1、大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） B类模拟试卷 18及答案与解析 Section A 1 Why has Mary been absent from class? （ A） She has been ill. （ B） She has been in Mexico. （ C） Some relatives have been visiting her. 2 Where does this conversation most probably take place? （ A） At a department store. （ B） At a classroom. （ C） In a school.
2、 3 Who is the man? （ A） Mr. Gerald. （ B） Mr. Smith. （ C） Dr. Johnson. 4 What does the woman say about placing an advertisement in a newspaper? （ A） They should definitely do it. （ B） They can t find the means to do it. （ C） It would be a meaningless act. 5 What does Mrs. Boberts mean? （ A） She has a
3、 few questions about the man s schedule. （ B） Shell have the test ready in a few days. （ C） The man is not allowed to take the test early. Section B 6 According to one speaker, we could skip_if we are short of time. （ A） Water World （ B） the zoo （ C） both these two places 7 Ocean Park opens at_on we
4、ekdays. （ A） 9:00 （ B） 9:30 （ C） 0.416667 8 We can see ducks and other birds in_. （ A） Water World （ B） the Waterfall Garden （ C） the Centenary Garden 9 Which of the following does not seem quite suitable for very young children? （ A） The fun fair. （ B） The Ocean Theater. （ C） Wave Cove. 10 The Chin
5、ese Bestaurant is sited near_. （ A） the escalator （ B） the Wave Cove （ C） the cable-car terminal 11 Whats being discussed in the talk? （ A） A small television. （ B） A wrist watch. （ C） A walkman. 12 This product was recommended to the public_. （ A） 8 years ago （ B） in the spring of 1982 （ C） at the
6、end of 1982 13 Which of the following companies first introduced this product? （ A） Sony. （ B） Casio. （ C） Hattori. 14 Which group of people are most likely to form the main market for this product? （ A） People who show great interest in novelty items. （ B） People who work at railway or bus stations
7、. （ C） People who travel on trains and buses regularly. 15 According to the talk, which of the following is true about its market? （ A） It s getting smaller every year. （ B） It s increasing rapidly. （ C） It s expanding only in Japan. Section C 16 According to the BBC correspondent, the Greeks are wo
8、rried 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 China Sea. （ C） It crashed with Chinese fighter plane
9、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 weapons before they started war. （ B） The UN weapons
10、 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） Terrorism. （ C） Illegal drugs. Section D 20 Tertiar
11、y education; - a student is treated【 D1】 _ - students have to be more independent and be responsible for their own decisions. - They need, for example, to work out their own【 D2】 _and keep to it. Different classes: - many students will not have taken part in seminars and【 D3】 _at school. Speaking sk
12、ills; - this does not mean pronunciation. - It deals with the way people structure【 D4】 _. - be needed when making presentations in writing or in【 D5】 _ -【 D6】 _ three areas. - look at ways of【 D7】 _and【 D8】 _ - Now divide the page【 D9】 _into three columns, the other two are one for【 D10】 _and one f
13、or writing. 21 【 D1】 22 【 D2】 23 【 D3】 24 【 D4】 25 【 D5】 26 【 D6】 27 【 D7】 28 【 D8】 29 【 D9】 30 【 D10】 Section A 31 The party s reduced votes were_of lack of support for its policies. （ A） indicative （ B） positive （ C） revealing （ D） evident 32 She refused to_the door key to the landlady until she g
14、ot back her deposit. （ A） hand in （ B） hand out （ C） hand down （ D） hand over 33 The_of the word is unknown, but it is certainly not from Greek. （ A） origin （ B） generation （ C） descent （ D） cause 34 With the recent scandal in mind, would you advise people who have_in their closets to clear out thei
15、r closets? （ A） skulls （ B） skeletons （ C） ghosts （ D） legends 35 His remarks were_annoy everybody at the meeting. （ A） so as to （ B） such as to （ C） such to （ D） as much as to 36 He wasn t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, _insufficiently popular with all members. （ A） having consid
16、ered （ B） was considered （ C） was being considered （ D） being considered 37 _no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his room. （ A） There was （ B） Since （ C） Being （ D） There being 38 Look! The_up at the lake _ just breathtaking. （ A） sceneries: are （ B） sceneries: were （ C） scenery: is （ D） sc
17、enery: was 39 If your car_any attention during the first 12 months, take it to an authorized dealer. （ A） shall need （ B） should need （ C） would need （ D） will need 40 Sam: Did you see that fascinating film on THTV- 4 last night? Mary: That stupid love story? Sam: Yes. Didn t you like it? Mary: No.
18、_They re all rubbish. （ A） Im not kidding. （ B） I can t bear films of that kind. （ C） Don t make me laugh. （ D） Not really, but Ive heard about one. Section B 41 _is the capital city of New Zealand. （ A） Wellington （ B） Vancouver （ C） Auckland （ D） Canberra 42 According to the theory of semantic tri
19、angle, 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 （ D） the Laugh Neigh 44 The official name of the United Kingdom
20、 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 Commons consists of_Members of Parliament. （ A） 551 （ B） 651 （ C）
21、751 （ D） 851 一、 Part Cloze 45 The rate at which man has been storing up useful knowledge about himself and the universe has been spiraling upward for 10,000 years. The rate【 C1】 t_a sharp upward leap thousands of years ago,【 C2】 w_the invention of writing, but even so it remained painfully slow over
22、 centuries of time. In knowledge【 C3】 (acquire)the next great leap forward did not occur until the invention of movable type in the fifteenth century by Gutenberg and others. Prior【 C4】 1500, by the most optimistic【 C5】est_, Europe was producing books at a rate of 1 , 000 titles per year. This means
23、 that it would take a full century to produce a library of 100, 000 titles. The rate had【 C6】 ac_so sharply by 1950, four and a half centuries later, that Europe was producing 120, 000 titles a year.【 C7】 once took a century now took only ten months. By 1960, a【 C8】 s_decade later, the rate had made
24、 another significant jump, so that a century s work could be completed in seven and a half months. And, the output of books【 C9】 a world scale by the mid sixties, Europe【 C10】 (include), approached the remarkable figure of 1 ,000 titles per day. 46 【 C1】 47 【 C2】 48 【 C3】 49 【 C4】 50 【 C5】 51 【 C6】
25、52 【 C7】 53 【 C8】 54 【 C9】 55 【 C10】 Section A 55 People in the United States in the nineteenth century were haunted by the prospect that unprecedented change in the nation s economy would bring social chaos. In the years following 1820, after several decades of relative stability, the economy enter
26、ed a period of sustained and extremely rapid growth that continued to the end of the nineteenth century. Accompanying that growth was a structural change that featured increasing economic diversification and a gradual shift in the nation s labor force from agriculture to manufacturing and other nona
27、gricultural pursuits. Although the birth rate continues to decline from its high level of the eighteenth and early nineteenth century, the population roughly doubled every generation during the rest of the nineteenth century. As the population grew, its makeup also changed. Massive waves of immigrat
28、ion brought new ethnic groups into the country. Geographic and social mobilitydownward as well as upwardtouched almost everyone. Local studies indicate that nearly three quarters of the populationin the North and South, in the emerging cities of the Northeast, and in the restless rural counties of t
29、he Westchanged their residence each decade. As a consequence, historian David Donald has written. “Social atomization affected every segment of society. “ and it seemed to many people that “ all the recognized values of orderly civilization were gradually being eroded. “ Rapid industrialization and
30、increased geographic mobility in the nineteenth century had special implications for women because these changes tended to magnify social distinctions. As the roles men and women played in society became more rigidly defined, so did the roles they played in the home. In the context of extreme compet
31、itiveness and dizzying social change, the household lost many of its earlier functions and the home came to serve as a haven of tranquility and order. As the size of families decreased, the roles of husband and wife became more clearly differentiated than ever before. In the middle class especially,
32、 men participated in the productive economy while women ruled the home and served as the custodians of civility and culture. The intimacy of marriage that was common in earlier periods was rent, and a gulf that at times seemed unbridgeable was created between husbands and wives. 56 What does the pas
33、sage mainly discuss? （ A） The economic development of the United States in the nineteenth century. （ B） Ways in which economic development led to social changes in the United Slates. （ C） Population growth in the western United States. （ D） The increasing availability of industrial jobs for women in
34、 the United States. 57 What did the people in the United States do as the nineteenth century progressed? （ A） They emigrated to other countries. （ B） They often settled in the West. （ C） They tended to change the place where they lived. （ D） They had a higher birthrate than ever before. 58 After 182
35、0, the economy entered _, accompanying which there was a structural change. 59 In the nineteenth century, _ had special implications for women 60 Men in the middle class_ when women took care of home affairs. Section B 60 Exactly what a public forest is and how the public should be able to use it ha
36、s been debated since the National Forests were first formed in 1905. Since then, the U. S. Forest Service has been allowing timber, 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 coun
37、try, is part of the Department of Agriculture. Since the government perpetuated the concept of nature as a user-friendly commodity, 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
38、Endangered Species Act, but the U. S. Forest Service has paid little attention to the wildlife under its care: sometimes due to a 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 envir
39、onmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, brought a lawsuit two years ago that has forced the Forest Service to face the 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 ba
40、ckpacker, will be affected. In the Los Padres Forest alone, which spans almost two million acres, as many as 11.6 million people 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.
41、 Even the rugged packers in the backcountry, mostly nature-lovers at heart, have disturbed the breeding of the red-legged frog and 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 munchin
42、g red-legged frogs and arroyo toads, as are the warm water non-native fish species like small-mouthed bass and blue gill. Fragile 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
43、 cowbird, also an East Coast native, which has been wreaking havoc on native avian species across the country. Cowbirds have the 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 de
44、velops faster at the expense of its foster parents offspring. Temporary emergency measures adopted in January 1999 to address these 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 l
45、imited for the benefit of steel head. The final settlement on March 1 of the Center for Biological Diversity suit stipulated another set of protections, largely benefiting the California condor. Poisonous ethylocol-based antifreeze was banned, requirements for anti-perching devices on communication
46、sites went into effect, and bird-safe power lines must be installed. 61 What activities have been allowed in public forests since 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
47、 regarded as invaders of forests? 65 When were four campgrounds closed in order to protect the native species in the forest? Section C 65 The annals of natural history contain many astonishing examples of the ability of animals to find their way home after making distant journeys. Salmons, for examp
48、le, are born in freshwater streams and soon afterward journey down to sea. Several years later, after they have attained maturity, they swim back upstream to spawn and, in many cases, to die. The particular stream that serves as the journey s end is almost invariably the same one in which they were
49、born. It is chosen out of dozens or hundreds of equally suitable streams. The expression “almost invariably“ is used advisedly in this case. In one investigation by Canadian biologists, 469, 326 young sockeye salmon were marked in a tributary of the Fraser River. Several years later almost 11 ,000 were recovered after they had completed a return journey to the
