Test for Seven-year Students
Part I
Writing
-(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part , you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Is It
Necessary for a College Student to Own a Mobile Phone?You should write at least 150 words
according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 目前越来越多的学生拥有手机
2. 学生使用手机的利与弊
3. 我的建议
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 1.
For questions 1-4, mark
Y (for YES)
if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N (for NO)
if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (/'or NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Recessions
On November 26, 2001, the news media announced the United States was officially in a recession, and had been since March. To most Americans, this wasn't all that surprising: Rising
unemployment and a weak stock market had been in the news for months.
Money Makes the World Go Round
A recession is a prolonged period of time when a nation's economy is slowing down, or contracting. Such a slowdown is characterized by a number of different trends, including:
People buying less stuff
Decrease in factory production
Growing unemployment
Slump in personal income
An unhealthy stock market
By the conventional definition, this slowdown has to continue for at least six months
to be considered a recession
This definition really raises more questions than it answers. What does it mean for the
economy to slow down? Why does this happen?】And what exactly is "the economy"?
People talk about the U.S. economy as an independent entity, but it is actually the result of
millions of people's actions. You can understand the basic idea of the connection between people's
actions and the overall economy by looking at only a few basic concepts: producers, consumers,
markets, supply and demand.
Producers and Consumers
Broadly speaking, a nation's economy is the production and consumption of goods and
services in that nation. Anybody producing or consuming things in a country plays some role in
the economy.
Production and consumption are intertwined. In order for people to consume things,
someone has to produce those things. And in order to produce things, you need to consume things
you need to consume natural resources and people's labor, for example).
Markets
In a market economy, or a modified market economy such as the U.S. economy, production
and consumption are connected in various "markets." A market is simply a place where consumers
can go to buy things from producers and producers can go to sell things to consumers.
A grocery store is an example of a physical market. People who want to consume food go to
the grocery store and buy it from producers through a series of middlemen. The store itself is
one of the middlemen, and there are usually others along the way (distribution companies, for
example). The labor market is a more abstract sort of market. In this market, businesses who
want to consume work pay people to produce labor. In the stock market, consumers and producers
buy and sell percentages of ownership of companies.
As you can see,' almost everybody is both a producer and a consumer acting in more than
one market. If you have a job, you are a producer of labor. Whenever you go shopping, you are
a consumer of goods.
Supply and Demand
The ultimate goal of producers is to make money to bring in more money than they spent
producing the product. Consumers may want to satisfy their wants and needs by buying products,
or they may buy products in order to make money (by reselling the products or by using the
products to produce other products). In any case, consumers generally want to pay as little
for goods and services as they can.
In a market, the actions of producers and. consumers determine the value of goods and
services. Producers are the ones who actually set prices, but they do so based on the behavior of
consumers. If nobody buys a product at a particular price, the producer knows the price is too high.
'If some consumers buy it, but not enough to buy everything produced, producers must either
decrease the price or decrease the supply. The willingness of consumers to pay for products is
known as demand. Even if there is constant high demand for a product (toilet paper, for example),
individual producers need to keep the price down or consumers will just buy it from a competitor.
What Goes Up...
In a growing economy, consumer demand is increasing, overall, more than it is decreasing.
Since there is increasing demand, producers want to increase supply. To do this, producers have
to increase their consumption of other goods and services, including labor. This means there is
greater demand for labor, so the labor pool, on the whole, can raise the price of their product
(in other words, people can get paid more for their work).
Working people with higher incomes have more money to spend on other products, which
increases demand even more. If demand is high enough, the price of some things goes up. For
example, if there are more travelers than there are seats on airplanes, airlines can raise their
prices to decrease demand. In a growing economy, some consumers and producers will not do
well, but most will, so the general feeling about the economy is good.
History has proven that an economy will not keep expanding indefinitely eventually it will
contract for a while. A prolonged period of contraction is known as a recession. If the recession
lasts long enough, and is particularly severe, it is known as a depression.
... Must Come Down
There are all kinds of things that can change the course of the economy, just as there are all
kinds of things that can change the demand for a particular product. In some cases, a recession
might be kicked off by over-production----a situation in which the supply exceeds the nation's
ability to consume.
One factor that generally plays a role in a recession is the confidence level of the millions of
consumers and producers. If consumers stop feeling confident about their job security or the value
of their investments, they won't buy as much stuff. In the current recession, a lot of people who
have been laid off are spending as little as possible, and many people who fear they may be laid
off are also saving their money. Just as in an expanding economy, things tend to snowball in a
contracting economy. There are thousands of different elements in this downward spiral;
you can see the snowballing effect in any number of specific situations.
The Fix Is In
The United States is basically a market economy. In a market economy, producers are
usually free to charge what they want for goods and services, and consumers are free to buy goods
and services or to not buy goods and services. The forces of supply, demand and competition
determine how the economy will behave.
The great thing about this system is that it provides consumers and producers with a high
level of freedom. But this freedom has a price---it puts the economy beyond the control of any
single entity. In other words, the government cannot automatically set things right when things
go wrong ---only the actions of millions of consumers and producers can turn the economy
around.
But the U.S. government does have some ways to influence the actions of consumers and
producers. There are two kinds of policies the government might institute to get the country out
of recession: fiscal policies and monetary policies.
Fiscal Policy
With fiscal policies, the government influences the economy by changing how it (the
government) spends and collects money.
The most common fiscal policy actions in a recession are.
Tax cuts for businesses or for individuals---This gives people and corporations more money,
which may make them more likely to buy things, which increases demand.
Increased spending to establish new government jobs---This increases demand for labor,
which can lower the unemployment rate.
Automatic fiscal policies, which kick in right away---One of the most important automatic
fiscal policies is unemployment insurance. This system provides an income for people who are
out of work.
Fiscal policies are dictated by congress and the president.
Monetary Policy
Monetary policy involves manipulating the available money supply in the country. In the
United States, monetary policy is conducted by the Federal Reserve System, commonly called
the Fed. The Fed is the nation's central banking institution; it is the bank for the government
itself, as well as for national commercial banks. The Fed is also in charge of issuing currency,
and it is the main regulating body that oversees bank operations.
The Fed's power is a double-edged sword. While it can be used to nudge the economy out of
recession, it can also make things a lot worse. The Fed has to be extremely careful in its actions
in order to avoid economic catastrophe.
1. This passage gives a general description of why recessions occur and how they make a
country's economy worse.
2. Dictating fiscal policies is the job of both congress and the Federal Reserve System.
3. Compared with the labor market, the stock market is a more abstract sort of market.
4. The low confidence level of consumers and producers is one of the general factors of a
recession.__________________________________________________
1. [Y] IN] [NG] 2 [Y] [N] [NG] 3. [Y] IN] [NG] 4. [Y] [N] [NG]
5. In a market system, no__________________ including the government is able to control
the economy.
6. You can see the snowballing effect both in an ______________________economy and
a ________________________ economy
7. When the demand for a product is constantly high, individual producers need to keep the
price down, owing to_ _________________________from other producers in the line.
8. According to the conventional definition, if an _______________lasts for more than six
months, it can be called a recession.
9. The value of goods and services in a market is determined by the
actions of__________________________________
10. By manipulating________________-in the country, the Fed can influence the economy
in a positive or negative way.
Part III
Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At
the end of each conversation, one or more 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 IA], [B], [C] and [D], and
decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with
a single line through the centre.
11. [A] Be hostile to Nancy.
.
[B] Ask Nancy to come out.
[C]Talk to Nancy herself.
[D] Write Nancy a letter.
12. IAI The man can have his pants at the end of the day.
[BI Cleaning the pants will take longer than usual.
[C] She doesn't think the stain can be removed.
[D] The man should go to a different location.
13. [A] The man should start running daily.
[B] She also prefers to exercise in the afternoon.
[C] It's important to warm up before exercising.
[D] The man should continue his exercise program.
14. [A] Everyone enjoyed himself at John's parties.
[B] The woman didn't enjoy John's parties at all.
[C] It will be the first time for the man to attend John's party.
[D] The woman is glad to be invited to John's house-warming party.
15. [A] They should wait patiently.
[B] They should ask that man to leave.
[C] They should serve that man immediately.
[D] That man is old enough to order things he likes.
16. [A]The professor postponed the exam and will inform everyone later.
[B] The professor phoned him about the postponing of the exam.
[C] The professor canceled the exam.
[D] The professor put off the exam.
17. [A] The location of the session has been changed.
[B] She will definitely go to the session this evening.
[C] She'll probably be too tired to walk to the session.
[D] The session might be canceled because of a heavy snow.
18. [A] He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car.
[B] He can manage to get the gasoline they need.
[C] He doesn't think it necessary to refuel the car.
[D] He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. [A] She is writing a competitive paper for a scholarship.
[B] She is doing a research paper.
[C] She missed the lecture.
[D] She is planning to attend the scholarship award ceremony.
20. [A] Why species don't avoid extinction by adapting.
[B] Why species become extinct at the rate they do.
[C] Why humans aren't extinct.
[D] How many species aren't extinct.
21. [A] Because every species becomes extinct.
[B] Because humans beings are powerful enough to kill other species.
[C] Because of over-population.
[D] Because human being is still a young species though it is exploiting the enviJ
22. [A] He thinks flies will take over the earth.
[.B] He thinks human will die off quite soon.
[C] He thinks mass disease could be the next path to extinction.
[D] He sees human beings as destructive.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. [A] They left their pets with neighbors.
[B] They rented their house to a student.
[C] They hired someone to stay in their home.
[D] They asked their gardener to watch their house:
24. [A] They look at a house sitter's score report.
[B] They interview a house sitter's friends.
[C] They check a house sitter's references.
[D] They attend a house sitter's party.
25. [A] The homeowner is afraid of being accused.
[B] The house sitter pleads again and again.
[C] Most house sitters are-very poor.
[D] The homeowner doesn't want to bother.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage
hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After
a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and
[D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. [A] The US should catch up to European environmental standards.
[B] American exporters must adapt to new regulations in Europe.
[C] The US should be more sensitive to environmental issues.
[D] The EU's new regulations are a burden.
27. [A] Their packaging of exports have to conform to EU regulations.
[B] They have to cut out waste completely.
[C] They must have an experienced distributor.
[D] They will see expensive rise.
28. [A] It will allow fewer trees to be cut.
[B] It will require less labor costs.
[C] It saves some shipping costs.
[D] It will make them more competition.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. [A]Students from America.
[B] Students from England.
[C] Students from Australia.
[D] Students from Japan.
30. [A] Those who know how to program computers.
[B] Those who get special aid from their teachers.
[C] Those who are very hardworking.
[D]Those who have well-educated parents.
31. [A] Japanese students study much harder than Columbian students.
[B] Columbian students score higher than Japanese students in math.
[C] Columbian students are more optimistic about their math skills.
[D] Japanese students have better conditions for study.
32. [A] Physics.
[B] Mathematics.
[C] Environmental science.
[D] Life science.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. [A] Factors that affect the ability to memorize.
[B] The influence of childhood memories on adulthood:
[C] A proposal for future psychological research.
[D] Benefits of a busy lifestyle.
34. [A] The need to exercise the memory.
[B] How the brain differs from other body tissues.
[C] The unconscious learning of a physical activity.
[D] How nerves control body movement.
35. [A] Repeat it aloud.
[B]Write it down.
[C]Make a mental picture of it.
[D] Practice recalling it.
Section C
Directions: 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 fiom 36 to
43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks 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.
The traditional belief that a woman's place is in the home and that a woman ought not to go
out to work can hardly be reasonably (36)
in present conditions. It is said that it is a
woman's task to care for the children, but families today (37)
to be small. Thus a
woman's whole period of (38)
may occur within five years. Furthermore, with (39)
education from the age of five or six herrole as chief educator of her children soon(4O)
It might be argued that the house-proud woman would still find plenty to do about the home.
That may be so, but it is certainly no longer necessary for a woman to (41)
her
whole life cooking, cleaning, mending and sewing.
Apart from women's own happiness, the (42)
of the community must be
considered. Modern society cannot do well without the (43)
that women can make in
professions and other kinds of work. (44)
It is extremely wasteful to give years of training at public expense
( 45 )
. The training, it is true, will help
her in duties as a mother, but if she continued to work, her service would be more widely useful.
Many factories and shops, too, are largely staffed by women, many of them
married. ( 46 )
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read
the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is
identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the
bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
When you are. preparing for your college adventures abroad, it is easy enough to make sure
you get all the right form filled out, have your passport ready, your bags packed, and your
textbooks waiting for you at the other end. But how do you prepare for the adjustment to a new
place? Especially, how to survive culture shock?
If your language is not the main language spoken, make sure you take some classes in the
local language before you go. Phrase books are all very well, but listening is the best way to learn.
Audiotapes are a good alternative.
Any travel agent can tell what the average rainfall will be and where the best tourist destinations are, but that does not help much. Ask around to find out if anyone you know has been
there. Ask the travel agent for any less tourist-oriented information and check libraries and
bookstores. Make sure you pack toiletries, medicines, and personal items before you leave. Sure,
you can find a lot of things in the new country, but the brands and ingredients might be
different and confusing, so go prepared. That will make it easier when you eventually do have to
do some shopping.
Take a phone card so you can phone home for the sound of a familiar voice. When you get
on the plane, set your watch to the new time zone and try to place yourself in it. Drink plenty
of water because flying dehydrates you. Stretch your legs and get some sleep.
Make sure you know where your consulate office is in case of emergencies. If you don't
know, ask airport staff, university staff or use a phone book, but find it before you need it. Later on,
remember, culture shock takes a while to get used to, so give yourself time. Even the
most simple things are not always the same in another country. Buses are different, so get maps
and timetables. Road rules are different, so use extra care. The currency is different, so familiarize
yourself with the money. Habits are hard to break. To get the most out of your study abroad
experience, find a. happy medium between home and your new environment.
47. When you are preparing for your college adventures abroad, it is easy to__________
48. If we want to get some information about a new country, we could___________
49. The first sentence of the sixth paragraph indicates that it is necessary to__________
50. What does the author think about culture shock?
51. What is the passage mainly about?
Section B
Direction: 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 mark the corresponding letter on Answer
Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
In recent years, we have all watched the increasing commercialization of the campus. The
numerous advertising posters and the golden arches of fast food outlets may be an insult to our
aesthetic sensibilities, but they are, arguably, no worse than ugly. Some of the other new features
of commercialized campus life do, however, constitute a serious threat to things we rightl3 respect
“Privatization" and the "business model" are the potential menace.
What do these notions mean? To me, they involve an increased dependence on industry and
charitable actions for operating the university; an increased amount of our resources being
directed to applied or so-called practical subjects, both in teaching and in research; a proprietary
treatment of research results, with the commercial interest in secrecy overriding the public's
interest in free, shared knowledge; and an attempt to run the university more like a business that
treats industry and students as clients 'and ourselves as service provider with something to sell. We
pay increasing attention to the immediate needs and demands of our "customers" and, as the old
saying goes, "the customer is always right".
Privatization is particularly frightening from the point of view of public well-being. A
researcher employed by a university-affiliated hospital in Canada, working under contract with
medicine-making company, made public her findings that a particular drug was harmful. This
violated the terms of her contract, and so she was fired. Her dismissal caused a scandal, and she
was subsequently restored to her previous position. The university and hospital in question are
now working out something similar to tenure for hospital-based researchers and
guidelines for contracts, so that more public exposure of privately funded research will become
possible. This is a rare victory and a small step in the right direction, but the general trend is
the other way. Thanks to-profit-driven private funding, researchers are not only forced to keep
valuable information secret, they are often contractually obliged to keep discovered dangers to
public health under wraps, too. Of course, we must not be too naive about this. Governments can
unwisely insist on secrecy, too, as did the British Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food in
the work they funded in connection with the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic. This
prevented others from reviewing the relevant data and pointing out that problems were more
serious than government was letting on.
52. From the first paragraph we can learn that the campus life has become___________
[A] more convenient
[B] rather ugly
[C]somewhat harmful
[D]no more aesthetic than before
53. "Privatization" and the "business model" in this passage most probably mean_____[A] potential menace to life
[B] new features of campus life
[C] new trend on campus
[D] dependence on industry and charities
54. The author believes that we should pay_________________________________
[k] little attention to applied subjects
[B] due attention to the public interest in free, shared knowledge
[C] more attention to the immediate needs and demands of our customers
[D] considerable attention to the commercial interest in the secrecy of research results
55. The researcher mentioned in the third paragraph was fired because________________
[A] she worked for the rival of the company
[B] she failed to keep her research results secret
[C]she was obliged to keep her discoveries secret
[D] she was committed to a contract with a company
56. It is implied in the passage that________________________________
[A] the general public is too naive to accept the "privatization"
[B] the notion that "the customer is always right" is out of date
[C] it is a general trend that there will be more public disclosure of privately funded research
[D] the bovine spongiform encephalopathy epidemic in Britain was more serious than
what was disclosed
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
You don't need to look far for evidence that we Americans today don't place a very
high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even
schools are where we send our children to get a practical education----not to pursue knowledge
for the sake of knowledge.
Symptoms of pervasive anti-Intellectualism in our schools aren't difficult to find. "Schools
have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education
historian and writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance." Ravitch's latest
book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces what she considers the roots of
anti-Intellectualism in our schools. Schools, she concludes, are anything but a counterbalance to
the American distaste for intellectual pursuits.
But they could and should be. When we encourage our children to reject the life of the
mind, we leave them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically,
to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in
our democracy. If we continue along this path, says writer Earl Shorris, our nation will suffer.
"We will become a second-rate country," he says. "We will have a less civil society."
"Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege." Writes historian and professor
Richard Hofstadter in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book on the
roots of anti-Intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education. Animosity toward intellectuals
is in our country's DNA. From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and
populist urges have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism. Practicality, common sense,
and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything
you could learn from a book.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and
rigorous book learning put unnatural restraints on children :"We are shut up in schools and college
recitation rooms for 10 or 15 years and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know
a thing." Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn exemplified American anti-intellectualism. Its hero
avoids being civilized going to school and learning to read so he can preserve his innate
goodness.
Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligence, a quality we
reluctantly admire. Intellect is the critical, creative, and contemplative side of the mind.
Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, reorder, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders,
wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines.
School remains a place where intellect is mistrusted. Hofstadter says our country's
educational system is in the grips of people who "joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to
intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."
57. What do American parents expect their children to acquire in school?
[A] Profound knowledge of the world.
[B] Practical abilities for future career.
[C] The habit of thinking independently.
[D] The confidence in intellectual pursuits.
58. We can learn from the passage that Americans have a history of____________
[A] undervaluing intellect
[B] favoring intellectualism
[C] supporting school reform
[D] suppressing native intelligence
59. The views of Ravitch and Emerson on schooling are________
[A] identical
[B] similar
[C] opposite
[D] complementary
60. Emerson, according to the passage, is probably a(n)________________
[A] scholar in favor of intellect
[B] pioneer of education reform
[C] advocate of regular schooling
[D] opponent of intellectualism
61. What does the author think of intellect?
[A] It is to be pursued.
[B] It underlies power.
[C] It is second to intelligence.
[D] It evolves from common sense.
Part 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) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the
ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single line through the centre.
Silence is unnatural to man .He begins 62. [A] length
[B] interval
life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In
[c] period
[D] meantime
the 67 he does all he can to make a
63. [A] presence
[B] abundance
noise in the world, and there are few
[C ]existence ,
[D] absence
things of which he stands m more fear than
64 [A] measure
[B] judgment.
of the .68 of noise. Even his conversa[C] assessment
[D] consideration
tion is m great 69 a desperate attempt
65. [A] hesitations
[B] delays
to prevent a dreadful silence. If he is in[C] interruptions
[D] pauses
troduced to a fellow mortal and a number
66. [A] breakdown
[B] collapse
of 70 occur m the conversation, he re[C] failure
[D] disappointment
gards himself as a 71 , a worthless per- 67. [A] admiration
[B] envy
son, and is full of 72 of the emptiest[Cl]amazement
[D] revenge
headed chatterbox (唠叨多言的人). He
68. [A] and
[B] then
knows that ninety-nine percent of human
[C]but
.
[D] thus
conversation means no more than the buzz- 69. [A] character
[B] figure .
in of a fly, 73 he longs to loin in the
[C] role
[D] personality
buzz and to prove that he is a man and not
70 [A] most
[B] more
a wax-work 74 . The object of conver[C] least
[D] less
sation is not, for the 75 part, to com71. IA] proportionately BI unfortunately
municate ideas: it is to keep up the buzzing
[C] fortunately
[D] incidentally
sound. Most buzzing, 76 , is agreeable
72. [A] mind
[B] temper
to the ear, and some of it is agreeable even
[C] health
[D] mood
to the 77 . He would be a foolish man,
73. [A] otherwise
[B] therefore
78 , who waited until he had a wise
[C] moreover
[D] however
79 to take part in the buzzing with his
74. [A] intelligence
[B] thought
neighbors. Those who 80 the weather
[C] reflection
[D] decision
as a conversational opening seem to be
75. [A] disposes
[B] supports
81 of the reason why human beings
[C] opposes
[D] despise
wish' to talk. Very few human beings join
76 A] ignorant
[B] negligible
in a conversation 82 the hope of learn[C] susceptible
[D] irrespective
ing anything new. Some of them are
77 [A] by
[B] against
83 if they are merely allowed to go on
[C] in
[D] with
making a noise into other people' s ears,
78 [A] conservative
[B] content
84 they have nothing to tell them ex-.
[C] disgraced
[D] satisfactory
cept that they have seen a new play. At
79. [A] whereas
[B] so
the end of an evening during which they
[C] since '
[D] though
have said nothing at immense 85 , they
80.[A] length
[B] conclusion
justly pride themselves 86 their success
[C] stretch
[D] interval
as conversationalists.
81. [A] for
[B] at
[C] on
[D] of
Part VI
Translation
(5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the
Chinese given in brackets.
82. With repeated hackers' attack on your system, ______________ ( 我们正逐渐意识到请
一位计算机安全专家的必要性)
83. Your work is good on the whole, _______________ （但仍有改进余地）
84. The sun gives off light and warmth, _______________（这使植物生长变为可能）
85. The father thought_______________ (他可以说服女儿改变决定)
86. Nowadays advertising fees of new products _______________________（与生产成本不
成比例）
Answer
1---4 N N NG Y
5 single entity
6 expanding; contracting
7 competition
8 economic slow-down
9 producers and consumers
10 the available money supply
11---35 CBDBA ADBCA DCCCD BACAD
CAAAC
36 maintained
37 tend
38 childbearing
39 compulsory
40 ceases
41 spend
42 needs
43 contribution
44 There is a serious shortage of nurses and teachers, to mention only two of the occupations
followed by women
45 only to have the qualified teacher or nurse marry after a year or two and be lost forever to
her profession
46 While here the question of training is not so important, industry and trade would be
seriously short of staff if married women did not work
47 have forms filled properly, passport ready, bags packed
48 ask our friends who have been there
49 find the consulate office of your country
50 It is inevitable and challenging
51 How to survive culture shock
52---81 CDBBD
BACDA BDADC BCBAC ADBDA CBDAC
82 we came to realize the necessity of hiring a computer security expert
83 but there is still room for improvement
84 which makes it possible for plants to grow
85 he could talk his daughter into changing her mind
86 are out of proportion to the cost of production