Part Ⅱ Structure and Written Expression Directions: In each question decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked. Mark your choices on the ANSWER SHEET.
1. That Pacific island attracts shoals of tourists with its rich ______ of folk arts.
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension Cell Phone Hegemony I recall how annoying it was years ago when smoking everywhere was legal in California. Many complained about the restrictions when they arrived, but I didn't, because I seriously hated watching shoppers smoking through the tomatoes and lettuce in the vegetable section of the store. People forget how sickening that used to be, especially with the butts all over the grocery store floor. Tossing a burning smoke on the ground, stomping it with your foot, and leaving it to be swept up by somebody else later was somehow OK. But laws were passed, and you could finally shop without having to buy broccoli while gagging on a nearby Winston. Grocery stores are now filled with drips talking on cell phones about their sisters. I believe these obnoxious chatterers are all rebellious smokers getting back at us. This is worse than smoking! How did these phones come to dominate our lives like this, and does anyone even try to resist? Cell phones now rule the world's collective unconscious in untold ways. What astonishes me about all this is the sociology that has crept up on us. Why do we have this incessant need to chat on cell phones all day long? Test out this thesis. Make a note of a friend who calls you from both a cell phone and a land-line at different times. Time the calls and note the content. The cell phone calls will always be longer and more inane-without exceptions!
1. In the second sentence of the first paragraph, the pronoun "they" in "when they arrive" refers to ______.
English as a world Language English is a victim of its own success. Newspapers in England have noticed that the incorrect use of cliches are marring the smooth flow of a great language whose ability to imbibe and absorb has been one important reason for its success. This success also stems from the language's unique position of being the only one spoken in most parts of the world. Really, English has no boundaries. Even in countries such as Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain, English is making a determined "conquest". Unfortunately, such a conquest is not always welcome because a language sometimes doubles as a political weapon. In fact, it has always led a troubled life. It has been disliked, even hated, largely because the people who originally spoke English conquered, colonized and terrorized half the world, or just about. The animosity to the language continues, at least in some places. The bitterness that the French, for instance, have for English is a good example of a language being given a quasi-political role in society. Fortunately, this aversion does not run as deep as it did some years ago, and there is a growing realization that English is the lingua franca. Many nations, such as China and Japan, have been making serious efforts to promote the language. But there might be a serious problem if every state or continent were to have its own version of English. As is pointed out by the newspapers of England, with too many variations of the language, a time may come when one group of English-speaking people may not be able to understand another. This is happening where the way Singaporeans speak English. Listen to the Australians pronouncing "e"; it sounds like "a". And very possibly, in the future nobody will try to correct school boys and girls for getting their English wrong.
5. In this passage, the success of English refers to the fact that ______.
A.it has become the most widely used language in the world
B.It has made a conquest in Japan and China, which were not colonized by Britain
C.it has beaten other languages such as French
D.each state or continent has its own version of English
A B C D
A
第1段可知,即使是英国未曾殖民的地方,英语作为一种语言得到了广泛的应用,因此A项为正确答案。
6. The bitterness of the French people toward the English language shows
A.what a political role languages can play in society
B.how people can attach political significance to which language they speak
C.languages in fact always fail to play a political role in society
D.some people like to give languages roles to play
Affluenza For many people, economic growth and an increase in possessions are signs of progress, but for anti-consumer groups overconsumption and materialism are sicknesses. A recent Public Broadcasting Service coined the term affluenza, which describes consumption of material goods in a strongly negative way. Af-flu-en-za (noun) combines two words: affluence and fluenza. According to anti-consumer and environmental fights organizations, the high consumption life stiles of affluence cause people to be less happy even though they are acquiring more "things". The major negative effect on the environment is that overconsumption is depleting the world's natural resources, anti-consumer groups argue. Furthermore, the groups observe that an artificial. Ongoing and insatiable quest for things and the money to buy them has replaced the normal desire for an adequate supply of life's necessities, community life, a stable family, and healthy relationships. For example, today's families are replacing items much more frequently than in the past. Many Americans now treat clothing as "disposable", discarding clothes when fashion changes, and creating a boom in thrift stores and yard sales. The U. S. A.'s largest export is now used clothes. About 2.5 million tons of unfashionable old clothes' and rags are sold to Third World countries every year.
8. A coined word is a word that ______.
A.combines two words together
B.is often made by putting words or parts of words together
America Loses a Great Public Thinker Arthur Miller's death last week meant more than the loss of an outstanding playwright. It was the loss of a great public thinker who believed strongly that the essence of America--its greatness was in its promises. 71. Miller knew what ignorance and fear and the madness of crowds, especially when exploited by sinister leadership, could do to those promises. 72. His greatest concerns, "were with the moral corruption brought on by bending one's ideals to society's dictates, buying into the values of a group when they conflict with the voice of personal conscience. "73. The individual in Miller's view, had an abiding moral responsibility for his or her own behavior, and for the behavior of society as a whole. He said that "I felt that as improbable as it might seem, there were moments when an individual conscience was all that could keep a world from falling." Miller saw some of the differences in two sharply, defined eras: the depression--wracked 1930s and the prosperous postwar 1950s. It was perhaps around 1936, people who used to mind no polities began thinking for the first time of common action as a way out of their impossible conditions. 74. By the early 50s the agony of the Depression was gone. McCarthyism was in flower. After the 50's, however, Americans became more practical and pragmatic. The dean of the University of Michigan was complaining that his students' highest goal was to fit in with corporate America rather than to separate truth from falsehood. 75. "They become experts at grade-getting, but there's less speculating about the wrongs of the world and ideal solutions something no employer was interested in." Now Miller is gone, and if we are not wise enough to pay attention, his uncomfortable truths will die with him.
11.
As a great thinker Miller understood what kind of damage the ignorance, fear and the madness of crowds would do to the essence of America, if evil leaders take advantage of them.
12.
What he worried about is that if individuals are forced by society to sacrifice their dreams and cater to the tastes of masses, which run against personal conscience, the moral would deteriorate.
13.
Miller held the idea that the moral of individual influences not only his or her own behavior, but also that of the society.
14.
In 1950s. the shadow of the Depression was left. But McCarthyism--a hostile attitude toward anything that's "red" or "communist", was in its full swing.
15.
Those students are good at getting high scores, but they seldom think about the problems this world is facing and the way to solve them, which is no boss business.
Part Ⅳ Cloze Test Directions: Read the following passage carefully and then fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word to complete the passage. Put your answers on ANSWER SHEET 2. Superstition is a difficult question. We cannot quite say that superstition in Britain is dead. Its history is both 1 long and too recent for that, and indeed you will find many relics of it in modern Britain. But they are only relics connected chiefly with vague notions of good luck and 2 luck. It is unlucky, for instance, to walk under a ladder, or to spill salt, or break a mirror, or to have 3 to do with number 13; whereas a horseshoe brings good 4 , and people jokingly "touch wood" 5 prevent the return of a past misfortune. There are still many strange country remedies against sickness 6 are obviously superstitious. But the real measure of superstition is fear. In this 7 there is no superstition in Britain. British people as a whole do 8 believe in evil influences or evil spirits. Sickness and misfortune are not the 9 of witchcraft, but of dirt or chance or foolishness or inefficiency Witches belong 10 to history books.
1.
too
too long and too recent是并列的。
2.
bad
good luck and bad luck相对应。
3.
anything
Have anything to do with与……有关系。
4.
luck
从前后文可推断。
5.
to
不定式短语,做状语。
6.
which
引导定语从句,修饰之前的句子,因此用which。
7.
sense
In this sense从这层意义上来说。
8.
not
需要否定副词。
9.
result
表示晦气与巫术之间无因果关系。
10.
only
Only在此强调,巫术已是过去的事情了。
Part Ⅴ Proofreading Directions: In the following passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, ONE in each numbered and underlined part. You may have to change a word, add a word, or just delete a word. If you change a word, cross it with a slash (—) and write the correct word beside it. If you add a word, write the missing word between the words (in brackets) immediately before and after it. If you delete a word, cross it out with a slash (—). Put your answers on ANSWER SHEET 2. Each day, 50, 000 shiny, fire-engine-red Gala apples work the way through a sprawling factory in Swedesboro, N. J. (87) Inside, 26 machines wash them, core them, peel them, seed them, slice them, chill them. At the end of the line, (88) they are dunked in a solution of calcium ascorbate and now deposited into little green bags featuring a jogging Ronald McDonald. From there, (89) the bags make their way in refrigerated trucks to refrigerated containers in distribution centers, then to thousand of McDonald's restaurants up and down the Eastern Seaboard. (90) No more than 14 days before leaving the plant, the fruit will take the place of French fries in some child's Happy Meal. The apple slices, called Apple Dippers, are a symbol of how McDonald's is trying to offer healthier food to its customers (91) and to answer the many critics who contend that most of its menu is poor nutritional quality. (92) McDonald's has also not introduced a variety of "premium" salads, which will soon be joined by a salad of grapes, walnuts--and, of course, apples. (93) Yet it still remains to be seen these new offerings will assuage the concerns of public health officials and other critics of McDonald's highly processed fat and calorieladen sandwiches, drinks and fries. (94) So far, however, they have not--at least not have entirely. But this much is already clear: just as its staple meals of burger and fries have made McDonald's the largest single buyer of beef and potatoes in the country, (95) its new focus on fresh fruits and vegetables is making the company a minor player on $ 80 billion American produce industry.
1.
(work the way) out (through)
work out through艰难地通过。
2.
and (chill them)
并列的最后用and连接。
3.
now deposited into→then deposited into
按照语意,应该是“接下来”。
4.
thousand of→thousands of。
要么用a thousand of,要么用thousands of。此处表示“多”的含义。
5.
before leaving the plant→after leaving the plant
按照时间顺序应该用after。
6.
(is) of (poor nutritional quality)
of + n.表示性质,相当于对应的adj.。
7.
has also not introduced→has also introduced
根据前后文应该是肯定的。
8.
how (these new offerings)
主语从句用how引导。
9.
So far,however,they have not→So far,they have not
however表转折。
10.
a minor player→a major player
major和minor正好在语意上相反。“大”公司要用major。
Part Ⅵ Writing Directions: Write a short composition of about 250 to 300 words on the topic given below. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
1. Topic: Is English Language Teaching Overemphasized in Chinese Education?
Is English Language Teaching Overemphasized in Chinese Education? After joining WTO, international communication and cooperation are becoming increasingly close. It is obvious to all that China has made great achievements in almost every aspect. However, one issue appeared in many fields, especially in foreign trades, that is language obstacle. At the very beginning, it is language barriers that block the development of foreign trades and even sometimes cause great losses. There-fore, there are more and more schools that attach importance to education of foreign languages, especially in English teaching. We must admit a fact that there is a large population in China and people's education degree is various. The number of people who can understand or speak English is quite small. It is no doubt that English language teaching is far from enough and we should pay much attention to it. Here is an example. For most of college students who are not majored in English, until their graduation from college, it is tough to make a very simple sentence, let alone speaking fluent English. When they come across a foreigner, they can only say "hello". One main reason that led to this result is the problem of our educational system. When teachers give an English class, they're accustomed to apply more Chinese rather than English. As for students, they seldom have English environment to practice it and the chance of speaking English. So it is still a long way to polish up this situation that the English level of most students is very low. Along with many graduates who studied abroad now returned to become college English teachers, such situation is gradually improving. Under their efforts, great progresses can be seen in English language teaching. Yet if we'd like to cultivate sufficient students who can utilize English fluently, there are still many difficulties needing us to overcome. From statements above, we can draw a conclusion that English language teaching in Chinese education is not overemphasized. Contrary to that, we should strengthen it more than ever.