2007+年全国大学生英语竞赛A级样题

Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points) Section A: In this section, you will hear 6 short conversations. A t 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. A fter each 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (6 points) 1. A. To help the woman record a play. B. To fix the CD player for the woman. C. To see what蒺s wrong with the record player. 2. A. 5:00 p.m. B. 5:30 p.m. C. 3:00 p.m. 3. A. Pierre is their new teacher. B. They like Marie better than Pierre. C. They think the class is very boring. 4. A. A party. B. A piece of music. C. A funeral. 5. A. 2%. B. 11%. C. 9%. 6. A. In a restaurant. B. In a drugstore. C. In a booking office. Section B: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. A t the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the four 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. (4 points) 7. Where did the disaster take place? A. In Tennessee. B. In Essex. C. In Sussex. 8. How often does the disaster happen in the area mentioned in the conversation? A. 15 times a year. B. 35 times a year. C. 25 times a year. 9. Was anybody killed in the disaster? A. No, no one. B. Yes, a few. C. Yes, about 15 people. 10.What was dumped in a supermarket car park? A. A few people. B. Some roofs. C. A cow. Section C: In this section, you will hear 10 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must 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. (10 points) 11. What is planned to be built on the World Trade Center site? A. A tower B. A statue. C. A bridge. 12. How much will the IMF loan to Argentina? A. $10 billion. B. $13 billion. C. $90 billion. 13. How many people can the boat carry? A. One. B. Ten. C. Thirty. 14. What is the key problem for European exporters? A. The euro has risen in value. B. The US dollar has risen in value. C. German economy has slided into recession. 15. Why did the Iraqi new dinar rise in value? A. Because the Iraqi economy has gradually risen after the war. B. Because Iraqi people trust the new dinar more. C. Both A and B. 16. Where is the Refugee Agency蒺s headquarters? A. In America. B. In Africa. C. In Europe. 17. Which statement is NOT TRUE acording to the news? A. The explosion was near the Lima Embassy in the US. B. 30 people were injured in the explosion. C. The explosion was caused by a bomb. 18. What conclusion can we draw from this report? A. Euthanasia is widely accepted in Britain. B. It蒺s the first case of euthanasia in Britain. C. Doctors can stop a patient蒺s life according to the patient蒺s will. 19. How many finance ministers have attended the meeting accor- ding to the news? A. 7. B. 8. C. 9. 20. Who haven蒺t been found among the arrested according to Iran蒺s Foreign Minister? A. Al Qaeda members. B. Arabs. C. North Africans. Section D: In this section, you will hear one passage. You蒺re required to make some necessary notes when you listen to it. A fter you hear the passage, you should complete the form below using the exact words you hear from the recording, each blank not exceeding three words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. (10 points) SOLAR POWER FOR EVERYONE Advances in technology mean that a cheap, (21) of electricity may soon be available worldwide. Solar-powered satellites will change (22) . The energy will be beamed to earth by microwaves, to be collected by a (23) . Advantages of solar-powered satellites: 荫Take only (24) to orbit earth. 荫(25) very efficiently. 荫Less scattering and (26) . Advances in technology now mean that solar panels will be only 200 metres long and also very (27) , which will make launching them into space (28) . Scientists believe that if the (29) at the correct frequencies, people and (30) will both be safe. Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 points) There are 15 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 31. The last thing I remember was feeling very dizzy. The next thing I knew, I in hospital and a doctor was standing by my bed. 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A. No wonder; scrap B. Not only; scramble C. Under some circumstances; combat D. Only occasionally; swindle 33. Alcoholism, drug abuse and violence are all unfortunate side-effects of city life, the high crime rate guarantees suspicion, social isolation and loneliness for many. A. domesticated; therefore B. domiciliary; as C. household; furthermore D. domestic; whilst 34. It seemed almost bizarre to me, then, against the erection of seven wind turbines to generate clean, renewable energy. A. whether anyone will be B. should someone be C. that anyone should be D. in case there is someone 35. Ministers have pointed to the fact that the billions lost in undeclared revenue drains government resources, whilst untaxed labor undercuts wages in other jobs. A. subordinately B. artificially C. pervasively D. substantially 36. Quite apart from the amount of money spent each year on doctors蒺 prescriptions and private medical , huge sums are now spent on health foods and remedies of various kinds, from vitamin pills to mineral water, health clubs and keep-fit books and videos. A. attention; together with B. curing; without considering C. treatment; not to mention D. therapy; taking into account 37. It may simply be that recording companies have dis- covered that there is an insatiable desire for“sounds”, and that classical music is beginning to sound exciting to a generation on rock but now into affluent middle-age. A. fostered; establishing B. raised; settling C. nurtured; lowering D. grown; relaxing 38. we decided to take it easy tonight and managed to have a small pizza party and hang out on the roof of the dorms just chatting away. A. Being thoroughly worn out B. Thoroughly wearing out C. Having thoroughly worn out D. To be thoroughly wearing out 39. The Temple Bar Trust was in the 1970蒺s with the intention of returning the gate home. The aim of the Trust is the of the nation蒺s architectural heritage. A. set out; reservation B. set up; preservation C. set off; conservation D. set back; recreation 40. Mrs. Stevens her daughter have a cat. She was quite that pets were smelly, dirty and likely to carry all sorts of diseases. A. insisted on letting; persuaded B. denied to let; absolute C. demanded on letting; knowledgeable D. refused to let; convinced 41. are the businessmen by the constantly changing numbers that they often cannot determine whether they are making a profit or not. A. Too overexcited B. Such outgrown C. So overwhelmed D. That outsold 42. It is their opinion that early detection is of critical importance in arresting the progression of the disease and that the blindness of glaucoma is preventable with medical . A. interaction B. interference C. intervention D. interruption 43. Boarding schools are terrifically good at close friend- ships and I still have a lot of the friends who I was at school 10 years ago. A. since B. about C. till D. with 44. Rana: Right, Miles, I蒺m leaving now. Miles: I蒺ll come with you and show you out. Our new office building is a bit complicated. Rana: Miles: Well, actually you can蒺t. They lock the street door at 6 p.m. so I蒺ll have to come and let you out. A. It蒺s very kind of you to say that, but I蒺ll be OK. B. Oh, it蒺s OK, I can see myself out. C. Really? I蒺ll show you the way out. D. Thanks a lot, but still I don蒺t see the need for you to do so. 45. A: Changchun Railway Station, please. I have to be there by 11:30. Can you get me there? B: I can蒺t promise, 援 (After a while) Oh, you are just in time. 15 yuan, please. A: Thanks a lot. . You can keep the change. A. but I蒺ll do my best; Here蒺s 20 yuan B. it蒺s still early; Here蒺s the money C. for the streets are full of traffic; See you later D. we蒺ve got enough time; See you later Part III IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 points) 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 Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 46. You are given a series of numbers. Your task is to see how they form a relationship with each other. You then have to choose the number that would go next in the series. 25 11 23 47 ? A. 70 B. 57 C. 58 D. 95 47. You are given a series of lines. Your task is to see how they go together, then work out which will be the next figure in the series. You have to choose one from the four possible answers provided. Which comes next? A. B. C. D. 48. This is to this as this is to . A. B. C. D. 49. If someone could take a sheet of paper 0.1 mm thick, tear it in half, put the pieces on top of each other, tear these in half, then repeat the process until the paper had been torn 25 times, what would be the final height of the pile of paper? A. As thick as a book. B. As tall as a man. C. As high as a mountain. D. As high as a house. 50. Only one of the sets of six letter below can be rearranged into a six-letter word in the English language. Can you find that set? A. LORIDM B. ETNMIU C. TUBLID D. MIRCEL Part IV Reading Comprehension (25 minutes, 40 points) Section A: There is one passage in this section with 7 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A , B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the cor原 responding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. (7 points) Questions 51-57 are based on the following passage. Antonio Damasio makes himself up as he goes along. Every waking moment, he is engaged in the study of his identity. Beyond the core self - the man who absent - mindedly picks up the orange juice or steps around the furniture - is an autobiographical fiction; he is an actor in a drama he writes for himself. At least, that蒺s how the distinguished professor at the University of Iowa College of Medicine sees it. The centrepiece of Damasio蒺s exploration is the brain. It is part of the machinery of life management. It keeps the heart beating and fight-or-flight machinery prepared for danger. It tells you when you are hungry. But it can also stun you with questions like,“What was there before time began?”Damasio is one of a world -wide brainstorm of neurologists exploring the great question of consciousness, the inexplicable mystery of why humans know who they are, where they came from and what they would really like for supper. And the key, for him, is that all human identity is a kind of fiction. We are all engaged in the process of self - creation. Damasio was born in Portugal in 1944. From his earliest years, he was fascinated by how things worked, by engines made by Meccano. He went from there to the mechanisms of the mind, dithered about being a writer or philosopher, and then read about brain research and decided this was exactly what he wanted to do. “I went into medical school and straight into the thing that interested me most.” Well into his career as a neurologst - he has a chair at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, as well as a department in Iowa - he began to get interested in cases of frontal lobe damage. There were several cases of people who, before suffering damage of this kind, were considered honest, trustworthy and dependable, but afterwards became vulgar, irresponsible and capricious. These cases were classic pieces of evidence that personality and identity were creations of the brain, and that the brain was a machine into which spanners could be thrown. Damasio, however, was more interested in the lesson to be drawn from the way patients with this condition will take decisions. “What people with frontal lobe damage have is an inability to decide correctly; they do it in a setting where the emotions are gone. You maintain your overt intelligence. You speak normally, you are very smart, you have lots of memory - but you make the most foolish decisions in relation to yourself, your family and your work. The big distinction is that you no longer have an ability to emote and feel normally, especially in relation to social emotions. You don蒺t feel guilt - you don蒺t feel pride for that matter - and so your ability to reason properly has been lost. And that is what put me on to the idea that emotion is really the only explanation for this kind of problem. All my work starts from here.” Damasio feels that what makes human beings unique is that they feel emotions. And they don蒺t just experience risk, danger and pain, they know they experience these things. That is the first step on the journey to conscious原 ness and, ultimately, to the higher consciousness that - helped by a prodigious memory and fed by a fantastic ca原 pacity for language - leads to art and philosophy and the creation of conscience. Damasio thinks that conscience is one of humankind蒺s great creations. People ask him, “Aren蒺t you afraid of solving the problem of consciousness? Aren蒺t you afraid of taking away the mystery?”He thinks not. In his opinion, consciousness itself is not a problem. The real problem is knowing that we have a mind. There is a difference between having a movie in the brain and knowing that this movie is different from someone else蒺s. That is a problem neuroscientists might be able to solve. Questions: 51. In the first paragraph, the writer says that neurologist Antonio Damasio thinks of himself as . A. a man who has lost his identity B. a human being with several different identities C. a person searching for a path in life D. an author who is creating his own identity 52. Damasio believes that all humans are living in . A. a world of unreality B. fear that they are mortal C. a state of semi-consciousness D. the knowledge that their existence is meaningless 53. Damasio became aware of what pattern his life would take when he . A. began playing with engines as a child B. enrolled in medical school C. saw something which aroused his interest D. tried unsuccesfully to become a writer 54. In paragraph 4, the writer says that after some time, Damasio began to realise that patients with frontal lobe brain damage . A. relied on others to look after them B. were unable to pinpoint the cause of the damage C. underwent a complete change of personality 55. Damasio himself says that one of the most noticeable symptoms of frontal lobe damage is . A. an increased awareness of pain or guilt B. a tendency to become over-emotional C. a failure to make decisions quickly D. an inability to judge situations correctly 56. What does the writer say about consciousness in the penultimate paragraph? A. It increases our ability to experience risk, pain and danger. B. It is something that has to be acquired. C. It can improve our power of speech. D. It cannot be created by humans. 57. What does Damasio say about neuroscientists in the last paragraph? A. They don蒺t like being asked awkward questions. B. They may one day be able to understand con- sciousness better. C. They have worked out how we create pictures in our brain. D. They know the problems consciousness creates in the mind. Section B: In this section, there is one passage followed by 7 statements. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet. For questions 58 - 64, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 58-64 are based on the following passage. It is almost impossible to write of the Arts in Australia without mentioning the building that first put the country firmly on the world cultural map - the Sydney Opera House. Completed in 1973 after 14 years of much heated discussion and at a cost of almost 谊60 million, it is not only the most well -known Australian building in the world but perhaps the most famous design of any modern building anywhere. Its distinctive and highly original shape has been likened to everything from the sails of a sailing ship to broken eggshells, but few would argue with the claim that the Opera House is a major contribution to world archi原 tecture. Set amidst the graceful splendour of Sydney Har原 bour, presiding like a queen over the bustle and brashness of a modern city striving to forge a financial reputation in a tough commercial world, it is a reminder to all Aust原 tralians of their deep and abiding love of all things cultural. The Opera House was designed not by an Australian but by a celebrated Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, whose design won an international competition in the late 1950s. However, it was not, in fact, completed to his original specifications. Plans for much of the intended interior de原 sign of the building have only recently been discovered. Sadly, the State Government of the day interfered with Utzon蒺s plans because of concerns about the escalating cost, though this was hardly surprising - the building was origi原 nally expected to cost only 谊5.5 million. Utzon left the country before completing the project and in a fit of anger vowed never to return. The project was eventually paid for by a State-run lottery. The size of the interior of the building was scaled down appreciable by a team of architects whose job it was to finish construction within a restricted budget. Rehearsal rooms and other facilities for the various theatres within the complex were either made considerably smaller or cut out altogether, and some artists have complained bitterly about them ever since. But despite the controversy that surrounded its birth, the Opera House has risen above the petty squabbling and is now rightfully hailed as a modern architectural masterpiece. The Queen officially opened the building in 1975 and since then, within its curved and twisted walls, audiences of all nationalities have been quick to acclaim the many world-class performances of stars from the Australian opera, ballet and theatre. Statements: 58. The building is possibly the most famous of its type in the