2023年甘肃大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)考试模拟卷.docx

2023年甘肃大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)考试模拟卷本卷共分为2大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共41题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.BSection A/B Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. AA. In a butcher shopBB. In a bakeryCC. In a restaurant 2. Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Why is the woman calling the delivery companyAA. She needs some information.BB. She wants packing materials.CC. She is checking her package. 3. Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. How many passengers were saved in the accidentAA. 274BB. 16CC. 60 4.Whats the main theme of the conventionAA. Climate Change.BB. United Nations Future.CC. Recent Accomplishments in Economy. 5.Tina: A woman stole fifty dollars from me. I gave her the money because she said it would help a sick girl in the hospital. Eve: _ Its worse than being robbed by someone with a gun! Tina: Well, its not as dangerous as being robbed by someone with a gun. Eve: _ Tina: Thats true. I guess fraud is just as bad as other types of a crime.AHow horrible it is! Id rather be robbed by someone with a gun.BYou are kindhearted.; Be careful next time.CThats a terrible crime.; Yes, but in the future you will be less trusting than before.DI dont think theres really a sick girl waiting for your money.; I agree with you. 6.Rose: Oh, hi, Bill. How was your holiday Did you have a good time Bill: Oh, yes, it was fantastic. Thailand is really beautiful and there is so much to do. Rose: Yes, I imagine so. Did you do a lot of sight-seeing, then Bill: Yes, all day long! The temples were incredible. Rose: But it must have been expensive. _ Bill: Yes, Im sorry to say! Rose: So was it worth going to Thailand, then Bill: Oh, yes-definitely. It was the holiday of a lifetime.ADid you spend a lot of moneyBDid you have a good timeCDo you regret having been thereDDo you want to go there again 7.Cathy: Good afternoon. Ive just joined the library. How many books can I take out Emily: You can take two books, and keep them for ten days. If you havent finished, you can renew them. Cathy: How do I do that _ Emily: No, you can telephone. Tell us the titles of the books, and the date they are due for return. Cathy: Splendid. I would be A Tale of Two Cities, or David Copperfield. Emily: These two books have been lent.AWhy cant I keep them for a longer timeBMust I visit the libraryCHow much could I be finedDCan I lend them to my friends 8.To answer this you have to work out a code. On the left are some shapes and the codes that go with them. You must decide how the code letters go with the shapes. Then find the correct code for the test shape from the set of four codes on the right. 9. Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. What is the woman sending to her sisterAA. Fresh fruit.BB. A gift certificate.CC. Homemade candy. 10.BSection A/B Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. AA. A physicianBB. A surgeonCC. A dentist 11. Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Where were the two people detainedAA. In PakistanBB. In IranCC. In India. 12.How many foreigners were killed in the bombingAA. TwoBB. OneCC. Eight 13.Here is a riddle. I am suspended in the air, I touch nothing, and I am surrounded by lights. Now I dress myself afresh, and now I am naked, and I am in the heat and the cold, by night and by day. Everyone amuses himself by tramping upon me, even the animals abuse and scorn me, and yet I have such treasures hidden in my bosom that he who finds them I can make full of happiness. What is the answer to the riddleAThe Sun.BThe Moon.CThe Earth.DThe Sky. 14.Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes and daily hassles. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illness, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help up to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support-financial aid, material resources, and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.Interpersonal relationships are important because _. Athey are indispensable to peoples social well-beingBthey awaken peoples desire to exchange resourcesCthey help people to cope with life in the information eraDthey can cure a range of illnesses such as heart disease, etc. 15.BSection A/B Directions: There are two passages in this section with 10 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage. Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called "footwear for yuppies". They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and childrens shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups of customers. Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans for few changes in the up-market retailing network that helped push sales to $27 to $85, will continue to be sold only in better specially, sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the companys view that consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution. In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of its distributors, partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reebok shoes exceeded supply, and the company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfillment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors. At present, Reebok shoes are available in about five thousand retail stores in the United States. Reebok has already anticipated that walking shoes will be the next fitness-related craze, replacing aerobics shoes the same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replaced conventional running shoes. Through product diversification and careful market research, Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came across several years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of the aerobics shoe craze and was forced to unload huge inventories of running shoes through discount stores.One reason why Reeboks managerial personnel dont like their shoes to be called "footwear for yuppies" is that _. Athey believe that their shoes are popular with people of different age groupsBnew production lines have been added to produce inexpensive shoesC"yuppies" usually evokes a negative imageDThe term makes people think of prohibitive prices 16. Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. When is her sisters birthdayAA. The next day.BB. On Saturday.CC. In three days. 17.BSection A/B Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. AA. A quarter to nineBB. Half past eightCC. 25 minutes to nine 18. Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Whats the purpose of launching the satellite in the news A. To detect the pollution area on the earth. B. To locate the sources of gamma ray explosions. C. To destroy the mysterious material in the universe. 19.Which country is one of the members in the Middle East QuartetAA. JapanBB. BritainCC. Russia 20.Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes and daily hassles. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illness, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help up to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support-financial aid, material resources, and needed services-that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.Research shows that peoples physical and mental health _. Arelies on the social welfare systems which support themBhas much to do with the amount of support they get from othersCdepends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troublesDis closely related to their strength for coping with major changes in their lives 21.BSection A/B Directions: There are two passages in this section with 10 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage. Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called "footwear for yuppies". They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and childrens shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high-performance athletic footwear to their product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups of customers. Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans for few changes in the up-market retailing network that helped push sales to $27 to $85, will continue to be sold only in better specially, sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the companys view that consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution. In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of its distributors, partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reebok shoes exceeded supply, and the company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfillment problems seem to be under