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09年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛C类

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2009NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents（LevelC–Preliminary）PartIlisteningComprehension（25minutes,30marks）SectionA（5marks）Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachconversation,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Wheredoesthisconversationprobablytakeplace?

anengineroom.B.inacar.afactory.

isthemantalkingto

lifeguard.travelagent.gymnasiummanager.

willthecorrectpricebedetermined

A.Bycallingthecompany.

askingthesalesrepresentative.

lookingatthepricelist.

isSueupsetaccordingtotheconversation?

brokeintohercar.

hadtopaytoomuchforparking.

wasgivenaticket.

dothetwospeakersprobablydoforaliving.

clerks...

SectionB（10marks）

Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.Duringthepause,readthefivequestions,eachwiththethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre

ConversationOne

didthemanwatchthevideo

wasrequiredbyProfessorStephen.

wantedtolearnaboutheartattacks.

hadtotakepartinadiscussion.

theman’sopinion,whatisthevideoabout?

A.Men’shealth..careforwomen.

didthemanlearnfromthevideo?

areundermorestressthanmen.

havemoreheartattacksthanmen.

whohaveheartattacksgetlesscarethanmen.

whatagesarewomenmostlikelytohaveaheartattack?

to50.to65.to60.

doesthewomanthinkaboutthevideo?

soundspuzzling.

soundsveryinteresting.

soundsverydull.

ConversationTwo

longdidthemanwaitbeforehiscallwasanswered?

minutes.minutes.minutes.

didthemanphoneInterserveCustomerService?

wantedtoknowwhattherecordedmessagemeans.

didn’tknowwhichbuttontochoose.

wantedtoknowifhecanusehise-mailaddresswhileoverseas.

doesthemanthinkaboutthemenuofoptions?

meaningisn’tambiguous.

isfarfromclear.

issatisfactory.

departmentwouldthemanhavespokentoifhadchosenbuttontwo?

andBilling.

Enquiries.

andService.

willtheoperatordonext

anofficialcomplaint.

themenuofoptions.

anoteoftheman’scomplaint.

SectionC（5marks）

Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitems.Eachitemwillbereadonlyonce.Aftereachitem,therewillbeapause,Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

doesrotationalgrazingreducetheneedforpesticidetreatments?

increasingtheuseofnaturalfertilizer.

limitingtheneedforchemicalfertilizers.

reducingthegrowthofweeds.

newsagencyvotesforthetoptennewsstories?

.

AssociatedPress

PressInternational.

countiesspentbillionsofdollarstodevelopnewoilfields

A.Syria,BrazilandRussia.

IranandSaudiArabia.

Arabie,BrazilandRussia.

hasthenumberofcamelsinIndiabeendecreasinginrecentyears?

theyaredyingfromtravelingtoofar.

theyareshortoffood.

theyareinfectedwithadisease.

isasymptomofmultiplesclerosis?

oftheabilitytohear.

oftheabilitytoseewell.

oftheabilitytospeakclearly.

SectionD（10marks）

Inthissection,youwillhearashortpassagewhichwillbereadonlyonce.Thereare10missingwordsorphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordsorphrasesyouhearonthetape.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.

ThefourthcomponentoftheSwedishsocialsystemisthatitspoliciesensurefullemploymentandincreasethemobilityoflabour-thatis,theabilitytochangejobswithout（21）______income.Swedeshaveastrongworkethic.This,combinedwithstate-fundedprogrammersthat（22）_______unemployment,whichSwedenpreferstohighunemploymentratesandlargewelfare（23）,therearealargenumberof（24）_______trainingprogrammesthatunemployersparfor（25）___________toworkersinjobsthathavebecomeunnecessary.Therearealsosubsidiesforworkerswhomustchangejobsbecauseofchangesinthelabourmarket.

Swedenintroducedthefifthandfinalcomponentofitssocialsystemattheendofthe20thcentury.Thiscomponentcorrectssomeoftheproblemscreatedbythefour（26）________mentionedcomponents.Itincludesnewrulesthataredesignedtoimprovejobstability,suchastrainingprogrammestohelpemployeeslearnnewskillsastheirjobschangeandbecomemore（27）______,Also,thegovernmenthasreducedsocial（28）_________andwelfarepayments.

So,inconclusion,theSwedesarehappywiththeirsystem.Swedenhasachievedmoreintermsofsocialequality,economic（29）________thanmanyothereconomies.Asaresult,mostSwedesaren’tinterestedinanymorereformoftheeconomicsystem.However,becauseitis（30）_________ininternationalmarkets,Swedenmustcontinuetomanageitssocialpoliciessothatitremainscompetitiveintheinternationalmarketplace.

PartIIVocabularyandStructure（10minutes,15marks）

businessmendiscussedthecontract_____________butneveractuallysignedanything.

length.

sea.

randon.

will.

tothecoffeefromColumbia________GovernorJohnsaidthat________coffeeshouldalwaysbestrong.

A./;a.

;a.

;a.

D./;/.

well-balanceddiet,________adequatesleep,isneededforgoodhealth.

;with.

only;but.

;to.

to;so

familiarwithinspectionreports,Irealizedthatsomepagesofthisoneweremissing.

be

was

was

youhavenotsignedacontract,youareunderno_________topaythemanymoney.

themarketwas_________goods,theeconomybecamemorebalanced,andinflationwentdown.

on

for

with

to

showthatthemajorityofpassengersarepleasedthatanagreementhasbeenreachedtoforbidsmokingon_________flightswithinthecontinentalUnitedStates.

A.economical

B.commercial

C.global

D.internal

newCEOaskedthatallinter-officecommunications________inwritingratherthaninperson,_________possible.

beenmade;whoever

bemade;whichever

made;whenever

bareofscenery

tobeperformedona__________,ThorntonWilder’splayOurTowndepictslifeinasmallNewEnglandcommunity.

sceneryofbare

ofstagescenery

bareofstage

bareofscenery

schoolpolicy,thestudentshadaholidaybetweenChritmasandtheNewYear.

behalfof

regardto

linewith

caseof

sellthehouse,wemadea__________tothebuyerbyagreeingtoputanewroofonit.

before_________availableforquickandeasyacessinsomanydifferentfieldsofstudy.

muchfreeinformationwere

somuchfreeinformationbeen

somuchfreeinformation

muchfreeinformationhasbeen

computercompanyannouncedthatthenewsolfware__________inthefirsthalfofnextyear.

released

havereleased

havereleased

goingtobereleased

:

AgroupofusaregoingboelingonTuesdaynight.Wouldyouliketojoinus?

Joe:

Ireallywould,butunfortunatelyIhaveatennislesson.

Tina:

Oh,that’stoobad._________

Joe:

Yes,forsure.Thanksfortheoffer.

doyoudealwiththat

anothertimethen

willyoucomeback

’tyoureallylikebowling

:

Hey,Agnes.HowdidtheHumanResourcesmeetinggo

Icouldn’tmakeitbecauseIwasoutatasalesconference.

Agnes:

Oh,George.__________Itturnedintoamajorargument.

George:

Really

A.Gladyou’rebacknow.

’reluckytohavemissedit.

toseeyouagain.

’rejustontime.

PartIIIReadingComprehension（20minutes,35marks）

SectionA（5marks）

Inthissection,thereisonepassagefollowedbyfivequestion.Foreachquestion,therearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoice,andthenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

Questions46to50arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Whene-mailfirstcameintogeneraluseaboutfifteenyearsago,therewasalotoftalkabouttheimminentarrivalofthepaperlessoffice.However,itseemsthate-mailhasyettorevolutionizeofficecommunications.AccordingtocommunicateionsanalystRichardMetcalf,someofficeshaveactuallyseenanincreaseinpaperasincreaseinpaperasaresultofe-mail.”Informationintheformofe-mailmessagesnowfloodsourcomputerscreens.Thesemessagescanbedistributedinthethosesecretarieswhosebooksaskthemtoprintoutalltheire-mailsandleavethemintheirintrays,thismeansusingupagreatdealofpapereverymonth,”Metcalfsays.

Metcalfhasfoundthatbecausesomee-mailsgetlostincyberspace,asareincreasinglylikelytobeaskedbyclientsandcolleaguestosendallimportantdocumentsbothbye-mailsandbyfaxor“snailmail”-thoughthepost.Thishighlightsafutherpostentialproblemwithe-mailintoday’soffices-itistakinguptimeratherthansavingit.

“Withe-mail,communicationismucheasier,butthereisalsomoreroomformisunderstrandings,”sayspsaychologistDrDavidLewisGenerally,muchlseecareistakewithe-mailsthanwithlettersorfaxesandthesenderwillprobablyprintthethedocumentsandrereaditbeforeputtingitinanenvelopeorsendingitbyfax.

Moreworryingisstilltheincreasemisuseofe-mailforsending“flame-mail”–abusiveorinappropriatee-mailmessages.Recentresearchinseveralcompaniessuggeststhataggressivecommunicationslikethis