2011 National English Contest for College students
(Level C-Preliminary)
Part Two Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks )
There are 15 incomplete ntences in this ction. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choo the one that best completes the ntence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
1992属什么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.
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 t order of steps.
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A. logically B. methodically C. graphically D. synthetically
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 谈心谈话要求
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.
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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.
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A. On the other hand B. Nevertheless C. Moreover D. For example
37.----What an I going to do about a prent for Carol
咖啡斑是什么原因引起的 ----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
饭后多久能跑步40. Here's your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there______el that you need
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.
猴子观海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
45.-----How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night
-----______ 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 collection.
