全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛试题及答案

2012NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents(LevelC–Preliminary)(总分：150分时间：120分钟)PartIIVocabularyandStructure(15marks)Thereare15incompletesentencesinthissection.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheanswersheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre.31.Whatweallworkforistofree________timeforthethingswereallywanttodo.A.offB.upC.asideD.in32.You_________hiswordsseriously.Hewastalkingnonsense.A.won’t.takeB.maynottakeC.mustn’thavetakenD.needn’thavetaken33.Neverhesitateto_________thefirstopportunitythatcomesalong.A.seizeB.drawC.who;thatD.obtain34.Hismother________hatedcitylifelongedtoreturntothevillagein_______shegrewup.A.that;whereB.who;whichC.who;thatD.who;where35.Allthings_______,IthinkI’dbettertakeyouradvice.A.consideringB.tobeconsideredC.consideredD.havebeenconsidered36.TwelveEuropeancountries________overtotheEuroonJanuary1st,2002.A.transformedB.switchedC.reversedD.altered37.Sheisn’tanything________unpleasantaspeoplesaysheis.A.aslikeB.likeC.asD.likeas38.Stopcomplaining.Youreally________mynerves.A.getdownB.getalongC.getoffD.geton39.Therewasn’t_______truthinwhathesaid.A.agrainofB.arayofC.apointofD.adropof40.________formysavings,Iwouldn’tbeabletosurvivethesemiserabledays.A.WasitnotB.WereitnotC.HaditbeennotD.Hadn’titbeen41.Therewasapowercutthismorning.________,Icouldn’tdoanythingwithmycomputer.A.SupposedlyB.PresumablyC.ConsequentlyD.Essentially42.Alarmclocksneedlesslywake______households.Iwanttodesignsomethingtargetedattheindividualsleeper.A.wholeB.totalC.fullD.high43._______bothpartiesagreeontheseissueswillacontractbesignedsoon.A.IfonlyB.UnlessC.ShouldD.Onlyif44.—I’verunoutofcash.Couldyoulendmeafewpoundsthisevening?—_____I’lljusthavetofindtimetogettothebankandmakeawithdrawal.A.Icanlendyousomenow.B.I’mnotsureI’vegotanyeither.C.Sorry,Ihaven’tgotapennyinmyaccount.D.Mycreditcardmustbelefthome.45.—We’reallgoingtotheNewSkylineRestaurantforourend-of-yearget-together.Canwecountyouin?—Oh,thanks,Sara,but_____A.Ididn’tfindyouthen.B.I’vebeentotherestaurantonce.C.I’llpassthistime.D.I’llmeetyouthereat5:00.PartIIICloze(10marks)Readthefollowingpassageandfillineachblankwithoneword.Choosethecorrectwordinoneofthefollowingthreeways:accordingtothecontext,byusingthecorrectformofthegivenword,orbyusingthegivenlettersoftheword.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.Didyouknowthatforevery20,000novelswritten,onlyonegetspublished?Sothe(46)____(likely)thatI’lleverfulfillmyambitionofbecomingaprofessionalmysterywriterdoesn’tseemveryhigh.Buttheprospectofturningmylifelongpassionintomylivelihoodandachievingfameand(47)for______atthesametimeisjusttooexcitingformetobeputoffbydullstatistics.Sowhatdoesit(48)t_______tobecomeawriter?Readingisimportant—allwritersneedtoresearchtheirgenrethoroughlytofamiliarizethemselves(49)_______itscodesandconventions.Mybookshelvesathomearestackedwiththenovelsofallthegreatmysterywriters,whichI’vereadandinmanycases,re-read,despite(50)_______(know)allthetime“who’ddoneit”.Ofcourse,beingawriterrequiresimagination.Youhavetodevelopyourownpersonalstyleratherthansimplycopytheworkof“thegreats”.I’veturnedout(51)d________ofshortcrimestoriesformyuniversitystudentmagazine—somehavebeenpublished,somenot,butI’vealwaysaimedtoproduceoriginalandimaginativematerial.Lastbutnot(52)________,successfulwriterspossessenormousself-discipline.I’veoftensacrificedmysociallifeinordertodevotethenecessarytimeandefforttoproducingagoodqualitystory.Andmorethanoncethathasmeant(53)_______themidnightoil.We’vegotanovelinsideus.Gettingitoutinanywherenearpublishableformisno(54)______task,butwithimaginationanddetermination,andthehelpofanexperton“masterclass”,whocouldpossiblyfailto(55)re_______theirambition?PartIVReadingComprehension(40marks)Readthefollowingpassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions.Respondtothequestionsusinginformationfromthepassage.Remembertowritetheanswersontheanswersheet.SectionA(10marks)Questions56—60arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Thetermcultureshockwasintroducedforthefirsttimein1958todescribetheanxietyproducedwhenapersonmovestoacompletelynewenvironment.Thistermexpressesthefeelingofnotknowingwhattodoorhowtodothingsinanewenvironment.Thistermexpressesthefeelingofnotknowingwhattodoorhowtodothingsinanewenvironment.Wecandescribecultureshockasthephysicalandemotionaldiscomfortapersonsufferswhencomingtoliveinaplacedifferentfromtheplaceoforigin.Often,thewaythatwelivebeforeisnotacceptedorconsideredasnormalinthenewplace.Everythingisdifferent,forexample,notspeakingthelanguage,notknowinghowtousebankingmachines,notknowinghowtousetelephones,andsoforth.Thesymptomsofcultureshockcanappearatdifferenttimes.Althoughapersoncanexperiencerealpainfromcultureshock,itisalsoanopportunityforgrowingandlearningnewperspectives.Cultureshockcanhelppeopledevelopabetterunderstandingofthemselvesandstimulatepersonalcreativity.Cultureshockhasmanystages.Eachstagecanbeongoing,orappearonlyatcertaintimes.Inthefirststage,thenewarrivalmayfeelveryhappyaboutallofthenewexperience.Thistimeiscalledthehoney