英语应用能力考试
应答技巧和策略
应用英语系
刘然
一、考试情况简介
1．此项考试分为笔试和口试两种测试。笔试有A级和B级两个级别。从1998年开始举行笔试的全国统一考试。全国统一题目、同一时间考试; 全国统
一标准，各省分别批卷。每年在6月份和12月份进行两次考试。通过者由全国高职高专英语课程考试委员会颁发证书。
2．从2004年4月开始举行单独的口语考试。一般要求通过笔试A级的学生可以参加口试。
3．笔试试题的特点：从内容上看，强调英语的应用性，例如：个人简历、求学信、求职信、英语广告、产品说明书、商业信函、产品推销、厂家介绍、合同书、招标书、协议、前言、目录，等等。从形式上看，55%是主观试题，多项选择题只占45%。
4．几年来全国平均通过率在60%左右。
二、如何备考
1．准备的材料：
1）《高职高专教育英语课程教学基本要求》（高等教育出版社）
2）《英语应用能力考试A级试题》练习册1-2本
2．应做的准备：
1）每周至少做一套模拟题。
2）每周写一篇作文。
3）每天至少听半小时的英语。
4）考试前背10篇左右的范文。
三、A级题型及做题技巧
I．Listening Comprehension (15%) 1．题型
Section A
Multiple choice according to dialogues. (5%)
常规题型。
Section B (5%)
Dialogue 1
Dialogue 2
每段对话有10句话左右，多数为实用性的。例如：电话约会、师生谈论学习、宾馆住宿、商品定购、贸易洽谈，等等。每个对话后有2 – 3个单选题。
Section C (5%)
Answer questions briefly.
1段100词左右的短文，用单词或短语
简略回答问题。每题答案不能超过3个词。
2．做题技巧：
1）充分利用时间，进行考前的扫视与预测。
2）思维与录音带同步。
3）精力集中，精神放松，保持良好的心理状态。
4）注意英、美发音的区别
e.g. can’t either/neither
hot/box/boss kilometer
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II. Vocabulary and Structure (15%) Section A (5%)
10道语法。
考试内容：
A．常用词组：介词、名词、动词、形容词等固定搭配。
e.g. in general, make a face, put up
with, get along with, famous for,
on the other hand, …
B. 名词的单、复数
e.g. news people class
equipment information
one hundred dollars
fifty percent of people/water
C. 词性和词意
e.g. hardly friendly seldom
D. 时态的一致
He told me that he____his brother for nearly 5 years.
A. hasn’t seen C. hadn’t seen
B. haven’t seen D. didn’t see
E. 语态的选择
English _____ in every college in China.
A. teaches C. is teaching
B. taught D. is taught
F. 主、谓语的一致
Tom, with his partner, ___ finished that experiment.
A. has C. has been
B. have D. have been
G. 常用的时态和结构：
a. 现在完成时
b. 过去完成时
c. 过去将来时
d. 过去进行时
e. 非谓语动词
f. 被动语态
g. 虚拟语气h. 从句
i. 强调句j. 倒装句
k. 比较级的结构
做题技巧：
1）不可为某一小题浪费时间，遇有不认识的单词，要采用排除法；
2）将选择的项目放在句中读一遍，靠
语感来判断正误。
Section B (10%)
用所给的词填空，语法题6道, 词汇题4道。
e.g. In some ways these schools are (differ)
_____ from Chinese middle schools.
A young man stood nearby while I
(read) ______ the newspaper.
做题技巧：
1．先将全句读懂，判断所填的词在句子中的句子成分。如果作谓语，就是语法题，要考虑其时态、语态等，同时要注意时态的一致；若句子中有谓语，就是词汇题，要考虑该词所作的成分及词义，确定所填词的词性。
2．此题的答案是唯一的，错一个字母就不得分。
3．平时学习要注意构词法，掌握大纲中所要求的常用的构词前缀和后缀。前缀：agree –dis agree
relevant –ir relevant
existence –non existence
important –un important
understand –mis understand
write –re write
后缀：eat – eat able
practice – practic al
attendant – attend ance
educate – educ ation
drive –driv er
operate – operat or
home home less
beauty – beauti ful
child –child hood
fool – fool ish
science – scient ist
heavy –heavi ly
ill – ill ness
friend – friend ship
difficult – difficult y
Part III Reading Comprehension
(35%)
共有5篇阅读文章。
1．第1和第2个阅读题型是多项选择题，每题2分，计20分。
2．第3个阅读是写出文章的大纲，属于信息转换类型。共5道题，每题1
分。用单词或短语回答此题，每题
答案不能超过3个单词。
3．第4个阅读是匹配题，文章中给出英语短语，多数是实用方面的内容。例
如：机器操作指令、产品说明、某行
业的专用术语、学校开课的名称、体
育运动的名称，等等。在答案中给出
汉语，只需考生填上相应的英语字母
即可。此题一般有10个空，每空0.5
分，共5分。
4．第5个阅读是简答题。5个问题，每题1分。答此题的关键是简要、明确，每题的回答不超出3个单词。
Example to Task 5:
Do you sometimes forget birthdays or important appointments? Don’t worry! Now you can get help from your computer. There is a new service on the Internet called on-line calendars. You start by typing in a list of important dates that you want to remember, like the birthdays of your family and friends. Later, you can add other appointments, plans, and reminds to your list. The on-line calendar will send you an e-mail message to remind you about your mother’s birthday
or your friend’s graduation day. Question: How does the service remind you of the important dates? Answer: By sending ________________.
(an e-mail message)
The answers given by the students:
1. e-mail (1)
2. e-mail message (0.5)
3. an e-mail message every morning
(0.5)
4. an message (0.5)
5. it sends me e-mail (0.5)
6. it can remind me of my mother’s
birthday (0)
Part IV Translation – from English into Chinese (20%)
翻译试题分为2个部分。第1部分是4个句子翻译，以多项选择的形式出题。每个选择都有相应的分数, 分为2分、1分、0.5分和0分，总计8分。每个选项的汉语句子都符合逻辑，
做题技巧：
因为每个选项的汉语句子都符合逻辑，所以，必须要
1．首先阅读和理解英语句子里的每个单词和短语。
2．找出英语句子中的关键词语。
3．明确英语句子的结构。
第2部分是段落翻译，实用型的短文。有4 – 5句话，计12分。
做题技巧：
1．根据上、下文去理解句意。不能字对字、词对词地翻译。
2．译完之后，自己通读一遍，检查是否通顺、是否符合逻辑。
3．按汉语习惯去翻译：1）被动译成主动；2）状语放在句首；3）代词译成名词；4）可适当增词或减词；5）词性可以转换。
Part V Writing （15%）
1．评分原则：采用总体评分方法，阅卷人员就总的印象给出奖励分，而不
是按语言的错误数目扣分。从内容和语言两个方面对作文进行综合评判。
2．评分标准：（分为5个分数段）A．2分–条理不清，语言支离破碎或大部分句子均有错误，且多数为严
重错误。
B．5分–基本切题，表达思想不清楚，连贯性差，有较多的严重语言错误。
C．8分–基本切题，有些地方表达思想不够清楚，文字勉强连贯，语言
错误相当多，其中有一些是严重错
误。
D．11分–切题，表达思想清楚，文字连贯，但有少量语言错误
E．14分–切题，表达思想清楚，文
字通顺，连贯性较好，基本上无语言
错误，仅有个别小错。
3．应注意的问题：
A．要卷面工整、字迹清楚。
B．宁可字数多，不可字数少。
C．不求高、难句型和词汇，只求句子通顺、意思完整。
4．如何写好作文
B．思路开阔，用词灵活
Example:
“街上有很多汽车”的几种说法：
1) The streets have many cars. (2)
2) There are much cars in the streets.
(5)
3) There are many car in the streets. (8)
4) There are more and more cars
running in the streets. (11)
5) Wherever you go in China, you will
find more and more cars running
along the streets. (14)
C. 写作时要使用过渡词和短语：
1）表示连接、转折、特殊说明、强调，等等
indeed, certainly, however, thus, therefore, but, especially, moreover, similarly, naturally, surely, in this case, above all, for example, in the same way, in contract, on the other hand, of course, as a result, in a word, in conclusion, to sum up, all in all, in fact
2）表示顺序
first, second, the last, finally, in the first place, in the second place, the former, the latter
D．如果想得高分，句子结构要复杂一些，定语可用分词短语或定语从
句；多用状语从句、固定短语，
等结构。
Example:
a.His English is good.
----- He is good at English.
b. I saw Jane yesterday. She was listening to radio.
-------- I saw Jane yesterday, who was
listening to radio.
c. We went to the factory for practice and
we learnt a lot from the workers there. ------ We went to the factory for practice where we learnt a lot
from the workers.
d. He gave me a book. The cover of the book was blu
e.
------ He gave me a book, whose cover was blue.
------- He gave me a book, the cover of which was blue.
e. Do you know the student? He is speaking at the meeting.
------- Do you know the student
speaking at the meeting?
E. 用不同的词表示相同的意思：Example:
I think this film is very interesting. But his idea is that …. My mother
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Part I Cloze Test Directions: This part, numbered 1 to 15, is to test your grammar and vocabulary ability. Each of the blanks (N0.1 to No.15) is followed by four choices of suggested choices marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. A "dark horse "is one that shows unexpected racing speed and comes in first, 1 the experts said he had little chance of winning. In politics, an 2 candidate (候选人) for office who 3 a nomination(提名)or election is called a "dark horse". British Prime Minister Benjamin Disrael is believed to 4 the first to use the phrase. In his novel, "The Young Duke ", published in 1831, Disrael described a horse race and told how the two top choices fell 5 ,while "a dark horse "which had never been thought of rushing past the grandstand (看台)in a sweeping triumph. From racing to politics was a short step. As a political phrase, “dark horse ” 6 for the first time in the national Democratic Party congress of 1844. The "dark horse" was James Knox Polk who became the llth President of the United States. Polk had been the leader of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839. He had 7 been Governor of the state of Tennessee. But as a national leader, he was considered a political 8 . Nevertheless, he 9 won the Democratic nomination and was elected 10 .Martin Van Buren of New York, A former President, seemed sure of getting the nomination. But he opposed making the territory of Texas part of the United States as mother state. He was 11 it because there was slavery in Texas. Van Buren did not want another slave state in the Union. As a result, he 12 support among those Democrats who supported slavery. At the 1884 congress, Van Buren could not get enough votes to win the nomination. The congress got into 13 . Therefore, the Democratic leaders decided that the only wise thing would be to run a "dark horse ", 14 who could unite the party. And so, one of the party leaders, George Bancroft, proposed the name of James Knox Polk. He won, and the party 15 behind him, And he defeated his opponent , Henry Clay of the Whig Party. After the 1844 congress, the "dark horse "candidates became an established fact of national political life. One historian said, "The invention of the dark horse was in itself a remarkable product of our professional politics. "This made it possible for party leaders to choose candidates who were not tied to certain ideas. Therefore, they represented nothing and had developed few enemies. 1. A. so B. even though C. so that D. as if 2. A. unknown B. famous C. popular D. known 3. A. accepts B. looks forward to C. refuses D. wins 4. A. be B. being C. been D. have been
高等学校英语应用能力考试(A级) (2015年12月) Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions:This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example:You will hear: You will read: A. New York City. B. An evening party. C. An air trip. D. The man’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A] [B] [C] [D] Now the test will begin. 1.A) The price of the product. C) The delivery of his order. B)The charge of the service. D) The packing of the goods. 2.A) Giving a lecture. C) Preparing a party. B)Taking an interview. D) Having an exam. 3.A) Its food is delicious. C) It is close to his office. B)Its price is reasonable. D) It provides good service. 4.A) By sea. B) By air . C) By train. D) By truck. 5.A) Asking the way. C) Buying air tickets. B) Renting a car. D) Booking hotel rooms. Section B Direction:This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions .Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Conversation 1 6.A) Open a new shoe store. C) Invite the woman to his company. B) Participate in a trade fair. D) Pace an order with the woman. 7.A) An advertising brochure. C) An invitation letter. B) A price list. D) A few samples. Conversation 2 8.A) At a hotel. C) In a restaurant. B) At the airport. D) In a bank. 9. A) To buy a ticket. C) To place an order.
2017年12月高等学校英语应用能力考试B级真题及详解[听力音频] Part ⅠListening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 7 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 1. A) It’s over there. B) Sorry to hear it. C) That’s all right.
D) It’s wonderful. 【答案】A 【解析】问题问的是“请问问询处怎么走？”。对于此类询问地点的问题，答复的内容通常是指示方向。因此答案为A。 【录音原文】Excuse me, where is the information center? 2. A) Here you are. B) It doesn’t matter. C) Yes, of course. D) Thank you. 【答案】C 【解析】问题问的是“能告诉我怎么操作这台机器吗？”。对于请求，可以用yes或no来回答。因此答案为C。 【录音原文】Can you show me how to use this machine? 3. A) You’re right. B) It’s great. C) Here is my card. D) How are you? 【答案】B 【解析】问题问的是“史密斯先生，飞行顺利吗？”。针对此类问题，回答的内容和个人感觉相关，感觉愉快或者不愉快。因此答案为B。
2013年6月高等学校英语应用能力考试 (B级真题天津版) Part ⅠListening comprehension (15 minute) Directions：This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions：This section is to test your ability to give proper responses There are 5 recorded questions in it. After each question. there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question，you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A）,B）,C）and D）given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example：You will hear： You will read：A）I’m not sure B）You’re right C）Yes，certainly D）That’s interesting From the question we can learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a massage. Therefore, C）Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C）on the Answer Sheet. [A][B][C][D] Now the test will begin. 1.A) You are right C) Yes, of course. B) Its interesting. D) Hold on, please. 2.A) I’m sorry to hear that. C) My, pleasure. B) No, nothing special D) Me, too. 3.A) This way, please C) Thanks a lot. B) Here you are D) Sure, no problem. 4.A)Not at all. C) I can do it well. B)Not too bad. D) Give me a hand, please. 5.A)Yes, please. C)Mind your step. B)Here it is. D)Have a nice day Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A）,B）,C）and D）given in your test paper .Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. 6.A)One. C)There. B)Two . D)Four. 7.A)In cash. C)With a gift. B)By cheque D)Through an online account. 8.A)Writing a plan. C)Checking a report. B)Marking a proposal. D)Giving a lecture. 9.A)She is going to study abroad C)She is taking a job. B)She will take a holiday. D)She has got a pay raise. 10.A)It is quite large. C)It is too far away. B)It is noisy. D)It is comfortable. Section C Directions: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper ,but
大学英语应用能力考试试 题及答案 Prepared on 21 November 2021
Part I Cloze Test Directions: This part, numbered 1 to 15, is to test your grammar and vocabulary ability. Each of the blanks to is followed by four choices of suggested choices marked A), B), C) and D). Make the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Every year, almost 2 million Americans are injured while they're 1 work. Every day, 240 are killed on the job. The 2 job is cutting down trees. Being a policeman is safer than many jobs, including driving a truck, collecting garbage and 3 airplanes. One of the safest jobs is being a librarian. The government inspects(检查) most factories and offices. 4 have to 5 fines if their factories or offices are unsafe. In California, employers often go to prison if one of their workers is 6 because a factory didn't 7 safety measures. But President Bush cut down the number of government inspectors 8 15 percent. Many people say working is less safe 9 . For women workers, the greatest danger so far is murder. Forty-- two percent of all 10 who die at work were killed. Many of them work 11 clerks in stores 12 they are by themselves at night. Experts say they can protect themselves by putting the cash desk in full 13 of the street. The numbers of deaths and accidents at work don't take into 14 people who become sick from 15 that they are exposed to at work. Doctors don't know if some chemicals cause illness. There are no government rules for many new chemicals. Inspectors say employers turn their backs on safety problems because they don't want to pay the bill for fixing them. They also say some workers don't want to complain about dangers because they may lose their jobs.
高等学校英语应用能力考试（B级） 2018年6月 Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 7 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) I’m not sure. B) You’re right. C) Yes, certainly. D) That’s interesting. From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message. Therefore, C) Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A][B][C][D] Now the test will begin. 1. A) Oh, yes. Please. B) I like it very much. C) Sit down please. D) Fine. And you? 2. A) Take care. B) My pleasure. C) It' s great. D) This way, please. 3. A) See you tomorrow. B) Ok, it doesn’t ' t matter. C) Sorry, all our rooms are booked. D) Here is the room key.
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高等学校英语应用能力考试(A级) (2015年12月) Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections. Section A Directions:This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A. New York City. B. An evening party. C. An air trip. D. The man’s job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C. An air trip is the correct answer. You should
高校英语应用能力考试（A级）专项练习—段落翻译 1. The typical digital computer has five different units or sections, an input unit where information or orders go into the computer, a control unit which controls the actions of the computer in accordance with the input orders, a computation unit where the computation is carried out, a memory unit where information is stored, and an output unit which reports the results. 2. Only a few years ago, scientists had very vague ideas about electricity. Many of them thought of it as a sort of "fluid" that flowed through wires as water flows through pipes, but they could not understand what made it flow. Many of them felt that electricity was made up of tiny particles (微粒) of some kind, but trying to separate electricity into individual particles puzzled them. 3. China’s entry into WTO will encourage economic growth in ways that can benefit its trading partners, including the United States, directly. It will provide firms outside China with better access (进入) into one of the world’s largest, most dynamic markets, improving the allocation (分配，配置) of resources around the world. 4. The solar battery "make" electricity from sunlight. It is a new invention which had its first practical workout in 199 5. In that year a solar battery was placed on top of a telephone pole and connected to a telephone system. It furnishes enough electricity to operate several telephones. 5. Multimedia is not a new word. In fact, the concept of multimedia has been around for years. However, it appears that multimedia has finally started to play an increasing important role in today's computer world. Because of ever more powerful computer systems and the experience of creative programmers, multimedia is truly changing the way people are using computers. 6. E-mail lives somewhere between a phone call and a formal letter: it can be unprepared or carefully constructed. The trouble is that you cannot always be sure how the recipient (收件人) is going to interpret your message so it helps to be as clear as possible. You can do a few simple things to ensure that people won't be offended.
2017年6月高等学校英语应用能力考试（B级） Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections. Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to give proper responses. There are 7 recorded questions in it. After each question, there is a pause. The questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) I’m not sure. B) You’re right. C) Yes, certainly. D) That’s interesting. From the question we learn that the speaker is asking the listener to leave a message. Therefore, C) Yes, certainly is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. [A][B][C][D] Now the test will begin. 1. A) Let’s have a break. C) Don’t mention it. B) This way, please. D) No, thank you. 2. A) On Monday. C) Take it easy. B) John Smith. D) It’s too late. 3. A) How do you do C) Yes, please. B) It doesn’t matter.D) Mind your step. 4. A) I’m afraid not. C) Hurry up. B) Never mind. D) Have a good time. 5. A) Go ahead, please. C) I’d love to. B) Yes, I am. D) He’s from China. 6. A) Oh, I see. C) It’s over there. B) Here it is. D) Yes, of course. 7. A) Go on, please. C) Sure, I will. B) Two dollars. D) Here you are. Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 7 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now listen to the dialogues. 8. A) About 150 years old. C) About 115 years old. B) About 120 years old. D) About 100 years old.