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考试编号

2013.5.22

答题开始时间

2013-06-07 22:42:39

答题结束时间

2013-06-07 22:43:06



考生姓名

王艳涛

考试时间

00:00:27分钟

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评卷时间

2013-06-07 22:43:06







一. 阅读理解 （共20题,共20分）



1. Normally a student must attend a certain number of courses in order to graduate, and each course which he attends gives him a credit which he may count towards a degree. In many American universities the total work for a degree consists of thirty-six courses each lasting for one semester. A typical course consists of three classes per week for fifteen weeks; while attending a university a student will probably attend four or five courses during each semester. Normally a student would expect to take four years attending two semesters each year. It is possible to spread the period of work for the degree over a longer period. It is also possible for a student to move between one university and another during his degree course, though this is not in fact done as a regular practice.
For every course that he follows a student is given a grade, which is recorded, and the record is available for the student to show to prospective employers. All this imposes a constant pressure and strain of work, but in spite of this some students still find time for great activity in student affairs. Elections to positions in student organizations arouse much enthusiasm. The effective word of maintaining discipline is usually performed by students who advise the academic authorities. Any student who is thought to have broken the rules, for example, by cheating has to appear before a student court. With the enormous numbers of students, the operation of the system does involve a certain amount of activity. A student who has held one of these positions of authority is much respected and it will be of benefit to him later in his career. （5分）

(1) Normally a student would at least attend ________ classes each week. （1分）



A.36



B.20



C.12



D.15




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(2) According to the first paragraph an American student is allowed ________. （1分）



A.to live in a different university



B.to take a particular course in a different university



C.to live at home and drive to classes



D.to get two degrees from two different universities




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(3) American university students are usually under pressure of work because _______

_. （1分）



A.their academic performance will affect their future careers



B.they are heavily involved in student affairs



C.they have to observe university discipline



D.they want to run for positions of authority




★标准答案：A




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(4) Some students are enthusiastic for positions in student organizations probably because ________. （1分）



A.they hate the constant pressure strain of their study



B.they will then be able to stay longer in the university



C.such positions help them get better jobs



D.such positions are usually well paid




★标准答案：C




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(5) The student organizations seem, to be effective in ________. （1分）



A.dealing with the academic affairs of the university



B.ensuring that the students observe university regulations



C.evaluating students’ performance by bringing them before a court



D.keeping up the students’ enthusiasm for social activities




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2. If you look for a book as a present for a child. You will be spoiled for choice even in a year there is no new Harry Patten J.K Powling’s wizard is not alone the past decade has been a harvest for good children’s books ,which has set off a large quantity of films and an increased sales of classics such as The lard of the Rings.
Yet despite that ,reading is increasingly unpopular among children .According to statistics in 1997 23% said they didn’t like reading in all. In 2003, 35% did . And around 6% of children leave primary school each year unable to read properly.
Maybe the decline is caused by the increasing availability of computes games. Maybe the books boom has affected only the top of the educational pile. Either way, Chancellor Cordon
Brown plans to change things for the bottom of the class .In his pre-budget report, he announced the national project of Reading Recovery to help the children struggling most.
Reading Recovery is wined at six year olds ,who receive four months of individual daily half-hour classes with a specially trained teacher . An evaluation either this year reported that children on the school made 20 months’ progress in just one year, whereas similarly weak readers without special help made just five months’ progress ,and so ended the year even further below the level expected for their age.
International research tends to find that when British children leave primacy school they read well ,but read text often for fun than those elsewhere .Reading for fun matters because children who are been on reading can report lifelong pleasure and loving books is an excellent indicator of future educational success . According to the O

ECD, being a regular and enthusiastic reader is of great advantage. （5分）

(1) Which of the following is true of Paragraph 1? （1分）



A.Marry children’s books have been adapted from films.



B.Marry high-quality children’s books have been published .



C.The sales of classics have led to the popularity of films.



D.The sales of presents for children have increased.




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(2) Statistics suggested that _________. （1分）



A.the number of top students increased with the use of computers



B.a decreasing number of children showed interest in reading



C.a minority of primacy school children read properly



D.a huge percentage of children read regularly




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(3) What do we know about Reading Recovery? （1分）



A.An evaluation of it will be made sometime this year.



B.Weak readers on the project were the most hardworking.



C.It aims to train special teachers to help children with reading.



D.Children on the project showed noticeable progress in reading.




★标准答案：D




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(4) Reading for fun is important because book-loving children _________. （1分）



A.take greater advantage of the project



B.show the potential to enjoy a long life



C.are likely to succeed in their education.



D.would make excellent future researchers




★标准答案：C




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(5) The arm of this text would probably be _________. （1分）



A.to overcome primary school pupils reading difficulty.



B.to encourage the publication of more children’s books



C.to remind children of the importance of reading for fun



D.to introduce a way to improve early children reading




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3. It is everyone agrees, a huge task that the child performs when he learns to speak, and the fact that he does so in so short a period of time challenges explanation.
Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their

first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyments, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire (能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate (有意识的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech. （5分）

(1) By “... challenges explanation” (Line 2, Para. 1) the author means that ________. （1分）



A.no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon



B.no explanation has been made up to now



C.it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanation



D.it’s high time that an explanation was provided




★标准答案：C




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(2) The third paragraph is mainly about ________. （1分）



A.the development of babies’ early forms of language



B.the difficulties of babies in learning to speak



C.babies’ strong desire to communicate



D.babies’ intention to communicate




★标准答案：A




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(3) The author’s purpose in writing the second paragraph is to show that children ________. （1分）



https://www.sodocs.net/doc/a66965180.html,ually obey without asking questions



B.are passive in the process of learning to speak



C.are born cooperative



D.learn to speak by listening




★标准答案：D




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(4) From the passage we learn that ________. （1分）



A.early starters can learn to speak within only six months



B.children show a strong desire to communicate by making noises



C.imitation plays an important role in learning to speak



D.children have various difficulties in learning to speak




★标准答案：C




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(5) The best title for this passage would be ________. （1分）



A.How Babies Learn to Speak



B.Early Forms of Language



C.A Huge Task for Children



D.Noise Making and Language Learning




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4. Exchange a glance with someone, then look away. Do you realize that you have made a statement? Hold the glance for a second longer, an

d you have made a different statement. Hold it for 3 seconds, and the meaning has changed again. For every social situation, there is a permissible time that you can hold a person’s gaze without being intimate, rude, or aggressive. If you are on an elevator, what gaze-time are you permitted? To answer this question, consider what you typically do. You very likely give other passengers a quick glance to size them up (打量) and to assure them that you mean no threat. Since being close to another person signals the possibility of interaction. You need to emit a signal telling others you want to be left alone. So you cut off eye contact, what sociologist Erving Goffman (1963) calls “a dimming of the lights.” You look down at the floor, at the indicator lights, anywhere but into another passenger’s eyes. Should you break the rule against staring at a stranger on an elevator, you will make the other person exceedingly uncomfortable, and you are likely to feel a bit strange yourself.
If you hold eye contact for more than 3 seconds, what are you telling another person? Much depends on the person and the situation. For instance, a man and a woman communicate interest in this manner. They typically gaze at each other for about 3 seconds at a time, then drop their eyes down for 3 seconds, before letting their eyes meet again. But if one man gives another man a 3-second-plus stare, he signals, “I know you”, “I am interested in you,” or “You look peculiar and I am curious about you.” This type of stare often produces hostile feelings. （5分）

(1) It can be inferred form the first paragraph that ________. （1分）



A.every glance has its significance



B.staring at a person is an expression of interest



C.a gaze longer than 3 seconds is unacceptable



D.a glance conveys more meaning than words




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(2) If you want to be left alone on an elevator, the best thing to do is ________. （1分）



A.to look into another passenger’s eyes



B.to avoid eye contact with other passengers



C.to signal you are not a threat to anyone



D.to keep a distance from other passengers




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(3) By “a dimming of the lights” (Para. 1, Line 9) Erving Goffman means “________”. （1分）



A.closing one’s eyes



B.turning off the lights



C.creasing to glance at others



D.reducing gaze-time to the minimum




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(4) If one is looked at by a stranger for too long, he tends to feel ________. （1分）



A.depressed



B.uneasy



C.curious



D.amused




★标准答案：B




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(5) The passage mainly discusses ________. （1分）



A.the limitations of eye contact



B.the exchange of ideas through eye contact



C.proper behavior in situations



D.the role of eye contact in interpersonal communication




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二. 单选题 （共10题,共10分）



1. Frankfurt, Germany, is in one of the most _____ populated regions of Western Europe. （1分）



A.densely



B.vastly



C.enormously



https://www.sodocs.net/doc/a66965180.html,rgely




★标准答案：A




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2. Many new ____ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education. （1分）



A.opportunities



B.necessities



C.realities



D.probabilities




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3. Only those who can _________to lose their money should make high-risk investments. （1分）



A.afford



B.endure



C.sustain



D.maintain




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4. Although a teenager, Fred could resist ______ what to do and what not to do. （1分）



A.being told



B.telling



C.to be told



D.to tell




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5. Official U.S. statistics on employment and unemployment are derived from a monthly sample ______ of households. （1分）



A.check



B.figure



C.survey



D.examination




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6. The ___________ my boss showed was simply due to my failure to make a favorable comment on his management. （1分）



A.irritation



B.irritate



C.irritated



D.being irritated




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7. The tourist was lost in the maze of streets, so he ________ the map and searched for his current location. （1分）



A.unloaded



B.unlocked



C.unfolded



D.unfastened




★标准答案：C




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8. The continuous rain _____ the harvesting of the wheat crop by two weeks. （1分）



A.set back



B.set off



C.set out



D.set aside




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9. The secretaries’ report provided the leaders with the necessary __________ information. （1分）



A.princ

ipal



B.numerical



C.influential



D.significant




★标准答案：B




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10. In Australia the Asians make their influence ______ in businesses large and small. （1分）



A.feeling



B.feel



C.felt



D.to be felt




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三. 完型填空 （共10题,共10分）



1. Anyone hearing Malcom X somewhere ___1___ would think he is a well-educated man. __2___, he received no more than eight years’ formal education. This impression is ___3___ his prison studies.
In Charlestown prison, Malcom X met Bimbi, another prisoner who always ___4___ of any conversation he was in. Malcom X wanted to catch up with Bimbi. He began studies. But at first, he thought all of the difficult words might as well have been in Chinese. The best thing he could do was to ___5___ a dictionary. He copied into his tablet everything printed in the dictionary, ___6___ the punctuation marks. Gradually, he remembered many words. And strange words like “aardvark” even ___7___ to his mind. He was ___8___ that he went on studies. Several months later, his reading speed increased. He could also ___9___ handwriting speed.
From his experience, we can ____10__ a conclusion: diligence helps.






（10分）

(1) None （1分）



A.in prison



B.by person



C.for person



D.person and person




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(2) None （1分）



A.As a fact



B.In a fact



C.In effect



D.In an effect




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(3) None （1分）



A.due for



B.due to



C.due as



D.due




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(4) None （1分）



A.takes charge



B.takes charge in



C.took charge



D.took charge in




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(5) None （1分）



A.get of



B.get hold of



C.get in



D.get hold in




★标准答案：B




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(6) None （1分）



A.to down



B.down to



C.up and down



D.down in




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(7) None （1分）



A.sprang up



B.springs up



C.sprang to



D.springs to




★标准答案：C




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(8) None （1分）



A.so fashionable



B.so fascinated



C.very fascinated



D.very attracted




★标准答案：B




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(9) None （1分）



A.pick in



B.pick up



C.pick down



D.lift pick




★标准答案：B




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(10) None （1分）



https://www.sodocs.net/doc/a66965180.html,e up with



B.go up with



C.show up



https://www.sodocs.net/doc/a66965180.html,e and go




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四. 汉译英 （共5题,共10分）



1. ______________________（最让人恼火的莫过于）to have someone speaking for you when you are quite able to speak for yourself. （2分）



★标准答案：Nothing is more irritating than




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2. （尽管我不同意你所说的话）_________________, I understand your reasons for saying it. （2分）



★标准答案：While I do not agree with what you say




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3. （尽管我得承认这些问题不好解决）_________________, I don’t agree that they cannot be solved. （2分）



★标准答案：While I admit that the problems are difficult




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4. He's reserved. During the journey he__________________（宁可读本畅销书也不愿意跟别人聊天）. （2分）



★标准答案：would rather read a best-seller than chat with others




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5. The company is not very productive. __________(这并不是因为这里的员工没有天赋), it’s that their energy hasn’t been channeled effectively. （2分）



★标准答案：It’s not that its staff aren't talented




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五. 英译汉 （共1题,共10分）



1. Eventually I discovered that there is no anti-inflammatory agent like time. Now I wondered, could this aging 74-year-old be the giant who once thundered up the stairs to spank me, of whom I was so afraid that I wet my pants? （10分）



★标准答案：后来我发现时间是最好的消炎剂。现在我真想知道，这个74岁的老人怎么回是哪个曾经砰砰砰地走上楼来打我屁股、让我吓得尿湿裤子的巨人呢？




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六. 作文 （共1题,共15分）



1. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Achieve Success .You should write at least 120 words according t

o the outline given below in Chinese:
1有人说成功主要靠运气
2有人则认为成功主要靠勤奋，与运气毫无关系
3我的观点
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★标准答案：Some people say the key to success is the luck, while others claim it is hard work. As far as I am concerned, there are many factors contributing to success and the three fundamental ones are diligence, devotion and perseverance.




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