Throughout the Cold War，Asia kept pretty much to itself as the United States and Soviet Union staged a“first-to-the-moon”race．Now Asian nations are quietly caught up in their own space race．

2004 National English Contest for College Students
(Preliminary)
Part I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes, 30 points)

      词汇(固定搭配)
　　Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions.
　　1. He shook me________the hand.
　　2. The president dismissed the mayor________his office.
　　3. You should compensate her________her loss.
　　4. His words disburdened my m

词汇(短语动词)
　　A. Directions: Multiple choices.(动词+介词/副词)
　　1. She________her trip to New York because she was ill.
　　A) called off B) closed down C) put up D) went off
　　2. Oil companies in the U.S. are already beginning to feel the pressure. Refinery workers and petroleum-equipment-manufacturi

词汇(固定搭配)
　　Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate prepositions.
　　1. He shook me________the hand.
　　2. The president dismissed the mayor________his office.
　　3. You should compensate her________her loss.
　　4. His words disburdened my mind________worries.
　　5. The s

. Directions: There are two reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by five questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A),B),C) and D), you should choose the One best answer.
　　Passage 1
　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
　　People tend to think of comput

1.把下列句子翻译成汉语(注意词义的选择、引申和褒贬)
　　1) May I see your home?
　　2) Maternity home costs in America have gone up sharply. 3) Much is produced here for the home market.
　　4) I always considered him calculating and mercenary and did my best to avoid him.
　　5) Many people think that he is one of the most ambitious polit

一、句子翻译
　　(一)词类转译
　　1. I am afraid I can't teach you swimming. I think my little brother is a better teacher than I.
　　2. The two sides have exchanged letters for a long time for deeper understanding.
　　3. This is not John's fault. He was against the plan from the very beginning.
　　4. When I first met m

I. Directions: Correct the following sentences.
　　1. He worked very hard because he was a college teacher.
　　2. He watched TV and he hated Robert.
　　3. The meeting having been brought to a close, no further discussion arose.
　　4. To succeed in developing a new kind of software,persistence and knowledge is need

Passage 1
　　Although Beethoven could sit down and make up music easily, his really great compositions did not come easily at all. They cost him a great deal of hard work. We know now often he rewrote and corrected his work because his notebooks are still kept in museums and libraries. He always found it hard to satisfy himself.

  Directions：There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section．For each sentence there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a sin

  Directions：Translate the following sentences into Chinese．
1）He argued with us about the movie until he was blue in face．

  Directions：In each case，choose the most proper response．Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center．

    1.The medicine is on sale everywhere. You can get it at  　　　　 chemist's.
    A)each  B)some  C)certain  D)any  (B4,1997.6－31)
    2.　　　　 student with a little comm

    Fill in the blanks with articles where necessary and mark X where unnecessary:
    1.I doubt whether 　1　 England will adopt 　2　  drive-in cinemas, but I believe they have begun to adopt another American fea-tu