu tor who is there to support you and help you deal with any problems or issues that arise.Our Main Library is available to you to support your studies 24/7 throughout the academic year: we have the second largest number of e-journal downloads of any UK university: we have one of t he highest UK academic library ratios of books to students with a stock in excess of 1. 2 million: an d we have one of Britain's largest public collections of books, prints, artefacts and ephemera relati ng to the history and prehistory of cinema in the Bill Douglas Centre.I congratulate you on this offer and I look forward to welcoming you to the University of Exeter. Yours sincerely, Howard JohnsonHead of Recruitment and Admissions Office61． There is a welcome week dating from 23 -27 September, 2013 and all new postgraduates mu st register during that week. A．TURE B．FALSE62． Qiu Ye will study Computer Science in the University of Exeter as a full-time overseas postgr aduate student.A．TURE B．FALSE63． All postgraduate students in Computer Science can work in IBM after graduation because of t he close relationship between the company and the university. A．TURE B．FALSE 64． What does My Exeter provide students with?65． How can students benefit from the personal tutoring system?Section CDavid Blaine calls himself an illusionist—a kind of magician who appears to do spectacular and often dangerous tricks. Among his more widely publicized feats, Blaine has been buried alive for a week, spent sixty hours encased in a hollow block of ice, and spent thirty-five hours standing on a platform 50 centimeters in diameter at the top of a 30-metre high pillar. In 2003 , the thirty-year-old illusionist from New York spent forty-four days in a clear plastic box that was hanging from a crane above the Thames River in Lon-don. But there was more to this trick than just staying in a small b ox for such a long time. Blaine also went without food for the entire period living nothing but water t he whole time.On the day Blaine entered the box and the crane lifted him high above the river, a crowd of curio us spectators gathered to watch. For the next six weeks the crowds continued to drop by the site t o watch Blaine sleeping, writing in his journal, and staring back at them. However, not everyone ju st wanted to watch. Some people came to give Blaine a hard time and to do things to break the m agician's will and force him to come down. A few people threw things at his box or grilled food und er it so that the smell would float up to the starving performer. One person even went so far as to tr y and cut the hose carrying water up to Blaine's box, but security guards stopped the vandal befor e he could do any damage. Finally, after forty-four days up in the air, Blaine was lowered to the gro und and released from his box. He was weak and much thinner than before, but the performer still managed to give a short speech to the crowd gathered to watch him emerge. Then he was put in a n ambulance and rushed to a hospital where he spent the next week recovering from his ordeal. Not everyone in the crowd was satisfied with the ending of the magician's stunt. They had come expecting to see a dramatic finale. Some of the suggestions for ending the feat in a spectacular w ay included dropping the box into the river and watching Blaine escape, or opening the box in the air and letting Blaine jump out. Or, in a true magician's fashion, some people wanted to see him va nish into thin air, leaving a white rabbit in his place.So what did David Blaine finally accomplish through this amazing feat of endurance? He certainly generated a lot of headlines! Along with a number of articles appearing in newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, various websites sprang up both supporting and criticizing the man and his stunt .66． David Blaine is a man who has done many amazing and______stunts over his career. 67． For one of his latest feat, Blaine stayed inside a small box and______himself for quite a long time with only water.68． Unsatisfied with Blaine's hanging stunt, some people expected to s ee him perform______at the end.69． Which of Blaine's stunts lasted the longest?A．Being buried alive. B．Being encased in a hollow block of ice. C．Standing on a high pillar. D．Staying without food in a hanging box.70． Why did some people criticize Blaine's hanging stunt?A．He came out of the box early. B．He didn't perform as long as he had promised. C．Th e ending was not surprising enough. D．It was too cruel and unhuman. Section DIt seems that there is no middle ground when it comes to cats. People either love them or hate t hem. These feelings are not new either. All through history, cats have been worshiped or hated. A study of ancient writings and evidence found in tombs indicates that for the past 5,000 years, cats have been kept as pets in China, Arabia, Egypt, and India. However, this isn't very long compared to dogs, which have been domesticated for 50,000 years. Still, while the period in which cats have been domesticated may be quite short, it has definitely had its high and low points.Cats were at their positions of domesticated life in ancient Egypt. There were more cats living in Egypt during the time of the pharaohs than any other place in the world since that time. This high n umber of cats was probably due to the laws protecting them as holy animals. If anyone was caught killing a cat, the person could be put to death. Families in Egypt also mourned the death of a cat a nd had the body of the dead cat wrapped in cloth before it was finally laid to rest. This respect for c ats carried over to the Boman Empire where cats were the only animals allowed into temples. This fact was probably because of the ability of cats to keep the temples free of mice and rats.With the coming of the Dark Ages in Europe, the place of cats in society took a turn for the wors e. Because they were associated so closely with the "old religions" of Egypt and the Roman Empir e, Christians began to associate cats with pagan beliefs.(74)Cats had a reputation as helpers of wi tches. When a person was accused of being a witch, a cat would often be put on trial with the pers on. The cat would be tortured to try and make the person tell the truth, and usually the cat and the person would end up being burned in a bonfire or drowned. Bonfires of collected cats were not unc ommon during this time.The days of hunting witches have ended, but other myths about cats still hold out. For a while, people in some places used to bury live cats under new buildings for good luck. As well, many peo ple today continued to believe that black cats bring bad luck. If a black cat walks in front of a perso n, that person must take extra care in the near future to watch out for dangerous situations.(75)Re gardless of superstition, cats remain a popular pet today. Some cat experts believe that a cat can never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time. However, this clai m has not put people off keeping cats in their homes. A third of homes in the United States have ca ts, and one out of every three of these homes keeps both a dog and a cat. Especially in large citie s, many people in small apartments have found that cats make much better pets than dogs. 71． Why were there most cats living in ancient Egypt during the time of the pharaohs? 72． When was the lowest point in the history of raising cats?73． What percentage of American homes keeps both a cat and a dog? 74． Cats had a reputat ion as helpers of witches. When a person was accused of being a witch, a cat would often be put o n trial with the person.75． Regardless of superstition, cats remain a popular pet today. Some cat experts believe that acat can never truly be domesticated because it may turn wild and run away at any time. However, t his claim has not put people off keeping cats in their homes. Error CorrectionOne theory about the universe says that it has no boundary, no edge.This theory was proposed by Stephen Hawking and Jim Hartle. It says 【M1】______ that the universe has a finite area, but no one travelling through theuniverse would ever come to a point that the universe stops. This 【M2】______ would be similar to journey over the surface of Earth. We can travel 【M3】______ around the world without reaching boundaries nor edges, yet the area of 【M4】______ the planet is finite. This no boundary theory predicts what the universe 【M5】______ does have a beginning and an end, but it differs off the traditional 【M6】______ Big Bang theory in some ways. The traditional Big Bang theoryassuming that the beginning of the universe was a singularity, a point 【M7】______ of infinite density and infinitesimal volume to where space and time 【M8】______ became distorted. Instead, Hawking and Hatle predictthat the beginning of the universe could likened to the North 【M9】______ Pole of the Earth. If degrees of latitude on the Earth could becompare to time, it could be said that the universe began 【M10】______ at the North Pole. However, the North Pole in itself is just an ordinary point on Earth. Part Ⅴ Translation Section B86．两国的边境东部山区至西部海岸绵延一千余公里，其中多处存在争端。

2013年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)D类决赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)

2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）D类决赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. V ocabulary and Structure 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Error Correction 6. Translation 7. IQ Test 8. WritingPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：W: I’m a bit worried about Ellie. She’s nearly six and she still sucks her thumb!M: Oh, Debbie, you needn’t worry too much about her. I’ve got a friend who has sucked her thumb for twenty-nine years’ W: You’re kidding! M: No, honestly. She only does it when she’s really tired, but you can imagine how strange it looks on a grown woman.1．What behavior of Ellie’s makes Debbie worried?A．Snoring.B．Nail biting.C．Thumb sucking.正确答案：C解析：对话中女士提到她对于Ellie的担心“She’s nearly six and she still sucks her thumb”，可知C项正确。

听力原文：W: I’m so glad that it’s Friday again! What would you like to do this weekend? I’d like to take exercises. How about tennis? I’ve been studying all week, and I’m tired of sitting. Let’s play a few matches. M: Jenny, I’m tired. Period. I don’t feel like doing anything strenuous. I’d rather stay home and watch movies. Could you stop by the Movie Center on your way here and rent five or six good movies? W: Come on Michael. I’d rather not watch movies again. I’d prefer to do something active.2．What Miehael would like to do this weekend is to______.A．study for the exam next weekB．watch films at homeC．play tennis with Jenny正确答案：B解析：男士提到“I’d rather stay home and watch movies”，由此可知他周末想在家看电影。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业初赛真题及答案

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业初赛真题2013年Part Ⅰ Listening ComperhensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B, and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then markthe corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1、 What does the man imply?A. He's heard about Sue's great ideas.B. He finds some of Sue's ideas acceptable.C. He thinks Sue's ideas are impractical.2、 What are the speakers talking about?A. Hanging a picture.B. Framing apainting. C. Buying new glasses.3、 What does the man mean?A. The secretary will make the final revisions for Mary.B. The secretary will bring the paper to him next Friday.C. The secretary will pass him the paper when he gets back.4、 Which sport does the man want to participate in?5、 Why doesn't the man apply for a job at the factory?A. He doesn't think there is a chance for him to get a job there.B. The factory is closing down during the summer vocation.C. He doesn't think that is a good place to work in.Section BIn 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 pause, read five questions and the three choices marked A, B, and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then markthe corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation Ⅰ6、 What is the man going to do during the summer?A. Attend classes.B. Gotraveling. C. Take a part-time job.7、 What is the man going to do at Copper Mountain?A. Collecting fossil.B.Camping. C. Sightseeing.8、 According to the man, why can't the geology course be offered during the academic year?A. Because too many students are interested in taking it.B. Because students' schedule is already full.C. Because the professor is too busy.9、 What was found at the buffalo-kill site?A. Broken buffalo skins and used dries.B. Broken stone tools for killing buffaloes.C. Lots of broken buffalo bones.10、 What does the woman imply about summer classes?A. They're more expensive than regular classes.B. They're more boring than regular classes.C. They're more interesting than regular classes. Conversation Ⅱ11、 What was the students' initial reaction to the food they were served?A. They would rather have eaten traditional food.B. They were not sure whether it was good or bad.C. They felt that it was an adventure for them.12、 According to David, why do some students have difficulty accepting the "restaurant system" ?A. They are not used to having meals with others.B. It takes them too long to get their food.C. They are uncomfortable having meals with adults.13、 What main role do the staff play in the school restaurant?A. They make sure that students eat their meals in time.B. They deal with students' complaints about the food.C. They help students learn about a balanced diet.14、 According to David, where does most of the food served in the restaurant come from?A. Local sppliers.B. The school'sgarden. C. All over the world.15、 Why does David think his approach could be difficult to introduce in other schools?A. Not all students see healthy eating as important.B. Many students are resistant to radical changes.C. Parents would be unwilling to accept it.Section C16、 How many people were killed in the suicide bomb attack?A. At most two.B. At leasteleven. C. Up to thirty.17、 What problem is US government now faced with?A. How to avoid the fiscal cliff.B. How to raise tax on high incomes.C. How to cope with campus violence.18、 What did Ban Ki-moon propose to stop the current tensions in the Middle East?A. International intervention.B. A negotiated two-state solution.C. Unconditional ceasefire.19、 Which is NOT mentioned about Sir Patrick Moore?A. He is the author of The Sky at Night.B. He devoted himself to the study of the universe.C. He was a former presenter of the BBC.20、 What do we learn from the news?A. New York is the first city using smartphones for taxi services in the US.B. Similar cases have been reported in some other European countries.C. Passengers can use apps to call taxi and make payment in NY.Section DIn this section, you will hear an instructor giving a talk to students. The talk will be given twice. complete the notes usingthree words or fewer for each blank. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.○ A lecture is not (21)○ Use abbreviations, symbols, numbers and so on to take notes in order to (22)○ (23) should:Before the lecture: ask yourself what you already knowabout (24) ;During the lecture: think about where the talk mightbe (25)○ Lecturers often repeat them themselvesby (26) or (27)○ To review notes effectively you need to (28) them, reorganize them, highlight the main points and add your own (29) ○The advantages of reviewing: help everything sink in and make a (30)Part Ⅱ Multiple ChoiceSection AIn this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosing the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31、 ______, Marcia walked up to the podium and delivered an animated acceptance speech.A. Excited about winning the awardB. Been excited with winning the awardC. To be excited about winning the awardD. Exciting with winning the award32、 As a scientific document, the book should stand for several years until further ______make revision______.A. developments; impossibleB. experiments; optionalC. advances; necessaryD. attempts; undesirable33、 When I was a teenager, I ______a lot and people couldn't understand what I was saying.A. complainedB. mumbledC.uttered D. gossiped34、 Dry farming is a type of agriculture used in areas ______ lessthan 20 inches of rainfall.A. there areB. where there isC. in whichis D. which has35、 Not until 1942 ______ a dying patient's life using penicillin.A. when John Bumstead and Orvan Hess savedB. saved John Bumstead and Orvan HessC. did John Bumstead and Orvan Hess savedD. that John Bumstead and Orvan Hess saved36、 Birds that breed on high cliffs have pear-shaped eggs that roll in a tight circle, making ______ less likely to roll off the cliff.A. somewhereB. sometimesC.something D. somewhat37、 ______, the condor in Peru is threatened by the rapid encroachment of humans.A. As isolated as its few remaining habitats may beB. As its few remaining isolated habitats may beC. May its few remaining habitats be as isolatedD. Its few remaining habitats may be as isolated38、 The shrinking range poses ______ to Africa's elephants.A. a graver threat that is long-termB. long-term the gravest threatC. the gravest long-term threatD. along-term threat graver39、—I think there may be other options that we haven't considered yet.—So what you mean is ______.—No, I just think that we shouldn't make too quick a decision.A. that I shouldn't get angry with youB. you don't like my ideaC. that you want to break up with meD. that it makes me looks stupid40、—He's upset. You shouldn't have offended him?—I know I shouldn't have.______.A. I didn't mean to.B. I wasn't able to.C. I was confident of that.D. I was used to it.Section BIn this section, there are five incomplete statements or questions about English speaking countries. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the most suitable answer from the given choices. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.41、 ______is an accent that emerged at the beginning of the nineteenth century, associated with the way upper-class and well-educated people spoke, especially in the "golden triangle" of London, Oxford and Cambridge.A. Received PronunciationB. Queen's EnglishC. CockneyD. Yorkshire Dialect42、 The recent literary representations of the North-East of England have been concerned with life after the death of______.A. farming and spinningB. ducking and divingC. wheeling and dealingD. coalmining and shipbuilding43、 Which movie is an American fantasy adventure film released in 2012, nominated for eleven Academy Awards and offered four including Best Director in 2013?A. The Twilight Saga: New Moon.B. Avatar.C. Life of Pi.D. The Hurt Locker.44、 The United States is a nation of immigrants. By the year 2000, more than 11% of all Americans were foreign born. Which state has the largest number of immigrants?A. New Jersey.B. California.C. New York.D. Arizona.45、 American parents living in large cities like to send their children to ______ because they believe that these schools are safer and have higher academic standards than "common schools".A. elite schoolsB. private schoolsC. community collegesD. religious schoolsPart Ⅲ ClozeRead the following passage and fill in each blank with one word using one of the following three methods: according to the context, using the correct form of the word given, or using the first letter (s) of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Greyhound racing is the sixth most p (46) spectator sport in the United States. Over the last decade, a growing number of racers have been (47) to spend their retirement as household pets, oncetheir racing careers are over.Many people hesitate to adopt a retired racing greyhound because they think only very old dogs are ava (48) . Actually, even champion racers only work until they are about three-and-a half years old. Because greyhounds usually live to be 12 to 15 years old, their retirement is much (49) than their racing careers.People worry that a greyhound will be more (50) (nerve) and active than other breeds and will need a large sp (51) to run. These are false impressions. Greyhounds have naturally sweet, mild dispositions, and while they love to run, they are sprinters rather than distance runners and are (52) (sufficiency) exercised with a few daily laps around a fenced-in backyard.Greyhounds do not make good watchdogs, (53) they are very good with children, get along well with other clogs (and usually cats as well) , and are (54) (affection) and loyal. They are intelligent, well-behaved dogs, usually housebroken in only a fewday's. A re (55) racing greyhound is a wonderful pet for almost anyone.Part Ⅳ Reading Comperhe nsionSection AIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. For two questions, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. For the other three questions, you should complete each sentence in a maximum of three words using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.My entry into Black women's history was unexpected but agreeable. In the preface to Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, I recount the story of exactly how Shirley Herd (who, in addition to teaching in the local school system, was also president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Council of Negro Women)successfully provoked me into changing my research and writing focus. Although I dedicate this volume to her and to her best friend, fellow club woman and retired primary school teacher Virtea Downey, I still blush at the fact that I went to graduate school to become ahistorian in order to contribute to the Black Struggle for social justice and yet met her request to write a history of Black women in Indiana with reluctance. I had never even thought about Black womenas historical subjects with their own relations to a state's history, and I thought her invitation and phone call extraordinarily intrusive. Only later did I concede how straightforward and reasonable had been her request to redress a historical omission. Black women were conspicuous by their absence. None of the social studies texts orstate histories that Herd and Downey had used to teach their students made mention of the contributions of Black women. Since historianshad left them out, Herd reasoned, only a "real" historian could put them in, and since I was the only tenured Black woman historian inthe state of Indiana at that time, the task was mine.Herd rejected my reservations and completely ignored my admonitions that she could not call up a historian and order a book the way you drive up to a fast-food restaurant and order a hamburger. In spite of my assertions of ignorance about the history of Black women in Indiana and my confession of having never studied thesubject in any history course or examined any manuscript sources pertaining to their lives, Herd persevered. Black women, ashistorical subjects and agents, were as invisible to me as they had been to school textbook writers.Undaunted by my response, Herd demanded that I connect (thankfully without perfect symmetry ) my biology and autobiography, my race and gender, my being a Black woman, to my skill as a historian, and write for her and for the local chapter members of the National Council a history of Black women in Indiana. I relented and wrote the book, When the Truth Is Told: Black Women's Culture and Community in Indiana, 1875 - 1950, as requested. In the process, I was both humbled and astounded by the array of rich primary. source materials Herd, and the other club women had spent two years collecting. There were diaries, club notes, church souvenir booklets, photographs, club minutes, birth, death, and marriage certificates, letters, and handwritten county and local histoties. Collectivelythis material revealed a universe I never knew existed in spite of having lived with Black women all of my life ... and being one myself. Or perhaps more accurately, I knew a universe of Black women existed.I simply had not envisioned its historical meaning.56、 The primary purpose of the passage is to show how the author______.A. discovered Black women's history when she was in gaduate schoolB. became a historian to help Black people in America achieve social justiceC. developed her research skills by undertaking a challenging projectD. came to view Black women as a worthy subject for historical analysis57、 Why did the author initially respond to Herd's request "with reluctance"?A. Because she knew that historians should avoid controversial subjects.B. Because there were too many other projects requiring her attention.C. Because she viewed Herd's request as irrelevant and presumptuous.D. Because she knew that Herd had not been to graduate school.58、 The author compared Herd's demanding a history book to ______ to indicate that she did not generally undertake projects on request.59、 The author believed that historians should conduct research in areas in which they had expertise so she asserted that she was ______ about the project.60、 Herd and the other club women spent two years collecting ______ to prove that Black women contributed to society historically.Section BIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. You should answer each question in a maximum of ten words using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.In the past, hunting was a necessity, with humans killing wild animals for food and clothing. However, modem hunters generally hunt for one of two reasons: for sport, or because it's part of their traditional culture. Can hunting ever be justified?Hunting for sport is popular all over the world. Every year in the United States, more than 12 million people go hunting; and wealthy enthusiasts from around the world pay thousands to go on African safaris. While many recreational hunters eat the animals they kill, others simply do it for trophies. These so-called trophy hunters pay taxidermists to stuff and mount the dead animals, which they then display in their homes as souvenirs.So, should hunting for sport be allowed? No, says animal rights group PETA. They believe animals have the right to live out their natural lives in the wild. And the group notes that hunted animals often escape after being wounded and are left to die slowly and painfully. Other anti-hunting activists argue that hunters prefer to kill the bigger members of a species, which often leaves the smaller ones behind to breed. As a result, the entire species slowly become weaker.Of course, many hunters disagree. They claim that responsible hunters follow a strict code of conduct, which includes never letting a wounded animal escape, and never taking a shot at an animal unless it's going to be a clean kill. Hunters also argue that their sport keeps certain species in check, preventing overpopulation. For example, they say that if waterfowl weren't hunted, their numbers would grow too large, leading to outbreaks of fowl cholera, a disease dangerous to humans.Hunters even argue that they're helping endangered species. This is because many countries reinvest hunting revenue (from permits or safari fees) back into animal conservation. For example, some of the money that Zimbabwe earns from foreign elephant hunters is put back into elephant conservation. As a result, Zimbabwean elephant numbers are actually steadily increasing. However, conservationists say that killing animals in order to save them is hypocritical and that there are other ways to protect endangered wildlife.But what about traditional cultures who still hunt for their food? The Inuit people have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years and their traditional diet includes the endangered bowhead whale. Local laws allow them to kill a limited number of bowheads a year and many Inuit argue that traditional societies must adapt and drop endangered species from their diets.Questions：61、Generally，what are the two reasons for hunting?62、What do trophy hunters pay taxidermists to do?63、What do hunters argue that hunting can help prevent?64、What could be the consequence of not hunting waterfowl?65、What is Inuit people's, code of conduct regarding hunting?Section CIn this section, there is one passage presented as a conversation between Mike, Jack and Peter, followed by a summary which is an email sent to Mike's friend, Paul. You should completethe email below using no more than three words for each blank fromthe passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet."I've just heard that Mike's moved jobs," said Jack to Peter. "The strange thing is that he's moved to a much smaller firm and he's usually so ambitious. It doesn't sound like the kind of thing he'd do. Moving to a larger firm would be much more his style. "Peter replied, "I was talking to him briefly last night, but he didn't have time to give me any details. He said he'd tell me all about it next time we meet. I gather that he still liked the work he was doing, but the marketing department, where he worked, had becomea revolving door. A lot of people left before Mike did and their replacements are staying no time at a11. That must be very unsettling for everyone. "Just then, Mike walked in and they asked him what had happenedto make him change jobs. He began to tell them the background to his move. "To put it in a nutshell, it's all the fault of the new marketing director. About six months ago, management decided that asa company we didn't have a high enough profile and they got rid ofJeff Jones, who was head of marketing, and appointed someone to improve the image of the company. Unfortunately, the new broom is one of those people who takes an instant dislike to some people and sets out to make their lives a misery. I don't know what he's done for the public image of the firm, but morale has hit rock bottom. It's particularly sad because Jeff Jones was a good boss and it was a very happy department when he was there. "Peter said, "That's dreadful. It's very difficult to work under such circumstances. How did you get on with him?""I got on with him all right, I suppose, but his mood could change from one minute to another. None of us knew where we stoodwith him. I decided early on to get out while the going was good and was lucky enough to get a job with Smith & Jones. They're a much smaller company, but you can see that they're going places. Theytreat their staff well and so they stay around. ""It might be in the end a good career move, then," said Jack. "Perhaps he did you a favour, after all. ""Certainly," said Mike, "I've taken a cut in salary at the moment, but looking at the big picture I can see that my promotion prospects are much better. ""You wouldn't go back to your old job if this new man left, then?" asked Peter."After the way management let him treat us?" asked Mike. "You must be joking!"Section DIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.The end of the financial year is approaching and, with it, the AGM, when we will have to give an account of the year's proceedings to our shareholders. As usual, at this time of year, I am sending a copy of this informal end-of-the-year report to all members of the sales force. I hope that you will all find it useful and that you will let me know if you have any comments. I value your input.We started this year with a major new product and we really hit the ground running. Our sales for the first quarter of the year were very impressive and, indeed, broke all records. (74) This was particularly heartening as this occurred at a time when many of our competitors were feeling the pinch. Indeed, there was talk among economic experts of an impending recession and even of economic meltdown. Fortunately, this gloom and doom did not materialize.It was good that we were able to buck the trend, but as I said, we had a major new product and one, indeed, that is popularly believed to have broken the mould of kitchen equipment. Therefore, it would have been extremely surprising, not to say distressing, if we had not achieved substantial sales with it.What is rather distressing is that the rest of the year did not live up to the promise of the first quarter, this despite the fact that the financial state of the country improved in the course of the year. (75) To some extent, of course, it would not have been realistic to expect that peak level sales could be sustained throughout the year. Some falling-off was to be expected after the initial impact of the new product had worn off.However, the falling-off was worse than had been anticipated. This gave us all food for thought and, fortunately, we were able to learn from the experience. Indeed, I think we should regard theintroduction of the new product as a useful learning curve from which all departments have benefited. The whole programme of product launching has been assessed and revised where appropriate. We shall all be better prepared next time.On the whole, this was a successful year and we hope to build on that success in the coming year. Thank you all for your contribution to this success. Get ready to do even better next year!71、markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information givenin the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage.71. The sales report was usually sent out in the middle of the financial year.72、 The company was not affected by an economic downturn in thefirst quarter.73、 The company gained useful experience on how to launch and sell a new product.74、translate the underlined sentences of the passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.74.________________________75、________________________Part Ⅴ TranslationTranslate the following five sentences into English, using the words given in brackets. Remember to write your answers on the answer sheet.76、如今，许多城市居民喜欢到海滨从事水上运动。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类非英语专业决赛真题2013年

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类非英语专业决赛真题2013年Part Ⅰ Listening C o m p r e h e n sio nSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of e a ch conversation, there will be a twenty-second 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 cent r e.1. Why does the man want an early appointment?A.Because he mustn't eat before he goes for the appointment.B.Because he doesn't feel like eating breakfast that morning.C.Because he wants to see the doctor without taking time off work.A [听力原文]M: I have to have an appointment first thing in the morning. The doctor wants to do me tests and I mustn't eat for twelve hours before that. I'm right, aren't I?W: Yes. She said the best way is to go without breakfast and come in early.M: Yeah. Then I can have a snack and not miss too much time at work.[解析] 男士说早上和医生有预约，而且做检查前12小时不能吃东西，提到Then I can have a snack and not miss too much time at work. 所以他要早㇐些去。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛试题和听力(C类初赛)

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛试题和听力(C类初赛)2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second 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.1. Why didn’t the man go to see Macbeth last week?A. He didn’t manage to get a ticket.B. He had to attend a conference.C. He had a better production to watch.2. What does “Fill Me In” refer to in this conversation?A. A type of upgraded mobile phone.B. A well-selling magazine.C. A writer’s new book series.3. Why doesn’t the woman like the bag?A. She doesn’t like the pattern.B. It’s not easy to carry.C. It’s too big for her.4. What makes a bad CV according to the man?A. Fake information.B. Terrible writing.C. Undesirable length.5. How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning?A. She’s going to make a friend in Spain.B. She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend in Spain.C. She’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversation. 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 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.Conversation One6. What traffic accident are the speakers talking about?A. A kid was knocked down by a car.B. Two cars crashed into a shop.C. A car ran into a wrong place.7. Why did the accident happen according the woman?A. There were many shops around.B. The crossing is in a wrong place.C. There was no crossing here.8. Which of the following is the suggestion they made?A. More traffic lights should be installed.B. A speed camera should be mounted.C. More policemen should patrol that area.9. Where, as the woman mentioned, has got improved traffic?A. Her own neighborhood.B. Her big brother’s neighborhood.C. Her parents’ neighborhood.10. How was the man punished for his traffic offence?A. He was fined 100 pounds with extra penalty points.B. He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty points.C. He finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty points.Conversation Two11. Why is the expert opposed to the view that memory aids make your memory worse?A. There is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalid.B. Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective way.C. Memory aids encourage an organized approach which helps the brain function effectively.12. What is interview’s attitude towards the idea that visual image help the memoryA. It is hard to believe.B. It is nothing strange.C. It is obviously nonsense.13. Who developed the system of memory aids centuries ago?A. Inhabitants on an isolated island.B. The Ancient Greeks.原文网址: /college/2013/2013C.html由弘一网童保存，尚未注册。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛样题(Level A - Sample)

112013 National English Contest for College Students(Level A - Sample)Part I Listening Comprehension （略）Part II Vocabulary and Structure: 31—35 DABAC 36—40 DBBBA 41—45 CCCADPart III Cloze: 46.against 47.but 48.which 49.without 50.pillow 51.Dawn 52.out 53.unlikely 54.warder55.outstretchedPart IV Reading ComprehensionSection A:56. influenced 57. a string instrument 58. the （general）public 59. improvisation 60.contemporary soundsSection B61. A perfect balance among everything within it - the plants, the animals, and the chemical elements.62. Building a greenhouse for growing plants is the first step in creating a biosphere.63. Nothing important enters except sunlight, and nothing leaves as waste except some heat.64. To deal with energy shortage and do research about our environment and how it works.65. Things got out of balance because oxygen and carbon dioxide levels fell.Section C: 66. F 67. T 68. T 69. 你从一个个体，变成了公众人物，每个人都想对你品头论足。

2013年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C类)

2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.31. The new star said to the journalists that she ____ the opportunity to show that she could play a serious film role.A. greetedB. rejoicedC. welcomedD. cheered32. We haven’t really ____ a solution to the problem yet, which makes the boss really frustrated.A. built upB. fallen back onC. brought overD. come up with33. Personally, I am ____ banning cigarette smoking completely, especially in public areas.A. in touch withB. apart fromC. in favor ofD. regardless of34. Until a firm agreement has been reached, I am not ____ to accepting the offer.A. accustomedB. dedicatedC. committedD. entitled35. The government is making every effort to ____ an economic crisis, but it seems nothing could help.A. eliminateB. avertC. impedeD. swerve36. ____ a serious crime, what exactly should you do?A. Unless you witnessB. If you were to witnessC. If only you witnessD. since you witness37. During examinations candidates are always supposed to stay in seats, keep their eyes on the work, ____ to anyone.A. and not speakB. but could not speakC. rather than speakD. instead of speaking38. Realizing that he hadn’t got enough money and ____ to borrow any from his parents, he decided to sell his house.A. wanted notB. not to wantC. wanting notD. not wanting39. There’s no point waiting here any longer. We ____ go and have something to eat.A. can hardlyB. are bound toC. might as wellD. will have to40. While many people may refer to up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television and the Internet ____ the newspapers completely.A. will replaceB. replaceC. are replacingD. have replaced41. She married a very nice young architect from Belfast, ____ she met on a bus during her journey to Northern Ireland.A. whoB. whenC. whichD. where42. It is a kind of illness that can result in total blindness if ____A. to leave untreatedB. is left untreatedC. leaving untreatedD. left untreated43. ----I’m so disappointed with my son! He just wouldn’t practice the piano!----Take it easy. You can lead ____ to water, but you can’t make it drink.A. a duckB. a horseC. a cowD. a dog44. ----Good morning, Madam! I’d like some information about the course.----Certainly. ____A.I’m afraid I don’t know more than you either.B.Is there anything I can do for you?C.What exactly would you like to know?D.How much information did you know?45. ---- How do you feel about countries that don’t try to reduce global warming?---- ____, those countries care more about money than saving the planet.A.As far as I’m concernedB. It’s none of our businessC. We’re not to blameD. Things are under controlPart III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.According to recent surveys, 72% of all Americans believe that the United States government is (46) hi____ information about UFOs. Almost 68% of people think that the government has secret knowledge of extraterrestrial life. It is not (47) ____ (surprise) that the government has come under more and more (48) pr____ to declassify its UFO records and make them public. A variety of different groups have been involved in these efforts.One group to become involved is called CFI, the Coalition for Freedom of Information, John Podesta, who was White House Chief of Staff during Bill Clinton’s (49) ____(president), is one of the many high-powered people active in this group. CFI’s aim is not to prove the (50) ____(exist) of extraterrestrial life, but to make it easier for scientists in general to study unexplained aerial phenomena. Podesta and his group has asked the Pentagon to declassify its UFO records and therefore provide scientists (51) ____ data that will help in the study of UFOs.CFI has requested the release of information on several UFO cases, starting with the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, incident. This incident took (52) ____ in 1965 when a largeacorn-shaped object, the size of a small car, crashed in Pennsylvania. Some analysts say it could have been the spacecraft Kosmos 96 that had been launched towards Venus by the Soviet Union, but failed to escape Earth’s (53) g____. Others say the object did not look anything like spacecraft built on Earth in 1965.(54) Add____, the people of Kecksburg want to know what happened. On that (55) af____, hundreds of eyewitnesses watched a fiery streak of light descend from the sky towards Earth. Officials explained that nothing was found or recovered and that maybe the fireball in the sky was a meteor. But many witnesses say they saw a number of military personnel from the Army and the Air Force search the woods, and later that evening, saw a large military tractor-trailer coming fromthe area carrying a large object under a tarp.Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The average automatic teller machine (ATM) is not very smart. It will give money to anyone who has the right card and punches four or five keys in the right order. Some analysts estimate that as many as 30% of ATM transaction worldwide are cases of theft. To increase security at cash machines, some banks have tried to make their ATMs a little smarter. A small camera on the machine looks directly into the eye of every customer. It scans one iris and compares the tiny patterns of ridges, dots, and other features to a code in its computer. If there is a match, the ATM will start counting out cash. If not, a message is automatically sent to the nearest police station.Iris-scanning is one fast-growing form of biometric identification --- determining who someone is by examining features the body. One of the earliest biometric techniques was fingerprinting. The line on fingerprints are unique to each person, so not even identical twins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprinting has become famous as a way of finding out who committed a crime, but it very often fails. A careful criminal can swear gloves, avoid touching thing, or even alter his fingerprints by burning, cutting, or scraping them. In the search for a more reliable system, security experts have focused on the eye.Like a fingerprint, every iris is, for all practical purposes, unique. Each person’s right iris is even different from his or her left one. A low-cost digital camera, like the kind installed at ATM machines, can easily detect hundreds of different features in the iris. The chance of two irises having the same features is close to zero. Tests have shown that iris-scanners are very hard to fool. They can tell the difference between a real iris and a false one. They can see right through colored contact lenses, eyeglasses, and even mirrored sunglasses. Although many criminal are willing to burn or cut their fingers in pursuit of the perfect crime, few would be willing or able to alter their irises.To make iris-scanning work, a computerized database has to match certain iris features with certain people. This means that each A TM customer has to allow a bank to photograph his or her iris and keep that highly personal information in a computer. Some people have worried, however, that an increased use of iris-scanning will lead to a dangerous loss of privacy. By mountingiris-scan cameras in public places, governments could track a private citizen all day long without the person’s knowledge. This would be a great advantage to the police, but it could also give corrupt officials a new way to control their opponents. The milita ry’s development of tiny robots suggests that government iris-scanners could even invade private homes!Questions 56-60Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, withonly one word for each blank.Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Seed catalogues feature hundreds of flowering species. For the persons just beginning garden this can be bewildering, and below are the details of some popular choices, nearly all of which should be sown in the spring. With the exception of busy lizzies, which need a little care, they are all very easy to grow from seed.DahliasThese are sturdy plants bearing showy flowers in a wide range of rather gaudy colors. Sow in a frame in April and plant the seedlings out when frosts are over. Dahlias flower throughout the summer and into the autumn. When autumn frosts begin to make them look unhappy, you should dig up the tuberous roots and save them. A frost-free loft, shed or garage is the ideal place. The following spring you plant the tubers instead of sowing seed again.LupinsLupins are hardy perennials. This means that the plants will stay in your garden and carry on flowering year after year. Seed sown in April will usually give you some spikes of colors in the first summer, and year by year the plants get bigger and the flowering stems get taller and grander. Selective breeding has led to the introduction of some fine, bicolored varieties in some dazzling shades. The short-lived flowers make a real misunderstanding spectacle.Busy lizziesLike dahlias, busy lizzies need to be started offunder glass, as they cannot stand frost, and pantingout is best done in May. Outdoor flowering ends inSeptember, so beat the frosts and bring your favoritespecimens indoors to give your home some sintercolor! Indoors they will carry on floweringindefinitely, though you may like to plant them outagain when spring returns. Like pansies (below) they do very well in sun or shade, but the soil must be moist. Most varieties grow to be a height of only 20 cm or so.PotentillasPotentillas are hardy shrubs. In other words, the woody branches spring from groundlevel —there is no central trunk. Seed is probably best sown in autumn, in which case you should keep the plants in a sheltered spot until April offers favorable conditions for planting out. Once ATM transactions are often cases of theft, where an unauthorized user takes (56) ____. To decrease insecurity, some banks have installed iris-scanning machines at ATMs. These small cameras scan the user’s iris, recording its features and (57) ____ them to a di gital file. Every person has a(58) ____ iris, making iris identification highly reliable. Earlier efforts at biometric identification often relied on fingerprints. However, fingerprints can easily be (59) ____ through cutting, burning or scrapping. Iris scanners are so effective that they can even see through contact lenses and mirrored sunglasses. Use of iris scanners would provide great advantages to the police. However, others worry about a loss of (60) ____.flowering begins in early summer the best varieties (such as Melton Fire) will stay in bloom almost ceaselessly for years on end while at the same time spreading out to provide ground cover or a low hedge.PansiesPansies have a good long flowering season year after year, and some varieties can be sown in spring to give truly splendid results the first autumn. Unlike dahlias and lupins, which can easily grow a meter tall, pansies grow no higher than 10 or 20 cm. Their soil, position and moisture requirements are just like those of busy lizzies but pansies differ in being hardy. Give them a try!Questions 61-63Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.61. Both dahlias and lupins, which are sown in April, need protecting from frost.62. Brought indoors in autumn, dahlias, busy lizzies and potentillas will carry on flowering almost non-stop.63. Among all the flowers busy lizzies are not very easy to grow from seed.Section C (10 marks)Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating services. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? have proved to be ratings blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated fifteen women to find the one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Johnson, an English celerity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each episode, he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them.At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn’t see it working. “He wasn’t my cup of tea.” In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. “You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I really liked you,” she sobbed.But in the fi nal episode, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. “I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,” she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love---with the show’s host!After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and Johnson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally, on May 1, 2003, Gerrard-Wright proposed to Johnson on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accepted his proposal right away, although itwas a conditional acceptance. Johnson has two children from previous relationships—aneight-year-old son, Cameron, and a two-year-old daughter, Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage. Luckily, they did. Gerrard-W right said, “In the end the show did work for me. I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did. Ulrika’s gorgeous.”Questions 66-68Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 2 words for each blank.66. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to ____ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match.67. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was almost ____.68. Ulrika accepted Lance’s pr oposal ____ that her children agreed to their marriage as well. Questions 69-70Choose the best answer according to the passage.69. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show?A. Lance went on dates with several women.B. The candidates went to some very good restaurants.C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision.D. The women met Lance’s family.70. What happened after seven weeks of doing the show?A. All of the women found their beloved.B. Lance started to date with the show’s host.C. One of the women on the show couldn’t help crying.D. Ulrika asked Lance to marry her.Section D (10 marks)Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?One reason for Alaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting its glaciers. According to one geologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Ala ska’s glaciers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increased by 5℉. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by 8℉. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10℉by the year 2010.Another pro blem contributing to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its permafrost. (74) Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.The melting permafrost and increasing temperature are also having a negative impact on theforests of Alaska. As the permafrost under the forests melts, insects that normally don’t turn up until the warmer seasons are appearing sooner. The spruce-bark beetle, for example, is increasing in numbers as a result of global warming. It usually takes about two years for these beetles to grow and reproduce in a very cold weather. However, due to the increase in temperatures, spruce-bark beetles are damaging as many trees in one year as they previously damaged in two. At this rate, Alaska’s forest won’t survive the turn of the century.Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to a global increase in weather temperature. Whether the rising temperature are caused by human activity or natural changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming. Some others argue that global warming may be a normal trend on the Earth’s temperature chart. (75) One theory argues that we are near the end of aso-called “Little Ice Age”, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them. Horribly, this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.Questions 71-73Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.71. What are disappearing in Alaska actually?72. How much ice is melting each year according to the survey?73. Why do insects damage more trees than before?Questions 74-75Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.74. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity75. One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them.Part V Translation (10 marks)Translate the following sentences into English, using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.76. 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类非英语专业初赛真题2013年

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类非英语专业初赛真题2013年Part Ⅰ Listening C o m p r e h e n s i o nSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end o f each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the t h r ee 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 ce n t r e.1. Why didn't the man go to see Macbeth last week?A.He didn't manage to get a ticket.B.He had to attend a conference.C.He had a better production to watch.A [听力原文]M: Didn't you go to see Macbeth last week?W: Yeah, it was brilliant. I've been to it a few times before, but I think this is the best production I've ever seen.M: Yeah, someone I work with went and said it was wonderful. I wish I'd been able to get a ticket.[解析] 对话中男士最后提到I wish I'd been able to get a ticket。

全国大学生英语竞赛C类(2013真题以及答案)

2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second 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.1.Why didn’t the man go to see Macbeth last week?A.He didn’t manage to get a ticket.B.He had to attend a conference.C.He had a better production to watch.2.What does ―Fill Me In‖ refer to in this conversation?A. A type of upgraded mobile phone.B. A well-selling magazine.C. A writer’s new book series.3.Why doesn’t the woman like the bag?A.She doesn’t like the pattern.B.It’s not easy to carry.C.It’s too big for her.4.What makes a bad CV according to the man?A.Fake information.B. Terrible writing.C. Undesirable length.5.How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning?A.She’s going to make a friend in Spain.B.She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend in Spain.C.She’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversation. 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 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.Conversation One6.What traffic accident are the speakers talking about?A. A kid was knocked down by a car.B.Two cars crashed into a shop.C. A car ran into a wrong place.7.Why did the accident happen according the woman?A.There were many shops around.B.The crossing is in a wrong place.C.There was no crossing here.8.Which of the following is the suggestion they made?A.More traffic lights should be installed.B. A speed camera should be mounted.C.More policemen should patrol that area.9.Where, as the woman mentioned, has got improved traffic?A.Her own neighborhood.B.Her big brother’s neighborhood.C.Her parents’ neighborhood.10.How was the man punished for his traffic offence?A.He was fined 100 pounds with extra penalty points.B.He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty points.C.He finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty points.Conversation Two11.Why is the expert opposed to the view that memory aids make your memory worse?A.There is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalid.B.Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective way.C.Memory aids encourage an organized approach which helps the brain functioneffectively.12.What is interview’s attitude towards the idea that visual image help the memoryA.It is hard to believe.B.It is nothing strange.C.It is obviously nonsense.13.Who developed the system of memory aids centuries ago?A.Inhabitants on an isolated island.B.The Ancient Greeks.C. A great psychologists.14.How does mapping out notes affect the brain?A.It is helpful in reflecting the way people link information in the brain.B.It prevents people from arranging things logically.C.It makes people’s brain function the opposite way.15.What tends to affect people’s ability to think cle arly?A.Upbringing and innate differences.B.Worry and anxiety.C.Their aptitudes.Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B andC, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.16.How can social media influence the presidential election in the USA according to thelatest research?A.It can help voters to choose their president.B.It can help to ensure the fairness of the elections.C.It can help to increase the number of voters.17.What honorary title has Yaya Toure been granted?A.The African Player of the Year.B.212 Star of the Confederation of African Football.C.The Ivory Coast star.18.Why did Reshma Saujani set up the organization ―Girls Who Code‖?A.To raise women’s status in the field of science.B.To improve girls’ aptitude and performance in STEM.C.To arouse girls’ interest in science and technology.19.Which tablet computer’s hardware inside is more powerful?A.The CNET Kum.B. The Google Nexus 7.C. The Apple iPad mini.20.What does the company announce that it can do for the United States?A.It can reduce the amount of plastic waste.B.It can help to recycle the plastic waste.C.It can increase the amount of exports.Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.If you (21) ____ smooth skin that glows with youth, the chances are that at some point you will have heard the exhortation to drink lots of water in order to (22) ____ those evil toxins and keep your skin healthy.The exact amount people suggest varies. US – based advice (23) ____ eight glasses a day, while in hotter climates people are advised to drink to more to (24) ____ higher rates of sweating. But regardless of the exact volume of water suggested, the principle behind the advice remains the same --- taking extra water on board will keep your skin hydrated. In other words, water acts like a moisturizer, but from the inside out.This is such a common idea you might be surprised at the (25) ____ to back up. You might expect there to be countless studies where people are (26) ____ two groups, one assigned to sip water all day, the other to drink a normal amount. Then the smoothness of the skin could be (27) ____ a month or so later to establish whether sipping more lead to smoother skin.In fact such studies are rare, partly because water can’t be patented, so it is hard to find anyone to fund such research when there will be no new (28) ____ or cosmetic to sell that could repay the costs. A review by the dermatologist Ronni Wolf at the Kaplan Medical Center in Israel found just one study looking at the effect of long-term water intake on the skin. But the resultswere (29) ____. After four weeks, the group who drank mineral water showed a decrease in skin density, which some believe suggests the skin is retaining more moisture, while those who drank tap water showed an increase in skin density. But regardless of the type of water they drank, it made no difference to their (30) ____ or to the smoothness of their skin.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.31. The new star said to the journalists that she _C___ the opportunity to show that she could playa serious film role.A. greetedB. rejoicedC. welcomedD. cheered32. We haven’t really __D__ a solution to the problem yet, which makes the boss really frustrated.A. built upB. fallen back onC. brought overD. come up with33. Personally, I am __C__ banning cigarette smoking completely, especially in public areas.A. in touch withB. apart fromC. in favor ofD. regardless of34. Until a firm agreement has been reached, I am not __C__ to accepting the offer.A. accustomedB. dedicatedC. committedD. entitled35. The government is making every effort to __B__ an economic crisis, but it seems nothing could help.A. eliminateB. avertC. impedeD. swerve36. __B__ a serious crime, what exactly should you do?A. Unless you witnessB. If you were to witnessC. If only you witnessD. since you witness37. During examinations candidates are always supposed to stay in seats, keep their eyes on the work, _A___ to anyone.A. and not speakB. but could not speakC. rather than speakD. instead of speaking38. Realizing that he hadn’t got enough money and _D___ to borrow any from his parents, he decided to sell his house.A. wanted notB. not to wantC. wanting notD. not wanting39. There’s no point waiting here any longer. We _C___ go and have something to eat.A. can hardlyB. are bound toC. might as wellD. will have to40. While many people may refer to up-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television and the Internet _A___ the newspapers completely.A. will replaceB. replaceC. are replacingD. have replaced41. She married a very nice young architect from Belfast, _A___ she met on a bus during her journey to Northern Ireland.A. whoB. whenC. whichD. where42. It is a kind of illness that can result in total blindness if __D__A. to leave untreatedB. is left untreatedC. leaving untreatedD. left untreated43. ----I’m so disappointed with my son! He just wouldn’t practice the piano!----Take it easy. You can lead ___B_ to water, but you can’t make it drink.A. a duckB. a horseC. a cowD. a dog44. ----Good morning, Madam! I’d like some information about the course.----Certainly. _B___A.I’m afraid I don’t know more than you either.B.Is there anything I can do for you?C.What exactly would you like to know?D.How much information did you know?45. ---- How do you feel about countries th at don’t try to reduce global warming?---- __A__, those countries care more about money than saving the planet.A.As far as I’m concernedB. It’s none of our businessC. We’re not to blameD. Things are under controlPart III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.According to recent surveys, 72% of all Americans believe that the United States government is (46) hiding____ information about UFOs. Almost 68% of people think that the government has secret knowledge of extraterrestrial life. It is not (47) _surprising__ (surprise) that the government has come under more and more (48) pressure____ to declassify its UFO records and make them public. A variety of different groups have been involved in these efforts.One group to become involved is called CFI, the Coalition for Freedom of Information, John Podesta, who was White House Chief of Staff during Bill Clinton’s (49)presidency____(president), is one of the many high-powered people active in this group. CFI’s aim is not to prove the (50) _existence___(exist) of extraterrestrial life, but to make it easier for scientists in general to study unexplained aerial phenomena. Podesta and his group has asked the Pentagon to declassify its UFO records and therefore provide scientists (51) with____ data that will help in the study of UFOs.CFI has requested the release of information on several UFO cases, starting with the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, incident. This incident took (52) __place__ in 1965 when a large acorn-shaped object, the size of a small car, crashed in Pennsylvania. Some analysts say it could have been the spacecraft Kosmos 96 that had been launched towards Venus by the Soviet Union, but failed to escape Earth’s (53) g ravity____. Others say the object did not look anything like spacecraft built on Earth in 1965.(54) Additionally___, the people of Kecksburg want to know what happened. On that (55) afternoon____, hundreds of eyewitnesses watched a fiery streak of light descend from the sky towards Earth. Officials explained that nothing was found or recovered and that maybe the fireball in the sky was a meteor. But many witnesses say they saw a number of military personnel from the Army and the Air Force search the woods, and later that evening, saw a large militarytractor-trailer coming from the area carrying a large object under a tarp.Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The average automatic teller machine (ATM) is not very smart. It will give money to anyone who has the right card and punches four or five keys in the right order. Some analysts estimate that as many as 30% of ATM transaction worldwide are cases of theft. To increase security at cash machines, some banks have tried to make their ATMs a little smarter. A small camera on the machine looks directly into the eye of every customer. It scans one iris and compares the tiny patterns of ridges, dots, and other features to a code in its computer. If there is a match, the ATM will start counting out cash. If not, a message is automatically sent to the nearest police station.Iris-scanning is one fast-growing form of biometric identification --- determining who someone is by examining features the body. One of the earliest biometric techniques was fingerprinting. The line on fingerprints are unique to each person, so not even identical twins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprinting has become famous as a way of finding out who committed a crime, but it very often fails. A careful criminal can swear gloves, avoid touching thing, or even alter his fingerprints by burning, cutting, or scraping them. In the search for a more reliable system, security experts have focused on the eye.Like a fingerprint, every iris is, for all practical purposes, unique. Each person’s right iris is even different from his or her left one. A low-cost digital camera, like the kind installed at ATM machines, can easily detect hundreds of different features in the iris. The chance of two irises having the same features is close to zero. Tests have shown that iris-scanners are very hard to fool. They can tell the difference between a real iris and a false one. They can see right through colored contact lenses, eyeglasses, and even mirrored sunglasses. Although many criminal are willing to burn or cut their fingers in pursuit of the perfect crime, few would be willing or able to alter their irises.T o make iris-scanning work, a computerized database has to match certain iris features with certain people. This means that each A TM customer has to allow a bank to photograph his or her iris and keep that highly personal information in a computer. Some people have worried, however, that an increased use of iris-scanning will lead to a dangerous loss of privacy. By mountingiris-scan cameras in public places, governments could track a private citizen all day long without the person’s knowledge. This would be a great advantage to the police, but it could also give corrupt officials a new way to control their opponents. The military’s development of tiny robots suggests that government iris-scanners could even invade private homes!Questions 56-60Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with only one word for each blank.Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Seed catalogues feature hundreds of flowering species. For the persons just beginning garden this can be bewildering, and below are the details of some popular choices, nearly all of which should be sown in the spring. With the exception of busy lizzies, which need a little care, they are all very easy to grow from seed.DahliasThese are sturdy plants bearing showy flowers in a wide range of rather gaudy colors. Sow in a frame in April and plant the seedlings out when frosts are over. Dahlias flower throughout the summer and into the autumn. When autumn frosts begin to make them look unhappy, you should dig up the tuberous roots and save them. A frost-free loft, shed or garage is the ideal place. The following spring you plant the tubers instead of sowing seed again.LupinsLupins are hardy perennials. This means that the plants will stay in your garden and carry on flowering year after year. Seed sown in April will usually give you some spikes of colors in the first summer, and year by year the plants get bigger and the flowering stems get taller and grander. Selective breeding has led to the introduction of some fine, bicolored varieties in some dazzling shades. The short-lived flowers make a real misunderstanding spectacle.Busy lizziesLike dahlias, busy lizzies need to be started offunder glass, as they cannot stand frost, and pantingout is best done in May. Outdoor flowering ends inSeptember, so beat the frosts and bring your favoritespecimens indoors to give your home some sintercolor! Indoors they will carry on floweringindefinitely, though you may like to plant them outagain when spring returns. Like pansies (below) they do very well in sun or shade, but the soil must be moist. Most varieties grow to be a height of only 20 cm or so.PotentillasPotentillas are hardy shrubs. In other words, the woody branches spring from groundlevel —there is no central trunk. Seed is probably best sown in autumn, in which case you should keep the plants in a sheltered spot until April offers favorable conditions for planting out. Once flowering begins in early summer the best varieties (such as Melton Fire) will stay in bloomATM transactions are often cases of theft, where an unauthorized user takes (56) __money_. To decrease insecurity, some banks have installed iris-scanning machines at ATMs. These small cameras scan the user’s iris, recording its features and (57) _comping___ them to a digital file. Every person has a (58) _ unique ___ iris, making iris identification highly reliable. Earlier efforts at biometric identification often relied on fingerprints. However, fingerprints can easily be (59) altered____ through cutting, burning or scrapping. Iris scanners are so effective that they can even see through contact lenses and mirrored sunglasses. Use of iris scanners would provide great advantages to the police. However,others worry about a loss of (60) ____.almost ceaselessly for years on end while at the same time spreading out to provide ground cover or a low hedge.PansiesPansies have a good long flowering season year after year, and some varieties can be sown in spring to give truly splendid results the first autumn. Unlike dahlias and lupins, which can easily grow a meter tall, pansies grow no higher than 10 or 20 cm. Their soil, position and moisture requirements are just like those of busy lizzies but pansies differ in being hardy. Give them a try!Questions 61-63Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.61. Both dahlias and lupins, which are sown in April, need protecting from frost.62. Brought indoors in autumn, dahlias, busy lizzies and potentillas will carry on flowering almost non-stop.63. Among all the flowers busy lizzies are not very easy to grow from seed.Section C (10 marks)Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating services. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? have proved to be ratings blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated fifteen women to find the one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Johnson, an English celerity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each episode, he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them.At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had en ough, and she couldn’t see it working. ―He wasn’t my cup of tea.‖ In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. ―You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I re ally liked you,‖ she sobbed.But in the final episode, the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. ―I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,‖ she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love---with the show’s host!After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and Johnson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally, on May 1, 2003, Gerrard-Wright proposed to Johnson on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accepted his proposal right away, although it was a conditional acceptance. Johnson has two children from previous relationships—aneight-year-old son, Cameron, and a two-year-old daughter, Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage. Luckily, they did. Gerrard-Wright said, ―In the end the show did work for me. I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did. Ulrika’s gorgeous.‖Questions 66-68Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 2 words for each blank.66. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to ____ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match.67. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was almost ____.68. Ulrika accepted Lance’s proposal ____ that her children agreed to their marriage as well. Questions 69-70Choose the best answer according to the passage.69. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show?A. Lance went on dates with several women.B. The candidates went to some very good restaurants.C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision.D. The women met Lance’s family.70. What happened after seven weeks of doing the show?A. All of the women found their beloved.B. Lance started to date with the show’s host.C. One of the women on the show couldn’t help crying.D. Ulrika asked Lance to marry her.Section D (10 marks)Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?One reason for Alaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting its glaciers. According to one geologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaciers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increased by 5℉. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by 8℉. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10℉by the year 2010.Another problem contributing to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its permafrost. (74) Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.The melting permafrost and increasing temperature are also having a negative impact on the forests of Alaska. As the permafrost under the forests melts, insects that normally don’t turn upuntil the warmer seasons are appearing sooner. The spruce-bark beetle, for example, is increasing in numbers as a result of global warming. It usually takes about two years for these beetles to grow and reproduce in a very cold weather. However, due to the increase in temperatures, spruce-bark beetles are damaging as many trees in one year as they previously damaged in two. At this rate, Alaska’s forest won’t survive the turn of the century.Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to a global increase in weather temperature. Whether the rising temperature are caused by human activity or natural changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming. Some others argue that global warming may be a normal trend on the Earth’s temperature chart. (75) One theory argues that we are near the end of aso-called ―Little Ice Age‖, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them. Horribly, this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.Questions 71-73Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.71. What are disappearing in Alaska actually?72. How much ice is melting each year according to the survey?73. Why do insects damage more trees than before?Questions 74-75Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.74. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity75. One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called ―Little Ice Age‖, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them.Part V Translation (10 marks)Translate the following sentences into English, using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.76. 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。