全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案.docx

1、全国大学生英语竞赛试题及答案2010年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛C类真题2010 National English Contest for College Students(Level C - Preliminary)(总分：150分 时间：120分钟)Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short conversation. Each conversation will be read only once. After each conversation, the

2、re will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1.What in the woman probably doing now?A.She is writing an essay.B.She is

3、 studying for a test.C.She is shopping for shoes.2.How did the woman feel according to the conversation?A.She was relaxed.B.She was pleased.C.She was disappointed.3.What does the woman say about her presentation?A.Its far from being ready.B.She got a lot of information from the Internet.C.She needs

4、another week to get it ready.4.Where will the company probably hold the staff party?A. B. C.5. Which picture shows the corrections to the mans name?图片 图片 图片A. B. C.Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. After each conversa

5、tion, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation One6. What does the man want to talk to

6、Ann about?A. A holiday trip to Yellowstone Park.B. A research project in Yellowstone Park.C. A lecture by a professor who visited Yellowstone Park.7. According to the man, why is the buffalo population increasing in Yellowstone Park?A. A lot of buffalo have come from neighbouring areas.B. Fewer buff

7、alo are dying of disease.C. It is easier now for the buffalo to find food in winter.8. Why does the man think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone?A. She has been studying animal diseases.B. She is eager to visit Yellowstone Park.C. She needs the money to continue her studies,9. What did

8、the woman plan to do in July?A. Work on her thesis.B. Have a holiday.C. Study the buffalo population.10. Where will the woman most probably spend the coming summer?A. At the University of Wycoming.B. At Yellowstone National Park.C. At her friends home in Wyoming.Conversation Two11. What was Matt Rya

9、ns first job?A. Doing holiday relief work at a television channel.B. Working part-time as a model.C. Taking pictures for a television station.12. What did Matt find interesting about the sixties?A. The increasing number of comic books.B. The rapid advances in technology.C. The American space program

10、me.13. Why were Matts models once used on the news?A. They presented better images than the real pictures.B. The spacecraft camera got damaged and failed to take any pictures.C. The television studio was trying some new ideas.14. What was the name of the programme that marked the beginning of Matts

11、TV career?A. Strange Creatures.B. Time Traveller.C. Bright Star.15. What did Matt do for the programme?A. He made models.B. He acted the part of a monster.C. He filmed it.Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item, there

12、 will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16. How many times has the National Hochey League allowed its players to ta

13、ke part in the Winter Olympics?A. Five times. B. Three times. C. Twice.17. Where was the Africa Cup of Nations held?A. In Togo. B. In South Africa. C. In Angola.18. What has caused a large number of people to flee their homes in northern Yemen?A. An armed conflict. B. Lack of food. C. Freezing tempe

14、ratures.19. Who is Emtiaz Sooliman?A. A search and rescue specialist. B. Head of a South African foundation.C. Leader of a local civic group.20. What did the second stimulus bill passed by the House of Representatives aim at?A. Promoting international trade. B. Boosting employment.C. Expanding the p

15、rivate sector.Section D (10 marks )In this section, you are required to fill in 10 blanks, each with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS after listening to a short passage. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Childrens Toys Most popular wooden toy: (21) The wooden

16、toy is for (22) Output per (23) :4,000 items Average (24) time per box: (25) minutes The number of boxes in (26) :1,000 Date of the coming dispatch: (27) Current number of (28) :20 Number of staff working on the (29) :40 staff All staff do: (30) workPart II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)There a

17、re 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence, then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31. When Ian was injured, Harry was chosen as a last-minu

18、te for the rugby team.A. preference B. diversification C. alternation D. replacement32. -Hello, Mr Brown, Im ringing about our component delivery. Its not arrived yet and its already three oclock in the afternoon.-Lets see its reach you on Tuesday afternoon.A. owing to B. likely to C. due to D. subj

19、ect to33. Among the last groups of people to accept the new model were religious groups, who still the idea that the earth was the centre of the universe.A. clung to B. applied to C. adapted to D. contributed to34. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that enables the skel

20、eton to considerable impact.A. escape B. overwhelm C. withstand D. suppress35. -Would you like me to go to the dentist with you ?-No, you with me.A. need not to go B. need not goC. do not need go D. not need go36. Lance returned to cycling and training only five months after he was diagnosed with ca

21、ncer.A. aggressively B. drastically C. exactly D. initially37. Great minds generally look at life in a way to themselves.A. peculiar B. confined C. similar D. unusual38. They called in an electrician he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit.A. to hope B. to be hoping C. hoping D. to h

22、ave hoped39. The resistance experienced when one body moves over another, it is in contact, is called frictional force.A. to which B. where C. with which D. while40. Above all, they want to study a question: Are humans actually aware of the world they live in?A. contrary B. fundamental C. solemn D.

23、progressive41. -Tina, I hear you had a good journey to the Maldives last week. How was it?-I enjoyed the beautiful scenery, but the hotel was satisfactory.A. not anything B. nothing from C. nothing but D. anything but42. At the beginning of the 20th century, people made coffee a cloth bag full of co

24、ffee grounds into boiling water.A. by dumping B. to dump C. for dumping D. that dumped43. If you Susan recently, youd think the photograph on the right was strange.A. shouldnt contact B. hadt contactedC. werent contact D. didnt contact44. Beata: Ive put the job advertisement in the newspaper, Mr Tri

25、m. Trim: Good. Beata: Well, it was a bit more than the $10 that they quoted us.Trim: As long as it wasnt $10 a day.A. How to schedule it? B. How much was it?C. How often was it put there? D. How about the newspaper?45. Woman: Who is Jackie Tow? I have a parcel here for him.Jackie: Thats me. Woman: Y

26、es, please put your name here.Jackie: Thank you. It must be the new pair of shoes I bought online.A. This is the receipt for it. B. Do you have the senders address?C. I have to check the package. D. Do I have to sing for it?Part III Cloze (10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank w

27、ith one word. Choose the word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the letters of the word. Remember to write the answer on the answer sheet.Where The Wild Things AreI didnt set out to make a childrens movie, says Bein

28、g John Malkovich director Spike Jonze, I set out to make a movie about childhood. Indeed, like the recent alternative childrens book (46) adapt, Fantastic Mr Fox, this is more like an adult film (47) childrens clothing - or rather in Jim Henson monster suit. When rambunctious (无法无天的) nine-year-old M

29、ax feels (48) ig by his busy single mum and her new boyfriend, and runs away (49) home, he finds himself on an island populated by huge, hairy, scary Wild Thing. Here, he gets himself crowned king, and he and the monsters fight and play, and throw mud at each other (which the younger viewers will lo

30、ve). They return home. Thats it. And thats your problem. As a film, I cant (50) de its disappointing. Despite whimsical (异想天开的) imaginative and heart-tugging moments, Jonze and co-writer Dave Eggers inevitably lose the wonderful subtlety (精妙之处) of Maurice Sendaks well-loved 338-word picture book just by (51) (spin) it out into a full-length feature. Enough already! We get this dysfunctional group of neurotic Wild Things (52) rep Maxs childs eye view of grown-ups as comprehensible giants, both terrifying and loving. (53) , even the repetitiv