2011 National English Contest for College studentsPart 1 Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks)
(Level D-Preliminary)
In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.
After each conversation, there will be a pause. During the pause, reading the question and the three choices
marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. How will the price be determined?
A. By calling the company. B. By asking the salesman. C. By looking at the price list. 2. Where most probably are the two speakers? A. A t a bus stop. B. On a train. C. In a car. 3. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. What to have for lunch. B. Whether or not to eat out. C. How to get to the conference. 4. Who is the man talking to?
A. A baker’s deliver service. B. An office supply store salesperson. C. A book designer. 5. What is Bart concerned about?
A. Finishing the report on time. B. Meeting the chairman of the board C. Convincing Judith to help him
Section B (10 marks)
In this section, you will hear two conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. After each conversation, there will be a once-minute pause. During the pause, read the five questions, each with the there choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best choice. Then mark the cirr1esponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. Conversation 1
6. Why dose Ruth call Jackie. A. To invite him to a party. B. To ask him to buy some food. C. To ask him to send some invitations. 7. What do you know about Ben’s new job? A. It is in London.
B. His is going to work for a magazine C. His is going to become a teacher 8. Where are they going to have the party? A. In a flat B. In a restaurant
C. In a public hall
9. What is being prepared for the party? A. A dance B. A film show C. Some French food 10. When will Jackie meet Ruth? A. At nine o’clock B. At a quarter to nine C. At ten o’clock Conversation 2
11. What are they talking about? A. Tony’s daily schedule B. Tony;s school life C. tony;s job.
12. Where dose the man work now? A. At a bank. B. In a hospital. C. At a school.
13. When did the man get up when he is a student? A. At 5:30. B. At8:30. C. At lunchtime.
14. What dose the man have to wear to work? A. Jeans B. A suit C. A T-Shirt. 15. What is one advantages of the man’s job?
A. He can use the internet. B. He has long holidays. C. He is paid a good salary. Section C (5 Marks)
In this section you will hear a monologue. The monologue will be read twice. After the monologue, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the five questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
16. Where did the thief steal the cars from?
A. Gardens B. Showrooms. C. Garages 17. What was the thief’s job?
A. A salesman. B. A doctor. C. A cleaner 18. What did the thief do with the cars that he stole?
A. He cleaned them, and then left them at the side of the road. B. He painted them and then kept them. C. He sold them to other people.
19. What’s the punishment for the thief’s behavior?
A. A long jail sentence. B. Cleaning all the cars that he stole. C. A fine of f4000.
20. How long was the thief’s marriage to Mary?
A. 36 years. B. 13 years. C. 48 years. Section D (10 marks)
In this section, there is a short passage which will be read twice. Listen to the passage carefully, and then fill in the blanks with the words or phrases you hear on the tape. Remember to write down the answers on the answer sheet.
InBritain, there are two occasions each year when people usually receive presents: on Christmas day and on their birthdays. In the past, the 21st birthday was (21) _____because it symbolized becoming an adult. People (22) ______received a silver key on that day to symbolize opening the door to the adult world. Today, people inBritainlegally become adults at the age of (23) _____so they often have the biggest celebration on that birthday.
The customer of giving gifts on 25 December only (24) _____ Victorian times. Before that it was more common for people inBritainto (25)_____presents on New Year’s eve or Twelfth Night. These days ,on Christmas Eve parents put presents for young children in ‘stocking’ and hang them on the end of their presents. Gifts for older children believe that Santa Claus came during the night and (26) _____ them their presents. Gifts for older children and grown-up are (27) _____the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Then, on Christmas morning, everyone sits around the tree and opens their presents.
Easter and Mother’s Day are also important days. Young children usually receive (28) _____at Easter and most people often give presents to their mothers on Mother’s Day. People also receive gifts on important occasions in their lives. For example, all the guests (29) _____usually bring a gift for the bride and groom. And these days, students sometimes get presents from their parents if they (30) _____their exams! Part 5 Vocabulary and Structure (15)
There are 15 incomplete sentences. 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. It goes without ____that you’ll be paid for all this extra time you’re spending on the project. A. saying B. telling C. talking D. speaking
32. We ____the money to your money market account within three working days.
A. have been transferred B. will transfer C. transferring D. will be transferred
33. The colorful illustrations included in the new edition if the book make it ____attractive. A. much more B. most of all C. the more D. that most 34. The crew worked so hard that they finished eh entire project three days ____ of schedule.
A. forward B. ahead C. soon D. advanced 35. Her Olympic experience gave her a bid ____ over the other contestants.
A. with which B. to that C. with D. to which
36. It is useful to be able to predict the extent ____ a price change will affect supply and demands. A. learn about B. worthwhile C. valuable D. valuing 37. The old lady became worried when she didn’t ____- her son for a whole month.
A. learn about B. hear of C. hear from D. learn from 38. He decided it wasn’t _____ reading the report as he’d been informed of all the changes already.
A. worthy B. worthwhile C. valuable D. valuing
39. They have taken measures to solve the city’s pollution problem, but it may be some time___ the situation improves.
A. give in B. blooming C. bloom D. bloomed 40. Large companies sometimes try to ____smaller companies by buying a majority of the shares. A. give in B. suggested C. persuaded D. implied
41. Using recent developments in science and technology, man can make various flowers ____before their time.
A. give in B. get up C. look after D. take over
41. Using recent developments in science and technology, man can make various flowers _____before their time.
A. insisted B. suggested C. persuaded D. implied 42. Our neighbours have ______us to buy the same kind of carpeting that they have. A. insisted B. suggested C. persuaded D. implied 43. –excuse me,______?
Yes. That’s one glass of white wine, one mineral water and one sandwich. Ten pounds, please. Thanks, is service includes? No.
Ok , here you are.
A. can we have the bill, please B. what would you like to have. C. do you have any hamburgers D. could you please get me some water 44. Reception , how may I help you? There isn’t soap in the bathroom! ______, sir.
Thanks you. Can I have some shower gel, and some shaving cream, too, please?
Sorry. We don’t provide shaving cream, but there’s some shower gel in the bathroom cabinet. A. You can buy some in the shop. B. I’ll send some to your room right away C. I’m really sorry to hear that D. That’s impossible. There must be some. 45. Hello. I’d like to speak to Julie, please. I’m afraid she isn’t here right now. _____?
Yes. This is her friend M ark. I’m calling to ask her if she’d like to see a movie tomorrow night.
Okay. I’ll give her the message. Thanks.
A. would you like to hold on?
B. Do you know when she will be back C. Would you like to see a movie tonight D. Can I take a message. Part 3 close(15 marks)
Read the passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose he word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form if the given word, or by using the given letter of the word.
Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.
This is Matt Drudge, millionaire founder and owner of the Drudge Report, the first and most successful online ‘newspaper’. People have called Drudge the ultimate blogger but he doesn’t accept this (46)______(describe). He considers the Drudge Report to be a proper newspaper, very different (47 _______the thousands of weblogs which have sprung up on the internet.
Drudge’s fascination for news and gossip stems form a childhood job (48) d_____ papers for The Washington Star, which gave him plenty of time and o_____ to catch up with the latest news.
Drudge was (50)______(interest) in school work or sport. However, he developed an obsession (51) ____ rumors and political gossip. At school his only good marks for (52) c____ affairs. Following a series of dead-end jobs Drudge ended up in los angels in the 1990s, just in (53) ____ for the beginning of what was to become the internet.
The World Wide Web was a fertile hunting (54) g_____ for Drudge. He spend hours sifting through the newsgroups and websites that then existed, searching (55) _____ rumors and inside stories from the political and entertainment worlds. He launched the Drudge Report website in 1995, (56) ______ has become a daily ‘rumor bulletin’ expressing his version of the latest and juiciest gossip fromHollywoodandWashington. Always managing to be the first with (57) ____ (break) news, Drudge’s success was assured when he became the first person to publicise the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998.
Now with an income of over a million dollars a year and many thousands of (58) _____ (subscribe), the Drudge Report has become a ‘must see’ resource for those hungry for the latest news and gossip. Will the ever-increasing availability of news on the internet mean the (59) e____ for its older rival, the conventional newspaper? Drudge doesn’t think so. He thinks the two working (60) t______. Part 5 reading comprehension (40 marks)
Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions. Respond to the questions according to the passage. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Section A (10 marks)
On the evening of his 18th birthday, a teenager from a tiny village in northernGermanyclicked ‘send’ on his computers in hospitals and blanks in Hong Kong, china had crashed, and trains inAustraliaand theUSAand stopped.
In court a few months later, the teenager, Sven Jaschan, was charged with criminal damage. He was found guilty of putting the terrible ‘Sasser’ computer virus on the internet and received a 21-month suspended sentence. He avoided prison because he was only eighteen when he committed the crime. The virus infected millions of computer systems across the world, and caused millions of dollars damage. Sven admitted his guilt to the detectives who came to his home. He had spent an enormous amount of time creating the Sasser virus on the computer in his bedroom. He often spent ten hours a day in front of his computer but his parents hadn’t known what he was doing at the time.
When he released the virus on the internet, he didn’t realize it would cause so much damage. He was just delighted that in had worked. ‘I felt as if I had written a first-class essay’, said Sven. ‘I told my classmates- they thought it was terrific.’ But his feelings changed very quickly. He was terrified when se saw a TV news report about the virus and damage it had caused.
Detectives arrested Sven after one of his classmates contacted Microsoft and told them about him. Microsoft had offered a $250,000 reward for information about the virus. However, Sven’s teachers at school were astonished that Sven had created the virus. They said that he wasn’t a brilliant computer student. ‘there are others in the class who are better than him,’ one teacher said!
While he was waiting for his waiting for his trial to start, Sven left school and started work. He now works for a computer company, making ‘firewalls’ – vital pieces of software that protect computers from viruses!
2011年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷（D类真题） 和答案
