全國大學生英語競賽C類全真模擬試卷及答案(二)

1、2020年全國大學生英語競賽C類全真模擬試卷及答案(二)Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minu tes, 20 poi nts)Section A Multiple Choice (10 poi nts)Directio ns:There are 7 in complete senten ces and 3 in complete dialogues in this secti on. For each bla nk there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that be

2、st completes the senten ces and dialogues. The n mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the cen tre.Neverthe power of your acti ons. With one small gesture youcan change a person s life.un derestimate B. overvalueC. misuse D. dismissScientists have warned that p

3、enguins in the Antarctic could beveryto changes in climate and could be threatened by anyIon g-term temperature shifts.superstitious B. acceptableC. suspicious D. susceptibleSince settli ng in Scotla nd Igolf as a hobby.A. have take n up B. took upC. have take n in D. took inShe often thinks that he

4、r six years in Italy were wasted,shethat time lear ning more Italia n.but that; might have take nfor that; should have foundin that; could have spe ntwith that; would have usedHe constantlyhis proposal thatof the budgetsurplus be used to offer a volun tary prescripti on drug ben efit to seniors.A. v

5、iews; many B. reiterates; a partC. compla ins; a great amount D. thi nks; lotsAlan s amazement, the passport office was closed when hearrived.A. With B. For C. To D. OfI was asked the other day whether high and low pressure systemswerethe cen tral pressure.A. mai ntai ned to B. determ ined byC. gen

6、erated within D. preserved toBob: What are you readi ng, Frank?Tom: It s this week s New Scientist, why?Bob: I was just wondering ut I veever actually read itmyself. Is it aimed at real scientists or can ordinary people like me un dersta nd it?A. it s for anyone really B. where I can buy itC. it see

7、ms very expe nsive D. it looks in terest ingGirl: Hi Paul looki ng forward to your holiday?Boy: Oh, yeah it s going to be great. Though I m a bit worried that Ipacked the wrong clothes. I don t think the weather s going to be asas I hoped.Girl:Boy: That s right my first flight.Everything will be OK,

8、 isn t it?You re flying on Saturday, aren t you?It s far from here, as everybody knows.That s a good idea, any way.Joh n: What plastic products do you have in mind that are easy to recycle?Tom: Shampoo bottles, deterge nt bottles, medic ine bottles, foodcontain ers, etc. They are all easily collecta

9、ble and reusable.John: , but actually I think you are missing the point ofrecycling. It doesn t just mean using old bottles again and again for thesame purpose. What it means these days is melt ing the plastics dow n andbuildi ng them up aga in into some completely new product.A. Not too bad B. Some

10、thi ng is wrongC. You re right there D. It s a new ideaSection B Cloze-Test (10 poi nts)Directi ons: There are 10 bla nks in the passage. For each bla nk there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the senten ce.The n mark the corresp onding letter on the An swer

11、Sheet with a si ngle line through the cen tre.ll be sure tAsk most people for their list of Top Ten fears, and youbeing burgled fairly high on the list. An in formal survey I carried out among friends at a party last week (41)that eight of them hadtheir homes broke n into more tha n twice, and two h

12、ad bee n burgled five times.To put the record (42), none of my friends owns valuablepaintings or a sideboard full of family silverware. Three of them are stude nts, in fact. The most (43)burglary, it seems, invo Ives thetheft of easily transportable items thdelevision, the video, even food from the

13、freezer. This may have somethi ng to do with the fact that the average burglar is(44)his (or her) late tee ns, and probablywouldn know what to do with a Picasso, (45)selling aWalkma n or a vacuum clea ner is a much easier matter. They are perhaps not so much (46)crim in als as hardup young people wh

14、o n eed afew poundsand some exciteme nt. (47)that this makes hav ingyour house turned upside down and your favourite things stolen any easier to accept. I n most cases, the police have no luck (48)anyof the stole n goods. Un less there is any (49)evide nee, they are probably un able to do any thi ng

15、 at all. And alarms or special locks donupseem to help either. The on ly advice my friends could (50),with was “ Never live on the ground floorandKeep two or three verfierce dogs ”41. A. releasedB. revealedC. reclaimedD. redeemed42. A. straightB. clearC. appare ntD. correct43. A. typicalB. abnormalC

16、. hazardousD. vicious44. A. nearB. inC. beyondD. out of45. A. whereasB. whe neverC. howeverD. once46. A. seriousB. professi onalC. efficie ntD. perfect47. A. GivenB. EvenC. Not D.Despite48. A. seizingB. withdrawingC. seekingD.recoveri ng49. A. disti nguishable B. obscureC. outsta nding D. defi nite5

17、0. A. comeB. catchC. keepD. putPart III Word Guessi ng and IQ Test (5 min utes, 10 poi nts)Secti on A Word Guess ing (5 poi nts)Social capital has become a mantra for politicia ns and policy makers:they see it as a bulwark against society s ills and a means of multiplyingthe effects of finan cial in

18、v estme nt in social projects.A. measureme nt B. defe nseC. treatme nt D. complai ntHer desire for anony mity soon became appare nt whe n she refused to an swer questi ons about her ide ntity.A. recog niti on B. con cealme ntC. vanity D. success“ Gen tleme n, ” replied Can dide, with a most en gag i

19、ng modesty,do me much honor, but upon my word I have no mon ey.”A. you help me a lot B. you are greatit s very generous of you to say sothat s a great honor for meWhe n it comes to liste ning to the opinions of members of your schoolcom muni ty, do you thi nk you are already“ all ears? ”in full stre

20、 ngthbeari ng ideas in mindready to liste n atte ntivelyhav ing eno ugh preparati onThat extremely in dole nt stude nt will clea n out his desk whe n pigs fly or I am much mistake n as to his character.A. soon B. n ever C. sometime D. ofte nSection B IQ Test (5 poi nts)Sally had a third aga in as ma

21、ny as David, who had a third as many aga in as Fran cis. Altogether they had 111. How many did David have? A. 27 B. 32 C. 36 D. 48What letter should replace the questi on mark?A. T B. S C. I D. NBONA FIDE is to genuine as DE FACTO is to.A. together B. actual C. reas on D. assumedHow many revolutio n

22、s must the largest cog make in order to bring the cogs back to their origi nal positi ons?A. 56 B. 48 C. 36 D. 12The diagram shows a small village church. There is a door in the west end, see n in the diagram. There is a tower at the east end of the church with a window set in its east wall. This wa

23、ll is hidden in the diagram.There is also a door in the tower. Which of these is most likely to be the view of the easter n end of the church?Part IV Readi ng Comprehe nsion (25 mi nutes,30 poi nts)Directi on s:I n this part there are 5 passages with 30 questi ons or in complete stateme nts. Read th

24、e passagescarefully. The n an swer the questi ons in the fewest possible words (not exceedi ng 10 words). Remember to rewrite the an swers on the An swer Sheet.Questi ons 61 to 66 are based on the follow ing passage:Cen turies ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helps to preserve it

25、, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind.Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spa in and other Mediterra nean coun tries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in gen eral, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yar

26、ds in the hot sun. In order to preve nt darke ning, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of burning sulphur before drying. Plums, for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and curra nts, are dipped in an alkali ne solutio n in order to crack the skins of t

27、he fruit slightly and remove their wax coati ng, so in creas ing the rate ofdryi ng.Nowadays most foods are dried mecha ni cally. The conven ti onal method of such dehydrati on is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 11(T at entry to about 43C at exit. This

28、 is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouri ng them over a heated horiz on tal steel cyli nder or by spray ing them into a chamber through which a curre nt of hot air passes. In the first cas

29、e, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thi n film which is the n broke n up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the sec ond process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recog ni zable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the

30、 in gredie nts are dried separately and the n mixed.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less tha n the same food packed in cans or froze n, and they do not n eed to be stored in special con diti ons. For these reas ons they are inv aluable to climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have

31、little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replac ing the driedout moisture with boili ng water.Questi ons: TOC o 1-5 h z Fruit is sun-dried gen erally on.Why are sulphur fumes used before drying some fruits?

32、Where are vegetables com monly dried no wadays?If soup requires recog ni zable pieces of meat, they are.Dried foods are ofte n used by,and.Why do housewives like dried foods?Questi ons 67 to 72 are based on the followi ng passage:Hollywood writers honor Coppola,“ Splendor ”Sun day, February 22, 2004

33、 Posted: 9:56 AM EST (14:56 GMT)LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) Hollywood screenwritersSaturday snubbed the final installment of the highly acclaimed Lord of the Rings trilogy and in stead awarded a key prize to a low -budget film based on a comic book writer.American Splendor, which revolves arou

34、nd the travails of comicsconno isseur Harvey Pekar, won the Writers Guild of America Award forbest adapted screenplay,while writer / director Sofia Coppola Lost in Tran slati on, about a pair of mismatched America ns Ian guishi ng in Tokyo, n abbed the trophy for origi nal scree nplay.The American S

35、plendor screenplay was written by the film directors,Robert Sprin ger and Shari Sprin ger Berma n, who were not prese nt at the awards. The Writers Guild of America Awards were handed out simulta neously in Los An geles and New Y ork.Coppola said she was excited to be honored by the union.“ I find i

36、t difficult to write, so it s very encouraging and exciting to getan award, ” Coppola told Reuters after the eve nt.Coppola competition was Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges andGuljit Bi ndra for Be nd It Like Beckham, Steven Knight for Dirty PrettyThin gs, Irish director Jim Sherida n and his dau

37、ghters Naomi and Kirste n for In America, and first-time writer / director Tom McCarthy for The Stati on Age nt.The other adapted scree nplay nomin ees were director Peter Jacks on, FranWalsh and Philippa Boye ns for The Lord of the Rin gs: The Retur n of theKing, An tho ny Mi nghella for Cold Mou n

38、tai n, Bria n Helgela nd for MysticRiver, and writer / director Gary Ross for Seabiscuit.Coppola, Kni ght and the Sherida ns will vie for the Academy Award n extweek, along with the writers of The Barbaria n In vasi ons and Fin di ngNemo.Apart from Cold Mountain, all the Writers Guild of America ada

39、ptedscreenplay contenders will compete for the Oscar, along with theBrazilia n drama City of God.In the last 12 years, eight of the Writers Guild of America adaptedscreenplay winners and seven of its original screenplay winners have gone on to Oscar glory.Lost in Tran slatio n has already picked up

40、three Golde n Globes an (bell-wether includingbest screenplay. The Lord of the Rings: TheRetur n of the King, which has 11 Oscar nomin ati ons, has collected fourGolden Globes and prizes from Hollywood producers and directorsguilds.Questi ons:What does America n Sple ndor main ly write about?Sofia C

41、oppola s Lost in Translation won the Writers Guild of AmericaAward for.The Writers Guild of America Awards were offered at the same timeinand.How did Coppola feel about her gett ing the award?List at least 3 movies that competed with Lost in Tran slatio n.How many Writers Guild of America scree npla

42、y wi nners have gone on to Oscar glory in the last 12 years?Questi ons 73 to 78 are based on the followi ng passage:The need for a surgical operation, especially an emergency operation, almost always comes as a severe shock to the patie nt and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still h

43、ave an irrational fear of hospitals and an aesthetics.In the early years of last cen tury there was little specializati on in surgery. A good surge on was capable of perform ing almost every operati on that had been devised up to that time. Today the situation is different. Operati ons are now being

44、 carried out that were not eve n dreamed of fifty years ago. The heart can be safely opened and its valves repaired. Clogged blood vessels can be clea ned out, and broke n ones men dedor replaced. A lung, the whole stomach, or eve n part of the bra in can be removed and still permit the patie nt to

45、live a comfortable and satisfactory life.The scope of surgery has in creased remarkably in 20th cen tury. Its safety has in creased too. Deaths from most operatio ns are about 20% of what they were in 1910 and surgery has bee n exte nded in many directi on s,for example to certain types of birth def

46、ects in newborn babies, and, at the other end of the scale, to life-savi ng operatio ns for the octoge naria n. The hospital stay after surgery has been shortened to as little as a week for most major operati ons.Many developme nts in moder n surgery are almost in credible. They include the replacem

47、ent of damaged blood vessels with simulated ones made of plastic; the replaceme nt of heart valves with plastic substitutes; the tran spla nti ng of tissues such as the lens of the eye.One of the most revoluti onary areas of moder n surgery is that of orga n tran spla nts. Un til a few years ago, no

48、 pers on, except an inden tical twin, was able to accept into his body the tissues of another person without react ing aga inst them and eve ntually caus ing death. Rece ntly, however, it has been discovered that with the use of x-rays and special drugs, it is possible to graft tissues from one pers

49、 on to ano ther which will survive for periods of a year or more. Kidn eys have bee n successfully tran spla nted between non-identical twins. Heart and lung transplants have been reas on ably successful i n an imals, though rejectio n problems in huma ns have yet to be solved.“Spare parts surgery,

50、the simple routine replacement of all worn-out orga ns by new on es, is still a dream of the dista nt future. As yet, surgery is not ready for such miracles. In the mean time, you can be happy if your doctor says to you,“ Y es, I thi nk it is possible to operate on you for thiscon diti on. ”Questi o

51、ns:Most people are afraid of being operated on in spite of.A patie nt can still live a comfortable and satisfactory life eve n after theremoval of.Today deaths from most operati ons are aboutof what theywere in 1910.What s the main difficulty in organ transplanting?Is “ spare parts ” surgery possibl

52、e now?You can be happy if your surge on can operate because itmeans.Questi ons 79 to 84 are based on the followi ng passage:Sales of an ti-age ing skin treatme nts have reached a new high as British wome n try to stay youn ger Ion ger (writes Joa nna Bale). But accord ing to a rece nt survey of thos

53、e aged betwee n 35 and 55 there are sig nifica nt regi onal variati ons in annual spe nd on these cosmetics.While the average woman thinks costs of 200 a year acceptable almost treble the 75 of three years ago some fork out 500, accord ing to the survey of over 2,000 wome n n ati on wide by the beau

54、ty compa ny Olay.Brows will wrinkle at the differences in yearly spend on anti-ageing treatments across major cities: the ladies of Edinburgh spent least, just 50 a year, while those in Leeds spend most, at a staggering 500.London women most commonly spend 200 annually, and those in Man Chester give

55、 themselves a modest yearly budget o 100.Equally surpris ing are the results among 40-somethi ngs. Sin gle wome n spe nd the least on in dulgi ng their desire for facial rejuve nati on, with only 25 per cent forki ng out on skin care products or treatme nts. This figure rises to just over 31 per cen

56、t of married wome n and a similar figure for those who are unm arried with part ners.By far the biggest spe nders are the 50 per cent of divorcees who feel the pressure to inv est heavily in their facial futures.The survey highlighted two groups who spend significant sums on enhancing their appeara

57、nces “ Sin d(sjngle in come now divorced), and wome n in their 40s who use their looks to get ahead.The survey also found that although wome n wan ted to -age ” they had a holistic view of beauty and embraced a realistic and n atural approach to looki ng good.Questi ons:Compared with that of three y

58、ears ago, the average British woma nannual spe nd on cosmetics has almost.Wome n inspend most on cosmetics accord ing to the survey.The ladies of Birmi ngham as well as those inspend 100a year on an tiage ing treatme nts.andspend more on in dulgi ng their desire for facialrejuve nati on tha n sin gl

59、e wome n.Enhancing appearances plays an important role in the lifeofand.After reading the passage,what do you learn about the sales of an ti-age ing skin treatme nts now in Brita in?Questi ons 85 to 90 are based on the followi ng passage:It is hard to get any agreeme nt on the precise meaning of the

60、 term class ” .In everyday life, people tend to have a different approach to those they con sider higher or lower tha n themselves in the social scale. The criteria we use to “ placea”new acquaintance,however, are a complex mixture of factors. Dress, way of speaki ng, area of reside nee in a give n