2011法语专业八级考试真题
2011年专八真题 部分解析
听力TIPS：(1) 根据原文中一句“A high-context culture is a culture in which the context of the message, or the action, or an event carries a large part of its meaning and significance.”可知答案。
(2) 根据原文“What this means is that in a high-context culture, more attention is paid to what's happening in and around the message than to the message itself.”可知答案。
(3) 根据原文“Generally speaking, in a high-context culture, because this greater dependency on group thinking, people lean towards heavier sense of involvement or closene ss to people.”可得出答案。
(4) 根据原文“And also people from a high-context culture pay attention to body language.”可得出答案。
(5) 根据原文“People in high-context cultures, are considered to have, what is called a poly-chronic attitude toward time.”可得出答案。
(6) 根据原文“A low-context culture is one in which the message, the event or the action is a separate entity, having meaning onto itself, regardless of the surroundings or the context.”可得出答案。
法语考试题及参考答案
法语考试题及参考答案( ) 1. Y a-t-il ____ que je puisse faire pour t’aider ?A. chacunB. personneC. quelque choseD. certains( ) 2. Dans ____ des fermes de cette commune, on réserve un accueil chaleureux aux touristes venus de tous les coins du monde.A. chaqueB. chacuneC. chacunD. aucun( ) 3. Je ne peux pas vous prêter ces livres de référence, ce sont justement ____ j’ai besoin pour préparer un discours.A. ceux queB. celles queC. ce dontD. ceux dont( ) 4. Je n’aime pas beaucoup le théâtre, mais j’y suis allée ____.A. fréquemmentB. tout à l’heureC. tout de mêmeD. néanmoins( ) 5. L’aînée de mes deux filles est celle ____ je peux toujours compter.A. à quiB. pour quiC. avec quiD. sur qui( ) 6. A la veille du Nouvel An, le président de la Répu blique souhaite une bonne et heureuse année à tous les citoyens et leurprésente ses ____.A. salutationsB. félicitationsC. meilleurs voeuxD. hommages( ) 7. ____ la pluie, ils sont sortis jouer dans la cour.A. MalgréB. Grâce àC. A même deD. Au suje t de( ) 8. Après réflexions, elle a ____ ses projets ambitieux.A. rejetéB. abordéC. renoncé àD. abandonné( ) 9. Pascal ____ tout à coup qu’il avait un rendez-vous avec ses camarades de classe à 7 heures du soir au Café de Flore.A. s’est souvenuB. s’est survenuC. s’est appeléD. est appelé( ) 10. ____ il arrive un quart d’heure en avance à l’aéroport, il n’a pas pu partir.A. MalgréB. Quoiqu’C. Quelqu’D. Quoi qu’( ) 11. Ne prenez pas de thé le soir ____ il vous empêche de dormir.A. ains i qu’B. à condition qu’C. de même qu’D. de peur qu’( ) 12. Hier après-midi, j’ai rencontré dans la rue un ____ ami.A. vieilleB. vieilC. vieuxD. vieillard( ) 13. Avant la Libération, les gens pauvre vivaient ____.A. de jour en jourB. au jour le jourC. chaque jourD. du jour au lendemain( ) 14. J’aime bien mes parents comme vous aimez ____.A. les miensB. les siensC. les vôtresD. les nôtres( ) 15. Pouvez-vous venir ____ huit et neuf heures ?A. avantB. aprèsC. entreD. à( ) 16. Connaissez-vous la ville ____ j’ai fait mes études universitaires ?A. d’oùB. dontC. oùD. là( ) 17. C’est ____ elle que j’ai mené à bien mon projet.A. à cause d’B. grâce àC. commeD. parce qu’( ) 18. La revue que tu vois là n’est pas ____ que j’ai lue il y a deux semaines.A. celuiB. celaC. ceD. celle( ) 19. Nous avons appris cette nouvelle ____ un journalfrançais.A. selonB. parC. dansD. en( ) 20. Le faux et le vrai sont parfois difficiles ____ distinguer.A. deB. àC. pourD. avec( ) 21. C’est un acteur peu célèbre ____ beaucoup ont oublié le nom.A. queB. dontC. parce queD. puisque( ) 22. Nous sommes parties dès le petit matin ____ rater le train.A. pourB. de peur deC. afin deD. en cas de( ) 23. Cette fillette mignonne a ____ gr andi depuis une année que j’ai du mal à la reconnaître.A. tantB. viteC. siD. très( ) 24. Ce problème est très difficile. ____ étudiants ne sont pas arrivés à le résoudre.A. AucunsB. QuelqueC. ChacunD. Certains( ) 25. Les étudiantes de notre cla sse sont ____ contentes de participer à l’entraînement militaire.A. tousB. touteC. toutD. toutes( ) 26. Mon fils est ____ petit pour aller à l’école.A. siB. tropC. assezD. tellement( ) 27. Connaissez-vous la dame ____ qui vous allez vous adresser ?A. àB. deC. avecD. pour( ) 28. Ma femme a horreur de cette chanson. Elle adore ____ tu as écoutée hier soir.A. ce queB. laquelleC. celleD. celle que( ) 29. Tu étais en train de faire tes devoirs quand ____ dans la chambre.A. j’ai entréB.j’entreC. j’entraisD. je suis entré( ) 30. ____ on a faim, on veut prendre quelque chose dans ce restaurant.A. LorsB. CarC. CommeD. Donc1. C2. B3. D4. C5. D6. C7. A8. C9. A 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. C 16. C17. B 18. D 19. C 20. B 21. B 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. D 26. B 27.A 28. D 29. D 30. C。
高级2011年12月08级
法语二外III 12月5日√√英语0821,08222011－2012学年第一学期法语二外期末考试试卷( A卷)Ⅰ.Complétez les phrases suivantes en choisissant la bonne réponse :1.Nous étudions le français, c’est ______belle langue.A. laB. uneC. unD. le2.En général, nous rentrons chez nous une fois ______mois.A. laB. tout leC. chaqueD. par3.Le films ______vous m’avez présenté est très intéressant.A. quiB. queC. oùD. ce que4.Je l’ai vu ______un monsieur fr ançais qui cousait avec lui.A. à la rechercheB. au milieu d’C. à coté d’D. contre5.Tu as acheté un bon roman, prête- _______, s’il vous plaît.A. moiB. le-moiC. m’enD. moi-le6.Je n’ai pas demandé ______vin, mais de l a bière.A. leB. deC. ceD. du7.Oh là là ! Il y a trop de monde dans la rue ! Je me demande ______se passe.A. qu’est-ce queB. qu’est-ce quiC. ce queD. ce qui8.Il est ______intelligent pour ne pas comprendre.A. trèsB. plusC. beaucoupD. trop9.je vais aller ______Paris dans trois jours.A. àB. enC. auD. chez10.A midi, j’ai mangé ______viande .A. laB. de laC. leD. du11.Elles étaient ______invitées à la soirée.A. toutB. touteC. tousD. toutes12.Le matin, il y a eu ______soleil magnifique, mais après-midi, le ciel était couvert.A. unB. leC. duD. de la13.De nous t ous, c’est Marie qui danse______.A. mieuxB. bienC. le mieuxD. très mieux14.Nous avons vu une auto s’arrêter _______cette maison.A. avantB. aprèsC. devantD. dehors15.Elle porte toujours de ______.A. beaus bijouxB. beaux bijousC. beaus bijousD. beaux bijoux16.Personne ne songeait à ______les bonnes manières.A. le faire apprendreB. lui étudierC. lui faire apprendreD. lui fait apprendre17.Moi, je n’ai pas ______temps de sortir avec toi ce soir.A. duB. deC. unD. le18.Avant de signer, lisez bien ______est écrit sur le contrat.A. ce à quoiB. ce quiC. ce dontD. ce que19.Ne jette pas ces photos-là. Ce sont justement ______je veux acheter.A. celles queB. celles quiC. ceux queD. ceux qui20.les parents ne permettent pas ______enfants ______regarder la télévision.A. aux ; àB. des ; deC. aux ; deD. les ; àⅡ.Remplacez les blancs par un mot convenable ou supprimez-les s’il y a lieu.1. A paris, on peut voir _des_____films de tous _les_____pays.2.Quand nous avons soif, nous prenons _de l’_____eau ou _de la _____bière.3.Elle s’intéresse à _aux _____autres.4.Tous les étudiants de notre classe ont assisté ______ cette conférence.5.Elle nous a parlé ______son voyage ______Grande-Bretagne.6.Wang Hong a profité ______son séjour en France pour connaître la vie des Français.7.Le professeur parle ______deux heures, et il n’a pas l’air de s’arrêter.8.Je viens d’acheter une robe ______me va très bien.9.les photos ______je regarde me rappellent de bons souvenirs.10.le village ______habitent nos amis se trouve près de Deauville.11.je voulais acheter des pantalons. Je ______ai trouvé deux, et je ______ai pris.12.Si tu as besoin d’aide, tu peux ______téléphoner.13.______ me prêtes 50F? Je ______ ______ rendrai la semaine prochaine.14.Il sortait du magasin quand je ______ entrais.15.Anne n’est pas Français, et Max ______.Ⅲ.Mettez les verbes entre parenthèses au temps et au mode qui conviennent :1.Quand elle arrive à la gare, le train ( partir) __________ déjà.2.Elle lisait le journal quand je ( entrer ) __________ dans sa chambre.3.Je ( partir) __________ pour Paris le mois prochain.4.Il m’a prévenu qu’il (ne pas rentrer) __________ ce soir.5.(Descendre) __________ tout de suite du train avant q u’il ne parte.6.(Descendre) __________ ! Tu verras ce qui s’est passé.7. A paris, quand Monique avait fini son travail, elle (se promener ) _________ au parc.8.Il m’a dit que je (avoir)__________ tort.9.Le règlement devra (rédiger) __________ par le directeur et tout le personnel.10.M. Durant a commis une erreur sans le (savoir)__________11.Avant de s’installer à Paris, ils (habiter) __________ au Strasbourg.12.Le parlement compte (modifier)__________ le texte de la loi.13.je lis les lettres que tu me (écrire)__________ l’année dernière.14.Cinquante ans, ce n’est plus un âge où l’on (apprendre)__________facilement une langueétrangère.15.Quand j’étais enfant, je (se rendre)__________tous les ans chez mes grands-parents.16.Il y a cinquante ans, la campagne autour de Venise (êtr e)__________l’une des plus bellesdu monde.17.Je ferai ce qu’il vous (plaire)__________18.Hier soir, après le dîner, elles (se promener)__________ au bord de la mer.bien de kilos (perdre-il) ___________ depuis qu’il est malade.20.Hélène, regarde le ciel, re ntrons tout de suite, il (faire)__________ de l’orage.Ⅳ.Soulignez les fautes dans les phrases suivantes, puis corrigez-les.1.V oilà ceux qui fréquentent le plus peu la bibliothèque.2.Fanny a vu sa mère acheté des pommes. séance s’est terminée plutôt qu’on le prévoir.4.puisqu’il ne pleut plus maintenant, je n’ai pas besoin à porter mon parapluie.5.Pardon, Monsieur, je n’ai pas encore compris celui que vous venez d’expliquer.6.Il me demande qui s’est passé hier dans la rue voisine.7.Quant à ce problème, il faut bien lui réfléchir.8.Tous les étudiants trouvent cette pièce de théâtre émouvant.9.Au lieu de téléphoner à mon frère, il a écrit une lettre à lui pour si peu de chose.10.Je pense que c’ami s’est tout à fait trompé.Ⅴ.Lisez les textes suivants et choisissez la meilleure réponse pour chaque question :Une promenade en voitureHier papa nous avait dit : «S’il fait beau demain, nous irons nous promener en voiture, je vous le promets. » Et aujourd’hui, il nous a dit : « comme il fait beau, nous allons donc dans le forêt ; nous ferons le tour du lac . » Très contents, mon frère et moi, nous montons dans la voiture. Papa met le moteur en marche ; et en route pour la forêt.Notre voiture est une vielle auto, elle n’est pas rapide, elle est plutôt lent e. Et papa dit toujours : « Jen’aime pas la vitesse parce que c’est dangereux. Je n’aime pas conduire comme un fou. Je ne veux pas écraser les chiens, ni les chats, ni les personnes qui vont à pied, à bicyclette ou à moto. »Mais voilà qu’à mi-chemin, no tre voiture s’est arrêtée : impossible de continuer notre route. Elle ne voulait ni avancer ni reculer. Au début nous avons ri, parce que c’était drôle d’entendre papa crier, de le voir mettre sa tête dans le moteur, pousser la voiture, puis enlever les ro ues…Mais…ce n’est qu’au bout de deux heures que nous sommes reparties. Et savez-vous la cause de tout cela ? Eh bien, notre voiture n’avait plus d’essence.1.Quand ont-ils fait le voyage ?A. AuparavantB. HierC. Aujourd’huiD. Depuis longtempsment est leur voiture ? famille a une belle voiture mais un peu dangereuse. voiture n’est pas nouvelle, elle ne roule pas vite. voiture est ancienne, mais elle marche bien. voiture est en bon état, mais papa ne veut pas rouler vite.3. A quel moment la voiture s’est-elle arrêtée ?A.Au moment de leur départ, la voiture s’est arrêtée. voiture s’est arrêtée quand ils étaient en route.C.Quand ils veulent se reposer, la voiture s’est arrêtée. voiture s’est arrêtée quand ils sont arrivés à la forêt.4.Pourquoi la voiture s’est-elle arrêtée ? voiture a manqué d’essence.B.Le moteur de la voiture était en panne.C.Le chemin n’est pas bon, ils devaient pousser la voiture.D.Il y avait des problème pour les roues de la voiture.bien de temps ont-ils perdu en chemin ?A.Ils n’ont pas perdu beaucoup de temps.B. A deux heures de l’après-midi, ils sont repartis, ils ont beaucoup de temps.C.Ils ont perdu presque six heures, parce qu’ils ont partis le matin.D.Ils ont perdu presque deux heures.Ⅵ.Complétez les textes suivants en choisissant la bonne réponses :Une lettre de DavidJe t’écris ___1___ français pour te montrer mes ___2___. Tout va bien pour moi. L’automne à Paris est bien joli. Il faut ____3__ sur les bords de la Seine : belle lumière, petit vent frais, les feuilles tombent, les enfants sortent ____4__ l’école et s’amusent, il y a des pigeons partout, et des marchandes de fleurs ____5__ rues. C’est gai, c’est Paris, j’aime !Non, non, je ne suis pas amoureux. Je suis vraiment ___6___ d’être là. Je vois beaucoup de choses : le Louvre, le tour de Paris en bateau, Versailles, monter en haut de Notre-Dame, etc.Mais je dois __7____ dire une chose : Je n’ai presque plus ___8___ argent. Alors, si tu peux m’envoyer l’argent du mois ___9___ assez vite… Je sais, on est seulement le 10. Mais comme disent les Français, la vie est ____10__ ici ! J’habite dans un petit hôtel très simple, mais c’est quand même ____11__ francs pour la chambre et le petit déjeuner. Il vaut mieux que je trouve une chambre à loue r. Je cherche ___12___ moment, mais j’ai beaucoup de difficultés à trouver un studio avec une salle de bains, une petite cuisine et le téléphone. __13____ francs par mois, c’est trop cher pour moi.Je ne t’écris pas pour ___14___ ; au contraire. Je suis très content. Il y a seulement cette question d’argent, un peu difficile. ___15___ de donner des leçon d’anglais, mais…Tu me comprends ? Je t’embrasse.Choisissez la bonne réponse :1. A. en B. à C. au D. dans le2. A. notes B. progrès C. sentiments D. buts3. A. manger B. visiter C. se promener D. rire4. A. dans B. à C. de D. chez5. A. dans les B. sur les C. sous les D. au coin des6. A. content B. triste C. mécontent D. contre7. A. vous B. nous C. tu D. te8. A. de l’ B. d’ C. l’ D. un9. A. prochain B. avant C. dernier D. après10.A. cher B. chère C. cherre D. chèr11.A. cents B. cente C. un cent D. cent12.A. dans un B. en ce C. dans le D. à ce13.A. trois milles B. trois mille C. troi milles D. troi mille14.A. apprendre B. étudier C. discuter D. me plaindre15.A. J’essaie B. Je veux C. Je peux D. j’aimeraisⅦ.Traduisez le texte suivant en chinois.la nature polluéeLa nature est en danger : les animaux, les plantes sont gravement malades, certains meurent, disparaissent pour toujours. L’eau que nous buvons, l’air que nous respirons, sont, chaque jour, de moins en moins purs. Cela vous étonne ? C’est que nous sommes aveugles devant cette lente destruction de la nature. Et pourtant, nous somm es tous destructeurs, tous coupables. Nous , c’est à dire, vous moi, tous les hommes vivant dans le monde actuel. Saurons-nous arrêter avant qu’il soit trop tard !Ⅷ.Traduisez les phrases suivantes en français.1.因为天气不好，况且我也很忙，所以今晚我不和你们去看电影了。
专八改错_历届(2000年-2011年)真题及答案
2000 年-2011 年专八短文改错试题，参考答案以及答案分析By 兰银清以下答案以上外教师给出的答案为参考答案2011年专八真题改错部分From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knewthat when I grew I should be a writer. Between the ages of about 1__________seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did sowith the conscience that I was outraging my true nature and that 2___________soon or later I should have to settle down and write books. 3___________I was the child of three, but there was a gap of five years 4__________on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. Forthis and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developeddisagreeing mannerisms which made me unpopular throughout my 5_____________schooldays. I had the lonely child's habit of making up stories andholding conversations with imaginative persons, and I think from 6_________the very start my literal ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of 7________being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with wordsand a power of facing in unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created 8________a sort of private world which I could get my own back for my failure 9________in everyday life. Therefore, the volume of serious — i.e. seriously 10________intended — writing which I produced all through my childhood andboyhood would not amount to half a dozen pages. I wrote my firstpoem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation.1，在grow后加up, 考固定短语2，改consience为consciousness 考词语区别，consience翻译为“良心，道德心”, consiousness翻译为“意识”3，改soon为sooner，sooner or later是固定短语4，在child前加middle, 考上下文理解。
2011年专8真题答案（含听力材料）
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2011)-GRADE EIGHT-TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS(2011)-GRADE EIGHT-2011年英语专业八级参考答案Part I Listening Comprehension—Section A Mini-lecture1. and significance2. the context\ what is doing3. closeness to people4. body language5. polychronic6. in itself7. personal space8. monochrome9. lateness10. multicultural situationSECTION B INTERVIEW 1-5 BDACB SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST 6-10 ACBAD PART II Reading Comprehension11-15 ABCAB 16-20 ABACA 21-25 DDCCA 26-30 DBACBPART III General Knowledge 31-35BDABD 36-40 CACACPART VI Proofreading & Error Correction1. grew 后加up2. conscience 改成consciousness3. soon 改成sooner4. the 去掉5. disagreeing 改成disagreeable6. imaginative 改成imaginary7. literal 改成literary8. in 去掉9. which 前加in 10. Therefore, 改成NeverthelessPart V Translation—Section A Chinese To EnglishBeing hasty and at leisure are two quite distinct lifestyles. But in the real world, people have to frequently shuttle between these two lifestyles, sometimes not sure whether they are“at ease”or“in a rush”.For example, we’re enjoying our holidays in the resort while suenly we receive phone calls from the boss who tells us there are some troubles with our customers and work—so at this moment the modern, convenient and advanced device shows its vicious and gloomy features—and we lose all our interest. The subsequent leisure is the mere showy for we are in a restless and anxious state of mind.Section B English to Chinese飞机飞越尼泊尔上空时。
专八语言学试题【答案版本】
专八语言学试题【答案版本】1. F. de. Saussure is a (n) __________linguist.A. AmericanB. BritishC. SwissD. RussianSwiss linguist. The founder of structural linguistics, he declared that there is only an arbitrary relationship between a linguistic sign and that which it signifies. The posthumously published collection of his lectures,Course in General Linguistics (1916), is a seminal work of modern linguistics.索绪尔，费迪南德·德：(1857-1913) 瑞士语言学家，结构主义语言的创始人，他声称在语言符号和其所指含义之间仅有一种模糊的关系。
他死后，他的讲演集出版为《普通语言学教程》（1916年），是现代语言学的开山之作2.N. Chomsky is a(n) ______linguist.Canadian B. American C. French D. SwissAmerican linguist who revolutionized the study of language with his theory of generative grammar, set forth inSyntactic Structures (1957).乔姆斯基，诺阿姆：(生于1928) 美国语言学家，他在《句法结构》（1957年）一书中所阐述的关于生成语法的理论曾使语言学研究发生突破性进展3.___________is the study of speech sounds in language or a language with reference totheir distribution and patterning and to tacit rules governing pronunciation.A.PhonologyB. Lexicography 词典编纂C. lexicology词典学D.Morphology词态词态学音位学研究的是一种语言的整个语音系统及其分布，包括某一特定语言里的语音和音位分部和结合的规律。
专八真题及参考答案!培训讲学
1.B Declining capacity to learn syntax2.D Difficulty stems from either difference pr similarity3.A The traditional method4.C The monitor hypothesis5.B Differences between mother tongue and a second language6.A Greyhound is Britain's largest bus and train operator7.C Fires near the capital were the biggest8.B Troops were brought to help firefighters9.A Few job opportunities in Mexco 10.D the ceconomic downturn in the U.S. TEXT A 11.A the family structure 12.B English working class homes have spacious sitting rooms 13.C stark 14. A togetherness 15. B constant pressure from the state TEXT B 16. A it further explains high-tech hubris 17. B slow growth of the US economy 18. A integrated the use of paper and the digital form 19. C more digital data use leads to greater paper use 20. A he review the situation from different perspectives TEXT C 21.D because Britons are still conscious of their class status 22. D income is unimportant in determining which class one belongs to 23. C Occupation and class are no longer related to each other 24. C fewer types of work 25. A showing modesty TEXD D 26. D awkwardness 27. B luxurious 28. A they the couple as an object of fun 29. C sweeping over the horizon, a precipice30. B the couple feel ill at ease 附：2011 年英语语语八语考语语语语理解部分（影印版）真2011 年语八语语考答案（改语部分）真参源：来语思英语日期：2011-03-05 语语18017 次作者: 语语0 条语划已用启语入语语投稿语思英语语者按：2011 年3 月5 日英语语语八语考语语束后，语思英语语语相语语家语考语做相网即语分析，周玉亮老语语语其中今年语八考语改语和校语部分语语源至真来George Orwell 作品Why I Write 的第一二段，大家不用再语语上各语版本的答案。
2011年专业八级真题及答案详细
2011年英语全真试题Part ⅠListening Comprehension (40 min)In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONL Y. Listen carefully a nd then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response to each ques tion on your Coloured Answer Sheet.SECTION A TALKQuestions 1 to 5 refer to the talk in this section. At the end of the talk you w ill be given 15 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now list en to the talk.1. Changes in the size of the World Bank’ s operations re fer to ___.A. the expansion of its loan programmeB. the inclusion of its hard loansC. the inclusion of its soft loansD. the previous lending policies2. What actually made the Bank change its overall lending strategy?A. Reluctance of people in poor countries to have small families.B. Lack of basic health services and inequality in income distribution.C. The discovery that a low fertility rate would lead to economic development.D. Poor nutrition and low literacy in many poor countries of the world.3. The change in emphasis of the Bank’s lending policies meant that the Bank would ___.A. be more involved in big infrastructure projectsB. adopt similar investment strategies in poor and rich countriesC. embark upon a review of the investment in huge dams and steel millsD.invest in projects that would benefit the low-income sector of society4. Which of the following is NOT a criticism of the bank?A. Colossal travel expenses of its staff.B. Fixed annual loans to certain countries.C. Limited impact of the Bank’s projects.D. Role as a financial deal maker.5. Throughout the talk, the speaker is ___ while introducing the Wor ld Bank.A. biasedB. unfriendlyC. objectiveD. sensationalSECTION B CONVERSATIONQuestions 6 to 10 are based on a conversation. At the end of the conversation yo u will be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the conversatio n.6. The man sounds surprised at the fact that ___.A. many Australians are taking time off to travelB. the woman worked for some time in New ZealandC. the woman raised enough money for travelD. Australians prefer to work in New Zealand7. We learn that the woman liked Singapore mainly because of its ___.A. cleannessB. multi-ethnicityC. modern characteristicsD. shopping opportunities8. From the conversation we can infer that Kaifeng and Yinchuan impressed the woman with their ___.A. respective locationsB. historic interestsC. ancient tombsD. Jewish descendants9. Which of the following words can best describe the woman’s feelings a bout Tibet?A. Amusement.B. Disbelief.C. Ecstasy.D. Delig ht10. According to the conversation, it was that made the woman ready to stop traveling.A. the unsettledness of travelB. the difficulties of trekkingC. the loneliness of travelD. the unfamiliar environmentSECTION C NEWS BROADCASTQuestions 11 and 12 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.11. Mike Tyson was put in prison last August because he ___.A. violated the traffic lawB. illegally attacked a boxerC. attacked sb. after a traffic accidentD. failed to finish his contract12. The license granted to Tyson to fight will be terminated ___.A. by the end of the yearB. in over a yearC. in AugustD. in a few weeksQuestion 13 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you wil l be given 15 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.13. The Russian documents are expected to draw great attention because ___.A. they cover the whole story of the former US presidentB. the assassin used to live in the former Soviet UnionC. they are the only official documents released about KennedyD. they solved the mystery surrounding Kennedy’s assassinationQuestion 14 and 15 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,you will be given 30 seconds to answer the questions. New listen to the news.14. In the recent three months, Hong Kong’s unemployment rate has ___.A. increased slowlyB. decreased graduallyC. st a yed steadyD. become unpredictable15. According to the news, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Business conditions have worsened in the past three months.B. The past three months have seen a declining trend in job offers.C. The rise of unemployment rate in some sectors equals the fall in others.D. The unemployment rate in all sectors of the economy remains unchanged.SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLINGFill each of gaps with ONE word. You may refer to your notes. Make sure the word you fill in is both grammatically and semantically acceptable.The Press ConferenceThe press conference has certain advantages. The first advantage lies with the(1)___ nature of the event itself; public officials are supposed to 1.___submit to scrutiny by responding to various questions at a press conference.Secondly, statements previously made at a press conference can be used as a(2)___ in judging following statements or policies. Moreover, in case 2.___of important events, press conferences are an effective way to break the newsto groups of reporters.However, from the point of view of (3)___, the press conference 3.___possesses some disadvantages, mainly in its(4)___ and news source. 4.___The provider virtually determines the manner in which a press conferenceproceeds. This, sometimes, puts news reporters at a(n)(5)___ , as can 5.___be seen on live broadcasts of news conferences.Factors in getting valuable information preparation: a need to keep up to date on journalistic subject matter;—(6)___ of the news source: 6.___1 ) news source’ s (7)___ to7.___provide information;2)news-gathering methods.Conditions under which news reporters cannot trust the informationprovided by a news source— not knowing the required information;— knowing and willing to share the information, but without(8)___ skills; 8.___— knowing the information, but unwilling to share;— willing to share, but unable to recall.(9)___ of questions asked 9.___Ways of improving the questions:no words with double meanings;no long questions;— specific time, place, etc.;— (10) questions; 10.___— clear alternatives, or no alternatives in answers.改错Part ⅡProofreading and Error Correction (15 min)The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in thefollowing way. For a wrong word,underline the wrong word and wri te the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word,mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word y ou believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.ExampleWhen∧art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an it never／buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never them on the wall. When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibitDuring the early years of this century, wheat was seen as thevery lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watchedthe yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if 1.___they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing 2.___favorite topic of conversation.War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketingthe western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grainselling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could 3.___not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often thatthey sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts 4.___were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. 5.___On various occasions, producer groups, asked firmer control, 6.___but the government had no wish to become involving, at 7.___least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to runwild.Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal 8.___government appointed a board of grain supervisors to deal withdeliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchangetrading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices fixed by theboard. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government 9.___appointed the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to 10.___buy, sell, and set prices.阅读理解APart ⅢReading Comprehension (40 min)SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (30 min)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet.TEXT A“Twenty years ago, Blackpool turned its back on the sea and tried to make i tself into anentertain ment centre. ” say Robin Wood, a local official. “Now t he thinki ng is that we should try, to refocus on the sea and make Blackpool a fami ly destination again.” To say that Blackpool neglected the sea is to put it mil d ly. In 1976 the European Community, as it then was called, instructed member nati ons to make their beaches conform to certain minimum standards of cleanliness wi thin ten years. Britain, rather than complying, took the novel strategy of conte nding that many of its most popular beaches were not swimming beaches at all. Be cause of Britain’s climate the sea-bathing season is short, and most people don ’ t go in above their knees anyway-and hence can’t really be said to be swimming. By averaging out the number of people actually swimming across 365 days of the y ear, the government was able to persuade itself, if no one else, that Britain ha d hardly any real swimming beaches.As one environmentalist put it to me: “You had the ludicrous situation in w hich Luxembourg had mere listed public bathing beaches than the whole of the Uni ted Kingdom. It was preposterous.”Meanwhile, Blackpool continued to discharge raw sewage straight into the se a. Finally after much pressure from both environmental groups and the European U nion, the local water authority built a new waste-treatment facility for the who le of Blackpool and neighbouring communities. The facility came online in June 1 996. For the first time since the industrial revolution Blackpool’s waters are safe to swim in.That done, the town is now turning its attention to making the sea-front me re visually attractive. The promenade, once a rather elegant place to stroll, ha d become increasingly tatty and neglected. “It was built in Victorian times and needed a thorough overhaul anyway, ”says Wood, “so we decided to make aestheti c imp rovements at the same time, to try to draw people back to it.” Blackpool rec e ntly spent about $1.4 million building new kiosks for vendors and improving seat ing around the Central Pier and plans to spend a further $ 15 million on various amenity projects.The most striking thing about Blackpool these days compared with 20 years a go is how empty its beaches are. When the tide is out, Blackpool’s beaches are a vast plain of beckoning sand. They look spacious enough to accommodate comforta bly the entire populace of northern England. Ken Welsby remembers days when, as he puts it,“ you couldn’t lay down a handkerchief on this beach, it was that c rowded.”Welsby comes from Preston, 20 miles down the road, and has been visiting Bl ackpool all his life. Now retired, he had come for the day with his wife, Kitty, and their three young grandchildren who were gravely absorbed in building a san dcastle. “Two hundred thousand people they’d have on this beach sometimes.” W elsby said. “You can’t imagine i t now, can you?”Indeed I could not. Though it was a bright sunny day in the middle of summe r. I counted just 13 people scattered along a half mile or so of open sand. Exce pt for those rare times when hot weather and a public holiday coincide, it is li ke this nearly always now.“You can’t imagine how exciting it was to come here for the day when we w er e young.” Kitty said. “Even from Preston, it was a big treat. Now children don ’t want the beach. They want arcade games and rides in helico pters and goodness kn ows what else.” She stared out over the glittery water. “We’ll never see thos e days again. It’s sad really.”“But your grandchildren seem to be enjoying it,” I po inted out.“For the moment, ”Ken said. “For the moment.”Afterward I went for a long walk along the empty beach, then went back to th e town centre and treated myself to a large portion of fish-and-chips wrapped in paper. The way they cook it in Blackpool, it isn’t so much a meal as an invita t ion to a hear t attack, but it was delicious. Far out over the sea the sun was se tting with such splendor that I would almost have sworn I could hear the water h iss where it touched.Behind me the lights of Blackpool Tower were just twinkling on, and the str eets were beginning to fill with happy evening throngs. In the purply light of d usk the town looked peaceful and happy — enchanting even — and there was an engaging air of expectancy, of fun about to happen. Somewhat to my surprise, I r ealized that this place was beginning to grow on me.16. At the beginning, the passage seems to suggest that Blackpool ___.A. will continue to remain as an entertainment centreB. complied with EC’s standar ds of clearlinessC. had no swimming beaches all alongD. is planning to revive its former attraction17. We can learn from the passage that Blackpool used to ___.A. have as many beaches as LuxumbourgB. have seriously polluted drinking waterC. boast some imposing seafront sightsD. attract few domestic holiday makers18. What Blackpool’s beaches strike visitors most is their ___.A. emptinessB. cleanlinessC. modernityD. monotonyTEXT BPundits who want to sound judicious are fond of warning against generalizin g. Each country is different, they say, and no one story fits all of Asia. This is, of course, silly: all of these economies plunged into economic crisis within a few months of each other, so they must have had something in common.In fact, the logic of catastrophe was pretty much the same in Thailand, Mal aysia, Indonesia and South Korea. (Japan is a very different story. ) In each ca se investors——mainly, but not entirely, foreign banks who had made short-term loans——all tried to pull their money out at the same time. The result was a co mbined banking and currency crisis: a banking crisis because no bank can convert all its assets into cash on short notice; a currency crisis because panicked in vestors were trying not only to convert long-term assets into cash, but to conve rt baht or rupiah into dollars. In the face of the stampede, governments had no good options. If they let their currencies plunge inflation would soar and compa nies that had borrowed in dollars would go bankrupt; if they tried to support th eir currencies by pushing up interest rates, the same firms would probably go bu st from the combination of debt burden and recession. In practice, countries’ s plit the difference—— and paid a heavy price regardless.Was the crisis a punishment for bad economic management? Like most cliches, the catchphrase“ crony capitalism” has prospered because it gets at something r eal: excessively cozy relationships between government and business really did l ead to a lot of bad investments. The still primitive financial structure of Asia n business also made the economies peculiarly vulnerable to a loss of confidence . But the punishment was surely disproportionate to the crime, and many investme nts that look foolish in retrospect seemed sensible at the time.Given that there were no good policy options, was the policy response mainl y on the fight track? There was frantic blame-shifting when everything in Asia s eemed to be going wrong: now there is a race to claim credit when some things ha ve started to go right. The international Monetary Fund points to Korea’s recov e ry——and more generally to the fact that the sky didn’t fall after all —— a s proof that its policy recommendations were right. Never mind that other IMF cli ents have done far worse, and that the economy of Malaysia —— which refused IM F help, and horrified respectable opinion by imposing capital controls ——also seems to be on the mend. Malaysia’s prime Minister, by contrast, claims full cr e dit for any good news——even though neighbouring economies also seem to have bo ttomed out.The truth is that an observer without any ax to grind would probably concl ude that none of the policies adopted either on or in defiance of t he IMF’s adv i ce made much difference either way. Budget policies, interest rate policies, ban king reform ——whatever countries tried, just about all the capital that could flee, did. And when there was no mere money to run, the natural recuperative po wers of the economies finally began to prevail. At best, the money doctors who p urported to offer cures provided a helpful bedside manner; at worst, they were l ike medieval physicians who prescribed bleeding as a remedy for all ills.Will the patients stage a full recovery? It depends on exactly what you me an by “full”. South Korea’s industrial production is already above its pre-cr isi s level; but in the spring of 1997 anyone who had predicted zero growth in Korea n industry over the next two years would have been regarded as a reckless doomsa yer. So if by recovery you mean not just a return to growth, but one that brings the region’s performance back to something like what people used to regard as the Asian norm, they have a long way to go.19. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the w riter’s opinion?A. Countries paid a heavy price for whichever measure taken.B. Countries all found themselves in an economic dilemma.C. Withdrawal of foreign capital resulted in the crisis.D. Most governments chose one of the two options.20. The writer thinks that those Asian countries ___.A. well deserved the punishmentB. invested in a senseless way at the timeC. were unduly punished in the crisisD. had bad relationships between government and business21. It can be inferred from the passage that IMF policy recommendations ___.A. were far from a panacea in all casesB. were feasible in their recipient countriesC. failed to work in their recipient countriesD. were rejected unanimously by Asian countries22. At the end of the passage, the writer seems to think that a full reco very of the Asian economy is ___.A. dueB. remoteC. imaginativeD. unpredictableTEXT CHuman migration: the term is vague. What people usually think of is the per manent movement of people from one home to another. More broadly, though, migrat ion means all theways——from the seasonal drift of agricultural workers within a country to the relocation of refugees from one country to another.Migration is big, dangerous, compelling. It is 60 million Europeans leaving home from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It is some 15 million Hindus, Skihs, and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens between India and Pakis tan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947.Migration is the dynamic undertow of population change: everyone’s solutio n , everyone’s conflict. As the century turns, migration, with its inevitable eco n omic and political turmoil, has been called“ one of the greatest challenges of the coming century.”But it is much more than that. It is, as has always been, the great adventu re of human life. Migration helped create humans, drove us to conquer the planet , shaped our societies, and promises to reshape them again.“You have a history book written in your genes, ”said Spencer Wells. The bo ok he’s trying to read goes back to long before even the first word was written , and it is a story of migration.Wells, a tall, blond geneticist at Stanford University, spent the summer of 1998 exploring remote parts of Transcaucasia and Central Asia with three collea gues in a Land Rover, looking for drops of blood. In the blood, donated by the p eople he met, he will search for the story that genetic markers can tell of the long paths human life has taken across the Earth. Genetic studies are the latest technique in a long effort of modern humans t o find out where they have come from. But however the paths are traced, the basi c story is simple: people have been moving since they were people. If early huma ns hadn’t moved and intermingled as much as they did, they probably would have c ontinued to evolve into different species. From beginnings in Africa, most resea rchers agree, groups of hunter-gatherers spread out, driven to the ends of the E arth.To demographer Kingsley Davis, two things made migration happen. First, hum an beings, with their tools and language, could adapt to different conditions wi thout having to wait for evolution to make them suitable for a new niche. Second , as populations grew, cultures began to differ, and inequalities developed betw een groups. The first factor gave us the keys to the door of any room on the pla net; the other gave us reasons to use them.Over the centuries, as agriculture spread across the planet, people moved t oward places where metal was found and worked and to centres of commerce that th en became cities. Those places were, in turn, invaded and overrun by people later generations called barbarians.In between these storm surges were steadier but similarly profound fides in which people moved out to colonize or were captured and brought in as slaves. F or a while the population of Athens, that city of legendary enlightenment was as much as 35 percent slaves.“What strikes me is how important migration is as a cause and effect in th e great world events. ”Mark Miller, co-author of The Age of Migration and a prof essor of political science at the University of Delaware, told me recently.It is difficult to think of any great events that did not involve migration . Religions spawned pilgrims or settlers; wars drove refugees before them and ma de new land available for the conquerors; political upheavals displaced thousand s or millions; economic innovations drew workers and entrepreneurs like magnets; environmental disasters like famine or disease pushed their bedraggled survivor s anywhere they could replant hope. “It’s part of our nature, this movement,” Miller said, “It’s just a fac t of the human condition.”23. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?A. Migration exerts a great impact on population change.B. Migration contributes to Mankind’s progress.C. Migration brings about desirable and undesirable effects.D. Migration may not be accompanied by human conflicts.24. According to Kingsley Davis, migration occurs as a result of the foll owing reasons EXCEPF ___.A. human adaptabilityB. human evolutionC. cultural differencesD. inter-group inequalities25. Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned as migrants in the pas sage?A. Farmers.B. Workers.C. Settlers.D. Colon izers.26. There seems to be a(n) ___ relationship between great events an d migration.A. looseB. indefiniteC. causalD. rem oteTEXT DHow is communication actually achieved? It depends, of course, either on a common language or on known conventions, or at least on the beginnings of these. If the common language and the conventions exist, the contributor, for example, the creative artist, the performer, or the reporter, tries to use them as well as he can. But often, especially with original artists and thinkers, the problem is in one way that of creating a language, or creating a convention, or at leas t of developing the language and conventions to the point where they are capable of bearing his precise meaning. In literature, in music, in the visual arts, in the sciences, in social thinking, in philosophy, this kind of development has o ccurred again and again. It often takes a long time to get through, and for many people it will remain difficult. But we need never think that it is impossible; creative energy is much more powerful than we sometimes suppose. While a man is engaged in this struggle to say new things in new ways, he is usually more than ever concentrated on the actual work, and not on its possible audience. Many ar tists and scientists share this fundamental unconcern about the ways in which th eir work will be received. They may be glad if it is understood and appreciated, hurt if it is not, but while the work is being done there can be no argument. T he thing has to come out as the man himself sees it.In this sense it is true that it is the duty of society to create condition s in which such men can live. For whatever the value of any individual contribut ion, the general body of work is of immense value to everyone. But of course thi ngs are not so formal, in reality. There is not society on the one hand and thes e individuals on the other. In ordinary living, and in his work, the contributor shares in the life of his society, which often affects him both in minor ways a nd in ways sometimes so deep that he is not even aware of them. His ability to m ake his work public depends on the actual communication system: the language its elf, or certain visual or musical or scientific conventions, and the institution s through which the communication will be passed. The effect of these on his act ual work can be almost infinitely variable. For it is not only a communication s ystem outside him; it is also, however original he may be, a communication syste m which is in fact part of himself. Many contributors make active use of this ki nd of internal communication system. It is to themselves, in a way, that they fi rst show their conceptions, play their music, present their arguments. Not only as a way of getting these clear, in the process of almost endless testing that a ctive composition involves. But also, whether consciously or not, as a way of pu tting the experience into a communicable form. If one mind has grasped it, then it may be open to other minds.In this deep sense, the society is in some ways already present in the act of composition. Thisis always very difficult to understand, but often, when we have the advantage of looking back at a period, we can see, even if we cannot e xplain, how this was so. We can see how much even highly original individuals ha d in common, in their actual work, and in what is called their “structure of fe e ling”, with other individual workers of the time, and with the society of that t ime to which they belonged. The historian is also continually struck by the fact that men of this kind felt isolated at the very time when in reality they were beginning to get through. This can also be noticed in our own time, when some of the most deeply influential men feel isolated and even rejected. The society an d the communication are there, but it is difficult to recognize them, difficult to be sure.27. Creative artists and thinkers achieve communication by ___.A. depending on shared conventionsB. fashioning their own conventionsC. adjusting their personal feelingsD. elaborating a common language28. A common characteristic of artists and scientists involved in creativ e work is that ___.A. they cave about the possible reaction to their workB. public response is one of the primary conceitsC. they are keenly aware of public interest in their workD. they are indifferent toward response to their work29. According to the passage, which of the following statements is INCORR ECT?A. Individual contributions combined possess great significance to the publ ic.B. Good contributors don’t neglect the use of i nternal communication syste m.C. Everyone except those original people comes under the influence of socie ty.D. Knowing how to communicate is universal among human beings.30. It is implied at the end of the passage that highly original individu als feel isolated because they ___.A. fail to acknowledge and use an acceptable form of communicationB. actually differ from other individuals in the same periodC. have little in common with the society of the timeD. refuse to admit parallels between themselves and the society阅读理解BSECTION BTEXT EFirst read the question.31. The purpose of the passage is to ___.A. review some newly-published interior-design booksB. explore the potential market for interior-design booksC. persuade people to buy some good booksD. stress the importance of reading good booksNow go through TEXT E quickly to answer question 31.。