六级About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.

全国约有10万名学生参加了该项目的比赛系列，最终在每年5月举行的全国游戏表演风格比赛中达到高潮。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

但是，这样的竞赛——绝大多数由来自中产阶级和富裕家庭的亚裔和白人学生主导——会变得更加多样化吗？许多社会和文化因素在决定哪些有前途的学生走上国际数学认可的道路上发挥着作用。

2017年6月阅读原文

六级But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse?

但是，这样的竞赛——绝大多数由来自中产阶级和富裕家庭的亚裔和白人学生主导——会变得更加多样化吗？

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲在西班牙内战期间曾是一个著名的战场，现在它正在进行一场不同的竞赛，一场是让稻农与两个敌人较量：吃大米的巨型苹果蜗牛和海平面上升。

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

六级Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other's green claims.

各公司还主动对彼此的绿色主张提出质疑。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-showstyle contest held each May.

全国约有10万名学生参加了该项目的系列比赛，最终在每年5月举行的全国游戏表演比赛中达到高潮。

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

考研If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.

如果你不熟悉单词或习语，你可以根据比赛中提供的线索猜测它们的意思。

2015年考研阅读原文

六级Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.

当地竞赛的获胜者将免费参加全国数学竞赛。

2017年6月阅读原文

四级I'm preparing for the speech contest.

我正在准备演讲比赛。

2012年6月听力原文

四级Practicing for a speech contest

练习演讲比赛

2012年6月听力原文

六级Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other’s green claims.

各家公司也主动对彼此的环保主张提出质疑。

2016年6月大学英语六级第3套真题

六级The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲是西班牙内战期间著名的战场，现在是一场不同的比赛的背景，这场比赛让稻农与两个敌人对抗：吃米的巨型苹果蜗牛和不断上升的海平面。

2018 年 6 月6级真题第1套

四级As time passed, however, the contests became increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to represent them.

然而，随着时间的推移，比赛变得越来越不业余，城市开始雇佣运动员代表他们参赛。

2003年9月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级We commonly think of sportsmanship in connection with athletic contests, but it also applies to individual outdoor sports.

我们通常认为体育精神与体育比赛有关，但它也适用于个人户外运动。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级One popular event is the pie-eating contest.

一个受欢迎的活动是吃馅饼比赛。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级If you want to take part in the contest, it is a good idea to remember these guidelines: first, make sure your stomach is nearly empty of food.

如果你想参加比赛，最好记住以下准则：首先，确保你的胃几乎没有食物。

2005年6月大学英语四级(CET-4)真题

四级She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition she won last yes.

她想让自己的一个故事参加写作比赛，这是她最后一次获得肯定的比赛。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级As a writer I know about winning contest, and about losing them.

作为一名作家，我知道如何赢得比赛，也知道如何输掉比赛。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级What if she doesn’t win the contest again?

如果她再也赢不了比赛怎么办？

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

我甚至没有意识到，就把她的比赛变成了我的比赛。

2007年12月大学英语四级考试真题

四级A winner of one of the Hewlett contests, Vik Paruchuri, was hired by EdX to help design its assessment software.

惠普竞赛的获胜者Vik Paruchuri被EdX聘请来帮助设计其评估软件。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

四级Mark D. Shermis, a professor at the University of Akron in Ohio, supervised the Hewlett Foundation’s contest on automated essay scoring and wrote a paper about the experiment.

俄亥俄州阿克伦大学教授Mark D.Shermis监督了休利特基金会的自动论文评分竞赛，并写了一篇关于该实验的论文。

2015年6月大学英语四级考试真题（第2套)

考研Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred.

另一些人则认为情况恰恰相反：国际比赛助长了虚假的民族自豪感，并导致误解和仇恨。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研Not only was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

不仅发生了谋杀运动员的悲剧事件，而且主要由小型国家比赛引起的较小事件也破坏了奥运会。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest.

在有争议的比赛结束后，美国篮球队宣布他们不会将第一名让给俄罗斯。

1992年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语试题

考研In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi.

1995年，中央情报局举办了一场竞赛，看看谁能汇编出最多关于布隆迪的数据。

2003年全国攻读硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试题