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1、2013 National English Contest for College Students(Level A 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 t

2、wenty-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 re

3、staurant. 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 ment

4、ion 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 didnt help take care of the baby.C. He spent too much time in the pub.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversa

5、tions. 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 l

6、ine through the centre.Conversation One 6. 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 co

7、urse?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.

8、What is being planned for tourism in the beginning phase of the next ten years?A. Trips to the moon.B. Trips in the moons orbit.C. Trips within the earths orbit.11. What is said about the training?A. It takes a couple of days.B. Only children need some training.C. Its unnecessary.12. Who will be the

9、 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

10、 be increased.14. What is said about moon tours?A. They will be the first tours that get out of the earths 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. Pr

11、epare for trips to Mars.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 corre

12、sponding 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 mans home.B. Th

13、e 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. $2bn B. $2.2bn C. $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 Fu

14、kushima nuclear disaster in Japan.C. To test European nuclear power plants reaction to emergencies.20. Whats the cause of demonstrations in cities and towns across Syria?A. They are calling for more freedom.B. Workers demand higher pay.C. Some thirty people were killed by the police.Section D (10 ma

15、rks)In this section, you will hear a radio talk. The talk will be read only once. For questions 21-30, 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

16、 (21)_Topic: 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 (27) _Analysis:

17、 It is in fact the fear of (28) _Suggestion: (29) _Conclusion: In order to succeed, you need to (30) _ opportunities.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There 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

18、 completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. Katies parents never see her as the mothering type but when her son was born she took to it like a _ to water.A. shrimp B. horse C. duck D. dog 32. He has struggled for weeks in

19、side his heart since the offer of a place at a good university is not to be _ at.A. coughed B. sneezed C. laughed D. rejected 33. When a professor gives students _ instructions, the instructions are generally easily understood.A. clear-cut B. blurry C. marginal D. ambiguous34. After years of neglect

20、 there was a huge _ programme to return the city to its former glory.A. refurbishment B. restoration C. conservation D. preservation35. More recently, green tea has also been _ added to the list of youth-promoting substances as it contains rich Vitamin.A. coincidentally B. supposedly C. surprisingly

21、 D. tentatively36. Our landlord tried to _ all the cockroaches in our building, but they came back the next year.A. remove B. deport C. expedite D. eradicate 37. Mariko believed everything she read on the Web, so she was _ by the hoax the TV Station played on April Fools Day.A. taken out B. taken in

22、 C. taken off D. taken on38. There is a lobby of people who insist that its justifiable and necessary to carry out these animal experiments _ science.A. leading to B. relating with C. in touch with D. in the name of 39. A drum is a percussion instrument made by _ a skin or other material over one or

23、 both ends of a hollow container.A. compressing B. strengthening C. calculated at D. stretching40. Britains gold and currency reserves _ 15,977 million, and this year they have repaid foreign loans to the value of 3,500 million.A. equal to B. amounted to C. calculated at D. targeted at 41. The film

24、was initially a box-office disaster but quickly gained _ status, and the actress has been well-known ever since.A. cult B. humble C. vulgar D. feeble42. _, but seats are proffered, doors smilingly held open for pram-pushing mothers and tables miraculously appear in crowded restaurants.A. Not only ar

25、e they not shunned B. They are not only shunnedC. Though they are not shunned D. 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, theyre both very stubborn, arent they?Selina: Thats for sure. _A. Its not ta

26、ken for granted. B. Nothing serious.C. It runs in the family. D. Its hard to say.44. Assistant: Wadleys Garage called this morning. They said your new car wasnt 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?

27、 C. I suppose not. D. Ive been there.45. Manager: What have you got? Assistant: Weve got the files up to 2010, but all those after 2010 have not been found. Manager: _ It wont take long to sort the rest out. A. Thats a relief! B. Bad news! C. Who knows? D. Let it go.Part III Cloze (10 marks)Read the

28、 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 w

29、as 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

30、-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

31、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

32、 was told by the defence during a trial in which the inventor of the (50) g_, 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 a 49-year-old grandfather and south

33、London car dealer who lives with his mother-in-law in a terraced house. He told the court that he got all the (51) inf_ on ultra-sonics for the gun from the Encyclopedia Britannica and tested it on horses in fields.The gun was made from a pair of race binoculars. Showing them to the jury, Mr Goldber

34、g 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 (53) exp _ in its ears.”The noise would be “a horrible ear-piercing shriek” like the feedback from a micropho

35、ne. Because racehorses were sensitive and temperamental it would have the (54) ef _ 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 Go

36、ldberg said: “He would fire it (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 IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the

37、questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A (10 marks)Questions 5660 are based on the following passage.I 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

38、 live in day by day. Its 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 doesnt mean that lif

39、e 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 dont keep consuming, then manufacturers and retailers go out of business. As a leading economist put it, consumer soci

40、eties are “in need of need”. We dont 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. The

41、re is so much craziness in the world. There is a 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 pill

42、s 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 st

43、rawberries 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 service their debts. Notice that servicing a debt does not mean paying it off. It means just paying the interest. Western

44、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 that poison 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 dont know what to do about it. It is mu