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It seems that when the poet William Blake saw infinity in a grain of sand he was not far wrong. Sand is an irreplaceable industrial ingredient which has many uses. Sand cushions our land from the force of the
70sea, and geologists say it often does a better job protecting our shores than the most advanced coastal technology.
A. These may have the shape of stars or spirals, their edges rough or smooth. B. It is one of the most common substances on earth. C. In addition, it has one vital function which you might never even notice. D. Rain is an important force in the creation of beaches. E. In the great slow cycle of the earth, sand that was once rock can turn to rock again. F. What exactly is sand? G. Colour is another clue to the origins of sand. H. It can be difficult to date the sand on a beach accurately but it is possible to get a general idea of whether or not the sand is “young” or “old”.
Section D (10 points)
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in as few words as possible (not more than 10 words). Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 71-75 are based on the following passage.
Rare among American actors, Depp has made a name for himself effortlessly switching between mainstream Hollywood movies and more “out of the ordinary” projects. Talking about his choice of roles, he once said, “With any part you play, there is a certain amount of yourself in it. There has to be, otherwise it?s not acting. It?s lying.” Highlights of a richly diverse career include Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Pirates of the Caribbean.
Depp dropped out of school at sixteen to concentrate on a career in music, playing the guitar (he played with more than twenty bands). However, his musical career rifled to take off, and he found himself selling pens over the phone to pay the bills. His lucky break came when makeup artist Loft Allison, to whom he was briefly married, introduced him to Nicolas Cage. Although at first they did not like each other, they later became good friends and Cage persuaded him to try acting. Depp signed on with Cage?s agent, and made his feature film debut in Wes Craven?s horror film Nightmare on Elm Street, in which the character he played was eaten by his bed. After that he had his first screen leading role in Private Resort.
Depp went on to achieve teen idol status in the TV series 21 Jump Street, but after four seasons, he wanted out, with the hope of making the transition to the big screen. He starred in Cry-Baby, followed by Tim Burton?s Edward Scissorhands, after which he went on to win considerable critical acclaim in Ed Wood, a reunion with Burton. Depp made his feature directorial debut with The Brave in 1997, a film he also co-wrote and starred in. Premiering at the
Cannes Film Festival, the film also featured Marlon Brando, but earned mostly negative reviews, with most critics blaming its weak script. Sleepy Hollow teamed him with director Burton yet again, before he starred in Ted Demme?s Blow, and appeared in the thriller From Hell, about Jack the Ripper.
OFF screen, his good looks and “bad boy” image (he was once arrested for attacking intrusive paparazzi with a wooden plank) have earned him a lot of media attention. He was voted one of the fifty most beautiful people in the world by People magazine in 1996. He has also had his fair share of celebrity romances; when his engagement to Edward Scissorhands co-star Winona Ryder ended, he had a tattoo (one of at least eight), which said “Winona Forever”, altered by laser to get rid of the last two letters of her name. His relationship with model Kate Moss also ended abruptly in 1998, when he started dating French singer-actress Vanessa Paradis. They are now married and have two children, Lily-Rose Melody and Jack. More recent work has included Pirates of the Caribbean with Geoffrey Rush and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
Questions: 71. What does Johnny Depp think of acting a role without having any part of oneself in it? 72. Who inspired Depp to start his film career? 73. Why did many critics negatively review Depp?s film The Brave? 74. How many films has Depp made with director Tim Burton? 75. What have brought Depp a lot of media attention off screen?
Section E (10 points)
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the pas- sage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 76-80. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 76-80 are based on the following passage.
Lack of culture, or rather an excess of the wrong sort of culture, is often considered to be synonymous with disadvantage. Most commonly associated with low cultural standards are low levels of reading, and some thirteen per cent of all twenty-three-year-olds feel they have trouble with reading and writing. One way of compensating such disadvantaged young people is thought to be to provide them with the culture they lack: in particular, high quality reading material.
Whereas forty to fifty per cent of young people aged sixteen to twenty rarely read a book, the majority appear to read comics. In 1991 sales of Viz, a UK comic, exceeded one million copies per issue, making it the fourth best-selling periodical in Britain. The reading of comics, however, is not restricted to young people: by 1992 it was estimated that two out of three men aged eighteen to fifty-three read Viz. The number of imitators this comic has spawned, including Zit, Gas, Brain Damage and Swiz, indicates the extent of the influence it wields.
The reading of comics was traditionally regarded by the educational establishment with considerable suspicion. Whereas the received arts were always assumed to exert an improving or civilizing influence, comics were thought to “rot children?s brains”, to lower educational standards and to threaten morality. They were, and are, assumed to be an inferior cultural form, their readers assumed to come from the lower social classes, to be low educational attainers and to be easily led astray.
Over the past decade, perceptions of comics have shifted. Since the 1970s, the comic format has been commonly used to represent the interests of various disenfranchised groups — community groups, the unemployed, welfare recipients — who became more conscious of a climate conditioned by other contemporary movements such as civil fights, consumerism, self-help and de-institutionalization. As cultural signifiers, comics have become the subject matter of academic courses in cultural and media studies. Indeed, young people?s cultural activities, grounded in the commercial rather than the subsidized sector, are beginning to merit the attention of the arts establishment. Summary: Low cultural standards, such as 76 of reading, a difficulty experienced by many young adults, are often associated with disadvantage. While around half of sixteen to twenty-year-olds rarely read books, most will read comics. Although many comics in Britain are 77 and have lots of readers, the educational establishment still considers them to be an 78 , appealing only to the lower levels of society. However, attitudes are beginning to change as the format has been adopted to 79 of disenfranchised groups. Certain comics have been included in the courses of 80 studies. Young people’s cultural activities are beginning to attract the attention of the arts establishment. Part V Cloze (10 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the words (phrases) given in the box to fill in the blanks, changing the form where necessary. Use only one word (phrase) in each blank. There are two extra words (phrases) which you do not need to use. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
anxious about, strong, suggest, instruct, which, especial, whether, apply to, all, both, great, form Working out to music can improve the coordination of your mind and body, (81) __________ you are football crazy or keen on tennis. The (82) __________ that rock or pop music might ever play a part in sports training would have been regarded as a joke not so long ago. But today modem music is increasingly filling the gym as well as the front room.
The idea of exercise to music is not new. For years, (83) __________ in eastern Europe, the benefits of sportsmen and sportswomen having (84) __________in ballet and classical dance, with their stress on total body control and balance, have long been recognised.
Figure-skating and ice-dance are usually performed to music and can be said to be specialised (85) __________ of this type of exercise. But ballet and classical dance can be (86) __________ other sports that are also pleasing to the eye, such as gymnastics and skiing, (87) __________ of which demand high standards of balance, coordination and suppleness.
In western Europe and North America, a far (88) __________ interest has been shown in working out to classical music. Even sports which seem to demand muscular (89) __________ more than any other physical requirement have taken up exercise to music as a valuable addition to their own specialised training schemes.
Devotees of soccer, rugby, and rowing now regularly train to music; even those who take part in weightlifting, (90) __________ demands enormous physical strength, and participants in athletics field events, find that exercise to music is beneficial and makes their movements more fluid. Part VI Translation (15 minutes, 20 points) Section A (10 points)
Directions: Translate the underlined sentences in the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
(91) An active lifestyle and a healthy, fish-rich diet are not only good for your heart, they may also help tackle the memory loss associated with old age, two leading neuroscientists said. As people live longer, finding ways of halting the decline in mental agility is becoming increasingly important, said Professor Ian Robertson, director of the Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin.
(92) “The biggest threat to being able to function well and properly is our brains,” he told journalists. “There is very strong evidence, particularly in the over-50s, that the degree to which you maintain your mental faculties depends on a handful of quite simple environmental factors,” he said.
(93) Those who remained physically fit, avoided high stress levels and enjoyed a rich and varied social life are better equipped to stay alert as they age. Mental stimulation, learning new things and simply thinking young also help.
A new survey compiled for the University of Kent and the charity Age Concern showed ageism was rife in Britain where people, on average, see youth as ending at 49 and old age beginning at 65.
But Robertson said such attitudes were not helpful given the number of 80-year- olds who remain “sharp as pins”.
(94) “If you start to think of yourself as old when you are 60, which is no longer justified, you will behave old,” he said.
Research conducted by his Trinity College colleague, Professor Marina Lynch, showed healthy eating was another key requirement for staying on the ball.
(95) Lynch said new research showed fish oils may reduce the cell inflammation that triggers a decline in memory.
Section B (10 points)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
96．这决不是解决人口问题的最好办法。(by no means)
97．首先，我要感谢那些为取得这项成果而辛勤工作的所有人。(bring about) 98．越来越多的新能源被开发出来代替煤和石油。(exploit) 99．有必要让人们充分认识违反交通规则的危害。(aware of) 100．看到古代的生活完整地保存下来，我们是多么高兴啊! (preserve) Part VII Writing (30 minutes, 30 points) Task I (10 points)
Directions: You are in England helping to organise a course for foreign students which begins next week. This morning you received a message from Katarina Tabacek, one of the students who has reserved a place on the course. She wants to bring a friend with her on the course. Look at the description of the course below and the notes you have made and write to Katarina explaining why her friend cannot come on the course.
Write a
letter of between 80-120 words in an appropriate style on the Answer Sheet. Do not write your address or name. Task II (20 points)
Directions: Read the following extract of a newspaper article on personal freedom. Then write an article (between 110-150 words) responding to the points raised and expressing your own views.
Week after week we seem to hear about some reckless adventure that has gone wrong. Ina recent Sydney to Hobart ocean yacht race, the boats sailed into violent storms. Most of the sailors were rescued, but only as a result of a massive rescue operation which cost a huge amount of money and put rescuers? lives at risk. Similar tragedies have occurred in other dangerous sports, costing the taxpayer thousands and wasting the emergency services? time. Isn?t it time to ban dangerous sports and protect people who put themselves and others at risk? Or would a ban restrict our freedom too much? Please write on the Answer Sheet.
2007年全国大学生英语竞赛初赛赛题（C类）参考答案
Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points) Section A (6 points)
1. A 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. B Section B (4 points)
7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C
Section C (10 points)
ll. B 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. B 16. A l7. A 18. B 19. C 20. B
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