2018年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛答案及听力录音原文
2018年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛答案及听力录音原文
2018年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛答案及听力录音原文2018年全国大学生英语竞赛A、B、C、D类初赛答案及听力录音原文2018 National English Competitionfor College Students(Level A - Preliminary)参考答案及作文评分标准Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1— 5 BCACDSecond B6— 10 FTTFF 11— 15 CDBDASecond C16— 20 ADBDCSecond D21. in detail 22. tents and huts 23. functional 24. occupants25. artistic26. these/the (following) questions 27. familiarity 28. information 29.a manageable size30. the topic itselfPart II Vocabulary & Grammar31— 35 CACBD 36— 40 AABCD 41— 45 ACCBDPart III Cloze46. wealthy 47. running 48. which49. flight 50. holiday 51. reminder 52. in 53. contact 54. through 55. officersPart IV Reading ComprehensionSection A56. a cure for baldness 57. lose weight 58. C, K and A 59. crisp undamaged 60. 28 days Section B61— 65 BFDGCSection C66. Because they re now guaranteed a fair price for their honey.67. His small house and a couple of bicycles.68. It s made of cylindrical sections of tree bark.69. The wild flowers, including orchids, the bees feast on.70. Within a month.Section D71. broader 72. environmental 73. climate/weather 74. less/little time 75. car use levelPart V TranslationSection A76. 从来就没有完美的幸福。
2019年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛真题及答案(C类本科生干货)
2019年全目大学生英语竞赛f}J赛(C级）2019 National English Competition for Coll ege Students(Level C -Preliminary)(Total: 150 marks Time: 120 minutes)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 。
if each conversation, one question will be asked, and you will h(J1Je fifteen seconds to read the fourchoices marked A, B, C and D, decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1.A. The more one rests, the better one pe如rms duties.B.A good rest makes one's brain more creative.C.Drinking a cup of coffee is also a good way to rest.D.Working without rest is harmful to health.2.A. She reported the problem to her boss.C.She kept a record of her contribution.3.A. Tones and characters.B.She negotiated with Tim for a solution.D.She asked her colleague to help her.B.Reading and writing.D.Idioms and culture.C.Grammar and vocabulary.4.A. He is interested in reading its war stories.B.He learns about the heroic deeds of ancient warriors.C.He applies its strategies to basketball matches.D.He tells its war stories to the basketballers he coaches.5.A. It's punctual but a bit scary.B.It's the best means of transportation.C.It's a nightmare during rush hours.D.It's not bad but too crowded.—1 -2019National English Competitionfor College Students(Level C-Preliminary)参考答案及作文评分标准Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1―5BCACDSection B6.F7.T8.T9.T10.F11―15ACCBDSection C16―20DACDBSection D21.the world over22.controversy and worry23.apples of gold24.change into25.making a living 26.experts27.make predictions28.genetics29.advanced technology30.a worldwide currencyPart II Vocabulary&Grammar31―35CABCE36―40DBADC41―45ACDBCPart III Clozepetitive48.expensive49.provide50.industry51.depending52.conflict53.dramatic54.to55.resultedPart IV Reading ComprehensionSection A56.public mercial outlets59.new dawn60.Readily available(everywhere) Section B61―65CEGBASection C66.The culture where characters stand in for people.67.Because of modern technology.68.Images of things they like and relate to.69.It/They can quickly turn you into a3D figure.70.3D characters/avatars.Section D71.status of women72.impressive73.top cation75.supportPart V Translation Section A 76.笔、墨、纸、砚合称“文房四宝”，这四宝历来摆放在古代文人的书房中。
全国大学生英语竞赛C类真题以及答案
2018 National English Contest for College students(Level C-Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)31.After four days of talks, we are glad to announce that the union and management have reached an______. The agreement is fair and benefits both sides.A.accordB. accomplishmentC. identityD. undertaking32.As the clerk______prepared my milk shake, I wondered how long she had been working there ,mindlessly making ice cream treats in a set order of steps.A.logicallyB. methodicallyC. graphicallyD. synthetically33. As a boy he wanted to be a fireman. As a high school student, he thought he'd like to become a teacher. Now he______to be nothing more than a janitor.A.AssumesB. PrescribesC. AspiresD. Presumes34. Regardless of what caused it, I an grateful that have finally reached a point in my life_______I can appreciate my strengths, accept my weaknesses and try to be comfortable with everything in between.A.WhyB. WhereC. WhichD. What35. ______information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much move difficult job.A.SupposingB. Provided theC. If it were not forD. On condition that36.Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;______, he once spent half a day on the composition ofa single sentence.A.On the other handB. NeverthelessC. MoreoverD. For example37.----What an I going to do about a present for Carol?----You______some flowers.A.Might have sent herB. Must have sent herC. Could send herD. Would send her38.Without the air holding in some of the sun's heat, the earth______cold at night, too cold for us to live on.A.Will be freezingB. Would be freezingC. An be frozenD. Would be frozen39.The students in our university each______an English dictionary. That is to say, each of the students in our university______an English dictionary.A.Have; hasB. Have; haveC. Has; haveD. Has; has40.Here's your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there______else that you need?A.SomethingB. AnythingC. NothingD. Everything41.David______his business partner over plans to reduce the workforce.A.Came down toB. Broke down toC. Fell out withD. Went along with42.______is this piece of equipment to be removed from the building.A.On no accountB. AbsolutelyC. ScarcelyD. Not at all43.Helen' s parents were______that she was still on the job., but she had resigned.A.In doubtB. Of the opinionC. Under the impressionD. With suspicion44.----I don't think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five million dollars.----Well, ______. Anything can happen.A.You made itB. You're kiddingC. What you sayD. You can never tell45.-----How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night?-----______ but the conductor was perfect.A.I couldn't agree moreB. I didn't think much of itC. I was crazy about itD. I really liked itPart Three Cloze(15 marks )I have been reading a lot on my iPad recently, and I have some (46)_____ (complain) not about the iPad itself but about the state of digital reading generally. Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in ink on paper. Glass and pixels aren't the same.When I read a physical book, I don't have to look anywhere else to find out how much I've read. The iPad e---reader, iBooks tries to create the (47) illu_____ of a physical book. The pages seem to turn, and I can the edges of those that remain, but it's fake. There are always exactly sixunturned pages, no matter (48)_____ I am in the book.Also, there is a larger problem. Books in their digital format look vastly less "finished", or less genuine than real books. You can vary their font and type size, but this only makes them(49)_____(resemble) word---processed---no matter how (50)_____(wretch) or wonderful they are---will never look as good as Robert Hass's poems in the print edition of The Apple Trees at Olema. But your poems can look almost exactly as ugly---as "e---book---like" ---as the Kindle version of that collection.All the e---book I've read have been ugly---books by Chang---rae Lee, Alvin Kernan, and Stieg Larsson---though the texts have been wonderful. I didn't grow up reading texts. I grew up reading books, and this(51)_____(differ) is important.When it comes to digital editions, the(52)_____(assume) seems to be that allbooks(53)are_____(create) equal. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In the mass migration from print to digital, we're seeing a profusion of digital books---many of them out of copyright---that look new and even "HD," but which may well have been supplanted by more accurate editions and better translations. We need a digital readers' guide---a place where readers can find(54)_____ whether the book they're about to download is the best available edition. (55)Fi_____, two related problems. I already have a personal library, but most of the books I've read have come from(56)_____(lend) libraries. Barnes & Noble has released an e---reader that allows short---term (57) _____(borrow) of some books. The entire idea behind Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iBooks assumes that you cannot read a book unless you own it first and that only you can read it unless you want to give your reading device to someone else.This goes against the social value of reading, the collective knowledge and(58)_____(collaborate) discourse that comes from access to (59)_____or our culture in general.Part Four Reading Comprehension (40 marks).Section A (10 marks ).Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why notfollow Ammon Shea's example and start reading a dictionary?Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he reads them for fun. He recently spent a year reading all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary contains more than20,000 pages and over 59 million words.As he read from A to Z, he noted down interesting words in a ledger. This includes words such as "happify," meaning to make someone happy and "tripudiate", which means to dance, skip or leap for joy. Mr Shea also kept a diary about this experience, which has since become abest---selling book.Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. "I've always enjoyed reading dictionaries . They are far more interesting than people give then credit for," he said.It appears that it was not his goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. "I'm not against long, fancy or obscure words, but I'm opposed to using then for their own sake," he said.In fact ,as a result of reading so many new words , Mr Shea often forgot everyday vocabulary. He wrote, "My head was so full of words that I often had trouble forming simple sentences."Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries.Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cbuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Srabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their games. Ms Higgleton did however note that, "It's probably not the best way to learn English ,and you'd learn more than you need." It is not known how many of the 59 million words Ms Shea remembers, but he has certainly made history with his eccentric hobby.Questions 61 to 65.Decide whether the following statements are True or False.61.Mr Shea has read 1.000 dictionaries.62.Mr Shea spent one month reading the Oxford English Dictionary.63.In Mr Shea's opinion,people don't give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting.64.Mr Shea thinks it is important t be able to use long and complicated words in everyday conversation.65.Elaine Higgleton thinks that reading a dictionary is the best way to learn English.Section B (10 marks)Questions 66 to 70are based on the following passage.Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than a hobby---they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Slater when he said,"Once you're in, you're in. There's no getting out.""Surfing", of course, refers to riding on ocean waves using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires god balance and is therefore difficult for most beginners to learn, but some lie down and "bodyboard"The history of surfing probably began with the Polynesian people of the Pacific Islands. One of the first white people to see anyone surfing was the British explorer Captain Gook, when his ship arrived in Hawaii in 1779. He watched many Hawaiians riding waves on large pieces of wood, and reported that, "Surfing seems to give them a feeling of great pleasure. "When surfing started to become very popular in the United States in the 1950's and 60s, surfers used large wooden boards (often more than three metres long) that were quite heavy. Boards today are shorter and also much lighter, because they are made of artificial materials instead of wood. For anyone who wants to try surfing. The only essentials are waves and a board. There are a few other things, however, that most surfers find important; a cord t attach one of their ankles to the board and therefore stop it from being carried a long way away when they fall off'; wax, which they put on the surface of the board to help their feet stick to it; and a wetsuit to help them keep warm in cold water. The south---west of English is an example of a place where surfers usually need wetsuits, even in summer.Surfing has been a professional sport for many yeara and the very best surfers are able to make a living from it. Most of the best professional surfers in the last 30 years, both men and women, have been American or Australian, but surfers from Brazil, Peru and South Africa have also won important competitions.Questions 66 to 70Answer the following questions with the information given in the assage in a maximum of 10 words for each question.66.Why do most beginners find it difficult t stand up on a surfboard?67.In what part of the world did surfing probably begin?68.When did surfing start to become very popular in the United States?69.What do surfers use wax for?70.According to the passage, in what part of the world do surfers usually need wetsuits? Section C (10 marks)Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.The latest human development report from the United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) contains some good news, but also a very serious warning about the threat posed y climate change.The report, published annually since 1990, seeks to asses “human development” around the world, and calculates a “Human Development Index (HDI) for 169 counties. The HDI is based on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich counties tend to have higher HDIs than poor counties, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.According to the 2010 report, the county with the highest level of human development is Norway, followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to counties in sub-Saharan Africa.Almost all counties around the worlds have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and services. Even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s level of health and education as generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increases average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However , if this leads to greater emissions of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warning will probably accelerate, and cause severe environmentalproblems in some parts of the world hat will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers f people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.The only solution, according to the report, I to break the link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions-which, needless to say, is easier, said than done.Questions 71 to 75Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 10 words for each blank.71. The concept of “human development” is based on the following three factors: _______,_____________and_____________.72. Some countries with similar levels of economic development have quite different HDIs because they have_____________.73._________________has caused the number of people living in extreme poverty to increase since 2008.74. The report says that ______________ is the greatest threat to increasing HDIs in the future.75. The report says the link between____________ and ____________needs to be broken. Section D (10 marks)Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passageIt is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises: that they talk too much about certain problems-and that they have no sense o humor, at least parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young.Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted, so they create a culture and society and their own. Then, if it turns out that their music, entertainers, vocabulary, clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes teenagers are resistant and proud because they do not want their parents to approve of what they do. If they did approve, it looks as if the teenager is betraying his own age group. All this is assuming that the teenager is the underdog: he can not win but at least he can keep his honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after years of childhood, when children were completely under their parent’s control, but it ignores the fact that when they become teenagers, children are beginning to be responsible for themselves.If you plan to control your life, co-operation should be a part of that plan. You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can also impress people with your of responsibility and your initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.Questions 76 to 78Choose the best answer according to the passage.76 the first paragraph is mainly about_____________.A teenagers’ criticism of their parentsB misunderstanding between teenagers and their parentsC the dominance of parents over their childrenD teenagers’ ability to deal with crises77 teenagers have strange clothes and hairstyles because they___________A have a strong desire to be leaders in style and tasteB want to prove their existence by creating a culture of their ownC have no other way to enjoy themselvesD want to irritate their parent78 teenagers do not want their parents to approve of what they do because they_______________.A have already been accepted into adult worldB feel that they are superior to adult worldC want to win adults over to their cultureD don’t want to appear to be disloyal to their own age groupQuestion 79 to 80Translate the sentences in the passage into Chinese79 I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young80 You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want.Part V translate (10 mark)Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given brackets. Remember to write your answer on the answer sheet.81 他以牺牲健康为代价获得财富。
2017-2018年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类初赛真题试及详细答案
2018 年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C 类初赛真题试及详细答案Part ⅠSection A1.Some bacteria extremely harmful, but are regularly used in producing cheeses, crackers and many other foods.A is: the othersB has been: the othersC are: othersD have been: others2.It was once a very prosperous part of the city, but now many of the businesses have moved away or gone .A bankruptcyB bankruptC bankruptedD to bankrupt3.When one is unfamiliar with the local customs, it is easy to make a .A blameB blunderC commitmentD fault4.your timely advice, I would never have known how to deal with the tough job.A But forB Except forC Not untilD Prior to5.I'd his reputation with other drug dealers and business people in the city, and then make a decision about whether or not to a loan.A account for: supportB make up for: objectC take account of: approveD wipe out: oppose6., a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.A Were other things equalB Other things to be equalC Other things being equalD To be equal to other things7.In the book The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, a valuable book was lost for years when it turned up one day, quite out of the .A blackB blueC redD white8.True patriotism putting the interests of one's country above everything, includingone's own life.A copes withB derives fromC takes inD relies on9.My father decided to make me go back to college immediately, study my lessons carefully, and .A a master's degree must attainB must attain my master's degreeC attain my master's degreeD my master's degree be attained10.Libraries have reference books you can check out a physician's educational background, training, and other credentials.A from thatB of whichC through thatD by which11.The term BRIC was first by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in a research paper, BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.A coined: in whichB invented: of itC made up: andD produced: that12.Had Dickens foreseen that his novel would cause such a disturbance, he it.A should not have writtenB would not have writtenC didn't writeD had not written13.—I'm concerned about your weight, I think you should go on a diet.——Good, then you might as well start right away.A You're so kind, but I don't have to do that.B Actually, I've been thinking about the same thing.C Definitely. What about my blood pressure then?D Oh my! You know it's such a tough job for me.14.—Let me ask you some questions about the accident you witnessed.——Thank you. When did the accident occur?A Yes, I really enjoyed it.B It's none of my business.C Sure, go ahead.D Oh, stop teasing me.15.——It should be good. I'm looking forward to taking it.A Do you like computer games?B How about cleaning the room with me?C What do you think the computer course will be like?D What are you going to do after you graduate from high school?Part ⅡClozeBeing able to multi-task is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to aso-called recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the" Generation M" are spending a considerable amount of their time on 【C1】(fruit)efforts as they multi-task. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering away as much as half of their time again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after another.Some young people are juggling an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time as they are working, young adults are also【C2】sur the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the phone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. As some new device comes along, it too is added to the list rather than【C3】(place)one of the existing devices. Other research ha【s C4】ind that this multi-tasking is even affecting the way of families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can 【C5】longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table. All this electronic wizardry is supposedly also seriously affecting young people's performance at 【C6】uni andin the workplace. When asked about their perception of the impact of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, the overwhelming majority of young people gave a 【C7 】(favour)response. The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multi-tasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later【C8】dev of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because ofthe lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people【C9】ent the workforce need to be taught all over again, as they have become deskilled. While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays, in fact, too much. Praise rather than criticism is due 【C10 】respect of the way today's youth are able to cope, despite what the older generation throw at them.1.【C1】2.【C2】3.【C3】4.【C4】5.【C5】6.【C6】7.【C7】8.【C8】9.【C9】10.【C10】Part ⅢReading ComperhensionSection ALook at an atlas. How are mountains shown? Where are the highest mountains? A few mountains stand alone, such as Mount Egmont in New Zealand, and Mount Kenya in Africa. Most mountains are found in long chains called mountain ranges. The Pennines, the Cambrian Mountains, the Alps, the Andes and Rockies are examples of mountain ranges. The highest mountain range on the Earth is the Himalayas in Asia.In order to understand how mountains are formed, we need to know what the inside of the Earth is like. The Earth is made up of layers of rock. The outside layerof rock, the one we live on, is called the Earth's crust. Beneath the crust is a layer called the mantle. Near the top of the mantle, some of the rocks have melted and are a liquid, like sticky tar. Because all the rocks around it press on the mantle, the molten rock tries to force its way out. If the molten rock does find a weak spot, it bursts through the Earth's crust, forming a volcano. Some mountains were made by volcanoes. The Earth's crust is made up of large pieces, called plates, which fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Some of the plates carry continents, others carry oceans. The plates move slowly, floating on the molten rocks of the mantle below. As the plates move, theypush against each other, slowly pushing up the rocks in folds to form mountains. India used to be a long way from Asia, but gradually the plate with India on it moved closer to the plate bearing Asia. The rocks in the sea between India and Asia were pushed up in folds that now form the Himalayan mountain range. That is why it is sometimes possible to find seashells near the tops of the Himalayas. Many other mountain ranges, including the Alps, Rockies and Pen-nines , are similar great folds of rock. While some plates are pushing together, others are moving further apart. Europe and North America are slowly moving further apart. Each year the Atlantic Ocean is a few centimetres wider.As the rocks move, they often crack or break. These breaks are called faults. Sometimes, great blocks of rocks are pushed up between two faults. These blocks may be so large and high that they form mountains. Some of the highland areas of East Africa are block mountains, so are the Vosges mountains in France and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western United States. Block mountains often have flat tops. A flat-topped highland is called a plateau.Questions 56—60 Complete the following form with no more than three words according tothe passage.56.57.58.59.60.Section BBy studying the notebooks, correspondence, a nd conversations of some of the world's great thinkers in science, art, and industry, scholars have identified the following thinking strategies that enable geniuses to generate original ideas:【B1】Sigmund Freud's analytical methods were designed to find details that didn't fit traditional paradigms in order to come up with a completelynew point of view. To solve a problem creatively , you must abandon the first approach that comesto mind, which usually stems from past experience , and reconceptualize the problem. Geniuses do not merely solve existing problems: they identify new ones. 【B2 】Geniuses develop visual and spatial abilities that allow them to display information in new ways. The explosion of creativityin the Renaissance was tied to the development of graphic illustration during that period, notablythe scientific diagrams of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei. Galileo revolutionized science by making his thought graphically visible while his contemporaries used more conventional means. Geniuses produce. Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents, still a record. He guaranteed a high level of productivity by giving himself idea quotas: one minor invention every ten days and a major invention every six months. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata every week even when he was sick. Wolfgang Mozart produced more than 600 pieces of music. 【B3 】Like playful children with buckets of building blocks, geniuses constantly combine and recombine ideas, images, and thoughts. The laws of heredity were developed by Gregor Mendel , who combined mathematics and biology to create a new science of genetics. 【B4 】Their facility to connect the unconnected enables geniuses to see things others miss. Da Vinci noticed the similarity between the【B5 】sound of a bell and a stone hitting water-and concluded that sound travels in waves.Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else.That's the first principle of creative accident. We may ask ourselves why we have failed to do what we intended, which is a reasonable question. But the creative accident leads to the question: What have we done? Answering that one in a novel, unexpected way is the essential creative act. It is not luck, but creative insight of the highest order. This may be the most important lesson of all: When youfind something interesting, drop everything and go with it. Too many talented people fail to make significant leaps of imagination because they've become fixated on their pre-conceived plan. Butnot the truly great minds. They don't wait for gifts of chance: they make them happen. Questions 61 —65Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. A. Geniuses make their thought visible.B. Geniuses prepare themselves for enhance.C. Geniuses make novel combinations.D. Geniuses look at problems from all angles.E. Geniuses have a really broad mind.F. Geniuses force relationships.G. Geniuses are powerful in lots of aspects.6.【B1】7.【B2】8.【B3】9.【B4】10.【B5】Section CThe Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. Here are some things you must know.There are many legends about the evolution of the festival , the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan(340—278 BC). Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin. However, he was opposed by aristocrats and later deposed and exiled by King Huai. In his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and people and composed immortal poems including Li Sao(The Lament), Tian Wen(Heavenly Questions)and Jiu Ge(Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences. In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu's capital, so he finished his last piece Huai Sha(Embracing Sand)and plunged himself into the Miluo River, clasping his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. After his death, the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him. The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body. People threw into the water zongzi(pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of realgar wine(Chinese liquor seasoned w ith realgar)into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. That's why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day. Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Folk tales say the game o-riginates from the activities of seeking Qu Yuan's body, but experts, after painstaking and meticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious, semi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period(475—221 BC). On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up witha perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumesor herbal medicines , and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.Questions 66—70Answer the following questions according to the passage.11.When do Chinese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival every year?12.What masterpieces of Qu Yuan are mentioned in the passage?13.Why did Qu Yuan commit suicide?14.How do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival now?15.Why do parents prepare perfume pouches for their children on Dragon Boat Festival?Section DWhile baseball is often described as the national sport of the United States of America, it probably developed from an eighteenth-century English game called rounders. There were severalversions of the game until 1845, when Alexander J. Cartwright organized "a group of players to decide on one set of rules. The main change from rounders was that a runner had to be tagged or touched by a player holding the ball to be put out, rather than hit by a thrown ball. This meant that a smaller, harder ball could be used, which in turn made possible a faster, larger game. Until the mid-1860s, baseball was an amateur sport, which means that the players were not paid. The first professional team, the Cincinnati "Red Stockings" , was organized in 1869 and within two years the sport was more or less professional. Nowadays the best players can earn millions of dollars playing baseball. Professional baseball in the United States and Canada consists of two leagues and for the first half of the twentieth century there were also separate leagues for black players. The black leagues produced many excellent players but it wasn't until the 1940s, and the success o f Jackie Robinson playing for the Brooklyn " Dodgers" , that black players were integrated into white major-league baseball in the United States. Baseball has had a broad impact on popular culture, both in the United States and elsewhere. Dozens of English-language idioms have been derived from baseball, for instance, the baseball meaning of " out of the ball park" is to hit a home run, but its non-baseball equivalent is to do something well or exactly as it should be done. The baseball cap has become a worldwide fashion i-tem not only in the United States, but also in countries where the sport itself isnot particularly popular, such as the United Kingdom. Baseball has inspired many works of art and entertainment. One of the first major examples, Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" , appeared in 1888. There have been many baseball movies, including the Academy Award-winning The Prideof the Yankees(1942)and the Oscar nominees The Natural(1984)and Field of Dreams(1989). Literary works connected to the game include the short fiction of Ring Lardner and novels such as Robert Coover's The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. , J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Baseball's literary canon also includes the beat reportage of Damon Runyon: the columns of Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Dick Young, and Peter Gammons: and the essays of Roger Angell. Questions 71—75Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for each blank.Baseball is regarded as the national sport of the USA. Its history can be traced back to an eighteenth-century English game named【R1】. There were several versions of the game until 1845, 【R2 】one set of rules was decided on. Baseball was originally 【R3 】, but in 1869 the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was organized. For the first half of the twentieth century black players【t R4】began in the 1940s because of the success of Jackie Robinson. had separate leagues, buBaseball extended its glamour to many other fields, such as fashion, language, art and entertainment. Many artists and film directors got【R5】from the worldwide popular sport.16.【R1】17.【R2】18.【R3】19.【R4】20.【R5】Part ⅣError CorrectionPeople often laugh when they see penguins walking. Penguins look very funnywaddle fromside to side on their short little legs. However, Adelie penguins 【M1 】can walk 200 kilometers across the Antarctic sea ice to the place they lay 【M2】their eggs.Penguins are such good swimmers so early explorers thought they were 【M3 】fish. They use their flippers 'fly' through the water as other birds use their 【M4】wings to fly through the air. Emperor penguins, the big penguins, 【M5 】can go as fast as 50 kilometers an hour. If Adelie penguin is swimming 【M6】quickly, it can jump 2 meters out of the water. They do this before they are 【M7 】being chased by leopard seals, which like to eat them.Emperor penguins can hold its breath underwater for twenty minutes. 【M8 】This means they can divevery deep to hunt for food. The deepest dive scientists know about is 458 meters. That's nearly half a kilometer!When the male emperor penguins are looking after eggs, they join together in tightly groups. In the middle of the group it might be 38℃, 【M9】while on the outside of the group it might be -35℃. When the penguins 【M10】on the outside get too cold, they move slowly to the inside and others take their place on the outside.1.【M1】2.【M2】3.【M3】4.【M4】5.【M5】6.【M6】7.【M7】8.【M8】9.【M9】10.【M10】Part ⅤTranslationSection A1. If your parents give you pocket money with no strings attached, I've got some bad news for you. Experts are now claiming that it may be harmful for teenagers t o get "free" pocket money. They argue that it makes them lazy and they may even end up in poverty. What's more, they say that youngsters will never learn the value of money if they don't earn it. Studies also indicate that youcan rarely expect teenagers to save their pocket money when they get it for free and often waste it on unnecessary things. However, if they have to do something in order to earn it, they usually learn to use their money wisely.Section B有些人的成功常常让周围的人大惑不解，因为他们似乎从来都不工作，或者没有长时间地工作。
全国大学生英语竞赛初赛真题考试(C类)及答案
In this section, you will heartwolong conversation. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be aone-minutepause. During the pause, read the question and thethreechoices markedA,BandC, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onthe answer sheetwith a single line through the center.
B.He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty points.
C.He finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty points.
5.How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning?
A.She’s going to make a friend inSpain.
B.She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend inSpain.
C.She’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.
(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)
Part I Listening Comprehension(30 marks)
Section A(5 marks)
全国大学生英语竞赛C类(本科生)章节习题详解(听 力)【圣才出品】
第一章听力第一节命题分析1. 考核要求全国大学生英语竞赛主要考查考生获取口头信息的能力（理解主旨大意、听懂重要事实和细节、推断隐含的意义、判断言语的交际功能、分辨说话人的观点态度等），要求学生在听完听力材料以后了解内容大意，抓住有关细节，并能进行综合归纳、推理，领会说话人的观点、态度、意图等。
2. 试题结构听力理解部分共30题，共计30分。
C类竞赛主要从四个方面来考查考生的听力理解能力：短对话、长对话、新闻、复合式听写及摘要填空。
3. 试题特点(1) 题型的出题方式较为稳定，基本可归纳为四个方面：短对话、长对话、短新闻、复合式听写及摘要填空。
需要说明的是，长对话部分在2017年开始改革，出题方式增加了判断正误题，Section D部分增加了摘要填空题。
另外需要说明的是，2018年听力部分进行了微调，短对话部分原来问题会显示在试卷上，现在改为在录音中读出，难度略有增加。
(2) 英语竞赛听力发音为标准的英音或美音，基本不会涉及方言；语速每分钟150词左右（六级水平左右）。
(3) 听力内容取材广泛，但不会涉及专业话题，基本为日常生活相关的内容，同时不乏一些社会热点，如金球奖、禽流感、奥巴马选举等。
(4) 对话及新闻部分的录音只放一遍，复合式听写和摘要填空题放两遍，听力部分相对其他题型来说，是考生失分较多的地方。
第二节技巧指南为了帮助考生进一步明确所要考查的目标，对听力内容充分分析、概括、总结，并做出正确的推理、判断，最后得出答案，下面分别讲解四种类型考题的特点及解题技巧。
◆短对话1. 试题特点（1）注重考察逻辑思维在全国大学生英语竞赛听力对话部分中，能够从对话原文中直接找到答案的题目比重较小，而那些要求参赛学生对对话内容作深刻的逻辑思维，从而判断出说话人的意图、态度或意见要求的题所占比重较大。
（2）对话内容涉及面广无论是长对话还是短对话，话题基本以衣、食、住、行等日常生活为主。
（3）对话的方式多为一问一答在短对话听力测试中，对话的方式多为问答式，首先由第一个人提出一个问题，再由第二个人予以回答。
2017-2018年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类初赛真题试及详细答案
2018 年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C 类初赛真题试及详细答案Part ⅠSection A1.Some bacteria extremely harmful, but are regularly used in producing cheeses, crackers and many other foods.A is: the othersB has been: the othersC are: othersD have been: others2.It was once a very prosperous part of the city, but now many of the businesses have moved away or gone .A bankruptcyB bankruptC bankruptedD to bankrupt3.When one is unfamiliar with the local customs, it is easy to make a .A blameB blunderC commitmentD fault4.your timely advice, I would never have known how to deal with the tough job.A But forB Except forC Not untilD Prior to5.I'd his reputation with other drug dealers and business people in the city, and then make a decision about whether or not to a loan.A account for: supportB make up for: objectC take account of: approveD wipe out: oppose6., a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.A Were other things equalB Other things to be equalC Other things being equalD To be equal to other things7.In the book The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, a valuable book was lost for years when it turned up one day, quite out of the .A blackB blueC redD white8.True patriotism putting the interests of one's country above everything, includingone's own life.A copes withB derives fromC takes inD relies on9.My father decided to make me go back to college immediately, study my lessons carefully, and .A a master's degree must attainB must attain my master's degreeC attain my master's degreeD my master's degree be attained10.Libraries have reference books you can check out a physician's educational background, training, and other credentials.A from thatB of whichC through thatD by which11.The term BRIC was first by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in a research paper, BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.A coined: in whichB invented: of itC made up: andD produced: that12.Had Dickens foreseen that his novel would cause such a disturbance, he it.A should not have writtenB would not have writtenC didn't writeD had not written13.—I'm concerned about your weight, I think you should go on a diet.——Good, then you might as well start right away.A You're so kind, but I don't have to do that.B Actually, I've been thinking about the same thing.C Definitely. What about my blood pressure then?D Oh my! You know it's such a tough job for me.14.—Let me ask you some questions about the accident you witnessed.——Thank you. When did the accident occur?A Yes, I really enjoyed it.B It's none of my business.C Sure, go ahead.D Oh, stop teasing me.15.——It should be good. I'm looking forward to taking it.A Do you like computer games?B How about cleaning the room with me?C What do you think the computer course will be like?D What are you going to do after you graduate from high school?Part ⅡClozeBeing able to multi-task is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called" Generation M" are spending a considerable amount of their time on 【C1】(fruit)efforts as they multi-task. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering away as much as half of their time again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after another.Some young people are juggling an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time as they are working, young adults are also【C2】sur the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the phone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. As some new device comes along, it too is added to the list rather than【C3】(place)one of the existing devices. Other research ha【s C4】ind that this multi-tasking is even affecting the way of families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can 【C5】longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table. All this electronic wizardry is supposedly also seriously affecting young people's performance at 【C6】uni and in the workplace. When asked about their perception of the impact of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, the overwhelming majority of young people gave a 【C7 】(favour)response. The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multi-tasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later【C8】dev of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because of the lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people【C9】ent the workforce need to be taught all over again, as they have become deskilled. While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays, in fact, too much. Praise rather than criticism is due 【C10 】respect of the way today's youth are able to cope, despite what the older generation throw at them.1.【C1】2.【C2】3.【C3】4.【C4】5.【C5】6.【C6】7.【C7】8.【C8】9.【C9】10.【C10】Part ⅢReading ComperhensionSection ALook at an atlas. How are mountains shown? Where are the highest mountains? A few mountains stand alone, such as Mount Egmont in New Zealand, and Mount Kenya in Africa. Most mountains are found in long chains called mountain ranges. The Pennines, the Cambrian Mountains, the Alps, the Andes and Rockies are examples of mountain ranges. The highest mountain range on the Earth is the Himalayas in Asia.In order to understand how mountains are formed, we need to know what the inside of the Earth is like. The Earth is made up of layers of rock. The outside layer of rock, the one we live on, is called the Earth's crust. Beneath the crust is a layer called the mantle. Near the top of the mantle, some of the rocks have melted and are a liquid, like sticky tar. Because all the rocks around it press on the mantle, the molten rock tries to force its way out. If the molten rock does find a weak spot, it bursts through the Earth's crust, forming a volcano. Some mountains were made by volcanoes. The Earth's crust is made up of large pieces, called plates, which fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Some of the plates carry continents, others carry oceans. The plates move slowly, floating on the molten rocks of the mantle below. As the plates move, theypush against each other, slowly pushing up the rocks in folds to form mountains. India used to be a long way from Asia, but gradually the plate with India on it moved closer to the plate bearing Asia. The rocks in the sea between India and Asia were pushed up in folds that now form the Himalayan mountain range. That is why it is sometimes possible to find seashells near the tops of the Himalayas. Many other mountain ranges, including the Alps, Rockies and Pen-nines , are similar great folds of rock. While some plates are pushing together, others are moving further apart. Europe and North America are slowly moving further apart. Each year the Atlantic Ocean is a few centimetres wider. As the rocks move, they often crack or break. These breaks are called faults. Sometimes, great blocks of rocks are pushed up between two faults. These blocks may be so large and high that they form mountains. Some of the highland areas of East Africa are block mountains, so are the Vosges mountains in France and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western United States. Block mountains often have flat tops. A flat-topped highland is called a plateau.Questions 56—60 Complete the following form with no more than three words according to the passage.56.57.58.59.60.Section BBy studying the notebooks, correspondence, and conversations of some of the world's great thinkers in science, art, and industry, scholars have identified the following thinking strategies that enable geniuses to generate original ideas:【B1】Sigmund Freud's analytical methods were designed to find details that didn't fit traditional paradigms in order to come up with a completely new point of view. To solve a problem creatively , you must abandon the first approach that comes to mind, which usually stems from past experience , and reconceptualize the problem. Geniuses do not merely solve existing problems: they identify new ones. 【B2 】Geniuses develop visual and spatial abilities that allow them to display information in new ways. The explosion of creativity in the Renaissance was tied to the development of graphic illustration during that period, notably the scientific diagrams of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei. Galileo revolutionized science by making his thought graphically visible while his contemporaries used more conventional means. Geniuses produce. Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents, still a record. He guaranteed a high level of productivity by giving himself idea quotas: one minor invention every ten days and a major invention every six months. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata every week even when he was sick. Wolfgang Mozart produced more than 600 pieces of music. 【B3 】Like playful children with buckets of building blocks, geniuses constantly combine and recombine ideas, images, and thoughts. The laws of heredity were developed by Gregor Mendel , who combined mathematics and biology to create a new science of genetics. 【B4 】Their facility to connect the unconnected enables geniuses to see things others miss. Da Vinci noticed the similarity between the sound of a bell and a stone hitting water-and concluded that sound travels in waves. 【B5 】Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else.That's the first principle of creative accident. We may ask ourselves why we have failed to do what we intended, which is a reasonable question. But the creative accident leads to the question: What have we done? Answering that one in a novel, unexpected way is the essential creative act. It is not luck, but creative insight of the highest order. This may be the most important lesson of all: When you find something interesting, drop everything and go with it. Too many talented people fail to make significant leaps of imagination because they've become fixated on their pre-conceived plan. Butnot the truly great minds. They don't wait for gifts of chance: they make them happen. Questions 61 —65Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. A. Geniuses make their thought visible.B. Geniuses prepare themselves for enhance.C. Geniuses make novel combinations.D. Geniuses look at problems from all angles.E. Geniuses have a really broad mind.F. Geniuses force relationships.G. Geniuses are powerful in lots of aspects.6.【B1】7.【B2】8.【B3】9.【B4】10.【B5】Section CThe Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. Here are some things you must know.There are many legends about the evolution of the festival , the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan(340—278 BC). Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin. However, he was opposed by aristocrats and later deposed and exiled by King Huai. In his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and people and composed immortal poems including Li Sao(The Lament), Tian Wen(Heavenly Questions)and Jiu Ge(Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences. In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu's capital, so he finished his last piece Huai Sha(Embracing Sand)and plunged himself into the Miluo River, clasping his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. After his death, the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him. The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body. People threw into the water zongzi(pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of realgar wine(Chinese liquor seasoned with realgar)into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. That's why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day. Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Folk tales say the game o-riginates from the activities of seeking Qu Yuan's body, but experts, after painstaking and meticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious, semi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period(475—221 BC). On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines , and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.Questions 66—70Answer the following questions according to the passage.11.When do Chinese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival every year?12.What masterpieces of Qu Yuan are mentioned in the passage?13.Why did Qu Yuan commit suicide?14.How do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival now?15.Why do parents prepare perfume pouches for their children on Dragon Boat Festival?Section DWhile baseball is often described as the national sport of the United States of America, it probably developed from an eighteenth-century English game called rounders. There were severalversions of the game until 1845, when Alexander J. Cartwright organized "a group of players to decide on one set of rules. The main change from rounders was that a runner had to be tagged or touched by a player holding the ball to be put out, rather than hit by a thrown ball. This meant that a smaller, harder ball could be used, which in turn made possible a faster, larger game. Until the mid-1860s, baseball was an amateur sport, which means that the players were not paid. The first professional team, the Cincinnati "Red Stockings" , was organized in 1869 and within two years the sport was more or less professional. Nowadays the best players can earn millions of dollars playing baseball. Professional baseball in the United States and Canada consists of two leagues and for the first half of the twentieth century there were also separate leagues for black players. The black leagues produced many excellent players but it wasn't until the 1940s, and the success of Jackie Robinson playing for the Brooklyn " Dodgers" , that black players were integrated into white major-league baseball in the United States. Baseball has had a broad impact on popular culture, both in the United States and elsewhere. Dozens of English-language idioms have been derived from baseball, for instance, the baseball meaning of " out of the ball park" is to hit a home run, but its non-baseball equivalent is to do something well or exactly as it should be done. The baseball cap has become a worldwide fashion i-tem not only in the United States, but also in countries where the sport itself is not particularly popular, such as the United Kingdom. Baseball has inspired many works of art and entertainment. One of the first major examples, Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" , appeared in 1888. There have been many baseball movies, including the Academy Award-winning The Pride of the Yankees(1942)and the Oscar nominees The Natural(1984)and Field of Dreams(1989). Literary works connected to the game include the short fiction of Ring Lardner and novels such as Robert Coover's The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. , J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Baseball's literary canon also includes the beat reportage of Damon Runyon: the columns of Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Dick Young, and Peter Gammons: and the essays of Roger Angell. Questions 71—75Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for each blank.Baseball is regarded as the national sport of the USA. Its history can be traced back to an eighteenth-century English game named【R1】. There were several versions of the game until 1845, 【R2 】one set of rules was decided on. Baseball was originally 【R3 】, but in 1869 the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was organized. For the first half of the twentieth century black players had separate leagues, bu 【t R4】began in the 1940s because of the success of Jackie Robinson. Baseball extended its glamour to many other fields, such as fashion, language, art and entertainment. Many artists and film directors got【R5】from the worldwide popular sport.16.【R1】17.【R2】18.【R3】19.【R4】20.【R5】Part ⅣError CorrectionPeople often laugh when they see penguins walking. Penguins look very funnywaddle from side to side on their short little legs. However, Adelie penguins 【M1 】can walk 200 kilometers across the Antarctic sea ice to the place they lay 【M2】their eggs.Penguins are such good swimmers so early explorers thought they were 【M3 】fish. They use their flippers 'fly' through the water as other birds use their 【M4】wings to fly through the air. Emperor penguins, the big penguins, 【M5 】can go as fast as 50 kilometers an hour. If Adelie penguin is swimming 【M6】quickly, it can jump 2 meters out of the water. They do this before they are 【M7 】being chased by leopard seals, which like to eat them.Emperor penguins can hold its breath underwater for twenty minutes. 【M8 】This means they can divevery deep to hunt for food. The deepest dive scientists know about is 458 meters. That's nearly half a kilometer!When the male emperor penguins are looking after eggs, they join together in tightly groups. In the middle of the group it might be 38℃, 【M9】while on the outside of the group it might be -35℃. When the penguins 【M10】on the outside get too cold, they move slowly to the inside and others take their place on the outside.1.【M1】2.【M2】3.【M3】4.【M4】5.【M5】6.【M6】7.【M7】8.【M8】9.【M9】10.【M10】Part ⅤTranslationSection A1. If your parents give you pocket money with no strings attached, I've got some bad news for you. Experts are now claiming that it may be harmful for teenagers to get "free" pocket money. They argue that it makes them lazy and they may even end up in poverty. What's more, they say that youngsters will never learn the value of money if they don't earn it. Studies also indicate that you can rarely expect teenagers to save their pocket money when they get it for free and often waste it on unnecessary things. However, if they have to do something in order to earn it, they usually learn to use their money wisely.Section B有些人的成功常常让周围的人大惑不解，因为他们似乎从来都不工作，或者没有长时间地工作。
2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集
2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总2004年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛听力录音原文及参考答案Part I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes, 30 points)Section A Dialogues (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short dialogues. At the end of each dialogue, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the dialogue and the question will be read only once. After each question,there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. W: Hi, I’d like to send this package by express mail to San Francisco and I would like to buy a sheet of stamps, please.M: Here are your stamps, and just put the package on the scale.Q: Where did the conversation take place? (D)2. M: I’m going out to lunch. Do you need anything while I’m out?W: Yes, if you pass a convenience store, get me some chocolate—a Snickers bar, please.Q: What do you learn from this conversation? (B)3. W: If we go by car, how do we cross the river?M: There’s a ferry that will take your car. There’s even one for trains.Q: How will they cross the river? (D)4. W: I heard that the mayor is closing the cheese factory.M: Yes, but it is only temporary.W: Oh, I’m surprised. I thought it was going to shut down for good.Q: Why was the woman surprised? (C)5. M: I spilled tomato juice on my new white shirt. Do you think it will come out?W: That’s too bad. Leave it there and I’ll see what I can do.Q: What is the man’s problem?(B)6. W: I’m going to lunch with my bowling instructor.M: What about the committee meeting?W: Don’t worry. I’ll be back at the office before then.Q: Where is the woman probably going now? (C)7. M: How long have you had this problem with your shoulder?W: It started last week after my skiing accident.M: Let’s try some tests to determine the nature of the injury.Q: What is the man going to do? (B)8. W: Are you having a good time?M: Sure. Thanks again for inviting me.W: No problem. I just wish more people could have come.Q: How does the woman feel? (C)9. M: We finally made it, Mary! 2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集 原创第2 页共33 页W: I can’t believe graduation is tonight.M: Can you come to my graduation party?W: Sure, after I finish the family celebration.M: I want to be sure we get pictures of us together.W: In our caps and gowns!Q: When will the woman go to the man’s graduation party? (A)10. M: Hi, did you pass your geography exam?W: Yeah, I did quite well in fact, I got 76%.M: Oh,well done! So they gave you a per cent? I thought they gave grades.W: Yeah, they gave both. Mine was an “A”. So how about you?M: Well, we don’t have exams.We have continuous assessment, so you just have to docoursework, and you get a mark for each essay.Q: How does the school evaluate the man’s progress in geography? (A)Section B News Items (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question,there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter onthe Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. Tens of thousands of health workers will go house to house over the next three days in aneffort to immunise 63 million children under the age of five in sub-Saharan Africa. The campaignis the start of monthly national immunisation days during the low season for polio. It’s hoped that vaccinating children now—when the virus is at its weakest—will be the best way of stopping transmission.Question:How old are the children to be immunised?(B)12. Amid pomp and ceremony, China launched the 2008 Olympics. Together with a Chinese counterpart, the president of the International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, used a giant golden key to symbolically open what he called the most important market in the world. In his speech, he emphasised the power of the Olympic brand in China’s emerging market. Question:What does the giant golden key symbolize?(C)13. Microsoft tries to keep the code for its Windows operating system a closely guarded secret. It’s the equivalent of computer DNA and the firm fears if it falls into the wrong hands it could be used to infiltrate millions of computers worldwide. More than 90 percent of the world’s PCs run Windows.Question:What action does Microsoft intend to take?(A)14. Before he set off in November, there were fears that Francis Joyon would be unable to control his huge boat, named IDEC. With its three hulls slicing through the water and a massive rotating mast that reached 30 metres into the sky, the boat was built in 1986 for a crew of ten. It was fearedthat such a boat would be too powerful for one man in the rough seas of the Southern Ocean. Question:How many people can the boat carry?(B)15. Over timescales of thousands of years, the Earth goes through a natural cycle of warmer and colder periods, driven by changes in heat coming from the Sun. Professor William Ruddiman from the University of Virginia has now calculated that if the Earth had followed its natural cycle overthe last ten thousand years, it ought to have got steadily colder. It hasn’t,because, he believes, human activities have been keeping the temperature steady. 2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集 原创第3 页共33 页Question:Has the Earth got steadily colder over the last ten thousand years?(A) 16. Inequality of health care is still paramount, says the WHO’s latest report. Industrialised countries account for less than 20 percent of the world’s population but take 90 percent of health spending. In Japan more than 500 dollars is spent on drugs per person per year. This compares to just three dollars in Sierra Leone. Only slightly more is spent in many sub-Saharan countries. Question: How much do many sub-Saharan countries spend on drugs per person per year?(B)17. The Iraqi dinar has risen a third or so in value against the dollar since the new banknotes began to circulate. One factor has been the gradual pick up of the Iraqi economy after the devastation of the war. There are simply more transactions taking place, which has supported the value of the currency. And it seems Iraqis trust the new dinar banknotes more than they did the old ones, which featured pictures of Saddam Hussein.Question:Why did the Iraqi new dinar rise in value?(C)18. The list of countries known to have the relatively new and deadly strain of bird flu is rapidly growing. The focus now is on Indonesia where tests will soon confirm whether or not the bird flu which killed several million chickens there is the often fatal H5N1, already confirmed in 5 other countries in the region. Reports of an outbreak in Laos are also being investigated.Question:What is the number of countries mentioned in this news report?(C)19. An unhealthy diet together with little exercise and smoking are the key preventable risks ofnon-communicable diseases and it’s estimated that low fruit and vegetable intake alone causes more than two and a half million deaths each year.Question:What causes more than two and a half million deaths each year?(A)20. Around Europe interest rates are at their lowest levels in half a century. But businesses are pressing for even cheaper borrowing costs amid signs of continued economic weakness.A big drop in German manufacturing announced earlier this week is cited as evidence that Europe’s most important economy may even be sliding into recession. And the rise of the euro to a four-year high against the dollar in currency dealing is a major worry for many European exporters.Question:What is the key problem for European exporters?(A)Section C Passages (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 5 questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneThe world of music will never be the same since the formation of a band in Liverpool, England in 1956. The Beatles were formed by George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul Mc-Cartney, and John Lennon. Their first hit song Love Me Do was recorded in 1962. The Beatles quickly became the world’s best-known pop music group and many people today still regard them as the finest band in the history of pop music.Lennon and McCartney were the authors of most of the songs the group recorded. Harrison also wrote songs, often using ideas from Indian music. The drummer of the group was the famousRingo Starr and he occasionally sang. For six years the Beatles had hit after hit song. Twenty-eightof their songs were on the Top Twenty record charts and seventeen of these songs reached number one on the charts. 2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集 原创第4 页共33 页The group also had a successful movie career. The comedies A Hard Day’s Night and YellowSubmarine became very successful movies. People imitated their long hairstyles, clothing, and humor. Almost all later pop bands learned from the Beatles. Beatlemania is the word used to describe how strong and loyal the fans were.Questions 21 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard:21. What kind of music did the Beatles play?(D)22. What did many people copy from the Beatles?(D)23. Where were the members of the Beatles group from?(B)24. Which of the following is NOT true?(C)25. How many of the Beatles’songs reached number one on the record charts?(A)Passage TwoHave you ever wondered where these cute little teddy bears came from? They were named for President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.President Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi when members of the hunting partycaught a black bear and tied him to a tree. President Roosevelt was called to the area to shoot the bear, which he refused to do and said it was unsportsmanlike and showed poor manners.The Washington Post newspaper ran a cartoon showing the President refusing to shoot the bearand people all over America saw the cartoon.Morris Michtom, a shopkeeper in Brooklyn, New York, placed two toy bears in the window of his shop. Mr. Michtom requested permission from the President to call them “Teddy Bears”as Teddy is the nickname for Theodore Roosevelt. The sweet little bears with shiny button eyes were adelight with children everywhere. The Teddy Bears were made by Mr. Michtom’s wife. Mr. Michtom formed a new business called the Ideal Novelty and Toy Corporation.Today, Teddy Bears are treasured toys of children all over the world. They are also collected by people and many are displayed in museums. Teddy Bears are sold by many companies and youcan find them in almost any toy store, dressed in costumes or with a ribbon around the neck.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard:26. Why did President Roosevelt refuse to shoot the bear?(C)27. Why did Mr. Michtom ask for the President’s permission to call the toy bears “Teddy Bears”?(A)28. Which of the following is NOT true?(D)29. How many Teddy Bears were made by Mrs. Mitchtom and placed in the window of their shop?(C)30. What did Mr. Mitchtom do after he sold the Teddy Bears in 1902?(D)Part II V ocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 20 points)Section A Multiple Choice (10 points)31. A 32. D 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. CSection B Cloze-Test (10 points)41. B 42. A 43. A 44. B 45. A 46. B 47. C 48. D 49. D 50. APart III Word Guessing and IQ Test (5 minutes, 10 points)Section A Word Guessing (5 points)51. B 52. B 53. D 54. C 55. BSection B IQ Test (5 points)56. C 57. A 58. B 59. A 60. A 2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集 原创第5 页共33 页Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes,30 points)61. trays62. To preserve their colours. (or: To prevent darkening.)63. In hot-air chambers.64. dried separately and then mixed65. climbers, explorers, soldiers66. Because it takes so little time to cook them.67. The travails of comics connoisseur Harvey Pekar.68. original screenplay69. Los Angeles, New York70. Encouraged and excited.71. Bend It Like Beckham, Dirty Pretty Things, In America, The Station Agent. ( Any three of them.)72. 15.73. modern advances in surgery74. the stomach or one lung75. 20%76. The body’s tendency to reject alien tissues.77. No, it has yet to become a reality.78. your illness may be curable79. tripled80. Leeds81. Manchester82. Married women, those unmarried with partners83. “Sindies”, women in their 40s84. The sales have reached a new high, with regional variations.85. Dress, way of speaking, area of residence education and manners. (Any three of them.)86. Rulers, administrators, freemen and slaves.87. politically88. recurrent89. resident foreigners90. The rise of the burghers.Part V Error Correction (5 minutes,10 points)91. non-smoke→non-smoking92. also ∧smoked→be93. smoke→smokeless / non-smoking94. banned→banning95. to→from96. down→up97. has→has98. √99. economical→economic100. employee→employeesPart VI Translation (10 minutes, 20 points) 2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集 原创第6 页共33 页Section A English-Chinese Translation(10 points)101. 即它必须在价格或质量或服务方面具有竞争力,并且还应具有能够吸引人们购买的“个性特点”。
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2018 National English Competition for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)参考答案及作文评分标准Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1―5 CBADBSection B6―10 TFTFT 11―15 CDBCCSection C16―20 DADDCSection DDictation21. off the coast 22. tiny animals 23. lots of light 24. colours and patterns 25. not allowed to Summary26. abandoned 27. subway system 28. being renovated 29. Brooklyn Bridge Station 30. significance Part II Vocabulary & Grammar31―35 DABDB 36―40 CAABC 41―45 ACBCAPart III Cloze46. ingredient47. up48. whereas/while 49. intelligence50. By51. pessimists52. at53. exception 54. encourages55. resignationPart IV Reading ComprehensionSection A56. landscapes 57. began to emerge 58. birth of impressionism 59. portraits60. beautiful background scenerySection B61―65 EADGBSection C66.They work hard and have many things to do.67.They make the wax inside their bodies and squeeze it out from glands in their bellies.68.To store it as food for the time when they cannot visit flowers.69.Female worker bees.70.Guard bees will not let her in the hive and soon she dies.Section D71.social reasons 72. interacting with 73. cheap entertainment 74. the participants 75. expandPart V TranslationSection A76.北京大学是一所综合性国立重点大学，其校园，世称“燕园”，坐落在北京西郊海淀区，总面积2,743,532 平方米，与圆明园和颐和园相毗临。
北京大学在重要科学领域开展研究，并有效地将其与国家社会主义现代化所需的高精专人才培养相结合，不仅致力于教学和研究工作的改进，也注重于推动多种学科间的交流。
Section B77.Consciousness, a wonderful ability to reflect, ponder and choose, is mankind 蒺s greatest evolutionaryachievement.78.Fortunately, humans also have the ability to perform tasks without any conscious thought at all.79.Of course there is a dark side to habits, for instance, we may acquire some bad habits, like smoking,overdrinking or overeating.80.In order to write the book, Duhigg read hundreds of scientific papers and interviewed many of thescientists who wrote them.81.He also suggests that by understanding the nature of habits we can influence group behaviours, turncompanies into profit makers and ensure the success of our cause.Part VI Error CorrectionQuotations and sayings are part of our language and our ways of life. 82. wayAs the poet Emerson said, we use them by necessary, to remind 83. necessityourselves to look before leap or avoid cross our bridges before we 84. crossingcome to them. We use them by habit, often夷realizing we are doing 85. notso, and we all love to use an apt quotation to enliven conversation 86. 姨or score a point in夷argument. This booklet contains over a thousand 87. anquotations, proverbs and saying. Together, they offer a great deal of 88. sayingsinformation, advice, amusement and comfort.Emerson wrote‘I hate quotations’so it is doubtful that he would havebeen used this book―but we hope that you will. Whether you use it to 89. beenimprove your knowledges, to enrichyour own speech or simply for 90. knowledgeidle reading in your spare time, it will put you in touch of some of 91. withthe cleverest minds of the past and present.Part VII IQ Test92.路遥知马力，日久见人心。
93.It has three vowels.（Ireland 一词中包含三个元音。
）94.lighter.（我的打火机比我的钱包轻。
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2018 National English Competitionfor College Students(Level C - Preliminary)听力录音原文Part I Listening ComprehensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, one question will be asked, and you have fifteen seconds to read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet witha single line through the centre.1.M: Hi, Annie. I want to thank you for teaching me how to make a homepage. Without your help, I couldhave failed in the computer course again.W: Oh, it was my pleasure. So, you passed the course?M: Yes, I got an A!W: Ah, good for you! Congratulations!Question: What did Annie do for the man?2.M: When you quit smoking you have to change your lifestyle. I had to stop drinking too much beer,because when I drank, it made me want to smoke. I started eating more fruit and vegetable and I cut down on red meat.W: Yeah, that makes sense. Change your diet...change your lifestyle...start a new you!M: So far the toughest time is when I 蒺m hanging out with friends in clubs, bars or KTVs. And ...the doctor told me to keep my mouth and hands busy!Question: Why does the man change his lifestyle?3.W: Mr. Johnson, I believe I know what the problem is. It seems one of our staff confused your order withanother client 蒺s canceled order. We deeply regret this error and I will have your items shipped out to you today by express mail at no added charge to you. You should receive your software within 24 hours. M: Well, thank you. I appreciate your prompt service.W: Also in accordance with our compensation policy, we will only charge you for half of the original order.I hope these measures are satisfactory.Question: What may take place after this conversation?4.M: Oh, man ... I蒺m not looking forward to this upcoming trip to Europe.W: But Europe is amazing! You 蒺re going to Frankfurt, right? I 蒺ve been there twice ... it 蒺s a delightful city!You蒺ll love it!M: Oh I蒺m sure I蒺ll like it when I get there .... that is, if I get there. I 蒺m terrified of flying!Question: Why does the man worry about the upcoming trip?5.W: Hey, George, take a look at this article. It says several major airlines are considering allowing people touse their cell phones while in the air.M: Oh no, really? That 蒺s one of the worst ideas I 蒺ve ever heard. A plane is now one of the few places whereI don蒺t have to hear people chatting on cell phones. I really enjoy the peace and quiet.Question: What does George hate according to the conversation?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 one- m inute pause. During the pause, read the questions and mark your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneListen to the conversation, mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to what you hear. W: Hello, I 蒺m Sarah Forbes. I 蒺m visiting the Advanced Engineering Centre in Malaysia. You must beProfessor Robinson.M: Hello! Welcome to the Solar-Hydrogen Eco-house!W: So this is it ... I must say, it 蒺s a very interesting-looking house.M: Yes, it 蒺s the house of the future, but when we designed it, we used a traditional Malaysian house design as well as modern technology.W: If you could explain how it works, I 蒺m sure our listeners will be very interested.M: Sure. This is the first house in the world to run on hydrogen.W: Oh! What 蒺re those things up there on the roof?M: They 蒺re solar panels. When the sunlight hits them, the sun 蒺s energy is converted into electricity.W: Wonderful. And what happens if it rains?M: We collect the rainwater. It runs down that pipe into a big water tank in the garden. Then we use the electricity we make from the sun to convert the water into hydrogen and oxygen.W: Brilliant! You can make oxygen as well?M: Yes, but it蒺s the hydrogen that we want. We keep it in a tank outside the house.W: Why? Is it dangerous?M: No, actually it蒺s quite safe. Come and see the hydrogen gas tank. If you come this way, OK, ah...here it is.And that 蒺s the gas pipe that takes the hydrogen into the house.W: What do you use the hydrogen for?M: To power everything in the house―the cooking stove, the hot water.W: That蒺s pretty good.Conversation TwoListen to the conversation, and choose the answer according to what you hear.W:W e ll,goo d m o rnin g ag ain, eve r y one,and w e l com e to“P erspecti v es”,the w eek l y N e w S ou th W a l es R ad ioprogramme on subjects of general interest from our local area. Today I have in the studio Mr. GeorgeSymonds. Good morning, George.M: Good morning, Anne.W: So, what are you going to talk to us about today, George?M: Well, for people from New South Wales and particularly Sydney, this will be of great interest —I hope.I 蒺m going to tell you a little about Sydney Harbour Bridge.W: Wow! That 蒺ll be so interesting.M: I think so. To start with, I 蒺d like to tell you a little about the size of the bridge. The arch span is 503 metres and the weight of the steel arch is 39,000 tons. The summit is 134m above mean sea level, though it can actually increase by as much as 18cm on hot days as the result of steel expanding in heat. The two pairs of pylons at each end are about 89 metres high and are made of concrete and granite. The steel used for the bridge was largely imported. About 79% came from the United Kingdom but the rest was Australian-made. The granite was quarried in Moruya down the coast, and the concrete is also Australian. W: So, most of the steel used to make our great bridge actually came from England?M: Yes, I 蒺m afraid so. However, the workforce were all Australian!W: Thank God for that. When was the bridge actually built?M: The bridge was opened in 1932 but work first began in 1924, with the construction of the bridge approaches and spans, with two separate teams building the arch on each side working towards each other.The arch was successfully joined on August 19, 1930. I 蒺m afraid that working practices weren 蒺t very fair in those days and the local government demolished 438 homes which were in the way of the approaches, and as many as 800 families living there were displaced without compensation. The standards of industrial safety were inadequate too. 16 workers died during its construction, mainly from falling off the bridge.W: I didn 蒺t realise that.M: It 蒺s true. The bridge was formally opened on the 19th March 1932 by the Premier of New South Wales, Mr.Jack Lang. When it was opened, it was the longest single span steel arch bridge in the world and one of the greatest engineering masterpieces of its time. Several songs were also composed in advance for the occasion but these have now been largely lost or forgotten. However, three postage stamps were issued to commemmorate the opening of the bridge and these still exist. One of these stamps, with a face value of five shillings, is now worth several hundred dollars.Section CIn this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a fifteen- second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16.The forests in eastern Zimbabwe supply the country with wood and most of its fresh fruit. But the removalof large numbers of trees and use of fire to clear land have caused a lot of damage to the area. Officials say Zimbabwe lost more than 1.5 million hectares of forest in 2016. This is mostly because of local communities cutting the trees for firewood or setting fires in forested areas to make hunting easier.17.With high inflation and food shortages across Russia, some Russians are growing their own vegetables. Thecountry蒺s struggling economy has kept food prices rising and put millions of people in poverty. In the former Soviet Union, Russians who lived in traditional country homes –called dachas –often grew their own food. Today, many Russian families –including some in cities - are again growing food to deal with the hard economic times.18.American scientists announced this week that genetically engineered food is generally safe for humans andthe environment. They found that changing the genetics of what we eat does not carry the health risks that opponents claim. The Associated Press noted that the growth of genetically engineered crops has yet to lead to a jump in food production, as supporters claimed. The report did not find any conclusive evidence of environmental problems from such crops.19.More than 700 million people worldwide have trouble getting clean, safe water. That number comes fromthe Water Project, a non-profit group. It estimates that one in nine people does not have access to safe and clean drinking water. Governments, non-governmental organizations and charities sent representatives to Stockholm, Sweden, earlier this month for World Water Week activities. The subject for this year 蒺s water week campaign was“water and waste, reduce and reuse.”20.Several recent studies examined how machine automation and artificial intelligence will change the futureof work. Some estimates predict these technologies could displace up to 30 percent of workers worldwide by 2030. One study predicted about 38 percent of American jobs could be at high risk due to automation by the early 2030s. In Germany, up to 35 percent of jobs could be at risk. About 30 percent could be affected in Britain and 21 percent in Japan.Section DIn this section, you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. A f ter each passage, there will be a thirty- second pause. During the pause, write the answers on the answer sheet.DictationListen to the passage. For questions 21-25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It is off the coast of Queensland, in north-eastern Australia, and it is 2,000 kilometres long. The Great Barrier Reef is not just one reef. It is almost 3,000 reefs and islands!The Reef is a beautiful place. Some people describe it as an underwater garden. The corals that form the reef are very colourful. Some of them look like plants, but they are not plants. They are made of thousands of tiny animals that are joined together. Corals can only live in warm, clean sea water with lots of light. They feed at night, taking food from the water as it goes past.Even more colourful than the corals are the fish that live in the Reef. Some are one or two bright colours, like blue or yellow. Others have three or more colours, such as blue, green and pink. Some have stripes and some have spots. One fish is white, black and yellow with red spots. The colours and patterns on some fish change as they grow.The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia 蒺s most popular vacation places. More than 2 million people visit the Reef each year, so it has to be looked after very carefully. In many places people are not allowed tofish. Luckily, the fish and other animals on the Reef are so interesting that most people are happy just to look at them.SummaryListen to the passage. For questions 26 -30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.City Hall Station, an abandoned station of the New York Rapid Transit subway, was originally the last stop at the southern end of the subway 蒺s interborough line. The station opened in 1904, and was designed to be the most impressive station of the city 蒺s new subway system.City Hall Station remained in use until 1945, when the station had to be closed due to certain changes in the city 蒺s subway system. As more and more passengers started to travel by subway, it became necessary to add more cars to subway trains. This meant that subway platforms needed to be extended to fit the longer trains. However, City Hall Station was originally built with a short, curved platform, making renovations to the station difficult. Rather than trying to rebuild it, officials chose to abandon it in favor of a nearby station, the Brooklyn Bridge Station. Apart from being easier to renovate, the Brooklyn Bridge Station was used by more passengers each day than City Hall Station. In its final year, City Hall Station was used by only six hundred passengers a day, a very small number for New York City. Thus, City Hall became a ‘ghost 蒺station on the New York subway line, a modern underground ruin. Today, one subway line, the Number 6 train, still passes through City Hall Station on its way north, but it does not stop.In 1998, the New York Transit Museum reopened City Hall Station for tourists. Due to the historic significance and beauty of this station, the New York Transit Museum schedules special tours of the station several times each year.This is the end of the listening part. Please transfer your answers to the answer sheet.。