全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及答案.doc

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2011NationalEnglishContestforCollegestudents

（LevelC-Preliminary）

PartTwoVocabularyandStructure（15marks）

Thereare15incompletesentencesinthissection.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

31.Afterfourdaysoftalks,wearegladtoannouncethattheunionandmanagementhavereachedan______.Theagreementisfairandbenefitsbothsides.

A.accordB.accomplishmentC.identityD.undertaking

32.Astheclerk______preparedmymilkshake,Iwonderedhowlongshehadbeenworkingthere,mindlesslymakingicecreamtreatsinasetorderofsteps.

A.logicallyB.methodicallyC.graphicallyD.synthetically

33.Asaboyhewantedtobeafireman.Asahighschoolstudent,hethoughthe'dliketobecomeateacher.Nowhe______tobenothingmorethanajanitor.

A.AssumesB.PrescribesC.AspiresD.Presumes

34.Regardlessofwhatcausedit,Iangratefulthathavefinallyreachedapointinmylife_______Icanappreciatemystrengths,acceptmyweaknessesandtrytobecomfortablewitheverythinginbetween.

A.WhyB.WhereC.WhichD.What

35.______informationprovidedbymembersofthepublic,thepolicewouldhaveamuchmovedifficultjob.

A.SupposingB.ProvidedtheC.IfitwerenotforD.Onconditionthat

36.PeterBrownwasapainstakingwriter;______,heoncespenthalfadayonthecompositionofasinglesentence.

A.OntheotherhandB.NeverthelessC.MoreoverD.Forexample

37.----WhatanIgoingtodoaboutapresentforCarol

----You______someflowers.

A.MighthavesentherB.MusthavesentherC.CouldsendherD.Wouldsendher

38.Withouttheairholdinginsomeofthesun'sheat,theearth______coldatnight,toocoldforustoliveon.

A.WillbefreezingB.WouldbefreezingC.AnbefrozenD.Wouldbefrozen

39.Thestudentsinouruniversityeach______anEnglishdictionary.Thatistosay,eachofthestudentsinouruniversity______anEnglishdictionary.

A.Have;hasB.Have;haveC.Has;haveD.Has;has

40.Here'syourkitchen.Ihopeyouenjoycookinghere.Isthere______elsethatyouneed

A.SomethingB.AnythingC.NothingD.Everything

41.David______hisbusinesspartneroverplanstoreducetheworkforce.

A.CamedowntoB.BrokedowntoC.FelloutwithD.Wentalongwith

42.______isthispieceofequipmenttoberemovedfromthebuilding.

A.OnnoaccountB.AbsolutelyC.ScarcelyD.Notatall

43.Helen'sparentswere______thatshewasstillonthejob.,butshehadresigned.

A.IndoubtB.OftheopinionC.UndertheimpressionD.Withsuspicion

44.----Idon'tthinkIwillever,inmylife,winalotteryoffivemilliondollars.

----Well,______.Anythingcanhappen.

A.YoumadeitB.You'rekiddingC.WhatyousayD.Youcannevertell

45.-----HowdidyoufindtheconcertintheGrandTheatrelastnight

-----______buttheconductorwasperfect.

A.Icouldn'tagreemoreB.Ididn'tthinkmuchofitC.IwascrazyaboutitD.Ireallylikedit

PartThreeCloze（15marks）

IhavebeenreadingalotonmyiPadrecently,andIhavesome（46）_____（complain）notabouttheiPaditselfbutaboutthestateofdigitalreadinggenerally.Readingisasubtlething,anditssubtletiesareartifactsofavenerablemedium:

wordsprintedininkonpaper.Glassandpixelsaren'tthesame.

WhenIreadaphysicalbook,Idon'thavetolookanywhereelsetofindouthowmuchI'veread.TheiPade---reader,iBookstriestocreatethe（47）illu_____ofaphysicalbook.Thepagesseemtoturn,andIcantheedgesofthosethatremain,butit'sfake.Therearealwaysexactlysixunturnedpages,nomatter（48）_____Iaminthebook.

Also,thereisalargerproblem.Booksintheirdigitalformatlookvastlyless"finished",orlessgenuinethanrealbooks.Youcanvarytheirfontandtypesize,butthisonlymakesthem（49）_____（resemble）word---processed---nomatterhow（50）_____（wretch）orwonderfultheyare---willneverlookasgoodasRobertHass'spoemsintheprinteditionofTheAppleTreesatOlema.Butyourpoemscanlookalmostexactlyasugly---as"e---book---like"---astheKindleversionofthatcollection.

Allthee---bookI'vereadhavebeenugly---booksbyChang---raeLee,AlvinKernan,andStiegLarsson---thoughthetextshavebeenwonderful.Ididn'tgrowupreadingtexts.Igrewupreadingbooks,andthis（51）_____（differ）isimportant.

Whenitcomestodigitaleditions,the（52）_____（assume）seemstobethatallbooks（53）are_____（create）equal.However,nothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruth.Inthemassmigrationfromprinttodigital,we'reseeingaprofusionofdigitalbooks---manyofthemoutofcopyright---thatlooknewandeven"HD,"butwhichmaywellhavebeensupplantedbymoreaccurateeditionsandbettertranslations.Weneedadigitalreaders'guide---aplacewherereaderscanfind（54）_____whetherthebookthey'reabouttodownloadisthebestavailableedition.

（55）Fi_____,tworelatedproblems.Ialreadyhaveapersonallibrary,butmostofthebooksI'vereadhavecomefrom（56）_____（lend）libraries.Barnes&Noblehasreleasedane---readerthatallowsshort---term（57）_____（borrow）ofsomebooks.TheentireideabehindAmazon'sKindleandApple'siBooksassumesthatyoucannotreadabookunlessyouownitfirstandthatonlyyoucanreaditunlessyouwanttogiveyourreadingdevicetosomeoneelse.

Thisgoesagainstthesocialvalueofreading,thecollectiveknowledgeand（58）_____（collaborate）discoursethatcomesfromaccessto（59）_____orourcultureingeneral.

PartFourReadingComprehension（40marks）.

SectionA（10marks）.

Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

NotkeenonreadingDoyouhavetroublefindinganovelthatarousesyourinterestWhynotfollowAmmonShea'sexampleandstartreadingadictionary

MrSheaownsover1,000dictionariesandhereadsthemforfun.Herecentlyspentayearreadingall20volumesoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary.Thedictionarycontainsmorethan20,000pagesandover59millionwords.

AshereadfromAtoZ,henoteddowninterestingwordsinaledger.Thisincludeswordssuchas"happify,"meaningtomakesomeonehappyand"tripudiate",whichmeanstodance,skiporleapforjoy.MrSheaalsokeptadiaryaboutthisexperience,whichhassincebecomeabest---sellingbook.

WhydidhedothisHeclaimsitwasfun."I'vealwaysenjoyedreadingdictionaries.Theyarefarmoreinterestingthanpeoplegivethencreditfor,"hesaid.

Itappearsthatitwasnothisgoaltosoundmoreintelligentbyusinglongerandmorecomplexwords."I'mnotagainstlong,fancyorobscurewords,butI'mopposedtousingthenfortheirownsake,"hesaid.

Infact,asaresultofreadingsomanynewwords,MrSheaoftenforgoteverydayvocabulary.Hewrote,"MyheadwassofullofwordsthatIoftenhadtroubleformingsimplesentences."

MrSheaisnotaloneinhisloveofreadingHiggleton,arepresentativeofCollinsCbuilddictionaries,explainedthatthousandsofcrosswordpuzzleandSrabblefansreaddictionariesforfunandtoimprovetheirgames.MsHiggletondidhowevernotethat,"It'sprobablynotthebestwaytolearnEnglish,andyou'dlearnmorethanyouneed."Itisnotknownhowmanyofthe59millionwordsMsShearemembers,buthehascertainlymadehistorywithhiseccentrichobby.

Questions61to65.

DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrueorFalse.

61.MrSheahasreaddictionaries.

62.MrSheaspentonemonthreadingtheOxfordEnglishDictionary.

63.InMrShea'sopinion,peopledon'tgivedictionariesenoughcreditforbeinginteresting.

64.MrSheathinksitisimportanttbeabletouselongandcomplicatedwordsineverydayconversation.

65.ElaineHiggletonthinksthatreadingadictionaryisthebestwaytolearnEnglish.

SectionB（10marks）

Questions66to70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Surfingissomethingpeopleoftengethookedonaftertryingitafewtimes.Formanysurfersitismuchmorethanahobby---theywouldprobablyagreewiththeAmericanprofessionalsurferKellySlaterwhenhesaid,"Onceyou'rein,you'rein.There'snogettingout."

"Surfing",ofcourse,referstoridingonoceanwavesusingasurfboard.Manysurfersstandupontheirboards,whichrequiresgodbalanceandisthereforedifficultformostbeginnerstolearn,butsomeliedownand"bodyboard"

ThehistoryofsurfingprobablybeganwiththePolynesianpeopleofthePacificIslands.OneofthefirstwhitepeopletoseeanyonesurfingwastheBritishexplorerCaptainGook,whenhisshiparrivedinHawaiiin1779.HewatchedmanyHawaiiansridingwavesonlargepiecesofwood,andreportedthat,"Surfingseemstogivethemafeelingofgreatpleasure."

WhensurfingstartedtobecomeverypopularintheUnitedStatesinthe1950'sand60s,surfersusedlargewoodenboards（oftenmorethanthreemetreslong）thatwerequiteheavy.Boardstodayareshorterandalsomuchlighter,becausetheyaremadeofartificialmaterialsinsteadofwood.

Foranyonewhowantstotrysurfing.Theonlyessentialsarewavesandaboard.Thereareafewotherthings,however,thatmostsurfersfindimportant;acordtattachoneoftheiranklestotheboardandthereforestopitfrombeingcarriedalongwayawaywhentheyfalloff';wax,whichtheyputonthesurfaceoftheboardtohelptheirfeetsticktoit;andawetsuittohelpthemkeepwarmincoldwater.Thesouth---westofEnglishi