(Level C -Preliminary)
参及作文评分标准
Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)
SectionA (5 marks)
1—5 CBBAC
SectionB (10 marks)
6—10 BAACB 11—15 CABCB
SectionC (5 marks)
16—20 ACABA
SectionD (10 marks)
21. disruption 22. air pressure 23. slow down 24.immune system 25.stimulates
26. bear in mind 27. circulation 28. decreases 29. Consult 30. side effects
Part II Vocabulary and Structure (15 marks)
31—35 BDABC 36—40 BDDAB 41—45 CADBC
Part III Cloze (10 marks)
46. likelihood 47. fortune 48. take 49. with 50. knowing
51. dozens 52. least 53. burning 54.easy/simple 55. realize
Part IV Reading Comprehension (40 marks)
SectionA (10 marks)
56. describe 57. opportunity 58. honeymoon 59. transition 60. characterized
SectionB (10 marks)
61.F 62.T 63.T
. The special depth that true friendship is about.
65. They need to get over fear of confrontation and rejection.
SectionC (10 marks)
66. High fatality 67. thrill seeking; risk taking 68. pushing out personal boundaries 69.C 70.A
SectionD (10 marks)
71.“Linguistic”intelligence and“Logical mathematical”intelligence.
72. The ability to gauge one's own mood, feelings and mental states, and the ability to gauge it in others and use the information.
73.“Logical mathematical”intelligence and the“bodily-kinesthetic”intelligence.
74.他的观点引发了激烈的讨论，应如何定义智力。
75.这八个类别的智力无疑反映了这样的事实，即这些类别中都有从到聪慧的各种不同能力的人。
Part V Translation (10 marks)
76. Since there is no turning back, we might as well try his method.
77. How do you account for the decline in profits for three consecutive months?
78. Talking about how to achieve success, Blair puts more emphasis on creating rather than waiting for opportunities.
79. I wish I had had such good opportunities as yours when I was young.
80. High tuition doesn't necessarily guarantee better education.
Part VI Error correction (10 marks)
81. to 82. should 83. ' 84. latter 85. problem
86. gifted 87. related 88. of . failure 90. on
Part VII IQ Test (5 marks)
91. Post Office. 92. The letter“e” 93. Falling in love.(.) 94.A 95. Three socks.
Part VIII Writing (30 marks)
Omitted.
作文评分标准
一、评分原则：
1.本题满分为
I 10分；II 20分，按四个档次给分。
2.评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定或调
整本档次，最后给分。
3.I词数少于
100或多于
140的，II词数少于
140或多于
180的，从总分中减去
2分。
4.如书写较差，以致影响阅卷，将分数降低一档。
二、各档次给分范围和要求：
第四档（很好）：I 9-10分；II 16-20分
完全符合写作格式的要求，覆盖所有内容要点，表达思想清楚，文字通顺，连贯性很好，基本上无词汇
和语法错误。
第三档（好）：
I 6-8分；II 11-15分
基本符合写作格式的要求，有个别地方表达思想不够清楚，文字基本通顺、连贯，有少量词汇和语法
错误。
第二档（一般）：I 3-5分；II 6-10分
未恰当完成写作格式的要求，漏掉内容要点，表达思想不清楚，文字多处出现词汇和语法错误，影响
了对写作内容的理解。
第一档（差）：
I 1-2分；II 1-5分
未完成写作格式的要求，明显遗漏主要内容，表达思想紊乱，有较多词汇和语法的重大错误，未能将
信息传达给读者。
0分
白卷；作文与题目毫不相关；内容太少，无法评判；所写内容无法看清。
2012 National English Contest
for College Students
(Level C -Preliminary)
听力录音原文
Part I Listening Comprehension
SectionA
In this section, you will hear five short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of
each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read the question and 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. W: How do you feel about oil crisis?
M: It蒺s frightening. Maybe there will be wars about oil. We need to find alternative energy sources verysoon. Any alternatives do you know?
W: I think wind energy and wave energy would play important parts in our lives in the future.
2. W: Excuse me, I want to buy a new car and I'd like some information about the loans. What are the current
interest rates on short-term loans?
M: Well, that depends on the amount you're thinking of borrowing and over how longa period you want to
pay it back.
W: If I havea loan for谊5,000 payable over three years, what will the rate be and how much will themonthly repayments be?
M: OK,I蒺ll figure it out.
3. M: Janice won蒺t be coming back after she蒺s had her baby, so do we keep Meryl, or do we need to find
someone else?
W: As far asI蒺m concerned, Meryl can stay. I think she蒺s donea great job over the last month.
M: I蒺m sorry, but I really can蒺t agree with you. She hasn蒺t got the right manner. Take for example thatincident with the customer a couple of days ago. The customer wasn蒺t very friendly, but that蒺s no excuse
for being rude.
4. W: Hi, come in. So, do you think you蒺ll have that report ready in time for the meeting?
M: Well, the meeting蒺s on Thursday, so that gives me two days.I蒺m pretty sure it蒺ll be ready in time.
W: Pretty sure isn蒺t good enough. The regional director is going to be here tomorrow afternoon, and we蒺re
meeting the big boss for dinner afterwards, so it needs to be ready earlier.
M: OK,I蒺ll get it finished by tomorrow noon.
5. W: So, Professor Taylor,I蒺d like you to tell us what is likely to be the biggest problem we蒺ll have to face in
the future?
M: Well, the most alarming problem is still world population. In 1948, there were 2 billion inhabitants on
the earth and in 1992 that figure had more than doubled to over 5 billion and by the year 2020, it蒺s
estimated that it will increase to over 8.5 billion.
W: There蒺ll be more famines and more wars.
SectionB
In this section, you will hear two long conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of
each conversation, there will be a one -minute pause. During the pause, read the questions and 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.
Conversation One
W: We have with us in the studio today, Simon, an astronomer with an organization searching for intelligence
and life in space. Simon, could you tell us something about it?
M:
Yes, of course. We蒺rea scientific organization that started in 1959 to search for radio signals fromintelligent life in space.
W: So presumably you believe that there is intelligent life in space.
M: No, I wouldn蒺t say I believe that. But there may be intelligent life out there. It蒺s certainly possible. The
universe is so vast. Our sun is just one star among billions and it蒺s a fact that many stars have their own
planets orbiting around them.
W: Really, I didn蒺t know that.
M: No, we蒺ve only recently discovered that.
W: So why are you searching for radio signals?
M: Because the distances in space are so great. It蒺s unlikely that other life forms will ever visit us. If they
exist, we蒺re more likely to know from their radio signals.
W: So, you don蒺t believe all those stories about aliens visiting our planet?
M:
I蒺m afraid I don蒺t. There蒺s just no real evidence. But that doesn蒺t mean there isn蒺t other life in the
universe.
W: If there IS life, what might it be like?
M: Oh, it蒺s hard to say. It might not have a form that we recognize. For example, on a planet where gravity isvery strong, all life forms could be the size of microbes.
W: Oh, really, fascinating.
M: Even if we can蒺t find life on distant stars, we might find simple forms of life in our own solar system. Forexample, we think there蒺s ice on Mars. And where there蒺s water, there蒺s a possibility of life.
W: That would be exciting. But what about these radio signals? Have you found anything interesting?
M: I can蒺t say we have. But we蒺re going to keep looking.
W: One final question thatI蒺ve always wanted to ask an astronomer. Scientists now believe that the universemust have started with what蒺s called“the big bang”.
M: Well, we蒺re not 100% certain. But yes, we think that the universe could have begun witha huge explosionabout 12 billion years ago.
W: WhatI蒺ve always wanted to know is this: what began“the big bang”? How did it start?
M: Are you asking me if I believe in God? We don蒺t know how“the big bang”started. We just don蒺t know.
Conversation Two
W: Please meet Bob who made the news in the business world last month. It was Bob who decided to give
traditional job-seeking strategies a miss, and instead, spend $20,000 ona website and an eye-catching
film, broadcasting his desire for an interesting job. He also confesses to offering $1,000 to anyone who
can get him his dream job. Personal branding is all the rage in the United States, where bestsellers like
“The Brand Called You”and “The Personal Branding Phenomenon”encourage people to promote
themselves as brands to attract the perfect partner. So, Bob, tell us more!
M: Well, to tell you the truth, I wish I had thought of the idea ten years ago. If I had had the idea, I amconfident I would bea multi-millionaire by now! I decided that I wasn蒺t going to work for peanuts, soItook a few months off to think between jobs. Only when I had begun to do research, did I realize thepower of the internet. No sooner had I devised my campaign, Give Bob a Job, and had the film made,
than the Bob-branded merchandising fell into place! We have teddy bears, T-shirts, clocks and cups!
The video was made to advertise my skills and talents, and is in the format of an easy -to -downloadattachment! As long as I make use of the power of the internet, my influence will be unlimited ...
W: I蒺d be surprised if our listeners understand exactly what you mean, Bob. How can the internet help you inyour job search exactly?
M: It蒺s what we call viral marketing. Everyone must have seen an e-mail that has come from a friend, saying
“Have a look at this little video”. If you like it, you will send it to three others, and if they like it they
will send it to three others each, and so on and so forth. To be honest, after a week, the numbers are
frightening! If, for example,a hundred people had each sent an e-mail to two people, the result would
have been 1 million people. And in case only, say, 100,000 people look at my video, there might be only
two or three who think“Wow! What we want is an employee like this!”Come to think of it, not only are
these the two or three people most likely to give me my dream job, they are the only ones I would want
actually to work for!
W: That蒺s amazing, Bob! I have to admit to thinking it would bea great way to finda husband or wife as
well!
SectionC
In this section, you will hear five short news items. After each item, which will be read only once, there will
be a pause. During the pause, read the question and 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.
Wednesday night at the White House, President Barack Obama announced the phased withdrawal of
10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year, with a target of removing the rest of a 33,000
surge force by the end of next year.
17. But the study findings also run counter to conventional wisdom. According to this study, several high-
calorie foods were found to lead to less weight gain when their consumption was increased. In particular
nuts, whole grains, yogurt, fruits, and vegetables, were all associated with less weight gain over time.
18. Over in Japan, we蒺re getting some conflicting reports about the radiation coming out of a damaged nuclear
power plant. Early Sunday, tests showed that one building at the plant was giving off radiation levels 10
million times higher than normal. Tokyo Electric, which owns the plant, later said the number was close to
100,000 times the normal level.
19. A number of BBC radio services are coming to an end. They include the BBC Caribbean Service, whichbegan in 1939, one of the oldest services the BBC has provided in English. It蒺s the last of five languageservices being shut down by the BBC because of cuts in government funding. Mandarin Chinese and Azerilanguage broadcasts on radio also stopped today. A number of World Service programmes in English areending, including Europe Today, which has made its final broadcast.
20. Thousands of people have demonstrated in cities and towns across Syria, calling for more freedom. In the
southern city of Deraa, protesters said at least 20 people were reported to have been killed when shots
rang out after a statue of the former President Hafez al -Assad was set alight. The Syrian authorities
prevented journalists from entering Deraa. Lina Sinjab sent this report from Damascus.
SectionD
In this section, you will hear a short passage. There are 10 missing words or phrases. Fill in the blanks with
the exact words or phrases you hear. The passage will be read twice. Remember to write the answers on the
answer sheet.
Recovery from jetlag can take as long as a day for every time zone crossed. So if you蒺re flying east-west foryour holiday or on business, it is likely to mean a few days of feeling tired or even unwell.
Jetlag is the disruption of the body蒺s natural cycle and some factors make it worse. The artificial
atmosphere inside a plane can affect the body ina number of ways and add to the effects of jetlag.
Exercising before flights helps to offset the effects on the body of reduced air pressure, and aerobic
exercise afterwards helps to reoxygenate it. Drink plenty of water. Children may need more. Drinking carrot
juice before flying overcomes oxygen deficiency.
Eat light, frequent meals. Heavy meals slow down the blood circulation, which can lead to dizziness and
fainting. For two weeks before you fly, eat plenty of food containing vitamins A and E; they will build up your
immune system and help to keep you fit. Sleep as much as you can before the flight and on it. On board, wear
earplugs and eye pads because darkness stimulates secretion of the hormones that enhance sleep.
Avoid alcohol, which restricts the brain蒺s oxygen intake. Like tea and coffee, alcohol increases thedehydration effect of flying. If you need to drink to relax, bear in mind that the cabin environment intensifiesthe effect of alcohol.
Wear loose, comfortable, warm clothes and limber up during flight. Sitting down for several hours slows
down the circulation, leading to local stiffness, cramps and dizziness. Re-adjust to local time as soon as you
can. Bright light helps the body stay alert, so if you are going somewhere sunny, stay outside.
Do not smoke before or during the flight since smoking decreases the blood oxygen level. If you need to
calm your nerves, try aromatherapy oils which havea sedative effect. Consult your doctor before flying if you
are on medication. The effects of some drugs are strengthened at high altitudes and some may produce side
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