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PART ONE (30%)

Direction: In this part of the test, there are 10 questions. For each question, you will have 5 segments. The segments are in mixed order. Drag them into right order to make a complete sentence.

题目1

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Drag the segments into right order to make a complete sentence.

in North America,

work absence are related to

depression, according to some estimates

up to

40% of disability claims for

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in North America,

up to

40% of disability claims for

work absence are related to

depression, according to some estimates

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Drag the segments into right order to make a complete sentence.

we welcome

this report’s emphasis

tackling this public health crisis

that physicians play in

on the vital role

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we welcome

this report’s emphasis

on the vital role

that physicians play in

tackling this public health crisis

题目3

from different backgrounds

to learn and thrive in a changing world

who have dedicated themselves

we greatly admire the teachers

to helping children

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we greatly admire the teachers

who have dedicated themselves

to helping children

from different backgrounds

to learn and thrive in a changing world

题目4

Drag the segments into right order to make a complete sentence. thinking about how to provide

a lot of time

a better future for

a typical Tiger Mum spends

her only child

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a typical Tiger Mum spends

a lot of time

thinking about how to provide

a better future for

her only child

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is more like

renting access

owning one outright

to a book than

the transaction

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the transaction

is more like

renting access

to a book than

owning one outright

题目6

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to grasp that new goods

of existing ones

more subtly,

statisticians sometimes fail

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more subtly, statisticians sometimes fail to grasp that new goods are merely upgrades

of existing ones

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a good many years

in advance of the people who are living in it

material progress has raced

that the world itself is

so far ahead of mental and spiritual progress

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material progress has raced

so far ahead of mental and spiritual progress that the world itself is

a good many years

in advance of the people who are living in it 题目8

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dominated

in 2006 the list was

by 84 companies

from the four BRIC countries

including 44 from China alone

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in 2006 the list was

dominated

by 84 companies

from the four BRIC countries

including 44 from China alone

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adapting to local circumstances means

recognizing that

emerging-world consumers are

an odd mixture of

ignorance and sophistication

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disaster relief funding,

mitigate the risk of living off the land

advances in agricultural technology,

as well as the safety net of

crop insurance, subsidies and

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advances in agricultural technology, as well as the safety net of

crop insurance, subsidies and disaster relief funding,

mitigate the risk of living off the land 题目11

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PART TWO (20%)

Direction: In this part of the test, you will have 5 short paragraphs. Re-arrange them (by dragging) so that they are in right order and thus make a complete passage. The 3rd paragraph has been labeled for you.

This pattern is occurring throughout the industrialized world. Even developing nations are facing increasing technological unemployment as transnational companies build state-of-the-art high-tech production facilities, letting go millions of cheap laborers who can no longer compete with the cost efficiency, quality control, and speed of delivery achieved by automated manufacturing.

(3) Corporate leaders and mainstream economists tell us that the rising unemployment figures represent short-term "adjustments" to powerful market-driven forces that are speeding the global economy in a new direction. They hold out the promise of an exciting new world of high-tech automated production, booming global commerce, and unprecedented material abundance. Millions of working people remain skeptical. In the United States, Fortune magazine found that corporations are eliminating more than 2 million jobs annually. While some new jobs are being created in the US economy, they are in the low-paying sectors and are usually temporary.

More than 800 million human beings are now unemployed or underemployed in the world. That figure is likely to rise sharply between now and the turn of the century as millions of new entrants into the workforce find themselves without jobs.

A technology revolution is fast replacing human beings with machines in virtually every sector and industry in the global economy. Already, millions of workers have been permanently eliminated from the economic process, and whole work categories and job assignments have shrunk, been restructured, or disappeared. Global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s.

With current surveys showing that less than five percent of companies around the world have even begun the transition to the new machine culture, massive unemployment of a kind never before experienced seems all but inevitable in the coming decades. Reflecting on the significance of the transition taking place, the distinguished Nobel laureate economist Wasilly Leontief warned that with the introduction of increasingly sophisticated computers, "The role of humans as the most important factor of production is bound to diminish in the same way that the role of horses in agricultural production was first diminished and then eliminated by the introduction of tractors."

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A technology revolution is fast replacing human beings with machines in virtually every sector and industry in the global economy. Already, millions of workers have been permanently eliminated from the economic process, and whole work categories and job assignments have

shrunk, been restructured, or disappeared. Global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s.

More than 800 million human beings are now unemployed or underemployed in the world. That figure is likely to rise sharply between now and the turn of the century as millions of new entrants into the workforce find themselves without jobs.

(3) Corporate leaders and mainstream economists tell us that the rising unemployment figures represent short-term "adjustments" to powerful market-driven forces that are speeding the global economy in a new direction. They hold out the promise of an exciting new world of high-tech automated production, booming global commerce, and unprecedented material abundance. Millions of working people remain skeptical. In the United States, Fortune magazine found that corporations are eliminating more than 2 million jobs annually. While some new jobs are being created in the US economy, they are in the low-paying sectors and are usually temporary.

This pattern is occurring throughout the industrialized world. Even developing nations are facing increasing technological unemployment as transnational companies build state-of-the-art high-tech production facilities, letting go millions of cheap laborers who can no longer compete with the cost efficiency, quality control, and speed of delivery achieved by automated manufacturing.

With current surveys showing that less than five percent of companies around the world have even begun the transition to the new machine culture, massive unemployment of a kind never before experienced seems all but inevitable in the coming decades. Reflecting on the significance of the transition taking place, the distinguished Nobel laureate economist Wasilly Leontief warned that with the introduction of increasingly sophisticated computers, "The role of humans as the most important factor of production is bound to diminish in the same way that the role of horses in agricultural production was first diminished and then eliminated by the introduction of tractors."

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PART THREE (20%)

Direction: In this part of the test, you will have a passage with 10 missing words/expressions. Choose ONE word/expression from the box below and drag your choice to its place.

In a world where many traditional forms of work are ever changing, good academic qualifications alone will no longer guarantee work. This is partly because of the transience of many contemporary forms of work. It is because there are many more people with academic qualifications. As the of wor k changes, education itself is becoming one of the world’s biggest industries.

It has been estimated that education and training now six per cent of world GDP. The United Nations predicts that in the next thirty years more people will be looking for qualifications in education than since the beginning of civilization. This has profound for the sorts of education people need, and for the of the qualifications they receive. One emergent issue is academic inflation. Qualifications are a form of currency. Their value is related to the prevailing exchange rate for employment or higher education. all currencies, they can inflate when there are too many in relation to the opportunities . Two or three A-levels once a university place: the baseline for many courses is now much higher. A first degree once guaranteed a job: the baseline is now a master’s degree or even a PhD. This is a structural problem for all education systems, and it may compound the number of people in formal education continues to increase. Whatever other issues it raises, one is already clear. Academic qualifications alone are no longer enough. Increasingly, employers and others emphasize the need for the qualities and aptitudes which academic qualifications are not designed to produce powers of creativity, of communication, of adaptability, and social skills.

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PART THREE (20%)

Direction: In this part of the test, you will have a passage with 10 missing words/expressions. Choose ONE word/expression from the box below and drag your choice to its place.

In a world where many traditional forms of work are ever changing, good academic qualifications alone will no longer guarantee work. This is partly because of the transience of many contemporary forms of work. It is [also] because there are many more people with academic qualifications. As the [nature]of wo rk changes, education itself is becoming one of the world’s biggest industries.

It has been estimated that education and training now [account for] six per cent of world GDP. The United Nations predicts that in the next thirty years more people will be looking for qualifications in education than since the beginning of civilization. This has profound [implications]for the sorts of education people need, and for the [value ]of the qualifications they receive. One emergent issue is academic inflation. Qualifications are a form of currency. Their value is related to the prevailing exchange rate for employment or higher education. [like] all currencies, they can inflate when there are too many in relation to the opportunities [available]. Two or three A-levels once [secured]a university place: the baseline for many courses is now much higher. A first degree once guaranteed a job: the baseline is now a master’s degree or even a PhD. This is a structural problem for all education systems, and it may compound [as ]the number of people in formal education continues to increase. Whatever other issues it raises, one [consequence]is already clear. Academic qualifications alone are no longer enough. Increasingly, employers and others emphasize the need for the qualities and aptitudes which academic qualifications are not designed to produce powers of creativity, of communication, of adaptability, and social skills.

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