大学生英语竞赛d类专科生英语决赛真题2009年

大学生英语竞赛d类专科生英语决赛真题2009年 大学生英语竞赛D类专科生英语决赛真题2009年 Part ? Listening Comperhension 1-30 (略) Section A Section B Section C Section D Part ? Vocabulary and Structure 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 center. 1、 ______all my efforts, I will not have the report ready by Friday. A. Making B. No matter C. Considering D. Despite 2、 Under the circumstances it ______ be best to wait for a few weeks. A. seemed B. ought C. should D. might 3、 He's always been kind to me-I can't just turn my ______ on him now that he needs my help. A. head B. ear C. back D. hand 4、 ______ arose the two great divisions of this science known as inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry. A. It B. Thus C. These D. Such 5、 An architect planning a new house should always______ in mind his client's needs. A. carry B. take C. treat D. bear 6、 The stubborn young man didn't follow the advice that he______ on his bad behavior. A. reflect B. reflects C. would reflect D. must reflect 7、 You can't help ______ commercials ; every few minutes a program is interrupted to broadcast one advertisement or another. A. to see B. see C. seeing D. with seeing 8、 He has been ill with a strange disease lately,______ I've never heard of before. A. it B. this C. that D. one 9、 He always did well at school ______ having his early education disrupted by illness. A. on account of B. in spite of C. in addition to D. even though 10、 I was so embarrassed that I couldn't do anything but ______ there when I first met my present boss. A. to sit B. sitting C. sat D. sit 11、 -What's the matter, Tom? You look sad. -Nothing, I ______ about my parents back home. A. just thought B. just been thinking C. was just thinking D. have just thought 12、 ______ is that I promised to make friends with the dishonest girl. A. The only thing what I regret B. What I regret most C. All what I really regret most D. That I regret most 13、 Before you can start a business up, you have to raise the necessary______ A. investment B. income C. savings D. capital 14、 Fred: Hi. ______ You look familiar. Amanda: Yes. We met on campus last week, and you asked me the same question. A. What can I help you.9 B. Do you know the way to the campus? C. Haven't we met before? D. Do you know Bob? 15、 Father:______ Daughter: Coming. Oh, I'm starving. Oh my God! What's that? Father: Ah, now don't complain! A. Help me, please. B. Please do as what I do. C. Go ahead. D. It's time to eat! Part ? Reading Comperhension Section A Do you ever wonder where television words come from? Many TV terms come from the combination of two words. Even the word television is made up of two words. These words are Greek and Latin words meaning "far" and "to see". One kind of television program is the soap opera. The first soap operas were stories on the radio. These stories are serials. They are continuous and can go on for many years. Soap companies first advertised their products during these shows on TV. The soap companies knew lots of housewives and mothers watched them, so most of the commercials during these shows were for different kinds of soap products. People then started calling them "soap operas". Serious TV programs are called dramas. Funny ones are called comedies. Some programs are both funny and serious. This kind of show is called a "dramedy", a combination of "drama" and "comedy". In a similar way, sit-com is a combination of "situation" and "comedy". Infomercials are another kind of program on TV. An infomercial is a very long commercial. One can last three or four hours. The word "infomercial" is a combination of "information" and "commercial". Infomercials began in the 1980s. Now you can watch hours and hours of infomercials for all kinds of products, especially on cable television. Just be careful you don't turn into a couch potato ! 16、 What is the main idea of this passage? A. Famous television programs. B. Meanings of words used in television. C. What people watch on television. D. How TV has changed the meaning of words. 17、 Why were some programs called serials? A. They tried to sell soap. B. They lasted a long time. C. They were on the radio. D. They came from operas. Why did soap companies choose to advertise during soap operas? 18、 A. The stories were continuous. B. The company liked the show. C. Their viewers were interested in their products. D. Commercials were not so expensive. 19、 What is an infomercial? A. A show that is funny and serious. B. A show with lots of commercials. C. A very long commercial. D. A program from the 1980s. 20、 Which program would probably NOT include a funny story? A. A sit-com. B. An infomercial. C. A dramedy. D. A comedy. Section B Often the simplest events in one culture can cause frustration when a person tries to do the same thing in another culture. Mailing a letter is one example, so I'd like to tell you how the postal service works in many parts of the United States. People should realize, however, that these services may differ from region to region and from city to city, depending upon the area's population, climate, and needs. Specifically, I'd like to discuss how people who live in rural areas send and receive mail. Most people in rural areas have a mailbox at the end of the garden next to the street. When they want to send a letter, they put a stamp or stamps with the correct amount of postage on the envelope, put the letter in the mailbox, and raise the small red metal flag attached to it. This tells the mail carrier that there is a letter inside to be mailed. After picking up your letter, the mail carrier leaves any letters for the person inside the box and lowers the red flag. People who have a small mailbox on the wall next to the front door don't have a red flag; they stand their letters up, so the mail cartier can see them. Of course, letters can always be waited at the post office or dropped in large mailboxes usually located on street corners. Some mail carriers drive a small mail truck, especially when the houses are far apart: In residential areas mail carriers carry a special bag and deliver the mail on foot. Finally, mailing items from home is often limited to letters and very small packages. Go directly to the post office if you have bigger items to mail because they need special handling. 21、 Mail services are different depending upon______. 22、 The red metal flag on the mailbox is raised______. 23、 If the mailbox is on the wall next to the door and doesn't have a red flag, a person should ______ when the carrier can see them. 24、 Large mailboxes are usually located______. 25、 If a person wants to mail a large item he should______. Section C Apartment for Rent ? Modern studio apartment located 10 minutes from shops and subway ? 2 bedrooms, kitchen, living/dining room, bathroom, balcony ? Centrally heated (gas) ? Suit young couple or professional person ? Part furnishing can be arranged ? Rent $ 985 a month plus utilities ? Deposit + 1 month's rent in advance ? No pets ? Available mid-March Contact Karim on 555 2345 Email: Karim98@ s_mail, com To: Karim98@ s_mail, com From: Kelvin Adams (kelheart2@ s_mail, corn) I saw your advertisement in the local newspaper. I'm very interested in the apartment, for myself and my fianc6. We are currently living in Westside, but are looking for something closer to the town center, and I think your place would be ideal. I was hoping to be able to arrange a visit sometime next week. Monday would be the best day for us, but we can be flexible. In the advertisement, you mention that the place could be partly furnished. We have a little furniture ourselves, but probably not enough for a two-bedroom place. Could you possibly tell us what inventory is likely to be included with the apartment? I would also really appreciate it if you could send us a couple of pictures of the bedroom and living/dining room, as well as some directions as to how to get there. Thank you very much in advance. Yours, Kelvin Adams 26、 How much is the rent for the apartment? 27、 Why does Kelvin want to move to a new apartment? 28、 How many rooms are there in the apartment? 29、 When is the earliest Kelvin and his fianc6 can move in? 30、 What does Kelvin ask for? Section D Have you ever thought about inventing something? Were you worried that your idea was too strange or unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again. Strange and unrealistic ideas never stopped Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick was a British inventor. Originally a government clerk, he spent his retirement in the 1960s and 1970s developing new and unusual ideas. Some of these ideas contradicted basic physics, but that didn't stop Pedrick. One of his strangest ideas was a plan to connect Australia and Antarctica using large tubes, a distance of 10,000 km! These tubes were designed to carry giant ice balls from Antarctica to Australia. The ice would then melt in the Australian desert, and the water would be used for irrigation. Another of Pedrick's inventions was a radio-controlled golf ball. A golfer could change the speed and direction of the golf ball using small flaps attached to the ball, which could be controlled by computer chips. Using radio waves, golfers could also find their lost golf balls. Arthur Pedrick had thousands of bizarre ideas for inventions, most of which were never constructed. Though many of Pedrick's inventions were never developed, a lot of other strange ideas have been. In 1989, a company designed and sold a theft-prevention device for expensive cars. As part of this device, several tubes were attached to the bottom of a car. If someone tried to steal the car, super hot flames were emitted from the tubes and burned the car thief. Some people who were not thieves, however, were seriously injured by this device which they accidentally set off by walking past the car. Other strange inventions include underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink. The underwear keeps dogs from making a mess when they go out for a walk. Also if you were ever thirsty during a test, a pen with drinkable ink would be very handy! If you have an idea that seems a little out in left field, don't let that stop you from trying it. You'll be in good company. Summary: Most inventions are for useful things that help people in everyday life. Some inventions, however, are just 31 Some of the world's weirdest ideas for inventions came from a man named Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick's inventions included irrigation 32 that would carry ice from Antarctica to Australia and 33 golf balls. Not all weird inventions came from Pedrick, however. Every year many people 34 products that could be 35 unusual. Things like underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink are good examples. Part ? Cloze There is one passage in this part, Read the passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet I had a d 36 time last year with my health. For several months I su 37 from periodic headaches and almost constant nausea (恶心). I made several visits to my doctor, who attributed my headaches to migraine (偏头疼) and pro 38 me with medication. When this failed to work he f 39 on my nausea as the root cause of my problems, and 40 (blame) my headaches on the nausea. I took five blood tests, 41 of which revealed anything significant. I discussed my diet with the doctor at length, and we tried elim 42 certain foods from my diet. He suggested, for exampie, I might 43 be from a low-fiber diet. But still the symptoms persisted, and I started to resign myself to 44 (feel) ill for the rest of my life. I was understandably con 45 about the possibility of the illness 46 (be) something serious, even a brain tumor (肿块), but the doctor said that my anxiety was a result 47 nervous tension and stress. After six months I was referred to a consultant at the hospital, who spe 48 in stomach disorders. She said that, even allowing for my age and stressful lifestyle, it was still 49 (normal) to experience symptoms like mine for so long. She elaborated on all the possible causes of nausea in de 50 , and suggested that in my case the nausea night be the result of a liver disorder. Part ? Translation Section A According to a new school of scientists, technology has been overlooked as a force in expanding the horizons of scientific knowledge. 51Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius but by more ordinary things like improved techniques and tools. 52 "In short," a leader of the new school contends "the scientific revolution, as we call it, has been largely caused by the improvement, invention and use of a series of instruments that have expanded the reach of science in innumerable directions. " 53 Over the years, tools, and technology themselves as a source of fundamental innovation have largely been ignored by historians and philosophers of science. The modem school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein, and inventors such as Edison, attached great importance to and derived great benefit from, crafty information and technological devices of different kinds that were used in scientific experiments. The centerpiece of the argument for technology was an analysis of Galileo's role at the start of the scientific revolution. The wisdom of the day was derived from Ptolemy, an astronomer of the second century, whose elaborate system of the sky put Earth at the center of all heavenly motion. 54 Galileo's greatest glory was that in 1609 he was the first person to turn the newly invented telescope on the heavens to prove that the planets revolve around the sun rather than around the Earth. But the real hero of the story, according to the new school of scientists, were improvements in the machinery used for making eye-glasses.. Federal policy is necessarily involved in the technology, vs. genius dispute. 55 Whether governments should increase financing for pure science at the expense of technology or vice versa often depends on the issue of which of the two is seen as the driving force. Section B Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet 56、尤其是我们不要以外来判断人。(above all) 57、换句话说，书籍既是我们的良师也是我们的益友。(as well as) 58、一座八层的实验楼矗立在校园中央，里面有很多先进设备。(there stand…) 59、毕竟世上有这样一些人，他们渴望和平、安宁的生活。(eager for) 60、花一周时间参加这样的会议将会是浪费时间。(a waste of) Part ? IQ Test 61、 Change one letter in each of the following two words to produce a well'known phrase. ALTER ALE 62、 ABCDEFGH Which letter is immediately to the ]eft of the letter three to the right of the letter immediately to the left of the letter four to the left of the letter G? 63、 Which number should replace the question mark? 64、 What item of clothing is suggested by the following? 65、 Which of these weights is required to balance the scales, 90 kg, 128 kg or 160 kg? Part ? Writing 66、You are required to write a letter to establish a business relationship with a garment company according to the following information given in Chinese. 1. 自我介绍(一家连锁百货商店，经营男女服装、内衣等); 2. 写信的意图; 3. 希望得到的回复。 The letter should be no fewer than 80 words. Now write the letter on the answer sheet. 67、The extract below comes from an article which appeared in a magazine called Socciety Today. You read the extract and have strong feelings about its contents, and decide to write an article, in which you respond to the points made and express your own views. Popular Culture-which includes the media, sport and the fashion industry-places great emphasis on the importance of image and appearance. This influence is producing a generation of people who are superficial (肤浅的) and self-centered. You should write the article in no fewer than 120 words. Now write your letter on the answer sheet 答案: Part ? Listening Comperhension Section A Section B Section C Section D Part ? Vocabulary and Structure 1、D [解析] 尽管我尽了最大的努力，但是到周五还是无法将准备好。despite尽管，后面一般接名词或名词短语。make一般的搭配是make(great)efforts to do sth努力做某事。no matter不管，后面不直接接名词，一般加wh-词或how。considering考虑到，顾及。 2、D seem(to be)(与引导连词it连用)看起来好像。ought to应该，情态动词，后面接动词原形。should和might均为情态动词，直接加动词原形，但本句的意思是:在这种情况下，等几周可能是最好的选择。 3、C turn one's back on sb背弃，抛弃。turn one's(head使…高傲起来，使爱上…，着迷。turn one's ear是错误的搭配，turn a deaf ear to置若罔闻。turn one's hand to承担。 4、B [解析] 如此产生了这门学科的两个重大分支——无机化学和有机化学。这是一个倒装句。thus如此，像这样。以here,there,now,then,thus等副词为首的句子要倒装，谓语动词通常是be,come,go,exist,follow等不及物动词。 5、D 固定短语。bear…in mind记住…。 6、A 这是一个由that引导的同位语从句，说明advice的具体内容。advice建议，是一个带有主观意愿的名词，因而后面接的从句要用should do的虚拟语气形式，其中should可以省略。 7、C [解析] 你不由自主地会看到广告，每隔几分钟，电视节目就被这个或那个广告打断了。can't help doing sth不由自主做某事。can't help(to)do sth不能帮助做某事。 8、D [解析] 最近他患了一种奇怪的病，这种病我之前从未听说过。one作“一种”理解，用来代替上文提 到过的a strange disease，以避免重复。 9、B [解析] 尽管他的早期教育由于生病中断了，但是他在学校的成绩一直很好。in spite of尽管。on account of由于。in addition to除…之外。even though即使。 10、D [解析] 第一次碰到我现在的老板时，我很尴尬，除了坐在那里不知道该干什么。couldn't do anything but(to)do sth表除了做什么之外别无选择。如果but前有do的适当形式，but后接省略to的不定式。 C 11、 这里强调的是对方看到Ton的那个瞬间，Tom正在做什么。相对Tom回答的时间来说，那个瞬间已成为过去，因而要用过去进行时。 12、B [解析] 最让我后悔的是答应与那个不诚实的女孩交朋友。本题可以采用排除法。选项A，选项C里面都包含了一个定语从句，而what不能引导定语从句。如果选D项，主句将变成That is that…。所以只能选B项，这是what引导的主语从句。 13、D [解析] 在开创生意之前，你应该筹集必要的资金。capital资金。investment投资。income收入。savings储蓄。raise capital集资，筹集资本。 14、C Fred说“you look familiar(你看起来很面熟)”，Amanda回答到“Yes.We met on campus last week…(是的，上周我们在校园里见过)”可以看出Fred觉得对方很面熟，想问他们以前是否见过面。 15、D “I'm starring(我饿死了)”可以看出这是一个吃饭的场景。 由 Part ? Reading Comperhension Section A 16、B 文章一开始指出许多电视术语是通过将两个词合并而形成的，第二段介绍了soap opera这个词的来源;第三段分别介绍了dramedy和sit-com这两个词的来源;而最后一段介绍了infomercial这个词的来源。通观全文，我们可以看出这篇文章的主旨是电视方面采用的单词的意思。文章并没有提及著名的电视节目，人们在电视上观看什么以及电视如何改变单词的意思。 17、B serial连续广播(电视)。根据第二段第四句They are continuous and can go on for many years(他们是连续的，可以持续好几年)，可以看出答案应为选项B。 18、C 文章第二段提到:肥皂公司知道大多数家庭主妇观看肥皂剧，而肥皂广告又是在这些节目中间播放的。选项A与题目无关。选项B，选项D文中并未提及。 19、C 从文章最后一段第一句，An infomercial is a very long commercial可知答案为选项c。 20、B 此题可以采用排除法。文章倒数第二段指出comedy are funny TV programs;dramedy is both funny and serious;sit-com is a combination of“situation”and“comedy”. Section B 21、the area's population,climate,and needs( (参见文章第一段最后一句。) 22、when a person wants to send a letter( (参见文章第二段第三句。) 23、stand any letters to be mailed up (参见文章第三段第一句。) 24、on street corners. (参见第三段最后一句。) 25、take it to the post office( (参见文章最后一段最后一句。) Section C 26、$985 a month( (参见advertisement倒数第四条。) 27、To be closer to the town center( (参见e-mail第一段第三句。) 28、Five( (参见advertisement第二条:2 bedrooms,kitchen,living/dining room,bathroom,balco ny其中kitchen是厨房，balcony是指阳台。) 29、Mid-march( (参见advertisement最后一条。available可用的。) 30、Photographs and directions on how to get there( (参见e-mail最后一段第一句。) Section D 31、strange and unrealistic/bizarre (从第二段第一句和最后一句，可知有些发明创造是奇怪的，不现实的，奇异的。) 32、tubes (由第二段第五句到第七句可知，Arthur Pedric的发明包括用大型管道将澳大利亚和南极连接起来。) 33、radio-controlled (根据第二段倒数第四句，Arthur Pedric的另一个发明是无线电操纵的高尔夫球。) 34、design (从第三段可以看出，包括Arthur Pedric在内，其他人也了这类产品。根据第三段第二句，这里可以用design设计。) 35、considered/thought (这里指人们认为这些产品不同寻常。) Part ? Cloze 36、difficult/dreadful dreadful可怕的。 后面提到去年有几个月作者遭受周期性头痛和经常性恶心，所以那段时间应该是艰难的或可怕的。 37、suffered suffer from…患…病。 因这里说的是去年，所以要用一般过去时。 38、provided provide sb with sth 这里指医生给他进行了药物治疗。 39、focused focus on集中。 医生一开始认为头痛是由于偏头疼，在治疗无效之后，又认为恶心才是问题的根源，集中在这一块。 40、blamed blame sth on sb/sth把…归咎于…。 医生认为头痛是由恶心引起的。 41、none none一个也没有， 通常指三个或三个以上一个也没有。这里指5次血液测试都没测出什么重要结果来。 42、eliminating try doing sth尝试做某事。 try to do sth尽力做某事。这里是指尝试将某些食物从他的饮食里除去。 43、benefit benefit from受益于。 低纤维食物可能对他有益。 44、feeling resign oneself to听任(某种影响); 。这里的to是介词，后面接名词或动名词。作者都要听天由命了，认为自己以后将永远在病痛中度过。 45、concerned be conceIned about关心，挂念。 作者担心自己的病很严重。 46、being be conceIned about 后面接名词或名词词组，所以这里要采用be的动名词形式。 47、of 这里是说作者的焦虑是神经紧张和压力的结果。 48、specialized specialize in专攻。 这里指专门治疗胃病。 49、abnormal normal的反义词。 这里是说，即使考虑到我的年龄以及充满压力的生活方式，这么长时间出现像我这样的症状仍然是不正常的。后面提到作者的那些症状是由肝病引起的。 50、detail elabmate on详细说明。 in detail详细地。医生详细说明了引起恶心的各种可能原因。 Part ? Translation Section A 51、他们说，科学的发展与其说源于天才伟人的真知灼见，不如说源于改进了的技术和工具等更为普通的东西。 (move forward前进。not so much A but B与其说是A不如说是B。) 52、“简而言之，”新学派的一位领袖人物说，“我们所说的科学革命很大程度上是由一系列工具的改进、发明和使用引起的，这些改进、发明和使用使科学发展的范围无所不及。” (此句句型稍显复杂，其中as we call it为插入语，翻译时可以转换成定语;后面有一个that引导的定语从句，可以另起一句进行处理，而不适合译成定语，否则显得累赘。) 53、多年来，工具和技术本身作为根本性创新的源泉，在很大程度上被史学家和哲学家们忽视了。 (fundamental基础的，根本的。as作为。) 54、伽利略最光辉的业绩是，他于1609年第一个用新发明的望远镜观察天体并证明了“日心说”、推翻了“地心说”的人。 (Galileo伽利略，这个人名应该作为常识记住。revolve around…围绕…而旋转。“日心说”、“地心说”均属物理常识。) 55、政府究竟是以减少对技术的经费投入来增加对纯理论科学的投入，还是相反，这往往取决于把哪一方看作是驱动的力量。 (at the expense of以…为代价，在损害…的情况下。vice versa反之亦然。driving force推动力。) Section B 56、Above aIl,we shouldn't judge people by their exterior. (外表exterior,appearance均可。judge by/from appearance从外表判断。) 57、In other words,books are our good mentors as well as good friends( (as well as也，又，前后接并列的成分。) 58、There stands an eight-storled lab building in the center of campus with lots of advanced equipment( (there be句型中的谓语动词be被一些不及物动词代替，如live，stand，exist，remain等，用来表示“静止、存在、有”。) 59、After all，there aye some people who are eager for peaceful and calm life( (be eager for渴望。who引导的定语从句修饰some people。) 60、It's a waste of time to spend a week on such a meeting( (此处，it做形式主语，真正的主语是to spend a week on such a meeting，采用这种形式 以避免头重脚轻的现象。) Part ? IQ Test 61、after all alter中的l换成f，ale中的e换成l，可以得到短语after all毕竟。 将 62、 “G”左边的第四个字母是c，而紧靠“C”左边的字母是B，“B”右边的第三个字母是E，紧靠“E”左边的 字母是D。 63、182 根据前两个椭圆中的数字，我们可以找到规律;16/4×8×2=64;9/3×7×4=84;所以相应地: 16/8×7×13=182。 64、headsquare 女人的头巾。上面有一个方框，很容易联想到square这个单词，而框里面有head这个单词，组合起 来就是headsquaye。 65、128kg 根据杠杆平衡原理，动力×动力臂=阻力×阻力臂，用代数式表示为F×L1=W×12，所以80×160=?×10， 从而可得出结果。 Part ? Writing 66、Dear Mr./MS.， We are from a chain department store which is mainly engaged in a variety of man and woman garment，undergarment etc(Knowing that yours is a large garment company，here we are writing to express our desire to enter into regular business relationship with you(We hope you can provide US with a detailed introduction about your commodity such as quality，specification，package，price etc(We enjoy an excellent reputation in this field( Your early reply will be really appreciated( Yours sincerely， X X X 67、The Influence of Popular Culture It seems that image and appearance are attracting more and more attention in the modelll world which is full of material desires(Some believe that it is the rise of popular culture including the media(sport and the fashion industry to blame(It is definitely true that this has somewhat brought about sone shallow and egoistic people(However，we absolutely should not attribute this to the popular culture itself( Popular culture，opposite to classic culture，is easy to appreciate and comprehend and is oriented to the common people(Being popular does not mean emphasizing the appearance(The reason why it misleads some people is that it has developed a false concept in their mind(They believe anything popular must be presentational and only related to outer appearance? Whether the influence of popular culture is positive or negative depends on how people per。 ceive and treat them(Properly used，they can instruct and entertain the public;on the contrary， they can also produce a generation of skin-deep people(