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Part Ⅱ Reading 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.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
It is simple enough to say that since books have classesfiction, biography, poetrywe should separate them and take from each what it is right that each should give us. Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of bio graphy that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconception when we read, that would be an admirable beginning. Do not dictate to your author; try to become him. Be his fellowworker and accomplice(同謀).
If you hang back, and reserve and criticize at first, you are preventing yourself from getting the fullest possible value from what you read. But if you open your mind as widely as possible, then signs and hints of almost imperceptible finess(委婉之處), from the twist and turn of the first sentences, will bring you into the presence of a human being unlike any other. Steep yourself in this, acquaint yourself with this, and soon you will find that your author is giving you, or attempting to give you, something far more definite. The thirtytwo chapters of anovelif we consider how to read a novel firstare an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building but words are more impalpable than bricks, reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing. Perhaps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. Recall, then, some event that has left a distinct impression on youhow at the corner of the street, perhaps, you passed two people talking. A tree shook; an electric light danced; the tone of the talk was comic, but also tragic; a whole vision, an entire conception, seemed contained in that moment.
does the author mean by saying “Yet few people ask from books what books can give us.”?
author means that lots of people read few books.
author thinks that readers have only absorbed part of knowledge in books.
author holds that few people have a proper idea about what content some kind of books should include.
author considers that readers can scarcely understand most of the books.
rding to the passage, which of the following statement is right?
A.A reader should find some mistakes when he is reading.
more difficult a book is, the more you can get from it.
read something is easier than to watch something.
should be in the same track with the writer when he is reading.
is the possible meaning of “impalpable” (Paragraph 2) in the passage?
ise.
’s the main idea of this passage?
importance of reading.
proper way to read.
to get most from one book.
characters of a good book.
a writer is writing he often get the whole conception ____.
r a long time’s thinking
ugh an instant inspiration
rding to his own experience
way of watching the objects attentively
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day. To create means “to bring into being, to cause to exist”something each of us does daily.
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sese to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression, “There is nothing new under the sun,” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results. To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
These three parts of creativity are involved in all the great works of genius, but they are also involved in many of our daytoday activities.
h of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
prepare a meal.
arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.
buy some books from a bookstore.
“write” a letter with the computer.
author holds that ____.
tivity is of highly demand
tivity is connected with a deep insight to some extent
tivity is to create something new and concrete
practise and practise is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity
28.“There is nothing new under the sun.” (Par.3) really implies that ____.
can seldom create new things
B.a new thing is only a tale
C.a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things
can scarcely see really new things in the world
does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?
’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.
find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.
may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.
D.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.
best title for this passage is ____.
to Cultivate One’s Creativity
is Creativity
Importance of Creativity
tivitya Not Farway Thing
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
When I was studying at Yale, some phenomena puzzled me greatly. I found that Chinese students or Asian students were very polite in class while American students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. The Chinese students were not as aggressive as American students.
I was impressed by the role of the professor in the seminar(討論會). The professor didn’t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a reseacher looking for answers to questions together with the students. One linguistic(語言的) feature of his interacting with his students was that he used many modal(情態的) verbsfar more than I did in Beiwai. When answering questions, he usually said, “This is my personal opinion and it could be wrong.” or “You could be right, but you might find this point of view also interesting.”
In China, authorities are always supposed to give wise decisions and correct directions. Therefore, students always expect the professor to give an answer to the question. I still remember how frustrated they were when foreign teachers did not provide such an answer. Their expectations from authorities are much higher than that of American students. Once the Chinese students got the answer, they were sure about it.
Education in China is valued for united thinking. I remember American teachers who taught in our university complaining about the fact that Chinese students uniformly expressed the same idea in their English composition. The examinations in America usually do not test a student’s ability to memorize the material but his ability to analyze and solve problems. Education in America is valued not only as a means to obtain employment but as a process of enhancing critical thinking.
the USA, when the students are in class, ____.
A.a Chinese student tends to be very active
American student likes to make trouble
C.a Chinese student likes to puzzle the teacher
American student tends to be vigorous
32.A teacher in the USA prefers to ____ when he answers questions.
very sincere very direct
very selfconfident very indifferent
is the opinion of the author concerning the difference of teaching methods between China and the USA?
thinks that Chinese teaching metods can make students learn more.
holds that the major purpose of Chinese teaching methods is to improve students’ remembrance.
thinks that American teaching is abilityoriented.
holds that American teachers hate to give a test.
author thinks that the relationship between the student and the teacher is ____.
intimate in China er in China
er in USA harmonious in USA
education in USA may produce some ____ graduates.
ative entional
tive inative
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Online courses (also called distance learning) are a hot new trend in American education. According to the nonprofit Distance Education and Training Council,about 400 US colleges and schools offer some portion of their programs on the Web. At the university level, they cost the same as traditional classes and require similar weekly assignments and textbook reading, the difference is in class participation.
Generally speaking, students congregate(使聚集) online throughout each week to explore topic with the professor, but these discussions occur “asynchronously(不同時發生地)” rather than in real time. (You read others’ comments and post your own whenever you get a chance.) Written assignments are posted, you email in your work periodically, and you’re required to take a proctored exam in order to receive degree credit. Careerboosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you’ll also find a variety of literal arts offerings, from film theory to medieval history and foreign language study. While you still can’t get an Ivy League degree online, a growing number of elite(卓越的) institutions, including Stanford and New York University are beginning to offer online courses.
The benefits for busy people are obvious. “I always get a frontrow seat,” says one student studying at the State University of New York Learning Network.“I can get up in the middle of class, grab a cup of coffee. The class is waiting for me when I get back, and I haven’t missed a thing.” On the other hand, some students miss the facetoface interaction that often sparks interest and involvement.
rally speaking, online education costs ____.
than the traditional one
than the traditional one
much as the traditional one
author hasn’t mentioned
major way to hand out assignments of online students is ____.
hand out them in person
post them
email in them
let the teacher enter into their personal main pages
h kind of program is probably NOT welcomed by most of the students?
ware development. ration and design.
any management rnational trade.
closest meaning of “Ivy League” (Par. 2) ____.
us universities in USA
us business colleges in USA
us companies in USA
ersities with a long history
is implied that in USA ____.
ne education will take the place of the traditional one soon
e are only a few online programs until now
need not take part in the exam in order to receive a diploma by way of online education
can not receive a degree certificate of New York University through distant learning
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A),B),C) and D). Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
41.____ the size and nature of a business, its main goal is to earn a profit.
ever hever eas use
are supposed ____ everything ready by now.
get ing have got ng got
football player is hoping to ____ to another club.
sfer smit sform sport
medicine which the doctor gave her can only ____ her temporarily from pain.
x eve y ase
was simple, ____ and hardworking woman.
ticable rable
ible tical
46.I found myself completely ____ by his vivid performance.
ied out ied off
ied away ied on
e safety measures will ____ the reduction of accidents.
in lt from
lt in inate in
r we had been in the village for a few months, we so liked it that we decided to settle there ____.
turn good usual most
49.____ these changes we must revise our plan.
the course of the light of
spite of addition to
50.“I don’t feel like ____ now.”
“But the faster we get the assignment ____ the sooner we can go out and relax.”
study, to do study, done
ying, done ying, to do
order to be a good scientist, ____.
ematics is vital
must master mathematics
ematics is important to understand
to understand mathematics
52.I’m ____ him to arrive on Sunday.
ting ing cting ng
’s high time that something, ____ to prohibit selling fake commodities.
be done done
done done
’s the matter? I smell something ____.
s g burned ing
was a long time before the cut on my hand ____ completely.
ed vered oved d
’ll have to buy some new shoes as these are ____.
up ed away
en down out
57.I ____ at home to look after my sick mother.
’t help stay ’t help staying
ot help but stay ot help but staying
and more cheaper materials are being ____ for the better, more expensive kind in production.
aced laced
tituted sformed
taxi had to ____ because the traffic light had turned red.
up h up up up
60.____ to secret document is denied to all but few.
ss oach act h
all those ____ the proposal raise their hands?
relation to excess of
contrast to favor of
62.A cold is nothing to you ____ it is merely a cold; but it sometimes becomes a danger.
matter well as
long as far as
le here usually ____ channel 2 at 7:00 a.m. to hear the news.
in in
attack on Pearl Harbor ____ the indignation of the whole nation.
ed sed e
ican people are highly ____, and therefore may find it difficult to become deeply involved with others.
ng le onal ble
66.A large sum of money has been raised for the ____ of the poorlyeducated children in the mountainous districts.
it ur ntage fit
arithmetic the rules of addition are basic, and all the other rules are built on this ____.
s s c
Christmas Eve, we had several guests, who were ____ friends of our daughter.
st ly ly
our culture, honesty has always been considered an important ____of a person’s character.
ent e tice
ents who pass the test will be ____ to the next grade.
ressed eeded
oted osed
Part Ⅳ Translation from E[nglish into Chinese (15 minutes)
Directions:
In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese, each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in the Reading Comprehension of the Test Paper. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices.(Passage 1, Para.1)
aps the quickest way to understand the elements of what a novelist is doing is not to read, but to write; to make your own experiment with the dangers and difficulties of words. (Passage 1, Para. 2)
example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.(Passage 2, Para. 3)
professor didn’t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a reseacher looking for answers to questions together with the students.(Passage 3, Para.2)
erboosting business administration and information technology programs are the most popular, but you’ll also find a variety of literal arts offerings, from film theory to medieval history and foreign language study.(Passage4, Para.2)
Part Ⅴ Writing
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic “Should Tobacco Industry Be Forbidden?” You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1.菸草業目前對我們的社會有一定好處;
2.吸菸卻有害健康;
3.從長遠打算,菸草業終將被禁止。