2023年江苏省学位英语考试真题

2023年江苏省学位英语考试真题

2023JiangsuProvinceCollegeEnglishTest(CET)SampleQuestions

PartIListeningComprehension(30points)SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear8shortconversationsand2longconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,one

ormorequestionswillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Boththe

conversationandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.After

eachquestion,therewillbeapause.Duringthepause,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthecorrespondingletteronthe

AnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

1.Whatdidthemansayabouttheweatherforecast?A.It'susuallywrong.

B.Itpredictsaheatwave.

C.It'snotontheInternet.D.It'sinthenewspaper.

2.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodo?

A.Visitthebank.

B.Gohiking.

C.Buyanewcar.D.Watchamovie.SectionB

Directions:Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththe

passageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustreadthefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD,anddecidewhichisthebestanswer.Thenmarkthe

correspondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

3.HowoldistheQueenElizabethII?

A.70.

B.80.

C.90.

D.100.

4.WhatistheQueen'sfullname?

A.ElizabethIIVictoria.

B.ElizabethMaryWindsor.

C.ElizabethMaryAlexandra.

D.ElizabethAlexandraSwann.

PartIIReadingComprehension(40points)SectionA

Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewith5questionsorincompletestatements.Foreachquestionorstatement,there

arefourchoicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Choosetheonethatbestcompletesthestatementoranswersthequestion.Thenmarkthe

correspondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

PassageOne

Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Theeuro(e)istheEuropeanUnion'sofficialcurrency,usedby19ofits27members.Thecurrencyisalsousedinsome

non-EUcountries.Itisthesecondmosttradedcurrencyafterthe

USdollar.Asof2021,withmorethane1.3trillionincirculation,

theeurohasthehighestcombinedvalueofbanknotesandcoinsintheworld,surpassingtheUSdollar.

Thename"euro"wasofficiallyadoptedon16December

1995inMadrid,Spain.Theeurowasintroducedtothefinancialmarketson1January1999asanaccountingcurrency,replacing

theformerEuropeanCurrencyUnit(ECU)ataratioof1:1.Eurocoinsandbanknotesenteredcirculationlater,on1January2002.TheintroductoryrateatwhichtheeuroreplacedtheECUwas

reducedon1July2002.

Theeurowasestablishedbytheprovisionsinthe1992

MaastrichtTreaty,whichoutlinedplansforaneconomicand

monetaryunion(EMU).TheEuroismanagedandadministered

bytheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB),locatedinFrankfurt,with

theEurozonemembercountrieshavingtomeetstrictcriteria.Al1

nationsintheEuropeanUnionarenotmembersoftheEurozone,withsome(likeDenmarkandtheUK)optingtokeeptheirownnationalcurrencies.

21.Accordingtothepassage,whichisthemosttradedcurrencyintheworld?

A.TheYen.

B.TheEuro.

C.TheUSdollar.

D.TheChineseYuan.

22.Whenwasthename"euro"officiallyadopted?

A.16December1995.

B.1July2002.

C.1January1999.

D.1January2002.

23.Accordingtothepassage,theeuroreplacedwhich

formercurrencyataratioof1:1?

A.TheEurozone.

B.TheECU.

C.TheUSdollar.

D.TheYen.

PartIIIWriting(30points)

Directions:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowrite

anessayentitled"TheImportanceofLearningaSecond

Language."Youshouldwriteatleast150wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow.

1.第一段：介绍第一种语言对个人的重要性。2.第二段：说明学习第二种语言的益处。

3.第三段：给出自己的观点并陈述理由。SampleAnswer:

TheImportanceofLearningaSecondLanguage

Languageisthemostbasicmeansofcommunicationin

humansociety.Theabilitytospeakmultiplelanguagesnotonly

enhancesone'scommunicationskillsbutalsooffersother

uniqueadvantages.Intoday'sglobalizedworld,learninga

secondlanguagehasbecomeincreasinglyimportant.AsIseeit,thebenefitsoflearningasecondlanguagearenumerous.

Youcanthencontinuewithdetailedexplanationsand

examplesforthebenefitsof