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英语专业八级模拟试题26
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预览试卷内容
Part I Listening Comprehension
共 20分 / 28分钟
Section A
Mini-Lecture
10 小题
10分
Section B
Conversations
5 小题
5分
Section C
News Broadcast
5 小题
5分
Part II Reading Comprehension
共 20分 / 30分钟
Section A
Multiple Choice
20 小题
20分
Part III General Knowledge
共 10分 / 10分钟
Section A
Multiple Choice
10 小题
10分
Part IV Error Correction
共 10分 / 15分钟
Section A
Error Correction
10 小题
10分
Part V Translation
共 20分 / 60分钟
Section A
Translation (Chinese to English)
1 小题
10分
Section B
Translation (English to Chinese)
1 小题
10分
Part VI Writing
共 20分 / 45分钟
Section A
Writing
1 小题
20分
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part I Listening Comprehension
20分 / 28分钟
Part II Reading Comprehension
20分 / 30分钟
Part III General Knowledge
10分 / 10分钟
Part IV Error Correction
10分 / 15分钟
Part V Translation
20分 / 60分钟
Part VI Writing
20分 / 45分钟
Section A
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET after the mini-lecture. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
Sushi is originated from Southeast Asia, and as a preserved food, has a long history. Around the 8th century AD, in the Heian period, it was introduced into Japan. There are two variations of the maki sushi:
1)
and thin maki. Some goodwill and a good guide to help you make a fine Japanese sushi roll. After having prepared some things, you’ll have usually seven steps in making sushi maki. I.One side of the nori sheet is a bits smooth while the other a little rough. Put nori on the rolling mat with the
2)
facing upwards. II.Make a
3)
of rice into a ball with wet hands, while keep your hands dry when working with the nori. III. The spread 1)Spread the rice ball
4)
on the nori. 2)Keep the
5)
of about 2cm uncovered. IV. Filling 1)Place a slice of fish
6)
of the nori. 2)Place one to three
7)
slices of vegetables. V. Close on the filling with the nori making a
8)
-shaped hill and tighten it from above. VI. Continue the rolling sequence 1)Keep the shape
9)
with every move until you reach the end of the nori. 2)Put
10)
on the roll all the time in order to roll tightly. VII. Use a wet, sharp knife to cut the roll in to little sushi units.
Section B
In this section, you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
11.
Where does this conversation take place?
A) In the classroom.
B) In the professor’s office.
C) At the professor’s home.
D) At the student’s home.
12.
Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the professor?
A) Group work will affect the student’s accent.
B) It’s more difficult for children to learn accents than adults.
C) Normally, most adults never lose their native accents.
D) The pronunciation class is useless.
13.
In the example given by the professor, what’s wrong with the student who said “homesick”?
A) The student put the stress on the wrong syllable.
B) The wrong rhythm.
C) The wrong intonation.
D) A big misunderstanding.
14.
The professor speaks English with several accents. Which of the following does she NOT use?
A) Indian.
B) English.
C) Australian.
D) Austrian.
15.
What does the student decide to do at the end of the conversation?
A) Keep his accent.
B) Improve his accent.
C) Take the professor’s class.
D) Take his pronunciation class.
Section C
In this section you will hear several news items. Listen to the news items carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
News Broadcast One
Questions 16 to 16 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
16.
On what issues will India and Pakistan restart peace talks?
A) Disbuted Kashmir area and fighting terrorism.
B) Pakistani foreign minister's visit to New Delhi.
C) The Bombay attacks.
D) Pakistan-based Islamic militants.
News Broadcast Two
Questions 17 to 18 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
17.
What is the main idea of the news item?
A) Researchers found out the true reason of hair loss.
B) Researchers found new methods to help children grow hair.
C) Researchers found new ways to help maintain and even regenerate hair.
D) Researchers found that faulty stem cells are caused by depression.
18.
What have the researchers found?
A) The hair follicles disappear, resulting in the hair loss.
B) The stem cells are lost and stop raising new hair.
C) The stem cells present raise the bar for developing treatment to cure hair loss.
D) Hair can be regenerated by activating the stem cells and getting them to form a new hair follicle.
News Broadcast Three
Questions 19 to 20 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
19.
The impacts of the hurricane include the following EXCEPT ______.
A) violent winds and intense rains
B) power blackout
C) broken public transit system
D) food supply shortage
20.
Which statement is NOT true about the Red Cross Organization?
A) It has prepared shelters that can care for thousands of people.
B) Its response could be one of the largest in recent memory.
C) The organization is responding in all the states.
D) It could take a long time to be able to fully address the disaster.
Section A
In this section there are several passages followed by some questions or unfinished staments, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
Text A
The number of British people choosing to vote has been falling. In the 1992 general election, 78 per cent of the electorate voted, while in 1997 only 71 per cent of those eligible to vote decided to do so. Then, in 2001, the voter turnout was only 59 per cent. There was a slight improvement in 2005 with 61 per cent, but that rise was probably because of the introduction of the “postal ballot” (being able to vote by post) in 2004. There were problems with fraud around this postal ballot, so we can’t say the 2005 figure definitely represented an increase. In some areas of the country in 2005, only a third of voters exercised their right to vote at the polling station. So what’s going on in the UK? Have the people lost faith in their politicians? Well, I’m afraid to say that it looks like they have. The biggest falls in the number of people voting have been among young people and ethnic minorities. Traditionally, like in many other countries, it is the UK’s university students who have always been the most politically active group in society. If they are choosing not to vote, then that choice is a protest. In the UK, the older generation will often be heard to say to young people: “People died so that you could vote! It’s your duty to vote!” It is true that many have died to give democratic rights to the people. We could go back to the Magna Carta, the document that first began to protect the rights of the people, and which King John was forced to sign in 1215 after much fighting. We could point to the English Civil Wars of the 17th century, when Parliament broke away from the rule of the monarch. Then there was Emily Davison, the suffragette who died in 1913 and helped women win the right to vote. Or you may think of the Second World War, in which many died fighting against the totalitarian dictatorships of Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. People have died throughout UK history so that people of all classes have the right to vote democratically. At the same time, however, we must remember that democracy also gives people the right to choose not to vote. When UK people choose not to vote, they are not just being lazy or disrespectful; they are actually protesting through “passive resistance”, the sort of approach taken by the Polish people during the Second World War when their country was occupied by the army of a foreign dictator. Are things likely to improve quickly in the UK? No. You may have heard about the “expenses scandal” in the UK. The British people have just found out that a significant number of their politicians have been claiming large and unreasonable amounts of money for their “living expenses.” That money comes from the British people’s taxes. As a result of the scandal, a significant number of politicians have lost their jobs and the confidence of British voters in politicians has been damaged. In this year’s European Parliament elections, only 34 per cent of the British electorate voted, which was well below the European average of 43 per cent. British politicians have a long way to go if they are to save their reputation. They have a long way to go if they are to save the country’s economy from the credit crunch. They have a long way to go if they are to persuade young people and ethnic minorities to start voting again.
21.
Which statement is true about the British electorate?
A) The number of British electorate choosing to vote has been falling these years except for an increase in the year 2005.
B) The postal ballot brought an increase in the number of valid voters.
C) Two thirds of voters voted at the polling station in 2005.
D) The postal ballot was questionable because of the possible fraud associated with it.
22.
The following statements are true about the young generation EXCEPT ________.
A) the young people are among the groups that have the sharpest decline in the number of voters
B) the university students have always been indifferent about politics
C) the young people are protesting rather than just lazy or disrespectful
D) this may show that young people have lost faith in their politicians
23.
The Magna Carta is the document _______.
A) signed by King John in 1215 out of his will
B) that allowed Parliament to break away from the rule of the monarch
C) that first began to protect the rights of the British people
D) that guaranteed women’s rights to vote
24.
Which statement is true according to the passage?
A) Young people can only vote until old people die.
B) Democracy gives people the free rights both to vote and not to vote.
C) The expense scandals mean that politicians abuse British tax-payer’s money in their office expenses.
D) The reputation of British politicians will be soon mended.
25.
What is the author’s attitude?
A) Objective.
B) Positive.
C) Disappointed at the British electorates because fewer people chose to vote.
D) Disappointed at the British politicians and their reputation among the people.
Text B
The book starts off promisingly, in the dim past. Forty thousand years ago, by the caves of Lascaux, our ancestors made lamps of animal fat puddled in hollowed-out stone. Wicks were twisted lichen or moss. In other places at other times, humans lighted their way with corralled fireflies, torches of burning pine knots, or dried salmon on a stick. When Shetland Islanders needed a lamp, Brox writes, “they’d affix a petrel carcass to a base of clay, thread a wick down its throat, and set it alight.” These early flames were not brilliant; they smoked, gave off foul odors and required constant tending. No wonder folks went to bed as soon as their work was done. Millenniums passed. Improvements — in wicks, vessels, fuels and ways to ignite them — came slowly, though somewhat less so for some: “The wealthy and powerful have always been the first to acquire new kinds of light and have always had more of it than others,” Brox writes. In the Middle Ages, the rich (and the Roman Catholic Church) were enjoying the clear and steady flames of beeswax candles, while the rest of the world still squinted into the grimy light of whatever adipose matter lay at hand, whether rendered from manatees, alligators, whales, sheep, oxen, bison, deer or coconuts. In lean times, the poor could face a difficult choice: eat those candles or burn them. Brox follows light from the home and workshop into the streets, tracking the expansion of public lighting and the steady diminution of darkness. Shadows provided privacy in cramped quarters, but darkness threatened public safety (or so thought some; others believed light aided robbers and footpads). In the Middle Ages, expanding cities employed lantern-bearing night watchmen, erected gates and enforced curfews (much as we do during blackouts today). By the late 1600s, some cities began to require that citizens place candles or lamps on street-facing windowsills. (Yes, Brox’s take throughout is Eurocentric.) Though unsteady and faint, such lights served to lengthen the day, offering time “maybe for work, maybe for the counterlife that the night always offered: a chance for pleasure and the risk of transgression.” Ruminative and curious, Brox excels at discussing the cultural and psychological changes wrought by more and better light, from the self-reliance of lanterns to our eventual dependence on coal gas and then electric utilities. Who had light and who did not? What did different types of people do with their newfound hours? How did street lighting change public behavior? (Once drinkers could move safely between taverns, instead of perching on a single tavern stool all night, Brox writes, the streets became far rowdier; prostitutes previously confined to brothels could now sell their wares al fresco.) With increased mobility and safety, those who could afford lighting stayed up later. Sleeping in became a mark of prestige. Meanwhile, those who lived near the gasworks — never located in a city’s high-rent district — endured foul-smelling and dangerous emissions. A new form of environmental injustice was born. As urban lighting improved, the demarcation between city dwellers and country dwellers — still tethered to the rhythm of sun and moon — also grew starker. Eventually, Brox writes, “the illuminated city and the glamour and liveliness of its night came to define almost completely what it meant to be urban and urbane.” (With the advent of brightly lighted streets, in the mid-19th century, came the minting of a new word: “nightlife.”) Electricity did bring good things: more security, more commerce, more “progress.” An electric light bulb was self-starting, self-maintaining, cheap, efficient, clean and safe. It “would not spontaneously ignite cloth dust in factories or hay in the mow. A child could be left alone with it.” But this new light would also generate a new kind of isolation for unelectrified rural populations, who knew exactly what they were missing, especially after rural free delivery began distributing catalogs and magazines depicting electric irons, washers and lamps. It turns out that living without an electrical hookup wasn’t so bad when electrical hookups didn’t exist. But being deprived of power while others reveled in it left many rural dwellers feeling beyond resentful.
26.
Which statement is true about lighting in Middle Ages?
A) All the people used beeswax candles for lighting.
B) Animal adipose could be used both for food and lighting.
C) People enjoyed various night activities by using lanterns in the cities.
D) There was no connection between lighting and crimes.
27.
The reasons why people stayed up later than before include the following EXCEPT ________.
A) nightlife activities
B) increased safety
C) increased mobility
D) improved lighting
28.
Which is the correct development order of lighting as described in the passage?
A) animal fat—beeswax—coal gas—lantern—electricity
B) animal fat—lantern—beeswax—coal gas—electricity
C) animal fat—beeswax—lantern—coal-gas—electricity
D) beeswax—animal fat—lantern—coal gas—electricity
29.
From the last paragraph we can know the following EXCEPT ________.
A) free catalogs and magazines were delivered to rural areas
B) rural people felt a sense of isolation because of lacking electricity
C) urban population lived with electricity while some rural people didn’t
D) rural dwellers felt OK with being unelectrified
30.
What is this article essentially?
A) An advertisement about electricity.
B) A novel about the invention of electricity.
C) A book review.
D) A research report.
Text C
My childhood home broke in half during the autumn of 1973, when my twin sister and I were 10 years old. Our parents called us together one evening to announce that they were splitting up, and just like that we became “products of a broken home.” The scene still flickers in my mind: my sister and I sat between our two parents on a monstrous neo-Victorian couch upholstered in a weird, synthetic shade of pink. Everybody cried. Our father ended up keeping the row house where we lived, but a few years later our mother bought the place next door. This kid-friendly arrangement softened the bite of the breakup, allowing my sister and me to jump over the porch rail whenever we felt like switching parents. Back then, people routinely called families of divorce “broken homes,” yet a new phrase was already coming into play that cast a warmer light on the process of divorce and remarriage: “blended family.” As my own parents regrouped and remarried, they never used this kinder, gentler nomenclature, yet sociologists and psychologists were applying it in the ’60s and ’70s. Today it is common currency. Whereas “broken home” describes the destruction of an original family unit, “blended family” refers to the new marriages that sometimes follow. “Blended family” is about making, not breaking, and it implies a seamless melding of diverse ingredients. In 19th-century parlance, a “broken home” was a family ruined by the death or abandonment of a parent. Members of the temperance movement applied the phrase to households besieged by alcoholism. Throughout the 20th century, sociological studies of broken homes addressed the effects of divorce on child development and teenage delinquency. A sense of moral decrepitude thus hovers around the concept, clouding it with shades of weakness, failure and doom. I’ve been thinking about broken homes and blended families lately as I observe friends from my own generation move through various combinations of separation, divorce and re-partnering. When couples break up, they often fight about who will control the children and the house. When it’s time to remarry, they fight about which furniture gets to stay. These newly minted couples may want to merge souls and checking accounts, but “blending” seems hard to come by. Not only is it tough to reconcile two households’ worth of clashing bedspreads and warring sofas, but some kids hesitate to fully embrace their pseudo-siblings and quasi-parents. Yet aren’t all families “broken” in some way? Marriage customs bring together two people from different lineages and place them under a common roof. By definition, marriage is a joining of unlike elements. Even when the bond is strong, a seam both connects and divides husband, wife and the web of in-laws they bring to the table. A couple’s biological offspring really are a blend, but the rest of the family is patched together. “Stepfamily” is a no-frills term for the reconfigured domestic units that increasingly represent the norm in the United States. Neither judgmental nor misty-eyed, “stepfamily” avoids both moral condemnation and wishful thinking. The National Stepfamily Resource Center, run by Auburn University, in Alabama, provides information for families in which one or both partners bring children from a previous relationship. “Stepfamilies do not ‘blend,’” explains the center’s Web site. “Children actively balk at inferences that the stepfamily is … eligible to demand their full attention and loyalty. They know they have divided loyalties.” Many kids find themselves entangled in multiple stepfamilies, compelling them to build bonds, however tentative, with new siblings and parents on both sides of their nuclear family tree. These children live in two houses, not one. Children are resilient. For my sister and me, the painful news delivered that night in 1973 eventually coalesced with everyday reality. The terrible became normal, and the kids were all right. The pink couch still occupies a dark, poorly decorated corner of my mind, but its toxic glow has dimmed. I myself have been peacefully married for 20 years, and I enjoy warm relationships with my parents, stepparents and stepsiblings. My extended family is a creaky, leaky contraption whose inner workings often trip and jam around ex-marital fault lines. This home has been broken, but don’t try to fix it. The cracks and gashes have made it what it is.
31.
The term “broken home” applies to the following situations EXCEPT ________.
A) a divorced family
B) a family ruined by the death or abandonment of a parent
C) a family indulged in alcoholism
D) a family with teenage delinquency
32.
“Some kids hesitate to fully embrace their pseudo-siblings and quasi-parents.” means “________.”
A) Some kids are willing to accept their step-siblings and step-parents
B) Some kids are reluctant to accept their step-siblings and step-parents
C) Some kids are still attached to their biological siblings and parents
D) Some kids become detached to their biological siblings and parents
33.
Which statement is true?
A) Marriage customs bring together two people from different lineages and also blends the two families.
B) The term “stepfamily” has a negative connotation.
C) “Stepfamily” avoids moral condemnation and wishful thinking.
D) Children easily devote loyalties to remarried families.
34.
What can be inferred from the passage?
A) The author prefers the term “blended family” to “broken home.”
B) The author felt that the pain of having a broken home was worsened by the parents’ arrangement afterwards.
C) Divorce has a strong connection with teenage delinquency.
D) The author grew up in a broken family and led a miserable life.
35.
Which of the following adjectives best describes the author’s attitude towards the broken home?
A) Strongly opposing.
B) Mildly positive.
C) Indifferent.
D) Critical.
Text D
What would you do if your wallet became harder to open as your spending approached or exceeded your budget? Would you think twice about where your money was going? A product designer at M.I.T. who created a working prototype for such a wallet seems to think so, and he may be on to something. Part of the reason so many people spend too much, or fail to stick to self-imposed budgets, is because parting with our money has become an abstraction in our increasingly cashless society. Credit cards provide immediate gratification, but no immediate consequences. Plucking actual dollars from your pile of cash, research suggests, is more painful, and leads you to spend less. There’s another factor that prevents people from being model financial citizens (besides, of course, uncontrollable circumstances like joblessness). As a species, humans are notoriously poor at following through with their plans. Sticking to a budget — a dirty word even among many financial planners, who prefer the more euphemistic “spending plan” — feels too much like dieting. And we often fail at both for the same reasons: too much focus on the restrictions, not enough on fun. So it’s not surprising when people end up bingeing later, more than making up for dollars not spent or calories not consumed. On Mint.com, the popular money-tracking Web site, top goals among the nearly half a million users who set them include paying off debt, creating an emergency fund and saving for retirement. All virtuous goals, to be sure. The battle, say money and psychology experts, is finding ways to close the gap between good intentions and human nature. So at a time when every dollar counts, how can you accomplish what you’re not necessarily wired to do? It may be a while before that smart wallet hits the shelves (a hinge in the middle of the wallet, wired to your bank account balance via a Bluetooth connection to your cellphone, makes it harder to open as you reach a spending limit). The main inventor, John Kestner, said he’s working on bringing its retail price down to $60, to “avoid obvious irony.” But there are plenty of mental tricks and strategies that can make your budgeting more sustainable now. In fact, the best strategy is not to think about it as budgeting at all. Instead, set up broad goals and automate all savings and other priorities where you can. “Self-control is wonderful, but it’s just not sufficient,” said Meir Statman, a finance professor at Santa Clara University who focuses on behavioral finance and is the author of “What Investors Really Want.” Start by becoming more conscious of your spending, whether you jot it down in a notepad, on a spreadsheet, or on Web sites like Mint.com. Then, give your spending plan a sense of purpose; budgets with a goal, whether it’s a European vacation or buying a home, tend to be the most successful. “For there to be sustainable change, there needs to be some sort of positive motivation,” said Amanda Clayman, a financial therapist in New York. People tend to set unrealistic goals that don’t factor in their lifestyle, she said. “Ultimately, what we want our money to be is an energy source,” Ms. Clayman said. “It should help us get somewhere or do something.” One strategy to keep spending in check is to employ what’s known as mental accounting — dividing your money into separate mental accounts that you treat differently. “From a psychological standpoint, there is merit to having a separate account for entirely discretionary or luxury spending,” said Steve Levinson, a psychologist and co-author of “Following Through: A Revolutionary New Model for Finishing Whatever You Start.” Spending $100 out of $300 earmarked for fun will feel more meaningful than pulling out $100 from your entire $3,000 monthly budget. The easiest way to set up a system, experts suggest, is to put your income into separate accounts or subaccounts, including one that distinguishes spending money from money needed for recurring household expenses. And think about working backward, as a way to keep things simple: instead of setting up an overly detailed budget, first decide how much you want to save for retirement and other goals, then work with what’s left over. If you want to cut spending, attack a few big categories where you can make the biggest difference. Life has a natural way of derailing even the best-laid plans, so experts recommend building a cushion, or a slush fund of sorts. “It’s the one-time expenses that kill a budget,” said Rick Kahler, a financial planner in Rapid City, S.D. “The average person needs to be saving for car repairs every month, they need to be saving for their trips, for Christmas, for medical expenses.”
36.
Few people are model financial citizens because of the following reasons EXCEPT ________.
A) we have no cash to spend in this cashless society
B) uncontrollable incidents like unemployment
C) people tend to pay by credit cards
D) people are poor at sticking to budgets by nature
37.
Why do people prefer credit cards?
A) Credit cards are convenient to use.
B) Credit cards are safer to carry than cash.
C) Credit cards delay the cost and give immediate gratification.
D) Credit cards have no consequences.
38.
What does it mean by “to avoid obvious irony” in Paragraph 6?
A) It would be ironical for one to buy the smart wallet because the wallet was originally invented to save money.
B) If the price for the smart wallet was too high, it would force people to spend much money on it rather than help save money.
C) It would be ironical for the inventor to sell the smart wallet.
D) It would be ironical if the price for the high-tech smart wallet was brought down.
39.
The strategies to save money include the following EXCEPT ______.
A) Think about budgeting all the time.
B) Budget the spending plan with a goal
C) Divide your money into separate mental accounts
D) Think about retirement saving goals, work backwards and see what’s left over.
40.
Which statement is true about “one-time expenses”?
A) One-time expenses mean the expenses that occur every month like car maintenance.
B) One-time expenses may help you be more budget-conscious.
C) One-time expenses easily make the budget in red.
D) Experts say one-time expenses may help build a cushion or slush fund.
Section A
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
41.
New Zealand is an island country in the ________ , southeast of Australia.
A) south Indian Ocean
B) north Indian Ocean
C) north Pacific Ocean
D) southern Pacific Ocean
42.
Where is the West End which contains many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings, and entertainment?
A) In New York.
B) In London.
C) In Sydney.
D) In Vancouver.
43.
There are three major political parties in Canada: the Conservative Party, New Democratic Party and _____.
A) the Progressive Party
B) the Liberal Party
C) the Republic Party
D) the Labour Party
44.
Which city in America is called Motor city?
A) Denver.
B) Detroit.
C) Chicago.
D) Boston.
45.
It was ___________ who wrote the famous novels of
Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss
and
Silas Marner
in which moral problems are discussed and psychological analysis of characters are emphasized.
A) Jane Austin
B) George Eliot
C) Charles Dickens
D) Charlot Bronte
46.
One of America's greatest playwrights won the Nobel Prize in 1936 and some of his most famous works include
Anna Christie, The Hairy Ape, The Iceman Cometh, Long Day's Journey Into Night
.
A) Eugene O'Neill.
B) Arthur Miller.
C) Bernard Malamud.
D) Tennessee Williams.
47.
The principal character in opposition to the hero or heroine of a narrative or drama is_____.
A) a rival
B) an opponent
C) a protagonist
D) an antagonist
48.
Which of the following groups belong to complementary antonyms?
A) Buy-sell.
B) Above-below.
C) Boy-girl.
D) Good-bad.
49.
Linguistics differs from traditional grammar in that _____.
A) linguistics stresses the importance of the written word
B) linguistics provides a Latin-based framework into which all languages fit
C) linguistics is prescriptive
D) linguistics is descriptive
50.
________ is a kind of figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole as
head
for
life
, the whole for a part as the
law for police office
.
A) Simile
B) Synecdoche
C) Metaphor
D) Metonymy
Section A
Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET as instructed. The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maxinum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line; for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "^" sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line; for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/" and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Creative thinking has become an objective of our education system.
The subject has sparked off many debates—a testimony to the fact
51.
noteworthy. Although creative thinking may have been promoted
52.
Someone even commented that creative thinking cannot be taught,
but nurtured. Hence, attempts to hasten the significant task is
uncalled for. Nevertheless, I feel that to realize the objective of
53.
First, an environment for creative thinking has to be cultivated.
54.
A person can only develop his potentials to the fullest and demonstrate
55.
Secondly, we should understand that the current examination system
56.
genuine intelligence and ability. Under the "spoon-feeding" education
system, one studies mainly with the test results as an end. The system
57.
and work. The "spoon-feeding" education system leads one to be
satisfied with one's status quo. Could creative thinking be cultivated
58.
a person's intelligence and ability?
59.
quote the chairman of Computer Associates International
Inc, Charles Wang, on this point. He thinks that in becoming
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technology is the biggest barrier that Asian countries face.
This blind pursuit will also hinder Asians' development in other
areas.
Section A
Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.
“五四”运动的精神最根本的就是中华民族爱国主义精神。九十年前,中国青年在国家和民族命运的紧要关头,挺身而出,掀起了轰轰烈烈的反帝反封建运动,拉开了中国新民主主义革命的序幕。近一个世纪以来,一代又一代的热血青年在“五四”运动的精神感召下,励志图强。他们为民族的独立、人民的幸福、国家的富强奉献出了青春和力量。中国从贫穷走向富强,从封闭走向开放,从落后走向进步。我们的国家在建设中国特色社会主义道路上阔步向前,中国人民为此感到无比的骄傲和自豪。
Section B
Translate the following text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET.
Why do we even build these memorials to life’s cataclysms, to the suffering and horror of the present hour? In theory, we build memorials so that future generations will remember, but in practice they too often aid in forgetting. Too many times it is the memorial and not the tragedy that we recall. The greatest oration ever delivered on American soil was Abraham Lincoln’s address at Gettysburg. The speech, says historian Garry Wills, from which “all modern political prose descends.” But Lincoln predicted wrongly that future generations would forget his words and remember the deeds of those who left their lives on the battlefield. Matters have worked out the other way around. The Gettysburg Address has become the stuff of legend, quoted in useful bits by politians, memorized by schoolchildren. But who remembers the battle?
Section A
Nowadays, more and more college students are doing a part-time jobs, working as a tutor, a tourist guide, or a cashier in a supermarket. Some students will take initiative by putting up advertisements on bulletin boards or post it on BBS. What is your attitude towards college students doing part-time job? Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic: My Views on Doing Part-time Job In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
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