2017-2018年大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类初赛真题试及详细答案(20200419081502)

2017年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛试题及详解Part ⅠListening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and 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. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. At a TV studio.B. In a supermarket.C. At the police station.D. In an airplane.【答案】D【解析】录音中女士说到“the captain has switched on the seat-belt signs”，由“captain”以及“seat-belt”等元素可推断该情景发生在飞机上。

故选D项。

【录音原文】W: Oh, you have to tell them about the seat-belt signs again.M: It’s your turn. I did it just now. Oh, and don’t forget to switch off the intercomwhen you finish.W: Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has switched on the seat-belt signs. Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts. Please take a moment to look again at the emergency instructions in the seat pocket in front of you.2. Which of the following sports is Sarah good at?A. Surfing.B. Windsurfing.C. Swimming.D. Mountain climbing.【答案】B【解析】录音开头男士便惊叹“Sarah, I didn’t know you were a windsurfer!”男士以前不知道Sarah会帆板，由此可知Sarah擅长的是帆板。

' 2017年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛(C级)2017 National English Competition for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(Total: 150 marks Time： 120 minutes)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and 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.Where does this conversation probably take place?A.At a TV studio. .B. In a supermarket.C. At the police s tation.D. In an airplane.2.Which of the following sports is Sarah good at?A.Surfing.B. Windsurfing.C. Swimming.D. Mountain climbing. ■3.How does the woman handle the over-load information on the Internet?A.Only going shopping on line when she wants to.B.Always bookmarking some important websites.C.Downloading useful information to her computer.D.Making a time limit for surfing the Internet.4.What do we learn about Richard from theconversation?A.He got a promotion to vice president.B.He found a new job as a supervisor.C.He resigned from the company lately.D.He lost his 20-year job unfortunately.5.What is the woman’s opinion about child stars?A.They have a hard time growing up.B.They are the pride of their parents.C.They should learn to deal with pressure.D.They enjoy success and fame too early.B. In a museum. D. In a secret cave.B. Uncommon stones and rocks. D. The packaging of products. B. A piece of rock from space. D. The fossil of a sea animal. In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one —minute pause, during the pause, read the questions and make your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneListen to the conversation, and mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to your listening.6. Daniel found his research on the Globe Theatre interesting and he needed more time to finish it.7. Lily believed that there must be much difference between today’s performances and the original ones in the Globe Theatre.8. Daniel said that there were no women on the stage in Shakespeare’s time.9. No live sound effects are used any more for today’s performances at the Globe Theatre.10. Perform ers wear authentic clothes but use very few props in today’s shows at the Globe Theatre. Conversation TwoListen to the conversation, mark each question as A, B, C or D according to your listening.11. Where is most of Robert’s collection kept?A. In his own study.C. In his private library.12. What does Robert mainly collect?A. Products related to the Olympics.C. Rare coins and stamps.13. What was the first thing Robert collected?A. An age-old shopping basket.C. An 18th century advertisement.14. When did Robert start collecting?A. About three years old.B. After his 16th birthday.C. When he was thirteen.D. At the age of thirty. 15. What is Robert’s attitude towards his collecting interest now?A. He admits it is a rather tedious thing to do.B. He feels it is a dedication he should continue.C. He regrets having spent too much time on it.D. He regards it merely as a personal hobby.In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will he read only once. After each item, there will be a fifteen—second pause. During the pause, read the question and 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.16.Which accident was reported in the news?A. A parade stampede.B. A series of car crashes.C. Fireworks explosions.D. Terrorist bombings.17.Why are even protected area in the Eastern Amazon at increased risk of forest fires?A.The drying out of the undergrowthmakes it more likely to catch fire.B.The temperature has kept rising in thisarea in the past f e'v decades.C.There has been little rain for quite a long time in the Amazon region.D.Some tourists make fire to cook when they camp in the rain forest.18.What does the Royal College of Physicians say is the impact of e—cigarettes?A.Few people smoke e-cigarettes because they make people feel ill.B.E-cigarettes have the risk of encouraging people to take up cigarettes.C.Many smokers quit smoking successfully with the help of e-cigarettes.D.There is no evidence to show that e-cigarettes lead to better health.19.What is the effect of shift work on people’s mind according to the study?A.Three thousand shift workers died during the past two years.B.Doing shift work for years running makes people ageing faster.C.Mind injuries brought by shift work are impossible to recover.D.Less than five years’ shift work does no harm to people’s mind.20.Why does Nepal make restrictions on Mount Everest climbing?A.Climbers have found dangerous animals on the mountain.B.There have been fierce snowstorms on the mountain.C. A lot of serious accidents have happened on the mountain.D.It wants to improve the management of the mountain.Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. After each passage, there will be a thirty —second pause. During the pause, write the answers on the answer sheet.DictationListen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.、our use of lighting to save ourselves from the pollution.A. overB. toC. beforeD. aboveThe Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains in South America. It (21) _______________ six countries before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It is almost 6,500 kilometers long. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. The Nile in Africa is longer. But the Amazon has more water in it than any other river. This is why it is called the (22)___________________ river.There is so much water in the Amazon that when it reaches the sea this water travels far out intothe ocean. The water has a lot of mud in it, so it is brown. Five hundred years ago,(23)二 ____ on a ship 300 kilometers from land saw this brown water. They followed it andfound the Amazon River!The river is very deep and very wide. In some places it is so wide that a person on oneside cannot see the other side. When the river floods, it is (24) __________ . The river floods every year. Some people who live beside the river build their houses (25) ____________ . When the river rises, their houses rise too!SummaryListen to the passage. For questions 26-30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.l At night, bright lights in city areas block the stars and cause (26) _____________ . Sometimes t§ .many citizens cannot sleep because of the light coming into their homes. And this can ^§ - ^§ cause serious (27) ________ . Animals and plants also suffer. Light affects the growth of c ； ■ (； plants, and it can (28) and hurt animals. In addition, the cost of lighting city y§ i \v areas is huge. The waste of (29) _________ i s totally unnecessary. We need to (30) __________ v Part Bt Vocabulary & Grammar (15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. 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. In my opinion, all these special offers are there to _________ people into buying things theydon’t really want.A. urgeB. hastenC. swayD. tempt 32. Nearly every hospital has the same unwritten regulation — the badly wounded have priority thoseonly slightly hurt.33.Native people in poor countries who cannot afford modem medicine use mixtures of herbs to diseases.A. killB. driveC. stopD. treat34.I enjoy listening to records. I find records are often ______________ , or better than actualperformances.A. as goodB. as good asC. so good asD. so good35.After months of testing, the Russian space scientist _________ a space suit that works betterthan any in history.A. came up withB. put up withC. ran out ofD. ran op against36.Your brother would certainly have attended the proceedings _______ .A. if he didn’t get a flat tireB. if the flat tire hadn’t happenedC. had the tire not flattened itselfD. had he not had a flat tire37.The Big Ben is one of London’s best -known landmarks, and it looks most spectacular atnight when the clock faces are ________ •A. enlightenedB. glistenedC. illuminatedD. illustrated38.Dr. Anderson is aware that we still have ______ long way to go in improving human living,conditions and in fighting sickness _______ .A. the; where it is foundB. a; wherever it is foundC. a; wherever is it foundD. /; where is it found39.My approach is not to learn everything about something, but ___________ something abouteverything.A. instead to learnB. rather than learningC. rather to learnD. instead of learning40.The members of the Board of Directors agree that chief attention ________ to what can bringin the highest profit.A. is to be madeB. is going to directC. should be paidD. would have to lay41.The Nobel Prize is ______ by the Swedish inventor Alfred Bernhard Nobel and was firstgiven in 1901. ______ a Nobel Prize is considered to be one of the greatest honours in theworld.A. established; ReceivingB. invented; AwardingC. modified; To be givenD. organised; To be granted42.Only Avhen you have acquired a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary ____ fluently.A. you will writeB. can you writeC. you can writeD. you could write43.—May I take your order, sir?—Yes. I will start with cream soup, please, and then I’ll have a T-bone steak.Medium, and I’ll have a glass of beer. Thank you.A. Anything to drink then?,B. Call me if you need anything else.C.How would you like your steak?D.What would you recommend then?44,—Would you mind answering a few questions for a survey Fm doing?—How do you feel about the funding for university education?A. I’ll put you in.B. I beg your pardon?C. Nice to meet you.D.Not at all.45.—Linda, how was your trip to Rome?—That doesn’t sound good. What happened?A.I’m planning a new trip.B.That was very kind of you.C.Well, it’s a long story.D.Why do you ask?Part HI Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one tvord. Choose the correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form, of the given tvord, or by using the sheet.given letters) of the word. Remember to write the ansivers on the answerThe debate over whether dogs or cats make better pets was given a new dimension recently, and dogsseem to have come out the (46) ___________ (win).•丫dozens of studies on the health (48) be According to new research, dogs, more than cats or other pets, are (47) es _________ good for people’s health and can help them live longer lives.In an article for the British Journal of Health Psychology,Dr. Deborah Wells of Queen’s University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, - reviewed__ of pet ownership. She found that all pets helpedtheir owners to be healthier, and that dog-owners were p articularly better off. “It is possible thatdogs can directly (49) prom _______ our well-being by buffering us from stress, one of the majorrisk factors associated with ill-health,” writes Wells. “The stay wid] a dog can also lead to increases in physical activity and facilitate the development of social contacts, which may (50) enh both physiological and psychological human health in a more indirect manner.”In addition to keeping people healthy and helping prevent illness, it was found that dogs can aid in (51) rec ________ • For example, dogs have been shown to have a calming influence onpeople suffering from heart disease, high cholesterol or Alzheimer’s. Citing one study, Dr. Wells explains that heart-attack victims are 9 percent (52) . likely to be alive a year after theirepisode if they own a dog. Dogs have also been found to help warn owners of oncoming heart attacks or diabetic shock. In some (53) c _________ ，dogs have even helped revive coma patients.For these reasons, the use of therapy dogs in many hospitals and (54) __________ (retire) homes is becoming more popular. Although scientists still do not have (55) ________ (conclude) data as towhy dogs play such a major role in the health of their owners, the evidence all seems to point in the same direction. Dogs may provide more than just companionship, including the key to a longer life.Part IV Reading Comprehension (35 marks)There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions using information from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheetSection A (5 marks)Questions 56—60 are based on the following passage.Research has shown that college students can learn asmuch, or more, from peers as they do from instructorsand textbooks. When students work effectively in asupportive group, the experience can be a verypowerful way to improve academic achievement andsatisfaction with the learning experience.Recent interviews with college students atHarvard University revealed that nearly every seniorwho had been part of a study group considered thisexperience crucial to his or her academic progress andsuccess. The list below describes several importantactivities that you and your study group or learningteam can collaborate on:1.Team up with other students immediately after class to share and compare notes. One of your teammates may have picked up something you missed or vice versa.2.After completing each week’s readings, team up with other students to compare yourhighlighting and margin notes. See if you al l agree on what the author’s major points were and what information in the chapter you should study for exams.3.Studies show that many students are unfamiliar with library research and sometimes experience "library anxidy." Forming library research teams is an effective way to develop a social support group for reducing this fear and for locating and sharing information.4.Having your team visit the instructor during office hours to seek additional assistance in preparing for exams is an effective team learning strategy for several reasons. If you are shy or unassertive, it may be easier to see an instructor in the company of other students. Your team visit also sends a message to the instructor that you are serious about learning.5.After receiving test results, the members of a learning team can review their individual tests together to help one another identify the sources of their mistakes and to identify any “model” answers that received maximum credit. You can use this information to improve your performance on subsequent tests or assignments.Not all learning teams, however, are equally effective. Sometimes group work fails to reach its fall potential because insufficient thought was given to how teams should be formed or how they should function. Here are some suggestions as strategies for maximizing the power of peer collaboration. First, in forming teams, look for fellow students who are motivated and attentive to class. Remember to include teammates from both genders as well as students with different personality characteristics. Then keep your group size small as three to six classmates because smaller groups allow for more face -to -face interaction and less opportunity for any one individual to shirk his or her responsibility. Also, it is necessary to hold individual team members accountable for contributing to the learning of their teammates. Research on study groups at Harvard University indicates that they are effective only if each member has done the required course work in advance of the group meeting.Questions 56-60Complete the following form with no more than three words according to the passage.F REEZES VINTAGE INTAGE ^ ；•? ^CAN. 'm m Section B (10 marks)Questions 61-65 are based on the following passage.It might be time to look in your mom or dad’s closet forsomething to wear. Many styles from twenty or thirty years ago,which went “out of fashion” for a while, are now back in style. Thesurge in popularity of items with an “old school” feeling includes clothing, accessories, and much more. From "bell —bottom” jeans from the 1960s to sunglasses from the 1980s, everything old is new again! 61. ___________ . In the beginning, a trendis usually red hot. Then, it gets warm, cool, and then cold forfifteen to twenty years. That’s how long it takes for a newgeneration — who never went through the fad — to grow up. They “rediscover” oldfashions. At the same time, starting in their thirties, people often get nostalgic. They mayvisit “vintage style” shops or websites to relive feelings from their past.62. _________________ The first is buying actual vintage items. Stores, e-tailers, andauction sites sell just about everything you can think of. Need a pair of cowboy boots from the 1950s? No problem. A pair of sunglasses from the 1960s? Also easy. However, be prepared for some sticker shock. High -demand items like vintage leather jackets and Levi’sjeans can be very expensive.63. ________________ For example, a retrostyle clock may be made to look like your grandfather’s.Yet, on the inside, it will contain 21st century technology.Other companies blend retro and modem styles. This hasbeen done with great success by car companies likeVolkswagen —'the Beetle, and BMW — the Mini Cooper.64. ________________ For example, an oldpolo shirt might go great with a new jacket. Accessorieslike vintage handbags and watches can also help you stand out. However, experts warn against overdoing it, such as wearing an entire outfit from the 1970s. It may make you stand out more than you want to!65. _____ ___________ The last fifty years have seen an explosion of new trends andstyles. So, if you’re feeling bored with your look, check out an old clothing catalogue for inspiration. Or, to liven up your home or office, consider looking to the past for some great ideas.Questions 61 -65Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are Uvo extra sentences that you do not need to use.j D. Over time, many old styles become popular again.| (E. The fashion cycle lasts around twenty years. j(F. One thing’s for certain— there is no lack of colors, patterns, or designs to choose f r o m.) * \ j G. Fashion experts know the most about retro styles. { Section C (10 marks)Questions 66-70 are based on the following passage.San Antonio’s beautiful climate lures visitors andlocals alike into its city parks and the surroundingstate parks for hiking, biking, walking and more.Perhaps the city’s best -known park,Brackemidge Park is more than just an idyllic placefor a picnic or walk. It is also home to some of thecity’s must popular attractions. Here, visitors willenjoy the San Antonio Zoo, Aquarium and theBrackenridge Eagle miniature train ride. The parkalso houses recreational facilities such as a golf course, driving range and bike trails. The main entrance is in the 2800 block of N. Broadway (about two miles from downtown). •Offering one of the best hiking trail systems in the area, Eisenhower Park attracts families looking to escape to the great outdoors without having to drive a long distance. The park offers the Second Saturday program, which teaches parents and children more about the natural world. Guided hikes and talks focus on the South Texas landscape, bird life, wildlife and plants populating the park’s acres. Reservations are required for the program. 19399 N. -W. Military Hwy.The Friedrich Wilderness Park is a 232—acre hilly and heavily -forested wilderness parkA. There are two ways to go retro.(B. Fashion experts suggest being moderate when adding a retro flavor to your look. I C.The other way to go retro is by making new products using older designs.and it features five miles of hiking trails. The park has an abundance of diversified flora and fauna, and it is a bird-watchers cornucopia, attracaing international as well as local birders. Guided interpretive hikes are available by arrangement with the park naLuralisl. 21395 Milsa.This area’s greenscapes and dramatic water features are a refreshing retreat from-city streets. The grounds were creaLecl as part of 1968 World’s Fair and were prese rved to provide a park and playscape for neighborhoods near downtown. The HemisFair Park area includes the University of Texas. Institute oi. Texan Cultures at: San Antonio, InsdEuto de Mexico and the Tower of the Americas. 200 S. Alamo.McAllister Park consists of 986 acres on the north side of San Antonio. Originally called Northeast Preserve, it was renamed ill 1974 in honor of former San Antonio mayor. Walter W. McAllister. Park facilities include three miles of asphalt trails, unpaved bicycle and cross - country trails, picnic units, Little League baseball fields and soccer fields. 13102 Jones Maltsberger Rcl.First called Bandera Road Park, the 202—acre O.P. Schnabel Park is noted for its many oak trees, mountain laurels and other native vegetation. Th e park’s trail system attracts scores of mountain bikers and hikers. A basketball court and a playscape provide outlets for other fun. This park has been called “the cleanest little park in Texas.” 9600 Bandera Rd.Questions 66-70Answer the following questions according to the passage.66.What do the Brackenridge Park and the O.P. Schnabel Park have in common?67.Why is the Friedrich Wilderness Park attractive to international tourists?68.How can tourists attend the Second Saturday program in Eisenhower Park?69.Which park is an old site of a large international exhibition?70.Which park was named after a respectful person?Section D (10 marks)Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.What can we do to stay well? It’s a good idea to exercise, eat fruit, vegeta bles, and drink lots of water. We also know things nol to do; it’s a bad idea to eat a lot of junk food or to be a couch potato. It’s a terrible idea to smoke. However, there is a lot of new information about health, some of which is surprising.Several beverages are good for thehealth. Orange juice has vitamin C. Milk has calcium.Black tea and green tea are good for health too becausethey have antioxidants that fight diseases such ascancer and heart disease. But most people don’t knowabout cocoa. They enjoy the■ —sweet, chocolaty beverage, but they don’t know thatit has more antioxidants than tea!Too much stress is not good for physical health because it makes your blood pressure go up. Now we know more. Some stress is chronic, which means that it lasts a long time — for many months or years. Chronic stress can make people old. As people get older, they get gray hair and wrinkles in their skin, and their eyesight and hearing become worse. This is normal. But chronic stress makes people age faster. A scientist at the University of California studies stress. She can now identify how stress makes people age. It can damage the body’s DNA. The lesson from this is clear. We need to learn to relax.One easy and cheap way to help both your physical and mental health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night, but more and more people are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization, over half the people in the world may be sleep -deprived, which means they don’t get enough sleep. Sleep-deprived people often have medical problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart problems. It is also more difficult for them to make decisions. But there is another reason. A new study from Germany found that sleep makes people smarter. The study shows that the brain continues to work during sleep and helps the sleeper to work on problems. You didn’t do your homework last night? Maybe your brain can tell your teacher that you were working hard in your sleep!How many languages do you speak? A study from a university in Canada found something interesting. Bilingual people, who speak two languages very well, do better on tests than people ^s^ho speak only one language. It seems to be mental exercise to hold two languages in your brain. Ellen Bialystock of York University says it’s “like going to a brain gym”.Questions 71-75Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for each blank.by holding two languages.fe -t Scientists now have new information about other ways to (71) ____________ . Some are quitef ' surprisingly unknown to us before. Normally, in order to have good physical and | mental health, we know we should eat right, relax, sleep, and exercise both the bodyX and (72) _________ • Hot chocolate is now found to c ontain more antioxidants which areS capable of fighting certain diseases. Research shows that wecan slow down our ageing |process by learning to (73) ________ . It is also important to get enough sleep because f lack of sleep will certainly lead to medical problems or make us less smart.:;- Meanwhile, (74) _________ people are reported to behave better on tests thanmonolingual ones because they benefit from (75) Part V Translation (15 marks)Section A (5 marks)Translate the following paragraph into Chinese. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet76. The Chinese invented block printing (雕版印刷)more than 1,400 years ago. The original characters were engraved on wood and ink was thenapplied. Block printing is time consuming and costsa lot of manpower and materials. Misprintedcharacters cannot be easily corrected. Theseshortcomings were only overcome after theemergence of movabletype printing, which greatly improved the speed and quality of printing. Bi Sheng of theNorthern Song Dynasty invented the movable type printing. Although what he invented wassimple when compared to today’s letterpress printing (凸片反印刷)，it already had the main traits of modem printing. So Bi Sheng’s contribution to printing cannot be overstated.Section B (10 marks)Translate the underlined sentences in the following paragraph into English. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet.如果你是一个中等水平的读者，你能够以每分钟300字的速度阅读一本中等水平的 书。

大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)C类非英语专业初赛真题2017年(本科生)Part Ⅰ Listening C o m p r e h e n s i o nSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end o f each conversation, there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the f ou r choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on t h e answer sheet with a single line through the ce n t r e.1. Where does this conversation probably take place?A.At a TV studio.B.Ina supermarket. C.A t t h epolice station. D.In anairplane.D [听力原文]W: Oh, you have to tell them about the seat-belt signs again.M: It's your turn. I did it just now. Oh, and don't forget to switch off the intercom when you finish.W: Ladies and gentlemen, the captain has switched on the seat-belt signs. Please return to your seats and fasten your seat belts. Please take a moment to look again at the emergency instructions in the seat pocket in front of you.[解析] 录音中女士说到“the captain has switched on the seat-belt signs”，由“captain”以及“seatbelt”等元素可推断该情景发生在飞机上。

2018National English Competitionfor College Students(Level C-Preliminary)参考答案及作文评分标准Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1―5CBADBSection B6―10TFTFT11―15CDBCCSection C16―20DADDCSection DDictation21.off the coast22.tiny animals23.lots of light24.colours and patterns25.not allowed to Summary26.abandoned27.subway system28.being renovated29.Brooklyn Bridge Station30.significancePart II Vocabulary&Grammar31―35DABDB36―40CAABC41―45ACBCAPart III Cloze46.ingredient47.up48.whereas/while49.intelligence50.By51.pessimists52.at53.exception54.encourages55.resignationPart IV Reading ComprehensionSection Andscapes57.began to emerge58.birth of impressionism59.portraits60.beautiful background scenerySection B61―65EADGBSection C66.They work hard and have many things to do.67.They make the wax inside their bodies and squeeze it out from glands in their bellies.68.To store it as food for the time when they cannot visit flowers.69.Female worker bees.70.Guard bees will not let her in the hive and soon she dies.Section D 71.social reasons 72.interacting with73.cheap entertainment 74.the participants 75.expand Part V TranslationSection A 76.北京大学是一所综合性国立重点大学，其校园，世称“燕园”，坐落在北京西郊海淀区，总面积2,743,532平方米，与圆明园和颐和园相毗临。

2018年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类初赛真题试卷(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. Listening Comperhension 2. V ocabulary and Structure 3. Cloze 4. Reading Comperhension 5. Error Correction 6. Translation 7. IQ Test 8. WritingPart I Listening ComperhensionSection A听力原文：M Hi, Annie. I want to thank you for teaching me how to make a homepage. Without your help, I could have failed in the computer course again. W Oh, it was my pleasure. So, you passed the course?M Yes, I got an A!W Ah, good for you! Congratulations!Question What did Annie do for the man?1．A．She maintained a homepage for him.B．She gave him a high mark in a course.C．She taught him some computer knowledge.D．She encouraged him to take a computer course.正确答案：C解析：安妮教会男士如何制作主页，男士因此在计算机课程中获得了好成绩，所以向安妮道谢。

故选C。

听力原文：M When you quit smoking you have to change your lifestyle. I had to stop drinking too much beer, because when I drank, it made me want to smoke. I started eating more fruit and vegetable and I cut down on red meat. W Yeah, that makes sense. Change your diet...change your lifestyle...start a new you!M So far the toughest time is when I’ m hanging out with friends in clubs, bars or KTVs. And...the doctor told me to keep my mouth and hands busy!Question Why does the man change his lifestyle?2．A．Alcoholism cost him his health.B．He is determined to give up smoking.C．His girlfriend asked for a quiet life.D．The doctor advised him against overeating.正确答案：B解析：男士诉说戒烟需要改变生活方式。

2018 National English Contest for College students(Level C-Preliminary)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (5 marks)31.After four days of talks, we are glad to announce that the union and management have reached an______. The agreement is fair and benefits both sides.A.accordB. accomplishmentC. identityD. undertaking32.As the clerk______prepared my milk shake, I wondered how long she had been working there ,mindlessly making ice cream treats in a set order of steps.A.logicallyB. methodicallyC. graphicallyD. synthetically33. As a boy he wanted to be a fireman. As a high school student, he thought he'd like to become a teacher. Now he______to be nothing more than a janitor.A.AssumesB. PrescribesC. AspiresD. Presumes34. Regardless of what caused it, I an grateful that have finally reached a point in my life_______I can appreciate my strengths, accept my weaknesses and try to be comfortable with everything in between.A.WhyB. WhereC. WhichD. What35. ______information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much move difficult job.A.SupposingB. Provided theC. If it were not forD. On condition that36.Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;______, he once spent half a day on the composition ofa single sentence.A.On the other handB. NeverthelessC. MoreoverD. For example37.----What an I going to do about a present for Carol?----You______some flowers.A.Might have sent herB. Must have sent herC. Could send herD. Would send her38.Without the air holding in some of the sun's heat, the earth______cold at night, too cold for us to live on.A.Will be freezingB. Would be freezingC. An be frozenD. Would be frozen39.The students in our university each______an English dictionary. That is to say, each of the students in our university______an English dictionary.A.Have; hasB. Have; haveC. Has; haveD. Has; has40.Here's your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there______else that you need?A.SomethingB. AnythingC. NothingD. Everything41.David______his business partner over plans to reduce the workforce.A.Came down toB. Broke down toC. Fell out withD. Went along with42.______is this piece of equipment to be removed from the building.A.On no accountB. AbsolutelyC. ScarcelyD. Not at all43.Helen' s parents were______that she was still on the job., but she had resigned.A.In doubtB. Of the opinionC. Under the impressionD. With suspicion44.----I don't think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five million dollars.----Well, ______. Anything can happen.A.You made itB. You're kiddingC. What you sayD. You can never tell45.-----How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night?-----______ but the conductor was perfect.A.I couldn't agree moreB. I didn't think much of itC. I was crazy about itD. I really liked itPart Three Cloze(15 marks )I have been reading a lot on my iPad recently, and I have some (46)_____ (complain) not about the iPad itself but about the state of digital reading generally. Reading is a subtle thing, and its subtleties are artifacts of a venerable medium: words printed in ink on paper. Glass and pixels aren't the same.When I read a physical book, I don't have to look anywhere else to find out how much I've read. The iPad e---reader, iBooks tries to create the (47) illu_____ of a physical book. The pages seem to turn, and I can the edges of those that remain, but it's fake. There are always exactly sixunturned pages, no matter (48)_____ I am in the book.Also, there is a larger problem. Books in their digital format look vastly less "finished", or less genuine than real books. You can vary their font and type size, but this only makes them(49)_____(resemble) word---processed---no matter how (50)_____(wretch) or wonderful they are---will never look as good as Robert Hass's poems in the print edition of The Apple Trees at Olema. But your poems can look almost exactly as ugly---as "e---book---like" ---as the Kindle version of that collection.All the e---book I've read have been ugly---books by Chang---rae Lee, Alvin Kernan, and Stieg Larsson---though the texts have been wonderful. I didn't grow up reading texts. I grew up reading books, and this(51)_____(differ) is important.When it comes to digital editions, the(52)_____(assume) seems to be that allbooks(53)are_____(create) equal. However, nothing could be further from the truth. In the mass migration from print to digital, we're seeing a profusion of digital books---many of them out of copyright---that look new and even "HD," but which may well have been supplanted by more accurate editions and better translations. We need a digital readers' guide---a place where readers can find(54)_____ whether the book they're about to download is the best available edition. (55)Fi_____, two related problems. I already have a personal library, but most of the books I've read have come from(56)_____(lend) libraries. Barnes & Noble has released an e---reader that allows short---term (57) _____(borrow) of some books. The entire idea behind Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iBooks assumes that you cannot read a book unless you own it first and that only you can read it unless you want to give your reading device to someone else.This goes against the social value of reading, the collective knowledge and(58)_____(collaborate) discourse that comes from access to (59)_____or our culture in general.Part Four Reading Comprehension (40 marks).Section A (10 marks ).Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage.Not keen on reading? Do you have trouble finding a novel that arouses your interest? Why notfollow Ammon Shea's example and start reading a dictionary?Mr Shea owns over 1,000 dictionaries and he reads them for fun. He recently spent a year reading all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary. The dictionary contains more than20,000 pages and over 59 million words.As he read from A to Z, he noted down interesting words in a ledger. This includes words such as "happify," meaning to make someone happy and "tripudiate", which means to dance, skip or leap for joy. Mr Shea also kept a diary about this experience, which has since become abest---selling book.Why did he do this? He claims it was fun. "I've always enjoyed reading dictionaries . They are far more interesting than people give then credit for," he said.It appears that it was not his goal to sound more intelligent by using longer and more complex words. "I'm not against long, fancy or obscure words, but I'm opposed to using then for their own sake," he said.In fact ,as a result of reading so many new words , Mr Shea often forgot everyday vocabulary. He wrote, "My head was so full of words that I often had trouble forming simple sentences."Mr Shea is not alone in his love of reading dictionaries.Elaine Higgleton, a representative of Collins Cbuild dictionaries, explained that thousands of crossword puzzle and Srabble fans read dictionaries for fun and to improve their games. Ms Higgleton did however note that, "It's probably not the best way to learn English ,and you'd learn more than you need." It is not known how many of the 59 million words Ms Shea remembers, but he has certainly made history with his eccentric hobby.Questions 61 to 65.Decide whether the following statements are True or False.61.Mr Shea has read 1.000 dictionaries.62.Mr Shea spent one month reading the Oxford English Dictionary.63.In Mr Shea's opinion,people don't give dictionaries enough credit for being interesting.64.Mr Shea thinks it is important t be able to use long and complicated words in everyday conversation.65.Elaine Higgleton thinks that reading a dictionary is the best way to learn English.Section B (10 marks)Questions 66 to 70are based on the following passage.Surfing is something people often get hooked on after trying it a few times. For many surfers it is much more than a hobby---they would probably agree with the American professional surfer Kelly Slater when he said,"Once you're in, you're in. There's no getting out.""Surfing", of course, refers to riding on ocean waves using a surfboard. Many surfers stand up on their boards, which requires god balance and is therefore difficult for most beginners to learn, but some lie down and "bodyboard"The history of surfing probably began with the Polynesian people of the Pacific Islands. One of the first white people to see anyone surfing was the British explorer Captain Gook, when his ship arrived in Hawaii in 1779. He watched many Hawaiians riding waves on large pieces of wood, and reported that, "Surfing seems to give them a feeling of great pleasure. "When surfing started to become very popular in the United States in the 1950's and 60s, surfers used large wooden boards (often more than three metres long) that were quite heavy. Boards today are shorter and also much lighter, because they are made of artificial materials instead of wood. For anyone who wants to try surfing. The only essentials are waves and a board. There are a few other things, however, that most surfers find important; a cord t attach one of their ankles to the board and therefore stop it from being carried a long way away when they fall off'; wax, which they put on the surface of the board to help their feet stick to it; and a wetsuit to help them keep warm in cold water. The south---west of English is an example of a place where surfers usually need wetsuits, even in summer.Surfing has been a professional sport for many yeara and the very best surfers are able to make a living from it. Most of the best professional surfers in the last 30 years, both men and women, have been American or Australian, but surfers from Brazil, Peru and South Africa have also won important competitions.Questions 66 to 70Answer the following questions with the information given in the assage in a maximum of 10 words for each question.66.Why do most beginners find it difficult t stand up on a surfboard?67.In what part of the world did surfing probably begin?68.When did surfing start to become very popular in the United States?69.What do surfers use wax for?70.According to the passage, in what part of the world do surfers usually need wetsuits? Section C (10 marks)Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage.The latest human development report from the United Nations Development Programmed (UNDP) contains some good news, but also a very serious warning about the threat posed y climate change.The report, published annually since 1990, seeks to asses “human development” around the world, and calculates a “Human Development Index (HDI) for 169 counties. The HDI is based on average income, life expectancy and level of education in a country. Not surprisingly, rich counties tend to have higher HDIs than poor counties, but there are interesting variations in human development among countries with similar levels of economic development, because some have better health and education systems than others.According to the 2010 report, the county with the highest level of human development is Norway, followed by Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Ireland. Most of the lowest HDIs belong to counties in sub-Saharan Africa.Almost all counties around the worlds have higher HDIs now than in 1990, despite the fact that since the 2008 financial crisis, the total number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. The report concludes that most people are healthier, live longer, are better educated and have access to more goods and services. Even in countries with severe economic problems, people’s level of health and education as generally improved. Although sub-Saharan African countries are at the bottom of the pile in terms of human development, some of them have made significant progress since 1990. The report is critical, however, of the fact economic inequality has increased significantly in the last twenty years, both within and between countries.The greatest threat to improving HDIs in the future, according to the report, is climate change. Economic growth increases average incomes in a country through increasing production and consumption. However , if this leads to greater emissions of greenhouse gases, as has always been the case in the past, global warning will probably accelerate, and cause severe environmentalproblems in some parts of the world hat will threaten the livelihoods of huge numbers f people. The progress of the last twenty years, therefore, might not be sustainable.The only solution, according to the report, I to break the link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions-which, needless to say, is easier, said than done.Questions 71 to 75Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a maximum of 10 words for each blank.71. The concept of “human development” is based on the following three factors: _______,_____________and_____________.72. Some countries with similar levels of economic development have quite different HDIs because they have_____________.73._________________has caused the number of people living in extreme poverty to increase since 2008.74. The report says that ______________ is the greatest threat to increasing HDIs in the future.75. The report says the link between____________ and ____________needs to be broken. Section D (10 marks)Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passageIt is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstanding between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises: that they talk too much about certain problems-and that they have no sense o humor, at least parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young.Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes, hairstyles, entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted, so they create a culture and society and their own. Then, if it turns out that their music, entertainers, vocabulary, clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes teenagers are resistant and proud because they do not want their parents to approve of what they do. If they did approve, it looks as if the teenager is betraying his own age group. All this is assuming that the teenager is the underdog: he can not win but at least he can keep his honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after years of childhood, when children were completely under their parent’s control, but it ignores the fact that when they become teenagers, children are beginning to be responsible for themselves.If you plan to control your life, co-operation should be a part of that plan. You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can also impress people with your of responsibility and your initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.Questions 76 to 78Choose the best answer according to the passage.76 the first paragraph is mainly about_____________.A teenagers’ criticism of their parentsB misunderstanding between teenagers and their parentsC the dominance of parents over their childrenD teenagers’ ability to deal with crises77 teenagers have strange clothes and hairstyles because they___________A have a strong desire to be leaders in style and tasteB want to prove their existence by creating a culture of their ownC have no other way to enjoy themselvesD want to irritate their parent78 teenagers do not want their parents to approve of what they do because they_______________.A have already been accepted into adult worldB feel that they are superior to adult worldC want to win adults over to their cultureD don’t want to appear to be disloyal to their own age groupQuestion 79 to 80Translate the sentences in the passage into Chinese79 I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they felt themselves when were young80 You can charm other people, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want.Part V translate (10 mark)Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given brackets. Remember to write your answer on the answer sheet.81 他以牺牲健康为代价获得财富。

2017年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类初赛真题试卷（精选）(题后含答案及解析)题型有：1. ______a Nobel Prize is considered to be one of the greatest honours in the world.A．established: ReceivingB．invented: AwardingC．modified: To be givenD．organised: To be granted正确答案：A解析：句意：诺贝尔奖由瑞典发明家阿尔弗雷德-伯纳德-诺贝尔设立，第一次于1901年颁发。

获得诺贝尔奖被认为是世界上最伟大的荣誉之一。

establish 建立。

receive收到，获得，此处作主语应当用动名词形式。

12．Only when you have acquired a good knowledge of grammar and vocabulary______fluently.A．you will writeB．can you writeC．you can writeD．you could write正确答案：B解析：句意：只有在你掌握了足够的语法知识和词汇后，你才能流畅地写作。

该句时态为一般现在时。

only when处在句首时，主句要倒装。

13．—May I take your order, sir?—Yes. I will start with cream soup, please, and then I’ll have a T-bone steak.—______—Medium, and I’ll have a glass of beer. Thank you.A．Anything to drink then?B．Call me if you need anything else.C．How would you like your steak?D．What would you recommend then?正确答案：C解析：根据情景中顾客的回答可知，服务员是在询问顾客需要什么样的牛排。

2018 年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C 类初赛真题试及详细答案Part ⅠSection A1.Some bacteria extremely harmful, but are regularly used in producing cheeses, crackers and many other foods.A is: the othersB has been: the othersC are: othersD have been: others2.It was once a very prosperous part of the city, but now many of the businesses have moved away or gone .A bankruptcyB bankruptC bankruptedD to bankrupt3.When one is unfamiliar with the local customs, it is easy to make a .A blameB blunderC commitmentD fault4.your timely advice, I would never have known how to deal with the tough job.A But forB Except forC Not untilD Prior to5.I'd his reputation with other drug dealers and business people in the city, and then make a decision about whether or not to a loan.A account for: supportB make up for: objectC take account of: approveD wipe out: oppose6., a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.A Were other things equalB Other things to be equalC Other things being equalD To be equal to other things7.In the book The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, a valuable book was lost for years when it turned up one day, quite out of the .A blackB blueC redD white8.True patriotism putting the interests of one's country above everything, includingone's own life.A copes withB derives fromC takes inD relies on9.My father decided to make me go back to college immediately, study my lessons carefully, and .A a master's degree must attainB must attain my master's degreeC attain my master's degreeD my master's degree be attained10.Libraries have reference books you can check out a physician's educational background, training, and other credentials.A from thatB of whichC through thatD by which11.The term BRIC was first by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill in a research paper, BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China.A coined: in whichB invented: of itC made up: andD produced: that12.Had Dickens foreseen that his novel would cause such a disturbance, he it.A should not have writtenB would not have writtenC didn't writeD had not written13.—I'm concerned about your weight, I think you should go on a diet.——Good, then you might as well start right away.A You're so kind, but I don't have to do that.B Actually, I've been thinking about the same thing.C Definitely. What about my blood pressure then?D Oh my! You know it's such a tough job for me.14.—Let me ask you some questions about the accident you witnessed.——Thank you. When did the accident occur?A Yes, I really enjoyed it.B It's none of my business.C Sure, go ahead.D Oh, stop teasing me.15.——It should be good. I'm looking forward to taking it.A Do you like computer games?B How about cleaning the room with me?C What do you think the computer course will be like?D What are you going to do after you graduate from high school?Part ⅡClozeBeing able to multi-task is hailed by most people as a welcome skill, but not according to aso-called recent study which claims that young people between the ages of eight and eighteen of the" Generation M" are spending a considerable amount of their time on 【C1】(fruit)efforts as they multi-task. It argues that, in fact, these young people are frittering away as much as half of their time again as they would if they performed the very same tasks one after another.Some young people are juggling an ever larger number of electronic devices as they study. At the same time as they are working, young adults are also【C2】sur the Internet, or sending out emails to their friends, and/or answering the phone and listening to music on their iPods or on another computer. As some new device comes along, it too is added to the list rather than【C3】(place)one of the existing devices. Other research ha【s C4】ind that this multi-tasking is even affecting the way of families themselves function as young people are too wrapped up in their own isolated worlds to interact with the other people around them. They can 【C5】longer greet family members when they enter the house, nor can they eat at the family table. All this electronic wizardry is supposedly also seriously affecting young people's performance at 【C6】uni andin the workplace. When asked about their perception of the impact of modern gadgets on their performance of tasks, the overwhelming majority of young people gave a 【C7 】(favour)response. The response from the academic and business worlds was not quite as positive. The former feel that multi-tasking with electronic gadgets by children affects later【C8】dev of study skills, resulting in a decline in the quality of writing, for example, because ofthe lack of concentration on task completion. They feel that many undergraduates now urgently need remedial help with study skills. Similarly, employers feel that young people【C9】ent the workforce need to be taught all over again, as they have become deskilled. While all this may be true, it must be borne in mind that more and more is expected of young people nowadays, in fact, too much. Praise rather than criticism is due 【C10 】respect of the way today's youth are able to cope, despite what the older generation throw at them.1.【C1】2.【C2】3.【C3】4.【C4】5.【C5】6.【C6】7.【C7】8.【C8】9.【C9】10.【C10】Part ⅢReading ComperhensionSection ALook at an atlas. How are mountains shown? Where are the highest mountains? A few mountains stand alone, such as Mount Egmont in New Zealand, and Mount Kenya in Africa. Most mountains are found in long chains called mountain ranges. The Pennines, the Cambrian Mountains, the Alps, the Andes and Rockies are examples of mountain ranges. The highest mountain range on the Earth is the Himalayas in Asia.In order to understand how mountains are formed, we need to know what the inside of the Earth is like. The Earth is made up of layers of rock. The outside layerof rock, the one we live on, is called the Earth's crust. Beneath the crust is a layer called the mantle. Near the top of the mantle, some of the rocks have melted and are a liquid, like sticky tar. Because all the rocks around it press on the mantle, the molten rock tries to force its way out. If the molten rock does find a weak spot, it bursts through the Earth's crust, forming a volcano. Some mountains were made by volcanoes. The Earth's crust is made up of large pieces, called plates, which fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Some of the plates carry continents, others carry oceans. The plates move slowly, floating on the molten rocks of the mantle below. As the plates move, theypush against each other, slowly pushing up the rocks in folds to form mountains. India used to be a long way from Asia, but gradually the plate with India on it moved closer to the plate bearing Asia. The rocks in the sea between India and Asia were pushed up in folds that now form the Himalayan mountain range. That is why it is sometimes possible to find seashells near the tops of the Himalayas. Many other mountain ranges, including the Alps, Rockies and Pen-nines , are similar great folds of rock. While some plates are pushing together, others are moving further apart. Europe and North America are slowly moving further apart. Each year the Atlantic Ocean is a few centimetres wider.As the rocks move, they often crack or break. These breaks are called faults. Sometimes, great blocks of rocks are pushed up between two faults. These blocks may be so large and high that they form mountains. Some of the highland areas of East Africa are block mountains, so are the Vosges mountains in France and the Sierra Nevada mountains in the western United States. Block mountains often have flat tops. A flat-topped highland is called a plateau.Questions 56—60 Complete the following form with no more than three words according tothe passage.56.57.58.59.60.Section BBy studying the notebooks, correspondence, a nd conversations of some of the world's great thinkers in science, art, and industry, scholars have identified the following thinking strategies that enable geniuses to generate original ideas:【B1】Sigmund Freud's analytical methods were designed to find details that didn't fit traditional paradigms in order to come up with a completelynew point of view. To solve a problem creatively , you must abandon the first approach that comesto mind, which usually stems from past experience , and reconceptualize the problem. Geniuses do not merely solve existing problems: they identify new ones. 【B2 】Geniuses develop visual and spatial abilities that allow them to display information in new ways. The explosion of creativityin the Renaissance was tied to the development of graphic illustration during that period, notablythe scientific diagrams of Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo Galilei. Galileo revolutionized science by making his thought graphically visible while his contemporaries used more conventional means. Geniuses produce. Thomas Edison held 1,093 patents, still a record. He guaranteed a high level of productivity by giving himself idea quotas: one minor invention every ten days and a major invention every six months. Johann Sebastian Bach wrote a cantata every week even when he was sick. Wolfgang Mozart produced more than 600 pieces of music. 【B3 】Like playful children with buckets of building blocks, geniuses constantly combine and recombine ideas, images, and thoughts. The laws of heredity were developed by Gregor Mendel , who combined mathematics and biology to create a new science of genetics. 【B4 】Their facility to connect the unconnected enables geniuses to see things others miss. Da Vinci noticed the similarity between the【B5 】sound of a bell and a stone hitting water-and concluded that sound travels in waves.Whenever we attempt to do something and fail, we end up doing something else.That's the first principle of creative accident. We may ask ourselves why we have failed to do what we intended, which is a reasonable question. But the creative accident leads to the question: What have we done? Answering that one in a novel, unexpected way is the essential creative act. It is not luck, but creative insight of the highest order. This may be the most important lesson of all: When youfind something interesting, drop everything and go with it. Too many talented people fail to make significant leaps of imagination because they've become fixated on their pre-conceived plan. Butnot the truly great minds. They don't wait for gifts of chance: they make them happen. Questions 61 —65Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. A. Geniuses make their thought visible.B. Geniuses prepare themselves for enhance.C. Geniuses make novel combinations.D. Geniuses look at problems from all angles.E. Geniuses have a really broad mind.F. Geniuses force relationships.G. Geniuses are powerful in lots of aspects.6.【B1】7.【B2】8.【B3】9.【B4】10.【B5】Section CThe Dragon Boat Festival, the 5th day of the 5th lunar month, has had a history of more than 2,000 years. Here are some things you must know.There are many legends about the evolution of the festival , the most popular of which is in commemoration of Qu Yuan(340—278 BC). Qu Yuan was minister of the State of Chu and one of China's earliest poets. In face of great pressure from the powerful Qin State, he advocated enriching the country and strengthening its military forces so as to fight against the Qin. However, he was opposed by aristocrats and later deposed and exiled by King Huai. In his exiled days, he still cared much for his country and people and composed immortal poems including Li Sao(The Lament), Tian Wen(Heavenly Questions)and Jiu Ge(Nine Songs), which had far-reaching influences. In 278 BC, he heard the news that Qin troops had finally conquered Chu's capital, so he finished his last piece Huai Sha(Embracing Sand)and plunged himself into the Miluo River, clasping his arms to a large stone. The day happened to be the 5th of the 5th month in the Chinese lunar calendar. After his death, the people of Chu crowded to the bank of the river to pay their respects to him. The fishermen sailed their boats up and down the river to look for his body. People threw into the water zongzi(pyramid-shaped glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in reed or bamboo leaves)and eggs to divert possible fish or shrimp from attacking his body. An old doctor poured a jug of realgar wine(Chinese liquor seasoned w ith realgar)into the water, hoping to turn all aquatic beasts drunk. That's why people later followed the customs such as dragon boat racing, eating zongzi and drinking realgar wine on that day. Dragon boat racing is an indispensable part of the festival, held all over the country. As the gun is fired, people will see racers in dragon-shaped canoes pulling the oars harmoniously and hurriedly, accompanied by rapid drums, speeding toward their destination. Folk tales say the game o-riginates from the activities of seeking Qu Yuan's body, but experts, after painstaking and meticulous research, conclude that dragon boat racing is a semi-religious, semi-entertaining program from the Warring States Period(475—221 BC). On Dragon Boat Festival, parents also need to dress their children up witha perfume pouch. They first sew little bags with colorful silk cloth, then fill the bags with perfumesor herbal medicines , and finally string them with silk threads. The perfume pouch will be hung around the neck or tied to the front of a garment as an ornament. They are said to be able to ward off evil.Questions 66—70Answer the following questions according to the passage.11.When do Chinese people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival every year?12.What masterpieces of Qu Yuan are mentioned in the passage?13.Why did Qu Yuan commit suicide?14.How do people celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival now?15.Why do parents prepare perfume pouches for their children on Dragon Boat Festival?Section DWhile baseball is often described as the national sport of the United States of America, it probably developed from an eighteenth-century English game called rounders. There were severalversions of the game until 1845, when Alexander J. Cartwright organized "a group of players to decide on one set of rules. The main change from rounders was that a runner had to be tagged or touched by a player holding the ball to be put out, rather than hit by a thrown ball. This meant that a smaller, harder ball could be used, which in turn made possible a faster, larger game. Until the mid-1860s, baseball was an amateur sport, which means that the players were not paid. The first professional team, the Cincinnati "Red Stockings" , was organized in 1869 and within two years the sport was more or less professional. Nowadays the best players can earn millions of dollars playing baseball. Professional baseball in the United States and Canada consists of two leagues and for the first half of the twentieth century there were also separate leagues for black players. The black leagues produced many excellent players but it wasn't until the 1940s, and the success o f Jackie Robinson playing for the Brooklyn " Dodgers" , that black players were integrated into white major-league baseball in the United States. Baseball has had a broad impact on popular culture, both in the United States and elsewhere. Dozens of English-language idioms have been derived from baseball, for instance, the baseball meaning of " out of the ball park" is to hit a home run, but its non-baseball equivalent is to do something well or exactly as it should be done. The baseball cap has become a worldwide fashion i-tem not only in the United States, but also in countries where the sport itself isnot particularly popular, such as the United Kingdom. Baseball has inspired many works of art and entertainment. One of the first major examples, Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat" , appeared in 1888. There have been many baseball movies, including the Academy Award-winning The Prideof the Yankees(1942)and the Oscar nominees The Natural(1984)and Field of Dreams(1989). Literary works connected to the game include the short fiction of Ring Lardner and novels such as Robert Coover's The Universal Baseball Association, Inc. , J. Henry Waugh, Prop. Baseball's literary canon also includes the beat reportage of Damon Runyon: the columns of Grantland Rice, Red Smith, Dick Young, and Peter Gammons: and the essays of Roger Angell. Questions 71—75Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for each blank.Baseball is regarded as the national sport of the USA. Its history can be traced back to an eighteenth-century English game named【R1】. There were several versions of the game until 1845, 【R2 】one set of rules was decided on. Baseball was originally 【R3 】, but in 1869 the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, was organized. For the first half of the twentieth century black players【t R4】began in the 1940s because of the success of Jackie Robinson. had separate leagues, buBaseball extended its glamour to many other fields, such as fashion, language, art and entertainment. Many artists and film directors got【R5】from the worldwide popular sport.16.【R1】17.【R2】18.【R3】19.【R4】20.【R5】Part ⅣError CorrectionPeople often laugh when they see penguins walking. Penguins look very funnywaddle fromside to side on their short little legs. However, Adelie penguins 【M1 】can walk 200 kilometers across the Antarctic sea ice to the place they lay 【M2】their eggs.Penguins are such good swimmers so early explorers thought they were 【M3 】fish. They use their flippers 'fly' through the water as other birds use their 【M4】wings to fly through the air. Emperor penguins, the big penguins, 【M5 】can go as fast as 50 kilometers an hour. If Adelie penguin is swimming 【M6】quickly, it can jump 2 meters out of the water. They do this before they are 【M7 】being chased by leopard seals, which like to eat them.Emperor penguins can hold its breath underwater for twenty minutes. 【M8 】This means they can divevery deep to hunt for food. The deepest dive scientists know about is 458 meters. That's nearly half a kilometer!When the male emperor penguins are looking after eggs, they join together in tightly groups. In the middle of the group it might be 38℃, 【M9】while on the outside of the group it might be -35℃. When the penguins 【M10】on the outside get too cold, they move slowly to the inside and others take their place on the outside.1.【M1】2.【M2】3.【M3】4.【M4】5.【M5】6.【M6】7.【M7】8.【M8】9.【M9】10.【M10】Part ⅤTranslationSection A1. If your parents give you pocket money with no strings attached, I've got some bad news for you. Experts are now claiming that it may be harmful for teenagers t o get "free" pocket money. They argue that it makes them lazy and they may even end up in poverty. What's more, they say that youngsters will never learn the value of money if they don't earn it. Studies also indicate that youcan rarely expect teenagers to save their pocket money when they get it for free and often waste it on unnecessary things. However, if they have to do something in order to earn it, they usually learn to use their money wisely.Section B有些人的成功常常让周围的人大惑不解，因为他们似乎从来都不工作，或者没有长时间地工作。

2017年全国大学生英语竞赛C类决赛试题及详解PartⅠListening Comprehension(30marks)Section A(5marks)In this section,you will hear five short conversations.Each conversation will be read only once.At the end of each conversation,there will be a fifteen-second pause.During the pause, read the question and 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.Why does Jane borrow Tom’s yoga book?A.It is a reference book for her research on the Olympics.B.Tom recommended her to read it.C.She wants to learn some basic principles of the sport.D.It is part of her yoga lessons.【答案】C【解析】对话中Jane要借Tom的瑜伽书，在Tom问她是不是要上瑜伽课时，Jane回答说“I’d like to understand how it works”。

由此可知Jane借书是想了解如何进行瑜伽，即瑜伽的基本原理。

因此C项正确。

【录音原文】W:Tom,I was wondering if I could borrow your book on yoga.M:Sure.Are you going to take yoga lessons,Jane?W:Yeah,I think I might,but I’d like to understand how it works.M:Good idea.It has become an official sport in the Olympics.2.What are the speakers going to do according to the conversation?A.To start a new textile factory in Frankfurt.B.To set up a booth at the Frankfurt trade fair.C.To organize a grand world Expo in Germany.D.To sign a contract with a German company.【答案】B【解析】对话开头男士便宣布一切都筹备好了，“we’ll be setting up a booth at the trade fair in Frankfurt!”，之后的讨论便都围绕这个话题展开。

2018全国大学生英语竞赛c类试题
2018年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题涵盖了多个方面，包括听力、阅读、写作和翻译等部分。

以下是对各个部分的简要介绍：
听力部分：
听力部分通常包括短对话、长对话和短文听写。

短对话部分要求考生能够捕捉对话中的关键信息，长对话则需要考生理解对话的整体内容和细节。

短文听写部分则测试考生的听力理解和记录信息的能力。

阅读部分：
阅读部分通常由快速阅读、阅读理解和完形填空组成。

快速阅读要求考生在有限的时间内快速获取文章的主旨大意。

阅读理解部分则要求考生深入理解文章内容，并回答相关问题。

完形填空部分测试考生对文章上下文的理解以及词汇的运用能力。

写作部分：
写作部分通常包括图表作文和议论文写作。

图表作文要求考生根据所给图表数据，进行描述并提出自己的看法。

议论文写作则要求考生就某一话题发表自己的观点，并用合理的论据进行支撑。

翻译部分：
翻译部分包括英译汉和汉译英两种形式。

考生需要准确理解原文的意思，并将其翻译成目标语言，同时保持语言的流畅性和准确性。

词汇和语法部分：
这部分通常包括词汇选择题和语法填空题。

词汇选择题要求考生根据上下文选择合适的词汇，而语法填空题则测试考生对英语语法规则的掌握。

综合知识部分：
综合知识部分可能包括文化知识、常识问题等，要求考生具有广泛的知识面和对英语国家文化的了解。

请注意，以上内容仅为2018年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题的概述，具体的题目和要求可能会有所不同。

考生在准备时应参考当年的竞赛指南和样题。