1、6监考员收卷过程中，考生须配合监考员验收，并请监考员在准考证上签字（作为考生 交卷的凭据），否则，若发生答卷遗失，责任由考生自负。37 / 2 Part I Oral Communication （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
2、with one of the choices to complete the dialogue and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Dialogue One A. You have lots of money. B. How much do I owe you?C. So, what are you going to do with the money?Joshua: Dad. Allowance day. Can I have my allowance?Father: Oh. I forgot about that. You ALWAYS f
3、orget. I guess I do. 1 Just $13. / 3 Well, Im not sure if I have that much. Go to the bank. 2 Lots of money, uh? Uh, well, I think the bank is closed. Then, what about your secret money jar under your bed? Oh, I guess I could do that. 3 Im going to put some in savings, give some to the poor people,
4、and use the rest to buy books. Well, that sounds great, Joshua. Dialogue Two A.I also advise resting for a couple of days. B. Boy, when it rains, it pours. C. It sounds like a flu. Doctor: What has been bothering you?Patient: I have a stuffy nose and a sore throat. Plus, Ive been coughing a lot. 4 /
5、 4 Doctor: Any stomach pains? Patient: Actually, yes. My stomachs been upset for a few days. Doctor: 5 Its been going around lately. Patient: Anything I can do for it?ll prescribe some medicines for you to take. 6 Patient: Does that mean I shouldnt go to work? Only when you feel up to it. You should
6、 stay home for at l east a day or two. Section BDirections: 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 i nterview and mark your answer on the Answ
7、er Sheet. A. People dont queue like they do here in England. B. Nationalities stay in their own areas,37 / 5 C. Some supermarkets are open twenty-four hours a day.D. What I liked best was that I could work and still lead a normal li fe. Interviewer: How long did you live in the States?Interviewee: I
8、 was there for two years, in New York, and I enjoyed it tremendously.7 I mean, the shops are open till 10:00 p.m. Interviewer: All shops? Yes, everything. Food shops, chemists, and departme nt stores. 8 And on public holidays, only the banks are shut.Interviewer: I see, erm. Do you think New York is
9、 as multination al as London? Oh, thats for sure. But its not as mixed. 9like theres Russian section, the German section and. China Town. But I think the major difference between these two cities was the height of the place. Everything was up in the Big Apple. We lived on the thirty-fifth floor. / 6
10、 And of course everything is faster and the New Yorkers are much ruder. Interviewer: Oh! In what way? Well, pushing in the street, fights about getting on the bus. 10 And of course the taxi drivers! New York taxi drivers must be the rudest in the world!Part II Vocabulary （10 points） In this part the
11、re are ten sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. 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. Most college students in the United States live away from home. A.down B.apart C. elsewhere
12、D. along 12. The pursuit of maximum profit often drives manufacturers to turn out things that can do harm to peoples health. / 7 A. preserve B. promote C.produce D.process 13. Many different parts make up an airplane: the engine（s）, the wings, the tail, and so on. A. decorate B.compose C. construct
13、D. derive 14. You make it sound as if I did it on purpose. A. carefully B. unwillingly C. deliberately D. incredibly 15. He could never have foreseen that one day his books would sell in millions. A. understood B. explained C. believed D. expected 16. I read the newspaper every day so that I can sta
14、y informed about current events. / 8 A. important B. international C. cultural D. latest17. After seven days in the desert, the explorer was relieved when h e eventually found water. A.finally B. predictably C .luckily D. accidentally18. When we gave the children ice cream, they immediately ceased c
15、rying. A. started B. continued C. stopped D. resumed19 .The science teacher demonstrated the process of turning solid gold into liquid. A.elaborated B. showed C.devised D. simplified37 / 9 20. Johns application for admission to graduate studies in the Scho ol of Education has beenapproved. A.accepta
16、nce B. entrance C. experience D. allowance Part III Reading Comprehension （25 points） Section ADirections: 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 Answ
17、er Sheet. Passage Onelovingly letters, pile of fan than are There few sadder sights a sparkly The in a bin. suffering drawingswith decorated hand ，envelopes were addressed to Taylor Swift, a pop star much beloved by teenage and pre-teen girls.37 / 10 “Dear Taylor,” read one discarded message, “I lov
18、e you so much! Youre the best! And youre really beautiful and cute!m really enjoying your songs,” This, along with hundreds of other similar letters sent from around the world, was discovered in a Nashville recycling disposal unit by a local woman. Swifts management was quick to reassure her admirer
19、 that they had been thrown out accidentally. The response may come as a disappointment to any devotee who imagines, as they compose their letters, that Swift makes time lo view each one personally. Dealing with piles of fan mail is, however, an administrative burden for most celebrities. While some
20、celebrities do like to go through their mail personally, the majority simply do not have time. But the fate of their correspondence is something most committed fans will not wish, to dwell on, says Lynn Zubernis，an expert in the psychology of fandom at West Chester University. “Theres this little bi
21、t of every fan that thinks theirs will be the one that stands outits not an expectation, but a hope that theirs will be seen by the celebrity.” While the relationship between the fan and the celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former, it stems from a deeply-rooted human / 11 need for communi
22、ty and belonging, Zubernis believes. As a result, even receiving a mass-produced letter of acknowledgement and a photo stamped with a reproduced signature can be a powerful experience. “People have a tremendous need to connect with the person they are idolizing （偶像化）,” she says. “They cant ring them
23、 up and say, Can we have coffee? Its not about the autograph （签名） ,Its about the moment of connection.” 21. Which of the following statements is true?A.Some letters to Swift were thrown away unread. B.The letters in the bin were exaggerating. C. A woman discovered the letters and discarded them. D.
24、Poorly decorated letters were left unread. 22. Swifts management claimed that . A. Swift had read each one of the letters B. fans could trust them with their letters / 12 C. they didnt intend to throw away the letters D. they were quick in response to the incident 23. Most celebrities . A. are afrai
25、d of receiving fan mail B. are too busy to read fan mail C. try their best to read fan mail themselves D. care about the fate of fan mail24. According to Zubernis, fans want their letters to be read becaus e they . A. hope to show their hand drawings B. want the celebrities to see their talent C.dre
26、am of getting a photo of the stars D. desire to get connected with the stars 25. Which of the following will fans cherish the most?/ 13 A. The sense of being similar to their stars. B. The feeling of being related to their stars. C. The time spent with their stars. D. The autograph of their stars. P
27、assage Twoof the science attended a lecture on I Five or six years ago, attention. A philosopher who conducts research in the medical school was talking about attention blindness, the basic feature of the human to us one task, causes on brain that, when we concentrate intensely miss just about every
28、thing else. Because we cant see what we cant us He had in catch us the act. determined our see, lecturer was to watch a video of six people tossing basketballs back and forth, three in white shirts and three in black, and our task was to keep track only of everyone and tape rolled, white. The the to
29、sses among the people in began counting.the （有阅读障碍的），dyslexic and Im except Everyone me, moment I saw that grainy tape with the confusing basketball tossers, I knew I wouldnt be able to keep track of their movements, so I let / 14 my mind wander. My curiosity was aroused, though, when about 30 seconds into the tape, a gorilla （大猩猩）came in among the players. She （we later learned a female student was in the gorilla suit） stared at the came
