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PartIListeningComprehension(20%)

SectionA:ShortConversations

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear10shortconversations.Attheendofeach

conversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththeconversation

andthequestionwillbespokenonlyonce.Aftereachquestiontherewillbeapause.

Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C),andD),and

decidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenwritedownthecorrespondingletteronthe

AnswerSheetr.

1.A)ShortlyafterChristmas.B)DuringtheChristmasseason

C)InthespringD)Duringasale

2.A)IntherestaurantB)Intheman'shome

C)Inthewoman'shomeD)Inthesupermarket

3.A)ThemanB)Thewoman

C)NeitherofthemD)Bothofthem

4.A)StayedathomeB)WenttoLondon

C)VisitedhersisterD)Spoketohersisteronthephone

5.A)CallMr.HowardB)Knowthestylesofwomen'sdress.

C)ButadressforhiswifeD)TalktoMrs.Winter.

6.A)Shehadnointerestinmusic.B)Shewastoobusytoaccept.

C)ShewasinlovewithsomebodyelseD)Shedidn'tlikethefrontrows

7.A)AwaitressB)Abankclerk

C)AshopassistantD)Anofficesecretary

8.A)Anexperimentreport.B)Failureandsuccess

C)FoodexpenseD)Ajobinterview

9.A)HefailedtounderstandthelectureB)ProfessorGreenspoketooslowly

C)ProfessorGreenkepttheclasslate.D)Hedidn'tfindtheclassroom

10.A)She'ssurprisedthesongwonmanyawards

B)Thereisn'tnaysonshe'sinterestedin.

C)Shedoesn'tlikethesinger.

D)Thesongisprobablyworthlisteningto.

SectionBCompoundDictation

Directions：Inthissection,youwillhearapassagethreetimes.Whenthepassage

isreadforthefirsttime,youshouldlistencarefullyforthegeneralidea.Thenlisten

tothepassageagain.Whenthepassageisreadforthesecondtime,youarerequired

tofillintheblanksnumberedfrom11to17withtheexactwordsyouhavejustheard.

Forblanksnumberedfrom18to20youarerequiredtofillinthemissinginformation.

Youcaneitherusetheexactwordsyouhavejustheardorwritedownthemainpoints

inyourownwords.Finally,whenthepassageisreadforthethirdtime,youshould

checkwhatyouhavewritten.

Actually,mostpeopletendtobe___11beforedoingsomething

importantinpublic.Actorsarenervousbeforeaplay,12arenervous

beforeacampaignspeech,athletesarenervousbeforeabig13.The

oneswhosucceedhavelearnedtousetheirnervousnesstotheir14.

Surveysshowthat76percentof___15speakershavestagefrightbefore

takingthefloor.Buttheirnervousnessisa16signthattheygetting

preparedmentallyforagoodeffort.When,forsomereason,thespeakeristoo

coolandself-assured,thespeechmaybea17.

Inotherword,18atthestart

ofaspeech.Yourbodyisrespondingasitwouldtoanystressfulsituation.Every

publicspeaker19.

Thequestionis:Howcanyoucontrolyournervousnessand

20.

PartII.VocabularyandStructure(25%)

SectionA:Choices.

1.Tobesure,someinsectscanbuildcomplexsocietiesdifferent

typesofindividualsperformingdifferenttasks.

A.takenfromB.madeofC.composedofD.developedfrom

2.Thecitycouncilorderedspittingonthestreet.

A.wasprohibitedB.isprohibitedC.beprohibitingD.beprohibited

3.Don'tworryaboutit.Icanyouofthereliabilityofthenews.

A.ensureB.insureC.assureD.assume

4.Aftertwodays'meditation,Edwardfinallywithasolutiontothis

problem.

A.cameupB.cameonC.cameoutD.cameacross

5.Itwasextremelyhot,yetwestillhadtodoairconditioning.

A.forB.aboutC.withoutD.outof

6.MostofficialsbelievethatBillisthemostcandidatetowinthe

electioncampaign.

A.likeableB.likelyC.alikeD.liking

7.TherewerenoticketsforAmericantradeexhibition.

A.preferableB.possibleC.considerableD.available

8.Manypeoplefindit________impossibletogiveupsmoking.

A.practicallyB.patientlyC.politelyD.perfectly

9.Assoonasthebellrang,thestudentsallwentbacktotheir

classrooms.

A.respectfulB.respectiveC.respectableD.respected

10.mightbeexpected,mixedresponsetothequestionwouldbe

given.

A.AsB.ThatC.ItD.What

11.Whenhegiveslectures,healwayssometimefordiscussion.

A.setsinB.setsonC.setsoffD.setsaside

12.Mr.Blackismyfavoriteteacher,whomIregardasotherteachers.

A.superiortoB.moresuperiorthan

C.moresuperiortoD.superiorthan

13.Youshouldconsiderotherofthematter.

A.aspectsB.appearanceC.looksD.views

14.Itwasnotuntilshearrivedinclassrealizedshehadforgottenher

book.

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A.andsheB.whensheC.thensheD.thatshe

15.Shehersisterinappearancebutnotincharacter.

A.assembleB.tremblesC.resemblesD.likes

16.,Johnhasbeentoseveralforeigncountries.

A.WhenheisalittleboyB.Alittleboyashewas

C.LittleboyasheisD.Evenheisalittleboy

17.Hehissuccesstohishardwork.

AattributedBcontributedC.distributedD.tributed

18.Pleasemeofwhathashappenedinyoucountrywheneveryou

havetime.

AtellB.speakC.informDtalk

19.Afterprison,it'snoteasytoone'slifewhereitleftoff.

A.resumeB.assumeC.recoverD.undertake

20.Hefeelslonelyforhehasfewfriendsinhisclass.

A.somehowB.somewhatC.somewhereD.little

SectionB:Fillintheblankswiththeproperwordsandexpressions

givenbelow.Changetheformwherenecessary.

financialwearoutjustashappycutdownon

doomreferencetransferprocess

beblessedwithsponsor

1.ItwasstrangethatJanemadenotoanyworkingexperienceinher

resume.（簡歷）。

2.TheexhibitionbytheSocietyofCulture.

3.Thegovernmenthastakeneffectivemeasurestospeeduptheof

modernization.

4.HewasthatdayeventhoughImadeobjectionstohisproposalin

thediscussion.

5.Hiswifeadvisedhimtimeaftertimetocoffeeandcigarettesand

toeatabalanceddiet.

6.HefromtheheadquartersinShanghaitotheSuzhouBranch.

7.Duetoyearsofwars,thesituationofthecountrybecame

increasinglyserious.

8.Shedidn'tthrowawaythestockingsuntiltheyweresothatthey

couldn'tbemendedanymore.

9.Withahistoryofover100years,thelittletownaunique

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glamour(魅力).

10.Facedwithsomanycompetitiverivals,Alexfelthisbusinesswas

tofailure.

SectionC:Fillintheblankswiththeproperformofthewordsgiveninthe

brackets.

1.Inschoolscienceisoftenpresentedinadryandmanner,(interest)

2.Obviouslyitisimportanttohaverealisticofourselves,(expect)

3.Recentinvestigationsshowthatdomesticisontherise,(violent)

4.Itwasofhertochallengethemanagingdirector'sdecision,

(courage)

5.Tomy,heatethewholelot.(amaze)

PartIII.ClozeA(5%)

Directions:Thispartistotestyourfamiliaritywiththetexts.Hereyou

arerequiredtofillintheblanksaccordingtothetextsyouhave

learned.

Fillintheblankaccordingtothetextsyouhavelearned.

APassageone:(Notfor05國貿(mào)class)

Thisexplainswhyitcanbesodifficulttogetawestern-typediscussion

___1___withJapanesestudentsofEnglish.___2___Iserveavolleyball,

everyonejuststandsbackandwatchesitfall.3onehitsitback.Everyone

waitsuntilIcallonsomeonetotakea___4___.Andwhenthatpersonspeaks,he

___5___hitmyballback.Heservesanewball.Againeveryonejustwatchesit

fall.___6___Icallonsomeoneelse.Thispersondoesnot___7___towhatthe

previousspeakerhassaid.Healso8anewball.Everyonebeginsagain

fromthesame9line,andtheballsrun10.Thereisneverany

backandforth.

APassagetwo:(Onlyfor05國貿(mào)class)

Anyway,1ifonewantedto,onecouldn't2theclock

backtoanearlierage.Knowledgeandtechniquescan'tjustbeforgotten.Nor

canoneprevent3____advancesinthefuture.Evenifallgovernment

moneyfor4werecutoff(andthepresentgovernmentisdoingits

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best),theforceofcompetitionwouldstillbringaboutadvancesintechnology.

5,onecannotstopinquiringminds6thinkingaboutbasic

science,whetherornottheyarepaid7it.Theonlywaytoprevent

furtherdevelopmentswouldbeaglobalstate8suppressedanything

new,andhumaninitiativeandinventivenessare9thateventhis

wouldn'tsucceed.Allitwoulddoisslowdownthe10ofchange.

ClozeB.(10%)

Directions：Thereare10blanksinthefollowingpassage.Foreachblankthere

arefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushouldchoosetheOnethatbest

fitsintothepassage.ThenwritedownthecorrespondingletterontheAnswer

Sheet.

EventhoughthemajorityofAmericanswouldfindithardtoimaginewhat

lifecouldbelikewithoutacar,somehavebeguntorealizethattheautomobileis

amixedblessing.Trafficaccidentsareincreasing___1,andlargecitiesare

troubledbytoomanyautomobiles.Worstofall,perhapsistheairpollution

2bytheinternal-combustionengine(內(nèi)燃機(jī)).Everycarenginebums

___3gallonsoffueleachyearandpumpsgasesintotheair.Thesegasesare

one___4ofthesmogthathangsoverlargecities.Someofthesegasesare

poisonousanddangerous_5—health,especiallyforsomeonewithaweak

heartorarespiratorydisease(呼吸系統(tǒng)疾病).

Oneanswertotheproblemofairpollutionis6___acarthatdoesnot

pollute.That's_7severalmajorautomobilemanufacturersaretryingtodo.

Butbuildingacleancaris8___saidthandone.Sofar,progresshasbeen

slow.___9___solutionistoeliminatecarfumes(廢氣)altogetherbygettingrid

oftheinternal-combustionengine.Inventorsarenowworkingon

turbine-poweredcars,10_oncarspoweredbysteamandelectricity..But

mostofuswon'tbedrivingcarsrunbatteriesorboilingwaterforawhileyet.

Manyautomakersbelievethatitwilltakeyearstodeveloppracticalmodelsthat

arepoweredbyelectricityorsteam.

1.AsteadilyB.easilyC.urgentlyD.generously

2.A.carriedB.filledC.crowdedD.caused

3.A.hundredsofB.hundredofC.hundredD.hundreds

4.A.resourceB.originC.sourceD.result

5.A.forB.aboutC.toD.of

6.A.tobuildB.buildC.buildingD.tohavebuilt

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7.A.whichB.thatC.whyD.what

8.A.easyB.easilyC.easierD.easiest

9.A.OtherB.OthersC.AnotherD.Oneanother

10.A.aswellB.insteadC.tooD.aswellas

PartIV.ReadingComprehension(20%)

Taskl

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

TounderstandhowAmericansthinkaboutthings,itisnecessaryto

understand"thepoint.^^Americansmentionitoften:"Let'sgetrighttothepoint,“

theywillsay."Mypointis...”"What'sthepointofallthis?”

The“point“istheideaorpieceofinformationthatAmericanssupposeis,or

shouldbe,atthecenterofpeople'sthinking,writingsandspokencomments.

Speakersandwritersaresupposedto"maketheirpointsclear,9,meaningthat

theyaresupposedtosayorwriteclearlytheideaorpieceofinformationthey

wishtoexpress.

Peoplefrommanyothercultureshavedifferentideasaboutthepoint.

Africanstraditionallytellstoriesthatexpressthethoughtstheyhaveinmind,

ratherthanstating"thepoint“clearly.Japanesetraditionallyspeakindirectly,

leavingthelistenertofigureoutwhatthepointis.Thus,whileanAmerican

mightsaytoafriend,6tIdon'tthinkthatcoatgoesverywellwiththerestofyour

outfit,9,aJapanesemightsay,“Maybethisothercoatwouldlookevenbetterthan

theoneyouhaveon.^^Americansvalueapersonwho"getsrighttothepoint.9,

Japanesearelikelytoconsidersuchapersoninsensitiveifnotrude.

TheChineseandJapaneselanguagesarecharacterizedbyvaguenessand

ambiguity.TheprecisionanddirectnessAmericansassociatewith"thepoint”

cannotbeachieved,atleastnotwithanygrace,inChineseandJapanese.

Speakersofthoselanguagesthushavetolearnanewwayofreasoningand

expressingtheirideasiftheyaregoingtocommunicatesatisfactorilywith

Americans.

1.Accordingtothepassage,Americansexpectspeakersandwritersto.

A)beclearabouttheirmainideas

B)giveasmuchinformationaspossible

C)expresstheirpersonalviews

D)behonestabouttheirtruefeelings

2.Whichofthefollowingpeopleswilltellastorytoexpresswhattheyhavein

mind?

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A)Americans

B)Africans

C)Japanese

D)Chinese

3.Inthesentence"Idon'tthinkthatcoatgoesverywellwiththerestofyour

outfit”,theword“outfit“mostprobablymeans.

A)office

B)time

C)speech

D)clothes

4.Accordingtothepassage,Japanesemayconsideritunacceptabletobe

A)indirect

B)straightforward

C)poorly-dress

D)curious

5.InordertocommunicatewithAmericanssatisfactorily,speakersofChinese

needto.

A)learnthelanguagewell

B)changetheirwayofthinking

C)becarefulabouttheirchoiceofwords

D)explaintheirreasonsclearly

Task2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

IntheUnitedStatestoday,alargegroupofpeoplewantacollegeeducation.

However,everyoneisnotabletoattendafour-yearcollege.Manyfour-year

collegesarealreadytoocrowed.Togivemorepeopleachancetogeta

collegeeducation,somecitiesandtownshavebuiltjuniorcolleges.

Thejuniorcollegeoffersatwo-yearcourseofstudyinawiderangeof

subjects.Itpreparessomeyoungpeopletogoontoafour-yearcollege.It

trainsothersforjobsinbusiness,government,orindustry.

Becausejuniorcollegearebuiltincities,theycanservethemanypeople

wholiveinalargecommunity.Manystudentscannotaffordtogotoa

four-yearcollege.Buttheycansaveenoughtogotoajuniorcollege.The

entrancefeeatajuniorcollegeislow.Studentscanalsosavemoneybyliving

athome.

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Ajuniorcollegeadmitssomehighschoolgraduateswhowouldnotbe

acceptedatotherschools.Thefour-yearcollegeturnsdownstudentswhose

highschoolgradesarelow.Thejuniorcollegewilloftenadmitastudentwho

mightdowelltakingatwo-yearcourse.

Oneofthegoalsofourcountryistoeducateasmanypeopleaspossible.

Thejuniorcollegeisaschoolmeanttoservemanypeople.Itputsacollege

educationwithinthereachofagreatnumberofpeople.Withouttheseschools,

manypeoplewouldnotbeabletocontinuetheireducationpasthighschool.

6.Accordingtothepassage,juniorcolleges.

A)arenecessarytoaveragestudents

B)areasgoodasfour-yearcollege

C)arebadlyneeded

D)aretoocrowed

7.Juniorcollegesarebuiltincitiesandtowns.

A)toservethestudentswhowanttosavemoney

B)totrainstudentswholiveincitiesandtownsforjobs

C)topreparestudentsforuniversitystudies

D)tooffermoreeducationopportunitiesforpeoplenearby

8.Somepeoplepreferjuniorcollegestofour-yearonebecause.

A)theyfeartogotoafour-yearcollege

B)theydonotneedafour-yearcollegeeducation

C)juniorcollegesdonotcostsomuchasfour-yearcollege

D)theyliveinlargecommunities

9.Accordingtothepassage,juniorcollege.

A)welcomethosewhosehighschoolgradesareacceptedbyfour-year

colleges.

B)canadmitmorestudentsthanfour-yearcolleges

C)offerthesamesubjectsasfour-yearcolleges

D)onlytrainstudentsforjobsinbusiness

10.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatintheUnitedStates.

A)moreandmorejuniorcollegesarereplacingfour-yearcolleges

B)juniorcollegeshelptopopularizecollegeeducation

C)allhighschoolgraduatescangotocolleges

D)juniorcollegesarebuiltincitieswhilefour-yearcollegesareinthe

country

Task3

Questions11to15arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

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Doyouhavebrightideas?Ideasforinventionsthatchangesocietyor,at

least,makelifeeasierforsomebody?Perhapswealldosometimes,butwedon't

oftenmaketheideaareality.Recently,inBritain,therewasacompetitioncalled

BritishDesignersforTomorrow.Thecompetitionencouragedyoungpeopleto

carryouttheirbrightideas.Thereweretwogroupsinthecontest:GroupOne

wasforschoolchildrenunder16;GroupTwowasforschoolchildrenover16.

Andtherewereelevenprize-winnersaltogether.

NeilHunt,oneoftheprize-winners,wascalledSunshineSupermanbyone

newspaperwritingabouthisdesign.It'simportantwhenpeoplestudythe

weathertobeabletorecordsunshineaccurately.Weneedtoknowhowmany

hoursofsunshinewehaveandhowstrongitis.Mostsunshinerecordersonly

recorddirectsunlight.Neil'sismoreaccurateandthisisveryimportantfor

researchintothewaysofusingsolarpower.Withhisprizeof100pounds,Neil

plantstocarryoninventing.

Youcandosomuchwithanimation.LookatSimonWest'sideafor

animatedroadsighs.Heusespictureswhichappeartomoveasyougonearerto

orfartherfromthem.Thisisn'tanewidea.Butitisnewtousethesepictureson

roadsigns.aaWefoundthatpeopleweremorelikelytoseemovingsigns,9,said

Simon.Sonow,youcanreallyseerocksfalling,trainsmoving,horsesgalloping

oracarfallingovertheedgeofacliff.Quiteawarning!

Theideasinthecompetitionweresoinventivethatwearesurprisedthat

Britishindustrydoesn'taskmoreschoolchildrenforsuggestions.Perhapsthis

willbethestartof"pupilpower”!

11.wascarriedoutrecentlyinBritain.

A)Acompetitionamongschoolchildren

B)Acompetitioninindustry

C)AcompetitioncalledBritishDesignersforTomorrow

D)Acompetitionfor11prize-winners

12.Theaimofthecompetitionwas.

A)toaskschoolchildrenforsuggestions

B)toencourageyoungpeopletocarryouttheirbrightideas

C)tostart"pupilpower”

D)toaskBritishindustryforideas

13.WhatisNeilHunt?

A)Aschoolboy

B)Ateacher

C)Aschoolgirl

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D)Adesigner

14.NeilHuntwascalled"SunshineSuperman^^because.

A)hesuggestedthewaysofusingsolarpower

B)hedesignedamoreaccuratesunshinerecorder

C)hewasabletorecorddirectsunshineaccurately

D)heinventedthewayofusingsolarenergy

15.Whoinventedanimatedroadsigns?

A)NeilHunt

B)SimonWest

C)Adriver

D)Aschoolchild

Task4Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

Givebriefanswertothe5questions(inlessthan8words)

WeekendFTislaunching1competitionforyoungillustrators.Wewant

anyartistundertheageof28,formallytrainedorself-taught,tosubmitawork

suitableforpublicationinanewspaper,inparticular,theWeekendsectionofthe

FinancialTimes.

Thethemeis“theendofthecentury^^——perhapsyourconceptisinspired

bythethoughtoftimerapidlyceasingorbytheendofthepost-modernageorby

ourvainattemptstorecognizethismerepassingofamomentwithmeaningless

monuments.

Wearelookingfororiginalthinking,witandqualityofcraft.Thework

needstobesuitableforreproductioninanewspaper.Itcanbeincolororblack

andwhite,thoughwehaveaslightpreferenceforcolor.Theentry(參賽物)

shouldbenolargerthanA3.

Entriesmustbesubmittedbynoon,Britishsummertime,onJune30.The

competitionisopentoanyillustrators,anywhere,whoisundertheage

28(thoughovertheageof16years)asofSaturday,June14.Thefirstprizewill

be$1000incommissionsforanumberofworkstobepublishedintheWeekend

FTand$500incash,secondprizewillbe$500andthechancetobepublishedin

theFT,andthethirdprizewinnerwillreceive$200incash.

TheentrieswillbejudgedbyRobertThomson,EditoroftheWeekendFT,

PhilThompson,arteditoroftheWeekendFT,andJamesFerguson,artistin

residence.Thewinnerswillbeannouncedandtheirworksdisplayedinthe

FinancialTimesofJuly11.

Entriesshouldbesentto:YoungIllustratorCompetition,WeekendFT,