1、姓名：_ 班级：_ 学号：_ 日期：_ 88试卷编号： 20130524考试时间： 60 分钟满分： 388 分Part 1 Word Dictation (Each item: 1) Directions:Listen and write down the words you hear. You are going to listen to the recording twice. During the first time, write the word that you hear. Check your answers as you listen the second time. 1.2
2、.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.25.26.27.28.29.30.31.32.33.34.35.36.37.38.39.40.41.42.43.44.45.46.47.48.49.50.Part 2 Cloze (without Options) (Each item: 1) Directions:The following paragraph or paragraphs come from one of the texts in your textbook. Fill in each of the fo
3、llowing blanks with ONE word as it is in the text.Questions 51 to 60 are based on the same passage or dialog.But the most important argument for a broad education is that in studying the accumulated wisdom of the ages, we improve our moral sense. I saw a cartoon recently which depicts a group of bus
4、inessmen looking (51) as they sit around a conference table; one of them is talking on the intercom: “Miss Baxter,“ he says, “could you please send (52) someone who can distinguish right (53) wrong?“In the long (54) thats what education really ought to be about. I think it can be. My college roommat
5、e, (55) head of a large shipping company in New York, not surprisingly was a business major. (56) he also hosted a classical music show on the colleges FM station and listened to Wagner as he studied his accounting.Thats the way it should be. Oscar Wilde had (57) right when he said we ought to give
6、our ability (58) our work but our genius to our lives.Lets hope our educators answer students cries for career education, (59) at the same time lets ensure that students are prepared for the day when they realize their shortsightedness. Theres a lot more (60) life than a job.Part 3 Cloze (with Optio
7、ns) (Each item: 1) Directions:Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the choices.Questions 61 to 80 are based on the following passage.What is the meaning of life? I am sitting alone in a corner in an unremarkable little house in the dark to 61. rackcrackdistressfocus m
8、y brains for an answer. I am 62. contentedinferiorsatisfieddepressed. I have just 63. missedlackedlostgained my job and my husband has recently left me. I am 35 years old.It is 64. evidentnoticeablerecognizablevisible that the meaning of life is to do what you are told 65. afteruntilwhenyet you are
9、about 25 years old and then to marry who you are told to marry. If you are 66. favorablesuccessfulfortunateconvenient, there is a brief period of being in love before 67. neithernorbotheither your relatives or your husband tells you that it is your 68. dutyplandreamjob to get pregnant and have child
10、ren. You may have had a(n) 69. encouragingpromisingamusingpromoting career with a good salary, but that is about to end. Your children will 70. challengequestiondemandrender constant attention and you will be 71. presentedrenderedleftperformed a housewife. You will recognize that your youth has pass
11、ed and begin to grow old. 72. UnderstandablyActuallyAccordinglyAppropriately, your husband will leave you for someone younger. My services as a wife are 73. no wayno longernot so long asbefore long required.The whole question 74. puzzlesquestionsdoubtsdisorders me for a moment. How did I get to this
12、 point? I am not 75. rightexactspecificcertain that I can say that I have ever made a major 76. conclusiondefinitiondeterminationdecision on my own. I start to get depressed, but then I am 77. struckoccurredbeatenknocked by something quite curious: freedom. There is no one 78. to sayto tellto talkto
13、 speak me what to do. I am no longer 79. committedenclosedconfinedimprisoned by the wisdom of my parents. I realize that my ambition had been to have a(n) 80. worktradebusinessoccupation and freedom, not a husband and a stay-at-home lifestyle. The infinite possibilities excite me.Questions 81 to 100
14、 are based on the following passage.What would you do if you lost your job? Losing a job would mean the loss of 81. safetyprotectionsecuritydefense. However this is something you must be ready to face. For it is a fact of the modern 82. situationssurroundingsenvironmentworld that people cannot expec
15、t to have a comfortable 83. dutytradecareerbusiness in a salaried job. Companies are just not as loyal as they were years ago. And often unions are unable to help. 84. No matterNo wonderNo senseNo surprise how great your 85. conventioncontributionconvictioncontradiction is, there is always the possi
16、bility that a boss may come in one day and say you must leave and that this is final and there is no 86. replacementresourcealternativesubstitute.The loss of a job is 87. rejectiondenialrefusalomission, much like a friend telling you to go away. Unemployed people suffer from social 88. damageprejudi
17、ceinjurydisadvantage. Whether 89. consciouslyconscientiouslysensiblyintentionally or subconsciously, the public feels that somehow unemployed people deserve their situation.I have lost my job, and this has caused great problems for me. I have a family to feed so I will have to go somewhere else, 90.
18、 preferablyconsiderablyplausiblyremarkably some warm place. 91. Insteaddespite thatEven ifEven so, I am going to need a job to keep my family 92. existednourishedfedpromoted. I hear that English teachers are always in 93. needsupplystoredemand and that you dont always need a(n) 94. secondaryformalel
19、ementaryofficial degree. If that doesnt work, I could 95. takeadmitenrollengage in classes online and get a degree in engineering. When Im finished, I could 96. designdepictestimatedetermine something that makes money. Still, I 97. suggestsuspectargueestimate my boss will never want me to come back
20、and work for him.Actually, I would 98. predictprecisepreventprefer not to make a lot of money. I would rather 99. fulfillreachaccomplishattain a little wisdom in life. Im going to stop worrying about the 100. consequencesdimensionsinferencesconclusions and look forward to a better future with my own
21、 efforts.I have some very important things to hang on topeople who care, my sense of humor and my hopes.Part 4 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice+Blank Filling) (Each item: 1) Directions:Read the following passage or passages and then answer the questions. For the first 7 questions in each passa
22、ge, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For the remaining 3 questions in the same passage, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Questions 101 to 110 are based on the same passage or dialog.Western Students Learn Chinese Through TelevisionIn
23、an age when television is a vital entertainment medium, more and more people are using it as a study aid. In Britain, the Open University, founded in 1969, encourages home-based students to study for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees using a combination of television and radio program
24、mes and mail work, where students send in assignments to their instructors and have them returned after evaluation.The Open University has no formal entrance requirements for its students and is designed particularly for people who have missed out on a formal higher education because of lack of mone
25、y or opportunity in the past. The system works very well in Britain; similar programmes operate in many other countries. Television learning is not limited to university level education, however. Courses that use educational television programmes as a component may cover a wide variety of subjects,
26、from accounting and statistics to language study. Because so many people use television learning to help them improve their employment opportunities, most television learning courses are job-related in nature.Study programmes may include marketing and business management. Also, in countries such as
27、Australia and New Zealand, language courses in Spanish, French, and Mandarin are also popular. Those who promote the televison courses talk of the opportunity it gives for people to learn “in their own place, at their own pace, and in their own time“.Business programmes are very popular around the w
28、orld. An increasing number of people in management and marketing are studying for business certificates and choose the televison open learning system as an alternative form of study. Some students study at home on a full-time basis and students also include young mothers, busy workers, and secondary
29、 school pupils. Many people study purely out of interest.The TV “open learning“ Chinese programme running in Australia and New Zealand was developed by Griffith University in Queensland and Macquarie University in Sydney. Lessons involve a half-hour programme on television followed up by at least 10
30、 hours of study each week. The course is equal to a quarter of a years full-time study; students get a huge resource pack which includes textbooks and workbooks, tapes, and a wide range of other materials.There is no limit on student numbers in the course because students do not have to be sitting i
31、n lecture rooms. They learn at their own speed, have one-on-one mail sessions with their instructors, and can play back a lesson on video as many times as they wish, going over pronunciation repeatedly until they are confident that they have it right.Susan Sun, instructor and class teacher of the Mo
32、dern Standard Chinese course at the Auckland College of Technology, has been using the Chinese television course for the past three years. She has taught Modern Standard Chinese for the past 10 years as a first language in China and as a second language in New Zealand.She says her course has an emph
33、asis on teaching communicative Chinese. “It is designed to serve the needs of busy, self-motivated people such as university students, teachers, and those employed in public service or working in business. There is also a strong following from people who have a general interest in Chinese people or
34、Chinese language and culture.“Sun says there is a big demand to learn Mandarin in Australia and New Zealand. “Business people welcome the programme because it allows them to learn the language quickly and put their new-found knowledge into use.“One of her students was enrolled in the course because
35、her employer, a carpet-cleaning company, was experiencing a growth in the number of Chinese clients they were servicing and felt it would offer the company a business advantage if staff could speak the language.Sun says other businesses in Australia and New Zealand are realising the value of learnin
36、g Chinese because of increasing trade with China.Students studying through the television “open learning“ programmes are as close to their instructor as the telephone; a phone hotline is available to all students, 24 hours a day. Contact with instructors can also be made through e-mail or fax, and t
37、apes of questions and answers are also exchanged on a regular basis.The aim of the Modern Standard Chinese course is to get students speaking fluently. “Some of the other language courses offered are strong on literature,“ Sun says. But she wants her students to feel confident enough to go to China
38、and be able to communicate with the people. “It is all about the spontaneous learning of speech.“The “open learning“ method of study is very challenging. To be successful, students need to be greatly motivated. But this has not stopped a number of students in the Chinese course from going on to stud
39、y for a Bachelor of Arts degree in the language.101.Students in the Open University _.A. are using radio programsB. are entertaining themselves with TVC. are studying at homeD. are learning about television102.Having evaluated the students assignments, the instructors will _.A. put them on televisio
40、nB. return them to the studentsC. send new assignments to themD. use them as a study aid103.Many people use TV learning in order to _.A. make more friendsB. become college teachersC. have chances to get better jobsD. study nature and environment104.Business programs on TV _.A. are able to teach lang
41、uage tooB. are alternatives to studyingC. are only for young mothersD. are welcome throughout the world105.The TV “open learning“ Chinese program provides students with _.A. a huge resource pack of materialsB. a class at Griffith UniversityC. a course at Macquarie UniversityD. a years worth of full-
42、time study106.Open learning language students can learn until _.A. they improve their speedB. they are confidentC. they get mail from instructorsD. they reach a limit107.Susan Sun focuses her course on _.A. making students motivatedB. working in a businessC. communicating in ChineseD. learning Chine
43、se culture108.The “open learning“ Mandarin programs enable business people to learn the language quickly and put into use.109.Many business people in Australia and New Zealand are aware of the value of learning Chinese due to .110.If students want to succeed through the “open learning“ method of stu
44、dy, they need to be .Part 5 Skimming and Scanning (True/False+Blank Filling) (Each item: 1) Directions:Read the following passage or passages and then answer the questions. For the first 7 questions in each passage, mark Y (YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage, mark
45、 N (NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage, mark NG (NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For the remaining 3 questions in the same passage, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Questions 111 to 120 are based on the sam
46、e passage or dialog.The Spelling of EnglishThe spelling of English words is a problem that not even native-born users of the English language have ever been able to solve. Why should the same vowel (元音) sound be spelt differently in “siege“ and in “seize“? Why should the same initial consonant (辅音)
47、sound be spelt differently in “cat“ and in “kitchen“? There are answers but the questions are not worth answering. One simply has to accept the reality that much of English spelling sometimes doesnt make much sense, is sometimes phonetic (语音的) (as in the purely phonetic spelling of the negative word
48、 “no“), and is sometimes the way it is because of history (as in “know“, which sounds exactly the same as “no“, but keeps an initial “k“ which was lost from the spoken language hundreds of years ago). Reform AttemptsOver the years, there have been some people who have wanted to make some changes in
49、spelling. The American dictionary maker Noah Webster, in his first dictionary, gave up “silent letters“ such as the “b“ at the end of “thumb (拇指)“, which he spelt phonetically as “thum“. American readers were as cautious as the British. Modern Webster dictionaries spell the word “thumb“, keeping the silent “b“.George Bernard Shaw le
