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样卷三
Part I Oral Communication (15 minutes, 10 points) Section A
Directions: In this section there are two incomplete dialogues and each dialogue has three blanks and three choices A, B and C, taken from the dialogue. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Dialogue One
A. Um... about 1978. I think, when I was eighteen. B. What about you?
C. Yeah, I really like that.
Steve: Francesca, what’s your favourite piece of music, would you say? Francesca: I think it’s “Pie Jesu” by Andrew Lloyd-Webber. Steve: Really?
Fancesca: (1) ________
Steve: When did you first hear it?
Francesca: Oh, about five years ago my sister was in a choir concert and that was the first time I heard it, and I thought it was really beautiful. (2) ________ what’s your favourite? Fancesca: Well, it’s a big piece. It’s Mahler’s second symphony. Steve: Oh, yeah, yeah!
Fancesca: When… when did you first hear that? Steve: (3) ________
Fancesca: A long time ago.
Steve: Yeah. But it stays with me and I’ve seen it performed several times since then.
Dialogue Two
A. I didn’t realize you were such a good cook B. I’ll do them myself later
C. Well, you know, if you want to
John: Oh Anne, that was a wonderful dinner. That’s the best meal I’ve had in a long time. Anne: Oh, thank you! Thank you very much. John: Can I give you a hand with the dishes?
Anne: Uh-uh, don’t bother. (4) ________. Hey, would you like me to fix some coffee? John: Uh, thanks a lot. I’d love some. Uh, would you mind if I smoke? Anne: Why, not at all. Here, let me get you an ashtray. John: Aw, thanks very much… Oh Anne, (5) ________.
Anne: Actually, I’ve only just learned how, you know. It’s because I’ve been taking these courses.
John: Why, I can’t cook at all, can’t even boil an egg.
Anne: No kidding. (6) ________, you could take a couple of classes over at Sheridan College and learn how to do it too. John: Aw, thanks a lot.
Section B
Directions: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A, B, C and D, taken from the interview. Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
A. That’s right, John.
B. Why should we believe you this time?
C. But Mrs. Faulkes, you said that five years ago when you were campaigning for the last general election.
D. How’s the campaign going?
Interviewer: In our radio car we have Geraldine Faulkes who is on the campaign trail in the constituency of Liverpool north-east. Good morning, Mrs. Faulkes. Mrs. Faulkes: Good morning, John.
Interviewer: Now, Mrs. Faulkes. It’s only three weeks till the general election. (7) ________
Mrs. Faulkes: I am fully confident that the Conservative Party will win this general election and that the people of this country will welcome five more years of good Conservative Government. Interviewer: I see. Now I believe that your party is promising tax cuts if it wins the election.
Mrs. Faulkes: (8) ________ We are the party of low taxation and we believe that our economic policies over the past five years have been the right policies. Our economy is growing stronger and now is the right time for income tax cuts.
Interviewer: (9) ________ You said you would lower taxes five years ago, but you didn’t, did you?
Mrs. Fauikes: Our economic policies over the last five years have given us one of the strongest economies in Europe with some of the lowest interest rate. We said that we were going to lower interest rates at the last election and we have delivered our promise. And what’s more we believe that interest rates will remain low if we are elected for another term.
Interviewer: But I don’t think low interest rates are the same as lower taxes. You said you would lower taxes and you didn’t (10) ________.
Mrs. Fauikes: The economy of the country is now very healthy thanks to good government, and I believe that now is the time for tax cuts.
Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: In this part there, each with one blank sentences, each with one blank. Choose the one from the four choices marked A, B, C and D that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. Mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
(11) China’s trade surplus with the US accounted for 73 percent of its total surplus last year, but China had a trade ________ with other countries, including 58 less-developed countries.
A. increase B. deficit C. decrease D. surplus
(12) To succeed in today’s global market place, it is ________ to learn as much as possible about the conditions in overseas markets.
A. essential B. interesting C. suitable D. negligent
(13) The source informed the reporter that though the fire in the TV show house spread rapidly, a team of four specifically trained staff ________ it immediately and put it out in ten minutes.
A. paid attention to B. looked up to C. attended to D. attached importance to
(14) According to Global Times, Hainan Province has ________ an ambitious plan to attract more international tourists by upgrading the island’s entire transportation network.
A. took on B. improved on C. put on D. embarked on
(15) Cyber technology is among the few core technologies whose edges must be sharpened domestically to maintain social stability and ________ the national interests.
A. safeguard B. prevent C. protest D. save
(16) Cultural exchanges will mark a milestone in the history of China- Australia cultural relations and will lead to ongoing cultural ________ for years to come.
A. collaboration B. elaboration C. distribution D. expansion
(17) Members of a Britain’s biggest trade union walked out Friday after talks with British Airways on a ________ over working conditions broke down.
A. conversation B. negotiation C. dispute D. 1ecture
(18) In 2010, GM Daewoo, the South Korean subsidiary of US car giant General Motors, ________ more than 58,000 vehicles because of defects in the blow to Asia’s crisis-hit auto industry.
A. recognized B. recorded C. reconciled D. recalled
(19) Doctors gave the serious anemia patient a series of injections and started her on an ________ course of vitamins.
A. urgent B. ardent C. evident D. emergent
(20) Gold prices soared to the highest level on January 25, 2012 in the US. And the ________ metal surged to $1,720.35 an ounce on the London Bullion Market--the highest level since December 9, 2011.
A. previous B. distinctive C. precious D. innovative
Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points) Section A
Directions: In this section, there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Childhood exposure to a group of chemicals, which are used widely in a variety of products, including water-resistant clothing and microwave popcorn, could reduce the effectiveness of common vaccines, a new study has found.
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at over 580 children and found that those who had higher concentrations of these perfluorinated（全氟化的） compounds (PFCs) in their blood had lower immune responses to diphtheria（白喉） and tetanus
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（破伤风） vaccinations.
An insufficient immune response to a vaccine can mean a child is actually vulnerable to catching a disease even though they have been vaccinated against it, the researchers said.
“When we take our kids to the doctor’s office to get their shots, we expect that the vaccines are going to work. What we found was that there was an increasing risk that they didn’t work if the kids had been exposed to the PFCs,” study author Philippe Grand-jean was quoted as saying by LiveScience.
(21) What makes the children’s common vaccines less effective according to the new study?
A. The exposure of chemicals they used in childhood. B. The reduction of a series of chemicals in childhood. C. Childhood consumption of chemical products. D. Childhood contact with chemical products.
(22) The Harvard School of Public Health experts found that there was ________ relation between concentrations of chemical deposits in blood and immunity.
A. no direct B. an unilateral C. a direct D. an unpredictable
(23) The word “vulnerable” (Para. 3) is closest in meaning to “________”
A. difficult to be affected B. impossible to be affected C. possible to be affected D. easy to be affected
(24) The increasing risk of low immunity which children face is caused by ________.
A. their exposure to chemicals B. their refusal of getting shots of vaccines C. the doctors’ irresponsibility D. the poor quality of vaccines
Passage Two
In our society, we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communication is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses or stand in football match queues, we are likely to have conversations in which we give information or opinions, and sometimes have our views challenged by other members of society.
Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things above others have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, photography, and so on. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news.
No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged minority. Forty years ago people used to flock to the cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to watch a program that is being channeled into millions of homes.
Communication is no longer merely concerned with the transmission of information. The modern communications industry influences the way people live in society and broadens their horizons by allowing access to information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with their informing, educating and entertaining functions. Although a great deal of the material communicated by the mass media is very valuable to the individual and to the society of which he is a part, the vast modern network of