1、2017年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） B类初赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 Section A 1 Some people argue that the solution_the drug problem is education, and while I accept that education has_part to play, I dont agree that it provides the whole answer. （ A） to: a （ B） for: a （ C） to: the （ D） for: the 2 Generally, British independen
2、t schools provide a broader curriculum than _ required by law. （ A） it （ B） that （ C） which （ D） what 3 They felt such heat in the jungle_they had never felt before in other places in their life. （ A） as （ B） how （ C） when （ D） where 4 The US government has the right to regulate_to animalscock fight
3、ing, bear and bull baiting, and dog fighting were all outlawed in the 19th century. （ A） cruel （ B） cruelly （ C） cruelty （ D） cruelties 5 South Koreas largest mobile phone operator is to offer users a new service that it says will repel mosquitoes and subscribers can download a sound wave that is_to
4、 human ears but annoys mosquitoes within a range of about a metre. （ A） audibility （ B） inaudibility （ C） audible （ D） inaudible 6 President Xi Jinping will today become the first Chinese leader to_the annual World Economic Forum in the Swiss resort of Davos. （ A） lecture （ B） report （ C） present （
5、D） address 7 DINK is an_for couples with dual income and no children and thus DINKs always have more disposable income than the average family. （ A） aphorism （ B） acronym （ C） analogy （ D） analogue 8 A three-year search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been called off, _one of the
6、great aviation_mysteries. （ A） left: unsolved （ B） leaving: solved （ C） left: solved （ D） leaving: unsolved 9 The objectives of the Pearl Harbor Incident were the total destruction of the Axis powers and the establishment of a world order after unconditional victory_American ideals and interest. （ A
7、） in accord with （ B） linking with （ C） connected with （ D） approximate to 10 Researchers say pizza-eaters are less_certain cancers according to a study showing that those who ate at least one pizza a week were 59% less likely to contract cancer of the oesophagus, and they_tomato sauce. （ A） open to
8、: believe （ B） prone to: credit （ C） infected with: rely （ D） concerned about: depend 11 In the late 15th century, Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, sailed across the vast ocean and reached some small islands in the West Indies, but he thought he_Asia and didnt know he_a new continent. （ A
9、） reached: discovered （ B） reached: had discovered （ C） had reached: discovered （ D） had reached: had discovered 12 Im sorry but you need find another parking space, because if any vehicle _on these premises, it shall be towed away. （ A） is found parking （ B） be found parked （ C） will be found to be
10、 parked （ D） had been found parking 13 I cant open this email attachment our Paris office has sent me. Are you sure youre using the right program? Well, yes, its definitely the same program but I might have the wrong version. Their system is newer than ours. Thats why you cant open it. _ （ A） Youd b
11、etter change a program and try it again. （ B） Why not just print it and read it on paper? （ C） Youll have to upgrade before you can read the file. （ D） We really need replace our computers with new ones. 14 Weve managed to reduce the energy consumption in our factory by about 15 percent in the last
12、two years. Thats excellent. How have you managed that? Mainly because weve invested in a heat recovery system. We use the exhaust gases from our printing presses to provide energy to heat our dryers. _ Most of our power comes from hydro-electric plants. Were hoping to use even more energy from alter
13、native sources in the futureperhaps even wind power. （ A） What other sources of energy do you use? （ B） Why dont you use fossil fuels? （ C） What does that mean exactly? （ D） How do you do that? 15 Good evening, Mrs. Adams. Im sorry to barge in on you like this but Id like a word with you about your
14、son, Brian. _Weve only just sat down to dinner. I cant help that. Im afraid its something Ive got to get off my chest. Ive weighed up all the pros and cons and decided that I have to have it out with you. Oh, all right. I suppose youd better come in. （ A） Please come in and join us. （ B） Well, its a
15、 bit inconvenient. （ C） Long time no see. （ D） Thats none of your business! 一、 Part Cloze 15 The Troodos area of Cyprus is only an hours drive from the coast, so why not consider a day trip up into the mountains as a refreshing change from the beach? It will also be a wonderful【 C1】 op_to get away f
16、rom the traffic and noise of the city and to breathe in some clean, pine-scented air while enjoying stunning views. There are many important churches and monasteries in the mountains, including nine Byzantine painted churches, which are UNESCO World【 C2】 Her_listed sites. The best-known monastery is
17、 the Monastery of Kykko, home to a very important icon, reputedly painted by Saint Luke. The tomb of Archbishop Makarios III, the first president of Cyprus, is nearby, looking towards the village of Panayia,【 C3】 _he was born. The rustic charm of the mountain villages must be experienced and, if you
18、 go at the right time of the year, you will be able to buy cherries, plums, apples, grapes and pears, which are all at their【 C4】 _ (fresh)and best in the mountains. Each mountain village has its own special charm: perhaps you will try to fit in a number of these, and save others for your next visit
19、. The village of Agros is famous for its aromatic rosewater, an important【 C5】 ing_in the mouth-watering local cuisine. Kakopetria, at the head of the Solea valley, is well known for its excellent restaurants and beautifully【 C6】 _ (renovate)village houses. Lania is known as the village of artists,
20、while Platres is a hillside resort with a friendly atmosphere, and numerous hotels and shops. Nearby are the perennial Caledonian Falls, Phoini, a village 4 km west of Platres, is famous for its pottery and trout farm. If you are near the magnificent Cedar valley, you might also catch【 C7】 _glimpse
21、of the Cyprus moufflon, the wild sheep which is endemic to Cyprus and whose male is characterized by large, sickle-shaped horns. The moufflon is an inhabitant of the【 C8】_(mountain)Paphos Forest, which covers 60,000 hectares in the west of the island. It is a protected species and due to its tragic
22、past, when it was hunted almost to【 C9】_(extinct), some moufflon now live in protected enclosures. Here visitors can admire them【 C10】 w_disturbing their peace. 16 【 C1】 17 【 C2】 18 【 C3】 19 【 C4】 20 【 C5】 21 【 C6】 22 【 C7】 23 【 C8】 24 【 C9】 25 【 C10】 Section A 25 Getting a cold or catching the flu
23、is a common complaint for people every year. In fact, people usually catch between two and five colds each year. No one enjoys the accompanying symptoms: the sore throat, running nose, constant sneezing and headaches. Unsurprisingly, cold medication has become a big business. People spend billions o
24、f dollars to combat this recurring problem. We see the number and variety of over-the-counter medicines each time we enter a pharmacy. Is a cure for the common cold possible? The answer seems to be both yes and no. First of all, the common cold itself is not a single disease. Any of two hundred diff
25、erent viruses could be responsible for the symptoms of a cold. Developing a vaccine for the common cold would literally mean having to develop hundreds of vaccines. Additionally, some cold viruses have the ability to change their molecular appearance. Thus, even though our body may become immune to
26、a certain cold virus this winter, by next winter our antibodies will probably not recognize it. However, one family of viruses, the rhinoviruses, seems to account for almost 40% of all colds. Therefore, scientists have been focusing their research on this family of virus es in the hopes that treatme
27、nts targeting rhinoviruses will result in a drastic decrease in the number of colds people get. In the late 1990s, researches experienced some initial success. Biologists developed a treatment, an anti-viral molecule called BIRR4, which prevented the binding of the virus to cells in the nose. This b
28、inding is an essential first step to start a viral infection and, were it preventable, many of the infectiors would be bypassed. For the next few years, the Pharmaceutical giant Boehringer tried to make this treatment commercially viable. Unfortunately, they found to their dismay that this treatment
29、 only worked just prior to getting a cold or in the first stages of infection when most people do not yet realize anything is wrong. As a possible treatment for a cold, it was severely limited and so in 2000, Boehringe dropped the BIRR4 project. Another difficulty in finding a cure for the common co
30、ld is that the cold virus does not actually cause our cold symptoms. Indeed, by the time we start to show cold symptoms, the viral infection is almost over. Most infections result in no symptoms at all. The symptoms that we get from a cold are, in reality, produced by our bodys immune response, not
31、by the virus itself. Thus, some scientists are now suggesting targeting the bodys immune responses rather than the virus itself, as we do when we treat allergies. One medical researcher suggests that in order to find a cure for colds we must weaken our immune systems response. Through a cocktail of
32、certain drugs-interferon, ibupro-fen and chlorpheniramine-cold sufferers would be able to decrease the anti-inflammatory part of the immune response and get rid of their symptoms, while still allowing their body to fight off the remaining viral infection. Ibuprofen and chlorpheniramine are both inex
33、pensive and available over the counter. Unfortunately, however, a single dose of interferon is about $ 200 and is as yet unavailable in large over-the-counter quantities. Though at times it seemed that a cure was already tantalizingly close, this process of infection and our bodys response to it is
34、clearly more complicated than previously guessed. Undoubtedly, the search for a cure for the common cold will continue. What form this eventual cure will take, though, is anyones guess. Questions 56 to 60 Complete the table using no more than three words for each blank.Section B 30 Active learning o
35、ccurs when a learner takes some responsibility for the development of the activity, emphasizing that a sense of ownership and personal involvement is the key to successful learning. Unless the work that learners do is seen to be important to them and to have purpose and unless their ideas, contribut
36、ions and findings are valued, little of benefit is learned. 【 B1】 _It can involve reading, writing, listening, talking or working with tools, equipment and materials, such as paint, wood, chemicals, and so on. In a simple sense, it is learning by doing, by contrast with being told. 【 B2】 _Experienti
37、al learning is also learning by doing but with the additional feature of reflection upon both action and the results of action: only where pupils are “ engaged actively and purposively in their own learning is the term experiential appropriate“. Both active learning and experiential learning contrib
38、ute to meaningful learning. 【 B3】 _ As a teacher, they enable you to spend more time with groups or individuals, which allows better-quality formative assessment and feedback to take place. Active learning can also enhance your support for learners with special educational needs. Activity methods en
39、courage autonomous learning and problem-solving skills, important to both academic and vocationally based work. There is, of course, an extra demand on you in the planning and preparation of lessons. The advantages of active learning to pupils include greater, personal satisfaction, more interaction
40、 with peers, promotion of shared activity and team work, greater opportunities to work with a range of pupils , and opportunities for all members of the class to contribute and respond. It can encourage mutual respect and appreciation of the viewpoint of others. 【 B4】 _The proverb “Tell me, and I wi
41、ll forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand“ was reformulated by a prominent educationalist as “I do and I am even more confused“. The essential step to learning and understanding is reflection through discussion with others, especially the teachers: such discussions in
42、volve “ thinking“ as well as recalling: that is, experiential learning. 【 B5】 _By promoting activities that engage pupils and require them to participate in the task from the outset, teachers encourage an approach to learning that is both skills-based and attitude-based. Active learning methods prom
43、ote habits of learning that it is hoped are valuable in the workplace, the home and generally enhance pupils capability to cope with everyday life. School can be a place where pupils learn to do things well and in certain ways, thereby developing skills that are used throughout life. For example, pu
44、pils learn to consult a dictionary or a thesaurus in book form, as part of a word processing program or online in order to find meanings or to check their spelling and grammar. These skills become habits, capable of reinforcement and development. Reinforcement leads to improved performance. However,
45、 unless teachers can engage pupils with their need to know, learning is done under sufferance, leading to problems. Such problems may include poor recall of anything learned or rejection of learning tasks, which in turn may lead to behavior problems. Questions 61 to 65Choose from the sentences AG th
46、e one which best fits each gap of 6165. There are two extra sentences which you do not need to use.A. Active learning strategies benefit both teachers and pupils.B. Before we can begin to understand why we should want to encourage active learning we need to think about what learning is.C. Active lea
47、rning can also be defined as purposeful, interaction with ideas, concepts and phenomena.D. It is important to realize that learning by doing, by itself, is not enough to ensure learning.E. Learning how to learn is a feature of active learning.F. However, you might also want to develop a more sophist
48、icated model of active learning in relation to your own practice.G. Active learning may be linked to experiential learning. 31 【 B1】 32 【 B2】 33 【 B3】 34 【 B4】 35 【 B5】 Section C 35 We all have expectations of what a “normal“ society looks like, but society can take an infinite number of different f
49、orms, as these unusual examples demonstrate. For almost fifty years, a group of adults and their childrennow about 100 in numberhave lived together in Twin Oaks Community on two square kilometers of land in rural Virginia, USA, equally sharing their resources. Apart from bedrooms, all the rooms in their seven residential buildings are communal. Seventeen shared
