2013年大学生英语竞赛初赛试题(C类)参

PartIListeningComprehension(30marks)SectionA(5marks)1—5ABCCB

SectionB(10marks)SectionC(5marks)

6—10ABBCB11—15CABAB

16—20CACBB

SectionD(10marks)21.yearnfor25.lackofevidence29.contradictory31—35CDCCB46.hiding51.with

22.flushout30.wrinkles

26.separatedinto27.assessed

23.tendstorecommend24.compensatefor28.medication

PartIIVocabularyandStructure(15marks)

36—40BADCA

41—45ADBCA

49.presidency

50.existence

PartIIICloze(10marks)

52.place

47.surprising48.pressure53.gravity

54.Additionally55.afternoon

PartIVReadingComprehension(40marks)SectionA(10marks)56.money61.F

SectionB(10marks)

62.F

57.comparing

63.T

58.unique

59.altered65.Potentillas.

68.oncondition

69.C

70.B

60.privacy

SectionC(10marks)

.Pansiesaremorehardythanbusylizzies.SectionD(10marks)

66.extremelengths/greatlengths73.Theyhaveincreasedinnumbers.71.Glaciersandforests.

67.compatiblewith

72.24cubicmilesofice.

以此保持它的完整。74.阿拉斯加的大部分土地曾经是常年冰冻，或是一年中多数时间都保持冰冻状态，

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的结尾，因此冰川消退是这个周期的自然结75.有一种理论认为，我们正处于一个所谓的“小冰河时代”

冰川的近期未来已如我们所知——果。无论是由于自然因素还是人类因素所致，—希望渺茫。PartVTranslation(10marks)

76.Thebanquetisgoingtostartbutsheisstillinadilemmaaboutwhethersheshouldgoornot.77.Notonlycanamplesleeprelaxourbodiesbutalsoimproveourintelligence.78.Seriousairpollutionproblemshavearousedwidepublicconcernsrecently.

79.Youngsterswholookfordreamsinbigcitiesaresufferingfromhugepressureoflife.PartVIErrorcorrection(10marks)

80.Theprofessortoldusthattheinterviewerswouldgiveprioritytostudentswithpracticalexperience.IfwereadEnglishlanguagenewspapersorlistentonewsreaderswho

theimpressionthatoneformofEnglishissowidelyusedthat夷willevidencetosupportthisimpression?Itisinfactmisledinseveralhasthesamehighstatusthroughouttheworlddonotyetexist.

useEnglishinalldifferentpartsoftheworld,wewillquicklydevelopsoonuniteallthedifferentvarietiesofEnglishwhichexist.IsthereenoughwayssinceaversionofEnglishwhichisexactlythesameeverywhereandForonething,peoplewho蒺sfirstlanguageisEnglishvaluetheirlinguisticidentity.Therefore,theytrytopreserveitfromtheinfluenceof

otherformsofEnglish.NewZealanders,forexample,donotwanttospeaklikeAustralians.Inaddition,therearetoomuchregionaldifferencesinvocabularyofthelanguagetobethesameeverywhere.PeopleneedbeteachingineitherAmericanorBritishforms.PartVIIIQTest(5marks)91.D

雄辩为银”，故选D。解释：西方谚语“沉默是金，

“I”“STAND”故为Iunderstand。解释：图片中单词在下面，specialisedwordsinordertodiscusslocallypolitics,business,culture

81.

82.

allit83.misleading姨84.85.86.87.88..90.

whosemanylocaltaughtfordoesandnaturalhistory.Lastly,thereisthefactthatlearnersofEnglishmay

92.Iunderstand

93.Becauseit蒺sfullofhotair.94.pepper95.A

解释：hotair意为“谎言、大话”，气球中充满了“hotair”，一语双关，因此不要“向气球征求建议”。

解释：胡椒/辣椒放在冰箱中仍然是辣的，hot既意为“热”，也意为“辣”。

每格中亦有一个小图案在颜解释：三行图形中，每行都有三格，每个方格中有一条线将格一分为二，

需在所缺图中含有一条中分线，所色上有变化，或全黑，或全白，或带斜线。若要第二行符合此规律，且该中分线平分该小方块。只有A符合此条件。含小图形应为白色小方块，

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PartVIIIWriting(30marks)Omitted.

作文评分标准一、评分原则：

1.本题满分为I10分；II20分，按四个档次给分。

整本档次，最后给分。

2.评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定或调3.I词数少于100或多于140的，II词数少于140或多于180的，从总分中减去2分。

将分数降低一档。4.如书写较差，以致影响阅卷，

二、各档次给分范围和要求：

：第四档（很好）I9-10分；II16-20分

文字通顺，连贯性很好，基本上无词汇完全符合写作格式的要求，覆盖所有内容要点，表达思想清楚，

和语法错误。

：第三档（好）I6-8分；II11-15分

文字基本通顺、连贯，有少量词汇和语法基本符合写作格式的要求，有个别地方表达思想不够清楚，

错误。

：第二档（一般）I3-5分；II6-10分

文字多处出现词汇和语法错误，影响未恰当完成写作格式的要求，漏掉内容要点，表达思想不清楚，了对写作内容的理解。：第一档（差）I1-2分；II1-5分

有较多词汇和语法的重大错误，未能将未完成写作格式的要求，明显遗漏主要内容，表达思想紊乱，

信息传达给读者。

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2013NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC-Preliminary)

听力录音原文

PartIListeningComprehensionSectionA

Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeatwenty-secondpause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.M:Didn蒺tyougotoseeMacbethlastweek?

seen.

W:Yeah,itwasbrilliant.I蒺vebeentoitafewtimesbefore,butIthinkthisisthebestproductionI蒺veever

2.M:So,howwellisyour“FillMeIn”selling?

different.

M:Yeah,someoneIworkwithwentandsaiditwaswonderful.IwishI蒺dbeenabletogetaticket.

W:Oh,great,infactit蒺sonlythefourthweekofpublicationofthefirstissue,andwe蒺vehadtoreprintanother

2000.We蒺vesoldabout2300.Mostlyinalternativebookshopsthatcaterforpeoplewhoare...er

3.W:Excuseme...I蒺mlookingforabag.

M:Congratulations!

M:Certainly,madam.Thisbagisverypopular.Itopensatthetophere...likethis...andhasanicepatternW:Hmm.Doyouhaveasmallerone?Idon蒺tlikeitsobig,actually.

ofthemareterrible.

aroundthemiddle...it蒺sveryeasytocarry.

4.M:IreadhundredsofCVseveryweek.Mostofthemaregood.Afewareexcellent.AndaboutfivepercentW:Really?WhatmakesabadCV?

M:There蒺reanumberofthings.ACVshouldbeshort.Nomorethantwopageslong.IrecentlyreadaCV5.M:Cathy,areyougoingtocontinuewithyourSpanish?

thatwastwentypageslong.Unbelievable!

W:Ohyes,definitely.I蒺vegotlotsofideas.I蒺vegotaSpanishfriendandwewriteemailstoeachother.We

usedtowriteinEnglish,butnowwecanwriteinSpanish.

M:That蒺sgreat.

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SectionB

Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,therewillbeaone-minutepause.Duringthepause,readthequestionsandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.ConversationOne

M:DidyouhearaboutthatkidwhowasknockeddownonJunctionRoadtheotherday?W:Yes,itwasawful,wasn蒺tit?Stillit蒺shardlysurprising,isit?M:Whatdoyoumean?

W:Well,there蒺realwaysaccidentsdownthere,aren蒺tthere,especiallywiththespeedcarsgoat.And,well,

bebetterifitwasexactlyoppositetheshops,wouldn蒺tit?

basically,thecrossing蒺sinthewrongplace,isn蒺tit?Idon蒺tknowwhythey蒺venevermovedit.Imean,it蒺d

M:Yes,Iknowwhatyoumean.Theycoulddosomethingtoslowthetrafficdown,couldn蒺tthey?MaybetheyW:Yeah,maybe—maybeoneeverysooftenwouldhelp,butwhatwouldbereallygreatisiftheyhadoneofM:BigBrother,youmean!

W:No,theyreallymakeadifference.Youshouldseehowthey蒺veslowedthetrafficdownwheremyparentsM:Yeah,Isupposeyou蒺reright.I蒺monlyagainstthembecauseIgotcaughtbyonelastmonth.W:You蒺rekidding!

M:No.Ahundredandfiftypoundsitcostme!Afineandsixpenaltypoints!ConversationTwo

W:Doyouhavetroublerememberingpeople蒺snames?Doyoutendtoforgetwhereyouputyourdoorkey?

therereallyawayofimprovingourmemoriesandifso,whatarethestepswecantake?

Thenfearnot—helpisathand!Todaywehavewithuswell-knownpsychologistGavinBonet.Gavin,islive.

thosespeedcameras.

couldputsleepingpolicementhereorsomethinglikethat.

M:Thefirstthingtorememberisthatwecanallhelpourselvesremembereffectivelybydoingquiteordinary

thingslikewritingthingsdown,usingadiary,acalendar,anotebook,anotice-board,andcheckingtheseencourageaveryorganisedandmethodicalapproach,whichhelpsthebraintofunctioneffectively.me.

thingsregularly.Youcanusecolouredhighlighterpenstopickoutreallyimportantbitsofinformation.

Ratherthanmakingyourbrainlazy,assomepeoplethink,scientificstudieshaveprovedthattheseaidsW:Now,I蒺veheardpeoplesay,youknow,iftheywanttoremembertobuyfishforsuppertheycarryarounda

mentalpictureofahugefishflappingonaline.Isthereanytruthinthis?Itallsoundsabitstrangeto

M:Centuriesago,theAncientGreeksdevelopedthesystemofmnemonicsormemoryaids.Isolatedand

fragmentedbitsofinformationareverydifficulttoremember.Amnemonicisawayoflinkingwhatyouwishtorememberwithsomethingthatmeanssomethingtoyou.Itcouldbeamentalimage,aword,a

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shortpoem,andsoon.Forexample,imagineIwanttorememberthenumber1843465.Icouldlinkthese

thingswewanttorememberwithrhymesorcoloursorvisualimagesishelpfulaswell.Ourlifestyleplaysapartinmemorytoo.EatingahealthydietandtakingplentyofexerciseandhavingfreshairallhelpusW:Soit蒺smindandbodytogether,isthatit?

tobemoreclear-headedandlessabsent-minded.

childrenIhave,34isthenumberofmyhouseand65istheageatwhichI蒺mgoingtoretire!Linking

numberstopersonalexperiences.18iseasy—that蒺stheageIwenttouniversity,4isthenumberof

M:Yes,Ithinkso.Scientistsaregraduallyfindingoutmoreandmoreabouthowthebrainworksandwhat

notesfromacentralspherewithlinesradiatingoutindifferentdirectionsisworthadoptingbecauseitblack,helpsthebraintoo.

wecandotoassistitsfunctioning.Whentakingnotes,forexample,ithasbeenshownthatmappingoutreflectsthewaywelinkinformationinthebrain.Usingdifferentcolouredpensfornote-taking,notjust

W:Arethereanydifferencesbetweenmen蒺sandwomen蒺srecallability,doyouthink?

M:Ah,menaregoodatrememberingdirectionsandphonenumbers;womenarebetteratnamesand

differences.Factorsthatseemtobebadformenandwomenequallyareanxietyandworry.Thesedefinitelydecreaseyourthinkingability.SectionC

Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortnewsitems.Aftereachitem,whichwillbereadonlyonce,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,readthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.

16.Wehaveallwitnessedthepowerofsocialmedia.IthelpedelectBarackObamapresidentintwothousand

onelections,helpingtoincreasethenumberofpeoplewhovote.

appointments.Why,wedon蒺treallyknow.Youhavetotakeintoaccountupbringingaswellasinnate

eight.Italsohelpedtosupportpopularrevolutionsintwothousandtenandeleventhatforcedseverallong-timerulersfromoffice.Now,researchsuggeststhatsocialnetworkscouldhaveanevengreatereffect

17.ManchesterCitymidfielderYayaTourehasbeennamedtheAfricanPlayeroftheYearforasecondtime.

TourebeatfellowIvoryCoaststarandformerChelseastrikerDidierDrogbaintosecondplace.HewontheAfricanFootball.

2012pollinavoteofheadcoachesortechnicaldirectorsofcountriesaffiliatedtotheConfederationof18.ReshmaSaujanilaunchedanorganisationcalled“GirlsWhoCode”.Hergoalistogetmoregirls

interestedinscienceandtechnology.Andshesaystheunderrepresentationofwomeninthefieldsofissue.“Girlsandboysperformaboutthesameinmathsandscience.Sothere蒺snotanaptitudeissue.”science,technology,engineeringandmathematics,alsoknownasSTEM,iscausedbyabiggersocietal19.Tabletcomputersareoneofthebest-sellingproductsthisyear.BrianTongisSeniorEditorofCNET.com.

GoogleNexus7.Thehardwareinsideismorepowerfulthanwhat蒺sintheiPadMini,butalsoitoffersyou

-6-HesaystheAppleiPadMiniisoneofthemostpopulartablets.OneofApple蒺sbiggestcompetitorsisthe

20.TheUnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgencysaysonlysevenpercentofplasticwasteintheUnited

alsosaysitcanhelptheUnitedStatesreducetheamountofoilitimports.SectionD

alotofthingslikemapsthatworkbetterthanApple蒺smaps.

Statesisrecycledeachyear.AnewcompanyinnorthernNewYorksaysitcanincreasethatpercentage.It

Inthissection,youwillhearashortpassage.Thereare10missingwordsorphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordsorphrasesyouhear.Thepassagewillbereadtwice.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.

Ifyouyearnforsmoothskinthatglowswithyouth,thechancesarethatatsomepointyouwillhaveheardtheexhortationtodrinklotsofwaterinordertoflushoutthoseeviltoxinsandkeepyourskinhealthy.

inhotterclimatespeopleareadvisedtodrinkmoretocompensateforhigherratesofsweating.Butregardlessonboardwillkeepyourskinhydrated.Inotherwords,wateractslikeamoisturiser,butfromtheinsideout.oftheexactvolumeofwatersuggested,theprinciplebehindtheadviceremainsthesame—takingextrawater

Thisissuchacommonideayoumightbesurprisedatthelackofevidencetobackup.YoumightexpectTheexactamountpeoplesuggestvaries.US-basedadvicetendstorecommendeightglassesaday,while

theretobecountlessstudieswherepeopleareseparatedintotwogroups,oneassignedtosipwaterallday,theothertodrinkanormalamount.Thenthesmoothnessoftheskincouldbeassessedamonthorsolatertoestablishwhethersippingmoreledtosmootherskin.

Infactsuchstudiesarerare,partlybecausewatercan蒺tbepatented,soitishardtofindanyonetofund

suchresearchwhentherewillbenonewmedicationorcosmetictosellthatcouldrepaythecosts.AreviewbythedermatologistRonniWolfattheKaplanMedicalCentreinIsraelfoundjustonestudylookingattheeffectoflong-termwaterintakeontheskin.Buttheresultswerecontradictory.Afterfourweeks,thegroupofthetypeofwatertheydrank,itmadenodifferencetotheirwrinklesortothesmoothnessoftheirskin.whodrankextramineralwatershowedadecreaseinskindensity,whichsomebelievesuggeststheskinisretainingmoremoisture,whilethosewhodranktapwatershowedanincreaseinskindensity.Butregardless

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