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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,&
2、#160;you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the
3、60;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
4、 with a single line through the centre.1. Where does the dialogue probably take place? A. On a train. &
5、#160; B. In a restaurant. C. In a gym. 2. What are the
6、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
7、0;when she hurt herself? A. She was cooking. B. She was bathing. &
8、#160; C. She was reading. 4. What did the man mention about the briefcase? A. The price.
9、 B. The shape. C. The color. 5. Why did the man get div
10、orced 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
11、60;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
12、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
13、0;letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation One 6. Why is it very difficult for the woman to get the time off? A. She&
14、#160;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 woma
15、n ask the man to get off at the golf course? A. They are going to play golf together. B. The pathway is too rough for the taxis to go. C. It
16、;is nearest to her home. 8. Who will the man come with? A. His dad. &
17、#160; B. His friend. C. His child. Conversation Two 9. What is
18、60;this conversation about? A. Travel agencies. B. Space tours.
19、; C. Holiday plans. 10. What is being planned for tourism in the beginning phase of the next ten years? A. Trips
20、;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.
21、;Only children need some training. C. Its unnecessary. 12. Who will be the potential tourists? A. The general public. B. Those wanting rest and recreation. C. Risk-tak
22、ers. 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 gene
23、ral public. C. The duration of the trip is expected to be increased. 14. What is said about moon tours? A. They will be the first tours that get out o
24、f 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 d
25、o on the moon? A. Build hotels. B. Do space-walking. C. Prepare for trips to Mars. Section C (5 marks) In this section, you will hear five short news ite
26、ms. 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,
27、;and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. What measure is mentioned
28、0;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
29、;found them after raiding the mans home. B. The man lost some of the files during the duplication. C. The man handed them in. 18. How much did Google appro
30、ximately earn in the same period last year?A. $2bn
31、B. $2.2bn C. $2.5bn
32、160;19. What is the purpose of the report? A. To prepare for the construction of nuclear plants in Europe.B. To deal with the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.
33、60;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
34、more freedom. B. Workers demand higher pay. C. Some thirty people were killed by the policeSection D (10 marks) In this section, you will hear a radio talk. The
35、 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 phras
36、e. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Speaker: chairman of the Carocan Group-a (21)_ Topic: How to achieve success Obstacles for success: Fear of
37、60;(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 a
38、bility to succeed. Suggestion: Admit your fear and meet it (26) _ Fear of (27) _ Analysis: It is in fact the fear of (28) _ Suggestion: (29) _
39、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
40、each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet&
41、#160;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
42、160;_ to water. A. shrimp B. horse
43、 C. duck D. dog 32. He has struggled for weeks inside his heart since the
44、offer of a place at a good university is not to be _ at. A. coughed B. sneezed
45、0; C. laughed D. rejected 33. When a professor gives students _ instr
46、uctions, the instructions are generally easily understood. A. clear-cut B. blurry &
47、#160; C. marginal D. ambiguous 34. After years of neglect there was a huge
48、0;_ programme to return the city to its former glory. A. refurbishment B. restoration C. conservation
49、160; D. preservation35. More recently, green tea has also been _ added to the list of youth-promoting substances as it contains rich
50、60;Vitamin. A. coincidentally B. supposedly C. surprisingly D. tentatively 36. Our landlord tried to&
51、#160;_ all the cockroaches in our building, but they came back the next year. A. remove B. deport
52、60; C. expedite D. eradicate 37. Mariko believed everything
53、160;she read on the Web, so she was _ by the hoax the TV Station played on April Fools Day. A. taken out
54、160; B. taken in C. taken off
55、D. taken on 38. There is a lobby of people who insist that its justifiable and necessary to carry out these animal experiments _ science. A. leading to
56、160; B. relating with C. in touch with D. in the name of 3
57、9. A drum is a percussion instrument made by _ a skin or other material over one or both ends of a hollow container. A. compressing
58、160; B. strengthening C. calculated at D. stretching 40. Britains gold and currency reserves _ 15,977 million,
59、 and this year they have repaid foreign loans to the value of 3,500 million. A. equal to B. amoun
60、ted to C. calculated at D. targeted at 41. The film was initially a box-office
61、disaster but quickly gained _ status, and the actress has been well-known ever since. A. cult
62、 B. humble C. vulgar
63、 D. feeble 42. _, but seats are proffered, doors smilingly held open for pram-pushing mothers and tables miraculously appear in crowded restaurants. A. Not only ar
64、e they not shunned B. They are not only shunned C. Though they are not shunned
65、60; D. Despite they not being shunned 43. Selina: Do you think Tim takes after
66、160;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
67、taken for granted. B. Nothing serious. C. It runs in the family. &
68、#160; D. Its hard to say. 44. Assistant: Wadleys Garage called this morning. They said your new car wasnt ready.Manager: Oh, no _ A
69、ssistant: They said there was a strike at the factory yesterday. Manager: Again? A. You sold it? B. why on earth not?
70、; C. I suppose not. D. Ive been there. 45. Manager: What have you got? Assistant: Weve got the
71、files up to 2010, but all those after 2010 have not been found. Manager: _ It wont take long to sort the rest out.
72、0; A. Thats a relief! B. Bad news! C. Who knows? D. Let it
73、 go. Part III Cloze (10 marks) Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways:
74、 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
75、160;answer sheet. A top racehorse was brought down at Royal Ascot with a shot from a high-tech sound gun, a court was told yesterday. The gun was built into
76、0;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&
77、#160;heard by people-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-c
78、ourse betting and bookmaking in this country,” defence lawyer Jonathan Goldberg told Southwark Crown Court in London. He said it had the potential to make a fortune
79、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 fr
80、om 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 was told by
81、;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
82、160;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 London car dealer who lives
83、;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 te
84、sted it on horses in fields. The gun was made from a pair of race binoculars. Showing them to the jury, Mr Goldberg said: “This device subjected a passing
85、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)
86、exp _ in its ears.”The noise would be “a horrible ear-piercing shriek” like the feedback from a microphone. Because racehorses were sensitive and temperamental it would h
87、ave 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.
88、60;The plan was to use the gun for horse races and possibly for greyhound races. Mr Goldberg said: “He would fire it (55) _ the favourite or second favourite
89、60;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 pas
90、sages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Sect
91、ion 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 d
92、ay and in politicians speeches, but the one we live in day by day. Its where most of us live on a daily basis, earning our living, paying our taxes, a
93、nd purchasing the necessities of life. The term “economic expansion” suggests something desirable and benevolent, but expansion simply means spending more money. More spend
94、ing doesnt mean that life is getting better. More spending merely feeds our whole economic system, which is based on production and consumption. Unless money keeps circul
95、ating, the economy collapses. If we dont keep consuming, then manufacturers and retailers go out of business. As a leading economist put it, consumer societies are
96、“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
97、160;the engines of expansion turning relentlessly. In economics, there is no concept of enough. It is a hunger that cannot be satisfied. There is so much craziness i
98、n 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,
99、;the same company also makes products that help people who are trying to diet. Not only that, it even produces pills for those with high blood pressure. Nearly
100、 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
101、 of consumption-the homeless, the refugees, the exploited, the starving. Why is it possible to buy strawberries from Ecuador and green beans from Kenya when these countri
102、es 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
103、160;does not mean paying it off. It means just paying the interest. Western banks make vast profits from third world debt. We buy clothes that are manufactured
104、;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 d
105、evoid 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&
106、#160;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
107、 it. It is mustering the desire to do it.Questions 5660 Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage, using a maximum of four words for
108、0;each sentence. 56. At the beginning of the passage, the author states that there are _ kinds of economy and he will talk about the one related to the maj
109、ority of people. 57. According to the passage, _ serve as the foundation of the whole economic system. 58. Economists believe that the economy struggles to keep peop
110、le feel like they are always _. 59. The reason poor countries like Ecuador and Kenya export their crops is to get money to _. 60. The aim of this
111、0;passage is to make people recognize the _ and thus be free to make their own choices in the consumption culture. Section B (10 marks) Questions 61-65 are base
112、d on the following passage. For more than a mile, the desert in southern Peru has a curious ruler-straight and tack-sharp design made by rocks. The wandering mule
113、60;paths that cross it only emphasize its precision.Throughout hundreds of square miles of arid plateau, other such markings around, most of them concentrated between the town
114、s of Nazca and Palpa. Known as the Nazca Lines, they form a geometric mélange of quardrangles, triangles, and trapezoids. The markings also form spirals and flowers,
115、 narrow lines that extend more than five miles, and a desert zoo of giant creatures-birds, reptiles, whales, a monkey, and a spider-all made by stones whose patterns
116、 can only be seen from the air. Because some of the figures resemble the ones that decorate Nazca pottery, archaeologists attribute the lines to the Nazcas, a c
117、oastal people whose culture rose, flourished, and declined between 100 B. C. and A. D. 700. Making the patterns must have been extremely time-consuming. The Nazcas must
118、160;have cleared millions of rocks to expose the lighter ground beneath them, piled the rocks in rows, and created designs that, in this nearly rainless region, can
119、last thousands of years.But why did they construct them? Nobody really knows. There have been many guesses. Some say that they were prehistoric roads, or farms. Others
120、60;say they were signals or offerings to celestial beings. It has also been suggested that they constitute a giant astronomical calendar, an almanac for farmers who wishe
121、d to predict the return of water to valley streams. One study did ascertain that some of the lines point to solstice positions of the sun and moon in ancient times, as well as to the rising and setting points on the horizon of some of the bright stars. But no
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