2012年大學(xué)生英語競賽C類決賽真題試卷

1、.2012 年大學(xué)生英語競賽（NECCS） C 類決賽真題試卷Part Vocabulary and Structure31 The presidentseducationspeeches contained_thetongueleadingtopublicconfusion over education policy.A a slide ofBa slip ofCa skip ofD a glide of32 The word right,inmost languages,isusuallyconnected _ themeaningof correct , whereas the word

2、s associate_left , generally have negativemeanings.A to: with B with: to C to: toDwith: with33 Gas prices rose 4% in April, a_rise but the smallest since January.A Mighty B Severe CSteepD massive34 Itseems a verysimplethingtotellthetruth,butbeyond allquestion,thereis nothing _lying.A half so easy as

3、B so half easy asC half easy asD so easy as half35 _untilrecently,people who are left-handedhave been consideredabnormal.A Up B Unless C Down D Not36 Sorryabouttheloss.Butitllgive you somereliefif yourhouseis_against fire.A Assured B Ensured C Insured D pledged37 When_in a downpour without an umbrel

4、la or a raincoat, most people wouldpick up their pace.A Sunk B Caught C Plunged D grabbed38 In 1993, V. S. Naipaul was awarded the David Cohen British Literature Prizein_of his lifetimes achievement.A IdentificationB Acquaintance C Recognition D perspective39 Many linguists_that our highly evolved b

5、rain provides us with innatelanguage ability not found in lower organisms.A Suggest B Claim CPromise D convince40 Im ina slightly_position inthathe is not arriving until12: 00 whichis 3 hours late.A Tight B Weird C Awesome Dawkward41 Tactless she may be, but ungrateful_think her.A should not you B s

6、hould you not Cnot should you D you should not42 More than 30 people died in the train accident, most of_children.A Which B Them C Whom D that43 He admits that his team really_him to play a role of responsibility.A look forward to B look down on C look up to D look on44 Do you know the studentshave

7、been protestingagainstthe increasedtuition?Ive heard about the protest, but_A Ivejoinedinittosupportthe students. B I dontsee any good itwilldo.C I do know the reason for it. D I think itll be a great success.45 I hear youre a journalist now, Paul. That must be exciting._most of the time. But like a

8、ll jobs, it has its disadvantages.A Its boring B Its a piece of cake C It has drawbacks D Its a buzz.Part ClozeThereisa phenomenon thatsociologistscallreference anxiety or,morepopularly,keeping up withthe【C1】Jo_.Accordingtothatthinking,most peoplejudgetheirpossessionsincomparison withothers.Peoplete

9、nd not to ask themselves,Does my house meet my needs? 【 C2】 Ins_theyask,Ismy house nicer than myneighbors? If your two-bedroom house is surrounded by three-and four-bedroomhouses, with some 【C3】 ar_the corner doing a tear-down to build a McMansion,your reference anxiety may rise. Suddenly that two-b

10、edroom house one that yourgrandparentsmight have consideredquitenice, even luxurious doesntseem enough.And so the money you spent on it stops【 C4】 _(provide)you with a sense ofwell-being.Americanssoaringreferenceanxietyisa productofthewideninggap inincome【 C5】 _(distribute). In other words, the rich

11、 are getting richer faster, andthe rest of the population are none too happy about it. During much of the U. S.history,the 【 C6】 _(major)livedinsmall towns or urban areaswhere conditionsfor most people were approximately the same-hence, low【 C7】_anxiety. Also,most people knew relatively little about

12、 those who were living higher on the hog.But in the past few【 C8】 de_, new economic forces have changed all that.Rapid growth inincome forthetop 5 percentof households has brought 【 C9】 ab_asubstantial cohort of people who live notably better than the middle class does,amplifyingourreferenceanxiety.

13、That wealthierminorityis occupying ever-largerhomes and spending more on each change of clothes when the middle is doing O. K.In nationswith【 C10】 h_levels ofincomeequalitylikethe Scandinaviancountries,well-beingtendstobehigherthaninnationswithunequalwealthdistribution such as the United States.Part

14、 Reading ComperhensionSection ASeveral research groups in the United States are conducting genetic researchaimed at retarding aging. If the breakthroughs of recent years are anything to goby, it is likely that we will see several-fold longevity increases in mice withinthe next decade or so. Already

15、such genetic manipulation has increased by almost50% thelifespan of flies. Resultsare also promisingin mammals: scientists haveextendedlongevityinmice by50% throughgeneticinterventions.Achievingsimilarresults in humans will be harder. Scientists have already identified genes thatappear to accelerate

16、human aging,buttheyhave yetto findgenes withtheoppositeeffect.Butwiththe sequencing of the human genome, we arenow ina betterpositionto find out more about aging in humans as well as animals.Forthosewho cannotwait,thereis one method availabletodaythatmight delayhuman aging, caloric restriction. This

17、 means simply a diet with few calories.Experimentshave shown longevityincreasesof more than 50% incertainmammalsthatfollow such diets. Most people, however, feel that the secondary effects of thisoutweigh the benefits. After all, what is the point of living longer if you cannotenjoylife?Ifscienceis

18、to extend human longevity,itwillhave to do so by extendingthe duration of humanlife in age-related disability. The extra yearsof life must.allow future grandparents to enjoy life, not just live.Althoughsomescientistsarguethatagingwillneverbecuredand ourgrandparentswillcontinuetofitourstereotypes,man

19、y othersremainconfidentthatwe willsoon learnhow to modulatethehuman agingprocess.I believeour generationis the first to be able to map a possible route to individual immortality, saysWilliam Haseltine, CEO of Human Genome Sciences Inc. in Rockville, Maryland. If atherapy could slow human aging by 50

20、% , for instance, we could have 30 or 40 moreyears of life. In that time, new discoveries could be made that would allow us tolive even longer,and thecycle couldcontinueuntila cureforagingisdiscovered.Its possible that some people a-live now may still be alive 400 years from now,claims gerontologist

21、 S. Michal Jazwinski of Louisiana State of University HealthSciences Center. But what would be consequences of extending human longevity orfinding a real cure for aging?Researchershave achievedsuccessin 【 A1】_theagingofflies.But similarresultsin humans arenotencouraging.Otherthanfindinggenes thatslo

22、w down humanaging,scientistshave identifiedgenes that appearto 【A2】 _it.However,theremightbe one way ofdelayingaging, i.e. caloric【 A3】 _whichmeans followingcertain diets with few calories. Meanwhile, it is necessary to think about thesignificanceof livinglongerand how to【 A4】_the agingprocess.Someo

23、ptimisticpeoplebelievethatitispossibletoextendhuman longevitywhile othersarequiteconcerned about the【 A5】_of it.Section BNo matter how carefully you plan a trip with a friend, or family member, therewill probably be conflicts along the way. Even after the dates, destination, andlengthofthe tripare d

24、ecided,theresstillthe chance thatproblemscouldhappen.on the trip.Herearea few tipsto help you solveproblemsthatmay come up betweenyou andyour travel companion:Plan the trip together: Sometimes one person takes the lead and plans the tripto fithisorherinterests.Planningtogetherallowsfor a more divers

25、eand balancedvacation.Somepeoplewanttowalk:somepeoplewouldratherusepublictransportation. So its important to find out how compatible you are in terms ofeverything concerned.Find out about lifestyle: Differences in lifestyle can be challenging if theyhaventbeen discussedinadvance.Theresnothingworse t

26、hanbeingintheroom andawake at 6: 00 a. m. when your companion wants to sleep until noon. Sleep patternscan be very disruptive to people that dont have the same pattern. The same can besaid for dietaryand otherrestrictions.Knowing thosedifferencesin advancehelpspeople adapt to each other more quickly

27、.Beaware of copingstrategies:Ask questionsand use yourunderstandingofyourcompanions coping strategieshow they may respond to stressful situations. Youcan ask your travel companion about his/her best and worst trips. What happened?How did that person respond? Knowing a little about how your companion

28、 deals withdifficult situations can be helpful.Compromise: Tryto compromise in order tohave a good time. Agree to disagree.Do you reallywant touse yourenergy feelingangeron your vacationwhen you shouldbe relaxing and enjoying it? Buy travel journals for yourself and your travelpartners. Writing in j

29、ournals can be a way to reflect on the trip to relieve someof the frustration that may come up.Takea break:Splitup when tensionsarehighand your interestsaredifferent.Be sure to set a time and meeting place and have a backup meeting set in case ofan unforeseendelay.People tend tofeelliketheyhave to s

30、tick togetherwhen theyare together on a trip. But anybody with someone 24 hours a day needs a break fromthe other person.61 Thispassage aims tohelptravelerssolveproblemsbetween them and theirtravelpartners.A TUREB FALSE62 Lifestyle differences can cause travel problems because all people enjoysleepi

31、ng till noon when on vacation.A TUREB FALSE63 Even though your travelinterestsare different,you must always staytogetherwith your travel partners.A TUREB FALSE64 Why do people haveto ask theirtravel companion abouthis/her best and worsttrips?65 Which way might help relieve the frustration that may c

32、ome up?.Section CKnowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husbands death.She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzedinability to accept its significance. She wept at onc

33、e, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sisters arms. When the storm of grief had passed she went away to her roomalone. She refused to have anyone follow her.There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that filled he

34、r body and seemed to reach into her soul.She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams.Shewas young, witha fair,calm face,whose linesi

35、ndicatedrepression and evena certainstrength.Butnow there was a dull stareinher eyes,whose gaze was fixedaway offin the distance on a patch of blue sky. It was not a glanceofreflection,but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought.There was something coming to her and she was waiting for

36、it, fearfully. Whatwas it? She did not know: it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it,creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the wounds, the scents, thecolor that filled the air.Nowher bosom rose and fellwith excitement. She was beginning to recognizethisthing that was ap

37、proaching to possess her, and she was struggling to beat it backwith her will, as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been.Whenshe abandoned herselfa littlewhisperedword escapedherslightlypartedlips. She said it over and over under her breath, free, free, free! The emptystare and the

38、 look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayedsharp and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxedevery inch of her body.She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her.A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismi

39、ss the suggestion as of littleimportance.She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands foldedin death: the face that had never looked except with love upon her, fixed and grayand dead. But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to comethat wouldbelong t

40、oherabsolutely.And she opened and spreadherarms outtothemin welcome.66Mostwomenwere shocked intoa_on hearingthe news of theirhusbandsdeath,but Mrs. Mallard was not.67 When returningtoherroom,Mrs.Mallardwas presseddownby_bothphysically and mentally.68 Mrs.Mallardsdullstareindicateda_ofdeep thinkingra

41、therthana signof contemplation.69 What was Mrs. Mallards first reaction on hearing her husbands death?A She pulled herself together with the help of her sister. B She stayed in herroom and refusedto meet anyone. C She abandoned herselfintogrieffora while.D She couldnt stop weeping and crying.70 How

42、did Mrs. Mallard feel towards her husbands death at the end?A Bitterbut relieved. B Fearfulbut relaxed. C Dull and desperate. D Calmand suspicious.Section DNo Creatures can stride as human beings. They are not physically designed tosupport and balance a vertical body balanced on two long lower limbs

43、, propelledforward by a foot engineered exclusively for body support and forward propulsionand to do so with a stride at high-speed locomotion. While other bipeds walk in asimilar fashion, human walk is unique. Bipedalism by itself offers no comparisonwiththedistinctivehuman gaitform.And, significan

44、tly,no otherbipedcan actuallycover more than a tiny fraction of the walking distance that can be sustained byhumans.Stridingrequiresa specialdesignof hip, knee, and ankle joints,plusan archedfoot, plus long lower-limb bones. These finishing touches demanded extendedevolutionary time. Striding provid

45、ed numerous advantages over the simple steppinggait. For example, the ability to cover twice the distance with the same number ofsteps is a definite survival advantage. It also added much speed to running, moreheight to jumping.Noneofthiswouldhave been possiblewithout,first,a footequippedtosupportan

46、d balance an erect body and to produce the leverage necessary to propel the bodyforwardin locomotion.The ape footwas not suitedforthis.A new kindoffoot wasessentialifthosehominids were tobecome full-scalebipeds.Indeeda pairof humanfeethas one-fourthof allthebodys206 bones and 244 joints.Whythisextraordinarynumber of bones and jointsconcentratedinsuch a smallpartofthebody?(74)Becauseth