PART Ⅰ DICTATION
1、Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage, except the first sentence, will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE. The first sentence of the passage is already provided.
Slang
We often use slang expressions when we talk, because they are so vivid and colorful.
PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALK
In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE ONLY. While listening, you may look at th
e task on ANSWER SHEET ONE and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may use the blank sheet for note-taking. You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.
Now listen to the talk. When it is over, you will be given TWO minutes to check your work.
Revision of Essay Drafts
The initial revision should focus on the essay as a whole.
The first step: 2
●the rough draft
—containing too little or too much material
—discussing things unrelated to 3
●how to revise
—provide 4 to convince your readers
—eliminate unrelated material
The second step: revise for organization
●group similar ideas in the proper order
●produce an outline from the draft to Check 5
The third step: revise for length
●mind the stated length
●stick to 6
Revise for 7 of the essay
● 8 by breaking up some longer sentences
●use short sentences to make important points
●use long sentences to 9
●eliminate 10 expressions
●use fresh and interesting descriptions
●write with 11 as much as possible
●write in the active voice
SECTION B CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear two conversations. At the end of each
conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken ONCE ONLY. After each question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
You have THIRTY seconds to preview the choices.
Now, listen to the conversations.
CONVERSATION ONE
Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.
12、 A. Writer. B. Wells. C. Writer Wells. D. Susan Writer Wells.
13、 A. She was a career woman. B. She was then a feminist.
C. She didn't like her maiden name.
D. She took her husband's surname.
14、 A. She named herself after her profession. B. She named herself after her home town.
C. She named herself after a day of the week.
D. She named herself after the sculptor.
15、 A. It gives women greater equality. B. It is a good solution to an old problem.
C. The problem troubling feminists still remains.
D. The surname problem has partly been solved.
16、 A. History of surnames in America.
B. Feminist movement in the 1960s.
C. Traditional surnames in Europe.
D. Reasons for inventing surnames.
CONVERSATION TWO
Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.
17、 A. A reporter from a weekly program. B. An executive director from
a company.
C. A guest on a weekly program.
D. A magazine editor from San Diego.
18、 A. To let your boss know that you want a pay rise. B. To prepare a list of things that you have done.
C. To let everybody know your achievement.
D. To shamelessly promote yourself to your boss.
19、 A. Because others may lose trust in you. B. Because it is unprofessional to do so.
C. Because you will be given more work to do.
D. Because the boss has the data on your work.
20、 A. We could earn praise from our boss. B. We may forget the good things we've done.
C. Things change quickly in work situations.
D. The boss will review our performance data.
21、 A. Websites. B. Radio programs.
C. Research reports.
D. Government documents.
PART Ⅲ LANGUAGE USAGE
There are twenty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four options marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence or answers the question.
22、 Moving from beginning to end by order of time, narration relies on a more natural pattern of organization than ______.
A. do other types of writing
B. other types of writing
C. on other types of writing
D. will other types of writing
23、 ______ the attempted rescue mission, the hostages might still be alive.
A. If it not had been for
B. If had it not been for
C. Had it not been for
D. Had not it been for
24、 Members of the Parliament were poised ______ ahead with a bill to approve construction of the oil pipeline.
A. to move
B. moving
C. to moving
D. at moving
25、 Writers often coupled narration with other techniques to develop ideas and support opinions that otherwise ______ abstract, unclear, or unconvincing.
A. may remain
B. could remain
C. must have remained
D. might have remained
26、 Protocol was ______ enabled him to make difficult decisions without ever looking back.
A. who
B. what
C. which
D. that
27、 The woman had persuaded him to do ______ he was hired never to do—reveal the combination for the lock on the entrance.
A. one thing
B. such one thing
C. any one thing
D. the one thing
28、 The bad news was that he could be a very dangerous person ______ he choose to be.
A. might
B. could
C. should
D. must
29、 "If not us, who? If not now, when?" These two questions are used as a ______.
A. sign of anger
B. call for action
C. refusal of change
D. denial of commitment
30、 What is the function of the present progressive in "They are always calling me by the wrong name"?
A. To express unfavorable feelings.
B. To alleviate unnecessary hostility.
C. To indicate uncertainty.
D. To dramatize a fact.
31、 "Harry was compelled to resign and to come down to London, where he set up as an army coach." The relative clause in the sentence serves to ______.
A. supply additional information about London
B. describe the antecedent "London"
C. narrate a sequential action taken by Harry
D. put restrictions on the identity of Harry
32、 A group ______ casinos has urged officials not to grant a license to a facility in the city.
A. opposed to
B. objected to
C. posed against
D. protested against
33、 After the war, he worked on an island in the Pacific, helping the natives and medical ______ understand each other's behavior and cultures.
A. members
B. persons
C. personnel
D. faculty
34、 The subject of manners is complex. If it were not, there would not be so many ______ feelings and so much misunderstanding in international
communication.
A. injurious
B. injured
C. injuring
D. injury
35、 To illustrate the limits of First Amendment free speech, many have noted that the Constitution does not give you the right to falsely ______ "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
A. yelp
C. yell
D. yield
36、 The company announced that it has achieved its mission to create a local food economy that is ______ to any environment.
A. adoptable
B. amendable
C. alterable
D. adaptable
37、 Although Patterson acknowledges the disappointing season he had with the Vikings, he has no second ______ about how he went about his business.
A. thoughts
B. opinions
C. concerns
D. reasons
38、 Electronic cigarettes should be subject ______ the same taxes and limitations on public use as traditional tobacco products.
A. about
B. at
C. to
D. on
39、 FC Barcelona, ______ the most iconic club in world soccer, beat Manchester United 2-0 to claim the UEFA Champions League title.
A. controversially
B. arguably
C. debatably
D. finally
40、 The store sells liquid vitamins ______ designed for children under 3.
A. explicitly
B. specially
C. speculatively
D. specifically
41、 The three law ______ officers on the plane came to the rescue of a fellow passenger who was allegedly trying to kill herself.
A. imposition
B. coercion
C. enforcement
D. reinforcement PART Ⅳ CLOZE
Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blank. The words can be used ONCE ONLY. Marie the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
A. daydream
B. disagreement
C. factually
D. if
E. inevitable
F. inseparable
G. lays
H. making
I. perspective
J. resides
K. that
L. thinking
M. thoughtfully
N. ultimately
O. wake
To some thinkers, it is machines and their development that drive economic and cultural change. This idea is referred to as technological determinism. Certainly there can be no doubt that machines contributed to the Protestant Reformation and the decline of the Catholic Church's power in Europe
or 42 television has changed the way family members interact. Those who believe in technological determinism would argue that these changes in the cultural landscape were the 43 result of new technology.
But others see technology as more neutral and claim that the way people use technology is what gives it significance. This 44 accepts technology as one of many factors that shape economic and cultural change; technology's influence is 45 determined by how much power it is given by the people and cultures that use it.
This 46 about the power of technology is at the heart of the controversy surrounding the new communication technologies. Are we more or less powerless in the 47 of advances such as the Internet, the World Wide Web, and instant global audio and visual communication? If we are at the mercy of technology, the culture that surrounds us will not be of our 48 , and the best we can hope to do is make our way reasonably well in a world outside our own control. But if these technologies are indeed neutral and their power 49 in how we choose to use them, we can utilize them responsibly and 50 to construct and maintain whatever kind of culture we want. As film director and technophile Steve Spielberg explained, "Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or 51 , to imagine something wonderful."
PART Ⅴ READING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
In this section there are three passages followed by ten multiple choice questions. For each multiple choice question, there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer and mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
PASSAGE ONE
52Life can be tough for immigrants in America. As a Romanian bank clerk in Atlanta puts it, to find a good job "you have to be like a wolf in the forest—able to smell out the best meat." And if you can't find work, don't expect the taxpayer to bail you out. Unlike in some European countries, it is extremely hard for an able-bodied immigrant to live off the state. A law passed in 1996 explicitly bars most immigrants, even those with legal status, from receiving almost any federal benefits.
53That is one reason why America absorbs immigrants better than many other rich countries, according to a new study by the University of California. The researchers sought to measure the effect of immigration on the native-born in 20 rich countries, taking into account differences in skills between immigrants and natives, imperfect labor markets and the size of the welfare state in each country.
54Their results offer ammunition for fans of more open borders In 19 out of 20 countries, the authors calculated that shutting the doors entirely to foreign workers would make the native-born worse off. Ne
ver mind what it would do to the immigrants themselves, who benefit far more than anyone else from being allowed to cross borders to find work.
55The study also suggests that most countries could handle more immigration than they currently allow. In America, a one-percentage point increase in the proportion of immigrants in the population made the native-born 0.05% better off. The opposite was true in some countries with generous or ill-designed welfare states, however. A one-point rise in immigration made the native-born slightly worse off in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. In Belgium, immigrants who lose jobs can receive almost two-thirds of their most recent wage in state benefits, which must make the
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