' 2017年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛(C级) 2017 National English Competition for College Students (Level C - Preliminary) (Total: 150 marks Time： 120 minutes)
Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks)
In 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 fifteen-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a TV studio. C. At the police station. A. Surfing. C. Swimming.
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B. In a supermarket. D. In an airplane. B. Windsurfing. D. Mountain climbing.
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2. Which of the following sports is Sarah good at?
3. How does the woman handle the over-load information on the Internet?
A. Only going shopping on line when she wants to. B. Always bookmarking some important websites. C. Downloading useful information to her computer. D. Making a time limit for surfing the Internet. 4. What do we learn about Richard from the conversation?
A. He got a promotion to vice president. B. He found a new job as a supervisor. C. He resigned from the company lately. D. He lost his 20-year job unfortunately. 5. What is the woman’s opinion about child stars?
A. They have a hard time growing up. B. They are the pride of their parents. C. They should learn to deal with pressure. D. They enjoy success and fame too early.
Section B (10 marks)
In 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 questions and make your answers on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. Conversation One
Listen to the conversation, and mark each statement as either true (T) or false (F) according to your listening.
6. Daniel found his research on the Globe Theatre interesting and he needed more time to finish it. 7. Lily believed that there must be much difference between today’s performances and the original ones in the Globe Theatre.
8. Daniel said that there were no women on the stage in Shakespeare’s time.
9. No live sound effects are used any more for today’s performances at the Globe Theatre.
10. Performers wear authentic clothes but use very few props in today’s shows at the Globe Theatre. Conversation Two
Listen to the conversation, mark each question as A, B, C or D according to your listening. 11. Where is most of Robert’s collection kept?
A. In his own study. C. In his private library.
12. What does Robert mainly collect?
A. Products related to the Olympics. C. Rare coins and stamps.
13. What was the first thing Robert collected?
A. An age-old shopping basket. C. An 18th century advertisement. 14. When did Robert start collecting?
A. About three years old. C. When he was thirteen.
B. After his 16th birthday. D. At the age of thirty.
B. A piece of rock from space. D. The fossil of a sea animal. B. Uncommon stones and rocks. D. The packaging of products. B. In a museum. D. In a secret cave.
15. What is Robert’s attitude towards his collecting interest now?
A. He admits it is a rather tedious thing to do. B. He feels it is a dedication he should continue. C. He regrets having spent too much time on it. D. He regards it merely as a personal hobby.
Section C (5 marks)
In this section, you will hear five short news items. Each item will he read only once. After each item, there will be a fifteen—second pause. During the pause, read the question and the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. Which accident was reported in the news?
A. A parade stampede. C. Fireworks explosions.
B. A series of car crashes.
D. Terrorist bombings.
17. Why are even protected area in the Eastern Amazon at increased risk of forest fires?
A. The drying out of the undergrowthmakes it more likely to catch fire. B. The temperature has kept rising in thisarea in the past fe'v decades. C. There has been little rain for quite a long time in the Amazon region. D. Some tourists make fire to cook when they camp in the rain forest. 18. What does the Royal College of Physicians say is the impact of e—cigarettes?
A. Few people smoke e-cigarettes because they make people feel ill. B. E-cigarettes have the risk of encouraging people to take up cigarettes. C. Many smokers quit smoking successfully with the help of e-cigarettes. D. There is no evidence to show that e-cigarettes lead to better health. 19. What is the effect of shift work on people’s mind according to the study?
A. Three thousand shift workers died during the past two years. B. Doing shift work for years running makes people ageing faster. C. Mind injuries brought by shift work are impossible to recover. D. Less than five years’ shift work does no harm to people’s mind. 20. Why does Nepal make restrictions on Mount Everest climbing?
A. Climbers have found dangerous animals on the mountain. B. There have been fierce snowstorms on the mountain. C. A lot of serious accidents have happened on the mountain. D. It wants to improve the management of the mountain. Section D (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. After each passage, there will be a thirty —second pause. During the pause, write the answers on the answer sheet. Dictation
Listen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear.
The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains in South America. It (21) _______________ six countries before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It is almost 6,500 kilometers long. The Amazon is the second longest river in the world. The Nile in Africa is longer. But the Amazon has more water in it than any other river. This is why it is called the (22)___________________ river.
There is so much water in the Amazon that when it reaches the sea this water travels far out into the ocean. The water has a lot of mud in it, so it is brown. Five hundred years ago,
(23)二 ____ on a ship 300 kilometers from land saw this brown water. They followed it and found the Amazon River!
The river is very deep and very wide. In some places it is so wide that a person on one side cannot see the other side. When the river floods, it is (24) __________ . The river floods every year. Some people who live beside the river build their houses (25) ____________ . When the river rises, their houses rise too! Summary
Listen to the passage. For questions 26-30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank.
l At night, bright lights in city areas block the stars and cause (26) _____________ . Sometimes t § .
many citizens cannot sleep because of the light coming into their homes. And this can ^
§ ^ § cause serious (27) ________ . Animals and plants also suffer. Light affects the growth of c；
■ (； plants, and it can (28) and hurt animals. In
addition, the cost of lighting city y § i \\
v areas is huge. The waste of (29) _________ is totally unnecessary. We need to (30) __________ v
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、our use of lighting to save ourselves from the pollution.
Part Bt Vocabulary & Grammar (15 marks)
There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
31. In my opinion, all these special offers are there to _________ people into buying things they
don’t really want. A. urge 32.
B. hasten
C. sway
D. tempt
Nearly every hospital has the same unwritten regulation — the badly wounded have priority those A. over
B. to
C. before
D. above
only slightly hurt.
2017全国大学生英语竞赛初赛C类真题
