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Part I
Writing
（
30
minutes
）
Directions:
For
this
part
，
you
are
allowed
30
minutes
to
write
an
essay
commenting on the saying
“
Listening is more important
than talking.
”
You
can
cite
examples
to
illustrate
the
importance
of
paying
attention
to
others'
opinions. You should write at least 120
words but no more than 180 words.
Part II
Listening
Comprehension
（
25
minutes
）
Section
B
Directions:
In
this section, you will hear two long
conversations. At the end of
each
conversation, you will hear four questions. Both
the conversation and the
questions will
be spoken only once. After you hear a question,
you must choose
the best answer from
the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then
mark the
corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 1 with a single line through the
centre.
Questions 9 to 11
are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
Questions 9 to 11 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
9. A) It is used by more people than
English.
B) It
is more difficult to learn than English.
C) It will be
as commonly used as English.
D) It will eventually
become a world language.
10.
A
）
一
Its popularity
with the common people.
C)
The influence of the British
Empire.
B)
The effect of the Industrial Revolution.
D) Its loan
words from many
languages.
11. A) It has a growing number of newly
coined words.
B) It includes a lot of words from
other languages.
C) It is the largest among
all languages in the world.
D) It can be
easily picked up by overseas travellers.
Questions 12 to 15 are
based on the conversation you have just heard.
12.
A) To place an order.
C) To return
some goods.
B) To apply for a job.
D)
To make a complaint.
13. A) He works on
a part-time basis for the company.
B)
He has not worked in the sales department for
long.
C) He is not familiar with
the exact details of the goods.
D)
He has become somewhat impatient with the woman.
14. A) It is not his responsibility.
C) It depends on a number of factors.
B)
It
will
be
free
for
large
orders.
D)
It
costs
￡
15
more
for
express
delivery.
15. A) Make
inquiries with some other companies.
B)
Report the information to her superior.
C) Pay a visit to the saleswoman in
charge.
D) Ring back when she comes
to a decision.
Section C
Directions:
In
this section
，
you will hear 3
short passages. At the end of each
passage, you will hear some questions.
Both the passage and the questions will
be spoken only. After you hear a
question, you must choose the best answer
from the four choices marked A )
，
B)
，
C) and
D)
．
Then mark the
corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 1
with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to
18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) No one knows for sure when they
came into being.
B) No one knows
exactly where they were first made.
C)
No one knows for what purpose they were invented.
D) No one knows what they will look
like in the future.
17. A) Measure the
speed of wind.
C) Pass on secret messages.
B) Give warnings of danger.
D) Carry ropes across
rivers.
18. A) To find out the strength
of silk for kites.
C) To
prove that lightning is
electricity.
B)
To test the effects of the lightning rod.
D) To protect
houses against
lightning.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to
22 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19.
A)
She
was
born
with
a
talent
for
languages.
C)
She
can
speak
several
languages.
B) She was
trained to be an interpreter.
D) She enjoys teaching languages.
20. A) They want to learn as many
foreign languages as possible.
B)
They have an intense interest in cross-cultural
interactions.
C) They acquire an immunity
to culture shock.
D) They would
like to live abroad permanently.
21. A)
She became an expert in horse racing.
B)
She learned to appreciate classical music.
C) She was able to translate for a
German sports judge.
D) She got a
chance to visit several European countries.
22. A) Take part in a cooling
competition.
C) Teach vocabulary for
food in
English.
B)
Taste
the
beef
and
give
her
comment.
D)
Give
cooking
lessons
on
Western food.
Passage Three
Questions 23
to 25 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
23. A) He had only a third-grade
education.
B) He once
threatened to kill his teacher.
C) He often
helped his mother do housework.
D)
He grew up in a poor single-parent family.
24. A) Stupid.
B) Active.
C)
Brave.
D) Careless.
25. A) Watch educational TV programs
only.
C) Help with housework.
B)
Write two book reports a week.
D)
Keep a diary.
Part IIII
Reading
Comprehension
（
40
minutes
）
Section A
Directions:
In this section,
there is a passage with ten blanks. You are
required
to select one word for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
following the passage. Read the passage
through carefully before making your
choices.
Each
choice
in
the
bank
is
identified
by
a
letter.
Please
mark
the
corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
the centre. You may not use any of the
words in the bank more than once.
Questions 36 to 45 are based on the
following passage.
Scholars
of
the
information
society
are
divided
over
whether
social
inequality
decreases
or
increases
in
an
information-based
society.
However,
they generally agree with the idea that
inequality in the information society is
36
different from that of an industrial
society. As informatization progresses in
society, the cause and structural
nature of social inequality changes as well.
It
seems
that
the
information
society
37
the
quantity
of
information
available to the
members of a society by revolutionizing the ways
of using and
exchanging
information.
But
such
a
view
is
a
38
analysis
based
on
the
quantity
of
information
supplied
by
various
forms
of
the
mass
media.
A
different
39
is
possible
when
the
actual
amount
of
information
40
by
the
user is taken into account. In
fact
，
the more information
41
throughout the
entire
society,
the
wider
the
gap
becomes
between
haves
and
，
leading to
digital divide.
According to
recent studies, digital divide has been caused by
three major
42
：
class,
sex,
and
generation.
In
terms
of
class,
digital
divide
exists
among
different types of workers and between
the upper and middle classes and the
lower class. With 43 to sex, digital
divide exists between men and women.
The
greatest
gap,
however,
is
between
the
Net-
generation
，
44
with
personal
computers
and
the
Internet,
and
the
older
generation
，
45
to
an
industrial
society.
A) accustomed
I) flows
B) acquired
J)
fundamental1y
C) assembly
K)
interpretation
D) attribute
L) passive
E) champions
M) regard
F)
elements
N) respectively
G) expands
O)
superficial
H) familiar
Section B
Directions; In
this section, you are going to read a passage with
ten statements
attached
to
it.
Each
statement
contains
information
given
in
one
of
the
paragraphs. Identify the
paragraph from which the information is derived.
You
may
choose
a
paragraph
more
than
once.
Each
paragraph
is
marked
with
a
letter.
Answer
the
questions
by
marking
the
corresponding
letter
on
Answer
Sheet
2.
Joy: A Subject Schools Lack
Becoming educated should not require
giving up pleasure.
A) When Jonathan
Swift proposed, in 1729
，
that
the people of Ireland eat their
children, he insisted it would solve
three problems at once
：
feed
the hungry
masses, reduce the
population during a severe
depression
，
and stimulate
the restaurant business. Even as a
satire
（讽刺），
it seems
disgusting and
shocking in America with
its child-centered culture. But actually, the
country
is closer to his proposal than
you might think.
B) If you spend much
time with educators and policy
makers
，
you'll hear a lot of
the
following
wor
ds
：
，
”<
/p>
results,
”
skills
，
”
self-control
，
”
accountability,
”
and
so
on.
I
have
visited
some
of
the
newer
supposedly
“
effec
tive
schools
，
where
children
shout
slogans
in
order
to
learn
self-
control or must stand behind their desk when they
can't sit still.
C) A look at what goes
on in most classrooms these days makes it
abundantly`
clear that when people
think about education, they are not thinking about
what it feels like to be a child, or
what makes childhood an important and
valuable stage of life in its own
right.
D) I'm a mother of
three
，
a teacher, and a
developmental psychologist. So I've
watched
a
-lot
of
children-
talking
，
playing,
arguing,
eating, studying,
and
being
young.
Here's
what
I've
come
to
understand.
The
thing
that
sets
children apart from adults is not their
ignorance
，
nor their lack of
skills. It's
their enormous capacity
for joy. Think of a 3-year-old lost in the
pleasures of
finding out what he can
and cannot sink in the
bathtub
，
a 5-year-old beside
herself with the thrill of putting
together strings of nonsensical words with
her
best
friends,
or
an
11-year-old
completely
absorbed
in
a
fascinating
comic strip. A child's ability to
become deeply absorbed in
something
，
and
derive intense pleasure from that
absorption, is something adults spend the
rest of their lives trying to return
to.
E)
A
friend
told
me
the
following
story.
One
day,
when
he
went
to
get
his
7-year-
old son from soccer
practice
，
his kid greeted him
with a downcast
face and a sad voice.
The coach had criticized him for not focusing on
his
soccer
drills.
The
little
boy
walked
out
of
the
school
with
his
head
and
shoulders hanging down. He seemed
wrapped in sadness. But just before he
reached the car door, he suddenly
stopped, crouching
（蹲伏）
down
to peer
at
something
on
the
sidewalk.
His
face
went
down
lower
and
lower,
and
then
，
with
complete joy he called
out
，
“
Dad. Come
here. This is the strangest
bug I've
ever seen. It has, like, a million legs. Look at
this. It's amazing.
”
He
looked
up
at
his
father,
his
features
overflowing
with
energy
and
delight.
“
Can't
we stay here for just a minute? I want to find out
what he does with all
those legs. This
is the coolest ever.
”
F) The traditional view of such moments
is that they constitute a charming but
irrelevant byproduct of youth-something
to be pushed aside to make room
for
more important qualities, like perseverance
（坚持不懈），
obligation, and
practicality. Yet moments like this one
are just the kind of intense absorption
and
pleasure
adults spend
the
rest of
their
lives
seeking.
Human
lives
are
governed
by
the
desire
to experience
joy.
Becoming educated
should
not
require giving up joy but rather lead
to finding joy in new kinds of
things
：
reading
novels
instead
of
playing
with
small
figures,
conducting
experiments
instead of sinking cups in the
bathtub
，
and debating serious
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