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1、全国大学生英语竞赛真题全国英语竞赛历年相关真题可登陆下面网站下载http:/210.32.200.240:20000/w/d/6-ylmt.asp2020NationalEnglishContestforCollegestudents(LevelC-Preliminary)PartIListeningComprehension(30marks)SectionA(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations.Eachconversationswillbereadonlyonce.Attheendofeachconversation,
2、therewillbeatwenty-secondpause,readthequestionandthetherechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.Whatdoesthemanwanttodo?A.Getsomethingtoeatnow.B.Findaquietplacethatshowsgames.C.Watchthenextgamewiththewoman.2.W
3、hydoesnotthemanhaveaMySpaceaccount?A.Heisnotskilledatusingcomputer.B.AlloftheinstructionareinEnglishC.Thewomanwonnotteachhim.3.HowlongdoesthewomanplantotryteleworkingA.Forafewdays.B.Forafewweeks.C.Forafewmonths.4.Whatdoesthemanhopewillhappen?A.Thepriceofcellphonenovelswillgodown.B.Thenovelsauthorwil
4、lwriterlongerstories.C.Thewomanwilltellhimhothestoryends.5.whatisthewomangoingtodonext?A.turnonhercomputer.B.Goforawalkwithpeter.C.Visithernewneighbors.SectionB(10marks)Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce.Attheendeachconversation,therewillbeaoneminutepaus
5、e.Duringthepause,readthequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedA,BandC,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Conversationone6.WhatdidJackdooverthesummer?A.Hestudiedveryhard.B.Hetookasummerclass.C.Hevisitedoneofhisteachers.7.WhatdoesJ
6、ackthinkofMsWellingtonasateacher?A.Easy-going.B.Tough.C.Interesting.8.WhyisMsWellingtonsclasshard?A.Herexamsaredifficult.B.Shedoesnotgivestudentsthehelptheyneed.C.Shemakesdolotsofwork.Conversationtwo9.WhyisMrs.Griffingoingtothecitywherethehotelislocated?A.Heisonholiday.B.HesonabusinesstripC.Heisgoin
7、gtoaconference.10.HowmanytimeshasMrs.GriffinstayedattheSunriseHotel?A.Twice.B.Once.C.Threetimes.11.WhereisMrs.Griffinform?A.Canada.B.NewZealand.C.Australia.12.WhatisMrs.Griffinspassportnumber?A.87647489B.87637289C.8763748913.WhatkindofroomdoesMrs.Griffinwant?A.Asingleroomfortwonights.B.Adoubleroomfo
8、rtwonights.C.Asingleroomforonenight.14.WhenwillMrs.GriffinarriveatSunriseHotel?A.at9:15pmB.at9:35pmC.at10:00pm15.WhatfoodwillbeputintoMrs.Griffinsroom?A.asandwichwithfries.B.acheesesandwich.C.aburgerwithchips.SectionC(5Marks)16.WhatdoestheAssociatedPressaskeditorandnewsdirectorstodo?A.voteforthetops
9、toriesoftheyear.B.describetheoilspillintheGulfofMexicoC.writesaboutthe11workerskilledintheexplosion17.Wherearethedoctorsandtechnologyexpertsfrom?A.NewYork.B.LondonC.Tokyo18.ForhowlongdoesPresidentObamaagreetoextendthetaxcuts?A.forfouryearsB.forthreeyearsC.fortwoyears.19.Howmanypeopleintheworlddontha
10、veenoughtoeat,accordingtothereport?A.morethanonebillion.B.somesixhundredmillion.C.nearlyninehundredmillion20.Whathaveastronomersrecentlydiscovered?A.thereareunknownplantsinoldergalaxies.B.therearemanygalaxiesintheuniverseC.therearealotmorereddwarfinoldergalaxiesSectionD(10marks)Inthesection,youwillh
11、earashortpassage.Thereare10missingwordsphrases.Fillintheblankswiththeexactwordsorphrasesyouhear.RemembertowritetheanswerontheanswersheetWhatdoyoudoifyoudontgetyourfirstchoiceuniversity?This_facesthousandsofBritisheveryyear.Manysuch_turntoClearing,aservicethathelpsfinduniversityplacesforstudentsatthe
12、lastmoment.Iftheydonthavethemarkstogetintotheir_,Clearingtellsthemaboutplacesavailableatotheruniversity,thoughtheymighthavetoreadadifficultsubject.Thisyearhasseenarecordnumberofpeopleapplyingtouniversity.This,combinedwiththe_,anuncertainjobmarket,andbudgetcutsatuniversity,productevenmoreofascramblef
13、orplacesthanusual.Somesourcessaysixstudentshaveappliedforeachremaining_placeTheBritishUniversityAdmissionsService,UCAS,saysuptoaquarterofthisyearsuniversityapplicants-almost190000people-havenotbeenadmittedintoa_.Thatisanincreaseofover46000studentsfromlastyear.Facedwiththesefigure,someBritishstudents
14、mightconsideraninterestingalternative:_.TheUniversityofNottinghamforisofferingplaceatitscampusesinNingbo,nearShanghai,andKualaLumpur,Malaysia.StudentsattheseinstitutionscanearnUniversityofNottinghamdegrees,according,engineeringandEnglish.Similarly,theUniversityofBoltonsaysithasunlimitedplacesatitsca
15、mpusintheUnitedArabEmirates.Todealwiththeseproblems,theUKsHigherEducationMinister,DavidWillets,isencouragingstudentswhohavenotmadethegradetoconsideralternativestouniversity,suchas_andstudyingathome.“Therearearrangeofoptionsavailable,“hesays.“peoplecanreapplynextyear,sotheyshouldconsiderspendingthisy
16、earinawaythatwilladdpositivelytotheirCVs.Getting_orotherskillswillstrengthentheirchancesnextyear.Somecommentatorssay,thoughthatrisinguniversitycosts,poorlong-term_,andadropingraduaterecruitmentmeanthistheworsttimetobeauniversitystudentintheUK.PartTwoVocabularyandStructure(15marks)Thereare15incomplet
17、esentencesinthissection.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.31.Afterfourdaysoftalks,wearegladtoannouncethattheunionandmanagementhavereachedan_.Theagreementisfairandbenefi
18、tsbothsides.A.accordB.accomplishmentC.identityD.undertaking32.Astheclerk_preparedmymilkshake,Iwonderedhowlongshehadbeenworkingthere,mindlesslymakingicecreamtreatsinasetorderofsteps.A.logicallyB.methodicallyC.graphicallyD.synthetically33.Asaboyhewantedtobeafireman.Asahighschoolstudent,hethoughthedlik
19、etobecomeateacher.Nowhe_tobenothingmorethanajanitor.A.AssumesB.PrescribesC.AspiresD.Presumes34.Regardlessofwhatcausedit,Iangratefulthathavefinallyreachedapointinmylife_Icanappreciatemystrengths,acceptmyweaknessesandtrytobecomfortablewitheverythinginbetween.A.WhyB.WhereC.WhichD.What35._informationpro
20、videdbymembersofthepublic,thepolicewouldhaveamuchmovedifficultjob.A.SupposingB.ProvidedtheC.IfitwerenotforD.Onconditionthat36.PeterBrownwasapainstakingwriter;_,heoncespenthalfadayonthecompositionofasinglesentence.A.OntheotherhandB.NeverthelessC.MoreoverD.Forexample37.-WhatanIgoingtodoaboutapresentfo
21、rCarol?-You_someflowers.A.MighthavesentherB.MusthavesentherC.CouldsendherD.Wouldsendher38.Withouttheairholdinginsomeofthesunsheat,theearth_coldatnight,toocoldforustoliveon.A.WillbefreezingB.WouldbefreezingC.AnbefrozenD.Wouldbefrozen39.Thestudentsinouruniversityeach_anEnglishdictionary.Thatistosay,ea
22、chofthestudentsinouruniversity_anEnglishdictionary.A.Have;hasB.Have;haveC.Has;haveD.Has;has40.Heresyourkitchen.Ihopeyouenjoycookinghere.Isthere_elsethatyouneed?A.SomethingB.AnythingC.NothingD.Everything41.David_hisbusinesspartneroverplanstoreducetheworkforce.A.CamedowntoB.BrokedowntoC.FelloutwithD.W
23、entalongwith42._isthispieceofequipmenttoberemovedfromthebuilding.A.OnnoaccountB.AbsolutelyC.ScarcelyD.Notatall43.Helensparentswere_thatshewasstillonthejob.,butshehadresigned.A.IndoubtB.OftheopinionC.UndertheimpressionD.Withsuspicion44.-IdontthinkIwillever,inmylife,winalotteryoffivemilliondollars.-We
24、ll,_.Anythingcanhappen.A.YoumadeitB.YourekiddingC.WhatyousayD.Youcannevertell45.-HowdidyoufindtheconcertintheGrandTheatrelastnight?-_buttheconductorwasperfect.A.IcouldntagreemoreB.IdidntthinkmuchofitC.IwascrazyaboutitD.IreallylikeditPartThreeCloze(15marks)IhavebeenreadingalotonmyiPadrecently,andIhav
25、esome(46)_(complain)notabouttheiPaditselfbutaboutthestateofdigitalreadinggenerally.Readingisasubtlething,anditssubtletiesareartifactsofavenerablemedium:wordsprintedininkonpaper.Glassandpixelsarentthesame.WhenIreadaphysicalbook,IdonthavetolookanywhereelsetofindouthowmuchIveread.TheiPade-reader,iBooks
26、triestocreatethe(47)illu_ofaphysicalbook.Thepagesseemtoturn,andIcantheedgesofthosethatremain,butitsfake.Therearealwaysexactlysixunturnedpages,nomatter(48)_Iaminthebook.Also,thereisalargerproblem.Booksintheirdigitalformatlookvastlylessfinished,orlessgenuinethanrealbooks.Youcanvarytheirfontandtypesize
27、,butthisonlymakesthem(49)_(resemble)word-processed-nomatterhow(50)_(wretch)orwonderfultheyare-willneverlookasgoodasRobertHassspoemsintheprinteditionofTheAppleTreesatOlema.Butyourpoemscanlookalmostexactlyasugly-ase-book-like-astheKindleversionofthatcollection.Allthee-bookIvereadhavebeenugly-booksbyCh
28、ang-raeLee,AlvinKernan,andStiegLarsson-thoughthetextshavebeenwonderful.Ididntgrowupreadingtexts.Igrewupreadingbooks,andthis(51)_(differ)isimportant.Whenitcomestodigitaleditions,the(52)_(assume)seemstobethatallbooks(53)are_(create)equal.However,nothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruth.Inthemassmigrationfrom
29、printtodigital,wereseeingaprofusionofdigitalbooks-manyofthemoutofcopyright-thatlooknewandevenHD,butwhichmaywellhavebeensupplantedbymoreaccurateeditionsandbettertranslations.Weneedadigitalreadersguide-aplacewherereaderscanfind(54)_whetherthebooktheyreabouttodownloadisthebestavailableedition.(55)Fi_,t
30、worelatedproblems.Ialreadyhaveapersonallibrary,butmostofthebooksIvereadhavecomefrom(56)_(lend)libraries.Barnes&Noblehasreleasedane-readerthatallowsshort-term(57)_(borrow)ofsomebooks.TheentireideabehindAmazonsKindleandApplesiBooksassumesthatyoucannotreadabookunlessyouownitfirstandthatonlyyoucanreadit
31、unlessyouwanttogiveyourreadingdevicetosomeoneelse.Thisgoesagainstthesocialvalueofreading,thecollectiveknowledgeand(58)_(collaborate)discoursethatcomesfromaccessto(59)_orourcultureingeneral.PartFourReadingComprehension(40marks).SectionA(10marks).Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Notkeenonr
32、eading?Doyouhavetroublefindinganovelthatarousesyourinterest?WhynotfollowAmmonSheasexampleandstartreadingadictionary?MrSheaownsover1,000dictionariesandhereadsthemforfun.Herecentlyspentayearreadingall20volumesoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary.Thedictionarycontainsmorethan20,000pagesandover59millionwords.As
33、hereadfromAtoZ,henoteddowninterestingwordsinaledger.Thisincludeswordssuchashappify,meaningtomakesomeonehappyandtripudiate,whichmeanstodance,skiporleapforjoy.MrSheaalsokeptadiaryaboutthisexperience,whichhassincebecomeabest-sellingbook.Whydidhedothis?Heclaimsitwasfun.Ivealwaysenjoyedreadingdictionarie
34、s.Theyarefarmoreinterestingthanpeoplegivethencreditfor,hesaid.Itappearsthatitwasnothisgoaltosoundmoreintelligentbyusinglongerandmorecomplexwords.Imnotagainstlong,fancyorobscurewords,butImopposedtousingthenfortheirownsake,hesaid.Infact,asaresultofreadingsomanynewwords,MrSheaoftenforgoteverydayvocabul
35、ary.Hewrote,MyheadwassofullofwordsthatIoftenhadtroubleformingsimplesentences.MrSheaisnotaloneinhisloveofreadingdictionaries.ElaineHiggleton,arepresentativeofCollinsCbuilddictionaries,explainedthatthousandsofcrosswordpuzzleandSrabblefansreaddictionariesforfunandtoimprovetheirgames.MsHiggletondidhowev
36、ernotethat,ItsprobablynotthebestwaytolearnEnglish,andyoudlearnmorethanyouneed.Itisnotknownhowmanyofthe59millionwordsMsShearemembers,buthehascertainlymadehistorywithhiseccentrichobby.Questions61to65.DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrueorFalse.61.MrSheahasread1.000dictionaries.62.MrSheaspentonem
37、onthreadingtheOxfordEnglishDictionary.63.InMrSheasopinion,peopledontgivedictionariesenoughcreditforbeinginteresting.64.MrSheathinksitisimportanttbeabletouselongandcomplicatedwordsineverydayconversation.65.ElaineHiggletonthinksthatreadingadictionaryisthebestwaytolearnEnglish.SectionB(10marks)Question
38、s66to70arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Surfingissomethingpeopleoftengethookedonaftertryingitafewtimes.Formanysurfersitismuchmorethanahobby-theywouldprobablyagreewiththeAmericanprofessionalsurferKellySlaterwhenhesaid,Onceyourein,yourein.Theresnogettingout.Surfing,ofcourse,referstoridingonoceanwavesusin
39、gasurfboard.Manysurfersstandupontheirboards,whichrequiresgodbalanceandisthereforedifficultformostbeginnerstolearn,butsomeliedownandbodyboardThehistoryofsurfingprobablybeganwiththePolynesianpeopleofthePacificIslands.OneofthefirstwhitepeopletoseeanyonesurfingwastheBritishexplorerCaptainGook,whenhisshi
40、parrivedinHawaiiin1779.HewatchedmanyHawaiiansridingwavesonlargepiecesofwood,andreportedthat,Surfingseemstogivethemafeelingofgreatpleasure.WhensurfingstartedtobecomeverypopularintheUnitedStatesinthe1950sand60s,surfersusedlargewoodenboards(oftenmorethanthreemetreslong)thatwerequiteheavy.Boardstodayare
41、shorterandalsomuchlighter,becausetheyaremadeofartificialmaterialsinsteadofwood.Foranyonewhowantstotrysurfing.Theonlyessentialsarewavesandaboard.Thereareafewotherthings,however,thatmostsurfersfindimportant;acordtattachoneoftheiranklestotheboardandthereforestopitfrombeingcarriedalongwayawaywhentheyfal
42、loff;wax,whichtheyputonthesurfaceoftheboardtohelptheirfeetsticktoit;andawetsuittohelpthemkeepwarmincoldwater.Thesouth-westofEnglishisanexampleofaplacewheresurfersusuallyneedwetsuits,eveninsummer.Surfinghasbeenaprofessionalsportformanyyearaandtheverybestsurfersareabletomakealivingfromit.Mostofthebest
43、professionalsurfersinthelast30years,bothmenandwomen,havebeenAmericanorAustralian,butsurfersfromBrazil,PeruandSouthAfricahavealsowonimportantcompetitions.Questions66to70Answerthefollowingquestionswiththeinformationgivenintheassageinamaximumof10wordsforeachquestion.66.Whydomostbeginnersfinditdifficult
44、tstanduponasurfboard?67.Inwhatpartoftheworlddidsurfingprobablybegin?68.WhendidsurfingstarttobecomeverypopularintheUnitedStates?69.Whatdosurfersusewaxfor?70.Accordingtothepassage,inwhatpartoftheworlddosurfersusuallyneedwetsuits?SectionC(10marks)Questions71to75arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Thelatesthu
45、mandevelopmentreportfromtheUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgrammed(UNDP)containssomegoodnews,butalsoaveryseriouswarningaboutthethreatposedyclimatechange.Thereport,publishedannuallysince1990,seekstoasses“humandevelopmentaroundtheworld,andcalculatesa“HumanDevelopmentIndex(HDI)for169counties.TheHDIisbasedon
46、averageincome,lifeexpectancyandlevelofeducationinacountry.Notsurprisingly,richcountiestendtohavehigherHDIsthanpoorcounties,butthereareinterestingvariationsinhumandevelopmentamongcountrieswithsimilarlevelsofeconomicdevelopment,becausesomehavebetterhealthandeducationsystemsthanothers.Accordingtothe2020report,thecountywiththehighestlevelofhumandevelopmentisNorway,followedbyAustralia,NewZealand,theUnitedStatesandIreland.MostofthelowestHDIsbelongtocountiesinsub-SaharanAfrica.AlmostallcountiesaroundtheworldshavehigherHDIsnowthanin1990,despitethefactthatsincethe2020financialcrisis,thetota