1、2010年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） D类初赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 一、 Part Vocabulary and Structure 1 A webmaster is responsible_developing and maintaining the Web site belonging to an organization or company. （ A） on （ B） about （ C） for （ D） to 2 Each of the fifty US states has its own flag; in addition to this, each one has
2、 a state bird, _the mockingbird for Florida. （ A） of which （ B） such as （ C） as for as well （ D） as well 3 The comedian told the audience_both hands every time they heard the word cat. （ A） for raising （ B） who raise （ C） that raise （ D） to raise 4 Lorie waited over an hour for Ken. He really_have c
3、alled her, dont you think? （ A） must （ B） would （ C） may （ D） should 5 Please_other people in the audience and dont talk during the show. （ A） cherish （ B） respect （ C） attend （ D） consider 6 Icebergs are a favorite subject for photographers because of_produced by the ice. （ A） the remarkably vivid
4、blue （ B） the vivid blue remarkable （ C） remarkably the blue vivid （ D） blue the vivid remarkable 7 You might not care about visiting your parents, but it_a lot to them. （ A） attaches （ B） associates （ C） matters （ D） concerns 8 Please put the sauce on the side_on top of the chicken. （ A） owing to （
5、 B） but for （ C） instead of （ D） related to 9 There are many problems_the new program. （ A） adapted to （ B） concentrated on （ C） depended on （ D） related to 10 Theres no reason to_me to do it now. I 11 do it on my own later. （ A） punish （ B） control （ C） force （ D） insist 11 If you buy twenty or mor
6、e you will get a_. （ A） favor （ B） merit （ C） discount （ D） budget 12 Some people believe that if you _ a mirror, you _ have seven years of bad luck. （ A） break; will （ B） will break; would （ C） break; would （ D） broke; will 13 Fred; Thank you for a lovely evening. Amanda: I m glad you enjoyed it. F
7、red: _ Amanda: Yes, thatd be nice. Bye then. Drive carefully. （ A） The food is very delicious. （ B） Do you want to go with me? （ C） Its really nice walking with you. （ D） You must come over to our place next time. 14 Tom: So, _? Boris; Oh, nothing much. The usual things, you know. Tom; Mm. . . still
8、 working at the same place, I suppose? Boris; Yes, thats right. （ A） what have you been up to （ B） what did you say just now （ C） what can I do for you （ D） what happened to you 15 Emily: _? Scott; Yes, it certainly is. Emily: About time too after all that rain we had. Scott: Yes, I know. Thats why
9、we went away this year. （ A） Is there anything I can do for you （ B） Is it suitable for you to go （ C） Is it a sunny day today （ D） Isnt this weather fantastic 二、 Part Cloze 15 Many of the things we do depend【 16】 _receiving information from other people.【 17】 Ca_a train, making a phone call and goi
10、ng to the cinema all involve information which is stored,【 18】 pro_and communicated. In the past this information used to be kept on paper in the【 19】 f_of, for example, books, newspapers and timetables. Now more and more information is put on computers. Computers play an important【 20】 _in our ever
11、yday lives, sometimes without us even【 21】 _ (realize) it. Consider the use of computers in both shops and offices. Big shops,【 22】 es_chain stores with branches all over the country, have to deal with very large amounts of information. They have to make sure there are enough goods on the shelves fo
12、r customers to buy. They need to be able to re-order before stocks run【 23】 _, and to decide which things are selling well and so on. All these processes get performed quickly and【 24】 effi_by computers. A lot of office word in the past involved information on paper. Once it had been dealt with by p
13、eople, the paper was put away for future reference. This way of doing things was not【 25】 _ (particular) easy or fast. A computerized system is much more efficient. Section A 25 When we think of good health, we almost always think about eating good food and doing exercise. However, getting enough sl
14、eep and dreaming are also part of good health. After a hectic day of work and play, the body needs to rest, and sleep is the bodys response to this need. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers form the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleep
15、ing enables your body to prepare itself for the next day. There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. When you sleep, your muscles relax little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts b
16、ack and forth from one level of sleep to another. Although your mind slows down, from time to time you will dream. Scientists who study sleep say that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid e
17、ye movement. Not only all humans , but all mammals have been shown to experience this REM stage. Dreaming is a normal and necessary part of a good sleeping pattern, but no one knows why we dream. If you have trouble falling asleep, there are a few possible ways of solving this problem. Some people r
18、ecommend breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will help make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep! 26 Which of the following is not mentioned as having to do with good health? （ A） Eating good food （ B） D
19、oing exercise every day （ C） Getting enough sleep and dreaming （ D） Having medical examinations regularly 27 After you reach the fourth level of sleep, _from one level to another. （ A） your muscles relax gradually （ B） your body shifts back and forth （ C） your heart beats more slowly （ D） your brain
20、 slows down 28 Scientists find that_ones eyeballs move more quickly although their eyelids are closed. 29 No one has any idea_, though dreaming is a normal and necessary part of a good sleeping pattern. 30 Breathing slowly and deeply, drinking warm milk or_help a person to feel drowsy and go to slee
21、p. Section B 30 The Sunningdale Hotel The sunningdale Hotel was built in 1910 and opened by Princess Louise. It has provided excellent service for people from all over the world and people of all ages and nationalities have stayed here. During the past 100 years over 50, 000 guests form 174 differen
22、t countries have visited Sunningdale. The hotel is on one of the main roads leading to the town center. It is about 20 minutes by bus from the center of town, and buses to many other parts of the town stop outside the hotel. Guests should be careful not to travel on buses with the blue sign Express
23、on the front because they do not stop near our hotel. An underground station is less than 100 meters away. The main building has 200 well-furnished, centrally-heated single rooms, each fitted with hot and cold water basins. Showers, baths and toilets are at the end of all corridors. The hotel has a
24、shop, sitting rooms, four television rooms, table tennis room, library and laundry. There are also eight pianos available for guests use. There are spaces to park cars in the hotel drive. Daily newspapers are provided free and stamps can be bought at the office. Guests who stay for long periods must
25、 pay for their accommodation weekly in advance and one weeks notice is required for departures. Short or long term guests are welcome but long term guests are offered rooms first. No animals of any description or fires of any type (either for heating food or heating the room) are allowed, and guests
26、 are requested to respect the comfort of others. If you have tapes or CDs, please try to keep the noise level down to a minimum, especially between the hours of 11 pm and 8 am. Guests are advised to use taxis to get to the hotel if they arrive by train because we are some distance from the main rail
27、way station. 31 An express bus will take you from the hotel to the center of the town. 32 The hotel provides facilities for washing clothes. 33 The hotel offers better service to guests who stay for a long time. 34 You should not play loud music in the hotel, especially during the hours_. 35 If you
28、arrive in the town by train, youd better_to the hotel. Section C 35 Novels, magazines, and newspapers many people read these in their spare time. These days it is easy for most of us to get hold of the latest books or magazines. We can go to bookstores, order them through the Internet, or borrow the
29、m from the local library. Now imagine having to walk miles and miles through a hot sandy desert just to borrow a book. This is the reality for people living in the villages of the Garissa region of Kenya in East Africa In 2006, librarian Wycliffe Oluoch used to spend each day waiting for people to c
30、ome to borrow some of the 24, 000 books in his library in Garissa. The library had no shortage of books, but people werent coming to read them. It was too much effort to walk through the desert just to borrow books. Oluoch racked his brain for ways to attract people into the library. After a lot tho
31、ught, he hit upon a great idea. If people wouldn t come to the library, then he would have to take the library to them. Oluoch strapped boxes of books onto the backs of camels and invented the Mobile Camel Library. Starting with three camels in 2006, but more recently expanding the service to six ca
32、mels, the Mobile Camel Library serves over one million people. Twice a month, the camel library can be seen carrying books all around the Garissa region. These hard-working animals need little water and can altogether carry up to 1, 200 kilograms of books across the sands. A librarian, a library ass
33、istant , a herdsman and a lookout all travel with the camels. The lookout helps protect the books from thieves. The children of Garissa love the camel library and appreciate Oluochs efforts. Eleven-year-old Mohamud Mohamed reads his library books carefully and always returns them on time. He knows t
34、he Garissa library punishes people for losing books, just like any other library. However, the punishment is very stiff compared to that of other libraries. If someone in a village loses a book, the camel library stops visiting the village. 36 Why didnt people visit the library in Garissa? 37 How ma
35、ny kilograms of books does each camel carry? 38 What makes camels good animals to carry books through the desert? 39 Whats the responsibility of the lookout in the Mobile Camel Library? 40 Whats the punishment if a person loses a book? Section D 40 A few years ago, people in England voted for the gr
36、eatest person of all time from their country. They were not just voting for the most famous person ever. They were voting for the people who had an impact on history. During this vote, anyone could add a persons name to the list, so the final list of names was quite long. It included people who were
37、 famous and unknown, rich and poor, loved and hated. Before the final deadline, about one million people filled out this survey. The Brits (英国人 ) on the final list included many people famous not only from England, but around the world as well. For example, Princess Diana, Tony Blair, John Lennon, a
38、nd Shakespeare were four famous people on the list. Although three of these people ranked high on the list, none was chosen as the greatest Brit. In the end, the winner was Winston Churchill, who received more than 400, 000 votes. Why did so many people think Churchill was great? He led England as P
39、rime Minister during World War II. During the war, Germany sent planes to bomb England, and at the time, many people were afraid Germany would win the war. But Churchill gave the people in England hope through his speeches. He also worked with Roosevelt in the United States and Stalin in Russia to w
40、in the war against Hitler, so he became an important man in world history as well. Churchill is quite famous for things that he said and wrote. In fact, he won the Nobel Prize in literature for his writing. Some things Churchill said were humorous while other things were serious. Also some things he
41、 said have become common sayings in English. For example, he was the first person to use the words “the Iron Curtain“ to talk about Russias control of Eastern Europe. Some of Churchills most famous quotes are “ It is no use saying, We re doing our best. You have got to succeed in doing what is neces
42、sary, “ and “Never, never, never give up. “ Many quotes from Winston Churchill can be found in books like the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.Read the passage carefully and then complete each space in the summary, using a maximum of three words from the passage.Summary: There was s survey in England
43、 to find the greatest Brit【 41】 . Some of the famous names on the list included Princess Diana and Shakespeare, but more than 400, 000 people【 42】 for Winston Churchill as the greatest Brit. Churchill【 43】 England during World War II. He is also famous not only for what he did but also for what he【
44、44】 In fact, many【 45】by Churchill can be found in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Section A 45 【 46】 Tea is a kind of drink made by pouring boiling water onto processed tea tree leaves. China was the first country to produce tea. In the everyday life of Chinese people, tea is a very common dri
45、nk. Chinese tea culture has a long history. Originally tea was used as a kind of medicine instead of a drink.【 47】 It was said that Shennong, a legendary person in ancient China, tasted a lot of plants and was poisoned many times. It was tea that cured him of the poisons.【 48】 Later, the ancient Chi
46、nese got to know more about tea, which became a drink instead of being regarded as a kind of medicine. The Chinese tea culture was formed gradually. It is recorded that tea was used as a drink in the Western Han Dynasty.【 49】 During the Three Kingdoms Period, drinking tea was very popular, at least
47、in the Kingdom of Wu in southern China. 【 50】 During the Wei Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, drinking tea was the fashion for people with high social status. Some literary writings about tea came into being, for example, in the Jin Dynasty. Du Yus Xiangmingfu (香茗赋 )
48、 was a work representative of the tea literature of the time. Section B 51 我第一次去南京时住过的金陵宾馆在汉中路上。 (situate) 52 既然没有公共汽车了，我们不妨走回家吧。 (may as well) 53 现在的汽油价格是几年前的两倍。 (as as) 54 人们在家里而不是在办公室里工作的趋势日益增长。 (instead of) 55 现在去那里没有好处，因为那里相当寒冷。 (no good) 三、 Part IQ Test 56 The combined ages of Frasier and Nile
49、s is 88 years; the combined ages of Niles and Daphne is 76 years; the combined ages of Frasier and Daphne is 80 years. Then, how old is Frasier? 57 Insert numbers into the grid, so that all calculations are correct both across and down. 6 and 8 are already placed. 58 Connect the following 12 dots all using only five straight lines, which go through every dot only once. 59 An aircraf
