2006年全国大学生英语竞赛-A-级初赛赛卷

1 2006 年全国大学生英语竞赛 A 级初赛赛卷 20062006 NationalNational EnglishEnglish ContestContest forfor CollegeCollege StudentsStudents LevelLevel A A PreliminaryPreliminary PartPart I I ListeningListening ComprehensionComprehension 25 minutes 30 points SectionSection A A ShortShort ConversationsConversations 6 points Directions Directions In this section you will hear 6 short conversations At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said Both the conversation 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 mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 1 A Keys and a purse B Glasses and keys C Glasses and a bag D Glasses keys and a purse 2 A A plate B A table C A lamp D A phone 3 A They are under the chair by the television B They are under the chair with the rubbish C They are beside the television D They are by the door with the rubbish 4 A Grapes and oranges B Grapes and apples C Bananas and grapes D Bananas and oranges 5 A Five to three B Five past three C Twenty five to three D Twenty five past three 6 A The restaurant B The market C The cinema D The sports center SectionSection B B LongLong ConversationConversation 4 points Directions Directions In this section you will hear one long conversation At the end of the conversation 4 questions will be asked about what was said You will hear both the conversation and the questions 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 mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 7 A 6 B 16 C 60 D 66 8 A One B Two C Three D Four 9 A In a photographer s stuido B In the library C In the post office D In the shopping center 10 A A letter from her college B Her passport C Her student card D Her driving licence SectionSection C C NewsNews ItemsItems 10 points Directions Directions In this section you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA After each news item and question there will be a pause During the pause you must read the three choices marked A B and C and decide which is the best answer Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 11 A 6 B 16 C 60 12 A To bring more foreign language speakers into government service B To promote trade with foreign countries 2 C To make people learn foreign languages at an early age 13 A An hour B More than an hour C Less than an hour 14 A To get publicity for their cause B To get some money for their group C To get more rights for their group 15 A Ticket prices have been falling and their incomes rising B Aviation fuel is becoming less expensive C British people prefer to travel by plane 16 A More than eighty thousand B More than sixty two thousand C More than fifty three thousand 17 A 30 B 27 C 57 18 A Baton Rouge B Louisiana C Atlanta 19 A Reduce violations of intellectual property rights B Controll the growing population C Working together to fight terrorism 20 A Workers and policemen B Farmers and the unemployed C Workers and farmers SectionSection D D PassagesPassages 10 points DirectionsDirections In this section you will hear 2 passages At the end of each passage you will hear 4 or 6 questions After you hear a question you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A B C and D Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre PassagePassage OneOne QuestionsQuestions 2121 toto 2424 areare basedbased onon thethe passagepassage youyou havehave justjust heard heard 21 A He is very thin B He is very tall C He is very short D He is very fat 22 A He met a cook from a restaurant B He met a man who had a farm C He met two fat farmers D He met a farmer and his wife 23 A He wanted to have something to eat for lunch B He wanted to go to a restaurant for dinner C He wanted to make a cup of coffee D He wanted to do some farm work 24 A He wanted some green beans B He wanted a big steak C He wanted some cake and coffee D He wanted lots of potatoes PassagePassage TwoTwo QuestionsQuestions 2525 toto 3030 areare basedbased onon thethe passagepassage youyou havehave justjust heard heard 25 A Last week B Three weeks ago C Two months ago D Three years ago 26 A By coach B By bus C By car D By train 27 A 9 am to 9 pm B 10 am to 8 pm 3 C 10 am to 9 pm D 10 am to 10 pm 28 A Get information B Watch a film C Find a bank D Buy some shoes 29 A Feed the ducks B Take a bus ride round the lake C Go swimming D Go sailing 30 A There was nowhere to put the rubbish B There were not enough cleaners C The food in the caf was disappointing D The service in the shops was slow PartPart IIII VocabularyVocabulary andand StructureStructure 5 minutes 10 points Directions Directions There are 10 incomplete sentences in this part 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 AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 31 I can t agree with my Mum I think that such an old fashioned dress can t cost a She says 100 pounds is a real A lot of money luck B bargain luck C fortune bargain D big sum fortune 32 is on the rise with over 20 of serious crimes being committed by children under the age of seventeen A Junior crime B Juvenile delinquency C Minor crime D Senior delinquency 33 The Smiths were leaving that town Everybody wanted to escape its noise and pollution and was looking forward to a country life A crowded peaceful B deserted peaceful C desert thrilling D empty sour 34 When I first began writing poetry I think the poets that I had studied at school my approach and the things I wrote about A communicated B impressed C influenced D discussed 35 She is an excellent teacher who has taught in four schools she taught her principals had a high opinion of her A Wherever B Everywhere C Inasmuch as D In such schools that 36 My friend Tanya Japanese for six years before she Japan I ve just received a letter from her It says she has been studying Chinese for three months and for China in a month A had been studying visited is leaving B studied had visited will live in C has studied visited would leave D was studying has visited leaves 37 At the last place Gary worked they an annual company picnic All the employees bring their families along and spend the day at a nearby park It was great A had to have had to B used to have couldn t C would have didn t have to D used to have would 38 They such a big van the price of gas would skyrocket 4 A would have bought if they knew B wouldn t have bought had they known C wouldn t have bought if had they known D wouldn t have bought did they know 39 We re going to paint the town to celebrate our win A blue B purple C gold D red 40 Written in central Canada in the early part of the twentieth century depicts life in Manitoda A The Midnight Sun was Victor Frank s last novel B Victor Frank s last novel was The Midnight Sun C The Midnight Sun which was Victor Frank s last novel D Which was Victor Frank s last novel The Midnight Sun PartPart IIIIII SituationalSituational DialoguesDialogues 5 minutes 5 points Directions Directions There are 5 incomplete dialogues in this part For each blank there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that best completes the dialogue Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 41 Dan Dan Have you ever participated in a risky sport Kay Kay Yes I like hang gliding It s fantastic to be able to fly like a bird Though landing is sometimes difficult I ve always felt hang gliding is quite safe Dan Dan Kay Kay I ve never been seriously injured Maybe I ve just been lucky Once my glider turned upside down and I lost control I almost crashed but I parachuted away just in time A What sports are risky B Do you ever get into some difficult situations C Have you ever hurt yourself in an accident D Have you ever been to a sports centre 42 Lucy Lucy What made you leave such a large company Ken Ken My work there was so boring I couldn t do anything myself I always had to have my boss approval So I decided to get a new job at Coricom a small venture company Lucy Lucy Ken Ken The work here is very challenging which suits me We always have to cope with dynamic working conditions And since there are not many people in this company we understand each other very well and feel like we are all in the same family A What s the hardest part of your new job B How do you like your new job C Tell me about what you liked at the large company D Tell me about what you liked in your university 43 Julio Julio Officer Officer Well first you write and get an application form Then you send it in with a copy of your school records And after that you ask your teachers for some letters of recommendation Julio Julio Are foreign students allowed to work in the States Officer Officer They ll only let you work in the summer And you ll need to get permission from the U S Officer of Immigration to do that During the school year you re not allowed 5 to work unless the work experience is part of your school program A Is it all right to apply to several universities at the same time B I d like to get some information on how to get into an American university C When can I apply for that D I d like to get some information on how to get a travel card 44 Bob Bob Jane Jane My first book was Trapped in a Cave a true story about two boys who got trapped in an underground cave for five days without food water or light Next I wrote the current twelve volumes of Real Kids Real Adventures Right now I m working on the next two Real Kids Real Adventures books Bob Bob Jane Jane If I m looking for a specific kind of story for instance a child who survived being struck by lightning I ll go to the library and use Newsbank keying in on words like lightning and child Mostly though I get tips from kids who read the Real Kids Real Adventures books and send notes or newspaper clippings A Can you tell me about the books you ve written so far Where do you get your stories B What are your favorite books that you ve read Where do you get your stories C Can you tell me about the books you ve written so far What s the hardest part about being a writer D Where do you get your stories What s the hardest part about being a writer 45 Lisa Lisa Andy Andy I think people love to laugh They want to laugh even in serious business presentations in the classroom seminar and so on When people laugh they relax And they can remember you and your message better Lisa Lisa Andy Andy Most people give a summary at the end of their speech But in my opinion a summary at the end only distracts from a good presentation I want to give people a chance to think about the topic so I finish my speech with some questions A Could you tell me how to introduce speakers How do you end your speech B Could you tell me how to introduce speakers Do you think the title of a speech is important C How do you end your speech Do you think the title of a speech is important D Why do you use so many jokes in your speech How do you end your speech PartPart IVIV IQIQ TestTest 5 minutes 5 points Directions Directions There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part For each question there are 4 choices marked A B C and D Mark your answer on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre 46 What is the minimum number of matches you can remove from this diagram to leave just 2 squares 6 A 2 B 4 C 6 D 8 47 Which of the bottom watches completes the sequence 48 Which of these cubes cannot be formed from this web 49 How many circles contain a dot 7 A 12 B 11 C 10 D 13 50 Each symbol in this table has a value The total of these values in each row and column is written at the end of the corresponding row or column Can you find the value of each symbol A Triangle 6 5 Square 4 2 Diamond 5 8 Circle 11 4 B Triangle 7 5 Square 5 2 Diamond 6 8 Circle 12 4 C Triangle 8 5 Square 5 2 Diamond 6 8 Circle 13 4 D Triangle 5 5 Square 3 2 Diamond 4 8 Circle 10 4 PartPart V V ReadingReading ComprehensionComprehension 25 minutes 40 points SectionSection A A MultipleMultiple ChoiceChoice 5 points Directions Directions There is one passage in this section with 5 questions For each question there are four choices marked A B C and D You should decide on the best choice Then mark the corresponding letter on the AnswerAnswer SheetSheet with a single line through the centre QuestionsQuestions 51 5551 55 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing passage passage I was dirty smelly hungry and somewhere beneath all that suntanned It was the end of an Inter Rail holiday My body couldn t take any more punishment My mind couldn t deal with any more foreign timetables currencies or languages Never again I said as I stepped onto home ground I said exactly the same thing the following year And the next All I had to do was buy one train ticket and because I was under twenty five years old I could spend a whole month going anywhere I wanted in Europe Ordinary beds are never the same once you ve learnt to sleep in the corridor of a train the rhythm rocking you into a deep sleep Carrying all your possessions on your back in a rucksack makes you have a very basic approach to travel and encourages incredible wastefulness that can lead to burning socks 8 that have become too anti social and getting rid of books when finished On the other hand this way of looking at life is entirely in the spirit of Inter Rail for common sense and reasoning can be thrown out of the window along with the paperback book and the socks All it takes to achieve this carefree attitude is one of those tickets in your hand Any system that enables young people to travel through countries at a rate of more than one a day must be pretty special On that first trip my friends and I were at first unaware of the possibilities of this type of train ticket thinking it was just an inexpensive way of getting to and from our chosen camp site in southern France But the idea of non stop travel proved too tempting for there was always just one more country over the border always that little bit further to go And what did the extra miles cost us Nothing We were not completely uninterested in culture But this was a first holiday without parents as it was for most other Inter Railers and in organizing our own timetable we left out everything except the most immediately available sights This was the chance to escape the guided tour an opportunity to do something different I took great pride in the fact that in many places all I could be bothered to see was the view from the station We were just there to get by and to have a good time doing so In this we were no different from most of the other Inter Railers with whom we shared corridor floors food and water money and music The excitement of travel comes from the sudden reality of somewhere that was previously just a name It is as if the city in which you arrive never actually existed until the train pulls in at the station and you are able to see it with your own tired eyes for the first time Questions Questions 51 At the end of his first trip the writer said Never again because A he felt ill B he disliked trains C he was tired from the journey D he had lost money 52 What does the writer mean by this way of looking at life in Paragraph 3 A Worrying about your clothes B Throwing unwanted things away C Behaving in an anti social way D Looking after your possessions 53 Why did the writer originally buy an Inter Rail ticket A To get to one place cheaply B To meet other young people C To see a lot of famous places D To go on a tour of Europe 54 What the writer liked about traveling without his parents was that A he could see more interesting places B he could spend more time sightseeing C he could stay away from home longer D he could make his own decisions 55 What does it in Line 3 Paragraph 6 refer to A A name B The city C The train D The station SectionSection B B YesYes NoNo NotNot givengiven 5 points Directions Directions In this part you will have 5 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet For questions 56 60 mark 9 Y Y for Yes if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage N N for No if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage NGNG for Not Given if the information is not given in the passage QuestionsQuestions 56 6056 60 areare basedbased onon thethe followingfollowing passage passage TheThe OutdoorOutdoor CentreCentre OpeningOpening timestimes Water sports 10 am 6 pm Play Park 10 am 5 30 pm EntranceEntrance CarCar parkpark feesfees Low season Weekdays 2 00 per car Weekends 3 00 per car High season 23 July 11 September Weekdays and weekends 3 00 per car Fees are for cars with four people Each extra person is 50p Fees to be paid at the main office The center is not a private club it is an organization whose aim is to provide outdoor sports and recreation facilities for the public Group visitors are requested to inform the center in advance of their intended visit WindsurfingWindsurfing One dayOne day coursecourse Beginner windsurfing course is offered on Saturdays and Sundays when the weather is good enough Learning to windsurf is a lot of fun The excitement when you sail across the water for the first time is not easily forgotten Boards with small sails are available for beginners Course fee 32 50 this includes all equipment One dayOne day adventureadventure coursecourse This is an opportunity you have been waiting for Come and try sailing climbing surfing and archery This course is intended to introduce outdoor activities to adults in