[外语类试卷]2008年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类决赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析.doc

1、2008年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） C类决赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 一、 Part Vocabulary and Structure 1 Meeting my first teacher of English after all these years was an unforgettable moment, _I will always treasure. （ A） that （ B） one （ C） it （ D） what 2 Although they had signed the peace treaty, they were_preparing for a renew

2、ed offensive. （ A） occupied （ B） busy （ C） engaged （ D） involved 3 There seems to be a large_between the number of people employed in service industries, and those employed in the primary sector. （ A） discrimination （ B） discretion （ C） discrepancy （ D） discord 4 The conversation ended_when she got

3、angry and put the phone down. （ A） impulsively （ B） briefly （ C） shortly （ D） abruptly 5 _has recently been done to improve the conditions of elementary schools, a large number of children are unable to go to school. （ A） In spite of what （ B） What （ C） Despite （ D） Though 6 Britains economy is larg

4、ely based on its industry, _a few hundred years ago it was an agrarian country. （ A） hitherto （ B） whereas （ C） whereby （ D） thereby 7 _as it was at such a time, his work attracted much attention. （ A） Published （ B） Having published （ C） Publishing （ D） To be published 8 _being the coldest winter o

5、n record, its also been the wettest. （ A） Moreover （ B） Besides （ C） Although （ D） Furthermore 9 Too much salt is known to contribute to hypertension, _is a factor in half the deaths in the U. S. each year. （ A） what （ B） that （ C） which （ D） this 10 Having never been in the country before, I was in

6、itially confused _the value of each coin. （ A） as for （ B） as with （ C） as of （ D） as to 11 _that the trade between the two countries reached its highest point. （ A） During the 1980s （ B） It was in the 1980s （ C） That it was in the 1980s （ D） It was the 1980s 12 Its said that there is so much land i

7、n Australia that the government doesnt know_. （ A） what to do it （ B） to do what with it （ C） it what to do with （ D） what to do with it 13 Your English is quite good. I thought you were American_. （ A） If that doesnt make things worse （ B） If I do say so myself （ C） I 11 take that as a compliment （

8、 D） I mean that as a compliment 14 Every time I eat popcorn I get thirsty. （ A） Dont you hate that? （ B） One of those days, huh? （ C） That mustve been embarrassing! （ D） You can say that again. 15 I dont think its perfect, but I 11 admit it has improved immensely!Yes, good idea. We can resume discus

9、sions afterward. We re getting a bit hungry. （ A） What is the next item for discussion? （ B） I think, more or less, that there is no more to do. （ C） On that note, why not break for lunch and come back later? （ D） Its not exactly what I had in mind, to be honest. 二、 Part Cloze 15 efficient them disa

10、pprove person appear People who are unpunctual fall into three categories. The first, and saddest, comprises the hopelessly incompetent and【 71】 _, who worry about being on time and never are. The second lot are, strange as it may seem, impatient people who cannot bear to be kept waiting, and who ma

11、ke sure they arent by always being late【 72】 _, thus guaranteeing that others must wait for them. If they are outmanoeuvred and compelled to wait for someone, they are the first to express【 73】 _of such bad manners of the latecomers. Finally, there are the egoists, determined to impose their own【 74

12、】 _ on others and to impress their sense of importance on them. An easy way to do this is to keep everyone waiting until the star makes an【 75】 _. 20 According to the World Health Organization, malaria, a disease spread by mosquitoes, affects millions of people every year. Everyone knows【 76】 h_irri

13、tating the noise made by a mosquito , accompanied by a painful reaction to its bite, can be. It is【 77】ast_that so little is known about why mosquitoes are drawn to or driven away from people, given the level of distress and disease caused by these insects. We know that the most effective【 78】 ch_fo

14、r protecting people against mosquitoes is diethyltoluamide, commonly shortened to DEET.【 79】 Al_DEET works well, it has some serious drawbacks; it can【 80】 dam_clothes and some people are allergic to it. Scientists know that mosquitoes find some people more attractive than others, but they do not kn

15、ow why this should be. They also know that people【 81】 va_in their reactions to mosquito bites. One person has a painful swelling while【 82】 an_who is bitten by the same mosquito, may hardly notice. Scientists have not discovered the reason for this, but they have【 83】ca_out experiments to show that

16、 mosquitoes are attracted to, or put off by, certain smells. In the future, scientists hope to develop a smell【 84】 t_mosquitoes cannot resist. This could be used in a trap so that, instead of attacking people, mosquitoes would fly into the trap and be destroyed. For the time【 85】 be_, however, we h

17、ave to continue spraying ourselves with unpleasant liquids if we want to avoid getting bitten. Section A 30 Most children at the tender age of six or so are full of the most impractical schemes for becoming policemen, firemen or train drivers when they grow up. But when I was that age, I could not b

18、e bothered with such mundane ambitions. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I was going to have my own zoo. My friends and relatives, who had long found me strange because I showed little interest in anything that did not have fur or feathers, accepted this as just another manifestation of my strang

19、eness. They felt that, if they ignored my often repeated remarks about owning my own zoo, I would eventually grow out of it. As the years passed, however, to the bewilderment of those friends and relatives, my resolve to have my own zoo grew greater and greater, and eventually, after going on a numb

20、er of expeditions to bring back animals for other zoos, I felt the time was ripe to acquire my own. From my latest trip to West Africa, I had brought back a considerable collection of animals which were living, temporarily I assured her, in my sisters suburban garden in Bournemouth. But after a numb

21、er of unsuccessful attempts to convince local councils in various areas to support my plans, I began to investigate the possibility of starting my zoo on the island of Jersey in the English Channel. I was given an introduction to a man named Hugh Fraser who, I was told, was a broad-minded, kindly so

22、ul. He would show me around the island and point out suitable sites. So, I flew to Jersey and was met by Hugh Fraser, who drove us to his family home, probably one of the most beautiful old houses on the island. There was a huge walled garden with lots of outbuildings all built in the beautiful loca

23、l stone which was the colour of autumn leaves glowing in the sunshine. Turning to my wife, I said; “What a marvellous place for a zoo. “ If my host had promptly fainted on the spot, I could not have blamed him. The thought of creating the average persons idea of a zoo, with all the grey cement and i

24、ron bars, in such a lovely spot was horrible. To my astonishment, however, Hugh Fraser did not faint, but merely cocked an enquiring eyebrow at me and asked whether I really meant what I said. Slightly embarrassed, I replied that I had meant it, but added hastily that I realised that it was impossib

25、le. Hugh said he did not think it was as impossible as all that. He went on to explain that the house and grounds were too big for him to keep up as a private individual, and so he wanted to move to a smaller place in England. Would I care to consider renting the property for the purpose of establis

26、hing my zoo? I could not imagine more attractive surroundings for my purpose, and by the time lunch was over, the bargain had been sealed. 31 How did the writers friends and family react to his childhood ambition? （ A） They did not take it seriously. （ B） They encouraged him to pursue it. （ C） They

27、tried to talk him out of it. （ D） They tried to interest him in other things. 32 What does the word “bewilderment” tell us about the attitude of friends and relatives to the writer as he grew up? （ A） They were pleasantly surprised. （ B） They became increasingly angry with him. （ C） They supported h

28、is idea. （ D） They didnt really understand his ambition. 33 Why was the writer introduced to Hugh Fraser? （ A） Hugh knew a lot about zoos. （ B） Hugh owned a number of houses. （ C） Hugh knew the island very well. （ D） Hugh had offered land for rent. 34 What was Hughs initial reaction to the writers c

29、omment about the walled garden? （ A） He was horrified at the prospect. （ B） He was surprised by the suggestion. （ C） He was too embarrassed to reply. （ D） He was interested in the idea. Section B 34 When was the last time you saw a frog? Chances are, if you live in a city, you have not seen one for

30、some time. Even in wet areas once teeming with frogs and toads, it is becoming less and less easy to find those slimy, hopping and sometimes poisonous members of the animal kingdom. All over the world, even in remote jungles on the far side of the globe, frogs are losing the ecological battle for su

31、rvival, and biologists are at a loss to explain their demise. Are amphibianssimply over-sensitive to changes in the ecosystem? Could their rapid decline in numbers be signalling some coming environmental disaster for us all? This frightening scenario is in part the consequence of a dramatic increase

32、 over the last quarter of a century in the development of once natural areas of wet marshland; home not only to frogs but to all manner of wildlife. Yet, there are no obvious reasons why certain frog species are disappearing from rainforests in the Southern Hemisphere which are barely touched by hum

33、an hands. The mystery is unsettling to say the least, for it is known that amphibian species are extremely sensitive to environmental variations in temperature and moisture levels. The danger is that planet Earth might not only lose a vital link in the ecological food chain (frogs keep populations o

34、f otherwise pestilent insects at manageable levels) , but we might be increasing our output of air pollutants to levels that may have already become irreversible. Frogs could be inadvertently warning us of a catastrophe. An example of a bizarre occurrence regarding a species of frog dates from the s

35、ummer of 1995 , when “an explosion” of multi-coloured frogs of the species Rana klepton esculenta occurred in the Netherlands. Normally these frogs are brown and greenish-brown, but some unknown contributory factor is turning these frogs yellow and / or orange. Nonetheless, so far, the unusual bi- a

36、nd even tri-coloured frogs are functioning similarly to their normal-skinned contemporaries. It is thought that frogs with lighter coloured skins might be more likely to survive in an increasingly warm climate due to global warming. One theory put forward to explain extinct amphibian species that se

37、ems to fit the facts concerns the depletion of the ozone layer, a well-documented phenomenon which has led to a sharp increase in ultraviolet radiation levels. The ozone layer is meant to shield the Earth from UV rays, but increased radiation may be having a greater effect upon frog populations than

38、 previously believed. Another theory is that worldwide temperature increases are upsetting the breeding cycles of frogs. 35 Frogs are disappearing only from city areas. 36 Biologists are unable to explain why frogs are dying out. 37 Attempts are being made to halt the development of wet marshland. 3

39、8 Frogs are important in the ecosystem because they control pests. 39 It is not known why Dutch frogs are changing colour. 40 It is a fact that frogs breeding cycle has been upset by worldwide increases in temperature. 41 The decline in the numbers of frogs worldwide may be warning us of a_. 42 One

40、danger to the Earth because of decreasing frog numbers is that we may_in the ecological food chain. 43 Some unknown contributory factor is turning frogs yellow and / or orange in the_. 44 _has led to a sharp increase in ultraviolet radiation levels. Section C 44 For 25 years now, Jane Goodall has be

41、en studying chimpanzees in the wild, at Gombe in Tanzania. After ten years, she wrote her best-selling book, In The Shadow Of Man, chronicling her research until then. But if she had stopped there she would have left the world with a misleadingly benign (温和的 ) view of chimpanzees. Starting in the ea

42、rly seventies, Jane Goodall and her researchers were horrified to observe a prolonged, deliberate and planned warfare by one group of chimpanzees upon another group which had broken away some years previously. It fundamentally altered her perception of chimp society as ordered and peaceable. Her mos

43、t startling discovery in her early years was that chimps use tools. Until then, paleoan-thropologists made sharp distinctions between tool users and non-tool users, to differentiate between men and monkeys. She documented and photographed chimps taking long sticks, poking them into termite holes, an

44、d extracting the termites on the sticks in order to eat them. At the same time she and other researchers discovered that chimps are the only animals, apart from humans, to be self-aware. At its most primitive level this can be demonstrated by sticking something on a chimps forehead and showing him a

45、 mirror. The chimp will immediately recognize himself and pull the object off his forehead. Other animals will paw at the mirror and fail to recognize themselves, let alone rearrange themselves according to the image in the mirror. They also have a structured language with abstract concepts. But her

46、 clinical and dispassionate description of the war that obliterated (使湮没 ) a whole chimp community may change our perceptions again of the closeness of the relationship between them and us. There was, it appeared, no particularly pressing reason for the larger northern group to set about annihilatin

47、g the southern group. They turned against the other group because in the years since the two groups parted, they had become aliens, and, like humans, chimpanzee groups are hostile to those outside the immediate group. She observed too that many of them, especially the younger males, took deliberate

48、pleasure in seeking out danger, by ranging close to the territory occupied by other groups. One or two especially aggressive animals were first to head in the direction of alien chimp calls, and last to linger near a potential fight. 45 How long ago did Goodall write her book? 46 How did the “warfar

49、e” change Goodall s opinion of chimp society? 47 Whats the purpose of the reference to “long sticks“? 48 If you stick something on a chimps forehead and show him a mirror, how will he react? 49 What did some of the chimps in the northern group enjoy doing? Section D 49 Almost everyone with or without a computer is aware of the latest technological revolution destined to change forever