2017年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷

1、2017年全国大学生英语比赛初赛试卷（C类）及答案12017NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents（LevelCPreliminary）PartIListeningComprehension（25minutes，30marks）SectionA(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid。Boththeconversationandthequestionwill

2、bereadonlyonce。Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause，readthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC，anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter。1.A.Tobuyanewspaper。B。Tofindachemist。C.Topostaletter。2。A。Theirbillingsystemhasbeenefficient.B

3、.Theiroldbillingsystemisoutdated。C.Hesunimpressedwiththenewbillingsystem。3。A。Shesbeenonvacation。B。Shesbeenatthegrocerystore.C.Shesbeenonabusinesstrip.4。A.Togotothemarket.B。Tohavecoffee.C.Tohaveadiscussion.5。A。Changingaflightreservation.B。Cancelingahotelreservation.C.Reservinganextrahotelroom。Section

4、B(10marks)Inthissection，youwillheartwolongconversations。Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation，therewillbeaone-minutepause.Duringthepause，readthefivequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA，BandC，anddecidewhichisthebestanswer。ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasin

5、glelinethroughthecenter。Conversationone6.WhatsTaniasphonenumber?A。5066178B。5016678C.50166877。WhoisgoingshoppingatHarrods?A.Tania.B。Karl.C.Karlsmother。8。HowisTaniagoingtogettoHarrods？A。Onfoot.B。Bytaxi.C。Bytube。9.Whichstreetplanshowsthewayfromthestation？A.B。C.10.WhatkindofwinedoesKarlwant？A.RedMerlot。

6、B.WhiteBordeaux。C。RoseChianti.ConversationTwoWhichdrawingshowsthepositionofthehandle?A。B.C。12。Whatotherproductfeaturesareincluded?A.Arangeofhandlesizes.B。Avarietyofcolorcombinations.C.Asetofringsfordifferent-sizedtins。13。WhatsthepurposeoftheV-clip？A。Toholdthepaintbrushsoitdripsinthecan.B。Topreventpa

7、intfromgettingontothepaintedsurfaces.C.Topreventthebrushdryingoutifthepainterisinterrupted.14.Whowillprobablyusethecan-holder?A。Artists。B。Decorators。C.Soldiers.15.Howmuchdoestheproductcost？A。4.B.5。C。$4。SectionC（5marks)Inthissection，youwillhearfiveshortnewsitem.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce。Aftereachite

8、m,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause，readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA，BandC，anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.16.WhathaspromptedthenewadministrationtoreviewtheAustraliascitizenship？testA。Itsoutofdate。B.Higherimmigrationr

9、ates.C.Manyapplicantsfailingit。17.WhichtrainprovidestheeasiestwaytoseeMountFuji？A。FromTokyotoYokohama.B。FromOsakatoYokohama.C。FromTokyotoOsaka。18.HowmanyU。N。employeeswerekilledin2007?A。17。B。42。C。59。19.Whathavestudiesfoundoutaboutseverepneumoniatreatment?A.Nomedicationworksindevelopingcountries.B.Itc

10、anbeeffectivelytreatedathomewithoralantibiotics.C。Itcanonlybetreatedinthehospitalwithinjectableantibiotics.20.Whatwasthebarsbusinesslikebeforethesmokingban?A.Almostemptyeveryday.B.Usuallycrowdedatmidday.C.EmptyonWednesdays。SectionD(10marks)Inthissection，youwillhearashortpassage。Therearetenmissingwor

11、dsorphrases。Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhearonthetape.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。Crimeisntrisingbecausethelawsarenotstrictenough，orbecausethe(21)_arenottoughenough，orsimplybecausetherearenenoughtpolicemenonthebeat。Itisrisingbecausetheagenciesandindividualswhocanhavea（22）_effect

12、oncrimearenotpullingtogetherorinthesame(23）_。Thepoliceareoneofthoseagencies,ofcourse.Butcrimepreventionisalsoamatterfor（24）_whoarecontenttoseemass（25）_turnintoawayoflife，forcouncilswhoprefertoshoutyahbooatthepolice,(26)_gettingonwithmakinglifesaferforlocalpeople，forarchitectswhodesignexposedandindef

13、ensiblebuildings,forparentswhodonttakeenoughinterestinwhattheirteenagechildrenaregettinguptoandfor(27)_whositinsideandmoan（28)_doanythingaboutthestateoftheneighborhoodorthestreet.Crimepreventionhasbeenneglectedfortoomanybytoomany。Overthelasttenyearsithasbeenwillfullyneglectedindefianceofmounting（29)

14、_thatitisthecentralhopeof(30)_actionagainstcrime。PartIIVocabularyandStructures（10minutes，15marks）Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices,markedA，BCandD。Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence，thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecent

15、er.31。Theyarelookingfor_manwith_longdarkhair。Heisarmedanddangerous。A.a;aB.the;aC.a;/D./；the32.Itwasunfortunate,butshehadno_buttoactasshedid.A。chance.B.opportunityC。optionD。solution33。The_driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.A.generalB。usualC。commonD.average34.HowdidtheymanagetostealtheVa

16、nGogh?Itwasright_thesecurityguardsnose。A.belowB。beforeC.underD.beside35。Thestudent_continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountryunexpectedly。A.isconsideringB。wasconsideringC。shouldconsiderD。hasconsidered36.MyfriendsandIenjoydoingmanyofthesamethings。Inthatrespect,wehavealot_。A.insimilarB。inpa

17、rticularC.incommonD.inaccordance37.OurplannedvisittotheUnitedStates_becausewewereunabletogetthevisas.A。felloverB.felldownC.fellthroughD.fellon38。Lestanyone_itstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue.A。thoughtB.shouldthinkC.hadthoughtD.thinking39。WhenSally_thecriminal_herhouse，shescreamedatthetopofher

18、voicebecauseshedidntwant。A。saw;enter；killedB.saw；enter;tobekilledC。sees;entering;bekilledD。sees;enter；killing40。Tinaschildren，_alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday.A。whoB。thatC.whichD。as41。Sometimesitisnecessarytobecareful_therightdatetositforatest.A。whenchoosingB.whenyouwillchoos

19、eC。whenyouhavechosenD。whenyouchose42。Einsteinstheoryofrelativityseemedhardtobelieveatthetime_。A。whenhefirstintroducedB.thathefirstintroduceditC。hefirstintroducedD。whichhefirstintroducedit43._really。Ilikebothpublictransportanddriving.A。OnsecondthoughtsB。IcouldgoeitherwayC。IwillneverlearntodriveD.Butt

20、henagain44._Imgettingmarried!A.Canyoukeepasecret？B.WellInever！C。Manyhappyreturns.D.Congratulations！45.So，doyouknowwhereyoudliketogo？-Actually，Iveheardthatitsveryexpensiveanditscoldallthe。timeA。Ibegyourpardon？B。Yeah,butitsnotverygood.C.Doyouknowanygoodhotels？D。Doyouhaveanysuggestions？PartIIIReadingCo

21、mprehension(20minutes,40marks)SectionA(4marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith4questions.Foreachquestion，therearefourchoicesmarkedA，BCandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Questions46-49arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Mostso

22、rethroatsarecausedbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure。Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.Tonsillitis，however,usuallystartswithasorethroatwhichcausespainonswallowing.Withchildrenandsomeadultstheremaybeafeverandthepatientisobviouslynotfeelingwell.Itmaybepossib

23、letoseewhitespotsonthebackofthethroat.Theneckmayalsoswell,bothofwhicharethenormalresponsetoinfection.Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold，andwithinfluenzatheremaybedrynessofthethroat，painoncoughingandlossofvoice.TREATMENTAspirin：Tohelprelievethepainonswallowingand(ifthereisone）thefever，usea

24、spirintabletsdissolvedinwater，sothatthepatientcangarglebeforeswallowing。Repeatthetreatmentevery4hours。Drink：Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids.Food:Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat。Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing，breathinginsteammayhelp.Youngchildren,whomaynotbeable

25、togargle,shouldbegivenaspirindissolvedinwaterevery4hoursattherightdosefortheirage.Atoneyear:asinglejunioraspirin.Atfiveyears：halfanadultaspirin.Ateightyears：onewholeadultaspirin。WHENTOSEETHEDOCTORIfthesorethroatisstillgettingworseafter2days。Ifthepatientcomplainsofearache。Ifthepatientorparentisverywo

26、rried。46.Accordingtothepassage，itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_.A.requireanimmediatevisittoadoctorB。respondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibioticC。rarelyturnouttobesymptomsofseriousillnessD.resultintonsillitisevenwhentreated47.Inordertotreatasorethroatoneshould_。A.preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuchB。gi

27、vethepatientupto4aspirintabletseverydayC。advisethepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquidsD.makethepatientgarglewithhotliquids48。Youshouldcallthedoctorinif_.A。swellingoccursintheregionoftheearsB。thepatientsconditionworsensafter2daysC.thepatientsthroatisstillsoreafteraweekD.thediseasespreadstoanothermembe

28、rofthefamilyWhatdifferenceisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirin?A。Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.B.Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole。C.Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.D。Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosesofaspirinthanchildren.SectionB（1

29、4marks）Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith10questions。GooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet。Forquestions5055，markY(forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage；N(forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisno

30、tgiveninthepassage。In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,California,andorganizedtheUnitedNations(oftencalledtheUN)。WorldWarIIhadjustended。Millionsofpeoplehaddied，andtherewasdestructioneverywhere。Peoplehopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeacethroughthisneworganization。TheUnitedNationshasfourmai

31、ngoalsandpurposes：1。Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems；2.Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations；3。Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions，andofbothsexes；4。Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthesegoals.Todayalmosteverycountryintheworldisame

32、mberoftheUN.Eachcountryhassignedanagreementthatsays：1.Allmembersareequal。2。Allmemberspromisetosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway。3。Nomemberwilluseforceagainstanothermember。4.AllmemberswillhelptheUNinitsactions.5。TheUNwillnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriesexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace.Obv

33、iously，theUnitedNationshasnotbeencompletelysuccessfulinitsgoals.Therehavebeenseveralwarssince1945。However，theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosomecountriesthatwereatwar.Ithashelpedpeoplewholefttheircountriesbecauseofwars。Ithashelpedbringindependencetocolonies.ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewY

34、orkCity,buttheUNhasa“familyofotherelatedorganizationsallovertheworld.Theseorganizationstrytoprovideabetterlifeforeveryone。OneexampleisUNICEF，anorganizationthatprovidesfood,medicalcare,andmanyotherservicesforpoorchildrenwherevertheylive.AnotherexampleistheWorldHealthOrganization，whichdevelopsmedicalp

35、rogramsallovertheworld。TherearethousandsofUNworkersindevelopingcountries。Theyworkasplannerstoincreaseproductioninfarmingandindustry。Theyprovidemedicalservices,improveeducationprograms,andspreadscientificinformation.Theydevelopprogramsthatprovidejobsandbetterlivingconditions.Theyhelpcountriescontrolt

36、heirpopulationgrowth.TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences，wherepeoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissues。Oneconferencewasabouttheusesandownershipofoceans。Anotherwasaboutwomen。TherearealsoInternationalYears.Inthesespecialyears，peopleworktogethertoimprovesituationsandsolveproblems.Oney

37、earwastheInternationalYearoftheChild。Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolofweakerones。Itisverydifficulttopersuadenationstolivetogetherinpeace.Nevertheless，theUnitedNationsisattemptingtodothis。Itistheonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthesearchforpeace。50。The

38、UnitedNationswasorganizedatameetinginCaliforniain1945.51.TheUnitedNationsworksforinternationalpeace.52。KuwaitisamemberoftheUNICEF.53。TheUnitedNationshasitsmainorganizationinSanFrancisco.TheUnitedNationshelpedAlgeriabecomeindependent。UNICEFisanorganizationthathelpssavewildlife.EachcountryintheUNhassi

39、gnedanagreementthatsaysnomember_againstanothermember。57。Despiteitseffort,theUnitedNationshasntbeen。initsgoals58.Peoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissuesin_heldbytheUnitedNations.59。TheUnitedNationsis_nationstolivetogetherinpeace,thoughitisdifficult。SectionC（10marks）Inthissection，thereisonepassagefoll

40、owedby5questions。Readthepassagecarefully,andthenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible（notmorethan10words）.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。Questions6064arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alanguageisasystemofsounds，gestures,orcharactersusedbyhumanstocommunicatetheirideasandfeelings.Thereareabo

41、ut4,000spokenlanguagesintheworld。Somearespokenbymillionsofpeople。Otherlanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.Alllanguageshaverulesforformingwordsandfororderingthosewordsinsentences.Inwrittenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombiningthosecharacters。Inspokenlanguages，meaningisex

42、pressedthroughasystemofsoundsandrulesforcombiningthosesounds。Manydeafpeopleusesignlanguages，inwhichgesturesdotheworkofthesoundsystemofspokenlanguages.WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherlanguages,suchasRussian。ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineseandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica

43、.Languagesarealwayschanging，buttheychangeveryslowly。Peopleinventnewwordsfortheirlanguage，borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsasneeded。Forexample，theEnglishwordbytewasinventedbycomputerspecialistsin1959。theEnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl，andAmericanIndianlanguagespokeninM

44、exico.TheEnglishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.Thereareseveralmajorlanguagefamiliesintheworld.Thelanguagesineachfamilyarerelated,andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily。Languagefamiliescomeindifferentsizes.TheAustronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages，includingPilipino，Malay，andMao

45、ri.TheBasquelanguage，spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofitslanguagefamily。TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilycontains55languages，includingEnglish，German，Spanish,Russian，andHindi。AnotherlanguagefamilyisSino-Tibetan，whichincludesChinese，Burmese，andTibetan.TheAfroAsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew，andAm

46、haric。Thereareabout150AmericanIndianlanguagesspokentoday.Theselanguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendividedintomorethan50languagefamilies。Peoplelearnlanguagesbylistening，copyingwhattheyhear,andusingthelanguage。Mostchildrenlearntheirfirstlanguageseasily，andsometimesotherlanguagesaswell。Adultsoftenmu

47、stworkharderatlearningasecondlanguage.Questions:Howmanylanguagesarespokenallovertheworld?。Whatarethelanguagerulesfor?Howismeaningexpressedinsignlanguage？63。WhatismoreimportantinEnglishcomparedwithotherlanguages？64。Whichlanguageistheonlymemberofitslanguagefamily？SectionD(12marks）Inthissection，thereis

48、onepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillineachofthespaces，6570.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。Questions6570arebasedonthefollowingpassage。Welcometo“SoftwareWorld-”bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwh

49、atiscurrentlyavailableonCDROM。Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartinanewmovieproject，orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV？OK.Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandsellyoutheideaofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks。Books？Tooold-fashionedfory

50、ou?Thengetyourselfacopyofthislatestelectronicdatabasecalled“TheElectronicCurtain。”ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency，hesayshegottheideaofanactorsdirectoryfromhissonplayingcomputergames.Notingthatjuniorhadtotypeinthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecouldd

51、othesamefortheactorsherepresents。Eventually，hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersoftheapproximately34，000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain。Withsometheatricalagenciesboastingthattheyrepresentover500performers，theneedforthisproductisnothardtofathom。Itcanbeanightmaretryingtorememberj

52、ustwhichactorhasdonewhat，orjustwhatanactorcando。Thedatabaselistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheypossess-everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandotherdistinguishingphysicalfeatures.Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedatabasequicklylocatesonlytho

53、sepersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested.Oneproblemthough，isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal，andtheycouldbemissingoutonmuchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows。Ontheotherhand，itmightjustgetthemthatelusivejob.Thedaysofnervousnailbitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanauditioncouldwellandtrulybeov

54、er.Andallbecauseofasmallplasticdisk.Forproductdetailsringthisnumbernow:0171379-60000。Summary:Anelectronicdatabasegivinginformationonnearly(65)_the34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain，isnowavailableonCD-ROM.Some（66)_haveover500actorsontheirbooksanditisdifficulttorememberalltheirdetails。Th

55、edatabaselistsinformationonover5，500actorsandcanbesearchedfordetailssuchaspast(67）_theyhaveappearedin，specialskillstheymighthave,andeventhecoloroftheireyes.Thedatabasecanquicklylocatepersonswith（68)_and，althoughsomeactorsfeelitis(69）_tobeofmuchuse，itiscertaintochangethewayactorsarechosenforpartsinfi

56、lms,PartIVCloze（15minutes,15marks）SectionA（5marks）Thereare5blanksinthepassage。Usethewordgivenontherighthandsidetoformawordthatfitsineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。SectionB(10marks)Thereare10blanksinthepassage。Foreachblank，oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeengiven（notexceeding3lette

57、rs）.Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitseachblank,usingonlyonewordineachwordineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwithawelcomedrink。Norisitaboutdriftingintoanexhaustedsleep.Usefulthoughtheseresponsest

58、otensionandovertiredness（76)mi_be，weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemandconsciousrelaxationin(77)te_ofqualityandeffect.Regardlessoftheleveloftiredness，realrelaxationisastateofalertness,yet，atthesame(78)t_，passiveawareness，inwhichourbodiesare（79)a_restwhileourmindsareawake。Moreover，itisasnaturalforahealth

59、ypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80）Be_relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo，（81)W_needstoberediscoveredisconsciousrelaxation。Withthisin(85)m_wemustapplyourselvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscauses,howeverdeepseated.PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)SectionA

60、(8marks)TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesofthefollowingpassageintoChinese。RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Aftermymotherpassedaway，mydadtriedevenhardertostayhealthyandactive。Everymorning,untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoisepoolinthecomplexwherehelived。（86)Eachday,nomatterhowhefel