2008年样题及答案无听力资源年级样题参考答案

1、中华英语学习中华英语学习网 HYPERLINK / HYPERLINK / 中华英语学习中华英语学习网 HYPERLINK / HYPERLINK / 2008NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelBSample)参考答案PartIListeningSectionDirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be askedabout what was sa

2、id. Boththe conversationandthe question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on theAnswer Sheet with a single line through the c

3、entre.M:Iguess wellhaveahotsummerW:Iknow. Lastsummer was mild.Doyouremember our firstsummer here? Thetemperature stayed about 100 degrees Fahrenheit for ten straight days. There wasnt a breeze anywhere.Q:WhatdoyouknowabouttheirfirstW: If I understand you correctly, Mr. Johnson, you were well within

4、the speed limit when you were stopped by the Police.M:Thatsright, Ialways keeptothelimitinDownsideRoadbecausethereisa schoolslopeon the corner of the first turning and I wouldnt want to run the risk of hitting one of the kids, would Q:WhatdowelearnfromtheM: Imalmost worn out, Ive beentotallybusyat t

5、he office and now Ive got a stiff neck. Guess Im getting old.W:Dontbesilly.Youjustneedarest. Q: How does he feel?W: My English teacher suggested that I come in and borrow a Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.M: Of course, Miss, youre welcome, but they may not in the library. Wouldnt it be be

6、tter if you had one of your own?Q:Whatdidthe mansuggestthatthewomanM:Thehijackingincident endedwiththedeathofthethreeW:HowweretheM:Well,allthepassengersandcrewmemberslandedontheirfeetfinally. Q: What happened to the passengers?W:Iamastranger here.WherecanIhavecopies madeofmyM:Isnttherea photocopymac

7、hineinthepost officethatyouwerejustin? Q: What does the man Imply?W:Imgoingtoinviteafewofmyclassmatestoa M:Youcantinvitejusta few. The otherswillbeangry. Q:Whatdoesthemanimplythatthewomanshoulddo?M:Wellhavetohurryifweregoingtobeontimetogettotheairport.ItsalreadyeightW: Well, it takes only half an ho

8、ur to get to the airport, and the plane doesnt leave until nine fifteen. I think well make it all right if we leave immediately.Q:HowmuchtimeisthecoupleallowedoncetheygettotheW:Mr.Williams,howcanIhelpM: It never used to trouble me, but now after only a couple of glasses, I start to feel really terri

9、ble. Could you give me some advice?Q:WhatsthetroublewiththeW:Whatsthematter?YouareoverfortyfiveminutesM:Imsorry.Ihadanunexpectedvisitor. W: Well, at least you could have called. Q: What is the mans feeling?SectionDirections: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will

10、 be onlyonce. At theend oftheconversation, therewill beaone-minute pause. Duringthe pause, you must read the five questions, each with 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.W:

11、 Hi, Larry. Your roommate told me that I could find youin the TVlounge. What areyou doing M:WhatdoesitlooklikeIamW: Well, it looks like you are watching television. But we have a linear algebra mid-term exam tomorrow, so I thought youd be studying for it maybe I could study with you.M:Oh,well, Iwasj

12、usttakinga break.Thislinearalgebra stuffgives me a headacheifIworkonit too long.W: I know what you mean. Ive been working on it for three hours already. Im beginning to go crazy. Ive been studying the sample problems. I just dont get some of them.M: But I cant believe youare comingto me. I mean youd

13、oknowwhat I got onthe last test, dont W:Yeah,Iknow,youtoldme.IjustthoughttwoheadsmightbebetterthanM: Yeah, thats a nice idea. But.you know, I wish I knew that person in our class who got a hundred on the last test. She didnt miss a question. Umm.was it Elizabeth?W:Ohyeah,Elizabeth!Sheisa friendofmin

14、e. Shedbea big helpright now.Why dont I giveher a call?M:What!Atthishour?Itsalreadytenthirty.IdontwannaimposeonW:Yeah,Iguess youareright.But youknowwhat,sheowes meabigfavor.Letsatleastgiveher a call and see what she says. Maybe going over some of the problems with us would help her review the materi

15、al.M:Itswortha SectionDirections:Inthissection,youwill hear5short newsitems. Aftereachitem,therewillbea pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then 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

16、 single line through the centre.The bomb attacks in London on Wednesday which killed dozens and wounded hundreds more brought chaos to the streets ofBritains capital city. As well as those directly affectedbythe blasts, hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors were caught up in the confusion

17、as the transport system was shut down, and telephone communications became difficult, or even impossible. Among them was the BBCs Jerusalem Bureau Editor Simon Wilson who was on a trip back to London, his home city, when the bombers struck: My tiny walk-on role in Londons drama began shortly after n

18、ine in the morning. The underground train I was travelling on stopped sharply as we approached Paddington station. “Somethings happened on the line ahead”, said the driver, “it must be serious.” It was. Although at that stage I didnt know it, a bomb had exploded on a train at the very next station E

19、dgware Road killing and injuring dozens of people.NASAoriginally scheduled a spacewalk on Thursday to inspect a malfunctioning rotary joint on the right side of the station. The joint is needed to keep the stations solar wings turned toward the sun for power. But space station program manager Mike S

20、uffredini said the tear in a solar wingontheother side ofthestationis a much moreurgent problem. “Webelieveweareina condition where we could over time tear the blanket further, and if we tear the blanket, if we do enough damage to the blanket, we could potentially get in a configuration where we cou

21、ldnt stabilize the array,” said Mike Suffredini. “And if we cant stabilize the array, well have to figure out what to do about that, and we dont have a lot of options.”Forbes Magazine says Indias billionaires constitute one of the wealthiest groups in Asia. Their collective net worth has surged to $

22、351 billion - nearly double that of last year. Forbes lists 54 U.S. dollar billionaires in India. That is the second highest number in Asia after China, which now has the second highest number in the world, after the United States. According to Forbes, China have66 billionaires, whiletheHurunReport,

23、 a respectedchronicler ofsuchthings, puts the number in China at more than 100.The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is not only the newest, but the largest containing over 75,000 artifacts, nearly two million photographs and some 76 million pages of documents. One of the highlights for many v

24、isitors is on the second floor. A visitor of the library says, “The Oval Office - I would never imagine that it would be here. I have always wanted to see what it looks like.” It is a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, the only one in any presidential museum. Jordon Johnson, a library spokesman,

25、 says, “President Clinton, when hes here, he likes to walkaround his library, sometimes totalk withthe visitors here. The Oval is probably a favorite of his and the visitors because its a true replica, exactly how he left it. I am sure it brings back a lot of memories for him.”TheWorldBankdirector f

26、or southernAfrica,Ritva Reinikka,Wednesdaysaidsomething newis onthe horizoninAfrica thatbeganinthe mid-1990s.“ManyAfricaneconomiesappearto have turned the corner and movedtoa path of faster and steadier growth. And for the first time in three decades, they are growing in tandem with the rest of the

27、world,” she said. She said annual growth rates of more than five-percent from 1995 to 2005 reversed 20 years of stagnation and decline from 1975 to 1995. The World Banks Economic Indicators report issued Wednesday forecast these rates will continue through next year.SectionDirections: In this sectio

28、n, you will hear a man introducing the history of Oxford. For questions 21-30, listen to what he says and complete the notes. You will need to write a word or a short phrase. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Good morning, everyone. Today Id like to tell you a little bit about the hi

29、story of Oxford. Oxford has been a town for many centuries, even before 912, was the first written records of its Oxford University began to establish itself in the middle of the 12th century and by 1300 there were already 1,500 students. At this time Oxford was a wealthy town, but by the middle of

30、the 14th century it was poorer because of a decline in trade and because of the terrible plague, which killed many people in England. Relations between the students and the townspeople were very unfriendly, and there was often fighting inthe streets. Onthe 10th of February1355, a battle began, which

31、lastedtwodays. Sixty-twostudents were killed. Thetownspeople were punishedfor this. One ofthe punishments was that the Universitywas given control ofthe town for nearly600 Nowadays there are about 12,000 students in Oxford and the University and the town live happily side by side.The Oxford English

32、Dictionary is well-known to students of English everywhere. It contains approximately5,000,000 entries, andthere are thirteen volumes, includinga supplement. Some of the words are special Oxford word. For example, “bulldog” in Oxford is the name given to University policeman who wear bowler hats and

33、 sometimes patrol the streets at night. They are very fast runners. “Punt” is a word often used in both Oxford and Cambridge. It refers to a flat-bottomed boat with sloping ends which is moved by pushing a long pole in the water.PartIListeningComprehension SectionA1. C2.A3.A4.B5.A6. B7.A8. C9. C10.

34、SectionB12.A13.A14.C15. Section16.A17.A18.B19.A20. Section21. 23. wealthy 24. a decline 25. unfriendly 26. fighting 27. battle 28. control bulldog30.PartIIMultipleChoice SectionA31.A32. C33.C34.A35.D 36.A37. D 38.D 39.C40.SectionB42. B43. D44. B45. PartIIIReadingComprehension SectionAisnoconstitutio

35、nalrighttophysician-assistedsuicideItidentifiestheundertreatmentofpain andthe aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolongandeven dishonortheperiodofdyingasthetwinproblemsofend-of-lifecare. the undertreatment of pain。【解题点拨】 本题考察考生根据上下文判断词义的能力。回答本题不仅要了解 Annas对大量的医生置病人

36、的痛Section roads没有全国统一的标准（Beyond that, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictionsorcommercialsigns.，据此可判断出题干表述不正确。GeneralEisenhowerbroadGermanmotorways，（. he noted,“The oldconvoy hadstarted me thinkingabout good, two-lane highways, but Germanys Autobahn or motorway had made me see

37、 the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.” 老的车队曾使我考虑过双车道高速公路的好处，但德国的公路使我认识到了更宽的马路的明智之处。这里的 broader ribbons 是指与 two-lanehighwaymake more sensesee the wisdom of broader Y。inthe1950snationalhighway“The interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956”的同义转述（e.g. “interstate 1956means “inthe1

38、950s，因此此表述正确。geographical features（地理特征，可定位于第四段第二、三句。文中指出“To build its 44,000-mile web of highways, bridges and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out. Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts

39、, and plains.44,000 英里的公路网，必须制定出桥梁、隧道等上百种独特的工程设计与方案，同thedeathrateoninterstatehighways我们可以确亡率的一半（Thedeathrateonhighwaysishalfthat of allother U.Sroadsis still high than.相矛盾，由此可判断此句话错误。theU.S. withCanadaandtheAmericanpersonalfreedomoftheinterstate system provides individuals withwhattheycherishmostper

40、sonalfreedomofmobility“whatthey benefit75truckdelivermorethan. 可找到原文倒数第二段第一Theinterstate system has been an essential element of the nations economic growth in terms ofshippingandjob creation: morethan75 percent ofthe nationsfreight deliveriesarriveby truck. 75%hisvisionandThehighwaysystemwas offici

41、allyrenamed for Eisenhower to honor his vision and leadership.to honor.in recognition of.意义相近。SectionReductioninsupplySupply-March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last Double-digitinflationandglobaleconomicBoth previous shocks resulted in double-digit

42、 inflation and global economic decline. both previous shocks指前文提到的 1973 1979 1980 oil shock。oiltaxesIn Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effectonpumppricesthaninthepast. 大意为：在欧洲，汽油的零售价中税占到五分之四，因energyEne

43、rgy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumptionenergy conservation, a shift to other fuelsa decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries 为三个并列名词短语。less20 Section【解题点拨】 本题答案在文章第一段第五句话：This o

44、vercrowding will cause other problemsmorecrime, dirtier streets, and worseproblemswithtrafficthanwehave now. 原文使urbanBecauselifewillbehardpeoplewho liveincities will worrymore, andthey maybecome sick. For thesereasonssome saythat nobody will want to live in urban areas.seeno【解题点拨】 本题答案在文章第二段最后一句话：Th

45、ese urban problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city.【解题点拨】 本题答案在文章最后一段第三句话：Some European cities, such as Stockholm, Sweden, or London, England, have planned communities that provide people apartments, jobs, shopping centers, green space, ente

46、rtainment, and transportation. 句中 rebuilddowntown【解题点拨】本题答案在文章最后一段倒数第三句：ManyUScitiesarerebuildingtheir downtown areas. 本段中作者举例说明很多城市已经找到方法解决城市存在的问题，美国城rebuild一词的时态。原文使用了它的进行时，但是考are rebuilding rebuild。PartIVCloze SectionAattend72. greatly73.admission74. proportion75.Section76. leading 77. appointmen

47、t 78. wealth 79. further 80. extremely 81. Managing 82. combined Prior84.series85.SectionASectionThechangeofnationalitydoesnotmeanthechangeofnationalThefathersliterarytalenthasaprofoundinfluenceonhisIdecidedtosplittheclassintothree groupsandteachtheminPartVIIQ15.94.Second.95.Theword“and”.96.Onemile.

48、97. MarysageisPartVIIWriting Task IDearMr.Please do allow me to apologize for imposing upon you. As Secretary General of University Student Union, I am writing to you to express our concern about the canteen service on our We are considerably concerned about the pricing and quality of the foods, the dining environment, and the service of the staff. We think the foods served are too highly priced for