大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业-8及答案解析.doc

1、大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B 类英语专业-8 及答案解析(总分：170.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、Part Listening Com(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Why has Mary been absent from class? A. She has been ill. B. She has been in Mexico. C. Some relatives have been visiting her.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).Where does this conversation most proba

2、bly take place? A. At a department store. B. At a classroom. C. In a school.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Who is the man? A. Mr. Gerald. B. Mr. Smith. C. Dr. Johnson.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).What does the woman say about placing an advertisement in a newspaper? A. They should definitely do it. B. They cant find the

3、means to do it. C. It would be a meaningless act.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(5).What does Mrs. Roberts mean? A. She has a few questions about the mans schedule. B. Shell have the test ready in a few days. C. The man is not allowed to take the test early.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.三、Section B(总题数：0，分数：0.00)四、BInterview One(

4、总题数：1，分数：25.00)(1).These sessions with a counselor are _. A. compulsory B. available to any student C. for science students only（分数：5.00）A.B.C.(2).The counselor says that new students have to _. A. spend more time on the college premises B. get used to working independently C. work hard than they di

5、d at school（分数：5.00）A.B.C.(3).John complains that the resource center _. A. has limited opening hoursB. has too few resources C. gets too crowded（分数：5.00）A.B.C.(4).The counselor suggests to John that _. A. more other students can cope B. he need to study all the time C. he should be able to fit in s

6、ome leisure activities（分数：5.00）A.B.C.(5).Before being able to help John the counselor needs to _. A. talk with some of his lecturers B. consult his tutor C. get more information from him（分数：5.00）A.B.C.五、BInterview Two(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).Which of the following did the caller have decorated? A. All the

7、 rooms. B. The living room. C. The living room and the kitchen.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).The painter asked _ for the job. A. 505 pounds plus VAT B. 505 pounds C. 500 pounds plus VAT（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Which of the following is NOT a complaint made by the caller? A. The painter gave an unreasonable quote. B.

8、 The line at the top of the walls is wavy. C. The painter didnt protect the carpets properly.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).The caller turned to the telephone legal advice line for help because _. A. she is afraid to complain to the painter B. she has no idea what to do next C. she intends to contact a lawyer（分

9、数：1.00）A.B.C.(5).Mr. Montgomery advised the caller to _. A. ask the painter to reduce his bill B. pay the painter and get him off hands quickly C. contact a solicitor（分数：1.00）A.B.C.六、Section C(总题数：1，分数：5.00)(1).US anti-smoking legislation is _. A. to tighten control on tobacco advertising B. to impo

10、se penalties on tobacco companies C. to ensure the health of American children（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(2).The news item is mainly about _.A. a call for research papers to be read at the conferenceB. an international conference on traditional Tibetan medicineC. the number of participants at the conference and

11、 their nationalities（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(3).Egypt, Syria, and six Arab Gulf States have ended _ in Kuwait City.A. an one-day talkB. two-day talksC. three-day talks（分数：1.00）A.B.C.(4).The United States has pledged 36,000,000 dollars to the United Nations Emergency Fund for _.A. China B. India C. Iraq（分数：1.

12、00）A.B.C.(5).Who will Roger Federer play in the men s final at the US Open Tennis Championship?A. A player from Britain.B. A player from Australia.C. A player from Sweden.（分数：1.00）A.B.C.七、Section D(总题数：1，分数：10.00)Well, Id like to begin by saying how pleased I am that so many of you have come to the

13、first of our study skills sessions this term. In the past, many students have said how they have appreciated the classes. Why didnt they tell me that at school? is one of the most frequent remarks. Further education is quite different from being at school, as I am sure you re finding out. You will b

14、e treated more (21) but you will also be expected to be much more independent. This means that there is far more pressure on you to take your own decisionssuch as working out a (22) and sticking to it. Ill give you our programme for the term during the break, by the way. You may also find that you a

15、re asked to do things in a different way from classes at schooltaking part in seminars and (23) , for example. That is going to be the theme of this evening: speaking skills. Ill refer to writing from time to time because I am not going to talk about pronunciationI am talking more about the ways in

16、which we structure (24) in English, the way we organize what we say. All too soon you will need to do thiswhen you are asked to present your ideas on the particular jobin a (25) or in writingor both. I think it would be as well to run through some of the conventions that we generally use. Much of th

17、is may be familiar to some of you, but I think it is worth saying again. I shall (26) three areas: first, the beginning, a good introduction; then, the middle, making your point (27) , giving examples and linking it altogether logically; and finally, the end, coming to a good conclusion. Today well

18、also look at ways of agreeingand (28) even ways of interrupting and taking floorbut first Id like each of you to take a clean sheet of papernow divide the page (29) into three (30) about the same size if you canhand the one on the left functionthe other two are one for speaking and one for writingno

19、w the column on the left.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_八、Part Multiple Choi(总题数：0，分数：0.00)九、Section A(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.When reading a magazine, most people skim it first, reading a paragraph or two. If the first few paragraphs hold their interest, t

20、hey _. A. read down B. read on C. read up D. read along（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.2.Dont drink the milk; it smells _ sour. A. as if it was B. like it is C. as if it is D. like it was（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.3.The doctor ordered that the wounded soldiers _ to the hospital without any delay. A. be sent B. have been sen

21、t C. will be sent D. must be sent（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.4.Both Alices parents are very interested in their daughters attempt _ the channel. A. to swim B. swim C. swimming D. swam（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.5.He will have to give up his research work, because he suffers from _ vision. A. blocked B. blurred C. weakene

22、d D. damaged（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.6.The _ talks between China and the United States were the base of the later agreement. A. original B. primary C. initial D. primitive（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.7.The police suspected that the man had some connections with the robbery, and they kept a _ eye on his activities. A. c

23、lose B. bright C. clear D. careful（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.8.Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the _ of the business world favourite academic tide, the MBA (Master of Business Administration). A. worth B. pric

24、e C. prize D. advantage（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.9.In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid _ A. from being beaten B. being beaten C. beating D. to be beaten（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.10.W: And _ ? M: That would be, let me see. 245 including labor. A. how much has

25、 that cost B. how much does that spend C. how much money it costs D. how much would that cost（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十、Section B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)11.A British Parliament has a maximum duration of _ years. A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.12.Australia is the _ largest country in the world. A. fourth B. fift

26、h C. sixth D. seventh（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.13.The Australian federation has a _ system of government. A. two-tier B. three-tier C. four-tier D. five-tier（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.14.The longest river in Britain is _. A. the Severn River B. the Thames River C. the Mersey River D. the Clyde River（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.15

27、.The two main parties of New Zealand are _. A. the National Party and the Labor Party B. the Liberal Party and the Labor Party C. the National Party and the Liberal Party D. the Labor Party and the Democrats（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十一、Part Reading Compe(总题数：0，分数：0.00)十二、Section A(总题数：1，分数：5.00)The major par

28、t of my childhood was spent in fighting off terror of things which didnt exist, and I dont think my father ever understood that kind of fear. The overriding and most terrifying bogeyman of my life, which has been with me since my earliest memories, and remains faithfully with me though now it seldom

29、 puts me out of commission, has been a fear of vomiting. It has used up and wasted and blackened many hours of my life. But my father never had a notion of what I was talking about when I cried and shook and said. “You know Its that thing again. “ While I was in junior high school and even high scho

30、ol, I was still going to my parents bedroom, sometimes five nights a week, and climbing in their bed, all hot and cold and shaking, pleading for Mother to say the key sentences which would begin to send the fear away. Always I felt dreadfully ill. Always I wanted to hear only one thing: “You wont be

31、 sick.“ Always I kept my food down, though the nauseas was so extreme that anyone in his right mind would have stuck his finger down his throat and been done with it. My father would follow my mother and me to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and as I sat on the toilet clutching their hands,

32、 he would pat my head and say things to Mother like, “Did she eat something funny?“ or, “Suppose shes got a little bug?“ and Mother would shake her head and signal him that he was saying the wrong thing again. Once, as I was crawling into bed crying, and Mother was moving over to give me room mumbli

33、ng to me that everything would be all right, my father half woke up and said to Mother in a soft voice which had shades of annoyance, “Whats the matter with her? Is it her stomach?“ I think I said, “No, its my head.“ and the degree to which my anger rose equaled the degree to which the nausea sank.

34、One time my mother was out of the house, and I had a bad attack of whatever you would call that terror, and I had no one to call but my father. I was crying, and I told him what to say. “Just tell me I wont throw up. You know I wont, so just tell me I dont have to.“ “Whats so bad about throwing up?“

35、 he said. Those perfectly reasonable words threw me into a flesh panic and I let go of his arm and covered my ears and sobbed and said. “No, no, dont say that, you cant say that. “ Questions:（分数：5.00）(1).The organizational pattern of this passage is one of _. A. generalization-evidences B. evidences

36、-generalization C. generalization-evidences-generalization D. evidences-generalization-evidences（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(2).We can conclude that the author _. A. is still haunted today by this fear though not frequently B. believes that her mother understood her fear C. her father never understood her fear

37、 D. felt angry when her father seemed annoyed by her fear one night（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(3).The author was so fearful about vomiting that she even _. A. couldnt go to sleep B. had to sleep on her parents bed C. couldnt stand hearing the words “throw up“ D. felt that something had gong wrong with her hea

38、d（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(4).We can conclude from the passage that the author _. A. was really physically sick B. was physically sick, but not serious C. was not really physically sick D. needed her mothers comfort（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.(5).The best title for this passage is _. A. Mother B. Father C. Fears D. Ch

39、ildhood（分数：1.00）A.B.C.D.十三、Section B(总题数：1，分数：10.00)The annals of natural history contain many astonishing examples of the ability of animals to find their way home after making distant journeys. Salmon, for example, are born in freshwater streams and soon afterward journey down to sea. Several year

40、s later, after they have attained maturity, they swim back upstream to spawn and, in many cases, to die. The particular stream that serves as the journeys end is almost invariably the same one in which they were born. It is chosen out of dozens or hundreds of equally suitable streams. The expression

41、 “almost invariably“ is used advisedly in this case. In one investigation by Canadian biologists, 469,326 young sockeye salmon were marked in a tributary of the Fraser River. Several years later almost 11,000 were recovered after they had completed a return journey to the very same stream, but not a

42、 single one was ever recovered from other streams nearby. What underwater guideposts can these fish possibly follow? It has been discovered by A. D. Hasler and his associates at the University of Wisconsin that the salmon, like many other fish, have an acute sense of smell and are able tore member s

43、light differences in the chemical composition of water. The most reasonable theory to explain salmon homing is that each individual remembers the distinctive “fragrance“ of its native stream. As it moves upstream it makes the correct choice each time a new tributary is encountered, until finally it

44、arrives home.Long-distance migration is especially common in birds, because many species must make annual journeys between their nesting grounds and prime feeding areas far away. Each year over 100,000 sooty terns, an attractive tropical sea bird, travel from the waters off the west coast of Africa

45、all the way across the Atlantic to Bush Key, a tiny island near the tip of Florida. Here they build their nests and breed. Once the young can fly, all journey back over the Atlantic. Why do the sooty terns migrate at all? Like many other seabirds, they find protection from cats, foxes, and other pre

46、dators on isolated islands. It is evidently safer for them to make an entire transoceanic voyage to reach one such haven than it would be to try to nest on the nearby African shores. A somewhat different reason lies behind the north-south migration of birds in the temperate zones. Each spring a legi

47、on of migratory forms, from robins, thrushes, and warblers to geese and ducks, makes its way north into the greening countryside, where large quantities of food are becoming freshly available. Working rapidly, they are able to rear one or more broods of young. As winter approaches and the food suppl

48、y declines, all head south again. Some species proceed all the way to Central and South America. The record annual journey in the Western Hemisphere is made by the golden plover, one group of which travels from northern Canada to southern South America. A second group of the same species migrates from Alaska to Hawaii and the Marquesas Islands. Human beings could never make such journeys unaided by maps and navigational instruments. How do the birds do it? A large part of the answer lies in the