大学生英语竞赛B类英语专业-完形填空(三)及答案解析.doc

1、大学生英语竞赛 B类英语专业-完形填空(三)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、完形填空(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Language ChangeThe phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more (1) (disapprove) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must mean (2) (d

2、eteriorate) and decay. Older people observe the casual speech of the young and conclude that standards have fallen appreciably. It is understandable that many people dislike change, but it is (3) (wise) to condemn all linguistic (4) (modify). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates t

3、he problem at its worst, but this belief is shared by every generation.There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and (5) (ambiguous), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a rule, the parts of language which ale un

4、dergoing change at any given time are (6) (relative) small in comparison to the vast, unchanging areas of language. It is because change is so (7) (frequent) that it is so distinctive and (8) (notice). Some degree of caution and concern is therefore always desirable for the (9) (maintain) of precisi

5、on and (10) (effect)communication, but there are no grounds for the extremely pessimistic attitudes so often encountered.（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:_I wish my memory worked differently. Id like to be able to conjure up an accurate image of my (1) (

6、conscious) from, say, 25 years ago. You know what 25 years means? No cellphones, no e-mail, no Internet, no social networking (except with an actual drink in hand), and only the most primitive of personal computers. What I want to answer is a single (2) : Was I as addicted to the future than as I se

7、em to be now?I ask this because I really enjoy a new update to my operating system, like the one I (3) down from Apple earlier this week. I find it (4) (surprise) pleasing when one of my iPhone applications requests an update too. Every day I await, with anticipation, a long list of email messages t

8、hat could arrive at any second, and there are several people Im really eager to get a text message (5) . Those, too, could come at any time. Soon-even now-I could find my feed-list in Google Reader delightfully stuffed with newness. I am not a Twitterer, but I understand the dismay the Twitter world

9、 must have felt during its service (6) (disrupt) last week.When I think back 25 years, there just wasnt that much to be waiting (7) . The phone might ring-and if you left home, you had to leave without it. The mail would come, and so might UPS or Federal Express. Someone might stop by on the spur of

10、 the moment. A fax perhaps? That was about it.Ive always looked forward to the mail coming. I dont know why, and now where the mail comes constantly, cease (8) , a world where I find myself dismayed by the slowdown in blog feeds over the weekend. I consider myseff a moderate user of personal electro

11、nics. I almost never wear earbuds, and yet this constant foretaste of the future, this hunger for the next electronic blip, feels to me like a full-blown (9) (addict).Which is why Id like a clearer picture of my old serf. Was I a little more serene 25 years ago? Was there a little more silence insid

12、e my head? A little less (10) (expect)? or was I leaning headlong into the future even then?（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:_By cutting out the middle man and booking your own flights, you can save up to 40 per cent of the cost of a holiday. If you comp

13、are this to the price of a hotel stay, the (1) (save) can be even more impressive.In some of the most exclusive holiday resorts among the Mediterranean, hotels ch (2) a fortune. Yet for (3) to 50 per cent less you can often get tons more space and your own private pad with the opportunity to cook up

14、 a storm and save cash on exp (4) hotel meals.You have to be careful, th (5) .There have been horror stories ov (6) the years of people booking villas direct with owners, only to lose everything to phony companies or con artists.If you do choose to go direct, I would recommend (7) (book) with one of

15、 the big listing sites on the Internet (8) as Holidayrentals, co. uk.They have details on more than 122, 000 pro (9) worldwide, link you directly with the owner, and have been in business for more than ten years. But, (10) the worst did happen and your villa or owner didnt ex (11) , their guarantee

16、will cover you for up to 3,300.We got Holiday! Kentals to give us the prices for private rentals in a host of fav (12) Mediterranean destinations. We then (13) (comparison) them with traditional hotel holiday rates for two adults and two children for next summer on the Expedia website. Bo (14) the h

17、otel and villa rentals are based on a weeks holiday for two adults and two children aged6 and 13 in the p (15) season, for the week of August 15 to 22, and the hotel prices are based on the family sharing one room or suite.Heres how we got on.（分数：15.00）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

18、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:_Many people make com (1) about their working environment. Those in open-plan offices often dislike the noise and especially the lack of privacy. Making telephone calls where con (2) information is discussed is almost impossible and it may als

19、o be difficult to concentrate when the person sitting next to you is on the phone. However, the division of the workspace into smaller offices can lead to a feeling of isolation. An alternative approach is needed to so (3) these problems. Why not allow people to choose to work in dif (4) places acco

20、rding to what they are doing-a coffee bar or meeting room for social and noisy activities, or a small room for quiet work? The idea of individual desks would disappear in this system and be rep (5) by a different approach to using space.（分数：15.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_三、Section B(总题数：1，

21、分数：50.00)The Independent on Sundays (6) (industry) editor, David Bowen, collects airline sick-bags. He started about 10 years ago when he used to travel (7) (extensive), but now the (8) (collect) has its own momentum. “I get sent several bags a month,“ he says. “All my friends know that I collect th

22、ese things, and they mention it to their friends. Then when any of them go on flights, they stare ahead of them for hours on end and (9) (soon) or later remember to pick one up.“He now has about 400 bags (10) (cover) about 200 airlines: they are displayed all over the walls of his house. He asks peo

23、ple to pick up a couple so that he has one to swap although, he says, “There is a slightly (11) (limit) market: my only real trading partner is a German who I met in Jordan eight years ago.“The bags, Bowen says, say a lot about the country of orison. Far Eastern ones tend to be lavish and exotic. Ge

24、rmanic ones are severely (12) (practice), eastern European ones reflect “the (13) (short) of decent paper“.Bowen is keen to hear from anyone who wants to join the bag (14) (barter) system. The hobby is not sufficiently developed to have monetary value (15) (attach) to it, but the swap system should

25、work well. “Mind you, if someone came up with a pre-War bag, possibly from Imperial Airways, I would very seriously think about letting them have several pounds for it, maybe even an Air Afrique one, too./（分数：50.00）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:_大学生英语竞赛 B类英语专业-

26、完形填空(三)答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、完形填空(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section A(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Language ChangeThe phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more (1) (disapprove) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must mean (2) (deteriorate) and

27、decay. Older people observe the casual speech of the young and conclude that standards have fallen appreciably. It is understandable that many people dislike change, but it is (3) (wise) to condemn all linguistic (4) (modify). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates the problem at it

28、s worst, but this belief is shared by every generation.There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and (5) (ambiguous), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a rule, the parts of language which ale undergoing change

29、at any given time are (6) (relative) small in comparison to the vast, unchanging areas of language. It is because change is so (7) (frequent) that it is so distinctive and (8) (notice). Some degree of caution and concern is therefore always desirable for the (9) (maintain) of precision and (10) (eff

30、ect)communication, but there are no grounds for the extremely pessimistic attitudes so often encountered.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：disapproval）解析：解析 本部分试题主要考查词类转换。本空应填 disapprove的名词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：deterioration）解析：解析 本空应该填 deteriorate的名词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：unwise）解析：解析 根据句意，本空应填 wise的反义词。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：m

31、odification(s)）解析：解析 本空应填 modify的名词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：ambiguity）解析：解析 本空应填 ambiguous的名词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：relatively）解析：解析 修饰形容词须用副词。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：infrequent）解析：解析 根据文意，本空应填 frequent的反义词。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：noticeable）解析：解析 根据空格处所在句子结构可知，本空应填 notice的形容词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：maintenance）解析：解析 根据空格前面的定冠词 the可知，本空该填

32、maintain的名词形式。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：effective）解析：解析 本空应填 effect的形容词形式来修饰后面的名词。I wish my memory worked differently. Id like to be able to conjure up an accurate image of my (1) (conscious) from, say, 25 years ago. You know what 25 years means? No cellphones, no e-mail, no Internet, no social networking (exce

33、pt with an actual drink in hand), and only the most primitive of personal computers. What I want to answer is a single (2) : Was I as addicted to the future than as I seem to be now?I ask this because I really enjoy a new update to my operating system, like the one I (3) down from Apple earlier this

34、 week. I find it (4) (surprise) pleasing when one of my iPhone applications requests an update too. Every day I await, with anticipation, a long list of email messages that could arrive at any second, and there are several people Im really eager to get a text message (5) . Those, too, could come at

35、any time. Soon-even now-I could find my feed-list in Google Reader delightfully stuffed with newness. I am not a Twitterer, but I understand the dismay the Twitter world must have felt during its service (6) (disrupt) last week.When I think back 25 years, there just wasnt that much to be waiting (7)

36、 . The phone might ring-and if you left home, you had to leave without it. The mail would come, and so might UPS or Federal Express. Someone might stop by on the spur of the moment. A fax perhaps? That was about it.Ive always looked forward to the mail coming. I dont know why, and now where the mail

37、 comes constantly, cease (8) , a world where I find myself dismayed by the slowdown in blog feeds over the weekend. I consider myseff a moderate user of personal electronics. I almost never wear earbuds, and yet this constant foretaste of the future, this hunger for the next electronic blip, feels t

38、o me like a full-blown (9) (addict).Which is why Id like a clearer picture of my old serf. Was I a little more serene 25 years ago? Was there a little more silence inside my head? A little less (10) (expect)? or was I leaning headlong into the future even then?（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Consciousness）解

39、析：考点 本题考查词类转换解析 由空缺处前的物主代词可知，此处须用 conscious的名词形式 consciousness，意为“意识，知觉”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：question）解析：考点 根据考查语义逻辑。解析 “回答问题”的对应表达“answer a question”符合文意。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：downloaded）解析：考点 常用动词解析 从苹果下载操作系统。“下载”对应的英文单词为“download”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：surprisingly）解析：考点 词性转化解析 修饰形容词 pleasing，须用 surprise的副词形式。填空项 1:_

40、正确答案：from）解析：考点 定语从句和介词搭配解析 本句为省略引导词的定语从句。get a message from sb. 意为“从某人处收到信息”。介词用from。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：disruption）解析：考点 词性转化解析 本空须用 disrupt的名词形式。service disruption 意为“服务中断期间”。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：for）解析：考点 介词搭配解析 等待(wait)某人或某种现象，搭配介词为 for。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：Ceaselessly）解析：考点 词类转换解析 本空须填入和 constantly含义相近的词，故用 ceas

41、e加否定后缀的副词形式 ceaselessly。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：addiction）解析：考点 词性变化解析 本空前面受形容词 full-blown修饰，故须用 addict的名词形式 addiction。填空项 1:_ （正确答案：expectation）解析：考点 词性变化解析 结合前面的句式，本空须用 expect的名词形式 expectation。By cutting out the middle man and booking your own flights, you can save up to 40 per cent of the cost of a holiday

42、 If you compare this to the price of a hotel stay, the (1) (save) can be even more impressive.In some of the most exclusive holiday resorts among the Mediterranean, hotels ch (2) a fortune. Yet for (3) to 50 per cent less you can often get tons more space and your own private pad with the opportuni

43、ty to cook up a storm and save cash on exp (4) hotel meals.You have to be careful, th (5) .There have been horror stories ov (6) the years of people booking villas direct with owners, only to lose everything to phony companies or con artists.If you do choose to go direct, I would recommend (7) (book

44、) with one of the big listing sites on the Internet (8) as Holidayrentals, co. uk.They have details on more than 122, 000 pro (9) worldwide, link you directly with the owner, and have been in business for more than ten years. But, (10) the worst did happen and your villa or owner didnt ex (11) , the

45、ir guarantee will cover you for up to 3,300.We got Holiday! Kentals to give us the prices for private rentals in a host of fav (12) Mediterranean destinations. We then (13) (comparison) them with traditional hotel holiday rates for two adults and two children for next summer on the Expedia website. Bo (14) the hotel and villa rentals are based on a weeks holiday for two adults and two children aged6 and 13 in the p (15) season, for the week of August 15 to 22, and the hotel prices are based on the family sharing one room or