1、2017年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） D类决赛真题试卷（精选）及答案与解析 一、 Part Vocabulary and Structure 1 The Scottish government has announced plans to call for a second independence referendum when the terms of the United Kingdoms_from the European Union become clear. （ A） independence （ B） isolation （ C） exit （ D） escape 2 Mon
2、ica is _ambitious person. She wont be simply satisfied with _ achievement that has been made. （ A） the; a （ B） an; / （ C） an; the （ D） /; an 3 Chinas economy is unlikely to continue to grow at a_pace without innovation playing a big part, according to a scholar at one of Britains top technology and
3、research institutes. （ A） renewable （ B） sustainable （ C） credible （ D） responsible 4 It is customary to_speaking, but the interrupter is always jumping into the conversation _. （ A） take turns; out of turn （ B） take turn; out of turns （ C） take a turn; out of turns （ D） take your turn; out of turn
4、5 The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef_over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching_an area of about 0. 34 million square kilometers. （ A） consisted; for （ B） consisted of; to （ C） composed; to （ D） composed of; for 6 Six months before the first screening of the film, th
5、e directors_a website, which was updated every Friday. （ A） picked up （ B） set up （ C） took up （ D） brought up 7 It rained every day for two weeks, completely_our holiday. （ A） had ruined （ B） ruined （ C） ruining （ D） being ruined 8 _there is little we can do to modify the weather, we can at least k
6、now what kind of weather to expect. （ A） Before （ B） Unless （ C） As soon as （ D） While 9 _when I myself became a parent did I realize the value of my parents advice. （ A） Only （ B） Never （ C） Not only （ D） Not 10 I shall never forget those years_I lived in the countryside with my grandparents,_ has
7、had a great effect on my life. （ A） which; that （ B） when; which （ C） that; who （ D） while; that 11 Michelangelo designed many buildings, but_was his work at St. Peters Basilica_ represented his greatest achievement as an architect. （ A） it; that （ B） what; that （ C） it; who （ D） that; which 12 It w
8、as a very tempting job offer. I weighed up the _, but I decided in the end that I wouldnt take it. （ A） ins and outs （ B） odds and ends （ C） pros and cons （ D） ups and downs 13 David. Its good to meet you. _ Three years, but Im thinking about stopping soon. Whys that? Its time for a change, and I ca
9、nt work the long hours any more. （ A） When did you come to the United States? （ B） What time do you get to work every day? （ C） How many hours have you worked so far today? （ D） How long have you been a teacher in New York? 14 Tony?_ Like what? I mean, can you dance or play an instrument? Why? There
10、s going to be a talent show at the university social club next week. I thought youd be great, so I recommended you. （ A） Can you do anything special? （ B） I like reading in the school library. （ C） Who would you like to talk to? （ D） How about this book on English literature? 15 So, weve got two can
11、didates, Dan and Sharon, to discuss for the president of the Student Union. _ Well, I like Dan because hes bright and organized, and hes got the right qualifications. Do you agree? Im not sure about Dan. Hes very quiet, and he doesnt smile much. Sharons very sociable and capable. （ A） What are you g
12、oing to do? （ B） What do you think of them, Bob? （ C） Have you got any spare time? （ D） Can you explain the process in detail? 二、 Part Cloze 15 One evening in 1993, Trevor Baylis was watching a programme on television about the AIDS epidemic in Africa. The programme explained that the only way to st
13、op the spread of AIDS was to educate people about the disease. However,【 C1】 _(broadcast)the information was extremely difficult. Most people didnt have a radio as there was no electricity, and batteries were too【 C2】 ex_. At this point Trevor Baylis dozed off and had a dream. In the dream he imagin
14、ed that he was out in the jungle【 C3】_to some music on an old gramophone. When he woke up, he had dreamt up the prototype of the clockwork radio. It took him two to three months to get a concept off the ground and decide that his idea could really【 C4】 wo_. He filed a patent, and then the problems b
15、egan. By April of the following year he was a very frustrated man. He had been trying to find a backer for his idea,【 C5】 _every British company he had contacted had turned him down. However, his【 C6】 _(expect)TV appearance on the BBC programme changed everything. Trevor Baylis was approached by a S
16、outh African businessman, and soon money was found to establish a company with a factory based in Cape Town. The company was called Baygen, which stands【 C7】 _Baylis Generators. Today 200, 000 radios are made in Africa each month, with demand outstripping【 C8】 sup_. Trevor Baylis invention has made
17、him wealthy, but he hasnt changed his lifestyle. He gets most satisfaction from the fact that Baygen products are helping the【 C9】 _(need). According to Trevor Baylis, you dont need to be a genius to be an inventor. He believes theres an invention in all of us. His advice to anybody who has a good i
18、deakeep the idea to【 C10】 _(you)and never give up. 16 【 C1】 17 【 C2】 18 【 C3】 19 【 C4】 20 【 C5】 21 【 C6】 22 【 C7】 23 【 C8】 24 【 C9】 25 【 C10】 Section A 25 Do you know anyone who feels awkward at a party or hates to be in a crowd of people? Theyre probably just shy, but if they get really frightened,
19、 they may be suffering from a phobia. A phobia is a fear of a certain thing controlling you, rather than you controlling it. The three most common are claustrophobia(fear of closed spaces), agoraphobia(fear of public places)and social phobia(fear of social occasions like parties). Three young people
20、 tell us how they manage to fight their fears. A. Alice Brown Im absolutely terrified of heights. I cant even bring myself to climb to the top of a small hill. Theres a lift in Toronto, with a glass floor. It goes up the outside of a really high building and you can see everything below getting smal
21、ler and smaller. Just thinking of this lift makes me go cold and sometimes gives me nightmares. Id like to face up to my phobia and I try by telling myself that Im not frightened of the real situation, Im only frightened by the idea of it. Once you realize that, you can fight the fear. B. Joan Peter
22、son I think Im a bit worried by nature and I dread anything happening to me or my family. I think this is why I cant stand the sound of sirens. Even when I hear an ambulance or a police siren on TV, it makes me feel strange and I start to panic. I do relaxation and deep-breathing exercises which hel
23、p me feel calm. My mother gave me the idea of counting to ten, by which time the noise has usually stopped. C. Peter Holmes Im scared of spiders. Even very small spiders and plastic spiders frighten me. I cant even look at a picture of one without imagining that its crawling up my leg. It makes my h
24、ands go sweaty. Im going to get over it, though. For now, I just tell myself that spiders arent capable of hurting me. Im looking forward to the day when I can pick up a spider, look at it, and say “You dont terrify me anymore!“ So, if you find yourself feeling afraid or short of breath, if you feel
25、 like running away or you cant move because youre so scared, dont let it get you down! Take a deep breath, tell yourself that youre going to get over the fear, and youll succeed in doing so! Questions 5660 Complete the table with no more than three words from the passage.Section B 30 【 B1】 _There ar
26、e a few small differences in the grammar and there are a few words that are different on either side of Atlantic, but the big difference is the accent. Some British films have subtitles in America because people cant understand what the actors are saying, and some American TV series are difficult fo
27、r the British to understand. 【 B2】 _The problems are with the different kinds of American and British English. These different dialects and accents depend on peoples social class and the geographical area where they live. It is possible, for example, that a middle-class speaker from the south of Eng
28、land will find it difficult to understand a working-class speaker from the north. In the same way, a wealthy Califor-nian may not understand a working-class New Yorker. All of these people have accents, but the middle-class accents are usually closer to Standard English. 【 B3】 _What sort of English
29、should they learn? Is American English better than British English, or the other way round? The answer depends on their reasons for learning English. If they are learning English for their work, the choice will probably be easy. But for many students, it doesnt matter. What matters is that they unde
30、rstand and are understood. 【 B4】 _Most English that you hear and see around the world is spoken or written by non-native speakersbetween, for example, a Greek and a German, or between a Russian and an Italian. English is the main language of business, academic conferences and tourism, of popular mus
31、ic , home computers and video games. English has become the Latin of the modern world. 【 B5】 _More and more people now talk about English as an International Languagea language that is not American or British. It has hundreds of different accents, but if people can understand what you are saying, no
32、 problem. Questions 6165Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.A. With so many different Englishes, it is difficult for learners of the language.B. Because of this, the question of American or British English is becoming less and
33、less important.C. The British and the Americans like to talk about the differences between British and American English.D. How many new words enter the English language every year?E. The world is changing and English is no longer the property of the British, Americans or Australians.F. Historically,
34、 English has had a lot of contact with speakers of many other languages.G. However, if you listen to Standard English in Britain or the US, there are no problems of understanding at all. 31 【 B1】 32 【 B2】 33 【 B3】 34 【 B4】 35 【 B5】 Section C 35 How come it is so difficult to find English food in Eng
35、land? In France you eat French food, in Italy Italian food, but in England, in any High Street in the land, it is easier to find Indian and Chinese restaurants than English ones. In London you can eat Thai, Swiss, Spanish and Italian, . but where are the English restaurants? It is not only in restau
36、rants that foreign dishes are replacing traditional British food. In every supermarket, sales of pasta and pizza are booming. Why has this happened? What is wrong with the cooks of Britain that they prefer cooking pasta to potatoes? Why do they now like cooking in wine and olive oil? But perhaps it
37、is a good thing. After all, this is the 21st century and we can get ingredients from all over the world in just a few hours. Anyway, wasnt English food always disgusting and tasteless? The answer is “No“. To understand this, we have to go back to before World War II. The British have always imported
38、 food from abroad. From the time of the Roman invasion foreign trade was a major influence on British cooking. English kitchens, like the English language, absorbed ingredients from all over the world. Another important influence was the weather. The British rain gives them rich soil and green grass
39、. It means that they are able to produce some of the finest varieties of meat, fruit and vegetables. However, World War II changed everything. Wartime women had to forget 600 years of British cooking, learn to do without foreign imports and ration their use of home-grown food. The Ministry of Food p
40、ublished cheap, boring recipes. Britain never managed to recover from the wartime attitude to food. They were left with a loss of confidence in their cooking skills and after years of Ministry recipes they began to believe that British food was boring, and they searched the world for new dishes. The
41、 British people became tourists at their own dining tables and in the restaurants of their land! This is a tragedy! Surely food is as much as a part of their culture as their landscape, their language, and their literature. Nowadays, cooking British food is like speaking a dead language. However, th
42、ere is still one small ray of hope. British pubs are often the best places to eat well and cheaply in Britain, and they also increasingly try to serve tasty British food. Questions 6670 Answer the following questions according to the passage. 36 Is it easy to find English food in England? 37 What ha
43、d a great influence on British cooking? 38 When did British food start to change? 39 What does British culture include, besides British food? 40 Where can people still have British food? Section D 40 These days, college lecture halls in the United States are being filled more and more with female ra
44、ther than male students. Women now make up 55 percent of the college population and that number continues to rise. Forty years ago, male students were the majority on college campuses in the United States. Traditionally men acted as the breadwinner of the family and college was seen as the path to c
45、areer advancement and higher salaries. But during the feminist movements of the 1970s, more women aspired to having careers and enrolled in college to pursue a degree. By the mid-1980s, more women than men were attending college. At the same time, there was a decline in the number of males applying
46、to college. Educators are uncertain of the cause of this decline, but it continues to affect enrdlment numbers for men in higher education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, males leave or are kicked out of high school in higher numbers than females. And male students are th
47、ree times more likely to be placed in special education programs. Author Christina Hoff Sommers attributes the drop in male enrollment to early stereotyping of boys as “aggressive“ and “non-academic“. Others believe the drop in male enrollment can be attributed to the growing number of men seeking j
48、obs in repair, construction, and technology. These are careers that often dont require a four-year degree from a university but still promise good salaries. The effect of there being more women than men at colleges has created some noticeable changes. The higher number of female students has led to
49、more diverso classes and programs offered at universities. And at a graduation time, one may notice a difference in what types of university degrees are awarded to men and women. While women earn a higher percentage of bachelors and masters degrees, men still earn a higher percentage of doctorate degrees. But fewer men on campus havent changed
