全国大学生英语竞赛.docx

1、全国大学生英语竞赛2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题(C级)Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 marks)Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answe

2、r Sheet with a single line through the centre.31. So nervous _ that she didnt know how to start her speech.A. since she became B. would she become C. 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 chosen B. might c

3、hooseC. had to choose D. must have chosen33. The second report was _ by August 2005, but one year later it was still nowhere in sight.A. submitted B. to have submittedC. to submit D. to have been submitted34. In this experiment, the students studied are stopped several times during the listening tes

4、t and asked to report what they _ during the pause before answering the questions.A. had just been thinking about B. have just been thinking aboutC. are just thinking about D. had just thought about35. I was always taught that it was _ to interrupt.A. rudeB. coarseC. roughD. crude36. Small boys are

5、_ questioners. They ask questions all the time.A. originalB. peculiarC. imaginativeD. persistent37. We regret to inform you that the materials you ordered are _.A. out of workB. out of reachC. out of stockD. out of practice38. The bomb will _ the moment it is touched.A. go onB. go offC. go outD. go

6、over39. The car wont _; Ive tried it several times, but it wont work.A. beginB. launchC. startD. drive40. Children and old people do not like having their daily _ upset.A. habitB. routineC. practiceD. custom41. In your first few days at school youll be given a test to help the teachers to _ you to a

7、 class at your level.A. locateB. assignC. deliverD. place42. China only started its nuclear power industry in recent years, and should _ no time in catching up.A.loseB.delayC. spareD. relieve43. You did an excellent job yesterday, Jim! I really enjoyed your presentation. _ Oh yeah, it was fabulous.

8、It seems the English program is a great way to practice English. Yeah. It is fun and motivating.A. Did you really? B. Oh, thank you. You are so kind. C. Really? What about yours? D. Not at all. My pleasure.44. What kind of music do you like? Well, I like different kinds. _ Er, I especially like punk

9、 rock.A. I beg your pardon? B. Are you serious?C. Any in particular? D. Why do you think so?45. How did you like the fashion show last night? _ I didnt see anything wrong with the clothes; they looked pretty nice to me. Do you really think people can wear that stuff and walk around in streets?A. Imp

10、ressive. Its a good way to show off womens sense of style and wealth.B. It was cool. The clothes are more beautiful than the people wearing them.C. Nothing serious. Its only a show to attract the eyes of fashion fans.D. It was dumb. I think its stupid for women to wear clothes like that.Part III Rea

11、ding Comprehension (20 minutes, 40 marks)Section A (4 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 4 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single li

12、ne through the centre.Questions 46-49 are based on the following passage.The ability to “see” oneself in the future is a remarkable human trait - some would say unique - that is not well understood. Thats despite the fact that we probably spend as much time thinking about the future as we do thinkin

13、g about the present.Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that its precisely because we can remember the past that we can visualize the future. “Our findings provide convincing support for the idea that memory and future thought are highly interrelated and help explain wh

14、y future thought may be impossible without memories,” says doctoral candidate Karl Szpunar. The findings are consistent with other research showing that persons with little memory of the past, such as young children or individuals suffering from loss of memory, are less able to see themselves in the

15、 future.The researchers base their conclusions on brain scans of 21 college students who were cued to think about something in their past, and anticipate the same event in the future, like a birthday or getting lost. The experiment was carried out as each student lay on their stomach in a magnetic r

16、esonance imaging machine, a dreadful but very useful piece of equipment that can show which areas of the brain are stimulated during specific thought processes.The students were also asked to picture former President Bill Clinton in a past and future setting. Clinton was chosen because he was easily

17、 recognized and familiar to all the students.The researchers found a “surprisingly complete overlap” among regions of the brain used for remembering the students past and those used for picturing the future. And every region involved in remembering was also used in anticipating the future.In short,

18、the researchers isolated the area of the brain that “lit up” when the students thought about an event in their own past. And more importantly, that same area lit up again when they thought about a similar event in their future. In fact, the researchers report that the brain activity was so similar i

19、n both cases that it was “indistinguishable.”The findings were reinforced when students imagined Bill Clinton. Since none of them knew him personally, their memories were not autobiographical. And the brain scans showed “significantly less” correlation between memories of having seen pictures of Cli

20、nton in the White House and projecting him into the future.So this “time machine,” as the researchers describe it, allows us to use the past to see ourselves in the future, and both our memories and our anticipation are interdependent.46. A remarkable human trait that is not well understood is the a

21、bility _.A. to think about the past B. to see the future C. to remember the past D. to control the present47. The findings support that _.A. future goals will greatly influence a persons present performanceB. a persons present performance is determined by his / her past knowledgeC. future thought de

22、pends to a great degree on the memory of the pastD. present thought is impossible without the ability to imagine the future48. The conclusion of the experiment on students was that _.A. the students could picture themselves better than Bill Clinton in a past and future settingB. the students could i

23、magine themselves as well as Bill Clinton in a past and future settingC. the students could anticipate Bill Clinton better than themselves in a past and future settingD. the students could only picture themselves in a past and future setting but not Bill Clinton49. This “time machine” in the last pa

24、ragraph most probably refers to _.A. clock B. brain scanning C. magnetic resonance imaging D. memorySection B (14 marks)Directions: There is one passage in this section with 10 questions. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 50-55, mark Y (for YES)i

25、f the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 56-59, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Visi

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