2019年大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类决赛真题试卷（精选）

________united effort is needed if the problem of the “underground economy“ is to be resolved. There is a It is a Because a An A

The president knows that he will not be elected again because he has ________ too many of his promises. given up gone back on come up with put on pulled out

Most palm trees have slender, unbranching trunks with a________of leaves at the top. bunch flock series herd pack

Geologists use artificial earth shocks ________ the kind of rock in which petroleum accumulates. for the sake of due to in search of to look forward to to stand for

The coach driver looked________the engine carefully,________it should go wrong on the way. down; before up; otherwise over; lest to; in case through; unless

The most logical step to relieve the housewife of routine is to provide a robot which can be trained to meet the________of a particular home. acceptance administration assignment discipline requirement

________ there must be a good reason for her absence, as she is such an active participant. Formally Necessarily Presumably Unfortunately Usually

My mother has always had a tendency to________the importance of minor problems. raise exaggerate heighten multiply uplift

They picked up four boast-loads of refugees, ________had been at sea for two weeks. some of who some of which some of these some of whom some of those

Having never been to the United Kingdom before, Catherine was initially confused ________the value of each coin. towards as of as to as with by

Before I agree________your suggestion, I’ d like to know what I’ m________myself in for. on; getting to; letting about; putting with; setting /; making

Since they had stopped serving meals, we had to________ourselves with sandwiches and coffee. content appeal appreciate settle withdraw

________ended traffic on the Mississippi River, Mark Twain left his job as a river pilot and moved west to Carson City. As the Civil War was Because the Civil War was During the Civil War Now that the Civil War was When the Civil War

—I’ d better go on a diet. —What makes you think so? I think________. you look pale you need to take a rest you should lose weight you’ re in good shape you must go to see a doctor

—I hear many people like French food. How about you? —Not me.________ [*] As far as I’m concerned, I don’ t eat much. As for me, I don’ t eat out, at all. Considering my age, I shouldn’ t eat a lot. No matter what they say, I’ll have soft drinks only. Speaking of food, I like Italian cuisine.

Scottish writer Adam Smith is often considered the most important economist the world has ever known. The concepts of bargaining and self-interest that he explored, and 【C1】________ (possible)of different types of agreements and interests—such as “ the common interest“—are of recurring appeal to philosophers. His 【C2】wri________ are also important because they give a more general and abstract form to the idea of the “commercial“ society that was developed by his friend David Hume. [*] Like his Swiss contemporary Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Smith assumes that the motives of human beings are partly benevolent and 【C3】________ self-interested, but that self-interest is the stronger trait and so is a better guide to human behaviour. He believes that this can be 【C4】conf________ by social observation, and so, broadly speaking, his approach is an empirical one. In one of his most famous discussions of the psychology of bargaining, he contends that the most frequent opening gambit in a bargain is for one party to urge the 【C5】________—“the best way for you to get what you want is for you to give me what I want“. In other words, “ we address ourselves, not to [ another ’ s ] humanity, but to their self-love.“ Smith goes on to claim that the exchange of useful objects is a distinctively human 【C6】________(character). He notes that dogs are observed exchanging bones, and that should an animal wish to 【C7】ob________something, the only way it can do so is to “ gain the favour of those whose service it requires“. Human may also depend on this sort of “ fawning or servile attention“ , but they cannot resort to it whenever they need help, 【C8】be________life requires “the cooperation and assistance of great multitudes“. For example, to stay 【C9】________(comfort)at an inn for a night we require the input of many people—to cook and serve the food, to prepare the room and so on—none of whose services can be depended on through good will alone. For this reason, “man is an animal that makes bargains“—and the bargain is struck by 【C10】________ (propose)a deal that appears to be in the self-interest of both parties.

【Gardener wanted. NASA requires a gardener to grow plants in a greenhouse. The successful applicant must be willing to travel long distances. The location is Mars. Transport will be provided. Please contact for further details and to arrange an interview.】 [*] For the moment the position described above is an imaginary vacancy. It will probably be many more years before gardeners are needed on Mars. However, the actual growing of plants on Mars may be only a year away. Scientists are currently suggesting a mission that might put plants on Mars next year. The idea is to use a small NASA spacecraft called a “ Mar Scout“ to send the plants in a miniature greenhouse. Landing on Mars it would scoop up some Martian soil. Enhance it with nutrients and then try to germinate and grow the seeds. The seeds would be bioengineered mustard plants, altered so that they would glow when they are struggling. Using bioengineering the mustard seed genes can be combined with jellyfish genes that make the plants glow with a soft green aura when they encounter problems. Healthy, thriving plants will not glow. When the scientists observe a plant is glowing, they can study it and learn what needs to be charged for plants to be able to grow on Mars. The aim of the experiment is to eventually be able to successfully grow plants in Martian greenhouses, and perhaps one day openly on Mars itself. What value does this have? After all, it would not be viable to farm food on Mars and then return it, to Earth. The meaning lies in being able to sustain life on Mars itself. It is far too expensive to transport all the supplies that would be needed by a Martian colony form Earth. So a crucial element for establishing a long-term human presence on Mars is a sustainable life support, system. This is called “ Bioregenerative“ , a renewable symbiotic relationship between plants, humans, and microbes. The humans produce the carbon dioxide and nutrients via their waste that the plants need, in turn they produce the oxygen and food that the humans need. The microbes make the process possible. Also, there is the social and symbolic value. When Earth life is actually growing on another planet that is likely to reignite interest in space travel: public interest and support for space travel is essential if governments are to be permitted to invest the huge sums of money required for such experimentation. Questions 56 ~ 60 Complete the following schema with no more than three words for each blank according to the passage. [*]

There is nothing worse than someone who is always late. Lateness can be a charming eccentricity—for a little while. The trouble is that Mr. or Mrs. Unpunctual soon starts causing inconvenience to other people. That’ s when the cheerful acceptance gives way to scorn and resentment. 【B1】________For example, after accepting the offer of a lift to work the following morning , he or she will fail to turn up at the pick-up spot at the agreed time. There’ s sure to be a convincing reason: lost door keys, a child with whooping cough, a cat stuck up an apple tree... [*] 【B2】________He’ s made the offer and now he feels responsible for it; come what may, he must keep his word. On the other hand, the person who’ s receiving the favour feels free to turn up 10, 15, or 30 minutes after the time which had been agreed on. For him or her they are minutes of hurried activity earning the right to chauffeur-driven luxury; for the driver—the victim—they are minutes of sheer frustration, boredom and wasted time. 【B3】________Well, maybe the person who offered the lift gives up the seemingly endless wait and disappears, in which case the latecomer struggles to complete his day’ s schedule later than ever. Wherever he goes he blames the lift, for “letting him down“ . 【B4】________ In the version of the story, the giver of the lift waits in loyal frustration at the side of the road for as long as his thoughtless passenger takes to reach the spot. Not only are both of them late for work, but the passenger tells his colleagues about the driver’ s impatience in traffic queues! 【B5】________At the moment we think of it as a very elastic commodity; we make vague arrangements to meet at about a certain time, and no one has a clear idea as to just how far that time will stretch. Will “ten o’ clock“ stretch to quarter past ten—or will it stretch to half past ten? There are no fixed rules. Why not arrange to meet by a certain time and stick to it? Not giving even a minute’ s grace seems a little harsh, but look at it this way: a train won’ t wait for a late passenger. People know what the deadline is, they accept that they have to be on time and they usually are. Even the closest friends give up on each other eventually, so they may as well set a giving-up time when they make their arrangement. By ten o’ clock should mean “sorry, but that’ s when I set off without you“ . Questions 61-65 Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use. A. There’ s another equally likely result. B. It’ s surprising how far the unpunctual person will go to inconvenience others. C. We all know what it is like to be not able to turn up on time. D. What’ s the result of this easy-going attitude? E. The giver of the lift makes sure he’ s not late. F. So what’ s the answer? Perhaps there should be a subtle change in how we view time. G. There is nothing wrong with the lift giver.

One of the most powerful spiritual awakenings you can have is to make peace with your mistakes. It is also a guaranteed way to become happier. I am not talking about paying lip service to this wisdom by saying, “Sure, I know—everyone makes mistakes. “ I am talking about genuinely making peace with the fact that mistakes are not only inevitable but important. [*] I read about a Zen master who described life as “one mistake after another. “ And if you think about it, he was right. From a certain point of view, life can be described as a series of mistakes, one right after another, with a little space in between. We mess up, make amends, and change. We then go on with our life. Sooner or later we make another mistake, learn from it, make the necessary adjustments, and move on. Mistakes offer us the continual opportunity to learn and develop. Without them, there would be no growth, no reason to change. Accepting this idea makes it much easier to forgive ourselves and others when we (or they)“mess up. “ Obviously, this is not to say we make mistakes on purpose or that we don’ t do our best to avoid them—that would be ridiculous. Nor does it suggest that, we overlook or enjoy the mistakes of others. We don’ t. What I am suggesting, however, is that mistakes are the way we learn to make allowances in our thinking and behaviour; they are the things that encourage us to change direction and to grow as human beings. Think of the world’ s best athletes. I was watching Andre Agassi, one of the top tennis players in the world, play a match. It made me feel better about my game when I realized that even the world’ s best players make plenty of mistakes. I read somewhere that the baseball great, Babe Ruth, struck out twice for every home run that he hit. When I was fourteen years old, I was talking behind some else’ s back to a mutual friend. I was being mean-spirited and spreading a bad rumor. I didn’ t know it, but the person I was bad-mouthing was standing right behind me and heard everything I said. He was upset, and I was embarrassed. This was a mistake I’ ve never forgotten. This mistake, however, was one of the thousands that I made that helped me to become the person I am today. I learned more from that mistake than I could have learned in any class, lecture, or book. It hit me hard where it counts—in my heart. I didn’ t enjoy it, I’ m not, proud of it, but I did learn from it. I am a kinder person today because of it. Everyone makes mistakes, big ones and small ones. If you can see your mistakes as a means to help you become a better person and to make better decisions, you’ll be able to be easier on yourself and get through difficult times much easier. In the long run, you’ll make fewer mistakes. And if people have made mistakes that have hurt you or affected you negatively, you can apply this same philosophy to help you forgive those people so that you can move forward with greater ease and confidence. Questions 66 ~ 70 Answer the following questions according to the passage.

Young people are inevitably at the leading edge of change and innovation and the travel industry is no exception. Young people think outside of the box, push boundaries and experiment with the new. In an era of unprecedented challenge for the travel industry, youth travel represents not just an important market segment, but also a vital resource for innovation and change. [*] The travel industry is itself undergoing rapid change. Traditional vertical distribution chains are giving way to a more complex value network involving a wide range of different suppliers from within and beyond the travel sector. Travel is no longer solely dependent, on the infrastructure of the old economy—airline seats, hotel beds and travel agent’ s shelves. We are entering a new, flexible, networked economy in which information and communications technology (ICT), local culture and society, education, work and play have transformed into part of the tourism value chain. In fact, the inter-relationships between travel, other economic sectors and society as a whole have become so integrated that we might conceive of a value web rather than the old value chain. In the new tourism value web, value is created by linking actors inside and outside the tourism sector in the different combinations to create and exploit new opportunities. Young people are often at the forefront of such innovation, because they are willing to cross boundaries and make new links. As early-adopting, heavy users of new technology, young people are pioneering the use of social networking sites and mobile media in searching for travel information and purchasing products. Youth travel has grown rapidly in recent decades as living standards have risen and people in developing countries are starting to travel for the first time. Indeed, these first-time travellers are often characterized by being young and comparatively affluent. The global youth travel industry is now estimated to represent almost 190 million international trips a year, and the youth travel industry has grown faster than global travel overall. Youth travel has an important role because it is a market for the future—not just for the future development of young people themselves, but also the places they visit. WYSE Travel Confederation research shows that young travellers often spend more than other tourists and they are likely to return and give more value to the destination over their lifetime. Moreover, young travellers are a growth market globally, while the spending power of older generations in Western economies may decline in the long term. Another reason why young people are important is that, they are less likely to be discouraged from travelling by factors such as disease or natural disasters. They are also the pioneers who discover new destinations and are at the cutting edge of using new technology. Last but not least, young travellers gain cultural benefits from their travel, and contribute to the places they visit. Questions 71-75 Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with no more than three words for each blank. In many fields, including the travel industry, young people are usually at the forefront of any new developments. They set trends and so are a 【R1】________ for innovation and change. This is important as the travel industry is also experiencing its own 【R2】________. The modem travel industry is not about airline seats and hotel beds any more, but a new, more open economy where factors such as local culture and society have a 【R3】________in tourism. Indeed, the 【R4】________of travel and other parts of the economy and society means that traditional vertical distribution chains have been replaced by a network, or 【R5】________. Due to increased numbers of fairly rich young travellers from developing countries, youth travel is now growing rapidly and globally.