1、大学生英语竞赛 B 类英语专业-阅读理解(五)及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、阅读理解(总题数：0，分数：0.00)二、Section C(总题数：4，分数：50.00)Pavarotti Dies Aged 71The Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti died at his home in Modena, aged 71. The tenor, who helped take opera to a new mass audience, had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer las
2、t year and had further treatment in August 2007.（分数：10.00）(1).What was the cause of Pavarottis death?（分数：2.00）_(2).Where did Pavarotti first perform professionally?（分数：2.00）_(3).Who were The Three Tenors?（分数：2.00）_(4).How did Pavarotti raise money for good causes?（分数：2.00）_(5).Which piece of operati
3、c music do people usually associate with Pavarotti?（分数：2.00）_Memories of a Man I Wont Forget!I wish youd meet my Uncle Bill. He was a tall man-so tall that he could change the bulbs in light sockets while hardly reaching above his head. He said that he wasnt supposed to reach up-it was something to
4、do with a heart condition-and that being tall made life much easier. (14) Those accessible bulbs were an easy target for that lofty, blundering head of his.I realized from the start that his problem was not so much tallness as clumsiness. He blundered into anything and everything and often had injur
5、ies (though not in fact bums)to prove how accidentprone he was.A miserly man, my uncle always stuck replacement soles on his shoes as the old ones wore through, no matter how shabby the uppers became-or how badly he injured himself in the process. (15) Well, strictly it wasnt the sticking that did i
6、t but the razor blade adjustments that followed. In his clumsiness, he nearly always stuck the soles slightly out of position. Once firmly glued they couldnt be moved but at least the protruding parts could be neatly trimmed away (16) .I can see him now in my minds eye! There was the sole, slightly
7、out of position, and there was my uncle, his fingers encrusted with firmly set glue. (17) Then hed blunder round his house in search of lint and sticking plasters. Vases would topple, ornaments would get knocked off walls. He lived alone but his frequent visitors were used to the commotion my uncle
8、made as he hurried round his untidy house. (18) Even going to answer the phone could cause calamities and a nail of damage. (19) No, they were due to injured fingers, banged heads and falls down stairs. As a matter of fact he survived so many serious injuries that in the end I came to doubt that the
9、re was anything wrong with his heart at all. (20) .Sentences: A. I think he preferred to claim a bad heart than admit to bad eyesight or total and utter clumsiness !B. He would set to work with his razor blade. And a minute later wed hear his cry of pain and frustration.C. My uncles visits to hospit
10、al never resulted from that famous heart condition of his.D. But how could even a clumsy man suffer injuries sticking soles on his shoes?E. And thats where the razor blades come in, and all the consequent injuries to fingers and thumbs.F. However, it also created problems for him.G. The slightest ha
11、ste was enough to cause an accident.H. You should have seen him when he really got going!（分数：14.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_I have called this book The Insomniacs Dictionary partly because it was born in the dark hours of night during my own periods of sleeplessness. (14) For
12、 one thing, it doesnt require much in the way of mental or emotional commitment. And secondly, its not meant to be read through at once. I encourage everyone to skim and skip around a bit.The Insomniacs Dictionary presents nearly 3,000 strange and intriguing words, all of which are grouped together
13、by categories. (15) Its been more than a dozen years since I first discovered the joys of dictionary reading. From the very beginning, I was amazed by the richness of our language. I quickly became enchanted with words like kakistocracy (government by the worst citizens), and I wanted more. (16) It
14、didnt take long to realize I was stymied-there were books that included these delightful words but none that grouped them together to be enjoyed as a whole. (17) .The results are here for you to enjoy. Some of the thematic lists are as all-inclusive as I could make them. Every chapter has been thoro
15、ughly and painstakingly researched. I cannot claim that the resuhing lists are absolutely complete but can state that they are more complete than any lists that can be found in any other reference books.(18) Such chapters are intended merely as introductions to their respective subjects. By way of e
16、xample, our language contains over 20,000 eponyms (words which are based on a persons name). Most of these are obscure scientific terms or measurements and its obviously beyond the scope of this book to list them all. (19) .Most of the word lists are pretty long, and Ive therefore chosen to divide t
17、hem into smaller groups. I admit these sub-categories are totally arbitrary-they are a means of presenting the words in easier-to-digest servings and should not be construed as definitive classification. (20) Remember, this book is best enjoyed by browsing, not straightforward reading.Sentences: A.
18、Thus my research began.B. And speaking of digestibility, I would not recommend reading some of the longer chapters at one sitting.C. It wouldnt be much fun either.D. On the other hand, some of the chapters make no attempt to be all-inclusive.E. More to the point, its the perfect book for insomniacs,
19、 book browsers and anyone else with a little time to while away.F. By way of explaining why Ive chosen this format, Id like to briefly relate my inspiration for writing this book.G. I wanted to see all the weird and wonderful words there were.H. Though it may be hard to believe, all entries in The I
20、nsomniacs Dictionary are real words.（分数：14.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_About forty percent of all email traffic in the United States is spam, and this figure is climbing rapidly. Spam is usually defined as unsolicited, mass commercial email. It is often associated with advert
21、isements for pornographic websites, drugs, or surgery that can enhance your sex life. Within another year or so, industry experts predict, half of all email messages will be unsolicited.The flood of email marketing causes headaches for email users. Additionally, it costs corporations billions of dol
22、lars and reduces employee productivity. According to a recent study, the average employee spends almost seven minutes per day handing an average of 13 spam messages. This translates to major corporate losses. The annual cost of spam has reached 9 billion for US corporations alone.（分数：12.00）(1).Spare
23、 is defined as any commercial email.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(2).Spammers use software to guess at email addresses.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(3).The only way to slow spam is to buy a spam filter.（分数：2.00）A.正确B.错误(4).Choose the best answer according to the passam.Which of the following is NOT a problem caused by spam
24、?A. Email users are frustrated. B. Companies lose money.C. Internet chat rooms attract many users. D. Employees lose work time.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(5).What position do major ISPs take towards spam?A. They encourage it.B. They are against it.C. They think anti-spam legislation violates individual rights
25、.D. They find they just cant do anything about it.（分数：2.00）A.B.C.D.(6).Complete the SUMMARY by using one word from the passage for each blank.Spam messages are increasing rapidly and are soon expected to make up about half of all email messages. Using (15) methods, spammers can send millions of emai
26、ls with the click of a button. Anti-spammers struggle to keep up with their tactics, using trained technicians and software filters to minimise spam. Internet service (16) are leading the fight against spam, which costs them and their customers billions of dollars each year. Anti-spam technicians wa
27、tch the flow of email on the Interact, keeping an eye out for mass mailings. However, spammers are hard to track, since they Can easily (17) in the web of technology. Some small companies are trying to fight spam by collecting the email addresses of spam senders and publicizing them. Individuals can
28、 slow spam too, by (18) chat groups, choosing a longer email address, and keeping multiple accounts. Still, in the long run, it may take new (19) or stricter laws to stop spam. In the meantime, users will continue (20) under huge quantities of spam.（分数：2.00）填空项 1:_三、Section D(总题数：3，分数：30.00)As a res
29、ult of all these factors, when the recession eases and people find more confidence, there will be an explosion of employees seeking new opportunities to escape their current jobs. This will be led by younger, less-experienced employees and the hard-headed young graduates. “Headhunters“ confirm that
30、older staff are still cautious, having seen so many good companies “go to the wall“, and are reluctant to jeopardize their redundancy entitlements. Past experience, however, suggests that, once triggered, the expansion in recruitment will be very rapid.The problem which faces many organizations is o
31、ne of strategic planning; of not knowing who will leave and who will stay. Often it is the best personnel who move on whilst the worst cling to the little security they have. This is clearly a problem for companies, who need a stable core on which to build strategies for future growth.Whilst this ex
32、pansion in the recruitment market is likely to happen soon in Britain, most employers are simply not prepared. With the loss of middle management, in a static marketplace, personnel management and recruitment are often conducted by junior personnel. They have only known recession and lack the experi
33、ence to plan ahead and to implement strategies for growth. This is true of many other functions, leaving companies without the skills, ability or vision to structure themselves for long-term growth. Without this ability to recruit competitively for strategic planning, and given the speed at which th
34、ese changes aXe likely to occur, a real crisis seems imminent.SUMNARY: Taking all of these various factors into consideration, when the economy picks up and people (21) , there will be a very rapid expansion in recruitment. Younger employees and graduates will lead the search for new jobs, older sta
35、ff being more (22) . Not knowing who will leave creates a problem for companies; they need a (23) of personnel to plan and build future strategies. This is a serious matter, as (24) are often conducted by inexperienced staff, owing to the loss of many middle management positions. This inability to r
36、ecruit strategically will leave many companies without the skills and vision to plan ahead and (25) to achieve long-term growth.（分数：10.00）填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_填空项 1:_High Dropout Rate in USMany young people in the United States never finish high school. Exactly how many dropouts is another is
37、sue. Recent studies of dropout rates have had conflicting results. For one thing, schools define and measure their dropout rates differently. Some researchers say about fifteen to twenty percent of public school students do not complete their education. But many other experts and policymakers believ
38、e that for the past twenty years, the dropout rate has been around thirty percent. For Latino and black students, the numbers are even higher. Researchers say almost half of them leave school.At the Baltic time, almost half the states let students leave school before the age of eighteen without info
39、rming their parents. Finding a good job without a hilgh school education is more and more difficult. A Northeastern University study in 2002 found that almost half of all dropouts aged sixteen to twenty-four did not have a job.The lack of high school education can also lead to other problems. An est
40、imated two-thirds of prisoners in the United States dropped out of high school.Recent studies have shown that the majority of students who drop out do not do it because they are failing. Many are bored with their classes or feel disconnected from their school and teachers. Some students feel that ed
41、ucators place low expectations on them. Teen pregnancies also add to the dropout problem.During the past twenty years, there have been efforts to increase graduation rate through education reforms. Some communities are working on dropout prevention programs. These include alternative high schools to
42、 meet special needs.Some programs, for example, provide free transportation and childcare to help young mothers and fathers finish school. Yet special programs can cost a lot, and many school systems have limited budgets.Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school has d
43、ecreased from the 1970s. This was shown in a report last year from the Educational Testing Service.Experts suggest “early warning systems“ to help identify young schoolchildren at risk of dropping out of high school. They say schools also need to get parents more involved, especially if their childr
44、en are missing school often.（分数：10.00）(1).What is the researchers estimated percentage of school dropouts among Latino and black students?（分数：2.00）_(2).What efforts have been made to increase graduation rates?（分数：2.00）_(3).What has been done to help young parents complete their education?（分数：2.00）_(
45、4).Who made a report about the decrease of Federal spending on second-chance programs to help students finish school?（分数：2.00）_(5).What do experts suggest setting up to help prevent students from dropping out of school?（分数：2.00）_Bush Concerned about Rising Gas PricesPresident Bush says a variety of global forces are to blame for crude oil prices topping 70 a barrel.“There is a tight supply worldwide, and we have got an increasing demand from countries like India and China, which means that, any disruption in supply, or perceived disrup
