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2023年全国大学生英语竞赛C类预赛赛卷2023NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC---Preliminary)PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)SectionA(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversationandthequestionwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.1.A.Tobuyanewspaper.ﻩB.Tofindachemist.C.Topostaletter.2.A.Theirbillingsystemhasbeenefficient.B.Theiroldbillingsystemisoutdated.C.He’sunimpressedwiththenewbillingsystem.3.A.She’sbeenonvacation. B.She’sbeenatthegrocerystore.C.She’sbeenonabusinesstrip.4.A.Togotothemarket.ﻩB.Tohavecoffee.ﻩC.Tohaveadiscussion.5.A.Changingaflightreservation. B.Cancelingahotelreservation.C.Reservinganextrahotelroom.SectionB(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.Duringthepause,readthefivequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Conversationone6.What’sTania’sphonenumber?A.506-6178ﻩ ﻩﻩB.501-6678ﻩﻩ C.501-66877.WhoisgoingshoppingatHarrods?A.Tania.ﻩ ﻩﻩ B.Karl.ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩC.Karl’smother.8.HowisTaniagoingtogettoHarrods?A.Onfoot.ﻩﻩ B.Bytaxi. C.Bytube.9.Whichstreetplanshowsthewayfromthestation?A.ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩB.ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩC.10.WhatkindofwinedoesKarlwant?A.RedMerlot.ﻩﻩ ﻩﻩB.WhiteBordeaux. C.RoseChianti.ConversationTwo11.Whichdrawingshowsthepositionofthehandle?A. ﻩ ﻩB.ﻩ ﻩ ﻩC.12.Whatotherproductfeaturesareincluded?A.Arangeofhandlesizes. ﻩB.Avarietyofcolorcombinations.C.Asetofringsfordifferent-sizedtins.13.What’sthepurposeoftheV-clip?Toholdthepaintbrushsoitdripsinthecan.Topreventpaintfromgettingontothepaintedsurfaces.Topreventthebrushdryingoutiftheerrupted.14.Whowillprobablyusethecan-holder?A.Artists. ﻩ B.Decorators. ﻩ C.Soldiers.15.Howmuchdoestheproductcost?A.£4. ﻩﻩB.£5. ﻩﻩ C.$4.SectionC(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitem.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachitem,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.16.WhathaspromptedthenewadministrationtoreviewtheAustralia’scitizenshiptest?A.It’soutofdate. ﻩB.Higherimmigrationrates. C.Manyapplicantsfailingit.17.WhichtrainprovidestheeasiestwaytoseeMountFuji?A.FromTokyotoYokohama. B.FromOsakatoYokohama.C.FromTokyotoOsaka.18.HowmanyU.N.employeeswerekilledin2023?A.17.ﻩ ﻩ ﻩB.42. ﻩ C.59.19.Whathavestudiesfoundoutaboutseverepneumoniatreatment?Nomedicationworksindevelopingcountries.Itcanbeeffectivelytreatedathomewithoralantibiotics.Itcanonlybetreatedinthehospitalwithinjectableantibiotics.20.Whatwasthebar’sbusinesslikebeforethesmokingban?A.Almostemptyeveryday.ﻩﻩ B.Usuallycrowdedatmidday.C.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.31.Theyarelookingfor_______manwith_______longdarkhair.Heisarmedanddangerous. A.a;aﻩﻩ B.the;a C.a;/ﻩﻩ D./;the32.Itwasunfortunate,butshehadno_____buttoactasshedid.ﻩA.chance.ﻩﻩﻩB.opportunityﻩ C.option ﻩﻩD.solution33.The_____driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.ﻩA.generalﻩﻩﻩB.usual C.common ﻩD.average34.HowdidtheymanagetostealtheVanGogh?Itwasright____thesecurityguard’snose.ﻩA.belowﻩﻩﻩ B.beforeﻩﻩ ﻩC.under ﻩﻩD.beside35.Thestudent______continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountryunexpectedly. A.isconsideringﻩ B.wasconsideringﻩﻩC.shouldconsiderﻩD.hasconsidered36.MyfriendsandIenjoydoingmanyofthesamethings.Inthatrespect,wehavealot_______.ﻩA.insimilarﻩﻩ B.inparticular ﻩC.incommonﻩﻩD.inaccordance37.OurplannedvisittotheUnitedStates_______becausewewereunabletogetthevisas. A.felloverﻩ B.felldownﻩﻩ C.fellthrough D.fellon38.Lestanyone_____itstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue. A.thoughtﻩ ﻩB.shouldthink C.hadthought ﻩD.thinking39.WhenSally______thecriminal______herhouse,shescreamedatthetopofhervoicebecauseshedidn’twant______.ﻩA.saw;enter;killedﻩﻩﻩﻩ ﻩB.saw;enter;tobekilled C.sees;entering;bekilled ﻩﻩ D.sees;enter;killing40.Tina’schildren,_____alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday. A.who ﻩB.that ﻩﻩﻩC.which ﻩ D.as41.Sometimesitisnecessarytobecareful_______therightdatetositforatest. A.whenchoosingﻩ ﻩ ﻩ B.whenyouwillchoose C.whenyouhavechosen ﻩ D.whenyouchose42.Einstein’stheoryofrelativityseemedhardtobelieveatthetime_______.ﻩA.whenhefirstintroducedﻩ ﻩﻩB.thathefirstintroduceditﻩC.hefirstintroduced ﻩﻩ D.whichhefirstintroducedit43.________really.Ilikebothpublictransportanddriving.ﻩA.Onsecondthoughts ﻩﻩ B.IcouldgoeitherwayﻩC.Iwillneverlearntodrive ﻩ D.Butthenagain44._____I’mgettingmarried! A.Canyoukeepasecret? B.WellInever! C.Manyhappyreturns. ﻩ ﻩ D.Congratulations!45.---So,doyouknowwhereyou’dliketogo?---Actually,I’veheardthatit’sveryexpensiveandit’scoldallthetime. A.Ibegyourpardon?ﻩ ﻩﻩﻩB.Yeah,butit’snotverygood. C.Doyouknowanygoodhotels? ﻩﻩD.Doyouhaveanysuggestions?PartIIIReadingComprehension(20minutes,40marks)SectionA(4marks)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.46.Accordingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_________.requireanimmediatevisittoadoctorrespondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibioticrarelyturnouttobesymptomsofseriousillnessresultintonsillitisevenwhentreated47.Inordertotreatasorethroatoneshould________.preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuchgivethepatientupto4aspirintabletseverydayadvisethepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquidsmakethepatientgarglewithhotliquids48.Youshouldcallthedoctorinif_________.swellingoccursintheregionoftheearsthepatient’sconditionworsensafter2daysthepatient’sthroatisstillsoreafteraweekthediseasespreadstoanothermemberofthefamily49.Whatdifferenceisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirin?Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosesofaspirinthanchildren.SectionB(14marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith10questions.GooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.Forquestions50-55,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions56-59,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurposes:Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems;Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions,andofbothsexes;Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthesegoals.TodayalmosteverycountryintheworldisamemberoftheUN.Eachcountryhassignedanagreementthatsays:1.Allmembersareequal.2.Allmmisetosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway.3.Nomemberwilluseforceagainstanothermember.4.AllmemberswillhelptheUNinitsactions.5.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,peopleworktogethertoimprovesituationsandsolvblems.OneyearwastheInternationalYearoftheChild.Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolofweakerones.Itisverydifficulttopersuadenationstolivetogetherinpeace.Nevertheless,theUnitedNationsisattemptingtodothis.Itistheonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthesearchforpeace.50.TheUnitedNationswasorganizedatameetingin50.TheUnitedNationswasorganizedatameetinginCaliforniain1945.51.TheUnitedNationsworksforinternationalpeace.52.KuwaitisamemberoftheUNICEF.53.TheUnitedNationshasitsmainorganizationinSanFrancisco.54.TheUnitedNationshelpedAlgeriabecomeindependent.55.UNICEFisanorganizationthathelpssavewildlife.56.EachcountryintheUNhassignedanagreementthatsaysnomember______againstanothermember.57.Despiteitseffort,theUnitedNationshasn’tbeen______initsgoals.58.Peoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissuesin______heldbytheUnitedNations.59.TheUnitedNationsis______nationstolivetogetherinpeace,thoughitisdifficult.SectionC(10marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedby5questions.Readthepassagecarefully,andthenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible(notmorethan10words).RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions60-64arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alanguageisasystemofsounds,gestures,orcharactersusedbyhumansmunicatetheirideasandfeelings.Thereareabout4,000spokenlanguagesintheworld.Somearespokenlionsofpeople.Otherlanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.Alllanguageshaverulesforformingwordsandfororderingthosewordsinsentences.Inwrittenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombiningthosecharacters.Inspokenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofsoundsandrulesfobiningthosesounds.Manydeafpeopleusesignlanguages,inwhichgesturesdotheworkofthesoundsystemofspokenlanguages.WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherlanguages,suchasRussian.ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineseandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.Languagesarealwayschanging,buttheychangeveryslowly.Peopleinventnewwordsfortheirlanguage,borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsasneeded.Forexample,theEnglishwordbytewasinventedbycomputerspecialistsin1959.theEnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl,andAmericanIndianlanguagespokeninMexico.TheEnglishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.Thereareseveralmajorlanguagefamiliesintheworld.Thelanguagesineachfamilyarerelated,andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily.Languagefamiliescomeindifferentsizes.TheAustronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages,includingPilipino,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:60.Howmanylanguagesarespokenallovertheworld?60.Howmanylanguagesarespokenallovertheworld?61.Whatarethelanguagerulesfor?62.Howismeaningexpressedinsignlanguage?63.WhatismoreimportantinEnglishcomparedwithotherlanguages?64.Whichlanguageistheonlymemberofitslanguagefamily?SectionD(12marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillineachofthespaces,65-70.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions65-70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Welcometo“SoftwareWorld”---bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatiscurrentlyavailableonCD-ROM.Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartinanewmovieproject,orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV?OK.Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandsellyoutheideaofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks.Books?Tooold-fashionedforyou?Thengetyourselfacopyofthislatestelectronicdatabasecalled“TheElectronicCurtain”.ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegottheideaofanactor’sdirectoryfromhissonplayingcomputergames.Notingthatjuniorhadtotypeinthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecoulddothesamefortheactorsherepresents.Eventually,hecametoincludrmationonnearlythreequartersoftheapproximately34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain.Withsometheatricalagenciesboastingthattheyrepresentover500performers,theneedforthisproductisnothardtofathom.Itcanbeanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat,orjustwhatanactorcando.Thedatabaselistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheypossess---everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandotherdistinguishingphysicalfeatures.Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedatabasequicklylocatesonlythosepersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested.Oneproblemthough,isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal,andtheycouldbemissingoutonmuchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows.Ontheotherhand,itmightjustgetthemthatelusivejob.Thedaysofnervousnail-bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanauditioncouldwellandtrulybeover.Andallbecauseofasmallplasticdisk.Forproductdetailsringthisnumbernow:0171-379-60000.Summary:Anelectronicdatabasegivinginformationonnearly(65)______the34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinAnelectronicdatabasegivinginformationonnearly(65)______the34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain,isnowavailableonCD-ROM.Some(66)______haveover500actorsontheirbooksanditisdifficulttorememberalltheirdetails.Thedatabaselistsinformationonover5,500actorsandcanbesearchedfordetailssuchaspast(67)______theyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheymighthave,andeventhecoloroftheireyes.Thedatabasecanquicklylocatepersonswith(68)_____and,althoughsomeactorsfeelitis(69)______tobeofmuchuse,itiscertaintochangethewayactorsarechosenforpartsinfilms,playsandshows.Ringthefollowingtelephonenumberforfurther(70)_____:0171-379-6000.PartIVCloze(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(5marks)Thereare5blanksinthepassage.Usethewordgivenontheright-handsidetoformawordthatfitsineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.perfectselectperfectselectsimilarconfidenthonestInterviewsarean(71)______methodofchoosingthebestpeopleforjobs,yethumanbeingsliketoexamineeachotherinthisway.Oneofthemanyproblemsof(72)______,asitiscommonlypracticed,isthattheformsfilledinbyapplicantsoftenfailtoshowpeopleastheyreallyare.Thismeansthatyoucanfollowallthebestadvicewhencompletingyourformandstillfindthatyouareunsuccessfulatthenextstage---theinterview.(73)_____,intherarecaseswhereinterviewsareautomatic,acandidatewithaninadequatefrommaydosurprisinglywell.Ofcourse,yourformneedstoshowthatyouhave(74)_____inyourabilitytodothejob,butdon’ttrytoturnyourselfintosomeoneelse---apersonyouhavetopretendtobeattheinterview.Realismand(75)_______aredefinitelythebestapproach.SectionB(10marks)Thereare10blanksinthepassage.Foreachblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeengiven(notexceeding3letters).Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitseachblank,usingonlyonewordineachwordineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwithawelcomedrink.Norisitaboutdriftingintoanexhaustedsleep.Usefulthoughtheseresponsestotensionandover-tiredness(76)mi_______be,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemandconsciousrelaxationin(77)te_____ofqualityandeffect.Regardlessoftheleveloftiredness,realrelaxationisastateofalertness,yet,atthesame(78)t______,passiveawareness,inwhichourbodiesare(79)a________restwhileourmindsareawake.Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80)Be_____relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81)W______needstoberediscoveredisconsciousrelaxation.Withthisin(85)m______wemustapplyourselvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscauses,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,“I’vebeenblessedtohavehadyourmotherasmywifeandyouasmyonlychild,andI’mreadytogo.”Lessthanamonthlaterhehadaheartattack.Intheemergencyroom,heagainremindedhisdoctorandmeofhiswishes,butIcouldn’timagine,inspiteofthislatestcrisis,thathewouldn’talwaysbesaying,“HaveItoldyouyettodaythatIadoreyou?”(88)Hewasmiserableinintensivecare;tubesseemedtocomefromeveryopening.Butmydadstillhadhissenseofhumor,askingme,“Doesthismeanwecan’tkeepourlunchdatetomorrow?”Hisvoicefaltered.“I’llbeheretopickyouupandwe’llgosomeplacespecial,”Ianswered,alumpinmythroat.(89)Dadrefusedtolookatmeforthefirsttimeinhislifeandturnedtowardtheblankgreenwallnexttohishospitalbed.Therewasapainfulsilencebetweenus.Hesaid,“Idon’twantyoutoremembermelikethis.Promisemeyouwon’t,darling!Andpleasegonow---I’msomiserable.SectionB(7marks)TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsgiveninthebrackets.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.90.她在阳光下只晒了一会儿,脸就开始变红了。(exposure)91.我情愿你没有对任何人提及此事。(wouldrather)92.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.93.Findthemissingnumber.798109?94.Findanine-letterwordbymovingfromlettertoletterinanydirection.Eachlettermustonlybeusedonce.ANIDKBRUOCLDZMTEClue:OKtodrink.95.Completethesequence.ACAEAGAKAMA?96.HowmaydifferentarrangementscanyoumakeofallthesevenlettersinthewordCOMBINE?97.Changejustoneletterineachwordtofindafamiliarphrase.MALEFOODPartVIIWriting(30minutes,30marks)TaskI(10marks)Youareplanningtotakeacomputercoursewithafriendwhohassentyoualetterwithaschooladvertisement.Readtheletterandtheadvertisement,togetherwiththenotes.Thenwritetotheschool,askingfortheinformationwhichyourfriendsuggestsandaddinganyrelevantquestionsofyourown.Ithinkthismaybejustthekindofcoursewewant.Couldyouwritetotheschoolformoredetails?Ithinkthismaybejustthekindofcoursewewant.Couldyouwritetotheschoolformoredetails?I’vemadesomenotesandmaybeyoucanthinkofotherpoints.SeeyouwhenIcomebackfromholiday!BENTONBENTONCOMPUTERSTUDIESWouldyouliketoimproveyourcomputerskills?→beginners?Wehavethecourseforyou!Pricesfrom£100amonthDiscountsforstudents→howmuch?Four-weekcoursesthroughouttheyear→hoursaweek?●INTENSIVESUMMERCOURSES→begin?UseofschoolcomputersfreeWeprovideallstudymaterials●COURSESRECONGNIZED→certificates?Writealetterofbetween80and100

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