2018年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类
初赛真题试及详细答案
PartⅠ
Section A
1.Some bacteria______extremely harmful,but______are regularly ud in producing chees, crackers and many other foods.
A is:the others
B has been:the others
C are:others
D have been:others
2.It was once a very prosperous part of the city,but now many of the business have moved away or gone______.
A bankruptcy
B bankrupt
C bankrupted
D to bankrupt
3.When one is unfamiliar with the local customs,it is easy to make a______.
A blame
B blunder话题营销
妖精的尾巴图片C commitment
D fault
4.______your timely advice,I would never have known how to deal with the tough job.
A But for
家训小故事B Except for
C Not until
D Prior to
5.I'd______his reputation with other drug dealers and business people in the city,and then make a decision about whether or not to______a loan.
A account for:support
B make up for:object
C take account of:approve
D wipe out:oppo
6.______,a man who express himlf effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man who command of language is poor.
A Were other things equal
B Other things to be equal
C Other things being equal
D To be equal to other things
7.In the book The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry,a valuable book was lost for years when it turned up one day,quite out of the______.
A black
B blue谷维素说明书
C red
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D white
8.True patriotism______putting the interests of one's country above everything,including
one's own life.
A copes with
B derives from
浅圆仓C takes in
D relies on
9.My father decided to make me go back to college immediately,study my lessons carefully, and______.
A a master's degree must attain
B must attain my master's degree
C attain my master's degree
D my master's degree be attained
10.Libraries have reference books______you can check out a physician's educational background,training,and other credentials.
A from that
B of which
C through that
D by which
11.The term BRIC was first______by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in a rearch paper,______BRIC stands for Brazil,Russia,India and China.
A coined:in which
B invented:of it
C made up:and
D produced:that
12.Had Dickens foreen that his novel would cau such a disturbance,he______it.
A should not have written
B would not have written
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C didn't write
D had not written
13.—I'm concerned about your weight,I think you should go on a diet.—______—Good, then you might as well start right away.
A You're so kind,but I don't have to do that.
B Actually,I've been thinking about the same thing.
C Definitely.What about my blood pressure then?
D Oh my!You know it's such a tough job for me.
14.—Let me ask you some questions about the accident you witnesd.—______—Thank you.When did the accident occur?
A Yes,I really enjoyed it.
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B It's none of my business.
C Sure,go ahead.
D Oh,stop teasing me.
15.—______—It should be good.I'm looking forward to taking it.
A Do you like computer games?
B How about cleaning the room with me?
C What do you think the computer cour will be like?
D What are you going to do after you graduate from high school?
PartⅡCloze
Being able to multi-task is hailed by most people as a welcome skill,but not according to a recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the so-called
"Generation M"are spending a considerable amount of their time on【C1】______(fruit)efforts as they multi-task.It argues that,in fact,the young people are frittering away as much as half of their ti
me again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after another.Some young people are juggling an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study.At the same time as they are working,young adults are also【C2】sur______the Internet,or nding out emails to their friends,and/or answering the phone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. As some new device comes along,it too is added to the list rather than【C3】______(place)one of the existing devices.Other rearch has【C4】ind______that this multi-tasking is even affecting the way of families themlves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them.They can【C5】______longer greet family members when they enter the hou,nor can they eat at the family table.All this electronic wizardry is suppodly also riously affecting young people's performance at【C6】uni______and in the workplace.When asked about their perception of the impact of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks,the overwhelming majority of young people gave a【C7】______(favour)respon.The respon from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive.The former feel that multi-tasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later【C8】dev______of study skills,resulting in a decline in the quality of writing,for example,becau of the lack of concentration on task completion.They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial help with study skills.Similarly,employers feel that young people【C9】ent______the workforce need to be taught all
over again,as they have become deskilled.While all this may be true,it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays,in fact, too much.Prai rather than criticism is due【C10】______respect of the way today's youth are able to cope,despite what the older generation throw at them.
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2.【C2】
3.【C3】
4.【C4】
5.【C5】
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7.【C7】
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10.【C10】
PartⅢReading Comperhension
Section A
Look at an atlas.How are mountains shown?Where are the highest mountains?A few mountains stand alone,such as Mount Egmont in New Zealand,and Mount Kenya in Africa.Most mountains are found in long chains called mountain ranges.The Pennines,the Cambrian Mountains, the Alps,the Andes and Rockies are examples of mountain ranges.The highest mountain range on the Earth is the Himalayas in Asia.In order to understand how mountains are formed,we need to know what the inside of the Earth is like.The Earth is made up of layers of rock.The outside layer of rock,the one we live on,is called the Earth's crust.Beneath the crust is a layer called the mantle. Near the top of the mantle,some of the rocks have melted and are a liquid,like sticky tar.Becau all the rocks around it press on the mantle,the molten rock tries to force its way out.If the molten rock does find a weak spot,it bursts through the Earth's crust,forming a volcano.Some mountains were made by volcanoes.The Earth's crust is made up of large pieces,called plates,which fit together like the pieces
of a jigsaw puzzle.Some of the plates carry continents,others carry oceans. The plates move slowly,floating on the molten rocks of the mantle below.As the plates move,they
push against each other,slowly pushing up the rocks in folds to form mountains.India ud to be a long way from Asia,but gradually the plate with India on it moved clor to the plate bearing Asia. The rocks in the a between India and Asia were pushed up in folds that now form the Himalayan mountain range.That is why it is sometimes possible to find ashells near the tops of the Himalayas.Many other mountain ranges,including the Alps,Rockies and Pen-nines,are similar great folds of rock.While some plates are pushing together,others are moving further apart. Europe and North America are slowly moving further apart.Each year the Atlantic Ocean is a few centimetres wider.As the rocks move,they often crack or break.The breaks are called faults. Sometimes,great blocks of rocks are pushed up between two faults.The blocks may be so large and high that they form mountains.Some of the highland areas of East Africa are block mountains, so are the Vosges mountains in France and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western United States.Block mountains often have flat tops.A flat-topped highland is called a plateau.
Questions56—60Complete the following form with no more than three words according to the passage.
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Section B
By studying the notebooks,correspondence,and conversations of some of the world's great thinkers in science,art,and industry,scholars have identified the following thinking strategies that enable genius to generate original ideas:【B1】______Sigmund Freud's analytical methods were designed to find details that didn't fit traditional paradigms in order to come up with a completely new point of view.To solve a problem creatively,you must abandon the first approach that comes to mind,which usually stems from past experience,and reconceptualize the problem.Genius do not merely solve existing problems:they identify new ones.【B2】______Genius develop visual and spatial abilities that allow them to display information in new ways.The explosion of creativity in the R
enaissance was tied to the development of graphic illustration during that period,notably the scientific diagrams of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei.Galileo revolutionized science by making his thought graphically visible while his contemporaries ud more conventional means. Genius produce.Thomas Edison held1,093patents,still a record.He guaranteed a high level of productivity by giving himlf idea quotas:one minor invention every ten days and a major invention every six months.Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata every week even when he was sick.Wolfgang Mozart produced more than600pieces of music.【B3】______Like playful children with buckets of building blocks,genius constantly combine and recombine ideas,images, and thoughts.The laws of heredity were developed by Gregor Mendel,who combined mathematics and biology to create a new science of genetics.【B4】______Their facility to connect the unconnected enables genius to e things others miss.Da Vinci noticed the similarity between the sound of a bell and a stone hitting water-and concluded that sound travels in waves.【B5】______Whenever we attempt to do something and fail,we end up doing something el.That's the first principle of creative accident.We may ask ourlves why we have failed to do what we intended,which is a reasonable question.But the creative accident leads to the question:What have we done?Answering that one in a novel,unexpected way is the esntial creative act.It is not luck, but creative insight of the highest order.This may be the most important lesson of all:When you find something interesting,drop everyth
ing and go with it.Too many talented people fail to make significant leaps of imagination becau they've become fixated on their pre-conceived plan.But
not the truly great minds.They don't wait for gifts of chance:they make them happen.Questions61—65Complete the passage with the following ntences.There are two extra ntences that you do not need to u.A.Genius make their thought visible.B.Genius prepare themlves for enhance.C.Genius make novel combinations.D.Genius look at problems from all angles.E.
Genius have a really broad mind.F.Genius force relationships.G.Genius are powerful in lots of aspects.
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8.【B3】
9.【B4】
10.【B5】
Section C
The Dragon Boat Festival,the5th day of the5th lunar month,has had a history of more than 2,000years.Here are some things you must know.There are many legends about the evolution of the festival,the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan(340—278BC).Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets.In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State,he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin.However,he was oppod by aristocrats and later depod and exiled by King Huai.In his exiled days,he still cared much for his country and people and compod immortal poems including Li Sao(The Lament),Tian Wen(Heavenly Questions)and Jiu Ge(Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences.In278BC,he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu's capital,so he finished his last piece Huai Sha(Embracing Sand)and plunged himlf into the Miluo River,clasping his arms to a large stone.The day happened to be the5th of the5th month in the Chine lunar calendar.After his death,the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him.The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body.People threw into the water zongzi(pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body.An old doctor po
ured a jug of realgar wine(Chine liquor asoned with realgar)into the water,hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk.That's why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing,eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day.Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival,held all over the country.As the gun is fired,people will e racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly,accompanied by rapid drums,speeding toward their destination.Folk tales say the game o-riginates from the activities of eking Qu Yuan's body,but experts,after painstaking and meticulous rearch,conclude that dragon boat racing is a mi-religious,mi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period(475—221BC).On Dragon Boat Festival,parents also need to dress their children up with a perfume pouch.They first w little bags with colorful silk cloth,then fill the bags with perfumes or herbal medicines,and finally string them with silk threads.The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament.They are said to be able to ward off evil.Questions66—70Answer the following questions according to the passage.
11.When do Chine people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival every year?
12.What masterpieces of Qu Yuan are mentioned in the passage?
13.Why did Qu Yuan commit suicide?
14.How do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival now?
15.Why do parents prepare perfume pouches for their children on Dragon Boat Festival?
Section D
While baball is often described as the national sport of the United States of America,it probably developed from an eighteenth-century English game called rounders.There were veral
