1、2007年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） A类（研究生）初赛真题试卷及答案与解析 Section A （ A） Work in the garden. （ B） Go to the beach. （ C） Watch TV. （ A） 78. （ B） 39. （ C） 36 （ A） A book. （ B） A film. （ C） An exhibition. （ A） The item is more expensive than she expected. （ B） The item has been seriously damaged. （ C） The item obviousl
2、y doesnt serve her purpose. （ A） Excited. （ B） Annoyed. （ C） Worried. （ A） It will be fine. （ B） It will be too long. （ C） It will be boring. Section B 7 How long does it take the man to get to work every morning? （ A） Nearly an hour. （ B） Half an hour. （ C） More than an hour. 8 Why does the man ski
3、p breakfast? （ A） Hes not hungry in the mornings. （ B） He doesnt have time for it. （ C） He thinks what nutrition experts say is rubbish. 9 What does the woman suggest the man do? （ A） Plan his time better. （ B） Have a sandwich upon arrival at work. （ C） Eat more at lunch time. 10 What do the speaker
4、s decide to do? （ A） Grab something to eat together. （ B） Buy a pack of biscuits for lunch. （ C） Treat themselves to a nice meal. Section C 11 Whats the nationality of those who died in a western Oklahoma accident? （ A） Canadian. （ B） American. （ C） Mexican. 12 How many Angolan families have been ev
5、icted in the past six years? （ A） About 10,000 families. （ B） About 1,000 families. （ C） About 100,000 families. 13 Which country was the destination of the smuggled uranium 238? （ A） Iran. （ B） Tanzania. （ C） The Democratic Republic of Congo. 14 Why did the Guinean youths go on demonstration? （ A）
6、To combat military intervention. （ B） To support the striking workers. （ C） To protest against the local media. 15 Where was Henry Tombek assaulted? （ A） In Tamworth. （ B） In Sydney. （ C） In Sudan. 16 How long did the ASEANs separate summit meeting last? （ A） One day. （ B） Two days. （ C） Three days.
7、 17 What does the news item say about Senator Obama? （ A） He wont take part in the presidential election campaign. （ B） He is the only African-American in the U.S. Senate. （ C） He is the most popular politician among African-Americans. 18 What is the average age in South Asians for heart attack? （ A
8、） 58 or 59. （ B） 45 or 46. （ C） 53 or 54. 19 How did President Thaho Mbeki react to the reports of the succession battle? （ A） By creating a scene of unity. （ B） By avoiding encountering the media. （ C） By recommending a successor he trusts. 20 What award did the film Babel get? （ A） The Golden Glob
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13、its first reading, bans tobacco advertising in the media, _ sponsorship of public events by tobacco producers. （ A） and so does （ B） nor was its （ C） as well as （ D） and might as well 34 _ with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters. （ A） No matter who is careless （ B） W
14、hoever is careless （ C） He is careless （ D） As is careless 35 That weeks talent included a spectacular dance team from Argentina, a popular rock group, a top vocalist and a magician _. （ A） which made everything in sight disappear （ B） that was making all at sight disappear （ C） who made all at sigh
15、t to disappear （ D） who made everything in sight disappear 36 I spent all the winter break with my friends. Not a single day _ a few hours to myself. （ A） I had （ B） did I have （ C） had I （ D） I was having 37 Im sorry youve decided not to go with us on the river trip, but _ you change your mind, the
16、re will still be enough room on the boat for you. （ A） even though （ B） nevertheless （ C） in the event that （ D） provided if 38 When I first arrived here to take up my new job, I stayed in a hotel, but I soon started looking for a permanent _, a place to _ my own. （ A） residence; call （ B） accommoda
17、tion; refer （ C） household ; be （ D） habitation ; say 39 So, _, there remains a fundamental question: at what precise time does life begin? （ A） everything been considered （ B） all being considered （ C） all to be considered （ D） all things considered 40 What is learned in books cannot have the same
18、deep effect on a childs character _ is learned through experience. （ A） as （ B） as what （ C） that （ D） like what 41 _ she disliked the idea of marriage, she knew that political reasons might make it necessary. （ A） Much as （ B） As much （ C） Much though （ D） Though much 42 For security reasons, alway
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23、you a local resident 二、 Part Reading Comperhension 45 Harry Houdini, who died in 1927, was the entertainment phenomenon of the ragtime era. He could escape from chains and padlocks, from ropes and canvas sacks. They put him in a strait-jacket and hung him upside down from a skyscraper and he somehow
24、 untied himself. They tied him up in a locked packing case and sank him in Liverpool docks. Minutes later he surfaced smiling. They locked him in zinc-lined Russian prison van and he emerged leaving the doors locked and the locks undamaged. They padlocked him in a milk churn full of water and he bur
25、st free. They put him in a coffin, screwed down the lid, and buffed him and well, no, he didnt pop up like a mole, but when they dug him up more than half an hour later, he was still breathing. Houdini would usually allow his equipment to be examined by the audience. The chains, locks and packing ea
26、ses all seemed perfectly genuine, so it was tempting to conclude that he possessed superhuman powers. Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Sherlock Holmes was the very paragon of analytical thinking but Conan Doyle believed that Houdini achieved his tricks through spiritualism. Indeed, he wrote to the escapologi
27、st imploring him to use his psychic powers more profitably for the common good instead of just prostituting his talent every night at the Alhambra. However, Houdini repeatedly denounced spiritualism and disclaimed any psychic element to his act. The alternative explanation for his feats of escapism
28、was that Houdini could do unnatural things with his body. It is widely held that he could dislocate his shoulders to escape from strait-jackets, and that he could somehow contract his wrists in order to escape from handcuffs. His ability to spend long periods in confined spaces is cited as evidence
29、that he could put his body into suspended animation, as Indian fakirs are supposed to do. This is all nonsense. If you ever find yourself in a strait-jacket, it is difficult to imagine anything less helpful than a dislocated shoulder. Contracting your wrists is not only unhelpful but, frankly, impos
30、sible because the bones of your wrist are very tightly packed together and the whole structure is virtually incompressible. As for suspended animation, the trick of surviving burial and drowning relies on the fact that you can live for short periods on the air in a confined space. The air shifted by
31、 an average person in a day would occupy a cube just eight feet square. The build-up of carbon monoxide tends to pollute this supply, but, if you can relax, the air in a cuff should keep you going for half an hour or so. In other words, there was nothing physically remarkable about Houdini except fo
32、r his bravery, dexterity and fitness. His nerve was so cool that he could remain in a coffin six feet underground until they came to dig him up. His gingers were so strong that he could undo a buckle or manipulate keys through the canvas of a strait-jacket or a mail hag. He made a comprehensive stud
33、y of locks and was able to conceal lock-picks about his person in a way which fooled even the doctors who examined him. When they locked him in the prison van he still had a hacksaw blade with which to saw through the joins in the metal lining and get access to the planks of the floor. As an enterta
34、iner he combined all this strength and ingenuity with a lot of trickery. His stage escapes took place behind a curtain with an orchestra playing to disguise the banging and sawing. The milk churn in which he was locked had a double lining so that, while the lid was locked onto the rim, the rim was n
35、ot actually attached to the churn. Houdini merely had to stand up to get out. The mail sack he cut open at the seam and sewed up with similar thread. The bank safe from which he emerged had been secretly worked on by his mechanics for 24 hours before the performance. All Houdinis feats are eminently
36、 explicable, although to explain them, even now, is a kind of heresy. Houdini belongs to that band of mythical supermen who, we like to believe, were capable of miracles and would still be alive today were it not for some piece of low trickery. Its said of Houdini that a punch in his belly when he w
37、asnt prepared for it caused his burst appendix. Automatically, its virtually impossible that a punch could puncture your gut, but the story endures. Somehow the myth of the superman has an even greater appeal than the edifice of twenty-first century logic. 46 In the first paragraph, what does the wr
38、iter say Houdini managed to do? （ A） Jump upside down from a skyscraper. （ B） Safely escape from a submerged box. （ C） Break the locks of a prison van from inside. （ D） Escape from a buried coffin unhurt. 47 The writer mentions Houdinis burial alive to show that _. （ A） his tricks sometimes went dis
39、astrously wrong （ B） he was not always able to do what he claimed he could （ C） he was capable of extraordinary feats of survival （ D） his fear of confined spaces could readily be overcome 48 The writer suggests that Conan Doyle _. （ A） was less analytical about Houdini than one might have expected
40、（ B） asked Houdini if he could include him in a Sherlock Holmes story （ C） felt that Houdini could make more money in other ways （ D） thought there were scientific explanations for Houdinis feats 49 The writer comes to the conclusion that Houdini _. （ A） had an unusual bone structure （ B） could make
41、 parts of his body smaller （ C） could make himself fall asleep easily （ D） was not physically abnormal 50 It appears that Houdini was able to escape from a strait-jacket by _. （ A） hiding a lock-pick in his pocket （ B） undoing its buckles with his fingers （ C） cutting the canvas with a hacksaw （ D）
42、using a blade he had concealed 51 The writer states that when Houdini escaped from the milk churn _. （ A） the role of the orchestra was important （ B） he made use of the hacksaw to free himself （ C） the container had been modified beforehand （ D） he was in full sight of the audience 52 According to
43、the writer, how do people regard Houdini nowadays? （ A） They want to hear the scientific explanations for his feats. （ B） They prefer to believe that he had extraordinary powers. （ C） They refuse to believe the story of how he died. （ D） They doubt the fact that he ever really existed. 52 The need f
44、or a satisfactory education is more important than ever before. Nowadays, without a qualification from a reputable school or university, the odds of landing that plum job advertised in the paper are considerably shortened. Moreover, ones present level of education could fall well short of future car
45、eer requirements. It is no secret that competition is the driving force behind the need to obtain increasingly higher qualifications. In the majority of cases, the urge to upgrade is no longer the result of an insatiable thirst for knowledge. The pressure is coming from within the workplace to compe
46、te with ever more qualified job applicants, and in many occupations one must now battle with colleagues in the reshuffle for the position one already holds. Striving to become better educated is hardly a new concept. Wealthy parents have always been willing to spend the vast amounts of extra money n
47、ecessary to send their children to schools with a perceived educational edge. Working adults have long attended night schools and refresher courses. Competition for employment has been around since the curse of working for a hying began. Is the present situation so very different to that of the past
48、? The difference now is that the push is universal and from without as well as within. A student at a comprehensive school receiving low grades is no longer as easily accepted by his or her peers as was once the case. Similarly, in the workplace, unless employees are engaged in part-time study, they
49、 may be frowned upon by their employers and peers and have difficulty even standing still. In fact, in these cases, the expectations is for careers to go backwards and earning capacity to take an appreciable nosedive. At first glance, the situation would seem to be laudable; a positive response to the exhortations of politicians for us all to raise our intellectual standards and help improve the level of intelligence within the community
