全国⼤学⽣英语竞赛C类真题以及答案
2018 National English Contest for College students
(Level C-Preliminary)
Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)
Section A (5 marks)
31.After four days of talks, we are glad to announce that the union and management have reached an______. The agreement is fair and benefits both sides.
橡菲A.accord
春光的意思B. accomplishment
课堂评价语
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 t order of steps.
A.logically
B. methodically
C. graphically
D. synthetically
百武晴吉33. As a boy he wanted to be a fireman. As a high school student, he thought he'd 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 caud it, I an grateful that have finally reached a point in my life_______I can appreciate my strengths, accept my weakness and try to be comfortable with everything in between.
A.Why
B. Where
C. Which
D. What
35. ______information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much move difficult job.
A.Supposing
B. Provided the
C. If it were not for
D. On condition that
36.Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;______, he once spent half a day on the composition of
a single ntence.
A.On the other hand
B. Nevertheless
C. Moreover
D. For example
37.----What an I going to do about a prent for Carol?
----You______some flowers.
A.Might have nt her
B. Must have nt her
C. Could nd her
D. Would nd her
38.Without the air holding in some of the sun's heat, the earth______cold at night, too cold for us to live on.
A.Will be freezing
B. Would be freezing
C. An be frozen
D. Would be frozen
39.The students in our university each______an English dictionary. That is to say, each of the students in our university______an English dictionary.
A.Have; has
B. Have; have
C. Has; have
D. Has; has
40.Here's your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there______el that you need?
干裂的土地A.Something
B. Anything
C. Nothing
D. Everything
41.David______his business partner over plans to reduce the 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 all
43.Helen' s parents were______that she was still on the job., but she had resigned.
A.In doubt
B. Of the opinion
C. Under the impression
D. With suspicion
44.----I don't think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five million dollars.
----Well, ______. Anything can happen.
A.You made it
B. You're kidding
C. What you say
D. You can never tell超连接
45.-----How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night?
二元一次方程解法-----______ but the conductor was perfect.
A.I couldn't agree more
B. I didn't think much of it
C. I was crazy about it
D. I really liked it
Part Three Cloze(15 marks )
I have been reading a lot on my iPad recently, and I have some (46)_____ (complain) not about the iPad itlf but about the state of digital reading generally. Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in ink on paper. Glass and pixels aren't the same.
When I read a physical book, I don't have to look anywhere el to find out how much I've read. The iPad e---reader, iBooks tries to create the (47) illu_____ of a physical book. The pages em to turn, and I can the edges of tho that remain, but it's 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 genuine than real books. You can vary their font and type size, but this only makes them
(49)_____(remble) word---procesd---no matter how (50)_____(wretch) or wonderful they are---will never look as good as Robert Hass's poems in the print edition of The Apple Trees at Olema. But your poems can look almost exactly as ugly---as "e---book---like" ---as the Kindle version of that colle
ction.
All the e---book I've read have been ugly---books by Chang---rae Lee, Alvin Kernan, and Stieg Larsson---though the texts have been wonderful. I didn't grow up reading texts. I grew up reading books, and this(51)_____(differ) is important.
When it comes to digital editions, the(52)_____(assume) ems 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, we're eing a profusion of digital books---many of them out of copyright---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 they're about to download is the best available edition. (55)Fi_____, two related problems. I already have a personal library, but most of the books I've read have come from(56)_____(lend) libraries. Barnes & Noble has relead an e---reader that allows short---term (57) _____(borrow) of some books. The entire idea behind Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iBooks assumes that you cannot read a book unless you own it first and that only you can read it unless you want to give your reading device to someone el.
This goes against the social value of reading, the collective knowledge and
(58)_____(collaborate) discour that comes from access to (59)_____or our culture in general.
Part Four Reading Comprehension (40 marks).
Section A (10 marks ).
Questions 61 to 65 are bad on the following passage.
人为什么打哈欠Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arous your interest? Why not
follow Ammon Shea's example and start reading a dictionary?
Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he reads 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 someone 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---lling book.
Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. "I've always enjoyed reading dictionaries . They are far more interesting than people give then credit for," he said.
It appears that it was not his goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. "I'm not against long, fancy or obscure words, but I'm oppod to using then for their own sake," he said.
In fact ,as a result of reading so many new words , Mr Shea often forgot everyday vocabulary. He wrote, "My head was so full of words that I often had trouble forming simple ntences."
Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries.Elaine Higgleton, a reprentative of Collins Cbuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Srabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their games. Ms Higgleton did however note that, "It's probably not the best way to learn English ,and you'd 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.
Questions 61 to 65.
Decide whether the following statements are True or Fal.
61.Mr Shea has read 1.000 dictionaries.
62.Mr Shea spent one month reading the Oxford English Dictionary.
63.In Mr Shea's opinion,people don't give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting.
64.Mr Shea thinks it is important t be able to u 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)
Questions 66 to 70are bad on the following passage.
Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than a hobby---they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Sl
ater when he said,"Once you're in, you're in. There's no getting out."
"Surfing", of cour, refers to riding on ocean waves using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires god balance and is therefore 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 e anyone surfing was the British explorer Captain Gook, when his ship arrived in Hawaii in 1779. He watched many Hawaiians riding waves on large pieces of wood, and reported that, "Surfing ems to give them a feeling of great pleasure. "
When surfing started to become very popular in the United States in the 1950's and 60s, surfers ud large wooden boards (often more than three metres long) that were quite heavy. Boards today are shorter and also much lighter, becau they are made of artificial materials instead of wood. For anyone who wants to try surfing. The only esntials are waves and a board. There are a few other things, however, that most surfers find important; a cord t attach one of their ankles to the board and
therefore stop it from being carried a long way away when they fall off'; wax, which they put on the surface of the board to help their feet stick to it; and a wetsuit to help them keep warm in cold water.
The south---west of English is an example of a place where surfers usually need wetsuits, even in summer.
Surfing has been a professional sport for many yeara and the very best surfers are able to make a living from it. Most of the best professional surfers in the last 30 years, both men and women, have been American or Australian, but surfers from Brazil, Peru and South Africa have also won important competitions.
Questions 66 to 70
Answer the following questions with the information given in the assage in a maximum of 10 words for each question.
66.Why do most beginners find it difficult t stand up on a surfboard?
67.In what part of the world did surfing probably begin?
68.When did surfing start to become very popular in the United States?
69.What do surfers u wax for?
70.According to the passage, in what part of the world do surfers usually need wetsuits? Section C (10 marks)
Questions 71 to 75 are bad on the following passage.
The latest human development report from the United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) contains some good news, but also a very rious warning about the threat pod y climate change.
The report, published annually since 1990, eks to ass “human development” around the world, and calculates a “Human Development Index (HDI) for 169 counties. The HDI is bad on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich counties tend to have higher HDIs than poor counties, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, becau some have better health and education systems than others.
According to the 2010 report, the county with the highest level of human development is Norway, followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to counties in sub-Saharan Africa.
Almost all counties around the worlds have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has incread. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and rvices. Even in countries with vere economic problems, people’s level of health and education as generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact economic inequality has incread significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.
The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increas average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However , if this leads to greater emissions of greenhou gas, as has always been the ca in the past, global warning will probably accelerate, and cau vere environmental
problems in some parts of the world hat will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers f people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.
The only solution, according to the report, I to break the link between economic growth and greenhou gas emissions-which, needless to say, is easier, said than done.
Questions 71 to 75
Complete the following ntences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 10 words for each blank.
71. The concept of “human development” is bad on the following three factors: _______,
_____________and_____________.
72. Some countries with similar levels of economic development have quite different HDIs becau they
have_____________.
73._________________has caud the number of people living in extreme poverty to increa since 2008.
