2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题
2003 National English Contest for College Students （Preliminary）
Part I Listening Comprehension（30 minutes，30 points）Section A Dialogues（10 points）
Directions：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialogues．At the end of each dialogue，a question will be asked about what was said．Both the dialogue and the question will be read only once．After each question there will be a pause．during the pause，you must read the four choices marked A，B，C and D，and decide which is the best answer．Then m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center．1．A．A sales clerk．
C．A tailor．2．A．By train．
C．By car．
3．A．Fish is the only dish left．4．A．He starts work next weekend．
C．He'll be in the mountains．5．A．In an elevator．
C．On the seventh floor．6．A．They felt it was disorganized．
B．They were pleased with its Asian content．C．They felt it lacked Asian content．D．They felt it ignored recent events．7．A．He doesn't have enough time．
B．He doesn't have a watch．
C．The library doesn't have the articles he wants．D．He can't find the library．
8．A．He wants the woman to dine out with them．
B．He wants to work tomorrow．
C．He wants the woman to finish dinner first．D．He wants to pay for the dinner．9．A．Twice a day．
C．Once a week．10．A．At two o'clock．
C．At three thirty．
Section B News Items（10 points）
Directions：In this section，you will hear 10 pieces of short news from BBC or VOAquestion following each piece of newswords．
11．_______________________________________ 12．_______________________________________ 13．_______________________________________ 14．_______________________________________
．There will be a
．Write down the answer to each question in no more than 15 B．Twice a week．D．Daily．
B．At four o'clock．D．At eight o'clock．
B．A police officer．D．A nurse．B．She walks．D．By bus．
B．Chicken is the only dish left．B．He'll be away．
D．He's moving to Florida．B．At a dress store．D．At a department store．
C．Vegetarian meals are not offered．D．There aren't any vegetarian meals left．
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15．_______________________________________ 16．_______________________________________ 17．_______________________________________ 18．_______________________________________ 19．_______________________________________ 20．_______________________________________ Section C Compound Dictation（10 points）
Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three times．When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea．Then listen to the passage again．When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heard．For blanks numbered from 29 to 30，you are required to fill in the missing information．You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words．Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer Sheet．
Although general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in international trade．Because 95percent of the world's population and two-thirds of its (21)_____ power are located outside the United Statesis important for American (22)_____to be present in foreign markets
，it
．However，before we explain the
different methods by which a company may (23)_____in international trade，we might first consider some important (24)_____that U.S．companies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign country．These factors are (25)_____with differences in language，in values and attitudes，and in political (26)_____．
When (27)_____Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920
，the company used a group of Chinese
symbols that，when spoken，sounded like Coca-Cola．However，when read，these symbols meant，“a female horse fattened with wax”．Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s，Coca-Cola used a
series
of
Chinese
(28)_____that
translates
into
“
happiness
in
the
mouth”．(29)_________________________．
Culture is the total pattern of human behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people．(30)_________________________．Part II
Vocabulary and Structure（15 minutes，30 points）
Section A Multiple Choice（20 points）
Directions：Questions 31-50 constitute a complete passage．There are 20blanks in the passage．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．Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which on hooliganism ，according to __B___ official files．A．recent revealed C．previous disclosing
B．newly released D．earlier exposing
raged for five
nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as the work of“ruffians，both colored and white”hell-bent
32．But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_D___ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“niggers”．A．contain C．consist
B．convince D．confirm
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33．The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racial riots”，as the press called them at the time，shocked Britain into_A_C___ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played out in the American deep south．A．realizing C．watching
B．witnessing D．identifying
34．The carnival，which will__C___ the streets of west London _____more than 1.5 million people this weekend，was started in 1959 as a direct response to the riots．A．crowd；of C．fill；with
B．pour；for D．emerge；in
，the internal Metropolitan
35．While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots
police files released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances were overwhelmingly _C__A__ by 300 to 400 strong“Keep Britain White”mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with iron bars ，butcher's knives and weighted leather belts，who went“nigger-hunting”among the West Indian residents of Noting Hill and Noting DaleA．erupted C．triggered
A．lying unconscious C．feel faint
B．commenced D．inaugurated B．there died D．serious hurt
．
36．The first night left five black men _A__D__ on the pavements of Noting Hill．
37．The battles raged over the bank holiday weekend as the black _D____responded in kind with counterattacks by large groups of“men of color”similarly armed．A．column C．brigade
B．army D．community
，a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor
38．Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as he came out of Bluey's Club on Talbot Road，Noting Hill．He __B___a piece of iron down his left trouser legA．found to have C．found having
B．was found to have D．was found having
blade in his inside breast pocket：“I have to protect myself，”he told the arresting officer．
39．The _A_B___ files，which were sealed under the 75-year rule but have been released early，show that senior officers tried to convince the then home secretary，“Rab”Butler，that there was not a racial element to the rioting．A．forbidden C．incredible
B．confidential D．strict
40．In his official report，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the national press had been wrong to portray the“widespread series of street disturbances”as“racial”riots：“Whereas there certainly was some __A___ feeling between white and colored residents in this areato indulge in hooliganism．”A．ill C．painful A．told differently
B．sick D．hurt
B．interpreted in a different way
，it is abundantly
clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians，both colored and white，who seized on this opportunity
41．But the police witness statements and private statistics __B_D__ ．
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C．existed m any differences D．told a different story
42．The Met commissionerwas told that _C_D___ the 108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessing offensive weapons，72 were white and 36 were “colored”．A．for C．of
B．from D．in
43．It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday，August 20，when a 400-strong crowd of white men，_BD____“Teds”，attacked houses occupied by West Indians．A．they are all C．some were A．offenders C．victims to get home．A．bruised C．patted
B．struck D．scratched B．many of them D．most of them belong to
，a young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican．
B．rioters D．residents
44．Among the __C__ was Majbritt Morrison
45．She was pelted with stones，glass and wood，and _B_D___ in the back with an iron bar as she tried
46．The internal police witness statements provide graphic evidence of the motives of the mobs—at one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streets of Notting Hill，_B____ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find．A．plunging into C．seeking for
B．breaking into D．searching for
47．PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of 300 to 400 white people in Bramley Road _C__A__：“We will kill all black bastards．Why don't you send them home？”A．shouting C．utter
B．to cry D．announced
48．PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was told：“Mind your own __D___，cops．Keep out of it．We will settle these niggers our way．We'll murder the bastards．”A．matters C．things
B．affair D．business
petered out on September 5．At the
49．The disturbances continued night after night until they finally who had gone“nigger hunting”．A．decisions C．trials
B．statements D．sentences
Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary __D___ of four years each on nine white youths
50．While those dealt with by the courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black people
also arrested and the official _C____ there had not been a racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never really been eradicated．
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A．persistence C．insistence
B．perseverance D．instance
Section B Error Correction（10points）
Directions：The following passage contains 9 errors．In each case only one word is involved．You should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet and correct it in the following way：EXAMPLE
One night，quite late，I was still awake in the room I am shared with my husband．I was lying on my right side and can hear a child crying．1. am
2. could Getting up，I went ∧see if our son was all right．3. to He was sleeping soundly，breathing deeply and gently．4. √
The Zipper
Whatever did we do before the invention of the zipper？In 1893 the world's first zipper was produced in Chicago．Although the inventor claimed that it was a reliable fastening for clothing，this was not the case．The Chicago zipper sprang 51．______
open without warning，or jammed shut，and it swiftly lost popularity．Twenty years ago a Swedish-born engineer called 52．______ Sundback solved the problem．He attached tiny cups to the backs of the interlocked teeth，and this meant that the teeth 53．______ could be enmeshed more firmly and reliably．
At first zippers were made of metal．They were heavy，and if they got stuck it was difficult to free
．Then came nylon
54．______
zippers which were lighter and easier to use，and had smaller teeth．The fashion industry liked the new zippers far better because they didn’t distort the line of the garment or weighing 55．______ down light fabrics．They were also easier for the machinists to fit into the garment．
Meanwhile a new fastening agent made its appearance at the end of the twenty century: velcro. Velcro is another product 56．______ made from nylon．Nylon is a very tough synthetic fibre first developed in the 1930s，and bearing a name to mind the wearer 57．______ of the two places where it was developed：NY for New York and LON for London．Velcro is made with very small nylon hooks on one side of the fastening which caught tiny looped whiskers on the 58．______ other side of the fastening．It is strong and durable．
Velcro is used on clothing，luggages and footwear．It is quick 59．______
and easy to fasten and unfasten，and has taken a large part of the zipper's share of the market．It is also used in ways a zipper cannot be used—for instance as an easily changed fastening on plaster casts，and to hold furnishing fabrics in a position．60．______ Part III Situational Dialogues（5 minutes，10 points）
Directions：Complete the following dialogues by choosing the best answer．corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre．61．Rob：Hey Jill，you're looking great．
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Then mark the
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