2010大学英语竞赛C初赛试题及答案(无私奉献)

2010 National English Contest for College Students (Level C - Preliminary) (总分：150分 时间：120分钟)

Part I Listening Comprehension

Section A (5 marks)

In this section, you will hear five short conversation. Each conversation will be read only once. After each conversation, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. What in the woman probably doing now?

A. She is writing an essay.

B. She is studying for a test. C. She is shopping for shoes.

2. How did the woman feel according to the conversation?

A. She was relaxed.

B. She was pleased.

C. She was disappointed.

3. What does the woman say about her presentation?

A. It’s far from being ready.

B. She got a lot of information from the Internet. C. She needs another week to get it ready.

4. Where will the company probably hold the staff party?

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5. Which picture shows the corrections to the man’s name?

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A. B. C.

Section B (10 marks)

In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. After each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

Conversation One

6. What does the man want to talk to Ann about? A. A holiday trip to Yellowstone Park. B. A research project in Yellowstone Park.

C. A lecture by a professor who visited Yellowstone Park.

7. According to the man, why is the buffalo population increasing in Yellowstone Park? A. A lot of buffalo have come from neighbouring areas. B. Fewer buffalo are dying of disease.

C. It is easier now for the buffalo to find food in winter.

8. Why does the man think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone?

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A. She has been studying animal diseases. B. She is eager to visit Yellowstone Park. C. She needs the money to continue her studies, 9. What did the woman plan to do in July? A. Work on her thesis. B. Have a holiday.

C. Study the buffalo population.

10. Where will the woman most probably spend the coming summer? A. At the University of Wycoming. B. At Yellowstone National Park. C. At her friend’s home in Wyoming.

Conversation Two

11. What was Matt Ryan’s first job?

A. Doing holiday relief work at a television channel. B. Working part-time as a model.

C. Taking pictures for a television station. 12. What did Matt find interesting about the sixties? A. The increasing number of comic books. B. The rapid advances in technology.

C. The American space programme.

13. Why were Matt’s models once used on the news?

A. They presented better images than the real pictures.

B. The spacecraft camera got damaged and failed to take any pictures.

C. The television studio was trying some new ideas.

14. What was the name of the programme that marked the beginning of Matt’s TV career? A. Strange Creatures. B. Time Traveller. C. Bright Star.

15. What did Matt do for the programme? A. He made models.

B. He acted the part of a monster. C. He filmed it.

Section C (5 marks)

In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. How many times has the National Hochey League allowed its players to take part in the Winter Olympics? A. Five times. B. Three times. C. Twice. 17. Where was the Africa Cup of Nations held?

A. In Togo. B. In South Africa. C. In Angola.

18. What has caused a large number of people to flee their homes in northern Yemen?

A. An armed conflict. B. Lack of food. C. Freezing temperatures. 19. Who is Emtiaz Sooliman?

A. A search and rescue specialist. B. Head of a South African foundation.

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C. Leader of a local civic group.

20. What did the second stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives aim at? A. Promoting international trade. B. Boosting employment. C. Expanding the private sector.

Section D (10 marks )

In this section, you are required to fill in 10 blanks, each with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS after listening to a short passage. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.

Children’s Toys

◆ Most popular wooden toy: (21)＿＿＿＿ ◆ The wooden toy is for (22) ＿＿＿＿ ◆ Output per (23) ＿＿＿＿:4,000 items

◆ Average (24) ＿＿＿＿time per box: (25) ＿＿＿＿minutes ◆ The number of boxes in (26) ＿＿＿＿:1,000 ◆ Date of the coming dispatch: (27) ＿＿＿＿

◆ Current number of (28) ＿＿＿＿:20

◆ Number of staff working on the (29) ＿＿＿＿:40 staff ◆ All staff do: (30) ＿＿＿＿work

Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)

There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence, then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.

31. When Ian was injured, Harry was chosen as a last-minute ＿＿＿＿ for the rugby team.

A. preference B. diversification C. alternation D. replacement

32. --Hello, Mr Brown, I’m ringing about our component delivery. It’s not arrived yet and

it’s already three o’clock in the afternoon.

--Let’s see …it’s ＿＿＿＿ reach you on Tuesday afternoon.

A. owing to B. likely to C. due to D. subject to

33. Among the last groups of people to accept the new model were religious groups, who still

＿＿＿＿ the idea that the earth was the centre of the universe.

A. clung to B. applied to C. adapted to D. contributed to

34. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to ＿＿＿＿ considerable impact.

A. escape B. overwhelm C. withstand D. suppress 35. --Would you like me to go to the dentist with you ? --No, you ＿＿＿＿ with me.

A. need not to go B. need not go

C. do not need go D. not need go

36. Lance returned to cycling and training only five months after he was ＿＿＿ diagnosed with cancer.

A. aggressively B. drastically C. exactly D. initially 37. Great minds generally look at life in a way ＿＿＿＿ to themselves. A. peculiar B. confined C. similar D. unusual

38. They called in an electrician ＿＿＿＿ he could put a finger on the cause of the short

circuit.

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A. to hope B. to be hoping C. hoping D. to have hoped

39. The resistance experienced when one body moves over another, ＿＿＿＿ it is in contact, is called frictional force.

A. to which B. where C. with which D. while

40. Above all, they want to study a ＿＿＿＿ question: Are humans actually aware of the world they

live in?

A. contrary B. fundamental C. solemn D. progressive

41. --Tina, I hear you had a good journey to the Maldives last week. How was it? --I enjoyed the beautiful scenery, but the hotel was ＿＿＿＿ satisfactory. A. not anything B. nothing from C. nothing but D. anything but

42. At the beginning of the 20th century, people made coffee ＿＿＿＿ a cloth bag full of coffee

grounds into boiling water. A. by dumping B. to dump C. for dumping D. that dumped

43. If you ＿＿＿＿ Susan recently, you’d think the photograph on the right was strange. A. shouldn’t contact B. had’t contacted

C. weren’t contact D. didn’t contact

44. Beata: I’ve put the job advertisement in the newspaper, Mr Trim. Trim: Good. ＿＿＿＿

Beata: Well, it was a bit more than the $10 that they quoted us. Trim: As long as it wasn’t $10 a day.

A. How to schedule it? B. How much was it?

C. How often was it put there? D. How about the newspaper? 45. Woman: Who is Jackie Tow? I have a parcel here for him. Jackie: That’s me. ＿＿＿＿

Woman: Yes, please put your name here.

Jackie: Thank you. It must be the new pair of shoes I bought online.

A. This is the receipt for it. B. Do you have the sender’s address? C. I have to check the package. D. Do I have to sing for it?

Part III Cloze (10 marks)

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in one of the

following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the letters of the word. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet.

Where The Wild Things Are

“I didn’t set out to make a children’s movie,” says Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze,

“I set out to make a movie about childhood.” Indeed, like the recent alternative

children’s book (46) adapt＿＿＿＿, Fantastic Mr Fox, this is more like an adult film (47) ＿＿＿＿ children’s clothing – or rather in Jim Henson monster suit. When rambunctious (无法无天的) nine-year-old Max feels (48) ig＿＿＿＿ by his busy single mum and her new boyfriend, and runs away (49) ＿＿＿＿ home, he finds himself on an island populated by huge, hairy, scary Wild Thing. Here, he gets himself crowned king, and he and the monsters fight and play, and throw mud at each other (which the younger viewers will love). They return home. That’s it. And that’s your problem. As a film, I can’t (50) de＿＿＿＿ it’s disappointing. Despite whimsical (异想天开的) imaginative and heart-tugging moments, Jonze and co-writer Dave Eggers inevitably lose the wonderful subtlety (精妙之处) of Maurice

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Sendak’s well-loved 338-word picture book just by (51) ＿＿＿＿ (spin) it out into a full-length feature. Enough already! We get this dysfunctional group of neurotic Wild Things (52) rep＿＿＿＿ Max’s child’s eye view of grown-ups as comprehensible giants, both terrifying and loving. (53) ＿＿＿＿, even the repetitive action and non-subtleties (54) ＿＿＿＿ make this feel more like family therapy than fairy (55) t＿＿＿＿ can’t destroy the film’s haunting magic.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)

Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given. Remember to write the

answers on the answer sheet. Section A (10 marks)

1. Rhos-Ddu Country Cottages Ynys, Criccieth, Guynedd LL52 OPB

Delightful hideaway cottages with private fishing. Comfortable furnished with antiques, old oak

beams, log fire, giving the aura and grace of a bygone age, but with all the essentials

of the 20th century – sauna, Jacuzzi, four poster bed, snooker table... A holiday venue one rarely finds – but often dreams of. For Enquiries Contact: Mrs A Jones Rhandir, Boduan, Pwllheli Gwynedd, LL53 8UA 2. Five Star Cottage

Talhenbont Hall, talhenbont, Criccieth, Gwynedd

Enq: Roger & Gillian Good

Lovingly restored stone cottage and hunting lodge in 70 acre wooded country estate with river. A luxurious and carefree holiday for the discerning. Available throughout the year. Woodland walks and wildlife. Free tennis, riding and game fishing. One mile from coast, five miles Snowdonia. Under the personal supervision of the owners. 3. Windsor Flats

12 Marine Terrace, Criccieth, Gwynedd, LL52 OEF

On sea front close to Criccieth Castle. Comfortable, clean, fully equipped, completely private

flats, in picturesque village central for Snowdonia and the Llyn Peninsula. Climbing, sailing, fishing, walking, tennis and golf close-by . Colour TV, payphone. Bed linen supplied. Short breaks available out of season. Write or phone for brochure. 4. Dwyfach Cottages Criccieth, Gwynedd

Enquiries: Mrs S Edwards, Pen-y-Bryn, Chwilog, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 6SX

Enjoy a peaceful holiday in beautifully situated farmhouse or single storey cottage. This is

an area of unrivalled natural beauty, the haunt of buzzards and woodpeckers. Cottages are superbly equipped to make your holiday relaxed and memorable. Dishwasher, washer / dryer, microwave, linen, children’s play area, barbecue and farm trail. 5. Bron Afon Self Catering

Borth-y-Gest, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9TU

Situated only minutes from the beach with fabulous views of garden, sea and mountains. The

accommodation is quiet and private. An ideal base for touring, walking, climbing, fishing,

the slate mines, castles, Portmeirion, Porthmadog leisure centre or just relaxing on the beach. Bed & Breakfast also available.

Questions 56 to 58: Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) according

to the advertisements.

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56. To have a holiday in a delightful hideaway cottage, you should contact Mrs S Edwards. 57. In the Criccieth Five Star Hotel, free tennis, game fishing, riding and golf are available. 58. Short breaks are available out of season in the Llyn Peninsula.

Questions 59 to 60: Answer the following questions briefly according to the advertisements. 59. If you plan to have a holiday with your children, what is the best place? 60. What will you enjoy most in Bron Afon Self Catering?

Section B (10 marks)

The giant panda, the creature that has become a symbol of conservation, is facing extinction. The major reason is loss of habitat, which has continued despite the establishment of 14 panda reserves. Deforestation, mainly carried out by farmers clearing land to make way for fields as they move higher into the mountains, has drastically contracted the mammal’s range. The panda has disappeared from much of central and eastern China, and is now restricted to the eastern flank of the Himalayas.

Satellite imagery has shown the seriousness of the situation; almost half of the panda’s habitat has been cut down or degraded since 1975. Worse, the surviving panda population has also become fragmented; a combination of satellite imagery and ground surveys reveals panda “island” in patches of forest separated by cleared land. The population of these islands has become isolated become the animals are loath to cross open areas. Just putting a road through panda habitat may be enough to split a population in two.

The minuscule size of the panda populations worries conservationists. The smallest groups have too few animals to be viable, and will inevitable die out. The larger populations may be viable in the short term, but will be susceptible to genetic defects as a result of inbreeding.

In these circumstances, a more traditional threat to pandas – the cycle of flowering and subsequent withering of the bamboo that is their staple food – can become literally species-threatening. The flowering prompts pandas to move from one area to another, thus preventing inbreeding in otherwise sedentary populations. In panda islands, however, bamboo flowering could prove catastrophic (灾难性的) because the pandas are unable to emigrate.

The latest conservation management plan for the panda, prepared by China’s Ministry of Forestry and the World Wide Fund for Nature, aims primarily at maintaining panda habitat and ensuring that populations are linked wherever possible. This plan will change some existing reserve boundaries, establish 14 new reserves and protect or replant corridors of forest between panda islands. Other measures include better control of poaching, reducing the degradation of habitats outside reserves, and reforestation.

The plan is ambitious. Implementation will be expensive and will require participation by individuals ranging from villagers to government officials.

Questions 61 to 65: Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, only one word for each blank.

The survival of the giant panda is being seriously (61) ＿＿＿＿. This is largely because the overall size of their habitat has been reduced. As a result, pandas are more prone to problems and are unable to (62) ＿＿＿＿ around freely, following the growth cycles of (63) ＿＿＿＿ plant. A new plan aims to protect existing panda (64) ＿＿＿＿ and to join some of them together. This plan also involves reforestation and the creation of new reserves. To succeed, everyone, (65) ＿＿＿＿ both the government and individuals, will have to cooperate.

Section C (10 marks)

Honda has developed a way to read patterns of electric currents on a person’s scalp as well

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as changes in cerebral blood flow when a person thinks about four simple movements – moving the right hand, moving the left hand, running and eating.

67 In a video shown at Tokyo headquarters, a person wearing a helmet sat still but thought about moving his right hand – a thought that was picked up by electrodes attached to his head inside the helmet.

68 Honda said the technology wasn’t quite ready for a live demonstration because of possible distractions in the person’s thinking.

Another problem is that brain patterns differ greatly among individuals, and so about two to three hours of studying them in advance are needed for the technology to work. The company, a leader in robotics, acknowledged the technology was still at a basic research stage, with no immediate practical applications in the works.

69 Japan boasts one of the leading robotics industries in the world, and the government is pushing to develop the industry as a road to growth. Research on the brain in being tackled around the world, but Honda said its research was among the most advanced in figuring out ways to read brain patterns without having to hurt the person, such as embedding (植物人) sensors into the walking, talking about robot in TV ads.

70 “Our products are for people to use. It is important for us to understand human behaviour,” he said. “We think this is the ultimate in making a machine move.” Question 66: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 66. What does Honda say about its robot Asimo?

A. It can detect a person’s way of thinking. B. It can imitate complex human movements. C. It is still in its experimental stage.

D. It is ready for market distribution. Questions 67 to 70: Choose the most appropriate of the following paragraphs that fit into questions 67 to 70 in the passage.

A. “I’m taking about dreams today,” said Yasuhisa Arai, executive at the Honda Research Institute in Japan, the company’s research unit. “Practical uses are still way into the future.”

B. Among the challenges for this brain technology is making the reading-device so it can be

portable, according to Honda. C. After several seconds, Asimo, programmed to respond to these brain signals, lifted its right arm. D. Honda succeeded in analysing these thought patterns, and then relayed them as wireless commands

to Asimo, its human-shaped robot.

Section D (10 marks)

Being an introvert is a bad thing, right? Well, a lot of people seem to think so, judging by

the number of articles I’ve read about how to “cure” introversion. In response to these articles, I wrote The Introverts Strike Back, in which I argued that introverts can’t become extraverts, and they shouldn’t particularly want to.

However, I’m not here to debate whether it’s better to be an introvert or an extravert.

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The fact is, we all have to interact with both types of people every day. Regardless of which type you are, you can greatly improve your relationships by learning to get along better with people of the other type. Here are some tips for getting started. For Introverts:

﹡ Indicate to others when you’re busy.

When an extravert sees you reading, writing, or maybe just thinking, he might assume that

the only reason you are doing this is because you don’t have someone to talk to. So he thinks he’s doing you a favour by striking up a conversation, when he’s actually interrupting. To prevent this, be sure to give an indication that you’re in the middle of something

and don’t want to socialise right now. This can be a visual sign or verbal. I know one person who tended to get a lot of visitors at work, and while he was actually

an extravert, the frequent visits were slowing him down too much. He put a sign on his door

saying “If I don’t make eye contact or respond to you, I apologize. I’m not trying to be rude, I just have a lot of work to do. Thank you for understanding.” While I don’t think many people need to go that far, it certainly worked!

﹡ Realise that extraverts often need to talk. Because extraverts are more in touch with the external world, for them talking is sometimes

as necessary as breathing. They might think out loud by bouncing their thoughts off other

people, and they might need to chat in order to boost their energy.

For an introvert, this can be the most difficult part of dealing with an extravert. The

same conversation that energises the extravert also drains the introvert. However, keeping in mind that the extravert is not being intentionally malicious, the introvert has at least two options foe handling this in a polite way. They can patiently participate in the conversation, and then, when it’s over, recharge by being alone. Or they can cut off the conversation early by mentioning something else they need to be doing, or even by saying, “I’d like to help, but I’m not sure that I’m the right person for you to be talking to.” Of course, sometimes a conversation can be very enjoyable for an introvert, in which case

this isn’t a problem. For Extraverts:

﹡Ask if someone is busy before spending time with them.

If someone appears to be lonely, they might not be. Even if they’re sitting there and

don’t seem to be doing anything, they could be deep in thought and not want to be interrupted. If you need something, try to ask for it up front. Otherwise, look for clues that they might not feel like talking right now, such as lack of eye contact.

If they seem uninterested, don’t take it personally. You just don’t know what you’re interrupting.

﹡ Understand what a draining effect a conversation can have on someone.

No matter how fabulous a person you are, keep in mind that introverts simply prefer their

internal world to the external world. They might start off with a fully charged battery, but while they’re engaged in conversation, that battery is steadily draining. How long it lasts depends on various factors, but be sure to keep an eye out for when they’re starting to be lose interest. Be more to the point with introverts, and save most of your chatting for extraverts who will appreciate it more. Questions 71 to 74: Complete each of the following sentences with NOMORE THAN FIVE WOEDS according to the passage.

71. Introverts are advised to ＿＿＿＿ to prevent interrupting when they are in the middle of

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something.

72. For extraverts, having a conversation with people can be as important as ＿＿＿＿. 73. An important clue that someone might not feel like talking with you right now is ＿＿＿

＿. 74. It is necessary to remember that introverts tend to focus more on ＿＿＿＿. Question 75: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 75. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Whether it is better to be an introvert or an extravert. B. How to get along with both introverts and extraverts. C. How to avoid embarrassment in conversations.

D. One should be neither an introvert nor an exteavert.

Part V Translation (20 marks) Section A (10 marks)

Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the

answers on the answer sheet.

A soaring dropout rate is causing the United States to lose ground educationally to rivals abroad and is trapping millions of young Americans at the very margins of the economy. (76) The Obama administration acknowledges the problem in its new budget, which includes a $50 million prevention programme, but solving this problem will require a lot more money and a comprehensive national strategy.

The alarming scope of the dropout crisis is laid out by the Centre for Labour Market Studies

at Northeastern University in Boston and the Alternative Schools Network in Chicago. (77) Their study, which examines data from the 12 largest states, finds that 16 percent of people from the ages of 16 to 24 have dropped out.

(78) The problem is especially pronounced among men, who make up more than 60 percent

of those who change school nationally. The dropout problem hits minorities really hard. (79) Many of this country’s large urban high schools are rightly called “dropout factories” because more students leave school than graduate. According to the study, state dropout rates are highest in the South, where Georgia (22.1 percent), Florida (20.1 percent) and Texas (18.5 percent) lead the way.

(80) The dropout crisis presents a clear danger to national prosperity, but at the moment,

states and localities are struggling to contain it with little help or guidance from the federal government. Congress, which is just waking up to this issue, can improve the situation by putting its money and muscle behind proven programmes that have been shown to re-engage young people who have dropped out, and that keep at-risk children on track to complete their educations.

Section B (10 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English, using the word given in brackets. Remember to

write the answers on the answer sheet. 81. 石油价格的飞速上涨对世界经济产生了很大的影响。(affect) 82. 奥林匹克运动会上最重要的不是取胜而是参与。(not... but...) 83. 早知道你没有钥匙，我就不把门锁上了。(would not have)

84. 花这么多的时间和精力来安排这样一个活动， 值得吗？(worthwhile)

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85. 这些邮票由于其独特的艺术设计吸引了众多集邮者。(appeal to)

Part VI IQ Test (5 marks)

There are five IQ test questions in this part. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. 86. What number comes next?

3.65 4.92 5.3 8.76 6.95 6.84 ?

87. When David is twice as old as he is now he will be four times as old as his daughter Jane

will be in five years time. If in 1990 years ago, he was four times as old as his daughter, in what year was she born?

88. The cost of hiring a private rail carriage is shared equally by all the passengers who paid

an exact number of pounds which was less than ￡100 each. The carriage has seats for 50 passengers and the total bill amounts to ￡1887. How many seats were not occupied?

89. IN how many ways can the word TURN be read? Start at the central letter T and move in any

direction.

N

N R N

N R U R N

N R U T U R N N R U R N N R N N

90. What is the largest number of regions this ring could be divided into using three straight

lines?

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