2010全新版大英二级测试

1、College English Achievement Test for College English (New Edition)Band 2芙第囲圉备窈版2010年5月Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press上海外语教育 出版社高等教育事业部Part I Writing (30 mmutes)Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Competition and Personal Development. Yo

2、u should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.1. 竞争无处不在。2. 竞争与个人发展之间的关系。3. 由此我们应该Competition and Personal DevelopmentPart II Reading Comprehension (Skinunmg and Scanning) (15 nunutes)Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly an

3、d answer the questions For questions 1-7、markY (for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8-10. complete the sen

4、tences with the infonnation given in the passageA First Look at the USA1. FloridaWelcome to Florida, the Sunshine State55. If you like warm weather, Florida is the best place for a vacation. Millions of visitors come to Florida each year. They like its sandy beaches, theme paiks, and natuial beauty.

5、Miami is a big tourist city. People love its beautifiil beaches There aie nianv coconut palm trees along the streets and beaches in Miami They are veiy pretty. But they aie also dangerous! People have jobs as coconut watchers They make sure that coconuts do not fall on the tourists? heads!Florida is

6、 famous for its theme paiks The worlds largest theme park is Whit Disney Worlds, near Orlando. A train takes people around Disney Wbilds. One part, called EPCOT Center, is all about the future. You can see life, food and tiaiispoitation in the fiituie2. WashingtonWhy is Washington different fiom eve

7、ry other state in the United States? It is the only state named after the fiist President of tlie United States, George Washington. It is a beautifiil state. It is called tlie criticismD) Feedback means good service such as punctual delivery.25. A) Quick responsesB) Excellent tecliniquesC) High cust

8、omer satisfaction scores.D) Good customer feedbackSection BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages At the end of each passage, you will hearsome questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from

9、the four choices marked A), B),C) and D).Passage OneQuestions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Many foreign tourists visit the United States eveiy year.B) Americans eiijoy eatmg out with their friends.C) The Umted States is a countiy of lnmugiantsD) Americans prefer foiei

10、gn foods to their own food27. A) They can make friends with people from other countries.B) They can get to know people of other cultures and thek lifestyles.C) They can practice speakuig foreign languages thereD) They can meet with businessmen from all over the world28. A) The couple cook the dishes

11、 and the children help themB) The husband does the cookuig and the wife serv-es as the waitressC) The mother does the cooking wliile the father and children wait on the guests.D) A liired cook prepaies the dishes and the family members serv-e the guests.Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the

12、 passage you have just heard.29. A) Increasing the number of babies who survive eaiiv childhoodB) Lowering death irate.C) Raismg the birth【ate.D) Increasing the awareness of the worlds large population.30. A) 5%.B) 3%C) 4%.D) 2%.31. A) Asia.B) Euiope.C) AfricaD) Latm AmericaPassage ThreeQuestions 32

13、 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. A) Crowded houses.B) Polluted water from factories.C) High crime irate.D) Continual noise33 A) They have to keep themselves busy all day long.B) The expansion of the city.C) Harmful gases from vehiclesD) Social problems34. A) Crimes.B) Pollutio

14、nC) Traffic accidentsD) Eaithquakes35. A) The companson of city life and countiy lifb.B) Problems troubling city people.C) The ways to solve social problems in cities.D) Housing problems facing city peopleSection CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three fimes. When the passage is

15、read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the 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 i

16、nfonnation. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard 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 In terms of attitudes to creativity there seems to be a reversal of (36):

17、 youngWesterners making thek boldest (37) first and then gradually mastering thetradition; and young Chmese being almost (38)from the tradition, but, oveitmie,possibly (39)to a point equally originalOne way of (40)the American position is to state that we value originalityand (41)more than the Chmes

18、e do. The contrast between our two cultures can alsobe seen in terms of the fears we both (42) Chmese teachers are fearful that if skillsare not acquiied eaily, they may never be acquued; there is、 on the other hand, no (43)huriv to promote creativity. American educators fear that unless creativity

19、hasbeen acquued early, it may never emerge; on the otlier hand, skills can be picked up later.However, I do not want to overstate my case. (44)And there is a danger of exaggerating creative breaktluoughs in the West. When any umovation is exanuiied closely, its reliance on previous acliievements is

20、all too apparent.But assuming tliat the contrast I have developed is valid, (45)q the important question becomes this: Can we gather, from the Chmese and American extiemes, a superior way to approach education, (46)?Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)Section ADirections: In

21、 this section, there is a passage with ten blanks You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank follow ing the passage Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Kw may not useof thewords i” the bank more them once.Questions 47 to

22、56 are based on the following passage.On a late 47 sununer afternoon, an old woman with arms bare was on her way home She looked weary and 48, the fierce heat brmging sweat streaming down her face. Suddenly she felta flutter at her heart and tlien an acute pain. Must be a heart attack? she munnured.

23、 With her hands on the chest, she knelt down and filially lay on the ground, especially 49 out in the streetThen she managed to sit up. looking fbnvard and backward，here and there in 50 of any help. She 51 to tlie pedestrians, but most of whom just hurried away, without giving her a glanceDont they

24、take it a 52 to ignore the helplessness of an endangered person? She said to herself in a 53 But still no one came to her help. Gradually her persistence to getsomeone 5s help turned 54 Later on. she even heard of someone laughing at her suuply because she was not in 55 with the bustling street. 4Wh

25、at an mdifierent worldShe bitterly thought. When she was almost ill despair, a young gill stood in front of her and gently 56 her up. wliich made an uimiatchable masteipiece in the nvilightA) fragileH) drearyB) searchI) standingC) sinJ) calledD) looseK) whisperE) tuneL) pulledF) troubleM) draggedG)

26、turnedN) relaxedSection BDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A)9 B), C) andD) . You should decide on the best choicePassage OneQuestions 57 to 61 are based on the followin

27、g passage.40 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sport was never heard of. But when the aimual games for tlie disabled were started at Stoke Mandeville, England in 1948 by Sir Ludwing Guttmann, the situation began to changeSir Ludwing Guttniaim, who had been driven to England in 1939 fiom Na

28、zi Germany, had been asked by the British govenunent to set up an iiijuries center at Stoke Mandeville Hospital near London. His ideas about treatmg uijunes mcluded sport for the disabledIn the fiist games just two teams of uijured soldiers took part The next yeai 1949, five teams took pait From tho

29、se beginnings, thmgs have developed fhst. Teams now come fiom abroad to Stoke Mandeville every year. Ill 1960 the fiist Olympics for the Disabled were held in Rome Now, every four yeais tlie Olympic Games for the Disabled aie held, if possible, in the same place as the normal Olympic Games although

30、they are organized separately. In other yeais Games for the Disabled are still held at Stoke Mandeville. Ill the 1984 wheelchak Olympic Games, 1064 wheelchair atliletes from about 40 countlies took part Unfortunately，tliey were held at Stoke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles, along witli other Olymp

31、ics.The Games have been a great success in promotmg mteniational friendship and understanding, and in proving that being disabled does not mean you cant enjoy sport One small source of disappointment for those who organize and take part in the games, however, has been the unwillingness of the International Olympic Committee to include disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able-bodiedPerhaps a few more yeais are still needed to