1、大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） B类模拟试卷 15及答案与解析 Section A 1 What does the man mean? （ A） He already bought a car. （ B） He didn t mean to bother the woman. （ C） He forgot to call the woman. 2 What does the man mean? （ A） He can t go too far away. （ B） The cafeteria isn t too noisy. （ C） He prefers to eat in a quiet
2、place. 3 What does the woman mean? （ A） That color looks good on the man. （ B） The man could also buy some socks. （ C） The shirt is not the same color as the socks. 4 What does the woman tell the man? （ A） He has to do what is necessary in order to learn. （ B） He doesn t have to memorize all the voc
3、abulary. （ C） There is not much he can learn by memorizing. 5 What does the man mean? （ A） He might go to the movies when he finishes studying. （ B） He doesn t know if he concentrates on a movie. （ C） He needs to stop studying for a while. Section B 6 These sessions with a counselor are_. （ A） compu
4、lsory （ B） available to any student （ C） for science students only 7 The counselor says that new students have to_. （ A） spend more time on the college premises （ B） get used to working independently （ C） work hard than they did at school 8 John complains that the resource center_. （ A） has limited
5、opening hours （ B） has too few resources （ C） gets too crowded 9 The counselor suggests to John that_. （ A） more other students can cope （ B） he need to study all the time （ C） he should be able to fit in some leisure activities 10 Before being able to help John the counselor needs to_. （ A） talk wi
6、th some of his lecturers （ B） consult his tutor （ C） get more information from him 11 Which of the following did the caller have decorated? （ A） All the rooms. （ B） The living room. （ C） The living room and the kitchen. 12 The painter asked_for the job. （ A） 505 pounds plus VAT （ B） 505 pounds （ C）
7、500 pounds plus VAT 13 Which of the following is NOT a complaint made by the caller? （ A） The painter gave an unreasonable quote. （ B） The line at the top of the walls is wavy. （ C） The painter didn t protect the carpets properly. 14 The caller turned to the telephone legal advice line for help beca
8、use_. （ A） she is afraid to complain to the painter （ B） she has no idea what to do next （ C） she intends to contact a lawyer 15 Mr. Montgomery advised the caller to_. （ A） ask the painter to reduce his bill （ B） pay the painter and get him off hands quickly （ C） contact a solicitor Section C 16 Acc
9、ording to the BBC correspondent, the Greeks are worried that Annan has offered too much to the_side. （ A） Greek （ B） Greek Cypriot （ C） Turkish Cypriots 17 Which of the following is TRUE about the American spy plane? （ A） China refused to let it land in Hong Kong. （ B） It crashed over the South Chin
10、a Sea. （ C） It crashed with Chinese fighter plane on April 3rd. 18 How many people died in the clashes between Iraqi demonstrators and US troops? （ A） More than 8. （ B） More than 13. （ C） More than 38. 19 What can we infer from the news? （ A） The US and Britain have made a thorough examination on we
11、apons before they started war. （ B） The UN weapons inspection has been in abeyance because of the war. （ C） The US and Britain have found evidence that Iraq owned some atomic weapons. 20 Which of the followings is NOT the topic of the meetings between the two presidents? （ A） Nuclear weapons. （ B） T
12、errorism. （ C） Illegal drugs. Section D 20 Two ways of owning a book: - paying for it, which is the【 D1】 _to possession -【 D2】 _the ideas 3 kinds of book owners: -has all the【 D3】 _sets and best-sellers, unread and【 D4】 _ - has a great many books, clean and shiny - has a collection of books, 【 D5】 _
13、and【 D6】 _ Marking up a book is【 D7】 _to reading: - keeps you【 D8】 _ - active reading is thinking - helps you remember the thoughts a number of devices for marking a book: - underlining - stars or asterisks at the【 D9】 _ -【 D10】 _of key words or phrases 21 【 D1】 22 【 D2】 23 【 D3】 24 【 D4】 25 【 D5】 2
14、6 【 D6】 27 【 D7】 28 【 D8】 29 【 D9】 30 【 D10】 Section A 31 He will have to give up his research work, because he suffers from_vision. （ A） blocked （ B） blurred （ C） weakened （ D） damaged 32 When reading a magazine, most people skim it first, reading a paragraph or two. If the first few paragraphs hol
15、d their interest, they_. （ A） read down （ B） read on （ C） read up （ D） read along 33 Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the_of the business world favourite academic title, the MBA(Master of Business Adm
16、inistration). （ A） worth （ B） price （ C） prize （ D） advantage 34 The police suspected that the man had some connections with the robbery, and they kept a _eye on his activities. （ A） close （ B） bright （ C） clear （ D） careful 35 Don t drink the milk: it smells_sour. （ A） as if it was （ B） like it is
17、（ C） as if it is （ D） like it was 36 Both Alice s parents are very interested in their daughter s attempt_the channel. （ A） to swim （ B） swim （ C） swimming （ D） swam 37 The_talks between China and the United States were the base of the later agreement. （ A） original （ B） primary （ C） initial （ D） pr
18、imitive 38 In international matches, prestige is so important that the only thing that matters is to avoid （ A） from being beaten （ B） being beaten （ C） beating （ D） to be beaten 39 The doctor ordered that the wounded soldiers_to the hospital without any delay. （ A） be sent （ B） have been sent （ C）
19、will be sent （ D） must be sent 40 W: And_? M: That would be, let me see. 245 including labor. （ A） how much has that cost （ B） how much does that spend （ C） how much money it costs （ D） how much would that cost Section B 41 _is the capital city of New Zealand. （ A） Wellington （ B） Vancouver （ C） Auc
20、kland （ D） Canberra 42 According to the theory of semantic triangle, a word is not directly related to the thing it refers to. They are connected by_. （ A） meaning （ B） reference （ C） concept （ D） sense 43 The largest river in England is_. （ A） the Severn River （ B） the Thames River （ C） Ben Nevis （
21、 D） the Laugh Neigh 44 The official name of the United Kingdom is_. （ A） the United Kingdom of Great Britain （ B） the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland （ C） the United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland （ D） the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 45 The House of Comm
22、ons consists of_Members of Parliament. （ A） 551 （ B） 651 （ C） 751 （ D） 851 一、 Part Cloze 45 Excessive sugar has a strong mal-effect on the functioning of active【 C1】o_such as the heart, kidneys and the brain. Shipwrecked sailors who ate and drank nothing but sugar for nine days surely went【 C2】 some
23、 of this trauma. This incident occurred when a vessel carrying a【 C3】 ca_of sugar was shipwrecked in 1793. The five【 C4】 (survive)sailors were finally rescued nine days after the accident. They were in a wasted condition due to starvation, having consumed nothing but【 C5】 . French physiologist F. Ma
24、gendie was inspired by that incident to【 C6】 co_a series of experiments with【 C7】 an_. In the experiments, he fed dogs a diet of sugar and water. All the dogs wasted and died. The shipwrecked sailors and the French physiologist s experimental dogs proved the same point. As a steady diet, sugar is wo
25、rse than nothing. Plain water can keep you【 C8】 a_for quite some time. Sugar and water can kill you. Humans and animals are “ unable to subsist【 C9】 a diet of sugar“. The dead dogs in Professor Magendie s【 C10】 la_alerted the sugar industry to the hazards of free scientific inquiry. From that day to
26、 this, the sugar industry has invested millions of dollars in behind-the-scenes, subsidized science. The best scientific names that money could buy have been hired, in the hope that they could one day come up with something at least pseudoscientific in the way of glad tidings about sugar. 46 【 C1】 4
27、7 【 C2】 48 【 C3】 49 【 C4】 50 【 C5】 51 【 C6】 52 【 C7】 53 【 C8】 54 【 C9】 55 【 C10】 Section A 55 The major part of my childhood was spent in fighting off terror of things which didn t exist, and I don t think my father ever understood that kind of fear. The overriding and most terrifying bogeyman of my
28、 life, which has been with me since my earliest memories, and remains faithfully with me though now it seldom puts me out of commission, has been a fear of vomiting. It has used up and wasted and blackened many hours of my life. But my father never had a notion of what I was talking about when I cri
29、ed and shook and said. “You know It s that thing again.“ While I was in junior high school and even high school, I was still going to my parents bedroom, sometimes five nights a week, and climbing in their bed, all hot and cold and shaking, pleading for Mother to say the key sentences which would be
30、gin to send the fear away. Always I felt dreadfully ill. Always I wanted to hear only one thing: “ You won t be sick. “ Always I kept my food down, though the nauseas was so extreme that anyone in his right mind would have stuck his finger down his throat and been done with it. My father would follo
31、w my mother and me to the bathroom in the middle of the night, and as I sat on the toilet clutching their hands, he would pat my head and say things to Mother like, “Did she eat something funny?“ or, “Suppose shes got a little bug?“ and Mother would shake her head and signal him that he was saying t
32、he wrong thing again. Once, as I was crawling into bed crying, and Mother was moving over to give me room mumbling to me that everything would be all right, my father half woke up and said to Mother in a soft voice which had shades of annoyance, “Whats the matter with her? Is it her stomach?“ I thin
33、k I said, “No, its my head. “ and the degree to which my anger rose equaled the degree to which the nausea sank. One time my mother was out of the house, and I had a bad attack of whatever you would call that terror, and I had no one to call but my father. I was crying, and I told him what to say. “
34、Just tell me I won t throw up. You know I won t, so just tell me I don t have to. “What s so bad about throwing up?“ he said. Those perfectly reasonable words threw me into a flesh panic and I let go of his arm and covered my ears and sobbed and said. “ No, no, don t say that, you can t say that.“ 5
35、6 The organizational pattern of this passage is one of_. （ A） generalization-evidences （ B） evidences-generalization （ C） generalization-evidences-generalization （ D） evidences-generalization-evidences 57 We can conclude that the author_. （ A） is still haunted today by this fear though not frequentl
36、y （ B） believes that her mother understood her fear （ C） her father never understood her fear （ D） felt .angry when her father seemed annoyed by her fear one night 58 The major problem of my childhood was the_which didn t exist 59 The author was so fearful about vomiting that she even had to sleep o
37、n_. 60 Those perfectly reasonable words by her father_and she cried more sadly. Section B 60 Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it has been debated since the National Forests were first formed in 1905. Since then, the U. S. Forest Service has been allowing timbe
38、r, mining, ranching, and recreational interests to use the forests as a resource. In fact, the Forest Service, which manages 34 million acres of wilderness across the country, is part of the Department of Agriculture. Since the government perpetuated the concept of nature as a user-friendly commodit
39、y, you might say that it missed the forest for the trees. For the last 27 years, the rest of the nationboth public and privatehas been working to comply with the landmark Endangered Species Act, but the U. S. Forest Service has paid little attention to the wildlife under its care: sometimes due to a
40、 lack of funds, sometimes a lack of information, sometimes a lack of will. For the forests in Southern California, however, this is changing. A little known regional environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, brought a lawsuit two years ago that has forced the Forest Service to face t
41、he Endangered Species Act and comply with it. Assuming the agency is able, all the life in the forest, from Smith s blue butterfly to the cattle rancher to the intrepid backpacker, will be affected. In the Los Padres Forest alone, which spans almost two million acres, as many as 11.6 million people
42、have been allowed to troop in each year during the summer months, unknowingly disrupting a fragile ecosystem essential to the health of the forest they have come to enjoy. Even the rugged packers in the backcountry, mostly nature-lovers at heart, have disturbed the breeding of the red-legged frog an
43、d arroyo as they camped, with permission, along shallows. Invasive species aside from humans pose problems as well. Bullfrogs originally from the Eastern U. S. are munching red-legged frogs and arroyo toads, as are the warm water non-native fish species like small-mouthed bass and blue gill. Fragile
44、 native plants are being crowded out by pampas grass and other non-natives in the majority of the meadows. One of the most dangerous invaders of Southern California is the cowbird, also an East Coast native, which has been wreaking havoc on native avian species across the country. Cowbirds have the
45、offensive but biologically useful trait of laying eggs in others nests, leaving the host parents to rear its big, hungry young. Often the baby cowbird hatches first and develops faster at the expense of its foster parents offspring. Temporary emergency measures adopted in January 1999 to address the
46、se problems closed four campgrounds in the Ojai Ranger District from sunset to sunrise to protect the arroyo toad. In the Monterey district, fencing and grazing use were limited for the benefit of steel head. The final settlement on March 1 of the Center for Biological Diversity suit stipulated anot
47、her set of protections, largely benefiting the California condor. Poisonous ethylocol-based antifreeze was banned, requirements for anti-perching devices on communication sites went into effect, and bird-safe power lines must be installed. 61 What activities have been allowed in public forests since
48、 1905? 62 What made the Forest Service comply with the Endangered Species Act? 63 How much dose the area of the Los Padres Forest cover? 64 Apart from humans what else are regarded as invaders of forests? 65 When were four campgrounds closed in order to protect the native species in the forest? Sect
49、ion C 65 Collision between an aircraft and one or more birds is termed a bird-strike. Pilots sometimes record a birdstrike while at cruising altitudes, but most of them happen when an aircraft is relatively close to the ground, usually in proximity to an airport and during the circling, descent to land or take-off phases of a flight.
