2023年大学生英语竞赛样题听力录音原文及参考答桉

全国大学生英语竞赛样题听力录音原文及参照答案PartI

ListeningComprehension(30minutes,30points)SectionA

Dialogues(10points)

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear10shortdialogues.Attheendofeachdialogue,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththedialogueandthequestionwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.W:Doyouknowwhenthelibrarycloses?

M:Ateighto'clock,Ithink.

W:I'dbetterhurry,then.I'veonly15minutestoreturnthisbookorIpayafine.

Q:Whywillthewomangotothelibrary?(A)

2.M:Whereisthestockholder'smeetingbeingheld?

W:Intheexecutivesuiteontheeighthfloor.

M:IthoughtIwasgoingtotakeataxiovertotheannex.

Q:Whereisthestockholder'smeetinggoingtobeheld?(B)

3.M:Look!It'sbroken.Itoldyouitwasn'tworking.

W:Ofcourseitwon'twork!See,theinkcartridgeindicatorisflashing.Youhavetoreplaceit.

M:I'msorry;Ididn'tknowwhatitmeant.

Q:Whatiswrongwiththeprinter?(B)

4.M:Theysaidthattheeleveno'clocktrainwasrunninglateagain,likebefore.

W:Wearrivedatthestationat10:50.However,we'vealreadybeenwaitingforthirtyminutes.Whattimedidtheysayitwouldarrive?

M:Well,we'llprobablyhavetowaitanotherquarterofanhour.

Q:Howlatewillthetrainmostlikelybe?(C)

5.M:DidyouhearthatDavidwonanawardforhisreporting?

W:No.Whatwasit?

M:It'sthePressInstituteAwardforclearwritinginjournalism.

Q:ForwhatdidDavidwinanaward?(B)

6.M:DidyouhearaboutthefireattheDepartmentStore?

W:Yes.It'sreportedthebuildingisinruins.

M:That'sright.Itwentuplikeamatchbox.Therewasnothingtheycoulddotosaveit.

Q:WhathappenedtotheDepartmentStore?(C)

7.M:Excuseme.WhendoesthenextbusforXi'anleave?

W:Let'ssee...There'soneleavinginfifteenminutes,andanotheroneinanhour.BothwillleavefromGate5.

M:I'dliketwoticketsontheearlierbus.

W:OK.Hereyouare.

Q:Whenwilltheman'sbusleave?(C)

8.

W:DidIdosomethingwrong?

M:No,notyou.

W:Iwonderedwhatwaswrong.

M:Well,Ijustgotuponthewrongsideofthebedthismorning.

Q:Whatdoesthemanmean?(B)

9.M:Whatkindofworkdoesyourfirmdo?

W:We'reageneraltradingfirm.Lastyearwewerenumbertwo,butthisyearweslippedto

thefifthposition.

M:Sellingontheworldmarketisnotaneasybusiness.

W:Yes.Butwewilldoourbest.

Q:Whichkindoffirmdoesthewomanworkfor?(A)

10.M:Nextone!YournameisTomBrown,27yearsold,workedasasecretaryfor2years.Willyoupleasefillafewwordsinthe"JobApplication"section?

W:OK.Butwhatmustbeincludedintheapplica

tion?

M:Adescriptionoftheskills,experience,andqualificationsyouhave.Youknowthesewillbeagreathelpforyoutofindajob.

W:Yes.Isitnecessarytowritemyeducationalachievementsandprovidethecertificates?

M:No,onlyifithassomethingtodowiththeposition.

W:Whenwillyouarrangetheinterviewforme?

M:We'llcallyouinaweek.

W:Thanksalot.Iamlookingforwardtoyourcallonmymobile.Pleaserememberit's.

M:Notaproblem.Seeyoulater.

W:Seeyouthen.

Q:Besidesskillsandexperience,whatelseshouldalsobefilledinthe"JobApplication"Section?(A)SectionB

NewsItems(10points)

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear10piecesofshortnewsfromBBCorVOA.Aftereachnewsandquestiontherewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.11.AnexplosionrippedapartaMoscowmetrotraincarduringthismorning'srushhour,killingatleast30people,accordingtotheMinistryofEmergencySituations.Atleast70peoplewereinjured.Officialssaidthecauseoftheexplosionwasnotimmediatelyclearbutthatterrorismcouldnotberuledout.

Question:Howmanypeoplewereinjuredinthisexplosionaccordingtothisreport?(A)

12.ThefishstoryFindingNemotooktophonorsSaturdayattheanimationindustry's31stannualAnnieAwards,earningnineawards,includingbesttheatricalfeature,bestdirectingandbestvoiceacting.

Question:Whatkindofindustrydoes"AnnieAwards"belongto?(B)

13.Thousandsofstudents

across

USA

plan

towear

white

T-shirts

to

school

Friday,the

daybeforeValentine'sDay,topubliclyshowtheircommitmenttonothavingsexoutsidemarriage.They'recallingtheireffortthe"Day

of

Purity",andtheywilldistributepro-abstinencepamphletstotheirpeers.

Question:Whendidthiscampaignbeheld?(C)

14.An

astrophysicist

doubted

whether

$15

billion

a

yearfor10yearswouldbeenoughtosetNASAoncoursetofulfillthemoon-and-then-on-to-MarsvisionputforthbyBushonemonthago.Thespaceagency's

annual

budget

has

been

around

$15billioninrecentyears.

Question:Howmuchwillthecommissiontakefor10years?(A)

15.Snow

fell

over

parts

of

theNortheastandTexasearly

Friday,

while

the

rest

of

the

countryhadmostlyclearskies.

Question:WhatdoestheweatherlikeinthemostpartsoftheUSAFriday?(C)

16.Fred

Jones

figures

he

has

seeneveryslamdunk

contest

since

the

NBArevivedtheeventin1984.

TheIndianaguard

is

adunkingfan—andyethewaveredwhenaskedtotakeontwo-timechampionJasonRichardsononSaturday.

Question:HowmanytimeshasJasonRichardsonbeenthechampionofslamdunk?(B)

17.Jobgrowthintheeducation,health,professionaland

business

service

industries,

meanwhile,isexpectedtoexceed30percent.Otherserviceindustriesprojectedtohaveahigherthanaveragejobgrowthincludetheinformation,transportationand

warehousing,andleisureandhospitalityindustries.

Question:Doestheinformationindustryhaveahigherjobgrowth?(A)

18.TheLordoftheRings:TheReturn

of

the

Kingearned11Oscarnominations,includingbestpicture,bestdirectorandbestadaptedscreenplay.

Question:WhatOscarnominationsdidthepictureearn?(B)

19.China'sMinistryofAgricultureconfirmedthebirdflu

outbreaks

in

Shanghai,

thenortherncityofTianjinnearthecapitalBeijing,the

southwesternprovinceofYunnanandthesouthernprovinceofGuangdong.

Question:Wherehasthebirdflubrokenoutaccordingtothisreport?(B)

20.TheSouthKoreanparliamenthasapprovedsending3,000troopstoIraqtohelpwiththereconstructioneffort.Thevote

intheNationalAssemblywas155

in

favor

of

the

deploymentand50against,withsevenmembersabstaining.

SectionC

Passages(10points)

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear2passages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhear5questions.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.PassageOne

Theworld'sfirstcompletelyautomaticrailwayhasbeenbuiltunderthebusystreetsofLondon.TherailwayiscalledtheVictoriaLine,anditispartofthecompleteLondonundergroundrailway.

ThenewVictoriaLinewasopenedin1969.Thisnewlinewasverydifferentfromtheothers.

Thestationsontheotherlinesneedalotofworkerstoselltickets,andtocheckandtocollectthemwhenpeopleleavethetrains.ThisisalldifferentfromtheVictoriaLine.Hereamachinechecksandcollectsthetic-kets,andtherearenoworkersontheplatforms.

Onthetrain,thereisonlyoneworker.Ifnecessary,thismancandrivethetrain.Butusuallyhejuststartsit;itrunsandstopsbyitself.Thetrainsarecontrolledbyelectricalsignalswhicharesentbytheso-called"commandspots".Thecommandspotsarethesamedistanceapart.Eachsendsacertainsignal.Thetrainalwaysmovesatthespeedthatthecommandspotsallow.Ifthecommandspotsendsnosignals,thetrainwillstop.

Mostofthecontrolworkisdonebycomputers.Thecomputersalsofixthetrain'sspeeds,andsendthesignalstothecommandspots.

Othermachinesmakesurethatthetrainsarealwaysasafedistanceapart.Ifonetrainstaystoolongatastation,theothertrainswillthenautomaticallymoveslower.Sothereisnodangerofaccidentsontheline.

Questions21to25arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.

21.WhathappenedtotheLondonundergroundrailwayaboutthreedecadesago?(B)

22.OntheVictoriaLine,whodoesallthecheckingandcollectingoftickets?(D)

23.WhenwasthenewVictoriaLineopened?(C)

24.WhatisthetaskoftheoneworkerontheVictoriaLinetrain?(B)

25.Ifnosignalissentfromthecommandspot,what

willhappentothetrain?(A)PassageTwo

AliceWalkermakesherlivingbywriting;herpoems,shortstories,andnovelshavewonhermanyawardsandfellowships.ShewasborninEatonton,Georgia.Shewenttopublicschoolsthere,andthentoSpelmanCollegeinAtlantabeforegoingtoNewYorktoattendSarahLawrenceCollege,fromwhichshegraduatedin1966.ForatimeshelivedinJackson,PartII

VocabularyandStructure(10minutes,20points)SectionA

MultipleChoice(10points)31.A32.D33.B34.C35.D36.D37.A38.B39.D40.CSectionB

Cloze-Test(10points)41.B42.A43.A44.D45.C46.B47.B48.D49.A50.DPartIII

WordGuessingandIQTest(5minutes,10points)SectionA

WordGuessing(5points)

51.C

52.A

53.C

54.C

55.DSectionB

IQTest(5points)

56.C

57.A

58.B

59.B

60.DPartIV

ReadingComprehension(25minutes,30points)

61.762.Airporttaxesandsecuritycharges,guidebook.63.08704434614.64.BeforeNovember18.65.Friday;Sunday66.PragueandVienna.67.ached;tired

68.averyseriousformofarthritis(or:ankylosingspondylitis)69.Hewantedtofightthedisease.70.Watchingfunnymoviesandreadinghumorousbooks.

71.Eightdays.72.Hewasabletoovercomehisdisease.73.EgyptiansandBabylonians.74.Hogmanay

75.Onlyone.76.RoseBowl;OrangeBowl;CottonBowl;SugarBowl

77.Theyhopethingswillchangeforthebetter.78.From4,000yearsagotothepresent.(or:About2,000BC.)79.electricity80.upper;positive;lower;negative81.Becausetheirelectricorganstireasmusclesdo.82.Thesizeofthefish.83.defence;attack84.Three.85.avet86.Whenshewas17.87.Stepmom88.MyBestFriend'sWedding.89.PrettyWomen90.Five.PartV

ErrorCorrection(5minutes,10points)

91.well-behaving→well-behaved92.beat→beating93.anything→nothing94.on→on95.do→did

96.concerning→concerns97.mistake∧stupidity→for98.later→ago99.relation→relations100.√PartVI

Translation(15minutes,20points)SectionA

English-ChineseTranslation(10points)101.奥克兰大学旳一种硕士经市场调查研究后指出,中国中产阶级人口数量旳增长为新西兰酒类出口商提供了一种酒类出口旳良机.

102.很少有造酒商注意到中国(这个市场),与之相比,他们更乐意努力把出口投向英美这样旳老式市场.

103.她说:"中国对葡萄酒需求量旳增长是由于经济旳发展以及中国人乐于接触西方文化旳愿望."

104.谢(培)旳研究发现,虽然中国旳饮酒者会更多地选择国产酒而非进口酒,但在某些特殊场所他们还是对进口酒显示出一种强烈旳偏爱.

105.当人们购置进口酒时,在酒旳多种重要品质中,造酒国家旳历史和"品牌效应"是被人们首先考虑旳.SectionB

Chinese-EnglishTranslation(10points)106.Livingatcollegemakesmehaveasenseofresponsibilityofdependingonmyself.

107.Wecan'tjudgewhathereallymeantbydoingsountilweknowallthecircumstances.

108.Youngpeopleoftenwonderatthelargenumberofemployerswhodonotrespondtotheirapplicationsforjobs.

109.Theoriginoftabletennishasneverbeenexactlypinpointed,eventhoughit'srelativelyyoungsport,youngerthanlawntennisandnotmucholderthanbasketball.

110.TheShenzhouVspaceshipoperatesprimarilyonpresetprogramminganditstaskistoobserveandrecordtheconditionsoftheorbitingspaceshipforthegroundcontrolcenter.PartVII

Writing(30minutes,30points)WritingTaskI(10

points)Onepossibleversion:

Withthedevelopmentofsociety,moreandmorepeopleinChinagoabroadforstudying.SomemaythinkthatitisnotnecessaryforyoungpeopletogoabroadsincetherearemanyexcellentuniversitiesinChina.However,othersbelievethatitisstillworthwhiletogoabroadforfurtherstudying.Asforme,Iaminfavorofthelatteridea.

Studyingabroadhasmanyadvantages.Firstly,Chinaisstilladevelopingcountry,andwelagbehindinmanyareas,suchasAgriculture,ITandtheServiceIndustries.Inordertocatchupwiththedevelopedcountries,weneedmoreyoungtalentsintheseareas.It'snecessaryforusyoungpeopletogoouttolearnaboutadvancedscienceandtechnologyfromthedevelopedcountries.

Secondly,withChina'sentryintotheWTO,thelearningtaskbecomesmoreandmoreurgent,weneedtolearnmuchfromabroad.Finally,tobealoneinaforeigncountryisagoodchancetotrainyourselftobeindependent.Theexperienceofstudyingabroadwillgiveyoupermanentmemoriestocherish.

Ofcourse,therearesom