2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题

2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题2003NationalEnglishContestforCollegeStudents（Preliminary）PartIListeningComprehension（30minutes，30points）SectionADialogues（10points）Directions：Inthissection，youwillhear10shortdialogues．Attheendofeachdialogue，aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid．Boththedialogueandthequestionwillbereadonlyonce．Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause．duringthepause，youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD，anddecidewhichisthebestanswer．ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter．1．A．Asalesclerk．B．Apoliceofficer．C．Atailor．D．Anurse．2．A．Bytrain．B．Shewalks．C．Bycar．D．Bybus．3．A．Fishistheonlydishleft．B．Chickenistheonlydishleft．C．Vegetarianmealsarenotoffered．D．Therearen'tanyvegetarianmealsleft．4．A．Hestartsworknextweekend．B．He'llbeaway．C．He'llbeinthemountains．D．He'smovingtoFlorida．5．A．Inanelevator．B．Atadressstore．C．Ontheseventhfloor．D．Atadepartmentstore．6．A．Theyfeltitwasdisorganized．B．TheywerepleasedwithitsAsiancontent．C．TheyfeltitlackedAsiancontent．D．Theyfeltitignoredrecentevents．7．A．Hedoesn'thaveenoughtime．B．Hedoesn'thaveawatch．C．Thelibrarydoesn'thavethearticleshewants．D．Hecan'tfindthelibrary．8．A．Hewantsthewomantodineoutwiththem．B．Hewantstoworktomorrow．C．Hewantsthewomantofinishdinnerfirst．D．Hewantstopayforthedinner．9．A．Twiceaday．B．Twiceaweek．C．Onceaweek．D．Daily．10．A．Attwoo'clock．B．Atfouro'clock．C．Atthreethirty．D．Ateighto'clock．SectionBNewsItems（10points）Directions：Inthissection，youwillhear10piecesofshortnewsfromBBCorVOA．Therewillbeaquestionfollowingeachpieceofnews．Writedowntheanswertoeachquestioninnomorethan15words．11．_______________________________________12．_______________________________________13．_______________________________________14．_______________________________________15．_______________________________________16．_______________________________________17．_______________________________________18．_______________________________________19．_______________________________________20．_______________________________________SectionCCompoundDictation（10points）Directions：Inthissection，youwillhearapassagethreetimes．Whenthepassageisreadforthefirsttime，youshouldlistencarefullyforitsgeneralidea．Thenlistentothepassageagain．Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime，youarerequiredtofillintheblanksnumberedfrom21to28withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard．Forblanksnumberedfrom29to30，youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation．Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpointsinyourownwords．Finally，whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime，youshouldcheckwhatyouhavewrittenandrewritethecorrectanswersontheAnswerSheet．AlthoughgeneralMotorsandGeneralElectricarelargemultinationalcompanieswithoperationsaroundtheglobe，therearenumeroussmallercompaniesthatengageininternationaltrade．Because95percentoftheworld'spopulationandtwo-thirdsofits（21）_____powerarelocatedoutsidetheUnitedStates，itisimportantforAmerican（22）_____tobepresentinforeignmarkets．However，beforeweexplainthedifferentmethodsbywhichacompanymay（23）_____ininternationaltrade，wemightfirstconsidersomeimportant（24）_____thatU.S．companiesoftenfailtostudybeforetheysellproductsinaforeigncountry．Thesefactorsare（25）_____withdifferencesinlanguage，invaluesandattitudes，andinpolitical（26）_____．When（27）_____Coca-ColaintotheChinesemarketin1920，thecompanyusedagroupofChinesesymbolsthat，whenspoken，soundedlikeCoca-Cola．However，whenread，thesesymbolsmeant，“afemalehorsefattenedwithwax”．UponreenteringtheChinesemarketinthe1970s，Coca-ColausedaseriesofChinese（28）_____thattranslatesinto“happinessinthemouth”．（29）_________________________．Cultureisthetotalpatternofhumanbehaviorthatispracticedbyaparticulargroupofpeople．（30）_________________________．PartIIVocabularyandStructure（15minutes，30points）SectionAMultipleChoice（20points）Directions：Questions31-50constituteacompletepassage．Thereare20blanksinthepassage．ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA，B，CandD．Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthesentence．ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecentre．31．SeniorMetropolitanpoliceofficerstriedtodismisstheNotingHillraceriotswhichragedforfivenightsovertheAugustbankholidayin1958astheworkof“ruffians，bothcoloredandwhite”hell-bentonhooliganism，accordingto_____officialfiles．A．recentrevealedB．newlyreleasedC．previousdisclosingD．earlierexposing32．Butpoliceeyewitnessreportsinthesecretpapers_____thattheywereoverwhelminglytheworkofawhiteworkingclassmobouttogetthe“niggers”．A．containB．convinceC．consistD．confirm33．TheferocityoftheNotingHill“racialriots”，asthepresscalledthematthetime，shockedBritaininto_____forthefirsttimethatitwasnotabovethekindofracialconflictthenbeingplayedoutintheAmericandeepsouth．A．realizingB．witnessingC．watchingD．identifying34．Thecarnival，whichwill_____thestreetsofwestLondon_____morethan1.5millionpeoplethisweekend，wasstartedin1959asadirectresponsetotheriots．A．crowd；ofB．pour；forC．fill；withD．emerge；in35．Whileseniorofficerstriedtoplaydowntheracialaspectsoftheriots，theinternalMetropolitanpolicefilesreleasedthismonthatthepublicrecordofficeconfirmthatthedisturbances