2019年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）B类决赛真题试卷

1. M： Hello, Mary. This is John at the office. Is Tom feeling any better today? W： Oh, yes, John. He’s feeling much better now. But the doctor says he will have to stay in bed until Monday. Question： Where is Tom now? 2. M： Do you have a single room with bath for tonight and tomorrow night? W： Just a moment, sir. Well, we haven’t any singles left, I’m afraid. But we could let you have a twin-bedded room for the same price. Question： What’s the woman’s job? 3. W： This is Mrs. Anderson. My heater is not getting any power and the temperature is going to get down below zero. Could you come over and fix it? M： Don’t worry, Madam. I’ll be there in a minute. Question： What’s the man’s occupation? 4. M： Could you tell me how many women employees do you have in your company? W： Certainly. We have a very high percentage of female employees. We employ 80 women, which is eighty percent of all our staff. Question： How many of the employees in this company are men? 5. M： How can I finish all these problems before midnight? W： Why not leave some for the morning? Question： What is the woman’s suggestion to the man? At the office. On the way to work. Home in bed. Away on vacation.

Denise is asking Ken to help her find a job.Listen to the conversation, and mark each statement as either true（T） or false（F） according to what you hear. W： Oh, Ken, I’ve been meaning to talk to you. M： Denise! What’s up? W： I have this great job lined up to manage a clothing store at the mall. M： So what’s the problem? W： Well, one of the professors in my department just told me about a summer internship that is available. She thinks I might be able to practice in the office at the Wayfarer Hotel here in town. M： That sounds like a great opportunity, too. Why not take advantage of it? W： I’d love to, especially since I’m studying hotel management. It would be a great way to get some practical experience in my field. M： And you never know it might lead to something with them after graduation. They’re one of the biggest hotel chains in the area. W： You’re right. But the problem is that I wouldn’t be making nearly as much money as I would be working in the clothing store. Not to mention the discount I’d get on clothes there. M： How much money can you get from your practice work? W： Very little money. But I can get a free room and board for the summer. M： Well, if I were you, I’d take it anyway. You can always get a job in the next school year to make a few extra bucks. TRUE FALSE

What are the speakers mainly talking about?Listen to the conversation. Then read the four choices marked A， B， C and D, and decide which is the best answer according to what you hear. M： British English and American English are really about the same, aren’t they? W： I don’t think so. It seems to me that some of the spellings are different. Words like “theater” and “center” end in r-e in England instead of in e-r like we spell them. There are more examples, like the word “color”. In fact, many words that end in o-r in American English are spelled o-u-r in British English. M： I’m still not convinced. I mean, if someone comes here from England, we can all understand what he’s saying. The spelling doesn’t really matter that much. W： Okay. Are we just talking about spelling? Are there any differences in pronunciation and meaning too？ M： Well, in fact I remember seeing an English movie where the actors kept calling their apartment a flat. Half of the movie was over before I realized what they were talking about. So there are slight differences in spelling and some vocabulary. W： And pronunciation, too. You aren’t going to tell me that you sound like Richard Burton. M： Richard Burton’s English. W： Okay. Anyway, the pronunciation is different. I think what we’re really disagreeing about is the extent of the difference. We all agree that British English and American English are a little different, right? M： Sure. The differences between British English and American English. The similarities between British English and American English. The spelling differences between British English and American English. The pronunciation differences between British English and American English.

Which country did Norway belong to before 1905?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. Both Ireland and Norway are small countries on the fringes of Europe. Oppressed by the British since the 12th century, the Irish movement toward independence had never ceased until the founding of the Republic of Ireland in 1949. As for Norway, it became an independent kingdom in 1905, following its own history of being given to Sweden by Denmark in 1814. 17. The Internet is a busy place. Every second, approximately 6,000 tweets are tweeted; more than 40,000 Google queries are searched; and more than 2 million emails are sent, according to Internet Live Stats, a website of the international Real Time Statistics Project. But these statistics only hint at the size of the Web. As of September 2014, there were 1 billion websites on the Internet, a number that fluctuates by the minute as sites go defunct and others are born. 18. Overseas tourists will find it easier and faster to apply for a travel permit to Tibet this year as the regional government makes efforts to boost tourism. Tibet plans to brand itself as the world’s “Third Pole” and hopes to attract 40 million visits from tourists this year by providing more convenient and friendly services as well as significantly improving accessibility for visitors, Qi Zhala said in a government work report to the annual session of the regional people’s congress, which started on Thursday in Lhasa. 19. People from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who live on the Chinese mainland can apply for teaching credentials for primary and secondary schools, giving them easier access to jobs. They can apply to take the teaching credentials test and work at kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, high schools and secondary vocational schools, according to a guideline issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Education and the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office and Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office. 20. When Japan selected a defining symbol to summarize the country’s 2018, it wasn’t surprising that they chose the Chinese character for “disaster”—the second time since 1995. Last year, the island nation was defined by unprecedented heat waves, storms and floods that resulted in hundreds of deaths and millions forced to evacuate their homes. More than 200 people perished in July in deadly floods that ravaged large areas of the country. Not long after, dozens died in a record-breaking heat wave that hospitalized more than 20,000 people. Ireland. Sweden. Denmark. Britain.

Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21 -25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, served as a major【D1】________thousands of years ago because of its silk, tea and lacquer. Today, it is【D2】________ a greater opportunity offered by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative to connect, to a wider world. To gain more from the initiative, Chengdu has improved its transportation network by building international air routes and【D3】________ railways to transform itself from a hinterland , about 1,700 kilometers away from the nearest port, to a frontier of the nation’ s opening-up policy. Over the past five years, Chengdu has【D 4】________ the highest frequency of train service to Europe and sent the most China-EU freight trains, including 1,591 trains in 2018. The express railway now looks at all four points【D5】________ for expansion, and forms an “across-the-board“ opening-up strategy.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. Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, served as a major commercial hub thousands of years ago because of its silk, tea and lacquer. Today, it is embracing a greater opportunity offered by the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative to connect to a wider world. To gain more from the initiative, Chengdu has improved its transportation network by building international air routes and inter-continental railways to transform itself from a hinterland, about 1,700 kilometers away from the nearest port, to a frontier of the nation’s opening-up policy. Over the past five years, Chengdu has provided the highest frequency of train service to Europe and sent the most China-EU freight trains, including 1,591 trains in 2018. The express railway now looks at all four points on the compass for expansion, and forms an “across-the-board” opening-up strategy.

Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26 -30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. Stephen Hawking was one of the world ’ s most【D6】________ cosmologists. After【D7】________with a rare form of motor neuron disease in 1963 at the age of 22, he was given just a few years to live. Yet in the face of such adversity Professor Hawking proved the doctors wrong by【D8】________his 70th birthday nearly half a century later as one of the most brilliant and famous scientists of the modem age. He wrote a plethora of scientific papers that earned him【D9】________with such totemic figures as Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton. In the 1980s, Professor Hawking and Professor Jim Hartle proposed a model of the universe which had no boundaries in【D10】________.Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26~30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. Stephen Hawking was one of the world’s most acclaimed cosmologists, a medical miracle, and probably the galaxy’s most unlikely superstar celebrity. After being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neuron disease in 1963 at the age of 22, he was given just a few years to live. Yet in the face of such adversity Professor Hawking proved the doctors wrong by celebrating his 70th birthday nearly half a century later as one of the most brilliant and famous scientists of the modern age. Despite being wheelchair-bound, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his trademark voice synthesizer, he wrote a plethora of scientific papers that earned him comparisons with such totemic figures as Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton. In the 1980s, Professor Hawking and Professor Jim Hartle, from the University of California at Santa Barbara, proposed a model of the universe which had no boundaries in space or time. The concept was described in his popular science book A Brief History of Time, published in 1988, which sold millions of copies worldwide.

Mr. Taylor felt very________at the suggestion that he had stolen the car. impatient indigenous intolerant indignant indiscernible

Business and government managers often promote “ clean desk“ policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, ________ boosting work efficiency and productivity. for purpose of for good of for the purpose of for goodness’ sake for the fun

The tenant must be prepared to decorate the house________the terms of the contract. in accordance with in the vicinity of in guest of in collaboration with in command of

Students should know better not________pets like dogs, cats and mice at dormitory. feeding to have fed to feeding feed to feed

The investigation into the food safety incident over dairy products tainted with melamine is________. preceding proceeding prescribing processing proclaiming

Prince Charles, the longest-waiting ________ to the throne in British history, has spoken of his “impatience“ to get things done. heir heirship heritage heiress heirloom

The number of stay-at-home fathers reached a record high last year, new figures show, as families saw an________in female breadwinners. raise rise arise increase incursion

It has been revealed that nearly one in five degree courses has been________since the tripling of tuition to ￡ 9, 000 a year. scratched scraped scrapped scrabbled scrolled

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has________about being a parent, stating that 13 is an appropriate age for a child’ s first cell phone. taken up opened up put up held up set up

Packed like sardines into sweaty, claustrophobic subway carriages, passengers can barely breathe, ________move about freely. but for as well as disregard for not mentioning let alone

Mississippi also upholds the South’ s well-deserved reputation for warm, hospitable people, balmy year-round weather, and truly________cuisine. destructive horrible amiable delectable deleterious

There have been demonstrations on the streets________the recent terrorist attack. in the wake of in the course of in the context of in the light of in order of

It has been proposed by many linguists that human language________, our biologically programmed ability to use language, is still not well defined and understood. potentiality perception faculty acquisition posture

—Hi, Professor Wang. How was your visit to the US? —It was great. I benefited a lot from this one-year visit. I heard you are going to the US as a visiting scholar as well. —Yes. I’ ve just got a personal invitation letter from a professor at Georgetown University. In fact, I meant to ask you how to get a US visa in my case. It’ s J1 visa, right? —Yes. that, is________visa. It allows for your temporary stay in the US. a business an exchange visitor a tourism an employment a press & media