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2008 National English Contest for College Students
(Level B - Sample)
Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 marks)
Section A (10 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. A. Mild. B. Draughty. C. Hot.
2. A. The woman inquiring the man is probably a judge.
B. The man was stopped by the police because he was driving too fast.
C. The man hit one of the kids on the corner of the first turning.
3. A. Tired. B. Lonely. C. Sad.
4. A. Take the dictionary out the library.
B. Buy a new dictionary for herself.
C. Borrow the dictionary for herself.
5. A. All of them landed safely.
B. Some were wounded, but there were no deaths.
C. Some were kidnapped.
6. A. He doesn't know if there is a photocopy machine there.
B. The woman can make copies at the post office.
C. The photocopy machine isn't in the office any more.
7. A. Invite everyone. B. Have two parties. C. Take a few classes.
8. A. Three quarters of an hour. B. Half an hour.
C. A quarter of an hour.
9. A. He's got a stomachache. B. He's got a headache.
C. He is alcoholic.
10. A. Suspicious. B. Relaxed. C. Upset.
Section B (5 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear one long conversation. The conversation will be read only once. At the end of the conversation, there will be a one-minute pause. During the pause, you must read the five questions, each with three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 11 - 15 are based on the long conversation you've just heard.
11. What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A. A lecture. B. An examination. C. A course.
12. Why is the man watching television?
A. Because he wanted to take a break.
B. Because he didn't want to study.
C. Because he had a headache.
13. Why is the man surprised that the woman wants to study linear algebra with him?
A. Because he didn't do well on the last test.
B. Because he isn't going to take the exam.
C. Because she is better than him at the course.
14. Why doesn't the man want to call Elizabeth?
A. Because he doesn't know her.
B. Because he doesn't like her.
C. Because it is too late to call her.
15. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Brother and sister.
B. Classmates.
C. Teacher and student.
Section C (5 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear 5 short news items. After each item, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the question and then the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
16. How many people were killed in the bomb attack in London?
A. Dozens of people.
B. Hundreds of people.
C. None.
17. What is the top priority of NASA's mission?
A. A tear in one of the station's solar wings.
B. A spacewalk on Thursday. C. Get new equipment.
18. How many billionaires are there in China according to Forbes?
A. 54. B. 66. C. More than 100.
19. What is one of the highlights for many visitors in the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum?
A. A full-scale replica of the Oval Office.
B. Two million photographs.
C. 76 million pages of documents.
20. What is the news item mainly about?
A. The World Bank's Economic Indicators report will be issued.
B. Economic growth rates in Africa.
C. The stagnation and decline of African economy from 1975 to 1995.
Section D (10 marks)
Directions: In this section, you will hear a man introducing the history of Oxford. For questions 21 - 30, listen to what he says and complete the notes. You will need to write a word or a short phrase. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Oxford became a town before (21) ________. Oxford University began to establish itself in the middle of the (22) ________ century and by 1300 there were 1,500 students. At this time Oxford was a (23) ________ town, but by the middle of the 14th century it was poorer because of (24) ________ in trade and the terrible plague. Relations between the students and the townspeople were very (25) ________ and there was often (26) ________ in the streets. On 10th February 1355, a (27) ________ began, which lasted two days. Sixty-two students were killed. One of the punishments was that the University was given (28) ________ of the town for nearly 600 years.
There are some special Oxford words in the Oxford English Dictionary. For example, (29) ________ and (30) ________.
Part II Multiple Choice (10 minutes, 15 marks)
Section A (10 marks)
Directions: There are 10 incomplete sentences in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
31． The government gave a very ________ explanation of its plan for economic development.
A. comprehensive B. compound C. considerable D. complacent
32. An ambulance must have priority as it usually has to deal with some kind of ________.
A. urgency B. danger C. emergency D. crisis
33. It is a common theme in many science fiction stories that the world may one day be ________ by insects.
A. broken in B. run over C. taken over D. filled in
34. In the meantime, the question facing business is whether such research is ________ the costs.
A. worth B. worth of C. worthy D. worthwhile
35. ________ does he know that the police are about to arrest him.
A. Few B. Only C. Seldom D. Little
36. He asked his sister to look after his children ________ his death.
A. in the event of B. in view of C. on account of D. on the edge of
37. ________ about the bookkeeper's honesty, the company asked him to resign.
A. There be some questions B. There are some questions
C. There have been some questions D. There being some questions
38. But for his courage, the battle ________.
A. was lost B. will be lost C. would lose D. would have been lost
39. When the young man walked into the office to see the headmaster, he had ________.
A. butterflies in his heart B. butterflies in his mind
C. butterflies in his stomach D. butterflies in his spirit
40. - Could you lend me some money, Jack?
- Sorry, Mike. I myself can't earn enough to ________.
A. make the ends meet B. make ends meet
C. keep the ends meet D. keep ends meet
Section B (5 marks)
Directions: There are 5 incomplete statements or questions about some English speaking countries in this section. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the most suitable answer from the given choices. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. Britain is a ________ country.
A. Catholic B. Christian C. Orthodox D. Mormon
42. The Tories were the forerunners of ________, which still bears this nickname today.
A. the Labour Party B. the Conservative Party
C. the Liberal Party D. the Social Democratic Party
43. ________ is the most popular sport in Britain in summer.
A. Football B. Tennis C. Basketball D. Cricket
44. The New Deal was started by ________.
A. John F. Kennedy B. Franklin Roosevelt
C. George Washington D. Thomas Jefferson
45. ________ is the only branch that that can make federal laws and levy federal taxes.
A. The executive B. The legislative
C. The judicial D. The president
Part III Reading Comprehension (20 minutes, 40 marks)
Section A (5 marks)
Directions: There is one passage in this section with 5 questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Questions 46 - 50 are based on the following passage.
The Supreme Court's decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.
Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects - a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen - is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.
Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients' pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient. Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center, contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation to control their pain if that might hasten death.”
George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death. “It's like surgery,” he says. “We don't call those deaths homicides because the doctors didn't intend to kill their patients, although they risked their death. If you're a physician, you can risk your patient's suicide as long as you don't intend their suicide.”
On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
Just three weeks before the Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide, the National Academy of Science (NAS) released a two-volume report - Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of Life. It identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying” as the twin problems of end-of-life care.
The profession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare billing code for hospital-based care, and to develop new standards for assessing and treating pain at the end of life.
Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. “Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering,” to the extent that it constitutes “systematic patient abuse”. He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear... that painful deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension.”
Questions:
46. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that ________.
A. doctors used to increase drug dosages to control their patients' pain
B. it is still illegal for doctors to help the dying end their lives
C. the Supreme Court strongly opposes physician-assisted suicide
D. patients have no constitutional right to commit suicide
47. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. Doctors will be held guilty if they risk their patients' death.
B. Modern medicine has assisted terminally ill patients in painless recovery.
C. The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication can be prescribed.
D. A doctor's medication is no longer justified by his intentions.
48. According to the NAS's report, one of the problems in end-of-life care is ________.
A. prolonged medical procedures B. inadequate treatment of pain
C. systematic drug abuse D. insufficient hospital care
49. Which of the following best defines the word “aggressive” (line 3, paragraph 6)?
A. Bold. B. Harmful. C. Careless. D. Desperate.
50. George Annas would probably agree that doctors should be punished if they ________.
A. manage their patients incompetently
B. give patients more medicine than needed
C. reduce drug dosages for their patients
D. prolong the needless suffering of the patients
Section B (15 marks)
Directions: There is one passage in this section with 10 questions. Go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
For questions 51 - 55, 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 (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 56 - 60, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Highways
Early in the 20th century, most of the streets and roads in the U.S. were made of dirt, bricks, and cedar wood blocks. Built for horse, carriage, and foot traffic, they were usually poorly cared for and too narrow to accommodate (容纳) automobiles.
With the increase in auto production, private turnpike (收费公路) companies under local authorities began to spring up, and by 1921 there were 387,000 miles of paved roads. Many were built using specifications of 19th century Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and John MacAdam (for whom the macadam surface is named), whose specifications stressed the importance of adequate drainage. Beyond that, there were no national standards for size, weight restrictions, or commercial signs. During World War I, roads throughout the country were nearly destroyed by the weight of trucks. When General Eisenhower returned from Germany in 1919, after serving in the U.S.Army's first transcontinental motor convoy (车队), he noted, “The old convoy had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany's Autobahn or motorway had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land.”
It would take another war before the federal government would act on a national highway system. During World War II, a tremendous increase in trucks and new roads were required. The war demonstrated how critical highways were to the defense effort. Thirteen percent of defense plants received all their supplies by truck, and almost all other plants shipped more than half of their products by vehicle. The war also revealed that local control of highways had led to a confusing variety of design standards. Even federal and state highways did not follow basic standards. Some states allowed trucks up to 36,000 pounds, while others restricted anything over 7,000 pounds. A government study recommended a national highway system of 33,920 miles, and Congress soon passed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, which called for strict, centrally controlled design criteria.
The interstate highway system was finally launched in 1956 and has been hailed as one of the greatest public works projects of the century. To build its 44,000-mile web of highways, bridges and tunnels, hundreds of unique engineering designs and solutions had to be worked out. Consider the many geographic features of the country: mountains, steep grades, wetlands, rivers, deserts, and plains. Variables included the slope of the land, the ability of the pavement to support the load, the intensity of road use, and the nature of the underlying soil. Urban areas were another problem. Innovative designs of roadways, tunnels, bridges, overpasses, and interchanges that could run through or bypass urban areas soon began to weave their way across the country, forever altering the face of America.
Long-span, segmented-concrete, cable-stayed bridges such as Hale Boggs in Louisiana and the Sunshine Skyway in Florida, and remarkable tunnels like Fort McHenry in Maryland and Mt. Baker in Washington, met many of the nation's physical challenges. Traffic control systems and methods of construction developed under the interstate program soon influenced highway construction around the world, and were invaluable in improving the condition of urban streets and traffic patterns.
Today, the interstate system links every major city in the U.S., and the U.S. with Canada and Mexico. Built with safety in mind, the highways have wide lanes and shoulders, dividing medians or barriers, long entry and exit lanes, curves engineered for safe turns, and limited access. The death rate on highways is half that of all other U.S. roads (0.86 deaths per 100 million passenger miles compared to 1.99 deaths per 100 million on all other roads).
By opening the North American continent, highways have enabled consumer goods and services to reach people in remote and rural areas of the country, spurred the growth of suburbs, and provided people with greater options in terms of jobs, access to cultural programs, health care, and other benefits. Above all, the interstate system provides individuals with what they cherish most: personal freedom of mobility.
The interstate system has been an essential element of the nation's economic growth in terms of shipping and job creation: more than 75 percent of the nation's freight deliveries arrive by truck; and most products that arrive by rail or air use interstates for the last leg of the journey by vehicle. Not only has the highway system affected the American economy by providing shipping routes, it has led to the growth of spin-off industries like service stations, motels, restaurants, and shopping centers. It has allowed the relocation of manufacturing plants and other industries from urban areas to rural.
By the end of the century there was an immense network of paved roads, residential streets, expressways, and freeways built to support millions of vehicles. The highway system was officially renamed for Eisenhower to honor his vision and leadership. The year construction began he said, “Together, the united forces of our communication and transportation systems are dynamic elements in the very name we bear-United States. Without them, we would be a mere alliance of many separate parts.”
Questions:
51. National standards for paved roads were in place by 1921.
52. General Eisenhower felt that the broad German motorways made more sense than the two-lane highways of America.
53. It was in the 1950s that the American government finally took action to build a national highway system.
54. Many of the problems presented by the country's geographical features found solutions in innovative engineering projects.
55. In spite of safety considerations, the death rate on interstate highways is still higher than that of other American roads.
56. The interstate highway system provides access between major city in America, and ________.
57. The interstate highway system promoted the development of ________.
58. The greatest benefit brought about by the interstate system was ________.
59. Trucks using the interstate highways deliver more than ________.
60. The interstate system was renamed after Eisenhower in recognition of ________.
Section C (10 marks)
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 5 questions. Read the passage carefully, then answer the questions in a maximum of 10 words. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 61 - 65 are based on the following passage.
Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time?
The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in the short term.
Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past.
Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25-0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies - to which heavy industry has shifted - have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.
One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The economist's commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost 30%.
Questions:
61. What is the main reason for the latest rise of oil price?
62. What are the results of the 1970s' oil shock?
63. It can be inferred from the text that the retail price of petrol will go up dramatically if ________.
64. According to the passage, reduction in oil consumption is due to ________, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries.
65. According to the passage, compared with those in the 1970s, oil-price shocks are ________ now.
Section D (10 marks)
Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing no more than three words from the passage. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Questions 66 - 70 are based on the following passage.
The City of the Future
What will city life be like in the future? Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They predict that cities will become more and more crowded. As the number of people increases, there will be less space for each person. This overcrowding will cause other problems - more crime, dirtier streets, and worse problems with traffic than we have now. How will people find enough drinking water, energy (such as gas and electricity), and housing? Because life will be hard, people who live in cities will worry more, and they may become sick. For these reasons, some say that nobody will want to live in urban areas.
How can we solve such problems as overcrowding, crime, and traffic? In some cities, thousands of people are already sleeping in the streets because there is so little suitable housing - and because rents are so high. The crime rate isn't going down. Instead, it is increasing so fast that many people are afraid to go out at night. Traffic is also getting worse. More and more often, traffic jams are so bad that cars don't move at all for several blocks. These urban problems have been getting worse, not better, so many people see no hope for the future of the city.
Los Angeles, California, for instance, has no subway system and the buses are slow. Instead, most commuters drive many miles from their homes to work. Many of these drivers spend several hours each day on busy freeways. New York, by contrast, has a mass transit system - buses, commuter trains, and subways. Because the public transportation is crowded and dirty, however, many people drive private cars, and the traffic jams are worse than in Los Angeles.
On the other hand, some cities have clean, fast, and pleasant public transportation systems. In Paris, France, and Toronto, Canada, for example, anyone can use mass transit to move quickly from one part of the city to another.
The disadvantages of any modern city are not unique to that city - that is, cities all over the world have to solve the problems of traffic jams, crime, housing, energy, drinking water, and overcrowding. Yet many cities have found answers to one or more of these difficulties. Some European cities, such as Stockholm, Sweden, or London, England, have planned communities that provide people with apartments, jobs, shopping centers, green space, entertainment, and transportation. Many U.S. cities are rebuilding their downtown areas. Urban planners can learn from one another. They can try solutions that have been successful in other parts of the world.
Summary:
Some people think that life in the cities is going to be horrible. They say that cities will become more and more crowded and many other problems will be caused by this (66) ________. Due to the hard life, people do not want to live in (67) ________. These urban problems such as overcrowding, crime and traffic have been getting worse, so many people (68) ________ for the future of the city. However, these disadvantages of any modern city are not unique to that city. All the cities all over the world must solve the problems and fortunately, many of them have found answers to one or more of these difficulties. For example, (69) ________ or London has planned communities providing people with apartments, jobs and so on. Besides, many U. S. cities (70) ______. In a word, solutions that have been successful in a place should be adopted and tried in another place.
Part IV Cloze (15 minutes, 15 marks)
Section A (5 marks)
Directions: There are 5 blanks in the passage. For each blank, some letters of the word has been given (not exceeding 3 letters). Read the passage below and think of the word which best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Formal education for girls historically has been secondary to that for boys. In colonial America girls could (71) a________ schools for boys only when there was room, usually during the summer when most of the boys were working. By the end of the 19th century, however, the number of women students had increased (72) gr________. Higher education particularly was broadened by the rise of women's colleges and the (73) ad________ of women to regular colleges and universities. In 1870 an estimated one fifth of resident college and university students were women. By 1900 the (74) pr________ had increased to more than one third. In 1985 about 53 percent of all college students were women, more than one (75) q________ of whom were above age 29.
Section B (10 marks)
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the passage. Use the word given in each blanket to form a word that fits in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Financial Synergy, one of Australia's (76) ________ (lead) financial services industry and an NGIV member, today announced the (77) ________ (appoint) of Robert Gould to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Mr Gould brings to Financial Synergy a (78) ________ (wealth) of financial services experience from prior executive positions at RACV, BP Credit Union and ANZ.
As Financial Synergy's CEO, Mr Gould will focus on (79) ________ (far) developing the business to achieve best outcomes for all shareholders.
“I am (80) ________ (extreme) pleased to welcome Rob Gould to the Financial Synergy team,” said David Orford, (81) ________ (manage) Director of Financial Synergy.
“His executive experience and industry knowledge, (82) ________ (combine) with his track record in business success, make him an ideal leader for Financial Synergy.”
Mr Gould has over twenty years' experience in the financial services sector. (83) ________ (priority) to joining the Financial Synergy team, he was General Manager of RACV's Finance Company completing a major acquisition, he served as CEO of BP Credit Union achieving business growth, and spent nine years in a (84) ________ (serial) of roles at the ANZ Banking Group. This included a position at ANZ Funds Management where he developed the ANZ Superannuation Savings account together with enhancement to their product range and customer experience.
“This is a great opportunity,” Mr Gould said and (85) ________ (continue),
“Financial Synergy is experiencing tremendous growth and I welcome the challenge of developing the business to maintain its leading position into the future.”
Part V Translation (15 minutes, 15 marks)
Section A (8 marks)
Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
Suppose you are driving on a highway with three lanes going in your direction and you come upon a toll plaza with six toll booths. Three toll booths are straight ahead in the three lanes of traffic, and the three other booths are off to the right. Which lane should you choose? (86) There are usually enough people searching for the shortest line so as to make all the lines about the same length.
The term profit in economics has a very precise meaning. Economists, however, often loosely refer to “good deals” or profitable ventures with no risk as profit opportunities. Using the term loosely, a profit opportunity exists at the toll booths in one line is shorter than the others. The general view of economics is that profit opportunities are rare. At any one time there are many people searching for such opportunities, and as a consequence few exist.
At major banks in big cities, you can buy foreign currencies. The prices of these currencies are determined in world money market. With dollars we can buy marks; with these marks we can buy francs; and with these francs we can buy back dollars. Can we make money on this transaction? If this is possible, we say that there are profit opportunities in the market. There are in fact almost never any profit opportunities of this kind in foreign currency markets. (87) There are always individuals looking for such opportunities, and if any opportunity does arise it is quickly eliminated.
If, for example, the mark-franc price is too low with respect to the other prices, there is an immediate rush to buy marks and sell francs, not by ordinary citizens at bank windows, but by a few large currency traders in Tokyo, London, or Zurich who watch prices every minute. Such a rush drives up the mark-franc prices to the no-profit-opportunity point. Markets like this, where any profit opportunities are eliminated almost instantaneously are said to be efficient markets.
The common language way of expressing the efficient market hypothesis is “there's no such thing as a free lunch”. How should one react when a stock broker calls up with a hot tip on the stock market? With skepticism. (88) There are thousands of individuals each day looking for hot tips in the market, and if a particular tip about a stock is valid there will be an immediate rush to buy the stock, which will quickly drive its price up. By the time the tip gets to your broker and then to you, the profit opportunity that arose from the tip (assuming that there was one) is likely to have been eliminated. Similar arguments can be made for bond markets and commodity markets. They are many “expert” in these markets, who take quick advantage of any news that affects prices. This economist's view that there are very limited profit opportunities around can, of course, be carried too far. There are clearly times when profit opportunities exist. (89) Someone has to be first to get the news, and some people have quicker insights than others. Nevertheless, news does get disseminated quickly, and there are thousands of people with quick insights. The general view that profit opportunities are rare is close to the mark.
Section B (7 marks)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. Remember to write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
90. 改了国籍，不等于就改了民族。（mean）
91. 父亲的文学才华，深深地影响了儿子。（have an influence on）
92. 我决定把这个班分成3组轮流给他们上课。（in turn）
Part VI IQ Test (5 minutes, 5 marks)
Directions: There are 5 IQ Test questions in this part. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
93. You are given a series of numbers. Your task is to see how they form a relationship with each other. You have to choose the number that would go next in the series.
1, 3, 6, 10 94. You are competing in a race and overtake the runner in second place. What position are you in now?
95. What is one thing that all the wise men, regardless of their religion and politics, agree is between heaven and earth?
96. What is the distance between the first letter and the last letter of “smiles”?
97. Find the age of Mary if the sum of the ages of two of them all as follows：Mary + George = 33 years; Alice + Claire = 95 years; Stephen + Mary = 72 years; Mary+ Claire = 87 years; Stephen + George = 73 years.
Part VII Writing (30 minutes, 30 marks)
Task I (10 marks)
Directions: The students of your university are not quite satisfied with the service of the school canteen. You are the secretary general of the student union. Write a letter to the school president to show your concern of the canteen service, which includes the quality and prices of the foods served, the environment and the service.
You should write no less than 100 words. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead. You do not need to write the address. Now write the letter on the Answer Sheet.
Task II (20 marks)
Directions: Read the following poem and write an essay in which you should discuss its moral and express your personal views.
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Little Things
— E.C.Brewer
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
Thus our little errors
Lead the soul away,
From the path of virtue,
Off in sin to stray.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above. |
You should write no less than 180 words. Now write the essay on the Answer Sheet. |
