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1、Section I ListeningThis section is designed to test your ability to understand English. You will heara selectionof recorded materials and answerthepanythem.TherearethreeSection I ListeningThis section is designed to test your ability to understand English. You will heara selectionof recorded materia
2、ls and answerthepanythem.Therearethreesection, Part A, Part B and Part Remember,whileyoungthetest,youputanswersinyourtestbooklet.ofthelisteningsection,youwillhave5minutestotransferallyouranswersfromyour test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.PartForquestions1-5,youwillhearatalkaboutthegeographyofBelgium. Wh
3、ile you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the Writeonly 1 word or number in each numbered box. You hear now have 25 seconds to BThree main coastal central 1Highest altitude of the coastal Climate near the 3Particularly ra
4、iny months of the 4Average temperatures in July ForQuestions6-10,youwillhearerviewwithMr.SaffoInstitute for the Future. While you listen, complete the senten answer the questions. Use not moren3 words for each answer. will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to and questions below. (5
5、What is Saffo according to ForQuestions6-10,youwillhearerviewwithMr.SaffoInstitute for the Future. While you listen, complete the senten answer the questions. Use not moren3 words for each answer. will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to and questions below. (5 What is Saffo accordi
6、ng to TheInstitutefortheFutureprovidesservi and toprivateTheInstitutettothinksystematicallyabouttherange future To succeed in anything, one should be flexible, curious andWhat does Saffo consider to be essential to the work of a team?PartYou will hear eof recorded material. Before listening eachone,
7、youwillhavetimetoreadthequestionsrelatedtoit.pieceanswereachquestionbychoosingA,B,CorD.After youwillhavetimetocheckyouranswers.Youwillheareach only. (10 po s)Questions11-13arebasedonthefollowingtalkaboutnamingnow have 15 seconds to read Questions 11-What do we often do with the things we Ask for the
8、ir names. Namebabiesafterthem. Put down their names.Choose names for unpleasant meaning of an old family name is often 6789if familytreeisfairlylimited family tie is strong enoughname is commonly he family Several months after babys birth, its name will its ownshow the beauty develop more lose the o
9、riginal help form the Questions 14-16 are basedon if familytreeisfairlylimited family tie is strong enoughname is commonly he family Several months after babys birth, its name will its ownshow the beauty develop more lose the original help form the Questions 14-16 are basedon the biography of Bobby
10、Moore,an layer. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-manymatchesdidMooreplayduringhisprofes al In 1964, Bobby Moore was made Englands footballer of the asoccer coach in West Germany medalistforhissportsmanshipnumber of the Order of the British Moore retired from playing, thing he did editing
11、 Sunday working for Capital managing al soccer a sports marketing Questions17-20arebasedonthefollowingtalkonthecityofBelfast. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17-20.s long been famous for its oil linen food products Which of the following does Belfast chiefly When was Belfast he16thcentury
12、he 17th ppened in Belfast Frenchrefugeesarrived.The harbor was he late 18th Shipbuilding began to The city was taken by the Younow have 5 minutes to transfer to ANSWER SHEET 1.all your answerslinen food products Which of the following does Belfast chiefly When was Belfast he16thcentury he 17th ppene
13、d in Belfast Frenchrefugeesarrived.The harbor was he late 18th Shipbuilding began to The city was taken by the Younow have 5 minutes to transfer to ANSWER SHEET 1.all your answers your of Read the following text. Choose best word (s) for each andmark A, B, C or D on ANSWERSHEET1. (10 Manytheoriescon
14、cerningthecausesofjuveniledelinquency(crimes committedbyyoungpeople)focuseitherontheindividualoronindividual t children engage in criminal theywerenotsufficientlypenalizedforpreviousmisdeedsthave learned criminal behavior with others. focusingontheroleofsocietytchildrencommitcrimesto their failure t
15、o rise above their socioeconomic as a rejection of middle-class Mosttheoriesofjuveniledelinquencyhavefocusedonchildrendisadvantaged the t children homesalsocommitcrimes.Thelattermaycommitlackadequate parental control. All theories, however, ive toChanges in the l structure may crimeto their failure
16、to rise above their socioeconomic as a rejection of middle-class Mosttheoriesofjuveniledelinquencyhavefocusedonchildrendisadvantaged the t children homesalsocommitcrimes.Thelattermaycommitlackadequate parental control. All theories, however, ive toChanges in the l structure may crimerates.Forle,hett
17、ojob for youth and gainful increasingly to obtain. The discontent may lead more o criminal s changes these years. More sconsist of one-parent households or two working ,childrenarelikelytohaveatwashe traditional . This lack of parental is thought to be an influence juvenile crime rates. causesofoffe
18、nsiveactsincludefrustrationorfailureinschool,of drugs and alcohol, and the child abuse and child neglect. All these conditions tend to theprobabilityofachildcommittingacriminalacausal relationship has not yet been 21. butbutrather or ReadingPartReadthe (40 pofollowingfour A, B, texts.Answerthequesti
19、onsbeloweachtextby or D. MarkReadingPartReadthe (40 pofollowingfour A, B, texts.Answerthequestionsbeloweachtextby or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET Textlate last year, lawyer Gant Redmon ting for a across CareerBuilder, a job database on ernet. He searched with no s but was attracted by the si
20、tes al agent.” Its eractive t lets visitors key in criteria such as location, title, and salary, s them aitionks he got his Redmon, in-house notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” edhisresumetotheemployerandwona for a company.ition With thousands of career-related sites on ernet, promisingopen
21、ingscanbetime-consumingandinefficient.Searchagents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although searchagentworkedforRedmon,careerexpertsseedrawbacks.your criteria, for le, may work against you: “Every time answer a question you eliminate sibility.” says one For any job search,
22、you should start narrow conceptyou think youwant todo - then broadenit. “NonesearchagentworkedforRedmon,careerexpertsseedrawbacks.your criteria, for le, may work against you: “Every time answer a question you eliminate sibility.” says one For any job search, you should start narrow conceptyou think
23、youwant todo - then broadenit. “Noneof theset,” says another expert. “Theres no career implicit in all of this.” Instead, the best strategy is to use the agentasakindoftipservicetokeepabreastofjobsinadatabase; when you , consider it a reminder to check database again. “I would not rely on agents for
24、 finding t is added toa of a job-searching t erest me,” says theSomesitesdesign CareerSites agen its service, for extheiragentstotemptjob terstoreturn.When dsoutmessagestothosewhohavesignedupfor le, it includes only three potential jobs -those it considers thebest matches.There may be moredatabase;
25、-andtheydo. increaseinour for ters will have to visit the site aga “Onthedayafterwesendourmessages, traffic,” says Seth Peets, viceofindthem weseeasharp of marketingEven those who ting for jobs may search worthwhile.Someusethemtokeepaclosewatchonthedemandforof ather information on compensation to ar
26、m negotiating for a raise. Although happily employed, ainshisCareerBuilder.“Youalwayskeepyoureyesalsearchagentmeanshavinganotherfor says.Workinglooking did Redmon find his searching openings in a job ting a ition in a a lservice of a ing his resume to a Which of following can be a disadvantage of se
27、arch Lack of counseling. Limitednumberofvisits. Lower efficiency.Fewer sful “tipservice”(Line4,Paragraph3)mostmeans does CareerSites agent offereach ter only three focus on better job matches. attractmorereturningvisits.reserve space for more increase the rate of Which the following is true accordin
28、g to the al search agents are indispensable to sites al ing job seekers to trace their agents are also helpful tomeans does CareerSites agent offereach ter only three focus on better job matches. attractmorereturningvisits.reserve space for more increase the rate of Which the following is true accor
29、ding to the al search agents are indispensable to sites al ing job seekers to trace their agents are also helpful to those Someagentsstop sending information to people once they TextOver the past century, all kindsof unfairness and discrimination have been condemned or madeillegal. Butone insidious
30、form continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose begin Ihe half of the axifirmcalledAAAAcarshasabig customers thumb through their slongbeenadvantage over Zodiac cars directories. Less well knownis thet Adam s l
31、ife over Zo Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously people have surnames beginning with letters betlarge number of n and Thus the and halfstarting with B and C respectively; and esors (including his father) hadthe alphabet against just 16 six of
32、the seven heads ofhe second half. ernment of the Evenmorestriking, rich countries alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, and Koizumi). The worlds three top central ers Duisenberg i) areall closeto the top of thealphabet, if one of them really uses characters. As are the five ric
33、hest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, isallthe t the rot sets in early. At the start of year in teachers seatDuisenberg i) areall closeto the top of thealphabet, if one of them rea
34、lly uses characters. As are the five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Can this merely be coincidence? One theory, dreamt up in spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, isallthe t the rot sets in early. At the start of year in teachers seat pupils alphabetically fromthe
35、front, to makeit to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman ets stuckthe back row, and is rarely asked the improving ed Yet the disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky .maybeworsequalifications,becausetheygetlessindividualattention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.The hum
36、iliation continues. At the ABCs proudly get their awards Zysmans most people are university graduation ; by the time they reach having a ZZZ. Shortlists erviews, election ballot rs, lists of attendees:alltendtobedrawnupalphabetically,andtheirerest as they through What does the author Zodiac cars?end
37、 to illustrate with AAA A cars Aconspicuous al prejudice. branddiscrimination.What can we infer from three are essential to In both East and West, Thealphabetistoblamefor Customers often pay a lot the failure of Zo attention to companies Some form of discrimination is too subtle to 4th paragraph t q
38、uestions are often put to the elligent alphabetically disadvantaged students often from teachers should pay attention to all of their students should be seated according to their What does the authormean by “most people are literally havinga ZZZ” (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 5)?dozingoff. busy with word Wh
39、ich following is true according to Z are often People with surnames beginning with N to he Western world gain a great n to eliminate alphabetism from has a long way things alphabetically may lead to dozingoff. busy with word Which following is true according to Z are often People with surnames begin
40、ning with N to he Western world gain a great n to eliminate alphabetism from has a long way things alphabetically may lead to entional TextWhen it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isnt biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isnt cutting, filling or polishing asmany nailsa
41、s shed like to, either.Most her nts spend $12 to kly, but last month two customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the economy. “Im a good economic indicator,” she says. “I provide tpeoplecandowithoutwhentheyreconcernedaboutsome dollars.” So Spero is downscaling, at Dillards department sto
42、re near her suburban Cleveland ofNeimanMarcus.“Idontknowifotherme, too.” she Even before Alan Greenspans ntsaregoingt red-economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowdown themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers t
43、emper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue betnksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at al time. Already, experts say, holiday sales are off 7 percent lastyearspace.Butdontsoundanyalarmsjustyet.Consumers only mildly concerned, not panicke
44、d, and many say they remainoptimistic about the economys long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.Consumerssaytheyrenotindespairbecause,despitetheheadlines,their holding steady rush happeningown fortunes stillfeelpretty good. Home ost anhattan, “theres a new he $4 million to
45、$10 million range, fed by Wall Street bonuses,” says broker Barbara Corcoran. In Francisco,arestillrisingevenasfrenziedoverbidding“Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or says John Tealdi, aFrancisco,arestillrisingevenasfrenziedoverbidding“Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you
46、only get two or says John Tealdi, aBay Area real-ebroker. And most folks feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a Many folks see silver linings to this slowdown. buyers would cheer for erestrates. Employers asa little fewer hejob market. Many consumers seeminfluenced by stock-m
47、arket swings,which investors now sary ingredient to a sustainedboom. Diners might see anGetting a table atManhattans hotnew Alain Ducasse tobesible.Notanymore.t,Greenspan&Co.maybe worth By “Ellen Spero biting her nails just yet” (Lines 1-2, means ain her 1), the can hardly istoomuchengagedinherwork
48、has grown out of her bad habitis not in a desperate dothepublicfeelaboutthecurrenteconomicsituation? When mentioning “the $4 millionto $10million range” (Lines 3- 4, Paragraph 3) the author is talking about gold real estock venture 54.Whycanmanypeoplesee“silverlinings”totheeconomicThey would benefit
49、 in certain Thestockmarketshowssignsofrecovery. Such a slowdown usually precedes a boom.The er would be 55. To which of the following is the author likely to A new Tightenthe on the belt, the single , panic The more ventures, the more .TextAmericans today dont place a very high value on ellect. Our
50、heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education-nottopursueknowledgeforthesakeofknowledge.of pervasive ellectualism “Schools have always been in ourschools arent difficult society where practical is educ
51、ation writer A new Tightenthe on the belt, the single , panic The more ventures, the more .TextAmericans today dont place a very high value on ellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education-
52、nottopursueknowledgeforthesakeofknowledge.of pervasive ellectualism “Schools have always been in ourschools arent difficult society where practical is education writer Diane nellectual,” a counterbalance.” Ravitchs latest book, “Schools could Back:ACentury iledSchoolReforms,the roots of our schools,
53、 concluding they are anything but counterbalance to the American distaste ellectualBut they could andshould be. Encouraging kids to rejectthe ofthemindleavesthemvulnerabletoionandcontrol.the ability to think critically,to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully parti
54、cipate in our Continuingalongthispath,sayswriterEarlShorris,“Weea second-rate country. We will have a civil er or privilege,” “ellect is resented as aform historian and professor Richard in ellectualism American Life, a rize winning book on the roots of ellectualism in US politics, religion, and edu
55、cation. From beginningofourhistory,saysHofstadter,our urges have driven us to reject anythingdemocraticandpopulist t smells of common and n considered more noble qualities you could learn from Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist thought schooling and rigorous book put unnatural sonchildr
56、en: for10or15 do not “We areshut up inschoolscollegereci ionrooms bellyful of words and erry Finn years and come last a thing.” Mark Twains Americanellectualism.Itsheroavoidsbeingcivilized-toschoolandlearningtoread-sohecanpreservehisinnateellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from elligence,
57、 a quality we reluctantly ellect is seeks to creative, and contemplative side of the grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while ponders,wonders,theorizes,criticizesandimagines.School remains a place ellect is peoplewho ellect says our countrys educational system he grips “joyfully seeks to creat
58、ive, and contemplative side of the grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while ponders,wonders,theorizes,criticizesandimagines.School remains a place ellect is peoplewho ellect says our countrys educational system he grips “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility ellectual doAmericanpare
59、ntsexpecttheirchildrentoacquireinschool? The habit of thinking independently.Profound knowledge of the world. Practicalabilitiesforfuturecareer.The confidence ellectual 57.WecanlearnfromthetAmericanshaveahistoryofsupporting school suppressing views of Ravitch and Emerson on schooling are Emerson, ac
60、cording to the text, is probably a pioneer of education an opponent a scholar in favor an advocate of What does the author is second evolvesfromcommonsense. is to be pursued.sPartRead the following text carefully and then translate the o . Your translation should be written clearly ANSWER SHEET 2.Th
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