2006年全国大学生英语竞赛(A级初赛笔试试题)听力理解录音材料文字稿[1]

2006年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题（A级：适用于所有本科生）及答案2006年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题（A级：适用于所有本科生）Part I Listening Comprehension （25 minutes, 30 points ）Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, 10 points)Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. I can't agree with my Mum. I think that such an old-fashioned dress can't cost a __________. She says 100 pounds is a real __________.A. lot of money; luckB. bargain; luckC. fortune; bargainD. big sum; fortune32. __________ is on the rise, with over 20% of serious crimes being committed by children under the age of seventeen.A. Junior crimeB. Juvenile delinquencyC. Minor crimeD. Senior delinquency33. The Smiths were leaving that __________ town. Everybody wanted to escape its noise and pollution and was looking forward to a __________ country life.A. crowded; peacefulB. deserted; peacefulC. desert; thrillingD. empty; sour34. When I first began writing poetry, I think the poets that I had studied at school __________ my approach and the things I wrote about.A. communicatedB. impressedC. influencedD. discussed35. She is an excellent teacher who has taught in four schools. __________ she taught, her principals had a high opinion of her.A. WhereverB. EverywhereC. Inasmuch asD. In such schools that36. My friend Tanya __________ Japanese for six years before she __________ Japan. I've just received a letter from her. It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and __________ for China in a month.A. had been studying; visited; is leavingB. studied; had visited; will live inC. has studied; visited; would leaveD. was studying; has visited; leaves37. At the last place Gary worked, they __________ an annual company picnic. All the employees __________ bring their families along and spend the day at a nearby park. It was great.A. had to have; had toB. used to have; couldn'tC. would have; didn't have toD. used to have; would38. They __________ such a big van __________ the price of gas would skyrocket.A. would have bought; if they knewB. wouldn't have bought; had they knownC. wouldn't have bought; if had they knownD. wouldn't have bought; did they know39. We're going to paint the town __________ to celebrate our win.A. blueB. purpleC. goldD. red40. Written in central Canada in the early part of the twentieth century, __________, depictslife in Manitoda.A. The Midnight Sun was Victor Frank's last novelB. Victor Frank's last novel was The Midnight SunC. The Midnight Sun, which was Victor Frank's last novelD. Which was Victor Frank's last novel, The Midnight SunPart III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. Dan: Have you ever participated in a risky sport?Kay: Yes, I like hang gliding. It's fantastic to be able to fly like a bird. Though landing is sometimes difficult, I've always felt hang gliding is quite safe.Dan: ____________________________________Kay: I've never been seriously injured. Maybe I've just been lucky. Once, my glider turned upside down, and I lost control. I almost crashed, but I parachuted away just in time.A. What sports are risky?B. Do you ever get into some difficult situations?C. Have you ever hurt yourself in an accident?D. Have you ever been to a sports centre?42. Lucy: What made you leave such a large company?Ken: My work there was so boring. I couldn't do anything myself. I always had to have my boss' approval. So I decided to get a new job at Coricom, a small venture company.Lucy: ____________________________________Ken: The work here is very challenging, which suits me. We always have to cope with dynamic working conditions. And, since there are not many people in this company, we understand each other very well and feel like we are all in the same family.A. What's the hardest part of your new job?B. How do you like your new job?C. Tell me about what you liked at the large company.D. Tell me about what you liked in your university.43. Julio: ____________________________________Officer: Well, first, you write and get an application form. Then, you send it in with a copy of your school records. And after that, you ask your teachers for some letters of recommendation.Julio: Are foreign students allowed to work in the States?Officer: They'll only let you work in the summer. And you'll need to get permission from the U.S. Officer of Immigration to do that. During the school year you're not allowed to work unless the work experience is part of your school program.A. Is it all right to apply to several universities at the same time?B. I'd like to get some information on how to get into an American university.C. When can I apply for that?D. I'd like to get some information on how to get a travel card.44. Bob: ____________________________________Jane: My first book was Trapped in a Cave, a true story about two boys who got trapped in an underground cave for five days without food, water or light. Next I wrote the current twelvevolumes of Real Kids, Real Adventures. Right now I'm working on the next two Real Kids, Real Adventures books.Bob: ____________________________________Jane: If I'm looking for a specific kind of story - for instance a child who survived being struck by lightning - I'll go to the library and use Newsbank, keying in on words like “lightning”and “child”. Mostly, though, I get tips from kids who read the Real Kids, Real Adventures books and send notes or newspaper clippings.A. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; Where do you get your stories?B. What are your favorite books that you've read? ; Where do you get your stories?C. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?D. Where do you get your stories? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?45. Lisa: ____________________________________Andy: I think people love to laugh. They want to laugh even in serious business presentations, in the classroom, seminar, and so on. When people laugh, they relax. And they can remember you and your message better.Lisa: ____________________________________Andy: Most people give a summary at the end of their speech. But, in my opinion, a summary at the end only distracts from a good presentation. I want to give people a chance to think about the topic, so I finish my speech with some questions.A. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; How do you end your speech?B. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?C. How do you end your speech? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?D. Why do you use so many jokes in your speech? ; How do you end your speech?Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. What is the minimum number of matches you can remove from this diagram to leave just 2 squares?A. 2.B. 4.C. 6.D. 8.47. Which of the bottom watches completes the sequence?48. Which of these cubes cannot be formed from this web49. How many circles contain a dot?A. 12.B. 11.C. 10.D. 13.50. Each symbol in this table has a value. The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of the corresponding row or column. Can you find the value of each symbol?A. Triangle = 6.5, Square = 4.2, Diamond = 5.8, Circle = 11.4B. Triangle = 7.5, Square = 5.2, Diamond = 6.8, Circle = 12.4C. Triangle = 8.5, Square = 5.2, Diamond = 6.8, Circle = 13.4D. Triangle = 5.5, Square = 3.2, Diamond = 4.8, Circle = 10.4Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A Multiple Choice (5 points)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beneath all that, suntanned. It was the end of an Inter-Rail holiday. My body couldn't take any more punishment. My mind couldn't deal with any more foreign timetables, currencies or languages.“Never again,”I said, as I stepped onto home ground. I said exactly the same thing the following year. And the next. All I had to do was buy one train ticket and, because I was under twenty-five years old, I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in Europe. Ordinary beds are never the same once you've learnt to sleep in the corridor of a train, the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep.Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack makes you have a very basic approach to travel, and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks that have become too anti-social, and getting rid of books when finished. On the other hand, this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter-Rail, for common sense and reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks. All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand.Any system that enables young people to travel through countries at a rate of more than one a day must be pretty special. On that first trip, my friends and I were at first unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket, thinking it was just an inexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France. But the idea of non-stop travel proved too tempting, for there was always just one more country over the border, always that little bit further to go. And what did the extra miles cost us? Nothing.We were not completely uninterested in culture. But this was a first holiday without parents, as it was for most other Inter-Railers, and in organizing our own timetable we left out everything except the most immediately available sights. This was the chance to escape the guided tour, an opportunity to do something different. I took great pride in the fact that, in many places, all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station. We were just there to get by, and to have a good time doing so. In this we were no different from most of the other Inter-Railers with whom we shared corridor floors, food and water, money and music.The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was previously just a name. It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until the train pulls in at the station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the first time.Questions:51. At the end of his first trip, the writer said “Never again”because _______.A. he felt illB. he disliked trainsC. he was tired from the journeyD. he had lost money52. What does the writer mean by “this way of looking at life”in Paragraph 3?A. Worrying about your clothes.B. Throwing unwanted things away.C. Behaving in an anti-social way.D. Looking after your possessions.53. Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?A. To get to one place cheaply.B. To meet other young people.C. To see a lot of famous places.D. To go on a tour of Europe.54. What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that _______ .A. he could see more interesting placesB. he could spend more time sightseeingC. he could stay away from home longerD. he could make his own decisions55. What does “it”in Line 3, Paragraph 6, refer to?A. A name.B. The city.C. The train.D. The station.Section B Yes / No / Not given (5 points)Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 56 - 60, markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The Outdoor CentreOpening timesWater sports: 10 am - 6 pmPlay Park: 10 am - 5.30 pmEntrance / Car park feesLow season: Weekdays ￡2.00 per car Weekends ￡3.00 per carHigh season: 23 July - 11 September Weekdays and weekends ￡3.00 per carFees are for cars with four people. Each extra person is 50p. Fees to be paid at the main office.The center is not a private club; it is an organization whose aim is to provide outdoor sports and recreation facilities for the public.Group visitors are requested to inform the center in advance of their intended visit.Windsurfing - One-day courseBeginner windsurfing course is offered on Saturdays and Sundays when the weather is good enough. Learning to windsurf is a lot of fun. The excitement when you sail across the water for the first time is not easily forgotten. Boards with small sails are available for beginners.Course fee: ￡32.50 (this includes all equipment)One-day adventure courseThis is an opportunity you have been waiting for. Come and try sailing, climbing, surfing and archery. This course is intended to introduce outdoor activities to adults in a fun, leisurely manner. You do not need to be extremely fit or to have had previous experience of the activities. All you need is to be interested.Course fee: ￡22.50Play ParkThe Play Park is suitable for children from two to ten years of age. It is one of the best of its type in the country. It has sand and water play, slides, large ball pool, play castle and much, muchmore. Next year the center will open a new Play Palace and Play Ship.Summer adventure holidays (for 14 - 18 years of age)Sailing Climbing Windsurfing Fun GamesStatement:Safety is of primary importance at the Outdoor Center. All staff members are fully trained in First Aid, and qualified to teach the activities on offer. We also make certain that all children only take part in activities that are suitable for their age and physical abilities. For this programme children must be able to swim 25 metres and be in good physical health.Statements:56. In August, four people visiting the centre together by car have to pay more than two people.57. The centre has special equipment for people who learn to sail.58. The adventure course is suitable for beginners.59. The centre is planning to add extra facilities to the Play Park.60. Summer adventure holidays are open to any child between eight and fourteen years who can swim.Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points)Directions: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Going to the beach is many Americans' favorite activity. In the area near New York City, nine million people used to go to the beach every summer. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater．But those days are long gone．In the summer of 1988，the government was forced to shut down beaches all over America．Many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage from hospitals was found in the water．The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood，and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood．Where the medical garbage came from is anybody's guess．At some beaches，sewage （生活污水）was found in the water.Americans were shocked by this state of affairs．They had long taken for granted that oceans were big enough to stay clean，even if garbage and sewage were dumped into them．People didn't think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight．Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful at first glance．San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that's full of chemicals．Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin．In many parts of America，people are told not to eat too much fish because of pollution．Most American cities put their garbage in the ground．But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean．Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won't recover until the next century at best．The city of Boston puts its sewage in the water．The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant．Cleaning up oceans won't be easy，but people can no longer ignore this challenge．Questions:61. Most Americans used to go to the beach because of __________.62. Ocean waters around America have become polluted by __________.63. Some polluted waters are still beautiful because pollutants such as chemicals are hard to __________.64. If fish live in polluted waters people should not __________.65. The author of this passage seems to suggest that people should pay more attention to__________.Passage TwoQuestions 66-70 are based on the following passage.There are cockroaches (蟑螂) everywhere on Earth except the places that are covered with ice. Scientists have discovered about 3,500 different species of cockroach. There is just one human species! Cockroaches can be anything in size from about five mm to nine cm. Although five mm is very small, nine cm is as long as a large rat.It is very difficult to catch most cockroaches. They “see”with the hairs on their bodies. These hairs can feel the smallest movement in the air, so the cockroaches know immediately something moves, and run to safety.Of all the species of cockroach, fortunately only three live among humans and are a serious problem. They are the German, the Oriental, and the American. One egg case of the German cockroach can produce as many as seven million cockroaches in 12 months!Our main problem with cockroaches is that not only do they look ugly to us, but they also carry diseases. They are particularly dangerous in hospitals as they eat all kinds of hospital waste or get it on their bodies. They can then carry this waste, which may contain dangerous bacteria, on to food which is then eaten by people in the hospital.Most of the bacteria that cause food poisoning have been found in the stomachs of cockroaches, so it is important that cockroaches should be kept out of restaurants and other places where food is prepared.Many people work and try to destroy cockroaches, but as soon as they find one way of doing it, the cockroaches “learn”how to deal with it. Electricity does not always kill them and they can avoid most poisons or “learn”how to deal with others. At one time, scientists thought that radiation would kill them, but they have been on Earth for about 300 million years, and it does not harm them as much as it does us.It seems probable that when there are no longer human beings living on the Earth, cockroaches will still be here.Questions:66. Cockroaches do not live in places where it is __________.67. Cockroaches know that someone or something is near because __________.68. Cockroaches can __________ because they carry bacteria.69. Paragraph 6 says that it is very difficult to __________.70. The passage is mainly about __________.Section D Summary (10 points)Directions: In this part, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary with the appropriate words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Cosmetics have been used throughout history. The ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans all used various kinds of makeup. Some of these cosmetics were used to improve their appearance. Others were used to protect their skin. But in some cases, things used for makeup were dangerous, or even deadly!Some of the first skin care treatments started in Egypt. In fact, Cleopatra was known to use them. She thought a bath in milk and honey left her skin silky smooth. Egyptians also developed some of the earliest sunscreens. They used oils and creams for protection against the sun and dry winds. Egyptian and other ancient cultures also used various powders on their skin for beauty. Egyptians used black kohl around their eyes. Romans put white chalk on their faces. And Indians painted red henna on their bodies.Most of the ancient cosmetic powders, oils, and creams were harmless. But in the name of beauty, some people applied dangerous chemicals and poisons to their skin. During the Italian Renaissance, women wore white powder made of lead on their faces. Of course, doctors now know lead is like a poison for our bodies.Also around the time of the Renaissance, women in Italy put drops of belladonna in their eyes. Belladonna is a very poisonous plant. The poison in the plant affects the nerves in the body. By putting belladonna drops in her eyes, a woman's pupils would become very large. People thought this made her more beautiful. Actually, this is why the plant is called belladonna. In Italian, belladonna means “beautiful woman.”When Elizabeth I was queen of England in the late 1500s, some rather dangerous cosmetics were also used by women there. Women were using rouge made with mercury. They were also using special hair dye made with lead and sulphur. The dye was designed to give people red hair, the same color as the queen's hair. Over time, the dye made people's hair fall out. Finally, women using this dye ended up bald, like the queen, and had to wear wigs.Summary:Although people have used cosmetics throughout history, not all of them have been safe. In fact, some of them have been quite (71)__________ to people. For example, long ago in Italian(72)__________, people thought women with big pupils were beautiful. Therefore, in the(73)__________ of beauty, women began to put (74)__________ of belladonna in their eyes to make their pupils larger. Today we know belladonna is poisonous, and it can affect the (75)__________ in the body.Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.I'm really in two minds about what to do when I leave school. Should I go straight to university or should I spend a year travelling (76) a the world?First of all, there are so many (77) ben of going straight to university.The most important point is that the (78) s I get my qualifications, the quicker I'll get a job and start earning.In my opinion, starting work and making (79)m is one of the most important things in life.And I'm not (80) al in this opinion. Many consider a sound (81)ca and a goodsalary to be an important goal.Secondly, if I go straight to university, I'll learn so many things that will help me in my future life.It is often said that knowledge is the key to power, and I cannot (82) dis with this.(83)M , I'll be able to take part in the social activities that the university offers, and meet lots of new friends who share the same interests.However, it could also be (84)ar that I would meet lots of interesting people while I was traveling.(85) Fur , if I spent a year travelling, I would learn more about the world.On the one hand, I would experience lots of different (86) c .On the other hand, I could end up suffering from culture shock, homesickness and some (87) str tropical diseases.Nevertheless, these inconveniences would be an inevitable part of travelling and would be greatly (88) out by the advantages.(89) Unf , another point is that if I spent a year traveling I would need a lot of money.But I (90)b it would be easy to make a bit while I was travelling, giving English lessons or working in hotels and shops.Part VII Translation (15 minutes, 15 points)Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points)Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.In such a changing, complex society, formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated. (91) Many of life's problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today.In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War II. (92) As families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years, and their extended family relationships, the informal flow of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable. The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.Adding to social changes today is an enormous stockpile of information. (93) The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time-consuming and sometimes even overwhelming.Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine readable files, and to program computers to locate specific information. (94) Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and, very shortly, electronic mail, to bombard people with multitudes of messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence. Expertise can be sharedworldwide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and / or jobs to travel to a distant conference site. Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance.(95) Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. “Knowledge is power” may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.Section B Chinese-English Translation (5 points)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.96. 毫无疑问，有了计算机的帮助，人们能生活得更容易。

2006年全国大学生英语竞赛（A级决赛赛卷）听力理解录音材料文字稿（Script for Listening Comprehension）Section ADirections:In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. Mary: Could you help me paint my flat this weekend, David?David: Oh, sorry, I'm going sailing. I've decided to enjoy myself for a change. I spent last weekend helping my mum do her garden and I need to repair the car next weekend.Q: What is David going to do this weekend?2. Woman: Dr. Brown's Clinic. Can I help you?Man: Yes. Can I have an appointment to see the doctor, please?Woman: Well, he's free at a quarter past eleven today or tomorrow at a quarter past ten or five to two.Man: I'll come tomorrow afternoon.Q: What time is the appointment?3. Man: Are you going to take the train up to Edinburgh?Woman: We've booked tickets on the coach, actually. We wanted to drive up there, but we've been having problems with the car and we can't afford to fly.Q: How will they travel to Edinburgh?4. Man: Can you tell me how much it is for a ticket for Saturday's performance of Macbeth?Woman: The front stalls and the circle are the most expensive at $ 16.50. The middle seats in the stalls cost $ 15 and the back three rows cost $ 12.50, but the view isn't so good. All seats are $ 10 for students.Man: I'll have one in the middle, please. I'm not a student. I've got my credit card here.Q: How much is the man's ticket?5. Woman: Hi!Have you had a busy day at the office?Man:Yes, sorry I'm late. I didn't get the bus because John offered me a lift. We didn't realize the motorway was closed because of a lorry accident, so it took much longer than usual. I'll be even later tomorrow with the train strike.Q: Why was the man late home?6. Woman:It's a bit crowded isn't it... worse than a football match!Can you see well enough from here?Man: It doesn't matter - as long as I can hear and get down the important points of what he says, it's OK.Woman: I'm going to the library after this. I want to get this report finished so that I can go to the cinema later.Q: Where are the man and the woman talking?Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Mark: Hello, Jenny. What are you doing here?Jenny: Hello, Mark!This is my daughter, Sarah. It's the school holidays so we're shopping now - we're not sure what to do after that.Mark: Well, there's a show for children this afternoon in the library where I work.Jenny: Oh? What time is it at?Mark: It starts at two and finishes at three thirty. It's only a quarter past one now. Do you think Sarah would like that?Jenny: How much is a ticket?Mark: Well, it's one pound fifty for adults and seventy-five pence for children. Programmes are twenty-five pence.Jenny: And does your library run a reading course in the holidays?Mark: Yes, and if children under ten, like Sarah, read four books in six weeks, we give them something to take home.Jenny: What, like a book?Mark: Well, this year it's a pen, but sometimes it's a book or a school bag. Meet me after the show and I'll give you more detail.Jenny: Thanks. See you later then.Questions 7 to 10 are based on the long conversation you have just heard.7. When will the show begin?8. How much is a child's ticket?9. How long is the holiday reading course?10. What free gifts can children get from the library this year?Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. President Obasanjo said about 148 billion dollars were lost each year as a result of corruption. He described the loss as ‘monumental' and ‘preventable', with extractive industries, such as oil and gas, among the worst hit.Question: Approximately how much was lost each year as a result of corruption?12. The University Boat Race is a uniquely British institution but it's taken on a distinctly international character. It dates back to 1829 and is now broadcast on television in more than a hundred countries. And of the sixteen rowers in the two boats, only five were British this year. It was the first time a French rower had taken part for at least a century. There were also four Americans, three Germans, two Canadians and an Australian.Question: How many British students joined the University Boat Race?13. In Romania, to the east, and Slovakia and the Czech Republic, to the north, populations in low-lying areas have been put on alert. In the Czech Republic, several people have died, and anti-flood barriers on the river Vltava have been raised. Czech officials have declared a state of emergency in several areas, and in the historic city of Olomouc, 250 kilometers east of Prague, thousands of people had to be evacuated.Question: In which country have several people died because of the flood?14. I was so touched by the way the people in London took to that animal and cheered it on. I just feel bitterly disappointed that we couldn't give them the result that they wanted. I feel that perhaps we got the result, hopefully, that the whale needed, and that's probably more important.Question: What animal was the man talking about?15. Steven Spielberg's ‘Munich' and Ang Lee's ‘Brokeback Mountain' are likely to be the big winners at the Oscar ceremony in five weeks' time. Spielberg's highly controversial drama about the 1972 Olympic massacre, and what happened after it, is one of the five nominations for Best Picture. Some have speculated opposition to the movie and its theme might harm its Oscar chances, but that hasn't happened. Spielberg's also nominated as Best Director.Question: Who won the nomination as Best Director according to the speaker?16. Ukrainian politicians claim there are political motives behind the price rise originally demanded by the Russian energy giant Gazprom. They say Russia is offering much more favourable terms to other former Soviet Republics. Russian officials insist it's a purely commercial matter.Question: Which countries are having talks over gas prices?17. Britain's Labour government is having a difficult week. The government wants to ban smoking in indoor public places, including restaurants and other places of entertainment. This is partly because it wants to discourage people from smoking, since smoking causes so much illness, but also to protect the health of the staff who work there, and who got no choice about breathing in second hand smoke.Question: What does the British government want to do?18. A crowd of some 35,000, including U.S. First Lady Laura Bush and Italian film legend Sophia Loren, filled the Olympic Stadium. More than 4,700 performers, including fast-moving skaters with fiery rocket packs, dancers and even dancing cows opened the festivities. Some 2,600 athletes from more than 80 countries and territories marched into the stadium accompanied by American pop music from the 1970s and 1980s.Question: How many performers joined the Winter Olympics opening ceremony?19. Governments from Singapore to South Korea are increasingly lifting restrictions on gambling. But gamblers do not have to wait for new casinos to open to place their bets: they can just use their mobile phones. Europe is the largest market for mobile gambling, but telecommunications analysts predict that Asia will catch up soon.Question: What is the passage mainly talking about?20. The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting.Question: Which part of the United States was attacked by snowstorm?Section DDirections: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneI have four small children, three girls and one boy. I don't go out very much because it's hard for me to find someone to look after them. Any time I do go out, I have to find a baby sitter. It's not easy for me to find a baby sitter because we have just moved here. Since we're new in town, I don't know very many people yet.Well, one Friday morning I looked in my purse and found that I had only two dollars left.I still had to do that week's grocery shopping. There was nothing else I could do; I had to go to the bank. I hoped that Rachel, my next-door neighbor, could come and baby-sit for me, but she wasn't home. So after the children were all dressed, off we went to the bank.After we'd all got into the car, I tried to relax a little as I drove to the bank. The children were very noisy from the start. They were yelling and crying and picking on each other. By the time we arrived at the bank, I was very angry.The bank was very crowded. I don't think I'd ever seen so many people there at once. I think, since it was the end of the month, it was payday for most people.Anyway, the children were still acting up, and I was still pretty angry with them. I turned around to try to keep them quiet and shouted, “Stand against the wall and don't say a word!” Everyone in the whole bank stopped talking. They thought it was a hold-up.Questions 21 to 24 are based on the psssage you have just heard.21. Why was it hard for the woman to find a baby sitter?22. Why couldn't Rachel, her next-door neighbor, baby-sit for her?23. How did the woman feel when she arrived at the bank?24. What happened when the woman shouted at her children?Passage TwoYou will hear an announcement about what's on television tomorrow.Man: And that's the weather forecast. And now we know what the weather's going to be like, let's have a look at what we've got for you tomorrow on TV31. Most of the morning is taken up with children's television. As it's Saturday, we've got programmes for children from the under fives to teenagers. We start the day at 7:00 with cartoons and programmes for the very young. These go on until 9:00 when we have a film specially made for television called ‘The Railway Princess'. It was first shown about six months ago and we've had lots of requests to show it again. The film is based on Jenny Johnson's best-selling children's book. Then from 10:30 until 12:00, we continue with a magazine programme for 5 to 12 year-olds. There's something for everyone - animals, art, sport, the countryside. At lunchtime, from 12:00 till 2:00, we have something for teenagers - ‘Here and Now' - our music programme with all the latest groups and singers, and the results of last week's competition.After lunch there's half an hour of news and that's followed at 2:30 by sport. This afternoon you can watch the match between Brazil and Ireland, the winner of that match will go on to play Italy or Spain in the final next week.Football is followed at 4 o'clock by tennis. We'll be watching part of the Macmillan Tennis Tournament. If the tennis is cancelled because of rain we'll be going over early to Japan to see some of the skiing. Let's hope Angus Burns has recovered from yesterday's fall. At 5 o'clock we'll be bringing you the end of the Round Britain Cycle Race.At 6 o'clock it's time for our new quiz programme ‘Your guess is as good as mine' with Nigel Parsons. Each team is shown pictures of people who were in the news in one particular year, or important things that happened in that year. The teams guess when that was.That's followed by more news and at 7:00 it's time for our Saturday evening film ‘I Could Live Forever', a sad story with a happy ending. You'll recognize the songs, made famous by the film and sung by Julia Jones. And of course there's some wonderful dancing.Questions 25 to 30 are based on the psssage you have just heard.25. During which period is The Railway Princess on television?26. When is there a music programme for teenagers?27. Which two teams can you see in the football match?28. If the weather is bad, which sport will be cancelled?29. What do the teams have to guess in the quiz programme?30. What kind of film is I Could Live Forever?。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生决赛英语真题2006年(总分145, 做题时间90分钟)Part I Listening ComperhensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.A Repair the car.B Help his mum do her garden.C Go sailing.D Paint the flat.SSS_SINGLE_SEL2.A 10:15.B 11:15.C 1:55.D 2:05.SSS_SINGLE_SEL3.A By plane.B By coach.C By train.D By ear.SSS_SINGLE_SEL4.A $ 16.50.B $ 15.00.C $ 12.50.D $ 10.00.SSS_SINGLE_SEL5.A Because of the lorry accident.B Because of the train strike.C Because of the bus strike.D Because of the car accident.SSS_SINGLE_SEL6.A In the sports center.B In the library.C In the lecture room.D In the cinema.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.SSS_SINGLE_SEL7.A 1:15.B 2:00.C 1:30.D 3:30.SSS_SINGLE_SEL8.A 25 pence.B 50 pence.C 75 pence.D 95 pence.SSS_SINGLE_SEL9.A 4 weeks.B 6 weeks.C 8 weeks.D 10 weeks.SSS_SINGLE_SEL10.A A pen.B A school bag.C A book.D A pencil.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.SSS_SINGLE_SEL11.AA. 148 billion.BB. 140 million.CC. 1480 million.SSS_SINGLE_SEL12.AA. Five.BB. Four.CC. Three.SSS_SINGLE_SEL13.AA. Romania.BB. Slovakia.CC. Czech Republic.SSS_SINGLE_SEL14.AA. Whale.BB. Dolphin.CC. Shark.SSS_SINGLE_SEL15.AA. Ang Lee.BB. Steven Spielberg.CC. Both of them.SSS_SIMPLE_SIN16.A. Russia and the UK.B. Russia and other former Soviet Republics.C. Russia and Ukraine.A B CSSS_SINGLE_SEL17.AA. Ban smoking in indoor public places.BB. Ban smoking in all public places.CC. Improve the health care system.SSS_SINGLE_SEL18.AA. More than 35,000.BB. More than 2,600.CC. More than 4,700.SSS_SIMPLE_SIN19.A. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Europe.B Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Australia.C. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Asia.A B CSSS_SINGLE_SEL20.AA. The north-eastern part.BB. The south-eastern part.CC. The north-western part.Section DDirections: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6 questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage AQuestions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard.SSS_SINGLE_SEL21.A The children were very naughty.B They lived in the countryside far away from other people.C They had moved to a new town and didn't know many people yet.D Everyone was busy and couldn't baby-sit.SSS_SINGLE_SEL22.A She was sick.B She wasn't home.C She was busy.D She was going out soon.SSS_SINGLE_SEL23.A She felt happy.B She felt lonely.C She felt relaxed.D She felt angry.SSS_SINGLE_SEL24.A The people thought she was a bank robber.B Everyone else started shouting, too.C Many people ran out of the bank.D Everyone stood against the wall with their hands up. Passage BQuestions 25 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.SSS_SINGLE_SEL25.A 9:00 to 10:00.B 9:00 to 10:30.C 9:30 to 11:00.D 9:30 to 11:30.SSS_SINGLE_SEL26.A Early in the morning.B Before lunch.C At lunchtime.D After lunch.SSS_SINGLE_SEL27.A Ireland and Spain.B Brazil and Ireland.C Spain and Italy.D Brazil and Italy.SSS_SINGLE_SEL28.A Cycling.B Skiing.C Football.D Tennis.SSS_SINGLE_SEL29.A The year.B The person.C The story.D The place.SSS_SINGLE_SEL30.A A comedy.B A documentary.C A musical.D A thriller.Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that **pletes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31.An animator has to build up his or her work frame by frame. Each film takes a very long time to make, and so ______ are essential to see the project through to the end.SSS_SINGLE_SELA research and developmentB continuity and relaxationC diversions and rewardsD dedication **mitment32.—**e you left the party without saying "good-bye"? —I was angry with John. He shouted at me and my patience ______.SSS_SINGLE_SELA ran overB ran awayC ran throughD ran out33.I'm a nervous wreck. We applied for a mortgage loan last week, and they ______ let us know this morning if it had been approved.SSS_SINGLE_SELA were supposed toB might haveC would haveD must go to34.We can't do any more now. Let's call it a ______.SSS_SINGLE_SELA dayB haltC stopD night35.Although we tend to think that they are basically the same animal, dolphins, porpoises, and fish are not alike. Despite how similar they might seem, these three animals ______ dolphins and porpoises are mammals while fish are not.SSS_SINGLE_SELA different in thatB different so thatC differ in thatD differ so that36.When Steve Fossett first attempted his solo balloon flight around the world, he ______ that he would encounter 10 days of thunderstorms over Argentina. Consequently, his balloon was damaged and he was forced to end his trip.SSS_SINGLE_SELA wasn't anticipatingB wouldn't anticipateC had anticipated notD had not anticipated37.Leslie's upset. She invited about 20 people to her house for a party and then no one showed up. The least they ______ have done was tocall to say they ______ to go.SSS_SINGLE_SELA might; were goingB could; weren't goingC might; weren't supposedD should; were going38.I wish I ______ myself better in English, but I ______.SSS_SINGLE_SELA will express; won'tB could express; can'tC would express; won'tD can express; can't39.______ the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my connecting flight to New York.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Due toB WhenC AsD Despite40.John F. Kennedy was ______ youngest President of the United States and ______ to be murdered. Can you remember how long he ______ the country before his death?SSS_SINGLE_SELA the; the fourth; had been rulingB /; fourth; have been rulingC the; fourth; was rulingD a; the four; ruledPart Ⅲ Situational DialoguesDirections: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that **pletes the dialogue. Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41.Mike: Why haven't more women chosen careers in science? Alice: Well, first of all, most children grow up with the idea that boys understand science more easily than girls do. This continues in the high school and college years. Later, it's hard for a woman to get a job in science. Mike: ______. Alice: Well, no, I didn't. A career doesn't get in the way. My husband and children try to understand my work and they are willing to help me. I know many women scientists who have happily arrived and have families.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Did you sacrifice a family for your work?B Did you feel happy with your life?C Did you have something interesting to share with us?D Did you get a higher salary?42.Dave: What causes people to have stress? Tim: As I said, all humans have stress. The problem is too much stress for a long period of time. When this happens, a person is in trouble. Varioussituations give rise to stress, such as losing your job, experiencing a divorce or death of a family member, a serious illness, or getting hurt in a bad accident and so on. Dave: ______. Tim: First, make sure your diet is healthy by eating lots of fruit and vegetables. Next, exercise regularly. You should also talk to a good friend or relative--someone you trust and who will listen to you. Sometimes just talking about problems helps.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Tell us what we can do in our spare time.B Is it true that men generally have more stress than women7C Tell us what we can do when we have too much stress.D Do you think today's world is more stressful than the world of50 years ago?43.Tom: What was your worst subject? Ron: Mm... that would be chemistry. I never could learn to like it very much, and my marks weren't ever very good. The chemical formulas were hard for me to understand, and in chemistry class there are a lot of chemical formulas! Tom: ______. Ron: I've wanted to be involved in computer engineering ever since I was little. If I pass thisinterview and am offered a position with **pany, I want to contribute to improving technology and developing **puters. I want to be a professional in this field.SSS_SINGLE_SELA What do you think of computer engineering?B How do you spend your free time?C Did you enjoy your school life?D Can you tell me about your hopes for future?44.Peter: ______ Diane: No, not all memories are correct, but they all tell us something about the person who is doing the remembering. The memory may tell us what the person likes or dislikes, what he or she wishes, and it may also tell us about his or herfears. Peter: ______ Diane: That's a good question. It's easier to remember things that have emotional meaning to you. It'salso easier to remember information that you practice and use a lot. Repetition also reinforces memory; the more you repeat something, the better you remember it.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Are there different kinds of memory? ; What makes it easierfor people to remember certain things?B What makes it easier for people to remember certain things? ; Axe all memories accurate?C What aspects of brain biology interest you? ; Are all memories accurate?D Are all memories accurate? ; What kind of things are easierfor people to remember?45.Carla: ______ Angie: Well, I lived in a small town in the country once and it was quite boring. Nothing ever seemed to happen. There's much more going on in the city. It's moreexciting. Carla: ______ Angle : Although the city is more exciting, it's also much noisier, dirtier and more crowded than the countryside. Sometimes I miss the peace and quiet there.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Why are you living in the city?; How would **pare life in the city to that in the country?B Why don't you live in the city now? ; How would **pare life in the city to that in the country?C Would you like to live in the country?; Why is the city better than the country?D Why do you like living in the city? ; What are the disadvantages of the country?Part Ⅳ IQ TestDirections: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question them are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46.Christmas Day is on Friday. Three days after tomorrow is Christmas Day. Which of the following statements must be tree?SSS_SINGLE_SELA Today is Sunday.B The day before yesterday was Saturday.C Tomorrow is Wednesday.D Yesterday was Monday.47.Malcolm, Mohammed, Lucy, Sally and Robin all have pets. Malcolm, Mohammed and Robin each have a dog. Malcolm has acat. Sally loves horses but only has a rabbit and asnake. Mohammed also has a snake. Lucy and Robin have a parrot each. Who keeps the least pets?SSS_SINGLE_SELA Malcolm.B Sally.C Lucy.D Robin.48.If L E A F is written Q I D H, how would you write the code word for T R E E?SSS_SINGLE_SELA YVHGB XUGFC WTFED VSED49.James and Tom like rugby. Tim and Nicholas prefer football. Only Nicholas does not enjoy roller skating. Which of the following statements must be true?SSS_SINGLE_SELA James and Tim like miler skating but not rugby.B Nicholas and Tim prefer football and miler skating.C Tom does not enjoy football or miler skating.D James and Tom enjoy rugby and miler skating.50.Each symbol in this table has a value. The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of the corresponding mw orcolumn. Can you find the value of each symbol?SSS_SINGLE_SELA Triangle = -4.2, Square = 11.5, Diamond = -1.8, Circle = 6.6B Triangle = -3.2, Square = 10.5, Diamond = -0.8, Circle = 5.6C Triangle = -5.2, Square = 12.5, Diamond = -2.8, Circle = 7.6D Triangle = -6.2, Square = 12.5, Diamond = -3.8, Circle = 8.6 Part Ⅴ Reading ComperhensionSection ADirections: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there am four choices markedA, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51 - 55 are based on the following passage.In the lumberyard by the lake, where trees from the woods were turned into boards for construction work, there was an old brick building two floors high, and all around the outside walls were heaped great piles of soft sawdust. There were many of these golden mountains of dust covering that part of the yard right down to the blue lake. That afternoon, bored with having nothing else to do, all the fellows followed Michael up the ladder to the roof of the old building and they sat with their legs hanging over the edge looking out across the lake. Suddenly Michael said, "I dare you to jump down," and without thinking about it, he pushed himself off the roof and fell on the sawdust where he lay rolling around and laughing. "I dare you all!" he shouted. "You're all cowards," he said, encouraging them to follow him. Still laughing, he watched them looking down from the roof, white-faced and hesitant, and then one by one they jumped and got up grinning with relief.In the hot afternoon sunlight they all lay on the sawdust pile telling jokes till at last one of the fellows said, "Come on up on the old roof again and jump down." There wasn't much enthusiasm among them, but they all went up to the roof again and began to jump off in a determined, desperate way till only Michael was left and the others were all down below grinning up at him calling, "Come on, Mike.What's the matter with you?" Michael wanted to jump down there and be with them, but he remained on the edge of the roof, wetting his tips, with a silly grin on his face, wondering why it had not seemed such a long drop the first time. For a while they thought he was onlyfooling them, but then they saw him clenching his fists tight. He was trying to count to ten and then jump, and when that failed, he tried to take a long breath and close his eyes. In a while the fellows began to laugh at him; they were tired of waiting and it was getting on to dinnertime. "Come on, you're a coward, do you think we're going to sit here all night?" they began to shout, and when he did not move they began to get up and walk away, still shouting. "Who did this in the first place? What's the matter with you all?" he called.But for a long time he remained on the edge of the roof, staring unhappily and steadily at the ground. He remained all alone for nearly an hour while the sun, like a great orange ball getting biggerand bigger, rolled slowly over the grey line beyond the lake. His clothes were wet from nervous sweating. At last he closed his eyes, slipped off the roof, fell heavily on the pile of sawdust and lay there a long time. There were no sounds in the yard, the workmen had gone home. As he lay there he wondered why he had been unable to jump; and then he got up slowly and walked home feeling deeply ashamed and wanting to avoid everybody.Questions:SSS_SINGLE_SEL51.Why did the boys first decide to climb onto the roof of the building?A To test their courage.B To pass the time.C To keep out of the way of the workmen.D To get a better view of the woods.SSS_SINGLE_SEL52.When the boys jumped after Michael, they ______.A were not afraid at allB wanted to do it again immediatelyC were glad they had got down safelyD found the jump easier than expectedSSS_SINGLE_SEL53.Why didn't Michael make the second jump immediately?A The ground seemed further away.B He thought his friends had been foolish.C He was trying to trick his friends.D He wanted his friends to go away.SSS_SINGLE_SEL54.How did Michael's friends react when he didn't jump?A They left immediately.B They were not surprised.C They remembered how they had felt themselves.D They thought he was joking.SSS_SINGLE_SEL55.When Michael finally jumped the second time, he ______.A was proud of himselfB improved on his first jumpC could not understand what had stopped himD was not so angry with his friendsSection BDirections: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 56 - 60, markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information givenin the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.AccommodationNear the town centre-Single rooms availableSunningdale HotelFrench, German, Spanish and Russian spoken￡ 150 per week single room or ￡ 27 per day, with English breakfastand dinner.Double room ￡ 120 each person a week, ￡ 25 daily.Haft price for children under 14.The sunningdale Hotel was built in 1913 and opened by Prince Louise. It has provided excellent service for people from all over the world and people of all ages and nationalities have stayed here. During the past 80 years over 50,000 guests from 174 different countries have visited Sunningdale.The hotel is on one of the main roads leading to the town centre. It is about 20 minutes by bus from the centre of town and buses to many other parts of the town stop outside the hotel. Guests should be careful not to travel on buses with the blue sign Express on the front because they do not stop near our hotel. An underground station is less than 100 metres away.The main building has 200 well-furnished, centrally-heatedsingle rooms, each fitted with hot and cold water. Showers, baths and toilets are at the end of all corridors. The hotel has a shop,sitting rooms, four television rooms, a table tennis room, a library and laundry. There are also eight pianos available for guests' use. There are spaces to park cars on the hotel drive.Daily newspapers are provided free and stamps can be bought at the office. Guests who stay for long periods must pay for their accommodation weekly in advance and one week's notice is required for departures. Short- or long-term guests are welcome but long-term guests are offered rooms first.Meal times are: breakfast 7 : 00 - 9 : 30 am; lunch 1 : 00 - 2: 00 pm; dinner 5 : 30 - 7 : 00 pm. During the week, for those studying or working late, dinner can be requested until 11:00 pm by writing your name on the late list or by telephoning before 7 : 00 pro. A selection of 10 menu choices are available for breakfast and dinner.Guests are advised to use taxis to get to the hotel if they arrive by train because we are some distance from the main railway station.Statements:SSS_FILL56.Laundry is included in the cost of a room.SSS_FILL57.An Express bus will take you from the hotel to the centre of the town.SSS_FILL58.The hotel prefers guests who stay for a short time.SSS_FILL59.You can have dinner as late as 11:00 pm.SSS_FILL60.It is a long way to walk from the hotel to the main railway station.Section CDirections: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 61 -65 are based on the following passage.There are some very good things about open education. This wayof teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsiblefor what they do in life. Some students do badly in a traditional classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of this type of education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are none. Even a few rules will help this kind of student. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their schools.You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects ifthey did not have to.Questions:SSS_FILL61.One good thing about open education is that it ______.SSS_FILL62.Open education may be a good idea for the students who ______.SSS_FILL63.Why will some students do little in an open classroom?SSS_FILL64.What do many teachers think of open education?SSS_FILL65.Give this passage an appropriate title.Passage TwoQuestions 66- 70 are based on the following passage."My advisor wants me to call him by his first name," manyforeign graduate students in the U.S. have said, "But I just can't do it. It doesn't seem right. I have to show my respect."On the other hand, professors have said of foreign students, "They keep bowing and saying ' Yes, sir, yes, sir. ' I can hardly stand it. I wish they'd stop being so polite and just say what they have on their minds."Differing ideas about formality and respect **plicate relationships between American professors and students from abroad, especially Asian students (especially female Asian students). The professors generally prefer informal relationships (sometimes, but not always, including the use of first names rather than titles and family names) and little acknowledgment of status differences. Many foreign students are used to more formal relationships and sometimes have difficulty bringing themselves to speak to their teachers atall, let alone addressing them by their given names.The characteristics of student-teacher relationships on American campuses vary somewhat, depending on whether the students involved are undergraduate or graduate students, and depending on the size and nature of the college. Graduate students typically have more intense relationships with their professors than undergraduates do; at smaller colleges student-teacher relationships are typically even less formal than they are at larger institutions.To say that student-teacher relationships are informal is not to say that there are no recognized status differences between the two groups. There are. But native American students may show their respect mainly in tile vocabulary and tone of voice they use when speaking to teachers. Much of their behavior around teachers may seem to foreign students to be disrespectful. For example, American students will eat in class, read newspapers, and assume quite informal postures. Approve of such behavior, but they tolerate it. Students, after all, are individuals who have the right to decide for themselves how they are going to behave.Questions:SSS_FILL66.When addressed by their given names, American professors think it______?SSS_FILL67.Many foreign students' politeness makes their American professors______.SSS_FILL68.What are the relationships like between students and professors at big American **pared with smaller ones?SSS_FILL69.What do you understand by the term "status differences" (Para. 5)?SSS_FILL70.What do American teachers think of their students' behavior in class?Section DDirections: In this part, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully **plete the summary with the appropriate words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71 -75 are based on the following passage.Wine can be made with red grapes or white grapes, and,especially in the case of red wines, a number of medical researchers have reported that a moderate amount of wine has certain health benefits. This may be one of the reasons why the number of people drinking wine has risen over the past years. As new wine shoppers browse the shelves of their local markets, they face a tough decision. Should they buy a wine with a cork or a screw top? And shoppers are not alone in their dilemma. Wineries are also facing tough choices in the best way to seal their products.The root of the problem lies in "cork taint." Cork taint refers to a problem with wine that has been sealed with a bad cork. Traditionally, all corks are made from a special oak tree that grows around the Mediterranean. In the process of making the corks and sealing wine bottles, a certain type of mold may start to grow on some corks. Over time, this mold can produce a chemical that makes the wine inside the bottle taste musty. In fact, the human tongue is so sensitive to this **pound that people can taste it even diluted up to six parts per trillion!How big is the problem of cork taint? Some experts from the wine industry claim cork taint affects one out of every ten bottles of wine. And as one spokesperson for an American winery says, "No other packaging industry in the world would put up with that kind offailure rate."Some wine makers see a possible solution to the problem of cork taint through adopting the tried and true method of sealing bottles with screw tops. However, many wineries are still playing it safe and sticking to corks for two reasons. First, there is the old belief among cork users that small amounts of oxygen are able to penetrate corks. This oxygen, they say, is necessary for the proper aging of fine wines, especially those aged 10 years or more. Screw tops do not allow for any oxygen to get into the bottles after they are sealed.Another problem arises from the image screw tops have with the public. In most people's minds, screw tops are only found on cheap, low-quality wines. It will take a lot of effort from wineries to re-educate the public if they want to change the image of screw tops. In。

2006 National English Contest for College Students（Level A - Final）Part I Listening Comprehension（25 minutes, 30 points）Section A Short Conversations（6 points）Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. Repair the car. B. Help his mum do her garden.C. Go sailing.D. Paint the flat.2. A. 10:15. B. 11:15. C. 1:55. D. 2:05.3. A. By plane. B. By coach. C. By train. D. By car.4. A. $ 16.50. B. $ 15.00. C. $ 12.50. D. $ 10.00.5. A. Because of the lorry accident. B. Because of the train strike.C. Because of the bus strike.D. Because of the car accident.6. A. In the sports center. B. In the library.C. In the lecture room.D. In the cinema.Section B Long Conversation（4 points）Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. You will hear both the conversation and the questions only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7. A. 1:15. B. 2:00. C. 1:30. D. 3:30.8. A. 25 pence. B. 50 pence. C. 75 pence. D. 95 pence.9. A. 4 weeks. B. 6 weeks. C. 8 weeks. D. 10 weeks.10. A. A pen. B. A school bag. C. A book. D. A pencil.Section C News Items (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. A. 148 billion. B. 140 million. C. 1480 million.12. A. Five. B. Four. C. Three.13. A. Romania. B. Slovakia. C. Czech Republic.14. A. Whale. B. Dolphin. C. Shark.15. A. Ang Lee. B. Steven Spielberg. C. Both of them.16. A. Russia and the UK.B. Russia and other former Soviet Republics.C. Russia and Ukraine.17. A. Ban smoking in indoor public places. B. Ban smoking in all public places.C. Improve the health care system.18. A. More than 35,000. B. More than 2,600. C. More than 4,700.19. A. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Europe.B. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Australia.C. Mobile phone gambling is on the rise in Asia.20. A. The north-eastern part . B. The south-eastern part.C. The north-western part.Section D Passages (10 points)Directions：In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6 questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard.21. A. The children were very naughty.B. They lived in the countryside far away from other people.C. They had moved to a new town and didn't know many people yet.D. Everyone was busy and couldn't baby-sit.22. A. She was sick. B. She wasn't home.C. She was busy.D. She was going out soon.23. A. She felt happy. B. She felt lonely. C. She felt relaxed. D. She felt angry.24. A. The people thought she was a bank robber.B. Everyone else started shouting, too.C. Many people ran out of the bank.D. Everyone stood against the wall with their hands up.Passage TwoQuestions 25 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.25. A. 9:00 to 10:00. B. 9:00 to 10:30. C. 9:30 to 11:00. D. 9:30 to 11:30.26. A. Early in the morning. B. Before lunch.C. At lunchtime.D. After lunch.27. A. Ireland and Spain. B. Brazil and Ireland.C. Spain and Italy.D. Brazil and Italy.28. A. Cycling. B. Skiing. C. Football. D. Tennis.29. A. The year. B. The person. C. The story. D. The place.30. A. A comedy. B. A documentary. C. A musical. D. A thriller.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, 10 points)Directions:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. An animator has to build up his or her work frame by frame. Each film takes a very long time to make, and so__________ are essential to see the project through to the end.A. research and developmentB. continuity and relaxationC. diversions and rewardsD. dedication and commitment32. - How come you left the party without saying “good-bye”?- I was angry with John. He shouted at me and my patience __________.A. ran overB. ran awayC. ran throughD. ran out33. I'm a nervous wreck. We applied for a mortgage loan last week, and they __________ let us know this morning if it had been approved.A. were supposed toB. might haveC. would haveD. must go to34. We can't do any more now. Let's call it a __________.A. dayB. haltC. stopD. night35. Although we tend to think that they are basically the same animal, dolphins, porpoises, and fish are not alike. Despite how similar they might seem, these three animals __________ dolphins and porpoises are mammals while fish are not.A. different in thatB. different so thatC. differ in thatD. differ so that36. When Steve Fossett first attempted his solo balloon flight around the world, he __________ that he would encounter 10 days of thunderstorms over Argentina. Consequently, his balloon was damaged and he was forced to end his trip.A. wasn't anticipatingB. wouldn't anticipateC. had anticipated notD. had not anticipated37. Leslie's upset. She invited about 20 people to her house for a party and then no one showed up. The least they__________ have done was to call to say they __________ to go.A. might; were goingB. could; weren't goingC. might; weren't supposedD. should; were going38. I wish I __________ myself better in English, but I __________.A. will express; won'tB. could express; can'tC. would express; won'tD. can express; can't39. __________ the interview in Boston lasted so long, I missed my connecting flight to New York.A. Due toB. WhenC. AsD. Despite40. John F. Kennedy was __________ youngest President of the United States and __________ to be murdered. Can you remember how long he __________ the country before his death?A. the; the fourth; had been rulingB. /; fourth; have been rulingC. the; fourth; was rulingD. a; the four; ruledPart III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each dialogue there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. Mike: Why haven't more women chosen careers in science?Alice: Well, first of all, most children grow up with the idea that boys understandscience more easily than girls do. This continues in the high school and collegeyears. Later, it's hard for a woman to get a job in science.Mike: ______________________________Alice：Well, no, I didn't. A career doesn't get in the way. My husband and childrentry to understand my work and they are willing to help me. I know manywomen scientists who have happily arrived and have families.A. Did you sacrifice a family for your work?B. Did you feel happy with your life?C. Did you have something interesting to share with us?D. Did you get a higher salary?42. Dave: What causes people to have stress?Tim: As I said, all humans have stress. The problem is too much stress for a longperiod of time. When this happens, a person is in trouble. Various situationsgive rise to stress, such as losing your job, experiencing a divorce or death of afamily member, a serious illness, or getting hurt in a bad accident and so on.Dave: ______________________________Tim: First, make sure your diet is healthy by eating lots of fruit and vegetables. Next,exercise regularly. You should also talk to a good friend or relative - someone you trust and who will listen to you. Sometimes just talking about problemshelps.A. Tell us what we can do in our spare time.B. Is it true that men generally have more stress than women?C. Tell us what we can do when we have too much stress.D. Do you think today's world is more stressful than the world of 50 years ago?43. Tom: What was your worst subject?Ron: Mm...that would be chemistry. I never could learn to like it very much, and my marks weren't ever very good. The chemical formulas were hard for me to understand, and in chemistry class there are a lot of chemical formulas!Tom：______________________________Ron: I've wanted to be involved in computer engineering ever since I was little. If I pass this interview and am offered a position with this company, I want tocontribute to improving technology and developing better computers. I want tobe a professional in this field.A. What do you think of computer engineering?B. How do you spend your free time?C. Did you enjoy your school life?D. Can you tell me about your hopes for future?44. Peter: ______________________________Diane: No, not all memories are correct, but they all tell us something about the person who is doing the remembering. The memory may tell us what theperson likes or dislikes, what he or she wishes, and it may also tell usabout his or her fears.Peter: ______________________________Diane: That's a good question. It's easier to remember things that have emotionalmeaning to you. It's also easier to remember information that you practiceand use a lot. Repetition also reinforces memory; the more you repeat something,the better you remember it.A. Are there different kinds of memory? ; What makes it easier for people to remember certain things?B. What makes it easier for people to remember certain things? ; Are all memories accurate?C. What aspects of brain biology interest you? ; Are all memories accurate?D. Are all memories accurate? ; What kind of things are easier for people to remember?45. Carla: ______________________________Angie: Well, I lived in a small town in the country once and it was quite boring.Nothing ever seemed to happen. There's much more going on in the city.It's more exciting.Carla: ______________________________Angie: Although the city is more exciting, it's also much noisier, dirtier and morecrowded than the countryside. Sometimes I miss the peace and quiet there.A. Why are you living in the city?; How would you compare life in the city to that in the country?B. Why don't you live in the city now?; How would you compare life in the city to that in the country?C. Would you like to live in the country?; Why is the city better than the country?D. Why do you like living in the city?; What are the disadvantages of the country?Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. Christmas Day is on Friday. Three days after tomorrow is Christmas Day. Which of the following statements must be true?A. Today is Sunday.B. The day before yesterday was Saturday.C. Tomorrow is Wednesday.D. Yesterday was Monday.47. Malcolm, Mohammed, Lucy, Sally and Robin all have pets.Malcolm, Mohammed and Robin each have a dog.Malcolm has a cat.Sally loves horses but only has a rabbit and a snake.Mohammed also has a snake.Lucy and Robin have a parrot each.Who keeps the least pets?A. Malcolm.B. Sally.C. Lucy.D. Robin.48. If L E A F is written Q I D H, how would you write the code word for T R E E?A. YVHGB. XUGFC. WTFED. VSED49. James and Tom like rugby. Tim and Nicholas prefer football. Only Nicholas does not enjoy roller skating. Which of the following statements must be true?A. James and Tim like roller skating but not rugby.B. Nicholas and Tim prefer football and roller skating.C. Tom does not enjoy football or roller skating.D. James and Tom enjoy rugby and roller skating.50. Each symbol in this table has a value. The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of the corresponding row or column. Can you find the value of each symbol?A. Triangle = -4.2, Square = 11.5, Diamond = -1.8, Circle = 6.6B. Triangle = -3.2, Square = 10.5, Diamond = -0.8, Circle = 5.6C. Triangle = -5.2, Square = 12.5, Diamond = -2.8, Circle = 7.6D. Triangle = -6.2, Square = 12.5, Diamond = -3.8, Circle = 8.6Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A Multiple Choice (5 points)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.In the lumberyard by the lake, where trees from the woods were turned into boards for construction work, there was an old brick building two floors high, and all around the outside walls were heaped great piles of soft sawdust. There were many of these golden mountains of dust covering that part of the yard right down to the blue lake. That afternoon, bored with having nothing else to do, all the fellows followed Michael up the ladder to the roof of the old building and they sat with their legs hanging over the edge looking out across the lake. Suddenly Michael said, “I dare you to jump down,” and without thinking about it, he pushed himself off the roof and fell on the sawdu st where he lay rolling around and laughing. “I dare you all!” he shouted. “You're all cowards,” he said, encouraging them to follow him. Still laughing, he watched them looking down from the roof, white-faced and hesitant, and then one by one they jumped and got up grinning with relief.In the hot afternoon sunlight they all lay on the sawdust pile telling jokes till at last one of the fellows said, “Come on up on the old roof again and jump down.” There wasn't much enthusiasm among them, but they all went up to the roof again and began to jump off in a determined, desperate way till only Michael was left and the others were all down below grinning up at him calling, “Come on, Mike. What's the matter with you?” Michael wanted to jump down there and be with them, but he remained on the edge of the roof, wetting his lips, with a silly grin on his face, wondering why it had not seemed such a long drop the first time. For a while they thought he was only fooling them, but then they saw him clenching his fists tight. He was trying to count to ten and then jump, and when that failed, he tried to take a long breath and close his eyes. In a while the fellows began to laugh at him; they were tired of waiting and it was getting on to dinnertime. “Come on, you're a coward, do you think we're going to sit here all night?” they began to shout, and when he did not move they began to get up and walk away, still shouting. “Who did this in the first place? What's the matter with you all?” he called.But for a long time he remained on the edge of the roof, staring unhappily and steadily at the ground. He remained all alone for nearly an hour while the sun, like a great orange ball getting bigger and bigger, rolled slowly over the grey line beyond the lake. His clothes were wet from nervous sweating. At last he closed his eyes, slipped off the roof, fell heavily on the pile of sawdust and lay there a long time. There were no sounds in the yard, the workmen had gonehome. As he lay there he wondered why he had been unable to jump; and then he got up slowly and walked home feeling deeply ashamed and wanting to avoid everybody.Questions:51. Why did the boys first decide to climb onto the roof of the building?A. To test their courage.B. To pass the time.C. To keep out of the way of the workmen.D. To get a better view of the woods.52. When the boys jumped after Michael, they __________.A. were not afraid at allB. wanted to do it again immediatelyC. were glad they had got down safelyD. found the jump easier than expected53. Why didn't Michael make the second jump immediately?A. The ground seemed further away.B. He thought his friends had been foolish.C. He was trying to trick his friends.D. He wanted his friends to go away.54. How did Michael's friends react when he didn't jump?A. They left immediately.B. They were not surprised.C. They remembered how they had felt themselves.D. They thought he was joking.55. When Michael finally jumped the second time, he __________.A. was proud of himselfB. improved on his first jumpC. could not understand what had stopped himD. was not so angry with his friendsSection B Yes / No / Not Given (5 points)Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 56 - 60, markY (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage.Statements:56. Laundry is included in the cost of a room.57. An Express bus will take you from the hotel to the centre of the town.58. The hotel prefers guests who stay for a short time.59. You can have dinner as late as 11:00 pm.60. It is a long way to walk from the hotel to the main railway station.Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points)Directions: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 61-65 are based on the following passage.There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching allows the students to grow as people, and to develop their own interests in many subjects. Open education allows students to be responsible for their own education, as they are responsible for what they do in life. Some students do badly in a traditional classroom. The open classroom may allow them to enjoy learning. Some students will be happier in an open education school. They will not have to worry about grades or rules. For students who worry about these things a lot, it is a good idea to be in an open classroom.But many students will not do well in an open classroom. For some students, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. They will not make good use of this type of education. Because open education is so different from traditional education, these students may have a problem getting used to making so many choices. For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. They worry about the rules even when there are none. Even a few rules will help this kind of student. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers do not like it. Many teachers do not believe in open education. Teachers who want to have an open classroom may have many problems at their schools.You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is a good idea, but only in theory. In actual fact, it may not work very well in a real class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want some structure in their classes. They want and need to have rules. In some cases, they must be made to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.Questions:61. One good thing about open education is that it __________.62. Open education may be a good idea for the students who __________.63. Why will some students do little in an open classroom?64. What do many teachers think of open education?65. Give this passage an appropriate title.Passage TwoQuestions 66-70 are based on the following passage.“My advisor wants me to call him by his first name,” many foreign graduate students in the U.S. have said, “But I just can't do it. It doesn't seem right. I have to show my respect.”On the other hand, professors have said of foreign students, “They keep bowing and saying …Yes, sir, yes, sir.' I can hardly stand it. I wish they'd stop being so polite and just say what they have on their minds.”Differing ideas about formality and respect frequently complicate relationships between American professors and students from abroad, especially Asian students (especially female Asian students). The professors generally prefer informal relationships (sometimes, but not always, including the use of first names rather than titles and family names) and little acknowledgment of status differences. Many foreign students are used to more formal relationships and sometimes have difficulty bringing themselves to speak to their teachers at all, let alone addressing them by their given names.The characteristics of student-teacher relationships on American campuses vary somewhat, depending on whether the students involved are undergraduate or graduate students, and depending on the size and nature of the college. Graduate students typically have more intense relationships with their professors than undergraduates do; at smaller colleges student-teacher relationships are typically even less formal than they are at larger institutions.To say that student-teacher relationships are informal is not to say that there are no recognized status differences between the two groups. There are. But native American students may show their respect mainly in the vocabulary and tone of voice they use when speaking to teachers. Much of their behavior around teachers may seem to foreign students to be disrespectful. For example, American students will eat in class, read newspapers, and assume quite informal postures. Approve of such behavior, but they tolerate it. Students, after all, are individuals who have the right to decide for themselves how they are going to behave.Questions:66. When addressed by their given names, American professors think it __________.67. Many foreign students' politeness makes their American professors __________.68. What are the relationships like between students and professors at big American universities compared with smaller ones?69. What do you understand by the term “status differences” (Para.5)?70. What do American teachers think of their students' behavior in class?Section D Summary (10 points)Directions: In this part, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary with the appropriate words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Wine can be made with red grapes or white grapes, and, especially in the case of red wines, a number of medical researchers have reported that a moderate amount of wine has certain health benefits. This may be one of the reasons why the number of people drinking wine has risen over the past years. As new wine shoppers browse the shelves of their local markets, they face a tough decision. Should they buy a wine with a cork or a screw top? And shoppers are not alone in their dilemma. Wineries are also facing tough choices in the best way to seal their products.The root of the problem lies in “cork taint.” Cork taint refers to a problem with wine that has been sealed with a bad cork. Traditionally, all corks are made from a special oak tree that grows around the Mediterranean. In the process of making the corks and sealing wine bottles, a certain type of mold may start to grow on some corks. Over time, this mold can produce a chemical that makes the wine inside the bottle taste musty. In fact, the human tongue is so sensitive to this particular compound that people can taste it even diluted up to six parts per trillion!How big is the problem of cork taint? Some experts from the wine industry claim cork taint affects one out of every ten bottles of wine. And as one spokesperson for an American winery says, “No other packaging industry in the world would put up with that kind of failure rate.”Some wine makers see a possible solution to the problem of cork taint through adopting the tried and true method of sealing bottles with screw tops. However, many wineries are still playing it safe and sticking to corks for two reasons. First, there is the old belief among cork users that small amounts of oxygen are able to penetrate corks. This oxygen, they say, is necessary for the proper aging of fine wines, especially those aged 10 years or more. Screw tops do not allow for any oxygen to get into the bottles after they are sealed.Another problem arises from the image screw tops have with the public. In most people's minds, screw tops are only found on cheap, low-quality wines. It will take a lot of effort from wineries to re-educate the public if they want to change the image of screw tops. In addition, there is the problem of losing the romantic, elegant mood produced by the ceremonial popping of the cork. Consumers don't seem to feel the same thrill when unscrewing a top. Summary:The wine industry is facing a dilemma. What is the best way to (71)__________ wine bottles? Many people think that it is only (72)__________ for wine bottles to be sealed with corks. They think that oxygen needs to be able to penetrate the cork. Other experts, however, suggest that wineries change to (73)__________. Using corks can lead to cork taint, a bad taste in the wine caused by (74)__________. However, it is unlikely that the public will accept this solution. They will most likely (75)__________ buying wine with corks for the romantic image.Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.There is no doubt that the environment is in trouble. Factories burn fossil fuels which produce （76）ac rain, and this kills trees. At the same time, green house gases rise into the air and contribute to global (77)w , which threatens to melt the polar ice cap. Meanwhile farmers clear huge areas of rain forest in places such as the Amazon to produce feeding land for cattle or produce (78)w for building. Rivers and oceans are so heavily contaminated by industrial waste that it is no longer safe to go(79) sw . Cars pump out poisonous gases which we all have to breathe in. Poaching and overfishing are killing off millions of animals, including whales, elephants and other(80) end species. In fact, all around us, all living things large and small which comprise our finely balanced ecosystem are being systematically (81) des by human greed and thoughtlessness.There is a lot we can do, however, to help prevent this. The easiest thing, of course, is to (82) rec waste material such as paper and glass so that we can use it again. We should also check that the things we buy from (83) sup are packed in biodegradable packaging which decomposes easily. At the same time, we should make a conscious effort to avoid foods which are (84) gen modified. Of course, if you are truly committed to protecting the environment, you should only buy (85)org fruit and vegetables, safe in the knowledge that they have been naturally cultivated. Finally, we should buy a small car that uses unleaded petrol which is less (86)har to the environment or, even better, make more use of public transport.The serious (87) env , however, do much more. They are aware of the global issues involved and will actively involve themselves in conservation programmes by (88)m sure our forests are kept safe for future generations. They will (89)op activities which are harmful to animals. And they will campaign to keep the Green Belts around our towns and cities free from new building.We cannot all be as committed as them, but we can at least do our own little bit at grass roots level. We, as humans, have inherited the earth, but that doesn't mean we can do (90) wha we like with it.Part VII Translation (15 minutes, 15 points)Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points)Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.To walk among the stars has been a dream of mankind since the beginning of time, and wandering among the heavens has inspired legends and fantasies across the ages. Today, that dream has become a reality, when we remember some of the greatest human achievements in history: walking on the moon, sending probes to distant planets and discovering the secrets behind the mysteries of the cosmos. (91) In the middle of the twentieth century, however, humans were at the halfway point between viewing space travel as a dream and as a reality. To them it was a goal rather than a fantasy, and the two main forces working toward that goal were the world's two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States.。

2006年全国大学生英语竞赛样题2006 National English Contest for College StudentsPart I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points ) Section A Short Conversations (6 points )Directions:In this section, you will hear l0 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. A. She didn’t like it.B. She was ill.C. She visited a friend.D. She had read about it.2. A. He believes dancing is enjoyable.B. He admires those who can dance.C. He definitely does not like dancing. 12.D. He won’t dance until he’s done his work.3. A. Around 3:00. B. Around 5:00.C. At 2:00.D. At 1:00.4. A. The thunderstorm. B. The weather.C. The sun.D. The broadcast.5. A. They are very good friends.B. They haven’t seen each other for a long time.C. They are fond of animals.D. They don’t expect to meet each other in the zoo.6. A. Go out to work. B. Listen carefully to John.C. Be calm and patient.D. Do the easiest thing.Section B Long Conversation (4 points )Directions:In this section, you will hear I long conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.7. A. She needs some information.B. She wants packing materials.C. She is checking her package.D. She is moving to California.8. A. Fresh fruit. B. A gift certificate.C. Homemade candy.D. A wedding present.9: A. The next day. B. On Saturday.C. In three days.D. In one week.10. A. Regular service. B. Overnight express.C. Same day delivery.D. Priority service.Section C News Items (10 points)Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. A. Young children. B. Middle-aged people. C. Old people.12. A. In Beijing, 2005. B. In New York, 1995. C. In Beijing, 1995.13. A. Yes, they were. B. No, they weren’t. C. Not mentioned in the news.14. A. China and India. B. China and Iceland. C. Ukraine and Poland.15. A. Sri Lankan children who survived the Tsunami.B. Indonesian children who survived the earthquake.C. American children who survived the tornado.16. A. Lack of support from the government.B. Lack of funds to build sports facilities.C. Shortage of infrastructure facilities.17. A. Sony. B. Samsung. C. Apple.18. A. Popular Film stars. B. Engineers and scientists. C. Popular Film directors.19. A. Some animals can live longer by reducing food intake.B. Diabetes can be cured if the patient eats less.C. People can increase life spans by eating less meat.20. A. Pakistan. B. India. C. Palestine.Section D Passages (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 3 or 4 questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 23 are based on the passage you have just heard.21. A. Chinese. B. German.C. Roman.D. Not sure yet.22. A. Chinese. B. Germans.C. Americans.D. Romans.23. A. Because it means a period of rest from work.B. Because it symbolizes a new life with new hope.C. Because people think it brings us a good life.D. Because people enjoys embodies a happy occasion.Passage TwoQuestions 24 to 26 are based on the passage you have just heard.24. A. A fuel was developing.B. Most Americans voted for it.C. Large trucks were causing many accidents.D. There was a sudden increase in highway deaths.25. A. Easterners. B. Older persons.C. Westerners.D. Young adults.26. A. Trucks do not use crucial fuel.B. Few trucks are involved in accidents.C. Most trucks don’t transport consumer goods.D. Trucks run better at higher speeds.Passage ThreeQuestions 27 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.27. A. 6 miles from Hawaii. B. On an aircraft carrier.C. In the Atlantic Ocean.D. 145 miles from Hawaii.28. A. 17. B. 70. C. 7. D. 27.29. A. For two days. B. For fifteen days.C. For twelve daysD. For three days.30. A. Aboard the aircraft carrier. B. In Houston.C. Aboard the helicopter.D. In the space module.2007-04-26 20:59Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, 10 points)Directions:There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. Although he had looked through all the reference materials on the subject, he stillfound it hard to understand this point and his tutor’s explanation only to his confusion.A. extendedB. amountedC. addedD. turned32. The professor could hardly find sufficient grounds his arguments in favorof the new theory.A. on which to baseB. which to base onC. to base onD. to be based on33. These reference books, which you can get at any bookshop in the city, willprovide you _______ you need.A. all of informationB. all of the informationsC. all the informationsD. all the information34. Apart from taking care of her children, she has to take on suchheavy housework as carrying water and firewood.A. time-consumedB. timely-consumedC. time-consumingD. timely-consuming35. The man to whom we handed the forms pointed out that they had notbeen filled in.A. consequentlyB. regularlyC. comprehensivelyD. properly36. Every man in this country has the right to live where he wants to the colorof his skin.A. with the exception ofB. in the light ofC. by virtue ofD. regardless of37. These two areas are similar __ they both have ahigh rainfall during this season.A. to thatB. besides thatC. in thatD. except that38. How close parents are to their children __ a strong influence on the character ofthe children.A. haveB. hasC. havingD. to have39. All trains to Liverpool because of the strike, they decided to go there bycoach.A. having canceledB. having been canceledC. were canceledD. have been canceled40. that they may eventually reduce the amount of labor needed onconstruction sites by 90 percent.A. So clever are the construction robotsB. So clever the construction robots areC. Such construction robots are cleverD. Such clever construction robots arePart III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions:There are 10 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41.Mary:Thank you from the bottom of my heart for saving my little girl’s life. John: .Mary:I can’t tell you how much I appreciate what you’ve done.John: I’m just happy I could help.A. There’s nothing to be afraid of.B. This is really a wonderful day.C. Anybody would have done the same.D. I am so glad to save her life.42.Mother: You’re watching too much TV, Emily.Emily: Oh, come on, Mom.Mother: And you’re eating too many snacks.Emily: I only had some popcorn and some potato chips.A. I mean it.B. You’re excused.C. Where’s your radio?D. I don’t want to know it.43.Kate: I’m not optimistic about finding a job after I finish college.Joseph: Oh? Why not?Kate: The economy is going downhill-fast.Joseph: I know.It’s getting to the point where even a degree won’t help you anymore.Kate: That’s right. And I’ll be lucky to even move out of my parents’ house.A. My friend could offer me a job.B. I am not sure whether I agree or not.C. How do you feel about the economy?D. What is this world coming to?44.Bruce: Good morning. Welcome to Supervacation Travel Agency. Can I help you?Mandy: Yes, I hope so. I’m interested in a short holiday soon. I’d like some information.Bruce: Yes, certainly.Mandy: Somewhere with some sunshine.Bruce: Here’s a Supervacation brochure. It gives information a bout lots of holidays. Mandy:Thanks for the information. I expect I’ll see you soon.A. What about New York?B. Will you be traveling alone?C. What sort of holiday interests you?D. How are things going with you?45.Mark: Good afternoon. I’ve just joined the library. How many books can I take out?Jenny:You can take two books, and keep them for ten days. If you haven’t finished, you can renew them.Mark: How do I do that?Jenny: No, you can telephone. Tell us the titles of the books, and the date they are due for return.Mark: Splendid. I would borrow A Tale of Two Cities, or David Copperfield. Jenny: These two books have been lended.A. Why can’t I keep them for a longer time?B. Must I visit the library?C. How much could I be fined?D. Can I lend them to my friends?2007-04-26 21:00Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46.A postman delivers mail round a housing estate. He does not want to visit thesame street more than once, but can pass over the same street comers.On which housing estate is this possible?47.Here is a riddle.I am suspended in the air, I touch nothing, and I am surrounded by lights. Now I dress myself afresh, and now I am naked, and I am in the heat and the cold, by night and by day. Everyone amuses himself by tramping upon me, even the animals abuse and scorn me, and yet I have such treasures hidden in my bosom that he who finds them I can make full of happiness.What is the answer to the riddle?A. The Sun.B. The Moon.C. The EarthD. The Sky.48.Which of the following numbers should replace the question mark?A. 417.B. 926.C. 138.D. 172.49.This bar chart shows the heights of a class of pupils.Which statement must be true?A. 2 children are 125cm tall or less.B. 8 children are at least 140cm tall, but less than 145cm tall.C. 8 children are more than 144cm tall, but less than 150cm tall.D. No children are taller than 158cm.50.Can you guide the robot along the white squares through this grid?It starts on the square marked ‘Begin’ and finishes on the square marked ‘End’.You can only programme it to move FORWARD, TURN LEFT 90º or TURN RIGHT 90º.Which of the instructions below will guide the robot through the grid?A. FORWARD 4, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 4, TURN LEFT 90º,FORWARD 4, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 2.B. FORWARD 4, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 3, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 4, TURN R. IGHT 90º,FORWARD 3.C. FORWARD 3, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 3, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 4, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 2.D. FORWARD 3, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 3, TURN LEFT 90º,FORWARD 4, TURN RIGHT 90º,FORWARD 2.2007-04-26 21:01Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A Multiple Choice (5 points)Directions: There is 1 passage in this section with 5 questions. For each of them, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course that be attends gives him a credit, which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree consists ofthirty-six courses each lasting for one semester. A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester. Normally a university student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year. It ispossible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective employers. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm. Students who advise the academic authorities usually perform the effective work of maintaining discipline. Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example, by cheating has to appear before a student court. With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in this career.Questions:51. Normally a student would at least attend _________ classes each week.A. 36B. 12C. 20D. 1552. According to the first paragraph, an American student is allowedA. to live in a different universityB. to take a particular course in a different universityC. to live at home and drive to classesD. to get two degrees from two different universities53. American university students are usually under pressure of work becauseA. their academic performance will affect their future careersB. they are heavily involved in student affairsC. they have to observe university disciplineD. they want to run for positions of authority54. Some students are enthusiastic for positions in student organizations probably because __A. they hate the constant pressure and strain of their studyB. they will then be able to study longer in the universityC. such positions help them get better jobsD. such positions are usually well paid55. The student organizations seem to be effective in __A. dealing with the academic affairs of the universityB. keeping up the students’ enthusiasm for social activitiesC. evaluating students’ performance by bringing them before a courtD. ensuring that the students observe university regulationsSection B Yes/No/Not Given (5 points)Directions:In this pan, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 56 - 60, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.After I left Debrecen I walked for days and put up my tent at night. An old couple driving a horse and cart stopped and spoke to me. I tried out my broken Hungarian and they laughed. But it was obvious they were offering me a lift, so I got up on the cart, with my backpack and tent. They offered me some fiery apricot liqueur,home-made by the look of it. We drank it from the bottle.The land was fiat. You could see forever. You could see as far as the future. At first we could still see the Hortobagy River, brown in the weak sunshine, and carpets of sunflowers. But then, as we jolted along a track in the cart, there was just the puszta —the dry Great Plain of Hungary. It’s where the Hungarians grow their wheat and catch their wild horses.A Hungarian poet once said that the earth and the sky are one in the puszta. I understand what he means. As far as you can see in every direction, the sky comes down and touches the land. This dry yellow land is not beautiful in the usual sense, but being in it, being part of it, I felt a great sense of peace. I have always hated mountains and skyscrapers because they are bigger than I am. But this ... When I lay down and watched the puszta from the back of the cart, it was like being in a great safe fiat bed that had no sides but just went on forever. It was then, at that moment, that 1 felt I could do anything in the world that I wanted. I was eighteen years old.Then, in the distance, we saw the horses. At first there was just a cloud of dust. Then, suddenly, about ten small, wiry, brown Hungarian wild horses charged across the Great Plain. They got near enough for me to see them tossing their heads. Two csikos, Hungarian cowboys, were chasing them. The cowboys saw the cart and shouted something. The old man shouted something back and he and the old woman laughed. They said something to me in Hungarian, probably trying to explain what the cowboys had said.I fell asleep. When I woke up, the horses and the two csikos had gone but nothing about the scenery had changed. We were still moving forward but it was as if we had stopped.I didn’t want us ever to arrive anywhere. I wanted to stay on that cart in the Great Plain forever. But at the same time I knew that when the journey was over, everything was going to be just fine. And it was.Questions:56. Debrecen is a town in Hungary.57. The writer felt a sense of horror because nothing in the scenery was bigger than her.58. The writer liked fiat scenery better than mountains.59. The grass on the Great Plain di dn’t change very much.60. The writer described a moment when she knew that everything in her life would be bad.2007-04-26 21:02Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points)Directions: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words), Remember to write the answers onthe Answer Sheet.Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Why do some st udents do better than others? To find out, the Reader’s Digest invited 2,130 high-school seniors to take a special academic test and then answer a list of personal questions. Among the poll’s top findings:Strong families give kids an edge in school. For instance, students who lived with two parents scored high more often on our test than students who didn’t. Students who regularly shared mealtimes with their families tested better than those who didn’t. This “family gap” showed up for students of all backgrounds.Today’s youth are far more optimistic about themselves and their futures than is generally believed. Four of five were confident. They would be able to “making things better for myself and for other people.” Almost the same number describ ed their lives at home as “pretty good” or “wonderful”.As has been in other polls, not all groups tested equally well. Childrenwith college-educated parents tested better than kids whose parents didn’t go past high school. Whites tended to score higher than blacks. Boys generally scored higher than gifts. But more importantly, the Reader’s Digest poll revealed that, within each group, strong families were a significant factor.With the help of Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., last spring, the Digest surveyed a representative cross-section of high-school seniors in classrooms across the nation. Our paper-and-pencil poll asked eight questions in each of the six subjects: math, science, literature, geography, history and government.Questions:61. The purpose of the Reader’s Digest poll is to ________62. What does the word “an edge” in Paragraph Two probably mean?63. What did the Reader’s Digest poll show?64. One of the factors in higher scores by students in every group is65. In the Reader’s Digest survey, how many questions were asked altogether? Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.For centuries man dreamed of achieving vertical flight. In 400 A. D. Chinese children played with a fan-like toy that spun upwards and fell back to earth as rotation ceased. Leonardo da Vinci conceived the first mechanical apparatus, called a “Helix”, which could carry a man straight up, but this was only a design and was never tested. The ancient dream was finally realized in 1940 when a Russian immigrant, an aeronautical engineer, piloted a strange-looking craft of steel tubing with a rotating fan on top. It rose awkwardly and vertically into the air from a standing start, hovered a few feet above the ground, went sideways and backwards, and then settled back to earth. That vehicle was called a helicopter.Imaginations were fired. Men dreamed of commuting to work in their own personal helicopter. Every man would have one in his backyard. People anticipated that vertical flight transports would carry millions of passengers as do the airliners of today. Such fantastic expectations were not fulfilled.The helicopter has now become an extremely versatile machine. It excels in military missions, carrying troops, guns and strategic instruments where other aircraftcannot go. Corporations use them as airborne offices, many metropolitan areas use them in police work, construction and logging companies employ them in various advantageous ways, engineers use them for site selection and surveying, and oil companies use them as the best way to make offshore and remote work stations accessible to crews and supplies. Any urgent mission to a hard-to- get-to place is a likely task for a helicopter. Among their other multitude of uses, they deliver people across town, fly to and from airports, assist in rescue work, and aid in the search for missing or wanted persons.Questions:66. According to the passage, the first mechanical apparatus that could fly verticallywas designed by ____________________ .67. How were men’s imaginations about vertical flight transportation fired?68. Oil companies use helicopters as the best way to __________ accessible to crews and supplies.69. What’s the main topic of the passage?70. What do people expect the hel icopters to do as today’s air liners?2007-04-26 21:03Section D Summary (10 points)Directions:In this part, there is I passage followed with a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary with the appropriate words of the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.London wins Olympics2012 event will be secure, pledges capital’s mayorBy Paul Kelso Mr. Blair, who had helped to lay the groundwork for victory during three days of intense one-to-one lobbying of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) members, said hard work had paid off: “We had the right message that we wanted, a strong message for the Olympic mood.” Where Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris had sought to reassure and flatter the IOC with presidential promises andhigh-budget tourism videos, Lord Coe set out a challenge to a movement sometimes more concerned with its internal politics than its mission. “Some might say your decision today is between five similar bids. That would be to undervalue the opportunity before you,” he said. “In the past you have made bold decisions. This is a decision about which city will help us show a new generation why sport matters. On behalf of the youth of today, the athletes of tomorrow and the Olympians of the future, we humbly submit the bid of London 2012.” London’s mayor Ken Livingstone and the Metropolitan Police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, insisted that the London 2012 Olympics would be secure despite last week’s terrorist attacks. “We have reassured the IOC that we have the security to handle the games, said Mr. Livingstone, adding that the Metropolitan Police had been involved in the advisory group for the Athens games. “The IOC know, through the experience of the 1972 Munich Olympics, that there is nowhere that can ever be completely safe but there is nowhere that will be safer than London,” he said.Questions:According to Mr. Blair, London had a persuasive message, which was in keeping with the Olympic mood. While the respective presidents for Madrid, Moscow, New York and Paris made (71) ________ to the IOC and used expensive videos to make them confident about their bids and also to (72) ________ them, Coe aimed to challenge the Committee. The IOC is at times more concerned with its own politics rather than with what it is supposed to do. Mr. Coe told the Committee that their (73) ________ was about which city would help show young people why (74) ________ is important. He then presented the (75) ________ on behalf of the youth of today, the athletes of tomorrow and the Olympians of the future.Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points)Direction: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word has been given(not exceeding S letters~ Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Education is a long process that not only provides us with basic skills such as literacy and numeracy, but is also essential in shaping: our future lives. From the m o m e n t w e e n t e r (76) k n as small children, and as we progress through primary and secondary education, we are laying the (77) f __ for the life ahead of us. We must (78)d pe ourselves to work hard so that we can pass exams and gain the (79)q s we will need to secure a good job. We must also acquire valuable life skills so that we can fit in and work with those around us. And of course (80) h education helps us to understand how we can stay fit and healthy.For most people, this process ends when they are in their mid-to-late teens. For others, (81)h , it is the beginning of a lifetime of learning. After they finish school, many progress to (82)f r education where they will learn more useful skills such as computer literacy or basic business management. Others will enroll on a programme of (83) h education at a university where, with hard work, they will have the opportunity to graduate after three or four years with a well-earned (84) d . After that, they may work for a while before opting to study for a higher degree —an MA, for example, or a PhD. And if they live a long way from a college or university, they might follow a (85) c p e course using mail and the (86) in . In fact, it is largely due to the proliferation of computers that many people, who have not been near a school for many years, have started to study again and can proudly class themselves as (87) ma e students.We live in a fascinating and constantly changing world, and we must (88) co y learn and acquire new knowledge if we are to adapt and keep up with changing events. Our schooldays are just the beginning of this process, and we should make the best of every (89) o y to develop ourselves, whether we are eighteen or eighty. You are, indeed, never too (90) o to learn.2007-04-26 21:04Part VII Translation (15 minutes, 15 points)Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points)Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the。

中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 2006 National English Contest for College Students (Level B - Sample) Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points) Section A Short Conversations (6 points) Directions: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. A. Doctor and patient. B. Manager and clerk. C. Father and daughter. D. Teacher and student. 2. A. Yesterday morning. B. During the weekend. C. Tomorrow afternoon. D. On Friday afternoon. 3. A. He visited New York. B. He went to a hospital. C. He attended a meeting. D. He stayed at home. 4. A. The woman enjoyed it, but her husband didn’t. B. Both the man and the woman enjoyed it. C. Neither the man nor the woman enjoyed it. D. The woman didn’t enjoy it, but her husband did. 5. A. Because she has to attend another party. B. Because she has to type her paper. C. Because she has to go over her lessons. D. Because she has to correct her essay. 6. A. The man. B. The woman. C. Both. D. Neither. Section B Long Conversation (4 points) Directions: In this section, you will hear 1 conversation. At the end of the conversation, 4 questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 7. A. Eggs. B. Diets. C. Protein. D. Exercises. 8. A. One; Two; One. B. Two; One; One. C. One; One; Two. D. Two; One; Two. 9. A. Because she believed eggs were not very expensive and also contained a lot of protein. B. Because she thought her heart was strong and eating too much protein could not hurt her heart. C. Because she had been told that eating eggs could help her to have a fine figure. D. Because she liked eggs so much that she could not stand if she didn’t eat eggs every day. 10. A. One week. B. One month. C. Two days. D. Three days. Section C News Items (10 points) Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 11. A. Commerce. B. Education. C. Industry.中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 12. A. By observing the oldest stars in the universe. B. By studying the nearest stars that can be seen. C. By fixing the age of the oldest stars in the Galaxy. 13. A. They were asking for the right to stay in Paris. B. They were not allowed to enter it legally. C. They were afraid of being taken to a hospital. 14. A. One hundred. B. Only one. C. Four hundred. 15. A. 15 million dollars. B. 50 million dollars. C. 5 million dollars. 16. A. In February. B. In March. C. In April. 17. A. Under the age of four. B. Under the age of five. C. Under the age of six. 18. A. No. B. Yes. C. Not mentioned. 19. A. In outer space. B. In the Amazon basin. C. In the vehicle factory. 20. A. Norway. B. Saudi Arabia. C. Russia. Section D Passages (10 points) Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard. 21. A. A school teacher. B. A bus driver. C. A kind presenter. D. A tourist guide. 22. A. A house visiting. B. Some pictures taken. C. Visiting the sights. D. A bird watching. 23. A. On a bus. B. On a plane. C. On a ship. D. On a train. 24. A. In three minutes. B. In twenty minutes. C. In thirteen minutes. D. In thirty minutes. Passage Two Questions 25 to 27 are based on the passage you have just heard. 25. A. A medical conference. B. A job interview. C. A business negotiation. D. A celebration. 26. A. No, he didn’t. B. Not mentioned. C. Not sure yet. D. Yes, he did. 27. A. Because he was a white man. B. Because he was inexperienced. C. Because he was too lazy. D. Because he was a black man.中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Questions 28 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard. 28. A. Three particular groups of learners. B. The importance of business English. C. English for specific purposes. D. Features of English for varied purposes. 29. A. English learning Beginners. B. Intermediate English learners. C. Learners of special English. D. English majors in colleges. 30. A. Professionals. B. College students. C. Beginners. D. Intermediate learners. Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, 10 points) Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. It takes a ________ time for me to prepare for the dinner,but the results are so good that it’s worth the________. A. short; force B. long; effort C. many; labor D. much; pains 32. Rage, shame, and grief ________ in her breast. Under this circumstance, she needs to stay in control of her emotions. A. differ B. divert C. alternate D. alter 33. Her performance in the last scene was ________ . A. fairly describable B. quite remarkable C. rather notable D. very noticeable 34. I promised to ________ her daughter next week when she’s on business. A. take off B. look for C. look after D. take after 35. He wouldn’t want ________ of his parents to know that he has a girlfriend. A. either B. any C. neither D. none 36. Our boss enjoys swimming, but ________ he avoids a crowded pool. A. on the contrary B. on the face of it C. as a rule D. as a result 37. ________ you told me earlier, I ________ something about it. A. Had; could have done B. Have; can have done C. Had; should have done D. Have; must have done 38. Only after ________ five times, ________ answer me. A. telling me; she did B. be spoken; did she C. being asked; did she D. saying; did she 39. He has had ________ many falls ________ he’s black and blue all over. A. too; to B. so; that C. quite; that D. as; as 40. What the teacher said was so ________ that her students were all ________. A. interesting; moving B. inspiring; encouraged C. excited; enjoyed D. bored; aspiring中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Part III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points) Directions: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41． Bob: Wow, look, all the things are on sale. Jane: Yes, look here, this shirt is 50% off. _____________ Bob: And look at these shoes. They are 30% off the normal price. A. I’d like to buy a skirt. B. There are some real bargains. C. Are the prices reasonable? D. These shoes are the same as mine. 42. James: Can I pay by credit card or euro-cheque? Receptionist:___________________ James: I’ll pay by credit card, then. Receptionist: That’s fine. I hope you enjoyed your stay here. A. Here’s your bill, please take it. B. Sorry, we don’t take euro-cheque. C. You can pay by euro-cheque. D. Yes, we take both of them. 43. Merv: Are these your sons, Jean? I haven’t seen them for ages. Jean: Yes, that photo was taken a few months ago. Merv: John hasn’t changed a bit. He’s the very image of his father, isn’t he? Jean: Yes, he is. ________ That’s for sure. A. He takes up with his father. B. He really likes his father. C. He looks after his father. D. He takes after his father. 44. Tom: Which tie shall I wear for the interview? Do you think my blue silk one would look all right? Jane: ________ I’d wear something with a small pattern —squares or spots, something like that. Tom: ________ I think I’ll wear the plain one. A. Yes, that’s all right.; I agree with you. B. No, I don’t think so.; That’s a good idea. C. A bit boring!; Oh, sorry, I don’t know. D. Good choice!; Thank you for your advice. 45． Helena: Oh, welcome, come in, please. Jack: ________ And here’s a small gift. Let me wish you happy every day. Helena: Thank you. Oh, what a beautiful birthday card! A. Many happy returns. B. Enjoy yourself. C. Hoping you’ll be well soon! D. I wish you the best of luck! Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 46. Which number should replace the question mark?47. The monkey and the weight each weigh the same amount. The monkey begins to climb the rope. Which of the following will happen? A. The monkey and the weight will reach the pulley wheel at the same time. B. The weight will get the pulley wheel first. C. The monkey will get the pulley wheel first. D. The monkey and the weight will reach the pulley wheel at different times.48. I went into a furniture shop in order to buy a picture. The salesman told me— “The picture is five times the cost of that ashtray, the chair is 30 times the cost of the ashtray, the table is 4 times the cost of the chair, you can buy the lot for ￡312.” What was the price of the picture? A. ￡5. B. ￡10. C. ￡15. D. ￡20. 49. Can you work out this riddle?中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 A. A scarf. B. A glove. C. A bag. D. A needle. 50. Sharon had received a telegram from the Queen to congratulate her on reaching her 100th birthday. Sharon’s sisters,Marjorie and Norah, are seen in the front-page photo of the local newspaper looking at the telegram. The next day,Sharon noticed something unusual about the headline. Can you spot it out? A. The local newspaper headline was written by the author incorrectly. B. The headline can be read backwards and forwards as the same thing. C. The headline didn’t say it was the Queen who sent a telegram to Sharon. D. The editor didn’t put Sharon’s sisters, Marjorie and Norah into the headline.Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points) Section A Multiple Choice (5 points) Directions: There is 1 passage in this part with 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage. The image most people have of President Abraham Lincoln is of a tall, thin, bearded man. Before he was elected President, however, Lincoln did not wear a beard. He grew his beard as the result of a letter he received from an eleven-year-old girl! In 1860, a clean-shaven Lincoln was running for the presidency. Grace Bedell of Westfield, New York, admired Lincoln very much, but she didn’t like the way he looked. Afraid that he might not win the election,中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Grace wrote him a letter stating that if Lincoln grew a beard, “You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin.” Lincoln wrote back to Grace, saying that if he started growing whiskers now, people might think it was a silly affectation done on purpose. The beardless Lincoln won the election—and he began to grow a beard shortly afterward! The next year, Lincoln visited Grace Bedell’s hometown and told the citizens that he had grown a beard because of a girl from the town. He asked to see Grace, and, to everyone’s delight, he gave the surprised girl a kiss! Questions: 51. The word “affectation” in the last paragraph means______ . A. great liking for someone B. a man or a woman’s hairdo C. thing done for effect D. enjoyment for oneself 52. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Before Abraham Lincoln was elected President, he did not have a smile. B. Before Abraham Lincoln was elected President, he did not look well. C. Before Abraham Lincoln was elected President, he did not have a beard. D. Before Abraham Lincoln was elected President, he did not look thin. 53. Grace Bedell suggested that Lincoln grow a beard because she thought it would make him look________. A. much better B. more mature C. much wiser D. more serious 54. From the story, we can learn that________. A. with regard to the election, Lincoln’s appearance was important B. with regard to the election, Lincoln’s appearance improved his chances C. with regard to the election, Lincoln’s appearance made him win D. with regard to the election, Lincoln’s appearance didn’t matter 55. The best title for the passage is ________. A. A Successful Presidential Election B. A Girl’s Letter to the President C. A Story about Abraham Lincoln D. Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard Section B Yes/No/Not Given (5 points) Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the following passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 56—60, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage. “Cama” is Lulu Skidmore’s name for the new animal. Dr. Lulu Skidmore is technical director of the Camel Reproduction Centre in Dubai where Rama, the first cama in the world, was born. Cama’s mother is a llama from a Dubai zoo, her father is a camel from the Centre. Llamas, one-hump dromedaries or Arabian camels, and two-hump Bactrian camels belong to the Camelidae family. They have a common ancestor but now live in totally different places: camels live in dry hot places in the中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 desert regions of Asia and Northern Africa and can live without water for several days. They have short ears and a short tail. Llamas live in the Andes in South America where temperatures can be -20° Celsius. They have long ears, a long tail and wool which protects them from the cold. They can walk in the mountains and carry heavy loads for 12 hours. Young Rama has physical characteristics from both parents: the long ears, long tail and prized wool of a llama, and the size of a camel. This is good news: it can give more wool. It is early days and there are many unanswered questions: can it live in mountains or only in deserts? Can it carry heavy loads and live without water for several days? The scientists are optimistic. They hope that it is fertile: that it can reproduce. If it can, the world has a new man-made, or rather woman-made, species, the cama.56. Llamas and camels now live in completely different regions. 57. Cama’s mother is a camel from a Dubai zoo, her father is a llama from the Centre. 58. Camels have short ears and a short tail, llamas have long ears, a long tail and wool. 59. The cama can carry heavy loads and live without water for several days. 60. Unfortunately, the cama cannot produce more wool. Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points) Directions: In this part, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in the fewest possible words(not exceeding 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following chart. Study the graph showing ticket sales of two low-cost airlines, Quickjet and Fly Now. Then answer the questions below.中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Questions: 61. What was the value of Quickjet sales for the year 1996? 62. In which year did Quickjet sales drop sharply? 63. Which was the best year for Fly Now sales? 64. How much was earned from Fly Now sales in 1999? 65. In which year did Quickjet sales exceed those of Fly Now? Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following letters. There are two business letters here. After reading the letters you should give brief answers to the 5 questions following them.中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 Questions： 66． What products are the two letters talking about? 67． What does Mary Smith ask for in her letter? 68． From the first letter we know regular orders can be placed if the quality of the bicycles are ______ and ________. 69． How can Mary Smith get a special discount? 70． What are also included in Mark Steven’s letter apart from the catalogue and price list? Section D Summary (10 points) Directions: In this part, there is 1 passage followed with a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary with the appropriate words of the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.There are deserts all over the world. Over half of Africa is desert land. There are deserts in China and Latin America as well. The United States has deserts in the southwest part of the country. In some places, deserts are中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 growing. This is a serious problem. Deserts destroy farmland. They also ruin land where animals live. When people cannot grow food or find animals to eat, they have to leave their homes. Deserts spread for different reasons. Sometimes nature causes this problem. Wind can move sand away from deserts and onto useful land. When there is no rain for a long time many plants can die. However, humans can also cause deserts to grow. This is called desertification. This happens in many ways. One way is when people cause too much air pollution, which can make an area hotter: Hotter weather can reduce the amount of rain. Also, too many people in one area can damage the land. Especially if they have many animals, their animals can also harm the land. When large animals like cows walk on soil too much, they turn it into dust. The wind easily blows this dust away. Trees help hold water in the ground. When people cut down too many trees, the water goes away and the soil is ruined. Plants may stop growing in these places. All of these things can speed up desertification. To stop deserts from growing, people must think of ways to treat the land better. There are deserts all around the world. Deserts are getting bigger in some places. This is a (71) ________ problem, since deserts can (72)________ farmland. Not only nature, but also people can cause deserts to (73)________. People can cause too much air pollution, which makes weather (74)________. Large numbers of people can destroy land. Also, cutting down too many trees can make the soil lose water. People must (75)________ the land better if they want to stop desert growth. Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points) Directions: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, the first letter of the word has been given. Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. What constitutes a fair wage? The (76) a________ of money that people earn is (77) i________ reality determined not by fairness (78) b________ by market forces. This fact, (79) h________, should not prevent us trying to devise a mechanism for deciding what is the right pay for the job. A (80) s________ point for such an investigation (81) w________ be to try to decide the ratio which ought to (82) e________ between the highest and the lowest paid. The picture is made more complicated by two factors. The first is the ‘social wage’, that is, the benefits—(83) s________ as holidays, sick pay and maternity leave—which every citizen is (84) e________ to. Secondly, the taxation system is often used as an (85) i________ of social justice by taxing the rich at a very (86) h________ rate indeed. Allowing for these two things, most countries now regard as socially acceptable a ratio of 7:1 between the best and the (87) l________ paid. If the ratio is narrower, the highly-qualified people (88) w________ usually carry heavy responsibilities may become so dissatisfied that they end up emigrating (the so-called ‘brain drain’). But, if it is wider, the (89) g________ between rich and poor will be so great that it will (90) l________ to social tension and, in extreme cases, to violence and revolution. Part VII Translation (15 minutes, 15 points) Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points) Directions：Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Free to soar中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 中华英语学习网 官方总站：圣才学习网 (91)One windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds darting and dancing. As the strong winds gusted against the kites, a string kept them in check. (92)Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining string and the cumbersome tail kept them in tow, facing upward and against the wind. (93)As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.” Yet freedom from restraint simply put it at the mercy of (受……支配) an unsympathetic breeze. It fluttered ungracefully to the ground and landed in a tangled mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last” free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to lodge lifeless against the first obstruction. How much like kites we sometimes are. (94)The Heaven gives us adversity and restrictions, rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restraint is a necessary counterpart to the winds of opposition. (95)Some of us tug at the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the commandment and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground. Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restraints that we may chafe under are actually the steadying force that helps us ascend and achieve.Section B Chinese-English Translation (5 points) Directions: Translate the following sentences or parts of the sentences into English. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. 96. 约翰破门而入，结果发现保险箱（safe）已被洗劫一空。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)A类研究生初赛英语真题2006年(总分145, 做题时间90分钟)Part I Listening ComperhensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.SSS_SINGLE_SEL1.A Keys and a purse.B Glasses and keys.C Glasses and a bag.D Glasses, keys and a purse.该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A[听力原文]Man: Was there anything valuable in the bag that was stolen, Madam? Woman: Yes, it had my purse in it and my keys.Man: Anything else?Woman: Well, luckily I was wearing my glasses, so no, nothing else. Q: What was in the woman's bag?细节题，从第二句话可以明确得知钥匙和钱包都在被偷去的包中，从第四句得知说话人自己带着眼镜，故选A。

for College Students(Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)Section A Short Conversations (6 points)1. A. Keys and a purse. B. Glasses and keys.C. Glasses and a bag.D. Glasses, keys and a purse.2. A. A plate. B. A table. C. A lamp. D. A phone.3. A. They are under the chair by the television.B. They are under the chair with the rubbish.C. They are beside the television.D. They are by the door with the rubbish.4. A. Grapes and oranges. B. Grapes and apples.C. Bananas and grapes.D. Bananas and oranges.5. A. Five to three. B. Five past three.C. Twenty five to three.D. Twenty five past three.6. A. The restaurant. B. The market. C. The cinema. D. The sports center.Section B Long Conversation (4 points )Section C News Items (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.11. A. 6. B. 16. C. 60.12. A. To bring more foreign language speakers into government service.B. To promote trade with foreign countries.C. To make people learn foreign languages at an early age.13. A. An hour. B. More than an hour. C. Less than an hour.14. A. To get publicity for their cause.B. To get some money for their group.C. To get more rights for their group.15. A. Ticket prices have been falling and their incomes rising.B. Aviation fuel is becoming less expensive.C. British people prefer to travel by plane.16. A. More than eighty thousand.B. More than sixty-two thousand.C. More than fifty-three thousand.17. A. 30. B. 27. C. 57.18. A. Baton Rouge. B. Louisiana. C. Atlanta.19. A. Reduce violations of intellectual property rights.B. Control the growing population.C. Working together to fight terrorism.20. A. Workers and policemen.B. Farmers and the unemployed.C. Workers and farmers.Section D Passages (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6 questions.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard.21. A. He is very thin. B. He is very tall.C. He is very short.D. He is very fat.22. A. He met a cook from a restaurant. B. He met a man who had a farm.C. He met two fat farmers.D. He met a farmer and his wife.23. A. He wanted to have something to eat for lunch.B. He wanted to go to a restaurant for dinner.C. He wanted to make a cup of coffee.D. He wanted to do some farm work.24. A. He wanted some green beans. B. He wanted a big steak.C. He wanted some cake and coffee.D. He wanted lots of potatoes.Passage TwoQuestions 25 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.25. A. Last week. B. Three weeks ago.C. Two months ago.D. Three years ago.26. A. By coach. B. By bus.C. By car.D. By train.27. A. 9 am to 9 pm. B. 10 am to 8 pm.C. 10 am to 9 pm.D. 10 am to 10 pm.28. A. Get information. B. Watch a film.C. Find a bank.D. Buy some shoes.29. A. Feed the ducks. B. Take a bus ride round the lake.C. Go swimming.D. Go sailing.30. A. There was nowhere to put the rubbish.B. There were not enough cleaners.C. The food in the café was disappointing.D. The service in the shops was slow.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, l0 points)Directions: There are I0 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. I can't agree with my Mum. I think that such an old-fashioned dress can't cost a ________. She says 100 pounds is a real________.A. lot of money; luckB. bargain; luckC. fortune; bargainD. big sum; fortune32. ________ is on the rise, with over 20% of serious crimes being committed by children under the age of seventeen.A. Junior crimeB. Juvenile delinquencyC. Minor crimeD. Senior delinquency33. The Smiths were leaving that ________ town. Everybody wanted to escape its noise and pollution and was lookingforward to a ________ country life.A. crowded; peacefulB. deserted; peacefulC. desert; thrillingD. empty; sour34. When I first began writing poetry, I think the poets that I had studied at school ________ my approach and the things Iwrote about.A. communicatedB. impressedC. influencedD. discussed35. She is an excellent teacher who has taught in four schools. ________she taught, her principals had a high opinion of her.A. WhereverB. EverywhereC. Inasmuch asD. In such schools that36. My friend Tanya ________ Japanese for six years before she ________ Japan. I've just received a letter from her. It saysshe has been studying Chinese for three months and ________ for China in a month.A. had been studying; visited; is leavingB. studied; had visited; will live inC. has studied; visited; would leaveD. was studying; has visited; leaves37. At the last place Gary worked, they ________ an annual company picnic. All the employees ________ bring theirfamilies along and spend the day at a nearby park. It was great.A. had to have; had toB. used to have; couldn'tC. would have; didn't have toD. used to have; would38. They ________ such a big van ________ the price of gas would skyrocket.A. would have bought; if they knewB. wouldn't have bought; had they knownC. wouldn't have bought; if had they knownD. wouldn't have bought; did they know39. We’re going to paint the town ________ to celebrate our win.A. blueB. purpleC. goldD. red40. Written in central Canada in the early part of the twentieth century, ________ depicts life in Manitoda.A. The Midnight Sun was Victor Frank's last novel,B. Victor Frank's last novel was The Midnight Sun,C. The Midnight Sun, which was Victor Frank's last novel,D. Which was Victor Frank's last novel, The Midnight Sun,Part III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. Dan: Have you ever participated in a risky sport?Kay: Yes, I like hang gliding. It's fantastic to be able to fly like a bird. Though landing is sometimes difficult, I've always felt hang gliding is quite safe.Dan: __________________________________________________Kay: I've never been seriously injured. Maybe I've just been lucky. Once, my glider turned upside down, and I lost control. I almost crashed, but I parachuted away just in time.A. What sports are risky?B. Do you ever get into some difficult situations?C. Have you ever hurt yourself in an accident?D. Have you ever been to a sports centre?42. Lucy: What made you leave such a large company?Ken: My work there was so boring. I couldn't do anything myself. I always had to have my boss’ approval. So I decided to get a new job at Coricom, a small venture company.Lucy: __________________________________________________Ken: The work here is very challenging, which suits me. We always have to cope with dynamic working conditions. And, since there are not many people in this company, we understand each other very well and feel like we are all in the same family.A. What's the hardest part of your new job?B. How do you like your new job?C. Tell me about what you liked at the large company.D. Tell me about what you liked in your university.43. Julio: __________________________________________________Officer: Well, first, you write and get an application form. Then, you send it in with a copy of your school records. And after that, you ask your teachers for some letters of recommendation.Julio: Are foreign students allowed to work in the States?Officer: They'll only let you work in the summer. And you'll need to get permission from the U.S. Officer of Immigration to do that. During the school year you're not allowed to work unless the work experience is part of your school program.A. Is it all right to apply to several universities at the same time?B. I'd like to get some information on how to get into an American university.C. When can I apply for that?D. I'd like to get some information on how to get a travel card.44. Bob: __________________________________________________Jane: My first book was Trapped in a Cave, a true story about two boys who got trapped in an underground cave for five days without food, water or light.Next I wrote the current twelve volumes of Real Kids, Real Adventures. Right now I'm working on the next two Real Kids, Real Adventures books.Bob: __________________________________________________Jane: If I'm looking for a specific kind of story—for instance a child who survived being struck by lightning—I'll go to the library and use Newsbank, keying in on words like "lightning" and "child". Mostly, though, I get tips from kids who read the Real Kids, Real Adventures books and send notes or newspaper clippings.A. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; Where do you get your stories?B. What are your favorite books that you've read? ; Where do you get your stories?C. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?D. Where do you get your stories? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?45. Lisa: __________________________________________________Andy: I think people love to laugh. They want to laugh even in serious business presentations, in the classroom, seminar, and so on. When people laugh, they relax. And they can remember you and your message better.Lisa: __________________________________________________Andy: Most people give a summary at the end of their speech. But, in my opinion, a summary at the end only distracts froma good presentation. I want to give people a chance to think about the topic, so I finish my speech with somequestions.A. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; How do you end your speech?B. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?C. How do you end your speech? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?D. Why do you use so many jokes in your speech? ; How do you end your speech?Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. What is the minimum number of matches you can remove from this diagram to leave just 2 squares?A. 2.B. 4.C. 6.D. 8.47. Which of the bottom watches completes the sequence?48. Which of these cubes cannot be formed from this web?49. How many circles contain a dot?A. 12.B. 11.C. 10.D. 13.50. Each symbol in this table has a value. The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of thecorresponding row or column. Can you find the value of each symbol?A. Triangle = 6.5, Square - 4.2, Diamond = 5.8, Circle - 11.4B. Triangle = 7.5, Square - 5.2, Diamond -- 6.8, Circle = 12.4C. Triangle - 8.5, Square - 5.2, Diamond - 6.8, Circle - 13.4D. Triangle - 5.5, Square - 3.2, Diamond - 4.8, Circle = 10.4Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A Multiple Choice (5 points)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beQuestions 51-55 are based on the following passage.I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beneath all that, suntanned. It was the end of an Inter-Rail holiday. My body couldn't take any more punishment. My mind couldn't deal with any more foreign timetables, currencies or languages.“Never again,” I said, as I stepped onto home ground. I said exactly the same thing the following year. And the next. All I had to do was buy one train ticket and, because I was under twenty-five years old, I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in Europe. Ordinary beds are never the same once you’ve learnt to sleep in the corridor of a train, the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep.Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack makes you have a very basic approach to travel, and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks that have become too anti-social, and getting rid of books when finished. On the other hand, this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter-Rail, for common sense and reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks. All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand.Any system that enables young people to travel through countries at a rate of more than one a day must be pretty special. On that first trip, my friends and I were at first unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket, thinking it was just an inexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France. But the idea of non-stop travel proved too tempting, for there was always just one more country over the border, always that little bit further to go. And what did the extra miles cost us? Nothing.We were not completely uninterested in culture. But this was a first holiday without parents, as it was for most other Inter-Railers, and in organizing our own timetable we left out everything except the most immediately available sights. This was the chance to escape the guided tour, an opportunity to do something different. I took great pride in the fact that, in many places, all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station. We were just there to get by, and to have a good time doing so. In this we were no different from most of the other Inter-Railers with whom we shared corridor floors, food and water, money and music.The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was previously just a name. It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until the train pulls in at the station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the first time.Questions:51. At the end of his first trip, the writer said “Never again” because ________.A. he felt illB. he disliked trainsC. he was tired from the journeyD. he had lost money52. What does the writer mean by “this way of looking at life” in Paragraph 3?A. Worrying about your clothes.B. Throwing unwanted things away.C. Behaving in an anti-social way.D. Looking after your possessions.53. Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?A. To get to one place cheaply.B. To meet other young people.C. To see a lot of famous places.D. To go on a tour of Europe.54. What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that ________.A. he could see more interesting placesB. he could spend more time sightseeingC. he could stay away from home longerD. he could make his own decisions55. What does "it" in Line 3, Paragraph 6, refer to?A. A name.B. The city.C. The train.D. The station.Section B Yes / No / Not given (5 points)Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.For questions 56 - 60, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not givenStatements:56. In August, four people visiting the centre together by car have to pay more than two people.57. The centre has special equipment for people who learn to sail.58. The adventure course is suitable for beginners.59. The centre is planning to add extra facilities to the Play Park.60. Summer adventure holidays are open to any child between eight and fourteen years who can swim.Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points)Directions: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Passage OneQuestions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Going to the beach is many Americans’ fa vorite activity. In the area near New York City, nine million people used to go to the beach every summer. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater. But those days are long gone.In the summer of 1988, the government was forced to shut down beaches all over America. Many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood, and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the bloo d. Where the medical garbage came from is anybody’s guess. At some beaches, sewage(生活污水) was found in the water.Americans were shocked by this state of affairs. They had long taken for granted that oceans were big enough to stay clean, even if garbage and sewage were dumped into them. People didn’t think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight.Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful at first glance. San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that’s full of chemicals. Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin. In many parts of America, people are told not to eat too much fish because of pollution.Most American cities put their garbage in the ground. But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean. Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won’t recover until the next century at best. The city of Boston puts its sewage in the water. The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant.Cleaning up oceans won’t be easy, but people can no longer ignore this challenge.Questions:61. Most Americans used to go to the beach because of ________.62. Ocean waters around America have become polluted by ________.63. Some polluted waters are still beautiful because pollutants such as chemicals are hard to ________.64. If fish live in polluted waters people should not ________.65. The author of this passage seems to suggest that people should pay more attention to ________.Passage TwoQuestions 66-70 are based on the following passage.There are cockroaches (蟑螂) everywhere on Earth except the places that are covered with ice. Scientists have discovered about 3,500 different species of cockroach. There is just one human species! Cockroaches can be anything in size from about five mm to nine cm. Although five mm is very small, nine cm is as long as a large rat.It is very difficult to catch most cockroaches. They “see” with the hairs on their bodies. These hairs can feel the smallest movement in the air, so the cockroaches know immediately something moves, and run to safety.Of all the species of cockroach, fortunately only three live among humans and are a serious problem. They are the German, the Oriental, and the American. One egg case of the German cockroach can produce as many as seven million cockroaches in 12 months!Our main problem with cockroaches is that not only do they look ugly to us, but they also carry diseases. They are particularly dangerous in hospitals as they eat all kinds of hospital waste or get it on their bodies. They can then carry this waste, which may contain dangerous bacteria, on to food which is then eaten by people in the hospital.Most of the bacteria that cause food poisoning have been found in the stomachs of cockroaches, so it is important that cockroaches should be kept out of restaurants and other places where food is prepared.Many people work and try to destroy cockroaches, but as soon as they find one way of doing it, the cockroaches “learn” how to deal with it. Electricity does not always kill them and they can avoid most poi sons or “learn” how to deal with others. At one time, scientists thought that radiation would kill them, but they have been on Earth for about 300 million years, and it does not harm them as much as it does us.It seems probable that when there are no longer human beings living on the Earth, cockroaches will still be here. Questions:66. Cockroaches do not live in places where it is ________.67. Cockroaches know that someone or something is near because ________.68. Cockroaches can ________ because they carry bacteria.69. Paragraph 6 says that it is very difficult to ________.70. The passage is mainly about ________.Section D Summary (10 points)Directions: In this part, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary with the appropriate words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Cosmetics have been used throughout history. The ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans all used various kinds of makeup. Some of these cosmetics were used to improve their appearance. Others were used to protect their skin. But in some cases, things used for makeup were dangerous, or even deadly!Some of the first skin care treatments started in Egypt. In fact, Cleopatra was known to use them. She thought a bath in milk and honey left her skin silky smooth. Egyptians also developed some of the earliest sunscreens. They used oils and creams for protection against the sun and dry winds. Egyptian and other ancient cultures also used various powders on their skin for beauty. Egyptians used black kohl around their eyes. Romans put white chalk on their faces. And Indians painted red henna on their bodies.Most of the ancient cosmetic powders, oils, and creams were harmless. But in the name of beauty, some people applied dangerous chemicals and poisons to their skin. During the Italian Renaissance, women wore white powder made of lead on their faces. Of course, doctors now know lead is like a poison for our bodies.Also around the time of the Renaissance, women in Italy put drops of belladonna in their eyes. Belladonna is a very poisonous plant. The poison in the plant affects the nerves in the body. By putting belladonna drops in her eyes, a wo man’s pupils would become very large. People thought this made her more beautiful. Actually, this is why the plant is called belladonna. In Italian, belladonna means “beautiful woman.”When Elizabeth I was queen of England in the late 1500s, some rather dangerous cosmetics were also used by women there. Women were using rouge made with mercury. They were also using special hair dye made with lead and sulphur. The dye was designed to give people red hair, the same color as the queen’s hair. Over time, the dye made people’s hair fall out. Finally, women using this dye ended up bald, like the queen, and had to wear wigs.Summary:Although people have used cosmetics throughout history, not all of them have been safe. In fact, some of them have been quite (71) ________ to people. For example, long ago in Italian (72) ________, people thought women with big pupils were beautiful. Therefore, in the (73) ________ of beauty, women began to put (74) ________ of belladonna in their eyes to make their pupils larger. Today we know belladonna is poisonous, and it can affect the (75) ________ in the body.Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank, Use only one word in each blank.Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.I'm really in two minds about what to do when I leave school. Should I go straight to university or should I spend a year traveling (76) a the world?First of all, there are so many (77) ben of going straight to university.The most important point is that the (78) s I get my qualifications, the quicker I'll get a job and start earning.In my opinion, starting work and making (79)m one of the most important things in life.And I'm not (80) al in this opinion. Many consider a sound (81)ca and a good salary to be an important goal.Secondly, if I go straight to university, I'll learn so many things that will help me in my future life. It is often said that knowledge is the key to power, and I cannot (82) dis with this.(83)M , I'll be able to take part in the social activities that the university offers, and meet lots of new friends who share the same interests.However, it could also be (84)ar that I would meet lots of interesting people while I was traveling.(85) Fur , if I spent a year traveling, I would learn more about the world.On the one hand, I would experience lots of different (86) c .On the other hand, I could end up suffering from culture shock, homesickness and some (87) str tropical diseases.Nevertheless, these inconveniences would be an inevitable part of traveling and would be greatly (88) out by the advantages.(89) Unf , another point is that if I spent a year traveling I would need a lot of money.But I (90)b it would be easy to make a bit while I was traveling, giving English lessons or working in hotels and shops.Part VII Translation (15 minutes, 15 points)Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points)Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.In such a changing, complex society, formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated. (91) Many of life’s problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the ext ended family to resolve. Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today.In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War II. (92) As families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years, and their extended family relationships, the informal flow of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable. The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.Adding to social changes today is an enormous stockpile of information. (93) The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time-consuming and sometimes even overwhelming.Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine readable files, and to program computers to locate specific information. (94) Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and, very shortly, electronic mail, to bombard people with multitudes of messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence. Expertise can be shared worldwide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and / or jobs to travel to a distant conference site. Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance. (95) Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. “Knowledge is power” may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.Section B Chinese-English Translation (5 points)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.96．毫无疑问，有了计算机的帮助，人们能生活得更容易。

06年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题答题for College Students(Preliminary) Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points) Section A Short Conversations (6 points)1. A. Keys and a purse. B. Glasses and keys.C. Glasses and a bag.D. Glasses, keys and a purse. 2. A. A plate. B.A table. C. A lamp. D. A phone. 3. A. They are under the chair by the television.B. They are under the chair with the rubbish.C. They are beside the television.D. They are by the door with the rubbish.4. A. Grapes and oranges. B. Grapes and apples.C. Bananas and grapes.D. Bananas and oranges. 5. A. Five to three.B. Five past three.C. Twenty five to three.D. Twenty five past three. 6. A. The restaurant. B. The market. C. The cinema. D. The sports center.Section B Long Conversation (4 points )Section C News Items (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item andquestion, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.11. A. 6. B. 16. C. 60.12. A. To bring more foreign language speakers into government service.B. To promote trade with foreign countries.C. To make people learn foreign languages at an early age.13. A. An hour. B. More than an hour. C. Less than an hour. 14. A. To get publicity for their cause.B. To get some money for their group.C. To get more rights for their group.15. A. Ticket prices have been falling and their incomes rising.B. Aviation fuel is becoming less expensive.C. British people prefer to travel by plane.16. A. More than eighty thousand.B. More than sixty-two thousand.C. More than fifty-three thousand.17. A. 30. B. 27. C. 57.18. A. Baton Rouge. B. Louisiana. C. Atlanta.19. A. Reduce violations of intellectual property rights.B. Control the growing population.C. Working together to fight terrorism.20. A. Workers and policemen.B. Farmers and the unemployed.C. Workers and farmers.Section D Passages (10 points)Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 4 or 6 questions.After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then markthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage OneQuestions 21 to 24 are based on the passage you have just heard. 21.A. He is very thin.B. He is very tall.C. He is very short.D. He is very fat. 22. A. He met a cook from a restaurant. B. He met a man who had a farm.C. He met two fat farmers.D. He met a farmer and his wife. 23. A. He wanted to have something to eat for lunch.B. He wanted to go to a restaurant for dinner.C. He wanted to make a cup of coffee.D. He wanted to do some farm work.24. A. He wanted some green beans. B. He wanted a big steak.C. He wanted some cake and coffee.D. He wanted lots of potatoes.Passage TwoQuestions 25 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.25. A. Last week. B. Three weeks ago.C. Two months ago.D. Three years ago.26. A. By coach. B. By bus.C. By car.D. By train.27. A. 9 am to 9 pm. B. 10 am to 8 pm.C. 10 am to 9 pm.D. 10 am to 10 pm.28. A. Get information. B. Watch a film.C. Find a bank.D. Buy some shoes.29. A. Feed the ducks. B. Take a bus ride round the lake.C. Go swimming.D. Go sailing.30. A. There was nowhere to put the rubbish.B. There were not enough cleaners.C. The food in the café was disappointing.D. The service in the shops was slow.Part II Vocabulary and Structure (5 minutes, l0 points)Directions: There are I0 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, Cand D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheetwith a single line through the centre.31. I can't agree with my Mum. I think that such an old-fashioned dress can't cost a ________. She says 100 pounds is a real ________.A. lot of money; luckB. bargain; luckC. fortune; bargainD. big sum; fortune32. ________ is on the rise, with over 20% of serious crimes being committed by children under the age of seventeen. A. Junior crime B. Juvenile delinquencyC. Minor crimeD. Senior delinquency33. The Smiths were leaving that ________ town. Everybody wanted to escape its noise and pollution and was lookingforward to a ________ country life.A. crowded; peacefulB. deserted; peacefulC. desert; thrillingD. empty; sour34. When I first began writing poetry, I think the poets that I had studied at school ________ my approach and the things I wrote about.A. communicatedB. impressedC. influencedD. discussed35. She is an excellent teacher who has taught in four schools.________she taught, her principals had a high opinion of her.A. WhereverB. EverywhereC. Inasmuch asD. In such schools that36. My friend Tanya ________ Japanese for six years before she________ Japan. I've just received a letter from her. It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and ________ for China in a month.A. had been studying; visited; is leavingB. studied; had visited; will live inC. has studied; visited; would leaveD. was studying; has visited; leaves37. At the last place Gary worked, they ________ an annual company picnic. All the employees ________ bring theirfamilies along and spend the day at a nearby park. It was great.A. had to have; had toB. used to have; couldn'tC. would have; didn't have toD. used to have; would38. They ________ such a big van ________ the price of gas would skyrocket.A. would have bought; if they knewB. wouldn't have bought; had they knownC. wouldn't have bought; if had they knownD. wouldn't have bought; did they know39. We’re going to paint the town ________ to celebrate our win.A. blueB. purpleC. goldD. red40. Written in central Canada in the early part of the twentieth century, ________ depicts life in Manitoda.A. The Midnight Sun was Victor Frank's last novel,B. Victor Frank's last novel was The Midnight Sun,C. The Midnight Sun, which was Victor Frank's last novel,D. Which was Victor Frank's last novel, The Midnight Sun,Part III Situational Dialogues (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choosethe one that best completes the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.41. Dan: Have you ever participated in a risky sport?Kay: Yes, I like hang gliding. It's fantastic to be able to fly like a bird. Though landing is sometimes difficult, I've always felthang gliding is quite safe.Dan: __________________________________________________Kay: I've never been seriously injured. Maybe I've just been lucky. Once, my glider turned upside down, and I lost control. I almost crashed, but I parachuted away just in time.A. What sports are risky?B. Do you ever get into some difficult situations?C. Have you ever hurt yourself in an accident?D. Have you ever been to a sports centre?42. Lucy: What made you leave such a large company?Ken: My work there was so boring. I couldn't do anything myself. I always had to have my boss’ approval. So I decided toget a new job at Coricom, a small venture company.Lucy: __________________________________________________Ken: The work here is very challenging, which suits me. We always have to cope with dynamic working conditions. And,since there are not many people in this company, we understand each other very well and feel like we are all in thesame family.A. What's the hardest part of your new job?B. How do you like your new job?C. Tell me about what you liked at the large company.D. Tell me about what you liked in your university.43. Julio: __________________________________________________Officer: Well, first, you write and get an application form. Then, you send it in with a copy of your school records. And after that, you ask your teachers for some letters of recommendation.Julio: Are foreign students allowed to work in the States?Officer: They'll only let you work in the summer. And you'll need to get permission from the U.S. Officer of Immigration todo that. During the school year you're not allowed to work unless the work experience is part of your school program. A. Is it all right to apply to several universities at the same time?B. I'd like to get some information on how to get into an American university.C. When can I apply for that?D. I'd like to get some information on how to get a travel card.44. Bob: __________________________________________________Jane: My first book was Trapped in a Cave, a true story about two boys who got trapped in an underground cave for fivedays without food, water or light.Next I wrote the current twelve volumes of Real Kids, Real Adventures. Right now I'm working on the next two Real Kids, Real Adventures books.Bob: __________________________________________________Jane: If I'm looking for a specific kind of story—for instance a child who survived being struck by lightning—I'll go to the library and use Newsbank, keying in on words like "lightning" and "child". Mostly, though, I get tips from kids whoread the Real Kids, Real Adventures books and send notes or newspaper clippings.A. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; Where do you get your stories?B. What are your favorite books that you've read? ; Where do you get your stories?C. Can you tell me about the books you've written so far? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?D. Where do you get your stories? ; What's the hardest part about being a writer?45. Lisa: __________________________________________________Andy: I think people love to laugh. They want to laugh even in serious business presentations, in the classroom, seminar, and so on. When people laugh, they relax. And they can remember you and your message better.Lisa: __________________________________________________Andy: Most people give a summary at the end of their speech. But, in my opinion, a summary at the end only distracts froma good presentation. I want to give people a chance to think about the topic, so I finish my speech with somequestions.A. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; How do you end your speech?B. Could you tell me how to introduce speakers? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?C. How do you end your speech? ; Do you think the title of a speech is important?D. Why do you use so many jokes in your speech? ; How do you end your speech?Part IV IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points)Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. For each question there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.46. What is the minimum number of matches you can remove from this diagram to leave just 2 squares?A. 2.B. 4.C. 6.D. 8.47. Which of the bottom watches completes the sequence?48. Which of these cubes cannot be formed from this web?49. How many circles contain a dot?A. 12.B. 11.C. 10.D. 13.50. Each symbol in this table has a value. The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of thecorresponding row or column. Can you find the value of each symbol?A. Triangle = 6.5, Square - 4.2, Diamond = 5.8, Circle - 11.4B. Triangle = 7.5, Square - 5.2, Diamond -- 6.8, Circle = 12.4C. Triangle - 8.5, Square - 5.2, Diamond - 6.8, Circle - 13.4D. Triangle - 5.5, Square - 3.2, Diamond - 4.8, Circle = 10.4Part V Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points)Section A Multiple Choice (5 points)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single linethrough the centre.Questions 51-55 are based on the following passage.I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beQuestions 51-55 are based on the following passage.I was dirty, smelly, hungry and somewhere beneath all that, suntanned. It was the end of an Inter-Rail holiday. My body couldn't take any more punishment. My mind couldn't deal with any more foreign timetables, currencies or languages.“Never again,” I said, as I stepped onto home ground. I said exactly the same thing the following year. And the next. All I had to dowas buy one train ticket and, because I was under twenty-five years old, I could spend a whole month going anywhereI wanted in Europe. Ordinary beds are never the same once you’ve learnt to sleep in the corridor of a train, the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep.Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack makes you have a very basic approach to travel, and encouragesincredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks that have become too anti-social, and getting rid of books when finished. On the other hand, this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit ofInter-Rail, for common sense and reasoning can bethrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks. All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one ofthose tickets in your hand.Any system that enables young people to travel through countries ata rate of more than one a day must be pretty special. On that first trip, my friends and I were at first unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket, thinking it was just aninexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp-site in southern France. But the idea of non-stop travel proved too tempting, for there was always just one more country over the border, always that little bit further to go. And what did the extra miles cost us? Nothing.We were not completely uninterested in culture. But this was a first holiday without parents, as it was for most other Inter-Railers, and in organizing our own timetable we left out everything except the most immediately available sights. This wasthe chance to escape the guided tour, an opportunity to do something different. I took great pride in the fact that, in many places, all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station. We were justthere to get by, and to have a good time doing so. Inthis we were no different from most of the other Inter-Railers with whom we shared corridor floors, food and water, money and music.The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was previously just a name. It is as if the city inwhich you arrive never actually existed until the train pulls in atthe station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the first time.Questions:51. At the end of his first trip, the writer said “Never again” because ________.A. he felt illB. he disliked trainsC. he was tired from the journeyD. he had lost money52. What does the writer mean by “this way of looking at life” in Paragraph 3?A. Worrying about your clothes.B. Throwing unwanted things away.C. Behaving in an anti-social way.D. Looking after your possessions.53. Why did the writer originally buy an Inter-Rail ticket?A. To get to one place cheaply.B. To meet other young people.C. To see a lot of famous places.D. To go on a tour of Europe.54. What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that ________.A. he could see more interesting placesB. he could spend more time sightseeingC. he could stay away from home longerD. he could make his own decisions55. What does "it" in Line 3, Paragraph 6, refer to?A. A name.B. The city.C. The train.D. The station.Section B Yes / No / Not given (5 points)Directions: In this part, you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.For questions 56 - 60, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not givenin the passage. Questions 56-60 are based on the following passage.The Outdoor CentreOpening timesWater sports: 10 am - 6 pmPlay Park: 10 am - 5.30 pmEntrance / Car park feesLow season: Weekdays ,2.00 per car Weekends ,3.00 per carHigh season: 23 July - 11 September Weekdays and weekends ,3.00 per carFees are for cars with four people. Each extra person is 50p. Fees to be paid at the main office.The center is not a private club; it is an organization whose aim is to provide outdoor sports and recreation facilities for the public.Group visitors are requested to inform the center in advance oftheir intended visit.Windsurfing - One-day courseBeginner windsurfing course is offered on Saturdays and Sundays when the weather is good enough. Learning to windsurf isa lot of fun. The excitement when you sail across the water for the first time is not easily forgotten. Boards with small sails are available for beginners.Course fee: ,32.50 (this includes all equipment)One-day adventure courseThis is an opportunity you have been waiting for. Come and try sailing, climbing, surfing and archery. This course is intended to introduce outdoor activities to adults in a fun, leisurely manner. You do not need to be extremely fit or to have hadprevious experience of the activities. All you need is to be interested.Course fee: ,22.50Play ParkThe Play Park is suitable for children from two to ten years of age. It is one of the best of its type in the country. It has sand and water play, slides, large ball pool, play castle and much, much more. Next year the center will open a new Play Palaceand Play Ship.Summer adventure holidays (for 14 - 18 years of age)Sailing Climbing Windsurfing Fun GamesStatement:Safety is of primary importance at the Outdoor Center. All staff members are fully trained in First Aid, and qualified to teach the activities on offer. We also make certain that all children only take part in activities that are suitable for their age andphysical abilities. For this programme children must be able to swim 25 metres and be in good physical health.Statements:56. In August, four people visiting the centre together by car have to pay more than two people.57. The centre has special equipment for people who learn to sail.58. The adventure course is suitable for beginners.59. The centre is planning to add extra facilities to the Play Park.60. Summer adventure holidays are open to any child between eightand fourteen years who can swim.Section C Short Answer Questions (20 points)Directions: In this section, there are 2 passages followed by 10 questions or unfinished statements. Read the passages carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember towrite the answers on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 61-65 are based on the following passage.Going to the beach is many Americans’ favorite activity. In thearea near New York City, nine million people used to go to the beach every summer. They went swimming in the ocean without giving a thought to what was underwater. But those daysare long gone.In the summer of 1988, the government was forced to shut down beaches all over America. Many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood, andpeople were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood. Where the medical garbage came from is anybody’s guess. At somebeaches, sewage(生活污水) was found in the water.Americans were shocked by this state of affairs. They had long taken for granted that oceans were big enough to stay clean, even if garbage and sewage were dumped into them. People didn’t think of the underwater garbage because it was out of sight.Some of the most polluted waters still look beautiful at first glance. San Francisco Bay is a good example of a beautiful bay that’s full of chemicals. Scientists discovered pollution in some lakes and rivers when they found fish with rotting skin. In manyparts of America, people are told not to eat too much fish becauseof pollution.Most American cities put their garbage in the ground. But New York and a few other cities put their garbage in the ocean. Boston Harbor is so polluted that scientists say it won’t recover until the next century at best. The city of Boston puts its sewagein the water. The government has ordered the city to build a sewage treatment plant.Cleaning up oceans won’t be easy, but people can no longer ignore this challenge.Questions:61. Most Americans used to go to the beach because of ________.62. Ocean waters around America have become polluted by ________.63. Some polluted waters are still beautiful because pollutants such as chemicals are hard to ________.64. If fish live in polluted waters people should not ________.65. The author of this passage seems to suggest that people should pay more attention to ________.Passage TwoQuestions 66-70 are based on the following passage.There are cockroaches (蟑螂) everywhere on Earth except the places that are covered with ice. Scientists have discovered about 3,500 different species of cockroach. There is just one human species! Cockroaches can be anything in size from about five mm to nine cm. Although five mm is very small, nine cm is as long as a large rat.It is very difficult to catch most cockroaches. They “see” withthe hairs on their bodies. These hairs can feel the smallest movement in the air, so the cockroaches know immediately something moves, and run to safety.Of all the species of cockroach, fortunately only three live among humans and are a serious problem. They are the German, the Oriental, and the American. One egg case of the German cockroach can produce as many as seven million cockroaches in 12months!Our main problem with cockroaches is that not only do they look ugly to us, but they also carry diseases. They are particularly dangerous in hospitals as they eat all kinds of hospital waste or get it on their bodies. They can then carry this waste,which may contain dangerous bacteria, on to food which is then eaten by people in the hospital.Most of the bacteria that cause food poisoning have been found inthe stomachs of cockroaches, so it is important that cockroaches should be kept out of restaurants and other places where food is prepared.Many people work and try to destroy cockroaches, but as soon as they find one way of doing it, the cockroaches “learn” how to deal with it. Electricity does not always kill them and they can avoid most poisons or “learn” how to deal with others. Atone time, scientists thought that radiation would kill them, butthey have been on Earth for about 300 million years, and it does not harm them as much as it does us.It seems probable that when there are no longer human beings livingon the Earth, cockroaches will still be here.Questions:66. Cockroaches do not live in places where it is ________.67. Cockroaches know that someone or something is near because________.68. Cockroaches can ________ because they carry bacteria.69. Paragraph 6 says that it is very difficult to ________.70. The passage is mainly about ________.Section D Summary (10 points)Directions: In this part, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summarywith the appropriate words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.Cosmetics have been used throughout history. The ancient Greeks, the Egyptians, and the Romans all used various kinds ofmakeup. Some of these cosmetics were used to improve their appearance. Others were used to protect their skin. But in some cases, things used for makeup were dangerous, or even deadly!Some of the first skin care treatments started in Egypt. In fact, Cleopatra was known to use them. She thought a bath in milk and honeyleft her skin silky smooth. Egyptians also developed some of theearliest sunscreens. They used oils and creamsfor protection against the sun and dry winds. Egyptian and other ancient cultures also used various powders on their skin for beauty. Egyptians used black kohl around their eyes. Romans put white chalk on their faces. And Indians painted red henna on their bodies.Most of the ancient cosmetic powders, oils, and creams were harmless. But in the name of beauty, some people applieddangerous chemicals and poisons to their skin. During the Italian Renaissance, women wore white powder made of lead on their faces. Of course, doctors now know lead is like a poison for our bodies.Also around the time of the Renaissance, women in Italy put drops of belladonna in their eyes. Belladonna is a very poisonous plant. The poison in the plant affects the nerves in the body. By putting belladonna drops in her eyes, a woman’spupils would become very large. People thought this made her more beautiful. Actually, this is why the plant is calledbelladonna. In Italian, belladonna means “beautiful woman.”When Elizabeth I was queen of England in the late 1500s, some rather dangerous cosmetics were also used by women there. Women were using rouge made with mercury. They were also using special hair dye made with lead and sulphur. The dyewas designed to give people red hair, the same color as the queen’s hair. Over time, the dye made people’s hair fall out. Finally, women using this dye ended up bald, like the queen, and had to wear wigs.Summary:Although people have used cosmetics throughout history, not all of them have been safe. In fact, some of them have beenquite (71) ________ to people. For example, long ago in Italian (72) ________, people thought women with big pupils werebeautiful. Therefore, in the (73) ________ of beauty, women began to put (74) ________ of belladonna in their eyes to maketheir pupils larger. Today we know belladonna is poisonous, and it can affect the (75) ________ in the body.Part VI Cloze (10 minutes, 15 points)Directions: There are 15 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word have been given (not exceeding 3letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which bestfits each blank, Use only one word in each blank.Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.I'm really in two minds about what to do when I leave school. Should I go straight to university or should I spend a year traveling (76) a the world?First of all, there are so many (77) ben of going straight to university.The most important point is that the (78) s I get my qualifications, the quicker I'll get a job and start earning.In my opinion, starting work and making (79)m one of the most important things in life.And I'm not (80) al in this opinion. Many consider a sound (81)ca and a good salary to be an important goal.Secondly, if I go straight to university, I'll learn so many things that will help me in my future life. It is often said that knowledge is the key to power, and I cannot (82) dis with this.(83)M , I'll be able to take part in the social activities that the university offers, and meet lots of new friends who share the same interests.However, it could also be (84)ar that I would meet lots of interesting people while I was traveling.(85) Fur , if I spent a year traveling, I would learn more about the world.On the one hand, I would experience lots of different (86) c .On the other hand, I could end up suffering from culture shock, homesickness and some (87) str tropical。