Ⅰ. Phonetics
Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the ONE that is different from the others in pronunciation. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
1、 A. nature B. attitude C. catch D. balance
2、 A. invite B. pick C. electric D. dim
3、 A. though B. smooth C. these D. leather
4、 A. beast B. season C. measure D. breathe
5、 A. blouse B. cousin C. round D. aloud
Ⅱ. Situational Dialogue
Directions: In this section there is a long dialogue with 5 missing sentences. At the end of the dialogue, there is a list of given choices. You are required to select the ONE that best fits into the dialogue. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Note that there are two additional choices and you may not use any of the choices in the list more than once.
Li Hua: Excuse me, Sir, are you Mr. John Green from Australia?
John Green: Oh, yes. I'm John Green from Australia Trading Company Ltd.
Li Hua: 6 I'm Li Hua, the director of Shijiazhuang Import & Export Company. And I come here specially to meet you.
John Green: How do you do, Miss Li? It's very kind of you to come here to meet us.
Li Hua: How do you do? (They shake hands.) And how many people are there in your party? Three?
John Green: Yes, three people altogether. This is Mr. Burns and this is Ms. Jones. 7
Li Hua: Welcome to Shijiazhuang. Is this your first trip to China?
John Green: No. 8 But this is indeed our first trip to Shijiazhuang. We take it our great honor being invited by you to visit your beautiful city.
Li Hua: Well, every city has something of its own. Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei Province, is one of the beautiful cities in Northern China. 9
John Green: Thank you, Li Hua. I'm sure all of us will have a wonderful time in Shijiazhuang.
Li Hua: 10
John Green: About a week.
Li Hua: Good. We will have enough time for our business talks. And in the interval between talks, we'll arrange a visit to the Great Wall.
John Green: Wonderful! I must say nothing would please me more. Thank you!
Li Hua: My pleasure. Let's go to the hotel now. This way please.
A. I'm sure you need a good rest after your long journey.
B. We visit China frequently.
C. Allow me to introduce myself.
D. How long do you intend to stay?
E. Both are our delegation members.
F. When will you leave for Australia?
G. And I hope all of you will have a pleasant stay here.
Ⅲ. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: There are 2 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the statement. Mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Surveys about freshmen tell us why most students go to college: 88% want a "better chance for a good job", and 81% want to be "rich and wealthy". However, most students today cannot reach these goals. One careful study has discovered that the undergraduates are spending less time on study—from about 25 hours per week in the early 1960s to below 15 hours today.
Studying also leads to better college grades. To have better grades means higher chances of becoming "rich and wealthy". One study of 20,000 alumni(校友) 15 years after their graduation found the following results. Those who were in the top third of the class earned a lot more than those in the middle third. The middle third earned more than classmates in the bottom third. Not surprisingly, those whose grades were not good at college wished they had studied more in school.
Whether students should study alone or with others is more complicated. If the teachers leave problems for students to solve, group study is often helpful if students first try to study by themselves. But simply getting together with classmates without first studying alone seems bad for learning. In choosing courses, many students prefer classes with a little homework and easy grading. Yet taking harder courses with longer readings and more papers helps to increase learning.
In college, there will still be plenty of time for fun. Once again, however, researchers find that not all outside activities are good. In general, activities, such as participating in student organizations and talking with classmates can be more fruitful.
Last but not least, college is a wonderful place to have new interests, enrich your experience, and set your goals. In doing so, you might think again about whether "being rich and wealthy" should be your main reason for studying in college. According to several investigators, money seekers are usually less satisfied with their lives. Maybe they are more likely to neglect things that are more important, such as family, friends and work.
11、 The majority of students go to college with the goal of ______.
A. serving the country B. earning much money
C. becoming famous D. seeking fun
12、 Compared with the students in the early 1960s, today's undergraduates spend ______ hours less on study.
A. 15 B. 25 C. 10 D. 40
13、 Which of the following statements is NOT true? ______
A. Grades do affect the chances of becoming rich.
B. Those who got top grades in college wished they had studied harder.
C. Studying alone before getting together in a group can be helpful for students.
D. Challenging courses can give the students more benefit than the easy ones.
14、 Which of the following activities is beneficial for college students? ______
A. Watching TV. B. Playing with the computer.
C. Serving in student organizations. D. Talking with online friends.
15、 Why do people who focus on making money feel less satisfied with life? ______
A. Because they don't have other hobbies.
B. Because they are single-minded.
C. Because they are lonely.
D. Because they take less care of families and friends.
Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and transmit their wealth to the next generation?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their cooperation and support, passing around necessary nutrition "depending on who needs it".
Nitrogen(氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌) networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元) in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.
Simard talks about "mother trees", usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down "mother trees" with no awareness of these highly complex "tree societies" or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.
"We didn't take any notice of it," Simard says sadly. "Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them a chance." If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
16、 Which is the closest meaning of the word "transmit" in Paragraph 1? ______
A. Change. B. Pass on. C. Exchange. D. Support.
17、 The Underlined sentence "the opposite is true" in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees ______.
A. depend on each other B. compete for survival
C. protect their own wealth D. provide support for dying trees
18、 "Mother trees" are very important because they ______.
A. look the largest in size in the forest
B. seem more likely to be cut down by humans
C. pass on nutrition to young trees
D. know more about the complex "tree societies"
19、 The underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refers to ______.
A. how "tree societies" work B. how trees grow old
C. how forestry industry develops D. how young trees survive
20、 Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT according to the passage? ______
A. Trees communicate with each other more deeply than we think.
B. Nitrogen and carbon play very important roles in the forest ecological system.
C. When "mother trees" are cut down, we are reducing the chances of survival for the forest.
D. We couldn't make efforts for the future environmental protection.
Section B
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 on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
To forgive is a virtue, but no one has ever said it is easy. When someone has deeply 21 you, it can be extremely difficult to let go of your hate. However, forgiveness is possible, and it can be surprisingly 22 to your physical and mental health. People who forgive show less sadness, anger and stress and more hopefulness, according to a recent research.
How should you start to 23 ? Try the following steps.
Calm yourself. To make your anger die away, try a simple stress-management technique. You can 24 a couple of breaths and think of something that gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love.
Don't wait for an apology. Many times the person who hurt you does not intend to apologize. They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things the same way. If you 25 for people to apologize, you could be waiting an awfully tong time. Keep in mind that forgiveness does not 26 mean becoming friends again with the person who upset you.
Take the control away from your offender(冒犯者). Rethinking about your hurt gives power to the person who caused you pain. Instead of 27 on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and 28 around you.
Try to see things from your offender's angle. If you understand your 29 , you may realize that he or she was acting out of unawareness, fear, and even love. You may want to write a letter to yourself from your offender's point of view.
Don't forget to forgive yourself. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest 30 . But it can rob you of your self-confidence if you don't do it.
A. focusing
B. challenge
C. forgive
D. hurt
E. necessarily
F. start
C. friend
H. beneficial
I. wait
J. offender
K. kindness
L. ignoring
M. recognize
N. take
O. anger
Ⅳ. Cloze
Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You are required to choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
There is an English saying: "Laughter is the best medicine." Until recently, few people took the saying 31 . Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the 32 it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people's health.
Tests were 33 to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It 34 blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be 35 .
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain 36 the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students 37 listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated the pain for the longest time was the group that listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can 38 pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients' condition by 39 them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like 40 , making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
31、 A. carefully B. seriously C. heavily D. kindly
32、 A. effects B. affect C. affection D. exercises
33、 A. carried out B. carried forward C. made over D. handed out
34、 A. destroys B. balances C. decreases D. increases
35、 A. interesting B. harmful C. beneficial D. boring
36、 A. on B. in C. to D. within
37、 A. who B. which C. where D. what
38、 A. produce B. reduce C. raise D. rise
39、 A. making B. discouraging C. encouraging D. forcing
40、 A. to smile B. smiling C. to laugh D. laughing
Ⅴ. Writing
(15 points)
41、Directions: In this part you are required to write a composition entitled My View on Happiness in no less than 100 words according to the following Chinese outline. Please remember to write it on the Answer Sheet.
1．你对幸福的理解。
2．生活中你觉得幸福的一件事情。
3．影响幸福的重要因素。
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