1、2007年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） B类决赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 Section A 1 Half of the medical supplies have already been _ to the victims of the earthquake. （ A） allocated （ B） referred （ C） imparted （ D） injected 2 If you buy a camera in Singapore and take it back to England, you have to pay _ on it. （ A） cash （ B） duty
2、 （ C） fund （ D） fines 3 When writing a biography of Napoleon she _ some unknown facts. （ A） stumbled across （ B） stumbled through （ C） stumbled at （ D） stumbled over 4 My answer to the quiz question“ Who composed the Midnight Sonata?“ was just a shot in the _. I didnt really know it was Beethoven. （
3、 A） night （ B） air （ C） dark （ D） distance 5 Im _ whether or not to go to Greece for the summer. （ A） on second thoughts （ B） on the spot （ C） in the process （ D） in two minds 6 I felt somewhat disappointed and was about to leave, _ something occurred which attracted my attention. （ A） unless （ B） w
4、hen （ C） until （ D） while 7 Einstein was a man of uncommonly _ intelligence. He discovered what few people could do. （ A） abnormal （ B） abrupt （ C） accurate （ D） acute 8 These proposals sought to place greater restrictions on the use and copying of digital information than _ in traditional media. （
5、A） exist （ B） exists （ C） existing （ D） to exist 9 Countless divorced politicians would have been elected out of office years ago had they even thought of a divorce, let alone _ one. （ A） getting （ B） to get （ C） gotten （ D） get 10 _ , if I may. Id rather you didnt, because there is too much work fo
6、r you to do in the office. （ A） Id like to have a cup of tea （ B） Id like to have a day off （ C） I want to stay in my office for the night （ D） I want to have all my work done in my office Section B 11 The “Backbone of England“ refers to _. （ A） The Grampian Mountains （ B） The Pennines （ C） The Moun
7、tain of Mourne （ D） The Cheviot Hills 12 Stratford-upon-Avon is a famous place where _ was born. （ A） John Milton （ B） Ben Johnson （ C） William Shakespeare （ D） Thomas Gray 13 The British Parliament has all powers except the right to _. （ A） control taxation （ B） select judges （ C） control the gover
8、nments budget （ D） make laws 14 The U. S.A.is known as a “Melting Pot“ for its mixture of _. （ A） religions （ B） nationalities （ C） climates （ D） habits 15 Westminster Palace is the _. （ A） residence of the Prime Minister （ B） seat of the Church of England （ C） residence of the Queen （ D） seat of th
9、e British Houses of Parliament 一、 Part Cloze 15 Language Change The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and more【 81】 (disapprove) than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change must mean【 82】 (deteriorate) and decay. Older people observe th
10、e casual speech of the young and conclude that standards have fallen appreciably. It is understandable that many people dislike change, but it is【 83】 (wise) to condemn all linguistic【 84】 (modify). It is often felt that contemporary language illustrates the problem at its worst, but this belief is
11、shared by every generation. There are indeed cases where linguistic change can lead to problems of unintelligibility and【 85】(ambiguous), and if change is too rapid there can be major communication problems. But as a rule, the parts of language which are undergoing change at any given time are【 86】(
12、relative) small in comparison to the vast, unchanging areas of language. It is because change is so【 87】 (frequent) that it is so distinctive and【 88】 (notice). Some degree of caution and concern is therefore always desirable for the【 89】 (maintain) of precision and【 90】 (effect) communication, but
13、there are no grounds for the extremely pessimistic attitudes so often encountered. Section A 25 What Is Good Writing for Children? The childrens publishers will tell you they look for “good writing“. What exactly do they mean ? Before you send a story you have written to any publisher at all, your s
14、everest critic ought to be you yourself. To have a chance of succeeding in the competitive market of childrens fiction, you should constantly be aware, every single time you sit down at your word-processor, of the need to produce “good, original writing“. A difficult task, maybe, but one which hopef
15、ully we will help you to achieve. To begin with, let us try to pin down exactly what publishers mean when they talk about “good writing“ for children. A useful starting point would be to take a look at some of the childrens books which won literary prizes last year. Reading these books is one of the
16、 easiest and most enjoyable ways of: (a) finding out what individual publishers are publishing at the moment, and (b) learning a few tricks of the trade from well-established professionals. It goes without saying, of course, that slavishly copying the style and subject matter of a successful author
17、is usually a recipe for disaster. Nor should you become downhearted after reading a particularly brilliant piece of work, and miserably think you will never be able to match up to those standards. Remember, overnight success is raremost successful childrens authors will have struggled long and hard
18、to learn their trade. Read these books as a critic; note down the things you enjoyed or admired, as well as areas where you feel there was possibly room for improvement. After all, nobody is perfect, not even a successful, prize-winning author. Possibly the toughest challenge is right at the younges
19、t end of the age rangethe picture book. The would-be author/illustrator is attempting to create an exciting story out of the narrow, limited, everyday world of a young child experiencenot easy at all. The whole storyline has to be strong enough to keep the reader turning the pages, yet simple enough
20、 to fit into a few pages. Another problem for the new picture-book authors is that it can seem that every subject and every approach has been done to death, with nothing new left to say. Add to this the fact that printing costs are high because of full colour illustrations, which means that the publ
21、isher will probably want a text that suits the international market to increase sales, and a novel for ten-year olds, with hardly any pictures at all, starts to look much more inviting. You would be forgiven for wondering if there are any truly original plots left to impress publishers with. But rem
22、ember that, in many ways, it is the writers own personal style, and intelligent handling of a subject that can change a familiar, overworked plot into something original and fresh. To illustrate this, read The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb. A young girl called Irina finds an old wooden horse in a
23、 junk shop, takes it home and treats it as if it was real. Soon it magically starts to come to life . Sounds familiar? The magic object that comes alive is a storyline that has been used in hundreds of other childrens stories. So why does it succeed here? The answer is that Magdalen Nabb has created
24、 a strong, believable character in the lonely, unhappy heroine Irina, and the descriptions of her relationship with the wooden horse are poetic and touching. So, to return to the question asked at the beginning: What exactly is“ good writing“ for children? The answer is that it is writing which is f
25、resh, exciting and unpredictable, and which gives a new and original angle on what might be a wellworn subject. But do not be put off if you feel that you simply cannot match up to all these requirements. While there is obviously no substitute for talent, and the ability to come up with suitable ide
26、as, many of the techniques for improving and polishing your manuscript can be learned. 26 Why does the article advise people to look at prize-winning books? （ A） To copy the authors style. （ B） To realise what a high standard needs to be reached. （ C） To get an idea of what might be successful. （ D）
27、 To find out how to trick publishers. 27 What do most successful childrens authors have in common? （ A） They did not get depressed by early failures. （ B） They have learned how to be critical of other authors work. （ C） They find it easy to think of storylines that will sell. （ D） They have worked h
28、ard to become well-known. 28 Why is the picture book the most difficult to write? （ A） Young children have experience of a small number of subjects. （ B） Young children cannot follow storylines easily. （ C） The pictures need to be exciting. （ D） Children want to be able to read it quickly. 29 The bo
29、ok about Irina is successful _. （ A） because of the unusual way magic is used （ B） because of the way the character is described （ C） because the story has not been told before （ D） because the pictures bring the story to life 30 What does it in Paragraph 4 refer to? （ A） The storyline. （ B） The mag
30、ic object. （ C） The horse. （ D） The childrens story. 31 What conclusion does the writer of the text come to? （ A） Anyone can learn to write a good story. （ B） The subject matter is the most important consideration. （ C） If you have the ability to think of good ideas, you can learn the rest. （ D） Som
31、e published fiction is badly written. Section B 31 Six Thousand Women Missing from Boardrooms, Politics and Courts The glass ceiling is still holding back 6,000 women from the top 33,000 jobs in Britain, according to new research from the Equal Opportunities Commission. Thirty years after the introd
32、uction of the Sex Discrimination Act, women are “woefully under-represented“ in the countrys boardrooms, politics and courts. Help from nannies has not enabled successful women to maintain their careers after having children, the research suggests. The EOC blames a male-dominated culture in the prof
33、essions for resistance to flexible working. The upward trend in the proportion of women in top jobs is “painfully slow“, the report says, and in some sectors there is even a decline. The proportion of women in parliament has slipped in the 12 months since the EOCs last Sex and Power survey and is no
34、w at 19.5%lower than in Iraq, Afghanistan and Rwanda. Although a woman is chief executive of the London Stock Exchange, and four senior judges are women, the proportion of women directors of top 100 FTSE companies has dipped to 10.4%, and of female judges to 9.8%. Jenny Watson, chair of the EOC, sai
35、d: “Todays troubling findings show just how slow the pace of change has been in powerful British institutions. They suggest its time not just to send out the headhunters to find some of those missing women , but to address the barriers that stand in their way. Thirty years on from the Sex Discrimina
36、tion Act, women rightly expect to share power. But as our survey shows, thats not the reality. “ “We all pay the price when Britains boardrooms and elected chambers are unrepresentative. Our democracy and local communities will be stronger if women from different backgrounds are able to enjoy an equ
37、al voice. In business, no one can afford to fish in half the talent pool in todays intensely competitive world.“ The commission identified the 33,000 most influential jobs in the private sector, polities, the legal system and the public sector in Britain. To achieve a representative proportion, wome
38、n, it said, should fill another 6,000. At the current rate of improvement, it would take 20 years to achieve equality in the civil service, 40 years in the judiciary and 60 years among FTSE 100 companies. But it would take 200 yearsat least another 40 electionsto achieve an equal number of MPs in pa
39、rliament. By contrast, in the Scottish assembly, nearly 40% are women and 51.7% in Wales. The EOC said there was an argument for parties to use all-women shortlists, as in Wales. But figures for women from ethnic minorities are worse. There are only two black women MPs, four non-white top 100 FTSE d
40、irectors and nine top civil servants from ethnic minority backgrounds. “If we want our communities to thrive, this has to change,“ concludes the report. It suggests that more successful women arc experiencing the same barriers to getting the jobs they want as women in lower paid jobs. As for age, th
41、e pay gap between men and women in their 20s is 3.7% , rising to 10.7% for thirty somethingsfrom the impact of childbirth on womens earnings. The same is not true for men who become fathers. Female workers in the UK suffer one of the biggest pay gaps in Europe17% for full-time staff and 38% for part
42、-timebecause they are more likely to be in low-paid jobs and then slip further down the career ladder after having children, the Women and Work Commission found last year. “Asking for flexible working still spells career death for too many women in todays work- place,“ said Ms Watson. “As a conseque
43、nce, women with caring responsibilities all too often have to trade down to keep working. Extending the right to ask for flexible working to everyone in the workplace would change that culture and enable more women to reach the top. “ 32 Nannies are not good enough to help women get work. （ A） Y （ B
44、） N （ C） NG 33 The position of women has got worse in all areas since the last survey. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 34 Trying to recruit more women is not enough. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 35 Parliamentary elections happen more or less every 5 years in Britain. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 36 The EOC thinks all membe
45、rs of parliament should be women. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 37 More and more women in Britain have a chance to pursue postgraduate studies. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG 38 Giving men the right to request flexible working would actually help women. （ A） Y （ B） N （ C） NG Section C 38 I have called this book The
46、Insomniacs Dictionary partly because it was born in the dark hours of night during my own periods of sleeplessness.【 64】 For one thing, it doesnt require much in the way of mental or emotional commitment. And secondly, its not meant to be read through at once. I encourage everyone to skim and skip a
47、round a bit. The Insomniacs Dictionary presents nearly 3,000 strange and intriguing words, all of which are grouped together by categories.【 65】 Its been more than a dozen years since I first discovered the joys of dictionary reading. From the very beginning, I was amazed by the richness of our lang
48、uage. I quickly became enchanted with words like kakistocracy (government by the worst citizens), and I wanted more.【 66】 It didnt take long to realize I was stymiedthere were books that included these delightful words but none that grouped them together to be enjoyed as a whole.【 67】 The results ar
49、e here for you to enjoy. Some of the thematic lists are as all-inclusive as I could make them. Every chapter has been thoroughly and painstakingly researched. I cannot claim that the resulting lists are absolutely complete but can state that they are more complete than any lists that can be found in any other reference books. 【 68】 Such chapters are intended merely as introductions to their respective subjects. By way of example, our langua
