生英语竞赛类试题2009national english contest forcollege students

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18、drop performlthis,” added never , at, clearly them ,” . made .” passage , ?tstraightforwardlySectionD(10Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowingEveryoneknowsabout heenvironment.Water,air,andall polluted. This t pollution is everywhere .Now, scientists are insideour bodies tofindout ernal In 2003, the E

19、nvironmental Working Group studied nine people to measure the chemicals in there bodies. These nine people had an average of 53 cancer-heir bodies .They also had average of 62 t can harm in pregnant women .Even though a lot of chemicals were found in human bodies , chemicals were found in small amou

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21、were found in human bodies , chemicals were found in small amounts .The amounts were small t were probably not hurting the people . However, scientists are worried because most of these chemicals were created by humans. Most of these chemicals did not exist years ago. This proves our own babies!t we

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23、mine) may o the skin and stop us from absorbing a nutrient called “choline”. Choline is a t plays a l he cell making he brain. Some people t every time washourhair,wearedecreasingourEveryone knows they should brush their teeth regularly, but recent research t thpastes can cause cancer. Fluoride is a

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28、icals in our bodies. We should remind our friends and famis to take care of their bodies.PartIVCloze(15minutes,15According to a group called the Voice Function, everyone has a singing voice well asa(66)(speak) omewhereinsidethem.This,theysay,shouldbeencfromanearlyagebecauseitprovidesthebest,andthe(6

29、8) basis on which to build an understanding of music.Theteachingof garian e responsible for this idea. He t songs key part of relationship a mother and her child from birth . This is true of traditional societies, those of West Africa , where small children arewell asa(66)(speak) omewhereinsidethem.

30、This,theysay,shouldbeencfromanearlyagebecauseitprovidesthebest,andthe(68) basis on which to build an understanding of music.Theteachingof garian e responsible for this idea. He t songs key part of relationship a mother and her child from birth . This is true of traditional societies, those of West A

31、frica , where small children are able to sing of songs , all of which havebeen learn by heart . However many modern come to understanding music (74)they learn to play an instrument (75)although some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this , their relationship with the music on the

32、page is often a mechanical one.The(76) (be ve)oftheVoiceFoundationis tanaturalfeelingforharmony and musical structure .the very qualities we te in the ns.canonly beachievedthroughthe (explore)ofthevoicefrom beginning rsons life .The foundation has , therefore ,set itself the task of a singing-center

33、ed musical education(79)prot could benefit junior the world.PartVTranslation(15minutes,20marks) Section A (10 marks)Embroidery ) is a brilliant pearl in art .(81) From the Dragon Robes worn by emperors to todays fashions, embroidery adds a great deal of pleasure to our culture and our lives.The olde

34、st embroidery on record in China dates from the Shang his period symbolized l us. (82) It was not until later on, the national economy developed, t embroidery entered the lives of the After the Zhou Dynasty, the Han Dynasty witnessed a leap in both techniques and styles of embroidery. Embroidered ob

35、jects ranged from the sun, the moon, stars, mountains dragons, and phoenixes to tigers, flowers and grasses, clouds and geometricpatterns.Auspiciouswordswerealsofashionable.Bothhistoricrecordsand products of the time prove this.The cultural relics he Mawangdui Han Tomb are the best evidence of unpre

36、cedenteddevelopmentinInaddition,embroideryunearthedfrom the CavesinDunhuang,theurpanandnorthernInnerMongolia,furtherstrengthenthisobservation(84) The Chi word for embroidery is “xiu”, a picture or embroidery in five colours .It imps beautiful and magnificent things.Embroidery was an elegant task for

37、 ladies who were forbidden to go out of homes. (85)It was a good pastime to which they could devote elligence . Imagine a beautiful young lady embroidering a ypouch.Stitchbystitch, er day and the room issheembroidersapairoflovebirdsforherlover.Itsacold filledwiththearomaofincense.SectionBouchingandb

38、eautiful86.（倒装句（keeppace 如果你通过旅行社预定你的行程，你可能会得到很大的折扣 。90（虚拟语气PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5If all theletters ofthe alphabetwere written out backwards ,which would bethe next but one letter after the third vowel?The top two scales are86.（倒装句（keeppace 如果你通过旅行社预定你的行程，你可能会得到很大的折扣 。90（虚拟语气PartVIIQTest(5minutes,5If all theletters ofthe alphabetwere written out backwards ,which would bethe next but one letter after the third vowel?The top two sca