大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语初赛真题2013年
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语真题2013年Part I Listening ComperhensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1、Where does the dialogue probably take place?A. On a train.B. In a restaurant.C. In a gym.2、What are the speakers talking about?A. Where to have their meal.B. How to make people intelligent.C. The disadvantage of watching TV.3、What was the woman probably doing when she hurt herself?A. She was cooking.B. She was bathing.C. She was reading.4、What did the man mention about the briefcase?A. The price.B. The shape.C. The color.5、Why did the man get divorced according to the woman?A. He was bad-tempered all the time.B. He didn't help take care of the baby.C. He spent too much time in the pub.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-minute pause. During the pause, read the questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation One6、Why is it very difficult for the woman to get the time off?A. She is supposed to attend an important meeting.B. She has been arranged for an interview.C. There are not enough teachers in her school.7、Why does the woman ask the man to get off at the golf course?A. They are going to play golf together.B. The pathway is too rough for the taxis to go.C. It is nearest to her home.8、Who will the man come with?A. His dad.B. His friend.C. His child.Conversation Two9、What is this conversation about?A. Travel agencies.B. Space tours.C. Holiday plans.10、What is being planned for tourism in the beginning phase of the next ten years?A. Trips to the moon.B. Trips in the moon's orbit.C. Trips within the earth's orbit.11、What is said about the training?A. It takes a couple of days.B. Only children need some training.C. It's unnecessary.12、Who will be the potential tourists?A. The general public.B. Those wanting rest and recreation.C. Risk-takers.13、Which statement below is correct?A. A few minutes is enough for tourists because of weightlessness.B. The cost for the trip is acceptable to the general public.C. The duration of the trip is expected to be increased.14、What is said about moon tours?A. They will be the first tours that get out of the earth's orbit.B. The number of tourists will be reduced.C. They are less dangerous than traveling to Mars.15、What does the man say people could do on the moon?A. Build hotels.B. Do space-walking.C. Prepare for trips to Mars.Section CIn this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16、What measure is mentioned in the news?A. Consolidating buildings.B. Implementing a curfew in cities.C. Storing food and water.17、How did the police find the files?A. The police found them after raiding the man's home.B. The man lost some of the files during the duplication.C. The man handed them in.18、How much did Google approximately earn in the same period last year?A. ＄2bnB. ＄2.2bnC. ＄2.5bn19、What is the purpose of the report?A. To prepare for the construction of nuclear plants in Europe.B. To deal with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.C. To test European nuclear power plants' reaction to emergencies.20、Why is Nepal in crisis?A. The politicians didn't reach any agreement on the new constitution.B. The new election won't be held until six months later.C. The ethnic conflicts are spreading.Section DIn this section, you will hear a radio talk. The talk will be read only once. For questions, complete the notes which summarize what the speaker says. You will need to write a word or a short phrase. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Speaker: chairman of the Carocan Group-a 21Topic: How to achieve successObstacles for success:· Fear of 22 (the 23 one to deal with)Analysis: It can be both a 24 . In fact daring not to take opportunities discloses your 25 about your ability to succeed.Suggestion: Admit your fear and meet it 26· Fear of 27Analysis: It is in fact the fear of 28Suggestion : 29Conclusion: In order to succeed, you need to 30 opportunities.Part ⅡVocabulary and StructureThere are fifteen incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31、Katie's parents never see her as the mothering type but when her son was born she took to it like a ______ to water.A. shrimpB. horseC. duckD. dog32、He has struggled for weeks inside his heart since the offer of a place at a good university is not to be ______ at.A. coughedB. sneezedC. laughedD. rejected33、When a professor gives students ______ instructions, the instructions are generally easily understood.A. clear-cutB. blurryC. marginalD. ambiguous34、After years of neglect there was a huge ______ programme to return the city to its former glory.A. refurbishmentB. restorationC. conservationD. preservation35、More recently, green tea has also been ______ added to the list of youth-promoting substances as it contains rich Vitamin.A. coincidentallyB. supposedlyC. surprisinglyD. tentatively36、Our landlord tried to ______ all the cockroaehes in our building, but they came back the next year.A. removeB. deportC. expediteD. eradicate37、Mariko believed everything she read on the Web, so she was ______ by the hoax the TV Station played on April Fool's Day.A. taken outB. taken inC. taken offD. taken on38、There is a lobby of people who insist that it's justifiable and necessary to carry out these animal experiments ______ science.A. leading toB. relating withC. in touch withD. in the name of39、A drum is a percussion instrument made by ______ a skin or other material over one or both ends of a hollow container.A. compressingB. strengtheningC. lengtheningD. stretching40、Britain's gold and currency reserves ______ ￡15,977 million, and this year they have repaid foreign loans to the value of ￡3,500 million.A. equal toB. amounted toC. calculated atD. targeted at41、The film was initially a box-office disaster but quickly gained ______ status, and the actress has been well-known ever since.A. cultB. humbleC. vulgarD. feeble42、______ , but seats are proffered, doors smilingly held open for pram-pushing mothers and tables miraculously appear in crowded restaurants.A. Not only are they not shunnedB. They are not only shunnedC. Though they are not shunnedD. Despite they not being shunned43、Selina: Do you think Tim takes after his dad?Tom: Well, he does, in some ways.Selina: How?Tom: Well, I mean, they're both very stubborn, aren't they?Selina: That's for sure.A. It's not taken for granted.B. Nothing serious.C. It runs in the family.D. It's hard to say.44、Assistant: Wadley's Garage called this morning. They said your new car wasn't ready.Manager: Oh, no... ______Assistant: They said there was a strike at the factory yesterday.Manager: Again?A. You sold it?B. why on earth not?C. I suppose not.D. I've been there.45、Manager: What have you got?Assistant: We've got the files up to 2010, but all those after 2010 have not been found.Manager: ______ It won't take long to sort the rest out.A. That's a relief!B. Bad news!C. Who knows?D. Let it go.Part ⅢClozeRead the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways : according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letter(s) of the word.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.A top racehorse was brought down at Royal Ascot with a shot from a high-tech sound gun, a court was told yesterday. The gun was built into a pair of binoculars and fired from the crowd as the horse was 46 sight of certain victory. The "technically brilliant" ultra-sonic device 47 could not be heard by people-was devised by a back-street inventor. It was to be used with potentially devastating effect in a secret plan "to destroy the entire system of race-course betting and bookmaking in this country," defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg told Southwark Crown Court in London. He said it had the potential to make a fortune in bets 48 the favourite because it made sure that the horse would lose.It was used last year to unseat the leading jockey Greville Starkey from Ile de Chypre just before the end of the King George V Handicap, which it 49 (doubt) would have won, he said. The astonishing story was told by the defence during a trial in which the inventor of the g 50 , James Laming, denies drug conspiracy charges. It came to light because of his "alleged connections with a drug baron who wanted to use the gun to help him win large bets. The inventor is a49-year-old grandfather and south London car dealer who lives with his mother-in-law in a terraced house. He told the court that he got all the inf 51 on uhra-sonics for the gun from the Encyclopaedia Britannica and tested it on horses in fields.The gun was made from a pair of race binoculars. Showing them to the jury, Mr Goldberg said: "This device subjected a passing racehorse to a sudden and 52 (deaf) noise which we human beings cannot hear at all. It is the equivalent in suddenness to letting a loud firework exp 53 in its ears. "The noise would be "a horrible ear-piercing shriek" like the feedback from a microphone. Because racehorses were sensitive and temperamental it would have the ef 54 of making the horse swerve and unseat the rider."It left no evidence of its use and no permanent disability for the animal," he said.The plan was to use the gun for horse races and possibly for greyhound races. Mr Goldberg said: "He would fireit 55 the favourite or second favourite in a race. ""These criminals, of course, were in a unique position to ensure that the horse lost. "Part ⅣReading ComperhensionRead the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section AI want to talk about the economy, not the one we hear about endlessly in the news each day and in politicians' speeches, but the one we live in day by day. It's where most of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, and purchasing the necessities of life.The term "economic expansion" suggests something desirable and benevolent, but expansion simply means spending more money.More spending doesn't mean that life is getting better. More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption. Unless money keeps circulating, the economy collapses. If we don't keep consuming, then manufacturers and retailers go out of business.As a leading economist put it, consumer societies are "in need of need". We don't need the things the economy produces as much as the economy needs our sense of need for things. Need is the miracle that keeps the engines of expansion turning relentlessly. In economics, there is no concept of enough. It is a hunger that cannot be satisfied.There is so much craziness in the world. There is an American company that manufactures a range of food with a high fat content. This causes obesity and high blood pressure. By coincidence, the same company also makes products that help people who are trying to diet. Not only that, it even produces pills for those with high blood pressure.Nearly all of my mail consists of bills, banks trying to lend me money, catalogues trying to make me spend it, and charity appeals for the losers in this ecstasy of consumption-the homeless, the refugees, the exploited, the starving. Why is it possible to buy strawberries from Ecuador and green beans from Kenya when these countries can hardly feed their own people? It is because there are cash crops, and the countries need the money to serviee their debts. Notice that servicing a debt does not mean paying it off. It means just paying the interest. Western banks make vast profits from third world debt.We buy clothes that are manufactured in sweat shops By virtual slaves in poor parts of the world. We create mountains of waste. We demand cheap food, mindless of the fact that it is totally devoid of taste and is produced using chemicals thatpoison the land. We insist on our right to drive our own car wherever we want to go.The evil of the consumption culture is the way it makes us oblivious to the impact of our own behavior. Our main problem is not that we don't know what to do about it. It is mustering the desire to do it.QuestionsComplete the following sentences with information given in the passage, using a maximum of four words for each sentence.56、At the beginning of the passage, the author states that there are ______ kinds of economy and he will talk about the one related to the majority of people.57、According to the passage, ______ serve as the foundation of the whole economic system.58、Economists believe that the economy struggles to keep people feel like they are always ______.59、The reason poor countries like Ecuador and Kenya export their crops is to get money to ______.60、The aim of this passage is to make people recognize the ______ and thus be free to make their own choices in the consumption culture.Section BFor more than a mile, the desert in southern Peru has a curious ruler-straight and tack-sharp design made by rocks. The wandering mule paths that cross it only emphasize its precision.Throughout hundreds of square miles of arid plateau, other such. markings around, most of them concentrated between the towns of Nazca and Palpa. Known as the Nazca Lines, they form a geometric melange of quardrangles, triangles, and trapezoids. The markings also form spirals and flowers, narrow lines that extend more than five miles, and a desert zoo of giant creatures-birds, reptiles, whales, a monkey, and a spider-all made by stones whose patterns can only be seen from the air.Because some of the figures resemble the ones that decorate Nazca pottery, archaeologists attribute the lines to the Nazcas, a coastal people whose culture rose, flourished, and declined between 100 B.C. and A. D. 700.Making the patterns must have been extremely time-consuming. The Nazcas must have cleared millions of rocks to expose the lighter ground beneath them, piled the rocks in rows, and created designs that, in this nearly rainless region, can last thousands of years.But why did they construct them? Nobody really knows. There have been many guesses. Some say that they were prehistoric roads, or farms. Others say they were signals or offerings to celestial beings. It has also been suggested that they constitute a giant astronomical calendar, an almanac for farmers who wished to predict the return of water to valley streams. One study did ascertain that some of the lines point to solstice positions of the sun and moon in ancient times, as well as to the rising and setting points on the horizon of some of the bright stars. But none of the theories have proven to be correct.And so the mystery remains, including the most tantalizing question of all: why did the Nazcas create immense designs that they themselves could never see, designs that people nowadays can only see from the air?One person who worked to find out the answer was Maria Reiche. For over forty years she photographed and charted "las lineas", striving to complete a map of the hundreds of designs and figures of this area, which is some thirty miles long and threaded by the Pan American highway.This determined German-born mathematician slept on a camp cot behind her car on the rocky, grassless Peruvian "pampa", and even when she was elderly, got up before daylight to conduct her research.She scorned the suggestion that the markings may have been airfields for outer-space visitors to earth during prehistoric times. "Once you remove the stones, the ground is quite soft," she said. "I'm afraid the spacemen would have gotten stuck. "Although Maria Reiche was not able to find the answer, she crusaded to preserve the patterns so that others following her might have a chance to do so.QuestionsAnswer the following questions with the information given in the passage in a maximum of fifteen words for each question.61、Why do people name the patterns the Nazca Lines?62、Are there any definite reasons for the construction of Nazca Lines? If not, w hat does the author offer?63、Could those who built the Nazca Lines see the patterns? If not, how can people now see them?64、Did Maria Reiche believe the Nazca Lines have something to do with outer-space visitors? What was her reason?65、What's Reiche's contribution about the mystery of the Nazca Lines even though she had not solved it herself? Section CIn the past, most cities usually were the natural outgrowth of villages and towns that happened to prosper. Rome started out as a small village, as did Athens, Paris, London and New York. Of course, there were exceptions to this general rule. In ancient times, Alexandria in Egypt, and Saint Petersburg, were both planned cities. But for the most part, cities throughout history were not the products of deliberate thought.Today the reverse is true. Many nations, alarmed by the urban sprawl that has been gobbling up farmland and open countryside, and appalled by the staggering urban problems in the central cities, have begun building new cities that are specifically designed to meet modern needs.Britain has long been a pioneer in planning new cities. As the first nation to become industrialized and urbanized, it faced traffic, slums and pollution long before anyone else. In1898 an Englishman, Sir Ebenezer Howard, published a book called To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform, in which he advocated a new form of urban growth and organization : the "garden city". Such a city combined the beauty of nature-trees, grass, sunshine and fresh air-with all the advantages of city living, including an abundance of jobs, social and cultural centres and good shopping facilities. The garden city was to be fairly small in size and the inhabitants would have easy access to the countryside, while at the same time they would be close to their work.In 1899 Howard organized the Garden City Association and in 1903 and 1920 he built the first and the second garden city, Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City. These projects encountered many difficulties and failed to arouse widespread enthusiasm. Nevertheless, both Welwyn and Letchworth survived and grew, and in later years-particularly after World War Ⅱ-British planners looked at them with renewed interest.The war had given the British a painful lesson in the weakness of modern, heavily populated cities. Cities were not the places of refuge they had once been. On the contrary, the invention of the aeroplane had made them the most vulnerable targets for attack. Aerial warfare made it clear that people were far safer outside the great urban centres. It was better not to concentrate so much of the population and industrial resources in a few large cities, but to spread them out into many smaller towns and cities. Fast, modern transportation methods made such dispersal possible. Furthermore, these new towns-modeled on Howard's garden cities-could also drain off the surplus population of the large cities, relieving the overcrowded conditions, housing shortages, slums and traffic jams that plagued them.QuestionsMark each statement an either true(T)or falseF. according to the passage66、In the past, most cities were not planned and they just grew up spontaneously.67、Garden cities built by Howard never aroused widespread enthusiasm.68、It can be inferred that the author believes the construction of big cities is a mistake.69、 QuestionsTranslate the following sentences of the passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Many nations, alarmed by the urban sprawl that has been gobbling up farmland and open countryside, and appalled by the staggering urban problems in the central cities, have begun building new cities that are specifically designed to meetmodern needs.70、Furthermore, these new towns-modeled on Howard's garden cities-could also drain off the surplus population of the large cities, relieving the overcrowded conditions, housing shortages,slums and traffic jams that plagued them.Section DComplete the summary below with information from the passage, using no more titan three words for each blank.Sport is ubiquitous. Sky TV has at least thirteen sports channels. Throughout the world there is a proliferation of newspapers and magazines totally dedicated to sport. Sports personalities have become cultural icons, worshipped like movie-stars and sought after by sponsors and advertisers alike. Where sport was once for fun and amateurs, it is now the stuff of serious investment.Of course, sport has always mattered. But the point is that in the past sport knew its place. Now it invades areas of life where previously it had no presence: fashion, showbiz, business. It is a worldwide obsession.What is it that makes sport so enjoyable for so many? First, we seriously believe that sport is something we can all do, however badly or however well. Tens of thousands set off on the London and New York Marathons. Amateur football matches take place all over the world every weekend. Sport is a democratic activity.Second, sports stars are self-made people. Sport is dominated by athletes from ordinary backgrounds. This is why it is a classic means by which those from the poorest backgrounds can seek fame and fortune.Third, we enjoy watching sport because we like to see the supreme skill of those who act like gladiators in the modern arena. There is the excitement of not knowing who is going to win. No rock concert, no movie, no play can offer that kind of spontaneous uncertainty. This gut-wrenching experience can be shared with a crowd of fifty round a widescreen TV in a pub, or a thronging mass of 100,000 live in a stadium.The rise of sport has been accompanied by the growing prominence of sports stars. They have become public figures, hence in great demand for TV commercials. The rise of the sports star is mirrored by the rise of sports companies such as Nike and Adidas."Sport probably does more to unify nations than any politician has ever been capable of". So said Nelson Mandela. The only truly global occasions are the Olympics and World Cup, watched by thousands of millions across the world. These great sporting events bring together players and athletes from different races like no other. Not only that, but sport provides just about the only example of global democracy where the rich do not dominate on the contrary, Brazilians have long been supreme at football, the Kenyans at middle-distance running, and black Americans at boxing.However, there are signs of disquiet in this vast, global industry. The sheer volume of sport is reaching the bursting point for all but the most besotted fan. Overpaid tennis players and golfers fly endlessly in personal jets from one meaningless tournament to the next. Sport risks killing itself through greed and over-exposure. The danger is that we will all become satiated and ultimately disillusioned.Sport is now enjoying popularity all over the world. Besides the entertaining quality, it has turned into a kindof 71 Furthermore, the worldwide obsession to it leads to its 72 in many fields. There are three points which can shed a light on its unique charm: it being a democratic activity, athletes from ordinary backgrounds, and audience enjoying 73 that they can't get from other kinds of entertainments. More importantly, sport is playing a significant role in 74 and offering global democracy. However, this global industry will probably be confronted withaudiences' 75 due to its over-exposure.Part ⅤTranslationTranslate the following sentences into English by using the word or words given in brackets. Remember to write your answers on the answer sheet.76、请大家在座位上坐好，系紧安全带，待飞机停稳后从紧急出口离开。
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生英语-10
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生英语-10(总分：135.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、Part I Listening Comperhension(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)（分数：5.00）(1).What is the man's feeling about the interview?A. He is sick.B. He is worried.C. He is confident.（分数：1.00）A.B.C. √解析：[解析]W: How did your interview go?M: I couldn't feel better about it! The questions were very fair, and I seemed to find an answer for all of them.对话中女士问采访进行的怎样，男士回答觉得再好不过，可知他很有信心。
(2).What happened to the man?A. He was able to plant his garden.B. His plants were ruined by the hail.C. He didn't see the vegetables he needed.（分数：1.00）A.B. √C.解析：[解析]W: Did you see the hail yesterday?M: See the hail! I watched it demolish my vegetable garden.男士提及亲眼看着冰雹毁掉了自己的菜园，各种植物都被毁了，应选B项。
(3).What will the man do?A. Take the refrigerator away.B. Buy some groceries.C. Pick out other appliances.（分数：1.00）A.B. √C.解析：[解析]W: There's not much left in the refrigerator.M: I'll pick up a few things after work.对话中男士提及下班后去pick up a few things，可知他会去买一些食品等。
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类(研究生)模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)
大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）A类（研究生）模拟试卷2(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. V ocabulary and Structure 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Cloze 6. Translation 7. IQ Test 8. WritingPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：W: It’s awfully dark for 4 o’clock. Do you think it’s going to rain?M: You’d better do something about that watch of yours. It must have stopped hours ago. Nine says 7.Q: What conclusion can we draw from this conversation?1．A．Neither of their watches keeps good time.B．The woman’s watch stopped 3 hours ago.C．The man’s watch goes too fast.D．It’s too dark for the woman to read her watch.正确答案：B解析：计算题。
听到“4点”和“7点”，以及男士说的：你的表一定是几小时前就停了，应快速反应，选择B。
听力原文：W: I’m trying to find how the dishwasher works. The manual is in French. I can’t wait for Bill to translate it for me.M: Don’t worry, Mary. I can do the dishes before the machine starts to work.Q: What does the man mean?2．A．He will tell Mary how to operate the dishwasher.B．He will wash the dishes himself instead.C．He will help Bill to translate the manual.D．He himself will operate the dishwasher.正确答案：B解析：信息明示题。
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语真题2010年
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语真题2010年(总分：120.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、Part I Listening Comperhension(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：0，分数：0.00)三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、Conversation One(总题数：0，分数：0.00)五、Conversation Two(总题数：0，分数：0.00)六、Section C(总题数：0，分数：0.00)七、Section D(总题数：0，分数：0.00)八、Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.Undergraduate students have no______to the rare books in the school library.（分数：1.00）A.entranceB.access √C.wayD.path解析：句意：本科生不能使用学校图书馆中的珍稀图书。
access通路；接近。
have access to固定词组：有权利、可以(使用)某物。
entrance入口。
way路线。
path小路，小径。
2.The______physicist has been challenged by many people in his field.（分数：1.00）A.respected √B.respectfulC.respectiveD.respect解析：句意：这位受人尊敬的物理学家曾受到业内许多人的挑战。
respected受人尊敬的。
respectful尊敬的，有礼貌的。
respective分别的，各自的。
respect尊敬。
3.Very few scientists______completely new answers to the world's problems.（分数：1.00）e up toe down toe down withe up with √解析：句意：几乎没有科学家能对世界上的问题给出全新的解答。
2013年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛真题试卷(C类)及答案
2013年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛真题试卷(C类)及答案2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分答题时间：120分钟)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.1.Why didn’t the man go to see Macbeth last week?A.H e didn’t manage to get a ticket.B.He had to attend a conference.C.H e had a better production to watch.2.What does “Fill Me In” refer to in this conversation?A.A type of upgraded mobile phone.B.A well-selling magazine.C.A writer’s new book series.3.Why doesn’t the woman like the bag?A.S he doesn’t like the pattern.B.It’s not easy to carry.C.I t’s too big for her.4.What makes a bad CV according to the man?A.F ake information.B. Terrible writing.C. Undesirable length.5.How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning?A.S he’s going to make a friend in Spain.B.She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend in Spain.C.S he’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversation. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there willbe a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.Conversation One6.What traffic accident are the speakers talking about?A.A kid was knocked down by a car.B.Two cars crashed into a shop.C.A car ran into a wrong place.7.Why did the accident happen according the woman?A.T here were many shops around.B.The crossing is in a wrong place.C.T here was no crossing here.8.Which of the following is the suggestion they made?A.M ore traffic lights should be installed.B.A speed camera should be mounted.C.M ore policemen should patrol that area.9.Where, as the woman mentioned, has got improved traffic?A.H er own neighborhood.B.Her big brother’s neighborhood.C.H er parents’ neighborhood.10.How was the man punished for his traffic offence?A.H e was fined 100 pounds with extra penalty points.B.He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty points.C.H e finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty points.Conversation Two11.Why is the expert opposed to the view that memory aids make your memory worse? A.T here is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalid.B.Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective way.C.M emory aids encourage an organizedapproach which helps the brain function effectively.12.What is intervie w’s attitude towards the idea that visual image help the memoryA.I t is hard to believe.B.It is nothing strange.C.I t is obviously nonsense.13.Who developed the system of memory aids centuries ago?A.I nhabitants on an isolated island.B.The Ancient Greeks.C.A great psychologists.14.How does mapping out notes affect the brain?A.I t is helpful in reflecting the way people link information in the brain.B.It prevents people from arranging things logically.C.I t makes people’s brain function the opposite way.15.What tends to affect people’s ability to think clearly?A.U pbringing and innate differences.B.Worry and anxiety.C.T heir aptitudes.Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.16.How can social media influence the presidential election in the USA according to the latest research?A.I t can help voters to choose their president.B.It can help to ensure the fairness of the elections.C.I t can help to increase the number of voters.17.What honorary title has Yaya Toure been granted?A.T he African Player of the Year.B.212 Star of the Confederation of African Football.C.T he Ivory Coast star.18.Why did Reshma Saujani set up the organization “Girls Who Code”?A.T o raise women’s status in the field of science.B.To improve girls’ aptitude and performance in STEM.C.T o arouse girls’ interest in science and technology.19.Which tablet computer’s hardware inside is more powerful?A.T he CNET Kum.B. The Google Nexus 7.C. The Apple iPad mini.20.What does the company announce that it can do for the United States?A.I t can reduce the amount of plastic waste.B.It can help to recycle the plastic waste.C.I t can increase the amount of exports. Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.If you (21) ____ smooth skin that glows with youth, the chances are that at some point you will have heard the exhortation to drink lots of water in order to (22) ____ those evil toxins and keep your skin healthy.The exact amount people suggest varies. US –based advice (23) ____ eight glasses a day, while in hotter climates people are advised to drink to more to (24) ____ higher rates of sweating. But regardless of the exact volume of water suggested, the principle behind the advice remains the same --- taking extra water on board will keep your skin hydrated. In other words, water acts like a moisturizer, but from the inside out.This is such a common idea you might besurprised at the (25) ____ to back up. You might expect there to be countless studies where people are (26) ____ two groups, one assigned to sip water all day, the other to drink a normal amount. Then the smoothness of the skin could be (27) ____ a month or so later to establish whether sipping more lead to smoother skin.In fact such studies are rare, partly because water can’t be patented, so it is hard to find anyone to fund such research when there will be no new (28) ____ or cosmetic to sell that could repay the costs. A review by the dermatologist Ronni Wolf at the Kaplan Medical Center in Israel found just one study looking at the effect of long-term water intake on the skin. But the results were (29) ____. After four weeks, the group who drank mineral water showed a decrease in skin density, which some believe suggests the skin is retaining more moisture, while those who drank tap water showed an increase in skin density. But regardless of the type of water they drank, it made no differenceto their (30) ____ or to the smoothness of their skin.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks) There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.31. The new star said to the journalists that she ____ the opportunity to show that she could play a serious film role.A. greetedB. rejoicedC. welcomedD. cheered32. We haven’t really ____ a solution to the problem yet, which makes the boss really frustrated.A. built upB. fallen back onC. brought overD. come up with33. Personally, I am ____ banning cigarettesmoking completely, especially in public areas.A. in touch withB. apart fromC. in favor ofD. regardless of34. Until a firm agreement has been reached, I am not ____ to accepting the offer.A. accustomedB. dedicatedC. committedD. entitled35. The government is making every effort to ____ an economic crisis, but it seems nothing could help.A. eliminateB. avertC. impedeD. swerve36. ____ a serious crime, what exactly should you do?A. Unless you witnessB. If you were to witnessC. If only you witnessD. since you witness37. During examinations candidates are always supposed to stay in seats, keep their eyes on the work, ____ to anyone.A. and not speakB. but could not speakC. rather than speakD. instead of speaking38. Realizing that he hadn’t got enough moneyand ____ to borrow any from his parents, he decided to sell his house.A. wanted notB. not to wantC. wanting notD. not wanting39. There’s no point waiting here any longer. We ____ go and have something to eat.A. can hardlyB. are bound toC. might as wellD. will have to40. While many people may refer toup-to-minute news, it is unlikely that television and the Internet ____ the newspapers completely.A. will replaceB. replaceC. are replacingD. have replaced41. She married a very nice young architect from Belfast, ____ she met on a bus during her journey to Northern Ireland.A. whoB. whenC. whichD. where42. It is a kind of illness that can result in total blindness if ____A. to leave untreatedB. is left untreatedC. leaving untreatedD. left untreated43. ----I’m so disappointed with my son! He just wouldn’t practice the piano!----Take it easy. You can lead ____ to water, but you can’t make it drink.A.a duckB. a horseC. a cowD. a dog44. ----Good morning, Madam! I’d like some information about the course.----Certainly. ____A.I’m afraid I don’t know more than you either.B.Is there anything I can do for you?C.W hat exactly would you like to know?D.H ow much information did you know?45. ---- How do you feel about countries that don’t try to reduce global warming?---- ____, those countries care more about money than saving the planet.A.A s far as I’m concernedB. It’s none of our businessC. We’re not to blameD. Things are under controlPart III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.According to recent surveys, 72% of all Americans believe that the United States government is (46) hi____ information about UFOs. Almost 68% of people think that the government has secret knowledge of extraterrestrial life. It is not (47) ____ (surprise) that the government has come under more and more (48) pr____ to declassify its UFO records and make them public. A variety of different groups have been involved in these efforts.One group to become involved is called CFI, the Coalition for Freedom of Information, John Podesta, who was White House Chief of Staffduring Bill Clinton’s (49) ____(president), is one of the many high-powered people active in this group. CFI’s aim is not to prove the (50)____(exist) of extraterrestrial life, but to make it easier for scientists in general to study unexplained aerial phenomena. Podesta and his group has asked the Pentagon to declassify its UFO records and therefore provide scientists (51) ____ data that will help in the study of UFOs. CFI has requested the release of information on several UFO cases, starting with the Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, incident. This incident took (52) ____ in 1965 when a large acorn-shaped object, the size of a small car, crashed in Pennsylvania. Some analysts say it could have been the spacecraft Kosmos 96 that had been launched towards Venus by the Soviet Union, but failed to escape Earth’s (53) g____. Others say the object did not look anything like spacecraft built on Earth in 1965.(54) Add____, the people of Kecksburg want to know what happened. On that (55) af____,hundreds of eyewitnesses watched a fiery streak of light descend from the sky towards Earth. Officials explained that nothing was found or recovered and that maybe the fireball in the sky was a meteor. But many witnesses say they saw a number of military personnel from the Army and the Air Force search the woods, and later that evening, saw a large military tractor-trailer coming from the area carrying a large object under a tarp.Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks) Read the following passage. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The average automatic teller machine (ATM) is not very smart. It will give money to anyone who has the right card and punches four or five keys in the right order. Some analysts estimate that as many as 30% of ATM transaction worldwide are cases of theft. To increase security at cash machines, some banks have tried to make their ATMs a little smarter. A small camera on the machine looks directly into the eye of every customer. It scans one iris and compares the tiny patterns of ridges, dots, and other features to a code in its computer. If there is a match, the ATM will start counting out cash. If not, a message is automatically sent to the nearest police station.Iris-scanning is one fast-growing form of biometric identification --- determining who someone is by examining features the body. One of the earliest biometric techniques was fingerprinting. The line on fingerprints are unique to each person, so not even identicaltwins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprinting has become famous as a way of finding out who committed a crime, but it very often fails. A careful criminal can swear gloves, avoid touching thing, or even alter his fingerprints by burning, cutting, or scraping them. In the search for a more reliable system, security experts have focused on the eye.Like a fingerprint, every iris is, for all practical purposes, unique. Each person’s right iris is even different from his or her left one. A low-cost digital camera, like the kind installed at ATM machines, can easily detect hundreds of different features in the iris. The chance of two irises having the same features is close to zero. Tests have shown that iris-scanners are very hard to fool. They can tell the difference between a real iris and a false one. They can see right through colored contact lenses, eyeglasses, and even mirrored sunglasses. Although many criminal are willing to burn or cut their fingers in pursuit of the perfect crime, few would bewilling or able to alter their irises.To make iris-scanning work, a computerized database has to match certain iris features with certain people. This means that each ATM customer has to allow a bank to photograph his or her iris and keep that highly personal information in a computer. Some people have worried, however, that an increased use ofiris-scanning will lead to a dangerous loss of privacy. By mounting iris-scan cameras in public places, governments could track a private citizen all day long without the person’s knowledge. This would be a great advantage to the police, but it could also give corrupt officials a new way to control their opponents. The military’s development of tiny robots suggests that government iris-scanners could even invade private homes!Questions 56-60Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, withonly one word for each blank.ATM transactions are often cases of theft, where an unauthorized user takes (56) ____. To decrease insecurity, some banks have installed iris-scanning machines at ATMs. These small cameras Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Seed catalogues feature hundreds of flowering species. For the persons just beginning garden this can be bewildering, and below are the details of some popular choices, nearly all of which should be sown in the spring. With the exception of busy lizzies, which need a little care, they are all very easy to grow from seed. DahliasThese are sturdy plants bearing showy flowers in a wide range of rather gaudy colors. Sow in a frame in April and plant the seedlingsout when frosts are over. Dahlias flower throughout the summer and into the autumn. When autumn frosts begin to make them look unhappy, you should dig up the tuberous roots and save them. A frost-free loft, shed or garage is the ideal place. The following spring you plant the tubers instead of sowing seed again.LupinsLupins are hardy perennials. This means that the plants will stay in your garden and carry on flowering year after year. Seed sown in April will usually give you some spikes of colors in the first summer, and year by year the plants get bigger and the flowering stems get taller and grander. Selective breeding has led to the introduction of some fine, bicolored varieties in some dazzling shades. The short-lived flowers make a real misunderstanding spectacle.Busy lizziesLike dahlias, busylizzies need to be startedoff under glass, as theycannot stand frost, and panting out is best done in May. Outdoor flowering ends in September, so beat the frosts and bring your favorite specimens indoors to give your home some sinter color! Indoors they will carry on flowering indefinitely, though you may like to plant them out again when spring returns. Like pansies (below) they do very well in sun or shade, but the soil must be moist. Most varieties growto be a height of only 20 cm or so.PotentillasPotentillas are hardy shrubs. In other words, the woody branches spring from ground level—there is no central trunk. Seed is probably best sown in autumn, in which case you should keep the plants in a sheltered spot until April offers favorable conditions for planting out. Once flowering begins in early summer the best varieties (such as Melton Fire) will stay in bloom almost ceaselessly for years on end while at the same time spreading out to provide ground cover or a low hedge.PansiesPansies have a good long flowering season year after year, and some varieties can be sown in spring to give truly splendid results the first autumn. Unlike dahlias and lupins, which can easily grow a meter tall, pansies grow no higher than 10 or 20 cm. Their soil, position and moisture requirements are just like those of busy lizzies but pansies differ in being hardy. Give them a try!Questions 61-63Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.61. Both dahlias and lupins, which are sown in April, need protecting from frost.62. Brought indoors in autumn, dahlias, busy lizzies and potentillas will carry on flowering almost non-stop.63. Among all the flowers busy lizzies are not very easy to grow from seed.Section C (10 marks)Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.When looking for love, people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends. They might write personal ads to place in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating services. Some people have even tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including The Bachelor and Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? have proved to be ratings blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which of the contestants will find true love.Of all these game shows, perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right, which was shown in England in 2002. On the show, a bachelor, thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright, dated fifteen women to findthe one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Johnson, an English celerity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women, taking them to expensive restaurants and exotic locations. He even met the women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of each episode, he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatible, and say goodbye to them. At one point during the series, one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive. After two dates she said she had had enough, and she couldn’t see it working. “He wasn’t my cup of tea.” In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another contestant’s name. “You called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I really liked you,” she sobbed.But in the final episode, the woman heeventually chose decided she didn’t want to marry him after all. “I think you’ve chosen me because you have to choose someone,” she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love---with the show’s host!After leaving the show, Gerrard-Wright and Johnson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally, on May 1, 2003,Gerrard-Wright proposed to Johnson on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accepted his proposal right away, although it was a conditional acceptance. Johnson has two children from previous relationships—aneight-year-old son, Cameron, and a two-year-old daughter, Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage. Luckily, they did. Gerrard-Wright said, “In the end the show did work for me. I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did. Ulrika’s gorgeous.”Questions 66-68Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 2 words for each blank.66. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to ____ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match.67. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was almost ____.68. Ulrika accepted Lance’s proposal ____ that her children agreed to their marriage as well. Questions 69-70Choose the best answer according to the passage.69. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show?A. Lance went on dates with several women.B. The candidates went to some very good restaurants.C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision.D. The women met Lance’s family.70. What happened after seven weeks of doingthe show?A. All of the women found their beloved.B. Lance started to date with the show’s host.C. One of the women on the show couldn’t help crying.D. Ulrika asked Lance to marry her.Section D (10 marks)Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?One reason for Alaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting its glaciers. According to one geologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaci ers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increasedby 5℉. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by 8℉. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10℉by the year 2010. Another problem contri buting to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its permafrost. (74) Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.The melting permafrost and increasing temperature are also having a negative impacton the forests of Alaska. As the permafrost under the forests melts, insects that normally don’t turn up until the warmer seasons are appearing sooner. The spruce-bark beetle, for example, is increasing in numbers as a result of global warming. It usually takes about two years for these beetles to grow and reproduce in a very cold weather. However, due to the increase in temperatures, spruce-bark beetles are damaging as many trees in one year as they previously damaged in two. At this rate, Alaska’s forest won’t survive the turn of the century.Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to a global increase in weather temperature. Whether the rising temperature are caused by human activity or natural changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming. Some others argue that global warming may be a normal trend on the Earth’s temperature chart.(75) One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”, and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle.Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them. Horribly, this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.Questions 71-73Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.71. What are disappearing in Alaska actually?72. How much ice is melting each year according to the survey?73. Why do insects damage more trees than before?Questions 74-75Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.74. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year, thus maintaining its integrity75. One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”, and the return ofthe glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans, there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them.Part V Translation (10 marks)Translate the following sentences into English, using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.76. 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。
2013年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. Multiple Choice 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Translation 6. IQ Test 7. Writing 8. Error CorrectionPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：W: Sue’s ideas for her research project sound great, don’t you agree? M: I think they’re somewhat overambitious.Q: What does the man imply?1．What does the man imply?A．He’s heard about Sue’s great ideas.B．He finds some of Sue’s ideas acceptable.C．He thinks Sue’s ideas are impractical.正确答案：C解析：录音中女士对男士说“Sue对研究项目提出的想法很好，你认为呢”，男士回答道“我认为，这些想法都过于宏大”。
由此可知男士认为Sue的想法不现实，所以选C。
听力原文：M: We need to replace the glass in that picture frame before we can hang these pictures in the dormitory lobby. W: We can go to the framing shop and have it done now. Q: What are the speakers talking about?2．What are the speakers talking about?A．Hanging a picture.B．Framing a painting.C．Buying new glasses.正确答案：B解析：录音中男士提到他们需要把相框里的玻璃替换掉，才能把这些图画挂在宿舍大厅里。
2013年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. Multiple Choice 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Translation 6. IQ Test 7. Writing 8. Error CorrectionPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：W: Sue’s ideas for her research project sound great, don’t you agree? M: I think they’re somewhat overambitious.Q: What does the man imply?1．What does the man imply?A．He’s heard about Sue’s great ideas.B．He finds some of Sue’s ideas acceptable.C．He thinks Sue’s ideas are impractical.正确答案：C解析：录音中女士对男士说“Sue对研究项目提出的想法很好，你认为呢”，男士回答道“我认为，这些想法都过于宏大”。
由此可知男士认为Sue的想法不现实，所以选C。
听力原文：M: We need to replace the glass in that picture frame before we can hang these pictures in the dormitory lobby. W: We can go to the framing shop and have it done now. Q: What are the speakers talking about?2．What are the speakers talking about?A．Hanging a picture.B．Framing a painting.C．Buying new glasses.正确答案：B解析：录音中男士提到他们需要把相框里的玻璃替换掉，才能把这些图画挂在宿舍大厅里。
2013年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)
2013年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. V ocabulary and Structure 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Error Correction 6. Translation 7. IQ Test 8. WritingPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：M: Didn’t you go to see Macbeth last week?W: Yeah, it was brilliant. I’ve been to it a few times before, but I think this is the best production I’ve ever seen.M: Yeah, someone I work with went and said it was wonderful. I wish I’d been able to get a ticket.1．Why didn’t the man go to see Macbeth last week?A．He didn’t manage to get a ticket.B．He had to attend a conference.C．He had a better production to watch.正确答案：A解析：对话中男士最后提到I wish I’d been able to get a ticket。
这句话为虚拟语气，说明男士没有买到票，因此上周没能去看Macbeth。
听力原文：M: So, how well is your “Fill Me In” selling?W: Oh, great, in fact it’s only the fourth week of publication of the first issue, and we’ve had to reprint another 2000. We’ve sold about 2300. Mostly in alternative bookshops that cater for people who are... er different.M: Congratulations!2．What does “Fill Me In” refer to in this conversation?A．A type of upgraded mobile phone.B．A well-selling magazine.C．A writer’s new book series.正确答案：B解析：根据对话中女士提到的in fact it’s only the fourth week of publication of the first issue，andwe’ve had to reprint another 2000。
2013全国大学生英语竞赛真题试卷(C类)_word版(含完整图片)
2013 National English Contest forCollege Students(Level C – Preliminary)(总分：150分时间：120分钟)Part I listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once .After each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer .Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1.Why did n’t the man go to see Macbeth last week ?A.He didn’t manage to get a ticket.B.He had to attend a conference.C.He had a better production to match.2.What does “Fill Me In” refer to in this conversation?A.A type of upgraded mobile phone.B. A well-selling magazine.C. A writer’s new book series.3.Why does n’t the woman like bag?A.She doesn’t like the pattern.B.It’s not easy to carry.C. A writer’s new book series.4.What makes a bad CV according to the man?A. Fake informationB. Terrible writingC. Undesirable length5. How will Cathy continue her Spanish learning/A. She’s going to make a friend in Spain.B. She’ll communicate with a Spanish friend in Spanish.C. She’ll practice speaking Spanish with an English friend.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the questions and the three choices marked A, Band C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centreConversation One6. What traffic accident are the apeaker talking about?A. A kid was knocked down by a carB. Two cars crashed into a shopC. A car ran into a wrong place7. Why did the accident happen according to the woman?A. There were many shops aroundB. The crossing is in a wrong placeC. There was no crossing there8. Which of the following is the suggestion they made?A. More traffic lights should be installedB. A speed camera should be mountedC. More policeman should patrol that area9. Where was the woman mentioned , has got improved traffic?A. Her own neighbourhoodB. Her big brother’s neighbourhoodC. Her parents’ neighbourhood10. How was the man punished for his traffic offence?A. He was fined 100 ponds with extra penalty pointsB. He had to pay 150 pounds and got 6 penalty pointsC. He finally paid 600 pounds without any penalty pointsConversation Two11. Why is the expert opposed to the view that memory aids make your memory wrose?A. There is no evidence showing that memory aids are invalidB. Human beings’ brain functions mainly through memory aids in an effective wayC. Memory aids encourage an organised approach which helps yhe brain unctioneffectively12. What is the interviewer’s attitude towards the idea visual images help the memory?A. It is hard to believeB. It is nothing strangeC. It is obvious nonsense13. Who developed the system of memory aids centuries ago?A. Inhabitants on an isolated islandB. The Ancient GreeksC. A great psychologist14. How does mapping out notes affect the brain?A. It is helpful in reflecting the way people link information in the brainB. It prevents people from arranging things logicallyC. It makes people’s brain function the opposite way15. What tends to affects people’s ability to link clearly?A. Upbringing and innate differencesB. Worry and anxietyC. Their aptitudeSection C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16. How can social media influence the presidential elections in the USA according to thelatest research?A. It can help voters choose their presidentB. It can help to ensure the fairness of the clectionsC. It can help to increase the number of voters17. What honorary title ha Yaya Toure been granted?A. The African Player of the YearB. 2012 Star of the Confederation of African FootballC. the Ivory Coast star18. Why did Reshma Saujni set up the organization “ Girls Who Code”?A. to raise women’s status in the field of scienceB. To improved girls’ aptitude and performance in STEMC. To arouse girls’ interest in science and technology19. Which tablet computer’s hardware inside is more powerful?A. The CNET KunB. he Google Nexus 7C. The Apple iPad Mini20. What does the company announce that it can do for the United States?A. It can reduce the amount of plastic wasteB. It can help to rely the plastic wasteC. It can increase the amount of oil exportsSection D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.If you (21)_______smooth skin that glows with youth, the chances are that at some point you will have heard the exhortation to drink lost ofwater in order to(22)_______those evil toxins andkeep your skin healthy.The exact amount people suggest varies.US-based advice advice (23)_______eight glass aday, while in hotter climates people are advised todrink more to (24)______higher rates of sweating.But regardless of the exact volume of watersuggested, the principle behind the advice remains the same-taking extra water on board will keep your skin hydrated. In other words , water acts like a moisturizer , but from the inside out.This is such a common idea you might be surprised at the (25)______to back up. You might expect there to be countless studies where people are(26)_________two groups , one assigned to sip water all day , the other to drink a normal amount . Then the smoothness of the skin could be (27)______a month or so later establish whether sipping more led to smoother skin.In fact such studies are rare, partly because water can’t be patented , so it is hard to find anyone to fund such research when there will be no new (28)_______or cosmetic to sell that could repay the cost . A review by the dermatologist Ronni Wolf at the Kaplan Centre in Israel found just one study looking at the effect of long-term water intake on the skin. But the result were (29)________. After four weeks , the group who drink extra mineral water showed a decrease I nskin density , which some believe suggests skin is retaining more moisture , while those who frank tap water showed an increase in skin density. But regardless of the type of water they drank , it made no difference to their (30)_______or to the smoothness of their skin.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31. The new star said to the journalists that she _________the opportunity to show she could play a serious film role .A. greetedB. rejoicedC. welcomeD. cheered32. We haven’t really ________a solution to the problem yet, which makes the boss really frustrated.A. built upB. fallen back onC. brought overD. come up with33. Personally , I am ______banning cigarette smoking completely , especially in public areas .A. in touch withB. apart fromC. in favor ofD. regardless of34. Until a firm agreement has been reached, I am not ____to accepting the offer.A. accustomedB. dedicatedC. committedD. entitled35.The government is making every effort to ________an economic crisis , but it seemsnothing could help.A. eliminateB. avertC. impedeD. swerve36. _________a serious crime, what exactly should you do?A. Unless you witnessB. If you were to witnessC. If only you witnessD. Since you witness37. During examinations candidates are always supposed to stay in seats , keep their eyes onthe work, _________to anyone.A. and not speakB. but could not speakC. rather than speak C. instead of speaking38. Realising that he hadn’t got enough money and _________to borrow any feom parents , he decided to sell his house.A. wanted notB. not to wantC. wanting notD. not wanting39. There’s o point waiting here any longer. we ______ go and have something to eat .A. can hardlyB. are bound toC. might as wellD. will have to40.While many people any refer to up-to-minute news , it is unlikely television and the internet _______the Northern Ireland .A. will replaceB. replaceC. are replacingD. have replaced41. She married a very nice young architect from Belfast, _______she met on a bus during her journey to Northern Ireland.A. whoB. whenC. whichD. where42. It is a kind of illness that can result in total blindness if __________.A. to leave untreatedB. is left untreatedC. leaving untreatedD. left untreated43.-----I’m so disappointed with my son ! He just wouldn’t practice piano!-----Take it easy . You can lead ______to water , but you can’t make it drink.A. a duckB. a horseC. a cowD. a dog44. ----Good morning , madam! I’d like some information about the course.A. I’m afraid I don’t know more than you editorB. Is there anything I can do for you?C. What exactly would you like to know?D. How much information did you know?45. ----How do you feel about countries that don’t try to reduce global waring ?----__________, those countries care more about money than saving the planet.A. As far as I’m concernedB. It’s none of our businessC. We’re not to blameD. Things are under controlPart III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.According to recent surveys, 72% of all Americans believe that the United States governments is (46)_________information about UFOs . Almost 68% of people think that thegovernment has secret knowledge of extraterrestrial life. It is not (47) ___________(surprise) that the government has come under more and more (48)__________to declassify its UFO records and make them public. A variety of different groups have been involved in these efforts.One group become involved is called CFI, the Coalition for Information . John Podesta , who was White House Chief of Staff during Bill Clinton’s (49)___________(president), is one of the many high-powered people active in this group . CFI’s aim is not to prove (50)__________(exist) of extraterrestrial life , but to take it easier for scientists in general to study unexplained aerial phenomena . Podesta and his group have asked the Pentagon to declassify its UFO records and therefore provide scientist (51)_________data that will help in the study UFOs.CFI has requested the of information on several UFO cases , staring with the Kecksburg , Pennsylvania , incident . This incident took(52)_____________in 1965 when a large acornshaped object , the size of a small ca , crashed in Pennsyivania . Some analysts say it could have been the apacecraft Ksomos 96 that had been lauched towards Venus by the Soviet Union , but failed to spacecraft Earth’s (53)g_________. Others say the oject didi not look anything like spacecraft built on Erath in 1965.(54)Add ___________, the people of Kecksburg want to know what happed .On that(55) af________________, hundreds of eyewitness watched a fiery streak of light descend from the sky towards Earth . Officials explained that nothing was found or recovered and that maybe the fireball in the sky was a metor . But many witness say they saw a number of military personnel from the Army and the Air Force search the woods , and later that evening , saw a large military tractor-tralier coming from the area carrying a large object under a trap.Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 56—60 are based on the following passage.The average automatic teller machine (ATM) is not very smart . It will give money to anyone who has the right card and punches four or ive keys in the right order . Some analysts estimate that as many 30% of ATM trasactions wordwide are case of theft . To increase security at cash manches , some banks have tried to make their ATMs a little smarts . A small camera on the manches loks directly into the eye of every customer . It scans one iris and compares the tiny patterns of ridges , dots , and other features to a code in its computer .If there is a match , the ATM will start counting out cash . If not, a message is automatically sent to the nearest police station.Iris-scanning is one fast-growing form of biomentric identification-determining who someone is by examing features of the body. One of the earliest biometric techniques was fingerprinting. The lines on fingertips are unique to each person , so not even identical twins have the same fingerprints. Fingerprinting has become famous as a way of finding out whocommitted a crime , but it very often fails .A careful criminal can wear gloves , avoid touching things , or even alter his fingerprints by burning , cutting , or scraping them . In the search for a more reliable system , security experts have focused on the eye.Like a fingerprint, every iris is , for all practical perpos e , unque .Each person’s right iris is even different from hie or er left one . A low-cost digital camera , like the kind installed at ATM machines , can easily detect hundreds of different features in the iris. The chance of two irises having the same features is close to zero. Test have shown that iris-scanners are very hard fool. They can tell the difference between a real iris and a false ne. They can see right through coloured contact lenses, eyeglasses , and even mirroed sunglasses .Although many criminals are willing to burn or cut their fingers in pursuit of the perfect crime ,few would be willing or able to alter their irises.To make iris-scanning work, a computerized database has to match certain iris featyres with certain people.This means that each ATM customer has to allow a bank to photograph his or her iris and keep that highly personal information in a computer .Some people have worried, however ,that a increased use of iris-scanning will lead to a dangerous loss of privacy. By mounting iris-scan cameras in public places, governments could track a private citizen all day long without the person’s knowledge .This would be a great advantage to the police ,but it could also give corrupt officials a new way to control their opponents. The military’s development of tiny robots suggests that government iris-scanners could even invade private homes!Questions 56—60Conplete the summary with words from the message , changing the form where necessary , with only one word for each blank.ATM transactions are often cases of theft, where an unauthorized user takes(56)________.To decrease insecurity , some banks have installed iris-scanning machines at ATMs. These small cameras scan the user’s iris, recording its features and(57)________them to a digital file Every person has a (58)________iris, making iris identificationnhighly reliable . Earlier efforts at biometric identification often relied on fingerprints. However, fingerprints can easily be(59)________through cutting , burning or scraping . Iris scanners are so effective that they can even see through contact lenses and mirrored sunglasses. Use of iris scanners would provide great advantages to the police . However , others worry about a loss of (60)___________.Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Seed catalogues feature hundreds of different flowering species. For the person just beginning a garden this can be bewildering ,and below are the details of some popular choices, nearly all of which should be sown in the spring . With the exception of busy lizzies , which need a little car, they are all very easy to grow from seed.DahliasThese are sturdy plants bearing showy flowers in a wide range of rather gaudy colours .Sow in a frame in April and plant the seedling out when frosts are over . Dahlias flowerthroughout the summer and into the autumn .When autumn frosts begin to make them lookunhappy , you should dig up the tuberous roots and save them . A frosts-free loft, shed orgarage is the ideal place. The following spring you plant the instead of seed again.LupinsLupins are hardy perennials. This means that the plants will stay in your garden andcarry on flowering year after year. Seed sown in April will usually give you some spikes ofolours in the first summer, and year by year the plants get bigger and flowering stems gettaller and grander . Selective breeding has led to the introduction of some fine, bicolouredvarieties in some dazzling shades . The short-lived flowers make a real midsummer spectacle.Busy lizziesLike dahlias , busy lizzes need to be started offunder glass, as they cannot stand frost , and plantingout is the best done in May. Outdoor flowering endsin September , so beat the frost and bring yourfavourite specimens indoors to give your homesome sinter colour! Indoors they will carry onflowering indefinitely , though you may like to plantthem out again when spring returns. Likepansies(below) they do very well in sun or shade ,but the soil must be moist. Most varieties grow to aheight of only 20 cm or so.PotenillasPotenillas are hardy shrubs. In other words , the woody branches spring from groudlevel-there is no central trunk. The seed is probabky best sown in autumn, in which case youshould keep the plants in a sheltered spot until April offers favourable conditions for plantingout. One flowering begins in early summer the best varieties (such as Melton Fire) will stay inblom almost ceaselessly for years on end while at the same time spreading out to provideground cover or a low hedge.PansiesPansies have a good long flowering season year after year , and some varieties can besown in spring to give truly splendid the first autumn . Unlike dahlias and lupins , which caneasily grow a metre tall , pansies grow no higher than 10 or 20 cm. Their soil , position andmoisture requirements are just like those of busy lizzes but differ in bring hardy. Give them atry!Questions 61—63Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.61. Both dahlias and lupins, which are sown in April , need protecting from frost.62. Brought indoors in autumn , dahias , busy lizzies and peotentillas will carry on flowering almost non-stop.63.Among all the flowers busy lizzies are not very easy to grow from seed..Questions 64—65Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.64. What is the difference between busy lizzies and pansies?65. Which plant has the longest gap between sowing and flowering?Section C (10 marks)Questions 66—70 are based on the following passage.When looking for love , people may go to some extreme lengths. They might go on blind dates set up by family and friends . They might write personal ads to p;ace in newspapers. Or they might use a computer to help them in their search for a soul mate by joining an online dating service. Some people have been tried to find their perfect match through game shows on television. Many of these TV dating shows, including the Bachelor and Who to Marry a Multimllionaire ? Have proved to be rating blockbusters, with millions of viewers watching each week to find out which the contestants will find true love.Of all these game shows , perhaps the one with the most unexpected ending was Mr. Right , which was shown in England in 2002 . On the show , a bachelor , thirty-five-year-old Lance Gerrard-Wright , dated fifteen women to find the one who was his ideal partner. The host of the show was Ulrika Jonsson, an English celebrity originally from Sweden. For seven weeks on the show, Gerrard-Wright took turns going on dates with each of the women , taking them to expensive and exotic locations. He even met women’s families and introduced them to his own. Then at the end of episode , he would choose between one and three of the contestants with whom he had felt the least compatiable , and say goodbye to them.At one point during the series , one contestant volunteered to leave because she said she didn’t find him attractive . After two dates she said she had had enough , and she couldn’t see it working , “He wasn’t my cup of tea.” In another episode the woman he was on a date with burst into tears when he called her by another constant’s name. “you called me by another girl’s name. I can’t believe you did that. I really liked you ,” she sobbed.But in the final episode , the woman he eventually chose decided she didn’t want to carry him after all . “I think you’ve chosen me because you have to chose someone ,” she said. Maybe this was because she already knew he had fallen in love—with the show’s host!After leaving the show , Gerrard—Wright and Jonsson were seen dining together and attending parties around London more and more often. Finally , on May 1, 2003, Gerrard—Wright proposed to Jonsson on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral. And she accept his proposal right away , although it was a conditional acceptance. Jonsson has two children from previous relationships----an eight –year-old son , Cameron , and a two-year-old daughter , Bo. She had to make sure that they agreed to the marriage . Luckily, they did. Gerrard-Wright said ,”In the end the show did work for me . I grabbed an opportunity to get a girlfriend and I did . Ulrika’s gorgeous.”Questions 66—68Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 4 words for each blank.66. Lance Gerrard-Wright went to________ to go on the show Mr. Right in order to find his perfect match.67. On the show, Lance had the opportunity to date many gorgeous women among whom there might be one that he was most___________.68. Ulrika accepted Lance’s proposal________ that her children agreed to their marriage aswell.Questions 69—70Choose the best answer according to the passage.69. Which of the following did NOT happen on the show?A. Lance went on dates with several women.B. The acndidates went to some very good restaurants.C. Ulrika consulted her parents before she made her decision.D. The women met Lance’s family70. What happened after seven weeks of doing the shows?A. All of the women found their belovedB. Lance started to date the show’s hostC. One of the women on the show couldn’t help cryingD. Ulrika asked Lance to marry herSection D (10 marks)Questions 71—75 are based on the following passage.Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska’s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?One reason for Alaska’s gradual disappearance is the melting of its glaciers. According to one geologist as the US Geological Survey, about 98 percent of Alaska’s glaciers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year-round temperature has increased by 5F. Furthermore, the average winter temperature has increased by 8F. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average word temperature could go up 2.5 to 10F by the year 2100.Another problem contributing to Alaska’s gradual disappearance is its thawing permafrost. (74)Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of year, thus maintaining its integrity. Now, the thawing permafrost is causing a number of problems on the land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also , the hard permafrost which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to relocate. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storms could wipe out the entire community.The melting permafrost and increasing temperature are laso having a native impact on the forest of Alaska. As the permafrost under the forests melts , increase that normally don’t turn up until the warmer season are appearing sooner. The spruce-bark beetle, for example , is increasing in number as a result of global warming. It usually takes about two years for these beetles to grow and reoroduce in very could weather. However , due to the increase in temperatures , spruce-bark are damaging as many trees in one year as they previously damaged in two. At this rate, Alaska’s forest won’t survive the turn of the century.Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to a global increase in wether temperature. Whether the rising temperatures are caused by human activity or nature changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming . Some others argue that global warming may be a mormal trend on the Earth’s chart. (75) One theory argues that we are the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”, and the retreat of the glaciers is a nature result of this cycle. Whether natural or produce by humans, there is little hope for immediate future of glaciers as we know them. Horribly , this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next cenury.Questions 71—73Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.71. What are disappearing in Alaska actually?72. How much ice is melting each year according to the survey?73. Why do insects damage more trees than before?Questions 74—75Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.74. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of year, thus maintaining its integrity75. One theory argues that we are the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”, and the retreat of the glaciers is a nature result of this cycle. Whether natural or produce by humans, there is little hope for immediate future of glaciers as we know them.Part V Translation (10 marks)Translate the following sentences into English, using the hints given in brackets. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet.76. 宴会时间就要到了，但她仍纠结于是否应该去。
2013全国大学生英语竞赛A类决赛答案
2013National English Contestfor College Students(Level A-Final)参考答案及作文评分标准Part I Listening Comprehension(30marks)Section A(5marks)1—5BACBCSection B(10marks)6—8CBA9—10BA11—15BCBCASection C(5marks)16—20ABCAASection D(10marks)21.Germany22.passengers and pete with24.diameter25.circus animals26.Every safety precaution27.Cigarette lighters28.Special materials 29.Leaking gas30.groundedPart II Vocabulary and Structures(15marks)31—35DCBAB36—40CAADC41—45ABCDDPart III Cloze(10marks)46.to47.startling48.least49.driving50.being51.As52.miscalculates53.only54.Wrong55.civilizedPart IV Reading Comprehension(40marks)Section A(10marks)petitive aspect/competitive quality57.increased pressure58.pre-match preparation 59.(nervous)tension(state)60.exhaustionSection B(10marks)61.Sexual selection is the driving mechanism of the evolution of peacocks’tail.62.According to Wallace,peacocks’train is an advertisement for some genuine contribution to survival.63.Peacocks with the most eye-spots on the train do indeed attract the most mates.64.The proposal of Fisher’s Runaway in the thirties.65.Fisher’s Runaway would vindicate Darwin’s“beauty for beauty’s sake”.Section C(10marks)66.T67.T68.F69.历史证据显示，古人遇到了比我们大得多的生存挑战，然而他们生存了下来，并取得了成功,甚至获得了幸福。
2013年全国大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业初赛真题及答案
大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业初赛真题2013年Part Ⅰ Listening ComperhensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B, and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then markthe corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1、 What does the man imply?A. He's heard about Sue's great ideas.B. He finds some of Sue's ideas acceptable.C. He thinks Sue's ideas are impractical.2、 What are the speakers talking about?A. Hanging a picture.B. Framing apainting. C. Buying new glasses.3、 What does the man mean?A. The secretary will make the final revisions for Mary.B. The secretary will bring the paper to him next Friday.C. The secretary will pass him the paper when he gets back.4、 Which sport does the man want to participate in?5、 Why doesn't the man apply for a job at the factory?A. He doesn't think there is a chance for him to get a job there.B. The factory is closing down during the summer vocation.C. He doesn't think that is a good place to work in.Section BIn this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a pause, read five questions and the three choices marked A, B, and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then markthe corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation Ⅰ6、 What is the man going to do during the summer?A. Attend classes.B. Gotraveling. C. Take a part-time job.7、 What is the man going to do at Copper Mountain?A. Collecting fossil.B.Camping. C. Sightseeing.8、 According to the man, why can't the geology course be offered during the academic year?A. Because too many students are interested in taking it.B. Because students' schedule is already full.C. Because the professor is too busy.9、 What was found at the buffalo-kill site?A. Broken buffalo skins and used dries.B. Broken stone tools for killing buffaloes.C. Lots of broken buffalo bones.10、 What does the woman imply about summer classes?A. They're more expensive than regular classes.B. They're more boring than regular classes.C. They're more interesting than regular classes. Conversation Ⅱ11、 What was the students' initial reaction to the food they were served?A. They would rather have eaten traditional food.B. They were not sure whether it was good or bad.C. They felt that it was an adventure for them.12、 According to David, why do some students have difficulty accepting the "restaurant system" ?A. They are not used to having meals with others.B. It takes them too long to get their food.C. They are uncomfortable having meals with adults.13、 What main role do the staff play in the school restaurant?A. They make sure that students eat their meals in time.B. They deal with students' complaints about the food.C. They help students learn about a balanced diet.14、 According to David, where does most of the food served in the restaurant come from?A. Local sppliers.B. The school'sgarden. C. All over the world.15、 Why does David think his approach could be difficult to introduce in other schools?A. Not all students see healthy eating as important.B. Many students are resistant to radical changes.C. Parents would be unwilling to accept it.Section C16、 How many people were killed in the suicide bomb attack?A. At most two.B. At leasteleven. C. Up to thirty.17、 What problem is US government now faced with?A. How to avoid the fiscal cliff.B. How to raise tax on high incomes.C. How to cope with campus violence.18、 What did Ban Ki-moon propose to stop the current tensions in the Middle East?A. International intervention.B. A negotiated two-state solution.C. Unconditional ceasefire.19、 Which is NOT mentioned about Sir Patrick Moore?A. He is the author of The Sky at Night.B. He devoted himself to the study of the universe.C. He was a former presenter of the BBC.20、 What do we learn from the news?A. New York is the first city using smartphones for taxi services in the US.B. Similar cases have been reported in some other European countries.C. Passengers can use apps to call taxi and make payment in NY.Section DIn this section, you will hear an instructor giving a talk to students. The talk will be given twice. complete the notes usingthree words or fewer for each blank. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.○ A lecture is not (21)○ Use abbreviations, symbols, numbers and so on to take notes in order to (22)○ (23) should:Before the lecture: ask yourself what you already knowabout (24) ;During the lecture: think about where the talk mightbe (25)○ Lecturers often repeat them themselvesby (26) or (27)○ To review notes effectively you need to (28) them, reorganize them, highlight the main points and add your own (29) ○The advantages of reviewing: help everything sink in and make a (30)Part Ⅱ Multiple ChoiceSection AIn this section, there are ten incomplete sentences. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosing the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31、 ______, Marcia walked up to the podium and delivered an animated acceptance speech.A. Excited about winning the awardB. Been excited with winning the awardC. To be excited about winning the awardD. Exciting with winning the award32、 As a scientific document, the book should stand for several years until further ______make revision______.A. developments; impossibleB. experiments; optionalC. advances; necessaryD. attempts; undesirable33、 When I was a teenager, I ______a lot and people couldn't understand what I was saying.A. complainedB. mumbledC.uttered D. gossiped34、 Dry farming is a type of agriculture used in areas ______ lessthan 20 inches of rainfall.A. there areB. where there isC. in whichis D. which has35、 Not until 1942 ______ a dying patient's life using penicillin.A. when John Bumstead and Orvan Hess savedB. saved John Bumstead and Orvan HessC. did John Bumstead and Orvan Hess savedD. that John Bumstead and Orvan Hess saved36、 Birds that breed on high cliffs have pear-shaped eggs that roll in a tight circle, making ______ less likely to roll off the cliff.A. somewhereB. sometimesC.something D. somewhat37、 ______, the condor in Peru is threatened by the rapid encroachment of humans.A. As isolated as its few remaining habitats may beB. As its few remaining isolated habitats may beC. May its few remaining habitats be as isolatedD. Its few remaining habitats may be as isolated38、 The shrinking range poses ______ to Africa's elephants.A. a graver threat that is long-termB. long-term the gravest threatC. the gravest long-term threatD. along-term threat graver39、—I think there may be other options that we haven't considered yet.—So what you mean is ______.—No, I just think that we shouldn't make too quick a decision.A. that I shouldn't get angry with youB. you don't like my ideaC. that you want to break up with meD. that it makes me looks stupid40、—He's upset. You shouldn't have offended him?—I know I shouldn't have.______.A. I didn't mean to.B. I wasn't able to.C. I was confident of that.D. I was used to it.Section BIn this section, there are five incomplete statements or questions about English speaking countries. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the most suitable answer from the given choices. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.41、 ______is an accent that emerged at the beginning of the nineteenth century, associated with the way upper-class and well-educated people spoke, especially in the "golden triangle" of London, Oxford and Cambridge.A. Received PronunciationB. Queen's EnglishC. CockneyD. Yorkshire Dialect42、 The recent literary representations of the North-East of England have been concerned with life after the death of______.A. farming and spinningB. ducking and divingC. wheeling and dealingD. coalmining and shipbuilding43、 Which movie is an American fantasy adventure film released in 2012, nominated for eleven Academy Awards and offered four including Best Director in 2013?A. The Twilight Saga: New Moon.B. Avatar.C. Life of Pi.D. The Hurt Locker.44、 The United States is a nation of immigrants. By the year 2000, more than 11% of all Americans were foreign born. Which state has the largest number of immigrants?A. New Jersey.B. California.C. New York.D. Arizona.45、 American parents living in large cities like to send their children to ______ because they believe that these schools are safer and have higher academic standards than "common schools".A. elite schoolsB. private schoolsC. community collegesD. religious schoolsPart Ⅲ ClozeRead the following passage and fill in each blank with one word using one of the following three methods: according to the context, using the correct form of the word given, or using the first letter (s) of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Greyhound racing is the sixth most p (46) spectator sport in the United States. Over the last decade, a growing number of racers have been (47) to spend their retirement as household pets, oncetheir racing careers are over.Many people hesitate to adopt a retired racing greyhound because they think only very old dogs are ava (48) . Actually, even champion racers only work until they are about three-and-a half years old. Because greyhounds usually live to be 12 to 15 years old, their retirement is much (49) than their racing careers.People worry that a greyhound will be more (50) (nerve) and active than other breeds and will need a large sp (51) to run. These are false impressions. Greyhounds have naturally sweet, mild dispositions, and while they love to run, they are sprinters rather than distance runners and are (52) (sufficiency) exercised with a few daily laps around a fenced-in backyard.Greyhounds do not make good watchdogs, (53) they are very good with children, get along well with other clogs (and usually cats as well) , and are (54) (affection) and loyal. They are intelligent, well-behaved dogs, usually housebroken in only a fewday's. A re (55) racing greyhound is a wonderful pet for almost anyone.Part Ⅳ Reading Comperhe nsionSection AIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. For two questions, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. For the other three questions, you should complete each sentence in a maximum of three words using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.My entry into Black women's history was unexpected but agreeable. In the preface to Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, I recount the story of exactly how Shirley Herd (who, in addition to teaching in the local school system, was also president of the Indianapolis chapter of the National Council of Negro Women)successfully provoked me into changing my research and writing focus. Although I dedicate this volume to her and to her best friend, fellow club woman and retired primary school teacher Virtea Downey, I still blush at the fact that I went to graduate school to become ahistorian in order to contribute to the Black Struggle for social justice and yet met her request to write a history of Black women in Indiana with reluctance. I had never even thought about Black womenas historical subjects with their own relations to a state's history, and I thought her invitation and phone call extraordinarily intrusive. Only later did I concede how straightforward and reasonable had been her request to redress a historical omission. Black women were conspicuous by their absence. None of the social studies texts orstate histories that Herd and Downey had used to teach their students made mention of the contributions of Black women. Since historianshad left them out, Herd reasoned, only a "real" historian could put them in, and since I was the only tenured Black woman historian inthe state of Indiana at that time, the task was mine.Herd rejected my reservations and completely ignored my admonitions that she could not call up a historian and order a book the way you drive up to a fast-food restaurant and order a hamburger. In spite of my assertions of ignorance about the history of Black women in Indiana and my confession of having never studied thesubject in any history course or examined any manuscript sources pertaining to their lives, Herd persevered. Black women, ashistorical subjects and agents, were as invisible to me as they had been to school textbook writers.Undaunted by my response, Herd demanded that I connect (thankfully without perfect symmetry ) my biology and autobiography, my race and gender, my being a Black woman, to my skill as a historian, and write for her and for the local chapter members of the National Council a history of Black women in Indiana. I relented and wrote the book, When the Truth Is Told: Black Women's Culture and Community in Indiana, 1875 - 1950, as requested. In the process, I was both humbled and astounded by the array of rich primary. source materials Herd, and the other club women had spent two years collecting. There were diaries, club notes, church souvenir booklets, photographs, club minutes, birth, death, and marriage certificates, letters, and handwritten county and local histoties. Collectivelythis material revealed a universe I never knew existed in spite of having lived with Black women all of my life ... and being one myself. Or perhaps more accurately, I knew a universe of Black women existed.I simply had not envisioned its historical meaning.56、 The primary purpose of the passage is to show how the author______.A. discovered Black women's history when she was in gaduate schoolB. became a historian to help Black people in America achieve social justiceC. developed her research skills by undertaking a challenging projectD. came to view Black women as a worthy subject for historical analysis57、 Why did the author initially respond to Herd's request "with reluctance"?A. Because she knew that historians should avoid controversial subjects.B. Because there were too many other projects requiring her attention.C. Because she viewed Herd's request as irrelevant and presumptuous.D. Because she knew that Herd had not been to graduate school.58、 The author compared Herd's demanding a history book to ______ to indicate that she did not generally undertake projects on request.59、 The author believed that historians should conduct research in areas in which they had expertise so she asserted that she was ______ about the project.60、 Herd and the other club women spent two years collecting ______ to prove that Black women contributed to society historically.Section BIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. You should answer each question in a maximum of ten words using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.In the past, hunting was a necessity, with humans killing wild animals for food and clothing. However, modem hunters generally hunt for one of two reasons: for sport, or because it's part of their traditional culture. Can hunting ever be justified?Hunting for sport is popular all over the world. Every year in the United States, more than 12 million people go hunting; and wealthy enthusiasts from around the world pay thousands to go on African safaris. While many recreational hunters eat the animals they kill, others simply do it for trophies. These so-called trophy hunters pay taxidermists to stuff and mount the dead animals, which they then display in their homes as souvenirs.So, should hunting for sport be allowed? No, says animal rights group PETA. They believe animals have the right to live out their natural lives in the wild. And the group notes that hunted animals often escape after being wounded and are left to die slowly and painfully. Other anti-hunting activists argue that hunters prefer to kill the bigger members of a species, which often leaves the smaller ones behind to breed. As a result, the entire species slowly become weaker.Of course, many hunters disagree. They claim that responsible hunters follow a strict code of conduct, which includes never letting a wounded animal escape, and never taking a shot at an animal unless it's going to be a clean kill. Hunters also argue that their sport keeps certain species in check, preventing overpopulation. For example, they say that if waterfowl weren't hunted, their numbers would grow too large, leading to outbreaks of fowl cholera, a disease dangerous to humans.Hunters even argue that they're helping endangered species. This is because many countries reinvest hunting revenue (from permits or safari fees) back into animal conservation. For example, some of the money that Zimbabwe earns from foreign elephant hunters is put back into elephant conservation. As a result, Zimbabwean elephant numbers are actually steadily increasing. However, conservationists say that killing animals in order to save them is hypocritical and that there are other ways to protect endangered wildlife.But what about traditional cultures who still hunt for their food? The Inuit people have lived in the Arctic for thousands of years and their traditional diet includes the endangered bowhead whale. Local laws allow them to kill a limited number of bowheads a year and many Inuit argue that traditional societies must adapt and drop endangered species from their diets.Questions：61、Generally，what are the two reasons for hunting?62、What do trophy hunters pay taxidermists to do?63、What do hunters argue that hunting can help prevent?64、What could be the consequence of not hunting waterfowl?65、What is Inuit people's, code of conduct regarding hunting?Section CIn this section, there is one passage presented as a conversation between Mike, Jack and Peter, followed by a summary which is an email sent to Mike's friend, Paul. You should completethe email below using no more than three words for each blank fromthe passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet."I've just heard that Mike's moved jobs," said Jack to Peter. "The strange thing is that he's moved to a much smaller firm and he's usually so ambitious. It doesn't sound like the kind of thing he'd do. Moving to a larger firm would be much more his style. "Peter replied, "I was talking to him briefly last night, but he didn't have time to give me any details. He said he'd tell me all about it next time we meet. I gather that he still liked the work he was doing, but the marketing department, where he worked, had becomea revolving door. A lot of people left before Mike did and their replacements are staying no time at a11. That must be very unsettling for everyone. "Just then, Mike walked in and they asked him what had happenedto make him change jobs. He began to tell them the background to his move. "To put it in a nutshell, it's all the fault of the new marketing director. About six months ago, management decided that asa company we didn't have a high enough profile and they got rid ofJeff Jones, who was head of marketing, and appointed someone to improve the image of the company. Unfortunately, the new broom is one of those people who takes an instant dislike to some people and sets out to make their lives a misery. I don't know what he's done for the public image of the firm, but morale has hit rock bottom. It's particularly sad because Jeff Jones was a good boss and it was a very happy department when he was there. "Peter said, "That's dreadful. It's very difficult to work under such circumstances. How did you get on with him?""I got on with him all right, I suppose, but his mood could change from one minute to another. None of us knew where we stoodwith him. I decided early on to get out while the going was good and was lucky enough to get a job with Smith & Jones. They're a much smaller company, but you can see that they're going places. Theytreat their staff well and so they stay around. ""It might be in the end a good career move, then," said Jack. "Perhaps he did you a favour, after all. ""Certainly," said Mike, "I've taken a cut in salary at the moment, but looking at the big picture I can see that my promotion prospects are much better. ""You wouldn't go back to your old job if this new man left, then?" asked Peter."After the way management let him treat us?" asked Mike. "You must be joking!"Section DIn this section, there is one passage followed by five questions. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.The end of the financial year is approaching and, with it, the AGM, when we will have to give an account of the year's proceedings to our shareholders. As usual, at this time of year, I am sending a copy of this informal end-of-the-year report to all members of the sales force. I hope that you will all find it useful and that you will let me know if you have any comments. I value your input.We started this year with a major new product and we really hit the ground running. Our sales for the first quarter of the year were very impressive and, indeed, broke all records. (74) This was particularly heartening as this occurred at a time when many of our competitors were feeling the pinch. Indeed, there was talk among economic experts of an impending recession and even of economic meltdown. Fortunately, this gloom and doom did not materialize.It was good that we were able to buck the trend, but as I said, we had a major new product and one, indeed, that is popularly believed to have broken the mould of kitchen equipment. Therefore, it would have been extremely surprising, not to say distressing, if we had not achieved substantial sales with it.What is rather distressing is that the rest of the year did not live up to the promise of the first quarter, this despite the fact that the financial state of the country improved in the course of the year. (75) To some extent, of course, it would not have been realistic to expect that peak level sales could be sustained throughout the year. Some falling-off was to be expected after the initial impact of the new product had worn off.However, the falling-off was worse than had been anticipated. This gave us all food for thought and, fortunately, we were able to learn from the experience. Indeed, I think we should regard theintroduction of the new product as a useful learning curve from which all departments have benefited. The whole programme of product launching has been assessed and revised where appropriate. We shall all be better prepared next time.On the whole, this was a successful year and we hope to build on that success in the coming year. Thank you all for your contribution to this success. Get ready to do even better next year!71、markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information givenin the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage.71. The sales report was usually sent out in the middle of the financial year.72、 The company was not affected by an economic downturn in thefirst quarter.73、 The company gained useful experience on how to launch and sell a new product.74、translate the underlined sentences of the passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.74.________________________75、________________________Part Ⅴ TranslationTranslate the following five sentences into English, using the words given in brackets. Remember to write your answers on the answer sheet.76、如今，许多城市居民喜欢到海滨从事水上运动。