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English Qualification Examination Paper For the 2008Postgraduates of Henan Province (Dec. 27,2008)Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 25 points)Section A: Mini-talksDirections: In this section, you will hear 5 mini-talks. At the end of each mini-talk, there will be a question. Both the mini-talk and the question will be spoken only once. After that, you can read the four choices and decide which is the best answer. Blacken the letter of your choice on the Answer Sheet.1. A. To the gym. B. To the airport.C. To her working place.D. To a picnic.2. A. To save the money for a long time.B. To buy a new car.C. To purchase a used car.D. To get a second car.3. A. $120 B. $200 C$240 D. $4804. A. Go to the lab for a quick look.B. Check on what's for dinner.C. Have a run before they eat.D. Go and see if they have dropped anything in the lab.5. A. He can't find his new apartment.B. He had a bigger apartment before.C. He finds the new apartment too big for him.D. He's having a hard time finding an apartment.Section B: PassagesDirections: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage a few questions will be asked about what you have heard. After you hear each question, read the four choices in the test paper and decide which one is the best answer. You will hear each passage and the questions only once. Blacken the letter of your choice on your Answer Sheet.Passage 16. A. Food processing. B. Environmental protection.C. Shopping habits.D. Over-packaging problems.7. A. They help people save time on housework.B. They go into the garbage heap.C. They are harmful to the environment.D. They make products more expensive.8. A. Take our own bags to the grocery store.B. Buy things that are over packaged.C. Not buy cloth towels.D. Not throw away their cloth napkins.Passage 29. A. To enjoy a good story. B. To experience an exciting life. C.To see the actors and actresses. D. To escape their everyday life.10. A. They feel that everything on the screen is familiar to them.B. They are touched by the life-stories of the actors and actresses.C. They try to turn their dreams into reality.D. They become so involved that they forget their own problems.11. A. Because they are well-made and the stories are interesting.B. Because the heroes have to cope with many problems and frustrations.C. Because the characters in the movies are free to do whatever they like.D. Because good guys in the movies always win in the end.Passage 312. A. It is what causes hearing damage or loss.B. It affects almost everyone in modern society.C. It can cause hearing damage instantly.D. It is the commonest cause of hearing damage or loss.13. A. Using too much aspirin will eventually lead to hearing loss.B. Using too much aspirin can increase the chances of becoming deaf.C. Very loud noise may lead to hearing damage or loss.D. Taking too much aspirin can increase the hearing loss from loud noise.14. A. He exposed them to loud noise for a few minutes.B. He had their hearing ability tested at different periods of time.C. He asked them to take 4 grams of aspirin a day.D. He had them listen to all kinds of noise.15. A. Many Americans are using far too much aspirin than they should.B. Men are more likely to suffer from hearing damage than women.C. More Americans will suffer from hearing damage or loss in the future.D. Aspirin should be banned from clinical use.Section C Spot DictationDirections: 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 theblanks numbered from S1 to S10 with exact words you have just heard. When the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.In the past 20 years, scientists have learnt (S1) ________ about sleep and dreams. They have discovered, for example, that sleep and dreams (S2) _________ the way people feel. A good night sleep, generally, makes a person (S3)in the morning. Dreams also have a strong (S4)on the moods of people. However, who appears in a dream is more important than what happens.Every person has a special dream (S5) If the special character appears in dreams, people are happier after sleeping. If there are many people (S6) _____________ , this has a good effect. A person will (S7) _________ h appier.The moods of people affect their (S8) _________ throughout the day. The level of one's moods rises and falls during the day. The less sleepy the people are, the better they perform, and usually they are more friendly, more (S9)and more clear thinking.Some day scientists hope to manipulate sleep in order to (S10)theway people feel and perform.Part II Reading Comprehension (30 minutes, 30 points)Directions: In this part, there are four passages for you to read. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements with four choices. Choose the best answer and blacken the letter of your choice on the Answer Sheet.Passage 1Technology, entrepreneurship (创业能力) and innovations are keywords that sum up the new era.The Internet is not just a technology, it is also about marketing. Companies which do not use the Net as a marketing tool will lose their competitiveness.The function of information technology in marketing is more than just receiving orders on the Net. The Net offers a means of attracting clients by providing them information, something not possible in the past. It has changed the way of service and is more efficient and more capable of providing comprehensive customer service.The Net has revolutionized the way companies are run. Electronic mail, for instance, has improved management efficiency tremendously. The traditional telephone conversations and face-to-face contacts could be easily interrupted and were inefficient. Now you need perhaps to spend just a couple of hours on e-mailing. Besides, it is now much easier to gather information to help make the right decision.The New Economy has also led to the mushrooming of IT or Internet-related firms as though the mere setting up of such a company is a guarantee of high profits. This means businesses must have good human resource management practices so as not to lose talented employees.Technology is a tool and a change in mindset (思想的形式)is required to do away with a hierarchical (分等级的) system. This is related to entrepreneurship and innovations. What is needed are people who can think independently. A flat organization reduces the layers of management. This is absolutely fine if everyworker is capable of thinking and working on his own. But there are many who feel insecure when they can no longer rely on others. They will have to learn new mode of thinking.16. According to the passage, if a company wants to win in the market, itshould ______ .A. carry out reform policiesB. adopt advanced technologyC. compete with other enterprisesD. use the Internet as its market17. In marketing, the use of the Internet can help businesses to _________ .A. identify their competitorsB. improve their productsC. provide comprehensive serviceD. change their mindset18. What is the largest benefit the Net has brought to the management ofcompanies?A. It has brought the largest profits to them.B. It has greatly improved their management.C. It has helped cut short their human resources.D. It has significantly changed their image.19. From the passage we may say mat _______ .A. any Internet-related firm is sure to make high profitsB. the development of IT is one of the results of the New EconomyC. businesses will lose talented employees if they do not use the InternetD. a hierarchical system is good for developing new technology20. What is the author's attitude towards the flat organization without ahierarchical system?A. IndifferentB. NegativeC. NeutralD. PositivePassage 2A folk culture is a small, isolated, cohesive, conservative, nearly self-sufficient group that is homogeneous in custom and race, with a strong family or clan structure and highly developed rituals. Order is maintained through sanctions based in the religion or family, and interpersonal relationships are strong. Tradition is paramount, and change comes infrequently and slowly. There is relatively little division of labor into specialized duties. Rather, each person is expected to perform a great variety of tasks, though duties may differ between the sexes. Most goods are handmade, and a subsistence economy prevails. Individualism is weakly developed in folk culture, as are social classes. Unaltered folk cultures no longer exist in industrialized countries such as the United State and Canada. Perhaps the nearest modern equivalent in Anglo America is the Amish, a German American farming sect mat largely renounces the products and labor saving devices of the industrial age. In Amish areas, horse-drawn buggies still serve as a local transportation device, and the Faithful are not permitted to own automobiles. The Amish's central religious concept of Demut, "humility", clearly reflects the weakness of individualism and social classto typical of folk cultures, and there is a corresponding strength of Amish group identity. Rarely do the Amish marry outside their sect. The religion, a variety of the Mennonite faith, provides the principal mechanism for maintaining order.By contrast, a popular culture is a large heterogeneous group, often highly individualistic and constantly changing. Relationships tend to be impersonal, anda pronounced division of the labor exists, leading to the establishment of many specialized professions. Secular institutions of control such as the police and army take the palace of religion and family in maintaining order, and a money-based economy prevails. Because of these contrasts, "popular" may be viewed as clearly different from "folk". The popular is replacing the folk in industrialized countriesand in many developing nations, folk-made objects give way to their popular equivalent, usually because the popular item is more quickly or cheaply produced,is easier or time saving to use, or lends more prestige to the owner.21. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Two decades in modern society.B. The characteristics of "folk" and "popular" societies.C. The influence of industrial technology.D. The specialization of labor in Canada and the United States.22. The word "homogeneous" in line 2 is closest in meaning to ____________ .A. traditionalB. generalC. primitiveD. uniform23. Which of the following is typical of folk cultures?A. There is a money-based economy.B. Contact with other cultures is encouraged.C. Social change occurs slowly.D. Each person develops one specialized skill.24. Which of the following statements about Amish beliefs does the passage support?A. Pre-modern technology is preferred.B. Individualism and competition are important.C. A variety of religious practices is tolerated.D. People are defined according to their class.25. Which of the following would probably not be found in a folk culture?A. A carpenter.B. A farmer.C. A banker.D. A weaver.Passage 3As parents, we want our children to reach their full academic potential, We readto them, encourage their special talents, and support them when they have problems.If they choose to participate in sports or music, we also help them reach theirpotential in those areas. These are all good goals.There is, however, an even more important goal. It is a goal more difficult than excellence in arithmetic or soccer or the violin. Parents are responsible for providing their children with a moral compass. They need to nurture and treasure goodness in their children. Every child has the capacity to become a good, decent human being. To fulfill this capacity, children need the guidance and support of parents and other adults. Raising good, moral children is the most important job we will have.What is a good, decent human being? While we may differ on some details, most would agree that respect for others, kindness and caring, honesty and honor, and a reverence (尊重) for life are key. Good, decent human beings are people with a firm sense of direction and purpose - a moral compass - to guide their lives. Children need our helps to develop these characteristics and values.While most people try to act with honor and kindness, doing so consistently is difficult and requires lifelong effort. Goodness is not easy for an adult, and it is even more difficult for a child. They don't have the knowledge, experiences, or cognitive skills to understand the impact and consequences of their actions.Reinforcement is sometimes an efficient approach to building positive behavior. The child behaves in a desired way and the parents provide reinforcement. The behavior then typically increases in frequency. This approach works for teaching "Please" and "Thank you". The new behavior is maintained, because it helps the child get along in the world.Loving, everyday interactions are the beginning of raising moral children. The child who falls and receives adult concern learns how to treat others kindly when they stumble. The child who makes a mistake and is encouraged to try again learns how to support others. When parents intercede (调解)graciously for their child, the child can see the basis for friendship. When we treat children with respect and care, we provide a positive model of how to behave. These early experiences establish patterns for their treatment of others.26. To provide their children with a moral compass, adults should ____________ .A. encourage their children to learn more knowledge about sports ormusicB. encourage their children to be a man with high integrityC. support their children when they have problemsD. set a good example and give positive instructions to children27. According to the author, people with a moral compass are the kind ofpeople who __________ .A. can reach their full academic potentialB. can lead a decent lifeC. know what to do and why to do itD. have developed characteristics and values such as respect for others28. Why does the author talk about teaching "please" and "thank you" ?(Line 4, Paragraph 5)A. To demonstrate that saying "please" and "thank you" is a good habit.B. To demonstrate that politeness is the nature of a moral compass.C. To demonstrate that politeness helps the children get along in the world.D. To demonstrate that reinforcement is an efficient approach to buildingpositive behavior.29. Which of the following can express the main idea of this passage?A. Adults should treat children with love.B. Adults should have more positive communication with children.C. Adults should treat children with respect and care.D. Adults should provide a positive model of how to behave for children.30. Which of the following can serve as the best title for this passage?A. How to Make Your Child an Academically Excellent Student.B. How to Explore Your Child's Potential.C. How to Mold a Moral Child.D. How to Make Your Child a Versatile Student.Passage 4Is nothing sacred? Even the idle weekend pastime of skimming stones on a lake has been taken apart and reduced to mathematical formula.Everyone knows a stone bounces best on water if it's round and flat, and spun towards the water as fast as possible. Some enthusiasts even travel to international stone-skimming competitions, like world champion Jerdone Coleman-McGhee, who made the stone bounce 38 times on Blanco River, Texas, in 1992.Intuitively, a flat stone works best because a relatively large part of its surface strikes the water, so there is more bounce. Inspired by his eight-year-old son, physicist Lyderic Bocquet of Lyon University in France wanted to find out more. So he tinkered with some simple equations describing a stone bouncing on water in terms of its radius, speed and spin and taking account of gravity and the water drag.The equations showed that the faster spinning stone is traveling, the more times it will bounce. So no surprise there. To bounce at least once without sinking, Bocquet found the stone needs to be traveling at a minimum speed of about 1 km/h.And the equations also backed his hunch that spin is important because it keeps the stone fairly flat from one bounce to the next. The spin has a gyroscopic effect, prevent the stone from tipping and falling sideways into the water.To match the world record of 38 bounces using 10-centimetre-wide stone, Bocquet predicts it would have to be traveling at about 40kms/h and spinning at 14 revolutions a second.He adds that drilling lots of small pits in the stone would probably help, by reducing water drag in the same way that dimpks on a golf ball reduce air drag. "Although I suppose that would be cheating," says Bocquet, whose report will appear in the American Journal of Physics.He and his team at Lyon hope to design a motorized "catapult" that can throw stones onto a lake with a precise speed and spin, to test if the predictions stand up.Bocquet adds that he is probably just rediscovering a piece of history. British engineer Barnes Wallis must have done the same sort of maths and experiments when he was designing his famous bouncing bombs for the Dambusters squadron during the Second World War.31. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. International Stone-skimming CompetitionsB. How to Make Stone-skimming More EnjoyableC. Stone-skimming Is a Sacred ThingD. The mathematical Formula for Stone-skimming32. In order to make a stone bounce best on water, one needs to _________ .A. find a big round stoneB. reduce the spin of the stoneC. make the stone spin as fast as possibleD. do some complicated mathematical equations33. According to Lyderic Bocquet, which of the following is not mentioned as afactor influencing the bounces of a stone on water?A. The clearness of the water.B. The gravity of the earth.C. The shape of the stone.D. The speed of the spin.34. Lyderic Bocquet drilled lots of small pits in the stone in order to __________ .A. make it look smarterB. reduce the water dragC. increase the revolution of the stoneD. make the game more like golf35. Lyderic and his team hope to design a motorized catapult because ___________ .A. they want to make the experiment to be more sacredB. a British engineer did his experiment this wayC. human beings can't ensure the speed and spin speedD. they wanted to rediscover a piece of historyPaper TwoPart III. Translation (40 minutes, 25 points)Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese. Write your Chinese version on the Answer Sheet.Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship(党派纷争) and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House —a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with ameasure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation — as one people.Section B (20 minutes, 15 points)Directions: Translate the following passage into English. Write your English version on the Answer Sheet.教师应该给学生一把开启知识宝库的钥匙，而不是把学生的大脑变成容器。
Plant and Plant Product Declaration FormSection 3: Lacey Act Amendments of 2008 (16 U.S.C. 3372)1. ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL: (MM/DD/YYYY)4. BILL OF LADING:2. ENTRY NUMBER:8. CONSIGNEE NAME:9. CONSIGNEE ADDRESS:7. IMPORTER ADDRESS:6. IMPORTER NAME: 5. MID:3. CONTAINER NUMBER:SECTION 1 - Shipment InformationU.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUREANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICEPLANT PROTECTION AND QUARANTINEI certify under penalty of perjury that the information furnished is true and correct:Applicability of Declaration:You are required to complete this form if you are importing any of the following:Any wild member of the plant kingdom, including roots, seeds, parts, or products thereof, and including trees from either natural or planted forest stands, except:1. Common cultivars, except trees, and common food crops (including roots, seeds, parts, or products thereof);2. * Scientific specimens of plant genetic material (including roots, seeds, germplasm, parts, or products thereof) that are to be used only for laboratory or field research;3. * Plants that are to remain planted or to be planted or replanted; or4. Plants used exclusively as packaging material to support, protect, or carry another item, unless the packaging material itself is the item being imported.* You must still complete this form if you are importing plants described under 3. and 4. that are listed:· In an appendix to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249);· As an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); or · Pursuant to any State law that provides for the conservation of species that are indigenous to the State and are threatened with extinction.According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless itdisplays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0579-0349. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.FORM APPROVED OMB No. 0579-0349Plant and Plant Product Import Declaration(cont.)SECTION 2 - Compliance with Lacey Act Requirements (16 U.S.C. 3372(f))10. DESCRIPTION OF MERCHANDISE:11. HTSUS NUMBER:15. COUNTRY OFHARVEST: 12. ENTERED VALUE: (in U.S. Dollars)14. PLANT SCIENTIFIC NAME:(Genus and Species)16. QUANTITY OFPLANT MATERIAL:17. UNIT OFMEASURE:13. ARTICLE/ COMPONENT OFARTICLEFor each article or component of an article, provide the following:I certify under penalty of perjury that the information furnished is true and correct:18. % RECYCLED MATERIAL:Version 12-08-2008-08561. Estimated Date of Arrival: Enter the date (MM/DD/YYYY) that the product is expected toenter the United States of America.2. Entry Number: Enter the U. S. Customs entry number assigned to this shipment.(Format: xxx-xxxxxxx-x)3. Container Number: Enter the number of the shipping container in which the product is beingshipped - available from your shipping company. If there is no container number, please leavethis section blank.4. Bill of Lading: Enter the Bill of Lading (BOL) number assigned to this shipment - available fromthe shipping company. If there is no Bill of Lading number, please leave this section blank.5. MID: Manufacturer Identification Code - available from the manufacturer or customs broker(19 CFR Appendix to Part 102).6. Importer Name: Enter the name of the import company or individual for the product.7. Importer Address: Enter the address of the import company or individual in #6.8. Consignee Name: Name of the individual or company who ordered and will ultimately receivethe shipment.9. Consignee Address: Enter the address of the individual or company in #8.10. Description of the Merchandise: Enter the name of the plant or plant product, and its use(example: floral arrangement for decorative purposes).11. HTSUS Number: Enter the Harmonized Tariff Code for the merchandise described in #10- available at /tata/hts/.12. Entered Value (in U.S. Dollars): Write the entered value of the imported merchandise describedin #10 in U.S. Dollars.13. Article/Component of Article: Enter a brief description of each article, or component of an article,that is manufactured from plants or plant parts. (Example: A decorative item including a woodframe and 100 % recycled paperboard - enter the frame as a line item, and record the percentrecycled material in the paperboard in section #13.)14. Plant Scientific Name: For each article/component in #14 enter the scientific name (example:See next page). If the species of plant used to produce the product varies, and the species used toproduce the product is unknown, enter each species that may have been used to produce the product.115. Country of Harvest: Enter the country of origin (where the plant was harvested) (example: See below). If the country of harvest varies, and is unknown, enter all countries from which the plant material in the product may have been harvested.16. Quantity of Material: How much product/merchandise is in the shipment (example: See below). 17. Unit of Measure: Use the drop down box on the form to enter the units for #17. (example: See below). doz - dozen kg - kilogramsm - meter m 2 - square metersm 3 - cubic metersNo. - number pcs - piecest - metric tons18. % Recycled Material: If the product is paper or paperboard, enter the percentage of recycled material it contains (0 - 100%). If the percentage of recycled material varies, enter the average percentage of recycled material used in the product (example: If the percentage of recycledmaterial used is between 25% and 45%, enter 35%).Note: Sign and Print your name, and write the date on both sections of the form.13. ARTICLE/COMPONENT OF ARTICLE:14. PLANT SCIENTIFIC NAME: (Genus andSpecies)15. COUNTRY OF HARVEST:16. QUANTITY OF PLANT MATERIAL:17. UNIT OF MEASURE:18. % RECYCLEDMATERIALTables made of Ramin WoodGonystylus spp.Indonesia 500No.15European ash lumber (2" x 4')Fraxinus excelsior Switzerland 352,000BFVersion 12-08-2008-0856。
