大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类模拟试卷29

In this section， you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of each conversation， one question will be asked，and you have fifteen seconds to read the four choices marked A， B， C and D，and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 1. M: You didn’t go to the concert last night either， did you? W: No， I had a slight headache. Question: What can we learn from this conversation? 2. M: What do you think of biology? W: It’s given me a hard time， though it is not as difficult as math. Question: What can we learn about the woman? 3. W: Can I see your hand luggage， please? M: I just have this bag and a laptop. W: Could you put them on the scales? I’m afraid the bag will have to go in the hold. Question: What will the man have to do with his bag? 4. M: Sorry， I’m late. Did you hear about the trains? W: Yes， I heard they were running late. M: Well， I realized I might be late， so I tried to find a bus and on my way I bumped into Jerry. He offered me a lift on his motorbike. But unfortunately， it was exhausted by flameout， so in the end， I had to walk. Question: Why is the man late? 5. W: How has the takeover affected the company? M: A plant in Manila and another in Dubai will be closed down. About 300 people are going to lose their jobs. But most of them will be offered jobs in other plants and quite a few want to take early retirement. W: So there are no compulsory redundancies? M: Very few. Question: How has the company been affected by the change? The speakers did not go to the concert. Both speakers went to the concert. The woman went to the concert, but the man didn’ t. The man went to the concert, but the woman didn’t.

The speakers are mainly discussing the rules in English language.Listen to the conversation， mark each statement as either True（T）or False（F）according to your listening. W: Li Hua. What are you doing this semester? M: Oh， I’m still learning English. I have to do one more semester before I can start my real studies at the university. W: You make it sound like prison. How are the classes? M: They’re all right， I guess. I don’t know. It seems like they never tell us what we really need to know. W: What do you mean? M: Look. When I study mathematics， for instance， we start with definitions. Then we have problems and some equations and processes to learn. You go to class， you keep up， you do the homework， and you know it. You pass exams. But English class is quite different. First of all， they don’t want to teach us all the rules. They tell us one rule. Fine. We use that rule， but soon it won’t work. It’s more complicated or there are a lot of exceptions or something. Sometimes I think the teachers don’t know the rules either. W: But you don’t learn a language from the rules， anyway. You have to use it. M: Yes. That’s something else they tell us. But why can’t we just go to class， study， and do our homework? That’s what I know how to do. W: Look at this way. Can you learn to play soccer by sitting at home and reading about soccer? M: No， of course， not. Not if you want to play well. W: But why not? You could understand the rules of strategy， the duties of each position， and all the special situations. You have to feel the ball， practice kicking it hundreds of times， practice running down the field， moving toward the goal， and centering the ball. No one can learn that by passively studying. Learning a language is more like learning to play soccer than learning mathematics. You have to ask a lot of questions， and hear how the answers sound. You have to listen to how people indicate the important part of what they’re saying. And then， of course， there is endless practice on all the details—speaking，“s” endings， articles...just like practice in simple dribbling and kicking. M: But if it’s a skill like soccer， not a science， why do they teach it in schools and universities， and give you diplomas and grades? W: That’s a good question. It is confusing， but languages are important and people do want to learn them. But the main thing is to practice the language a lot， just like soccer. M: Maybe I’ll join a soccer team and practice English and soccer at the same time. I can talk with people before and after the practice. W: That’s a good idea. TRUE FALSE

Why did the man go to see the doctor?Listen to the conversation， mark each question as A， B， C or D according to what you hear. W: Hello， Jim. I haven’t seen you for a while. What seems to be the problem? M: Actually I’m a little embarrassed about coming here. I feel alright now. But you know how many viruses are going around. Anyway every year around the holidays， like clockwork， I come down with something. W: So you are interested in prevention. What symptoms do you usually get? M: You know， cough， fever， running nose， my head and bones ache， chills even. I’m usually miserable for a week and it ends up ruining my holidays. W: Sounds like a typical flu to me. As you said， lots of people have it. Influenza often strikes when people are overtired， stressed out and not eating enough nutritious food. And also you increase your exposure to a virus when you’re in big crowds where lots of people are coughing and sneezing. M: I certainly spend a lot of time in department stores around the holidays buying gifts for people. W: Yes. And so you increase your exposure to airborne viruses just when your body’s resistance is already low from all the running around you do. M: So what can I do to ward off the flu? W: Actually it’s fairly simple. Get a lot of rest， eat well. That way your immune system will be boosted. And you will be more able to fight off illness. M: All these things make sense. But one more question. Aren’t I bound to get sick anyway if there’s an outbreak in the dorm? W: Oh， you didn’t mention you lived in a dormitory. In that case， I’d also suggest you get immunized. The available vaccine prevents the three main types of influenza. Why don’t you go to the university health center? The shots are free there. M: I’ll do it right away. It will be nice to feel well during the holidays for once. To find out if he has the flu. To find out how to prevent illness. To find out the result of blood test. To find out how to maintain a nutritious diet.

Which one below is true according to the news?In this section， you will hear five short news items. Each item will be read only once. After each item， there will be a fifteen-second pause. During the pause， read the question and the four choices marked A， B， C and D，and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. The prime minister， David Cameron， is urging today’s youngsters to look beyond the traditional French and German lessons to concentrate on the tongue of the future—Mandarin. Cameron said that a partnership between the British Council and Hanban— the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language— will double the number of Chinese language assistants in the UK by 2016 and provide increased funding to lower the cost to schools of offering Mandarin as a language option. 17. Max Baucus， the influential Democratic senator from Montana， is set to become the next US ambassador to China. “It’s an interesting ‘ pick ’ in the sense that security competition with China is heating up and he doesn’t have much of a record on security issues，” said Dan Blumenthal， director of Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute. While Baucus will certainly get up to speed， he’s probably less likely than his predecessors to interfere with the White House and the Pentagon on military or political issues. 18. According to the European Commission’s Institute for Energy， just 0. 3 percent of the Saharan Desert’s intense solar energy can provide Europe with all the electrical power it needs. A company called Nur Energy plans to capture some of it by building a solar plant similar to an Israeli one in the Negev desert that uses heliotropic mirrors. This technology， unlike photovoltaic cells， can generate energy even when the sky is overcast or at night. Thousands of mirrors， spread over 100 square kilometers， will concentrate sunlight to a tower where it heats and melts a special salt. 19. The pressure to feed Asia’s growing population has led to dangerous levels of overfishing near Pacific coastlines. An example can be found in Sindangan， a fishing town in the southern Philippines. Wild catches are falling while prices are rising. The fisherman says the area’s once healthy fish stocks are in danger because of an increase in the number of fishing boats. Across the South China Sea， fish catches near shore have dropped since the nineteen eighties. That drop has pushed fishermen to go offshore with bigger boats. Benjamin Francisco is an official with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. He says some of the methods they use to increase their catches are destructive. 20. In 1961， Hal Berman became the first chief of Special English. He saved Special English from destruction by people who did not see its value. And he showed how to change one thousand five hundred words into a living language that informed， educated and entertained millions of people. In the beginning， Special English had one fifteen-minute news show that was broadcast to Africa and Asia once a day. Today， Special English broadcasts thirty-minute programmes by shortwave and medium-wave sixteen times a day around the world. The UK will increase the investment on the teaching of Chinese. The UK has been greatly short of teachers proficient in Chinese. The UK government refuses the help from China for Chinese learning. Students in the UK are encouraged to insist on the learning of French and German.

Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21 ~ 25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Janet Jackson told the audience at the Black Entertainment Television Awards that the entire Jackson family had wanted to attend the show, but it was too painful. She said she had been elected to speak 【D1】______. “I’m going to keep it very short but I’d just like to say that to you Michael is an icon, to us Michael is family. And he will forever live in all of our hearts.“ The actor and singer Jamie Foxx led the 【D2】______, with an upbeat performance. He said there was no need to be sad and that the night was an opportunity to celebrate the singer’ s achievements. As he made his way down the red carpet, before the show, Michael Jackson’ s father, Joe, was asked about the 【D3】______into the circumstances surrounding his son’ s death. He said he had a lot of concerns and 【D4】______that a second post-mortem examination had taken place. He added that he’ d been touched by the outpouring of tributes 【D5】______his son.In this section， you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read only once. After each passage， there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause， write the answers on the answer sheet. Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21~25， fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Janet Jackson told the audience at the Black Entertainment Television Awards that the entire Jackson family had wanted to attend the show， but it was too painful. She said she had been elected to speak on their behalf. “I’m going to keep it very short but I’d just like to say that to you Michael is an icon， to us Michael is family. And he will forever live in all of our hearts.” The actor and singer Jamie Foxx led the celebrity tributes， with an upbeat performance. He said there was no need to be sad and that the night was an opportunity to celebrate the singer’s achievements. As he made his way down the red carpet， before the show， Michael Jackson’s father， Joe， was asked about the investigation into the circumstances surrounding his son’s death. He said he had a lot of concerns and confirmed that a second post-mortem examination had taken place. He added that he’d been touched by the outpouring of tributes dedicated to his son.

Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26 ~30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. 1. The best and brightest students from universities all over the country compete to show off their 【D6】______. 2. University Challenge has been broadcast for about 【D7】______years. 4. Gail Trimble is considered to have been “the greatest contestant ever“ and had earned 【D8】______her team’ s points. 5. The team from Corpus Christi was 【D9】______, because Sam Kay was no longer a student, who had graduated and started work as an accountant. 6. The 【D10】______highs and lows of Corpus Christi’ s game, seem certain to make them one of the most memorable teams not to have won University Challenge.Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26~30， complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. It’s one of Britain’s longest-running TV quiz shows， where the best and brightest from universities all over the country， compete to show off their knowledge on various topics. University Challenge first went to air nearly fifty years ago， and over the decades it’s been a showcase for students facing quick-fire questions on literature， physics， geography and philosophy， and everything in between. This year’s final was one of the most keenly watched with students from Corpus Christi College at Oxford University， taking on a team from Manchester University. All eyes were on Corpus Christi’s captain， Gail Trimble， who had been considered “the greatest contestant ever”， as she almost single-handedly won their place in the final， earning two-thirds of her team’s points. But in what turned out to be a tightly-fought match， other team members， including chemist Sam Kay， scored some vital points. Corpus Christi was victorious but the trophy wasn’t theirs for long. It emerged that by the time of the final Sam Kay was no longer a student; he had graduated and started work as an accountant， but hadn’t realized he couldn’t compete. On Monday the BBC announced the team was being disqualified， and the trophy handed to Manchester， who paid tribute to their opponents， saying they were sad to have won in such circumstances. But the dramatic highs and lows of Corpus Christi’s game， seem certain to make them one of the most memorable teams not to have won University Challenge.

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—How about having lunch with me today, Paul? —______ I’ll see you then. Thanks a lot. Sounds great. I can come anytime. Glad to hear that.

—Do you feel like doing anything this weekend, Jerry? —______ No, I don’t mind doing anything. Yes, all right. What do you suggest? We could always go to Dave’ s party. How would you like science fiction movies? I feel like I’m ill.