全国大学生英语竞赛c类试题

2008NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents

（LevelC—-—Preliminary)

PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes，30marks)

SectionA(5marks）

Inthisction,youwillhearfiveshortconversations。Attheendofeachconversation，a

econversationandthequestionwillberead

onlyonce。Aftereachquestion,thepau,readthethreechoices

markedA,BandC，anddecidewhichisthebestanswer。Thenmarkthecorrespondingletter

ontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1。A。Tobuyanewspaper.B。aletter。

2。illingsystemhasbeenefficient.

ldbillingsystemisoutdated。

’sunimpresdwiththenewbillingsystem.

3。’sbeenonvacation.B。She’sbeenatthegrocerystore.

'sbeenonabusinesstrip。

themarket。B。Tohavecoffee。C。Tohavea

discussion。

ngaflightrervation。ingahotelrervation。

inganextrahotelroom。

SectionB(10marks）

Inthisction,youwillheartwolongconversations。Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.

Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone—thepau,readthe

fivequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.

ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Conversationone

’sTania’sphonenumber?

A.506—6178B。501-6678C.501-6687

oingshoppingatHarrods?

A。Tania。’smother。

aniagoingtogettoHarrods?

。B。Bytaxi。C。Bytube.

9。Whichstreetplanshowsthewayfromthestation?

10。WhatkindofwinedoesKarlwant?

A。ianti。

ConversationTwo

rawingshowsthepositionofthehandle？

herproductfeaturesareincluded？

A。Arangeofhandlesizes.B。Avarietyofcolorcombinations。

C。Atofringsfordifferent-sizedtins.

13。What’sthepurpooftheV—clip?

Toholdthepaintbrushsoitdripsinthecan。

Topreventpaintfromgettingontothepaintedsurfaces。

Topreventthebrushdryingoutifthepainterisinterrupted。

lprobablyuthecan—holder?

A。Artists.B。Decorators。C。Soldiers。

15。Howmuchdoestheproductcost？

A。￡4。B。￡5。C。＄4.

SectionC(5marks）

Inthisction，youwillhearfiveshortnewsitem。Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce。After

eachitem,thepau,readthequestionandthethreechoices

markedA,BandC,rkthecorrespondingletteron

theAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

16。WhathaspromptedthenewadministrationtoreviewtheAustralia’scitizenshiptest？

A。It’soutofdate.B。plicants

failingit。

17。WhichtrainprovidestheeasiestwaytoeMountFuji？

A。akatoYokohama.

C。FromTokyotoOsaka。

yU.N。employeeswerekilledin2007?

A。17。B.42.C。59。

19。Whathavestudiesfoundoutaboutverepneumoniatreatment？

Nomedicationworksindevelopingcountries.

Itcanbeeffectivelytreatedathomewithoralantibiotics。

Itcanonlybetreatedinthehospitalwithinjectableantibiotics。

sthebar’sbusinesslikebeforethesmokingban?

emptyeveryday。ycrowdedatmidday。

C。EmptyonWednesdays.

SectionD（10marks）

Inthisction,youwillhearashortpassage。the

ertowritetheanswersonthe

AnswerSheet.

Crimeisn’trisingbecauthelawsarenotstrictenough,orbecauthe（21）________arenot

toughenough,orsimplybecautherearen’singbecau

theagenciesandindividualswhocanhavea(22）_______effectoncrimearenotpulling

togetherorinthesame（23）______。Thepoliceareoneofthoagencies，ofcour。But

crimepreventionisalsoamatterfor（24)______whoarecontenttoemass（25)_______

turnintoawayoflife,forcouncilswhoprefertoshoutyah—booatthepolice,（26）_____

gettingonwithmakinglifesaferforlocalpeople，forarchitectswhodesignexpodand

indefensiblebuildings,forparentswhodon’ttakeenoughinterestinwhattheirteenagechildren

aregettinguptoandfor（27）______whositinsideandmoan(28）______doanythingabout

thestateoftheneighborhoodorthestreet。Crimepreventionhasbeenneglectedfortoomany

bytoomany。Overthelasttenyearsithasbeenwillfullyneglectedindefianceofmounting（29）

_______thatitisthecentralhopeof(30）________actionagainstcrime.

PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)

hblanktherearefourchoices，markedA，

theonethatbestcompletesthentence，thenmarkthecorresponding

letterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

elookingfor_______manwith_______medanddangerous.

A。a;aB。the;aC。a；/D./；

the

nfortunate,butshehadno_____buttoactasshedid.

unityC。optionD。solution

_____driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.

A。e

34。HowdidtheymanagetostealtheVanGogh？Itwasright____thecurityguard’sno。

C。

35。Thestudent______continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountry

unexpectedly.

A。sidered

36。MyfriendsandIenjoydoingmanyofthesamethings。Inthatrespect，wehavealot

_______。

A。icularC。rdance

37。OurplannedvisittotheUnitedStates_______becauwewereunabletogetthevisas。

erB。felldownC。

38。Lestanyone_____itstrange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue。

tB。ng

lly______thecriminal______herhou,shescreamedatthetopofhervoice

becaushedidn’twant______。

A。saw;enter；killedB。saw;enter;tobekilled

C。es；entering；bekilledD。es;enter;killing

’schildren，_____alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday。

A。whoB。thatC。

mesitisnecessarytobecareful_______therightdatetositforatest。

uwillchoo

ucho

42。Einstein’stheoryofrelativityemedhardtobelieveatthetime_______.

A。whenhefirstintroducedB。thathefirstintroducedit

efirstintroducedit

43。________really。Ilikebothpublictransportanddriving.

A。goeitherway

everlearntodriveD。Butthenagain

44._____I’mgettingmarried!

A。Canyoukeepacret?B。WellInever！

ppyreturns。D。Congratulations!

45.—--So，doyouknowwhereyou'dliketogo？

-——Actually,I'veheardthatit’sveryexpensiveandit’scoldallthetime。

urpardon？B。Yeah,butit’snotverygood.

nowanygoodhotels?D。Doyouhaveanysuggestions?

PartIIIReadingComprehension（20minutes，40marks)

SectionA(4marks)

hquestion，therearefourchoices

markedA,BCandD。Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletter

ontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Questions46-49arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Mostsorethroatsarecaudbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure。

Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.

Tonsillitis,however,

childrenands

maybepossibletoewhitespotsonthebackofthethroat。Theneckmayalsoswell,bothof

whicharethenormalrespontoinfection。

Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold,andwithinfluenzatheremaybe

drynessofthethroat，painoncoughingandlossofvoice.

TREATMENT

Aspirin:Tohelprelievethepainonswallowingand（ifthereisone）thefever,uaspirin

tabletsdissolvedinwater，sothatthepatientcangarglebeforeswallowing。Repeatthe

treatmentevery4hours。

Drink：Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids。

Food：Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat.

Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing,breathinginsteammayhelp。

CHILDREN

Youngchildren，whomaynotbeabletogargle，shouldbegivenaspirindissolvedinwater

every4hoursattherightdofortheirage.

Atoneyear：asinglejunioraspirin.

Atfiveyears：halfanadultaspirin。

Ateightyears:onewholeadultaspirin。

WHENTOSEETHEDOCTOR

Ifthesorethroatisstillgettingworafter2days。

Ifthepatientcomplainsofearache.

Ifthepatientorparentisveryworried。

46。Accordingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_________.

requireanimmediatevisittoadoctor

respondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibiotic

rarelyturnouttobesymptomsofriousillness

resultintonsillitivenwhentreated

rtotreatasorethroatoneshould________。

preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuch

givethepatientupto4aspirintabletveryday

advithepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquids

makethepatientgarglewithhotliquids

uldcallthedoctorinif_________。

swellingoccursintheregionoftheears

thepatient’sconditionwornsafter2days

thepatient'sthroatisstillsoreafteraweek

thediaspreadstoanothermemberofthefamily

49。Whatdifferenceisthereinthewayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwith

aspirin?

Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.

Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.

Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.

Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosofaspirinthanchildren。

SectionB(14marks)

Thereisonepassageinthisctionwith10questions。Gooverthepassagequicklyandanswer

thequestionsontheAnswerSheet。

Forquestions50—55，mark

Y（forYES）ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;

N(forNO）ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;

NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage。

Forquestions56—59，completethentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.

In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco，California，andorganizedthe

UnitedNations(oftencalledtheUN）.WorldWarIIhadjustended。Millionsofpeoplehaddied,

andtherewasdestructioneverywhere。Peoplehopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeace

throughthisneworganization。

TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurpos:

Toworktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems；

Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;

Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces，religions，andofbothxes;

Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthegoals.

TodayalmosteverycountryintheworldisamemberoftheUN。Eachcountryhassignedan

agreementthatsays:

bersareequal.

2。Allmemberspromitosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway。

3。Nomemberwilluforceagainstanothermember.

4。AllmemberswillhelptheUNinitsactions。

5。TheUNwillnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace。

Obviously,theUnitedNationshasnotbeencompletelysuccessfulinitsgoals。Therehave

r，theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosome

helpedbringindependencetocolonies.

ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewYorkCity，buttheUNhasa“family”ofother

rganizationstrytoprovideabetterlifefor

mpleisUNICEF，anorganizationthatprovidesfood，medicalcare，and

rexampleistheWorldHealth

Organization，whichdevelopsmedicalprogramsallovertheworld。

rkasplannersto

ovidemedicalrvices,improveeducation

programs,velopprogramsthatprovidejobsandbetter

livingconditions。Theyhelpcountriescontroltheirpopulationgrowth。

TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences,wherepeoplemeettodiscuss

r

wasaboutwomen。TherearealsoInternationalYears。Inthespecialyears,peoplework

rwastheInternationalYearofthe

Child。

Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother，andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrol

ofweakerones。heless,

eonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthe

archforpeace。

SectionC（10marks)

Inthisction,thereisonepassagefollowedby5questions。Readthepassagecarefully，and

thenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible(notmorethan10words).Rememberto

writetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。

Questions60—64arebadonthefollowingpassage。

Alanguageisasystemofsounds，gestures,orcharactersudbyhumanstocommunicate

theirideasandfeelings。Thereareabout4，000spokenlanguagesintheworld。Someare

spokenbymillionsofpeople。Otherlanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers。

Alllangu

writtenlanguages，meaningixpresdthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombining

enlanguages，meaningixpresdthroughasystemofsoundsand

rulesforcombiningthosounds。Manydeafpeopleusignlanguages,inwhichgesturesdo

theworkofthesoundsystemofspokenlanguages.

WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherlanguages，suchasRussian.

ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.

Languagesarealwayschanging，inventnewwordsfor

theirlanguage，borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsas

needed。Forexample,

EnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl，andAmericanIndianlanguagespokenin

lishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral。

Thereareveralmajorlanguagefamiliesintheworld。Thelanguagesineachfamilyare

related，andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily。Languagefamiliescome

tronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages，includingPilipino,

Malay,andMaori。TheBasquelanguage，spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofits

languagefamily。

TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilycontains55languages,includingEnglish,German，

Spanish,Russian,andHindi.

AnotherlanguagefamilyisSino—Tibetan,whichincludesChine，Burme,andTibetan。

TheAfro-AsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew，reabout150American

Indianlanguagesspokentoday。Thelanguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendivided

intomorethan50languagefamilies。

Peoplelearnlanguagesbylistening，copyingwhattheyhear，

childrenlearntheirfirstlanguageasily，andsometimesotherlanguagesaswell。Adultsoften

mustworkharderatlearningacondlanguage。

Questions:

SectionD(12marks)

Inthisction,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary。Readthepassagecarefullyand

completethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillin

eachofthespaces,65—70。RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.

Questions65-70arebadonthefollowingpassage.

Welcometo“SoftwareWorld"—--bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatis

currentlyavailableonCD-ROM。Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactorto

playapartinanewmovieproject，orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTV？OK。

Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandllyoutheidea

ofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks。Books?Tooold-fashionedforyou?Thenget

yourlfacopyofthislatestelectronicdatabacalled“TheElectronicCurtain”.

ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegotthe

ideaofanactor’thatjuniorhadtotype

inthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,herealizedhecoulddothesameforthe

ally,hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersofthe

approximately34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain。Withsometheatrical

agenciesboastingthattheyreprentover500performers，theneedforthisproductisnothard

eanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat，orjust

abalistsdetailsofover5，500actors:TVshowstheyhave

appearedin，specialskillstheyposss---everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesandother

distinguishingphysicalfeatures。Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,

thedatabaquicklylocatesonlythopersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested。

Oneproblemthough，isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal，andtheycouldbe

missingoutonmuchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows。Ontheotherhand,itmight

justgetthemthatelusivejob。Thedaysofnervousnail—bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogivean

ductdetails

ringthisnumbernow:0171—379—60000.

Summary:

PartIVCloze（15minutes，15marks)

SectionA（5marks)

Thereare5blanksinthepassage。Uthewordgivenontheright—handsidetoformaword

thatfitsineachblank。RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet。

SectionB（10marks)

hblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeen

given(notexceeding3letters）。Readthepassagebelowanddecidewhichwordbestfitach

blank,ertowritetheanswersonthe

AnswerSheet.

Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwitha

welcomedrink。thoughtherespons

totensionandover—tiredness（76）mi_______be,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemand

consciousrelaxationin(77)te_____lessoftheleveloftiredness，

realrelaxationisastateofalertness，yet，atthesame（78)t______，passiveawareness，

inwhichourbodiesare(79）a________restwhileourmindsareawake。

Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80）

Be_____relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81）

W______isin(85）m______wemust

applyourlvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscaus，howeverdeep—ated.

PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks）

SectionA（8marks）

TranslatetheunderlinedntencesofthefollowingpassageintoChine。Remembertowrite

theanswersontheAnswerSheet.

Aftermymotherpasdaway,mydadtriedevenhardertostayhealthyandactive。Every

morning，untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoipoolinthecomplex

wherehelived.（86)Eachday，nomatterhowhefelt，heswamonemorelapthanthe

previousday，justtoprovetherewasalwaysroomforimprovement。Everyfewdayshe

reportedthenewnumberoflapstome,prideedginghisvoice.

Byhislateventies，inspiteofswimmingandworkingsixdaysaweek，mydadhad

ighty—onehewasinpoorhealthandhadto

retire。（87)Hepretendedhedidn’tneedtoleanheavilyonmeforsupportaswewalkedslowly,

andIpretendednottonotice。Hismindwasclear，butcongestiveheartproblemsanddisabling

arthritishadwornhimdown。Onedayhesaid，“Incaofanemergency，Idonotwishtobe

keptalivebyanyextraordinarymeans。I’vesignedanofficialpapertothiffect。”Hesmiledhis

wonderful，broadgrinandsaid,“I'vebeenblesdtohavehadyourmotherasmywifeandyou

asmyonlychild,andI'mreadytogo。”

Lessthanamonthlaterhehadaheartattack。Intheemergencyroom,heagainreminded

hisdoctorandmeofhiswishes，butIcouldn’timagine，inspiteofthislatestcrisis，thathe

wouldn’talwaysbesaying，“HaveItoldyouyettodaythatIadoreyou?”

（88）Hewasmirableinintensivecare；tubesemedtocomefromeveryopening。But

mydadstillhadhisnofhumor，askingme,“Doesthismeanwecan’tkeepourlunchdate

tomorrow?”Hisvoicefaltered。

“I’llbeheretopickyouupandwe’llgosomeplacespecial,"Ianswered，alumpinmythroat。

(89）Dadrefudtolookatmeforthefirsttimeinhislifeandturnedtowardtheblankgreen

wallnexttohishospitalbed。Therewasapainfulsilencebetweenus。Hesaid,“Idon'twant

youtoremembermelikethis。Promimeyouwon’t，darling！Andpleagonow———I’m

somirable。

SectionB（7marks)

TranslatethefollowingntencesintoEnglish,usingthewordsgiveninthebrackets。Remember

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）

Thereare5IQquestionsinthispart。WritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.

emissingnumber。

798109？

94。ttermustonly

beudonce.

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95。Completethequence.

ACAEAGAKAMA？

differentarrangementscanyoumakeofallthevenlettersinthewordCOMBINE?

justoneletterineachwordtofindafamiliarphra.

MALEFOOD

PartVIIWriting（30minutes,30marks)

TaskI（10marks）

Youareplanningtotakeacomputercourwithafriendwhohasntyoualetterwithaschool

eletterandtheadvertiment，togetherwiththenotes。Thenwriteto

theschool，askingfortheinformationwhichyourfriendsuggestsandaddinganyrelevant

questionsofyourown.

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)

21。ntences22。preventative23。oyment

dof27。houholders28。ce30。effective

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.）

50。53。N54。NG55.N

56。willuforce57。nternationalconferences

tingtopersuade

SectionC（10marks）

4,000。61。Forformingwordsandfororderingthowordsinntences.

62。Bygestures。63。Wordorder。64。TheBasquelanguage.

SectionD（12marks)

65。icalagencies67。ularqualities

69。tdetails

PartIVCloze(15minutes，15marks）

SectionA（5marks)

ect72。lection73。Similarly74。y

SectionB(10marks)

76。78。82。uence

84。

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。)

90。Afteronlyashortexposuretosunlightherfacebegantoturnred。

91。Iwouldratheryoudidn'tmentionthismattertoanyoneel。

92。Thesuggestionthatthenewrulebeadoptedcamefromthechairman。

PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5marks)

BLE95。Q96。504097。MAKEGOOD

PartVIIWriting（30minutes，30marks)

TaskI(10marks）

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TaskII(20marks)

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