大学英语竞赛

2008NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents

(LevelC---Preliminary)

PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)

SectionA(5marks)

Inthisction,ndofeachconversation,aquestion

econversationandthequestionwillbereadonlyonce.

Aftereachquestion,thepau,readthethreechoicesmarkedA,B

andC,rkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswer

Sheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

aletter.

illingsystemhasbeenefficient.

ldbillingsystemisoutdated.

’sunimpresdwiththenewbillingsystem.

’’sbeenatthegrocerystore.

’sbeenonabusinesstrip.

adiscussion.

ingahotelrervation.

inganextrahotelroom.

SectionB(10marks)

Inthisction,

theendofeachconversation,thepau,readthefive

questions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,

markthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Conversationone

’sTania’sphonenumber?

A.506-6178B.501-6678C.501-6687

oingshoppingatHarrods?

’smother.

aniagoingtogettoHarrods?

.

treetplanshowsthewayfromthestation?

ndofwinedoesKarlwant?

ianti.

ConversationTwo

rawingshowsthepositionofthehandle?

herproductfeaturesareincluded?

tyofcolorcombinations.

ringsfordifferent-sizedtins.

’sthepurpooftheV-clip?

Toholdthepaintbrushsoitdripsinthecan.

Topreventpaintfromgettingontothepaintedsurfaces.

Topreventthebrushdryingoutifthepainterisinterrupted.

lprobablyuthecan-holder?

rs.

hdoestheproductcost?

A.￡4.B.￡5.C.$4.

SectionC(5marks)

Inthisction,ach

item,thepau,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,

BandC,rkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswer

Sheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

spromptedthenewadministrationtoreviewtheAustralia’scitizenshiptest?

’plicantsfailingit.

rainprovidestheeasiestwaytoeMountFuji?

akatoYokohama.

kyotoOsaka.

eeswerekilledin2007?

A.17.B.42.C.59.

vestudiesfoundoutaboutverepneumoniatreatment?

Nomedicationworksindevelopingcountries.

Itcanbeeffectivelytreatedathomewithoralantibiotics.

Itcanonlybetreatedinthehospitalwithinjectableantibiotics.

sthebar’sbusinesslikebeforethesmokingban?

ycrowdedatmidday.

nWednesdays.

SectionD(10marks)

Inthisction,the

ertowritetheanswersonthe

AnswerSheet.

Crimeisn’trisingbecauthelawsarenotstrictenough,orbecauthe(21)________arenot

toughenough,orsimplybecautherearen’singbecau

theagenciesandindividualswhocanhavea(22)_______effectoncrimearenotpulling

togetherorinthesame(23)______.Thepoliceareoneofthoagencies,me

preventionisalsoamatterfor(24)______whoarecontenttoemass(25)_______turnintoa

wayoflife,forcouncilswhoprefertoshoutyah-booatthepolice,(26)_____gettingonwith

makinglifesaferforlocalpeople,forarchitectswhodesignexpodandindefensiblebuildings,

forparentswhodon’ttakeenoughinterestinwhattheirteenagechildrenaregettinguptoand

for(27)______whositinsideandmoan(28)______doanythingaboutthestateofthe

reventionhasbeenneglectedfortoomanybytoomany.

Overthelasttenyearsithasbeenwillfullyneglectedindefianceofmounting(29)_______thatit

isthecentralhopeof(30)________actionagainstcrime.

PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)

hblanktherearefourchoices,markedA,

theonethatbestcompletesthentence,thenmarkthecorrespondingletter

ontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

elookingfor_______manwith_______medanddangerous.

A.a;;aC.a;/D./;the

nfortunate,butshehadno_____buttoactasshedid.

on

_____driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.

e

theymanagetostealtheVanGogh?Itwasright____thecurityguard’sno.

dent______continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountry

unexpectedly.

sidered

respect,wehavealot_______.

rdance

nnedvisittotheUnitedStates_______becauwewereunabletogetthevisas.

yone_____itstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue.

ng

lly______thecriminal______herhou,shescreamedatthetopofhervoice

becaushedidn’twant______.

;enter;;enter;tobekilled

;entering;;enter;killing

’schildren,_____alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday.

mesitisnecessarytobecareful_______therightdatetositforatest.

uwillchoo

ucho

in’stheoryofrelativityemedhardtobelieveatthetime_______.

firstintroducedit

efirstintroducedit

43.________othpublictransportanddriving.

goeitherway

nagain

44._____I’mgettingmarried!

keepacret?ever!

tulations!

45.---So,doyouknowwhereyou’dliketogo?

---Actually,I’veheardthatit’sveryexpensiveandit’scoldallthetime.

urpardon?,butit’snotverygood.

nowanygoodhotels?aveanysuggestions?

PartIIIReadingComprehension(20minutes,40marks)

SectionA(4marks)

hquestion,therearefourchoices

markedA,ulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletter

ontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Questions46-49arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Mostsorethroatsarecaudbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure.

Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.

Tonsillitis,however,

childrenands

kmayalsoswell,bothof

whicharethenormalrespontoinfection.

Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold,andwithinfluenzatheremaybe

drynessofthethroat,painoncoughingandlossofvoice.

TREATMENT

Aspirin:Tohelprelievethepainonswallowingand(ifthereisone)thefever,uaspirin

tabletsdissolvedinwater,thetreatment

every4hours.

Drink:Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids.

Food:Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat.

Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing,breathinginsteammayhelp.

CHILDREN

Youngchildren,whomaynotbeabletogargle,shouldbegivenaspirindissolvedinwater

every4hoursattherightdofortheirage.

Atoneyear:asinglejunioraspirin.

Atfiveyears:halfanadultaspirin.

Ateightyears:onewholeadultaspirin.

WHENTOSEETHEDOCTOR

Ifthesorethroatisstillgettingworafter2days.

Ifthepatientcomplainsofearache.

Ifthepatientorparentisveryworried.

ingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_________.

requireanimmediatevisittoadoctor

respondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibiotic

rarelyturnouttobesymptomsofriousillness

resultintonsillitivenwhentreated

rtotreatasorethroatoneshould________.

preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuch

givethepatientupto4aspirintabletveryday

advithepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquids

makethepatientgarglewithhotliquids

uldcallthedoctorinif_________.

swellingoccursintheregionoftheears

thepatient’sconditionwornsafter2days

thepatient’sthroatisstillsoreafteraweek

thediaspreadstoanothermemberofthefamily

fferenceisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirin?

Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.

Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.

Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.

Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosofaspirinthanchildren.

SectionB(14marks)

thepassagequicklyandanswer

thequestionsontheAnswerSheet.

Forquestions50-55,mark

Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.

Forquestions56-59,completethentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,California,andorganizedtheUnited

Nations(oftencalledtheUN).nsofpeoplehaddied,and

hopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeace

throughthisneworganization.

TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurpos:

Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems;

Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;

Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions,andofbothxes;

Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthegoals.

untryhassignedan

agreementthatsays:

bersareequal.

berspromitosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway.

erwilluforceagainstanothermember.

berswillhelptheUNinitsactions.

illnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace.

Obviously,ave

r,theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosome

helpedbringindependencetocolonies.

ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewYorkCity,buttheUNhasa“family”ofother

rganizationstrytoprovideabetterlifefor

mpleisUNICEF,anorganizationthatprovidesfood,medicalcare,andmany

rexampleistheWorldHealth

Organization,whichdevelopsmedicalprogramsallovertheworld.

rkasplannersto

ovidemedicalrvices,improveeducation

programs,velopprogramsthatprovidejobsandbetter

lpcountriescontroltheirpopulationgrowth.

TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences,wherepeoplemeettodiscuss

r

especialyears,peoplework

rwastheInternationalYearofthe

Child.

Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolof

heless,the

eonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthe

archforpeace.

SectionC(10marks)

Inthisction,epassagecarefully,andthen

answerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible(notmorethan10words).Remembertowrite

theanswersontheAnswerSheet.

Questions60-64arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Alanguageisasystemofsounds,gestures,orcharactersudbyhumanstocommunicate

reabout4,espoken

anguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.

Alllangu

writtenlanguages,meaningixpresdthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombining

enlanguages,meaningixpresdthroughasystemofsoundsand

afpeopleusignlanguages,inwhichgesturesdothe

workofthesoundsystemofspokenlanguages.

WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherlanguages,suchasRussian.

ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.

Languagesarealwayschanging,inventnewwordsfor

theirlanguage,borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsas

mple,

EnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl,andAmericanIndianlanguagespokenin

lishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.

guagesineachfamilyare

related,gefamiliescomein

tronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages,includingPilipino,Malay,

quelanguage,spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofitslanguage

family.

TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilycontains55languages,includingEnglish,German,

Spanish,Russian,andHindi.

AnotherlanguagefamilyisSino-Tibetan,whichincludesChine,Burme,

Afro-AsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew,reabout150AmericanIndian

anguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendividedinto

morethan50languagefamilies.

Peoplelearnlanguagesbylistening,copyingwhattheyhear,

childrenlearntheirfirstlanguageasily,often

mustworkharderatlearningacondlanguage.

Questions:

SectionD(12marks)

Inthisction,epassagecarefullyand

completethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillin

eachofthespaces,ertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.

Questions65-70arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Welcometo“SoftwareWorld”---bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatiscurrently

adirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartin

anewmovieproject,orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV?al

procedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandllyoutheideaofusing

?Tooold-fashionedforyou?Thengetyourlfa

copyofthislatestelectronicdatabacalled“TheElectronicCurtain”.

ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegotthe

ideaofanactor’thatjuniorhadtotype

inthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecoulddothesameforthe

ally,hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersofthe

approximately34,metheatrical

agenciesboastingthattheyreprentover500performers,theneedforthisproductisnothard

eanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat,orjustwhat

abalistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,

specialskillstheyposss---everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandotherdistinguishing

ringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedataba

quicklylocatesonlythopersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested.

Oneproblemthough,isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal,andtheycouldbemissing

therhand,itmightjustget

sofnervousnail-bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanaudition

ductdetailsringthis

numbernow:0171-379-60000.

Summary:

PartIVCloze(15minutes,15marks)

SectionA(5marks)

wordgivenontheright-handsidetoformawordthat

ertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.

SectionB(10marks)

hblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeen

given(notexceeding3letters).Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitach

blank,ertowritetheanswersonthe

AnswerSheet.

Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwitha

thoughtheresponsto

tensionandover-tiredness(76)mi_______be,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemand

consciousrelaxationin(77)te_____lessoftheleveloftiredness,real

relaxationisastateofalertness,yet,atthesame(78)t______,passiveawareness,inwhichour

bodiesare(79)a________restwhileourmindsareawake.

Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80)

Be_____relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81)

W______isin(85)m______wemust

applyourlvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscaus,howeverdeep-ated.

PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)

SectionA(8marks)

ertowritethe

answersontheAnswerSheet.

Aftermymotherpasdaway,

morning,untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoipoolinthecomplexwhere

helived.(86)Eachday,nomatterhowhefelt,heswamonemorelapthanthepreviousday,just

ewdayshereportedthenewnumber

oflapstome,prideedginghisvoice.

Byhislateventies,inspiteofswimmingandworkingsixdaysaweek,mydadhad

ighty-onehewasinpoorhealthandhadto

retire.(87)Hepretendedhedidn’tneedtoleanheavilyonmeforsupportaswewalkedslowly,

dwasclear,butcongestiveheartproblemsanddisabling

hesaid,“Incaofanemergency,Idonotwishtobekept

alivebyanyextraordinarymeans.I’vesignedanofficialpapertothiffect.”Hesmiledhis

wonderful,broadgrinandsaid,“I’vebeenblesdtohavehadyourmotherasmywifeandyou

asmyonlychild,andI’mreadytogo.”

mergencyroom,heagainremindedhis

doctorandmeofhiswishes,butIcouldn’timagine,inspiteofthislatestcrisis,thathewouldn’t

alwaysbesaying,“HaveItoldyouyettodaythatIadoreyou?”

(88)Hewasmirableinintensivecare;

dadstillhadhisnofhumor,askingme,“Doesthismeanwecan’tkeepourlunchdate

tomorrow?”Hisvoicefaltered.

“I’llbeheretopickyouupandwe’llgosomeplacespecial,”Ianswered,alumpinmythroat.

(89)Dadrefudtolookatmeforthefirsttimeinhislifeandturnedtowardtheblankgreen

,“Idon’twantyou

emeyouwon’t,darling!Andpleagonow---I’mso

mirable.

SectionB(7marks)

TranslatethefollowingntencesintoEnglish,er

towritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.

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)

heanswersontheAnswerSheet.

emissingnumber.

798109?

ttermustonly

beudonce.

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Clue:OKtodrink.

tethequence.

ACAEAGAKAMA?

differentarrangementscanyoumakeofallthevenlettersinthewordCOMBINE?

justoneletterineachwordtofindafamiliarphra.

MALEFOOD

PartVIIWriting(30minutes,30marks)

TaskI(10marks)

Youareplanningtotakeacomputercourwithafriendwhohasntyoualetterwithaschool

eletterandtheadvertiment,itetothe

school,askingfortheinformationwhichyourfriendsuggestsandaddinganyrelevantquestions

ofyourown.

Writeal

writeanyaddress.

TaskII(20marks)

Writeaboutthefollowingtopic:

Doyouagreeordisagree?Givereasonsforyouranswerandincludeanyrelevantexamplesfrom

etween100and120wordsontheAnswerSheet.

参考答案

PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)

SectionA(5marks)

1.B2.B3.A4.C5.C

SectionB(10marks)

6.B7.A8.C9.C10.A11.A12.C13.A14.B15.A

SectionC(5marks)

16.C17.C18.B19.B20.B

SectionD(10marks)

oyment

ive

PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)

31.C32.C33.D34.C35.B36.C37.C38.B39.B40.A

41.A42.B43.B44.A45.D

PartIIIReadingComprehension(20minutes,40marks)

SectionA(4marks)

46.C47.C48.B49.D

SectionB(14marks)

(注：50-55题，每题1分；56-59题，每题2分。)

55.N

nternationalconferences

tingtopersuade

SectionC(10marks)

4,mingwordsandfororderingthowordsinntences.

quelanguage.

SectionD(12marks)

ularqualities

tdetails

PartIVCloze(15minutes,15marks)

SectionA(5marks)

y

SectionB(10marks)

uence

PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)

SectionA(8marks)

86.不论感觉怎样，他每天都比前一天多游一圈，以此证明每次都有提高的余地。

87.一起慢走时父亲装出一副不十分需要我搀扶的样子，而我也佯装不见。

88.重病房内他十分痛苦；皮管几乎插遍每个出气的地方。

89.父亲今生第一次不愿看我，他把脸转向病床边空荡荡的绿墙。

SectionB(7marks)

(注：90-91题，每题2分；92题，3分。)

nlyashortexposuretosunlightherfacebegantoturnred.

ratheryoudidn'tmentionthismattertoanyoneel.

gestionthatthenewrulebeadoptedcamefromthechairman.

PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5marks)

OD

PartVIIWriting(30minutes,30marks)

TaskI(10marks)

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TaskII(20marks)

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