全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及答案

2008NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC Preliminary)PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.A.Tobuyanewspaper.B.Tofindachemist.C.Topostaletter.A.Theirbillingsystemhasbeenefficient.B.Theiroldbillingsystemisoutdated.C・He'sunimpressedwiththenewbillingsystem.A.She'sbeenonvacation.B.She'sbeenatthegrocerystore.C.She'sbeenonabusinesstrip.A.Togotothemarket.B.Tohavecoffee.C.Tohaveadiscussion.A.Changingaflightreservation.B.Cancelingahotelreservation.C.Reservinganextrahotelroom.(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.Duringthepause,readthefivequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.ConversationoneWhat'sTania?sphonenumber?A.506-6178B.501-6678C.501-6687WhoisgoingshoppingatHarrods?A.Tania.Karl.Karl'smother.8.HowisTaniagoingtogettoHarrods?A.Onfoot.Bytaxi.Bytube.Whichstreetplanshowsthewayfromthestation?WhatkindofwinedoesKarlwant?RedMerlot.WhiteBordeaux.RoseChianti.ConversationTwoWhichdrawingshowsthepositionofthehandle?Whatotherproductfeaturesareincluded?Arangeofhandlesizes.Avarietyofcolorcombinations.Asetofringsfordifferent-sizedtins.What'sthepurposeoftheV-clip?Toholdthepaintbrushsoitdripsinthecan.Topreventpaintfromgettingontothepaintedsurfaces.Topreventthebrushdryingoutifthepainterisinterrupted.Whowillprobablyusethecan-holder?Artists.Decorators.Soldiers.Howmuchdoestheproductcost?£4.£5.S4.SectionC(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitem.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachitem,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.WhathaspromptedthenewadministrationtoreviewtheAustralia,scitizenshiptest?It'soutofdate.Higherimmigrationrates.Manyapplicantsfailingit.WhichtrainprovidestheeasiestwaytoseeMountFuji?From Tokyo to Yokohama.From Osaka to Yokohama.From Tokyo to Osaka.How manyU.X. employeeswerekilledin2007?17.42.59.Whathavestudiesfoundoutaboutseverepneumoniatreatment?Nomedicationworksindevelopingcountries.Itcanbeeffectivelytreatedathomewithoralantibiotics.Itcanonlybetreatedinthehospitalwithinjectableantibiotics.Whatwasthebar'sbusinesslikebeforethesmokingban?Almostemptyeveryday.Usuallycrowdedatmidday.EmptyonWednesdays.SectionD(10marks)Inthissection,youwillhearashortpassage.Therearetenmissingwordsorphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordsyouhearonthetape.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Crimeisn'trisingbecausethelawsarenotstrictenough,orbecausethe(21)arenottoughenough,orsimplybecausetherearen*tenoughpolicemenonthebeat.Itisrisingbecausetheagenciesandindividualswhocanhavea(22)effectoncrimearenotpullingtogetherorinthesame(23).Thepoliceareoneofthoseagencies,ofcourse.Butcrimepreventionisalsoamatterfor(24)whoarecontenttoseemass(25)turnintoawayoflife,forcouncilswhoprefertoshoutyah-booatthepolice,(26)gettingonwithmakinglifesaferforlocalpeople,forarchitectswhodesignexposedandindefensiblebuildings,forparentswhodon'ttakeenoughinterestinwhattheirteenagechildrenaregettinguptoandfor(27)whositinsideandmoan(28)doanythingaboutthestateoftheneighborhoodorthestreet.Crimepreventionhasbeenneglectedfortoomanybytoomany.Overthelasttenyearsithasbeenwillfullyneglectedindefianceofmounting(29)thatitisthecentralhopeof(30)actionagainstcrime.PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices,markedA,BCandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Theyarelookingformanwithlongdarkhair.Heisarmedanddangerous.a;athe;aa;//;theItwasunfortunate,butshehadnobuttoactasshedid.chance.opportunityoptionsolutionThedriverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.generalusualcommonaverageHowdidtheymanagetostealtheVanGogh?Itwasrightthesecurityguardfsnose.A.belowbeforeunderbesideThestudentcontinuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountryunexpectedly.isconsideringwasconsideringshouldconsiderhasconsideredMyfriendsandIenjoydoingmanyofthesamethings.Inthatrespect,wehavealot.insimilarinparticularincommoninaccordanceOurplannedvisittotheUnitedStatesbecausewewereunabletogetthevisas.felloverfelldownfellthroughfellonLestanyoneitstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue.thoughtshouldthinkhadthoughtthinkingWhenSallythecriminalherhouse,shescreamedatthetopofhervoicebecauseshedidn'twant.saw;enter;killedsaw;enter;tobekilledsees;entering;bekilledsees;enter;killingTina'schildren,alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday.A.whothatwhichasSometimesitisnecessarytobecarefultherightdatetositforatest.whenchoosingwhenyouwillchoosewhenyouhavechosenwhenyouchoseEinstein,stheoryofrelativityseemedhardtobelieveatthetime.whenhefirstintroducedthathefirstintroducedithefirstintroducedwhichhefirstintroduceditreally.Ilikebothpublictransportanddriving.OnsecondthoughtsSectionA(4marks)SectionA(4marks)IcouldgoeitherwayC.IwillneverlearntodriveD.ButthenagainI'mgettingmarried!Canyoukeepasecret?WellInever!Manyhappyreturns.Congratulations! So,doyouknowwhereyou'dliketogo? Actually,I'veheardthatit'sveryexpensiveandit'scoldallthetime.Ibegyourpardon?Yeah,butit'snotverygood.Doyouknowanygoodhotels?Doyouhaveanysuggestions?PartIIIReadingComprehension(20minutes,40marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith4questions.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,BCandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Questions46-49arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Mostsorethroatsarecausedbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure.Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.Tonsillitis,however,usuallystartswithasorethroatwhichcausespainonswallowing.Withchildrenandsomeadultstheremaybeafeverandthepatientisobviouslynotfeelingwell.Itmaybepossibletoseewhitespotsonthebackofthethroat.Theneckmayalsoswell,bothofwhicharethenormalresponsetoinfection.Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold,andwithinfluenzatheremaybedrynessofthethroat,painoncoughingandlossofvoice.TREATMENTAspirin:Tohelprelievethepainonswallowingand(ifthereisone)thefever,useaspirintabletsdissolvedinwater,sothatthepatientcangarglebeforeswallowing.Repeatthetreatmentevery4hours.Drink:Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids.Food：Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat.Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing,breathinginsteammayhelp.CHILDRENYoungchildren,whomaynotbeabletogargle,shouldbegivenaspirindissolvedinwaterevery4hoursattherightdosefortheirage.Atoneyear:asinglejunioraspirin.Atfiveyears：halfanadultaspirin.Ateightyears:onewholeadultaspirin.WHENTOSEETHEDOCTORIfthesorethroatisstillgettingworseafter2days.Ifthepatientcomplainsofearache.Ifthepatientorparentisveryworried.Accordingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats.requireanimmediatevisittoadoctorrespondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibioticrarelyturnouttobesymptomsofseriousillnessresultintonsillitisevenwhentreatedInordertotreatasorethroatoneshould.preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuchgivethepatientupto4aspirintabletseverydayadvisethepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquidsmakethepatientgarglewithhotliquidsYoushouldcallthedoctorinif.swellingoccursintheregionoftheearsthepatient'sconditionworsensafter2daysthepatient?sthroatisstillsoreafteraweekthediseasespreadstoanothermemberofthefamilyWhatdifferenceisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirin?Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosesofaspirinthanchildren.SectionB(14marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith10questions.GooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.Forquestions50-55,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;X(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions56-59,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,California,andorganizedtheUnitedNations(oftencalledtheUN).WorldWarIIhadjustended.Millionsofpeoplehaddied,andtherewasdestructioneverywhere.Peoplehopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeacethroughthisneworganization.TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurposes:Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems;Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions,andofbothsexes;Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthesegoals.TodayalmosteverycountryintheworldisamemberoftheUN.Eachcountryhassignedanagreementthatsays:Allmembersareequal.Allmemberspromisetosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway.Nomemberwilluseforceagainstanothermember.AllmemberswillhelptheUNinitsactions.TheUNwillnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriesexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace.Obviously,theUnitedNationshasnotbeencompletelysuccessfulinitsgoals.Therehavebeenseveralwarssince1945.However,theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosomecountriesthatwereatwar.Ithashelpedpeoplewholefttheircountriesbecauseofwars.Ithashelpedbringindependencetocolonies.ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewYorkCity,buttheUNhasa"family"ofotherrelatedorganizationsallovertheworld.Theseorganizationstrytoprovideabetterlifeforeveryone.OneexampleisUNICEF,anorganizationthatprovidesfood,medicalcare,andmanyotherservicesforpoorchildrenwherevertheylive.AnotherexampleistheWorldHealthOrganization,whichdevelopsmedicalprogramsallovertheworld.TherearethousandsofUNworkersindevelopingcountries.Theyworkasplannerstoincreaseproductioninfarmingandindustry.Theyprovidemedicalservices,improveeducationprograms,andspreadscientificinformation.Theydevelopprogramsthatprovidejobsandbetterlivingconditions.Theyhelpcountriescontroltheirpopulationgrowth.TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences,wherepeoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissues.Oneconferencewasabouttheusesandownershipofoceans.Anotherwasaboutwomen.TherearealsoInternationalYears.Inthesespecialyears,peopleworktogethertoimprovesituationsandsolveproblems.OneyearwastheInternationalYearoftheChild.Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolofweakerones.Itisverydifficulttopersuadenationstolivetogetherinpeace.Nevertheless,theUnitedNationsisattemptingtodothis.Itistheonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthesearchforpeace.(10marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedby5questions.Readthepassagecarefully,andthenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible(notmorethan10words).RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions60-64arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alanguageisasystemofsounds,gestures,orcharactersusedbyhumanstocommunicatetheirideasandfeelings.Thereareabout4,000spokenlanguagesintheworld.Somearespokenbymillionsofpeople.Otherlanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.Alllanguageshaverulesforformingwordsandfororderingthosewordsinsentences.Inwrittenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombiningthosecharacters.Inspokenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofsoundsandrulesforcombiningthosesounds. Manydeaf peopleuse signlanguages,in whichgesturesdotheworkof thesound systemofspokenlanguages.Wordorderismore important inEnglish thanitisinsome otherlanguages,suchasRussian.Thesoundsystem isveryimportant inChineseandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.Languagesarealwayschanging,buttheychangeveryslowly.Peopleinventnewwordsfortheirlanguage,borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsasneeded.Forexample,theEnglishwordbytewasinventedbycomputerspecialistsin1959.theEnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl,andAmericanIndianlanguagespokeninMexico.TheEnglishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.Thereareseveralmajorlanguagefamiliesintheworld.Thelanguagesineachfamilyarerelated,andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily.Languagefamiliescomeindifferentsizes.TheAustronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages,includingFilipino,Malay,andMaori.TheBasquelanguage,spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofitslanguagefamily.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilycontains55languages,includingEnglish,German,Spanish,Russian,andHindi.AnotherlanguagefamilyisSino-Tibetan,whichincludesChinese,Burmese,andTibetan.TheAfro-AsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew,andAmharic.Thereareabout150AmericanIndianlanguagesspokentoday.Theselanguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendividedintomorethan50languagefamilies.Peoplelearnlanguagesbylistening,copyingwhattheyhear,andusingthelanguage.Mostchildrenlearntheirfirstlanguageseasily,andsometimesotherlanguagesaswell.Adultsoftenmustworkharderatlearningasecondlanguage.Questions:(12marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillineachofthespaces,65-70.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions65-70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.WelcometouSoftwareWorldM bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatiscurrentlyavailableonCD-ROM.Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartinanewmovieproject,orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV?OK.Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandsellyoutheideaofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks.Books?Tooold-fashionedforyou?Thengetyourselfacopyofthislatestelectronicdatabasecalled“TheElectronicCurtainv.ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegottheideaofanactor*sdirectoryfromhissonplayingcomputergames.Notingthatjuniorhadtotypeinthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecoulddothesamefortheactorsherepresents.Eventually,hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersoftheapproximately34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain.Withsometheatricalagenciesboastingthattheyrepresentover500performers,theneedforthisproductisnothardtofathom.Itcanbeanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat,orjustwhatanactorcando.Thedatabaselistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheypossess everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandotherdistinguishingphysicalfeatures.Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedatabasequicklylocatesonlythosepersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested.Oneproblemthough,isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal,andtheycouldbemissingoutonmuchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows.Ontheotherhand,itmightjustgetthemthatelusivejob.Thedaysofnervousnail-bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanauditioncouldwellandtrulybeover.Andallbecauseofasmallplasticdisk.Forproductdetailsringthisnumbernow:0171—379—60000.Summary:PartIVCloze(15minutes,15marks)(5marks)Thereare5blanksinthepassage.Usethewordgivenontherighthandsidetoformawordthatfitsineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.(10marks)Thereare10blanksinthepassage.Foreachblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeengiven(notexceeding3letters).Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitseachblank,usingonlyonewordineachwordineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwithawelcomedrink.Norisitaboutdriftingintoanexhaustedsleep.Usefulthoughtheseresponsestotensionandover-tiredness(76)mibe,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemandconsciousrelaxationin(77)teofqualityandeffect.Regardlessoftheleveloftiredness,realrelaxationisastateofalertness,yet,atthesame(78)t,passiveawareness,inwhichourbodiesare(79)arestwhileourmindsareawake.Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80)Berelaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81)Wneedstoberediscoveredisconsciousrelaxation.Withthisin(85)mwemustapplyourselvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscauses,howeverdeep-seated.PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(8marks)TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesofthefollowingpassageintoChinese.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Aftermymotherpassedaway,mydadtriedevenhardertostayhealthyandactive.Everymorning,untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoisepoolinthecomplexwherehelived.(86)Eachday,nomatterhowhefelt,heswamonemorelapthanthepreviousday,justtoprovetherewasalwaysroomforimprovement.Everyfewdayshereportedthenewnumberoflapstome,prideedginghisvoice.Byhislateseventies,inspiteofswimmingandworkingsixdaysaweek,mydadhadnoticeablydwindledinstrengthandenergy.Byageeighty-onehewasinpoorhealthandhadtoretire.(87)Hepretendedhedidn'tneedtoleanheavilyonmeforsupportaswewalkedslowly,andIpretendednottonotice.Hismindwasclear,butcongestiveheartproblemsanddisablingarthritishadwornhimdown.Onedayhesaid,“Incaseofanemergency,Idonotwishtobekeptalivebyanyextraordinarymeans.I'vesignedanofficialpapertothiseffect.''Hesmiledhiswonderful,broadgrinandsaid,'Tvebeenblessedtohavehadyourmotherasmywifeandyouasmyonlychild,andI'mreadytogo.Lessthanamonthlaterhehadaheartattack.Intheemergencyroom,heagainremindedhisdoctorandmeofhiswishes,butIcouldn*timagine,inspiteofthislatestcrisis,thathewouldn*talwaysbesaying,,HaveItoldyouyettodaythatIadoreyou?”Hewasmiserableinintensivecare;tubesseemedtocomefromeveryopening.Butmydadstillhadhissenseofhumor,askingme,“Doesthismeanwecan'tkeepourlunchdatetomorrow?nHisvoicefaltered.'T11beheretopickyouupandwe'11gosomeplacespecial,"Ianswered,alumpinmythroat.Dadrefusedtolookatmeforthefirsttimeinhislifeandturnedtowardtheblankgreenwallnexttohishospitalbed.Therewasapainfulsilencebetweenus.Hesaid,"Idon'twantyoutoremembermelikethis.Promisemeyouwon't,darling!Andpleasegonow I'msomiserable.SectionB(7marks)TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewords

giveninthebrackets.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.她在阳光下只晒了一会儿，脸就开始变红了。(exposure)我情愿你没有对任何人提及此事。(wouldrather)采纳新规则的建议是主席提出的。(suggestion,同位语从句)PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5marks)Thereare5IQquestionsinthispart.WritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Findthemissingnumber.798109?Find