大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类模拟试卷54

W Oh, I’m sorry, Mr. Smith. M What’s up, Mary? W I’m afraid I can’ t work overtime tomorrow. John and I are holding a party for the 5th anniversary of our wedding. M That’ s all right. Enjoy yourselves. Question What wil1 the woman do tomorrow? Hold a party. See Mr. Smith. Work overtime. Attend a wedding.

The guys are from Texas and California.M1 Hi. My name is Mark. M2 Mark? I’m Bill. Glad to meet you. M1 Yeah. So where are you from? M2 I’ m from Houston Texas. M1 Oh...I’m from Southern California. M2 So, what year are you? M1 I’m a freshman. M2 This is my first year too. M1 So what made you decide to come to California for school? I hear Austin is a good school. M2 It’ s alright, but I think Berkeley is better. M1 So is this where you wanted to come? M2 To tell you the truth. I wanted to go to Stanford. I made it on the waiting list, but ninety-nine percent of the people accepted to Stanford go there. Like, who wouldn’t right? M1 Very true. But this is still a good school. M2 I’ m not complaining. I just know that I wanted to come to California. Texas is cool and all, but I wanted to experience different things. M1 That’ s good. Do you know what you plan on majoring in? M2 I was thinking about political science, but now I’m leaning towards English literature. How about you? M1 I plan on majoring in double E. M2 Do you know where the Smith building is? I have to pick up the syllabus for my psychology class. I missed the first day. M1 That’ s a great start. It’ s over there by the library. M2 It was nice meeting you. M1 Yeah. We should hang out later. M2 Cool. I’ll see you tomorrow in class then. M1 Alright. Later. TRUE FALSE

What is the interview mainly about?W It says a growing number of students are making a major hole from the minute they enter the real world because they are already, some of them, more than 100,000 dollars in debt. With us now is Mark Spencer, he is the senior financial analyst for SBC Bank. Welcome to you. M Thank you. Nice to be with you. W Now I guess there are two kinds of debts: good debt and bad debt. Where does this go? M Well, student loan debt is traditionally considered good debt, but the problem for many students and their families is that the cost of colleges has been going up at 6% to 8% a year, far faster than the income, far faster than the standard of living. That means debt’ s taking on a bigger and bigger role in financing education. W How much debt is too much debt for...for one student? M Well, one guideline is that you look at the first year’s salary in your field after graduation, and use that as a barometer, but even then... W Is that right? M Well, you are talking big payments even in that instance, for example, 30, 000 dollars worth of debt. If you are gonna repay that over 10 years, you are talking more than 300 dollars a month that, in payments every month for 10 years. W But there’ re surely more than one way to get a loan for college. There are government programs. There are so many kinds of grants. What’ s...what’ s the best advice for people who are looking for these loans to try to keep themselves from going under. M I understand that loans are just one way of college finance. Take advantage of the other opportunities. Things like a college savings plan, let...let you save on a tax advantage basis. So you can put money away in these accounts and withdraw tax-free to pay for that education. W So it’s important to start early and that really reduces that reliance on debt later. M Another thing, leave no stone unturned, looking at grants, scholarships, even on-campus jobs. I mean every dollar you get that way is seen as another dollar you don’ t have to borrow later. W The kinds of jobs that so many students, fresh off students, like to go into, er, charity stuff, volunteer work. This debt is eliminating a lot of that, isn’ t it? M I think that’ s the social cost. Really, I mean...you know, when you consider that, you know, people may pass up a rewarding career in charitable work, or non-profit organization because they have to get a higher salary someplace else to pay off that debt. W Yeah, that’s for sure. Mark Spencer, senior financial analyst from SBC Bank. Mark, good you could be here. M Thank you. How college students pay for their education. How to handle the problem of college loans. The disadvantages of college loans. Government financing in college education.

Under what age can’ t children shoot advertisement?16. Children who found fame in live shows and made a fortune by endorsing commercial products will have to halt their early career, as their ads will be banned after Sept. 1 when the new advertising law goes into effect. Under the new law, those under the age of 10 cannot be used to promote products. 17. The stick really is better than the carrot when it comes to motivating people, a study has found. Although modern management and schooling techniques favor praising workers or students, the new research suggests that negative feedback produces more improvement than positive affirmation. In fact, punishments were up to three times more effective at improving performance than rewards. 18. The UN Children’ s Fund reports school attendance in Zimbabwe has rapidly declined from more than 85 percent in 2007 to just 20 percent by the third term of 2008. The LMCEF Representative in Zimbabwe, Roeland Monasch, says the cholera epidemic and the collapse of basic services are adversely affecting the population. He says children are staying away from school because they have to help their parents look for food or find ways to earn money to help support their families. 19. Sea Life London’ s divers have taken to the depths of the famous aquarium’ s tanks to form an underwater orchestra. Our friends at Sea Life London never fail to impress us! Sea Life London’ s professional divers took to the depths of the aquarium’ s tanks in their not-so-regular diving gear. In addition to their regular tanks and masks, they’ re also sporting orchestral tails, instruments and sheet music! 20. The United States National Weather Service says that this huge winter storm has dumped some 68.3 centimetres of snow in Central Park, making it the worst blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have been gusting at up to 96 kilometres an hour, causing serious localised drifting. 5. 8. 10. 12

Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21 ~ 25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. How much 【D1】______does a person need? What happens when his space needs are not met? Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine 【D2】______ overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if their living conditions become 【D3】______, their behavior and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and worry become clear. The more crowded they are, and more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violence are 【D4】______. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for 【D5】______? These are interesting questions.Dictation How much (21)living space does a person need? What happens when his space needs are not met? Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine (22)the effects of overcrowded conditions on man. Recent studies have shown that the behavior of rats is greatly affected by space. If rats have enough living space, they eat well, sleep well and produce their young well. But if their living conditions become (23)too crowded, their behavior and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eat well, and signs of fear and worry become clear. The more crowded they are, and more they tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, population and violence are (24)directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as well? Is enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for (25)human survival? These are interesting questions.

Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26 -30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. The Millennium Summit comes to an end today at 【D6】______. At the meeting, leader from 【D7】______agree to put greater efforts both in peacekeeping operations and in 【D8】______. They’ ve also paid special attention to 【D9】______, which, according to South African President, reflected a new mood in 【D10】______.Summary At the United Nations today, the Millennium Summit draws to a close with promises of more effective UN peacekeeping operations and greater efforts to reduce poverty and disease. The leaders of some 150 nations, the largest working summit ever convened, also held round-table discussions and hundreds of one-on-one meetings over the past three days. Throughout the proceedings, participants have paid special attention on Africa, which has sometimes been neglected by the UN. The promises made at this summit are contained in a millennium declaration, largely drafted before the meeting began. The declaration will be adopted as one of the last orders of business. UN General Secretary Kofi Anan does not want those promises to languish. Fred Ekard is Anan’ s spokesman. “Those promises need to be translated into action, of course, and the Secretary General is expected to affirm the UN’ s commitment to ensure that...st...the steps outlined in the declaration are realized. “ The wording of the declaration is vague in places and as with all UN promises, there are doubt about whether these will be carried out. But South African President Umbeeki was hopefully today, arguing that this summit was different than earlier congregations, and that reflected a new mood in the international community.

When I try to understand______that prevents so many Americans from being as happy as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes. what it does what it is why it does why it is

I am sure he is up to the job______he would give his mind to it. if only in case until unless

We told you that he would come tonight, ______? didn’ t we did we would he wouldn’ t be

The Social Security Retirement Program is made up of two trust funds, ______could do penniless by next year. the larger one the larger of which the largest one the largest of which

It is said that with more forests______huge quantities of good earth are being washed away. being destroyed destroyed destroying to destroy

You can arrive in Beijing earlier for the meeting______you don’ t mind taking the night train. provided unless though until

Our modem civilization must not be thought of as______in a short period of time. being created to have been created having been created to be created

All flights______because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train. were canceled had been canceled having canceled having been canceled

There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened,______a sudden loud noise. being there should there be there was there having been

______the storm, we still arrived at our destination on time. But for In spite of In case of Because of

Diamonds have little______ value and their price depends almost entirely on their scarcity. extinct permanent surplus intrinsic

Many a person______at the gate of the department store. is standing are standing have been standing have stood

Richard doesn’t think he could ever______what is called “free-style“ poetry. take on take over take to take after

The two scholars worked at the task of writing a preface to the new dictionary for three hours______last night. at length in full on end in time