大学生英语竞赛A类初赛真题及详解

1、全国大学生英语竞赛2012年A类初赛试题及详解主讲老师：刘晓晨Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) five short conversationsSection B (10 marks) two long conversations Section C (5 marks) five short news items Section D (10 marks) a radio talkPart II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)15 incomplete sentenc

2、es Part Cloze (10 marks)Part Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Section A (10 marks) complete statementsSection B (10 marks) answer questions Section C (10 marks) T/F + underlined sentences (E-C)Section D (10 marks) summary Part V Translation (10 marks)Part VI Error Correction (10 marks)Part VII IQ Tes

3、t (5 marks)Part VIII Writing (30 marks) I (10 marks)II (20 marks)Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) five short conversationsSection B (10 marks) two long conversations Section C (5 marks) five short news items Section D (10 marks) a radio talkPart II Vocabulary and Structu

4、re (15 marks)Part Cloze (10 marks)Part Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Part V Translation (10 marks)Part VI Error Correction (10 marks)Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)Part VIII Writing (30 marks) Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short convers

5、ations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a sing

6、le line through the centre. What did the woman do last night? A. Watched TV. B. Went to the circus. C. Practiced juggling.【听力原文】 M: Did you have fun last night?W: To be frank, Ive seen better things on television. I didnt like seeing large animals performing tricks, and the jugglers werent as skillf

7、ul as I thought theyd be. M: Sounds like a waste of money, then. Why hasnt the woman chosen a course? A. Therere few options to choose from. B. The courses may be too difficult to learn. C. She doesnt want to make a wrong decision.【听力原文】M: Have you chosen a course yet? You know the deadline for the

8、application is Friday. W: I know. Its so difficult! If I choose the wrong subject.M: Dont worry. Lets talk through your options. What are the speakers talking about? A. A photo. B. Colors. C. A painting.【听力原文】M: What do you think of this one? W: To be honest, its not really my taste. Im not really i

9、nto this style of portrait. And it sort of looks like a photo to me. M: I like the colors, and the expression on her face is kind of intense. How often does the man play cricket? A. Seldom. B. Frequently. C. Never【听力原文】M: I got a backache from playing cricket. W: I didnt know you played cricket. M:

10、Well, once in a blue moon. Why is the woman in a good mood? A. The copier worked and she got the copies. B. She kicked the copier and now feels better. C. She had the copier fixed in time.【听力原文】W: This stupid thing keeps getting jammed. I cant get it to make any copies.M: So it makes sense youre in

11、such a good humor.W: I gave it a good kick and feel better.Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) five short conversationsSection B (10 marks) two long conversations Section C (5 marks) five short news items Section D (10 marks) a radio talkPart II Vocabulary and Structure (15

12、 marks)Part Cloze (10 marks)Part Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Part V Translation (10 marks)Part VI Error Correction (10 marks)Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)Part VIII Writing (30 marks) Section B (10 marks)In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once.

13、 At the end of each conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, read the questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation One6. Wh

14、at are the speakers talking about? A. When to build a hotel B. The species of animals on the land. C. The use of the land.7. Why does the woman disagree with the mans idea of building a hotel? A. They are short of money. B. It may ruin the environment. C. There is not enough space for it.8. What wil

15、l they probably build? A. An organic health spa. B. An animal sanctuary. C. A restaurant.【听力原文】W: I dont really have any expertise in managing. Have you got any idea what we could do with it?6M: Well, when I see fifty square kilometers of land, I think of money. W: Ha, thats typical of you.M: Well,

16、yeah. I think, you know, a hotel will be great here. Theres enough room for it, and as its in the middle of this kind of wonderful environment, we could really sell it. W: Yeah, the lands got these really lovely environmental features. Youve got these lovely hills and therere all these lovely trees,

17、 and a little forest down there. Perhaps it would be nicer to do something thats kind of more sympathetic with the environment,7 like, um, you could leave it wild and just let the animals roam free, or you could have like a more organized animal sanctuary to get the most out of the features of it. M

18、: What would we get out of that?W: Its doing something good, and giving something back to the earth, and making sure that these sorts of animal species are left to live in their own environment. M: Ok. Perhaps not a hotel then, but I think we could think of a commercial use that would fit in more wi

19、th the environment. What about some kind of health resort, maybe?W: Well, thats quite a nice idea. People could go walking in the hills, and they could do nature trails through the forest. We could even have like a little organic garden or provide food thats fresh and healthy. We could have an organ

20、ic health spa. What do you think? 8M: Yeah, thats a nice idea.8 Conversation Two9. What are the speakers talking about? A. The role of teenagers in finding out the trend. B. The material and spiritual need of teenagers. C. The function of technology to teenagers development.10. Where was the investi

21、gation of Microsoft carried out? A. In street markets in Seattle. B. In bars in London and Tokyo. C. In places where new trends might be found.11. What does the man think about the relationship between teenagers and technology? A. All Teenagers are critical users of technology. B. Teenagers stimulat

22、e the development of technology. C. The development of technology helps teenagers grow.12. Why is IBMs ThinkPad keyboard designed with lights on it? A. Teenagers usually take notes in the dark during lectures. B. Its convenient for teenagers to carry around at night. C. Teenagers with eye problems c

23、ant see the keyboard clearly.13. What does the man say about collaborative computing? A. It is more useful than mobile phones B. It has massive potential for working environments. C. It is capable of storing huge amounts of data.14. Why trainers are mentioned? A. Its the other role of teenagers. B.

24、To exemplify that fashion has also been youth-led. C. Most trainers are teenagers.15. How does Converse investigate teenagers? A. Sending them text messages. B. Exchanging emails with them. C. Talking to them in person.【听力原文】M: I think, with technology, it was Microsoft that started it.W: “It” being

25、 the use of teenagers.M: Yes. Using teenagers to find out whats in and what isnt, what the market wants next.9 Around the year 2000, they started observing these kids to find out what they were doing with technology. W: And this was an American thing? M: Well, no, actually they went all over the pla

26、ce observing these kids: from street markets in Seattle to skating rinks in London, bars in Tokyo, anywhere they thought trends might kick off.10W: So the idea was to watch these children, or teenagers, and learn what they wanted to do with their mobile phones, with software.M: Thats right, because

27、its teenagers that really drive technology.11 Kids have no fear of technology. They experiment and they automatically home in on the new. One thing that became clear is that teenagers want technology they can carry around. Anything bigger than a few inches is out. Thats why there was the development

28、 of these tiny mobile phones that could be attached to your arm, that type of thing. Text messaging caught on because kids wanted to pass notes to each other during class. The lights that you find on IBMs ThinkPad keyboard are there because IBM noticed that kids take notes in the dark during lecture

29、s.12 W: So all of these things came about because of the needs of kids.M: Thats right. W: And whats coming up on the horizon? Is there any big development that has been led by teenagers? M: Well, the next big area is collaborative computing, where you have groups of people working together online. T

30、his is really going to take off in the next few years, because it has massive potential for working environments13 in the sense that you may be able to work simultaneously on a project with someone whos on the other side of the world, moving data around together.W: So is it just technology with thes

31、e kids? M: You mean where teenagers are leading the market? W: Yes. M: Not at all. I mean, fashion has been youth-led for years and years, but in particular, trainers.14 Now, if you want to keep up with the latest style of trainers, who do you ask? You dont ask anyone over twenty, thats for sure. An

32、d I think it was Converse trainers who used to do lots of their market research on the streets, on the basketball courts of New York, anywhere you find teenagers. They may still do this, I dont know. W: And, what, they just talk to these kids?M: Talk to them, watch what they are wearing, the colors,

33、 the style, and maybe bring in a prototype, ask the kids if theyd wear these. If not, why not?15Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Section A (5 marks) five short conversationsSection B (10 marks) two long conversations Section C (5 marks) five short news items Section D (10 marks) a radio tal

34、kPart II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)Part Cloze (10 marks)Part Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Part V Translation (10 marks)Part VI Error Correction (10 marks)Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)Part VIII Writing (30 marks) Section C (5 marks)In this section, you will hear five short news items. After

35、each item, which will be read only once, there will be a pause. During the pause, read the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. Whats the news about? A. A c

36、oincidence of ten popular names and the movie Twilight. B. People tend to name their babies after the characters of popular movies. C. Some popular names in the 1980s have caught on again.【听力原文】Theres a better-than-random chance that babies born in the United States last year, 2010, were named “Bell

37、a” or “Edward.” Those were among the 10 most popular girls and boys names, respectively, and it was more than a coincidence that they are also leading characters in the wildly popular “Twilight” series of young adult novels and films about vampires. Certain ones which were popular in the 1980s, beco

38、me the rage, then fall from fashion. Why has the AIDS study been named as 2011 Breakthrough of the Year by the journal Science? A. It finds that HPTN 052 can cure AIDS effectively. B. It finds that antiretroviral drugs can considerably lower the risk of transmitting HIV. C. It finds an effective way

39、 to stop the HIV transmission.【听力原文】The journal Science has named an AIDS study as its 2011 Breakthrough of the Year. The clinical trial found that antiretroviral drugs can be used to dramatically lower the risk of transmitting HIV. The clinical trial is known as HPTN 052. It proved that giving the

40、drugs to HIV infected people sooner made them 96 percent less likely to transmit the virus to their uninfected partners. The research team was led by Dr. Myron Cohen. He said while the results were announced in May, preliminary work actually began 20 years ago. What was the most important reason why

41、 Hazare called off his hunger strike according to the news? A. The public didnt respond actively. B. He had got a fever. C. Some strikers quitted.【听力原文】 In India, anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare has ended his hunger strike to press for a tougher anti-graft law earlier than planned. The strike

42、 in Mumbai was to last for three days. But on Wednesday evening, the 74-year-old activist called off his protest a day early. He did not cite a reason. But doctors have warned of a danger to the health of the activist, who has been running a fever. His protest also has seen far thinner crowds compar

43、ed to his earlier campaigns, prompting commentators to say that the poor public response could be a factor behind his decision. Why is it that the data gathered on penguins over the years may now be worthless? A. It is already outdated. B. Many of the penguins have died for lack of food. C. Their we

44、aring of flipper bands has affected the accuracy of the data.【听力原文】For decades scientists have been following penguins by putting bands around their flippers. This allows individual birds to be identified at a distance. But there have been concerns that flipper bands might be unethical because they

45、harm the birds by slowing them down as they swim. The latest study reported birds fitted with bands died younger, started breeding later in the year, took longer to forage for food and over all raised about 40 percent fewer chicks. There are also concerns that some data gathered on penguins down the

46、 years may now be worthless.20. Whats said about gardening in Britain? A. More than half of the British people are engaged in gardening. B. Government approves people to use public places for gardening. C. Private gardening in public places often takes place late at night.【听力原文】 Odd things are happe

47、ning to Brits.we seem to be developing green fingers! The number of people growing their own fruit and vegetables has almost doubled in the past year, according to Gardeners World magazine. But not everyone has space for a vegetable patch or a flowerbed. Thats why some people plant flowers or vegeta

48、bles in public places to make them greener and more pleasing to the eye. Many people would approve of prettifying towns and cities, but guerrilla gardening is not strictly legal. Therefore, this type of gardening often takes place in the dead of night.Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks) Sectio

49、n A (5 marks) five short conversationsSection B (10 marks) two long conversations Section C (5 marks) five short news items Section D (10 marks) a radio talkPart II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)Part Cloze (10 marks)Part Reading Comprehension (40 marks)Part V Translation (10 marks)Part VI Error

50、 Correction (10 marks)Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)Part VIII Writing (30 marks) Section D (10 marks)In this section, you will hear a radio talk about some festivals around the world. The talk will be read only once. For questions 21-30, complete the notes which summarize what the speaker says. You will

51、 need to write a word or a short phrase. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet. Name: Festival of Snakes Country: (21) _Activities: Celebrations begin with people (22) _ and putting them in cages. Later, on the first Thursday in May, villagers (23) _ and then go to church. Then, the stat

52、ue of Saint Domenica is carried through the streets, and villagers put the snakes around it. At last, the snakes are (24) _ in the forest, and the villagers believe that they are (25) _ from snakebites for another year.Name: La Tomatina Country: (26) _Activities: On the last Wednesday of August, peo

53、ple (27) _ at each other. The festival is said to start as (28) _ between poor and rich teenagers. Over the years, this festival has turned into a national event. People wear old T-shirts, old shorts, and (29) _. And the festival both begins and ends with (30) _.【答案】21. Italy 22. capturing snakes 23

54、. set off fireworks 24. set free 25. immune 26. Spain 27. throw tomatoes 28. a fight 29. safety glasses 30. the firing of a rocket【听力原文】1 On October 31, in many countries children and adults dress up in unusual costumes. Some become witches or ghosts; others dress up as trees, goats, and in other ve

55、ry unusual costumes. October 31 is, of course, Halloween. This festival started in Europe and has spread to all parts of the world. However, not all celebrations spread around the world. Every country has its own singular festivals. Here are two of the more unusual ones.2 The first one is Festival o

56、f Snakes. Many people are afraid of snakes. In some parts of the world, snakes are regarded as evil or, at least, dangerous. But, there is one small village in Italy where the people seem to worship snakes. They show their respect and love for snakes with a festival. This festival is held each year

57、in the tiny village of Cocullo, which is surrounded by some of Italys wildest forests.21 3 Celebrations begin on Saint Josephs Day, March 19, when the first snakes of the season are captured and put in cages.22 Two months later, on the first Thursday in May, villagers set off fireworks and then go t

58、o church.23 After church, the statue of Saint Domenica is carried through the streets, and villagers put the captured snakes around his statue. Then, more fireworks are set off. At the edge of the village, the snakes are set free in the forest,24 and the villagers believe that they are immune from s

59、nakebites for another year.254 The second festival, La Tomatina, in Bunol, Spain, is very simple.26 Everyone throws tomatoes at each other on the last Wednesday of August.27 The towns streets turn bright red as over 20,000 people hit each other with large, red, soft tomatoes.5 There are many ideas o

60、n how the festival started. The most likely explanation is that it started as a fight between poor and rich teenagers.28 No one knows who threw the first tomato, but somehow they began throwing tomatoes at each other.6 It soon became a point of honor to meet on the same day in town. Over the years,