大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B类英语专业决赛真题2008年(无听力)及答案解析.doc

1、大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B 类英语专业决赛真题 2008 年(无听力)及答案解析(总分：118.98，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Listenin(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.The government is _ and will take the necessary steps to maintain security and stability.（分数：1.00）A.on standbyB.at riskC.out of controlD.on the alert2.Being an experienced inventor, Jackson knew _ all

2、his money in a risky venture.（分数：1.00）A.better than puttingB.rather than puttingC.better than to putD.rather than to put.3._, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.（分数：1.00）A.Other things being equalB.Were other things eq

3、ualC.To be equal to other thingsD.Other things to be equal4.Two tins of baked beans, please. Im afraid we havent got any _ at the moment. But we should be getting some more on Thursday.（分数：1.00）A.in stockB.on orderC.on the booksD.in store5.There is unfortunately a _ between the petty cash slips and

4、the actual money in the tin.（分数：1.00）A.varietyB.varianceC.discrepancyD.differentiation6.There is nothing serious _ I had jumped out of the window when the bomb exploded.（分数：1.00）A.as well as I am concernedB.as long as I am concernedC.as I am concernedD.as far as I am concerned7.However weak your mem

5、ory may be, you can _ by attending closely to what you want to remember, and repeating it over and over again.（分数：1.00）A.back it upB.make up for itC.look for helpD.bear it in mind8.The Oxford English Dictionary _ a resolution of the English Philological Society, passed in 1857.（分数：1.00）A.originated

6、fromB.originated atC.originated onD.originated by9.The Prime Minister frequently wandered from his text to _ on a point that had obviously caught his audiences interest.（分数：1.00）A.stressB.interruptC.elaborateD.explain10.Mary: Mike, Im exhausted. How much further is it? Mike: Not far, I promise. Mary

7、: _ Mike: Oh, come on, Mary.（分数：1.00）A.Thats great!B.Im glad to hear it.C.What a beautiful view!D.But you said that half an hour ago.二、BSection B/B(总题数：6，分数：6.00)11.Which of the following is not part of Britain?（分数：1.00）A.WalesB.EnglandC.ScotlandD.Greenland12.Which of the following is not part of Br

8、itain?（分数：1.00）A.WalesB.EnglandC.ScotlandD.Greenland13._ and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of English Humanism.（分数：1.00）A.Edmund Spenser, Christopher MarloweB.Thomas More, Christopher MarloweC.John Donne, Edmund SpenserD.John Milton, Thomas More14.The novel of A Tale of Two Cities

9、 is about a story that happened in the time of the _.（分数：1.00）A.Napoleonic WarsB.British Civil WarC.French RevolutionD.World War II15.When the Cold War began, who was the president of the U. S. A?（分数：1.00）A.RooseveltB.LincolnC.EisenhowerD.Truman16.The largest and smallest states of the United States

10、 are _.（分数：1.00）A.Alaska and Rhode IslandB.Texas and MaineC.Texas and Rhode IslandD.Alaska and Maine三、BPart Reading (总题数：1，分数：5.00)BSection A/BThere is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice,

11、then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. The warden led us in single file along a narrow line of paving-slabs that ran past the huts. Every so often, four steps led to a front door. We could hear people inside, shouting at children. The overcrowdi

12、ng has to be seen to be believed, he said as he shook his head forlornly. We squeezed to one side as a sullen woman passed us, carrying a bucket of coal. She had the look of someone who was old before her time. The warden went up the last set of steps, opened the door with a jangling bunch of keys,

13、took one off the ring and handed it to me. There you are. Home Sweet Home. Theres a bath in that hut by the trees; get the key from me when you want one, he said, and he came clown the steps, leaving us room to go up. I hope you can make a go of it, he said. At least weve got you a bit of furniture.

14、 We walked into a square cell with a table and two chairs and a two-seater settee. No two of anything were the same; it all looked like furniture from a charity shop, which I suppose it was. There was a double hotplate on top of a low cupboard, and a dead black stove against the back wall with a scu

15、ttle beside it containing a few lumps of fuel. The adjoining cell had a double bed with a pink plastic mattress cover, glistening like wet salmon. There was a cupboard that hung open because the door catch had gone. Inside the cupboard were two meagre blankets. The bedroom was freezing. I struggled

16、to shut the top flap of the window, but it was jammed open by rust. There were bits of yellowing sellotape all round the wall near it, where previous inmates had tried to block the draught with cardboard. I sat on the bed with my head in my hands, wondering how long we would have to spend here befor

17、e we found a real home, and noticing, as I glanced sideways into the front room, that a thin film of dust was blowing under the front door. We took the plastic cover off the mattress because it looked worse than the stains underneath. The blankets smelled, but we had to keep warm somehow. We had bee

18、n in this place exactly a week when, on returning in the evening, we went up to our front door and heard childrens voices and a transistor radio. We peered round the door at a jumble of people and things and colours. The people turned round and we all looked at each other. The muddle resolved itself

19、 into a huge woman and a little man, and two small children. They had a lot of stuff, mostly carrier bags and laundry bags with clothes spilling out, and a couple of buckets full of kitchen equipment which wed have been glad to have ourselves. They didnt want to share with us any more than we did wi

20、th them, but thats what the warden had told them to do. We argued about it, though it seemed ridiculous to quarrel over accommodation which none of us really wanted anyway. QUESTIONS: （分数：5.00）(1).The warden seems to think that the couples accommodation is _.（分数：1.00）A.cosyB.unpleasantC.spacious eno

21、ughD.well furnished(2).The main thing the author notices about the furniture is that _.（分数：1.00）A.it looks or smells dirtyB.most of it is in poor conditionC.it is very cheapD.nothing matches anything else(3).The main reason the author feels cold in the bedroom is that _.（分数：1.00）A.there isnt enough

22、fuel for the stoveB.the window lets in a lot of draughtC.there arent enough blanketsD.the door lets in a lot of draught(4).What was the writers feeling when he/she had looked around the accommodation?（分数：1.00）A.Despair.B.Contentment.C.Anger.D.Fear.(5).The four other people are in the accommodation b

23、ecause _.（分数：1.00）A.they find it quite comfortableB.they have been told to share their kitchen, equipmentC.they have been told to share the accommodationD.a week is up and it is their turn to live there四、BSection B/B(总题数：4，分数：40.00)There is one passage in this section with 10 questions. Read the pas

24、sage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. 1 The rich keep getting richer. According to the latest Forbes ranking of the worlds richest people, there are now a record 946 billionaires around the world. They have made their money from everything from telecoms to steel to Chinese food.

25、 2 For the 13th year in a row, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the richest person in the world. His personal fortune rose $ 6bn last year to $ 56bn ( 29bn). His friend, the investment expert Warren Buffett, was the second richest. His fortune increased by $ 10bn during the year to reach $ 52bn. B

26、oth Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffett give a percentage of their fortunes to charity. Third richest is the Mexican telecoms entrepreneur Carlos Slim Helu, who added $19bn to his wealth, and now has $49bn. 3 The total wealth of all the people on the list grew by 35% during the year to $ 3.5 trillion as a res

27、ult of rising property prices, commodities and stock markets. Luisa Kroll, who helped to compile the list at Forbes, said it was an extraordinary year. On the previous list, there were just 793 billionaires. 4 The richest Briton on the list is the Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, at

28、number 55. Grosvenor inherited much of his wealth and is one of the UKs Wealthiest landowners. He is said to be worth $11 bn. Sir Philip Green, the retail entrepreneur who controls British Home Stores and Topshop owner Arcadia is the second richest Briton at number 104 on the list. Sir Philip, 55, h

29、as $ 7bn. Next are the property tycoons David and Simon Rueben, who are worth $4.5bn between them and are number 177 on the list. 5 There are 29 British citizens on the list. Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson is number 230 with $3.8bn; David Sainsbury of the grocery family is 432nd with $2.2bn; new

30、spaper owner Viscount Rothermere, Jonathan Harmsworth, is number 618 with $1.6bn and James Dyson also has $1.6bn. Harry Potter author JK Rowling is right at the bottom of the list with a fortune valued at $1 bn. There are two others who have made their money from a very different type of publishing

31、; Richard Desmond the former soft porn publisher, who now owns the Daily Express, is 754th on the list with $1.3bn in the bank and Paul Raymond, who owns Escort, Mayfair and Razzle magazines, is also worth $1 bn. 6 The list shows growing wealth in both China and India, the two dynamic economies driv

32、ing global economic growth. Another 14 people from India joined the fist. With a total of 36 billionaires, India has now overtaken Japan, which has 24, as home to the most billionaires in Asia. There are three Indians in the top 20, led by Lakshmi Mittal, an Indian citizen who lives in London and wh

33、o is number five on the list with $ 32bn. 7 There were 13 Chinese newcomers including Li Wei, the founder of Synear Food Hold ing. Her company is one of Chinas largest producers of frozen food and is an official supplier to the Beijing Olympics in 2008. 8 The US still has 44% of the world billionair

34、es but its share is getting smaller, Russia is also rising fast and has 53 billionaires according to Forbes. The Wal-Mart family dropped from the top 20, after a difficult year for the worlds largest retailer. 9 The average billionaire is 62 years old and 60% of the people on the list made their mon

35、ey from scratch. Around 100 unmarried men are included among the worlds wealthiest. At the top of the list of bachelors are Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brinunmarried at 33 and 34 respectively, they are both worth $16.6bn and are number 26 in the overall list. Other interesting bachelors ar

36、e Russian metals tycoon Mikhail Prokhorov, in 38th place with an estimated fortune of $13.5bn; and divorced James Packer, who has a more modest $5.5bn media fortune. 10 One of the more interesting rich people on the list is the accordion-playing, fire-breathing founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Lalib

37、erte, at number 664 on the list. The 47-year-old Canadian founded his circus-based, animal-free acrobatic show in t984 and still keeps 95% of the business. His fortune is estimated at $1.5bn. The richest woman, at number 12, is 84-year-old LOreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, with a fortune of $ 20.7

38、bn. Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey is believed to be worth $1.5bn. QUESTIONS 51-55: For answers 51-55, mark Y(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information

39、 is not given in the passage. （分数：10.00）(1).Rising property prices were the only reason for the 35% increase in the total wealth of the people on the list.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Sir Philip Green lived a hard life when he was young and later became a publisher through his own hard work.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(

40、3).The percentage of US billionaires in the list is falling.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).The founders of Google are married.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).Guy Laliberte has sold most of his Cirque du Soleil business.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_QUESTIONS 56-60: For answers 56-60, look in the text and find these words or expressions

41、. Paragraph numbers are given to help you. （分数：10.00）(1).A noun meaning a list that shows the position/wealth of an individual in relation to others. (Para 1)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).A noun meaning the provision of help or relief to people who are poor or needy. (Para 2)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).A verb meaning

42、 to catch up with and move ahead of someone. (Para 6)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).A noun meaning a company that sells goods directly to the public. (Para 8)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).An expression meaning from nothing at all. (Para 9)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BSection C/BIn this section, there is one passage followed by 5 qu

43、estions. Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Five Reasons to Skip CollegeNEW YORKCollege is expensive. Four years at an elite university like Princeton or Harvard will set you back around $160,000. Tha

44、ts a lot of money, but consider the benefits: the professors, the coursework, the people youll meet and the invaluable experiences youll have. And, of course, the bottom line: youll earn more money afterward. In fact, on average, the holder of a four-year college degree will earn 62% more over their

45、 lifetime than a typical high-school graduate. And thats just on average. The return on investment for attending one of the nations 25 or so most selective colleges is far more impressive. Money well spent, right? Well, not necessarily. Although there is clearly a correlation between earnings and a

46、four-year degree, a correlation isnt the same thing as a cause. Economists like Robert Reischauer ruffled feathers several years ago by pointing out that talented, driven kids are more likely to go to college in the first place and they succeed, in other words, because of their innate abilities, not

47、 because of their formal education. Bill Gates, who dropped out of Harvard to start Microsoft, certainly doesnt fit the stereotype of a low paid college dropout. In fact, more than a couple of billionaires never graduated from college. Lance Ellison, cofounder of database giant Oracle, dropped out o

48、f the University of Illinois and is now worth $ 16 billion. Fellow billionaire John Simplot, inventor of the frozen French fry, never even finished high school. Neither did Alan Geny, who built the first cable television network in upstate New York and then sold it to Time Warner Cable for $ 2.8 billion. In fact, there is plenty of evidence that what really matters is how smart you are, not whereor even ifyou went to school. According to a number of studies, small differences in SAT scores, which you take before going to c