2011年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(C类).doc

1、专业收集整理精品文档！-精品文档，值得下载，可以编辑！-！=2011年全国大学生英语竞赛C级初赛卷 （总分150分，时间：120分钟）Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks)1. What does the man want to do?A. Get something to eat now. B. Find a quiet place that shows games. C. Watch the next game with the woman.2. Why doesnt the man have a MySp

2、ace account?A. He is not skilled at using computers. B. All of the instructions are in English C. The woman wont teach him.3. How long does the woman plan to try teleworking A. For a few days. B. For a few weeks. C. For a few months.4. What does the man hope will happen?A. The price of cell phone no

3、vels will go down. B. The novels author will writer longer stories. C. The woman will tell him how the story ends.5. What is the woman going to do next? A. Turn on her computer. B. Go for a walk with Peter. C. Visit her new neighbors.Section B (10 marks) Long Conversation One6. What did Jack do over

4、 the summer? A. He studied very hard. B. He took a summer class. C. He visited one of his teachers.7. What does Jack think of Ms Wellington as a teacher? A. Easy-going. B. Tough. C. Interesting.8. Why is Ms Wellingtons class hard?A. Her exams are difficult. B. She does not give students the help the

5、y need. C. She makes students do lots of work.Long Conversation Two 9. Why is Mr. Griffin going to the city where the hotel is located?A. Hes on holiday. B. Hes on a business trip. C. Hes going to a conference.10. How many times has Mr. Griffin stayed at the Sunrise Hotel? A. Twice. B. Once. C. Thre

6、e times11. Where is Mr. Griffin from? A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Australia. 12. What is Mr. Griffins passport number? A. 87647489 B. 87637289 C.87637489 13. What kind of room does Mr. Griffin want?A. A single room for two nights. B. A double room for two nights. C. A single room for one night. 14

7、. When will Mr. Griffin arrive at Sunrise Hotel? A. At 9:15 pm B. At 9:35 pm C. At 10:00 pm15. What food will be put into Mr. Griffins room? A. A sandwich with fries. B. A cheese sandwich. C. A burger with chips.Section C (5 Marks)16. What does the Associated Press ask editors and news directors to

8、do?A. Vote for the top stories of the year. B. Describe the oil spill in the Gulf of MexicoC. Writes about the 11 workers killed in the explosion17. Where are the doctors and technology experts from? A. New York. B. London C. Tokyo18. For how long does President Obama agree to extend the tax cuts? A

9、. For four years B. For three years C. For two years.19. How many people in the world dont have enough to eat according to the report?A. More than one billion. B. Some six hundred million .C. Nearly nine hundred million20. What have astronomers recently discovered?A. There are unknown plants in olde

10、r galaxies. B. There are many galaxies in the universeC. There are a lot more red dwarf stars in older galaxiesSection D (10 marks)Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheetWhat do you do if you dont get into your first choice univer

11、sity? This 21. _ faces thousands of British students every year. Many such 22. _ turn to Clearing, a service that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If they dont have the marks to get into their 23. _, Clearing tells them about places available at other universities, thoug

12、h they might have to read a different subject.This year has seen a record number of people applying to university. This, combined with the 24. _,an uncertain job market, and budget cuts at universities, has producced even more of a scramble for places than usual. Some sources say six students have a

13、pplied for each remaining 25. _ place.The British University Admissions Service, UCAS, says up to a quarter of this years university applicants-almost 190000 people-have not been admitted into a 26. _. Thats an increase of over 46000 students from last year.Faced with these figures, some British stu

14、dents might consider an interesting alternative: 27. _. The University of Nottingham, for example is offering places at its campuses in Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Students at these institutions can earn University of Nottingham degrees in business, accounting, engineering and

15、 English. Similarly, the University of Bolton says it has unlimited places at its campus in the United Arab Emirates.To deal with these problems, the UKs Higher Education Minister, David Willetts, is encouraging students who havent made the grade to consider alternatives to university, such as 28. _

16、and studying at home.“There are a range of options available, he says. “People can reapply next year, so they should consider spending this year in a way that will add positively to their CVs. Getting 29. _or other skills will strengthen their chances next year.” Some commentators say, though, that

17、rising university costs, poor long-term 30. _, and a drop in graduate recruitment mean this is the worst time to be a university student in the UK.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks )31. After four days of talks, we are glad to announce that the union and management have reached an_. The agr

18、eement is fair and benefits both sides.A. accord B. accomplishment C. identity D. undertaking 32. As the clerk_prepared my milk shake, I wondered how long she had been working there ,mindlessly making ice cream treats in a set order of steps.A. logically B. methodically C. graphically D. synthetical

19、ly 33. As a boy he wanted to be a fireman. As a high school student, he thought hed like to become a teacher. Now he_to be nothing more than a janitor.A. Assumes B. Prescribes C. Aspires D. Presumes 34. Regardless of what caused it, I am grateful that I have finally reached a point in my life_I can

20、appreciate my strengths, accept my weaknesses and try to be comfortable with everything in between.A. Why B. Where C. Which D. What35. _information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much more difficult job.A. Supposing B. Provided that C. If it were not for D. On condition t

21、hat 36. Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;_, he once spent half a day on the composition of a single sentence.A. On the other hand B. Nevertheless C. Moreover D. For example 37. -What am I going to do about a present for Carol? -You_ some flowers.A. Might have sent her B. Must have sent her B. C.

22、 Could send her D. Would send her38. Without the air holding in some of the suns heat, the earth _cold at night, too cold for us to live on.A. Will be freezing B. Would be freezing C. can be frozen D. Would be frozen 39. The students in our university each _an English dictionary. That is to say, eac

23、h of the students in our university _an English dictionary. A. Have; has B. Have; have C. Has; have D. Has; has40. Heres your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there_ else that you need?A. Something B. Anything C. Nothing D. Everything 41. David _his business partner over plans to reduce th

24、e workforce.A. Came down to B. Broke down to C. Fell out with D. Went along with 42. _is this piece of equipment to be removed from the building. A. On no account B. Absolutely C. Scarcely D. Not at all43. Helen s parents were _that she was still on the job., but she had resigned.A. In doubt B. Of t

25、he opinion C. Under the impression D. With suspicion44. -I dont think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five million dollars. -Well, _. Anything can happen.A. You made it B. Youre kidding C. What you say D. You can never tell45. -How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night?

26、-_ but the conductor was perfect.A. I couldnt agree more B. I didnt think much of it B. C. I was crazy about it D. I really liked itPart III Cloze (15 marks )I have been reading a lot on my iPad recently, and I have some (46) _ (complain) not about the iPad itself but about the state of digital read

27、ing generally. Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in ink on paper. Glass and pixels arent the same.When I read a physical book, I dont have to look anywhere else to find out how much Ive read. The iPad e-reader, iBooks, tries to create th

28、e (47) illu_ of a physical book. The pages seem to turn, and I can see the edges of those that remain, but its fake. There are always exactly six unturned pages, no matter (48) _ I am in the book.Also, there is a larger problem. Books in their digital format look vastly less finished, or less genuin

29、e than real books. You can vary their font and type size, but this only makes them (49)_(resemble) word-processed manuscripts all the more. Your poems - no matter how (50)_(wretch) or wonderful they are-will never look as good as Robert Hasss poems in the print edition of The Apple Trees at Olema. B

30、ut your poems can look almost exactly as ugly-as e-book-like -as the Kindle version of that collection.All the e-books Ive read have been ugly-books by Chang-rae Lee, Alvin Kernan, and Stieg Larsson-though the texts have been wonderful. I didnt grow up reading texts. I grew up reading books, and thi

31、s (51)_(differ) is important.When it comes to digital editions, the (52)_(assume) seems to be that all books (53 )are _(create) equal. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In the mass migration from print to digital, were seeing a profusion of digital books-many of them out of copyright

32、-that look new and even HD, but which may well have been supplanted by more accurate editions and better translations. We need a digital readers guide-a place where readers can find (54) _ whether the book theyre about to download is the best available edition. (55) Fi_, two related problems. I alre

33、ady have a personal library, but most of the books Ive read have come from(56)_(lend) libraries. Barnes & Noble has released an e-reader that allows short-term (57) _ (borrow) of some books. The entire idea behind Amazons Kindle and Apples iBooks assumes that you cannot read a book unless you own it

34、 first and that only you can read it unless you want to give your reading device to someone else.This goes against the social value of reading, the collective knowledge and (58)_(collaborate) discourse that comes from access to (59)_(share) libraries. This is not a good thing for readers, authors, (

35、60) pub_ or our culture in general. Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks). Section A (10 marks ). Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why not follow Ammon Sheas example and start reading a dictionary? Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he rea

36、ds them for fun. He recently spent a year reading all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary contains more than 20,000 pages and over 59 million words. As he read from A to Z, he noted down interesting words in a ledger. This includes words such as happify, meaning to make someo

37、ne happy and tripudiate, which means to dance, skip or leap for joy. Mr Shea also kept a diary about this experience, which has since become a best-selling book. Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. Ive always enjoyed reading dictionaries . They are far more interesting than people give them cr

38、edit for, he said. It appears that it was not his goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. Im not against long, fancy or obscure words, but Im opposed to using them for their own sake, he said. In fact, as a result of reading so many new words, Mr Shea often forgot ever

39、yday vocabulary. He wrote, My head was so full of words that I often had trouble forming simple sentences. Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries. Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cobuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Scrabble fans read

40、 dictionaries for fun and to improve their games. Ms Higgleton did however note that, Its probably not the best way to learn English, and youd learn more than you need. It is not known how many of the 59 million words Ms Shea remembers, but he has certainly made history with his eccentric hobby.Ques

41、tions 61 to 65. Decide whether the following statements are True or False.61. Mr Shea has read 1.000 dictionaries.62. Mr Shea spent one month reading the Oxford English Dictionary. 63. In Mr Sheas opinion, people dont give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting.64. Mr Shea thinks it is imp

42、ortant to be able to use long and complicated words in everyday conversation.65. Elaine Higgleton thinks that reading a dictionary is the best way to learn English.Section B (10 marks) Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than

43、a hobby-they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Slater when he said,Once youre in, youre in. Theres no getting out. Surfing, of course, refers to riding on ocean waves using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires good balance and is therefore

44、 difficult for most beginners to learn, but some lie down and bodyboard The history of surfing probably began with the Polynesian people of the Pacific Islands. One of the first white people to see anyone surfing was the British explorer Captain Cook, when his ship arrived in Hawaii in 1778. He watc

45、hed many Hawaiians riding waves on large pieces of wood, and reported that, Surfing seems to give them a feeling of great pleasure.”When surfing started to become very popular in the United States in the 1950s and 60s, surfers used large wooden boards (often more than three metres long) that were qu

46、ite heavy. Boards today are shorter and also much lighter, because they are made of artificial materials instead of wood. For anyone who wants to try surfing, the only essentials are waves and a board. There are a few other things, however, that most surfers find important: a cord to attach one of their ankles to the board and therefore stop it from being carried a long way away when