1、NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC---Preliminary)PartIListeningComprehension(25minutes,30marks)PartIIVocabularyandStructures(10minutes,15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthispart.Foreachblanktherearefourchoices,markedA,BCandD.Cho
2、osetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.31.Theyarelookingfor_______manwith_______longdarkhair.Heisarmedanddangerous.A.a;aB.the;aC.a;/D./;the32.Itwasunf
3、ortunate,butshehadno_____buttoactasshedid.A.chance.B.opportunityC.optionD.solution33.The_____driverthinksthataccidentsonlyhappentootherpeople.A.generalB.usualC.commonD.average34.HowdidtheymanagetostealtheVanGoghItwasright____t
4、hesecurityguard’snose.A.belowB.beforeC.underD.beside35.Thestudent______continuinghisstudieswhenhehadtoreturntohishomecountryunexpectedly.A.isconsideringB.wasconsideringC.shouldconsiderD.hasconsidered36.MyfriendsandIenjoydoingmanyofthe
5、samethings.Inthatrespect,wehavealot_______.A.insimilarB.inparticularC.incommonD.inaccordance37.OurplannedvisittotheUnitedStates_______becausewewereunabletogetthevisas.A.felloverB.felldownC.fellthroughD.fellon38.Lestanyone_____it
6、strange,letmeassureyouthatitisquitetrue.A.thoughtB.shouldthinkC.hadthoughtD.thinking39.WhenSally______thecriminal______herhouse,shescreamedatthetopofhervoicebecauseshedidn’twant______.A.saw;enter;killedB.saw;enter;tobekilledC.sees;
7、entering;bekilledD.sees;enter;killing40.Tina’schildren,_____alllivenearby,organizedabigpartyforhereightiethbirthday.A.whoB.thatC.whichD.as41.Sometimesitisnecessarytobecareful_______therightdatetositforatest.A.whenchoosingB.wh
8、enyouwillchooseC.whenyouhavechosenD.whenyouchose42.Einstein’stheoryofrelativityseemedhardtobelieveatthetime_______.A.whenhefirstintroducedB.thathefirstintroduceditC.hefirstintroducedD.whichhefirstintroducedit43.________really.Ilike
9、bothpublictransportanddriving.A.OnsecondthoughtsB.IcouldgoeitherwayC.IwillneverlearntodriveD.Butthenagain44._____I’mgettingmarried!A.CanyoukeepasecretB.WellInever!C.Manyhappyreturns.D.Congratulations!45.---So,doyouknowwhe
10、reyou’dliketogo---Actually,I’veheardthatit’sveryexpensiveandit’scoldallthetime.A.IbegyourpardonB.Yeah,butit’snotverygood.C.DoyouknowanygoodhotelsD.DoyouhaveanysuggestionsPartIIIReadingComprehension(20minutes,40marks)SectionA
11、(4marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith4questions.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,BCandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.Questions46-49arebasedonthefol
12、lowingpassage.Mostsorethroatsarecausedbyaninfectionwhichtreatmentwithantibioticscannotcure.Butwithsimpleremediesthepatientnormallygetsbetterin4or5days.Tonsillitis,however,usuallystartswithasorethroatwhichcausespainonswallowing.Withchildrenandsome
13、adultstheremaybeafeverandthepatientisobviouslynotfeelingwell.Itmaybepossibletoseewhitespotsonthebackofthethroat.Theneckmayalsoswell,bothofwhicharethenormalresponsetoinfection.Sometimesasorethroatmayoccurwiththecommoncold,andwithinfluenzathe
14、remaybedrynessofthethroat,painoncoughingandlossofvoice.TREATMENTAspirin:Tohelprelievethepainonswallowingand(ifthereisone)thefever,useaspirintabletsdissolvedinwater,sothatthepatientcangarglebeforeswallowing.Repeatthetreatmentevery4hours.Dr
15、ink:Encouragethepatienttodrinkplentyofliquids.Food:Foodshouldnotbeforcedonapatientwhodoesnotwanttoeat.Steam:Ifthereispaininthethroatoncoughing,breathinginsteammayhelp.CHILDRENYoungchildren,whomaynotbeabletogargle,shouldbegivenaspiri
16、ndissolvedinwaterevery4hoursattherightdosefortheirage.Atoneyear:asinglejunioraspirin.Atfiveyears:halfanadultaspirin.Ateightyears:onewholeadultaspirin.WHENTOSEETHEDOCTORIfthesorethroatisstillgettingworseafter2days.Ifthepatientcom
17、plainsofearache.Ifthepatientorparentisveryworried.46.Accordingtothepassage,itwouldappearthatmostsorethroats_________.A.requireanimmediatevisittoadoctorB.respondquicklytotreatmentwithanantibioticC.rarelyturnouttobesymptomsofseriousillnessD.re
18、sultintonsillitisevenwhentreated47.Inordertotreatasorethroatoneshould________.A.preventthepatientfromeatingtoomuchB.givethepatientupto4aspirintabletseverydayC.advisethepatienttodrinklargeamountsofliquidsD.makethepatientgarglewithho
19、tliquids48.Youshouldcallthedoctorinif_________.A.swellingoccursintheregionoftheearsB.thepatient’sconditionworsensafter2daysC.thepatient’sthroatisstillsoreafteraweekD.thediseasespreadstoanothermemberofthefamily49.Whatdifferenceisthereinthew
20、ayadultsandyoungchildrenshouldbetreatedwithaspirinA.Youngchildrenshouldnotbeallowedtogarglewithit.B.Adultsshouldbegiventabletstoswallowwhole.C.Youngchildrenshouldbegivenaspirinmoreoftenthanadults.D.Adultsshouldbegivenlargerdosesofaspirinthanchi
21、ldren.SectionB(14marks)Thereisonepassageinthissectionwith10questions.GooverthepassagequicklyandanswerthequestionsontheAnswerSheet.Forquestions50-55,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)if
22、thestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.Forquestions56-59,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.In1945leadersfrom51countriesmetinSanFrancisco,California,ando
23、rganizedtheUnitedNations(oftencalledtheUN).WorldWarIIhadjustended.Millionsofpeoplehaddied,andtherewasdestructioneverywhere.Peoplehopedtheycouldbuildafutureofworldpeacethroughthisneworganization.TheUnitedNationshasfourmaingoalsandpurposes:1.Towo
24、rktogetherforinternationalpeaceandtosolveinternationalproblems;2.Todevelopfriendlyrelationsamongnations;3.Toworktogetherforhumanrightsforeveryoneofallraces,religions,andofbothsexes;4.Tobuildacenterwherenationscanworktogetherforthesegoals.To
25、dayalmosteverycountryintheworldisamemberoftheUN.Eachcountryhassignedanagreementthatsays:1.Allmembersareequal.2.Allmemberspromisetosolveinternationalproblemsinapeacefulway.3.Nomemberwilluseforceagainstanothermember.4.AllmemberswillhelptheUNin
26、itsactions.5.TheUNwillnottrytosolveproblemswithincountriesexcepttoenforceinternationalpeace.Obviously,theUnitedNationshasnotbeencompletelysuccessfulinitsgoals.Therehavebeenseveralwarssince1945.However,theorganizationhashelpedbringpeacetosomecountries
27、thatwereatwar.Ithashelpedpeoplewholefttheircountriesbecauseofwars.Ithashelpedbringindependencetocolonies.ThemainUnitedNationsorganizationisinNewYorkCity,buttheUNhasa“family”ofotherrelatedorganizationsallovertheworld.Theseorganizationstrytoprovid
28、eabetterlifeforeveryone.OneexampleisUNICEF,anorganizationthatprovidesfood,medicalcare,andmanyotherservicesforpoorchildrenwherevertheylive.AnotherexampleistheWorldHealthOrganization,whichdevelopsmedicalprogramsallovertheworld.TherearethousandsofUNwor
29、kersindevelopingcountries.Theyworkasplannerstoincreaseproductioninfarmingandindustry.Theyprovidemedicalservices,improveeducationprograms,andspreadscientificinformation.Theydevelopprogramsthatprovidejobsandbetterlivingconditions.Theyhelpcountriescontroltheirpo
30、pulationgrowth.TheUnitedNationsalsoholdslargeinternationalconferences,wherepeoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissues.Oneconferencewasabouttheusesandownershipofoceans.Anotherwasaboutwomen.TherearealsoInternationalYears.Inthesespecialyears,peopleworktogethe
31、rtoimprovesituationsandsolveproblems.OneyearwastheInternationalYearoftheChild.Forcenturiescountrieshavefoughteachother,andpowerfulcountrieshavetakencontrolofweakerones.Itisverydifficulttopersuadenationstolivetogetherinpeace.Nevertheless,theUnitedNat
32、ionsisattemptingtodothis.Itistheonlyorganizationthatunitestheworldinthesearchforpeace.50.TheUnitedNationswasorganizedatameetinginCaliforniain1945.51.TheUnitedNationsworksforinternationalpeace.52.KuwaitisamemberoftheUNICEF.53.TheUnitedNationsha
33、sitsmainorganizationinSanFrancisco.54.TheUnitedNationshelpedAlgeriabecomeindependent.55.UNICEFisanorganizationthathelpssavewildlife.56.EachcountryintheUNhassignedanagreementthatsaysnomember______againstanothermember.57.Despiteitseffort,theUnitedNat
34、ionshasn’tbeen______initsgoals.58.Peoplemeettodiscussimportantworldissuesin______heldbytheUnitedNations.SectionC(10marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedby5questions.Readthepassagecarefully,andthenanswerthequestionsinasfewwordsaspossible
35、(notmorethan10words).RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions60-64arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Alanguageisasystemofsounds,gestures,orcharactersusedbyhumanstocommunicatetheirideasandfeelings.Thereareabout4,000spokenlanguagesintheworld
36、.Somearespokenbymillionsofpeople.Otherlanguageshaveonlyafewspeakers.Alllanguageshaverulesforformingwordsandfororderingthosewordsinsentences.Inwrittenlanguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofcharactersandrulesforcombiningthosecharacters.Inspokenl
37、anguages,meaningisexpressedthroughasystemofsoundsandrulesforcombiningthosesounds.Manydeafpeopleusesignlanguages,inwhichgesturesdotheworkofthesoundsystemofspokenlanguages.WordorderismoreimportantinEnglishthanitisinsomeotherlanguages,suchasRussian.
38、ThesoundsystemisveryimportantinChineseandinmanylanguagesspokeninWestAfrica.Languagesarealwayschanging,buttheychangeveryslowly.Peopleinventnewwordsfortheirlanguage,borrowwordsfromotherlanguages,andchangethemeaningsofwordsasneeded.Forexample,theEngl
39、ishwordbytewasinventedbycomputerspecialistsin1959.theEnglishwordtomatowasborrowedfromNahuatl,andAmericanIndianlanguagespokeninMexico.TheEnglishwordmeatoncereferredtofoodingeneral.Thereareseveralmajorlanguagefamiliesintheworld.Thelanguagesineachfami
40、lyarerelated,andscientiststhinktheycamefromthesameparentfamily.Languagefamiliescomeindifferentsizes.TheAustronesianfamilycontainsatleast500languages,includingPilipino,Malay,andMaori.TheBasquelanguage,spokeninnorthernSpain,istheonlymemberofitslanguagefami
41、ly.TheIndo-Europeanlanguagefamilycontains55languages,includingEnglish,German,Spanish,Russian,andHindi.AnotherlanguagefamilyisSino-Tibetan,whichincludesChinese,Burmese,andTibetan.TheAfro-AsiaticfamilyincludesArabic,Hebrew,andAmharic.Thereareabout150Americ
42、anIndianlanguagesspokentoday.Theselanguageshavemanydifferencesandhavebeendividedintomorethan50languagefamilies.Peoplelearnlanguagesbylistening,copyingwhattheyhear,andusingthelanguage.Mostchildrenlearntheirfirstlanguageseasily,andsometimesotherlanguages
43、aswell.Adultsoftenmustworkharderatlearningasecondlanguage.Questions:60.Howmanylanguagesarespokenallovertheworld61.Whatarethelanguagerulesfor62.Howismeaningexpressedinsignlanguage63.WhatismoreimportantinEnglishcomparedwithotherlanguages64.
44、WhichlanguageistheonlymemberofitslanguagefamilySectionD(12marks)Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyasummary.Readthepassagecarefullyandcompletethesummarybelowbychoosingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassagetofillineachofthespaces,65-70.Rememb
45、ertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Questions65-70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Welcometo“SoftwareWorld”---bringingyoutheverylatestinformationonwhatiscurrentlyavailableonCD-ROM.Areyouadirectororproducerlookingforanunusualactortoplayapartinanew
46、movieproject,orwiththatspeciallookforanewcommercialonTVOK.Theusualprocedurewouldbetocontactatheatricalagency,whowouldtryandsellyoutheideaofusingoneoftheactorslistedontheirbooks.BooksTooold-fashionedforyouThengetyourselfacopyofthislatestelect
47、ronicdatabasecalled“TheElectronicCurtain”.ThebrainchildofcastingagentFredHarkneyoftheBetterTalentAgency,hesayshegottheideaofanactor’sdirectoryfromhissonplayingcomputergames.Notingthatjuniorhadtotypeinthedetailsofthecharactersinhisfavoritegame,he
48、realizedhecoulddothesamefortheactorsherepresents.Eventually,hecametoincludeinformationonnearlythreequartersoftheapproximately34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain.Withsometheatricalagenciesboastingthattheyrepresentover500performers,theneedfor
49、thisproductisnothardtofathom.Itcanbeanightmaretryingtorememberjustwhichactorhasdonewhat,orjustwhatanactorcando.Thedatabaselistsdetailsofover5,500actors:TVshowstheyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheypossess---everythingdowntothecoloroftheireyesando
50、therdistinguishingphysicalfeatures.Byenteringthedetailsofthetypeofpersonyouarelookingfor,thedatabasequicklylocatesonlythosepersonswiththeparticularqualitiesrequested.Oneproblemthough,isthatmanyactorsfeelitistooimpersonal,andtheycouldbemissingoutonm
51、uchneededauditionsforpartsintheatricalshows.Ontheotherhand,itmightjustgetthemthatelusivejob.Thedaysofnervousnail-bitingwhilewaitingaroundtogiveanauditioncouldwellandtrulybeover.Andallbecauseofasmallplasticdisk.Forproductdetailsringthisnumbernow:01
52、71-379-60000.Summary:Anelectronicdatabasegivinginformationonnearly(65)______the34,000actorsregisteredandlookingforworkinBritain,isnowavailableonCD-ROM.Some(66)______haveover500actorsontheirbooksanditisdifficulttorememberalltheirdetails.Thedatabaseli
53、stsinformationonover5,500actorsandcanbesearchedfordetailssuchaspast(67)______theyhaveappearedin,specialskillstheymighthave,andeventhecoloroftheireyes.Thedatabasecanquicklylocatepersonswith(68)_____and,althoughsomeactorsfeelitis(69)______tobeofmuc
54、huse,itiscertaintochangethewayactorsarechosenforpartsinfilms,playsandshows.Ringthefollowingtelephonenumberforfurther(70)_____:0171-379-6000.PartIVCloze(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(5marks)Thereare5blanksinthepassage.Usethewordgivenontheright-ha
55、ndsidetoformawordthatfitsineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.perfectselectsimilarconfidenthonestInterviewsarean(71)______methodofchoosingthebestpeopleforjobs,yethumanbeingsliketoexamineeachotherinthis
56、way.Oneofthemanyproblemsof(72)______,asitiscommonlypracticed,isthattheformsfilledinbyapplicantsoftenfailtoshowpeopleastheyreallyare.Thismeansthatyoucanfollowallthebestadvicewhencompletingyourformandstillfindthatyouareunsuccessfulatthenextstage-
57、--theinterview.(73)_____,intherarecaseswhereinterviewsareautomatic,acandidatewithaninadequatefrommaydosurprisinglywell.Ofcourse,yourformneedstoshowthatyouhave(74)_____inyourabilitytodothejob,butdon’ttrytoturnyourselfintosomeoneelse---apersonyo
58、uhavetopretendtobeattheinterview.Realismand(75)_______aredefinitelythebestapproach.SectionB(10marks)Thereare10blanksinthepassage.Foreachblank,oneormorelettersofthewordhavebeengiven(notexceeding3letters).Readthepassagebelo
59、wanddecidewhichwordbestfitseachblank,usingonlyonewordineachwordineachblank.RemembertowritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Truerelaxationismostcertainlynotamatteroffloppingdowninfrontofthetelevisionwithawelcomedrink.Norisitaboutdriftingintoanexhauste
60、dsleep.Usefulthoughtheseresponsestotensionandover-tiredness(76)mi_______be,weshoulddistinguishbetweenthemandconsciousrelaxationin(77)te_____ofqualityandeffect.Regardlessoftheleveloftiredness,realrelaxationisastateofalertness,yet,atthesame(78)t______,pas
61、siveawareness,inwhichourbodiesare(79)a________restwhileourmindsareawake.Moreover,itisasnaturalforahealthypersontoberelaxedwhenmovingasresting.(80)Be_____relaxedinactionmeanswebringtheappropriateenergytoeverythingwedo,(81)W______needstoberediscovere
62、disconsciousrelaxation.Withthisin(85)m______wemustapplyourselvestounderstandingstressandthenatureofitscauses,howeverdeep-seated.PartVTranslation(15minutes,15marks)SectionA(8marks)TranslatetheunderlinedsentencesofthefollowingpassageintoChinese.Remember
63、towritetheanswersontheAnswerSheet.Aftermymotherpassedaway,mydadtriedevenhardertostayhealthyandactive.Everymorning,untiltheweatherturnedtoocold,heswamintheturquoisepoolinthecomplexwherehelived.(86)Eachday,nomatterhowhefelt,heswamonemorelapth
64、anthepreviousday,justtoprovetherewasalwaysroomforimprovement.Everyfewdayshereportedthenewnumberoflapstome,prideedginghisvoice.Byhislateseventies,inspiteofswimmingandworkingsixdaysaweek,mydadhadnoticeablydwindledinstrengthandenergy.Byageeighty
65、-onehewasinpoorhealthandhadtoretire.(87)Hepretendedhedidn’tneedtoleanheavilyonmeforsupportaswewalkedslowly,andIpretendednottonotice.Hismindwasclear,butcongestiveheartproblemsanddisablingarthritishadwornhimdown.Onedayhesaid,“Incaseofanemergency,
66、Idonotwishtobekeptalivebyanyextraordinarymeans.I’vesignedanofficialpapertothiseffect.”Hesmiledhiswonderful,broadgrinandsaid,“I’vebeenblessedtohavehadyourmotherasmywifeandyouasmyonlychild,andI’mreadytogo.”Lessthanamonthlaterhehadaheartattack.Intheemergencyroom,heagainremindedhisdoctorandmeofhiswishes,butIcouldn’timagine,inspiteofthislatestcrisis,thathewouldn’talwaysbesaying,“HaveItoldyouyettodayth