2011年全国大学生英语竞赛试题.doc

2011年全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及参考答案
2011 National English Contest for College students
(Level C-Preliminary)
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.
1. What does the man want to do?
A. Get something to eat now. B. Find a quiet place that shows games.
C. Watch the next game with the woman.
2. Why does not the man have a MySpace account?
A. He is not skilled at using computer. B. All of the instruction are in English
C. The woman won not teach him.
3. How long does the woman plan to try teleworking?
A. For a few days. B. For a few weeks. C. For a few months.
4. What does the man hope will happen?
A. The price of cell phone novels will go down. B.The novel’s author will writer longer stories.
C. The woman will tell him ho the story ends.
5. what is the woman going to do next?
A. turn on her computer. B. Go for a walk with peter. C. Visit her new neighbors.
Section B (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.
Conversation one
6. What did Jack do over the summer?
A. He studied very hard. B. He took a summer class. C. He visited one of his teachers.
7. What does Jack think of Ms Wellington as a teacher?
A. Easy-going. B. Tough. C. Interesting.
8. Why is Ms Wellington’s class hard?
A. Her exams are difficult. B. She does not give students the help they need.
C. She makes do lots of work.
Conversation two
9. Why is Mrs. Griffin going to the city where the hotel is located?
A. He is on holiday. B. He’s on a business trip C. He is going to a conference.
10. How many times has Mrs. Griffin stayed at the Sunrise Hotel?
A. Twice B. Once. C. Three times.
11. Where is Mrs. Griffin form?
A. Canada. B. New Zealand. C. Australia.
12. What is Mrs. Griffin’s passport number?
A.87647489 B. 87637289 C.87637489
13. What kind of room does Mrs. Griffin want?
A. A single room for two nights. B. A double room for two nights.
C. A single room for one night.
14. When will Mrs. Griffin arrive at Sunrise Hotel?
A. at 9:15 pm B. at 9:35 pm C. at 10:00 pm
15. What food will be put into Mrs. Griffin’s room?
A. a sandwich with fries. B. a cheese sandwich. C. a burger with chips.
Section C (5Marks)
16. What does the Associated Press ask editor and news directors to do?
A. vote for the top stories of the year. B. describe the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
C. writes about the 11 workers killed in the explosion
17. Where are the doctors and technology experts from?
A. New York. B. London C. Tokyo
18. For how long does President Obama agree to extend the tax cuts?
A. for four years B. for three years C. for two years.
19. How many people in the world don’t have enough to eat,according to the report?
A. more than one billion. B. some six hundred million. C. nearly nine hundred million
20. What have astronomers recently discovered?
A. there are unknown plants in older galaxies. B. there are many galaxies in the universe
C. there are a lot more red dwarf in older galaxies
Section D (10 marks)
In the section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words phrases. Fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet
What do you do if you don’t get your first choice university? This __21__ faces thousands of British every year. Many such__22___ turn to Clearing, a service that helps find university places for students at the last moment. If they don’t have the marks to get into their__23__, Clearing tells them about places available at other university, though they might have to read a difficult subject.
This year has seen a record number of people applying to university. This, combined with the __________24___________,an uncertain job market, and budget cuts at university, product even more of a scramble for places than usual. Some sources say six students have applied for each remaining____________25_______________ place
The British University Admissions Service, UCAS, says up to a quarter of this year’s university applicants-almost 190000 people-have not been admitted into a______________26______________. That is an increase of over 46000 students from last year.
Faced with these figure, some British students might consider an interesting alternative:___________27________________. The University of Nottingham for is offering place at its campuses in Ningbo, near Shanghai, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Students at these institutions can earn University of Nottingham degrees, according, engineering and English. Similarly, the University of Bolton says it has unlimited places at its campus in the United Arab Emirates.
To deal with these problems, the UK’s Higher Education Minister, David Willet’s, is encouraging students who have not made the grade to consider alternatives to university, such as ___________28____________and studying at home.
“There are arrange of options available, “he says. “people can reapply next year, so they should consider spending this year in a way that will add positively to their CVs. Getting __________29___________or other skills will strengthen their chances next year.” Some commentators say, though that rising university costs, poor long-term__________30_____________, and a drop in graduate recruitment mean this the worst time to be a university student in the UK.

Part II. Vocabulary and Structure (15 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. accord B. accomplishment C. identity D. undertaking
32. 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. logically B. methodically C. graphically D. synthetically
33. 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. Assumes B. Prescribes C. Aspires D. Presumes
34. 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. Why B. Where C. Which D. What
35. ______information provided by members of the public, the police would have a much move difficult job.
A. Supposing B. Provided the C. If it were not for D. On condition that
36. Peter Brown was a painstaking writer;______, he once spent half a day on the composition of a single sentence.
A. On the other hand B. Nevertheless C. Moreover D. For example
37. ----What an I going to do about a present for Carol?
----You______some flowers.
A. Might have sent her B. Must have sent her C. Could send her D. Would send her
38. 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 freezing B. Would be freezing C. An be frozen D. Would be frozen
39. 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; has B. Have; have C. Has; have D. Has; has
40. Here's your kitchen. I hope you enjoy cooking here. Is there______else that you need?
A. Something B. Anything C. Nothing D. Everything
41. David______his business partner over plans to reduce the workforce.
A. Came down to B. Broke down to C. Fell out with D. Went along with
42. ______is this piece of equipment to be removed from the building.
A. On no account B. Absolutely C. Scarcely D. Not at all
43. Helen' s parents were______that she was still on the job., but she had resigned.
A. In doubt B. Of the opinion C. Under the impression D. With suspicion
44. ----I don't think I will ever, in my life, win a lottery of five million dollars.
----Well, ______. Anything can happen.
A. You made it B. You're kidding C. What you say D. You can never tell
45. -----How did you find the concert in the Grand Theatre last night?
-----______ but the conductor was perfect.
A. I couldn't agree more B. I didn't think much of it
C. I was crazy about it D. I really liked it

Part III. 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 six unturned 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 all books(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 IV. 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 not follow 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 than 20,000 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 a best---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 importa