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2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题及答案（B级）来源：英语辅导报 | 时间：10个月前 | 阅读 14898 次 收藏划词已启用 1 2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题（B级） 2 听力原文及参考答案2008年全国大学生英语竞赛样题听力原文及参考答案（B级） 听力录音原文Part I Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.1. M: I guess well have a hot summer again. W: I know. Last summer was mild. Do you remember our first summer here? The temperature stayed about 100 degrees Fahrenheit for ten straight days. There wasnt a breeze anywhere. Q: What do you know about their first summer?2. W: If I understand you correctly, Mr. Johnson, you were well within the speed limit when you were stopped by the Police. M: Thats right, I always keep to the limit in Downside Road because there is a school slope on the corner of the first turning and I wouldnt want to run the risk of hitting one of the kids, would I? Q: What do we learn from the conversation?3. M: Im almost worn out, Ive been totally busy at the office and now Ive got a stiff neck. Guess Im getting old. W: Dont be silly. You just need a rest. Q: How does he feel?4. W: My English teacher suggested that I come in and borrow a Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. M: Of course, Miss, youre welcome, but they may not in the library. Wouldnt it be better if you had one of your own? Q: What did the man suggest that the woman do?5. M: The hijacking incident ended with the death of the three kidnappers. W: How were the passengers? M: Well, all the passengers and crew members landed on their feet finally. Q: What happened to the passengers?6. W: I am a stranger here. Where can I have copies made of my application? M: Isnt there a photocopy machine in the post office that you were just in? Q: What does the man Imply?7. W: Im going to invite a few of my classmates to a party. M: You cant invite just a few. The others will be angry. Q: What does the man imply that the woman should do?8. M: Well have to hurry if were going to be on time to get to the airport. Its already eight thirty. W: Well, it takes only half an hour to get to the airport, and the plane doesnt leave until nine fifteen. I think well make it all right if we leave immediately. Q: How much time is the couple allowed once they get to the airport?9. W: Mr. Williams, how can I help you? M: It never used to trouble me, but now after only a couple of glasses, I start to feel really terrible. Could you give me some advice? Q: Whats the trouble with the man?10. W: Whats the matter? You are over forty five minutes late. M: Im sorry. I had an unexpected visitor. W: Well, at least you could have called. Q: What is the mans feeling?Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the five questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.W: Hi, Larry. Your roommate told me that I could find you in the TV lounge. What are you doing here?M: What does it look like I am doing?W: Well, it looks like you are watching television. But we have a linear algebra mid-term exam tomorrow, so I thought youd be studying for it maybe I could study with you.M: Oh, well, I was just taking a break. This linear algebra stuff gives me a headache if I work on it too long.W: I know what you mean. Ive been working on it for three hours already. Im beginning to go crazy. Ive been studying the sample problems. I just dont get some of them.M: But I cant believe you are coming to me. I mean you do know what I got on the last test, dont you?W: Yeah, I know, you told me. I just thought two heads might be better than one.M: Yeah, thats a nice idea. But.you know, I wish I knew that person in our class who got a hundred on the last test. She didnt miss a question. Umm.was it Elizabeth?W: Oh yeah, Elizabeth!She is a friend of mine. Shed be a big help right now. Why dont I give her a call?M: What!At this hour? Its already ten thirty. I dont wanna impose on her.W: Yeah, I guess you are right. But you know what, she owes me a big favor. Lets at least give her a call and see what she says. Maybe going over some of the problems with us would help her review the material.M: Its worth a try.Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear 5 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 16. The bomb attacks in London on Wednesday which killed dozens and wounded hundreds more brought chaos to the streets of Britains capital city. As well as those directly affected by the blasts, hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors were caught up in the confusion as the transport system was shut down, and telephone communications became difficult, or even impossible. Among them was the BBCs Jerusalem Bureau Editor Simon Wilson who was on a trip back to London, his home city, when the bombers struck: My tiny walk-on role in Londons drama began shortly after nine in the morning. The underground train I was travelling on stopped sharply as we approached Paddington station. “Somethings happened on the line ahead”, said the driver, “it must be serious.” It was. Although at that stage I didnt know it, a bomb had exploded on a train at the very next station Edgware Road killing and injuring dozens of people. 17. NASA originally scheduled a spacewalk on Thursday to inspect a malfunctioning rotary joint on the right side of the station. The joint is needed to keep the stations solar wings turned toward the sun for power. But space station program manager Mike Suffredini said the tear in a solar wing on the other side of the station is a much more urgent problem. “We believe we are in a condition where we could over time tear the blanket further, and if we tear the blanket, if we do enough damage to the blanket, we could potentially get in a configuration where we couldnt stabilize the array,” said Mike Suffredini. “And if we cant stabilize the array, well have to figure out what to do about that, and we dont have a lot of options.” 18. Forbes Magazine says Indias billionaires constitute one of the wealthiest groups in Asia. Their collective net worth has surged to $351 billion - nearly double that of last year. Forbes lists 54 U.S. dollar billionaires in India. That is the second highest number in Asia after China, which now has the second highest number in the world, after the United States. According to Forbes, China have 66 billionaires, while the Hurun Report, a respected chronicler of such things, puts the number in China at more than 100. 19. The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is not only the newest, but the largest containing over 75,000 artifacts, nearly two million photographs and some 76 million pages of documents. One of the highlights for many visitors is on the second floor. A visitor of the library says, “The Oval Office - I would never imagine that it would be here. I have always wanted to see what it looks like.” It is a full-scale replica of the Oval Office, the only one in any presidential museum. Jordon Johnson, a library spokesman, says, “President Clinton, when hes here, he likes to walk around his library, sometimes to talk with the visitors here. The Oval is probably a favorite of his and the visitors because its a true replica, exactly how he left it. I am sure it brings back a lot of memories for him.” 20. The World Bank director for southern Africa, Ritva Reinikka, Wednesday said something new is on the horizon in Africa that began in the mid-1990s. “Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and moved to a path of faster and steadier growth. And for the first time in three decades, they are growing in tandem with the rest of the world,” she said. She said annual growth rates of more than five-percent from 1995 to 2005 reversed 20 years of stagnation and decline from 1975 to 1995. The World Banks Economic Indicators report issued Wednesday forecast these rates will continue through next year.Section DDirections: In this section, you will hear a man introducing the history of Oxford. For questions 21-30, listen to what he says and complete the notes. You will need to write a word or a short phrase. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Good morning, everyone. Today Id like to tell you a little bit about the history of Oxford. Oxford has been a town for many centuries, even before 912, was the first written records of its existence. Oxford University began to establish itself in the middle of the 12th century and by 1300 there were already 1,500 students. At this time Oxford was a wealthy town, but by the middle of the 14th century it was poorer because of a decline in trade and because of the terrible plague, which killed many people in England. Relations between the students and the townspeople were very unfriendly, and there was often fighting in the streets. On the 10th of February 1355, a battle began, which lasted two days. Sixty-two students were killed. The townspeople were punished for this. One of the punishments was that the University was given control of the town for nearly 600 years. Nowadays there are about 12,000 students in Oxford and the University and the town live happily side by side. The Oxford English Dictionary is well-known to students of English everywhere. It contains approximately 5,000,000 entries, and there are thirteen volumes, including a supplement. Some of the words are special Oxford word. For example, “bulldog” in Oxford is the name given to University policeman who wear bowler hats and sometimes patrol the streets at night. They are very fast runners. “Punt” is a word often used in both Oxford and Cambridge. It refers to a flat-bottomed boat with sloping ends which is moved by pushing a long pole in the water.参考答案Part I Listening ComprehensionSection A1. C 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. C 10. CSection B11. B 12. A 13. A 14. C 15. BSection C16. A 17. A 18. B 19. A 20. B Section D21. 912 22.12th 23. wealthy 24. a decline 25. unfriendly 26. fighting 27. battle 28. control 29. bulldog 30. puntPart II Multiple ChoiceSection A31. A 32. C 33. C 34. A 35. D 36. A 37. D 38. D 39. C 40. BSection B41. B 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. BPart III Reading ComprehensionSection A 46.【答案】 B 【测试类型】 主旨题。 【解题点拨】 本题在问：从前三段我们得知什么。回答本题依据文章第二段中的“there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide”，即从法规上讲，在医生帮助下的自杀是不合法的。因此得到答案。 47 【答案】 C 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 通过阅读发现备选答案提供的信息集中在文章前三段，这部分主要在说：尽管在医生帮助下的自杀是不合法的，但是最高法院认为只要医生的本意是为了减轻病人的痛苦，那么他们使用大剂量的镇痛药就是允许的。因此得到答案。 48 【答案】 B 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 回答本题依据文章第六段第二句话：It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care. 其中要充分理解短语the undertreatment of pain。 49 【答案】 A 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 本题考察考生根据上下文判断词义的能力。回答本题不仅要了解aggressive一词的基本意思，还要联系上下文。 50 【答案】 D 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 回答本题依据文章最后一段。本段提到Annas对大量的医生置病人的痛苦于不顾，无端地延长病人不必要的痛苦这种行为提出了批评，认为这种行为构成了“虐待病人”，并认为这样的医生应该予以吊销行医执照。因此得到答案。Section B 51. 【答案】 N 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 通过题干中的关键词national standards和表示时间的词组by 1921，我们可以迅速于第二段开头第一句及第三句话找到相关细节：“到1921年为止已铺设了387, 000英里的公路（paved roads）。 但除此之外，对公路大小、承重限制或商业标志等都没有全国统一的标准（Beyond that, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictions, or commercial signs.）”，据此可判断出题干表述不正确。 52. 【答案】 Y 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 从题干中的关键人名General Eisenhower以及broad German motorways，我们可锁定文中第二段的最后一句话为答案来源（. he noted, “The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germanys Autobahn or motorway had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.” 老的车队曾使我考虑过双车道高速公路的好处，但德国的公路使我认识到了更宽的马路的明智之处）。这里的broader ribbons是指与two-lane highway相比更宽的马路。题干中的make more sense与原文中的see the wisdom of broader相对应，因此本题选Y。 53. 【答案】 Y 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 根据题干中的表示年份的信息词in the 1950s和national highway system，我们可在原文中找到相关细节，第三段第一句与第四段第一句。题干中的信息正是对此内容“The interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956”的同义转述（e.g. “interstate highway” means “national highway”; “finally launched” means “finally took action”; “in 1956” means “in the 1950s”），因此此表述正确。 54. 【答案】 Y 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 由题干中的关键词geographical features（地理特征），可定位于第四段第二、三句。文中指出“To build its 44,000-mile web of highways, bridges and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out. Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts, and plains. 要建设44,000 英里的公路网，必须制定出桥梁、隧道等上百种独特的工程设计与方案，同时还要考虑到国家的诸多地理特征”，文中表述与题干相吻合，因此这句话正确。 55. 【答案】 N 【测试类型】 细节题。 【解题点拨】 从题干中的关键信息短语the death rate on interstate highways我们可以确定第六段的最后一句话为答案出处。原文中指出，州际公路上的死亡率只是美国其他道路死亡率的一半（The death rate on highways is half that of all other U.S. roads），这与题干中的is still high than.相矛盾，由此可判断此句话错误。 56. 【答案】 the U.S. with