Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (15 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.
Section A
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked
A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. A) It’s noisy outside. B) It’s cold outside.
C) The windows need mending. D) The windows need some care.
2. A) Go to the concert. B) Study history.
C) Write something. D) Not mentioned.
3. A) They were not happy.
B) They are happier.
C) They used to be happier.
D) Jane is not as happy as her husband.
4. A) 5 minutes. B) 10 minutes.
C) 15 minutes. D) 25 minutes.
5. A) Teacher & student. B) Editor & reader.
C) Librarian & student. D) Shop-assistant & customer.
Section B
Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorder conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C), D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Conversation 1
6. A) In a restaurant. B) In a hotel.
C) In a hospital. D) In a snack-bar.
7. A) She wants to have lunch in the hotel.
B) She wants to order some foods for lunch.
C) She wants to have breakfast in her room.
D) She wants to eat something immediately.
8. A) 7:00 B) 10:00
C) 8:00 D) 8:30
Conversation 2
9. A) Teacher & student. B) Employer & employee.
C) Friends. D) Husband & wife.
10. A) To ask for a few days off. B) To talk about her husband.
C) To talk about her daughter. D) To send her husband to hospital.
Section C
Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed on your test paper. You should write your answer on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now the passage will begin.
11. Who informed the police that he saw two men with heavy bags?
______________.
12. Whom did the police want to catch?
______________.
13. Which one of the two men could speak English?
______________.
14. Which country are the men come from?
______________.
15. What were the two men’s bags full of?
______________.
Part Ⅱ Structure (15 minutes)
Directions:This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.
Section A
Directions:In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word on words from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
16.His parents died when he was young so he was ___ by his aunt.
A)bredB)fed upC)grown upD)brought up
17.The poor driven was still ___ when we pulled him out from under h
is car.
A)live B)lvely C)aliveD)living
18.After a meal in a restaurant, you should ask the waiter for the ___.
A)billB)noteC)receiptD)menu
19.He climbed up into the tree and picked all the fruit ___ reach.
A)withinB)offC)be of once D)in side
20.No sooner had we reached the top of hill ___ we all sat down to w
est.
A)when B)then C)thanD)until
21.I wish I ___ longer this morning, but I have to get up and come to class.
A)could have slept B)slept
C)might have slept D) have slept
22.The orchestra ___ for about ten minutes when a man in the audience suddenly began shouting.
A)was playing B)had been played
C)had been playing D) was played
23.Helen was much kinder to her youngest child than she was to the others, ___ of course, made the others jealous.
A)who B)whatC)thatD)which
24.Tamara did not have time to go to the concert last night because she was busy ___ for her lecture.
A)to preparing B)to be prepared
C)preparing D) being propared
25.Scientists everywhere are trying to ___ a cure for AIDS.
A)expect B)inventC)discover D)make
Section B
Directions:There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in the brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
26.He got the car ___(start) at last by asking everyone to push it.
27.To see is ___ (believe).
28.If you could find some witness, it could greatly (strength)___ his case.
29.The man who had been praised very highly ___(turn) out to be a great disappointment.
30.He is of great (wise)___ and much personal charm.
31.He will never forget (meet)___ Chaiman Mao in Beijing.
32.Frankly speaking, I’d rather you (give)___ no advice at the conference yesterday.
33.I has decided to devote (me)___ to helping blind people.
34.The coal provides energy to power the (heat)___ system of hospitals.
35.Study in moderation is agreeable as well as (health)___ to human beings.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Task 1
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Some people say that seals are the fairies of the sea and should not be killed. The seals are the cleverest creatures that have ever been found in the sea. “In the Kingdom of the Seals” is an English fairy story by Donald A. Mackenzie. It tells of a seal hunter who wounds a seal. The seal swims away with the hunter’s knife still in its back. That evening a stranger on a black horse calls at the home of the seal hunter and takes him to the edge of a cliff. Suddenly the seal hunter finds himself falling. He falls to the bottom of the sea.
The stranger changes into a seal and leads him towards a huge underwater palace.Inside the palace he sees an old grey seal lying on a bed in terrible pain. Beside the bed is a knife which the hunter recognizes as his own. He is ashamed of his cruelty and begs forgiveness of the old seal. Because this is a fairy story the wound is healed when the seal hunter lays his hand on it and wishes. The old seal regains his strength straight away. The seal hunter promises never to hunt seals again. Then he is led back to dry land. When he gets home he finds his pockets are filled with pearls.
So much for the story — what about the reality? True seals are earless. There are 18 species of earless seals. Fur seals are not true seals. Fur seals feed mainly on krill — a small type of shrimp. When diving for food seals have been known to reach depths of 300 meters, but throughout the breading season of several weeks, male seals do not eat or drink.
36. According to the passage, some people’s impression of seals is that ___.
A) they are the cleverest creatures in the sea
B) they are good at swimming
C) they are the fairies of the sea
D) they are our friends
37. We learn from the second paragraph that ___.
A) “In the Kingdom of the Seals” tells the seal hunter not to wound a seal
B) “In the Kingdom of the Seals” tells a story about a seal hunter
C) the seal hunter did not want to kill the seal
D) the seal can always swim with a knife in its back
38. The seal hunter begs forgiveness of the old seal because ___.
A) he is sorry to have wounded the old seal
B) he is afraid that the seals would kill him
C) he knows that the old seal is the king in the kingdom of the seals
D) the seals give him many pearls
39. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A) The stranger on a black horse is a seal doctor.
B) We know that this is not a true story.
C) The old grey seal puts the knife beside the bed.
D) The seal hunter’s name is Donald A. Mackenzie.
40. The writer of the passage intends to tell us that ___.
A) he believes the story “In the Kingdom of the Seals”
B) we should know something about seals and not kill them
C) Donald A. Mackenzie knows a lot of the seals
D) True seals are earless and fur seals are not true seals
Task 2
Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 41 through 45. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should make
the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Reading is the key to school success and it takes practice. A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. A great athlete practices until he can play quickly, accurately, without thinking. Tennis players call that “being in the zone”. Educators call it “automatically”.
A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and decoding the words. With practice, he stumbles less and less. Then automatically, he doesn’t have to think about the meanings of the words, so he can concentrate on the meaning of the text.
It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found automatic readers in the first grade who were reading almost three times as fast as the other children and scoring twice as high on comprehension tests. “It’s not I .Q. but the amount of time a child spends reading that is the key to automaticity,” according to Rossman. You can test your child by giving him a paragraph or two to read aloud — something unfamiliar but appropriate to his age. If he reads aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, he probably is an automatic reader. If he reads haltingly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, he needs more practice.
41.We can learn from the first paragraph ___.
A) what we should do to learn to walk
B) what automaticity is
C) when a child begins to learn to walk
D) how we train an athlete
42.According to the second paragraph, a child can read automatically when___.
A) he can sound out the letters
B) he begins to understand the meanings of the words
C) he stumbles less and less
D) he doesn’t have to think about the meanings of the words
43.Alan Rossman’s study shows that ___.
A) the automatic reader can read faster and score higher than other readers
B) the more difficult the reading passage, the faster the automatic reader can read
C) the first grade students can read three times faster than those in higher grades
D) no one can read faster than the first grade students
44.What is more important for one to become an automatic reader?
A) The amount of time he spends.
B) The higher I.Q.
C) The lower I.Q.
D) The ways in which he practices reading.
45.What should parents choose to test the automaticity of their child?
A) The story the child is familiar most.
B) The passage full of new words.
C) The paragraph new and fit to him.
D) The sentences he has not studied.
Task 3
Directions: The following is the timetable of English By Radio programs. After reading it, you are required to fill the blanks below it (No. 46 through No. 50). You should write your answers briefly in no more than 3
words on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
English By Radio
Each quarter hour program is broadcast nine times a day so that as many listeners as possible can hear it. A supplementary program is broadcast on weekdays at GMT 12:45 and GMT 21:30. On Sundays only there is an additional English by Radio program from GMT 12:15 to 12: 30:
Monday COUNTDOWN — For students in their last six months of study for the Cambridge First Certificate. (I) From 20/10. ZERO ENGLISH —
A new beginner’s series. (E)
Tuesday IN A MANNER OF SPEAFING — a series of talks on
English pronunciation in different parts of the world such as the British Isles,
America and Australia. (A)
Wednesday WEEKLY ECHO — A dialogue series illustrating everyday life in Britain and offering the listener practice in aural comprehension. (I)Thursday THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS — English for commerce. (A)
Friday PLAY THE GAME — A quiz game that tests and teaches English. (I)
Saturday CAN I HELP YOU? — Answers listener’s questions on English grammar. (A)
Sunday SPEAKING OF ENGLISH — A magazine grogram for teachers and students of English — quarter and half hour versions throughout the day. (A) GMT 12:15 PEDAGOGICAL POP — Learn English with pop songs. (I)
* E = Elementary I = Intermediate A = Advanced
TIME PROGRAMS CONTENTS
Monday Zero English A new (46) series. (47) Weekly Echo A dialogue series illustrating everyday life in British Isles America and Australia.Friday Play The Game A (48) that tests and teaches English.
Saturday Can I Help You? Answers listener’s questions (49) .Sunday Speaking English A magazine program for (50) of English.
Task 4
Directions: The following is a part of a trade negotiation. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent (与......相同的) to those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in the brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 through 55.
A─In international trade, a sales confirmation is a document regarded as a contract.
B─Any dispute arising out of this contract shall be settled through friendly negotiation.
C─The commodity shall be packed in new wooden cases suitable for ocean transportation.
D─The seller guarantees that the instrument contracted for will be made of the best materials with first-class workmanship.
E─Some of the clauses in your L/C are not in agreement with the stipulation of the S/C.
F─The machines will correspond in all respects with the quality and specifications as stipulated in the contract.
G─In accordance with international trade practice, both parties, once entered into a contract, are liable for its execution.
H─We hope you will take our commercial reputation into account and execute the contract.
I─We have to point out that the cancellation of the contract has resulted from nothing else than your delay in opening the L/C.
J─We are entitled to cancel the contact, which became overdue owing to buyer's non-performance.
51．（ ）执行合同中产生的争执应通过友好协商来解决。
52．（ ）你方信用证中的一些条款和销售合同中的规定不符。
53．（ ）根据国际贸易惯例，合同双方一旦签约，就应在法律上承担履行合同的责任。
54．（ ）我方必须指出你方取消合同不是为别的，只是为延迟开具信用证。
55．（ ）我方有权取消由于买方不予履行而延期的合同。
Task 5
Direction: The following is a travel notes. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No.56 through No. 60) that follow. The answers (in no more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet.
The moist breath of the surrounding rain forest flows through you with each lungful of air as the small group makes its way along the narrow trail carved out of the steep river bank. Above, sunlight filters through the high canopy(天棚); below, the river flows lazily along, its high banks thick with jungle growth. You walk along the narrow path in the late morning sun, the jungle and your fellow hikers glistening in the hot dampness of the rain forest. Every several yards, your guide turns and explains the animals and plants surrounding you, or maybe a historical tidbit about the ancient trail you follow. Occasionally a raised hand abruptly motions the group to silence, a half-dozen pairs of eyes follow the guide's stare; peering into the dense bush... a sighting of an endemic jungle bird, a rare privilege to see and hear. You clamber along the trail, taking it all in.
As you walk along, you think about all the different angles you can use to write and publish several different articles from this one journey into the rain forest. You look forward to sharing the heat, dampness, and buzzing life of this thick jungle forest.
You smile to yourself as you make your way through the brush...
56. The meaning of the word "breath" in "the moist breath of the surrounding rain forest" is ___.
57. What is mainly narrated in the first paragraph? They are the ___ and ___ through the rainforest, the moist breath of the surrounding rain forest.
58. In the last Paragraph, why do you smile? The reason is that you succeed ___ through the brush.
59. From which angles you could write according to the author? They are the heat, dampness, or buzzing life of this _____.
60. Why do a half-dozen pairs of eyes follow the guide's stare? It is because of an _____.
Part Ⅳ Translation – English to Chinese (25 minutes)
Directions: This part, numbered 61through 65, is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. After each of the sentences numbered 61 to 64, you will read four choices of suggested translation. You should choose the best translation and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. And for the paragraph numbered 65, write your translation in the corresponding space on the Translation/Composition Sheet.
61. Really good cooks are few and far between.
A) 真正好的厨师不多，他们之间的关系疏远。
B) 真正好的厨师不多，他们的住房相隔很远。
C) 真正好的厨师之间的竞争是激烈的。
D) 真正好的厨师不多。
62. He will come to call you the moment he finishes his work.
A) 他将去拜访你，只要他结束他的工作。
B) 他一做完他的工作就会去拜访你的。
C) 他一做完他的工作就会给你打电话来的。
D) 他一做完他的工作就会来看望你的。
63. We do not necessarily grow wiser as we grow older.
A) 当我们长大后，没必要变得更聪明了。
B) 随着我们年龄的增长，我们未必会变得更聪明。
C) 随着我们年龄的增长，我们不是必然会变得更聪明。
D) 当我们长大后，未必就会变得更加聪明。
64. When the above goods are available for export, please let us know by cable.
A) 当上述货物生产出口的话，请发传真给我们。
B) 如果以上商品有货可供出口的话，请用电报通知我们。
C) 如果以上商品可供出口的话，请发传真告诉我们。
D) 当上述货物有货提供出口的话，请发电报通知我们。
65. The day after tomorrow we’ll have a day long discussion at the conference room in this hotel. Lunch will be served in the cafeteria. We’ll exchange our respective evaluations, feasibility reports and some preliminary plans. If there’s something we can agree upon, we can compile memos for further discussion.
Part Ⅴ Writing (25 minutes)
Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a RESUME according to the following information in Chinese. You should include all the points listed in the following table. The FIVE MAIN TOPICS of the RESUME has been written for you. Remember to write the RESUME on the Translation/Composition Sheet.
个人情况
王红，女，１９７８年１２月５日出生，身体健康，已婚无子女；现住武昌友谊大道２８号，邮政编码４３００８３ 电话86475556
求职目标 谋求一个能够充分发挥本人计算机经验的职位，并可根据表现而获
晋升的机会
学习经历 １９９０－１９９６ 第一中学
１９９６－１９９９ 中南职业技术学院
工作经历
１９９９－２００１ 南方电子公司计算机部经理助理
２００１－２００３ 武汉风华计算机公司计算机程序员
专长 英语
Words for reference:
1．个人基本情况应包括：name, date of birth, sex, health, family status, a
ddress, home number, 或/和 e-mail 等。
2．发挥本人的专业 display my specialty in……
3．晋升机会 advancement opportunity
下面是简历的五大部分的标题。填写其他内容时，请注意基本格式！
RESUME
Personal Data:
Job Objective:
Education:
Work Experience:
Specialties:
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