全国大学生英语竞赛C类真题

1、2008NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelCPreliminary)PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices,markedA,BCandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence,thenmarkthecorr

2、espondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.31.Theyarelookingfor_manwith_longdarkhair.Heisarmedanddangerous.A.a;aB.the;aC.a;/D./;the32.Itwasunfortunate,butshehadno_buttoactasshedid.A.chanee.B.opportunityC.optionD.solution33.The_driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.A.ge

3、neralB.usualC.commonD.average34.HowdidtheymanagetostealtheVanGogh?Itwasright_thesecurityguardsnose.A.belowB.beforeC.underD.beside35.Thestudent_continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountryunexpectedly.A.isconsideringB.wasconsideringC.shouldconsiderD.hasconsidered36.MyfriendsandIenjoydoingman

4、yofthesamethings.Inthatrespect,wehavealot_.A.insimilarB.inparticularC.incommonD.inaccordanee37.OurplannedvisittotheUnitedStates_becausewewereunabletogetthevisas.A.felloverB.felldownC.fellthroughD.fellon38.Lestanyone_itstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue.A.thoughtB.shouldthinkC.hadthoughtD.thinki

5、ng39.WhenSally_thecriminal_herhouse,shescreamedatthetopofhervoicebecauseshedidnA.saw;enter;killedB.saw;enter;tobekilledC.sees;entering;bekilledD.sees;enter;killing40.Tinaschildren,_alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday.A.whoB.thatC.whichD.as41.Sometimesitisnecessarytobecareful_ther

6、ightdatetositforatest.A.whenchoosingB.whenyouwillchooseC.whenyouhavechosenD.whenyouchose42.EinsteinstheoryofrelativityseemedhardtobelieveatthetimeA.whenhefirstintroducedB.thathefirstintroduceditC.hefirstintroducedD.whichhefirstintroducedit43._really.Ilikebothpublictransportanddriving.A.Onsecondthoug

7、htsB.IcouldgoeitherwayC.IwillneverlearntodriveD.Butthenagain44.Imgettingmarried!A.Canyoukeepasecret?C.Manyhappyreturns.45.So,doyouknowwhereyouActually,IveheardthatitA.Ibegyourpardon?C.Doyouknowanygoodhotels?PartIIIReadingComprehensionSectionA(4marks)B.WellInever!D.Congratulations!dliketogo?sveryexpe

8、nsiveanditscoldallthetime.B.Yeah,butitvesyngxbod.D.Doyouhaveanysuggestions?(20minutes,40marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith4questions.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,BCandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Qu

9、estions46-49arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Mostsorethroatsarecausedbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure.Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.Tonsillitis,however,usuallystartswithasorethroatwhichcausespainonswallowing.Withchildrenandsomeadultstheremaybeafeverandt

10、hepatientisobviouslynotfeelingwell.Itmaybepossibletoseewhitespotsonthebackofthethroat.Theneckmayalsoswell,bothofwhicharethenormalresponsetoinfection.Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold,andwithinfluenzatheremaybedrynessofthethroat,painoncoughingandlossofvoice.TREATMENTAspirin:Tohelprelievet

11、hepainonswallowingand(ifthereisone)thefever,useaspirintabletsdissolvedinwater,sothatthepatientcangarglebeforeswallowing.Repeatthetreatmentevery4hours.Drink:Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids.Food:Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat.Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing,breat

12、hinginsteammayhelp.CHILDRENYoungchildren,whomaynotbeabletogargle,shouldbegivenaspirindissolvedinwaterevery4hoursattherightdosefortheirage.Atoneyear:asinglejunioraspirin.Atfiveyears:halfanadultaspirin.Ateightyears:onewholeadultaspirin.WHENTOSEETHEDOCTORIfthesorethroatisstillgettingworseafter2days.Ift

13、hepatientcomplainsofearache.Ifthepatientorparentisveryworried.46.Accordingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_.requireanimmediatevisittoadoctorrespondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibioticrarelyturnouttobesymptomsofseriousillnessresultintonsillitisevenwhentreated47.Inordertotreatasorethroatone

14、should_.preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuchgivethepatientupto4aspirintabletseverydayadvisethepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquidsmakethepatientgarglewithhotliquids48.Youshouldcallthedoctorinif_.swellingoccursintheregionoftheearsB.thepatientsconditionworsensafter2daysC.thepatientsthroatisstillsoreafter

15、aweekthediseasespreadstoanothermemberofthefamilyWhatdiffereneeisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirin?Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosesofas

16、pirinthanchildren.SectionB(14marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith10questions.GooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.Forquestions50-55,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(for

17、NOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions56-59,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassageIn1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,California,andorganizedtheUnitedNations(oftencalledtheUN).WorldWarIIhadjustended.Millionsofpeoplehaddied,andtherewasdestructioneveryw

18、here.Peoplehopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeacethroughthisneworganization.TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurposes:Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems;Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions,andofbothsexes

19、;Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthesegoals.TodayalmosteverycountryintheworldisamemberoftheUN.Eachcountryhassignedanagreementthatsays:Allmembersareequal.Allmemberspromisetosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway.Nomemberwilluseforceagainstano,thermember.AllmemberswillhelptheUNinitsactio

20、ns.TheUNwillnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriesexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace.Obviously,theUnitedNationshasnotbeencompletelysuccessfulinitsgoals.Therehavebeenseveralwarssince1945.However,theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosomecountriesthatwereatwar.Ithashelpedpeoplewholefttheircountriesbecauseo

21、fwars.Ithashelpedbringindependencetocolonies.ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewYorkCity,buttheUNhasa“family”ofotherrelatedotheworld.Theseorganizationstrytoprovideabetterlifeforeveryone.OneexampleisUNICEF,anorganizationthatprovidesfood,medicalcare,andmanyotherservicesforpoorchildrenwherevertheyl

22、ive.AnotherexampleistheWorldHealthOrganization,whichdevelopsmedicalprogramsallovertheworld.TherearethousandsofUNworkersindevelopingcountries.Theyworkasplannerstoincreaseproductioninfarmingandindustry.Theyprovidemedicalservices,improveeducationprograms,andspreadscientificinformation.Theydevelopprogra

23、msthatprovidejobsandbetterlivingconditions.Theyhelpcountriescontroltheirpopulationgrowth.TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences,wherepeoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissues.Oneconferencewasabouttheusesandownershipofoceans.Anotherwasaboutwomen.TherearealsoInternationalYears.Inthesespe

24、cialyears,peopleworktogethertoimprovesituationsandsolveproblems.OneyearwastheInternationalYearoftheChild.Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolofweakerones.Itisverydifficulttopersuadenationstolivetogetherinpeace.Nevertheless,theUnitedNationsisattemptingtodothis

25、.Itistheonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthesearchforpeace.TheUnitedNationswasorganizedatameetinginCaliforniain1945.TheUnitedNationsworksforinternationalpeace.KuwaitisamemberoftheUNICEF.TheUnitedNationshasitsmainorganizationinSanFrancisco.TheUnitedNationshelpedAlgeriabecomeindependent.UNICEFisano

26、rganizationthathelpssavewildlife.EachcountryintheUNhassignedanagreementthatsaysnomember_againstanothermember.57.Despiteitseffort,theUnitedNationshasntbeen_initsgoals.58.Peoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissuesin_heldbytheUnitedNations.SectionC(10marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedby5questio

27、ns.Readthepassagecarefully,andthenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible(notmorethan10words.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheetQuestions60-64arebasedonthefollowingpassage.AIanguageisasystemofsounds,gestures,orcharactersusedbyhumanstocommunicatetheirideasandfeelings.Thereareabout4,000spokenIa

28、nguagesintheworld.Somearespokenbymillionsofpeople.OtherIanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.Alllanguageshaverulesforformingwordsandfororderingthosewordsinsentences.InwrittenIanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombiningthosecharacters.InspokenIanguages,meaningisexpressedthrougha

29、systemofsoundsandrulesforcombiningthosesounds.ManydeafpeopleusesignIanguages,inwhichgesturesdotheworkofthesoundsystemofspokenIanguages.WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherIanguages,suchasRussian.ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineseandinmanyIanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.Languagesareal

30、wayschanging,buttheychangeveryslowly.PeopleinventnewwordsfortheirIanguage,borrowwordsfromotherIanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsasneeded.Forexample,theEnglishwordbytewasinventedbycomputerspecialistsin1959.theEnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl,andAmericanIndianIanguagespokeninMexico.TheEnglis

31、hwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.ThereareseveralmajorIanguagefamiliesintheworld.TheIanguagesineachfamilyarerelated,andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily.Languagefamiliescomeindifferentsizes.TheAustronesianfamilycontainsatleast500Ianguages,includingPilipino,Malay,andMaori.TheBasqueIan

32、guage,spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofitsIanguagefamily.TheIndo-EuropeanIanguagefamilycontains55Ianguages,includingEnglish,German,Spanish,Russian,andHindi.AnotherIanguagefamilyisSino-Tibetan,whichincludesChinese,Burmese,andTibetan.TheAfro-AsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew,andAmharic.Thereare

33、about150AmericanIndianIanguagesspokentoday.TheseIanguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendividedintomorethan50Ianguagefamilies.PeoplelearnIanguagesbylistening,copyingwhattheyhear,andusingtheIanguage.MostchildrenleanntheirfirstIanguageseasily,andsometimesotherIanguagesaswell.Adultsoftenmustworkharderat

34、learningasecondIanguage.Questions:HowmanyIanguagesarespokenallovertheworld?WhataretheIanguagerulesfor?HowismeaningexpressedinsignIanguage?WhatismoreimportantinEnglishcomparedwithotherIanguages?WhichIanguageistheonlymemberofitsIanguagefamily?SectionD(12marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbya

35、summary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillineachofthespaces,65-70.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheetQuestions65-70arebasedonthefollowingpassageWelcometo“SoftwareWorld-bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatiscurrentlyavailable

36、onCD-ROM.Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartinanewmovieproject,orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV?OK.Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandsellyoutheideaofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks.Books?Tooold-fashionedforyou?Thengetyourselfaco

37、pyofthislatestelectronicdatabasecalled“TheElectronicCurtainThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegottheideaofanactorfromhissonplayingcomputergames.Notingthatjuniorhadtotypeinthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecoulddothesamefortheactorsherepresents.

38、Eventually,hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersoftheapproximately34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain.Withsometheatricalagenciesboastingthattheyrepresentover500performers,theneedforthisproductisnothardtofathom.Itcanbeanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat,orjustwh

39、atanactorcando.Thedatabaselistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheypossesseverythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandotherdistinguishingphysicalfeatures.Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedatabasequicklylocatesonlythosepersonswiththeparticularqualitie

40、srequested.Oneproblemthough,isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal,andtheycouldbemissingoutonmuchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows.Ontheotherhand,itmightjustgetthemthatelusivejob.Thedaysofnervousnail-bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanauditioncouldwellandtrulybeover.Andallbecauseofasmallplasticdi

41、sk.Forproductdetailsringthisnumbernow:0171-379-60000.Summary:Anelectronicdatabasegivinginformationonnearly(65)_the34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain,isPartIVClozenowavailableonCD-ROM.Some(66)_haveover500actorsontheirbooksanditisdifficulttorememberalltheirdetails.Thedatabaselistsinforma

42、tiononover5,500actorsandcanbesearchedfordetailssuchaspast(67)_theyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheymighthave,andeventhecoloroftheireyes.Thedatabasecanquicklylocatepersonswith(68)and,althoughsomeactorsfeelitis(69)_tobeofmuchuse,itiscertaintochangethewayactorsarechosenforpartsinfilms,playsandshows.Ring

43、thefollowingtelephonenumberforfurther(70)_:0171-379-6000.(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(5marks)Thereare5blanksinthepassage.Usethewordgivenontheright-handsidetoformawordthatfitsineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Interviewsarean(71)methodofchoosingthebestpeopleforjobs,yethumanbeingslik

44、etoexamineeachotherinthisway.Oneofthemanyproblemsof(72),asitiscommonlypracticed,isthattheformsfilledinbyapplicantsoftenfailtoshowpeopleastheyreallyare.Thismeansthatyoucanfollowallthebestadvicewhencompletingyourformandstillfindthatyouareunsuccessfulatthenextstagetheinterview.(73),intherarecaseswherei

45、nterviewsareautomatic,acandidatewithaninadequatefrommaydosurprisinglywell.Ofcourse,yourformneedstoshowthatyouhave(74)inyourabilitytodothejob,butdonttrytoturnyourselfintosomeoneepersonyouhavetopretendtobeattheinterview.Realismand(75)aredefinitelythebestapproach.perfectselectsimilarconfidentHsehonestS

46、ectionB(10marks)Thereare10blanksinthepassage.Foreachblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeengiven(notexceeding3letters).Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitseachblank,usingonlyonewordineachwordineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheetTruerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppi

47、ngdowninfrontofthetelevisionwithawelcomedrink.Norisitaboutdriftingintoanexhaustedsleep.Usefulthoughtheseresponsestotensionandover-tiredness(76)mi_be,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemandconsciousrelaxationin(77)te_ofqualityandeffect.Regardlessoftheleveloftiredness,realrelaxationisastateofalertness,yet,a

48、tthesame(78)t_,passiveawareness,inwhichourbodiesare(79)a_restwhileourmindsareawake.Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80)Be_relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81)W_needstoberediscoveredisconsciousrelaxation.Withthisin(85)m_wemustapply

49、ourselvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscauses,howeverdeep-seated.PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(8marks)TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesofthefollowingpassageintoChinese.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheetAftermymotherpassedaway,mydadtriedevenhardertostayhealthyandactive.Ever

50、ymorning,untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoisepoolinthecomplexwherehelived.(86)Eachday,nomatterhowhefelt,heswamonemorelapthanthepreviousday,justtoprovetherewasalwaysroomforimprovement.Everyfewdayshereportedthenewnumberoflapstome,prideedginghisvoice.Byhislateseventies,inspiteofswimmingand

51、workingsixdaysaweek,mydadhadnoticeablydwindledinstrengthandenergy.Byageeighty-onehewasinpoorhealthandhadtoretire.(87)Hepretendedhedidntneedtheavilyonmeforsupportaswewalkedslowly,andIpretendednottonotice.Hismindwasclear,butcongestiveheartproblemsanddisablingarthritishadwornhimdown.Onedayhesaid,Incase

52、ofanemergency,Idonotwishtobekeptalixtraxyrdiina纱means.Ivesignedanofficialpapertothiseffect.”Hesmiledhiswonderful,broadgrinandsaid,ehadyourmotherasmywifeandyouasmyonlychild,andImreadytogo.”Lessthanamonthlaterhehadaheartattack.Intheemergencyroom,heagainremindedhisdoctorandmeofhiswishes,butIcouldntimag

53、ine,inspiteofthislatestcrisis,thathewouldntalwaysbesaying,adoreHaveIyou?”(88)Hewasmiserableinintensivecare;tubesseemedtocomefromeveryopening.Butmydadstillhadhissenseofhumor,askingme,“Doesthismeanwecantkeepourlunchdatetomorrow?”Hisvoicefaltered.Illbeheretopickyouupandwellgosomeplacespeciall,umpinmyth

54、Iraafewered,a(89)Dadrefusedtolookatmeforthefirsttimeinhislifeandturnedtowardtheblankgreenwallnexttohishospitalbed.Therewasapainfulsileneebetweenus.Hesaid,IdontwantyoutoremembermelikethiswndmlselamleyouAndpleasegonowImsomiserable.SectionB(7marks)TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewords

55、giveninthebrackets.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet90.她在阳光下只晒了一会儿，脸就开始变红了。(exposure)91.我宁愿你没有对任何人说起此事。(wouldrather)92.采用新规则的建议是主席提出的。(suggestion,同位语从句)PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5marks)Thereare5IQquestionsinthispart.WritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet93.Findthemissingnumber.798109?94.Findanine-lette

56、rwordbymovingfromlettertoletterinanydirection.Eachlettermustonlybeusedonce.ANIDKBRUOCLDZMTEClue:OKtodrink.95.Completethesequenee.ACAEAGAKAMA?HowmaydifferentarrangementscanyoumakeofallthesevenlettersinthewordCOMBINE?Changejustoneletterineachwordtofindafamiliarphrase.MALEFOODPartVIIWriting(30minutes,3

57、0marks)TaskI(10marks)Youareplanningtotakeacomputercoursewithafriendwhohassentyoualetterwithaschooladvertisement.Readtheletterandtheadvertisement,togetherwiththenotes.Thenwritetotheschool,askingfortheinformationwhichyourfriendsuggestsandaddinganyrelevantquestionsofyourown.Ithinkthismaybejustthekindof

58、coursewewant.Couldyouwritetotheschoolformoredetails?Ivemadesomenotesandmaybeyoucanthinkofotherpots.SeeyouwhenIcomebackfromholiday!BENTONCOMPUTERSTUDIESWouldyouliketoimproveyourcomputerskills?beginners?Wehavethecourseforyou!?Pricesfrom100amonth?DiscountsforstudentsTThowmuch?hoursaweek?Tbegin?Four-wee

59、kcoursesthroughouttheyear?INTENSIVESUMMERCOURSES?Useofschoolcomputersfree?Weprovideallstudymaterials?COURSESRECONGNIZEDTcertificates?Writealetterofbetween80and100wordsinanappropriatestyleontheAnswerSheet.Donotwriteanyaddress.TaskII(20marks)WriteaboutthefollowingtopicCollegestudentsarebecomingfartood

60、ependentoncomputers.Thisishavinganalarmingeffectonreadingandwritingskills.Teachersneedtoavoidusingcomputersintheclassroomatallcostsandgobacktoteachingbasicstudyskills.Doyouagreeordisagree?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfromyourownknowledgeorexperienee.Writebetween100and120words