B2U1-B
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Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A while the rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and decide whether each statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: The key to the hotel room should always be turned in when guests left the hotel.
正确答案： B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: The son, Benjamin, loved to place the key into the key slot but always failed.
正确答案： A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Howard discussed Benjamin's case with Chinese colleagues and found they shared the same attitude with the hotel staff.
正确答案： A
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: In the Chinese way, learning should take place by continual careful shaping and molding.
正确答案： A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: According to Howard, creativity should come before basic skills in education.
正确答案： B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: According to Howard, it is impossible to strike a balance between creativity and basic skills.
正确答案： B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: Children are not interested in compound interest because they have no idea what it is.
正确答案： B
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: The true purpose for parents to open savings accounts is to save it for college.
正确答案： B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: Children are willing to put money into "David's Bank" because they have free access to the money in the bank.
正确答案： A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: Children are capitalists by nature and they are always greedy for more money.
正确答案： B
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Good grades and a good job are easy to get. A good education is a different story.
Her eyelids sagged from (11)_________________ , but Teresa’s exams were always impeccable, her essays longer than required, and her math problems rewritten to (12)_________________ . She played the violin and the piano, (13)_________________ at the hospital, participated in various school clubs and enjoyed none of it. (14)_________________ , it seemed, she was more than willing to (15)_________________ herself in the
name of achievement. I watched as her laughter dissolved. And on Teresa's (16)_________________ , she wore the valedictory medal, but her eyes were empty.
Many students today display a (17)_________________ to choose academic institutions, fields of study and careers on the basis of earning potential. In an extensive 1989 survey of college students nationwide, 72% of students reported that their (18)_________________ objective in attending college was to make more money upon graduation. This (19)_________________ came with the present boomers' attending college to develop themselves, their (20)_________________ and their personal philosophies of life.
Script: Good grades and a good job are easy to get. A good education is a different story.
Her eyelids sagged from lack of sleep, but Teresa’s exams were always impeccable, her essays longer than required, and her math problems rewritten to ensure neatness. She played the violin and the piano, volunteered at the hospital, participated in various school clubs and enjoyed none of it. Born to succeed, it seemed, she was more than willing to sacrifice herself in the name of achievement. I watched as her laughter dissolved. And on Teresa's graduation day, she wore the valedictory medal, but her eyes were empty.
Many students today display a disturbing willingness to choose academic institutions, fields of study and careers on the basis of earning potential. In an extensive 1989 survey of college students nationwide, 72% of students reported that their primary objective in attending college was to make more money upon graduation. This state of mind came with the present boomers' attending college to develop themselves, their critical thinking skills and their personal philosophies of life.
正确答案： lack of sleep
正确答案： ensure neatness
正确答案： volunteered
正确答案： Born to succeed
正确答案： sacrifice
正确答案： graduation day
正确答案： disturbing willingness
正确答案： primary
正确答案： state of mind
正确答案： critical thinking skills
Part II Reading Comprehension ( 24 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with several 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. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
A) slot B) poor C) incomplete D) phenomenon
E) guide F) situation G) awaiting H) bothered
I) initial J) hoping K) place L) first
M) frown N) sorry O) exploratory
21. ______________________
正确答案： K
22. ______________________
正确答
案： C
23. ______________________
正确答案： H
24. ______________________
正确答案： A
25. ______________________
正确答案： O
26. ______________________
正确答案： D
27. ______________________
正确答案： I
28. ______________________
正确答案： E
29. ______________________
正确答案： G
30. ______________________
正确答案： M
Section B
Directions: There are several passages in this section. 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.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Personality is to a large extent inherent. A-type parents usually bring A-type offspring. But the environment must also have a profound effect if competition is important to the parents. It is likely to become a major factor in the lives of their children.
One place where children soak up A characteristics is school, which is, by its very nature, a highly competitive institution. Too many schools adopt the "win at all costs" moral standard and measure their success by sporting achievements. The current passion for making children compete with their classmates or against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer system, in which competitive A-types seem in some way better than their B-type fellows. Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences: remember that Pheidippides, the first marathon (马拉松) runner, dropped dead seconds after saying: "Rejoice, we conquer!"
By far the worst form of competition in schools is the disproportionate emphasis on examinations. It is a rare school that allows pupils to concentrate on those things they do well. The merits of competition by examination are somewhat questionable, but competition in the certain knowledge of failure is positively harmful.
Obviously, it is neither practical nor desirable that all A youngsters change into B's. The world needs A types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child's personality to his possible future employment. It is top management.
If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values. Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity and sympathy. It is surly a mistake to choose our doctors exclusively from A-type stock. B's are important and should be encouraged.
31.
In Para.2, the word "institution" refers to _________.
A) establishment
B) social custom
C) law
D) school
正确答案： D
32
.
According to the passage, A-type individuals are in most cases _________.
A) impatient
B) considerate
C) aggressive
D) agreeable
正确答案： C
33.
The author strongly objects to the practice of examination at schools because _________.
A) the pressure is too great on the students
B) some students are bound to fail
C) failure rates are too high
D) the results of examinations are doubtful
正确答案： B
34.
The selection of medical professionals is currently based on ___________.
A) candidates' sensitivity
B) academic achievements
C) competitive spirit
D) surer values
正确答案： B
35.
From the passage we can draw the conclusion that _________.
A) the personality of a child is well established at birth
B) family influence dominates the shaping of one's characteristics
C) the development of one's personality is due to multiple factors
D) B-types can find no place in a competitive society
正确答案： C
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Education is one of the key words of our time. A man without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of unfortunate circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states “invest” in institutions of learning to get back “interest” in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, punctuated by textbooks — those purchasable wells of wisdom — what would civilization be like without its benefits?
So much is certain that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births; but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on “facts and figures” and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow-citizens.
If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of “college” imaginable. Among the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life.
It is the ideal condition of the “equal start” which only our most progressive forms of modern education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no “illiterates” — while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England in 1976, and is still nonexistent in a number of “civilized” n
ations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the “happy few” during the past centuries.
Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents; therefore the jungles and the savages know of no “juvenile delinquency”. No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children, and no father is confronted with his inability to “buy” an education for his child.
36.
Which of the following could be the best title for the text?
A) The Significance of Education
B) Educational Investment and Its Results
C) Education: A Comparison of Its Past and Its Present
D) Education in the Wilderness
正确答案： C
37.
According to the text, the author seems_____.
A) against the education in the very early historic times
B) positive about our present educational instruction
C) in favor of the educational practice in primitive cultures
D) quite happy to see an equal start for everyone
正确答案： C
38.
According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A) One without education today has few opportunities.
B) We have not yet decided on our educational models.
C) Compulsory schooling is a legal obligation in several countries now.
D) Our spiritual outlook is better now than before.
正确答案： C
39.
In the last paragraph, the author implies that_____.
A) some families now can hardly afford to send their children to school
B) everyone today has an equal opportunity in education
C) every country invests heavily in education
D) we are not very certain whether preachers are necessary or not
正确答案： A
40.
"All are entitled to an equal start" (in Para.5) means all are_____.
A) about to give an equal start
B) given a right to an equal start
C) given a title to an equal start
D) certain to have an equal start
正确答案： B
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 10 minutes )
Directions: There are a number of incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence.
41.
Work hard ________ your dream will come true in due time.
A) or
B) and
C) then
D) even
正确答案： B
42.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said, "Considering the current circumstances, the Prince of Wales's visit to Austria has been postpone
d. A decision about a future visit will be considered ________________."
A) over time
B) sometime later
C) in due course
D) on time
正确答案： C
43.
Only a few people feel the debate about the cloning of human beings is _______ to their daily lives.
A) related
B) relevant
C) relating
D) relate
正确答案： B
44.
I intended _________ the matter with you, but I had some guests then.
A) discuss
B) to have discussed
C) having discuss
D) discussing
正确答案： B
45.
The young army officer was ______ captain.
A) lifted
B) hoisted
C) raised
D) promoted
正确答案： D
46.
You must walk slowly if you want the children to ______ you.
A) put up with
B) come up with
C) keep up with
D) go on with
正确答案： C
47.
They have _______ for the car to pick them up at the station.
A) arranged
B) managed
C) appointed
D) rented
正确答案： A
48.
These new _______ have intensified the parking problem.
A) apartments
B) roads
C) directions
D) playgrounds
正确答案： A
49.
It is astonishing that a person of your intelligence should be _______ so easily.
A) taken in
B) taken up
C) taken over
D) taken down
正确答案： A
50.
_____ its "weight" is the Earth's gravitational attraction for the particular mass.
A) When it gives matter
B) Matter has given
C) How it is given matter
D) What gives matter
正确答案： D
51.
We welcome rain, but a(n) _____ large amount of rainfall will cause floods.
A) extremely
B) extensively
C) specially
D) constantly
正确答案： A
52.
The project ______ by the end of 2010, will expand the city's telephone network to cover more than 5,000,000 users.
A) accomplished
B) being accomplished
C) to be accomplished
D) having been accomplished
正确答案： C
53.
This newspaper doesn't pay enough attention to ______ affairs.
A) external
B) exterior
C) interior
D) elastic
正确答案： A
54.
The people who objected to the new approach were told that since work had already started there was no point in _______.
A) denying
B) upsetting
C) protesting
D) competing
正确答案： C
55.
As a result of the radio ______ for help for the earthquake victims, over a million pounds have been raised.
A) appeal
B) transmission
C) programme
D) advertisement
正确答案： A
56.
There was once a town in this country where all life seemed to live in ______ with its surroundings.
A) coincidence
B) harmony
C) uniform
D) alliance
正确答案： B
57.
From the map you can see Scotland ______ on England.
A) links
B) joins
C) connects
D) borders
正确答案： D
58.
A peculiarly pointed chin is his most memorable facial _______.
A) mark
B) feature
C) trace
D) appearance
正确答案： B
59.
In recent years there has been a strong _______ toward the "open classroom" in the elementary schools of the United States.
A) assumption
B) transition
C) bent
D) tendency
正确答案： D
60.
The domestic self-sufficiency that is so _______ the American suburbs is not nearly so common in other societies.
A) important to
B) far from
C) characteristic of
D) helpful with
正确答案： C
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English (with the given words or phrases).
61. 据报道，自从11月份以来，村里的条件有所改善。
________________________________________
正确答案： It is reported that conditions in the village have improved somewhat since November.
62. 教授的建议只适用于一些大学生。
________________________________________
正确答案： The advice given by the professor only applies to some of the college students.
63. 学校将重点强调外语和计算机学习。
________________________________________
正确答案： The school will give priority to English and computer studies.
64. 回顾过去，我真希望自己选择英语专业。
________________________________________
正确答案： In retrospect, I wish that I had chosen English as my major.
65. 说到教育，多数人认为教育是终身学习。
________________________________________
正确答案： When it comes to education, the majority of people believe that it is a lifetime study.