1、大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)B 类英语专业初赛真题 2008 年(无听力)及答案解析(总分：117.98，做题时间：90 分钟)一、BPart Listenin(总题数：10，分数：10.00)1.Shaka _ power and became the king of the Zulus upon the death of his father.（分数：1.00）A.assumedB.resumedC.consumedD.presumed2.To say that a soldier fought in battle like a lion may be a good descriptive
2、 _, but it does not mean that he was on all fours, roaring and wagging his tail!（分数：1.00）A.anecdoteB.analogueC.analogyD.analysis3.Many people living around the stadium _ about the violent behaviour of the Soccer fans.（分数：1.00）A.complainB.disapproveC.criticizeD.object4.Astronomy has to deal with the
3、largest bodies and the greatest distances in the universe; _, chemistry has to deal with the smallest particles and the shortest distances in the universe.（分数：1.00）A.likewiseB.consequentlyC.on the other handD.so5.Tonys salary as a plumber is much higher than _.（分数：1.00）A.a teacherB.a teacher hasC.th
4、at of a teacher doesD.that of a teacher6.If you took more than your share of the money, you should at once _ by returning the extra.（分数：1.00）A.give upB.make amendsC.feel ashamedD.get punished7.In this experiment, they are wakened several times during the night, and asked to report what they _.（分数：1.
5、00）A.had just been dreamingB.had just dreamtC.are just dreamingD.have just been dreaming8.Detectives _ from the clues who had committed the crime.（分数：1.00）A.deductedB.deducedC.deemedD.doomed9.After a whole days heavy work, the old worker returned home, _.（分数：1.00）A.being hungry and exhaustingB.hungr
6、y and exhaustedC.being hungry and exhaustedD.hungry and exhausting10.Salesperson: Can I help you, sir? Customer: Yes, I bought this watch from you last week and Ive been having a few problems with it. Salesperson: _ Customer: When I bought this you said it was waterproof, but when I wore it in the s
7、wimming pool it filled with water.（分数：1.00）A.Thats impossible.B.Im sure its all right.C.Did you buy it here?D.Whats the trouble?二、BSection B/B(总题数：5，分数：5.00)11._ is the core leadership committee of the British government.（分数：1.00）A.ParliamentB.Privy councilC.Central governmentD.The Cabinet12.In the
8、1960s, pop music underwent a revolution when _ became world famous and turned their home town of Liverpool into a place of pilgrimage.（分数：1.00）A.the Beach BoysB.the Rolling StoneC.the AnimalsD.the Beatles13.Who was the leader of the Federalists in the early history of the United States?（分数：1.00）A.Je
9、ffersonB.HamiltonC.WashingtonD.Lincoln14.Shakespeares greatest tragedies are _.（分数：1.00）A.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and MacbethB.Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and King JohnC.Hamlet, Cymbeline, King Lear and The Merchant of VeniceD.Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Othello and Macbeth15.The period ranging from 18
10、65 to 1914 has been referred to as _ in American literature.（分数：1.00）A.the Age of ColonialismB.the Age of RomanticismC.the Age of RealismD.the Age of Modernism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 m
11、arked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Hallidays writing leaned very much back to the left. He was the only pupil in the class who wrote in this way. He was a nuisance in poetry lessons
12、as he would giggle and make faces and could never be persuaded to read aloud. His silly behaviour made me believe that he didnt like poetry. However, When I gave the class a test in which they had to write down some poetry they had learned by heart, Halliday seemed to know the most. Halliday had a s
13、pecial dislike for art and I allowed him to read during this period. He never volunteered for drama and refused to make a speech. Football was the one thing at which he excelled, but the sports teacher decided that he did not assert himself enough and he made another boy captain. This boy, named Joh
14、n Jones, could hardly read or write. All attempts to make him work failed, but he captained the team with amazing skill. I remember an occasion when he led our school eleven out of the changing rooms for a cup match against our fiercest rivals, the team from nearby Winterton School. The Winterton gi
15、rls hockey team had already beaten our own girls team and thisplus their excellent start to the seasonhad raised their morale to a fearsome level. Even so, John played like a true professional. Our only scorer, he made good use of Hallidays passes and scored a goal for every two that the Winterton p
16、layers could manage between them. Though Kingston lost, the match was a triumph for Captain Jones! In spite of all this, the pupil who impressed me most in the end was David Halliday. He gained my admiration on a day when I had his class for art. They came into the hut shouting and pushing and I sen
17、t them out again and told them they would not have a lesson until they walked in properly. They thought it was fun to waste as much time as possible, and they jeered and cheered outside the hut. I let them go on for a minute. Suddenly the noise stopped and in marched Halliday. They re all right now,
18、 he said. Ive got them lined up. I looked outside and sure enough the pupils of class 2D were arranged like well drilled soldiers; they were in order of size and in perfect line and so still I could see them shivering in the chilly air. Walk in quietly, Halliday commanded. They obeyed their superior
19、 officer and the lesson began. Halliday himself, as usual, refused to work. Can I just sit and have a nap? he asked. After the help he had given me, I could hardly refuse. QUESTIONS: （分数：5.00）(1).Halliday stood out from the other pupils because of his _.（分数：1.00）A.beautiful handwritingB.poor results
20、 in poetry testsC.good behaviourD.football skills(2).The match against Winterton was a triumph for John Jones because _.（分数：1.00）A.his team wonB.he scored all Kingstons goalsC.he organized the team wellD.he was chosen as Kingstons captain instead of Halliday.(3).After being turned out of the hut, cl
21、ass 2D started behaving themselves because _.（分数：1.00）A.the teacher asked them to behaveB.they thought they might be punishedC.David Halliday took control of the situationD.they wanted to start the lesson(4).How did the teacher react when Halliday asked to have a nap in class?（分数：1.00）A.He was furio
22、us.B.He was amused.C.He gave a permission.D.He refused permission.(5).Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?（分数：1.00）A.The Big Match.B.Jones to the Rescue!C.A Difficult Class.D.A memorable student!四、BSection B/B(总题数：4，分数：40.00)There is one passage in this section with 10 que
23、stions. Read the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. 1 For some people it is extreme education: 10-hour days, contracts with parents and very strict rules on behaviour in small, 200-pupil academies. The result in a new type of school in the US is 100% acceptance to college,
24、 test results as good as those in private schools, and teenagers from New Yorks South Bronx district who play the viola like their neighbours in Manhattan. 2 James Verrilh, principal of the North Star Academy in Newark, Americas second poorest city, said: These kids know drugs. These kids know crime
25、 and violence. Their fathers are in jail. We have a school culture here which is very different from the attitude they have when they first walk through the door. Its a culture that tells them they can go to college. 3 At the North Star Academy children like Charism and Queen-Area smile politely as
26、they shake your hand and welcome you in. About 85% of pupils are African-American and 90% get free school meals. Last year 80% got proficient or advanced grades in maths, compared with just 28% in the local neighbourhood school. This was above the state average. Pupils work in silence with a profess
27、ionalism they have learned during a three-day process. From the beginning pupils are taught to speak clearly, answer questions in full sentences and look the teacher in the eye. 4 Parents have to sign a three-way contract with their child and the principal, and must promise to participate themselves
28、. When a childs homework isnt handed in by 8 am, there is a phone call home. When the parent doesnt turn up for a meeting, their child is not allowed back into school until they turn up. There are signs saying No excuses on the walls. I was working until 11 last night. Im tired, but I know Ive got t
29、o work, says one 11-year-old, as she finishes up her homework over breakfast. Even my mothers gone back to school since Ive been here. Pupils are tested every six weeks and their results are examined carefully. 5 As a principal of a small school, I know how every child is progressing and how they ar
30、e behaving, says Mr. Verrilh. He also sits in on classes himself, observing the students and writing notes for the teachers. 6 North Star and other small schools like it have developed from the charter school move-ment in the US. The 3,500 charter schools are independent schools, funded by the state
31、, and allowed more freedom to set policies, including their admissions procedures. North Star runs a lottery for admissions and has 1,800 children on the waiting list. Parents have to put their childs name into the lottery ; three times more girls apply than boys. 7 Mr. Verrilli strongly rejects the
32、 idea that his students might not be the ones most in need. Its quite wrong to say that parents from disadvantaged backgrounds dont care about their kids education. Ninety five percent of parents just want a better education for their children. Were not taking the best kids. Im defensive about that.
33、 Its something a lot of people say. How hard is it to put your childs name down on a piece of paper? he said. 8 Every child who attends the Kipp (Knowledge is Power Programme) academy in south Bronx, New York, plays in its orchestra, the best school orchestra in New York. Every child can read music.
34、 Shirley Lee, a director of the Kipp academy in the Bronx, says the school works because there is a consistent structure throughout the school. The truth and reality is that kids like structure, she said. Its about telling them whats appropriate and them learning when to use it. I wouldnt talk to yo
35、u like I am now if I was out in some of these areas. But if we teach them to look in my eyes when Im speaking to them, they will use that if they get stopped by the police and that will protect them. 9 In the UK, there is a growing political debate about the differences in academic achieve-ment betw
36、een rich and poor in schools in big cities. A recent report highlighted the growing gap in achievement and the government is trying to deal with this problem. Three London academies are experimenting with small school principles and last week a group of British teachers in training visited the US lo
37、oking for methods they could use to deal with the problems of complex urban education. 10 Ark, a UK educational charity, is taking key components of the small school model into London academies. Lucy Heller, managing director of Ark, says : Its small schools, strict rules on behaviour and a firm bel
38、ief that inner city children can be just as successful. The UK schools minister says small schools can teach disadvantaged children the skills that middle class children take for granted: High ambition, zero tolerance of failure, an expectation that children will go to u niversity and that schools w
39、ill give them the education to go to university. 11 Ark is also helping to fund the 30 Future Leaders group on the school leadership training scheme visiting the US. The trainees are expected to take some of the ideas they experience in the US back home to the UK. Many of them think it will be diffi
40、cult to transfer the model to the UK, however. They talk about the fact that most of the US schools are middle schools, for 10-14 year-olds. The model has been tested less in the secondary school age group (11-18). They also ask where the money to fund smaller schools will come from, though others p
41、oint out the fact that in the US facilities are basic. They dont even have interactive whiteboards, says one of the groups mentors. They just teach. Small schools might not be practical in the UK, but what I really want these new school leaders to take back is the sense of culture in these schools.Q
42、UESTIONS 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 is not given in the passage. （分数：10.00）(1).Newark is the poorest c
43、ity in the US.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).Pupils at the North Star Academy are better at maths than kids in the local neighborhood school.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).If a pupil doesnt hand in their homework by 8 am, the school calls their parents.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).Mr. Verrilli graduated from Harvard University in
44、 1989.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).The UK is planning to start academies like the US schools.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_QUESTIONS 56-60: For answers 56-60, find these words or expressions in the text. Paragraph numbers are given to help you. （分数：10.00）(1).A phrasal verb meaning arrive. ( Para 4)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(2).A ve
45、rb meaning provide the money for something that costs a lot. (Para 6)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(3).An adjective meaning not changing. (Para 8)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(4).A verb meaning emphasize. (Para 9)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_(5).A three-word expression meaning expect something always to happen without thinking about any p
46、ossible problems. (Para 10)（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_BSection C/BIn this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, and then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Pavarotti Dies Aged 71The Italian opera star Lu
47、ciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, aged 71. The tenor, who helped take opera to a new mass audience, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and had further treatment in August 2007. His manager, Terri Robson, said Pavarotti died at 5 am on September 6. The maestro fought a long
48、, tough battle against the pancreatic cancer which eventually took his life. Characteristically, he remained positive until finally succumbing to the last stages of his illness, Mr. Robson said in a statement. Pavarotti was considered by some critics to have been the greatest tenor since Enrico Caruso. He made his professional debut in 1961, as Rodolfo in Puccinis La Bohemeat the opera house in Reggio Emilia. His most celebrated performance came at New Yorks Metropolitan Opera House, wher
