全国大学英语竞赛试题及答案.docx

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全国大学英语竞赛试题及答案

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．

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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_____of