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—Los Angeles, Chicago, New York —and then they put it in restaurants and stores there. The key to brand-building is to have something good that you roll-out in a very intelligent way. Maybe even invisibly for a while because you want to be under the radar screen of competitors.”

［F］ Starbucks is a very good example where coffee is coffee but they decided to sell it differently, put a higher price, make it good-tasting and make it an experience rather than just some coffee. In fact, I’ve heard that if Starbucks closed its shops, a lot of people would go crazy. They are in such a habit of going to the Starbucks before work, taking the coffee, and they’d become desperate otherwise.”

Part C

Directions：

Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on Answer Sheet 2. (10 points)

Every year college enrolment time in China brings many controversies and stories. Rising tuition fees, the chances of poverty-stricken students entering colleges, enrolment corruption, regional equality of enrolment, curriculum reforms—all are themes of vigorous public debate. A topic of hot debate is the regional equality of the country’s college enrolment.

(46) China’s colleges are mostly publicly invested, with some key national universities, such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, financed by the central government, with the others mainly funded by local governments. The Ministry of Education sets quotas for these key colleges and universities concerning how many students they should enroll from different regions. They are entitled to make small adjustments to the quota plan.

(47) The issue of regional equality arises from the fact that many of the high-quality national universities financed by the central government admit a large proportion of students from where they are located, putting applicants from other regions at a “disadvantage.”

Some people argue that since these national universities are financed by the central government funds, or taxation paid by people from all regions, they should not favour local candidates. By not doing so, they are damaging educational equality. (48) Proponents of the differentiated enrolment policy argue that these universities have received various policy supports from local governments and it is justifiable for them to offer preferential terms to local applicants. Both arguments hold water, since this is a complicated question with no easy answers.

It is a practice in many countries to favour, to a varied extent, local candidates in the enrolment programmes of colleges and universities. In China’s case, these top national universities are mostly located in economically prosperous regions, where local taxpayers contribute relatively more to the central government’s revenues.

On the other hand, since the country’s college enrolment is mainly based on the marks applicants achieve in the national examinations, the region-based selective enrolment policy would lead to the scenario that some students with lesser marks can enter the top universities while others who get higher marks cannot.

(49) Admittedly, given China’s unbalanced educational levels among different regions, the enrolment of a top national university cannot be equally split among different regions if it is to pick the best students. But an excessive preferential policy does not contribute to equality, either.

(50) A long-term solution would lie in the improvement of China’s overall higher education system, in which more colleges and universities can offer quality services and compete with those top national ones. In this way, students would have more choices and educational equality would be better achieved.

Section Ⅲ Writing

Part A

51.Directions:

Write a letter to a professor indicating that you wish to pursue your postgraduate study under his supervision. Your letter should include:

1) a brief introduction to your academic background;

2) the reasons why you wish to study under him;

3) your wish to get a reply from the professor.

Write your letter with no less than 100 words. Write it neatly on Answer Sheet 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter, use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. (10 points)

Part B

52.Directions:

Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should first describe the drawing, interpret its meaning, and give your comment on it.

You should write neatly on Answer Sheet 2. (20 points)

Test Three 答案速查

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Section Two DBADB ADCDD CCDBA DAABD EBCDF

答案精析

Section Ⅰ Use of English

1. ［答案］ B动词辨析。此句的意思为：“当人类刚刚开始进化,他们如同新生儿一样不会运用语言这种工具。”A）generated意为“生殖,发展”；B）evolved意为“逐渐发展,进化”；C）born (bear的过去分词)不能作谓语动词；D）originated意为“起源”,不能用first修饰。因此B正确。

2. ［答案］ A形容词辨析。根据上文可知tool指的是语言，语言是人类在进化过程中慢慢发展起来的,对人类来说,应当是珍贵的。故A正确。

3. ［答案］ A名词辨析。此句意思是：“然而语言一旦发展就增加了人类未来的成就和文化进步的可能性。”由句意可知A正确。

4. ［答案］ D形容词辨析。由空格后的for可知应选D，因为这里只有responsible可与其构成固定短语be responsible for。

5. ［答案］ C动词辨析。空格后应是一个宾语从句,而A,B,D三项后都不能接从句做直接宾语：A) confirm(确认)+名词；B） inform(通知)sb. of sth. ；D) convince(使某人确信) sb. of sth.。故C）claim“声称，断言”正确。

6. ［答案］ D固定搭配。provide sb. with sth. 意为“向(人)提供(物)”。故D正确。

7. ［答案］ B名词辨析。作者在这里是把人和低等动物相比较，因此选B。organisms意为“有机体,生物体。”

8. ［答案］ A名词辨析。此句意思是：“人类的语言潜在能力是与生俱来的,但语言本身也在逐渐发展。”显然A正确。

9. ［答案］ A介词搭配。此句的意思是：“语言本身作为童年时期大脑生长的一种功能,其发展是缓慢的。A）as ”作为,当作符合题意。故A正确。

10. ［答案］ B形容词辨析。此句意思为：“语言的发展有一个关键的生物期。”故B正确。

11. ［答案］ A名词辨析。此句意思为：“目前人们对”先天论“评论观点不一,但是支持某些天生能力的证据却是确凿无疑的。”A）reviews意为“评论”；B）reference意为“参考”；C）reaction意为“反应”；D）recommendation意为“推荐”。显然A正确。

12. ［答案］ C从上一句可以看出,作者是倾向于先天论的。作者为此以学校为例加以说明,因此这里应填一个表示递进关系的词Indeed。

13. ［答案］ D形容词辨析。从下一句可以判定应该选D。此句的意思是：“越来越多的学校发现低年级学外语较容易些。”

14. ［答案］ B动词辨析。B）exposed意为 “使暴露”，be exposed to意为“接触到，暴露于”是固定搭配。C和D选项不与to搭配，而A则与句意矛盾。

15. ［答案］ C名词辨析。此句意思是：“一旦母语的规则被深深印入脑海中,成年人就很难再学好另一种语言。” A）regulations意为“规定”；B）formations意为“构成,构造”；C）rules意为“规则,规律”；D）constitutions意为“宪法,章程”。故C正确。

16. ［答案］ A连词辨析。该句是复合句。从句意思是：“语言的某些方面肯定是先天的。”主句意思是：“语言不会在与人隔绝的状况下自行发展。”显然是转折关系。故A正确。

17. ［答案］ D形容词辨析。此句意思为：“与人隔绝的儿童不能掌握好一门语言。” A）distinguished意为“区别的,杰出的”；B）different意为“不同的”；C）protected意为“受到保护的”；D）isolated意为“孤立的,与人隔绝的”。显然D正确。

18. ［答案］ D名词辨析。此句的意思为：“必须通过与他人交往,语言才能够发展。”A）exposition意为“暴露”；B）comparison意为“比较”；C）contrast意为“对比”；D）interaction意为“相互作用”。显然D正确。

19. ［答案］ A名词辨析。A）acquisition意为“获得”语言习得；B）appreciation意为“欣赏,感激”；C）requirement意为“要求”；D）alternative意为“抉择；选择余地”。本句中的“this”和“even more basic”分别指代上句的“interaction with other human beings”和“necessary”,此处所填词对应上文中的language development。也就是说,language acquisition语言习得。故A正确。

20. ［答案］ C从空格后的句意“孩子是通过模仿父母来学语言的。”可知本句是以另一种方式解释前文中的imitative, 和learned behavior“模仿性的后天行为”。显然正确答案为C。

Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Part A

Text 1

文章概要：媒体的竞争越来越激烈。《纽约时报》聘请Mr Raines 担任执行总编，但是不到一年半，《纽约时报》就发生了一系列的丑闻。

21. ［答案］ D细节理解题。 文章第四段说明雇佣Jason Blair 符合Mr Raines 的两个目标，并说虽然他不是一个诚实的记者，但是写作很有才华，故答案为D。

22. ［答案］ B细节理解题。文章的第二段第一句说造假的发现毁了Mr. Raines 的事业。作为编辑他当然要为假文章负责，而选项A、C、D里的内容文章都没提及，故B正确。

23. ［答案］ A细节理解题。依据文章的第三段第一句话里，意思是Mr. Raines保证要提高报纸的竞争力，因而得到了主编的职位。故A正确。

24. ［答案］ D细节理解题。作者在文章最后一段倒数第二句里说，Daniel专栏是这份报纸较富煽动性的专栏之一，所持的是中间偏左的世界观。由此可判断D正确。

25. ［答案］ B词意判断题。the impossible story意思是“不可能发生的故事”，而unfounded意思是“没有事实根据的”。显然B正确。

Text 2

文章概要：本文介绍当代女性的追求和无奈，说明现在的许多观念与家庭结构不适应，女性很难兼顾家庭和事业。

26. ［答案］ A细节理解题。作者在第一段里指出，在六七十年代长大的女性一开始似乎只是想在男性世界里取得成功。但如今的女性却既要家庭又要职业。由此可知A正确。

27. ［答案］ D细节理解题。答案依据在第二段最后两句。这里的超级女性显然是指能够解决冲突的女性。故D正确。

28. ［答案］ C细节理解题。作者在第三段里指出：如今的女性是在一个奉行狭隘的职业道德的社会里拼搏，这种职业道德只适应早在几十年前就不存在的家庭结构。因此C正确。

29. ［答案］ D细节理解题。答案的依据在最后一段第四句里“如果她们自我怀疑或因职业虽成功却不能照顾到家庭而有挫败感时，她们就责备自己。”由此可知D正确。

30. ［答案］ D推断题。现在的女性想兼顾工作和家庭，对此作者持同情的态度。

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