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1、C. distinctD. social3. The main difference between personal and non-personal settings is in _.A. the manner of language useB. the topic and content of speechC. the interactions between speaker and audienceD. the relationship between speaker and audience4. In fictional settings, speakers _.A. hide th

2、eir real intentionsB. voice others intentionsC. play double roles on and off stageD. only imitate other people in life5. Compared with other types of settings, the main feature of private setting is _.A. the absence of spontaneityB. the presence of individual actionsC. the lack of real intentionsD.

3、the absence of audienceSECTION B INTERVIEWQuestions 6 to 10 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 75 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the interview.6. What was education like in Professor Wangs days?A. Students worked very hard.B. Students felt they n

4、eeded a second degree.C. Education was not careeroriented.D. There were many specialized subjects.7. According to Professor Wang, what is the purpose of the presentday education?A. To turn out an adequate number of elite for the society.B. To prepare students for their future career.C. To offer prac

5、tical and utilitarian courses in each programme.D. To set up as many technical institutions as possible.8. In Professor Wangs opinion, technical skills _.A. require good educationB. are secondary to educationC. dont call for good educationD. dont conflict with education9. What does Professor Wang su

6、ggest to cope with the situation caused by increasing numbers of fee-paying studentsA. Shifting from one programme to another.B. Working out ways to reduce student number.C. Emphasizing better quality of education.D. Setting up stricter examination standards.10. Future education needs to produce gra

7、duates of all the following categories EXCEPT _.A. those who can adapt to different professionsB. those who have a high flexibility of mindC. those who are thinkers, historians and philosophersD. those who possess only highly specialized skillsSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 11 to 13 are based on

8、the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 45 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.11. Which of the following regions in the world will witness the sharpest drop in life expectancy?A. Latin America.B. Sub Saharan Africa.C. Asia.D. The Caribbean.12. Accordin

9、g to the news, which country will experience small life expectancy drop?A. Burma.B. Botswana.C. Cambodia.D. Thailand.13. The countries that are predicted to experience negative population growth are mainly in _ .A. Asia.B. Africa.C. Latin America.Questions 14 and 15 are based on the following news.

10、At the end of the news item, you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.14. The trade dispute between the European Union and the US was caused by _.A.US refusal to accept arbitration by WTOB.US imposing tariffs on European steelC.US refusal to pay compensation to EU

11、D.US refusal to lower import duties on EU products15. Who will be consulted first before the EU list is submitted to WTO?A. EU member states.B. The United States.C. WTO.D. The steel corporations.SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLINGIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture ONCE ONLY. While listen

12、ing to the lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note-taking. Fill in each of the gaps with one word. You may refer to your notes.

13、 Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.Conversation SkillsPeople who usually make us feel comfortable in conversations are good talkers. And they have something in common, i.e. skills to put people at ease.1. Skill to ask question1） be aware of the human na

14、ture: readiness to answer others questions regardless of （1）_ 2） start a conversation with some personal but unharmful questions about ones （2）_ job. questions about ones activities in the （3）_ 3） be able to spot signals for further talk2. Skill to （4）_for answers 1） dont shift from subject to subje

15、ct-sticking to the same subject: signs of （5）_in conversation. 2） listen to （6）_of voice - If people sound unenthusiastic, then change subject. 3） use eyes and ears - steady your gaze while listening3. Skill to laughEffects of laughter:- ease peoples （7）_ - help start （8）_ 4. Skill to part1） importa

16、nce: open up possibilities for future friendship or contact2） ways:- men: a smile, a （9）_ - women: same as （10）_ now - how to express pleasure in meeting someone.（1） _ （2） _ （3） _ （4） _ （ 5 ） _（6） _ （7） _ （8） _ （9） _ （10） _听力原文PART LISTENING COMPREHENSION SECTION A TALK Language is used for doing th

17、ings. People use it in everyday conversation for transacting business, planning meals and vacations, debating politics, and gossiping. Teachers use it for instructing students, and comedians use it for amusing audiences. All these are instances of language use - that is activities in which people do

18、 things with language. As we can see, language use is really a form of joint action. What is joint action? I think it is an action that is carried out by a group of people doing things in coordination with each other. As simple examples, think of two people waltzing, or playing a piano duet. When tw

19、o dancers waltz, they each move around the ballroom in a special way. But waltzing is different from the sum of their individual actions. Can you imagine these two dancers doing the same steps, but in separate rooms, or at separate times? So waltzing is, in fact, the joint action that emerges as the

20、 two dancers do their individual steps in coordination, as a couple. Similarly, doing things with language is also different from the sum of the speaker speaking and the listener listening. It is the joint action that emerges when speakers and listeners, or writers and readers, perform their individ

21、ual actions in coordination, as ensembles. Therefore, we can say that language use incorporates both individual and social processes. Speakers and listeners, writers and readers, must carry out actions as individuals, if they are to succeed in their use of language. But they must also work together

22、as participants in the social units I have called ensembles. In the example I mentioned just now, the two dancers perform both individual actions, moving their bodies, arms, and legs, and joint actions, coordinating these movements, as they create the waltz. In the past, language use has been studie

23、d as if it were entirely an individual process. And it has also been studied as if it were entirely a social process. For me, I suggest that it belongs to both. We cannot hope to understand language use without viewing it as joint actions built on individual actions. In order to explain how all thes

24、e actions work, Id like to review briefly settings of language use. By settings, I mean the scene in which language use takes place, plus the medium - which refers to whether language use is spoken or written. And in this talk, Ill focus on spoken settings. The spoken setting mentioned most often is

25、 conversation - either face to face, or on the telephone. Conversations may be devoted to gossip, business transactions or scientific matters, but theyre all characterized by the free exchange of terms among the two participants. Ill call these personal settings. Then we have what I would call nonpe

26、rsonal settings. A typical example is the monologue. In monologues, one person speaks with little or no opportunity for interruption, or turns by members of the audience. Monologues come in many varieties too, as a professor lectures to a class, or a student giving a presentation to a seminar. These

27、 people speak for themselves, uttering words they formulated themselves for the audience before them, and the audience isnt expected to interrupt. In another kind of setting which are called institutional settings, the participants engage in speech exchanges that look like ordinary conversation, but

28、 they are limited by institutional rules. As examples, we can think of a government official holding a news conference, a lawyer crossquestioning a witness in court, or a professor directing a seminar discussion. In these settings, what is said is more or less spontaneous, even though turns at speak

29、ing are allocated by a leader, or are restricted in other ways. The person speaking isnt always the one whose intentions are being expressed. We have the clearest examples in fictional settings. Vivian Leigh plays Scarlett OHara in Gone with the Wind, Frank Sinatra sings a love song in front of a live audience, the speakers are each vocalizing words composed by someone else - for instance a playwright or a composer - and are openly pretending to be expressing opinions