1、大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） B类模拟试卷 4及答案与解析 Section A 1 What can we learn from the conversation? （ A） The director agreed to their plans completely. （ B） The director objected to their plan. （ C） The director partially agreed with them. 2 What does the woman suggest the man do? （ A） Open a saving account. （ B） G
2、et a better job. （ C） Put more effort into his work. 3 What had the man assumed? （ A） It was a holiday yesterday. （ B） The hospital was closed. （ C） The infirmary was open. 4 What are they talking about? （ A） hospital. （ B） bank. （ C） airport. 5 What are they talking about? （ A） They are talking abo
3、ut sale. （ B） They are talking about products. （ C） They are talking about price. Section B 6 The woman has been to _ countries. （ A） about 14 （ B） 28 （ C） around 40 7 The woman seems to like _ most. （ A） the west coast of Canada （ B） a British seaside resort （ C） a quiet, unspoilt place in Asia 8 C
4、onsidering that traveling can be dangerous at times, the woman _. （ A） travels only to safe places （ B） avoids traveling alone as much as possible （ C） very often travels by day 9 Which of the following is true about the woman? （ A） She stayed in a prison in Norway. （ B） She was robbed on a train in
5、 Hungary. （ C） She was once arrested in Germany. 10 Why does the woman want to keep traveling? （ A） She wants to enjoy mild climates and a hectic life. （ B） She feels completely alive while shes traveling. （ C） She can have a lot of experience with others. 11 Which of the following statements is tru
6、e about the Knowledge? （ A） Its composed of 568 runs. （ B） Its a blue book. （ C） Its an exam. 12 How long will it take to learn the Knowledge? （ A） 19 months. （ B） 3 years. （ C） 4 years. 13 Which of the following statements is true about the driver? （ A） He was not born in London. （ B） Hes got a Lon
7、don accent. （ C） He came to London when he was thirteen. 14 What does the driver like to do in his spare time? （ A） Building. （ B） Running a gym. （ C） Body building. 15 How does he do the training? （ A） A system of three days training. （ B） A system of two days training. （ C） A system of three days
8、training with one day off. Section C 16 American cigarette sales are expected to decrease by _ by the end of the decade. （ A） 15% （ B） 0.2 （ C） 0.3 17 Cigarette consumption has increased by _ each year over the last decade in China. （ A） 5% （ B） 0.07 （ C） 0.012 18 What is the government of Banglades
9、h investigating? （ A） Terrorism activities in the country. （ B） The death of the 20 people who were attending a meeting last month. （ C） The oppositions involvement in the terrorism activities. 19 How many people were killed in the attacks? （ A） 0. （ B） 2 （ C） 4 20 Which of the following is NOT true
10、 about the French reporters? （ A） They are held by a Sunni Muslim opposition group. （ B） The kidnapers have threatened to kill them. （ C） French Foreign Minister Barnier is working for gaining the freedom of the reporters in Jordan. Section D 20 Notetaking is a complex activity that requires a high
11、level of ability in many separate skills. Firstly, the student has to understand what the Example lecturer says as he says it. A non-native speaker may find himself unable to recognize words【 21】 which he understands straight away【 22】 . And he might also find himself failing to infer the meaning of
12、 some totally new words out of【 23】 All that he needs to do, however, is to concentrate on the important points, which would allow him to understand much of the lecture. How to decide what s important, then? The【 24】 of a lecture, which often implies many of the【 25】 to be covered, is probably the m
13、ost important piece of information. The student should make sure that he writes the title down. A good lecturer might【 26】 tell his audience what is important, or he might give【 27】 pause or speak slowly or speak loudly or use a greater range of intonation. The third basic skill is to write down the
14、 main points quickly and clearly. It is helpful to【 28】and select only those words that give【 29】 information, nouns mostly, sometimes verbs or adjectives. Choosing the right moment to write is very difficult. Connecting words are quite helpful here.【 30】 like “moreover“, “furthermore“, “also“ indic
15、ate that its safe to write, whereas “however“, “on the other hand“ or “nevertheless“ suggest that new information is going to follow and that its more appropriate to listen. Section A 31 When she heard the bad news, her eyes _ with tears as she struggled to control her emotions. （ A） sparkled （ B） t
16、winkled （ C） radiated （ D） glittered 32 Half the excuses she gives are not true, but she always seems to _ them. （ A） get on with （ B） get away with （ C） get up from （ D） get in on 33 I only know the man by _ but I have never spoken to him. （ A） chance （ B） heart （ C） sight （ D） experience 34 The mu
17、ltinational corporation was making a take-over _ for a property company. （ A） application （ B） bid （ C） proposal （ D） suggestion 35 The ability to store knowledge makes computers different from every other machine _ invented. （ A） ever （ B） thus （ C） yet （ D） as 36 There _ nothing more for discussio
18、n ; the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier. （ A） to be （ B） to have been （ C） being （ D） be 37 He must give US more time, _ we shall not be able to make a good job of it. （ A） consequently （ B） otherwise （ C） therefore （ D） doubtlessly 38 He resented _ to wait. He expected the minister _ hi
19、m at once. （ A） to be asked; to see （ B） being asked; to flee （ C） to be asked; seeing （ D） being asked; seeing 39 It was recommended that passengers _ smoke during the flight. （ A） not （ B） need not （ C） could not （ D） would not 40 If this university _ such a good reputation, I would not have come
20、here. （ A） didnt have （ B） hadnt had （ C） doesnt have （ D） hasnt had Section B 41 _ is not a U.S. news and cable network. （ A） ABC （ B） CNN （ C） CBS （ D） BBC 42 In the U. S. , the senatorial term is _ years. （ A） 3 （ B） 4 （ C） 6 （ D） 8 43 Which of the following is the most famous work of the America
21、n novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald? （ A） A Farewell to Arms （ B） The Sound and the Fury （ C） Long Day Journey into Night （ D） The Great Gatsby 44 The southern part of the Pacific coast in California has a _ climate. （ A） subtropical （ B） continental desert （ C） maritime （ D） Mediterranean 45 The major s
22、ource of income of Irish farmers is _. （ A） wheat （ B） fruits （ C） livestock （ D） potatoes 一、 Part Cloze 45 Some people would say that the Englishmans home is no longer his castle; that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average Englishman is k【 66】 on working with his hands and
23、partly because he feels, for one reason or【 67】 , that he must do many household j【 68】 all by himself, while【 69】 which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. The main reason for this is a financial one: the high cost of labor has m【 70】 that builders, and decorators costs have rea
24、ched a level which makes them【 71】 (prohibit) for house-proud English people of modest means. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to ta【 72】 some of the work themselves. As a【 73】 , there has grown up in the postwar years what is sometimes r【 74】 to as the “Do-I
25、t-Yourself Movement. “ The movement began【 75】 home decorating but has spread into a much wider field s【 76】Nowadays there seem to be very few firings that cannot be made by the DIY method. Magazines and handbooks exist to show hopeful handymen (做零活的人 ) of all ages just how easy it is to build anyth
26、ing from a coffee table to a sailing dinghy (小游艇 ). You f【 77】 the simple instructions step-by-step and, be【 78】 you know where you are, the finished article stands before you. Unfortunately, it is not always quite as simple as it sounds! Many a“ do-it-yourselfer“【 79】(have) found that one cannot le
27、arn a skilled craftsmans job overnight. Quickly one realizes when doing it oneself, that a job which takes the skilled man an hour to complete takes the amateur handyman five or six at least. And then there are the problems of tools and the wear and【 80】 on the nerves. Many people have come to the c
28、onclusion that the expense of paying professional to do the work is, in the long run, more economical than “doing it oneself. “ Section A 60 Mary Barton, particularly in its early chapters, is a moving response to the suffering of the industrial worker in the England of the 1840s. What is most impre
29、ssive about the book is the intense and painstaking effort made by the author, Elizabeth Gaskell, to convey the experience of everyday life in working-class homes. Her method is partly documentary in nature: the novel includes such features as a carefully annotated reproduction of dialect, the exact
30、 details of food prices in an account of a tea party, an itemized description of the furniture of the Bartons living room, and a transcription (again annotated) of the ballad “The Oldham Weaver“. The interest of this record is considerable, even though the method has a slightly distancing effect. As
31、 a member of the middle class, Gaskell could hardly help approaching working-class life as an outside observer and a reporter, and the reader of the novel is always conscious of this fact. But there is genuine imaginative re-creation in her accounts of the walk in Green Heys Fields, of tea at the Ba
32、rtons house, and of John Barton and his friends discovery of the starving family in the cellar in the chapter “Poverty and Death“. Indeed, for a similarly convincing re-creation of such families emotions and responses (which are more crucial than the material details on which the mere reporter is ap
33、t to concentrate), the English novel had to wait 60 years for the early writing of D. H. Laurence. If Gaskell never quite conveys the sense of full participation that would completely authenticate this aspect of Mary Barton, she still brings to these scenes an intuitive recognition of feelings that
34、has its own sufficient conviction. The chapter “Old Alice s History“ brilliantly dramatizes the situation of that early generation of workers brought from the villages and the countryside to the urban industrial centers. The account of Job Legh, the weaver and naturalist who is devoted to the study
35、of biology, vividly embodies one kind of response to an urban industrial environment: an affinity for living things that hardens, by its very contrast with its environment, into a kind of crankiness. The early chaptersabout factory workers walking out in spring into Green Heys Fields; about Alice Wi
36、lson, remembering, in her cellar the twig-gathering for brooms in the native village that she will never again see; about Job Legh, intent on his impaled insects-capture the characteristic responses of a generation to the new and crushing experience of industrialism. The other early chapters eloquen
37、tly portray the development of the instinctive cooperation with each other that was already becoming an important tradition among workers. 61 Which of the following best describes the authors attitude toward Gaskells use of the method of documentary record in Mary Barton? （ A） Uncritical enthusiasm
38、（ B） Unresolved ambivalence （ C） Qualified approval （ D） Mild irritation 62 According to the passage, Mary Barton and the early novels of D.H. Lawrence share which of the following? （ A） Depiction of the feelings of working-class families （ B） Documentary objectivity about working-class circumstance
39、s （ C） Richly detailed description of working-class adjustment to urban life （ D） Imaginatively structured plots about working-class characters 63 Which of the following is most closely analogous to Job Legh in Mary Barton, as that character is described in the passage? （ A） An entomologist who coll
40、ected butterflies as a child （ B） A small-town attorney whose hobby is nature photography （ C） A young man who leaves his familys dairy farm to start his own business （ D） A city dweller who raises exotic plants on the roof of his apartment building 64 It can be inferred from examples given in the l
41、ast paragraph of the passage that which of the following was part of “the new and crushing experience of industrialism“ for many members of the English working class in the nineteenth century? （ A） Extortionate food prices （ B） Geographical displacement （ C） Hazardous working conditions （ D） Alienat
42、ion from fellow workers 65 Which of the following phrases could best be substituted for the phrase “this aspect of Mary Barton“ in pra.2 without changing the meaning of the passage as a whole? （ A） the material details in an urban working-class environment （ B） the influence of Mary Barton on Lawren
43、ces early work （ C） the place of Mary Barton in the development of the English novel （ D） the portrayal of the particular feelings and responses of working-class characters Section B 65 The annals of natural history contain many astonishing examples of the ability of animals to find their way home a
44、fter making distant journeys. Salmon, for example, 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 journeys end is almo
45、st invariably the same one in which they were 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 Frase
46、r River. Several years later almost 11,000 were recovered after they had completed a return journey to the very same stream, but not a single one was ever recovered from other streams nearby. What underwater guideposts can these fish possibly follow? It has been discovered by A. D. Hasler and his as
47、sociates at the University of Wisconsin that the salmon, like many other fish, have an acute sense of smell and are able tore member slight differences in the chemical composition of water. The most reasonable theory to explain salmon homing is that each individual remembers the distinctive “fragran
48、ce“ of its native stream. As it moves upstream it makes the correct choice each time a new tributary is encountered, until finally it arrives home. Long-distance migration is especially common in birds, because many species must make annual journeys between their nesting grounds and prime feeding ar
49、eas far away. Each year over 100,000 sooty terns, an attractive tropical sea bird, travel from the waters off the west coast of Africa all the way across the Atlantic to Bush Key, a tiny island near the tip of Florida. Here they build their nests and breed. Once the young can fly, all journey back over the Atlantic. Why do the sooty terns migrate at all? Like many other seabirds, they find protection from cats, foxes, and other predators on isolated islands
