1、2015年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） A类（研究生）决赛真题试卷及答案与解析 Section A 1 What do we learn about the woman? （ A） She has been assigned a new job. （ B） She is asked to work overtime. （ C） She will be on a business trip for a week. （ D） She is promoted to sale manager. 2 What do we learn about the woman from the conversat
2、ion? （ A） The bus she took was delayed. （ B） She left her handbag on the bus. （ C） She was on her way to London. （ D） Her luggage was too heavy to carry. 3 What is “Fatticide“? （ A） It is an exercise used for skin care. （ B） It is the name of a company producing cream. （ C） It is a program for balan
3、cing peoples diet. （ D） It is a kind of cream for keeping slim and fit. 4 What does the woman say about the sales volume? （ A） It drops 17% in Asia on last year. （ B） It surges 1% in US on last year. （ C） It declines 2% in European last year. （ D） It increases 7% in Australia on last year. 5 What do
4、es the man say about “Basil Panini“? （ A） He used to play for Roma. （ B） He is paid 8 million dollars a year. （ C） He is a leading English striker. （ D） He was rejected by Manchester United. Section B 6 How did the woman proofread the letter? （ A） She commented on the writing in detail. （ B） She cha
5、nged the original writing style. （ C） She made corrections and altered some phrases. （ D） She cut several lines of the letter. 7 What was Roger saying in the letter? （ A） He missed Rachel while he was on a business trip. （ B） He described the beautiful scenery in Prague. （ C） He shared his happiness
6、 with Rachel. （ D） He found the business affairs rather boring. 8 How did the man know about Rachels crooked tooth? （ A） Because he has been writing to Theodore. （ B） Because he has met Rachel before. （ C） Because he has seen a picture of the couple. （ D） Because he is a good friend of Rogers. 9 How
7、 many books has the writer written so far? （ A） 18 （ B） 19 （ C） 45 （ D） 46 10 When did the writer start her new book? （ A） The day after her previous one was published. （ B） The day after her previous one was finished. （ C） The day after Philip Boroffs new book was published. （ D） The day after Phil
8、ip Borroffs new book was finished. 11 Why does the writer stop everything when characters pop up in her mind? （ A） To see if she can remember them. （ B） To pick out the character she likes. （ C） To learn more about the characters. （ D） To think out more characters. 12 What kind of topics is covered
9、in the writers books? （ A） Organ donation and abortion death. （ B） Scenic spots and business affairs. （ C） Art history and different life-styles. （ D） Techniques and scientific products. 13 How does the writer get interested in these topics? （ A） She has experienced a lot in life. （ B） She has many
10、friends. （ C） She travels all over the world. （ D） She reads extensively. 14 Why does the writer say she is superstitious? （ A） She is fond of describing super power in her novel. （ B） She believes no bad things would happen to her if she writes them out. （ C） She often imagines the unknown world an
11、d cannot get it out of her mind. （ D） She used to communicate with the characters she creates in her books. 15 What is the main character in Lone Wolf? （ A） A biologist. （ B） A sociologist. （ C） An artist. （ D） An environmentalist. Section C 16 What is IMFs watchdogs criticism? （ A） The IMF did not
12、do enough to help resolve the financial crisis. （ B） The IMF underestimated the seriousness of the financial crisis. （ C） The IMF called off austerity too soon after the financial crisis. （ D） The IMF was too optimistic about Americas financial recovery. 17 What is said about the painting? （ A） It w
13、as sold by an auction house for 20 million dollars. （ B） The auction house Sothebys claimed it was a replica. （ C） Its buyer insisted it was the original work of a Spanish artist. （ D） It depicts a wealthy young man winning a card game. 18 What do we learn about the town Jurf al-Sakhar? （ A） It was
14、recaptured by Iraqi government troops. （ B） It was occupied by the Sunni extremists for many years. （ C） A car bomb exploded at its centre and killed. （ D） The US military launched 11 airstrikes against Islamic State targets there. 19 Which party won the first place in Ukraines recent parliamentary
15、election? （ A） The political bloc headed by President Petro Poroshenko. （ B） The Opposition Bloc party of the ousted pro-Russia president. （ C） A pro-Western party called Self Help. （ D） Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuks Popular Front. 20 What caused the hikers tragic accident? （ A） An unexpected sn
16、owstorm. （ B） A sudden landslide. （ C） A torrential rain. （ D） An earthquake. Section D 20 In this section, you will hear a short passage. For questions 2130, complete the notes using no more than three wards for each blank. The passage will be read only once. Remember to write the answers on the an
17、swer sheet. The History of Currency Currency before Coins: The oldest coins appeared over【 D1】 _years ago. They were made of【 D2】 _like gold and silver. The【 D3】 _of a person or animal was stamped on each coin to indicate its value. Paper bills: First example, the Chinese government started making【
18、D4】 _, which could be traded for coins in【 D5】 _ Currency today A【 D6】 _of coins and paper money. Paper bills have different sizes and colors and their【 D7】 _is easy to identify. Varieties of currency in history 【 D8】 _were the lightest money ever used on the Pacific island of Santa Cruz. 【 D9】 _wer
19、e the heaviest money ever used on the Pacific island of Yap, some of which weighed over 500 pounds. The smallest money was made of metal. The coins were smaller than【 D10】 _. 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 3
20、1 The story of their exploration is inextricably_the character of the caves themselves. （ A） bound to （ B） bound by （ C） bound up for （ D） bound up with 32 Senior students should be capable of acquiring and applying knowledge at varying levels of abstraction simultaneously as well as creating new co
21、ncepts through_and invention. （ A） mixture （ B） connection （ C） synthesis （ D） merge 33 Mr. Suthep launched his crusade three months ago, at the time of the governments cack-handed attempt to force through a bill_ Mr. Thaksin amnesty for convictions for corruption and abuse of power. （ A） protecting
22、 （ B） granting （ C） devoting （ D） abandoning 34 Conrad himself says _ he is unexceptional mentally, but he has compared his earliest memories with others and has found_he can recall things_many people cant. （ A） /: that: what （ B） that: what: what （ C） what: that: / （ D） that: that: that 35 China bo
23、asts thousands of charming little communities rich in heritage but none_as many museums as Anren_has a small population with many museums being planned. （ A） has: which （ B） has: where （ C） has had: which （ D） have: where 36 No sooner_his term, this month _found himself accused of corruption by Mr.
24、Obamas Justice Department. （ A） had he ended: than he （ B） he ended: he than （ C） had he ended: he than （ D） he ended: than he 37 From this detachment arises also his sense of freedom, his love of_and his pride and nonchalance. （ A） betrayal （ B） vagabondage （ C） mutiny （ D） arrogance 38 In many civ
25、il-forfeiture cases the agencies that seize the assets_, and can use them to pay their budgets or buy faster patrol cars. （ A） hold the greatest power （ B） check their takings （ C） keep most of the proceeds （ D） make investment proposals 39 Doctor: Im going to take your blood pressure. Could you tak
26、e your coat off, please? Emily: Would you like me to take my jumper off, too? Doctor: No, can you just roll up your sleeves? Good. Your blood pressures fine. Emily: _. Doctor: OK. Id like a sample of your blood and urine, too. Here is a bottle for a urine sample. Can you hand it in as soon as possib
27、le? Emily: Yes. Ill bring it tomorrow. （ A） Thank you for your care （ B） Thats good （ C） It makes me disgusting （ D） It sounds quite frightening 40 Operator: Emergency. Which service do you need? Mary: Fire, please. Operator: _ Fire Service: Hello. Fire service. Mary: Hello. My house is on the fire.
28、 My little boy. Fire Service: Is he in the house? Whats your address? Mary: The Schoolhouse, Millbrook. Fire Service: OK. Where are you calling from? Mary: My neighbors. The number is 90890009. Fire Service: Get it. Now stay away from the house and well be there soon. （ A） Im sorry to hear that （ B）
29、 Ill put you through （ C） Im glad you called （ D） Ill take a message 41 The Hemingway Code heroes are best remembered for their_. （ A） indestructible spirit （ B） optimistic view of life （ C） war experiences （ D） masculinity 42 Which of the following books is written by Mark Twain? （ A） The House of
30、the Seven Gables （ B） Oliver Twist （ C） Pride and Prejudice （ D） The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 43 The Victorian Age was largely an age of _, eminently represented by Dickens and Thackeray. （ A） poetry （ B） drama （ C） fiction （ D） prose 44 In 1794, the US government and the_government signed Jay Treat
31、y. （ A） British （ B） French （ C） Spanish （ D） Russian 45 India used to be a colony of_. （ A） Canada （ B） the US （ C） England （ D） Japan 二、 Part Reading Comperhension 45 Scientists have identified the likely culprit in a disease that has devastated sea stars along the west coast of North America. Gen
32、omic detective work and lab experiments show that the wasting disorder is associated with a previously unknown virus. With the discovery comes a deeper mystery, however, the sea starkilling virus is far from new. The authors of the study found it in museum samples up to 72 years old, so scientists a
33、re puzzled about why the current outbreak has been so severe. “This is probably the most extensive and devastating disease of marine invertebrates that has happened,“ says ecologist Bruce Mange of Oregon State University, Corvallis, who was not involved in the new research. “Its a major concern. “ T
34、he enigmatic disease came to broad attention in June 2013, when recreational divers near Vancouver, British Columbia, and Seattle, Washington, began noticing legions of dying sea stars. The sea stars first developed lesions, then began to lose their arms, and finally decayed into piles of skeletal o
35、ssicles(bits of calcium carbonate such as a stars plates and spines). As the year progressed , the disease was seen in more and more locations in the waters off California. Although there have been minor outbreaks in previous decades , this one is much more widespread, and more than 20 species of se
36、a stars have been afflicted: other kinds of echino-derms, the animal group to which sea stars and sea urchins belong, have not. Researchers have raced to collect samples and conduct laboratory experiments to investigate any pathogens that might be involved. A feature in Science earlier this year, no
37、w available for free, examined the mystery. Scientists sent hundreds of tissue samples to Ian Hewson, a microbial oceanographer at Cornell University. When he sequenced the DNA in the samples, he discovered that a densovirus was more common in the sick stars than in ones that looked healthy.(Densovi
38、ruses are known to infect insects, crustaceans, and some sea urchins.)Additional evidence came from experiments conducted by marine ecologist Drew Harvell of Cornell and other researchers, who took tissue from sick sea stars, filtered out everything larger than viruses, and injected the tissue into
39、apparently healthy sea stars. They developed symptomsand, concurrently, the amount of densovirus in their bodies increased. Other sea stars injected with sterilized tissue did not develop symptoms of the wasting disorder. “We have very good evidence that this is a densovirus,“ Hewson says. But becau
40、se the virus cannot be grown in culture, scientists cannot satisfy the classic tests for identifying the culprit of a disease: four criteria collectively referred to as Kochs postulates. The researchers published their results online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Look
41、ing for some historical perspective, Hewson tested museum samples of sea stars collected between 1923 and 2010 along the US west coast. The virus existed in healthy-looking specimens from five different years, suggesting it has persisted in the environment. Hewson speculates that the virus may have
42、mutated as it wiped out various species of sea stars, allowing it to infect others. He is also trying to figure out the source of the virus, by analyzing sea stars from around the world, and whether it can infect other kinds of echinoderms. The biggest question is why the current epidemic has been s
43、o bad. A likely situation, Hewson and his colleagues say, is that an overabundance of sea stars increased the transmission of the virus, especially if they were stressed by competition for food, which could make them more vulnerable to infection. That theory makes sense to marine pathologist Marta G
44、omez-Chiarri of the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, who was not involved in the new paper. She and her students have been studying an earlier densovirus outbreak on the east coast: populations of sea stars in Rhode Islands Narra-gansett Bay abounded before a crash in 2011. Its not clear whethe
45、r the same densovirus that caused the west coast die-off is also involved in the eastern declines. Hewson found some densovirus genes in sea stars from Connecticut but did not have enough samples for firm conclusions. Menge doesnt think overabundance played a role in the current outbreak among 13 se
46、a star populations that he follows on the coast of Oregon. Instead, he wonders whether ocean acidification, which may also be a source of stress that weakens sea stars, is a possible contributing factor. So far, the evidence is mixed for the role of acidification, Mange admits. Whatever the cause of
47、 the epidemic, Mange says, the demise of purple stars has already led to greater survival of its prey, including barnacles and mussels. As a result, he predicts, the mussels will eventually take over the rocky shore, crowding out many other species of invertebrates. In a way, he adds, the epidemic i
48、s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for ecologists to study these predator-prey relationships. But that doesnt dull the pain of losing familiar and charismatic species. “ From a personal standpoint, its really disheartening. “ Questions 56 to 60 Mark each statement as either true(T)or false(F)accordi
49、ng to the passage. 46 Research on genes shows that the wasting disorder which destroys sea stars may be caused by an unknown but not new virus. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 47 The sea stars near Vancouver, British Columbia, Seattle and Washington were noticed dying. They first developed lesions, then decayed into piles of skeletal ossicles and lost their arms at last. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 48 Known as viruses that infect i
