Model Test (10)Band TwoPart I. Writing (30 Minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of The Career I’d Like to Pursue. You should write at least 120 words following the outline below:1. 未来我想从事…（职业）2. 为什么3. 我的打算Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming And Scanning ) (15 Minutes) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 2.For questions 1-7, markY(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N(for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG(for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Industry and the EnvironmentDo you recycle your newspapers? Do you always take a shopping bag with you when you go shopping, so that the shop doesn't waste plastic bags? If so, then you are a "Green", you are "environmentally conscious". That means that you are aware that human beings are using up the resources of the world too fast--and that to conserve the world's resources, we must "think green". Consumers all over the world are increasingly beginning to realise the need to buy "green products"-- products that are economically and harmlessly produced, and harmlessly disposed of after use. There are also campaigns to encourage people to recycle glass, paper, plastic and metal. As a result of such campaigns, fewer resources are being wasted.However, one thing is clear: without the cooperation of industry--big business--the world will not grow cleaner. For it is industry that turns raw materials into consumer products. Using modern technology, industry can create environmental disorder and confusion, wasting raw materials, and polluting the earth.There are signs that industry is becoming increasingly aware of its power to preserve, or destroy, the environment. Industry has for some time tried to use natural resources more economically. For example, power stations have becomemuch more efficient. As a result, they have become less wasteful in their use of resources.However, in recent years, industry has come to worry much more about controlling the amount of pollution during production. Responsible companies are trying to reduce the amount of air pollution. Apart from releasing harmful gases, other problems include the discharge of heavy metals into rivers and the sea, and the difficulty of finding enough space to dispose safely of the world's rubbish.Industry's task now is to find ways to reduce or eliminate forms of pollution. Increasingly the world will need products that, during their lifetime, do minimal damage to the planet, and that, at the end of their lives, can either be safely disposed of, or recycled to new uses. So, companies are now trying to ensure that rubbish is disposed of safely, or recycled where possible.Why should any company start this revolution? There are many pressures for change: customers' tastes change, as the consumer starts to "think green". Customers vote with their wallets and purses, as they question what products involve poisonous gases in their manufacture, and what products are biologically harmful during their use, and after their useful life comes to an end.More relevant perhaps in the long run, customers also have an influence on government: governments are now imposing stronger regulations on industry, and heavier penalties for polluting. Governments can make new laws about chemical discharges, tax the use of raw materials, and punish companies for polluting accidents. In short, society will and must demand cleaner and less wasteful industrial processes, cleaner products, and cleaner ways of disposing of these products, or recycling them.To develop these processes, and invent cleaner products, will call for whole new types of technology. The changes may well be enormous. What a fortune awaits the company that invents, say, a way of transporting people rapidly, safely and quietly, without discharging nasty gases, in a container that melts into the earth as soon as it reaches the end of its long life! The great engineering projects of the next century will not be the civil engineering of dams or bridges, but the bio-engineering of sewage works and garbage dumps. The star scientists will be those who find cheaper ways to dispose of plastics, or to clean up polluted soil. For far-sighted companies, the environment may turn out to be the biggest opportunity for enterprise and invention the industrial world has seen.1. "Greens" are people who classify waste before disposing of it.2. People who are environmentally conscious only buy agricultural productsproduced in greenhouses.3. The cooperation of industry is a very important factor in the preservation of the environment.4. Power stations today have for some time tried to use natural resources more economically.5. When "Customers vote with their wallets and purses”, it means they can askquestions about the kind of materials used by industry.6. Customers today can influence the election of government officials.7. Increased government control over industry may contribute to a cleanerenvironment.8. To invent cleaner industrial processes and products, will require _____.9. In the next century, the important engineering projects will be ______.10. There is a great future for companies that can develop the technology neededfor _________.Part III. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long sentences. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations 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 is the best answer, then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2.11. A) Go out to work.B) Listen carefully to Tom.C) Be calm and patient.D) Do the easiest thing.12. A) The man couldn’t spend Christmas with the woman.B) The woman is going home for Christmas.C) The man has not been invited to the Christmas party.D) The woman is going to spend Christmas abroad.13. A) John missed a test.C) John has stolen a car.B) John has kept his job.D) John was called a thief.14. A) As big as she expected.B) Much bigger than she expected.C) Not as big as she expected.D) So small that she is not satisfied.15. A) Because Maria doesn't like football.B) Because Maria fell ill.C) Because he didn't have the time.D) Because he can't stand football.16. A) At 2:35. B) At 2:45.C) At 3:00. D) At 3:15.17. A) At a cigarette store. B) At a bus station.C) At a gas station. D) At Aunt Mary's.18. A) George's brother. B) George's wife.C) George's father. D) George's father-in-law.Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Get some information about flights for Beijing.B) Leave for Beijing by plane.C) Book a ticket.D) Leave Beijing for Changsha.20. A) 3. B) 2. C) 1. D) 5.21. A) 6:50. B) 10:10. C) 11:15. D) 8:45.Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.22. A) To enroll for an evening course.B) To sign up for a contest.C) To register for a full-time course.D) To take a music course.23. A) On the weekend.B) This Tuesday.C) Next week.D) Thursday.24. A) This afternoon. B) This evening.C) Tomorrow afternoon. D) Next week.25. A) 10 weeks. B) 11 weeks. C) 12 weeks. D) 16 weeks. Section BDirections:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages 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). Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Oct. 31. B) Nov. 1. C) Dec. 30. D) New Year’s Eve.27. A) People celebrate Halloween today according to religion.B) Halloween hasn’t lost its original meaning.C) The pumpkin is a sign of a rich harvest.D) British people have lost their interest in Halloween.28. A) The black cat. B) Pumpkins.C) Garbage cans D) Candies.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. A) The largest library in the U.S.B) A special system for numbering books.C) Finding books in a library.D) Finding a needle in a haystack.30. A) Library of Congress.B) Chicago Public Library.C) Harvard University Library.D) New York Public Library.31. A) New York Public Library.B) Chicago Public Library.C) Library of Congress.D) Harvard University Library.32. A) They arrange the books in alphabetical order.B) They put the books into a card catalog.C) They give a number to each book.D) They put the books on the shelves.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) Planes. B) Cars. C) TV sets. D) Furniture.34. A) Because they are much lighter.B) Because they are much safer.C) Because they are much smoother.D) Both B) and C).35. A) It is difficult to soften and shape plastics.B) Plastics are good materials for planes' fuel tanks.C) Now brushes get materials from animals other than pigs.D) More and more use will be found for plastics.Section CDirections:In this section, you will hear a passage three times, when the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blank numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Psychologists have found that only about two percent of adults use their creativity ___(36)___with ten percent of seven-year-old children. When five-year-olds were ___(37)___, the results rose to ninety percent. ___(38)___ and originality are daily happening for the small child, but somehow most of us lose the freedom and flexibility of children as we grow older. The need to "follow ___(39)___" and "do-it-right" prevents us from using our creative ___(40)___.It is never too late to make use of our creative potential. Some of us, however find it difficult to think in ___(41)___ and flexible ways because of our set pattern of ___(42)___ problems. When we are inflexible in our approach to ___(43)___, we close our minds to creative possibilities.___(44)___.It means ___(45)___. If you were to ask someone, "What's half of eight?" and received the answer, "Zero," you might laugh and say, "That's wrong." But the figure 8 can be cut into two zeros, one on top of the other; it can also be seen as two 3's standing face to face.___(46)___. If each of us asked the question, “Why?” more often and investigated "other" choices to problem solving, our lives would be more interesting and exciting.Part IV. Reading Comprehension ( Reading in depth)Section ADirections:In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Most Americans would have a difficult time telling you, specifically, what the values are which Americans live by. They have never given the matter any thought.Over the years I have introduced thousands of international visitors to life in the United States. This has caused me to try to look at Americans through the eyes of foreign visitors. I am confident that the values listed in this booklet describemost (but not all ) Americans, and that understanding these values can help you, the international visitor, understand Americans.It is my belief that if foreign visitors really understand how deeply these 13 values are ingrained in Americans, they will then be able to understand 95% of American actions--actions which might otherwise appear “strange,”“confusing,” or “unbelievable” when evaluated from the perspective of the foreigner's own society and its values.The different behaviors of a people or a culture make sense only when seen through the basic beliefs, assumptions and values of that particular group. When you encounter an action, or hear a statement in the United States which surprises you, try to see it as an expression of one or more of the values listed in this booklet.47. Can an ordinary American tell you his/her value system? Why？_____________________________________________48. The author lists 13 values in his booklet to ___________.49. The word “ingrained” in Line 2, Paragraph 3 most probably means _________.50. Visitors sometimes find Americans behave in a strange, confusing orunbelievable way, probably because _____________.51. How can you understand a surprising behavior or statement of an Americanwhen you visit the United States?Section BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 57 are based on the following passage.“No man is an island,” wrote the poet John Donne several centuries ago. He was acknowledging one of our most distinctive characteristics: the fact that we are social animals whose behavior and personalities are shaped by the groups to which we belong.Throughout life, most of our daily activities are performed in the company of others. Whether our purpose is working, playing, raising a family, learning, or simply relaxing, we usually pursue it in groups, even if the group is as small as twoor three people. Our need for human contacts is not merely a practical one; it is a deep psychological need as well. If people are deprived of the company of others for prolonged periods, mental breakdown is the usual result. Even the Geneva Convention (日内瓦公约)，an international agreement that regulates the treatment of prisoners of war, recognizes this need. It regards solitary (孤独的) imprisonment for more than thirty days as a cruel form of torture (折磨).In its strictest sense, a group is a collection of people interacting together in an orderly way on the basis of shared expectations about one another's behavior. As result of this interaction, members feel a common sense of “belonging.” They distinguish members from nonmembers and expect certain kinds of behavior from outsiders.52. By “No man is an island,” John Donne means _____.A) no one can live on an island aloneB) a man is not surrounded by sea on all sidesC) a man and an island are irrelevantD) no one can live in isolation from other people53. The fact that we work or even play in groups illustrates the point that ____.A) people are different from animalsB) Donne recognized the group to which he belongedC) human beings are social animalsD) human behavior and personalities are formed by others54. “Breakdown” as used in Line 6, Paragraph 2 most probably means ____.A) separation B) collapse C) analysis D) function55. According to the passage, what is NOT a characteristic of group?A) There are at least two people in it.B) The members share some common grounds.C) The members work for one purpose.D) The members interact regularly with each other.56. This passage is mainly about _______.A) the importance of human contactsB) patterns of human behaviorC) the importance of human activitiesD) patterns of human societyPassage TwoQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.The word health can be used in a number of ways. In the past, health was only the absence of disease or illness. Today, though, health has a broader meaning.Health is the state of your well-being that includes how you feel physically, mentally, and socially. Wellness is another term that describes this broader view of health. You can understand the need for a broader definition if you think about how health in your life is different from health in your grandparents' lives.In 1900, the main causes of death were diseases that were spread by bacteria (细菌) and viruses (病毒). If you had lived then, the danger of your dying from pneumonia (肺炎) would have been three times greater than the danger of your dying from cancer.The diseases that were most common in 1900 affected people of all ages. It is not surprising that the emphasis of health was on freedom from illness around 1900. Today many of the diseases that were common in 1900 can be prevented or cured by improved medicines and methods of sanitation(卫生). Most diseases now are likely to occur later in life. You as a teenager will probably not have to think about the same threats to your health as your grandparents did.These improvements in health conditions mean that not only can you now enjoy a better life, but you also have a greater chance of having a longer life. Controlling diseases has increased the life expectancy in the United States. Generally, people born more recently have higher life expectancies. Since 1900, the life expectancy in the United States has increased by more than 27 years. It has increased from 47 years for those born in 1900 to 74 years 1981.57. According to Paragraph 1, health and wellness ______.A) can be used interchangeably on all occasionsB) are different in that the latter has a broader senseC) had the same meaning in the pastD) both refer to the state of your well-being58. Which of the following statements is true?A) Diseases caused by bacteria and viruses were incurable in 1900.B) Bacteria and viruses are the main causes of death today.C) Medicines for curing pneumonia were not available in 1900.D) Pneumonia caused as many deaths in 1900 as cancer does today.59. “Life expectancy” in the last paragraph most probably means ____.A) the kind of life that a person may expect to liveB) the mode of life that a group of people have livedC) the length of time that a person or an animal has livedD) the length of time that people may expect to live60. On an average, people in America who were born in 1900 ______.A) had a life-span of 74 yearsB) lived a shorter but better life than those born laterC) lived to 47 years of ageD) lived 27 years longer than those born in 198161. The intended readers of the passage are _______.A) teenagers B) the diseasedC) adults D) aged peoplePart V. Cloze ( 15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet 2.Tourism has become a very big (62)______. For Spain, Italy and Greece it is the largest (63)______of foreign exchange, and (64) ______for Britain, it is the fourth. Faced (65)______ this huge income, no government can afford to look (66) _____ on the business; questions of hotel bath rooms, beach umbrellas and ice-cream sales are now (67) _______by ministers of tourism with solemn expertise. Before the Second World War the tourist industry was widely (68) _____ as being unmanly and stupid. But (69) ______ has become a new industry, as trade business used (70)_______; in Spain, Italy, Greece and much of Eastern Europe, new road (71) _______ have opened up in the country, first to tourists, and (72) ________ to industry and locals.(73) ________ of tourism is a nationalized industry, a (74) _______ part of national planning. In a place west of Marseilles, the French government is killing mosquitoes and (75) ______ six big vacation places to (76) _________nearly a million tourists. In Eastern Europe, a whole new seaside (77)_______ has sprung up (78) ________ the last few years. The governments have greatly (79)________ when tourists from the West (80) _______ from half a million four years (81)_____to nearly two million last year.62. A. firm B. business C. company D. affair63. A. factor B. resource C. source D. cause64. A. even B. yet C. also D. ever65. A. in front of B. of C. with D. for66. A. up B. at C. for D. down67. A. determined B. discussed C. argued D. sold68. A. regarded B. said C. talked D. spread69. A. agriculture B. war C. tourism D. education70. A. be done B. done C. to do D. to doing71.A.types B. styles C. buildings D. systems72.A.than B. later C then D. latter73. A. Many B. All C. None D. Much74. A. key B. minor C. linking D. questioning75. A. built B. building C. to be built D. have built76. A. attract B. pull C. hold D. contain77. A. civilization B. culture C. writing D. book78. A. over B. for C. after D. beyond79. A. suffered B. lost C. invested D. benefited80. A. added B. divided C. reduced D. multiplied81. A. since B. before C. ago D. afterPart VI. Translation (5 minutes) Directions:Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.82. Domestic educational systems fail to _____________________(满足国内就业需要).83. ________（很大程度上）, happiness is determined by our peace of mind.84. The children are finding it______________________(很难适应新学校).85._____________(正如我上面提到的)，certain traditional language teaching exercises promote fluency in communication.86. These patterns are influenced by educational systems and __________(反过来) influence the educational development in several ways.ANSWER SHEET 1Class___________ Name_____________ No._____ Part I. WritingThe Career I’d Like to PursueANSWER SHEET 2Class___________ Name_____________ No._____ Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)1-7 ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______8 ___________________________________________________________9 ___________________________________________________________10 __________________________________________________________Part III. Listening Comprehension11-18 ______ ______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _____19-25 _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______26-30 _____ _____ _____ ____ ____ 31-35 _____ _____ _____ _____ ____36-40 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ 41-43 ______ ______ ______44____________________________________________________________45____________________________________________________________46____________________________________________________________ Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)47________________________________________________________________ 48________________________________________________________________ 49________________________________________________________________ 50________________________________________________________________ 51________________________________________________________________ 52-56____ _____ _____ _____ ____ 57-61 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Part V. Cloze62-66 ____ _____ _____ _____ ____67-71 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____72-66 ____ _____ _____ _____ ____77-81 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Part VI. Translation82________________________________________________________________ 83________________________________________________________________84________________________________________________________________ 85________________________________________________________________ 86________________________________________________________________。
