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1、之之知知识识问问答答对对抗抗赛赛中国地质大学2009年英语口语大赛之Round 1 Required Questions A(10)VS B(10)Round 2 Quick-fire Questions(10)A BRound 3 Overtime Questions(5)A BRound 1 Required QuestionsA A.Forgiveness B.Patience C.Tolerance1.“_ is bitter,but its fruit is sweet.”Jean Jacques Rousseau,French thinker 2.What is the motto

2、 placed on United States coins?IN GOD WE TRUST 3.Match the Advertisements with the Brand namesLets make things better.The choice of a new generation.Just do it.Intelligence everywhere.Motorola NIKE Pepsi Phillips4.What do the following widely-used web expressions mean?ASAP BTW IMHOAs soon as possibl

3、e By the wayIn my humble opinion5.If someone is clumsy when they should be careful,we might describe them as being like .A.a cat in a paper houseB.a bull in a china shopC.a dog in a glass house6.He is never satisfied with what he has got.The grass is always greener on the other side of the _.A.roadB

4、.fenceC.garden7.If you describe the weather as being“close”,what does it mean?A.ColdB.HotC.Humid8.What do the letters SOHO stand for?Small Office Home Office9.Uncle Toms Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the miserable life of the _.A.early settlers B.black slavesC.nati

5、ve Indians 10.When something happens rarely,it happens .A.once in a yellow moonB.once in a blue moonC.once in a white moon12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 1 Score of Group A:Round 1 Required QuestionsB1.What is the capital of Australia?A.CanberraB.Melbourne C.Sydney 2.Every man is a _

6、when he is in love.PlatoA.GeniusB.FoolC.Poet3.Who wrote the Scarlet Letter?A.Charles Dickens B.Earnest Hemingway C.Nathaniel Hawthorne4.Barack Obama,the 44th President of the United States of America,is from which political party?Democratic PartyRepublican Party4.Barack Obama,the 44th President of t

7、he United States of America,is from which political party?Democratic Party5.If you are celebrating your diamond anniversary,how many years have you been married?A.40B.50C.606.Which music genre is associated with the Beatles?A.PopB.Punk rockC.R&B7.The following words are from Chinese.Can you translat

8、e them?Confuciuscoolie kowtow wonton孔子苦力磕头馄饨8.What do the following widely-used web expressions mean?IOWGMTALOLIn other wordsGreat Minds Think Alike laughing out loudly9.What do the letters CNN stand for?Cable News Network10.“Whats the problem?”“We better take John home,hes absolutely legless.”This

9、means .A.Hes drunk.B.Hes tired.C.Hes ill.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 1 Score of Group B:Round 2 Quick-fire Questions1.Which of the following is NOT Americas newspaper?2.Dont judge a book by its _.A.author B.cover C.sales3.Which syllable is stressed in the word photographer?A.photo

10、grapher B.photographerC.photographer 4.What is the legal drinking age in the USA?A.16B.18C.215.What animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?A.PandaB.KoalaC.Deer6.How many zeros are there in a trillion?A.9B.12C.157.Which sport is called“the sport of kings”?A.GolfB.Horse racingC.Archery8.What

11、do the letters EMS stand for?321Express Mail Service9.True or FalseThe Google name comes from googol;the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.10.After each statement,either team will have one chance to answer it.Its black-and-white.It has webbed feet.It has flipperlike wings.It appears in the Southern Hem

12、isphere.Its good at swimming and diving.Its a bird.It cannot fly.It inhabits cool regions.It lives at or near the south pole.Penguin12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 2 Score of Group A:12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 2 Score of Group B:Round 3 Overtime Questions1.Witty qu

13、estion:Why are girls afraid of the letter C?Because it makes fat fact!2.Match the idioms as what they are.as proud as a as gentle as a as happy as a pigPeacocklamb?3.What do we mean by“below stairs gossip”?A.Gossip amongst servantsB.Gossip amongst children C.Gossip amongst housewives4.If you listene

14、d to blues music,how would you feel?A.Depressed B.AngryC.Excited 5.A Funny RiddleIn a pond there are ten fish,one of them died,and the water level of the pond increases.How?The other nine fish are crying.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Final Score of Group A:12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Final Score of Group B:12345678910111213141516171819202122232425THANK YOU!