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1、2003-2010年全国大学生英语竞赛C类初赛、决赛真题及答案汇总集（原创）2003年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛试题2003 National English Contest for College Students（Preliminary）Part I Listening Comprehension（30 minutes，30 points） Section A Dialogues（10 points） Directions：In this section ，you will hear 10 short dialoguesAt the end of each dialogue，a questio
2、n will be asked about what was saidBoth the dialogue and the question will be read only onceAfter each question there will be a pauseduring the pause，you must read the four choices marked A，B，C and D，and decide which is the best answerThen m ark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a si
3、ngle line through the center1AA sales clerk BA police officer CA tailor DA nurse 2ABy train BShe walks CBy car DBy bus 3AFish is the only dish left BChicken is the only dish left CVegetarian meals are not offered DThere arent any vegetarian meals left 4AHe starts work next weekend BHell be away CHel
4、l be in the mountains DHes moving to Florida 5AIn an elevator BAt a dress store COn the seventh floor DAt a department store 6AThey felt it was disorganized BThey were pleased with its Asian content CThey felt it lacked Asian content DThey felt it ignored recent events 7AHe doesnt have enough time B
5、He doesnt have a watch CThe library doesnt have the articles he wants DHe cant find the library 8AHe wants the woman to dine out with them BHe wants to work tomorrow CHe wants the woman to finish dinner first DHe wants to pay for the dinner 9ATwice a day BTwice a week COnce a week DDaily 10AAt two o
6、clock BAt four oclock CAt three thirty DAt eight oclock Section B News Items（10 points） Directions：In this section，you will hear 10 pieces of short news from BBC or VOAThere will be a question following each piece of newsWrite down the answer to each question in no more than 15 words 11_ 12_ 13_ 14_
7、 15_ 16_ 17_ 18_ 19_ 20_ Section C Compound Dictation（10 points）Directions：In this section，you will hear a passage three timesWhen the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general ideaThen listen to the passage againWhen the passage is read for the second time，you a
8、re required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 28 with the exact words you have just heardFor blanks numbered from 29 to 30，you are required to fill in the missing informationYou can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own wordsFinally，when the
9、 passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written and rewrite the correct answers on the Answer SheetAlthough general Motors and General Electric are large multinational companies with operations around the globe，there are numerous smaller companies that engage in internatio
10、nal tradeBecause 95percent of the worlds population and two-thirds of its (21)_ power are located outside the United States，it is important for American (22)_to be present in foreign marketsHowever，before we explain the different methods by which a company may (23)_in international trade，we might fi
11、rst consider some important (24)_that U.Scompanies often fail to study before they sell products in a foreign countryThese factors are (25)_with differences in language，in values and attitudes，and in political (26)_ When (27)_Coca-Cola into the Chinese market in 1920，the company used a group of Chin
12、ese symbols that，when spoken，sounded like Coca-ColaHowever，when read， these symbols meant，“a female horse fattened with wax”Upon reentering the Chinese market in the 1970s，Coca-Cola used a series of Chinese (28)_that translates into“happiness in the mouth”(29)_ Culture is the total pattern of human
13、behavior that is practiced by a particular group of people(30)_Part II Vocabulary and Structure（15 minutes，30 points） Section A Multiple Choice（20 points） Directions：Questions 31-50 constitute a complete passageThere are 20blanks in the passageFor each blank there are four choices marked A，B，C and D
14、Choose the one that best completes the sentenceThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre 31Senior Metropolitan police officers tried to dismiss the Noting Hill race riots which raged for five nights over the August bank holiday in 1958 as the work o
15、f“ruffians ，both colored and white”hell-bent on hooliganism ，according to _ official files Arecent revealed Bnewly released Cprevious disclosing Dearlier exposing 32But police eyewitness reports in the secret papers_ that they were overwhelmingly the work of a white working class mob out to get the“
16、niggers” Acontain Bconvince Cconsist Dconfirm 33The ferocity of the Noting Hill“racial riots”，as the press called them at the time，shocked Britain into_ for the first time that it was not above the kind of racial conflict then being played out in the American deep south Arealizing Bwitnessing Cwatch
17、ing Didentifying 34The carnival，which will_ the streets of west London _more than 1.5 million people this weekend，was started in 1959 as a direct response to the riots Acrowd；of Bpour；for Cfill；with Demerge；in 35While senior officers tried to play down the racial aspects of the riots，the internal Me
18、tropolitan police files released this month at the public record office confirm that the disturbances were overwhelmingly _ by 300 to 400 strong“Keep Britain White” mobs ，many of them Teddy boys armed with iron bars ，butchers knives and weighted leather belts，who went“nigger-hunting”among the West I
19、ndian residents of Noting Hill and Noting Dale Aerupted Bcommenced Ctriggered Dinaugurated 36The first night left five black men _ on the pavements of Noting Hill Alying unconscious Bthere died Cfeel faint Dserious hurt 37The battles raged over the bank holiday weekend as the black _responded in kin
20、d with counterattacks by large groups of“men of color”similarly armed Acolumn Barmy Cbrigade Dcommunity 38Thomas Williams was stopped by the police as he came out of Blueys Club on Talbot Road，Noting HillHe _a piece of iron down his left trouser leg，a petrol bomb in his right pocket and a razor blad
21、e in his inside breast pocket：“I have to protect myself，”he told the arresting officer Afound to have Bwas found to have Cfound having Dwas found having 39The _ files，which were sealed under the 75-year rule but have been released early，show that senior officers tried to convince the then home secre
22、tary，“Rab”Butler，that there was not a racial element to the rioting Aforbidden Bconfidential Cincredible Dstrict 40In his official report，Detective Sergeant M.Walters of the Notting Hill police said the national press had been wrong to portray the“widespread series of street disturbances”as“racial”r
23、iots：“Whereas there certainly was some _ feeling between white and colored residents in this area，it is abundantly clear much of the trouble was caused by ruffians，both colored and white，who seized on this opportunity to indulge in hooliganism ” Aill Bsick Cpainful Dhurt 41But the police witness sta
24、tements and private statistics _ Atold differently Binterpreted in a different way Cexisted m any differences Dtold a different story 42The Met com missioner was told that _ the 108people who were charged with offences ranging from grievous bodily harm to affray and riot and possessing offensive wea
25、pons，72 were white and 36 were “colored” Afor Bfrom Cof Din 43It is popularly believed that the riot began on the night of Saturday，August 20，when a 400-strong crowd of white men，_“Teds”，attacked houses occupied by West Indians Athey are all Bmany of them Csome were Dmost of them belong to 44Among t
26、he _ was Majbritt Morrison ，a young white Swedish bride of a Jamaican Aoffenders Brioters Cvictims Dresidents 45She was pelted with stones，glass and wood，and _ in the back with an iron bar as she tried to get home Abruised Bstruck Cpatted Dscratched 46The internal police witness statements provide g
27、raphic evidence of the motives of the mobsat one point crowds several thousand strong roamed the streets of Notting Hill，_ homes and attacking any West Indian they could find Aplunging into Bbreaking into Cseeking for Dsearching for 47PC Richard Bedford said he had seen a mob of 300 to 400 white peo
28、ple in Bramley Road _：“We will kill all black bastardsWhy dont you send them home？” Ashouting Bto cry Cutter Dannounced 48PC Ian McQueen on the same night said he was told：“Mind your own _，copsKeep out of itWe will settle these niggers our wayWell murder the bastards” Amatters Baffair Cthings Dbusin
29、ess 49The disturbances continued night after night until they finally petered out on September 5At the Old Bailey Judge Salmon later handed down exemplary _ of four years each on nine white youths who had gone“nigger hunting” Adecisions Bstatements Ctrials Dsentences 50While those dealt with by the
30、courts were overwhelmingly white ，the large number of black people also arrested and the official _ there had not been a racial motive ensured a legacy of black mistrust of the Metropolitan police that has never really been eradicated Apersistence Bperseverance Cinsistence Dinstance Section B Error
31、Correction（10points） Directions：The following passage contains 9 errorsIn each case only one word is involvedYou should proofread the passage on the Answer Sheet and correct it in the following way： EXAMPLE One night，quite late，I was still awake in the room I am shared with 1. am my husbandI was lyi
32、ng on my right side and can hear a child crying 2. could Getting up，I went see if our son was all right 3. to He was sleeping soundly，breathing deeply and gently 4. The ZipperWhatever did we do before the invention of the zipper？ In 1893 the worlds first zipper was produced in Chicago Although the i
33、nventor claimed that it was a reliable fastening for clothing，this was not the caseThe Chicago zipper sprang 51_ open without warning，or jammed shut，and it swiftly lost popularityTwenty years ago a Swedish-born engineer called 52_ Sundback solved the problemHe attached tiny cups to the backs of the
34、interlocked teeth，and this meant that the teeth 53_ could be enmeshed more firmly and reliably At first zippers were made of metalThey were heavy，and if they got stuck it was difficult to freeThen came nylon 54_ zippers which were lighter and easier to use，and had smaller teethThe fashion industry l
35、iked the new zippers far better because they didnt distort the line of the garment or weighing 55_ down light fabricsThey were also easier for the machinists to fit into the garment Meanwhile a new fastening agent made its appearance at the end of the twenty century: velcro. Velcro is another produc
36、t 56_ made from nylonNylon is a very tough synthetic fibre first developed in the 1930s，and bearing a name to mind the wearer 57_ of the two places where it was developed：NY for New York and LON for LondonVelcro is made with very small nylon hooks on one side of the fastening which caught tiny loope
37、d whiskers on the 58_ other side of the fasteningIt is strong and durable Velcro is used on clothing，luggages and footwearIt is quick 59_ and easy to fasten and unfasten，and has taken a large part of the zippers share of the marketIt is also used in ways a zipper cannot be usedfor instance as an eas
38、ily changed fastening on plaster casts，and to hold furnishing fabrics in a position 60_Part III Situational Dialogues（5 minutes，10 points） Directions：Complete the following dialogues by choosing the best answerThen mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the cent
39、re 61Rob：Hey Jill，youre looking great Jill：Thanks，Rob_ Rob：Well，you did itHow？ Jill： I jog every morning，and I go to aerobics every other day AI bought this dress yesterdayReally smart BYou are looking fine too CIm recovering my strength after the flu DMy New Years resolution was to get in shape 62B
40、ob：Hi JaneHow are you？ Jane：_I didnt sleep a wink last nightThe people next door were making a lot of noise again till very late at night AIm feeling a bit out of sorts this morning BFine，thank youAnd you？ CI slept like a log and didnt want to get out of bed DIt seems a bit unusual，you know 63Ann ：A
41、ah！Hes gorgeous！Look at those big，golden pawsWhen did you get him？ Roger：Yesterday_ Ann ：Oh，rightWhat kind is she？ Roger：A Labrador ASusans got a more beautiful one BWhats up？ CIts a she actually DIsnt it right？ 64Tina：Wow，look at all the things on sale_ Andrew：Yes，look，this shirt is 50 off Tina：And look at these shoes