2013全国大学生英语竞赛A类决赛真题.pdf

全国大学生英语竞赛A类考试2013年决赛试题Part I Listening Comprehension(30 marks)Section A(5 marks)In this section,you will hear five short conversations.Each conversation will be read only once.At the end ofeach conversation,there will be a twenty-second pause.During the pause,read the question and the three choicesmarked A,B and C,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheetwith a single line through the centre.1.Where does this conversation probably take place?A.In a swimming pool.B.In a bankC.On a plane.2.What is said about houses in BritainA.People tried to make money by buying housesB.The price of houses is rising thus people would rather rent one.C.Most people raise their children in rented houses.3.Which one is right according to the conversationA.The house is next to the farm.B.The kitchen has just been decorated.C.The woman is interested in the house4.What is the danger mentioned in the conversation?A.The business ended up bankrupt.B.Working together may ruin their friendship.C.The business cant survive the world economic crisis.5.What does the woman mean?A.Working as a journalist is as being a recorder.B.Its a journalists job to convey only optimistic attitude to readers.C.A journalist should convey the information as it is.Section B(10 marks)In this section,you will hear two long conversations.Each conversation will be read only once.At the end of eachconversation,there will be a one-minute pause.During the pause,read the questions,each with three choicesmarked A,B and C,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheetwith a single line through the centre.Conversation One6.According to the writer,what is a good book?A It tells something about readersreal life.B.It has a clear and coherent plot.C.It broadens readersthought.淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化Background:.Developed in both Europe and the United States.To carry(22)over long distances.Built to(23)the great luxury transatlantic liners.245 meters long with a(24)of 41 meters.Cruise at a speed of 125 km/h.By 1937 it had carried 1000 passengers and transported(25)and carsSafety Measures:(26)had been taken to prevent accidents.A smoking room was pressurized to prevent gas from entering it(27)and matches were checked before passengers and crew entered the ship(28)were used in the construction to minimize the possibility of accidental sparksCause:(29)was ignited by static electricityResult:All airships were(30)until nowPart II Vocabulary and Structure(15 marks)There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section.For each blank there are four choices marked A,B.C and D.Choose the one that best completes the sentence.Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with asingle line through the centre.31.It was a shame and bad taste to be an alien after twenty yearsliving in a foreign country and it is no usepretendingA.thusB.thereforeC.unlessD.otherwise.32.For the time,the best solution to the congestion may be to control the number of vehicles.A.goingB.passingC.beingD.coming33.The boys had set out on a day despite a warning from the National Weather Service that small boats shouldstay off the water in that kind of weather.A.tranquilB.blusteryC.brilliantD.vulnerable34.So far in her life,Kaori Sasaki has had guns pointed in her face,been shot in the leg,been to the refugeecamps andland minesA.dodgedB.indulgedC.swallowedD.duplicated35.the cause may be,the fact remains that temperatures are rising,affecting Alaska for the worse.A.SinceB.WhateverC.Now thatD.In case36.The news broadcast reported on thedanger to coastal cities due to the approaching hurricane.A.burstB.thrilledC.impendingD.migrating37.It seems that most of us want more holidays than we actually get,apart from a small number of workaholicswho do not take all the days off theyA.are entitled toB.belong toC.attribute toD.are contributed to淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化38.It took the jury just ten minutes to find the 58-year-old balding civil servant not guilty of murder,but guilty ofmans laughter diminished responsibility.A.on the grounds ofB.with regard toC.in respect ofD.in opposition to39.Sylvie Forrest had a lucky escape yesterday when she arrived at Liverpool Street Station 3 minutes late for hertrain after being in a traffic jam.A.turned upB.looked upC.put upD.held up40.Antarctica is the highest,coldest,and most_place on earth,a continent twice the size of WesternEurope,capped by ice over two miles thick.A.delicateB.resoluteC.desolateD.obsolete41.According to the survey done among the local residents,enough money,the state television couldbecome much more popular.A.givenB.givingC.to giveD.been given42.I would have gone to the charity party held by the famous film stars,for my exam the next dayA if it had beenB.if it hadnt beenC.had it beenD.it hadnt been43.Interviewer:Most people love the circus.Are you ready for tomorrow afternoons performanceCircus leader:Well be working all day and half the night.Andby tomorrow morning everythingwill have been set up in time for the afternoon performance.Interviewer:Good luck!A.so to speakB.touch the woodC.fingers crossedD.as you promise44.Doctor:Take a seat.What seems to be the trouble?Mr.Williams:Im not sure,doctor.But I havent been feeling too well.Doctor:Mm.Mr.Williams:Ive been sneezing a lot,and feeling pretty feverish,hot and cold all the time.Oh,and Ivegot a sore throat.A.How do you feel in your stomach?B.I think you must have a touch of fluC.Thats interestingD.What are the symptoms?45.Amy:Why do you feel like living by yourself?Jean:Well,Ive always had to share with my younger sister and she keeps bursting in when Im trying tohave a few moments to myself.Amy:But wouldnt it be a bore keeping your own place clean and tidy?Jean:No,because I like to keep things in order.A.It doesnt matter,I suppose.B.You seem to enjoy loneliness.C.Then we can conclude that your little sister must be adorable.D.I can see youll be glad to get some privacy.淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化Part III Cloze(10 marks)Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word.Choose the correct word in one of the followingthree ways:according to the context,by using the correct form of the given word,or by using the givenletter(s of the word.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.“See that？Men kissing.”our lawyer friend snorted into his beer.It had taken me some months to get used(46)the Provencal delight in physical contact.Like anyonebrought up in England,I had absorbed certain social mannerisms.I had learned to keep my distance,to offer anod instead of a handshake,to ration kissing to female relatives and to confine any public demonstrations ofaffection on dogs.The Provencal welcome,as thorough as being searched by airport security guards,was,atfirst,a(47)(startle)experience.Now I enjoyed it,and I w as fascinated by the niceties of the socialritual,and the sign language which is an essential part of any Provencal encounter.When two unencumbered men meet,the(48)(little)there will be is the conventional handshake.Ifthe hands are full,youll be offered a little finger to shake.If the hands are wet or dirty,you will be offered aforearm or an elbow.Riding a bicycle or(49)dri a car does not excuse you from physical contact,and soyou will see perilous contortions(50)be performed on busy streets as hands grope through car windows andacross handlebars to find each other.And this is only at the first and most restrained level of acquaintance.Acloser relationship requires more demonstrative acknowledgement.(51)our lawyer friend had noticed,men kiss other men.They squeeze shoulders,slapbacks,pummel kidneys,pinch cheeks.When a Provencal man is truly pleased to see you,there is arealpossibility of coming away from his clutches with superficial bruising.The risk of bodily damage is less where women are concerned,but an amateur can easily make a social blunder if he(52)(calculate)the requirednumber of kisses.In my early days of discovery,I would plant a single kiss,(53)to find that the othercheek was being proffered as I was drawing back.Only snobs kiss once,I was told,or those unfortunates whosuffer from congenital froideur()I then saw what I assumed to be the correct procedure-the triplekiss,left-right-left,so I tried it on a Parisian friend.(54)Wragain.She told me that triple kissing was alow Provencal habit,and that two kisses were enough among(55)(civilize)people.The next time I sawmy neighbours wife,I kissed her twice,“Non”,she said,“trois fois”(三次).Part IV Reading Comprehension(40 marks)Read the following passages.Each passage is followed by several questions.Respond to the questions usinginformation from the passage.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A(10 marks)Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.Chess has changed a lot over the past two decades.The rise of the professional chess circuit has seen thecompetitive aspect of the game overtake the scientific and artistic.The sole aim of the modem master is to win.In international chess,a players nerves and stamina are as crucial as his intellect and wisdom.The pressureof the game has always been intense:a chess clock is use to ensure that each player completes the stipulatednumber of moves in the allotted time-failure to do so results in immediate loss of the game.But now the playing淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化