大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）C类模拟试卷40

Where does this conversation probably take place?W: Are you being served, sir? What can I do for you? M: No, I’m trying to get this book renewed. You know, it’s so helpful that I can’t finish my research paper without it. In the library In the shop. In the restaurant.

What is the main reason for having the fair?W: Are you going to the fair next Saturday? M: What fair? W: The annual fair that Riverbell puts on the first Saturday in June to raise money for the Rivedale Hospital. The fair is being held on the university athletic field just like in previous years. Haven’t you noticed the tents that had already been set up? M: Yes, I have, what are they for? W: They are for the many special events and displays. And this year there’ll be quite a few new events. I am going to help serve food at the refreshment tent for a few hours Saturday afternoon. M: Do many people volunteer to help out? W: Oh, yes. I like helping because I really enjoy seeing a lot of my friends at the food tent. Everybody loves to eat. M: So, that’s it. I heard some other people talking about going to hear local bands. Everyone says that this year’s show is supposed to be more exciting than all the others put together. That’s the entertainment tent, right? W: Right, but that event will be the evening before the fair on Friday. An auction will take place on Saturday afternoon, and there will be some real treasures for sale then. People donate all kinds of things. There will also be an art show on Saturday and a special games tent just for children. M: And all the profits from the fair always go to support the hospital. What a good idea! Well, I need a couple of bookcases, maybe I can find some at the auction. I’m glad you mention it. To organize activities for children. To make money for the hospital. To bring tourists to the town.

Susanna and Mark cannot see on the first picture______.Susanna: Mark, look at this photo. It is near a cliff. But I don’t remember where we took it. Mark: Um ... well it still looks cold. I think we’d been for a drive to a little town called Kinsale near Cork. Susanna: Ah ... so could it be just the cliff of Kinsale? Mark: Yeah . . . just beyond Kinsale. Oh! I remember there was a golf club at the top of the cliff that we weren’t allowed into. So, we parked the car and we just walked over, so we could take a picture of the view. So there are three beautiful ladies . . . Susanna: Right! Mark: Looking over the wild Irish sea ... Susanna: It’s kind of dangerous and .. . well . . . because there is nothing, no fence, nothing so we have to be careful. Mark: That is a good one too! Well! Susanna: Sorry! Then when we took it on the thirteenth of August ... ark: Oh yes! You can see the date again. Susanna: Yeah ... which is the, just the day before Ricky’s birthday? Mark: Oh, yes yes! We left on the morning of Ricky’s birthday so we couldn’t celebrate it with you. What a shame! Susanna: So that is actually the day before you left. Mark: Yes, that’s right. Yes, so this was our last day together. Susanna: Right. a cliff 3 ladies a fence

By whom has Michael Morales been spared the second time in twenty-four hours?It is the second time in twenty-four hours that the condemned man, Michael Morales, has been spared, not by the actions of the courts or by the governor, but by doctors. Morales, convicted of killing a seventeen-year-old girl twenty-five years ago, had been due to be executed by lethal injection on Monday night. By the courts. By the governor. By doctors.

Lecture: Most【D1】______mode of instruction in college Group discussions are led by a(an)【D2】______. Discussions are based on【D3】______, required text-books, and other outside materials. Seminar: A challenge to the students’【D4】______and【D5】______abilities The professor serves as a【D6】______and resource person Usually participated by【D7】______ Laboratory or Field Experience; Involved in the sciences, engineering, business, or other【D8】______ Usually lasts for【D9】______hours and is taken【D10】______a weekToday we’ll talk about modes of instruction in American colleges. The traditional pattern of classroom experience at the college level brings the professor and a group of 20 to 30 students together for a 45 to 50 minute class session two or three times a week. The most common mode of instruction is the lecture. When lectures are the principal method of instruction in larger classes, regular periods may be set aside for small group discussions under the leadership of an assistant instructor. In cases where a small class size encourages informality, lectures may be combined with discussion sessions based on assigned readings, required text-books, and other outside materials. Another common mode of instruction, the seminar, places more responsibility on the students, challenging both their reasoning and organizing abilities. To stimulate the learning process, the professor leading a seminar may in fact function as a moderator and resource person who poses questions, makes suggestions, assigns projects, or states specific cases that demand solution. Seminars involve small groups of students and a less structured form of study than a traditional kind of course. Less restricted by a communal syllabus, each student is freer to delve more deeply into the aspects of the seminar topic that particularly interest the student. This format may require lengthy, oral and written reports on independent research. For this reason, only advanced students usually participate in seminars. The seminar plays a very prominent part in the student’s overall experience. Many courses, such as those in the sciences, engineering, business, or other professional study programs, combine classroom instruction with laboratory experience. Laboratory periods are normally for two or three hours and are scheduled only once or twice a week.

Built in seventeenth century, the ruined temple is tucked ______ in the pine-covered mountains. in away off on

Children who stay away from school do______for different reasons. them that it theirs

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 calculation is right, scientists can never be sure that they have included all variables and modeled them accurately. Even if As far as If only So long as

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

In developing countries, people are______into overcrowded cities in great numbers. breaking filling pouring hurrying

______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

Every product______before it is sold. needs to examine needs to have examined wants examining wants to exam

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.