全国大学生英语竞赛历年选择题及其答案

全国大学生英语竞赛历年选择题及其答案

Directions:There are 20 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence 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. Twenty years ago in an interview,I faced three men______my age armed with a hundred reasons as to why I was the woman for the job.

A.two times

B.twice

C.older than

D.as old as

32. I had done my research.Not only that,but having already worked for the company,I naively believed they knew me and______I was capable of.

A.which

B.it

C.that

D.what

33.So their first question floored me.“Tell me,Christa,”said the smug one,“what would you do if one of the child ren fell ill and you______at home?”

A.are hoped

B.should stay

C.were needed

D.be wished

34. I remember______something about having a husband who was very flexible and a nanny,a mother and a mother in law who could step in at short notice—

A.muttering

B.said

C.answer

D.had uttered

35. But from______,you could forget my carefully prepared speech about the future

of the company and my role in it.

A.the time

B.that moment on

C.the instant

D.that day

36. If the question were asked of me today I would______the idiot who asked it by saying:“Tell me,as a parent,what would you do if yourachild were ill?

A.be against

B.go to ask

C.turn it back on

D.like to make

37. You’d explain to what I would hope is a caring company and be told to leave the office and______for your family.”

A.be there

B.go to

C. arrive

D.be available

38. But I was______that brave nor that bolshy in those days.

A.so

B.also

C.either

D.neither

39. ______,I got the job—probably because,as a woman,I was cheaper.

A.Surprisingly

B.Obviously

C.As a result

D.Therefore

40. Needless to say,none of the other male______was asked the same question.

A.collegues

B.candidates

C.workmates

D.participants

41. I mention it only because I am______about the Government’s plan to bring in new laws which would give parents the right to ask for child friendly working hours,not because it’s not right and proper—

A.worried

B.curious

C.eager

D.uneasy

42. but because______it will give firms the excuse to discriminate from the word go.

A.it is seemingly

B.it is likely

C.it seems to me

D.it likes me

43. ______,which was supposed to herald the right to flexible workingaand

child friendly hours now also gives bosses the right to say no if they believe it will damage business.

A.This watered—down new version of a law

B.This new,watered—down version of a law

C.This new version watered—down law

D.This law of new version watered—down

44. So who will win,nine times out of 10?Those paying the wages,that’s who:they’re doing the recruiting.Male and single______female with children—guess who ll get the job?

A.and

B.or

C.but

D.nor

45. It could set back equality in the workplace______,and there will be few who will be in a position to take their complaint to tribunal.

A.by decades

B.for tens of years

C.in a century

D.for a long time

46. Like part—time policewoman Michelle Chew,awarded compensation when bosses refused to change her______to allow the single mother to look after her children. Result?

A.normal

B.everyday

C.routine

D.shift

48. But this is not just a male______female issue,although the danger is that’s what it will become.

A.versus

B.against

C.opposite

D.and

49. ______is the British firm which is said to be refusing to bring home an executive