华南女子学院2008级CET-4模拟考试(附答案)

1、华南女子学院 2008 级 CET-4 模拟考试 2009 年 12 月 14 日 Part I: Writing (30 minutes) (15 points) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topicRoad Accidents. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: (注意：此部分答

2、案写在 答题纸 1 上) 1) 道路事故会给人们的生命和财产带来很大的损失 2) 分析道路事故发生的主要原因 3) 如何降低事故发生率 Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) (10 points) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose t

3、he best answer from the four choices marked A),B),C )and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. (注意：此部分答案写在 答题纸 1 上) Immigration and Green Cards A green card identifies its holder as a US permanent resident, with rights to enter, exit, work, and liv

4、e here for their entire life. But before you think about applying, make sure youre qualified under one of the following categories. 1. Immediate Relatives of US Citizens Immediate relatives include: wives or husbands of US citizens, including recent widows and widowe rs, unmarried people under age 2

5、1 with at least one US citizen parent, parents of US citizens, if the US citizen child is at least age 21, stepchildren and stepparents of US citizens, if the marriage creating the stepparent/stepchild relationship took place before the child s 18th birthday, and adopted children of the US, if the a

6、doption took place before the child reached age 16. An unlimited number of green cards are available for immediate relatives whose US citizen relatives apply for them-applicants can get a green card as soon as they get through the paperwork and application process. 2. Other Family Members Certain fa

7、mily members of US citizens or permanent residents are also qualified for green cards-but not right away. They fall into the preference categories listed below, meaning that only a certain number of them will receive green cards each year (480,000). The system is first come, first served-the earlier

8、 the US citizen or permanent resident turns in a visa application, the sooner the immigrant can apply for a green card. The waits range from approximately three to 24 years. Family First Preference. Unmarried adults, age 21 or older, who have at least one US citizen parent. Family Second Preference

9、. Section 2A: wives or husbands and unmarried children of a green card holder, so long as the children are younger than age 21. Section 2B: Unmarried children age 21 or older of a green card holder. Family Third Preference . Married people, any age, who have at least one US citizen parent. Family Fo

10、urth Preference . Sisters and brothers of US citizens, where the citizen is age 21 or older. 3. Preferred Employees and Workers A total of 140,000 green cards are offered each year to people whose job skills are needed in the US market. In most cases, a job offer is also required, and the employer m

11、ust prove that it has recruited for the job and not found any willing, able, qualified US citizens or residents to hire instead of the immigrant. 4. Green Card Lotteries: Ethnic Diversity A certain number of green cards （currently 50,000） are made available to people from countries that in recent ye

12、ars have sent the fewest immigrants to the United States. 5. Special Immigrants Occasionally, laws are passed making green cards available to people in special situations. The current special immigrant categories are: clergy and other religious workers for legitimate religious organization s, foreig

13、n medical graduates who have been in the United States since 1978, former employees of the Panama Canal Zone, foreign workers who were longtime employees of the US government, retired officers or employees of certain international organizations who have lived in the United States for a certain time,

14、 foreign workers who were employees of the US consulate in Chinas Hong Kong for at least three years, foreign children who have been declared dependent in juvenile courts in the United States international broadcasting employees, and certain members of the US Armed Forces who enlisted overseas andse

15、rved 12 years. 6. Refuge and Political Asylum （ 庇护 ） The US government offers refuge to people who fear, or have experienced persecution （迫害） in their home country. A person still outside the United States would apply to be a refugee; a person already here would apply for asylum. The persecution mus

16、t be based on the persons race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. If you are fleeing only poverty or random violence, you do not qualify in either category. 7. Amnesty (特赦 ) and Special Agricultural Worker Status Years ago, a green card based on am

17、nesty was offered to people who have been living in the United States illegally since January 1, 1982. There was a similar amnesty for laborers who worked in the fields for at least 90 days between May1, 1985 and May 1, 986. Although the application deadlines have long passed, certain class action l

18、awsuits mean that some applications haven t yet been decided on. See a lawyer if you should have qualified. In 1997, Congress added an amnesty for Nicaraguans and Cubans, called the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). Some provisions also benefit Salvadorans, Guatemalans,

19、 and Eastern Europeans. The deadline for filling applications has passed. 8. Long-Time Residents The law allows certain people who have lived illegally in the United States for more than ten years to request permanent residence, usually as a defense in immigration court proceedings. You must also sh

20、ow that your spouse or children-who must be US citizens-would face extraordinary and exceptionally unusual hardship if you were forced to leave. Consult a lawyer if you think you qualify. Do not go straight to USCIS-you could cause your own deportation. Another measure called registry allows people

21、who have lived in the United States continuously since January 1, 1972 to apply for a green card. You 11 need to show that you have good moral character and are not inadmissible. Your stay in the United States need not have been illegal-time spent on a visa counts. 9. Special Cases Individual member

22、s of the US Congress have, on occasion, intervened for humanitarian reasons in extraordinary cases, helping someone get permanent residence even if the law would not allow it. 1. Who of the following is NOT qualified to get a green card? A) A British woman who married a Canadian with a child at the

23、age of 20-year-old. B) A Swiss woman who married an American. C) A child who was adopted by an American couple when he was 1-year- old. D) A 7-year-old girl whose mother is American and father is Chinese. 2. Which of the following statements is true? A) People belonging to the preference categories

24、may get a green card immediately after applying. B) If one doesnt apply for a green card early enough, he/she may have to wait for the chance next year. C) People belonging to the preference categories may get a green card in two years after applying. D) The US may issue another four million eight t

25、housand green cards to the American relatives other than those immediate ones. 3. Who in the following list will get a green card first? A) A married woman, age 43, whose mother is American. B) A man whose 25-year-old sister is American. C) A single man at the age of 30 with an American father. D) A

26、 single woman, age 26, whose mother has a green card. 4. In most cases, the precondition for an employee to get a green card is that. A) the employer couldnt hire any US citizens who are suitable to the job B) the employee must come from countries that have sent very few immigrants to the US C) the

27、employee can t be a colored people D) the employee must have a doctor s degree 5. Special immigrants include. A) people working in certain organizations and agencies B) people who lived in certain places C) people who get degrees in the US D) Both A and B. 6. Which couldn t be a reason for asylum? A

28、) Family violence.B) Religious persecution. C) Poverty.D) Both A and C. 7. People now can no longer apply for green cards based on amnesty because. A) their lawyers are incompetent B) they give up the opportunities C) the US government has stopped accepted applications D) the US government has taken

29、 a new measure 8. According to the law, certain people who have lived illegally in America for more than 10 years have the right to. 9. In order to get green cards, the people who have lived in the US continuously since Jan. 1, 1972 need to show they are admissible and. 10. Some people get permanent

30、 residence without legal approval with the help of Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the con

31、versation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

32、 (注意：此部分答案写在 答题纸 2 上) 11. A) The dinner was a disaster.B) The soup was perfect. C) The dinner was a success.D) The soup spoilt the dinner. 12. A) The mans notes are not very good. B) The man doesnt want to lend the woman his notes. C) The woman doesnt have to borrow notes from the man. D) The woman

33、should have come to the lecture earlier. 13. A) In a department store. B) At a book shop. C) At a booking office.D) In a restaurant. 14. A) To go to the bathroom.B) Not to disturb her C) To answer the door.D) To fix the door hell 15. A) How the police tried to catch the robbers.B) How the robbers ro

34、bbed the bank. C) How the robbers escaped. D) How much money had been robbed from the bank. 16. A) She is longing for a holiday.B) She is sick. C) She is daydreaming.D) She is longing for her home. 17. A) The womans boss. C) The womans friend. B) The womans husband. D) The womans father. 18. A) To p

35、ass the exam. C) To cross her fingers. B) To wish him good luck. D) To do nothing. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. A) A T-shirt.B) A sweatshirt. C) A sweater.D) A pair of mans pants. 20. A) It is the wrong size.B) It is stained. C) It has loose thread.D) It

36、is too fancy. 21. A) To return his money. B) To exchange the item. C) To give him store credit.D) To compensate him for the item. 22. A) The customer didnt follow the instructions for using the item. B) The item was on clearance. C) The man no longer has the store receipt. D) It is beyond the return

37、ing duration. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) 15 minutes.B) 30 minutes. C) 45 minutes. D) 60 minutes. 24. A) There isnt a room available at that time. B) A speaker is coming to address the students. C) Language testing will take longer than expected. D) L

38、unch will not be ready until much later. 25. A) 12:45 p.m. B) 1:30 p.m. C) 2:00 p.m. D) 2:15 p.m. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you he

39、ar a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. (注 意：此部分答案写在 答题纸 2 上) Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) A shirt

40、B) An alarm clock.C) A woolen blanket. D) A suitcase. 27. A) Because he forgot one of his suitcases. B) Because he was suspected of carrying something dangerous. C) Because he wanted to go out to smoke. D) Because he had lost his passport. 28. A) They felt surprised.B) They felt funny. C) They felt

41、curious.D) They felt shocked. Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. A) TalkingB) Communication and memory. C) Singing. D) Finding the way. 30. A) Arrange objects according to the colour.B) Tell one object from another. C) Collect and store thousands of seed

42、s in autumn, and find them later in winter D) Combine words in the right order. 31. A) To have more knowledge about nature. B) To put forward an explanation for birds abilities. C) To better understand how a human brain processes information. D) To better understand birds. Passage three Questions 32

43、 to 35 are based on the passage you have .just heard. 32. A) He didnt like physics any more.B) His eyesight was too poor. D) Physics was too hard for him. C) He had to work to support himself. 33. A) He found his job boring. B) He was not qualified to be an engineer. C) He wanted to travel. D) He wa

44、s not happy with the new director. 34. A) He wanted to work with his friend.B) He wanted to go to Spain. C) He was rejected by the engineering firm he had applied to. D) He enjoyed traveling around the world. 35. A) He enjoyed teaching English. B) The owner of the school promised him a good position

45、. C) He wanted to earn more money to support his family. D) He could earn more money as a teacher than as a travel agent. Section C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When th

46、e passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just hea

47、rd or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. (注意：此部分答案写在 答题纸 2 上) Increasing numbers of farmers are growing genetically engineered crops. A new report also says that the total land area where such cr

48、ops are grown is increasing. Genetic engineering is the technology of changing the genes of living things. Genes are parts of (36) that control (37) and development. A changed gene directs a plant or other (38) to do things it normally does not do. For example, a plant may be genetically engineered

49、to (39) insects. There is plenty of (40) information about genetically engineered crops. Critics of genetic engineering say the technology is a threat to human health and the environment. The new report (41) that farmers grew genetically engineered crops on more than 52 million hectares of farmland

50、last year. That (42) an increase in land area of 19 percent (43) to the year before. (44) . Four countries grew 99 percent of all genetically engineered crops last year. The United States grew 68 percent of the world total. Argentina grew 22 percent. Canada was next with 6 percent. The report says s

51、oybeans were the most common genetically engineered crop. They were grown on 33 million hectares of farmland. Other common genetically engineered crops were corn and cotton. (45)The scientists say the genes were found in wild corn growing in the mountains of southern Mexico. Part IV Reading Comprehe

52、nsion (reading in depth) 25 minutes Section A Direction: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word blank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choi

53、ce in the blank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2with a single line through the cen ter. You may not use any of the words in the blank more than once. (注意： 此部分答案写在答题纸2 上) Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. We can see h

54、ow the product life cycle works by looking at the introduction of instant coffee. When it was in troduced, most people did not like it as well as regular coffee and it took several years to gain general 47 (introduction stage). At one point, though, 48coffee grew rapidly in popularity and many brand

55、s were in troduced (stage of rapid growth). After a while people became 49to one brand and sales leveled off (stage of maturity). Sales went into a 50decli ne whe n freeze-dried coffees were in troduced (stage of decli ne). The importa nee of the product life cycle to marketers is this: Different st

56、ages in the product life cycle call for differe nt strategies. The goal is to 51product life so that sales and profits do not decli ne. One strategy is called market modificati on .It means that 52man agers look for new users and market sect ions. Did you know, e.g. that the backpacks that so many s

57、tude nts carry today were 53desig ned for the military? Market modificati on also means search ing for 54 usage among prese nt customers or going for a differe nt market, such as senior citize ns. A marketer may re-positi on the product to 55 to new market secti ons. Ano ther product 56 I ) executiv

58、e J ) exte nsion K)slight L) treme ndous M)finance N)appeal O)exte nd strategy is called product modificati on. It in volves cha nging product quality, features, or style to attract new users or more usage from prese nt users. A) attached B) marketi ng C) product ion D) accepta nee E) origi nally F)

59、 capability G) in sta nt H) in creased Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this sect ion. Each passage is followed by some questio ns or unfinished statements. For each of them they are four choices marked A), B), C) and D).You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresp onding l

60、etter on Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.(注意：此部分答案写在 答题纸2 上) Passage One Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. Scie ntists have long bee n tryi ng to find an effective way to treat drug users. However, most of the efforts have bee n fell flat, with treatme nt re