全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题及答案.docx

1、全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题及答案2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题2003 National English Contest for College Students（Preliminary）Part I Listening Comprehension（30 minutes，30 points） Section A Dialogues（10 points） Directions：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialoguesAt the end of each dialogue，a question will be asked about

2、what was saidBoth the dialogue and the question will be read only onceAfter each question there will be a pauseduring the pause，you must read the four choices marked A，B，C and D，and decide which is the best answerThen m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the

3、center1AA sales clerk BA police officer CA tailor DA nurse 2ABy train BShe walks CBy car DBy bus 3AFish is the only dish left BChicken is the only dish left CVegetarian meals are not offered DThere arent any vegetarian meals left 4AHe starts work next weekend BHell be away CHell be in the mountains

4、DHes moving to Florida 5AIn an elevator BAt a dress store COn the seventh floor DAt a department store 6AThey felt it was disorganized BThey were pleased with its Asian content CThey felt it lacked Asian content DThey felt it ignored recent events 7AHe doesnt have enough time BHe doesnt have a watch

5、 CThe library doesnt have the articles he wants DHe cant find the library 8AHe wants the woman to dine out with them BHe wants to work tomorrow CHe wants the woman to finish dinner first DHe wants to pay for the dinner 9ATwice a day BTwice a week COnce a week DDaily 10AAt two oclock BAt four oclock

6、CAt three thirty DAt eight oclock Section B News Items（10 points） Directions：In this section，you will hear 10 pieces of short news from BBC or VOAThere will be a question following each piece of newsWrite down the answer to each question in no more than 15 words 11_ 12_ 13_ 14_ 15_ 16_ 17_ 18_ 19_ 2

7、0_ Section C Compound Dictation（10 points）Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three timesWhen the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general ideaThen listen to the passage againWhen the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in

8、 the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heardFor blanks numbered from 29 to 30，you are required to fill in the missing informationYou can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own wordsFinally，when the passage is read for t

9、he third time，you should check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer SheetAlthough general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international tradeBecause 95per

10、cent of the worlds population and two-thirds of its (21)_ power are located outside the United States，it is important for American (22)_to be present in foreign marketsHowever，before we explain the different methods by which a company may (23)_in international trade，we might first consider some impo

11、rtant (24)_that U.Scompanies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign countryThese factors are (25)_with differences in language，in values and attitudes，and in political (26)_ When (27)_Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920，the company used a group of Chinese symbols that，when

12、spoken，sounded like Coca-ColaHowever，when read， these symbols meant，“a female horse fattened with wax”Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese (28)_that translates into“happiness in the mouth”(29)_ Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is pract

13、iced by a particular group of people(30)_Part II Vocabulary and Structure（15 minutes，30 points） Section A Multiple Choice（20 points） Directions：Questions 31-50 constitute a complete passageThere are 20blanks in the passageFor each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and DChoose the one that be

14、st completes the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre 31Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for five nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as the work of“ruffians ，both color

15、ed and white”hell-bent on hooliganism ，according to _ official files Arecent revealed Bnewly released Cprevious disclosing Dearlier exposing 32But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“niggers” Acontain Bcon

16、vince Cconsist Dconfirm 33The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racial riots”，as the press called them at the time，shocked Britain into_ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played out in the American deep south Arealizing Bwitnessing Cwatching Didentifying 34The

17、 carnival，which will_ the streets of west London _more than 1.5 million people this weekend，was started in 1959 as a direct response to the riots Acrowd；of Bpour；for Cfill；with Demerge；in 35While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots，the internal Metropolitan police file

18、s released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances were overwhelmingly _ by 300 to 400 strong“Keep Britain White” mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with iron bars ，butchers knives and weighted leather belts，who went“nigger-hunting”among the West Indian residents of Not

19、ing Hill and Noting Dale Aerupted Bcommenced Ctriggered Dinaugurated 36The first night left five black men _ on the pavements of Noting Hill Alying unconscious Bthere died Cfeel faint Dserious hurt 37The battles raged over the bank holiday weekend as the black _responded in kind with counterattacks

20、by large groups of“men of color”similarly armed Acolumn Barmy Cbrigade Dcommunity 38Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as he came out of Blueys Club on Talbot Road，Noting HillHe _a piece of iron down his left trouser leg，a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor blade in his inside breast

21、 pocket：“I have to protect myself，”he told the arresting officer Afound to have Bwas found to have Cfound having Dwas found having 39The _ files，which were sealed under the 75-year rule but have been released early，show that senior officers tried to convince the then home secretary，“Rab”Butler，that

22、there was not a racial element to the rioting Aforbidden Bconfidential Cincredible Dstrict 40In his official report，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the national press had been wrong to portray the“widespread series of street disturbances”as“racial”riots：“Whereas there ce

23、rtainly was some _ feeling between white and colored residents in this area，it is abundantly clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians，both colored and white，who seized on this opportunity to indulge in hooliganism ” Aill Bsick Cpainful Dhurt 41But the police witness statements and private st

24、atistics _ Atold differently Binterpreted in a different way Cexisted m any differences Dtold a different story 42The Met com missioner was told that _ the 108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessing offensive weapons，72 were white and

25、 36 were “colored” Afor Bfrom Cof Din 43It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday，August 20，when a 400-strong crowd of white men，_“Teds”，attacked houses occupied by West Indians Athey are all Bmany of them Csome were Dmost of them belong to 44Among the _ was Majbritt Morr

26、ison ，a young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican Aoffenders Brioters Cvictims Dresidents 45She was pelted with stones，glass and wood，and _ in the back with an iron bar as she tried to get home Abruised Bstruck Cpatted Dscratched 46The internal police witness statements provide graphic evidence of the

27、 motives of the mobsat one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streets of Notting Hill，_ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find Aplunging into Bbreaking into Cseeking for Dsearching for 47PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of 300 to 400 white people in Bramley Road _：

28、“We will kill all black bastardsWhy dont you send them home？” Ashouting Bto cry Cutter Dannounced 48PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was told：“Mind your own _，copsKeep out of itWe will settle these niggers our wayWell murder the bastards” Amatters Baffair Cthings Dbusiness 49The disturbances

29、 continued night after night until they finally petered out on September 5At the Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary _ of four years each on nine white youths who had gone“nigger hunting” Adecisions Bstatements Ctrials Dsentences 50While those dealt with by the courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black people also arrested and the official _ there had not been a racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never re