全国大学生英语竞赛练习题200National English Contest for College StudentsPart I Listening ComprehensionSection A DialoguesDirections，you will hear 10：In this sectiondialogue，，a question．At the end of each dialoguedialogues．short dialogues．Both the dialoguewill be asked about what was said．After eachand the question will be read only oncequestion there will be a pause．during the pause，you，B，C and D，andmust read the four choices marked Adecide which is the best answer．Then m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single．line through the center．A．A sales clerk． B．A police officer．1．A tailor． D．A nurse．C．A．By train． B．She walks．2．By car．D．By bus．C． B．Chicken is3．A．Fish is the only dish left．the only dish left． D．There ．Vegetarian meals are not offeredCaren’t any vegetarian meals left．4．A ．He starts work next weekend ．B ．He’ll be away away．．C ．He’ll be in the mountains．mountains．D D ．He’smoving to Florida Florida．．5．A ．In an elevator ．B ．At a dress store ．C ．On the seventh floor floor．．D ．At a department store store．．6．A ．They felt it was disorganized ．B ．They were pleased with its Asian content ．C ．They felt it lacked Asian content ．D ．They felt it ignored recent events ．7．A ．He doesn’t ha ve enough time ．B ．He doesn’t have a watch．C ．The library doesn’t have the articles he wants．D ．He can’t find the library．8．A ．He wants the woman to dine out with them ．B ．He wants to work tomorrow ．C ．He wants the woman to finish dinner first ．D ．He wants to pay for the dinner ．9．A ．Twice a day ． B ．Twice a week ．C ．Once a week ．D ．Daily Daily．．10．A ．At two o’clock． BB ．At four o’clock．C ．At three thirty ．D ．At eight o’clock．Section B News ItemsDirections ：In this section ，you will hear 10 pieces of short news from BBC or VOA ．There will be a question following each piece of news ．Write down the answer to each question in no more than 1words ．11．_______________________________________12．_______________________________________13．_______________________________________14．_______________________________________15．_______________________________________16．_______________________________________17．_______________________________________18．_______________________________________19．_______________________________________2020．．_______________________________________Section C Compound DictationDirections ：In this section ，you will hear apassage three times ．When the passage is read for the first time time，，youshould listen carefully for its general idea idea．．Then listen to the passage again again．．Whenthe passage is read for the second time ，you are required to fillin the blanks numbered from1 towith the exact words youhave just heard ．For blanks numbered fromto0，you are required to fill in the missing information ．You can either use the exact words you have just heard or writedown the main points in your own words ．Finally Finally，，whenthe passage is read for the third time time，，youshould check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer Sheet ．Although general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe ，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international trade ．Because5percent of the world’s population and two -thirds of its _____ power are located outside the United States States，，itis important for American _____to be present in foreignmarkets ．However ，before we explain the differentmethods by which a company may _____in international trade trade，，wemight first consider some important _____that U.S U.S．．companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country ．These factors are_____with differences in language ，in values andattitudes attitudes，，and in political _____．When _____Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 19201920，，the company used a group of Chinese symbols that that，，when spoken spoken，，sounded like Coca-Cola Coca-Cola．．However However，，when read read，，these symbols meant ，“a female horse fattened with wax”．wax”．Upon Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s 1970s，，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese _____that translatesinto“happiness in themouth”．mouth”．___________________________________________________________________________．．Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group ofpeople people．．__________________________________________________．．Part II Vocabulary and StructureSection A Multiple ChoiceDirections ：Questions1-50 constitute a complete passage passage．．There are0blanks in the passage passage．．For each blank there are four choices marked A ，B ，C and D ．Choose theone that best completes the sentence ．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the centre ．31．Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for fivenights over the August bank holiday in 195as the workof“ruffians ，both colored and white”hell -bent on hooliganism ，according to __B___ official files ．A ．recent revealedB ．newly releasedC ．previous disclosingD ．earlier exposing32．But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_D___ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“niggers”．A ．containB containB．．convinceC ．consistD consistD．．confirm33．The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racialriots”，riots”，as as the press called them at the time time，，shockedBritain into_A_C___ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played outin the American deep south ．A ．realizingB ．witnessingC ．watchingD ．identifying34．The carnival carnival，，whichwill__C___ the streets of west London _____more than lion people thisweekend weekend，，wasstarted in 195as a direct response to the riots riots．．A ．crowd crowd；；ofB ．pour pour；；forC ．fill fill；；withD withD．．emerge emerge；；in35．While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots riots，，theinternal Metropolitan police files released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances wereoverwhelmingly _C__A__ by00 to00 strong“Keep Britain White” mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with ironbars ，butcher’s knives and weighted leather belts，who went“nigger went“nigger--hunting”among the West Indianresidents of Noting Hill and Noting Dale ．A ．eruptedB ．commencedC ．triggeredD ．inaugurated36．The first night left five black men _A__D__ on the pavements of Noting Hill ．A ．lying unconsciousB ．there diedC ．feel faintD ．serious hurt37．The battles raged over the bank holiday weekendas the black _D____responded in kind withcounterattacks by large groups of“men ofcolor”similarly arm e d eded．． A ．column B ．armyC ．brigadeD ．community38．Thomas Williams was stopped by the police ashe came out of Bluey’s Club on Talbot Road，NotingHill Hill．．He __B___a piece of iron down his left trouser leg leg，，apetrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor blade in his inside breast pocket ：“I have to protectmyself myself，”he told the arresting officer．，”he told the arresting officer．A ．found to haveB ．was found to haveC ．found havingD ．was found having39．The _A_B___ files ，which were sealed under the5-year rule but have been released early early，，showthat senior officers tried to convince the then homesecretary secretary，“Rab”Butler，，“Rab”Butler，，“Rab”Butler，that there was not a racial that there was not a racial element to the rioting ．A ．forbiddenB forbiddenB．．confidentialC ．incredibleD incredibleD．．strict40．In his official report ，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the nationalpress had been wrong to portray the“widespread seriesof street disturbances”as“racial”riots：“Whereasthere certainly was some __A___ feeling between white and colored residents in this area ，it is abundantly clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians ruffians，，bothcolored and white ，who seized on this opportunity toindulge in hooliganism ．”．”A ．illB ．sickC ．painfulD painfulD．．hurt41．But the police witness statements and privatestatistics __B_D__ ．A ．told differentlyB ．interpreted in a differentwayC ．existed m any differencesD ．told a different story42．The Met commissioner was told that _C_D___ the108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessingoffensive weapons ，7were white andwere “colored”．，7were white andwere “colored”． A ．forB forB．．fromC ．ofD ．in43．It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday Saturday，，August0August0，，when a00-strong crowd of white men men，，_BD____“Teds”，attacked houses occupied by West Indians ．A ．they are allB ．many of themC ．some wereD ．most of them belong to44．Among the __C__ was Majbritt Morrison ，a youngwhite Swedish bride of a Jamaican ．A ．offendersB ．riotersC ．victimsD victimsD．．residents45．She was pelted with stones ，glass and wood ，and _B_D___ in the back with an iron bar as she tried to get home ．A ．bruisedB bruisedB．．struckC ．pattedD ．scratched46．The internal police witness statements providegraphic evidence of the motives of the mobs —at one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streetsof Notting Hill ，_B____ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find ．A ．plunging intoB ．breaking intoC ．seeking forD ．searching for47．PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of00to00 white people in Bramley Road _C__A__：“We will kill all black bastards ．Why don’t you send themhome home？”？”？”A ．shoutingB ．to cryC ．utterD ．announced48．PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he wastold told：“Mind ：“Mind your own __D_____D___，，cops cops．．Keep out of it it．．Wewill settle these niggers our way ．We’ll murder the bastards bastards．”．”．”A ．mattersB mattersB．．affairC ．thingsD ．business49．The disturbances continued night after night until they finally petered out on September September．．Atthe Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary __D___of four years each on nine white youths who hadgone“nigger hunting”．A ．decisionsB ．statementsC ．trialsD trialsD．．sentences50．While those dealt with by the courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black peoplealso arrested and the official _C____ there had not beena racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never really beeneradicated eradicated．．A ．persistenceB ．perseveranceC ．insistenceD insistenceD．．instanceSection B Error CorrectionDirections ：The The following following following passage passage passage contains containserrors errors．．In each case only one word is involved．You should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet and correct it in the following way ：EXAMPLEOne night ，quite late ，I was still awake in the room I am shared with 1. ammy husband ．I was lying on my right side and can hear a child crying ． . couldGetting up up，，I went ∧ see if our son was all right． . toHe was sleeping soundly ，breathing deeply andgently gently．． . √The ZipperWhatever did we do before the invention of th zipper zipper？？In 189the world’s first zipper was produced in Chicago Chicago．．Although the inventor claimed that it was areliable fasteningfor clothing ，this was not the case ．The Chicago zipper sprang1．______open without warning ，or jammed shut ，and itswiftly lostpopularity ．Twenty years ago a Swedish-bornengineer called52．______Sundback solved the problem problem．．Heattached tiny cups to thebacks of the interlocked teeth teeth，，and this meant that the teeth 3．______could be enmeshed more firmly and reliably ．At first zippers were made of metal ．They were heavy heavy，，andif they got stuck it was difficult to free ．Thencame nylon54．______zippers which were lighter and easier to use ，and had smallerteeth ．The fashion industry liked the new zippersfar betterbecause they didn ’t distort the line of thegarment or weighing55．______down light fabrics fabrics．．Theywere also easier for the machiniststo fit into the garment ．Meanwhile a a new new new fastening fastening fastening agent agent agent made made made its itsappearance atthe end of the twenty century: velcro. Velcro another product56．______made from nylon ．Nylon is a very tough synthetic fibre firstdeveloped in the 1930s 1930s，，andbearing a name to mind the wearer 7．______of the two places where it was developed ：NY for New York andLON for London ．Velcro is made with very small nylon hooks onone side of the fastening which caught tiny loopedwhiskers on the58．______other side of the fastening ．It is strong and durable durable．．Velcro is is used used used on on on clothing clothing ，luggages luggages and andfootwear footwear．．It is quick．______ and easy to fasten and unfasten ，and has taken a large part oft he zipper’s share of the market．market．It Itis also used in ways a zippercannot be used used——forinstance as an easily changedfastening onplaster casts ，and to hold furnishing fabrics in a position ． 0．______Part III Situational DialoguesDirections ：Complete the following dialogues by choosing the best answer ．Then mark the correspondingletter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre ．61．Rob Rob：：Hey Jill ，you’re looking great．，you’re looking great． 2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题200National English Contest for College StudentsPart I Listening ComprehensionSection A DialoguesDirections ：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialogues ．At the endof each dialogue ，a question will be asked about what was said ．Both thedialogue and the question will be read onlyonce once．．After each questionthere will be a pause pause．．during the pause pause，，youmust read the four choicesmarked A ，B ，C and D ，and decide which is the bestanswer answer．．Then m arkthe corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet witha single line throughthe center ．1．A ．A sales clerk ． B ．A police officer ．C ．A tailor ．D ．A nurse ．2．A ．By train ． B ．She walks ．C ．By car ．D ．By bus ．3．A ．Fish is the only dish left ． B ．Chicken is the only dish left ．C ．Vegetarian meals are not offered ．D ．Therearen’t any vegetarianmeals left ．4．A ．He starts work next weekend ．B ．He’ll be away away．．C ．He’ll be in the mountains．mountains．D D ．He’smoving to Florida Florida．．5．A ．In an elevator ．B ．At a dress store ．C ．On the seventh floor floor．．D ．At a department store store．．6．A ．They felt it was disorganized ．B ．They were pleased with its Asian content ．C．．They felt it lacked Asian content．D．They felt it ignored recent events．have enough time7．A．He doesn’t have enough time．He doesn’t have a watch．B．The library doesn’t have the articles he wants．CD．He can’t find the library．．8．A．He wants the woman to dine out with them．B．He wants to work tomorrow． ．He wants the woman to finish dinner firstC．D．He wants to pay for the dinner．A．Twice a day． B．Twice a week．9Daily．．．Once a week． D．DailyCB．At four o’clock．．A．At two o’clock． B10．At three thirty． D．At eight o’clock．CSection B News ItemsDirections：In this section，you will hear 10pieces of short news fromVOA．．There will be a question following eachor VOABBCpiece of．Write down the answer to each question in newsno more than 15．words11．_______________________________________12．_______________________________________13．_______________________________________14．_______________________________________15．_______________________________________16．_______________________________________17．_______________________________________18．_______________________________________19．_______________________________________20．_______________________________________Section C Compound DictationDirections ：In this section ，you will hear apassage three times ．When thepassage is read for the first time ，you should listen carefully for itsgeneral idea ．Then Then listen listen listen to to to the the the passage passageagain again．．When the passage is readfor the second time ，you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from21 towith the exact words you have just heard heard．．Forblanks numberedfromto0，you are required to fill in the missinginformation information．．Youcan either use the exact words you have just heardor write down themain points in your own words ．Finally Finally，，when the passage is read for thethird time time，，you should check what you have writtenand rewrite thecorrect answers on the Answer Sheet ．Although general Motors and General Electric are large multinationalcompanies with operations around the globe ，thereare are numerous numerous numerous smaller smaller smaller companies companies companies that that that engage engage engage in ininternational trade ．Because5percent of the world’s ．Because5percent of the world’s population and two-thirds of its _____ power arelocated outside the United States States，，it is important forAmerican _____to be present in foreignmarkets ．However ，before we explain the differentmethods by which a company may _____in international trade trade，，we might first consider some important _____thatU.S U.S．．companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country ．These factors are_____with differences in language ，in values andattitudes attitudes，，and in political _____． When _____Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 19201920，，the company used a group of Chinese symbols that that，，when spoken spoken，，sounded like Coca-Cola Coca-Cola．．However However，，when read read，，these symbols meant ，“a female horse fattened with wax”．wax”．Upon Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s 1970s，，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese _____that translates into“happiness in the mouth”．mouth”．___________________________________________________________________________．．Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people ．_________________________． Part IIVocabulary and Structure Section A Multiple Choice Directions ：Questions1-50 constitute a complete passage passage．．There are0blanks in the passage passage．．For each blank there are four choices markedA ，B ，C andD ．Choose the one that best completes the sentence sentence．．Thenmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre ．31．Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for fivenights over the August bank holiday in 195as the workof“ruffians ，both colored and white”hell -bent onhooliganism ，according to __B___ official files ．A ．recent revealedB ．newly releasedC ．previous disclosingD ．earlier exposing32．But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_D___ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“niggers”．A ．containB containB．．convinceC ．consistD consistD．．confirm33．The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racialriots”，riots”，as as the press called them at the time time，，shockedBritain into_A_C___ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played outin the American deep south ．A ．realizingB ．witnessingC ．watchingD ．identifying34．The carnival carnival，，whichwill__C___ the streets of west London2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题年全国大学生英语竞赛样题Part IListening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear shortconversations. At the end of each conversation, aquestion 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 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 singleline through the centre.1. A. The man is not suitable for the positioB. The job has been given to someone else.e hadn’t received the man’s application.C. Sh2. A. He is going to see his section chief.B. He is going to have a job interview.C. He is going to see his girlfriend.3. A. Ask to see the man’s ID card.B. Get the briefcase for the man.C. Show the man her documents.4. A. The dorm room is too crowded.B. There is no kitchen in the building.C. No one looks after the dorm building.5. A. She was always in good shape.B. She stopped exercising one year ago.C. She lost a lot of weight in one year.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read onlyonce. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read thefive questions, each with three choices marked A, B andC, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark thecorresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a singleline through the centre.Conversation One6. What is soon to open in China?A. The French Movie Festival.B. The French Cultural Year.C. The French Food Festival.How many exhibitions will be held for this7.activity?A.00.B.0.C. 100.What will be held at the foot of the Great Wall?8.A. The City Concert.B. The Opening Ceremony.C. The Great Lunch.9. Which of the following cities is not includein this activity?A. Chongqing.B. Wuhan.C. Shenzhen.10. What will certainly make great contributionsto this activity?A. Internet.B. TV shows.C. Newspapers.Conversation Two11. What sound more like a native speaker incasual conversation?A. Examples.B. Verbs.C. Idioms.12. Which of the following sounds more informaland more natural?A. Get together.B. Meet.C. See.13. Which of the following means that you canno interrupt me?A. I’m tied up.B. I have a lot on my plate.C. I’m busy.In American culture, what is considered14.important in a conversation?A. Using proper languageB. Making eye contact.C. Looking at your own feet.15. In business, how might Americans feel about you if you are looking away?A. You’re feeling ashamed.B. You’re telling the truth.C. You’re telling a lie.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with a single line through thecentre.16. How long will it take for new forests toback?A.years.B.0 years.C.0 years.17.What did Jimmy Carter plan to focus his effortson after leaving the White House in 1981?A. A presidential library.B. Camp David.C. Winning a second term.the lifeblood of the18.What was regarded ascountry of the Maldives?A. Oil.B. Agriculture.C. Tourism.19.What is responsible for the death of manypeople in developing countries?A. The development of resistance to diseases.B. The difficulty to cure new emerging diseasesC. The inability of the poor to afford medicinWhat released an lion tons of the20.global warming gas?A. Cars.B. Wildfires.C. Wars.Section DDirections:In this section, you will hear a shortpassage. There are ten missing words or phrases in it. Fill in the blanks with the exact words you hear on thetape. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.A researcher says lead in the environment could be a major cause of violence by young people.a ________ at theHerbert Needleman isDoctorUniversity University of of of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh School School School of of of Medicine Medicine Medicine in inPennsylvania and he ________ his findings at theyearly meeting of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science. Doctor Needleman says thepresence of lead in the ________ changes the neurons that control actions and that can cause a person to actin antisocial and ________ ways.In the 1970s, Doctor Needleman found lower scores on ________ even inchildren who did not have such signs of lead poisoning.After that, lead was ________ gasoline and paint in theUnited States. Yet many homes still have old lead paint.Lead was also used in older ________. In fact,officials just announced stronger testing andreporting requirements as from next year for lead in American drinking water.The newest research shows that even very small amounts of lead in bones can affect brain development.A simple ________ can measure lead except that an X-rayprocess is needed to measure levels in bone. In004, suchtests were done on 190 young people who were ________ and the findings showed that their average levels werehigher than normal. And, in 1998, three hundredchildren were studied and the test scores showed higherlevels of ________ problems in those with increased levels of lead. Yet these levels were still consideredsafe by the government.Part II Vocabulary and StructureDirections: There are 1incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices markedA, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes thesentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. So nervous ________ that she didn’t know howto start her speech.A. since she becameB. would she becomeC. that she becameD. did she become32. He ________ another career but, at the time he just wanted to earn money to study abroad.A. might have chosenB. might chooseC. had to chooseD. must have chosen33. The second report was ________ by August005,but one year later it was still nowhere in sight.A. submittedB. to have submittedC. to submitD. to have been submitted34. In this experiment, the students studied ar stopped several times during the listening test and asked to report what they ________ during the pause before answering the questions.have just beenA.had just been thinking about B.thinking aboutC. are just thinking aboutD. had just thoug about35. I was always taught that it was ________ interrupt.A. rudeB. coarseC. roughD. crudeSmall boys are ________ questioners. They ask36.questions all the time.original B. peculiar C. imaginative D.A.persistent37.We regret to inform you that the materials youordered are ________.A. out of workB. out of reachC. out ofD. out of practiceThe bomb will ________ the moment it is38.。
