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1、 2017年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛(C级)2017 National English Competition for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(Total: 150 marks Time： 120 minutes)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the

2、end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1. Where does this conversa

3、tion probably take place?A. At a TV studio.B.In a supermarket.C. At the policestation.D.In an airplane.2. Which of the following sports is Sarah good at?A. Surfing.B.Windsurfing.C. Swimming.D.Mountain climbing.3. How does the woman handle the over-load information on the Internet?A. Only going shopp

4、ing on line when she wants to.B. Always bookmarking some important websites.C. Downloading useful information to her computer.D. Making a time limit for surfing the Internet.4. What do we learn about Richard from the conversation?A. He got a promotion to vice president.B. He found a new job as a sup

5、ervisor.C. He resigned from the company lately.D. He lost his 20-year job unfortunately.5. What is the womans opinion about child stars?A. They have a hard time growing up.B. They are the pride of their parents.C. They should learn to deal with pressure.D. They enjoy success and fame too early.Secti

6、on 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 oneminute pause, during the pause, read the questions and make your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conve

7、rsation OneListen to the conversation, and mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to your listening.6. Daniel found his research on the Globe Theatre interesting and he needed more time to finish it.7. Lily believed that there must be much difference between todays performance

8、s and the original ones in the Globe Theatre.8. Daniel said that there were no women on the stage in Shakespeares time.9. No live sound effects are used any more for todays performances at the Globe Theatre.10. Performers wear authentic clothes but use very few props in todays shows at the Globe The

9、atre.Conversation TwoListen to the conversation, mark each question as A, B, C or D according to your listening.11. Where is most of Roberts collection kept?B. In a museum.D. In a secret cave.B. Uncommon stones and rocks. D. The packaging of products.B. A piece of rock from space. D. The fossil of a

10、 sea animal.A. In his own study.C. In his private library.12. What does Robert mainly collect?A. Products related to the Olympics.C. Rare coins and stamps.13. What was the first thing Robert collected?A. An age-old shopping basket.C. An 18th century advertisement.14. When did Robert start collecting

11、?A. About three years old.B. After his 16th birthday.C. When he was thirteen.D. At the age of thirty.15. What is Roberts attitude towards his collecting interest now?A. He admits it is a rather tedious thing to do.B. He feels it is a dedication he should continue.C. He regrets having spent too much

12、time on it.D. He regards it merely as a personal hobby.Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will he read only once. After each item, there will be a fifteensecond pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and d

13、ecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16. Which accident was reported in the news?A. A parade stampede.B. A series ofcar crashes.C. Fireworks explosions.D. Terrorist bombings.17. Why are even protected area in the

14、 Eastern Amazon at increased risk of forest fires?A. The drying out of the undergrowthmakes it more likelyto catch fire.B. The temperature has kept risinginthisarea in the pastfev decades.C. There has been little rain for quite a long time in the Amazon region.D. Some tourists make fire to cook when

15、 they camp in the rain forest.18. What does the Royal College of Physicians say is the impact of ecigarettes?A. Few people smoke e-cigarettes because they make people feel ill.B. E-cigarettes have the risk of encouraging people to take up cigarettes.C. Many smokers quit smoking successfully with the

16、 help of e-cigarettes.D. There is no evidence to show that e-cigarettes lead to better health.19. What is the effect of shift work on peoples mind according to the study?A. Three thousand shift workers died during the past two years.B. Doing shift work for years running makes people ageing faster.C.

17、 Mind injuries brought by shift work are impossible to recover.D. Less than five years shift work does no harm to peoples mind.20. Why does Nepal make restrictions on Mount Everest climbing?A. Climbers have found dangerous animals on the mountain.B. There have been fierce snowstorms on the mountain.

18、C. A lot of serious accidents have happened on the mountain.D. It wants to improve the management of the mountain.Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. After each passage, there will be a thirty second pause. During the pause, write t

19、he answers on the answer sheet.DictationListen to the passage. For questions 2125, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains in South America. It (21) sixcountries before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It is almost 6,500 kilometers lon

20、g. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. The Nile in Africa is longer. But the Amazon has more water in it than any other river. This is why it is called the (22)river.There is so much water in the Amazon that when it reaches the sea this water travels far out into the ocean. The wate

21、r has a lot of mud in it, so it is brown. Five hundred years ago,(23)二 on a ship 300 kilometers from land saw this brown water. They followed it andfound the Amazon River!The river is very deep and very wide. In some places it is so wide that a person on oneside cannot see the other side. When the r

22、iver floods, it is (24). The river floods everyyear. Some people who live beside the river build their houses (25) . When the riverrises, their houses rise too!SummaryListen to the passage. For questions 26-30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.l At night, bright light

23、s in city areas block the stars and cause (26) . Sometimes t .many citizens cannot sleep because of the light coming into their homes. And this can - cause serious (27) . Animals and plants also suffer. Light affects the growth of c； (； plants, and it can (28) and hurt animals. In addition, the cost

24、 of lighting city y i 、our use of lighting to save ourselves from the pollution.v areas is huge. The waste of (29)is totally unnecessary. We need to (30) vPart Bt Vocabulary & Grammar (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C an

25、d 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. In my opinion, all these special offers are there to people into buying things theydont really want.A. urgeB. hastenC. swayD. temptA. overB. toC. bef

26、oreD. above32. Nearly every hospital has the same unwritten regulation the badly wounded have priority those only slightly hurt.33. Native people in poor countries who cannot afford modem medicine use mixtures of herbs to diseases.A. killB.driveC.stopD.treat34. I enjoy listening to records. I find r

27、ecords are often , or better than actualperformances.A. as goodB.as good asC.so good asD.so good35. After months of testing, the Russian space scientist a space suit that works betterthan any in history.A. came up withB.put up withC.ran out ofD.ran op against36. Your brother would certainly have att

28、ended the proceedings.A. if he didnt get a flat tireB. if the flat tire hadnt happenedC. had the tire not flattened itselfD. had he not had a flat tire37. The Big Ben is one of Londons best -known landmarks, and it looks most spectacular atnight when the clock faces areA. enlightenedB.glistenedC.ill

29、uminatedD.illustrated38. Dr. Anderson is aware that we still have long way to go in improving human living,conditions and in fighting sickness.A. the; where it is foundB. a; wherever it is foundC. a; wherever is it foundD. /; where is it found39. My approach is not to learn everything about somethin

30、g, but something abouteverything.A. instead to learnB. rather than learningC. rather to learnD. instead of learning40. The members of the Board of Directors agree that chief attention to what can bringin the highest profit.A. is to be madeB. is going to directC. should be paidD. would have to lay41.

31、 The Nobel Prize is by the Swedish inventor Alfred Bernhard Nobel and was firstgiven in 1901. a Nobel Prize is considered to be one of the greatest honours in theworld.A. established; ReceivingB. invented; AwardingC. modified; To be givenD. organised; To be granted42. Only Avhen you have acquired a

32、good knowledge of grammar and vocabularyfluently.A. you will write B. can you writeC. you can write D. you could write43. May I take your order, sir?Yes. I will start with cream soup, please, and then Ill have a T-bone steak.Medium, and Ill have a glass of beer. Thank you.A. Anything to drink then?,

33、B. Call me if you need anything else.C. How would you like your steak?D. What would you recommend then?44, Would you mind answering a few questions for a survey Fm doing?How do you feel about the funding for university education?A. Ill put you in.B. I beg your pardon?C. Nice to meet you.D. Not at al

34、l.45. Linda, how was your trip to Rome?That doesnt sound good. What happened?A. Im planning a new trip.B. That was very kind of you.C. Well, its a long story.D. Why do you ask?Part HI Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one tvord. Choose the correct word in one of

35、the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form, of the given tvord, or by using the given letters) of the word. Remember to write the ansivers on the answersheet.The debate over whether dogs or cats make better pets was given a new dimension recently, and dogsseem to h

36、ave come out the (46) (win).丫According to new research, dogs, more than cats orother pets, are (47) es good for peopleshealth and can help them live longer lives.In an article for the British Journal of Health Psychology, Dr. Deborah Wells of Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, - reviewe

37、ddozens of studies on the health (48) be of pet ownership. She found that all pets helpedtheir owners to be healthier, and that dog-owners were particularly better off. “It is possible thatdogs can directly (49) promour well-being by buffering us from stress, one of the majorrisk factors associated

38、with ill-health,” writes Wells. “The stay wid a dog can also lead to increases in physical activity and facilitate the development of social contacts, which may (50) enhboth physiological and psychological human health in a more indirect manner.”In addition to keeping people healthy and helping prev

39、ent illness, it was found that dogscan aid in (51) rec For example, dogs have been shown to have a calming influence onpeople suffering from heart disease, high cholesterol or Alzheimers. Citing one study, Dr. Wells explains that heart-attack victims are 9 percent (52). likely to be alive a year aft

40、er theirepisode if they own a dog. Dogs have also been found to help warn owners of oncoming heartattacks or diabetic shock. In some (53) c，dogs have even helped revive coma patients.For these reasons, the use of therapy dogs in many hospitals and (54) (retire) homes isbecoming more popular. Althoug

41、h scientists still do not have (55) (conclude) data as towhy dogs play such a major role in the health of their owners, the evidence all seems to point in the same direction. Dogs may provide more than just companionship, including the key to a longer life.Part IV Reading Comprehension (35 marks)The

42、re are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheetSection A (5 marks)Questions 5660 are based on the following passage.Research has shown that college student

43、s can learn as much, or more, from peers as they do from instructors and textbooks. When students work effectively in a supportive group, the experience can be a very powerful way to improve academic achievement and satisfaction with the learning experience.Recent interviews with college students at

44、 Harvard University revealed that nearly every senior who had been part of a study group considered this experience crucial to his or her academic progress and success. The list below describes several important activities that you and your study group or learning team can collaborate on:1. Team up

45、with other students immediately after class to share and compare notes. One of your teammates may have picked up something you missed or vice versa.2. After completing each weeks readings, team up with other students to compare yourhighlighting and margin notes. See if you all agree on what the auth

46、ors major points were and what information in the chapter you should study for exams.3. Studies show that many students are unfamiliar with library research and sometimes experience library anxidy. Forming library research teams is an effective way to develop a social support group for reducing this

47、 fear and for locating and sharing information.4. Having your team visit the instructor during office hours to seek additional assistance in preparing for exams is an effective team learning strategy for several reasons. If you are shy or unassertive, it may be easier to see an instructor in the com

48、pany of other students. Your team visit also sends a message to the instructor that you are serious about learning.5. After receiving test results, the members of a learning team can review their individual tests together to help one another identify the sources of their mistakes and to identify any “model” answers that recei