TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
GRADE EIGHT
TIME LIMIT: 195 MIN PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after a mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your note, and another ten minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on you colored answer sheet.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview.
1. The job-seeking perspective is particularly good for the following majors EXCEPT ________.
A. accounting major B. engineering major C. finance major D. mechanical major
2. Which of the following reasons CANNOT explain the hiring surge of the job market?
A. a strong economy B. fast corporate growth C. strong corporate profits D. sensitive entry-level market 3. Which of the following statements about an informational interview is true?
A. It is a great way really to learn more about potential jobs that might work for college graduates. B. It's a more intimidating way for college graduates.
C. According to the statistics, college graduates are more than 50 times likely to find a job through an informational interview
D. Compared with sending your resume out blindly, an informational interview is a big mistake. 4. What might be a main factor that determines whether you could get a job?
A. your qualifications B. your interviewing skills C. your experience D. your education 5. What does the speaker say about leaving an electronic footprint?
A. Feel free to do that. B. Be confident in doing that. C. Be careful in doing that. D. Be poised in doing that.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your colored answer sheet.
Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news. 6. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Nearly 80, 000 people are the victims of human traffickers worldwide every year. B. The UN was leading a new abolitionist movement to uproot this modern-day slavery.
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C. The new abolitionist movement is viewed as the great moral calling of our time.
D. The State Department report is going to list individual country's efforts to tackle the problem of human trafficking in the future.
7. The Iranian authorities were punishing victims of trafficking with all of the following methods EXCEPT ______?
A. beatings B. life sentences C. imprisonment D. execution
Question 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
8. President Bush said the United States will make sure Somalia does not become a safe haven for ________.
A. terrorists B. Islamists C. Taliban rebels D. warlords
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.
9. According to the new research, the odd shape mounds were formed by ________.
A. chemical events B. geographical events C. microbes D. stromatolites
10. According to the scientists, it is possible for the primitive life to develop on other planets because the primitive life ________.
A. is the earliest life on earth. B. could be reserved in fossils.
C. flourished on some 3.4 billon years ago. D. can quickly develop into various forms.
PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
In this section there are several reading passage followed by a total of twenty multiple-choice questions. Read the passage and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
\"I do.\" To Americans those two words carry great meaning. They can even change your life. Especially if you say them at your own wedding. Making wedding vows is like signing a contract. Now Americans don't really think marriage is a business deal. But marriage is serious business.
It all begins with engagement. Traditionally, a young man asks the father of his sweetheart for permission to marry her. If the father agrees, the man later proposes to her. Often he tries to surprise her by \"popping the question\" in a romantic way. Sometimes the couple just decides together that the time is right to get married. The man usually gives his fiancée a diamond ring as a symbol of their engagement. They may be engaged for weeks, months or even years. As the big day approaches, bridal showers and bachelor's parties provide many useful gifts. Today many couples also receive counseling during engagement. This prepares them for the challenges of married life.
At last it's time for the wedding. Although most weddings follow long-held traditions, there's still room for American individualism. For example, the usual place for a wedding is in a church. But some people get married outdoors in a scenic spot, A few even have the ceremony while sky-diving or riding on horseback! The couple may invite hundreds of people or just a few close friends. They choose their own style of colors, decorations and music during the ceremony. But some things rarely change. The bride usually wears a beautiful, long white wedding dress. She traditionally wears \"something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue\".
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The groom wears a formal suit or tuxedo. Several close friends participate in the ceremony as attendants, including the best man and the maid of honor.
As the ceremony begins, the groom and his attendants stand with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the bride's attendants, followed by the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats their vows. Traditionally, they promise to love each other \"for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health\". But sometimes the couple has composed their own vows. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage commitment. Finally the minister announces the big moment: \"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!\"
At the wedding reception, the bride and groom greet their guests. Then they cut the wedding cake and feed each other a bite. Guests mingle while enjoying cake, punch and other treats. Later the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls. Tradition says mat the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry. During the reception, playful friends \"decorate\" the couple's car with tissue paper, tin cans and a \"Just Married\" sign. When the reception is over, the newlyweds run to their \"decorated\" car and speed off. Many couples take a honeymoon, a one- to two-week vacation trip, to celebrate their new marriage.
Almost every culture has rituals to signal a change in one's life. Marriage is one of the most basic life changes for people of all cultures. So it's no surprise to find many traditions about getting married...even in America. Yet each couple follows the traditions in a way that is uniquely their own.
11. The word \"business\" occurs twice in the first paragraph, what does the second \"business\" mean?
A. Trade. B. Affair. C. Duty. D. Right
12. There are many traditions about getting married, which of the following is Not mentioned in this passage?
A. The engagement B. The wedding ceremony. C. The bridal party. D. The marriage application. 13. Which of the following can reflect American individualism?
A. Holding their wedding ceremony in a scenic spot. B. Choosing their groomsman and a maid of honor. C. Choosing their wedding dress. D. Inviting their best friends. 14. In the author's opinion .
A. American young couples have no chance to show their individualism in their marriage B. American young couples don't like to following long-held traditions C. American young couples are inclined to follow the marriage traditions D. American young couples marry in their own way
TEXT B
In accordance with the mission it has set itself to further the development of sport, the International Olympic Committee strives to promote women's participation in sports activities in the Olympic Games. Sport, whether competition sport or sport for all, has become a social force with a major impact on the structure of society and the condition of women. In all countries, the message and values communicated by sport, through its regulatory bodies, reach a substantial part of the population regardless of social class. Because of this, sport is a tremendous medium of communication and emancipation which has to a certain extent helped to build women's awareness and hence their role in society.
And it is worth stressing that by engaging in activities which are by definition dosed to them, women can overturn social preconceptions and reassert their identity. Engaging in sport enriches women in terms of communication, feelings and sociability. It is certainly true that this process is largely determined by the position of women within a given society, and that they are still under-represented in countries where cultural and religious traditions limit their advancement. However, we will see more and more women choosing to take up a sport,
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whether this means breaking with the norms of their society or staying within them. Regardless of the path chosen, these women will become role models for many of their peers who see their actions as a contribution, however small, to their emancipation.
The Olympic Movement is firmly convinced of the need to encourage sports practice among women, and is working to that end, at the same time taking cultural specifics into account and accommodating them. Women must also play a greater part in decision making. It is our task to facilitate access for women to leadership positions within national and world sport, as it is through them that these ideas can be passed on to future generations, since women are still the privileged interlocutors for education in the broadest sense of the term.
Historically, and although the 16 Olympic Games were not opened to women, they were already taking part in physical activities in the ancient times, and particularly in the competitions of the Her Games, staged specifically for them. Historical documents also show that Roman women were engaged in horse-riding and swimming. During the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, women put leisure activities aside, as did men. But the following centuries were marked by renewed interest, until at the end of the nineteenth century women became more involved in sports activities by establishing their own clubs and taking up new sports. Women's first participation in the Olympic Games goes back to 1900 when they took part in the tennis and golf events and in an increasing number of other sports in following years. We are pleased to see that Coubertin' s reservations did not prevent women from participating nor did it stop them from organizing their own Women' s Olympiad at Monaco in 1921 on the initiative Alice Milliat, the great champion of women's rights in European sport.
More generally since the 1970s, we have seen a rising awareness of the contribution of sport to well-being and in particular to that of women. Women's sports associations and clubs have made their appearance mostly in the developed countries but also in developing ones. Thanks to the efforts of women and their struggle for equality, women's competitive sport has gained full recognition.
As a result, women today took part in the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in At-, United States of America, in 1996, with a program of 21 sports, and 108 events, including 11 mixed events, and will compete in six sports and 31 events, including 2 mixed events, in the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. It was also with the aim of promoting women' s sport that the IOC decided tall sports seeking inclusion in the Olympic program must include women' s events.
15. The International Olympic Committee defines sport as ____.
A. a competition among sportsmen B. an event for everyone C. a social force D. the condition of women
16. The barrier to women's full participation in sports as identified in the passage is ____________.
A. the identity of the women
B. certain values of a given society C. the physical make-up of the woman
D. their ability to communicate and/or socialize
17. In light of the spirit of the Olympic Movement, when a woman engages in sport activities, she is ____________.
A. helping other women to liberate themselves B. breaking away with the norms of her society
C. choosing to stay within the cultural norms of her society D. competing with men
18. According to the 3rd paragraph of this passage, in passing on the spirit of the Olympic Movement to the younger generations, women ____________.
A. play a unique role that men cannot replace
B. must take up all leadership positions within national and international sport organizations C. need to be further educated
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D. should exclude men in making important decisions 19. Prior to 1900, women are known ________.
A. to have never participated in sport competition B. to have been confined to leisure activities C. to have taken part in Olympic games
D. to have engaged in horse riding and swimming
TEXT C
The old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily wrinkled face. He didn't use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply to the man seated behind the table who went on asking him, 'Why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife? Why didn't you come directly to Enquires?' The old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another? His eyes busy watching him, he said, 'I came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my children.'
The man seated behind the table muttered irritably, blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of annoyance, weren't effective. He puffed at his cigarette as he enquired in exasperation, 'What's your wife's name?' The old man at once replied, 'Zeinab Mohamed.' The man seated behind the table began flipping through the pages of the thick ledger; each time he turned over a page there was a loud noise that was heard by everyone in the waiting room. He went on flipping through the pages of his ledger, pursing his lips listlessly, then nervously, as he kept bringing the ledger close to his face until finally he said, 'Your wife came in here the day before yesterday? The old man in relief at once answered, 'Yes, sir, when her heart came to a stop.' Once again irritated, the man seated behind the table mumbled to himself, \"Had her heart stopped she wouldn't be here, neither would you'. With his eyes still on the ledger, he said, 'She's in Ward 4, but it's not permitted for you to enter her ward because there are other women there.' Yawning, he called to the nurse leaning against the wall. She came forward, in her hand a paper cup from which she was drinking. Motioning with his head to the man, he said, 'Ward Number 4 -Zeinab Mohamed.' The nurse walked ahead, without raising her mouth from the cup. The old man asked himself how it was that this woman worked in a hospital that was crammed with men, even though she spoke Arabic. Having arrived at the ward, the nurse left him outside after telling him to wait; then, after a while, she came out and said to him, 'There are two women called Zeinab Mohamed. One of them, though, has only one eye. Which one is your wife so that I can call her?'
The old man was thrown into confusion. One eye? How am I to know? He tried to recall what his wife Zeinab looked like, with her long gown and black headdress, the veil, and sometimes the black covering enveloping her face and sometimes removed and lying on her neck. He could picture her as she walked and sat, chewing a morsel and then taking it out of her mouth so as to place it in that of her first-born. Her children. One eye. How am I to know? He could picture her stretched out on the bed, her eyes closed. The old man was thrown into confusion and found himself saying, 'When I call her, she'll know my voice.' The nurse doubted whether he was in fact visiting his wife; however, giving him another glance; she laughed at her suspicions and asked him, 'How long have the two of you been married? Again, he was confused as he said, 'Allah knows best - thirty, forty years...'
20. What does the title of the passage “The Unseeing Eye” suggest?
A. The old man had very poor vision.
B. The old man's wife had an eye problem.
C. The old man failed to see what he should have seen. D. The old man's wife was not easy to recognize.
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21. Which of the following can be inferred about the old man seated behind the table?
A. He showed much tolerance to the old man.
B. He often put on airs before people of lower status. C. He refused to respond to the old man's enquiries. D. He seemed to lose his patience too easily.
22. The word 'muttered' in Line 1, Paragraph 2 means .
A. complained B. denoted C. groaned D. refuted
23. Which of the following words best describes the old man's mood when he could not answer the nurse's questions?
A. Surprised B. Puzzled C. Irritated D. Reserved
24. Which of the following may least reveal the old man's Arabian identity? A. His religious belief B. His attitude toward the nurse C. His memories of his spouse D. His kerchief and headband
TEXT D
\"I want to criticize the social system, and to show it at work, at its most intense.\" Virginia Woolf's provocative statement about her intentions in writing Mrs. Dalloway has regularly been ignored by the critics, since it highlights an aspect of her literary interests very different from the traditional picture of the \"poetic\" novelist concerned with examining states of dream and vision and with following the intricate pathways of individual consciousness. But Virginia Woolf was a realistic as well as a poetic novelist, a satirist and social critic as well as a visionary: literary critics' casual dismissal of Woolf's social vision will not withstand thorough examination.
In her novels, Woolf is deeply engaged by the questions of how individuals are shaped (or deformed) by their social environments, how historical forces impinge on people's lives, how class, wealth, and gender help to determine people's fates. Most of her novels are rooted in a realistically represented social setting and in a precise historical time.
Woolf's focus on society has not been generally recognized because of her intense antipathy to propaganda in art. The pictures of reformers in her novels are usually satiric or sharply critical. Even when Woolf is fundamentally sympathetic to their causes, she portrays people anxious to reform their society and possessed of a message or program as arrogant or dishonest, unaware of how their political ideas serve their own psychological needs. (Her Writer's Diary notes: \"the only honest people are the artists.\" whereas \"these social reformers and philanthropists\" …harbor…discreditable desires under the disguise of loving their kind...) Woolf had an abhorrence of what she called \"preaching\" in fiction, too, and criticized novelist D. H. Lawrence (among others) for working by this method.
Woolf's own social criticism is expressed in the language of observation rather than in direct commentary, since for her, fiction is a contemplative, not an active art. She describes phenomena and provides materials for a judgment about society and social issues: it is the reader's work to put the observations together and understand the coherent point of view behind them. As a moralist, Woolf, works by indirection, subtly undermining officially accepted mores, mocking, suggesting, calling into question, rather than asserting, advocating, bearing witness: hers is the satirist's art.
Woolf's literary models were acute social observers like Chekhov and Chaucer. As she put it in The Common Reader, \"It is safe to say that not a single law has been framed or one stone set upon another because of anything Chaucer said or wrote; and yet, as we read him, we are absorbing morality at every pore.\" Like Chaucer, Woolf chose to understand as well as to judge, to know her society root and branch — a decision crucial in order to
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produce art rather than polemic.
25. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Poetry and Satire as Influences on the Novels of Virginia Woolf
B. Virginia Woolf: Critic and Commentator on the Twentieth-Century Novel
C. Trends in Contemporary Reform Movements as a key to Understanding Virginia a Woolf 's Novels D. Virginia Woolf's Novels: Critical Reflections on the Individual and on Society
26. In the first paragraph of the passage, the author's attitude toward the literary critics can best be described as
A. scornful B. ironic C. humorous D. skeptical but resigned 27. Woolf chose Chaucer as a literary model because she believed that
A. Chaucer was the first English author to focus on society as a whole
B. Chaucer was an honest and forthright author, whereas novelists like D. H. Lawrence did not C. Chaucer was more concerned with understanding his society
D. Chaucer's writing was effective in influencing the moral attitudes of his readers
28. The most probable reason Woolf realistically described the social setting in the majority of her novels was that she
A. was aware that contemporary literary critics considered the novel to be the most realistic of literary genres B. was interested in the effect of a person's social milieu on his or her character and actions
C. needed to be as attentive to detail as possible in her novels in order to support the arguments D. wanted to show that a painstaking fidelity in the representation of reality did not hamper the artist 29. The author implies that a major element of the satirist's art is the satirist's
A. consistent adherence to a position of lofty disdain when viewing the weaknesses of humanity
B. insistence on the helplessness of individuals against the social forces that seek to determine an individual's fate
C. cynical disbelief that visionaries can either enlighten or improve their societies
D. refusal to indulge in debates when presenting social ethics to readers for their examination 30. The passage supplies information for answering which of the following questions?
A. Have literary critics ignored the social criticism inherent in the works of Chekhov and Chaucer? B. Does the author believe that Woolf is solely an introspective and visionary novelist?
C. What are the social causes with which Woolf shows herself to be sympathetic in her writings? D. Was D. H. Lawrence as concerned as Woolf was with creating realistic settings for his novels?
PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
31. The National Day of the United States is associated with ________________.
A. Gettysburg Address B. The Emancipation Proclamation C. The Declaration of Independence D. The New Deal 32. A new president in America is elected every _______________.
A. five years B. six years C. four years D. three years 33. __________________ forms the Cabinet in the British Parliament.
A. Queen B. Lord Chancellor C. King D. Prime Minister 34. Maples remind one of ________________.
A. Australia B. Canada C. New Zealand D. America 35. The famous line “To be or not to be” comes from __________________.
A. Macbeth B. Hamlet C. King Lear D. Othello
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36. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is a well-known line written by___________.
A. Keats B. Byron C. Shelley D. Burns 37. The letter A in The Scarlet Letter represents ____________________.
A. Adultery B. Able C. Angel D. All of Above 38. LAD refers to __________________________.
A. language and direction B. learning and direction C. language acquisition device D. language acquisition development
39. ______________________ approach is a study of language from the points of view of its development in the course of time.
A. Synchronic B. Chronological C. Diachronic D. Linear
40. ________________ means that language can be used to refer to the contexts that are removed from the immediate situation of the speaker, especially, time and space.
A. Creativity B. Duality C. Arbitrariness D. Displacement
PART IV PROOFREADING& ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.
PART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
中国是一个地域辽阔，有着数千年悠久历史的多民族国家，有着秀丽的自然风光、众多的名胜古迹和丰富多彩的灿烂文化，旅游资源十分丰富。改革开放以来，中国经济以年平均近10%的速度持续增长，各项事业蓬勃发展，人民生活水平显著提高，为旅游业的兴旺奠定了坚实的基础。中国政治稳定，经济发展，市场繁荣，中国坚持对外开放，积极发展与世界各国的关系，也为旅游业的发展创造了极为有利的条件。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
Defining the meaning of “happiness” is a perplexing proposition; the best one can do is to try to set some extremes to the idea and then work towards the middle. To think of happiness as achieving superiority over others, living in a mansion made of marble, having a wardrobe with hundreds of outfits, will do to set the greedy extreme. To think of happiness as the joy of a holy man of India will do to set the spiritual extreme. He sits completely still, contemplating the nature of reality, free even of his own body. If admirers bring him food, he eats it; if not, he starves. Why be concerned? What is physical is trivial to him. To contemplate is his joy and he achieves complete mental focus through an incredibly demanding discipline, the accomplishment of which is itself a joy to him.
PART VI WRITING (45 MIN)
Every so often in our life, crisis looms large and close before us. In face of crisis, individuals may respond differently. Some are scared by it and gather up no courage to cope with it while others see it as a positive chance to revise and review their original plan and point of view so as to perfect them to achieve their goal. Write an essay of about 400 words entitled:
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Crisis
In the first part of your writing you should state your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details (or examples). In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR..
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ANSWER SHEET ONE
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
GRADE EIGHT
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE (10MIN)
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your note.
Similarities and Differences between Public Speaking and conversation
I. Both Public Speaking and Conversation need you to 1. organize ideas to present them in the most
(1)_________. You steadily build up a compelling case. 2. tailor your message to (2)________.
3. tell your story for maximum impact. --relate an (3) __________ or use.
(3) (4) (1) (2)
4. adapt to listener (4) ____________.
II. Now let’s look at the Differences between Public
Speaking and Conversation
Public speaking and everyday conversation are not (5)_________.
1. Public speaking is more highly (6)________. 2. Public speaking requires (7)_________language. Listeners usually (8)_________to speakers
who do not elevate and polish their language when addressing an audience.
3. Public speaking requires a different method of delivery. Conversation: talking informally, interjecting phrases such as \"like\" and \"you know,\" adopting a casual (9) ________ posture, and using vocalized pauses.
Public speaking: adjusting voices (10) ________ clearly throughout the audience.
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(5) (6) (7) (8)
(9)
(10)
ANSWER SHEET TWO
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
GRADE EIGHT
PART IV PROOFREADING& ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a \"∧\" sign and write the word
you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash \" / \" and put the word in the blank
provided at the end of the line.
Example
When ∧ art museum wants a new exhibit, it never buys things in finished form and hangs them on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it.
Women’s minds work differently from men. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration and a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. And being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or bad. There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is a part of the brain that is used in most complex intellectual processes—the link between the two halves of the brain.
Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enable them
to work together. For most people, the left half is used for word-handling, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. The better the connections, the more harmonious the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections.
In the schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys in “language subjects” and boys better at math and physics. We shan’t know for a while, partly because we don’t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because The difference is in the parts of the brain involving in intellect, We should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.
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(1) an (2) never (3) exhibit (1) ___________ (2) ___________ (3) ___________ (4) ___________ (5) ___________
(6) ___________
(7) ___________ (8) ___________ (9) ___________
(10) ___________
答 案 速 查
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A
1. persuasive 2. your audience 3. anecdote 4. feed back 5. identical 6. structured 7. more formal 8. react/negatively 9. casual 10. to be heard
SECTION B ＆ SECTION C
1. D 6. C
2. D 7. B
3. A 8. A
4. B 9. C
5. C 10. D
PART II READING COMPREHENSION
11. B 16. B 21. D 26. A
12. D 17. A 22. A 27. D
13. A 18. A 23. B 28. B
14. B 19. B 24. A 29. D
15. C 20. C 25. D 30. B
PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
31. C 36. C
32. C 37. D
33. D 38. C
34. B 39. C
35. B 40. D
PART IV PROOFREADING& ERROR CORRECTION
1. men—men’s, 这里是女人的minds与男人的minds比较。 2. and—or, either…or…是表示选择并列关系的固定短语。 3. And—But, 上下文的逻辑关系应该是转折而非并列关系。 4. bad—worse, 本句前面是比较级better，故后面也应该是比较级。
5. most—the most, 该句是形容词的最高级形式，应该在most前加定冠词the。 6. enable—enabled, 该句前的句子是过去时态，说明enable也应该用过去时态。 7. harmonious—harmoniously, 修饰动词work应该用harmonious的副词形式。 8. the schools—schools, 在不特指的情况下schools前不用定冠词the。 9. in—at, be good at sth.是固定短语，意思是“善于做某事”。
10. involving—involved, 这里是表示被动含义的感念，意思是“被卷入某事或活动之中”。
PART V TRANSLATION
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SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
China is a multi-ethnic country with a vast land and thousands of years of history. Its beautiful natural landscape, numerous scenic spots and historical sites and colorful, splendid civilization make up rich tourism resources. Since the introduction of the policy of reform and opening-up, China’s economy has been growing at an average rate of 10% annually, various social undertakings have been developing rapidly, and people’s living standards have been improved remarkably, all of which has established a solid basis for the prosperity of tourism. China’s political stability, economic development, brisk market, and the efforts made by the government to stick to the policy of opening-up and to develop China’s relations with other countries in the world have created favorable conditions for the development of tourism.
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
对“幸福”的含义作出明确的界定，这个要求令人难以把握。最恰当的做法就是，先给这个观点划定极限，而后取其中庸。如果把幸福看成是优人一等，那么身居大理石豪宅，藏百服于橱间，可谓贪婪。如果把幸福理解为印度圣人的愉悦，可谓脱俗之极。他一动不动地坐在那里，冥思存在的本质，甚至达到了忘我的境地。有仰慕者递上食物，他便吃；没有；他便不吃。有形的东西在他眼里微不足道。静思就是他的愉快，通过极其微妙的自我调整，他达到了意念的高度入定，如此境界已然令他喜不自禁了。
PART VI WRITING
Crisis
1. “Every coin has two sides.” When we are faced with frustrations and failures and even crises in life, never forget that they are not necessarily bad and that there is always hope of change for better. Not only that. Optimists can see new chance and hope for success when they are in adversity. Indeed, we should count the nights by the stars not by the shadows. Likewise, we cannot always hope to embrace success and never accept failure or crisis. 2. Crisis is to us what illness is to our body. Just as fatal disease can destroy our body and sometimes even put an end to our lives, so does smashing crisis knock us down so irrevocably and hopelessly that we might never have chance of standing up again. However, most crises that frequent us in life are not such category. Like occasional illness which sometimes can bolster our body’s immune system, they are mostly minor and surmountable and therefore making us hardy enough to survive whatever adversities in our later life. Even those serious crises, if handled properly, can be turned to a blessing to us, too.
3. A ready example that comes to mind is SARS crisis that has recently torn apart and ravaged most of China. Admittedly, it has cost us quite a lot. Normal life had been completely turned upside down—offices are blocked, schools closed, shops and supermarkets and other public places deserted. Some people suffered from health damage and still some even lost their lives. And our economy suffers a temporary setback and a slowdown. It took quite while for the country to recover from such a blow.
4. However, we still have learnt and benefited a lot from it. First things first, we are more concerned than ever before with our health, and the environment we live in, and above all, the vulnerable medical system and practice we have so long cherished and regarded as matter of course (have taken for granted). Additionally, we tried and bettered and are still bettering our mechanism to respond to unexpected crises. These and other lessons brought about by blood, tear, toil and sweat are benefiting and continue to benefit us and generations of Chinese to come. 5. As a well-known ancient Chinese notion goes, the past lessons if not forgotten are good teachers for us all. If we can bear in mind sufferings and ordeals we have experienced, then our sufferings will not go unrewarded.
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