试卷一

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear:

You will read: A) 2 hours B) 3 hours

C) 4 hours D) 5 hours

From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]

1. A) At a bus station. B) At a railway station.

C) At an airport. D) In a shopping center.

2. A) Work on his paper after class. B) Postpone his meeting with Professor Green.

C) Go swimming with his friends. D) Go to see Professor Green immediately.

3. A) She would rather invite more people to come.

B) They would prepare more food and drinks.

C) The family members always eat a lot.

D) There was too much food at a previous meeting.

4. A) He wanted to change the appointment.

B) He called Dr. Smith to confirm the appointment.

C) He was confused about the date of the appointment.

D) He can’t see Dr. Smith until tomorrow.

5. A) The man was mistaken. B) The woman won’t have to wait for long.

C) The woman has done a good job. D) The man doesn’t work hard.

6. A) Organize another activity. B) Choose another restaurant.

C) Wear different clothes. D) Ask more friends to go together.

7. A) He told her he would send postcards.

B) It was difficult for him to have a holiday.

C) He has already been to Venice for several times.

D) He didn’t want to go to Venice at first.

8. A) Prepare for his examination. B) Go to the cinema after his examination.

C) Ask the woman to help him with his study. D) See a film with the woman.

9. A) Share the yogurt with the man. B) Ask the man to buy some yogurt.

C) Go out with the man for shopping. D) Eat what she brought with her.

10. A) The hotel will not be built in a short time. B) A good name hasn’t been found for it yet.

C) They have decided to phone the hotel. D) It hasn’t been designed yet.

Section B

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 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A) It created more job opportunities.

B) It offered workers more chances for training.

C) It allowed workers to live far from their jobs.

D) It helped shorten the working hours.

12. A) The lack of qualified personnel. B) A decline in the number of customers.

C) Difficulty in finding suitable sites. D) Increases transportation costs.

13. A) Prices are lower in downtown stores.

B) Job opportunities are better there.

C) Highway commuting has become unpleasant.

D) Environmental pollution is no longer a problem.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. A) Most are insomniacs. B) Most are teenagers.

C) Most are easily cured. D) Most suffer from hypersomnia.

15. A) During early childhood. B) In a person’s teens.

C) In a person’s twenties. D) After a person turns fifty.

16. A) Avoid social situations. B) Stop taking certain drugs.

C) Take naps during the day. D) Sleep eight hours a night.

Passage Three

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. A) Environmental protection. B) Pest control.

C) House construction. D) Fire prevention.

18. A) It’s cheaper. B) It’s safer. C) It’s quicker. D) It’s easier.

19. A) To keep the heat inside. B) To prevent insects from escaping.

C) To keep the wood dry. D) To reduce the danger of fire.

20. A) To show that the technique will not cause fire.

B) To highlight the dangers of the old method.

C) To explain a step in the new treatment.

D) To emphasize the uniqueness of the new method.

Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

In a few weeks, high school students face the prospect of taking the much-publicized new SAT Reasoning Test, which for the first time will require them to write a timed essay. Yet colleges continue to send confusing signals about whether students applying in the fall to attend college must take the new exam.

Some schools, including Harvard, say they will accept scores from either the new test or the old SAT I, which was administered for the last time in January and did not contain a writing section. The University of Central Florida, for example, will require the new test, which will be given for the first time on March 12. Still others, such as the University of Virginia, strongly recommend that prospective applicants take the new test but under some circumstances also will accept the old SAT. A number of colleges are delaying a decision. The College Board, which administers the SAT, surveyed more than 1,900 four-year schools and has heard back from slightly more than 500. Of those, 81% say they will require the new test, including schools such as Harvard that are giving students a choice in what will be a year of transition.

“Anything new goes through a special lens of evaluation,” says Lee Stetson, admissions dean at the University of Pennsylvania, which judiciously will use results from the new writing section until officials have a chance to study the revised SAT’s predictive validity.

A number of admissions deans are skeptical that the new exam will be an improvement. Charles Deacon, dean of undergraduate admissions at Georgetown University, says adding the essay “will create more barriers to poor kids who are less well-prepared”. The test was rushed to market because the University of California system, a major College Board customer, threatened to stop requiring the SAT, he says. The test “was developed and marketed for all the wrong reasons”. Deacon, who says he has been “badgered” by the College Board to endorse the new exam, has refused to do so.

Some schools, including Georgetown, Iowa’s Grinnell College and Pennsylvania’s Franklin and Marshall College, say that at least for now, they will not even look at scores from the writing section when making admission decisions. “We have adopted a wait-and-see attitude,” says Dennis Trotter of Franklin and Marshall.

College Board officials counter that based on extensive field tests, they are confident the test is as reliable a predictor of freshman-year performance as the old SAT. Moreover, they say, well-trained scorers, many of them high school English teachers, will grade the essays, which student have 25 minutes to write.

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