1、10:40结束;试卷二满分为25分,考试时间为50分钟,10:40开始,11:30结束。2. 考生务必将本人考号最后两位数字填写在本页右上角方框内。3. 本试卷为A型试卷,请将答案用2B铅笔填涂在A型试卷一答题卡上,答在试卷上或其他类型的答题卡上无效,答题前,请核对试卷一答题卡是否为A型卡,若不是,请要求监考老师予以更改。4. 在答题卡上正确的填涂方法为:在代表答案的字母上划线,如ABCD。5. 监考员宣布考试结束后,请停止答试卷一,将试卷一和试卷一答题卡反扣在自己的桌上,继续做试卷二。监考员将到座位上收取试卷一和试卷一答题卡。6. 监考员收卷过程中,考生须配合监考员验收,并请监考员在准考证上
2、签字(作为考生卷的凭证),否则,若发生答卷遗失,责任有考生自负。Part 1 Oral Communication (10 points)Section ADirections: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A,B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dia
3、logue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.Dialogue OneA. It sounds like a flu. B. I also advise resting for a couple of days.C. Boy, when it rains, it pours.Doctor: What has been bothering you?Patient: I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus, Ive been coughing a lot. 1 Any stomach pains? A
4、ctually, yes. My stomachs been upset for a few days. 2 Its been going around lately. Anything I can do for it? Ill prescribe some medicines for you to take. 3 Does that mean I shouldnt go to work? Only when you feel up to it. You should stay home for at least a day or two.Dialogue TwoA. So, what are
5、 you going to do with the money?B. You have lots of money.C. How much do I owe you?Joshua: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?Father: Oh. I forgot about that. You ALWAYS forget. I guess I do. 4 Joshua:Just $13. Well, Im not sure if I have that much. Go to the bank. 5 Lots of money, uh? Uh,
6、well. I think the bank is closed. Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed? Oh, I guess I could do that. 6 Im going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people, and use the rest to buy books. Well, that sounds great, Joshua.Section B In this section there is one incomplete inte
7、rview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.A. Nationalities stay in their own areas.B. People dont queue like they do here in England.C. Wh
8、at I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal life.D. Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a day.Interviewer: How long did you live in the Slates?Interviewee: I was there for two years, in New York, and I enjoyed it tremendously. 7 I mean, the shops are open till 10:00 p.m. A
9、ll shops? Yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and department stores. 8 And on public holidays, only the banks are shut. I see, um. Do you think New York is as multinational as London? Oh, thats for sure. But its not as mixed. 9 like theres Russian section, the German section and China Town. But I
10、 think the major difference between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything was up in the Big Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. And of course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder. Oh! In what way? Well, pushing in the street, fights about getting on the b
11、us. 10 And of course the taxi drivers! New York taxi drivers must be the rudest in the world!Part II Vocabulary (10 points) In this part there are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sent
12、ence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.11. I read the newspaper every day so that I can stay informed about current events.A. important B. internationalC. latest D. cultural12. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when he eventually found water.A. predictably B. finallyC. lu
13、ckily D. accidentally13. When we gave the children ice cream,they immediately ceased crying.A. started B. continuedC. resumed D. stopped14. The science teacher demonstrated the process of turning solid gold into liquid.A. showed B. elaboratedC. devised D. simplified15. Johns application for admissio
14、n to graduate studies in the School of Education has been approved.A. entrance B. acceptanceC. experience D. allowance16. Most college students in the United States live away from home.A. apart B. downC. elsewhere D. along17. The pursuit of maximum profit often drives manufacturers to turn out thing
15、s that can do harm to peoples health.A. preserve B. promoteC. process D. produce18. Many different parts make up an airplane: the engine(s), the wings, the tail, and so on.A. compose B. decorateC. construct D. derive19. You make it sound as if I did it on purpose.A. carefully B. unwillinglyC. incred
16、ibly D. deliberately20. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions.A.understood B. explainedC. expected D. believedPart III Reading Comprehension (25 points) In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four sugges
17、ted answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer SheetPassage OneFive or six years ago, I attended a lecture on the science of attention. A philosopher who conducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the huma
18、n brain that, when we concentrate intensely on one task, causes us to miss just about everything else. Because we cant see what we cant see, our lecturer was determined to catch us in the act. He had us watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three i
19、n black, and our task was to keep track only of the tosses among the people in white. The tape rolled, and everyone began counting.Everyone except me, Im dyslexic (有阅读障碍的),and the moment I saw that grainy tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldnt be able to keep track of their mov
20、ements, so I let my mind wander. My curiosity was aroused, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla (大猩猩)came in among the players. She (we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit) stared at the camera, thumped her chest, and then strode away while they continued passing
21、 the balls.When the tape stopped, the philosopher asked how many people had counted at least a dozen basketball tosses. Hands went up all over. He then asked who had counted 13, 14, and congratulated those whod scored the perfect 15, Then he asked, “And who saw the gorilla?”I raised my hand and was
22、surprised to discover I was the only person at my table and one of only three or four in the large room to do so. Hed set us up,trapping us in our own attention blindness. Yes, there had been a trick, but he wasnt the one who had played it on us. By concentrating so hard on counting, we had managed
23、to miss the gorilla in the midst.21. This passage describes_.A. a basketball match B. an experimentC. a philosopher D. a gorilla22. “Attention blindness” refers to _.A. the fact that one cant see what one cant seeB. seeing one thing while missing all else C. keeping track of just about everything D.
24、 the condition of being blind to details23. “Catch us in the act” (Para. 1) is closest in meaning to “find us_.” A. doing something improperB. sleeping during the lectureC. counting the basketball lossesD. failing to notice something within sight24. How many people in the room saw the gorilla in the
25、 video?A. 1. B. 3 or 4.C. 13 or 14. D. 15.25. Whom does “he” (last paragraph) refer to?A. The author. B. The gorilla.C. The lecturer. D. The student.Passage TwoThere are few sadder sights than a pile of fan letters, lovingly decorated with hand drawings,suffering in a bin. The sparkly envelopes were
26、 addressed to Taylor Swift, a pop star much beloved by teenage and pre-teen girls.“Dear Taylor,” read one discarded message, “I love you so much! Youre the best! And youre really beautiful and cute! Im really enjoying your songs,” This, along with hundreds of other similar letters sent from around t
27、he world, was discovered in a Nashville recycling disposal unit by a local woman. Swifts management was quick to reassure her admirer that they had been thrown out accidentally. The response may come as a disappointment to any devotee who imagines, as they compose their letters, that Swift makes tim
28、e to view each one personally.Dealing with piles of fan mail is, however, an administrative burden for most celebrities. While some celebrities do like to go through their mail personally, the majority simply do not have time. But the fate of their correspondence is something most committed fans wil
29、l not wish, to dwell on, says Lynn Zubernis,an expert in the psychology of fandom at West Chester University.“Theres this little bit of every fan that thinks theirs will be the one that stands outits not an expectation, but a hope that theirs will be seen by the celebrity.”While the relationship between the fan and the celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former, it stems from a deeply-rooted human need for community and belonging, Zubernis believes. As a result, even receiving a mass-produced letter of acknowledgement and a photo s
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