英语四级模拟训练题六(附答案)

Model Test 6

Part I Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Graduate School or Work? You should write at least 120 words following the instructions given below in Chinese:

目前，越来越多的大学生本科毕业之后选择继续进入研究生院学习。一个重要的原因是工作不太好找。那么你打算在大学毕业之后选择找工作还是准备继续上研究生呢?请就这个问题谈谈你的打算和主要原因。Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet1.

Why We Laugh

We start finding things laughable — or not laughable — early in life. An infant first smiles at approximately eight days of age. Many psychologists assume this is his first sign of simple pleasure— food, warmth and comfort. At six months or less, the infant laughs to express complex pleasures—such as the light of Mother's smiling face.

Between the ages of six months and one year, the baby learns to laugh for essentially the same reasons he will laugh throughout his life, says Dr. Jacob Levine, associate professor of psychology at Yale University. Dr. Levine says that people laugh to express mastery over an anxiety. Picture what happens when a father throws his child into the air. The child will probably laugh—but not the first time. In spite of his enjoyment of "flying", he is too anxious to laugh. How does he know Daddy will catch him? Once the child realizes he will be caught, he is free to enjoy the game. But more importantly, says Dr. Levine, the child laughs because he has mastered an anxiety.

Adult laughter is more subtle, but we also laugh at what we used to fear. The feeling of achievement, or lack of it, remains a crucial factor. Giving a first dinner party is an anxious event for a new bride. Will the food be good? Will the guests get along? Will she be a good hostess? Will the knives and forks, cups and saucers be all right? All goes well; the party is over. Now she laughs freely. Her pleasure from having proved her success is the foundation for her pleasure in recalling the evening activities. She couldn't enjoy the second pleasure without the first, more important one—her mastery of anxiety.

Laughter is a social response triggered by cues. Scientists have not determined a brain center for laughter, and they are perplexed by patients with certain types of brain damage who go into laughing fits for no apparent reason. The rest of us require company, and a reason to laugh.

When we find ourselves alone in a humorous situation, our usual response is to smile. Isn't it hue that our highest compliment to a humorous book is to say that "it made me laugh out of loud"? Of course, we do occasionally laugh alone; but when we do, we are, in a sense, socializing with ourselves. We laugh at a memory, or at a part of ourselves.

Of course, we don't always need a joke to make us laugh. People who survive frightening situations, such as a fire or an emergency plane landing, frequently relate their story of the crisis with laughter. Part of the laughter express relief that everything is now all right. During a crisis, definitely, everyone mobilizes energy to deal with the potential problem. If the danger is avoided, we need to release that energy. Some people cry; others laugh.

When we are made the target of a joke, either on a personal or impersonal level, we are emotionally involved in it. Consequently, we won't be able to laugh.

Knowing that laughter blunts emotion, we can better understand why we sometimes laugh when nothing is funny. We laugh during moments of anxiety because we feel no mastery over the situation, claims Dr. Levine. He explains, "very often compulsive laughter is a learned response. If we laugh, it expresses good feelings and the fact that we are able to cope. When we're in a situation in which we can't cope, we laugh to reassure ourselves that we can!"

How often have we laughed at a funeral or upon hearing bad news? We laugh to deny an unendurable reality until we are strong enough to accept it. Laughter also breaks our tension. However, we may also be laughing to express relief that the tragedy didn't happen to us. We laugh before giving a big party, before delivering a speech, or while getting a traffic ticket, to say, "This isn't bothering me. See? I am laughing."

But if we sometimes laugh in sorrow, more often we laugh with joy. Laughter creates and strengthens our social

bonds. And the ability to share a laugh has guided many marriages through hard periods of adjustment.

How could we manage a life with the absence of laugh? According to Dr. Levine, we can measure our adjustment to the world by our capacity to laugh. When we are secure about our abilities, we can laugh at the defects of our own character. If we can laugh through our anxieties, we will not be overpowered by them.

The ability to laugh starts early, but it takes a lifetime to perfect. Says Dr. Grotjahn, "when social relationships are mastered, when the individual has mastered...a peaceful relationship with himself, then he has...the sense of humor." And then he can throw back his head and laugh.

Both infants and adults laugh for the same reasons.

1. Giving your first dinner party is a source of laughter.

2. The cues that trigger laughter have been studied by scientists.

3. Ordinary people laugh a lot when they are alone.

4. If you escape from a dangerous situation you might cry.

5. When someone makes a joke about us we are able to share to joke.

6. Funerals are a good source of jokes.

7. It takes a lifetime to perfect the ability to laugh.

8. Laughter is a defense mechanism when reality is too hard or if we hear______.

9. A child of one and an old man laugh to show their______ of anxiety.

10. Laughter is a social glue that______ our relations.

Part ⅢListening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: 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 rend the four choices marked [A]、[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] They are a happy couple. [B] They axe tiresome.

[C] They are bad-tempered. [D] They are very good people.

12. [A] The woman will take the test. [B] The woman will not take the test.

[C] The woman will take a delayed test. [D] The test has been canceled.

13. [A] $5.00. [B] $4.00. [C] $6.00. [D] $3.00.

14. [A] Computer science. [B] Physics. [C] Chemistry. [D] Mathematics.

15. [A] How to solve problems. [B] Someone whom they can rely on.

[C] Someone who will listen to them. [D] What a real friend should be.

16. [A] Be interviewed for work. [B] Buy a birthday present.

[C] Go to Mary's birthday party. [D] Go to Mary's wedding ceremony.

17. [A] Take another magazine. [B] Take the time to read. [C] Take a dictionary. [D] Take the desk away.

18. [A] His student. [B] His colleague. [C] His partner. [D] His boss.

Conversation 1

19. [A] At a restaurant. [B] In a shopping mall. [C] In a library. [D] In a classroom.

20. [A] Literature. [B] Philosophy. [C] Sociology. [D] History.

21. [A] It hasn't been bought by the librarian. [B] It has been taken by a student.

[C] It has been lent out. [D] It has been placed on reserve.

22. [A] Only one hour. [B] Some hours. [C] One week. [D] Two weeks.

Conversation 2

23. [A] Jane's colleague. [B] Jane's landlord. [C] Jane's student. [D] Jane's neighbor.

24. [A] One year. [B] Seven years. [C] Four years. [D] Six years.

25. [A] Japan. [B] Cambodia. [C] Vietnam. [D] China.

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear 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 the centre.

Passage One

26. [A] Newspaper and magazines. [B] Radio and television. [C] Computers. [D] All of the above.

27. [A] Editorials. [B] Entertainment supplements.

[C] Weather reports. [D] Local, regional, and international news.

28. [A] To inform. [B] To entertain. [C] Both. [D] Neither.

Passage Two

29. [A] Differences and similarities between two cultures. [B] American culture.

[C] Japanese culture. [D] The integration of two cultures.

30. [A] Ancient. [B] Complexity. [C] Individualistic. [D] Homogeneous population.

31. [A] Their comprehensiveness. [B] Their complexity. [C] Their abstruseness. [D] Their openness. Passage Three

32. [A] An unusual school. [B] A strange educational approach.

[C] An unusual person. [D] Why a specific school was established.

33. [A] Children should be held responsible for their own actions.

[B] Children should be given as much freedom as possible.

[C] Children should be treated with respect. [D] Children should be treated equally as adults.

34. [A] They can stay away as they want. [B] They will be punished severely.

[C] They will be sent back home. [D] They will be denied further education.

35. [A] School administrative meeting. [B] Students representative meetings.

[C] Meetings of the board. [D] Through a weekly meeting consists of all the pupils and staffs. 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 from 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 you own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

I love traveling by train. Fast (36) slow local trains which stops at every station, (37) trains taking business men to their offices and home again; 1 enjoy them all. It must be the element of romance that (38) to me. There is no romance in a car on a motorway—a box of metal and rubber on a strip of (39) or in flying through the air in a pressurized tube from one (40) plastic and glass airport to another. But trains are different. You can walk around, look at the (41) observe your fellow (42) . In a plane, all you can see are the clouds and the backs of other people's head.

Yes, traveling by train is still an (43) , even in England. You try to interpret the timetable, persuade the booking-office clerk to sell you a ticket and (44) Then there's that delightful uncertainty as (45) .

Abroad, of course, it's even more exciting, particularly in those countries which forget to put names on their railway stations. Not only are you never certain you are on the right train, (46) . Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

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.

Andrew Carnegie, known as the King of Steel, built the steel industry in the United States. And in this process, he became one of the (47) men in America. His success resulted in part from his ability to sell the product and in part from his policy of (48) during periods of economic decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their (49) .

Carnegie believed that individuals should progress through hard work, but he also felt strongly that the wealthy should use their (50) for the benefit of society. He opposed charity, (51) instead to provide educational opportunities that would allow others to (52) themselves.

Among his more (53) contributions to society are those that bear his name, including the Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, which has a library, a museum of fine arts, and a museum of national history. He also founded a school of technology that is (54) part of Carnegie-Mellon University. Other philanthropic gifts are the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to (55) understanding between nations, and the Carnegie Institute of Washington to fund scientific research.

There are (56) Americans who have been left untouched by Andrew Carnegie's generosity. His contributions of more than five million dollars established 2,500 libraries in small communities throughout the country and formed the nucleus of the public library system that we all enjoy today.

A) preferring B) presently C) wealthiest D) previously E) few F) investments

G) fortune H) expanding I) noteworthy J) promote K) help L) shrinking

M) opting N) obstruct O) many

Section B

Directions: 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

Examinations have a longer history in China than in any other country, yet it is today an issue around in which controversy flourishes. At each stage of their school lives children are faced with exams: exams to enter junior middle school, senior middle school, vocational school, colleges and universities. As a result of having constantly to think of these hurdles facing them children find themselves under constant pressure, unable to take time off from studying exam-oriented subjects to relax with friends or to develop other interests. Within school the concentration on exam success leads to the neglect of courses which are not central to the examinations and a method of teaching and learning which emphasizes training the ability to do well in tests but neglects developing the ability to think creatively.

Despite such criticisms the examination system still has its defenders. Without it, they argue, how can we test students' abilities and evaluate the effectiveness of teachers and schools? They believe that they provide the only objective way of selecting students and reduce the exercise of unfair back-door practices to gain advantage for children on the basis of influence or corruption. Examinations are also felt to offer the impetus to students to master their subject in a way in which they otherwise might not. "While too much anxiety can be a bad thing, a little anxiety can stimulate students to learn better than if left without any test to pass," says Li Jie, a leading advocate of the value of testing. "I can remember things now which give me great pleasure which I doubt I would have learned at the time if I had not had to do so for the examinations."

57. Which of the following statements about examinations in China is correct?

[A] People can make money out of examinations. [B] Only students of today have to take examinations.

[C] Students have to learn more about history than about any other subjects.

[D] People have different opinions concerning the value of examinations.

58. What is a possible result if students pay too much attention to examinations?

[A] Students neglect those exam-oriented subjects.

[B] Students are unable to relax with friends or to develop other interests.

[C] Teachers neglect the training of the students' ability to do well in tests.

[D] Students only pay attention to the development of their ability to think creatively.

59. Which of the following has NOT been mentioned as the advantage of examinations?

[A] Examinations are the only objective way of selecting students.

[B] Examinations are the only objective way to eliminate the problem of corruption.

[C] Examinations can tell us that too much anxiety can be a bad thing.

[D] Examinations can better stimulate students to study.

60. According to the passage, why are some people against exams?

[A] They are meaningless. [B] They will make students learn something useless.

[C] They are believed to cause stress for the students. [D] They are not related to the reality of life.

61. Which of the following is an acceptable summary of the organization of this passage?

[A] Discussing a problem in education. [B] Refuting a long held opinion.

[C] Persuading people to believe an idea. [D] Presenting a controversial issue and arguments from both sides.

Passage Two

An opinion poll was conducted in the early 1990's to ascertain the cultural attitudes of residents of five countries in Western Europe (Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Germany). One thousand people, forming a representative sample of the adult population, from each of the five participating countries were interviewed. The results of the poll suggest that though there is general agreement that culture can be defined as a distinct part of life, there are clear differences in the views of various European nations.

The poll assumed that literature, history, science, the arts, law, economics and so on would be regarded as significant components of culture by all participants but it set out to examine the areas which they deemed the most important forms of cultural expression. In addition, the poll required interviewees to indicate in a questionnaire the type of education they considered most appropriate for the modem world, the best channels of knowledge and the arts they most valued. The interviewees were also asked which European countries they found most attractive from a cultural point of view.

The results of the poll show interesting differences between the participating nations in terms of which components of culture they regard as most important forms of cultural expression. For the French and Italians, literature comes well at the top of the list. In contrast, mathematics is given priority by the British and economics/politics by the Germans. History occupies second place for the French, the Italians and Germans but is given very low priority by the British. For the Spanish these four areas are more or less equal, with mathematics having a slight edge.

It seems that members of each country in the survey have a common definition of culture but that definition varies from country to country. The variations tend to support the national stereotypes we have of one another. The French and Italians are literary peoples, the British scientific and the Germans practical and hard-working.

France has the distinction, according to the results of the poll, of being the country which provokes most interest from its British, Italian and German neighbors. Spanish interviewees indicated more interest in Italy than in France. The French also placed Italy first. Italy occupies second place for both the British and the Germans. It would seem, then, that the "literary" nations of France and Italy are more culturally exciting than the scientific British or the practical Germans!

The view of education in the five countries is particularly illuminating in view of the high cultural priority given to literature by both Italy and France because there is general agreement among the majority of the 5,000 interviewees that schooling should provide scientific and technical education rather than attempt to inculcate literary and artistic culture.

The residents of the five countries of the survey share the view that books are the best way of broadening knowledge. The French, Germans, and Italians identify radio and television as the second best means of improving knowledge but for the British and Spanish travel is in second place and conversation and discussion in third place.

The poll confirms that, though there are broad similarities among the nations surveyed, the British, French,

Italians, Spanish and Germans do not share identical cultural preferences and classifications. There are, it would seem, specific national characteristics.

62. What is the passage mainly about?

[A] It is about people's preference in spare time. [B] It is about a poll interviewing people's cultural attitudes.

[C] It is about a poll investigating people's view toward their neighboring countries.

[D] It is about editorial criticizing cultures in different countries.

63. Which of the following is NOT included in the questions directed to the interviewees?

[A] Do you think literature, history, science, the arts, law, economics and so on should be regarded as significant components of culture?

[B] What kind of education is most appropriate for the modem world?

[C] What are the best channels of knowledge and the arts you most value?

[D] Which European countries are most attractive from a cultural point of view?

64. Which of the following statements about "the most important forms of cultural expression" is NOT correct?

[A] The French and Italians consider literature more important than other forms of cultural expression.

[B] Mathematics is considered most important by the British and the Germans.

[C] In the eyes of the French, the Italians and Germans, history is more important than that in the eyes of the British.

[D] For the Spanish, mathematics is somewhat more important than literature, history and economics/ politics.

65. Which country are British, Italian, Spanish and German interviewees most interested in?

[A] France. [B] Italy. [C] They do not share interests. [D] Neither of the two mentioned above.

66. Which of the following is regarded as the best way of broadening knowledge by most people in this interview?

[A] Conversation. [B] Books. [C] Travel. [D] Radio and television.

Part ⅤCloze

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.

There are more than forty universities in Britain-nearly twice as many as in 1960s. During the 1960s eight (67) new ones were founded, and ten other new ones were created by (68) old colleges of technologies into universities. In the same period the (69) of students more than doubled, from 70,000 to more than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men (70) from eighteen to twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are (71) institutions. Each has its own governing councils, (72) some local businessmen and local politicians as (73) as a few academics. The state began to give (74) to them fifty years ago, and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its (75) from state grants. Students have to pay fees and living costs, (76) every student may receive from the local authority of the place where he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full (77) , including lodging and food unless his parents are (78) Most students (79) jobs in the summer for about six weeks, but they do not (80) do outside work during the (81) year. The Department of Education takes (82) for the payment which covers the whole (83) of the universities, but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence (84) new developments through its power to (85) funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly (86) of academics.

67. [A] essentially [B] completely [C] remarkably [D] comparatively

68. [A] altering [B] transferring [C] converting [D] varying

69. [A] amount [B] quantity [C] population [D] number

70. [A] counted [B] aged [C] seemed [D] lived

71. [A] public [B] individual [C] private [D] personal

72. [A] including [B] consisting [C] making [D] taking

73. [A] good [B] long [C] little [D] well

74. [A] grants [B] pensions [C] revenues [D] degrees

75. [A] payments [B] charges [C] profits [D] funds

76. [A] and [B] but [C] or [D] so

77. [A] costs [B] prices [C] fees [D] fares

78. [A] poor [B] generous [C] kind-hearted [D] rich

79. [A] earn [B] take [C] derive [D] offer

80. [A] obviously [B] surprisingly [C] normally [D] particularly

81. [A] professional [B] intellectual [C] rational [D] academic

82. [A] responsibility [B] advice [C] duty [D] pleasure

83. [A] damages [B] waste [C] expenses [D] salaries

84. [A] over [B] to [C] on [D] for

85. [A] collect [B] contribute [C] distribute [D] gather

86. [A] consisted [B] composed [C] made [D] taken

Part VI Translation

Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

87. She has got used to________________________(用吸管喝牛奶) though she is only two months old.

88. Depending on what you are looking for, you have to judge for yourself____________________________(这写资料对你来说有多大的相关性）。

89. Mary received unemployment compensation______________________________ (当他从工厂下岗后）。

90. ________________________________(第一次也是最后一次) did I quarrel with my beloved parents.

91. True friendship foresees the needs of others___________________________(而不是声明自己的要求)

Part I Writing

[范文]

Graduate School or Work

While increasingly large numbers of students choose to further their study in graduate school immediately after graduation, I plan to go to work after college. This does not mean I do not like learning or I do not want to learn. Rather, I choose to work first so that I can understand better my interests and strength before coming back to graduate school for a targeted learning.

Professional experience is an indispensable part in one's life in that it helps to bridge the gap between what one has been learning and what one plans to do. Although learning is an important preparation for one's success, one can achieve nothing unless what has been learned is put into practice. After all, the world outside universities is different from and more colorful than that inside schools. One may have plans that are mostly based on imagination rather than reality for most of students who have been learning for more than ten years. Thus, to know the world and one' s own interests and strength, work experience will be crucial. Moreover, work experience can be valuable asset to the graduate school when one decides to come back for further learning.

Besides, I believe learning should be goal-oriented. Thus, to pursue further study because of pressure of not being able to find a job and without understanding what one wants to do is not prudent. I plan to go on to graduate study as well, but only after I have several years of working experience.

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. B

5. A

6. B

7. A

8. bad news

9. mastery

10.strengthens

Part ⅢListening Comprehension

Section A

11. D

[听力原文]

M: How are your new neighbors?

W: They are wonderful people. I am happy now. I was really fired of the quarrelsome couple that lived here before. Q: What is the woman's opinion about her new neighbors?

12. A

[听力原文]

M: Are you ready for your final exam next week?

W: Not really, the reading list is too long. But I'll take the test anyway.

Q: What do we learn from this conversation?

13. B

[听力原文]

W: Is this the bookcase you advertised?

M: Yes, it's our regular $9.50 bookcase. These are the last two. If you can use them both, you can have them for $15.00.

Q: How much can she save if she buys the two bookcases?

14. A

[听力原文]

W: Are you glad that you're studying computer science?

M: Yes, indeed. I had wanted to major in physics, chemistry, or mathematics. But I have changed my mind.

Q: What is the man's major now?

15. D

[听力原文]

W: What exactly do you mean by a friend?

M: Well, it should be someone you know you can rely on, someone who will help you ifyou need help, who'll listen to you when you talk about your problems.

Q: What are they talking about?

16. C

[听力原文]

M: Here you are at last. We'll be late and Mary will be upset.

W: I'm sorry, John. I had to finish my work at hand, and then buy a birthday present for Mary on the way.

Q: What are they going to do?

17. A

[听力原文]

W: Can I take the Times with me so that I can read it on the train?

M: I'm afraid there aren't any left. Why don't you take another instead? There are some other magazines on the desk. You can choose if you want.

Q: What does the man suggest?

18. D

[听力原文]

This is the third time you've been late this week, Mr. Wood. You'll have to do better than that, or your service will not be needed there.

M: It won't happen again, I assure you.

Q: Who is probably speaking to Mr. Wood?

Conversation 1

W: Can I help you?

M: Yes. I am a bit confused. My sociology class is supposed to read a chapter in a book called Sociology and the Modem Age. According to the syllabus, the book is in the library, but I haven't been able to find it.

W: Do you have your syllabus with you? May I see it?

M: Yes, uh...I put it on the front of my sociology notebook. Oh, here it is.

W: Let me see. Oh yes. Your professor has placed this book on reserve. That means you cannot find it on the shelves in its usual place. You need to go to a special room called the reserve room. It's down the hall and to the right.

W: I'm sorry—I still don't understand what you mean by "on reserve".

W: You see, your professor wants everyone in the class to read the chapter. If one student removes the book from the library, it is likely that none of the other students will have the opportunity to read it. So, your professor has insured that all students have the opportunity to read it by placing it on reserve.

M: So, will I be able to find this book?

W: Yes, when a book is on reserve, a student can go to the reserve room and ask the reserve librarian for the book. The student can have the book for a few hours, and he or she MUST read it in the library during that time. That way, the book stays in the library, and all students have a chance to read it.

M: Okay. Thank you. I understand now.

W: Will there be anything else?

M: No! I am on my way to the reserve room. Thanks again!

19. C Q: Where did the conversation happen?

20. C Q: What is the book that the boy wants to borrow about?

21. D Q: Why can't the boy find the book?

22. B Q: How long can a student have a book on reserve?

Conversation 2

Thinh: Hello.

Jane: Oh, hi there!

Thinh: Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Thinh Nguyen and I am new to this neighborhood.

Jane: Pleased to meet you. My name is Jane Peters. Did you just move in next door?

Thinh: Yes, I did. Have you lived here long?

Jane: Me? I guess so. I've lived here for about six years now. Have you lived in America very long?

Thinh: No. Not really. When I left Vietnam and came to America I lived with a cousin in Dallas for two years. Where do you work, Jane?

Jane: I teach mathematics at Willow Springs community college. What do you do?

Thinh: I am a mechanic at Allied Diesel. I repair truck engines. And my wife works at Whitfield County hospital. Jane: Well, Thinh, it was good to meet you. I have to go now. I'm teaching a class this evening and I need to get to the college.

Thinh: It was good to meet you, too, Jane.

Jane: Yes, it was good to meet you.

Jane：See you around!

Thinh and Lan：Good-bye，Jane!

23. D Q: Who is Thinh?

24. D Q: How many years has Jane been living in this place?

25. C Q: Where did Thinh live before coming to the America?

Section B

Passage One

In the modern world, it is important to be well-informed. Success in many fields depends on getting the latest information. To keep up with what is happening in the world, well-informed people read newspapers and news magazines. They listen to the news on the radio and they watch it on television. Owners of home computers can even receive their news directly from the wire services--news agencies that supply newspapers, magazines, radio and television with news reports through special telephone links.

Most people read newspapers for the news of the day. The typical daily newspaper contains articles about local, regional, national, and international news, as well as sports news, weather reports, editorials, and other features. In large cities, newspaper readers can often choose between a "morning paper" distributed early in the morning and an "evening paper" distributed at the end of the workday. Most American newspapers also publish an enlarged Sunday edition containing articles about the news of the day and of the week, plus a number of entertainment and advertising supplements. Daily newspapers are designed to be read quickly by busy people looking for specific information. The Sunday papers, on the other hand, are intended to entertain as well as inform, and they tend to be read leisurely by all members of the family. Other types of newspapers include campus newspapers, written by students at universities, and weekly newspapers, usually intended for a specific audience.

26. D Q: Which of the following are ways where people could get information?

27. B Q: Which of the following is NOT included in a typical daily news paper?

28. C Q: What is the purpose of a Sunday paper?

Passage Two

At first glance, Japan astonishes and fascinates the American because it seems So different. All that characterizes the United States—racial and ethnic heterogeneity, newness, vast territory, and individualistic ethic — is absent in Japan. Instead one encounters an ancient and homogeneous population, traditions that emphasize the importance of groups and communal needs, with rich panoply of highly elaborate rites and ceremonies that cover every aspect of

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Where Americans pride themselves on a studied informality and openness, their Japanese counterparts employ formality and complexity. If Americans value time, the Japanese treasure space. While Americans have always enjoyed a sense of continental scale, employing metaphors of size to describe both the natural environment and industrial production, Japan has exerted its genius on the diminutive and the miniature. It seems appropriate for America to produce the world's airplanes, while Japan creates cameras and transistors.

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29. A Q: What is this passage mainly about?

30. C Q: Which of the following is one of the characteristics of American culture?

31. A Q: What is mentioned as a reason why Japanese art，philosophy，ceremonies and social life are compellingly attractive?

Passage Three

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Summerhill is remarkable in other ways too. There is a weekly meeting of all the pupils and staff which makes school rules and policy. Everyone has the same fights and teachers can be outvoted by pupils. The meeting appoints

a tribunal which deals with those caught stealing or breaking school roles.

32. A Q: What is the passage mainly about?

33. B Q: What is a fundamental belief held by Neil who founded the school?

34. A Q: How does the school deal with students who do not attend classes?

35. D Q: How are the school policy and roles made?

Section C

I love traveling by train. Fast (36) expresses, slow local trains which stops at every station, (37) suburban trains taking business men to their offices and home again; I enjoy them ail. It must be the element of romance that (38) appeals to me. There is no romance in a car on a motorway—a box of metal and rubber on a strip of (39) concrete —or in flying through the air in a pressurized tube from one (40) identical plastic and glass airport to another. But trains are different. You can walk around, look at the (41) scenery, observe your fellow (42) passengers. In a plane, all you can see axe the clouds and the backs of other people's heads.

Yes, traveling by train is still an (43) adventure, even in England. You try to interpret the timetable, persuade the booking-office clerk to sell you a ticket and (44) understand the incomprehensible messages coming over the loudspeaker systems. Then there's that delightful uncertainty as (45) you wonder whether you are on the right train, or their right part of the train.

Abroad, of course, it's even more exciting, particularly in those countries which forget to put names on their railway stations. Not only are you never certain you are on the right train, (46) but you don't even know when to get off it if you are.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Section A

47. C 48. H 49. F 50. G 51. A 52. K 53. I 54. B 55. J 56. E Section B

57. D 58. B 59. C 60. C 61. D 62. B 63. A 64. B 65. C 66. B

67. B

68. C 69. D

70. B

71. C

72. A

73. D

74. A

75. D

76. B

77. A

78. D

79. B

80. C

81. D

82. A

83. C

84. C

85. C

86. B

Part VI Translation

87. sucking milk through a straw

88. how relevant the material is for you

89. when she was laid off from her factory job

90. For the first and last time

91. rather than proclaims its own

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