1、大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） A类（研究生）模拟试卷 3及答案与解析 Section A 1 What do we learn about the list? （ A） The man has it. （ B） Its been thrown into the waste paper basket. （ C） Its in a book. 2 What is the woman looking at? （ A） Pictures of the trains from Boston to New York. （ B） A map of New York. （ C） A timetable. 3
2、 What happened to the ship they were talking about? （ A） It was caught in fog. （ B） It turned over in the storm. （ C） It wrecked on a rock. 4 How many blocks will the woman have to travel? （ A） Seven. （ B） Six. （ C） Eight. 5 How many stamps are there in a small packet? （ A） Three. （ B） Eight. （ C） T
3、wenty. Section B 6 Relative happiness means _. （ A） you have a wealth of material goods （ B） you are as happy as others （ C） you are happier than others 7 What is true of the past definitions of happiness? （ A） They were based on self-gratification. （ B） They varied greatly. （ C） They were based on
4、lifestyles. 8 Lisa seems to _ the past definitions of happiness. （ A） misunderstand （ B） be uncertain about （ C） disagree with 9 Does Lisa agree with what Frank said about her understanding of the happiest people? （ A） Yes. （ B） No. （ C） Not mentioned. 10 Unlike happiness, satisfaction _. （ A） is ea
5、sier to achieve （ B） has to do with ones overall life （ C） is less complicated 11 Hows Tim now? （ A） Very well. （ B） A bit sad. （ C） A bit annoyed. 12 Which city will Tim go to work? （ A） New York. （ B） London. （ C） Liverpool. 13 When is Tim leaving? （ A） Next month. （ B） Tomorrow evening. （ C） Next
6、 week. 14 What will Tim wear on his first day at work? （ A） Sportswear. （ B） A shirt. （ C） A suit. 15 How long will Tim stay in London? （ A） A couple of months. （ B） One year. （ C） Several weeks. Section C 16 Who do International medical guidelines call for to use a combination of AIDS drugs? （ A） P
7、regnant women with AIDS. （ B） Pregnant women with AIDS and their newly - born babies. （ C） Pregnant women with advanced HIV. 17 How much money does Argentine want to borrow from the International Monetary Fund? （ A） 23,000 million dollars. （ B） 230,000 million dollars. （ C） 2,300 million dollars. 18
8、 What happened to the temporary minister of air-transport and tourism of Afghanistan? （ A） He has been murdered at Kabul Airport. （ B） He has been shot at Kabul Airport. （ C） He has been beaten to death at Kabul Airport. 19 What is Indias Prime Minister appealing for? （ A） For calmness. （ B） For pea
9、ce. （ C） For money. 20 How many African children were forced into child labor in the past year? （ A） 20,000. （ B） 200000 （ C） 2000 Section D 20 The native people of North and South America were given the name “Indians“ by the【 21】 Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached the place called the
10、Indies. In time, the【 22】 American Indian and Indian became【 23】 used. About two million Native Americans live in the United States today. Some Indians lived on【 24】 land called reservations, or on【 25】 lands. Others live in cities. Traditional culture remains strong in areas where large numbers of
11、Indians live. But many Native Americans【 26】 that their cultural traditions will be lost as young people leave these areas for economic reasons. The economic【 27】 of American Indians as a group is not good. About 50 percent of those who live on reservations have no jobs. Those who do have jobs earn
12、less than other Americans. Most Indians hold low-paying【 28】 jobs. Indians have many health problems and do not live as long as other Americans. But the situation is improving as more Indians are becoming【 29】 . Today, most Native Americans graduate from high school. At least 9 percent of all Indian
13、s 25 years old or older have finished college. American Indians are trying to change their economic situation, improve their lives and【 30】 their culture. 一、 Part Vocabulary and Structure 31 Fortune tellers are good at making _ statements such as “Your sorrows will change. “ （ A） philosophical （ B）
14、ambiguous （ C） literal （ D） invalid 32 The instruction asks that we _ a red pen. （ A） do not use （ B） not use （ C） use not （ D） did not use 33 _, he would not have recovered so quickly. （ A） Hadnt he been taken good care of （ B） Had he not been taken good care of （ C） Had not he been taken good care
15、 of （ D） Had he been not taken good care of 34 He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found sadly _. （ A） lack it （ B） absent （ C） in need of it （ D） wanting 35 The office staff _ gathered to hear the president speak. （ A） are （ B） is （ C） has （ D） will have 3
16、6 I am sure I can _ him into letting us stay in the hotel for the night. （ A） speak （ B） say （ C） talk （ D） tell 37 The man was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was found to be _. （ A） an artificial one （ B） an unnatural one （ C） an untrue one （ D） a false one 38 I hope my
17、teacher will take my recent illness into _ when judging my examination. （ A） account （ B） regard （ C） counting （ D） observation 39 _ touching in Henrys stories is the gallantry with which ordinary people struggle to maintain their dignity. （ A） Most is （ B） It mostly is （ C） Is it most （ D） What is
18、most 40 It was _ for him to wear a T-shirt at the reception. （ A） out of place （ B） out of question （ C） out of order （ D） out of practice 41 Few people realize _. （ A） how quickly many species of cacti are becoming extinct （ B） how quickly much species of cacti is becoming extinct （ C） how quickly
19、are many species of cacti becoming extinct （ D） how quickly is much species of cacti becoming extinct 42 In radio and television _ impossible to draw the line between news and entertainment programs. （ A） frequently is （ B） are frequently （ C） it is frequently （ D） where they are frequently 43 Thoug
20、h _ rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life. （ A） by any means （ B） by some means （ C） by all means （ D） by no means 44 Flora: Billy, would you like to join our ride-sharing group to and from work? Billy: Why not? Itll save me some money, and the company would welcome it. Flora:
21、 _. Billy: Ill be waiting, and thanks. （ A） Well, let me know why you gave me a call. （ B） Well pick you up tomorrow morning at your place at seven. （ C） Ill be back later today to find out your decision. （ D） Come by later and Ill show you which are the best trains to take. 45 Bellboy: Come this wa
22、y, please. Lets take the elevator. Guest: Oh my! Its a glassed elevator! Bellboy: Dont be frightened, Miss. Enjoy the view! Guest: Its beautiful. _ So many people are enjoying the sun. （ A） I really feel at ease working here. （ B） Whats the name of that street? （ C） Can you see the wall of the next
23、building? （ D） You can see the whole beach. 二、 Part Reading Comperhension 45 In her 26 years of teaching English, Shannon MeCuire has seen countless misplaced commas, misspelled words and sentence fragments. But the instructor at USs Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge said her job is getting
24、harder every day. “I kid you not, the number of errors that Ive seen in the past few years has multiplied five times,“ she said. Experts say email and instant messaging are at least partly to blame for an increasing indifference toward the rules of grammar, spelling and sentence structure. They say
25、the problem is most noticeable in college students and recently graduates. “They used to at least feel guilty ( about mistakes),“ said Naomi Baron, professor of linguistics at American University in Washington, D.C. “They didnt necessarily write a little better, but at least they felt guilty. “ Iron
26、ically, Barons latest book, “ Alphabet to Email: How Written English Evolved and Where Its Heading,“ became a victim of sloppy proofreading. The books title is capitalized differently on the cover, spine and title page. “People used to lose their jobs over this,“ she said. “And now they just say wha
27、tever. “ “Whatever“ describes Jeanette Hendersons attitude toward writing. The sophomore at the University of Louisiana at Monroe admits that her reliance on spellcheck has hurt her grades in English class. “Computer has spoiled us,“ she said. But the family and consumer sciences major believes her
28、future bosses wont mind the mistakes as much as her professor does. “Theyre not going to check semicolons, commas and stuff like that,“ Henderson said. LSUs McGuire said she teaches her students to use distinct writing styles that fit their purpose. She emphasizes that theres the informal language o
29、f an email to a friend, but theres also the well thought out and structured academic or professional style of writing. Its not just email and instant messaging that are contributing to slack writing habits. Society as a whole is becoming more informal. Casual wear at work used to be reserved for Fri
30、day, for example, but is now commonplace at most offices. Theres also a greater emphasis on youth culture, and youth tend to use instant messaging more than adults do. English language has been neglected at different points in history but always rebounds. During Shakespearean times, for example, spe
31、lling wasnt considered important, and early publishers rarely proofread. There will likely be a social force that recognizes the need for clear writing and swings the pendulum back. 46 According to Shannon McGuire, what is making her job harder than before? （ A） More and more students ask her to tea
32、ch how to write instant messages. （ B） More and more structural errors are seen in her students writings. （ C） Students are becoming increasingly indifferent to learning English. （ D） Parents are more demanding as to the teaching content of the school. 47 We can infer from the passage that college s
33、tudents _. （ A） are the victims of the deteriorating education （ B） mostly have very bad handwriting （ C） dont think theyre writing bad English （ D） are ashamed of their poor writing skills 48 What happened to Barons latest book? （ A） It was poorly edited. （ B） It failed to come out. （ C） It was ren
34、amed “Whatever“. （ D） It caused her to lose her job. 49 According to the passage, sloppy writing _. （ A） parallels a social tendency of being informal （ B） worries students as well as professors （ C） is taken as trivial by employers （ D） is ignored in all business concerned sciences 50 Which is NOT
35、mentioned as a cause of American students casual writing? （ A） emailing （ B） slack teaching （ C） instant messaging （ D） informal culture of the society 50 Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the alarming rate of loss of tropical rainforests. For example, one graphic i
36、llustration to which children might readily relate is the estimate that rainforests are being destroyed at a rate equivalent to one thousand football fields every forty minutes-about the duration of a normal classroom period. In the face of the frequent and often vivid media coverage, it is likely t
37、hat children will have formed ideas about rainforests- what and where they are, why they are important, what endangers them-independent of any formal tuition. It is also possible that some of these ideas will be mistaken. Many studies have shown that children harbor misconceptions about pure , curri
38、culum science. These misconceptions do not remain isolated but become incorporated into a multifaceted, but organized, conceptual framework, making it and the component ideas, some of which are erroneous, more robust but also accessible to modification. These ideas may be developed by children absor
39、bing ideas through the popular media. Sometimes this information may be erroneous. It seems schools may not be providing an opportunity for children to re-express their ideas and so have them tested and refined by teachers and their peers. The study surveys childrens scientific knowledge and attitud
40、es to rainforests. Secondary school children were asked to complete a questionnaire containing five open-form questions. The most frequent responses to the first question were descriptions which are self-evident from the term rainforest. Some children described them as damp, wet or hot. The second q
41、uestion concerned the geographical location of rainforests. The commonest responses were continents or countries. Africa (given by 43% of children), South America (30%), Brazil (25%). Some children also gave more general locations, such as being near the Equator. Responses to question three concerne
42、d the importance of rainforests. The dominant idea, raised by 64% of the pupils, was that rainforests provide animals with habitats. Fewer students responded that rainforests provide plant habitats, and even fewer mentioned the indigenous populations of rainforests. More girls (70%) than boys (60%)
43、raised the idea of rainforest as animal habitats. Similarly, but at a lower level, more girls (13%) than boys (5%) said that rainforests provided human habitats. These observations are generally consistent with our previous studies of pupils views about the use and conservation of rainforests, in wh
44、ich girls were shown to be more sympathetic to animals and expressed views which seem to place an intrinsic value on non-human animal life. 51 Children are aware of rainforests mainly through _. 52 Childrens misconceptions about “pure“ curriculum science become incorporated into a conceptual framewo
45、rk, making it and the component ideas _. 53 A study about _ were carried out among secondary school children. 54 Most of the pupils think that the rainforests are important for they _. 55 Gifts are more sympathetic to animals and seem to place an intrinsic value on _. 55 Marijuana(大麻 ) is a green, b
46、rown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant ( Cannabis sativa). Cannabis is a term that refers to marijuana and other drugs made from the same plant. Other forms of cannabis (大麻 ) include sinsemilla. hashish and hash oil. All forms of cannabis are min
47、d-altering (psychoactive) drugs. The most common way of using marijuana is smoking. Smoking is also the most expedient way to get the THC (a main active chemical in marijuana) and other chemicals into the bloodstream- when the smoke from marijuana is in haled, the THC goes directly to the lungs. You
48、r lungs are lined with millions of alveoli, the tiny air sacs where gas exchange occurs. These alveoli have an enormous surface area-90 times greater than that of your skin-so they make it easy for THC and other compounds to enter the body. The smoke is absorbed by the lungs just seconds after inhal
49、ing. You can also eat marijuana. In this case, the marijuana enters the stomach and the blood absorbs it there. The blood then carries it to the liver and the rest of the body . The stomach absorbs THC more slowly than the lungs. When marijuana is eaten, the levels of THC in the body are lower, but the effects last longer and are more deteriorating. Marijuana users often describe the experience of smoking
