2012 年大学生英语竞赛（ NECCS ） C 类决赛真题试卷
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure
31． The president's education speeches contained______the tongue leading to public confusion over education policy. A ． a slide of
B ． a slip of C． a skip of D ． a glide of
32． The word \whereas the words associate______\
B ． with:
A ． to: with to C． to: to D ． with: with 33． Gas prices rose 4% in April, a______rise but the smallest since January. A ． Mighty
B ． Severe
C． Steep
D ． massive
34． It seems a ______lying.
very simple thing to tell the truth, but beyond all question, there is nothing
A ． half so easy as B ． so half easy as C ． half easy as D ． so easy as half
35． ______until recently, people who are left-handed have been considered abnormal.
D ． No
A ． Up B ． Unless C． Down t 36． Sorry about the loss. But it'll give you some relief if your house is______against fire. A ． Assured their pace. A ． Sunk
B ． Ensured
C． Insured
D ． pledged
37． When______in a downpour without an umbrella or a raincoat, most people would pick up
B ． Caught C ． Plunged D ． grabbed
38． In 1993, V. S. Naipaul was awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prize in______of his lifetime's achievement. A ． Identification
B ． Acquaintance C ． Recognition D． perspective
39． Many linguists______that our highly evolved brain provides us with innate language ability not found in lower organisms. A ． Suggest
B ． Claim
C． Promise D ． convince
40． I'm in a slightly______position in that he is not arriving until 12: 00 which is 3 hours late.
B ． Weir
A ． Tight d C ． Awesome D ． awkward 41． Tactless she may be, but ungrateful______think her. A ． should not you
B ． should you not
C． not should you D ． you should not
42． More than 30 people died in the train accident, most of______children.
A ． Which
B ． Them
C ． Who
m
D ． that
43． He admits that his team really______him to play a role of responsibility.
A ． look forward to B ． look down on C ． look up to D ． look on
44． — Do you know the students have been protesting against the increased tuition? — I've heard about the protest, but______
A ． I've joined in it to support the students.
B ． I don't see any good it will do.
C． I do know the reason for it.
D ． I think it'll be a great success.
45． — I hear you're a journalist now, Paul. That must be exciting. — ______most of the time. But like all jobs, it has its disadvantages.
A ． It's boring
B ． It's a piece of cake C． It has drawbacks D ． It's a buzz
Part Ⅲ Cloze
There is a phenomenon that sociologists call reference anxiety
— or, more popularly, keeping
up with the 【 C1】 Jo______. According to that thinking, most people judge their possessions in
comparison
with others'. People tend not to ask themselves, \my house meet my needs?\
【 C2 】 Ins______they ask, \ surrounded by three-and four-bedroom tear-down to build a McMansion,
houses, with some 【 C3 】 ar______the
corner doing a
your reference anxiety may rise. Suddenly that two-bedroom
house— one that your grandparents might have considered quite nice, even luxurious — doesn't seem enough. And so the money you spent on it stops well-being.
【 C4 】 ______(provide)you with a sense of
Americans' soaring reference anxiety is a product of the widening gap in income 【 C5 】 ______(distribute). In other words, the rich are getting richer faster, and the rest of the population are none too happy about it. During much of the U. S. history, the
【 C6 】 ______(major) lived in
small towns or urban areas where conditions for most people were approximately the same-hence, low 【 C7】 ______anxiety. Also, most people knew relatively little about those who were living higher on the hog.
But in the past few 【 C8】de______, new economic forces have changed all that. Rapid growth in income for the top 5 percent of households has brought
【 C9 】 ab______a substantial cohort of
people who live notably better than the middle class does, amplifying our reference anxiety. That wealthier minority is occupying ever-larger homes and spending more on each change of clothes when the middle is doing O. K. In nations with Scandinavian countries, well-being tends distribution such as the United States. Part Ⅳ Reading Comperhension Section A
【 C10 】 h______levels of income equality like the to be higher
than in nations with unequal
wealth
Several research groups in the United States are conducting genetic research aimed
at retarding aging. If the breakthroughs of recent years are anything to go by, it is likely that we will see several-fold longevity increases in mice within the next decade or so. Already such genetic manipulation
has increased by
almost 50% the life span of flies. Results are also promising in
in mice by 50% through
mammals: scientists have extended longevity genetic interventions.
Achieving similar results in humans will be harder. Scientists have already identified genes that appear to accelerate human aging, but they have
yet to find genes with the opposite effect. But
with the sequencing of the human genome, we are now in a better position to find out more about aging in humans as well as animals.
For those who cannot wait, there is one method available today that might delay human aging,
caloric restriction. This means simply a diet with few calories. Experiments have shown longevity increases of more than 50% in certain mammals that follow such diets. Most people, however, feel that the secondary effects of this outweigh the benefits. After all, what is the point of living longer if you cannot enjoy life? If science is to extend human longevity, it will have to do so by extending
the duration of human life in age-related disability. The extra years of life must allow grandparents to enjoy life, not just live.
Although
continue
some scientists
future
argue that aging will never be cured and our grandparents will
to fit our stereotypes, many others remain confident that we will soon learn how to
modulate the human aging process. \I believe our generation is the first to be able possible
route to individual immortality,\says William Haseltine, CEO of Human Sciences Inc. in Rockville, Maryland. If a therapy could slow human aging by 50% , for instance, we could have 30 or 40 more years of life. In that time, new discoveries could be made that would
to map a Genome
allow us to live even longer, and the cycle could continue until a cure for aging is discovered. \possible that some people a-live now may still be alive 400 years from now,\
gerontologist S. Michal Jazwinski of Louisiana State of University Health Sciences Center. But what would be consequences of extending human longevity or finding a real cure for aging?
Researchers have achieved success in
【 A1 】 ______the aging of flies. But similar results in
genes that slow down human aging, scientists
humans are not
encouraging. Other than finding
have identified genes that appear to
【 A2 】______it. However, there might be one way of delaying
aging, i. e. caloric 【 A3 】______which means following certain diets with few calories. Meanwhile, it is necessary to think about the significance of living longer and how to
【 A4 】 ______the aging
process. Some optimistic people believe that it is possible to extend human longevity while others
are quite concerned about the 【 A5 】 ______of it.
Section B
No matter how carefully you plan a trip with a friend, or family member, there will probably
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