全国大学生英语竞赛C类(2012到2013真题以及答案).pdf

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1、2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 1 页 共 26 页2012 National English Contest forCollege Students(LevelC Preliminary)(总分：150 分时间：120 分钟)Part II Vocabulary and Structure(15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentencesin this section.For each blank there are fourchoicesmarkedA,B,C andD.Choosethe one thatbestcompletest

2、hesentence.Thenmark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through thecentre.31.What we all work for is to free _time for the things we really want to do.A.offB.upC.asideD.in32.You _his wordsseriously.Hewas talking nonsense.A.won ttakeB.maynot takeC.mustn thavetakenD.needn t

3、havetaken33.Never hesitateto _the first opportunity thatcomesalong.A.seizeB.drawC.who;thatD.obtain34.His mother _hatedcity life longed to return to the village in _shegrew up.A.that;whereB.who;whichC.who;thatD.who;where35.All things _,I think I dbettertakeyour advice.A.consideringB.to beconsideredC.

4、consideredD.havebeenconsidered36.Twelve Europeancountries_over to theEuro on January1st,2002.A.transformedB.switchedC.reversed2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 2 页 共 26 页D.altered37.Sheisn tanything _unpleasantaspeoplesaysheis.A.aslikeB.likeC.asD.like as38.Stopcomplaining.You really _my nerves.A.get downB.g

5、et alongC.get offD.get on39.There wasn t_truth in what hesaid.A.a grain ofB.a ray ofC.a point ofD.a drop of40._for my savings,I wouldntbeableto survive thesemiserabledays.A.Wasit notB.Wereit notC.Had it beennotD.Hadn tit been41.There was a power cut this morning._,I couldntdo anything with mycompute

6、r.A.SupposedlyB.PresumablyC.ConsequentlyD.Essentially42.Alarm clocks needlessly wake _ households.I want to design somethingtargetedatthe individual sleeper.A.wholeB.totalC.fullD.high43._both partiesagreeon theseissueswill a contractbesignedsoon.A.If onlyB.UnlessC.ShouldD.Only if44.I verun out of ca

7、sh.Could you lend meafew poundsthis evening?_I lljust haveto find time to getto thebank andmakeawithdrawal.A.I canlend you somenow.B.I mnot sureI vegot any either.C.Sorry,I haven tgot apennyin my account.D.My credit cardmust beleft home.45.We reall going to the New Skyline Restaurantfor our end-of-y

8、earget-together.Canwe count you in?Oh,thanks,Sara,but _2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 3 页 共 26 页A.I didntfind you then.B.I vebeento therestaurantonce.C.I llpassthis time.D.I llmeet youthereat5:00.Part III Cloze(10 marks)Readthe following passageand fill in eachblank with one word.Choosethe correctword in

9、 oneof thefollowing three ways:according to the context,by usingthe correctform of the given word,or by using the given letters of the word.Rememberto writetheanswersontheanswer sheet.Did you know that for every 20,000 novels written,only one getspublished?So the(46)_(likely)that I ll ever fulfillmy

10、 ambition of becoming a professionalmystery writer doesn tseem very high.But the prospect of turning my lifelongpassioninto my livelihood and achieving fame and(47)for _at the sametimeis just too exciting for me to beput off by dull statistics.So what does it(48)t_ to become a writer?Reading is impo

11、rtant allwriters need to research their genre thoroughly to familiarizethemselves(49)_ its codes and conventions.My bookshelves at home are stackedwith thenovels of all the great mystery writers,which I veread and in many cases,re-read,despite(50)_(know)all thetime“who ddoneit”.Of course,being a wri

12、ter requires imagination.You have to develop your ownpersonalstyle rather than simply copy the work of“the greats”.I veturned out(51)d_ of short crime stories for my university student magazine somehavebeenpublished,somenot,but I vealways aimed to produceoriginal and imaginativematerial.Last but not

13、(52)_,successfulwriters possessenormous self-discipline.I veoften sacrificed my social life in order to devote the necessarytime and effort toproducing a good quality story.And more than once that hasmeant(53)_themidnight oil.We ve got a novel inside us.Getting it out in anywhere nearpublishable for

14、m isno(54)_ task,but with imagination and determination,and the help of anexperton“masterclass”,who could possiblyfail to(55)re_their ambition?Part IV Reading Comprehension(40 marks)Readthe following passages.Eachpassageis followed by severalquestions.Respondto the questionsusing information from th

15、e passage.Rememberto write the answerson theanswer sheet.2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 4 页 共 26 页Section A(10 marks)Questions56 60 arebasedon thefollowing passage.The term culture shockwas introduced forthe first time in 1958 to describe the anxietyproducedwhen a personmovesto a completelynew environmen

16、t.Thisterm expresses thefeeling of not knowing what to do or how to dothingsina newenvironment.Thistermexpressesthe feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a newenvironment.Wecan describeculture shockasthephysical andemotional discomfortapersonsuffers whencoming to live in aplacedif

17、ferent from theplaceof origin.Often,the way that we live before is not acceptedor consideredasnormal in thenew place.Everything is different,for example,not speaking the language,notknowing how to usebanking machines,not knowing how to usetelephones,and soforth.The symptomsof culture shock can appea

18、rat different times.Although a personcan experiencereal pain from culture shock,it is also an opportunity for growing andlearning new perspectives.Culture shock can help people develop a betterunderstandingof themselvesandstimulate personalcreativity.Culture shock hasmany stages.Each stagecan be ong

19、oing,or appearonly atcertain times.In the first stage,the new arrival may feel very happy about all of thenew experience.This time is called the honeymoonstage.Afterward,the secondstagepresentsitself.A person may encounter some difficulties in daily life.For example,communication difficulties may oc

20、cur,such as not being understood.In this stage,there may be feelings of impatience,anger and sadness.Transition between the oldmethodsandthoseof the new country is a difficult processandtakestime to complete.The third stageis characterizedby gaining some understandingof the new culture.Anew feeling

21、of pleasureand senseof humor may be experienced.A personmay startto feel a psychological balance.The individual is more familiar with the environment2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 5 页 共 26 页andwantsto belong.This startsan evaluation of theold ways versusthoseof the new.In the fourth stage,the personreali

22、zesthat the new culture hasgood andbadthings tooffer.This stagecan be one of double integration or triple integration,dependingonthe numberof cultures that the personhasto process.This integration is characterizedby a more solid feeling of belonging.The person starts to define himself or herselfand

23、establish goals for living.The fifth stage is the stage that is called the reentryshock.This occurs when a person returns to the newly acquired customs areconsideredimproper in the old culture.Questions 56 60Complete the summary with words from the passage,changing the form wherenecessary,with only

24、one word for eachblank.Introduced in 1958,culture shock is a term used to(56)_ physical andemotional discomfort people experiencewhen they come to or live in a new place.Although many people suffer a lot from culture shock,it is an(57)_ forpersonalimprovement.The five stagesof culture shock may last

25、 for a long time orshowup oncein a while.In the first stage,the(58)_stage,thenew arrivalmight beOK with everything.Afterward,(59)_from old methodsto the newonecalls for time andenergy.During the third andfourth stage,peoplemay gain moreunderstandingof the new culture and possessobjective views.The d

26、ouble or tripleintegration is(60)_ by a feeling of belonging.The last stage,calledreentryshock,refersto thefeeling peoplehavewhenreturning to their homecountry.Section B(10 marks)Questions61-65arebasedon thefollowing passage.For somepeople,it would beunthinkable.But GabeHendersonis finding freedom i

27、na recent decision;he canceled his MySpace account.The 26 years old graduatestudentstoppedhis accountafter realizing that a lot of his online friends were reallyjust acquaintances.“The superficial emptiness clouded the excitement I had once2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 6 页 共 26 页felt,”Henderson wrote in

28、 an article.“It seems we have lost,to some degree,thespecialdepth thattruefriendship is about.”Journalism professor Michael Bugeja,who is a strong supporterof face-to-facecommunication,readHendersonscolumn andsawit wasa sign of hope.Though he snot anti-technology,Bugeja often lecturesstudentsabout“i

29、nterpersonal intelligence”knowing when,where,and for what purpose technology is most appropriate.Hepoints out the students he sseen walking acrosscampus,holding hands with eachother while talking on cell phones to someoneelse Hesalso seenthem in coffeeshops,surroundedby people,but staring insteadat

30、a computerscreen.“True friends,”hesays,“need to learnwhen to stopblogging and goacrosscampusto helpa friend.”These days,young people are more wired than ever but they realso gettingmore worried.Increasingly,they vehad to deal with online bullies,who are postinganything from embarrassingphotos to onl

31、ine threats.And increasingly,young peoplealso are realizing that things they post on their profiles can come back to hurt themwhenapplying for schoolsor jobs.Social networking can be an“extremely effective”way to publicize events tolarge groups.It can even help build a senseof community on campus.Pe

32、oplejoinedFacebookasa way to meetothers.However,it haslimitations.A good Internet profilecould makeeven the most boring personseemsome what interesting.Peoplearealsonot always happy with text messageson the cell phones.Cell phonescan be a quickway to say“have a good day”.But friends can also cancel

33、a night out with a textmessageto avoid having to explain.“Our generation needsto get over this fear ofconfrontation and rejection.”Henderson says.“The focus needs to be on qualitycommunication,in all ways.”Back in his life,Hendersonis enjoying spendingmoreface-to-facetime with his friends and lesswi

34、th his computer.He sayshis decision toquit his social-networking Internet accounts was a good one.“I mnot sacrificingfriends,”he says,“becauseif a picture,somebasic information abouttheir life and aWeb page is all my friendship has become,then there was nothing to sacrifice tobegin with.”2011 年全国大学生

35、英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 7 页 共 26 页Questions 6163Decide whether the following statementsare true(T)or false(F)according to thepassage.61.Although Hendersonquit MySpace,most of his online friends are actually closefriends.62.According to Bugeja,young people should know when to use technology andwhento stopusin

36、git.63.Social networking helps build a senseof community but hasa negative effect onyoung peopleslife if it is usedinappropriately.Questions 64 65Answer thefollowing questionsbriefly accordingto thepassage.64.What doesHendersonloseby usingsocial networking websiteslike Myspace?65.What do young peopl

37、e need to overcome in order to focus on qualitycommunication?Section C(10 marks)Questions66 70 arebasedon thefollowing passage.“FiveFour Three Two One Seeya!”andChance McGuire,twenty-five,isairborne off a 600 foot concretedam in Northern California.In onesecond he falls 15 feet,in twoseconds 60 feet

38、,and after threesecondsand130 feet,he is flying at66 miles anhour.McGuire is a practitioner ofwhathe callsthe kingofallextreme sports.BASE anacronym for building,antenna,span(bridge)and earth(cliffs)jumpinghasone of the sporting worldshighest fatality rates:in its 18-yearhistory,forty six participan

39、ts have been killed.Yet the sport has never been morepopular,with more thana thousandjumpers in the United States,andmore seekingtoget into it every day.It is an activity without margin for error.If your chute2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 8 页 共 26 页malfunctions,don tbother researchingfor a reserve there

40、isn ttime.There are nosecondchances.Still,the sport may bea perfect fit with the times.Americans may havemore incommon with McGuire than they know or careto admit.America hasembarkedon anational orgy of thrill seeking and risk taking.The rise of adventure and extremesports such as BASE jumping,snowb

41、oarding,ice climbing,skateboarding,andparagliding is merely themost vivid manifestationof this newnational behavior.The rising popularity of extreme sports speaksof an eagernesson the part ofmillions of Americans to participate in activities closer to the edge,where danger,skill,and fear combine to

42、give weekend warriors and professional athletes alike asenseof pushing out personalboundaries.According to American Sports Data Inc.,aconsulting firm,participation in so-called extreme sports is way up.Snowboardinghas grown 113 percentin five years and now boastsnearly 5.5 million participants.Mount

43、ain hiking,skateboarding,scuba diving theirgrowth curves reveal a nationthat loves to play with danger.Contrast that with activities such as baseball,touchfootball,andaerobics,all of which were in steadydeclinethroughout the1990s.The pursuits that are becoming more popular have one thing in common:t

44、heperception that they are somehow more challenging than a game of touch football.“Every human being with two legs and two arms is going to wonder how fast,howstrong,how enduring he or sheis,”saysEric Perlman,a mountaineerandfilm makerspecializing in extremesports.“We aredesignedto experienceor die.

45、”Questions 66 68Complete the followingsentenceswith information given in the passage in amaximum of 4 words for eachblank.66._ratesdoesn tstoppeoplefrom getting into BASE jumping every day.67.The rise of extreme sports manifests the national behavior of _ and_.68.The combination of fear,skill and da

46、ngergives both amateursandprofessionalsasenseof _.Questions 69 70Choosethebestansweraccordingto the passage.69.Which of the following activities reveals a nation that loves to play activities2011 年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案第 9 页 共 26 页closerto the edge?A.Touchfootball.B.Baseball.C.Scubadiving.D.Aerobics.70.

47、What doesEric meanby saying“We aredesignedto experienceor die”?A.Life with greatchallengesis ameaningful one.B.Life without greatexperiencesis very common.C.Peoplemaydie while doing extremesports.D.Extreme sportsareessentialpartsof humanlife.Section D(10 marks)Questions71 75 arebasedon thefollowing

48、passage.Albert Einstein was one of the greatestthinkers the world hasever known.Heformulated theoriesof relativity,successfullydescribedthe natureof the universeandcameup with themost famousequationin the world.David Beckham is thefootballerwhose skills and precision have made him one of the most gi

49、fted sportsmenof hisgeneration.Who is more intelligent?How Gardnerstheory of multiple intelligences(MI)daresus to put thesetwomen on neighboring pedestals.Instead of regarding intelligence as a single quantitymeasurable by pen-and-paper tests,Gardner,an education professor at HarvardUniversity,divid

50、es human intelligence into no fewer than eight separatecategoriesranging from mathematical to musical competence.(74)His ideas have provokedvigorous debateabout how one defines intelligence.Gardnerspoint is that quantitymeasuresonly one capacity,the sort of mental agility that is valued in academica