2019全国大学生英语竞赛A类决赛真题.pdf

2019年全国大学生英语竞赛A类决赛试题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,one question will be asked,and you will have fifteen seconds to read the four choices markedA.B.C and D,and decide which is the best answer.Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet witha single line through the centre.1.A.Mary may have taken a wrong train.B.Mary wont come to the conference.C.Mary will miss the next trainD.Mary may be late for the opening speech.2.A.On the table.B.On a chair.C.On the floor.D.In a bag.3.A.By reading a newspaper ad.B.By seeing a commercial on TV.C.By listening to the morning newsD.By calling an employment service.4.A.Because he can manage his time more flexiblyB.Because he can renew contact with his old friendsC.Because he can concentrate on his own project.D.Because he can be free from administrative work.5.A.The particular film they saw on TV.B.The number of TV channels they got.C.The choice of TV channels.D.The quality of TV programmes.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 and mark your answers onthe answer sheet with a single line through the centre.Conversation OneListen to the conversation,and mark each statement as either true(T)or false(F)according to what you hear.6.Chris is surprised that Holly has left the cafe.7.Holly had some difficulties with her college work last term.8.Chris thinks Holly is better at college work than he is.9.Holly insisted on speaking to the head of department.10.Chris believes its necessary for students to have a part-time job.Conversation TwoListen to the conversation.Then read the four choices marked A,B.C and D.and decide which is the best answeraccording to what you hear.11.What was the purpose of Joes skateboard journey?A.To improve his skateboarding skills.B.To support an organisation that helps young people.C.To visit some new places in EuropeD.To experience something interesting on the way.淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化44.-Hi,Danny-I wish I could,but I really have to stay in and finish my paper tonight.-Oh,maybe some other time.thenA.Can I visit you tonight?B.May I have dinner with you?C.Shall we have a barbecue some day this week?D.Would you like to go to the cinema with me tonightE.John is leaving Brighton tonight.Shall we see him off?45.-Do you think I could borrow your car to go grocery shopping?The supermarkets outside the city are somuch cheaper.Id also be happy to pick up anything you need-Well,I dont like to let anyone else drive my car.Tell you what,A.why dont you drive me there?B.why dont we go together?C.what about buying a car of your own?D.neednt you go shopping every week?E.how about asking your friend to come over?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.This year,record numbers of high school students obtained top grades in their final exams,yet employerscomplain that young people still lack the basic skills to succeed at work.The only(46)(explainoffered is that exams must be getting easier.But the real answer could lie in a study just published by ProfessorRobert Sternberg,an(47)emipsychologist at Yale University and the worlds leading expert onintelligence.His research reveals the existence of a totally new variety:practical intelligence.Professor Sternbergs astonishing finding is that practical intelligence,which predicts success in real life,hasan inverse relationship with academic intelligence.In other(48)wthe more practically intelligent you are,the less likely you are to succeed at school or university.Similarly,the more paper qualifications you hold and thehigher your grades,the less able you are to cope with problems of everyday life and the lower your score inpractical intelligence.Many people who are clearly successful in their place of work do badly in standard IQ(academic intelligence)tests.Entrepreneurs and those who have built large businesses from scratch are(49)fre discovered to behigh school or college drop-outs.IQ as a concept is more than 100 years old.It was supposed to explain why somepeople excelled at a wide variety of intellectual tasks.But IO ran into trouble when it became apparent that somehigh scorers failed to(50)achin real life what was predicted by their tests.Emotional intelligence(EQ),which emerged a decade ago,was supposed to explain this deficit.It suggestedthat to succeed in real life,people needed both emotional as well as intellectual skills.EO includes the abilities tomotivate(51)(you)and persist in the face of frustrations;to control impulses and delay gratification;toregulate moods and keep distress from swamping the ability to think;and to understand and empathize with others.While social or emotional intelligence was a useful concept in explaining many of the real-world deficiencies ofsuper intelligent people,it did not go any(52)(far)than the IQ test in measuring success in real life.Again,some of the most successful people in the business world were obviously lacking in social charmNot all the real-life difficulties we face are solvable with just good social skills-and good social acumen inone situation may not translate to another.The crucial problem with academic and emotional intelligence scores isthat they are both poor predictors of success in real life.For example.research has shown that 10 tests predict onlybetween 4%and 25%of success in life,such as job(53)perf淘宝店铺：https:L店主旺旺：慧园文化Professor Sternbergs group at Yale began from a very different position to traditional researchers intointelligence.Instead of asking what intelligence was and investigating whether it predicted success in life,Professor Sternberg asked what distinguished people who were thriving from(54)that were not.Instead ofmeasuring this form of intelligence with mathematical or verbal tests,practical intelligence is scored by answersto real-life dilemmas such as:If you were travelling by car and got stranded on a motorway during a blizzard,what would you do?An important contrast between these questions is that in academic tests there is usually onlyone answer,whereas in practical intelligence tests-as in real life-there are several different(55)soltothe problemPart IV Reading Comprehension(35 marks)There are four passages in this part.Each passage is followed by several questions.Respond to the questionsusing information from the passage.Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.Section A(5 marks)Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.As high-tech materials invade high-street fashion,prepare for clothes that are cooler than silk or warmer thanwool,keep insects at arms length,and emit many pinpricks of coloured light.The convergence of fashion and high technology is leading to new kinds of fibres,fabrics and coatings thatare imbuing clothing with equally wondrous powers.Corpe Nove has made clothes that can change according toexternal heat levels.And at Nexia Biotechnologies scientists have found fibres similar to those in nature.A big impact is already being made at the molecular level.Nano-Tex can make material that rarely needswashing.Meanwhile,Schoeller Textil uses material that can make you warmer or cooler.Sensory Perception Technologies(SPT)embodies an entirely different application of nanotechnology.Created in 2003 by Quest International,a flavour and fragrance company,and Woolmark,a wool textileorganisation,SPT is a new technique of embedding chemicals into fabric.Though not the first of this type,SPTsdurability(evidently the microcapsule containing the chemicals can survive up to 30 washes)suggests aninteresting future.Designers could incorporate signature scents into their collections.Sportswear could beimpregnated with anti-perspirant.Hayfever sufferers might find relief by pulling on a T-shirt,and so on.The loudest buzz now surrounds polylactic acid(PLA)fibres-and,in particular,one brand-named Ingeo.Developed by Cargill Dow,it is the first man-made fibre derived from a 100%annually renewable resource.Thisis currently maize(corn),though in theory any fermentable plant material,even potato peelings,can be used.Inperformance terms,the attraction for the 30-plus clothes makers signed up to use Ingeo lies in its superiority overpolyester(which it was designed to replaceAs Philippa Watkins,a textiles specialist,notes,Ingeo is not a visual trend.Unlike nanotechnology,whichpromises to transformwhat clothes can do,Ingeos impact on fashion will derive instead from its emphasis onusing natural sustainable resources.Could wearing synthetic fabrics made from polluting and non-renewable fossilfuels become as uncool as slipping on a coat made from animal fur?Consumers should expect a much widerchoice of greenfabrics.Alongside PLA fibres,firms are investigating plants such as bamboo,seaweed,nettlesand banana stalks as raw materials for textiles.Soya bean fibre is also gaining ground.Harvested in China andspun in Europe,the fabric is a better absorber and ventilator than silk,and retains heat better than wool.Elsewhere,fashion houses-among them Ermenegildo Zegna.Paul Smith and DKNY-are combiningfashion with electronics.Clunky earlier attempts involved attaching electronic components to the fabrics after thenormal weaving process.But companies such as SOFT switch have developed electro-conductive fabrics thatbehave in similar ways to conventional textiles.Could electronic garments one day change colour or pattern?A hint of what could be achieved is offered byLuminex,a joint venture between Stabio Textile and Caen.Made of woven optical fibres and powered by a smallbattery,Luminex fabric emits thousands of pinpricks of light,the colour of which can be varied.Costumes madeof the fabric wowed audiences at a production of the opera Aida in Washington,DC,last year.淘宝店铺：http5:L店主旺旺：慧园文化