2011年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试卷(D类真题) 和答案

PAGEPAGE12A。A。Bycallingthecompany。B。Byaskingthesalesman。C。Bylookingatthepricelist。2011NationalEnglishContestforCollege(LevelD-Preliminary)Part1ListeningComprehension（30marks)SectionA(5marks)Inthissection,youwillhearfiveshortconversations。Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce。Aftereachconversation，therewillbeapause。Duringthepause,readingthequestionandthethreechoicesmarkedA,BandC，anddecidewhichisthebestchoiceThenmarkthecorrespondingletteronthewithasinglelinethroughthecentre.1.Howwillthepricebedetermined？2.Wheremostprobablyarethetwospeakers？A。Atabusstop.B.Ona。 C.Inacar3。Whatarethetwospeakerstalkingabout?A。Whattohaveforlunch。 B.Whetherornottoeatout.C.Howtogettotheconference。Whoisthemantalkingto?A。Abaker’sdeliverservice. B.Anofficesupplystore。C。Abookdesigner。WhatisBartconcernedabout？A。Finishingthereportontime.B。MeetingthechairmanoftheboardC.ConvincingJudithtohelphimSectionB(10marks）Inthissection,youwillheartwoconversations.Eachconversationwillbereadonlyonce。Aftereachconversation,therewillbeaonce—minutepauseDuringthepause,readthefivequestions,eachwiththetherechoicesmarkedBandCanddecidewhichisthebestchoice.Thenmarkthecirr1espondingontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Conversation1WhydoseRuthcallJackie.Toinvitehimtoa。Toaskhimtobuysomefood.C。Toaskhimtosendsomeinvitations.WhatdoyouknowaboutBen’snewA。ItisinLondon.B。HisisgoingtoworkforamagazineC.Hisisgoingtobecomeateacher8。Wherearetheygoingtohavetheparty?A。InaflatB。InarestaurantC.InapublichallWhatisbeingpreparedfortheparty？AdanceB。AfilmshowC。SomeFrenchfoodWhenwillJackiemeetRuth?Atnineo'clockAtaquartertoCAtteno’clockConversation2WhataretheytalkingTony'sdailyscheduleTony;sschoollifetony；sjob.12。Wheredosethemanworknow?Atabank.Inahospital.Ata。13WhendidthemangetupwhenheisaAAt5:30。B。At8:30.C。Atlunchtime。14。Whatdosethemanhavetoweartowork?A。JeansB.Asuit。A 15Whatisoneadvantagesoftheman’sjob?A.Hecanusetheinternet. B。Hehaslongholidays. C.Heispaidagoodsalary.SectionC(5Marks)Inthissectionyouwillhearamonologue。Themonologuewillbereadtwice。Afterthemonologuewillbeapause.Duringthepausereadthefivequestions,eachwiththreechoicesmarkedBandC,decidewhichisthebestchoice.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre。16。Wheredidthethiefstealthecarsfrom？A。Gardens B.Showrooms。 C。17。Whatwasthethief’sjob?A.Asalesman. B.Adoctor. CA18Whatdidthethiefdowiththecarsthathestole?A。Hecleanedthem，andthenleftthematthesideoftheroad。B。Hepaintedthemandthenkeptthem.C.Hesoldthemtootherpeople.What’sthepunishmentforthethief’sbehavior?A.Alongjailsentence. BCleaningallthecarsthathestole.C.Afineoff4000。20。Howlongwasthethief’smarriagetoMary？A.36years。 。13years。 C。48years。SectionD(10marsInthissection,thereisashortpassagewhichwillbereadtwice。Listentothepassagecarefully,andthenfillintheblankswiththewordsorphrasesyouhearonthetape.Remembertowritedowntheanswersontheanswersheet.InBritain,therearetwooccasionseachyearwhenpeopleusuallyreceivepresents:onChristmasdayandontheirbirthdays。Inthepast,the21stbirthdaywas（21） becauseitsymbolizedbecominganadultPeople(22） receivedasilverkeyonthatdaytosymbolizeopeningthedoortotheadultworld 。peopleinBritainlegallybecomeadultsattheageof(23） sotheyoftenhavethebiggestcelebrationonthatbirthday.Thecustomerofgivinggiftson25Decemberonly（24） Victorian。BeforethatitwasmorecommonforpeopleinBritainto(25） presentsonNewYear’seveorTwelfthNight。Thesedays,onChristmasEveparentsputpresentsforyoungc hildrenin‘stocking’andhangthemontheendoftheirpresents.GiftsforolderchildrenbelievethatSantaClauscameduringthenightand （26) themtheirpresents。Giftsforolderchildrenandgrown-upare(27） theChristmastreeonChristmasEveThen，onChristmasmorning，everyonesitsaroundthetreeandopenstheirpresents.EasterandMother'sDayarealsoimportantdays。Youngchildrenusuallyreceive（28)atEasterandmostpeopleoftengivepresentstotheirmothersonMother’s。Peoplealsoreceivegiftsimportantoccasionsintheirlives。Forexample,alltheguests（29)usuallybringagiftforthebrideandgroom.Andthesedays，studentssometimesgetpresentsfromtheirparentsifthey（30)theirexams!Part5VocabularyandStructure(15）Thereare15incompletesentences。Foreachblank,therearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD。choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence。Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.Itgoeswithout thatyou’llbepaidforallthisextratimeyou’respendingontheproject.A。sayingB。telling C。talking D。speakingWe themoneytoyourmoneymarketaccountwithinthreeworking。havebeentransferred B.willtransfer C.transferring willbetransferredThecolorfulillustrationsincludedintheneweditionifthebookmakeit attractive.muchmore B。mostofall C.themore D。thatmostThecrewworkedsohardthattheyfinishedehentireprojectthreedays ofschedule.A。forward B.ahead C.soon D。35。HerOlympicexperiencegaveherabid overtheothercontestants。A。withwhich B.tothat C。with D。 towhich36。Itisusefultobeabletopredicttheextent apricechangewillaffectsupplyanddemands.A。learnabout 。worthwhile C。valuable D.37。Theoldladybecameworriedwhenshedidn't —hersonforawholemonth.A。learnabout B.hearof C.hearfrom D.learnfromHedecideditwasn't readingthereportashe’dbeeninformedofallthechangesalready.A。worthy B。worthwhile C.valuable D。valuing39。Theyhavetakenmeasurestosolvethecity'spollutionproblem,butitmaybesometime situationimproves.A.givein B。blooming C。bloom D.bloomed40。Largecompaniessometimestryto smallercompaniesbybuyingamajorityoftheshares.A。givein B。suggested C。persuaded D.implied41.Usingrecentdevelopmentsinscienceandtechnology,mancanmakevariousflowers beforetime.A。givein B。getup C.lookafter D。takeoverUsingrecentdevelopmentsinscienceandtechnology,mancanmakevariousflowers beforetime。A。insisted B。suggested C.persuaded D。impliedOurneighbourshave ustobuythesamekindofcarpetingthattheyhave。A.insisted B.suggested C.persuaded D.43。–excuseme， ？Yes.That’soneglassofwhitewine,onemineralwaterandonesandwich。Tenpounds，please.Thanks，isserviceincludes？No.Ok，hereyouare。A.canwehavethebill，please Bwhatwouldyouliketohave.C.doyouhaveanyhamburgers Dcouldyoupleasegetmesome44Reception,howmayIhelpyou?Thereisn’tsoapinthebathroom! ,sir.Thanksyou。CanIhavesomeshowergel,andsomeshavingcream，too，please?Sorry.Wedon’tprovideshavingcream，butthere’ssomeshowergelinthebathroomcabinet.A。Youcanbuysomeintheshop. B.I'llsendsometoyourroomrightawayC。I’mreallysorrytohearthat D.That'simpossible。Theremustbesome。45。Hello.I’dliketospeaktoJulie，please。I'mafraidsheisn'thererightnow. ？。ThisisherfriendM ark。I’mcallingtoaskherifshe’dliketoseeamovietomorrownight.

Okay.I'llgiveherthemessage。Thanks。A。 wouldyouliketoholdon?。 DoyouknowwhenshewillbebackC。 WouldyouliketoseeamovieD.D.CanItakeamessage.Part3close（15marks)Readthepassageandfillineachblankwithoneword.Choosehewordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:accordingtothecontext，byusingthecorrectformifthegivenword,orbyusingthegivenletteroftheword.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet。ThisisMattDrudge,millionairefounderandowneroftheDrudgeReport，thefirstandmostsuccessfulonline‘newspaper’.PeoplehavecalledDrudgetheultimatebloggerbuthedoesn’tacceptthis（46 (describHeconsiderstheDrudgeReporttobeapropernewspapeverydifferent（47 thethousandsofweblogswhichhavesprungupontheinternet。Drudge’sfascinationfornewsandgossipstemsformachildhoodjob(48)dpapersforTheWashingtonStar，whichgavehimplentyoftimeandotocatchupwiththelatestnews。Drudgewas（50) (interest)inschoolworkorsport。However,hedevelopedanobsession（51）rumorsandpoliticalgossip。Atschoolhisonlygoodmarksfor(52)caffairs。Followingaseriesofdead—endjobsDrudgeendedupinlosangelsinthe1990s，justin(53）forthebeginningofwhatwastobecometheinternet.TheWorldWideWebwasafertilehunting（54)g forDrudge。Hespendhourssiftingthroughthenewsgroupsandwebsitesthatthenexisted,searching （55） rumorsandinsidestoriesfromthepoliticalandentertainmentworlds。HelaunchedtheDrudgeReportwebsitein1995,（56） has become a daily ‘rumor bulletin’ expressing his version of the latest and juiciest gossipfromHollywoodandWashington.Alwaysmanagingtobethefirstwith(57） （break)news,Drudge’ssuccesswasassuredwhenhebecamethefirstpersontopublicisetheMonicaLewinskyscandalin1998。Nowwithanincomeofoveramilliondollarsayearandmanythousandsof（58) （subscrib，eethasbecomea‘must'resourceforehungryforetnewsgossip.Willtheever—increasingavailabilityofnewsontheinternetmeanthe(59)etheconventionalnewspaper?Drudgedoesn’tthinksoHethinksthetwoworking(60)tPart5readingcomprehension（40marks）

foritsolderrival,。Readthefollowingpassages。Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions。Respondtothequestionsaccordingtothepassage。Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.SectionA(10marks）Ontheeveningofhis18thbirthday，ateenagerfromatinyvillageinnorthernGermanyclicked‘send’onhiscomputersinhospitalsandblanksinHongKong,chinahadcrashed,andtrainsinAustraliaandtheUSAandstopped.Incourtafewmonthslater，theteenager,SvenJaschan，waschargedwithcriminaldamage.Hewasfoundguiltyofputtingtheterrible‘Sasser’computervirusontheinternetandreceiveda21-monthsuspendedsentence。Heavoidedprisonbecausehewasonlyeighteenwhenhecommittedthecrime.Thevirusinfectedmillionsofcomputersystemsacrosstheworld，andcausedmillionsofdollarsdamage.SvenadmittedhisguilttothedetectiveswhocametohishomeHehadspentanenormousoftimecreatingtheSasservirusonthecomputerinhisbedroomHeoftenspenttenhoursadayinfrontofhiscomputerbuthisparentshadn’tknownwhathewasdoingatthetime。Whenhereleasedthevirusontheinternet,hedidn'trealizeitwouldcausesomuchdamage.Hewasjustdelightedthatinhadworked。‘IfeltasifIhadwrittenafirst—classessay',saidSven。‘ItoldmyclassmatestheythoughtitwasterrificButhisfeelingschangedvery。HewasterrifiedwhensesawaTVnewsreportaboutthevirusanddamageithadcaused.DetectivesarrestedSvenafteroneofhisclassmatescontactedMicrosoftandtoldthemabouthim。Microsofthadoffereda$250,000rewardforinformationaboutthevirus.However，Sven'steachersatschoolwereastonishedthatSvenhadcreatedthevirus。Theysaidthathewasn'tabrilliantcomputerstudent。‘thereareothersintheclasswhoarebetterthanhim，’oneteachersaid！Whilehewaswaitingforhiswaitingforhistrialtostart，Svenleftschoolandstartedwork.Henowworksforacomputercompany，making‘firewalls’–vitalpiecesofsoftwarethatprotectcomputersfromviruses！Questions61-62:readthequestionsandthefourchoicesmarkedBCandDanddecidewhichisbestchoiceaccordingtothepassage。WhatwasSvenJaschan'scrime？AHestolealotofcomputersHecreatedacomputervirus.C.Hecreatedacomputervirus。D。Herobbedabigbank.Whywasn’tSvensenttoprison?ABecausehewastooyoung.B.Becausehewasn'tfoundguilty.C。Becauseheadmittedhisguiltytodetectives.D.Becauseheworkedforabigcompany。Question63-65：readthepassage,andthencompletethefollowingstatementsinnomorethanfourwordsforeachblanks.WhenSvenreleasedthevirusontheinternet,hewasatfirst ，thenfrightened.ThepolicecaughtSvenusinginformationgiventoMicrosoftby 65。Inthelastparagraph,thewordmeaning‘veryimportant'is .SectionB(10MARKS）Esquire1year，12issuesPrice：＄7.97Esquireislifestylemagazineaimedatprofessionalmen.Thegoaloftheeditorsistoprovideabroadscopeofinformationofinteresttothismagazine，includingbusiness,health,fitness，fashion，sports,entertainment,familylifeandarts。Boy’slife1years,10issuesPrice：＄23。00Boy’slifeistoentertainandeducateallboysandtoopentheireyestojoyousworldofreadingItincludesamixofnew,sports,historyfictionscienceentertainment,andcomics.Forboysaged7to14Nick1year，12issuesPrice:＄24.00Nickisfilledwithwonderfulentertainmentforchildren ，aged6to14.itiswholesome,imaginativeandtrulyfromachild’spointofview.Nickseestheworldfromyourchild’sperspective。Sharetheaward—winningentertainmentandhumormagazinefromNIckwithyourkids。Seventeen1year，12issuesPrice:＄12.00Seventeenistheworld’smostpopularmagazinefortoday’steenagegirls!Ineveryissueyou’llgetthelatestscooponstyle,friends,guys，college,careers，thestarsandlove,aswellashottipsonbeauty，fitness，entertainmentsandrelationships.Eachissueofseventeenhasexcitingfeatures,includingfiction,quizzes，music,videos，trendsandsomuchmore.Anddon’tforgetthereallycoolarticles,suchastheever-favoriteIfit'simportanttotoday’syoungwomen，it’sinSeventeen.Questions66—69:Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.66.Whichmagazineisthecheapestaccordingtothe67HowoldaretheboysthatBoys’LifeaimsIfyouneedtochooseamagazinefromtheabovelistedfora7—year-oldgirl,howmuchdoyouNeedtopayayear？WhomaybethemostinterestedinSeventeen？Questions70Readthequestionandthefourchoicesmarked，，C,and D,anddecidewhichisthechoiceaccordingtothepassage.Whatinformationiscontainedinallthefourmagazines？A。Career。 B.Entertainment。 C.College. D.BusinessSectionC(10marks)Manydoctorsknowthestoryof‘Mr。In1957hewasdiagnosedwithcancer,andgivenonlydaystolive。Heheardtumorsthesizeoforanges。Heheardthatscientistshaddiscoveredanewmedication ，Kerbionzen,whichwaseffectiveagainstcancer，andhebeggedhisdoctortogivehimthedrug.Hisphysician，DrPhilipWest,finally。MrWrightwasgivenaninjectiononaFridayafternoon，theastonisheddoctorfoundhispatientsoutofhis‘deathbed' ，jokingwiththenursesthefollowingMonday.‘Thethedoctorwrote‘hadmeltedlikesnowballsonahotstove’MrWrighthadnotbeengivenadrug,justamixofsaltandwater。Thisstoryhasbeenignoredbydoctorsforalongtime ，dismissedasoneofthosestrangetalesthatmedicinecannotexplain.TheideathatwhatapatientbelievescanmakeafataldiseasegoawayisregardedasjusttoostrangeHowever，noscientistsarediscoveringthatplaceboeffectismorepowerfulthananyonehadeverthought。Theyarealsobeginningtodiscoverhowsuchmiraculousresultsareachieved.(74)Throughnewtechniquesinbrainimagery,ithasbeenshownthatathought,abelieforadesirecancausechemicalprocessesinthebrainwhichcanhavepowerfuleffectsonthebody.Placebosare‘liesthatheal’，saidDrAnneHarrington，asciencehistorianatHavardUniversity.‘ThewordplaceboisLaitinfor“Ishallplease”or“Ishallmakeyouhappy”anditistypicallyatreatmentthatadoctorgivestoanxiouspatientstopleasethem,’shesaid.‘Itlookslikemedication,buthasnohealingingredientswhatever.'Nowadays，doctorshavemuchmoredeffectivemedicinestofightdisease,butthesetreatmentshavenotdiminishedthepoweroftheplacebo–quitetheopposite.（75）Maybewhenscientistsfullyunderstandhowtheywork,thepowerfulhealingeffectsofthehumanmaindwillbeusedmoresystematically.Questions71—73：Readthepassage，andthensaywhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse（。71。WrWrightwasgivenanewcancermedicationwhichcontainedhealingingredienes.72。AfterDrPhilipWestgaveMrWrighttheinjection，MrWrightgotbetter.73。Scientistsarediscoveringthatplacebosdon'thaveanyeffectatall。Questions74—75Translatetheunderlinedsentences74andSectionD(10marks)Robotsareusefulinexploringspacebecausetheycanworkintheconditionswhichexistinspace.Suchrobotsusuallylooklikeboxeswithwheels.Thoughtheserobotsareuseful,however,theyareextremelyexpensive-theybreakeasilyandtheyarecannotdoverymanytasks.Becauseoftheseproblems,scientistshavebeenworkingonanewandunusualkindofrobot.Thesenewrobotswilllookandmovelikesnakes,sotheyhavebeengiventhename‘snakebots’.Thewayasnakeisshapedallowsittodospecialthings,suchasgettingintoverysmallspaces，likecracksinrocks.Snakescanalsopushthemselvesundergroundandclimbupdifferentkindsofobjectslikeandtrees.Suchabilitiesaccountfortheusefulnessofrobotsdesignedlikesnakes，becausetheywillbetodothesethings,too。Suchrobotswouldbemuchmoreeffectivethanregularrobotswithwheels。Wheeledrobotseasilygetstuckandfallover，butsnakebotswouldnothavetheseproblemsTheycouldgoalmostanywhereandsowouldbeusefulforexploringthdifferentenvironmentsofotherplanets。theycancarrytools,snakebotswouldbeabletoworkinspace，aswell。Theycouldforexample,repairtheInternetionSpaceStation。Howdoyoumakearobotshapedlikeasnake?Asnakebotisputtogetherlikeamadeofaboutthirtyparts,ormodules.Eachmoduleisbasicallythesame-theyallcontainacomputerandawheeltoaidmovement。Thecomputerinthe‘head’ofthesnakemakesthemodulesworktogether。Ifonemodulefails，anothercaneasilytakeits place。Snakebotmodulescanalsocarrydifferentkindsoftools，aswellascameras.Sinceeachmoduleisactuallyarobotinitself，eachmodulecanworkapartfromtherestifnecessary.Thesnakebotdesignismuchsimplerthanofmostcommonrobots。Thus,snakebotswillbemuchlessexpensivetobuild。OneoftherobotssenttoMarscostahundredmilliondollarstobuild.However,snakebotscostaslittleasafewdollarstomakeandcouldthereforesave.enormousamountsofmoneyonfuturespacemissions,Withtheirversatilityandaffordability, snakebotswillbethewayofthefuture;atleastasfarasspacerobotsareconcerned.Questions76~80：readthepassagecarefullyandthencompleteeachspaceinthesummary,usingamaximumofthreewordsfromthepassage.Summary:Itismucheasiertosendrobots，ratherthanpeople,intospace,butscientistshavefoundthatrobotswithwheelsarenotthemost(76） ones.Thisisbecausetherearemanyproblemsassociatedwithtoday’srobots:theyareveryexpensive，theyandcannotdomanytasks.Infact,forexploringplaceswithlotsofobstaclestogooverorunder，(78) wordbetterthanwheeledrobots。Theyaremadeofseparateparts，or（79） ，eachofwhichisactuallyarobotinitself。Snakebotscangoanywhereanddomanydifferentkindsoftasks。Itbooksasthoughrobotsshapedlikesnakeswillbetheofthefutureowingtotheir（80) .Part5translation(10marks)TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish，usingthewordsgiveninthebrackets.Remembertowriteanswerontheanswersheet.请复习课堂上讨论过的要点,（aswellas）不要管其他人怎样想，作为一个个体,这是一个你必须自己做的选择.(regardless83.(tend）我宁愿现在就把真相告诉他,（wouldrather）（befamiliarwith）Part6IQtest(10marks）TherearefiveIQquestionsinthispart.Writetheanswersontheanswersheet.86。changeMILKtoWINE,oneletteratatime,inthreesteps。Whatnumbershouldreplacethequestionmark?58 (42） 2639 (42） 4532 (?) 68clockAwascorrelateatbutlostexactly1minuteanhourfromthenon.Itstopped1hourago（B),havingrunforlessthan12hours。Whatthetimenow？A B89。howmanylinesappearbelow？90。canyouunderstandthereasoningbehindthesedominosandfindthemissingletter？DWBYFH?UPart7writing(30marks)Task1（10marks)SupposeyouareWangDan,andyouhavebeengivenanopportunitytogotoEnglandtostudyEnglishformonth。Theinstitutewhereyouwillbestudyinghassentyousomeinformationaboutthefamilyyouwillstaywith，butthereisstillinformationyouliketohavebeforeyougo.Carefullyreadtheinformationaboutyourhostfamilyandthenotesyouhavemadebelow.ThenwriteyourlettertoMrsRubens ，introducingyourselfbrieflyandaskingfortheinformationyouneed.Writealetterofmorethan80wordsintheanswersheet。Donotincludeaddresses.Student：WangDanHostfamilyname：RybensAdults：Maureen(F）Nathan（M)Children：Samuel（M） Age：18Rebecca（f） Age:16David(M） Age:Address：26CheltenhamClose,BathThefamilywillprovideasingleroombreakfastandeveningmealandbedlinenUseofwashingmachine.Dateofarrival：20/7/2011Dateofdeparture:19/8/2011