[外语类试卷]大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类模拟试卷9（无答案）.doc

1、大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B 类模拟试卷 9（无答案）Section A1 The party s reduced votes were_of lack of support for its policies.（A）indicative（B） positive（C） revealing（D）evident2 She refused to_the door key to the landlady until she got back her deposit.（A）hand in（B） hand out（C） hand down（D）hand over3 The_of the word is u

2、nknown, but it is certainly not from Greek.（A）origin（B） generation（C） descent（D）cause4 With the recent scandal in mind, would you advise people who have _in their closets to clear out their closets?（A）skulls（B） skeletons（C） ghosts（D）legends5 His remarks were_annoy everybody at the meeting.（A）so as t

3、o（B） such as to（C） such to（D）as much as to6 He wasnt asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _insufficiently popular with all members.（A）having considered（B） was considered（C） was being considered（D）being considered7 _no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his room.（A）There was（B） Si

4、nce（C） Being（D）There being8 Look! The_up at the lake_just breathtaking.（A）sceneries; are（B） sceneries; were（C） scenery; is（D）scenery; was9 If your car_any attention during the first 12 months, take it to an authorized dealer.（A）shall need（B） should need（C） would need（D）will need10 Sam: Did you see t

5、hat fascinating film on THTV- 4 last night? Mary: That stupid love story?Sam: Yes. Didnt you like it?Mary: No. _They re all rubbish.（A）Im not kidding.（B） I cant bear films of that kind.（C） Dont make me laugh.（D）Not really, but I ve heard about one.Section B11 Australia is the_largest country in the

6、world.（A）fourth（B） fifth（C） sixth（D）seventh12 The Australian federation has a_system of government.（A）two-tier（B） three-tier（C） four-tier（D）five-tier13 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 an

7、d the Liberal Party（D）the Labor Party and the Democrats14 The British Parliament has a maximum duration of_years.（A）3（B） 4（C） 5（D）615 The longest river in Britain is_.（A）the Severn River（B） the Thames River（C） the Mersey River（D）the Clyde River一、Part Cloze15 One of the questions coming into focus as

8、 we face growing scarcity of resources in the world is how to divide limited resources among countries. In the international development【 46】com_, the coronal wisdom has been that the billion people living in poor countries could never expect to【47】r_the standard of living that most of the people in

9、 North America enjoy , simply because the world does not contain enough iron ore, protein, petroleum, and so on. At the same time, we in the United States have continued to pursue super-affluence as though there were no limits【48】_how much we could consume. We【49】m_only 6 percent of the world s peop

10、le; yet we consume one third of the world s resources.As long as the resources we consumed each year came primarily from【50】w_ our own boundaries, this was largely an internal matter. But as our resources come more and more from the outside world, we will no longer be able to think in【51】_ of “our“

11、resources and “ their“ resources, but only of【52 】c_resources.As Americans consume such a(n)【53】_(proportion) share of the worlds resources, we have to question whether or not we can continue our pursuit of super-affluence in a world of【54 】_(scarce). We are now reaching the point at which we must c

12、arefully examine the presumed link between our level of well-being and the level of material goods consumed. If you have only one crust of bread and get another crust of bread, your well-being is greatly enhanced. But if you have a loaf of bread, then an additional crust of bread doesnt make【55】d_.

13、In the eyes of most of the world today, Americans have their loaf of bread and are asking for still more. The prospect of a scarcity of, and competition in, the world s resources requires that we re-examine the way in which we relate to the rest of the world.Section A25 People in the United States i

14、n the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation s economy would bring social chaos. In the years following 1820, after several decades of relative stability, the economy entered a period of sustained and extremely rapid growth that continued to the end o

15、f the nineteenth century. Accompanying that growth was a structural change that featured increasing economic diversification and a gradual shift in the nation s labor force from agriculture to manufacturing and other nonagricultural pursuits.Although the birthrate continues to decline from its high

16、level of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth century. As the population grew, its makeup also changed.Massive waves of immigration brought new ethnic groups into the country. Geographic and social mobilitydown

17、ward as well as upwardtouched almost everyone. Local studies indicate that nearly three quarters of the populationin the North and South, in the emerging cities of the Northeast, and in the restless rural counties of the Westchanged their residence each decade. As a consequence, historian David Dona

18、ld has written, “ Social atomization affected every segment of society. “ and it seemed to many people that “ all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded. “Rapid industrialization and increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special implications f

19、or women because these changes tended to magnify social distinctions. As the roles men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home. In the context of extreme competitiveness and dizzying social change, the household lost many of its earlier funct

20、ions and the home came to serve as a haven of tranquility and order. As the size of families decreased, the roles of husband and wife became more clearly differentiated than ever before. In the middle class especially, men participated in the productive economy while women ruled the home and served

21、as the custodians of civility and culture. The intimacy of marriage that was common in earlier periods was rent, and a gulf that at times seemed unbridgeable was created between husbands and wives.26 What does the passage mainly discuss?（A）The economic development of the United States in the ninetee

22、nth century.（B） Ways in which economic development led to social changes in the United Slates.（C） Population growth in the western United States.（D）The increasing availability of industrial jobs for women in the United States.27 What did the people in the United States do as the nineteenth century p

23、rogressed?（A）They emigrated to other countries.（B） They often settled in the West.（C） They tended to change the place where they lived.（D）They had a higher birthrate than ever before.28 Which of the following best describes the society about which David Donald wrote?（A）A highly conservative society

24、that was resistant to new ideas.（B） A society that was undergoing fundamental changes.（C） A society that had been gradually changing since the early 1700 s.（D）A nomadic society that was starting permanent settlements.29 According to the passage, how was the economy of the United States between 1820

25、and 1900?（A）It was expanding.（B） It was in sharp decline.（C） It was stagnant.（D）It was disorganized.30 According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?（A）Because of social atomization, all the recognized values were infected.（B） More and more laborers went to work in nonagricultural fie

26、lds.（C） There was more intimacy of marriage than in earlier periods.（D）The birth rate was lower during the rest of nineteenth century.Section B30 The annals of natural history contain many astonishing examples of the ability of animals to find their way home after making distant journeys. Salmon, fo

27、r example, are born in freshwater streams and soon afterward journey down to sea. Several years 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 journey s end is almost invariably the same one in which the

28、y were born. It is chosen out of dozens or hundreds of equally suitable streams. The expression “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

29、, 000 were recovered after they had completed a return journey to the very same stream, but not a 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 Wiscons

30、in that the salmon, like many other fish, have an acute sense of smell and are able to remember slight 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

31、 upstream it makes the correct choice each time a new tributary is encountered, until finally it 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

32、sooty terns, an attractive tropical sea bird, travel from the waters off the west coast of Africa 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 te

33、rns migrate at all? Like many other seabirds, they find protection from cats, foxes, and other predators 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 differen

34、t reason lies behind the north-south migration of birds in the temperate zones. Each spring a legion 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 r

35、apidly, they are able to rear one or more broods of young. As winter approaches and the food supply 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 trav

36、els 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 their

37、ability to use celestial clues. At migration time, caged starlings become unusually restless. If permitted to see the sun, they begin to fly toward the side of the cage that lies in the direction of their normal migration route. However, when the sky is overcast and the sun is obscured from view, th

38、eir movements persist, but they are non directional. Other migratory birds fly at night and can evidently use the position of the stars to guide them. This surprising fact has been established by several biologists, including S. T. Emlen of Cornell University, who allowed a type of bird called indig

39、o buntings to attempt flights under the artificial night sky of a planetarium. The birds oriented “correctly“ with reference to the planetarium sky even when the positions of its constellations did not correspond with the position of the true constellations outside. Thus other outside influences wer

40、e eliminated, and it could be concluded that the birds were able to orient to what they believed to be the position of the stars. SUMMARY:Animals are able to get back home after they make long journeys. Salmon, for example, are known to swim back several years later to【61】where .they were born. What

41、 guide these fish upstream? According to scientists at the University of Wisconsin, salmon【62】and follow the fragrance of their native stream as they have a sharp【63】Birds also make long distance migration each year. Sooty terns, a type of tropical sea bird, travel across the Atlantic from Africa to

42、 an island near Florida, where they breed and can【64】from predators. Birds also migrate in order to find food and rear their young. It is discovered that birds are aided by【65】to make distant journeys that even human beings cannot make without the assistance of navigational instruments.Section C35 M

43、ost people consider bacteria dangerous. After all, these microorganisms cause a host of serious human diseases, including tuberculosis, typhoid fever, pneumonia, and food poisoning. In fact, however, only a small percentage of bacteria cause diseases, while many bacteria are actually beneficial to h

44、umans. For example, doctors use bacteria to produce vaccines and other medicines. Bacteria are also critical to many industrial processes, from fermenting wine to recycling wastes, and scientists use bacteria to study many of the biological processes common to all living things. With such a wide var

45、iety of economic and scientific applications, it is no surprise that several laboratories around the United States grow and sell bacteria as a crop. These laboratories use specialized farming techniques to produce one of the nation s most valuable biological commodities. Like plants, bacteria have s

46、pecific growth requirements. In particular, they need a place to grow and they need a supply of nutrients. Bacteria may be cultivated in containers ranging from small test tubes to giant steel tanks. The organisms are placed in a container along with a nutritionally balanced liquid or jelly, called

47、a culture medium, which provides vitamins, minerals, and fluids to the growing bacteria. The growth container and culture medium must be kept at a constant temperature that is appropriate for the type of bacteria being cultivated. Most bacteria used in medicine and industry grow best between 20 and

48、45. In a closed container, bacteria exhibit a definite growth pattern. The figure shows a typical bacterial growth curve. All bacteria follow this pattern, a fact that is very important to anyone who wants to cultivate them in large numbers. When bacteria are first placed in a growth container, they

49、 must adapt to their new environment, and growth is slow while they are making this adjustment. This period is called the “start phase“ of the bacterial growth cycle. At the end of this phase, as the bacteria become accustomed to their new living conditions, they begin to grow and reproduce rapidly. During the second phase, called the “ log phase,“ a population explosion occurs. In a large tank, millions of new bacteria may be produce