1、2016年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） C类初赛真题试卷及答案与解析 Section A 1 Who spent a lot for the wedding according to the conversation? （ A） The young couple. （ B） The bridegrooms family. （ C） The bridegrooms relatives. （ D） The brides family. 2 Why does the man want to visit the Statue of Liberty first? （ A） They have made
2、 it the top priority on their agenda. （ B） He thinks it is a symbol of the United States. （ C） There are some fancy stores near the statue. （ D） It is the best place to have a good view of New York City. 3 Where did the woman get the coupons? （ A） From salespersons. （ B） From grocery stores. （ C） Fr
3、om her neighbours. （ D） From newspapers and magazines. 4 What is the man going to do? （ A） Attend a wedding. （ B） Visit a country fair. （ C） Visit an art exhibition. （ D） Attend a fashion show. 5 What can we infer about the speakers from the conversation? （ A） They are discussing the local weather.
4、（ B） They are going to help each other in their study. （ C） Neither of them is going to cheat in exams. （ D） Neither of them is a top student in their class. Section B 6 What is the accident happening in Regent Street? （ A） Two cars ran into each other. （ B） A double-decker bus is on fire. （ C） A ro
5、adside building is burning. （ D） A man was run over by a double-decker bus. 7 Where is the crowd standing and singing? （ A） In Regent Street. （ B） In Oxford Street. （ C） In Euston Road. （ D） In London Road. 8 What is the lion doing on the road? （ A） Looking at the camera. （ B） Walking around the car
6、s. （ C） Sitting and looking around. （ D） Running and roaring. 9 What is the traffic problem in East London? （ A） Somebody is driving on the wrong side of a road there. （ B） Drivers stop to watch an escaped lion running on a road. （ C） Too many cars get stuck because of a big parade going on. （ D） A
7、huge lorry is overturned right in the middle of a road. 10 When will the traffic news be updated? （ A） In half an hour. （ B） At noon. （ C） In two hours. （ D） At half past ten. 11 What does Liz McCartney think of her winning the prize? （ A） All her hardworking efforts are paid back. （ B） Other hero n
8、ominees are better than her. （ C） She is only a representative of the heroes. （ D） People in St. Bernard Parish will love her more. 12 What happened to people in St. Bernard Parish according to Liz? （ A） Many of them lost their homes in a fierce storm. （ B） A fire broke out and burnt many of their h
9、ouses. （ C） A serious earthquake occurred to them suddenly. （ D） They couldnt go out because of a huge flood. 13 What does Liz McCartney say about the prize? （ A） It is an honor the people of St. Bernard Parish deserve. （ B） It shows the courage of the people of St. Bernard Parish. （ C） It makes peo
10、ple realize the importance of guarding against disasters. （ D） It is a reminder there is still much to be done after the disaster. 14 How much did Liz get as this years CNN Hero of the Year prize? （ A） 25, 000 dollars. （ B） 50, 000 dollars. （ C） 100,000 dollars. （ D） 125, 000 dollars. 15 How will Li
11、z spend the prize money? （ A） Setting up a fund for the local community. （ B） Building houses for more suffering families. （ C） Buying clothes for victims of the accident. （ D） Donating it to a charity organisation. Section C 16 Why did NASA send New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto? （ A） To find out it
12、s relations with other planets. （ B） To test its new per-second speed in space. （ C） To collect more detailed data about the planet. （ D） To see whether there are any life forms on it. 17 What is the title Geneva plans to regain? （ A） City of Negotiation. （ B） Peace Capital of the World. （ C） UN Eur
13、opean Headquarters. （ D） Centre of Controlling Nuclear Weapons. 18 What was Merriam-Websters criterion for choosing the 2015 Word of the Year? （ A） Whether it is related to politics, beliefs or discrimination. （ B） How often it is looked up in its online dictionary. （ C） Whether it ends in the suffi
14、x-ism. （ D） How often it is used in peoples life. 19 What measures did the nations agree to take to fight climate change? （ A） Reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. （ B） Burning no fossil fuels from now on. （ C） Planting more trees. （ D） Using more solar power. 20 Where did many of the richest in
15、 Britain get their increased wealth? （ A） From their investments in the stock market. （ B） From their accumulated bank savings. （ C） From their business earnings overseas. （ D） From their rising private retirement payments. Section D 20 The most common legend about the discovery of coffee is that it
16、 happened in the ninth century A. D. A goat herder in Ethiopia named Kalil noticed that his goats became very active after they ate red berries from a leafy【 D1】 _. He tried a few berries himself, and he was soon as【 D2】 _as his herd. Kalil told other people in his tribe about his experience, and fo
17、r the next four hundred years, people chewed the berries because they【 D3】 _. Recent botanical evidence indicates that Coffea arabica was first grown on the plateaus of central Ethiopia. There, the Galla tribe used to mix the beans with animal fat and eat this mixture as a source of【 D4】 _. In 1000
18、A. D., the Arabs began to boil the beans and【 D5】 _a drink they called “qahwa,“ which means wine, coffee, or any drink made from plants. Coffee was also used by the people of that region to get more energy. However, the Turks were the first to adopt coffee as an everyday drink, often adding【 D6】 _to
19、 the brew. The worlds first coffeehouse was opened in Constantinople in 1475. The introduction of coffee in Europe【 D7】 _. The delicacy was guarded like a military secret, and transportation of the plant out of the Muslim regions【 D8】_. In the 1600s, coffee was introduced in Europe by Italian trader
20、s through the port of Venice. Soon coffee became a popular European beverage, too. Coffeehouses【 D9】_in one country after another, and became popular meeting places. The first coffeehouses were opened in England around 1650, and almost twenty years later coffee【 D10】 _beer as New York Citys breakfas
21、t drink. Today coffee is drunk in millions of homes and workplaces all over the world, and coffee shops are found at almost every intersection in major cities. 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 Jessica told
22、me that she had absolutely no_of ever meeting them before. （ A） review （ B） recollection （ C） memorization （ D） mind 32 I cannot bear the noise of my brothers radio: it_me from my work. （ A） distracts （ B） interferes （ C） dismisses （ D） interrupts 33 You dont object_you by your first name, dont you?
23、 （ A） my calling （ B） to my calling （ C） for me to call （ D） me calling 34 After careful deliberation the shareholders voted to_the offer of a merger. （ A） refute （ B） refrain （ C） retreat （ D） reject 35 To rid the world_, many people believe that we must_some fundamental changes in the way many of
24、us live. （ A） to pollution: have （ B） with pollution: take （ C） of pollution: make （ D） in pollution: bring 36 The wife of Steve Carvey, the baseball star, _about being left alone too often. （ A） bitterly has complained （ B） has bitterly complaining （ C） has been complained bitterly （ D） has been co
25、mplaining bitterly 37 The doctors efforts were_. The patient refused to accept the treatment. （ A） of no avail （ B） in no avail （ C） by no avail （ D） on no avail 38 It is thought that modern corn may be a_of teosint and other wild species that no longer exist. （ A） hybrid （ B） combination （ C） compo
26、und （ D） mixture 39 Didnt you think that joke was funny? No, I didnt really get it. You are like my grandmother. She cant understand jokes. _Im not that old yet. （ A） You should teach her a lesson! （ B） I think it takes time to do that. （ C） Well, its not her fault. （ D） Come on, you are so mean! 40
27、 My doctor has suggested that I try music therapy to reduce my pain. Really?_ At the hospital or at a private office. （ A） Do you think it will work? （ B） Where can you get music therapy? （ C） How come you would believe in it? （ D） Who does music therapy for you? 41 Renaissance was the revival of cl
28、assical_in European history. （ A） education and religion （ B） science and technology （ C） music and sport （ D） literature and artistic styles 42 Written by Margaret Mitchell, _was popular with American readers. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favourite book of American readers, j
29、ust behind the Bible. 43 Queen Mary was known as the “_“ and also remembered as the monarch who lost the last British possession on the continentFrench port of Calais. （ A） Butcher Mary （ B） Bloody Mary （ C） Lion Heart （ D） Great Conquer or 44 People often say that the history of Canada is a history
30、 of_. （ A） European colonisation （ B） foreign intervention （ C） immigration （ D） internationalisation 45 The largest state of the United States is_. It is also known as “the great land“. （ A） Alaska （ B） California （ C） Montana （ D） Texas 二、 Part Cloze 45 Whats the weather like where you are? Chance
31、s are theres a cloud somewhere on your horizona collection of millions of microscopic water droplets formed as moist air rises, cools and expands. If the cloud is dense enough, it 【 C1】 _. If its cold enough, it snows. And if its low enough, we call it fog. But until 200 years ago, people didnt know
32、 what to call them and the fluffy things that passed overhead were known by their【 C2】resem_to things such as mares tails or mackerels scales. In 1783 , huge volcanic eruptions in Iceland and Japan produced spectacular sunsets across the northern【 C3】hemi_. Eleven-year-old Luck Howard was entranced
33、by these displays and became a keen student of the young science of meteorology. Twenty years later, he made the first internationally recognised【 C4】 _(classify)of clouds. One day, the sky was full of cirrus(high, threadlike cloud)and stratus(low, layered cloud), nimbus(rainclouds)and cumulus(low,
34、puffy cloud). By combining these Latin names and grouping them by the【 C5】 _(high)at which they occurred, Howard came up with a 10-point system for identifying clouds. Some countries may be sick of the sight of them, but drought-stricken areas are crying out for a bit of cloud cover. Scientists in t
35、he US and Russia have attempted to create clouds by cloud seedingdropping condensation agents such as dry ice from aeroplanes to【 C6】 _(courage)nascent clouds to form. Poets and artists, too, have found【 C7】 insp_in the cloudsWordsworth wandered lonely as one, Shelly named a poem【 C8】 _“the daughter
36、 of earth and water and the nursling of the sky“ , while Turner and Constable captured their fleeting likenesses on canvas. 【 C9】 Whe_you are under one, on top of one or have your head in one, clouds, like our moods, are ever changing. And perhaps that is the【 C10】 _(beautiful)of them. 46 【 C1】 47 【
37、 C2】 48 【 C3】 49 【 C4】 50 【 C5】 51 【 C6】 52 【 C7】 53 【 C8】 54 【 C9】 55 【 C10】 Section A 55 In order to get information about distant planets, scientists invented spacecraft to travel into the solar system to see the planets up close. These spacecraft do not carry people, and they never return to Ear
38、th. However, while they are in space, they can take photographs of planets that are too far away for us to study from Earth. One famous spacecraft that has done this is part of the Voyager Project. This spacecraft is called Voyager I. NASA started the Voyager Project in the 1970s. During the 1960s a
39、nd the 1970s, NASA sent many spacecraft into space to collect scientific information about the solar system, but none of those spacecraft carried astronauts. Two of the spacecraft that NASA built in the 1970s were called Voyager I and Voyager II. The original jobs of Voyager I and II were to get inf
40、ormation about Jupiter and Saturn. The two spacecraft both left the Earth in 1977. Voyager I reached Jupiter in 1979 and began to take photographs. The spacecraft was able to get very close to Jupiter. By getting close to Jupiter, it could take very clear photographs of Jupiters rings and planets. V
41、oyager I also took good photographs of Jupiters “ Great Red Spot. “ This spot is a large place on Jupiter where there is a strong storm. The Great Red Spot is so large that it could hold three planets the size of Earth inside of it! After taking pictures of Jupiter, Voyager I went to Saturn. It reac
42、hed Saturn in 1980 and collected important information about Saturns rings. After Voyager I finished its work on Saturn, the spacecraft still worked well. So, NASA sent Voyager I on a new job. This time it was sent out of the solar system. NASA wanted to see how far it could go. Voyager I is still w
43、orking today. It is now NASAs oldest working spacecraft. It has travelled more than 9. 3 billion miles, making it the spacecraft that has travelled furthest from Earth. Actually, the spacecraft has now travelled much further than expected. As it travels, it continues to send new information back to
44、Earth. It is expected that Voyager I will no longer work by the year 2020. At that time it will not have enough power to keep working. Still, we can certainly say that this spacecraft has done a great service in helping us to learn more about space. Questions 5660 Decide whether the following statem
45、ents are true(T)or false(F)according to the passage. 56 Voyager I and Voyager II are only a part of NASAs Voyager Project started in the 1970s. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 57 Voyager I and Voyager II were specifically designed to carry astronauts to outer space. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 58 Voyager I has succes
46、sfully fulfilled its mission of collecting information about Jupiter and Saturn. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 59 Voyager I is still in normal working condition inside the solar system. （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE 60 As expected, Voyager I will return to the Earth by the year of 2020 with more valuable information.
47、 （ A） TRUE （ B） FALSE Section B 60 Can we trust our memories? Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus doesnt think so. Loftus is an expert on false memories. A false memory is a memory of something that never happened. Are people with false memories lying? Not at all, says Loftus. They really believe their me
48、mories. And that is why it can be difficult to know if a memory is real. 【 B1】 _ These people didnt know each other, but 36 percent of them had the same memory. What was it? They remembered hugging Bugs Bunny at Disneyland. But wait a minute. Bugs Bunny is not a Disney character, and he was never at
49、 Disneyland. These peoples memories were false. 【 B2】 _ Loftus says it is easy to put a false memory into someones mind. How? You just talk to the person. In the Bugs Bunny experiment, Loftus talked to people who had visited Disneyland as children. Then she asked them about Bugs Bunny. She asked if he had soft ears. She asked if his body was furry. Later, mo
