大学生英语竞赛（NECCS）D类模拟试卷20

1. M: I’ve been in a band for months. On the weekends， we play from dusk till dawn. What do you think of my new job? W: You’ll never make it. The city is cruel， and there are too many bands out there that are also trying to make it. Q: What does the man do? 2. M: Hello， Arts Centre. Peter speaking. How can I help you? W: Listen， actually I wanted to buy five tickets for tomorrow’s show， but after ten minutes’ waiting， I got disconnected. M: I’m sorry， Madam. We’re having problems with the line. Q: Why did the woman get disconnected? 3. W: Welcome to the Square Hotel. Your room is on the second floor. M: Thank you， Madam. Could you tell me where the dining room is? W: Yes， it’s just down the corridor on your room’s left. Q: Where is the dining room? 4. W: I’ll never take my car downtown again. M: Did you get another ticket, Sue, or couldn’t you find a parking space? W: I wish it was just that. My car was broken into. Q: Why is Sue upset according to the conversation? 5. M: Hello. Is Mr. Davidson here， please? This is Lin Tao speaking. W: I’m sorry he is on holiday in Paris this week. Would you like to leave a message? M: Yes， please. Tell him to give me a call before I leave London for New York. Q: Where is Mr. Davidson now? A doctor. A singer. A worker. A teacher.

The man works at a post office.Listen to the conversation， mark each statement as either True（T）or False（F）according to your listening. W: Hello， CSP. Can I help you? M: Oh， hello， my name’s Wang Yuming. I’m from the job agency， Findajob. Could I speak to Li Yushan， please? W: Certainly. Can I ask you the reason for the call? M: Of course. I’m calling about an ex-CSP employee， Zhang Jiahong. Li Yushan was her manager. W: Thank you. Let me just see if Li Yunshan is available...Hello? I’m sorry she’s in a meeting. Can I take a message? M: Yes， please. W: Er， what is your name again， please? M: Yes， it’s Wang Yuming. W: Could you spell that for me? M: Yes， it’s Wang， WANG， and Yuming is YUMING. W: OK. And what’s your telephone number? M: I’ll give you my mobile number. It’s 412 556 207. W: Right. And has Li Yunshan got your email address? M: Er， no. It’s yuming@findajob. com. au. W: Sorry， yuming@...? M: Findajob—that’s one word—dot com dot A-U. W: OK， so that’s yuming@findajob. com. au. And what would you like me to tell her? M: Well， I’d like to ask her some questions about Zhang Jiahong—what she was like as an employee... It would be great if she could phone me. W: OK， I’ll give her the message and ask her to contact you. M: Thank you. That’s helpful. W: No problem. Goodbye. TRUE FALSE

When is the man leaving?Listen to the conversation， mark each question as A， B， C or D according to your listening. W: Bill， is that really you? I haven’t seen you for months. M: Hello， Christina. Yes， it’s been a long time. Good to see you. How have you been? W: I’ve been okay. I’ve just been so busy with school. We really should get together and catch up. How about joining me for dinner tonight? M: I’d love to， but I’m taking off for Miami at 8:00 tonight if everything goes well. I’m going home because my brother is getting married on Saturday morning. W: That’s great. Congratulations! I hope that you have a nice time at home. You’ll just have to take a rain check on that dinner invitation. M: Well， what’re you doing now? Maybe we can go to the coffee shop and chat for a while. There’s a quiet， little place I know of down the street. W: I really wish I could， but I’m on my way to the tennis courts. M: Tennis courts? I didn’t know you could play tennis. W: It sounds like that， but actually I can’t. I’m taking lessons so I can learn. My roommate is on the tennis team and she’s gotten me interested in the sport. Do you know how to play? M: A little， but I haven’t played for years. I really like the game， though. When I come back from my trip， I think I’ll join you in taking lessons. W: It’s a deal! Just give me a call when you get back. M: You got it. Today at 8:00 pm. Tomorrow at 8:00 am. On Saturday at 8:00 am. On Sunday at 8:00 am.

When does the songbird perform a tap dance?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. Scientists have discovered the species of songbird performs a tap dance so fast that it can’t be seen by the naked eyes. Researchers from Japan and Germany slow down footages of the blue capped cordon-bleu songbirds during courtship. Scientists have discovered that tap dance is in the courtship performance of both male and female cordon-bleus. The next step for the researchers is to try and pick whether the birds mate is moved by the sight， the sound or the vibrations of this fancy foot work. Such is the agility of the songbirds show stopping quickstep that could only be fully appreciated in super slow-motion. 17. Israeli officials say the government will approve about 500 new buildings in the West Bank settlements in the coming days. Israeli Cabinet ministers announced their support for the plan on Sunday. Defense Minister Ehud Barak will officially give approval for the new housing within 48 hours. The plan also would permit existing settlement building to continue. 18. Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tiger rebels have admitted defeat in fighting against government troops， the rebels said they would lay down their arms to prevent what they called “further unnecessary killing of Tamil civilians by government troops”. The government said it has succeeded in its goal to defeat terrorism and rescue all civilians from terrorism after a 26-year long civilian war. 19. Australia has joined a growing international appeal for aid to Somalia where much of the population is starving. Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd spoke in Somalia. He said hundreds of thousands of Somalis， mostly children will die if the international community fails to provide aid. 20. It suggests walking， cycling or travelling by public transport can lift the mood. Crucially， it suggests those who switch from the car to an active commute feel better across a range of psychological measures， including concentration， decision-making and the ability to face up to problems. The researchers say policies encouraging people to leave their cars at home could have a dramatic impact on public wellbeing. During the spring. During the courtship. During the winter. During breeding season.

Dictation Listen to the passage. For questions 21 ~ 25, fill in the blanks with the exact words or phrases you hear. After 1945, the US government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther from the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new roads from their suburban homes to work in the city. Some of the big car makers also 【D1】______the electrified transportation systems and destroyed them. As people stopped using public transportation, cities spent less money fixing old buses and trains or buying new ones. Public transportation got 【D2】______. In the late 1960s, people found out that the increase in the use of cars 【D3】______ many problems. There were always too many cars.for the highway system, and terrible traffic problems developed. People were spending hours in traffic jams getting to and from work every day. 【D4】______, the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from millions of cars, and many people died in traffic accidents. As people began to get worried about how the use of cars was hurting the 【D5】______, cities began to spend more money on public transportation again, so fewer people would have to drive cars.In this section， you will hear two short passages. The passages will be read twice. After each passage， there will be a thirty-second 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. After 1945， the US government built many new roads and highways. People moved farther and farther from the cities where they worked because they could drive their cars on these new roads from their suburban homes to work in the city. Some of the big car makers also bought the electrified transportation systems and destroyed them. As people stopped using public transportation， cities spent less money fixing old buses and trains or buying new ones. Public transportation got worse and worse. In the late 1960s， people found out that the increase in the use of cars led to many problems. There were always too many cars for the highway system， and terrible traffic problems developed. People were spending hours in traffic jams getting to and from work every day. In addition， the air in many cities became dirty because of pollution from millions of cars， and many people died in traffic accidents. As people began to get worried about how the use of cars was hurting the environment， cities began to spend more money on public transportation again， so fewer people would have to drive cars.

Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26 -30, complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. The McDonald’ s restaurants were started by the McDonald 【D6】______. They wanted to give people quick, easy and cheap meals. They had several ideas. They 【D7】______a smaller menu, made people come to the counter for their food and did not put any seats in the restaurant. People like the fast, cheap food, so McDonald’ s became very 【D8】______. Nowadays these restaurants are found 【D9】______, and McDonald’ s is one of the great 【D10】______stories of the twentieth century.Summary Listen to the passage. For questions 26~30， complete the notes using no more than three words for each blank. There were two McDonalds—Mac and Dick—and they were brothers. In 1948， they owned a restaurant in California， USA. They like working in the restaurant， but they got tired of the customers ordering so many different things to eat. “If we gave customers a smaller menu， we could prepare some of the food in advance， and they wouldn’t have to wait so long for their meals，” said one of the brothers. The other brother agreed and added， “If we made the customers come to the counter， we wouldn’t need any waiters or waitresses. We could also use disposable plates so there wouldn’t be any washing-up to do.” These were such good ideas that the brothers used them， and the customers were very pleased. They got their meals at lightning speed—in less than a minute— and paid only fifteen cents for hamburgers and ten cents for fries. The first McDonald’s restaurant had no seats for customers to sit on. This meant that people had to take their food away and that no one had to clean up any tables after them. Then a man called Ray Kroc came to see the brothers. He wanted to purchase their business. They agreed to send it to him for US $27 million. After that， people said Ray Kroc for the right to open their own restaurants using the McDonald’s name and menu. Before long， there were McDonald’s restaurants throughout the United States， and nowadays they are all over the world—even in China and Russia. McDonald’s restaurants are successful because children love going to them. They hand out toys and games and the children love the food.

______person like him won’t be simply satisfied with______little achievement that has been made. The; a The; / A; the The; the A; /

He has been caught______ the rain and is wet______the skin. by; to in; to in; through to; in by;on

The man denied______anything at the supermarket when he was questioned by the police. to have stolen to steal having been stolen having been stealing having stolen

After he left his wife for a younger girl, all his friends gave him the cold shoulder. Here cold shoulder means______. warm sympathy great help good cure for his shoulder cold treatment harsh criticism

As the survey suggests, fresh air, enough exercise and nutritious food______ to good health. contribute add attribute encourage stick

When I watched the film, I was______to see that it was quite______. surprise; boring surprised; bored surprising; boring surprising; bored surprised; boring

The city of London, ______ repeatedly between 1940 and 1941, lost many of its famous churches. bombed to bomb bombing having bombed to be bombed

Mary is in bed with a fever and she can* t hope to______the cold in a few days. get on get away get off get out get over

When______why they are looking for jobs at new companies, some of them say they want more challenges. asked ask asking to ask be asked

His _____ has changed but he has kept the fine qualities of a scientific researcher. state status station statue statement

I should have gone to the party of theirs, but______. I was not invited I’m not among the invited I have not been invited I’ m not being invited I have not invited

No doubt, robots are having a dramatic effect______the labor market in this country. in over about with on

Wife: Our visit to London is really rewarding. What do you think, darling? Husband:______We’ ve really got something from this visit. Wife: Don’ t forget the shopping before we leave this lovely city. Husband: I’ ve carved it in my mind. Don’ t worry. I get it. Well, I don’t think the way you do. You bet. I’ m glad to hear that. I’ m sorry to hear that.

—So, what did you think? —Really, not at all bad. She’ s different from how she appears on TV, that actress, isn’ t she? —Yes, she’ s not so believable. —Yes, ______. but this new scriptwriter certainly knows how to increase the tension. she has many loyal fans she is an experienced actress she looks very pale her lack of stage experience was a bit obvious she has practised a lot