Section Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B.
Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET.
If you have any questions, you may raise your hand now as you will not be allowed to speak once the test has started.
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
Directions:
You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer—A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue only once.
1. What are they going to do first?
[A] Come into the room [B] Water the garden
[C] Drink some water [D] Have some tea
2. What does the man want to know?
[A] If he'll have time to eat in Chicago.
[B] Where the bus station is located.
[C] When buses depart for Chicago.
[D] If he can catch a bus that leaves Chicago.
3. Why does the woman suggest relaxing?
[A] Because they've been working hard at their jobs.
[B] Because they've been studying hard for some time.
[C] Because they long to see a play.
[D] Because they think that Hamlet is worth seeing.
4. What are they talking about?
[A] Music. [B] Films. [C] Action. [D] Classics.
5. What does the woman want to do?
[A] She asks to return the sweater to the store.
[B] She wants to change the larger one for a smaller one.
[C] She wants to buy another sweater.
[D] She wants to change the smaller one for a larger one.
6. How is the woman doing her work?
[A] Badly. [B] Easily. [C] All right. [D] Very hard.
7. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
[A] Friends. [B] Instructor and student.
[C] Doctor and patient. [D] Boss and worker.
8. What are they talking about?
[A] The weather in Main. [B].Their trip to Main
[C] The difference between the two places. [D] Their holiday plan.
9. What can you infer from the woman's words?
[A] She will soon take a vacation.
[B] She is dying for a vacation.
[C] She wants to be with the man.
[D] She is jealous of the man's working ability.
10. How does the woman feel about the movie?
[A] The movie is excellent. [B] She doesn't want to stay at home.
[C] She wants to see the movie again. [D] The movie is not good.
Part B
Directions:
You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear the recording only once.
Questions 11-13 are based on the following dialogue between an employer and an employee
11. What is Joyce doing?
[A] Buying a pair of Adidas tennis shoes.
[B] Asking her father for Adidas shoes.
[C] Discussing with her father about Adidas shoes.
[D] Joining the tennis club in school.
12. What does her father think of Adidas shoes?
[A] They don't help sports players at all.
[B] They don't live up to their fame.
[C] They may be comfortable but are too expensive.
[D] They are good for track and field sports but not for ball games.
13. Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the father?
[A] He and his friend have never worn Adidas.
[B] Adidas is just for great sports players like Chicago Bulls.
[C] Adidas helps sports players do better.
[D] He has always wanted to wear Adidas shoes.
Questions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue between a lawyer and his customer.
14. What are the man and woman doing?
[A] Trying to telephone someone. [B] Waiting in the line.
[C] Canceling reservations [D] Attending a concert.
15. What time of the day does the conversation probably take place?
[A] Before breakfast. [B] Later in the evening. [C] Later in the morning. [D] Mid-afternoon.
16. What's the woman's attitude towards what is happening?
[A] She's resigned to the situation.
[B] She's uncertain about the changing plans.
[C] She's pleased by the man's purchase.
[D] She's impressed with the ticket sellers.
17. How are people expected to purchase their tickets?
[A] By paying in cash. [B] By changing them to their personal account.
[C] By using a store credit card. [D] By writing a personal check.
Questions 18-21 are based on the following dialogue in a travel agency.
18. Which kind of people especially need exercise, according to the man?
[A] The old. [B] Those who sit down most of the day. [C] The fat. [D] The young.
19. Which kind of the following exercise is most suitable for beginners?
[A] Jogging. [B] Push-up. [C] Weight-lifting. [D] Cycling.
20. How long would it be better for an exercise period to last?
[A] 10 minutes. [B] 15-20 minutes. [C] Half an hour. [D] 35-40 minutes.
21. What is the best time for exercise, according to the man?
[A] In the evening. [B] From 7:00p.m to 9:00 p.m. [C] At noon. [D] In the morning.
Questions 22-25 are based on the following monologue on smoking.
22. According to the passage, how do most people feel about themselves?
[A] They feel they can work best with their brain in spring.
[B] They feel they can work best with their brain in summer.
[C] They feel they can work best with their brain in fall.
[D] They feel they can work best with their brain in winter.
23. What's Ellsworth Huntington's conclusion?
[A] Climate and temperature have a clear effect on everyone's mental abilities.
[B] Climate and temperature have some effect on many people's mental abilities.
[C] Climate and temperature have effect on only a few people's mental abilities.
[D] Climate and temperature have no effect on people's mental abilities.
24. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
[A] The summer is a good season for people to do creative thinking.
[B] The summer is a good season for people to make a long journey.
[C] The summer is a good season for people to have a rest.
[D] The summer is a good season for people to go in for outdoor activities.
25. Which is the third best season for creative thinking?
[A] Spring. [B] Summer. [C] Fall. [D] Winter.
Section ⅡReading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Text 1
Five-year-old Elia arrived at school with a big box of colored pencils. Her friend, Anna, offered to exchange her set of markers for the brand-new pencils. Elia agreed, but soon discovered that the markers were dried up. "That's not fair!" cried Elia to her teacher. "I want my new pencils back." After some tears and negotiation, the teacher helped the girls set things right by returning the items to their original owners.
Later that day, at story time, the teacher shared the picture book classic A Bargain for Frances. Though the conflict in the story is just over a broken tea set, the message about fair play was not lost on the children. The book was helpful in exploring a small, yet significant, life lesson.
Stories are vital to the way we process and experience life events and the feelings that surround us. The ability to create, share, and respond to stories is one of the vital characteristics of being human. In fact, the human brain is programmed to see patterns and become fascinated in the plot development of stories, finally storing them in long-term memory. As a result, the brain is a remarkably effective processor of stories, both real and fictional.
High-quality pictures books are a good blend of art and literature that attracts kids' imagination and communicates an idea in an effective way. These books are perfect teaching tools, as they deal with the powerful emotions that kids feel, model effective coping strategies, and present complex concepts in appropriate ways. In addition, according to brain research, the picture in books are distinctive from the fleeting images kids see on television in that they remain on the page, ready to be revisited, touched, and commented upon.
Whether we share stories about families, historical events, or emotions, stories are a way to sum up life's memorable moments and lasting lessons. We can control the power of literature and use it to develop positive character in young kids by reading often, choosing suitable books, and enjoying stories together.
26. Elia cried "That's not fair!" as she thought that she was ______.
[A] cheated by her friend. [B] defeated by her friend.
[C] ignored by her teacher. [D] scolded by her teacher.
27. A Bargain for Frances is intended to teach kids how to ______.
[A] play fair in life. [B] organize things. [C] win in conflicts. [D] write a message.
28. According to the text, stories can help kids ______.
[A] realize their potential. [B] improve their memory.
[C] concentrate on reading. [D] understand the human world.
29. In comparison with pictures in books, television images ______.
[A] are frequently commented on. [B] stay temporarily with children.
[C] blend art and literature vividly. [D] communicate ideas effectively.
30. The power of literature can help kids develop their ______.
[A] positive character. [B] interest in history.
[C] passion for stories. [D] learning strategies.
Text 2
We have heard a lot about the health benefits of tea, especially green tea. It is high in polyphenols, compounds with strong antioxidant activity that in test-tube and animal models show anti-cancer and heart-protective effects. Good clinical studies are few, however, and although physicians tell their patients to drink green tea, there hasn't been any definite proof of the value of that advice.
A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green tea consumption with decreased mortality from many causes---including heart disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages 40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had significantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were also fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease.
But no such association was seen with deaths from cancer. Nor was consumption of oolong or black tea connected with any decrease in mortality. Those teas are easier to be combined with oxygen in processing, which not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their polyphenol content.
Coffee is more complicated. It has received both gold stars and black marks in medical literature. It, too, contains antioxidants, although they are less well studied than tea polyphenols. Evidence for the health benefits of coffee is growing, however. A group of investigators from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands reports that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental capacity. The scientists studied 676 healthy men born from 1900 to 1920 and followed them for 10 years, using standardized measures of brain function. Their conclusion: the men who consumed coffee had significantly less decline in mental capacity than those who didn't. Three cups a day seemed to provide the most protection.
Population studies like those help us form assumptions about relationships between dietary habits and long-term health. We still have to test our suppositions in controlled conditions, and measure the effects of coffee and tea on various systems of the body.
31. Physicians often tell their patients to drink green tea because ______.
[A] its medical value has been proved. [B] it is believed to be good for one's health.
[C] it has long since been used clinically. [D] its effectiveness has been shown in animals.
32. The Japanese study seems to have confirmed the positive effect of green tea on ______.
[A] young adults. [B] Asian people.
[C] patients with cancer. [D] patients with heart disease.
33. The text indicates that black tea differs from green tea in that ______.
[A] it can retain the color of its leaves. [B] it can reduce cancer-related deaths.
[C] it contains less polyphenol content. [D] it is stronger in flavor than the latter.
34. Coffee is beneficial to one's health because ______.
[A] it has more antioxidants than green tea. [B] it slows down the rate of brain aging.
[C] it lowers the rate of natural mortality. [D] it keeps systems of the body active.
35. The text indicates that the relationships between dietary habits and long-term health ______.
[A] are a falsely perceived supposition. [B] are a conflicting issue among people.
[C] deserve further scientific research. [D] deserve to be tested on a larger population.
Part B
Directions:
Read the texts from a magazine section called "Letters" in which five people wrote about online shopping. For questions 36 - 40, match the name of each person to one of the statements (A - G) given below. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
Jennifer:
In your article about online shopping being the newest and easiest way to shop, you said that computers will replace shopping malls sooner or later because they make buying things faster and cheaper. But don't you think that the entire point of shopping is to spend leisure time with friends while doing something necessary. Shopping is not just a quick task. It is, in fact, an entire way of life.
Paul:
I am a great collector of all manner of hard-to-find items such as out-of-print books and antiques. Purchasing in physical stores would mean round-the-world travel and years of effort. I can get the same result in a few hours on eBay, and often at bargain prices. I am quite well-off, but buy very few consumer items available in regular shops. I have many friends and acquaintances with the same approach.
Mike:
My wife buys online often. I have not heard complaints or dissatisfaction. She can compare with different online vendors' prices after she has decided what she wants. It's delivered to the door, a big time savings and gas savings. If I need something, I check online first and see what it costs and then decide where to buy, local stores or online. Online has the advantage most of the time.
Henry:
Virtually all online stores make your register. But, I don't need another username and password to remember. I will only buy online if I cannot find something locally. Even though shipping is fast, I'd rather drive across town and pay more to be able to bring home a new gadget the same day. And, most of the time, there is no difference in price between local stores and online stores.
Jeff:
If you think the prices are the same online as they are locally, you're dealing with the wrong online retailers. I'm an online shopping veteran and I always save quite a bit on my large-dollar purchases. With a little research experience, I've easily saved thousands of dollars over the last several years. Besides, shipping on most items is reasonable and you don't even pay taxes 99.9% of the time.
Now match the name of each person (36 - 40) to the appropriate statement.
Note: there are two extra statements.
Statements
36. Jennifer [A] I'll buy online only when I have to.
37. Paul [B] You can enjoy steep discounts with most online sellers.
38. Mike [C] I shift between buying on or off line depending on what suits me.
39. Henry [D] Shopping is not only a necessary task but a sociable pleasure.
40. Jeff [E] Online selling helps to satisfy my special needs in buying.
[F] Buying online is far from being as good as it is boasted to be.
[G] Buying online can save you a lot only if you find the right online sellers.
Part C
Directions:
Read the following text from which five sentences have been removed, choose from the sentences A – G the most suitable one to fill each numbered gad in the text (41 – 45). There are TWO extra sentences that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSER SHEET.
Business is the organized approach to providing customers with the goods and services they want. The word business also refers to an organization that provides these goods and services. Most businesses seek to make a profit（利润）— that is, they aim to achieve income that is more than the costs of operating the business. 41 Commonly called nonprofits, these organizations are primarily nongovernmental service providers. 42
Business management is a term used to describe the techniques of planning, direction, and control of the operations of a business. 43 One is the establishment（制定） of broad basic policies with respect to production; sales; the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies; and accounting. 44 The third relates to the establishment of standards of work in all departments. Direction is concerned primarily with supervision（监管）and guidance by the management in authority. 45
[A]. Control includes the use of records and reports to compare actual work with the set standards for work.
[B]. In this connection there is the difference between top management and operative management.
[C]. Examples of nonprofit business include such organizations as social service agencies and many hospitals.
[D]. However, some businesses only seek to earn enough to cover their operating costs.
[E]. The second aspect relates to the application of these policies by departments.
[F]. In the theory of business management, organization has two main aspects.
[G]. Planning in business management has three main aspects.
Part D
Directions:
Read the following text from which 10 words have been removed. Choose from the words A – O the most suitable one to fill each numbered gap in the text (46 - 55). There are FIVE extra words that you do not need to use. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. America has never forgotten Benjamin Franklin because he did 46 . He became famous for being a scientist, an 47 , a statesman, a printer, a philosopher, a musician, and an economist. Today, we honor Ben Franklin as one of our 48 Fathers and as one of America's greatest 49 .
He was born in 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. His mother and father were of Puritan Religion. They left England and moved to the English colony of Massachusetts 50 persecution for their religion. Franklin left school 51 he was ten and worked for his father for two years. Then he went to work 52 his brother's newspaper. He became the editor of this paper when he was sixteen. He went to Philadelphia then and 53 his own newspaper. He worked hard and by the age of 24 he was one of the most successful men there.
In 1732 Franklin published a book "Poor Richard's Almanac. "Most almanacs contained information for farmers, such as information about the days and weeks of the year and about the weather. To his almanac, Franklin added wise sayings of observations about life, some of 54 are still famous today. For example, "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise," and "Waste not, want not, "and" A penny 55 is a penny earned."
Section Ⅲ Writing (45 minutes)
Directions:
You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on your ANSWER SHEET.
Part A
56. Your friend Paul wants to know in detail about the part-time job you took at a restaurant during the summer vacation. Write an email to Paul, telling him about:
1) what you did on the job.;
2) how you felt about the working environment and co-workers;
3) what you learned from the job.
You should write about100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of your email. Use "Wang Lin" instead.
Part B
57. Directions:
Read the text below. Write an essay in about 120 words, in which you should summarized key points of the text and make comments on them. Try to use your own words.
Lori Schneider knows a few things about fear. "We were crossing a ridge that dropped off 8,000 feet on both sides," says the 53-year-ole climber of ascending Mount Everest last spring. "The wind was blowing at 60 miles an hour. If there was ever a moment to panic, this was it."
But she didn't. An hour later, she reached the peak—the last step in her personal challenge to scale the highest mountains on all seven continents.
Ten years earlier, she'd come face-to-face with a different type of fear, when she was unable to feel anything in the right side of her body. After learning she had multiple sclerosis (MS)—a serious illness that gradually makes a person weak and unable to move or see, she left her marriage, job, and home: "I ran from my whole life."
It was just before climbing South America's Mount Aconcagua in 2000 that she set her sights on the Seven Summits. After training by pulling 50-pound bags of dog food up the ski slopes near her home, she topped Europe's Mount Elbrus in 2002, North America's McKinley in 2006, and Australia's Kosciuszko and Antarctica's Vinson Massif in 2008. She'd scaled Africa's Kilimanjaro in 1993. That left Asia's Everest, the highest of all.
And there she stood, on a ridge at 28,000 feet. "When I trained, I told myself to take one step at a time by spelling out words," she says. "So I spelled out 'Don't let fear in.'" It got her to the top.
She's the first person with MS to conquer the Seven Summits. With her condition stable, she plans a return to Kilimanjaro—this time with 15 others with MS by her side.
THAT IS THE END OF THE TEST.
第一部分 听力理解
1-5 BCBBD 6-10 CCDBD 11-15 CCCBD 16-20 AABAB 21-25 DABCD
第二部分 阅读
PART A
Text 1:26. A 27. A 28.D 29. B 30.A
Text 2:31. B 32.D 33.C 34. B35. C
PART B :36. D 37. E 38. C 39. A40. G
PART C:41.D 42.C 43.G 44.E 45.A
PART D:46.K 47.H 48.L 49E. 50.J 51.F 52.G 53.B 54.A 55.D
第四部分 写作
Part A
56. 【高分范文】
Dear Paul,
As you know, during this summer vacation, I’ve taken a part-time job as a waiter in ABC restaurant. Most of the time, I was asked to serve customers, including placing orders, cleaning the table, etc. The restaurant is well decorated and the environment is very comfortable. In addition, the co-workers there are easy-going. The most important thing I learn from being a waiter is that you need to be patient and nice to customers. Did you do something exciting this summer? Tell me about it.
I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours Sincerely,
Wang Lin
Part B
57. 【高分范文】
Lori Schneider, a 53-year-old woman, is the first person with multiple sclerosis to scale the highest mountains on the Seven Summits. It’s actually a difficult thing, even for a healthy man. How on earth did she overcome fear?
Firstly, we should learn to calm down while meeting some urgent situations. Fear may bring physical and mental torture. If we are in panic, the chance of success will slip away.
Secondly, it’s important to know certain ways to conquer fear. Psychological hint is a good way. Just as Lori Schneider did, you can repeat to yourself “Don't let fear in.”
Finally, we should think over the situation. Asking for help may be beneficial. Of course, most of the time we must depend on ourselves.
In a word, we should have a strong mental quality to conquer fear. We need learn to be stronger.