Daily Life(日常生活) (总分73,考试时间90分钟)
Section Ⅰ Listening ComprehensionPart A You will hear 4 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer—[A], [B], [C], or[D]. You will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.
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1. What is the woman going to do?
A. Come back again to apply for the job. B. Get some training before she quits her job. C. Apply for an additional part-time job. D. Think about whether she wants to resign.
2. How much money of Henry did the woman believe was stolen? A. 400. B. Less than $ 400. C. Around $ 400. D. More than $ 400. 3. Why was Jack fired?
A. Because he is always sick.
B. Because he usually went to work late. C. Because he was angry with the boss. D. Because he made a mistake in his work. 4. What will Mr. Green do with the old house? A. He may use it as a restaurant. B. He may build a new restaurant.
C. He may sell it to the owner of a restaurant. D. He may rent it out for use as a restaurant.
Part B You will hear one dialogue or monologue. Before listening, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing[A], [B], [C], or[D]. You will hear ONLY ONCE.
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the following passage.
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5. What degree was Patrick about to receive?
A. A master' s degree in business administration. B. A master' s degree in engineering. C. A bachelor' s degree in engineering. D. A doctor's degree in economics.
6. What did Patrick talk about with Ray Palmer?
A. The possibility of his working as a sales representative for an **pany. B. The Western Mining and Manufacturing Company. C. His research paper. D. Ray' s job.
7. What are the advantages of the job of a sales representative, according to Ray? A. He can set his own schedule. B. He can do things in his own way.
C. There' s a lot of variety in the work. D. All of the above.
8. What is the worst thing about the job of a sales representative? A. He must see a lot of customers. B. He has to do a lot of research.
C. He has to be away from home a lot. D. None of the above.
Section Ⅱ Use of EnglishDirection: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank.
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Sometimes, people (9) your life and you realize that they are there (10) some purpose, to (11) you a lesson, or to help you (12) who you are or who you want to become. You' d never know who these people (13) be, your friend, your classmate, your neighbor, your co-worker, your teacher, or (14) a stranger, but they will deeply (15) your life in some way. And sometimes things (16) to you that may seem (17) , painful and horrible at first, but (18) , you realize that without (19) those difficulties you would never know your strength, (20) or potential. Everything happens for a (21) . Nothing happens by (22) or by means of good luck. Illness, great achievement, love, injury and failure **e to (23) the limits of your soul. Without these tests, life would be like a straight and flat road, but it goes (24) . It would be safe **fortable, but dull **pletely (25) .
Those people who affect your life, and the failure and the success you experience can help you to create who you are and who you become. Even the bad experiences can (26) from. In fact, they are the most important ones. If someone breaks your heart, or hurts you, please (27) them, for they helped you to learn about the importance of being careful when you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them (28) ,because they are teaching you to love and how to open your heart and eyes to things.
… 9.
A. come across B. come down C. come after D. come into 10.
A. to B. in C. for D. on 11.
A. teach B. deliver C. give D. learn 12.
A. known B. knowing C. to know D. to knowing 13.
A. shall B. would C. may D. / 14.
A. almost B. even C. truly D. usually 15.
A. affect B. effect C. influence D. affection 16.
A. give B. bring C. happen D. take 17.
A. pleasant B. unfair C. delighted D. nice 18.
A. then B. after C. lately D. later 19.
A. accomplishing B. **ing C. finishing D. recovering 20.
A. willingness B. willing C. willpower D. weakness 21.
A. while B. meaning C. course D. reason 22.
A. opportunity B. chance C. incidence D. occurrence
23.
A. try B. test C. experiment D. trial 24.
A. nowhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. where 25.
A. meaningful B. important C. valuable D. meaningless 26.
A. learned B. learn C. be learned D. learning 27.
A. forgot B. forgive C. regret D. sorry 28.
A. back B. again C. more D. relatively
Section Ⅲ Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections: Read the following text. Answer the questions on each text by choosing[A], [B], [C]or[D].
In United States it is not customary to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you call him early in the day, while he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very important and requires immediate attention. The same meaning is attached to telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he assures it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the **municates its importance.
In social life, time plays a very important role. In United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not true in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far in advance because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be forgotten.
The understanding of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstanding arise between people from cultures that treat time differently. Promptness is valued highly in American life, for example, if people are not prompt, they may be regarded as impolite or not fully responsible. In the U. S. , no one would think of keeping a business associate waiting for an hour, it would be too impolite. When equals meet, a person who is five minutes late is expected to make a short apology. If he is less than five minutes late, he will say a few words of explanation, though perhaps he will **plete the sentence. To Americans, forty minutes of waiting is the beginning of the \"insult period\". No matter what is said in apology, there is little that can remove the damage done by an hour' s wait. Yet in some other countries, a forty minutes waiting period was not unusual. Instead of being the very end of the allowable waiting scale, it was just the beginning. Americans look ahead and are concerned almost entirely with the future. However, the
American idea of the future is limited. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of South Asian, which may involve, centuries. Someone had said: \"Time is like a museum with endless halls and rooms. You, the viewer, are walking through the museum in the dark, holding a light to each scene as you pass it. God is in charge of the museum, and only he knows all that is in it. One lifetime represents one room. \"
Since time has different meanings in different culture, communication is often difficult. We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.
29. In terms of promptness, Americans ______ . A. wait longer than in other countries B. apologize for being late for 40 minutes
C. are more polite than people in other countries D. give an explanation for being a little bit late 30. For South Asians, time ______ . A. is endless B. is limited C. is controlled by man D. is a road
31. It can be inferred from the passage that in some countries ______ . A. it is common to wait for an hour for an appointment B. explanations for being late are cut short C. apologies are never made for being late D. people are irresponsible
32. When Americans send an invitation they often send it ______ . A. 3 or 4 days in advance B. a week in advance C. 1 day in advance
D. more than 10 days in advance
33. This passage mainly concerns ______ . A. time and manners B. promptness
C. cultural differences between the East and the West D. rules of time
Part BDirections: Read the text from a magazine article in which several people expressed their different opinions on the same issue. Please match the name of each person to one of the statements given below.
Shelly She' s absolutely adorable. I think she' s very pretty, she makes me laugh a lot, um... she tells terrible jokes but I like the way she tells them. She' s a bit naughty sometimes and I curse her when she gets me up at six o' clock in the morning, but when I hear her singing in the morning, well, all is forgiven. She can twist me round her little finger, of course. Terry Well, he' s quite well-dressed and punctual. Sometimes he' s cheerful and tells us jokes, but other times we have to do a lot of work. We don' t really know him very well. Oh, I know he' s married, but I' ve never met him socially or anything like that. He seems very professional. Angel I' ve never
actually spoken to him. Mumm, I see him everyday, of course, as he leaves his car and gets in the lift to his office on the top floor. He' s always terribly well-dressed, and he must wear expensive after-shave because you can still smell it ten minutes after he' s gone. Cherry People are generally very nice, but well, there are some difficult ones. They shout at you for walking on the garden, or for not shutting the gate, or because you have shut the gate, or they park their cars so that you can' t actually get to their front door. And of course there are the dogs. I prefer dogs, the ones, but.., when there' s one going for me I' m terrified of them: Victoria He was very boring and predictable. The kind of person who remembered birthdays and anniversaries, but who made you angry because there was absolutely nothing spontaneous about him. His ideas of fun were too unadventurous. Well, the first few years were OK, but after that I' d just had enough. Reliable, stable, dependable, and boring. Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements[A] doctor and patient [B] husband and wife [C] mailman and customer [D] parent and child
[E] colleague[F] employer and employee[G] student and teacher
34. Shelly 35. Terry 36. Angel 37. Cherry 38. Victoria
Section Ⅳ Writing You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section.Part A
1. Write a letter of Apology (100 words).
2. Based on the table, write a passage about the Payroll of L. T. D. Inc. (120 words).Payroll(薪水册)of L. T. D. Inc Rank Number in Rank Wages Paid to Manager 5 $ 110 000 Supervisor 25 $ 350 000 Assembly worker 500 $ 600 000 Total 530 $ 1 060 000
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