PART Ⅰ DICTATION1. Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on
ANSWER SHEET ONE.
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American writer Hemingway was born in Oak Park,Illinois. /He started his career as a writer in a newspaper office at the age of seventeen. /During the 1920s, Hemingway became a member of the group Americans living in Paris, /which he described in his first important work, The Sun Also Rises. /Equally successful was A Farewell To Arms, /the study of an American ambulance officer's disillusionment in the war and his role as a deserter. /Hemingway used his experience as a reporter/during the Civil War in Spain as the background for his most ambitious novel, /For Whom the Bell Tolls. /Among his later works, the most outstanding is the short novel/The Old Man and The Sea, /the story of an old fisherman's journey, /his long and lonely struggle with a fish and the sea, /and his victory in defeat. /Now Hemingway is the classic symbol of bravery, or strong man.
PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best complets the sentence. SECTION A COMPOSITION1. Every year billion tons of carbon dioxide is added into the air, which in part results in global warming and climate changes. You are required to contribute your suggestions as to how to reduce carbon emission.
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
My View on Reducing Carbon Emission
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea or describe your idea.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
My View on Reducing Carbon Emission
Billion tons of carbon dioxide is let off into the air each year, which in part cause global warming and climate changes. Life on this planet will be gravely affected unless we take measures to reduce carbon emission. To achieve this aim, I think the entire society should form the concept of energy-saving and do what we can in our daily life.
First, replace the traditional electric bulbs with the energy-saving ones. By saving energy this way, we can reduce a lot of Carbon emission. Second, choose public transportation instead of driving your own car. We can imagine that the fewer cars on the road, the less carbon dioxide will be emitted into the air. Third, when you are shopping, select the goods with simple package. If we select the goods with simple package, we will produce less garbage and thus reduce carbon emission resulting from burning the garbage. And don't forget to use recyclable bags instead of plastic ones when shopping.
Therefore, reducing carbon emission in our daily life is very easy. As long as we all make efforts to do that every day, we can help to reduce billion tons of carbon emission every year.
April 22
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING1. Write a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
Jane, your classmate, is thinking of buying an MP3. And you would like to recommend one to her. Write a note, telling her which brand it is and describing two features of the MP3.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Dear Jane,
I am told that you want to buy an MP3, and I think the Newman2A is a good choice for you. It's as small as your thumb and can be easily taken everywhere. And the tone of Newman 2A is so excellent that once you used it, you might want to listen on and on. That's why I guess you will like it.
Yours,
Tom