大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类模拟试卷53

Where is the woman?W: I have a pain in my lower back. It really hurts when I stand up for a long period of time. M: I’ll give a prescription for the pain. But I want you to make another appointment this week, so I can take X-rays. W: Do you have any openings on Thursday? At the dentist’s. At a doctor’s surgery. In a teacher’s office. At the police station.

Students can choose from about ten essays titles for their first assignment.M: I know it’s early but do you know anything about the first assignment that we have to do? W: Yes, it’s already up on the economics faculty notice board. There’s a choice of essays up there. I think there are about 10 you can choose from. I can’t remember any of the titles though apart from the one that I think I’m going to write about. M: What’s that one then? W: It’s about the short-term future of third world economies. M: Ooh. I don’t like the sound of that. It seems very wide-ranging. W: It is but remember that I spent some of the summer vacation travelling in Africa and Asia so that has made me more interested in the subject and I’ve also got some firsthand ideas on the subject. M: Does the essay list mention how long the essays have to be and the deadlines? W: Yes. You remember that last year all the essays had to be 3 ,000 words in length? Well, that’s gone up by a thousand words’. M: Oh no! They’ll take ages. W: I know. I was hoping that they’d stay at 3 ,000 words or only go up to 3 ,500, but no luck I’m afraid. M: What about the deadline? W: The first one has to be in by the 30th October and the: second by the 30th November. It looks like one essay a month like last year. M: Well at least that hasn’t changed but as it’s the end of September now, that leaves only a month to get the first one done. I’m going to have got onto that straight away. W: Yes, you’d better. If you want to talk about it, I’m going to be at the campus cafeteria at 1: 30 for lunch. We could go over some questions. M: OK. See you then. Bye. W: Bye. True False

What does Alan say a best boy is?W: I suppose the first question I have to ask you, Alan, is one you get fed up answering, but here it goes. What is a best boy? M: Well, I am not sure why I am called a best boy exactly. But I like to think it is because I am the best at what I do. The title is an American term, used to describe the assistant to the man who works with the cameraman and electricians on a film to make sure that the film is properly lit. W: So how do you spend your time? M: Basically what I do is work between the electrical department and production. I deal with the companies where the lights come from. And I am also there on the film site, making sure that everything runs smoothly, that the lighting is set up when the camera crew arrives to shoot the film. And then I also help with the budget. We have to do time sheets and things like that. It is mostly paper work really. W: When did you start working in the industry? M: About 15 years ago. I had been an electrician and my first few film jobs were basically electrical ones. Then I moved over to this. W: It sounds a rather complicated job to me. M: No, not really. I’ve never had to do anything out of the ordinary. But I enjoy it. It is a challenge. W: Is working on location a plus for you? M: You see some great places, but long working days and problems with production are far more common. There is a lot of responsibility with the job, because there is so much money involved. The long hours are very unsociable which is OK if you are single. But there is quite a lot of work abroad, which puts a lot of pressure on the family. W: What advise would you give to someone wanting to give it a try? M: You need a good head for mathematics, plus knowing how to mind the fields? So training as an electrician is the first step. Then you need some experience on a production floor. W: Where do you see yourself in the future? M: I like it where I am. I like working behind the scenes, and seeing how the production works. There are enough challenges in my present job for me. It is a young man he likes best. It is just the name of his job. It is a popular American film. It is an American band.

How many people died under the lamivudine drug treatment?A doctor in rural Liberia inundated with Ebola patients says he’s had good results with a treatment he tried out of sheer desperation: an HIV drug. Dr. Gobee Logan has given the drug, lamivudine, to 15 Ebola patients, and all but two survived. That’s a 7% mortality rate. Across West Africa, the virus has killed 70% of its victims. 7. 15. 2. 13.

Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. ’ Diamonds’ , sang Marilyn Monroe in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ’ are a girl’ s best friend. ’ You might not agree, but you can be sure that diamonds are not only【D1】______ in the world, they are also the most expensive. A single diamond sold for $16. 5 million at an 【D2】______in Geneva in 1995! Diamonds are found in a number of countries including Australia, South Africa, Brazil and the Russian Federation. In fact, there are two main types of diamonds. These are colourless diamonds (about 25% of those found) , which have only a few【D3】______and are usually made into jewellery , and black diamonds—the remaining 75 % —which contain a lot of impurities, and are used in industrial【D4】______. Industrial diamonds are also produced artificially. The largest diamond ever found is the Cullinan diamond. It weighed 620 grams and was found in a South African diamond mine in 1905. It was bought by the Transvaal Government for ￡150,000, and then presented to the King of England, Edward VE. The diamond was then 【D5】______nine smaller jewels, which are now part of the British crown jewels. These jewels belong to the British government and are kept in the Tower of London.Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21—25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. ’Diamonds’ , sang Marilyn Monroe in the film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, ’ are a girl’s best friend. ’ You might not agree, but you can be sure that diamonds are not only the hardest substance in the world, they are also the most expensive. A single diamond sold for $16. 5 million at an auction in Geneva in 1995! Diamonds are found in a number of countries including Australia, South Africa, Brazil and the Russian Federation. In fact, there are two main types of diamonds. These are colourless diamonds (about 25% of those found) , which have only a few impurities and are usually made into jewellery, and black diamonds—the remaining 75%—which contain a lot of impurities, and are used in industrial applications. Industrial diamonds are also produced artificially. The largest diamond ever found is the Cullinan diamond. It weighed 620 grams and was found in a South African diamond mine in 1905. It was bought by the Transvaal Government for ￡150,000, and then presented to the King of England, Edward VII. The diamond was then cut into nine smaller jewels, which are now part of the British crown jewels. These jewels belong to the British government and are kept in the Tower of London.

Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26—30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. The best-seller wooden toy among our products is【D6】______, which is designed for 【D7】______. Our output per month is 4,000 items, and the average【D8】______time per box is 5 minutes. We have 1000 boxes in storage, and the next dispatch will come on November third. Currently , we have 20 drivers and 40 staff working on the【D9】______. All staff do【D10】______ work.Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26—30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. Well, the next product I want to move onto is children’s toys. In this part of building, we manufacture several different wooden toys. But the greatest demand is for our train sets. These are made up of ten pieces and each piece is a different color. It’s a toy for the under-fives and it sells well. We manufacture 1,000 of these every week. That’s a total production of 4,000 a month. Over here, we put all the toys into boxes. Because this is a product for young children, everything has to be very carefully checked beforehand. So the average time it takes for packaging is 5 minutes per box. We supply a lot of large department stores throughout the country. Orders are not constant, but go up and down depending on what time of the year it is. So we try to keep about 1,000 boxes in storage at any one time. That’s the number that we have at the moment anyway. As I said, we deliver our children’s toys to stores around the country. Outside, we’re just loading up the lorries which are going to set off tomorrow. That’s November third. Then there won’t be another dispatch until 10th, November. We have 20 drivers working in this area at the moment and we have 40 staff working on the production lines. As we need to work at night as well as during the day, everyone does some kind of shift work, though the hours vary according to area of production that they’re working.

In order to prevent stress from being set up in the metal, expansion joints are fitted which ______the stress by allowing the pipe to expand or contract freely. reclaim reconcile rectify relieve

Usually vertical stripes give a______impression of greater height. deceitful deceptive delusive misleading

The army was seemingly victorious, but since many people lost their lives, it was ______a defeat. tentatively virtually deceptively potentially

Please sweep up all the glass______before anyone steps on them. chunks chips frames bulks

For some time now, world leaders ______ out the necessity for agreement on arms reduction. had been pointing have been pointing were pointing pointed

Living in the western part of the country has its problems, ______obtaining fresh water is not the least. with which for which of which which

______before we depart the day after tomorrow, we should have a wonderful dinner party. Had they arrived Would they arrive Were they arriving Were they to arrive

By no means______look down upon the unemployed. we should we should not we we should

Guest: I have to go now. Thank you for the delicious meal. Hostess: You’re welcome. ______ I’m afraid I can’t cook well. I’m glad to have met you. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I hope to meet you again soon.

Tourist: How much is that ring, please? Vendor: Only $200, sir. Tourist: ______How about $100? Vendor: I can let you have it for $180. All right. I’ll take it. That’s very expensive. How splendid it is! I’d like very much to have it.

—I can never do well in my first class of the day. I think my brain is still asleep! —______ —Maybe we should go jogging before school each morning. —That sounds like a good idea. I’m afraid I can’t accept your idea. Would you like to say it again? I can’t see what you mean. I couldn’t agree with you more.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is______to Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition. abandoned awarded graded modified

As the world’s smallest continent and sixth largest country by total area, Australia—its size and isolation—is often called the “ island continent“. owing to in spite of in the shape of on behalf of

______the invention of the steam engine, most forms of transport were horsedrawn. Kin to Prior to In addition to With reference to