1、大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS） C类模拟试卷 39及答案与解析 Section A 1 When will they probably discuss the agenda? （ A） Before dinner. （ B） During dinner. （ C） Right after dinner. 2 How often will the womans son have piano lessons from next week on? （ A） Once a week. （ B） Twice a week. （ C） Three times a week. 3 What is the m
2、ans job? （ A） Tailor. （ B） Hairdresser. （ C） Gardener. 4 How much time is the couple allowed once they get to the airport? （ A） Three quarters of an hour. （ B） A quarter of an hour. （ C） Half an hour. 5 What did Professor Steve do? （ A） He persuaded the man not to take the course. （ B） He convinced
3、the man to apply to graduate school. （ C） He was going to be out of the course. Section B 6 Why is the woman calling the delivery company? （ A） She needs some information. （ B） She wants packing materials. （ C） She is checking her package. 7 What is the woman sending to her sister? （ A） Fresh fruit.
4、 （ B） A gift certificate. （ C） Homemade candy. 8 Which method will the woman probably use to send her package? （ A） Regular service. （ B） Overnight express. （ C） Priority service. 9 What is the conversation mainly about? （ A） Interesting experiences of Bob during their visits to some foreign countri
5、es. （ B） The importance of knowing how to greet a stranger properly when we are in a new country. （ C） Embarrassing mistakes made by Bob due to ignorance of cultural differences. 10 Who might be the people Bob met in various countries? （ A） They were probably his foreign guides. （ B） They were proba
6、bly his business associates. （ C） They were probably total strangers to him. 11 Which countries has Bob visited, according to the conversation? （ A） Italy, the US and France. （ B） Brazil, Russia and Italy. （ C） Italy, the US and Brazil. 12 According to Bob, which one is true about shaking hands? （ A
7、） You shouldnt shake hands individually when you have a meeting in Brazil. （ B） You should shake hands quite firmly with American people. （ C） You should shake hands with the people you like when youre in France. 13 According to Bob, which one is true about using the first name? （ A） You can use the
8、 first name of others if you are allowed in Italy. （ B） Russian people dont like the strangers to use their first name. （ C） Bob has never made any mistakes about using the first name. 14 According to Bob, which one is true about business cards? （ A） Business cards are very important for Japanese pe
9、ople. （ B） The correct way to receive a business card is to use one hand in Japan. （ C） Japanese people respect business cards very much. 15 What is the main message that the speakers want to tell us? （ A） The importance of recognizing cultural difference. （ B） The importance of regarding all cultur
10、es as equals. （ C） The difficulty of cross-cultural communication. Section C 16 What can we learn from the news? （ A） The tsunamis killed more than 126,000 people. （ B） European health ministers reminded the southern Asia government to be alert of the emotional scars caused by tsunamis. （ C） In Hels
11、inki, a meeting was held to discuss how much money should be provided for southern Asia countries. 17 Where does the International Energy Agency base in? （ A） In New York. （ B） In Pairs. （ C） In Tokyo. 18 Why did Britains Prince Harry cause wrath of the people? （ A） Because he called for a Europe-wi
12、de ban on Nazi insignia. （ B） Because he refused to attend to a fancy dress party. （ C） Because he wore a swastika armband and Nazi regalia. 19 How many people were killed in the raid? （ A） More than 18. （ B） More than 80. （ C） More than a thousand. 20 When did the fighting take place? （ A） On Satur
13、day another is the rise despots like Hitler. Both these examples also point up the fact that attitudes stem【 C3】_experience. In the one case the experience was direct and impressive; in the other it was【 C4】 _and was cumulative. The Nazis were indoctrinated largely by the speeches they heard and the
14、 books they【 C5】 _. The classroom teacher in the elementary school is in a strategic position to【 C6】inf_ attitudes. This is true partly because children ensure attitudes from those 【 C7】 _(adult)whose word they respect. Another reason, it is true, is that pupils often delve(钻研 )somewhat deeply into
15、 a subject in school that has only been【 C8】 _(touch)upon at home or has possibly never occurred to them before. To a child who had【 C9】 _(previous)acquired little knowledge of Mexico, his teachers method of handling such a unit would greatly affect his attitude【 C10】 _Mexicans. The media through wh
16、ich the teacher can develop wholesome attitudes are innumerable. Social studies, science matters of health and【 C11】 _(safe), the very atmosphere of the classroom. these are a few of the fertile fields for the inculcation(反复灌输 )of proper【 C12】 _(emotion)reactions. However, when children come to scho
17、ol with undesirable attitudes, it is unwise for the teacher to attempt to change their feelings by【 C13】 _(scold)them. She can achieve the proper effect by helping them obtain constructive experiences. Finally, a teacher must constantly【 C14】 eva_her own attitudes, because her influence can be delet
18、erious(有害的 )if she has personal prejudices. This is especially true in response to【 C15】 _(controversy)issues and questions on which children should be encouraged to reach their own decisions as a result of objective analysis of all the facts. 46 【 C1】 47 【 C2】 48 【 C3】 49 【 C4】 50 【 C5】 51 【 C6】 52
19、 【 C7】 53 【 C8】 54 【 C9】 55 【 C10】 56 【 C11】 57 【 C12】 58 【 C13】 59 【 C14】 60 【 C15】 Section A 60 Researchers believe they may be able to use DNA to uncover the fate of the Lost Colony, which vanished shortly after more than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587. Using genealogy(宗谱 ), deeds a
20、nd historical narratives, researchers have compiled 168 surnames that could be connected to settlers in what is considered the first attempt by the English to colonize the New World. The team will try to trace the roots of individuals related to the colonists, to the areas 16th century American Indi
21、ans or to both. “The Lost Colony story is the biggest unsolved mystery in the history of America,“ said Roberta Estes, owner of DNA Explain, a private DNA analysis company based in Brighton, Mich. The company is working with the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, an independent research gr
22、oup based in Washington, N.C., that is working to figure out what happened to the colony settled 20 years before Jamestown. “I dont know what well find in the end,“ Estes said. “Part of the big question for me is, did the Lost Colony survive? Who is their family today? And where did they go?“ Fred W
23、illard, director of the Lost Colony center, said some colonists might have migrated inland to what are now East Lake, Chocowinity and Gum Neck. Researchers plan to use cheek swabs taken from possible ancestors to test the paternal and maternal DNA lines. “In our case, with the Lost Colony, the only
24、way were going to trace who was who and if they survived is to use DNA,“ Estes said. While DNA will not make any immediate connections beyond living relatives, the samples can provide clues to an individuals country of origin and other shared family traits, Estes said. Genealogy will have to fill in
25、 the blanks. Researchers may also try to test American Indian remains or known relatives of the colonists in England. More than 100 people settled on Roanoke Island in 1587, but the colonists vanished sometime between August of that year and 1590, when their governor returned to the island from a tr
26、ip to England. Directions: Decide whether the following statements are True or False. 61 The Lost Colony has been searched only by a private DNA Explain in the history of America. （ A） TURE （ B） FALSE 62 Looking for the relatives of the colonists in England is to seek the Lost Colony by the research
27、ers. （ A） TURE （ B） FALSE 63 The Lost Colony story probably took place in South America. （ A） TURE （ B） FALSE 64 The reason that the researchers have been interested in the Lost Colony is to locate the area of American Indians. （ A） TURE （ B） FALSE 65 According to Fred Willard, the Lost Colony may h
28、ave gone to inland. （ A） TURE （ B） FALSE Section B 65 Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food whi
29、ch we eat. Heat, too, makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays penetrate the atmosphere. Cosmic rays of various kinds come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to t
30、his radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage a person may feel perfectly wel
31、l, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of(deformed)children or even grandchildren. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far. At present, radiation seems to be the
32、greatest physical hazard to space travelers, but it is impossible to say just how serious the hazard will turn out to be in the future. Directions: Answer the following questions with the information given in the passage in a maximum of 10 words for each question. 66 According to the passage, what w
33、ould our environment be without atmosphere? 67 What will spacemen protect themselves when they spend long period in space? 68 What is the greatest danger to men in space? 69 When will the damage be discovered? 70 How serious does the damage do harm to men in space? Section C 70 Mercury, the planet n
34、earest the sun, is difficult to observe from the Earth because it rises and sets within two hours of the sun. Consequently, little was known about the planet until the Mariner 10 spacecraft made several flybys in 1974 and 1975. Planetary scientists can estimate the age of a planets surface by the nu
35、mber of impact craters on it. In general, the older the surface, the more crates it has. Some regions on Mercury are heavily cratered, suggesting that they are very old surfaces that were probably formed about 4 billion years ago. Between these regions are areas of gently rolling plains that may hav
36、e been smoothed by volcanic lava flows or by accumulated deposits of fine material ejected during impacts. These plains are also old enough to have accumulated a large number of impact craters. Elsewhere on the planet are smooth, flat plains that are probably younger and volcanic in origin. These pl
37、ains have relatively few impact craters. Sometime between the formation of the intercrater plains and the formation of the smooth plains, the whole planet may have shrunk as it cooled, causing the crust to buckle and form the long, steep cliffs called scarps. The largest impact basin on Mercury has
38、a diameter of about 800 miles and is surrounded by mountains that rise to heights of about 1.2 miles. The crater was probably created by the impact of a large planetesimal when Mercury was forming. On the opposite side of the planet is an area of hilly, linear terrain that probably resulted from sei
39、smic waves caused by the same impact. Like other airless, solid bodies in the solar system, the entire surface of Mercury is covered with a layer of rubble called regolith, which is composed of material, ranging from dust to boulders, that was scattered when impact craters were formed. This debris w
40、as in turn broken up and redistributed by subsequent impacts. Mercury is very dense and has a magnetic field that is about 1 percent as strong as the Earths. This suggests the existence of a planetary core composed of iron and nickel and constituting about 40 percent of the planets volume. The surfa
41、ce gravity is about one-third as strong as the Earths, and a thin atmosphere surrounds the planet. Radar images taken of Mercury in 1991 show what are considered to be large ice patches at the planets north pole. Directions: Complete the following sentences with information given in the passage in a
42、 maximum of 10 words for each blank. 71 Scientists estimate the age of a planets surface by_. 72 The layer of rubble covering Mercury is called_. 73 It is likely that the conditions on Mercury would_. 74 According to the passage, Mariner 10 was sent to observe Mercury because_. 75 Large ice patches
43、were observed on Mercurys north pole, which suggests that_ Section D 75 There are always people who can find a reason to criticize strongly any new technology as too personally invasive, but Im all for biometrics. Among the amazing things biometrics enables us to do is to scan a persons iris the col
44、ored part of the eyewhich displays a natural pattern that is even more distinct than the fingerprint. Imagine what that will do to cut down on credit card fraud if the pattern of a persons iris must be scanned before the credit card can be used. Imagine how foolproof it will make Internet purchases,
45、 which are now extremely vulnerable to fraudulent abuse. 【 F1】 Biometrics ability to prevent theft against the government also is endless. When the state of Connecticut required people to be fingerprinted in order to receive welfare benefits, 25 percent of the recipients dropped off the rolls(many o
46、f whom, we have to assume, were receiving benefits improperly) 【 F2】 Biometrics also will give law-enforcement officers terrific new powers to track and capture international terrorists. Imagine what miniature face scans embedded secretly in passports will do to passport fraud, and the ability of te
47、rrorists to flee from one country to the next. Does this mean the government and corporations will have more “personal information“ about you on file? Sure, to the extent that you consider your face or your iris to be personal “information“. But all the hubbub about “invasion of privacy“ is vastly o
48、verblown. Ever since the invention of telemarketing and the ceaseless parade of phone calls bombarding my home day and night began, Ive considered my privacy to be a thing of the past. But in the scheme of things, it is a minor inconvenience, not a major assault. Of course, if biometrics is too much
49、 for some people, they always can cut up their credit cards, disconnect their phones and computers and move to the Rockies and live alone away from people and society. Meanwhile, Ill continue to enjoy all the benefits modern technology offers. 76 According to the passage, biometrics_. （ A） can make a recording of a persons eye pattern by scanning his eyes （ B） can provide a more accurate identification of a person by scanning his iris than the fingerprint recogn
