1. According to Jones, why do top students take notes in class?
C. Because teachers will test you on what they believe to be important.
2. What is special about Jack Smith's "homemade" system?
A. He compares his notes from the lecture with those from his reading.
3. What does Anderson do right before the bell rings? B. He writes a short summary of the main ideas of the lesson.
4. What does class participation involve?
D. Both A and B.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A . Secrets of successful
students.
6. What does the speaker think about the educational system that focuses on academic performance?
C. It neglects students' abilities in other areas.
7. According to the passage, what has happened to some children in the academic classes in high school?
A. They have lost their interest in learning.
8. What does the speaker think about students who haven't scored well on the math section?
B. They are not intelligent.
9. What may happen to weak children in a separate class?
C. They may become even weaker.
10. What is the main idea of the passage?
D. The advantages and disadvantages of our educational system.
1. Why did the number of pandas drop sharply this century?
B. The change of bamboo forests into farmland.
C 2. What is the strange nature of giant pandas mentioned in the passage?
C. Solitary.
D 3. Why is the breeding program not a success?
D. The panda likes to live alone.
C 4. Why did people start debating about the use of cloning in conservation? C. Because the breeding method is unsuccessful.
B 5 .What would be the best title for the passage? B. The danger of extinction of the panda.
6. When is the Earth Hour?
C. Saturday, March 28.
B 7. What does the Earth Hour aim at?
B. Calling attention to the dangers of climate change.
A 8. What does leaving lights on during the Earth Hour vote for?
A. Global warming.
B 9. What does the U.N. Secretary-General believe Earth Hour demonstrates? B. People's determination to improve their livelihood.
C 10. What does
environmentalist Mark
Alexander think is
necessary?
C. To reduce our daily
energy consumption.
1. Which of the
following would be
the best title for the
passage?
C. British Culture
Remains Influential
2. How do Brits view the
United States?
A. They admit its
success.
3. What is true of the article
in The Economist?
B. American English is
more influential than British
English.
4. Why does the passage
mention "Big Mac"?
D. To show the growing
influence of American
culture.
5. What does the passage
want to prove by
mentioning the movie Lord
of the Rings?
D. The powerful influence
of contemporary British
writers.
6. Which of the
following is NOT
mentioned as a reason
why more and more
Western companies
want to do business in
China?
B. China will export more
goods than ever before.
7. How many tips does the
British Embassy in Beijing
give in the passage?
C. Four.
8. What is true of doing
business in the West,
according to the passage?
A. Doing business
usually comes before
developing a relationship.
9. Why is it useful to find a
reliable Chinese ally?
D. All of the above.
C 10. According to the
passage, why should you
never criticize someone in
front of others?
C. It will make it difficult
to make a deal.
1. What is the
passage mainly
about?
C. Ways of preparing for a
blended family.
2. How will children view
the man their single mother
is dating if she says "we're
just friends"?
A. They will find the man
threatening.
3. How can single parents
benefit from advice?
B. They can see the issue
from a new angle.
4. According to the passage,
which of the following is
true in the case of a
divorce?
D. Older children have more
problems than younger
children.
5. Which people are
mentioned in the passage
who must make
adjustments in a blended
family?
A. The stepparent and the
biological parent.
6. According to the
passage, which ball
will bounce back if
you drop it?
B. The ball representing
work.
7. What is the possible
consequence of comparing
yourself with others
mentioned in the passage?
C. Undermine your worth.
8. How can we learn to be
brave?
A. By encountering risks.
9. What is the best way to
keep love?
A. To give it wing.
10. According to the
passage, what is a person's
greatest emotional need?
D. To feel appreciated.
1. On what day was the
beginning of the new
year first observed in
16th century France?
D. On April 1st.
2. On whom did people play
tricks after Pope Gregory
introduced a new calendar?
A. Those who celebrated
the New Year's Day on April
1st.
3. How did French children
fool their friends?
B. By putting a paper fish on
their friends' back.
4. What is mentioned as a
common trick in the United
States?
C. Saying "Your shoelace is
untied."
5. What is considered the
cleverest April fools joke?
D. One that makes
everyone laugh, including
the victim.
6. Which of the
following is true of the
origin of Halloween?
B. It began in Ireland to
celebrate the harvest.
7. According to the passage,
why did people made
bonfires on 31st October?
C. To avoid sickness and
other problems.
8. When did Hallow start to
be celebrated in the United
States?
A. In the 19th century.
9. If you do not give sweets
to children on Halloween,
what might they do?
B. Play a trick on you.
10. According to the
passage, what will
Mexicans do on The Day of
the Dead?
D. Put food and flowers on
the graves.
1. How many percent
of the courses has the
student missed? (1-5)
D. About 75 percent.
2. What trouble is the
student likely to have?
A. He is likely to fail the
courses and repeat the
grade.
3. How important is what a
student says in class?
A. It accounts for 50
percent of the total grade.
4. What does the professor
NOT advise the student to
do?
B. Apologize to all
teachers.
5. What can we infer from
the dialog?
C. Class participation is an
important part of the
course.
D 1. What is the
WWF? (1-5)
D. A non-governmental,
non-profit organization.
C 2. What is WWF
attempting to do?
C. Both A and B.
C 3. What has WWF done
in China?
C. Established new natural
reserves for pandas.
A 4. How much of the
panda's habitat is under
formal protection today?
A. More than half.
B 5. Which of the
following is NOT mentioned
as WWF's function?
B. Recycling of waste paper.
1. Why has the
woman come out of
the lecture room?
(1-5)
D. She is extremely bored
with the lecture.
2. What does the man think
about university classes?
A. They involve hard
work.
3. What does the woman
say is interesting in class?
B. Students' active
participation.
4. What does the man think
about students'
presentation in class?
C. They may talk
nonsense.
5. What does the woman
want?
C. A combination of work
and fun.
1. Which place does
the woman say is in a
mess? (1-5)
B. The living room.
2. How does the woman
know the dinner table is not
yet set?
B. She sees dirty clothes on
it.
3. What does the woman
imply when she says "I
don't care if the Pope is
scoring a goal."?
C. She wants the place to be
cleaned up no matter what
is on the TV.
4. What is the romantic
agreement between the
couple about?
D. Doing the household
chores together.
5. What is the probable
reason for the woman to
say MacDonald's
hamburgers are delicious?
D. She does not want to
take over the cooking.
1. Which of the
following would be the
best title for the dialog?
(1-5)
C. Features of Easter.
2. What do Easter eggs and
a rabbit symbolize?
D. Rebirth, spring, fertility.
3. What stages does Easter
have?
A. Palm Sunday, Ash
Wednesday, and Good
Friday.
4. What do ashes remind
people of?
C. How Christ suffered on
the cross.
5. What did "Good Friday"
once mean?
C. Holy Friday.
【对错】
T 1. The two speakers are probably two staff members rather than a teacher and a student.
F 2. The orientation meeting, including a speaker from the international center, will last two hours.
F 3. The placement tests will take 60 minutes.
F 4. The shuttle bus will finish the campus tour at 2:45.
T 5. The man did not agree with the starting time for the oral interviews the woman suggested.
F 1. Both the man and woman are in favor of the ban on plastic lunch boxes.
F 2. The woman says paper products use more energy and resources than plastic ones.
T 3. Many workers in the plastic industry have lost their jobs because of the new regulations.
T 4. The new jobs the government offered to the plastic industry workers are often not as good as their old ones.
F 5. The woman thinks it is easy for workers to adjust to the new changes.
T 1. The speaker is a foreigner who was given a job at a multinational company.
F 2. To work in a transnational company one just requires professional skills.
F 3. Seeing the speaker was looking down at his wet trouser legs, the boss asked, "Got your feet wet?"
T 4. "Get your feet wet?" is American slang, meaning something like, "Have you settled into your new job yet?"
F 5. "It's raining cats and dogs." is a commonly used idiom nowadays.
T 1. The woman asks her husband to leave because her friends are coming for bridge.
T 2. The woman is unwilling to cancel the bridge game because her friends will bring food.
F 3. The man thinks the living room is as cold as a tomb.
F 4. Finally six people play poker together.
T 5. Sally has wanted to learn to play poker for a long time. T 1. The man's initial
plan is to take his
girlfriend out on the
town together with his
male friends.
F 2. The woman advises
the man to offer his
girlfriend pizza and beer.
F 3. The man plans to take
his girlfriend to an
expensive restaurant for a
romantic dinner.
T 4. The woman suggests
to the man a cheap but
romantic way to spend
the Valentine's Day with
his girlfriend.
F 5. The woman hopes the
man's girlfriend will know
who came up with the
idea for the date.
>> What do recent
findings suggest?(13
空)
They suggest that (1) is (2).
>> What is the use of
ozone?
Its (3) above Earth (4) us (5)
from the sun.
>> How fast was the
atmosphere losing the
ozone layer?..........
答案:1,the destruction
of ozone by pollution ;2,
slowing;3,presence;4,
protects;5,from radiation;
6,8 percent;7,ten-year;
8,1970s;9,last five years;
10,by half ;11,fifty
years away;12,remains in
place;13,the use of a
number of chemicals
>> What did thousands
of people recently
gather for in Maine?
(12空)
They gathered recently for a
folk festival, an event that
celebrates (1).
>> What are the three kinds
of music played at the festival?...........
答案:1,the traditions of
many of the groups that
have come to America;2,
Chinese instruments;3,
Spanish music;4,music of
the American West;5,five
stages;6,on the grass
under the hot sun;7,cooled
them;8,for sale;9,sold
objects carved from ash
trees;10,knitted and
woven clothing;11,foods
from Greece, Ireland, China
and many other cultures;12,
made people hungry
>> What did millions of
people receive on
Valentine's Day?(14空)
They received (1), or some
other (2), or even just (3)
from someone they care
about.
>> What does a tradition
say about February
29th?...........
答案:1,flowers and
chocolate;2,gifts;3,a
telephone call;4,one day;
5,ask a man to marry her;
6,with their parents;7,
got married;8,at work;9,
by chance;10,Still others;
11,businesses;12.bring
people together;13,two
people;14,have never seen
each other before
>> What takes place on
November 11th? (11
空)
On that day Americans (1)
men and women who (2).
>> What does the term
"veteran"
mean?..................
答案:1,honor;2,have
served in the United States
armed forces;3,have
served in wars;4,has ever
been in the military;5,
Parades;6,give speeches;
7,remember those who
died in the service of their
country;8,May;9,honor
members of the armed
services who were killed;10,
recorded stories and
written histories;11,
memorable objects