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Part 1 Long Conversations
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Directions: In this section, you will hear some long conversations. At the end of each conversation, some questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which the best answer is.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following passage or dialog.
1.
A. She wishes the vacation could start right now.
B. She is waiting patiently for the vacation to begin.
C. She is excited that she is to visit Queen Elizabeth.
D. She likes the idea that the vacation is two weeks long.
2.
A. Because airline tickets will be much cheaper.
B. Because it is less likely to have rain in this season.
C. Because there will be several more attractions then.
D. Because it is easier to get around with fewer visitors.
3.
A. The London Eye.
B. The River Thames.
C. The Tower of London.
D. Shakespeare's Theater. 4. A. Many famous people used to live there. B. Many famous prisoners were killed there. C. Many famous criminals were buried there. D. Many famous people have paid a visit to it. Part 1 Long Conversations (每小题: 1 分; 满分：4 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 3. 4. 1 1 1 1 我的答案 A D A B A D A B 客观 Subtotal: 4 老师评语： Click ONCE on the speaker icon to start listening! 放音结束前请不要离开本页。否则就听不成啦! Part 2 Passage (每小题： 分) Directions: In this section, you'll hear some short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following passage or dialog. 1. A. He had a personal interview with President Nixon. B. His famous sentence has been written into textbooks. C. He was sent on a world tour by NASA after the landing. D. He has become the focus of the largest audience since 2. then. A. He considered email correspondence was sufficient enough. B. He thought Andrew Smith was not a well-known writer. C. He decided to accept only two interviews all his life. D. He believed that he was not worthy of the attention. 3. A. Because he declined many requests from other people. B. Because he refused to be the center of public attention. C. Because he did not feel excited about the moon landing. D. Because he did only a small part of the moon landing 4. work. A. He didn't get the credit he deserved even though he did the flying part. B. He didn't want to make money from the moon-landing experience. C. He failed to become a millionaire like the other moon walkers. D. He was not good at signing autographs and having interviews. Part 2 Passage (每小题: 1 分; 满分：4 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 3. 4. 1 1 1 1 我的答案 C D B B C D B B 客观 Subtotal: 4 老师评语： Part 3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs (每小题： 分) Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with appropriate prepositions or adverbs. Fill in each blank with only ONE word. 1. According to the professor, if you are investedwith common-sense ideas, you will have necessary skills for a lifetime employment. 3. It is the child's first taste of living away from home, in the place where he must stand on his own two feet, and where he must stand 4. up byhimself. During the 60s and 70s in the last century, it was reported that many people who lived in the East Germany tried to defect to the West. in5. Her parents wanted her to major medicine, so she finally decided to take chemistry as her major. 6. The victim described her attacker night. 7. The main cause of an air crash is almost always something to do withas a well-built man in his 30's though he pretended to be an old man that the pilot's flying skills or his personal judgments. 8. To improve our medical service, the number of operations may have to be limited experienced doctors. to the number of 9. Either or both of these courses may be replaced with courses in other subjects by undergraduates who wish to broaden the scope of their degree. 10. He hopes educators will not only prepare studentsfor a career but also help them realize that there is a lot more in life than a job. 11. The Chinese People Congress has voted in favorof the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, the biggest hydroelectric project in the world. 12. This is not good reporting, which should involve all of the key facts and an account of those facts objective manner. 13. During the six-month Expo 2010 Shanghai China, a huge body ofin an volunteers has been organized to help to offer all kinds of service for those who came to visit. 15. Grasses and flowers in a desert survive from one year to the next by existing through the long, hot, and dry seasonin the form of seeds. 16. The singing actors' wonderful song captured the imaginationof audience and all stood up to applaud them for three minutes. 17. The time required to study can be fixed according to the students' actual needs, and they can participatein distance learning from almost any place in the world. Part 3 Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs (每小题: 1 分; 满分：17 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 3. 4. 1 1 0 1 我的答案 with up by to with up for to 客观 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in as with to of for of in of in of of in in as with to of for of in of in of of in Subtotal: 16 老师评语： Part 4 Banked Cloze (每小题： 分) Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the word bank. Each word can be used only once. Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage. A. calculate D. literally G. performs J. inserts M. bound B. asserts E. secured H. insight K. just N. perceive C. distinguish F. broadened I. accumulate L. extremely O. sight Why study the humanities? The 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill 1.asserts that, instead of places for pure learning, universities ought to be places that 2. literally encourage students to become good human beings. This assertion may sound out-of-date since most college students today are 3.bound to learn knowledge and special skills. According to Mill, human beings are 4. just human beings before they are lawyers or doctors. Mill further explains that a strong liberal arts curriculum will make lawyers or doctors see differently with 5. broadened horizons. But can someone be a successful lawyer of great inner 6. insight without studying the humanities? Yes. Can someone succeed in business or medicine without the liberal arts? Sure. But we ought to 7. \"the goodness of the operation\" from the \"goodness of the operator\". How well someone 8.performs in a specialized field is not necessary to do with how well a person behaves as a good human being. The study of the humanities, therefore, prepares students for their future \"philosophic habit of mind\"—something 9. extremely different from an Internet and Information Age which values speed and instant satisfaction. On the contrary, studying the humanities enables us to 10. accumulate slow, on-going knowledge to respond to the basic questions of our age, a means of human betterment. Questions 11 to 20 are based on the following passage. A. spectacular D. scope G. bothered J. boost M. knowledgeable B. speculate E. available H. accumulated K. humanities N. expelled C. span F. compelled I. prospect L. liable O. stimulated Many people like to save books. If you walk into their home, you are 11.liable to see anywhere from a single bookshelf to a whole library full of all kinds of books. They have 12. accumulated such a wealth of books that the shelves in their study rooms reach up to the ceilings. The 13.spectacular book collections they keep on the shelves are dusted and lined up neatly. There are two important reasons why people save books. One reason people save their books is to use them as reference materials. People whose job includes studying a lot of textbooks might feel 14. electronic to 15. equipment compelled to save some their books of those books for future reference. Those interested in keep speculate about the mystery of computer technology and the like. Many families keep encyclopedias (百科全书) for their children to 16. knowledge. Another reason people save books is to make a good impression. Some think that a library full of the books of the 17. books look 18. never 19. some humanitiesboost their , such as literatures and the and history . Some makes people them have about art knowledgeablebothered to read those books. Also, to show to visitors their people scopelike wide 20. of tastes and interests. In fact, it's just a good feeling they want to have. Part 4 Banked Cloze (每小题: 1 分; 满分：20 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 1 1 我的答案 asserts literally asserts literally 客观 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 bound just broadened insight distinguish performs extremely accumulate liable accumulated spectacular compelled speculate boost humanities knowledgeable bothered scope bound just broadened insight distinguish performs extremely accumulate liable accumulated spectacular compelled speculate boost humanities knowledgeable bothered scope Subtotal: 20 老师评语： Part 5 Cloze (with choices provided) (每小题： 分) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four words or expressions given. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage. When my parents came to the university for my graduation, they were very proud—of themselves and of me. 1.In fact, they hadn't known much about college when they had first sent me off to this 2. outstanding liberal arts school. Sending me to college meant something special to them because it represented a big 3. break throughfor the future economic betterment and the chance to join an education- 4. oriented society. To me, this was the invested withschool where I would be 5. insight. great I bet we all achieved more than we had expected 6.since I am now the president of the university. My parents were part of a wave of Americans after World War II7. whose belief and support in education greatly establishmentpromoted the 8. _ of the greatest universities in the world. Students began to have the chance to acquire a well-rounded education, 9. on whichAmericans created today's culture and economy, plus a political system that 10. acknowledges equality. College education 11. provides students with more tools to solve problems, broader horizons to 12. evaluatewhat's going on in this world, and promisingstronger ability to build a13. society. University leaders in Asia, the Mideast and even Europe are now seeking to 14.improve curriculums more like Likewisethose of our liberal arts schools. 15. , they want to know how we can combine academic learning with the development of critical thinking and creativity, the main 16. pillar of the best American colleges. However, on the contrary, in our own land now we are 17.defecting from the liberal education. When the job successionmarket continues its long slide in 18. , college education is more and more seen as a means of economic betterment rather 19. than a means of human betterment. Many think that by narrowing our focus to just science and engineering, we will presumably become more20. competitive in the market driven world. This is definitely a serious mistake. Part 5 Cloze (with choices provided) (每小题: 1 分; 满分：20 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 我的答案 In fact outstanding break through oriented invested with since whose establishment on which acknowledges provides evaluate promising improve Likewise pillar defecting succession than competitive In fact outstanding break through oriented invested with since whose establishment on which acknowledges provides evaluate promising improve Likewise pillar defecting succession than competitive 客观 Subtotal: 20 老师评语： Part 6 Reading comprehension (每小题： 分) Directions: Read the following passages carefully. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished sentences. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to each question. Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage or dialog. What is the value of the humanities? Why should we study the humanities given the current economic recession? In this new era of continuous unemployment slides and shrinking university funds, questions about the importance of the humanities in a complex and technologically demanding world have taken on new urgency. While the humanities may not seem as important as engineering, chemistry, or any of the other \"hard\" sciences, it still plays a significant role in the world. There is a great misunderstanding of what the humanities are and what they can do. People often assume that the humanities are just about reading the great literary and philosophical works and understanding the question of what living is for. I would argue that humanities – at least from a Cultural Studies perspective – is much more than reading the classic works and speculating about the meaning of life. In Cultural Studies, we apply theory to practice. Thinking and acting outside of the ivory tower, Cultural Studies attempts to produce research that engages with the public. As a cultural researcher, I am constantly asking myself the \"So what?\" question. Why does this topic matter? Why should people care? This continuous self-questioning helps bridge the gap between theory and practice. While I am learning for the sake of learning, I believe scholars have the responsibility to think about the ways in which their research relates to the larger picture. What is the point of research if it doesn't affect the way people think about and act in the world? One thing I think Cultural Studies does effectively is rethinking the way we have traditionally thought about things. In Cultural Studies, few things – if anything – are taken for granted. Our research is largely driven by the question of what it means to be human. Through critical and creative engagement, we attempt to speculate on a question in a way that inspires people to imagine what might be instead of what is. This critical and creative engagement is especially important given the worsening state of the economy and the need for creative ways of being in the world. 1.
Why has the question of studying the humanities taken on new urgency?
A. More people have realized its importance.
B. It has become a more interesting topic.
C. It's driven by the current economic downturn.
D. It's compelled by today's complex world.
2. According to the author, what's the assumption of the general public?
A. \"Hard\" sciences are more important than the humanities.
B. Most people don't know who they are and what they can
do.
C. People don't really understand the meaning of life.
D. The humanities are only to do with literatures and
philosophies.
What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about? A. It asks \"So what?\" question.
3.
B. It argues to support the humanities.
C. It produces research to get involved with people.
D. It tries to think and act outside of the ivory tower.
4. What is the author's point in Paragraph 4? A. Do the research that will impact on people.
B. Bridge the gap between theory and practice.
C. Learn things for the sake of learning.
D. Lake the responsibility to do research. 5. According to the author, \"rethinking\" means ________. A. to think what it means to be human B. to believe nothing is certain C. to question the traditional way of thinking D. to use a unique way of thinking Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage or dialog. After men landed on the moon in 1969, astronauts (宇航员) around the world had a problem – there were no other places they could go! Even today, the other planets are still too far away for astronauts to fly to. So while rockets and robots can go to other planets, manned flights have to stay closer to home. Therefore, manned space programs have turned their attention to solving problems related to living and working in space. Currently, NASA's (US National Aeronautics and Space Administration) manned space exploration program focuses on the space shuttle program. NASA now operates three space shuttles, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor. Unfortunately, two of NASA's shuttles, Challenger and Columbia, were lost through accidents. Seven astronauts died in each accident. The program completed 135 missions when the program ended with the successful landing at the Kennedy Space Center on July 21, 2011. These missions have included putting satellites into orbit, photographing the earth, studying space, conducting experiments related to working in space, and connecting with various manned space station in orbit. Throughout the short history of the exploration of space, several space stations have been put into orbit. The first manned space station was the Soviet station Salyut 1, put into orbit in 1971. Later, in 1986, the Soviet Union launched the Mir space station. Mir stayed in orbit until March 23, 2001. Over that time, 104 astronauts visited the station to stay for various lengths of time. The person who has spent the longest in space so far is Russian astronaut Valeri Polyakov. Working as the doctor aboard the station, he lived on Mir for 438 days without returning to earth. In total, Polyakov worked aboard Mir for 678 days before retiring. Today, astronauts from around the world are working together to complete the International Space Station (ISS). The construction began in 1998, and the US Orbital Segment was completed in 2011. Operations are expected to continue until at least 2020. In the long run, it is hoped that the ISS will be a place where people can live and work all year round. 6.
Why can't astronauts travel to other planets now? A. Because there are not enough space shuttles.
B. Because there have been too many rocket accidents.
C. Because the journey would take too long for human.
D. Because there are too many problems here on Earth.
7. What is the fact of NASA's manned space exploration program?
A. Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavor were lost through
accidents.
B. Challenger and Columbia are the current space shuttles.
C. Seven astronauts died in accidents.
D. NASA had completed 135 missions by July 21, 2011.
8. What is TRUE about Valeri Polyakov?
A. He has spent more time in space than anyone else.
B. He stayed aboard Mir for 678 days at one time.
C. He is still an astronaut though he is retired.
D. He often helped the doctor at the Mir space station.
9. What is TRUE about the International Space Station? A. It is being built by the United States alone.
B. It will be launched into space in 2011. C. It was completed in 1998. D. It will eventually have people living and working there. 10. What is the best title for this passage? A. Valeri Polyakov — An Amazing Astronaut B. The Past and Future of Space Travel C. Space Cities of the Future D. Living and Working on the International Space Station Part 6 Reading comprehension (每小题: 1 分; 满分：10 分) 小题 得分 对错 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 我的答案 C D B A C C D A D B C D B A C C D A D B 客观 Subtotal: 10 老师评语：
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