2012 Mock Test for National English Contest for College Students
quiet and private. An ideal base for touring, walking, climbing, fishing, the slate mines, castles, Ffestiniog Railway, Portmeirion, Porthmadog leisure centre or just relaxing on the beaches. Questions 56 to 58: Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the advertisements. 56. To have a holiday in delightful hideaway cottages, you would contact Mrs S Jones. 57. In Five Star Cottage, free tennis, game fishing and golf will be provided. 58. Short breaks are available out of season in Windsor Flats.
Questions 59 and 60: Complete the form with no more than five words for each blank according to the advertisements. 59. If you plan to have a holiday with your children, ________________ will be the best ideal. 60. You will enjoy the views of ________________ especially in Bron Afon Self Catering. Section B
If you could capture the carbon that thousands of power stations would otherwise pump into the atmosphere, where would you put it? According to the International Energy Agency, the world needs to fit 3,400 coal-fired power stations with technology to capture carbon dioxide by 2050.
So-called carbon capture and storage (CCS) is often labeled as expensive and unproven, though most of its problems lie in the capture part of the process. Energy-hungry When it comes to storing the billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide that would be captured, the answer for Britain seems obvious—we can put it under the North Sea, into our scrubbers are needed to soak greenhouse gases from exhaust gases, which drain coal?s power output and reduce its efficiency.
emptying natural gas fields. But where do nations without access to such convenient geology turn? One option is to pipe waste gas directly into the sea. In very deep water, scientists think carbon dioxide would form a dense slush that would stay on the seabed for hundreds of years. Wally Broecker, a climate expert at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at New York?s Columbia University, says 480bn tonnes of carbon dioxide could be safely dumped in the deep Pacific in this way: the amount created by about 16 years of the world?s current fossil fuel use.
Scientists in the US have tested this concept and the impact it could have on deep-sea life. Experts at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute released small amounts of liquid carbon dioxide into a series of plastic cylinders on the seabed, some 3,000m down in waters off California. A few weeks later, samples of marine life were taken from inside the areas of the experiments and the surrounding sea bed and from some 100m away.
The scientists were interested in the reaction of three types of tiny sea creatures called foraminifera—single-celled organisms that make up a large part of life at the bottom of the deepest oceans and are a critical link in marine food webs. The study found the survival of the tiny creatures depended on whether they formed shells, called tests. Those that did not make shells, or used particles they collected from the surrounding seabed, were not affected. Less fortunate were the foraminifera that build calcium carbonate shells, they were wiped out where they came into direct contact with the carbon dioxide. Writing in the journal Global Change Biology, the scientists say these foraminifera will face “considerable challenges” in areas where CO2 is dumped. Question 61: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 61. What is the best title for this report?
A. Sea and Liquid Carbon Dioxide D. Carbon Capture and Storage
B. Challenges from Coal-Fired Power Stations
C. Coal-Fired Power Stations and Climate Change
Questions 62 to 65: Complete each statement with no more than five words according to the passage. 62. The main challenge for this technology is how to ________________ from waste gases.
63. In Paragraph 2, “energy-hungry scrubbers” most probably refers to something that can ________________ out plants.
64. Once piped directly into the sea, the carbon dioxide might ________________ for hundreds of years.
65. According to the tests in waters off California, the marine life that would face “considerable challenges” in areas that ________________. Section C
An energy crisis is one of the biggest crises that the world is going to face in the near future. We have come to a juncture where we cannot stop it from happening, given the kind of demand that we have and also the absence of a suitable substitute, but we can certainly delay the arrival of this imminent occurrence. So here we discuss some of the ways of conserving energy. Before telling you how to conserve energy let me tell what we need to conserve. We need to conserve anything that uses coal, natural gas or oil, since these are exhaustible sources of energy.
We should start with reducing the consumption of energy that we use in our daily lives like electricity, coal and water. It is necessary to conserve water as well because the water that we use in our homes has been purified, and this purification also requires energy in some form. Most of us have a bad habit of leaving the lights, fans and television turned on even when we are not in the room. If we become a little more attentive and careful we can actually save quite a lot of energy.
■The refrigerator in your house has a thermostat, which controls the temperature inside it, but there are energy savers (or power savers) that do this more effectively than ■Next let?s look at the dishwasher, which uses up less energy when it is full than washing the dishes manually. But if you try and make two compartments in your sink so ■When you take a bath and need the water heater lower the temperature at which the thermostat cuts off the electricity supply.
■Next let?s look at the washing machine, which can also be used wisely to save energy. Set the washing machine to warm instead of hot to save energy, and only do the others. If there are leaks through which outside air can get into the refrigerator, try and block those leaks.
that you can soap wash and clean the dishes in a compartment full of water you would be able to save a lot of energy.
where CO2 is dumped are single-celled organisms of the waste gases produced by coal-fired power
washing when the machine contains a full load.
Question 66: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 66. This passage is mainly about ________.
A. who should conserve energy
B. what energy to conserve
D. effective ways to avoid energy crisis
C. useful ways to conserve energy
Questions 67 to 70: Answer each of them in fewer than five words.
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67. According to the author, the energy we should conserve is produced from ________________ sources. 68. The energy that we consume in our daily lives is produced using ________________. 69. To save energy in washing dishes, we can try and make ________________ in our sink.
70. To save energy in washing clothes, we are advised to set the washing machine to ________________. Section D
If you want to have good business ideas you need to understand the way in which the market works. This is often easier said than done, and is especially true in the current economic environment in which we find ourselves. Despite the fact that many believe that the worst is over, there are still bound to be hiccups in terms of the international economy for a while to come.
It is quite amasing that even though we have been through a very difficult economic situation, there are still many people who are willing to take a risk with a new business The advancement of the Internet has shown us that there are now a lot of business ideas that simply did not exist a number of years ago. These creative people could be the venture. These entrepreneurs are going to be even more important as the new financial world order takes shape and one would want to encourage them wherever possible. bread and butter of the next economic wave and we need to ensure that they are free to flow with their ideas. They are going to be the next significant change in the global economy.
While there is indeed potential for new businesses, there are two main problems that hamper their creation. Firstly there is a feeling amongst many people that they are simply not able to think of an original idea that would see them make a success of themselves. On the other hand, those people who do have the ability to come up with these ideas could find that they are just not able to commercialise them and turn them into a business.
Idea incubation is a key way in which to address the feeling that people have when they think that they are not able to come up with their own ideas. There are loads of examples of centres that have been established in order to assist people in this aspect of idea generation. It helps them to have a sounding board and it is something that governments can get involved in as a way of meeting their job creation targets.
Ensuring a successful business is possible if there are enough resources to help out with this. Having a virtual portal that helps people with all their requirements is probably the best way to do this. It is the way of the future and this is where most business ideas are likely to come from as we move forward. Questions 71 to 73, mark:
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts with the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. 71. The author thinks it is not very difficult to understand how markets work.
72. It is amazing that so many college graduates are willing to take a risk with a new business venture in such a difficult 73. The next economic wave will depend on creative people with a lot of business ideas. Questions 74 and 75: Answer the following questions briefly according to the passage.
74. According to the author, how can the fear that people have about not being able to think of original ideas be 75. How can people who require resources be helped to ensure that their businesses become successful? Part V Translation (20 marks) Section A
Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese.
(76) Girls are no less competitive than boys; they simply employ more subtle tactics, a study of pre-schoolers suggests. While boys use head-on aggression to get what they want, girls rely on the pain of social exclusion.
To test the apparent differences in how very young children compete, Joyce Benenson at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts, US and her colleagues divided 87 The sexes behaved similarly when there were two or three puppets to go round. The differences became clear, though, when there was just one puppet for each group. Boys tended to ask for the puppet, grab at it, or even chase the child who had it. (77) In contrast, girls punished the puppet-holder by excluding her from their groups, (78) These socially aggressive tactics may explain why girls exhibit greater jealousy over same-sex friendships than boys. They could be trying to protect themselves Melissa Emery Thompson at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, also in the US, praises the study for creating “organic yet controlled situations in which the four-year-olds into same-sex groups of three. In successive trials, each group received either one, two or three highly prized animal puppets.
overcome?
economic situation.
whispering behind her back or even hiding from her. against exclusive parties.
children?s natural behaviour emerges spontaneously”.
She says the results help to dispel the myth that females are the less competitive sex. (79) Even at an early age, they avoid risky direct aggression in favour of subtler forms of competition, such as small shifts in tone and expression, or spreading rumours.
(80) These differences also explain why human males tend to cooperate more effectively in groups while many females “work well in pairs and tend to maintain only a few close relationships”. Section B
Translate the following sentences into English, using the words or structures in the brackets. 81. 以前见过一面，所以我毫不费力地认出了她。(非谓语动词, have no trouble) ______________________________________________________________________ 82. 如果及时送往医院，受害者可能有机会活下来。(虚拟语气)
______________________________________________________________________ 83. 无论我怎么向她解释，她坚持我没有告诉她真相。(no matter how)
______________________________________________________________________ 84. 这位受聘于五家公司的法律顾问精通企业法。(定语从句, proficient in)
______________________________________________________________________
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85. 据说他的辞职引起了工人们的广泛关注。(concern)
______________________________________________________________________ Part VI IQ Test (5 marks)
There are five IQ Test questions in this part. 86. Which number does not belong?
4 17 18 322
32 28 64 14 144 122 188 202 87. If “love” is represented by 1215225, which number represents “peace”? 88. What number should replace the question mark?
6 5
8 7
135 9
6
7 ?
8
metres. How many minutes and seconds does it take
77 7
89. A train travelling at a speed of 90 kilometres per hour enters a tunnel 2,000 metres long. The length of the train is 50 for the train to pass through the tunnel, from the moment the front enters to the moment the rear emerges? 90. Read the letter after the number carefully. What is the letter to replace the question mark?
555 (F)
688 (S)
106 (O)
988 (？)
Part VII Writing (30 marks) Task I (10 marks)
You are Li Yan. Write a letter of thanks to your former English teacher Mary, telling her:
You won first prize in the 2010 National English Contest for College Students; Thank her for her help in improving your debating skills;
You will treat her to hot-dry noodles when she comes back to Wuhan from Xi?an. You should write no fewer than 80 words. Task II (20 marks)
Write an article of no fewer than 120 words explaining why the following question has caused much concern in society, especially among educators and parents. Are you busy on campus? 参考答案
Part II Vocabulary and Structure
31—35 ADBDA 36—40 DBABA 41—45 BADAC 46. improve 47. design 48. created 49. sources 50. irrigation 51. from 52. movements 53. depends 54. water 55. operating Section A
56. F 57. F 58. T 59. Dwyfach Cottages 60. garden, sea and mountains Section B
61. D 62. capture the carbon 63. soak greenhouse gases 64. stay on the seabed 65. build calcium carbonate shells Section C
66. C 67. exhaustible, non-renewable 68. electricity, coal and water 69 two compartments 70. warm (instead of hot) Section D
71. N 72. NG 73. Y 74. By using idea incubation. 75. By having a virtual portal. Section A
76. 最近对学前儿童的一项研究显示，女孩的竞争心不亚于男孩(或女孩的竞争心和男孩一样强),只是她们 77. 相比之下，女孩们通过把拥有玩偶的女孩排斥在她们的小圈子之外，背后拨弄是非，甚至躲开她的手
采用更微妙的竞争策略。
段来惩罚她。
Part III Cloze
Part IV Reading Comprehension
Part V Translation
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78. 这些社交场合的攻击战术可能解释为什么女孩对同性友谊的嫉妒心要比男孩强一些。
79. 甚至在儿童时代，她们就避免具有风险的直接挑衅，而采用更为微妙的竞争形式，如轻微地改变音调 80. 这些差异也解释了为什么男性常常在小组中能够进行更有效的合作，而许多女性“能够有效地进行两 Section B
81. Having met her once, I had no trouble recognising her.
82. The victim would have had a chance of survival had he (she) been taken to hospital immediately. 83. No matter how I explained it to her, she insisted that I had not told her the truth. 84. The legal adviser, who is employed by five firms, is proficient in business law. 85. It is said that his resignation has caused much concern among the workers. 86. 17。其余的数字为偶数可以被2整除。
87. 165135。数字是字母的编号12 = L, 15 = O, 22 = V, 5 = E，因此peace 就是165135。
88. 104。前面的两组数据可以看出 (5+6) × 7 = 77, (7 + 8) × 9 = 135, 那么 (6+7) × 8 = 104。
89. 1′22″。本题为计算题，火车通过的距离2 + 0.05 = 2.05；2.05 ÷ 90 = 0.022777778；0.022777778 × 3600 ≈ 82″, 82秒为1分22秒。 90. N。仔细观察三组数字可以发现，括号里的数字是每组三个数字中第一个数字英文拼写的首写字母，
555(F=Five), 688 (S = Six); 106 (O =One),
和表情，或者传播谣言。
人一组的工作，并且常常只同一两个
人维持亲密的关系”。
Part VI IQ Test
所以988 (N = Nine)。 Part VII Writing Task I Sept. 10, 2010 Dear Mary,
Happy Teachers? Day! How are you doing in Xi?an?
I am writing to tell you the good news that I won first prize in the 2010 National English Contest for College Students. At the same time, I wish to express my sincere thanks to you. You spent so much time tutoring me in spoken English and debating skills. Without your help, my chances of winning first prize would have been slim, so I attribute my achievement to your help.
I am glad to hear that you are coming back to Wuhan after the winter vacation. When we see each other again, I will treat you to the hot-dry noodles you like so much.
Task II
The question, “Are you busy on campus?” has caused so much concern in society because quite a few students? answer is “No”. This trend of students? being idle on campus is becoming more serious all the time, and is causing great concern among educators and parents.
This situation can have many harmful consequences. First of all, parents are the victims, because they pay the bills for their children?s college education. Secondly, the students themselves may suffer the most in the end because they are not taking advantage of their best opportunity to lay a solid foundation for their futures. Finally, more people will question the mission of universities—whether they turn out contributing citizens or lazybones to society; If the latter is true higher education becomes meaningless.
In my opinion, more effort should be exerted to bring this situation to an end. We should encourage students to develop self-discipline by making and enforcing an all-round plan to ensure they have meaningful and fruitful lives on campus. Only when most students understand their real mission in university and value their time there, can we hope to reverse this negative trend.
（Level C - 4）
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)
There are 15 incomplete sentences. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. 31. How close parents are to their children ________ a strong influence on the character of the children.
A. have
B. has
C. having
D. to have
32. ________ for their assistance, we couldn?t have got over such big difficulties.
A. It were not A. That A. that A. get off
B. Were it
B. Which B. which B. got across
C. Were it not
D. Are it
D. It D. why
33. ________ is known to the world, Mark Twain is a great American writer.
C. As C. what
34. The mere fact ________ most people believe nuclear war would be madness does not mean that it will not occur. 35. When I was very young, I was terribly frightened of school, but I soon ________ it.
C. got away
D. got over
36. Though ________ rich, he was better off than most of the villagers in that area.
A. by no means A. affect A. retain
B. by any means
C. by all means
D. by some means
D. respect D. survive
D. resulted
37. Researchers are not always careful to distinguish correlation between cause and ________.
B. effect
C. aspect
38. There?s little chance that mankind would ________ a nuclear war.
B. endure B. arisen
C. maintain
39. The problem has ________ simply because you didn?t follow the instructions in the handbook.
A. assembled
C. risen
40. The agent hoped the firm would ________ him to the London branch.
All the best,
Li Yan
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