2022年全国大学生英语竞赛决赛赛卷听力录音原文及参考答案.docx

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1、精品学习资源2005 年全国高校生英语竞赛决赛赛卷听力录音原文及参考答案B级Part I Listening Comprehension25 minutes, 30 pointsSection A Dialogues10 pointsDirections:In this section, you will hear 10 short dialogues. At the end of each dialogue, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the dialogue and the question will be rea

2、d only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. W: The library is closed for repairs fr

3、om the 1st of July until Monday the 6th of August.M: Oh, my. My library books are due on August 1st.Q: When will the library re-open. B2. M: Excuse me, could you explain how to get to the express bus terminal, please. I have to pick up my grandparents there.欢迎下载精品学习资源W: Sure, you need to take a righ

4、t turn at the third traffic light at the Peach Corner Street, and then go straight half a mile. Its right next to the subway station.You wont miss it.M: Oh, thank you. Its easier than I thought it would be.Q: Where will the man meet his grandparents. D3. M: I need to buy something for my wife. Tomor

5、row she turns 32.W: Have you decided what youre going to give her.M: I think Ill bring 32 red roses, one for eachyear.Q: What will the man celebrate. D4. W: I suppose we could walk or cycle to the poolits not that far.M: Yes, but its so hot well be exhausted by the time we get there. How about getti

6、ng a number 38 bus. It stops right outside.欢迎下载精品学习资源W: Good idea.Q: How will they get to the swimming pool. A5. M: I really hate my work.W: Why not look for a different job.M: Its not that easy for me.Q: What does the woman suggest. B6. M: Hello. This is John Smith calling to confirm my reservation

7、 of the table at 5 p.m.W: Mmm, let me see. Im sorry. I cant find any reservation under that name.M: No, it cant be true. I made that reservation only an hour ago. Would you please double-check the list, please.Q: Why did the man call the woman. D7. M: My wife had a car accident on her way out of the

8、 city with her mother two days ago. She wasnt able to come here to have her car repaired because she didnt dare to drive a car. This was the first accident since she has been欢迎下载精品学习资源driving. Can you examine the car for me, please. And when can I come for it.W: Well, the technician will take a look

9、 at the car, and then hell tell you the details.M: Ok, thank you.Q: Who came to have the car repaired the car. A8. M: Excuse me, do you know the phone number of the lawyer named Foley in our town.W: Im not sure. I just moved here several weeks ago. You should look it up in the telephone book.M: What

10、 a fool I am. Thatll probably be better than asking everyone.Q: How will the man find the phone number. B9. M: Are there any seats available for tonights show.W: Yes, we still have a few left.M: How much are the tickets.欢迎下载精品学习资源W: They are eight dollars each for adults, but student tickets are hal

11、f price.M: Two adults and one student, please.Q: How much will the man pay for the tickets.B10. M: What one thing do you hate most of all. I think maybe youll answer,“ Monday mornings, ” right.W: No way. The thing I hate the most is going tovisit dentist.M: Really. I dont mind dentists at all. In fa

12、ct, I like to visit dentist. And when I do go there, I always feel that my dental condition will improve.W: Wow. Youre kidding. I have a lot of problems with my teeth, but I cant stand dentists.Q: Which of the following statements is true about the man and the woman. DSection B News Items10 pointsDi

13、rections:In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and欢迎下载精品学习资源read 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.11. In the ba

14、ttle of the Hollywood veterans, theundoubted winner was Clint Eastwood. His“Million Dollar Baby” was voted best film by the Academy while he also won the coveted Oscar for Best Director for the second time.The film won four Oscars in total with Hilary Swank picking up Best Actress for her portrayal

15、of a female boxer and Morgan Freeman named Best Supporting Actor.Question:What award did Clint Eastwood receive. C12. The London conference has generated new international support for President Abbas to clean up the corruption and ineffective rule that plagued the Palestinian authorities under Yasse

16、r Arafat.Senior officials from 23 countries and 6 international organizations have thrown their weight behind a Palestinian work plan to overhaul the Palestinians government, economy and security forces.欢迎下载精品学习资源international organizations do. B13. The European Commission will spend about ninety fi

17、ve million dollars over the next four years trying to prevent children and young adults from smoking. Thats a big increase on the twenty five million dollars it spend on its last anti-smoking campaign.Question:What is the increase between the two anti- smoking campaigns. B14. Hunter S. Thompson is c

18、redited with developing a new form of fictional journalism, sometimes called Gonzo journalism, in which the writer made himself an essential element of the story. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas became a psychedelic classic telling the story of Thompsons drug hazed road trip across the western US in

19、search of the American Dream. The story was eventually made into a movie starring Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro.Question:Is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a psychedelic classic or a piece of science fiction. A欢迎下载精品学习资源provincial governor in keeping with the new governments policy of promoting wo

20、men to positions of power.Interior Minister Ali Jalali announced the appointment Thursday of Habiba Sarobi as Afghanistans first ever female governor.Her appointment is part of a national initiative toplace more women in positions of power. Afghan President Hamid Karzai and others in his administrat

21、ion have urged a wider political role for women.Question: Who was appointed as the first female governor in Afghanistan. B16. It only took 10 minutes to auction off the mainoil-pumping division of Russias largest oil company, Yukos.There were only two bidders, including the large state natural gas c

22、ompany Gazprom, which was widely expected to be the winner.But in a surprise, a virtually unknown company called the Baikal Finance Group won, paying just over $9 billion.欢迎下载精品学习资源17. From baseball superstar to aging rock star, 2003 was the year Elvis Costello had his share of the jazz spotlight, i

23、n more ways than one. With the release of his number one jazz album North, Costello proved why hes considered one of todays best ballad singers andsongwriters. He describes North as an album about“melody,harmony, mood and emotion, mostly emotion”. An emotional Elvis also made news when he married ja

24、zz singer DianaKrall in December, a match some say was made in musical heaven.Question:What is Elvis Costello. A18. The worlds first treaty aimed at cutting tobacco- related deaths has come into force. The World Health Organizations Framework Convention on Tobacco Control becomes legally binding upo

25、n countries that have ratified the landmark agreement.The WHO estimates that nearly five million people die prematurely every year from tobacco-related diseases. If current smoking trends are not reversed, the WHO warns by欢迎下载精品学习资源cent of them in developing countries.Question:By 2021, how many peop

26、le will probably die from tobacco-related diseases each year in developing countries. B19. In Iraq, the FBI is involved in trying to secure the release of civilians from 12 countries who have been taken hostage by Iraqi insurgents. Four Italian securityguards are the latest foreigners to be reported

27、 abducted, while nine Americans still remain unaccounted for.Question:What is the nationality of the four security guards. C20. When Margaret Thatcher came to power in May 1979,Britain was a very different place to today. The trade unions were a political force to be reckoned with,government was inv

28、olved in everything from generating power to making cars, and many people looked to the state to provide their every need. Much of that changed during her eleven years in power. She neutered the labour movement, oversaw the privatization of large swathes of the economy,欢迎下载精品学习资源own lives. Much of t

29、his was fiercely resisted but is now political orthodoxy in Britain.Question:When did Margaret Thatcher resign from office.BSection C Passages10 pointsDirections:In this section, you will hear 2 passages.At the end of each passage, you will hear 5 questions.After you hear a question, you must choose

30、 the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneWhats it like to be a gold medal winner at the Olympic Games. This is what Sarah Hughes writes about how her life has changed since win

31、ning an Olympic gold medal in 2002.“In the months since the Olympics, Ive received the key to New York City, met President Bush and had myphotograph put on a cereal box. Ive met so many amazing欢迎下载精品学习资源practically every boy-band member you can think of. But through it all Ive tried hard to stay sam

32、e person: a normal 17-year-old girl from Great Neck, New York, wholoves e-mail, baking, and anything with sparkles.”“Its funny, but when I stepped on the ice at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, I did not think aboutwinning. I felt proud just to have made it that far. Figure skating competiti

33、on consists of a two-and-a-half-minute short program and a four-minute long program. Going into the long program, I was in fourth place. However, I was also ahead of most of the worlds best skaters. Yet I knew I could do better.”“You need a lot of luck to go from fourth place to first. I guess Febru

34、ary 21, 2002, was my lucky night. Iseemed to gain energy as my program went on, getting every spin, landing every jump. I landed back-to-back triplejumps, the first woman ever to do that in competition.Backstage, when coach, Robin Wagner, found out that Id won, she screamed and fell out of her chair

35、. I sat there indisbelief, thinking, Wow！”欢迎下载精品学习资源and had to miss the closing ceremonies. I was heartbroken.But it wasnt until I left Salt Lake City a few days laterthat I realized how much my life had changed. For instance, I got to fly to Los Angeles to present a prize at theGrammy Awards with t

36、he Backstreet Boys.”“One of the biggest things that has happened since winning is that now I can support programs and causes I am very interested in, especially breast cancer. My mom, Amy, had breast cancer when I was 12. She was courageous andstrong. She always had a positive outlook. Today shes be

37、en cancer-free for four years.”“I learned from my mom that you cant be afraid to live. I love taking risks. Champions on Ice, the touring figure skating show that I was in during the summer, is much more relaxed than the Olympics. However, once in a while I did a triple-triple combination, just to t

38、estmyself. Sometimes I fell, but landing well after every jump is not the point. It is the attempt. It is the effort. Iwill continue to compete and try for the Olympics. I might欢迎下载精品学习资源lose my passion.”Questions 21 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.21. When did Sarah Hughes get th

39、e Olympic gold medal.C22. What has remained the same in Sarah Hughes life since the Olympic Games. A23. Why did Sarah Hughes think she was lucky at the Olympic Games. D24. Why did Sarah Hughes miss the closing ceremonies at the Olympic Games. A25. What did she learn from her mother. DPassage TwoHand

40、-held fans began in China some 5,000 years ago. Of course, there is a story about the invention of the hand-held fan. The story says that one day, while the daughter of a famous official was at a festival, she felt suddenly欢迎下载精品学习资源at the time and did the obvious: She held it close to her face and

41、moved it back and forth to create a slight breeze.The other women saw her example and immediately began to do the same. Is this truth or fiction. Believe what you want.The original fans were made of leaves, tied grasses, or feathers fixed to a wood or bone handle. They were used to cool the face, st

42、art fires, and for many other purposes.Eventually the technique of stretching silk and later paper across a hard frame to create a flat, round fan was developed. Screen fans soon replaced feather fans.Chinese fans were first introduced to Japan during the Nara period AD 710794. Less than a century l

43、ater, the Japanese had improved on the Chinese original design by inventing the folding fan. This was a folded, decoratedpiece of paper. The paper was then stuck on a semicircular frame of thin flat sticks. The idea of how to make this new kind of fan went back to China, and it soon became very popu

44、lar. In the 14th century, the fan traveled from Chinato Europe. Thanks to the Portuguese traders who broughtfans from China to Europe in the 15th century, fans were欢迎下载精品学习资源enough fans. To make fans more quickly, the parts were often imported from China and then put together in Europe.By the 17th a

45、nd 18th centuries, France became the leading center for making fans. Fans had become an important accessory for anyone who wanted to be fashionable.They had also become more complicated and expensive. Many different kinds of materials were used, including materialssuch as silk and lace. Designs on t

46、he fans were printed orhand-colored. Fashionable fan handles were most often covered with precious stones or pearls. The folding-fan skeletons were made from ivory, mother-of-pearl, or expensive wood, and held together with silk ribbons or sewing thread.Questions 26 to 30 are based on the passage yo

47、u have just heard.26. Where were hand-held fans first used according to the passage. C27. What were hand-held fans originally made of. B28. How were folding fans first developed. A欢迎下载精品学习资源30. Why was France important in the history of fans.BPart II Vocabulary and Structure5 minutes, 10 points31. C 32.