“21世纪报杯”华东区第三届高职高专英语读报大赛

一、大赛名称　　“21世纪报杯”华东区第三届高职高专英语读报大赛上海农林赛区预赛

二、大赛目的　  为推动素质教育理念的实施，提高高职高专学生学习英语的兴趣，培养良好的读报意识和读报习惯，选拔学生参加在教育部职业院校外语类专业教学指导委员会的指导下，上海市外文学会高职高专外语教学专业委员会和中国日报社21世纪英文报系将联合举办上海市第三届“21世纪报杯”高职高专英语读报大赛，以培养兴趣、增强信心、展示风采、促进本地我院的高职英语教学。

三、组织机构　　1. 主办单位：基础部         2. 协办单位：院教务处、团委

四、参赛对象　　 院所有高职各年级非英语专业学生，均可自愿报名参加比赛。

五、比赛时间地点和奖项设置

预赛奖项分为一等奖、二等奖和三等奖

一等奖2名，二等奖6名，三等奖10名

• 比赛题型
  　　1. 题型：见附件。
  　　2. 比赛时间：120分钟。
• 比赛内容

     2014年5-6月份共10期《二十一世纪英文报》

八、报名办法和订报费

 本着自愿的原则，有意愿报名的同学请以班级为单位填写预赛报名表，于2014年6月12日之前各系汇总后将报名表（电子版）发至包卫芳老师的baowf@shafc.edu.cn或nepia1234@163.com邮箱。

报名费按照去年的方式由各系负责支付。各系按照每位参赛同学25元订报费，将总订报费在交报名表时交给包卫芳老师。

华东区第三届高职高专英语读报大赛上海农林赛区预赛报名表

（公共英语组）

附件1：预赛题型

1. Choose the best answer.

e.g.: What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?

       A. Chadbourne excels in many sports.

       B. Chadbourne is an outstanding student.

       C. Chadbourne is a born swimmer.

       D. Chadbourne enjoys life despite his blindness.

2. Decide whether each of the following statements is true (T) or False (F).

       1) _____ It is very important for a young man to occupy a high position at the beginning of           his business life.

       2) _____ A real businessman is one that is very ambitious at the very beginning.

       3) _____ To become a successfulman, you have to always drink a lot of liquor.

3. Answer the following questions with the information from the passage.

       1) How do some freelancers in the marketplace describe themselves?

       They describe themselves as _________________.

       2) Why can some freelancers be more likely to get more work?

          Because they ________________________.

4. Summarize the main idea of the following passage.

5. Choose the right word to complete the following passage.

       Recently, just before our holidays, our school held a form competition. The  1)  was to raise money for two charities, in  2)  way we wanted. The form that raised the most money would be the winner and get a prize.

       Immediately, we started to brainstorm ideas for our charity event. Finally we decided on two 3)  .

       Our first event was a lower school (years 6&7)  4)   competition. The winner of the competition would get a trophy and lots of sweets. It sounded interesting so lots of people 5)  to perform.

       There was an entrance fee for people who wanted to watch the competition. The event was very popular so we   6)  a lot of money, about ￡130! However, we heard that another form had raised ￡180, so we knew our next event  7)  good.

       The five-a-side dodge-ball competition was held on the last day of term. To  8)  , you had to find five friends and pay the entrance fee (50 pence a person), you were ready to go. Once again, there was a prize and with a bit of advertising, lots of people came to see the play.

       So we  9)  manage to raise a lot of money, although the other forms did quite well too. But who was the  10)  was not important any longer. Being able to help was.

1. A. task                  B. game                C. difficulty                 D. challenge
2. A. any                   B. some                C. all                           D. no
3. A. competitions       B. things               C. events                     D. acts
4. A. clever                B. talent                C. interesting                D. proficient
5. A. signed up           B. signed off         C. signed for                 D. signed out
6. A. got                    B. obtained            C.raised                       D. gained
7. A. would be           B. was to              C. will be                     D. had to be
8. A. enter                 B. join                  C. participate                D. attend
9. A. had                   B. did                    C. were                       D. would
10. A. leader               B. winner              C. better                             D. competitor

6. Translate the following phrases into Chinese.

  e.g. serious discipline violations

        contamianted capsules

        visit Taiwan individually

        sub-quality product

        morality bank

7. Translate the underlined parts into Chinese.

       1) Naayem noticed that companies receive very little recognition for the money they donate     to academic scholarship, among good causes.

       2) Many countries have launched eco-city projects to explore more sustainable models of urban life.