2009 National English Contest for College Students
(Level C - Preliminary)

　　Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)

　　Section A (5 marks)

　　1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C

　　Section B (10 marks)

　　6. A 7. B 8. C 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C 13. B 14. A 15. C

　　Section C (5 marks)

　　16. C 17. B 18. C 19. B 20. C

　　Section D (10 marks)

　　21. losing 22. minimise 23. expenditures 24. vocational 25. available 26. previously 27. complex 28. insurance 29. security and freedom 30. heavily involved

　　Part II Vocabulary and Structure (10 minutes, 15 marks)

　　31. A 32. D 33. B 34. C 35. D 36. C 37. B 38. C 39. D 40. C 41. C 42. B 43. D 44. B 45. B

　　Part III Reading Comprehension (20 minutes, 35 marks)

　　Section A (5 marks)

　　46. B 47. A 48. A 49. D 50. D

　　Section B (10 marks)

　　51. the family name 52. surprising 53. economic reasons 54. dowries 55. individuals

　　Section C (10 marks)

　　56. 2009.

　　57. It’s a professional body representing managers and personnel staff.

　　58. Survival.

　　59. Find new ways to motivate their employees to perform.

　　60. To help preserve staff loyalty and engagement.

　　Section D (10 marks)

　　61. average 62. has been connected / is connected 63. skin 64. nutrients 65. crucial

　　Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 marks)

　　66. speaking 67. encouraged 68. cheapest 69. composer 70. between 71. especially

　　72. like / including 73. hundreds 74. when 75. and 76. belief 77. exploration

　　78. developing / designing 79. program(me) 80. over

　　Part V Translation (15 minutes, 20 marks)

　　Section A (10 marks)

　　81. 从皇帝身上华丽的龙袍到当今的时装，刺绣给我们的文化和生活增添了许多乐趣。

　　82. 直到后来，随着国家经济的发展，刺绣才进入平常百姓的生活。

　　83. 马王堆汉墓出土的文物是这个时期刺绣空前发展的最好见证。

　　84. 汉语“刺绣”一词中的“绣”，意思是由五种颜色组成的图画或刺绣，它暗示着美丽壮观的事物。

　　85. 倾注了智慧和热情，刺绣确实是大家闺秀用来打发时间的一种很好的消遣。

　　Section B (10 marks)

　　86. She was disabled from birth, but never did she give in to any difficulty.

　　87. Whenever you say anything, you must at least make yourself understood.

　　88. It is important for a business to keep pace with changes in the market.

　　89. If you book your trip through a travel agency, you’re likely to get a big discount.

　　90. Had we invested in the telecommunications industry, we would be quite rich by now.

　　Part VI IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 marks)

　　91. G.

　　92. Four spades.

　　93. QZQDS.

　　94. E resort.

　　95. ZN.

　　Part VII Writing (30 minutes, 30 marks)