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1、English TestDecember, 20232.5 Hours150 PointsName:_School:_Part : Listening Test (30MIN) Section 1 Spot Dictation Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage twice. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for th

2、e second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. The first copyright law in the United States was passed by Congress in 1790. In 1976 Congress enacted the latest copyright law,(1) _the

3、 technological developments that had occurred since the passage of the Copyright Act of 1909. For example, in 1909, anyone who wanted to make a single copy of a (2)_work for personal use had to do so by hand. The very process (3)_a limitation on the quantity of materials copied. Today, a photocopier

4、 can do the work in second; the limitation has disappeared. The1909 law did not provide full protection for films and sound recordings, nor did it (4)_the need to protect radio and television, As a result, (5)_of the law and abuses of the intent of the law have lessened the (6)_rewards of authors, a

5、rtists , and producers. The 1976 Copyright Act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarifiedthe legal rights of the injured partiesand given them an (7)_for remedy.Since 1976 the Act has been (8)_to include computer software and guidelines have been adopted for fair useof television bro

6、adcast. These changes have cleared up much of the confusion and conflict that followed (9)_the 1976 legislation. The fine points of the laware decided by the courts and by acceptable common practice over time. As these decisions and agreements are made, we modify our behavior accordingly. For now, w

7、eneed to (10)_the law and its guidelines as a accurately as we can and to act in a fair manner.Section 2 Listening ComprehensionDirections: 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 w

8、as said. Both the conversation 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 the best answer is. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the correspondi

9、ng space in the ANSWER BOOKLET.11. A) She has completely recovered.B)She went into shock after an operation.C)She is still in a criticalcondition.D)She is getting much better.12. A) Ordering a breakfast.B)Booking a hotel room.C)Buying a train ticket.D)Fixing a compartment.13. A) Most borrowers never

10、 returned the books to her.B)The man is the only one who brought her book back.C)She never expected anyone to return the books to her.D)She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.14. A) She left her work early to get some bargains last Saturday.B)She attended the supermarkets grand opening

11、 ceremony.C)She drove a full hour before finding a parking a space.D)She failed to get into the supermarket last Saturday.15. A) He is bothered by thepain in his neck.B)He cannot do his report without a computer. C)He cannot afford to have a coffee break.D)He feels sorry to have missed the report.16

12、. A) Only top art students can show their works in the gallery.B)The gallery space is big enough for the mans painting.C)The woman would like to helpwith the exhibition layout.D)The man is uncertain how his art works will be received.17. A)The woman needs a temporary replacementfor here assistant.B)

13、The man works in the same department as the woman does.C)The woman needs a temporary replacement for her assistant,D)The man is capable of dealing with difficult people/18. A) It was better than the previous one.B) It distorted the mayors speech.C) It exaggerated the citys economy problems.D) It ref

14、lectedthe opinions of most economists.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversion you have just heard. 19. A) To inform him of a problem they face. B) To request him to purchase control desks. C) To discuss the content of a project report. D) To ask him to fix the dictating machine. 20. A) They q

15、uote the best price in the market. B) They manufacture and sell office furniture. C) They cannot deliver the steel sheets on time. D) They cannot produce the steel sheets needed. 21. A) By making down the unit price. B) By accepting the penalty clauses. C) By allowing more time for delivery. D) By p

16、romising better after-sales service. 22. A) Give the customer a ten percent discount. B) Claim compensation from the stool suppliers. C) Ask the Buying Department to change suppliers. D) Cancel the contract with the customer. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversion you have just heard. 23. A)

17、StockbrokerB)Physicist C) Mathematician D) Economist.24. A) Improve computer programming.B) Predict global population growth.C) Explain certain natural phenomena.D) Promote national financial health.25. A) Their different educationalbackgrounds.B) Changing attitudes toward nature.C)Chaos theory and

18、its applications.D) The current global economic crisis.Part B: Conversations Directions:In this section, you will hear two conversations.At the end of each passage, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spokenONCE ONLY. After each question t

19、here willbe a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should read the four choices of A, B, C and D. Then write the letter of the answer you have chosen in the corresponding space in the ANSWER BOOKLET.Conversation One 26. A) They are must-haves. B) They are misguided. C) They are not helpful. D) Th

20、ey are interesting . 27. A) They let us know the best product. B) They give us sufficient information. C) They fail to convince people. D) They give misleading information. 28. A) Manufactures. B) Customers. C) Advertisers. D) All of them. 29. A) Because they are designed to be evil. B) Because some

21、 encourage people to do wrong things. C) Because people cannot get rid of them. D) Because people are asked to pay for them. 30. A)The woman seems to be negative about advertising B)The man appears to know more about advertising. C) The woman is to be present at a debate on advertising . D) The man

22、has a lot to talk about on advertising, Conversation Two 31. A) Because there wasnt enough space in the cupboard. B) Because the hospital would provide him with everything. C) Because he was to stay there for a very short time. D) Because visitors could bring him other things. 32 .A) 2:00 pm. B) 5:0

23、0 pm C) 7:00 pm. D) 6:00pm 33. A) Patients have breakfast at 6. B) Patients have lunch at 12. C) There is no high tea in afternoon. D) Patients should go to bed after 6. 34. A) Smoking in the special lounges. B) Ignoring the No Smoking sign. C) Drinking wine in the wards. D) Having lunch in the ward

24、s. 35. A) He knows little about hospital rules. B) He can keep alcohol in the ward, C) He knows when to smoke., D) He is used to hospital life. This is the end of the listening test. Part II: ReadingTest(30MIN)Directions:Read the passages and answer following questions. You get 30 minutes for this p

25、art. There are FOUR passages and 20questions. Please write your answers on the ANSWER BOOKLET.Questions 1-5are based on passage1.Nothing succeeds in business books like the study of success. The current business-book boom was launched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excel

26、lence. Then trend has continued witha succession of expertsand would-be expertswho promise to distil the essence of excellence into three (or five or seven) simple rules.The Three Rulesis a self-conscious contribution to this typeof writing; it even includes a bibliography of “success studies. Messr

27、s Raynor and Mumtaz Ahmed workfor a consultancy, Deloitte,that is determined to turn itself into more of a thought-leader and less a corporate repairman. They employ allthe tricks of the success books. They insist that their conclusions are “measurable and actionable-guidesto behavior rather than an

28、alysis for its own sake. Success authors usually serve up vivid storiesabout how exceptional businesspeople stamped their personalities on a company or rescued it from a life-threatening crisis. Messrs Raynor and Ahmed are happier chewing the numbers: they provide detailed appendices on “calculating

29、 the elements of advantage and “detailed analysis.The authors spent five years studying the behaviour of their 344 “exceptional companies, only to come up at first with nothing. Every hunch led to a blind alley and every hypothesis to a dead end. It was only when they shifted their attention from ho

30、w companies behave to how they think that they began to make sense of their voluminous material.Management is all about making difficult tradeoffs in conditions that are always uncertain and often fast-changing. But exceptionalcompanies approach these tradeoffs with two simple rules in mind, sometim

31、es consciously, sometimes unconsciously. First: better before cheaper. Companies are more likely to succeed in the long run if they compete on quality or performance than on price. Second: revenue before cost. Companies have more to gain in the long run from driving up revenue than by driving down c

32、osts.Most success studies suffer from two faults. There is “the halo effect, whereby good performance leads commentators to attribute all manner of virtues to anything and everything the company does. These virtues then suddenly become vices when the company fails. Messrs Raynor and Ahmed work hard

33、to avoidthese mistakes by studying large bodies of data over several decades. But they end up embracing a different error: stating the obvious. Most businesspeople will not be surprised to learn that it is better to find a profitable niche and focus on boosting your revenues than to compete on price

34、 and cut your way to success. The difficult question is how to find that profitable nicheand focus on boosting your revenues than to compete on price and cut your way to success. The difficult question is how to find that profitable niche and protect it.There, The Three Rulesis less useful.1. What k

35、ind of business books are most likely to sell well?A) Books on excellence.B) Guides to management. C) Books on business rules.D) Analyses of market trends.2. What does the author imply about books on success so far?A) They help businessmen on way or another.B) They are written by well-recognised exp

36、erts.C) They more or less fall into the same stereotype.D) They are based on analyses of corporate leaders.3. How does The Three Rules different from other success books according to the passage?A) It focuses on the behavior of exceptional businessmen.B) It bases its detailed analysis on large amoun

37、t of data.C) It offers practicable advice to businessmen.D) It draws conclusion from vivid examples.4. What does the passage say contributes to the success of exceptional companies?A) Focus on quality and revenue.B) Management and sales promotion.C) Lower production costs and competitive prices.D) E

38、mphasis on after-sale service and maintenance.5. What is the authors comment on The Three Rules?A) It can help to locate profitable niches.B) It has little to offer to businesspeople.C) It is noted for its detailed data analysis.D) It fails to identify the keys to success.Questions 6-10are based on

39、passage2.Until recently, the University of Kent is not alone in considering an image revamp. Changes to next years funding regime are forcing universities to justify charging students up to 9,000 in fees.Nowadays, universities are putting much more of a focus on their brands and what their value pro

40、positions are. While in the past universities have often focused on student social life and attractions of the university town in recruitment campaigns, they are now concentrating on more tangible attractions, such as employment prospects, engagement with industry, and lecturer contact hours, making

41、 clear exactly what students are going to get for their money.The problem for universities is that if those benefits fail to materialise, studentsnotice. That worries Rob Behrens, whodeals with student complaints. Universities need to be extremely careful indescribingwhats going to happen to student

42、s, he says. Ascompetition is going to get greater for attracting gifted students, there is a danger that universities will go the extra mile.One university told prospective engineering students they would be able to design a car and race it at Brands Hatch, which never happened, he says. Others have

43、 promised use of sophisticated equipment that turned out to be broken or unavailable. If universities spent as much money on handling complaints and appeals appropriately as they spend on marketing, they would do better at keeping students, and in the National Student Survey returns, he says.Ongoing

44、research tracking prospective 2023 students suggests that they are not only becoming more sophisticated in thinking about what they want from a university, but are also spending more time researching evidence to back up institutional claims.Hence the growing importance of the student survey. From ne

45、xt September, all institutions will also be expected to publish on their websites key information sets, allowing easier comparison between institutions, between promises and reality, and the types of jobs and salaries graduates go on to.As a result, it is hardly surprising that universities are begi

46、nning to change the way they market themselves. While the best form of marketing for institutions is to be good at what they do, they also need to be clear about howthey are different from others.And it is vital that once an institution claims to be particularly good at something, it must live up to

47、 it. The moment you position yourself, you become exposed, and if you fail in that you are in trouble.6. What was the University of A) Its comfortable campus life.B) Its up-to-date course offerings.C) Its distinguished teaching staff.D) Its diverse academic programs.7. What are universities trying t

48、o do to attract students?A) Improve their learning environment.B) Upgrade their campus facilities.C) Offer more scholarships to the gifted.D) Present a better academic image.8. What does Rob Behrens suggest universities do in marketing themselves?A) Publicise the achievements of their graduates.B) G

49、o toextra lengths to cater to students needs.C) Refrain from making promises they cannot honour.D) Survey the expectations of their prospective students.9. What is students chief consideration in choosing a university?A) Whether it promises the best job prospects.B) Whether it is able to deliver wha

50、t they want.C) Whether is ranks high among similar institutions.D) Whether is offers opportunities for practical training.10. What must universities show to win recruitment campaigns?A) They are positioned to meet the future needs of society.B) They are responsible to students for their growth.C) Th

51、ey are ever ready to improve themselves.D) They are unique one way or another.Questions 11-15are based on passage3.“Deep readingas opposed to the often superficial reading we do on the Webis an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significa

52、nt work of art. Its disappearance would jeopardize the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the preservation of a critical part of our culture: the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be appreciated only by readers whose brains, quite l

53、iterally, have been trained to understand them.Recent research in cognitive science and psychology has demonstrated that deep readingslow, immersive, rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexityis a distinctive experience, different in kind from the mere decoding of words. Although deep

54、 reading does not, strictly speaking, require a conventional book, the built-in limits of the printed page are uniquely helpful to the deep reading experience. A books lack of hyperlinks, for example, frees the reader from making decisionsShould Iclick on this link or not? allowing her to remain ful

55、ly immersed in the narrative.That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brainregions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotiona

56、l situations and moral dilemmas that are the stuff of literature are also vigorous exercise for the brain, propelling us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real-life capacity for empathy.None of this is likely to happen when were browsing through a web

57、site. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the information-driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacities they develop. A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less engaging

58、 and less satisfying, even for the “digital natives to whom it is so familiar. Last month, for example, Britains National Literacy Trust released the results of a study of 34,910 young people aged 8 to 16. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but o

59、nly 28% read printed materials everyday. Those who read only onscreen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and a third less likely to have a favorite book. The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly two times less likely to beabove-ave

60、rage readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen.11. What does the author say about “deep reading?A) It serves as a complement to online reading.B) It should be preserved before it is too late.C) It is mainly suitable for reading literature.D) It is an indispensable part