全国大学生英语竞赛历年选择题及其答案
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全国大学生英语竞赛历年选择题及其答案
Directions:There are 20 incomplete
sentences in this section. For each sentence there
are four choices marked A,B,C and the
one that best completes the sentence.
Then mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
center.
31.
Twenty years ago in an interview,I faced three
men______my age armed with a
hundred
reasons as to why I was the woman for the job.
times
than
old as
32. I had done my only
that,but having already worked for the
company,I naively believed they knew me
and______I was capable of.
33.
So their first question floored
me.“Tell me,Christa,”said the smug one,“what
would you do if one of the
child
ren fell ill and you______at
home?”
hoped
stay
needed
wished
34. I
remember______something about having a husband who
was very flexible and a
nanny,a mother
and a mother
inlaw who could step
in at short
notice
—
ing
uttered
35. But
from______,you could forget my carefully prepared
speech about the future
of the company
and my role in it.
time
moment on
instant
day
36. If the question were asked of me
today I would______the idiot who asked it by
saying:“Tell me,as a parent,what would
you do if yourachild were ill?
against
to ask
it back on
to
make
37. You’d explain to
what I would hope is a caring company and
be
told to leave the
office
and______for your family.”
there
to
C. arrive
available
38. But I was______that brave nor that
bolshy in those days.
r
39. ______,I
got the job
—
probably
because,as a woman,I was cheaper.
singly
sly
a result
ore
40. Needless to say,none of the other
male______was asked the same question.
ues
ates
tes
ipants
41. I mention it only because I
am______about the Government’s plan to
bring in new
laws which would give
parents the right to ask for
child
friendly working hours,not
because it’s not right and
proper—
d
s
42. but because______it
will give firms the excuse to discriminate from
the word go.
is seemingly
is likely seems to me likes me
43.
______,which was
supposed to herald the right to flexible
workingaand
child
friendly
hours now also gives bosses the right to say no if
th
ey believe it will
damage
business.
watered
—
down new version of
a law
new,watered
—
down version of
a law
new version
watered
—
down law
law of new version
watered
—
down
44. So who will win,nine times out of
10?Those paying the
wages,that’s
who:they’re
doing the and
single______female with
children
—
guess
who
ll get
the
job?
45. It could set back equality in the
workplace______,and there will be few who will
be in a position to take their
complaint to tribunal.
decades
tens of years
a century
a long time
46. Like
part
—
time policewoman
Michelle Chew,awarded compensation when bosses
refused to change her______to allow the
single mother to look after her children.
Result?
ay
e
48. But this is not just a
male______female issue,although the
danger is that’s what it
will become.
t
te
49. ______is
the British firm which is said to be refusing to
bring home an executive
from New York
a pity
heartless
indifferent
a shame
50.
who’s worried about his son waking up screaming in
the night after he was at
school near
the World Trade Center______the hijackers struck?
the time
the day
the instant
the moment
31
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35 BDCAB
36
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40 CADAB
41
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45 DCBBA
46
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50 DCABB
31. Never________the power
of your actions. With one small gesture you can
change
a person’s life.
A. underestimate B. overvalue C. misuse
D. dismiss
32. Scientists
have warned that penguins in the Antarctic could
be
very________to changes in climate
and could be threatened by any long-term
temperature shifts.
A. superstitious B. acceptable C.
suspicious D. susceptible
33. Since settling in Scotland I
________ golf as a hobby.
A. have taken up B. took up C. have
taken in D. took in
34. She
often thinks that her six years in Italy were
wasted,
________she________ that time
learning more Italian.
A.
but that; might have taken B. for that; should
have found
C. in that;
could have spent D. with that; would have used
35. He
constantly________his proposal that________of the
budget surplus be
used to offer a
voluntary prescription drug benefit to seniors.
A. views; many
B. reiterates; a part
C. complains; a great
amount D. thinks; lots
36.
_______
_Alan’s amazement, the passport
office was closed when he arrived.
A. With
B.
For
C. To
D. Of
37. I was asked the other day whether
high and low pressure systems
were________the central pressure.
A. maintained to B.
determined by
C. generated
within D. preserved to
38.
Bob: What are you reading, Frank?
Tom: It’s this week’s New Scientist,
why?
Bob: I was just
wondering
—________, but I’ve never
actually read it myself. Is
it aimed at
real scientists or can ordinary people like me
understand it?
A. it’s for
anyone really B. where I can buy it
C. it seems very expensive D. it looks
interesting
39. Girl: Hi
Paul
—
looking forward to your
holiday?
Boy: Oh,
yeah
—it’s going to be great. Though I’m
a bit worried that I’ve packed
the
wrong clothes
. I don’t think the
weather’s going to be as good as I hoped.
Girl:________
Boy: That’s right—
my first
flight.
A. Everything will
be OK, isn’t it?
B. You’re
flying on Saturday, aren’t you?
C. It’s far from here, as everybody
knows.
D. That’s a good
i
dea, anyway.
40. John: What plastic products do you
have in mind that are easy to recycle?
Tom: Shampoo bottles, detergent
bottles, medicine bottles, food containers, etc.
They are all easily collectable and
reusable.
John: ________,
but actually I think you are missing the point of
recycling. It
doesn’t just mean using
old bottles again and again for the same purpose.
What it
means these days is melting the
plastics down and building them up again into some
completely new product.
A. Not too bad B. Something is wrong
C. You’re right there D.
It’s a new idea
31. A 32. D
33. A 34. C 35. B 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. B 40. C
31. My husband and I need to _________
our investments in order to plan for our
retirement.
A. elevate
B.
schedule
C. coordinate
D. prescribe
32. I really _________ when
I asked him how his wife
was
—
they got divorced
last year!
A. landed on his feet
B. got off the
wrong foot
C. found my feet
D. put my foot
in it
33. The total of such areas gets
divided _________ between the total number of
flats per floor: the larger the number
of flats per floor, the lesser is this area
_________ gets added to the area of the
flat.
A. sufficiently; where
B. proportionately; that
C.
equally; as
D.
adequately; when
34. Therefore, whoever tells a lie,
however well intentioned he might be,
_________ the consequences, however
unforeseeable they were, and pay the penalty
for them even in a civil tribunal.
A. will step into
B. shall run
into
C. have to
abide by
D.
must answer for
35. Our enthusiasm differs
from that of young men only _________ it is less <
/p>
demonstrative
—
stil
l, we would have its existence acknowledged.
A.
but that B. so that C. in that D. provided that
36.
Despite the _________ hope that she could pass on
her wisdom and her story
posthumously,
as Mammy and Lowly have done with her, still Ella
seems to find no
substitution for
children, _________ through the novel with her
inability to reproduce.
A. essential; scrabbling
B. obtainable;
suffered
C. potential; struggling
D. claimable; anguished
37.
Though the movie purports to be a satirical
examination of capitalism (as was
the
original 1974 version), its vague discussion of
money and power _________ very
little.
A.
adds up to B. comes up with
C. puts up
with D. makes up for
38. _________ it seems that
there is a discrepancy between your expectations
and his behaviour.
A. Whatever be
the reason
B.
Whatever reason is
C. The reason be such
D. Such to be
the reason
39. “I love you, and because I love
you, I would sooner _________ me for telling
you the truth than adore me
for telling you lies.” Pietro Aretino
quotes.
A. made you dislike
B. to let you admire
C.
have you hate
D. you distaste for
40. There had
been windows on the westerly side of the school,
but they
appeared to have been built up
for a long time _________ of the workmanship on
the
outside.
A. estimated in the outlook
B. to presume
upon the clue
C. to be detected in the trace
D. judging from
the appearance
31. C 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. C 37.
A 38. A 39. C 40. D
31. It might be the world's most widely
distributed email client, but Microsoft has
confirmed
that it has no _________ of
further developing Outlook Express.
A. willingness
B. readiness C. intention D. demonstration
32.
Leisure time is a _________ commodity for most
professors; still,
_________ manage to
curl up with a good book when they have the
chance.
A. usual; few B. cheap; many C.
regular; less D. scarce; a few
33. It's unfair
that she was overlooked and didn't get _________
for her
accomplishments.
A. credit B.
identification C. account D. validity
34. Instead,
I'll _________ on the differences between the two
versions;
unfortunately most of the
differences took away from the original film,
_________ I
think is truly excellent.
A.
explain; that B. comment; which C. analyse; as D.
remark; what