2010 National English Contest for College Students
(Level C--- Preliminary)
Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)
Section A (5 marks)
In this ction, you will hear five short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question
be read only once. After each asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the will
question will be
question, there will be a pau. During the pau, read the three choices marked A, B and C, and which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1.What is the woman probably doing now? 四级英语答案
1.She is writing an essay.
2.She is studying for a test.
3.She is shopping for shoes.
2.How did the woman feel according to the conversation?
1.She was relaxed
2.She was plead
3.She was disappointed
3.What does the woman say about her prentation?
1.It It’’s far from being ready
2.She go to lot of information from the internet
3.She needs another week to get it ready
4.Where will the company probably hold the stuff party?
’s name?
5.Which picture shows the corrections to the man
Section B (10 marks)
In this ction, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At
of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pau. During the pau, read the five questions, with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the correspond letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Conversation one
6. What does the man want to talk to Ann about?
A.A holiday trip to Yellowstone Park
B.A rearch project in Yellowstone Park
C.A lecture by a professor who visited Yellowstone Park
7. According to the man, why is the buffalo population increasing in Yellowstone Park?
A. a lot of buffalo have come from neighbouring areas.
A. B. Fewer buffalo are dying of dia
B. C. It is easier now for the buffalo to find food in winter.
8. Why does the man think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone ?
A. She has been studying animal dias
B. She is easier to visit Yellowstone Park
C. She needs the money to continue her studies
9. What did the woman plan to do in July?
A. Work on her thesis
B. Have a holiday
C. Study the buffalo population
10. Where will the woman most probably spend the coming summer?
A. At the University of Wyoming
B. At Yellowstone National Park
C. At her friend ’s home in Wyoming.
Conversation Two
11. What was Matt Ryan ’s first job?
A. Doing holiday relief work at a television channel
训练记忆力B. Working part-time as a model
C. Taking pictures for a television station
12. What did Matt find interesting about the sixties?
A. The increasing number of comic books
B. The rapid advances in technology
C. The American space programme
13. Why were Matt ’s models once ud on news?
A. They prented better images than the real pictures
B. The spacecraft camera got damaged and failed to take any picture
C. The television studio was trying some new ideas
14. What was the name of the programme that marked the beginning of Matt ’s TV career?
A. Strange Creatures.
B. Time Traveller.
C. Bright Star.
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15. What did Matt do for the programme?
A. He made models.
B. He acted the part of a monster.
C. He filmed it.
Section C (5 marks)
In this ction, you will hear five short news item. Each item will be read only once. After each item, t will be a pau. During the pau, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and de which which is is is the the the best best best answer. answer. answer. Then Then Then mark mark mark the the the corresponding corresponding corresponding letter letter letter on on on the the Answer Answer Sheet Sheet with with a a a single single single line line through the center
16. 16. How How How many many many times times times has has has the the the National National National Hockey Hockey Hockey League League League allowed allowed allowed its its its players players players to to to take take take part part part in in in the the
the Winter Winter
Olympics?
A. Five times.
adoptedB. Three times.
C. Twice.
17. Where was the Africa Cup of National held?
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A. In Togo.
B. In South Africa.
C. In Angola.
18. What has caud a large number of people to flee their homes in northern Yemen?
A. An armed conflict.
B. Lack of food.
C. Freezing temperatures.
19. Who is Emtiaz Sooliman?
A. A arch and rescue specialist.
B. Head of a South African foundation.
C. Leader of a local civic group.
20. What did the cond stimulus bill pasd by the Hou of Reprentatives aim at? 快速祛痘的方法
A. Promoting international trade.
B. Boosting employment.
C. Expanding the private ctor.
Section D
(10 marks) In this ction, you are required to fill 10 blanks, each with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS after listening to a short passage. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
Children ’s Toys
u Most popular wooden toy: (21)
u The wooden toy is for (22)
u Output per (23) :4,000 items
u Average (24) time per box (25) minutes
u The number of boxes in (26) :1,000
u Date of the coming dispatch (27)
u Current number of (28) :20
u Number of staff working on the (29) :40 staff
bruneiu All staff do: (30) work
Part II Vocabulary and Structures ( 15 marks ) There are 15 incomplete ntences in this part. For each blank there are four choices, marked A, D. Choo the one that best completes the ntence, then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
31. When Ian was injured, Harry was chon as last-minute for the rugby team.
A. preference
B. diversification
C. alternative
D. replacement
32.32.—Hello, —Hello, —Hello, Mr. Mr. Mr. Brown, Brown, Brown, I’m I’m I’m ringing ringing ringing about about about our our our component component component delivery. delivery. delivery. It’s It’s It’s not not not arrived arrived arrived yet yet yet and and and it’s it’s it’s already already
three o’clock in the afternoon.
—Let’s e...it’s reach you on Tuesday afternoon.
frossA. owing to
B. likely to
C. due to
D. subject to
33. Among the last groups of people to accept the new model were religious groups, who still the idea that the earth was the center of univer.
A. clung to
B. applied to
C. adapted to
D. contributed to
34. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skeleton to considerable impact.
A. escape
B. overwhelm
C. withstand
D. suppress
volleyball35.—Would you like me to go to the dentist you?
—No, you with me.
A. need not to go
B. need not go
C. do not need go
D. not need go
36. Lance returned to cycling and training only five months after he was diagnod with cancer. A. aggressively B. drastically C. exactly D. initially
37. Great minds generally look at life in a way to themlves.
A. peculiar
B. confined
C. similar
D. unusual
38. They called in an electrician he could put a finger on the cau of the short circuit. A. to hope B. to be hoping C. hoping D. to have hoped
39. 39. The The The resistance resistance resistance experienced experienced experienced when when when one one one body body body moves moves moves over over over another, another, it it is is is in in in contact, contact, contact, is is is called called frictional force.
A. to which
B. where
C. with which
D. while
40. Above all, they want to study a question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in?
A. contrary
B. fundamental
C. solemn
D. progressive
41.—Tina, I hear you had a good journey to the Maldives last week, How was it?
—I enjoyed the beautiful scenery, but the hotel was satisfactory.
A. not anything
B. nothing from
C. nothing but
D. anything but
42.At the beginning of the 20th century, people made coffee a cloth bag full of coffee grounds into boiling water.
A. by dumping
B. to dump
C. for dumping
D. that dumped
43. If you Susan recently, you ’d think the photograph on the right was strange.
A. shouldn ’t contact
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B. hadn ’t contact
C. weren ’t to contact
D. didn ’t contact
44. Beata: I ’ve put the job advertiment in the newspaper, Mr. Trim.
Trim: Good.
Beata: Well, it was a bit more than the ＄10 that they quoted us.
Trim: As long as it wasn
’t ＄10 a day. A. How to schedule it? B. How much was it?
B. C. How often was it put there? D. How about the newspaper?
45. Woman: Who is Jackie Tow? I have a parcel here for him.
Jackie: That That’’s me.
Woman: Yes, put your name here.
Jackie: Thank you. It must be the new pair of shoes I bought online.
A. That is the receipt for it.
B. Do you have the nder
’s address? C. I have to check the package D. Do I have to sign for it?
III Part Cloze (10 marks )
R ead the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choo the word in one of the following
three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer
sheet.
Where The Wild Thing Are
―I didn ’t t t t t out out out to to to a children a children ’s movie,ǁ says says Being john Being john Malkovich director spike jonze , ―I t out out to to make make a a a movie movie movie about about about children.children.children.ǁǁ Indeed, Indeed, like like like the the the recent recent recent alternative alternative alternative children children children’’s s book book book (46) (46) (46) adapt adapt , Fantastic Fantastic Mr Mr Mr Fox, Fox, Fox, this this this is is is more more more like like like an an an adult adult adult film film film (47) (47) children children’’s s clothing clothing －or or rather rather rather in in in Jim Jim Henson Henson monster monster monster suits. suits. suits. When When When rambunctious rambunctious rambunctious ((无法无天) ) nine nine nine year year year old old old Max Max Max feels feels feels (48) (48) (48) ig ig by by his his busy single mum and her new boyfriend, and runs away (49) home , he finds himlf on an island populated by huge, hairy, scary Wild Things. Here, he gets himlf crowned king, and he and the monste fight fight and play, and throw mud at and play, and throw mud at
each other (which the younger viewers will love). They return home. That That’’s it .And that ’s your problem. As a film , I can ’t (50) de it it’
’s disappointing. Despite whimsical (异想天开) imaginative and heart-tugging moments, Jonze a
nd co-writer Dave Eggers inevitably lo the wonderful wonderful subtlety subtlety subtlety ((精妙之处) ) of of of Maurice Maurice Maurice ndak ndak ndak’’s s well-loved well-loved well-loved 338-word 338-word 338-word picture picture picture book book book just just just by by by (51) (51) (spin) it out into a full-length feature. Enough already! We get this dysfunctional group of neurotic Wi Things (52) rep Max Max’
’s child ’s eye view of grown-ups as comprehensible giants, both terrifying and loving. (53) , even the repetitive action and non-subtleties (54) ,make this feel more like family therapy than a fairy (55)t can can’
’t destroy the film ’s haunting magic.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (40marks)
Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given. Remember to write the answers the answer sheet.
Section A
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