1、2011年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） C类决赛真题试卷及答案与解析 Section A 1 How did the man get the ticket to travel into space? （ A） He went onto a TV game show. （ B） He won an Internet contest. （ C） He received it as a prize. 2 Why is the man not keen to attend the event? （ A） He doesnt like volunteering. （ B） He is not sure
2、 how he can help. （ C） He thinks he will be busy. 3 Why does the woman have doubts about getting a hybrid car? （ A） They cost a lot of money. （ B） There are few good ones on the market. （ C） She thinks they use more gas than ordinary cars. 4 How long does the Chunnel train take to get from Paris to
3、London? （ A） About three hours. （ B） Under two hours. （ C） A little more than two hours. 5 What do the police think happened to Martin? （ A） A thief broke ihto his house. （ B） His identity information was stolen. （ C） Somebody took his wallet. Section B 6 Where are the speakers planning to go? （ A）
4、Austin. （ B） Houston. （ C） New Orleans. 7 Who is the woman going to call? （ A） The hotel. （ B） A taxi company. （ C） The airport. 8 What will the woman make reservations for? （ A） A dinner. （ B） Two rooms. （ C） A taxi. 9 What is Rachels extended essay about? （ A） Hospitals. （ B） Towns. （ C） Factories
5、. 10 What is Rachels main source of information for the essay? （ A） A book. （ B） The Internet. （ C） Magazines. 11 Rachel is_with her essay at the moment. （ A） quite pleased （ B） mostly satisfied （ C） not at all happy 12 Which part of the essay does Dr Jones like best? （ A） The introduction. （ B） The
6、 middle. （ C） The conclusion. 13 Which part of the essay does Dr Jones most want Rachel to change? （ A） The statistical analyses. （ B） The essay structure. （ C） The topic sentences. 14 Dr Jones thinks the bibliography_. （ A） is too long （ B） is pretty good （ C） needs some improvement 15 When will Dr
7、 Jones get the essay back to Rachel? （ A） On April 21. （ B） On April 22. （ C） On April 23. Section C 16 Which company organized the meeting? （ A） Internet Forum. （ B） Broadband Forum. （ C） Industry Forum. 17 In which subjects did students in Shanghai score the highest? （ A） Mathematics and science.
8、（ B） Reading, mathematics and science. （ C） Science, mathematics and Fnglish. 18 What was the population of America on April 1, 2010? （ A） 308,745,358. （ B） 3.08755e+008 （ C） 3.08746e+008 19 How long have the Harry Potter films been around? （ A） Almost ten years. （ B） Nearly eleven years. （ C） About
9、 twelve years. 20 What percentage of rich people in the UK dont want to retire? （ A） More than 65%. （ B） About 60%. （ C） Less than 55%. Section D 20 The success of a speech is often attributed to the skill of the speaker, with merit being given to speakers who are confident, articulate, knowledgeabl
10、e and able to【 D1】_with conviction. Often, however, it is not the speakers who write【 D2】 _speeches, but speechwriters. The field in which this practice is most common is that of politics. So, what does it take to be a political speechwriter? According to a recent job advertisement put out by the US
11、 Embassy in Britain, a political speechwriter needs to have【 D3】 _, be detail oriented and be able to demonstrate a profound knowledge of the subject. They must also be able to work closely with the speakers they write for, and be able to relate to an individuals style. Some people believe that the
12、best speechwriters have an inherent talent, a【 D4】_, and that speech writing is an art form. So what about those of us who do not possess such genius? Can we still produce successful speeches? In an interview with the BBC, Dr Max Atkinson, a【 D5】 _, outlined a number of speech-writing techniques. He
13、 also illustrated how these techniques have been used in historic speeches. One such technique is【 D6】 _. This is especially useful in trying to put a positive spin on a negative issue. One of the most famous examples of this was presented in a speech given by former American President John F Kenned
14、y: “Ask not what your country can do for, you, but what you can do for your country. “ Another technique is the use of a【 D7】 _. Dr Atkinson explains that this can be an excellent way of adding finality and confirming a statement. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was a fan of this technique.
15、 One of his most famous【 D8】_was “ education, education, education“. These techniques can be used like toolsthey can be chosen from a toolbox and applied as necessary. A few other techniques you might find in a speech writers toolbox are the use of imagery, anecdotes and【 D9】 _. So next time you hav
16、e to prepare a speech or【 D10】 _, try applying one or more of these techniques and see if you have what it takes to be a winning speech writer. 21 【 D1】 22 【 D2】 23 【 D3】 24 【 D4】 25 【 D5】 26 【 D6】 27 【 D7】 28 【 D8】 29 【 D9】 30 【 D10】 一、 Part Vocabulary and Structure 31 I asked Charles what sponsori
17、ng the conference would_and he said we would have to handle all of the advertising, as well as the set-up and registration. （ A） embody （ B） encounter （ C） entail （ D） ensue 32 Winter is coming and there is nothing we can do to change that. There is no stopping it. It is as _as the approach of death
18、. （ A） inseparable （ B） inexorable （ C） insatiable （ D） indispensable 33 I went around sniffing at the other doors, trying to find out where the smell was coming from. I finally discovered it was_from the closet at the end of the hall. （ A） evaporating （ B） emerging （ C） evolving （ D） emanating 34 L
19、ater in this chapter, cases _ consumer complaints have resulted in changes in the law, are presented. （ A） where （ B） when （ C） who （ D） which 35 _your computer has a virus protection programme, you might still fall victim to e-mail scams or other malicious software. （ A） Not until （ B） Even if （ C）
20、 Now that （ D） In case 36 Three of the students have neither the intelligence nor the diligence to learn the required material; _ , they will be dismissed from the course. （ A） however （ B） furthermore （ C） consequently （ D） similarly 37 There must be some kind of technical problem. The film_by now.
21、 （ A） should have started （ B） must have started （ C） might have started （ D） could have started 38 I suggested that we _ a meeting tonight but her face suggested that no meeting_. （ A） should hold; is held （ B） hold; is holding （ C） hold; will be hold （ D） should hold; would be held 39 A recent sur
22、vey of problems on health_that outdoor exercise_of great importance to peoples health. （ A） have shown; are （ B） are shown; are （ C） has shown; is （ D） is shown; is 40 As far as I m concerned, that is it! There is_more to say! （ A） nothing （ B） hardly （ C） something （ D） much 41 Sorry, but something
23、 important has_and I 11 have to ring you back. （ A） come off （ B） come up （ C） come across （ D） come down 42 _, everyone would probably have escaped from the building. （ A） Had it not been locked the fire door （ B） Had not been locked the fire door （ C） Had the fire door not been locked （ D） Had the
24、 fire door not locked 43 The students were_the prospect of having to do their projects all over again. （ A） faced with （ B） charged with （ C） related to （ D） accustomed to 44 - Rose, mind your step! Jane slipped on the wet floor and broke her leg yesterday. （ A） Its none of your business （ B） It doe
25、snt matter to me （ C） Thank you for telling me （ D） I dont care at all 45 - Oh, must you? Stay a bit longer._.- Thanks anyway, but Ive got an early start tomorrow morning. （ A） Its been such fun having you （ B） Lets get down to business （ C） We welcome you with open arms （ D） Please, take a sea 二、 P
26、art Cloze 45 One day I can hear the faint rustle of autumn coming. The next day I cant. One evening summer leaks away into the cool night sky, but the next morning its back again. But there is headway. Birdsong has gone, and is【 46】 _ (replace) by a whining bag-piping of insect creation. I look out
27、across the pasture as dusk【 47】 _(begin) and see a shining galaxy of airborne bugs. What would it be like, I wonder, to have an【 48】 aware_of the actual number of insects on this farm? I ask myself a version of this question every day: “Have you ever really looked at?”You can 【 49】 _in the blank you
28、rself. Every day I am blinded by【 50】 familiar_. I open our beehive, which is filled with honey, and the particularity of the honeybees, and even of their community, somehow escapes me, if only because Ive been living with honeybees a good part of my life. I remember the phrase, “keep your eyes【 51】
29、 _ (peel) , ”and maybe thats what I need, a good peeling. Again and【 52】 _, I find myself trying to really look at what I m seeing. It happened the other afternoon, high on a nearby mountain. A dragonfly had settled on the denuded tip of a pine bough. It clung, still as only a dragonfly can be. Then
30、 it flicked upward and caught a midge and settled on the bough again, adjusting【 53】_(precise) to the wind. I see dragonflies【 54】 _ (quiver) in the insect clouds above my pasture, too. I am always aware, however , that theres no such thing as really looking. What I want to see is invisible anyway:
31、the prehistoric depth of time embodied in the form of those dragonflies, the pressure of life itself, the web of【 55】 _(relate) that bind us all together. I find myself trying to【 56】 wit_the moment when the accident of life becomes a continued purpose. But this is a small farm, and, being human, 1
32、keep【 57】 _(come) up against the limits of what a human can see. This morning I found a spider restingor perhaps huntingon the leaf of a hydrangea, the axis of the spiders abdomen perfectly aligned with the axis of the leaf. What I noticed was the symmetry of their placement, the way spider, and lea
33、f resembled【 58】_other. What I wanted to determine was the spiders intent. If I【 59】 c_, I would have asked it, “What are you doing?” Or, better yet, “Who are you?” But all I could do was lookand realizing that I was lookingmake the【 60】 b_of what Id seen. Section A 60 On New Years Day, 1985, Michae
34、l Harrison phoned his father, Sir Ernest, to wish him a Happy New Year. Sir Ernest was chairman of Racal Electronics, the owner of Vodafone, and his son was making the first-ever mobile phone call in the UK. Later that morning, comedian Ernie Wise made a very public mobile phone call from St Katheri
35、nes Dock, in East London, to announce that Vodafone was now open for business. A few days later, its only rival. Cell-net, a joint venture between BT and Securicor, was also in business.At the time, mobile phones weighed almost a kilogram, cost several thousand pounds and, in some cases, provided on
36、ly 20 minutes of “talk time“. The networks themselves were small; Vodafone had just a dozen masts covering London and the area west of London, while Cellnet started with a single mast, stuck on the BT Tower. Neither company had any idea of the huge potential of wireless communication and the dramati
37、c impact that mobile phones would have over the next quarter century. “We projected there would only be about a million ever sold, and that we would get about, 35% of the market. BT projected there would be about half a million mobile phones sold and that they would get about 80% of the market, ”rem
38、embers Sir Christopher Gent, former Vodafone chief executive who was at St Katherines Dock a quarter of a century ago. “In the first year, we sold a-bout 15 , 000 to 20, 000 phones. The portable Motorola was about 3, 000 but most of the phones we sold were car phones from companies such as Panasonic
39、 and Nokia. “ Hardly anyone believed there would come a day when mobile phones were so popular that there would be more phones in the UK than there are people. But in 1999 one mobile phone was sold in the UK every four seconds, and by 2004 there were more mobile phones in the UK than people. The boo
40、m was a result of increased competitionwhich pushed prices lower and created innovations in the way that mobiles were sold, helping put them within the reach of the mass market and the move to digital technology. 61 The first-ever mobile phone call in the UK was made by a comedian. 62 Vodafone and C
41、ellnet were the first two mobile phone providers in the UK. 63 Motorola was the first company to make car phones. 64 There are now more mobile phones than people in the UK. 65 Digital technology and increased competition allowed the mobile phone to become available to everyone. Section B 65 Alices A
42、dventures in Wonderland (often shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is generally thought of as one of the greatest books for children in the history of English literature, and has also been enjoyed by many older readers. It was written by the English writer Lewis Carroll (a pseudonym: his real name was
43、 Charles Dodgson) in 1865 , but still seems original today and was recently made into a successful film by the American director Tim Burton. The story of Alice in Wonderland takes place in a strange fantasy world that is sometimes amusing and sometimes a bit frightening. It contains all sorts of str
44、ange characters, including many talking animals. Few events seem to follow any logic, many characters talk in an odd way or ask questions that are impossible to answer, and nothing appears real. The main character is Alice, a seven-year-old girl. One summer day she is sitting by a river with her sis
45、ter when she sees something very strange; a white rabbit wearing a coat and a watch. Curious, she runs after the rabbit and arrives at a large rabbit hole in the ground, which she decides to enter. She starts falling down the hole, and when she gets to the bottom she finds herself in a different wor
46、ld. Among the many bizarre things Alice finds in this different world are a liquid that makes her very small when she drinks it; a talking caterpillar sitting on a mushroom; a smiling cat that disappears but leaves its smile behind; a tea party that never ends; a game of croquet where the mallets ar
47、e flamingoes and the balls are hedgehogs; and a playing card, the Queen of Hearts, that has come to life and has a very bad temper. At the end of the story Alice is suddenly back by the river again, with her sister telling her she has been asleep. We then understand that her strange journey was a dr
48、eam. One big difference between the book and Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland is that in the film Alice is nineteen, not seven. The film also has some characters and events that are not from Alices Adventures in Wonderland but instead from the sequel that Lewis Carroll wrote in 1871 : Through the Loo
49、king-Glass. 66 What was Lewis Carrolls real first name? 67 What kind of questions do many characters ask in the story? 68 How old is Alice in the book and the film? 69 What are flamingoes and hedgehogs used as in the book? 70 Who speaks to Alice at the end of the story? Section C 70 Tens of millions of television viewers around the worl
