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1、2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案1 2011 National English Contest for College students (Level C-Preliminary) Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversations will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, the

2、re will be a twenty-second pause, read the question and the there 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.What does the man want to do? A.Get something to eat now. B.Find a quiet pla

3、ce that shows games. C.Watch the next game with the woman. 2.Why does not the man have a MySpace account? A.He is not skilled at using computer. B.All of the instruction are in English C.The woman won not teach him. 3.How long does the woman plan to try teleworking A.For a few days. B.For a few week

4、s. C.For a few months. 4.What does the man hope will happen? The price of cell phone novels will go down. The novel s author will writer longer stories.The woman will tell him ho the story ends. 5.what is the woman going to do next? A.turn on her computer. B.Go for a walk with peter. C.Visit her new

5、 neighbors. Section B (10 marks) In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end each conversation, there will be a one minute pause. During the pause, read the questions, each with three choices marked A, B 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - -

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7、e studied very hard. B.He took a summer class. C.He visited one of his teachers. 7.What does Jack think of Ms Wellington as a teacher? A.Easy-going. B.Tough. C.Interesting. 8.Why is Ms Wellington s class hard? A.Her exams are difficult. B.She does not give students the help they need. C.She makes do

8、 lots of work. Conversation two 9.Why is Mrs. Griffin going to the city where the hotel is located? A.He is on holiday. B.Hes on a business tripC.He is going to a conference. 10. How many times has Mrs. Griffin stayed at the Sunrise Hotel? A. Twice. B. Once. C. Three times. 11. Where is Mrs. Griffin

9、 form? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Australia. 12. What is Mrs. Griffin s passport number?A.87647489 B.87637289 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 2 页，共 14 页 - - - - - - - - - 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案3 C.87637489 13. What kind of room does Mrs. Griffi

10、n want? A. A single room for two nights. B. A double room for two nights. C. A single room for one night. 14. When will Mrs. Griffin arrive at Sunrise Hotel? A. at 9:15 pm B. at 9:35 pm C. at 10:00 pm 15. What food will b e put into Mrs. Griffin s room?A. a sandwich with fries. B. a cheese sandwich.

11、 C. a burger with chips. Section C (5Marks) 16. What does the Associated Press ask editor and news directors to do? A. vote for the top stories of the year. B. describe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico C. writes about the 11 workers killed in the explosion 17. Where are the doctors and technology

12、 experts from? A. New York. B. London C. Tokyo 18. For how long does President Obama agree to extend the tax cuts? A. for four years B. for three years C. for two years. 19. How many people in the world don t have enough to eat,according to the report?A. more than one billion. B. some six hundred mi

13、llion. C. nearly nine hundred million 20. What have astronomers recently discovered? 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 3 页，共 14 页 - - - - - - - - - 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案4 A. there are unknown plants in older galaxies. B. there are many galaxies in

14、the universe C. there are a lot more red dwarf in older galaxies Section D (10 marks) In the section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet What do you do if you

15、 don t get your first choice university? This _ faces thousands of British every year. Many such_ turn to Clearing, a service that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If they dont have the marks to get into their_, Clearing tells them about places available at other univers

16、ity, though they might have to read a difficult subject. This year has seen a record number of people applying to university. This, combined with the _,an uncertain job market, and budget cuts at university, product even more of a scramble for places than usual. Some sources say six students have ap

17、plied for each remaining_ place The British University Admissions Service, UCAS, says up to a quarter of this years university applicants-almost 190000 people-have not been admitted into a_. That is an increase of over 46000 students from last year. Faced with these figure, some British students mig

18、ht consider an interesting alternative:_. The University of Nottingham for is offering place at its campuses in Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Students at these institutions can earn University of Nottingham degrees, according, engineering and English. Similarly, the University o

19、f Bolton says it has unlimited places at its campus in the United Arab Emirates. To deal with t hese problems, the UK s Higher Education Minister, David Willets, is encouraging students who have not made the grade to consider alternatives to university, such as _and studying at home. “ There are arr

20、ange of options available, “ he says. “people can reapply next year, so they should consider spending this year in a way that will add positively to their CVs. Getting _or other skills will strengthen their chances next year.” Some commentators say, though that rising university costs, poor long-ter

21、m_, and a drop in graduate recruitment mean this the worst time to be a university student in the UK. Part Two 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 se

22、ntence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 4 页，共 14 页 - - - - - - - - - 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案5 centre. 31. After four days of talks, we are glad to announce that t

23、he union and management have reached an_. The agreement is fair and benefits both sides. A. accord B. accomplishment C. identity D. undertaking 32. As the clerk_prepared my milk shake, I wondered how long she had been working there ,mindlessly making ice cream treats in a set order of steps. A. logi

24、cally B. methodically C. graphically D. synthetically 33. As a boy he wanted to be a fireman. As a high school student, he thought hed like to become a teacher. Now he_to be nothing more than a janitor. A. Assumes B. Prescribes C. Aspires D. Presumes 34. Regardless of what caused it, I an grateful t

25、hat have finally reached a point in my life_I can appreciate my strengths, accept my weaknesses and try to be comfortable with everything in between. A. Why B. Where C. Which D. What 35. _information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much move difficult job. A. Supposing B.

26、Provided the C. If it were not for D. On condition that 36. Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;_, he once spent half a day on the composition of a single sentence. A. On the other hand B. Nevertheless C. Moreover D. For example 37.-What an I going to do about a present for Carol? -You_some flowers

27、. A. Might have sent her B. Must have sent her C. Could send her D. Would send her 38. Without the air holding in some of the suns heat, the earth_cold at night, too cold for us to live on. A. Will be freezing B. Would be freezing C. An be frozen D. Would be frozen 39. The students in our university

28、 each_an English dictionary. That is to say, each of the students in our university_an English dictionary. A. Have; has B. Have; have C. Has; have D. Has; has 40. Heres your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there_else that you need? A. Something B. Anything C. Nothing D. Everything OO.Davi

29、d_his business partner over plans to reduce the workforce. A.Came down to B. Broke down to C. Fell out with D. Went along with 42. _is this piece of equipment to be removed from the building. 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 5 页，共 14 页 - - - - - - - - -

30、 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案6 A. On no account B. Absolutely C. Scarcely D. Not at all 43. Helen s parents were_that she was still on the job., but she had resigned. A.In doubt B. Of the opinion C. Under the impression D. With suspicion RR.-I dont think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five

31、 million dollars. -Well, _. Anything can happen. A. You made it B. Youre kidding C. What you say D. You can never tell 45.-How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night? -_ but the conductor was perfect. A.I couldnt agree more B. I didnt think much of it C. I was crazy about it D. I r

32、eally liked it Part Three Cloze(15 marks ) I have been reading a lot on my iPad recently, and I have some (46)_ (complain) not about the iPad itself but about the state of digital reading generally. Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in i

33、nk on paper. Glass and pixels arent the same. When I read a physical book, I dont have to look anywhere else to find out how much Ive read. The iPad e-reader, iBooks tries to create the (47) illu_ of a physical book. The pages seem to turn, and I can the edges of those that remain, but its fake. The

34、re are always exactly six unturned pages, no matter (48)_ I am in the book. Also, there is a larger problem. Books in their digital format look vastly less finished, or less genuine than real books. You can vary their font and type size, but this only makes them (49)_(resemble) word-processed-no mat

35、ter how (50)_(wretch) or wonderful they are-will never look as good as Robert Hasss poems in the print edition of The Apple Trees at Olema. But your poems can look almost exactly as ugly-as e-book-like -as the Kindle version of that collection. All the e-book Ive read have been ugly-books by Chang-r

36、ae Lee, Alvin Kernan, and Stieg Larsson-though the texts have been wonderful. I didnt grow up reading texts. I grew up reading books, and this(51)_(differ) is important. When it comes to digital editions, the(52)_(assume) seems to be that all books(53)are_(create) equal. However, nothing could be fu

37、rther from the truth. In the mass migration from print to digital, were seeing a profusion of digital books-many of them out of copyright-that look new and even HD, but which may well have been supplanted by more 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 6 页，共 1

38、4 页 - - - - - - - - - 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案7 accurate editions and better translations. We need a digital readers guide-a place where readers can find(54)_ whether the book theyre about to download is the best available edition. (55)Fi_, two related problems. I already have a personal library,

39、 but most of the books Ive read have come from(56)_(lend) libraries. Barnes & Noble has released an e-reader that allows short-term (57) _(borrow) of some books. The entire idea behind Amazons Kindle and Apples iBooks assumes that you cannot read a book unless you own it first and that only you can

40、read it unless you want to give your reading device to someone else. This goes against the social value of reading, the collective knowledge and (58)_(collaborate) discourse that comes from access to (59)_or our culture in general. Part Four Reading Comprehension (40 marks). Section A (10 marks ). Q

41、uestions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage. Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why not follow Ammon Sheas example and start reading a dictionary? Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he reads them for fun. He recently spent a year readi

42、ng all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary contains more than 20,000 pages and over 59 million words. As he read from A to Z, he noted down interesting words in a ledger. This includes words such as happify, meaning to make someone happy and tripudiate, which means to dance,

43、skip or leap for joy. Mr Shea also kept a diary about this experience, which has since become a best-selling book. Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. Ive always enjoyed reading dictionaries . They are far more interesting than people give then credit for, he said. It appears that it was not h

44、is goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. Im not against long, fancy or obscure words, but Im opposed to using then for their own sake, he said. In fact ,as a result of reading so many new words , Mr Shea often forgot everyday vocabulary. He wrote, My head was so full

45、 of words that I often had trouble forming simple sentences. Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries.Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cbuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Srabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their games.

46、 Ms Higgleton did however note that, Its probably not the best way to learn English ,and youd learn more than you need. It is not known how many of the 59 million words Ms Shea remembers, but he has certainly made history with his eccentric 名师资料总结 - - -精品资料欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 名师

47、精心整理 - - - - - - - 第 7 页，共 14 页 - - - - - - - - - 2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C 类)及答案8 hobby. Questions 61 to 65. Decide whether the following statements are True or False. 61. Mr Shea has read 1.000 dictionaries. 62. Mr Shea spent one month reading the Oxford English Dictionary. 63. In Mr Sheas opinion,peo

48、ple dont give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting. 64. Mr Shea thinks it is important t be able to use long and complicated words in everyday conversation. 65. Elaine Higgleton thinks that reading a dictionary is the best way to learn English. Section B (10 marks) Questions 66 to 70are

49、based on the following passage. Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than a hobby-they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Slater when he said,Once youre in, youre in. Theres no getting out. Surfing

50、, of course, refers to riding on ocean waves using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires god balance and is therefore difficult for most beginners to learn, but some lie down and bodyboard The history of surfing probably began with the Polynesian people of the Pacific Is