全国大学生英语竞赛C类试题及答案Word格式文档下载.docx

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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."

mnotagainstlong,fancyorobscurewords,butI'

mopposedtousingthenfortheirownsake,"

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---westofEnglishisanexampleofaplacewheresurfersusuallyneedwetsuits,eveninsummer.

Surfinghasbeenaprofessionalsportformanyyearaandtheverybestsurfersareabletomakealivingfromit.Mostofthebestprofe