2012年全国大学生英语竞赛C类决赛赛卷（文字版）（原创）

2012年全国大学生英语竞赛

2012 National English Contest for College Students

C类决赛赛卷 (Level C-Final)

Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

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. The president’s education speeches contained _______ the tongue leading to a public confusion over education policy. A. a slide of B. a slip of C. a skip of D. a glide of

32. The word “right ”, in most language, is usually connected _______ the meaning of “correct”, whereas the words associate _______ “left”, generally have negative meanings. A. to; with B. with; to C. to; to

D. with; with

33. Gas price rose 4％ in April, a _______ rise but the smallest since January. A. might B. severe C. steep D. massive

34. It seems a very simple thing to tell the truth, but beyond all questions, there is nothing _______ lying. A. half so easy as B. so half easy as C. half easy as D. so easy as half

35. _______ until recently, people who are left handed have been considered abnormal. A. Up B. Unless

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C. Down D. Not

36. Sorry about the loss. But it will give you some relief if your house is _______ against fire. A. assured B. ensured C. insured D. pledged

37. When _______ in a downpour without an umbrella or a raincoat, most people would pick up their pace. A. sunk B. caught C. plunged D. grabbed

38. In 1993, V.S.Naipoul was awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prize in _______ of his lifetime’s achievement. A. identification B. acquaintance C. recognition D. perspective

39. Many linguists _______ that our highly evolved brain provided us with innate language Ability not found in lower organism. A. Suggest B. Claim C. Promise D. convince

40. I’m in a slightly _______ position in that he is not arriving until 12:00which is 3 hours late. A. tight B. weird C. awesome D. awkward

41. Tactless she may be, but ungrateful _______ think her. A. should not you B. should you not C. not should you D. you should not

42. More than 30 people died in the train accident, most of _______are children. A. which B. them C. whom D. that

43. He admits that his team really _______ him to play a role of responsibility. A. look forward to B. look down on C. look up to

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D. look on

44. —Do you know the students have been protesting against the increased tuiton?

—I’ve heart about the protest, but _______ A. I’ve joined in it to support the students. B. I don’t see any good it will do. C. I do know the reason for it. D. I think it’ll be a great success.

45.—I hear you are a journalist now, Paul. That must be exciting.

—_______ most of the time. But like all jobs, it has its disadvantages.

A. It’s boring

B. It’s a piece of cake C. It has drawbacks D. It’s a buzz Part

Ⅲ Cloze (10 marks)

Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Filling in the following blanks in one of the three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letter(s) of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.

There is a phenomenon that sociologists call reference anxiety — or，more popularly, keeping up with the (46) Jo_______. According to that thinking, most people judge their possessions in comparison with others’. People tend not to ask themselves, “Does my house meet my needs?” (47) Ins_______ they ask, “Is my house nicer than my neighbor’s?” If your two-bedroom house is surrounded by three and four-bedroom house, with some (48) ar_______ the corner doing a tear-down to build a McMansion, your reference anxiety may rise. Suddenly that two-bedroom house-one that your grandparents might have considered quite nice, even luxurious – doesn’t seem enough. And so the money you spend on it stops (49) _______ (provide) you with a sense of wellbeing.

Americans’ soaring reference anxiety is a product of the widening gap in income (50) _______ (distribute). In other words, the rich are getting richer faster, and the rest of the population are none too happy about it. During much of the U.S. history, the (51) _______ (major) lived in small towns or urban areas where conditions for most people were approximately the same-hence, low level anxiety. Also, most people knew relatively little about those who were living higher on the hog.

But in the past few (53)de______ , new economy forces have changed all that. Rapid growth in income for the top 5 percent of households has brought (54) _______ a substantial cohort of people who live notably better than the middle class does, amplifying our reference anxiety. That wealthier minority is occupying ever-larger homes and spending more on each change of clothes when the middle is doing O.K. In nations with high levels of income equality like the Scandinavian countries, well-being tends to be higher than in nations with unequal wealth distribution such as the United States.

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Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (40 marks)

Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.

Section A (10 marks)

Question 56—60 are based on the following passage.

Several research groups in the United States are conducting genetic research aimed at retarding aging. If the breakthroughs of recent years are anything to go by, it’s likely that we will see several-fold longevity increases in mice within the next decade or so. Already such genetic manipulation has increased by almost 50％ the life span of flies. Results are also promising in mammals; scientist have extended longevity in mice by 50％ through genetic interventions. Achieving similar results in humans will be harder. Scientists have already identified genes that appear to accelerate human aging, but thy have yet to find genes with opposite effect. But with the sequencing of the human genome, we are now in a better position to find out more about aging in humans as well as animals.

For those who cannot wait there is one method available today than might delay human aging: caloric restriction. This simply means a diet with few calories. Experiments have shown longevity increases of more than 50％ in certain mammals that follow such diets. Most people, however , feel the secondary effects of this outweigh the benefits. After all, what is the point of living longer if you cannot enjoy life? If science is to extend human longevity, it will have to do so by extending the duration of human life in age — related disability. The extra years of life must allow future grandparents to enjoy life, not just life.

Although some scientist argues that aging will never be cured and our grandparents will continue to fit our stereotypes, many others remain confident that we will soon learn how to modulate the human aging process. “I believe our generation is the first to be able to map a possible route to individual immortality,” says William Haseltine, CEO of Human Genome Sciences Inc. in Rockville, Maryland. If a therapy could slow human aging by 50％， for instance, we could have 30 or 40 more year of life. I n that time, new discoveries could be made that would allow us to live even longer, and the cycle could continue until a cure for aging is discovered. “It’s possible that some people alive now may still be alive 400 years from now,” claims gerontologist S. Michal Jazwinski of Louisiana State of University Health Sciences Center. But what could be consequences of extending human longevity or finding a real cure for aging? Question 56—60

Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with only one word for each blank. Researchers have achieved success in (56) ______ the aging of flies. But similar results in humans are not encouraging. Other than finding genes that slow down human aging, scientist have identified genes that appear to (57) _______ it. However, there might be one way of delaying aging, i.e. caloric (58) _______ which means following certain diets with few calories. Meanwhile, it’s necessary to think about the significance of living loner of how to 4 / 13 (59) ______ the aging process. Some optimistic people believe that it’s possible to extend human longevity while others are quite concerned about the (60) _______ of it.

Section B (10 marks)

Question 61—65 are based on the following passage

No matter how carefully you plan a trip with a friend, or family member, there will probably be conflicts along the way. Even after the dates, destination and length of the trip are decided, there’s still the chance that problems could happen on the trip.

Here are a few tips to help you solve the problems that may come up between you and your travel company:

Plan the trip together: Sometimes one person take the leads and plan the trip to fit his or her interests. Planning together allow for a more diverse an balanced vacation. Some people want to walk; some people would rather use public transportation. So it’s important to find out how compatible you are in term of everything concerned.

Find out about lifestyle: Differences in lifestyle can be challenging if they haven’t been discussed in advance. There’s nothing worse than being in the room and awake at 6:00 a.m. When your companion wants to sleep until noon. Sleep patterns can be very disruptive to people that don’t have the same pattern. The same can be said for dietary and other restrictions. Knowing those differences in advance helps people adapt to each other more quickly.

Be aware of coping strategies: Ask questions and use your understanding of your companion’s coping strategies—how they may respond to stressful situations. You can ask your travel company about his/her best and worst trips. What happened? How did that person respond? Knowing a little about how your companion deals with difficult situation can be helpful.

Compromise: Try to compromise in order to have a good time. Agree to disagree. Do you really want to use your energy feeling anger on your vacation when you should be relaxing and enjoying it? But travel journals for yourself and your travel partners. Writing in journals can be a way to reflect on the trip to relieve some of the frustration that may come up.

Take a break: Split up when tensions are high and your interests are different. Be sure to set a time and meeting place and have a backup meeting set in case of an unforeseen delay. People tend to feel like they have to stick together when they are together on a trip. But anybody with someone 24 hours a day needs a break from the other person.

Question 61—63

Decide whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F) according to the passage.

61. This passage aims to help travelers solve problems between them and their travel partners. 62. Lifestyle differences can cause travel problems because all people enjoy sleeping till noon when on vacation.

63. Even though your travel interests are different, you must always stay together with your travel partners.

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Question 64—65

Answer the following questions according to the passage.

64.Why do people have to ask their travel companion about his/her best and worst trips. 65. Which way might help relieve the frustration that may come up?

Section C (10 marks)

Question 66—70 are based on the following passage.

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart disease, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.

She did not hear the story as many woman have heart the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had passed she went away to her room alone. She refused to have anyone to follow her.

There stood, facing the open windows, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that filled her body and seemed to reach into her soul.

She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, expect when a sob come up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.

She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines indicated repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off in the distance on a patch of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of a intelligent thought.

There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the wounds, the scents, the color that filled the air.

Now her bosom rose and fell with excitement. She was beginning to realize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was struggling to beat it back with her will, as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been..

When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her sighted parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath, “free, free, free! ” The empty stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed sharp and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body.

She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as of little importance.

She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked except with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.

Question 66—68

Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a

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maximum of 2 words for each blank.

66. Most women were shocked into a ______ on hearing the news of their husbands’ death, but Mrs. Mallard was not.

67. When returning to her room, Mrs. Mallard was pressed down by _______ both physically and mentally.

68. Mrs. Mallard’s dull stare indicated a _______ of deep thinking rather than a sign of contemplation.

Question 69—70

Choose the best answer according to the passage.

69. What was Mrs. Mallard’s first reaction on hearing her husband’s death? A. She pulled herself together with the help of her sister. B. She stayed in her room and refused to meet anyone. C. She abandoned herself into grief for a while. D. She couldn’t stop weeping and crying.

70. How did Mrs. Mallard feel towards her husband’s death at the end. A. Bitter but relieved. B. Fearful but relaxed. C. Dull and desperate. D. Calm and suspicious.

Section D (10 marks)

Question 71—75 are based on the following passage

No creature can stride as human beings. They are not physically designed to support and balance a vertical body balanced on two long lower limbs, propelled forward by a foot engineered exclusively for body support and forward propulsion and to do so with a stride at high-speed locomotion. While other bipeds walk in a similar fashion, human walk is unique. Bipedalism itself offers no comparison with the distinctive human gait form. And, significantly, no other biped can actually cover more than a tiny fraction of the walking distance that can be sustained by humans.

Striding requires a special design of hip, knee, an ankle joints, plus an arched foot, plus long lower-limb bones. Those “finishing touches” demanded extended evolutionary time. Striding provided numerous advantages over the simple stepping gait. For example, the ability to cover twice the distance with the same number of steps is a definite survival advantage. It also added much speed to running, more height to jumping.

None of this would have been possible without, first, a foot equipped to support and balance an erect body and to produce the leverage necessary to propel the body forward in locomotion. The ape foot was not suited for this. A new kind of foot was essential if those hominids were to become full-scale bipeds. Indeed a pair of human feet has one-fourth of all the body’s 206 bones and 244 joints. Why this extraordinary number of bones and joints concentrated in such a small part of the body? (74) Because the intricate network of the many different parts required not only for supporting and balancing a heavy superstructure but to enable the multiple motions and

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actions, hundreds or thousands of times daily. No other part of the body comes even close to the amount and degree of stresses imposed on it.

The human foot had to go through an extensive evolutionary development in which it underwent enormous design changes in cohering its 28 bones, 37 joints and 107 ligaments, and 32 muscles and tendons to adapt to the body weight and numerous torsions. (75) In fact, it probably wasn’t until only about 400,000 years ago that early humans were fully striding, the final touch of human gait. Orthopedist Philip J. Mayer writes in the Orthopedist Review: “The development of a true stride on an orthopedic foot was the most crucial of all the steps of human evolutions.” Nature had perhaps never undertaken an anatomical engineering project of such complexity.

Question 71—73

Answer the following questions according to the passage.

71. What’s the differences between humans and other bipeds regarding walking distance? 72. Why is the human foot equipped the way it is?

73.What kind of evolution has the human foot undergone?

Question 74—75

Translate the underlined sentences in the passage into Chinese.

(74) Because the intricate network of the many different parts required not only for supporting and balancing a heavy superstructure but to enable the multiple motions and actions, hundreds or thousands of times daily.

(75) In fact, it probably wasn’t until only about 400,000 years ago that early humans were fully striding, the final touch of human gait.

Part Ⅴ Translation (10 marks)

Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.

76. 有人建议，中国所有的博物馆都应对中小学生免费开放，使他们有更多机会获得广博的知识。(access)

77. 校方对此次违纪事件既没有处罚相关责任人，也没有对其他师生解释原因。(倒装) 78. 在制定预算时候，他们忘记考虑价格上涨因素，因此才导致目前资金紧张。(account) 79. 连年的战争不仅使人们丧失了对生活的热情，还让他们失去了对未来的希望。(deprive) 80. 此次团队训练留给我印象最深的是队员表现出的勇气、毅力和奉献精神。（主语从句）

Part Ⅵ Error correction (10 marks)

Proofread the passage as required. Each indicated line contains a maximum of one error. Correct the passage in the following way: for a right line, put the sign “√” in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the right one in the blank; for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with the sign “∧” and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank; for an unnecessary, cross the unnecessary word with the sign “\\” and put the word with sign “\\”

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in the blank. Write the answers on the answer sheet. For example: One of my favorite writer are Charlotte Bront?. She was born in the early __is___ Nineteenth century when women had far fewer opportunities ∧ they have now. __than___ She lived in a small village in Yorkshire and she take great pleasure in walking ___√__ on the moors where near her home. __ where Pyramid City is an even more ambitious project to solve Tokyo’s housing problem. A 1,000 –metre tall Pyramid, 12 times higher than the Great

Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would contain 55 smaller pyramids, each of them 81._______ Would be the size of the Giza original. If it is built, the pyramid will

Consist in a series of skyscrapers suspended from the inside of the structure, 82._______ the pyramid will be 80 storey high, with parkland in-between the skyscrap- 83._______ ers, Three quarters of a million of people will live there. The skyscraper will 84. _______ be linked by series of hollow tubes containing a high-speed transport system. 85. _______ Parts of the construction, include more than 150 kilometers of tunnels, will be 86. _______ Built by spider robots, and power will be provided by waves and wind.

A majority problem is that Japan is situating on the seismic “ring of fire”- 87. _______ an area of volcano activity where stretches around the Pacific Ocean. 88. _______ Pyramid City will have to withstand earthquakes, tsunamis and underwater 89. _______ volcanic eruptions.

The design of Pyramid City are certain that it will be built and make 90. _______ Safe from earthquakes, but probably not for another 100 years.

Part Ⅶ IQ Test (5 marks)

There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

91. A frog, a skunk(臭鼬)，and a duck went to the movies. The admission was $1.00. Who did not get in?

92. What’s the phrase represented by the following picture?

93. I am very fragile. When you say my name, you break me. What’s my name?

94. Which picture comes next? STA4NCE ？ 9 / 13

A. B. C. D.

95. There is a four—digit number made with 0—9! Its 2nd digit is twice greater than its 3rd. The sum of all the digits is thrice greater than its last digit! The product of its 3rd and 4th digits is 12 times greater than the ratio of its 2nd and 3rd. What is it?

Part Ⅷ Writing (30 marks)

Ⅰ(10 marks)

Study the change in world of works in the U.K. and write a report based on the information given in the chart. You should state the information, explain possible reasons and draw your conclusion. (这个图由于不好画，就没画了，有兴趣的可参照网上内容)

You should write about 100 words in a appropriate on the answer sheet.

Ⅱ(20 marks)

College students have many ways to finance their college education. They may get help from their parents, find part-time jobs, apply for loans, or win scholarships. Which way do you think are better for college students to choose in order to cover tuition fees and other living costs? Give your ideas and state your reasons for it.

Write an article of about 140 words in an appropriate style on the answer sheet.

2012 National English Contest for College Students (Level C - Final) 参考答案及作文评分标准

Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) 10 / 13

1—5 AABCB Section B (10 marks) 6—10 ABAAC 11—15 ACBAB Section C (5 marks) 16—20 CAABC Section D (10 marks)

recycling industry 22. designed to

23. Containing 24. disposed of 25. sufficient

26. failed to 27. injustice 28. in total 29. otherwise 30. discarded Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks) 31—35 BDCAA 36—40 CBCBD 41—45 DBCBD Part III Cloze (10 marks) Joneses Instead 48. around providing 50. distribution 51. Majority 52. Reference 53. Decades 54. About 55. high

Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks) Section A (10 marks)

retarding/delaying/slowing (down) 57. accelerate 58. restriction 59. modulate 60. Consequences Section B (10 marks) 61. T 62. F 63. F

64. To know their coping strategies/To know a little about how their companion deals with difficult situations.

65. Writing in journals. Section C (10 marks)

paralyzed inability 67. exhaustion 68. suspension C. 70. A.

Section D (10 marks)

71. No other biped can actually cover more than a tiny fraction of the walking distance that can be sustained by humans.

72. It is equipped to support and balance an erect body and to produce the leverage necessary to propel the body forward in locomotion.

73. It has undergone enormous design changes in cohering its 28 bones, 37 joints and 107 ligaments, and 32 muscles and tendons to adapt to the body weight and numerous torsions.

74. 这些不同部分构成的错综复杂的网络，不仅需要支持和平衡沉重的身躯，还需要保证每天几百或几千次的动作。 11 / 13

75. 事实上，直到约40 万年前，早期的人类才完全直立行走，完成了人类步态的进化。 Part V Translation (10 marks)

76. It is suggested that primary and middle school students should be offered free access to all museums in China, which gives them more opportunities to gain a wide range of knowledge.

77. The school authorities did not punish people who violated the discipline, nor did they make any explanation (of this violation) to other students and teachers.

78. They failed to take into account the factor of increasing prices when setting up the budget, which resulted in the current tight funds.

79. People are deprived of both passion for life and hope for future due to years of war.

80. What impressed me the most in the team training is the courage, perseverance and sacrifice of the team members.

Part VI Error correction (10 marks) Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)

91. The skunk. Because the duck had a bill, the frog had greenback, and the skunk had a scent (cent). 92. For instance. 93. Silence. 94. C. 95. 7638.

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