1、第2章 歷年真題及詳解全國(guó)大學(xué)生英語(yǔ)競(jìng)賽A類2009年初賽試題Part Listening ComprehensionSection AIn this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marke

2、d A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.1. What is the patient suffering from?A. A throat infection. B. A skin infection. C. A serious cut.2. Why is the man late?A. The trains were delayed.B. He c

3、ouldnt find a bus stop.C. Something went wrong with his friends motorbike.3. Where is the woman?A. In a film processing shop. B. In a photocopy shop. C. In a bookshop.4. Which curry comes with rice included?A. Beef curry. B. Lamb curry. C. Chicken curry.5. What does the shop sell?A. Clothes. B. Book

4、s. C. Food.Section BIn this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the five questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best a

5、nswer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation One6. Why does the woman compare human memory to a hard disc drive?A. Because both can be wiped out by accidents.B. Because both can be trained to work better.C. Because both can be expan

6、ded.7. What are we told about people suffering from Alzheimers disease?A. They dont understand the mechanisms of memory.B. They cant remember who they are.C. They forget how to perform simple tasks.8. Who has a lower risk of developing Alzheimers disease?A. People who have received little education.

7、B. People who have mentally active jobs.C. People who first have good memories.9. According to the woman, what harms our memories?A. Doing too much physical exercise.B. The number of devices in modern life.C. Devices designed to help us remember things.10. How can we remember things more easily acco

8、rding to the woman?A. By connecting them with a physical object.B. By looking at them very carefully first.C. By having people remind us of them.Conversation Two11. What unusual ability does the woman have?A. Relating emotions to words.B. Linking colors and emotions.C. Connecting colors with words.1

9、2. How did the woman develop this condition?A. It was passed on to her from her parents.B. She got it when she was a child.C. She developed it after she had children.13. When the woman was younger, what did she and her brother often argue about?A. Whether they had unusual abilities.B. The colors con

10、nected with words.C. Why they saw different colors for certain words.14. What does the woman say about her ability?A. It is directly associated with her moods.B. It can make her feel depressed.C. It has made her very famous.15. How does the womans condition affect her reading?A. It enables her to re

11、ad faster than average.B. She likes to reread a sentence from time to time.C. She tends to skip sentences with bright colors.Section CIn this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and th

12、e three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.16. When did East Timor win independence?A. Less than a year ago. B. Two years ago. C. About seven years ago.17. Who was the first pres

13、ident of an independent Lebanon?A. Calands father. B. Calands grandfather. C. Calands mother.18. What did Piekens ask the young people to do?A. To demand a national energy plan.B. To fight for their count13.C. To end the energy crisis.19. What is mainly talked about in this news item?A. The dangers

14、of smoking.B. The dangers of second-hand smoke.C. The dangers of third-hand smoke.20. How many people were killed in the accident in addition to Robert Sanchez?A. 25. B. 24. C. 130.Section DIn this section, you will hear a passage which will be read only once. You are required to fill in the blanks

15、with the exact words you have just heard. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.One of the most interesting developments in the toy market has been the (21) in that most traditional of toys: train sets. Models of all sorts, but especially railways, were (22) in the 1980s and 1990s, but t

16、hey have become big business in the last few years. In Britain there has always been a strong interest in railways, as can be seen from the number of people who go train spotting- (23) about locomotives and train movements. This also explains why Britain is the largest model railway market in Europe

17、.Modern train sets are introducing children, who may never have traveled on a real train, to the joys of railway modeling. For parents, model railways are a (24) to computers and video games. Model trains are more lasting than other toys, and their quality is (25) . This has added to their (26) with

18、 both parents and children. Interestingly, the (27) of purchasers of model railways today are adults, not children. By that I do not mean that parents buy model railways for their children, although (28) this happens a great deal. I mean adults who are willing to spend a lot of money on miniature lo

19、comotives and (29) part of their childhood. Purchasers of model trains are often (30) , such as bankers and business executives.Part Vocabulary and StructureThere are 15 incomplete sentences in this part. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes

20、the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.31. The elephant had some _ relatives called mammoths, which lived during the Stone Age.A. remote B. distant C. relevant D. distinct32. It was only when I felt the aircraft leave the runway, an

21、d saw Manhattan _ into the distance beneath and behind me, that I finally began to relax.A. receding B. retreating C. removing D. reversing33. Many old houses are being demolished to _ new buildings and parking lots.A. give rise to B. bring forth C. provide for D. make room for34. _ we have the offi

22、cial list of participants, we can make the final arrangements accordingly.A. Until B. Even though C. Now that D. Unless35. He appeared to be serious, but the truth is that for one reason or another, he didnt get his joke _ very effectively.A. down B. around C. across D. out36. I want the light fitti

23、ngs to be _ the ceiling.A. flat on B. flush with C. parallel to D. level in37. Although the victim had a testing device that _ the problem, he continued to replace the fuses. This led to the disruption of the grounding path and the creation of a hazardous situation.A. would have identified B. would

24、identifyC. will have identified D. will identify38. The issue in _ is whether Congress should preserve a concept called net neutrality.A. case B. mind C. contradiction D. question39. Military music may have _ from attempts to get people ready for _ by using fast music with drumming to stimulate thei

25、r hearts to beat faster.A. expanded ; confrontation B. advanced ; struggleC. evolved ; battle D. elevated ; strife40. People carry out much of their commerce here, _ selling vegetables, serving locals meals or running, a hair salon.A. was it B. it is C. it being D. be it41. There seemed little hope

26、that the explorers, _ in the rainforest, would find their way out.A. having deserted B. to have been desertedC. to be deserted D. having been deserted42. _, if anyone wants to grab the Radio Grayblog graphic for the purpose of linking, go right ahead.A. Incidentally B. Consequently C. Subsequently D

27、. Accidentally43. It is certain that no food is as good as _ earned by ones own labor, whether physical or mental.A. such B. that C. what D. one44. Ben: Look at this poster. Two of the women who were on the polar expedition to Antarctica are giving a talk in the Town Hall next month!Gina: Oh, Id rea

28、lly like to hear more about that. _.Ben: Just a minute. Ill have a look. It doesnt say. Shall I phone the Town Hall and find out?Gina: _ Theyre not open now though, so youll have to ring tomorrow.A. Would you like to go with me?; No, you neednt.B. What date are they coming?; Yes, good idea VC. Im so

29、 fascinated with Antarctica!; Yes, go ahead.D. Does it give any details?; No, thanks, I can do that myself.45. Female: Its always so hard to know _.Male: I know. I mean, the only thing he likes doing is going fishing, and he buys all that stuff himself. And clothes., hes got so many already.Female:

30、Well, how about a new fishing rod?Male: _ I mean, hes so particular.A. how to make Dad happy; Sure.B. when Dad goes out; Give it a try.C. what to get for Dad; I wouldnt dare.D. where Dad buys his stuff; Not bad.Part Reading ComprehensionSection AThere is one passage in this section followed by five

31、questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice, then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.I have been living in London for more th

32、an 60 years, but still, when Im driving and take some clever back-street short-cut, I catch myself thinking how extraordinary it is that I am doing this ! For a moment the town mouse I have become is being seen by the country mouse t used to be. And although, given a new start, I would again become

33、a town mouse, when I visit relations in the country, I envy them.Recently, I stood beside a freshwater lake in Norfolk, made by diverting a small river, near where my brother lives. As he was identifying some of the birds we could see, in came seven swans. They circled, then the haunting sound of th

34、eir wing beats gave way to silence as they glided into a splash-down.It is not a picturesque part of the coast, but it has a definite character of line and fight and color. You do live in a lovely place, I said to my brother, and he answered, Yes, I do. There are probably few days when he does not p

35、ause to recognize its loveliness as he works with his boats-he teaches sailing-or goes about his many other occupations.The lakes creator is a local landowner, continuing the tradition whereby the nature of our countryside has been determined by those who own the land. Formerly, landowners would alm

36、ost certainly have made such changes for their own benefit, but this time it was done to help preserve the wildlife here, which is available for any visitor to see, providing they do nothing to disturb the birds. It is evidence of change: country life is changing fast.One of the biggest changes I ha

37、ve witnessed is that second-homers, together with commuters, have come to be accepted as a vital part of the country scene. Also the men and women who service their cars, dig their gardens, install their phones, repair their word processors, lay their carpets and do all the other things they need, a

38、re vital to modern country life.It is quite likely that the children of todays workers may be moving into the same kind of jobs as the second-homers and the retired. Both the children of a country woman I know are at university, and she herself, now that they have left home, is working towards a uni

39、versity degree. One of the delights of country life today, it seems, is that there you can see how much social mobility is increasing.Much depends, of course, on the part of the countryside you are living in and on personality- your own and that of your neighbors. In my brothers Norfolk village, soc

40、ial life seems dizzying to a Londoner. In addition to dropping in on neighbors, people throw and attend parties far more often than we do. My brothers wife, Mary, and her friends fly off on the most dashing bargain breaks in Krakow or Prague or Venice, and are always going into Norwich for a concert

41、 or to Kings Lynn for an exhibition. The boring country life that people from cities talk about is a thing of the past-or perhaps that was only ever an impression.This is very unlike living in a London street for 50 years and knowing only the names of four other residents. In these 50 years I have m

42、ade only one real friend among them. I do enjoy my life, and Mary says that she sometimes envies it (the grass on the other side of the fence) , but whenever I go to Norfolk, I end up feeling that the lives of country mice are more admirable than my own.46. It is sometimes a source of surprise to th

43、e writer _.A. to find herself driving through back streetsB. that she has been in the city for so longC. to realize how much she has got used to living in LondonD. that she lives in the city when she prefers the country47. The atmosphere created by the writer when she describes the swans is _.A. mag

44、ical B. frightening C. deafening D. disturbing48. What does It in line 5, paragraph 4 refer to?A. The freshwater lake in a Norfolk village.B. The fact that the lake belongs to a landowner here.C. The fact that wildlife now needs to be preserved.D. The reason for the landowners action.49. What is sug

45、gested about outsiders who now live in the country?A. That country people no longer reject them.B. That they often do work like servicing cars and digging gardens.C. That the men and women who work for them are from the city.D. That many of them have been in the countryside for a long time.50. Socia

46、l life in the country _.A. depends completely on where you liveB. is not as dull as people in the cities sometimes think it isC. is not affected by your neighborsD. is always less exciting than life in the citySection BThere is one passage in this section with five unfinished statements. Read the pa

47、ssage carefully, and then complete each statement in a maximum of four words. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Although your accommodation is booked for the first few days, securing long-term accommodation will be your own respon

48、sibility. During your orientation programme, the housing options available will be discussed with you and you will be advised of the various organizations where you can go for help in finding accommodation.You may find it more convenient to obtain accommodation in the institution where you are study

49、ing. Alternatively you may prefer to rent a room in a house or flat with other students. The various types of available accommodation are listed below. The cost of accommodation will vary according to the facilities provided and the location.The types of housing available include:boarding housesshar

50、ed houses or flatsresidential collegesrented houses or flats.Boarding houses: These are a combination of single and shared rooms which are rented out individually. There are two types of boarding houses available:i) Self-cooking (you do your own cooking in a communal kitchen). Cooking and eating ute

51、nsils are often provided.ii) Full board (meals are cooked for you).Facilities in a boarding house usually include: fully furnished room, sheets and towels, shared bathroom, gas and/or electrical appliances.Shared houses or flats: Shared accommodation is available when somebody has a spare room in th

52、eir house or flat which they wish to rent. The rent and costs of gas and electricity are shared equally between the people sharing the flat. Each person is also expected to help clean and tidy the shared living space (e. g. kitchen, bathroom, living room). People sharing a house or flat are also res

53、ponsible for cleaning their own room, doing their washing and cooking their own meals.Residential colleges: Residential colleges are a feature of many academic institutions in Australia. These colleges are located on campus or very close to the campus and usually provide single bedrooms, shared bath

54、room, all meals and sheets and towels.Rented houses or flats: These are usually for a longer term. Most Flats are unfurnished and do not contain any furniture except a stove. Houses are considerably more expensive than flats, and rent varies with size, condition and location. The costs of electricit

55、y and gas are additional. When renting a house or flat you can either sign a lease or enter into a written tenancy agreement with the landlord.Landlords and managing agents usually require tenants to deposit an amount of money, as a bond. A bond is kept by the landlord (or in some Australian states

56、by a Bond Board) as a protection against the tenant damaging the rented property or moving out without giving notice. If you have kept the place clean and not damaged it, you are entitled to, have the bond refunded when you leave.Rules for Renting or Leasing1) All agreements with landlords should be

57、 in writing. Make sure you fully understand any agreements before you sign.2) Always inspect the place carefully before you move in and keep a list of any items that were damaged by previous tenants. This prevents problems when you claim the return of bond money.3) For furnished fiats, always compil

58、e a list of furniture and equipment. A copy should be held by you, and a copy held by the landlord or real estate agent.4) Always get a receipt from the landlord/agent when you pay rent and keep these receipts and any agreement in a safe place. Make sure you have a receipt for any bond money you have paid.5) Always give notice in writing at least one rental per