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Part
I Listening Comprehension (25minutes, 20points)
Section A (1Point each)
B. Because they love their children too much to
send
1.
A. He doesn't like
classic music.
them away from home
B. He feels sorry to decline the offer
C. Because homeschooling provides
more time for
C. He is
eager to go to the concert.
the
family to be together.
D. He hasn't got
a ticket yet.
D. Because they are
able to help their kids to learn
2.
A. At the garage. B. At the
restaurant.
more social skills.
C. At the supermarket.
D.
At the office.
12. A. A variety of
honeybee.
3.
A. Tony
doesn't always listen.
B. A
geographic magazine.
B. Tony has
hearing problems.
C. A National Home
School Honor Society
C.
It's unusual that Tony missed the interview
D. A national top competition.
D. Tony often forgets himself.
13. A. Importance of biodiversity.
4.
A. The weather is
generally cooler and drier.
B.
Protection of wild species.
B. The
weather is generally warmer and wetter.
C. Farm pollution. D. Agricultural
methods.
C. The weather is
moderately hot.
14. A. Rice, maize,
potato and wheat.
D. The weather is
usually changeable.
B. Corn, bean,
rice and wheat.
5.
A. A
doctor.
B. An operator,
C. Potato, maize, bean and rice.
C. A nurse.
D. A dentist.
D. Rice, corn, wheat and sweet
potato
6.
A. $$0.35
B. $$3.50
C. $$3.05
D. $$30.5
15. A. They can
harm wetlands, rivers and other
7.
A. He had something wrong with his
watch.
environments
needed to support life
B. He thought
the meeting was for a different day.
B. They can destroy crops, native species and
C. His oral presentation
was not well-prepared.
property.
D. He was not
paying attention to the time.
C.
They spread in areas they are not native to with
8.
A. He didn't attend
Professor Smith's class last
natural
controls.
time.
D. They
hardly survive different conditions.
B. He thinks the class will meet as
scheduled.
C.
The woman should pose a more serious
Section C ( 1 point each)
question.
Lecture Topic:
Getting a good night’s sleep
D. Professor Smith often
cancels classes for the
16. There are
several ___________ drugs available to
long weekend.
help people
sleep.
9.
A. The woman does
not drink beer.
If you don’t want to
use drugs, there are some things
B. It
was not the woman's coat.
you can do on
your own to help get a g
ood night’s
C. The woman just had her
coat cleaned.
sleep:
D.
The woman is not angry with the man.
17.
Section B ( 1 point
each)
1)_______________________________
___________
10. A. 850,000 children,
around two percent, are
_
currently learning at home
18.
B. School system
provides teachers for
2)_______________
___________________________
homeschoolin
g.
_
C. All the states in
the U.S. permit homeschooling.
19.
D. Homeschooled children are never
expected to go
3)______________________
____________________
to college.
_
11. A. Because their
children do not like attending
20.
schools.
4)_________________
_________________________
_
PART II VOCABULARY (10 minutes, 10
points )
Section A (0.5 point each )
21. Nothing can be more absurd than to
say that human beings are doomed.
A.
compelling B. rational C. ridiculous
D. ambiguous
22. The Chinese government
continues to uphold the principle of peaceful co-
existence.
A. support B.
restrict C. raise D. modify
23. Patients are expected to comply
with doctors' instructions for quick recovery.
A. improve on B. abide by
C. draw upon D. reflect on
24.
Scientists have achieved findings substantial
enough to remove our fear of GM foods.
A. abundant B. controversial C.
conducive D. convincing
25.
Those students who have made adequate preparations
for the test will be better off.
A.
more wealthy B. less successful C. dismissed
earlier D. favorably positioned
26.
If you hold on to a winning attitude, you'll make
a greater effort and also create positive
momentum.
A. influence B.
strength C. outlook D.
consequence
27. Academic integrity is
deemed essential to those devoted to scientific
researches.
A. believed B.
discarded C. advocated D. confirmed
28. Customers in these markets of
antiques are good at slashing prices.
A. assessing B. cutting C. elevating
D. altering
29. The public attached
great importance to the news that prices of
housing would be brought under control.
A. joined B. ascribed
C. fastened D. diverted
30.
Thousands of people left their rural homes and
flocked into the cities to live beside the new
factories.
A. dashed B.
filed C. strolled D. swarmed
Section B (0.5 point each)
31._________this dull life, the full-
time mom decided to find a part-time job.
A. Tied up with B. Fed up with
C. Wrapped up in D. Piled up with
32. In the letter, my friend said that
he would love to have me as a guest in his _____
home.
A. humble B. obscure
C. inferior D. lower
33. Tom
is sick of city life, so he buys some land in
Alaska, as far from ________ as possible.
A. humidity B. humanity C.
harmony D. honesty
34. As an
important _______ for our emotions and ideas,
music can play a huge role in our life.
A. vessel B. vest
C. venture D. vehicle
35. The
day is past when the country can afford to give
high school diploma to all who ___six years of
instruction.
A. set about
B. run for C. sit through D. make
for
36. The wages of manual laborers
stay painfully low, meaning digitalization could
drive an even deeper
______between the
rich and poor.
A. boundary B.
difference C. wedge D. variation
37. A farmer must learn the kinds of
crops best ____ the soils on his farm.
A. accustomed to B. committed to C. applied to
D. suited to
38. The sun is so large
that if it were ______, it would hold a million
earths.
A. elegant B.
immense C. hollow D. clumsy
39. This patient's life could be saved
only by a major operation. That would _____ her to
a high risk.
A. expose B.
lead C. contribute D. send
40. It takes a year for the earth to
make each ________, or revolution, around the sun.
A. tour B. travel
C. visit D. trip
PART III
CLOZE TEST (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 point each)
Harvard University's under-graduate
education is
that Harvard's curriculum
did not provide enough
being reformed
so that it includes some time spent
choice and encourage premature
specialization.
outside the US and more
science courses, the US
Cable News Network (CNN) has reported.
For the
where global connections, cross
disciplinary research,
first time in 30
years, Harvard is 41 its under-graduate
and science in general are ever more
important,
curriculum. William Kirby,
dean of the faculty of arts
Kirby.
and sciences, said this 42 what many
people had said
Particularly 44 is
the idea that students need to
an
effort created in 1978 to broaden education by
spend time overseas, either in a
traditional study-
requiring students to
choose from a list of courses in
abroad
program or over a summer, perhaps doing an
several areas of study. Classes often
focused on a
internship or research.
highly 48 topic and emphasized
Students can either find the
program themselves or
Under a new
plan, the curriculum would be
45 some
exchange programs offered by the university.
replaced with a set of 49
emphasizing knowledge over methodology
and 50
university, students interested
in the subject should be
wider
territory. A life sciences course, for example,
spending a semester at a university in
China.
might combine molecular and
evolutionary biology
It was also
recommended that Harvard 47 its
and
psychology, rather than focusing on one of those,
required
said Benedict
Gross, Harvard College dean.
41. A.
inspecting
B. reviewing
C. searching
D. underlying
42.
A.
in
accordance
B. in line with
C. in charge of
D. in
response to
with
43. A.
update
B. uphold
C. upset
D. upward
44. A. trust-worthy
B.
note-worthy
C
. praise-worthy
D. reward-worthy
45. A. turn
out
B. turn in
C. turn to
D. turn over
46. A. In spite of
B.
As if
C. Let alone
D. Rather than
47. A. perish
B. destroy
C. abolish
D. denounce
48. A. appropriate
B. imaginative
C. special
D. specific
49. A. optical
B. optional
C. opposite
D. optimistic
50. A. sparing
B.
spiraling
C. spanning
D. sparkling
PART IV
READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points, 1
point each)
Passage One
A
report published recently brings bad news
say whether traveling on an underground
train is better
about air pollution. It
suggests that it could be as
or worse
than taking the bus. Air pollution on
damaging to our health as exposure to
the radiation
underground trains tends
to be, less toxic than that at
from the
1986 Ukraine nuclear power disaster. The
street level, because underground
pollution is mostly
report was
published by the UK Royal Commission on
made up of tiny iron particles thrown
up by wheels
Environmental Pollution.
But what can city people do
hitting the
rails. But diesel and petrol fumes have a
to reduce exposure to air pollution.'?
Quite a lot, it
mixture of pollutants.
turns out.
When you are
crossing a road, stand well back
Avoid
walking in busy streets. Choose side
from the curb while you wait for the
light to change.
streets and parks
instead. Pollution levels can fall a
Every meter really does count when you
are close to
considerable amount just
by moving a few meters
traffic. As the
traffic begins to move, fumes can be
away from the main pollution source--
exhaust
reduced in just a few seconds.
So holding your breath
for just a
moment can make a difference, even though
fumes(
烟气
). Also
don't walk behind smokers. Walk
it
might sound silly.
on the windward side
of the street where exposure to
There
are large sudden pollution increases during
pollutants can be 50 percent less than
on the
rush hours. Pollution levels
fall during nighttime. The
downwind
side.
time of year also makes a big
difference. Pollution
Sitting on the
driver's side of a bus can increase
levels tend to be at their lowest
during spring and
your exposure by 10
percent, compared with sitting on
autumn when winds are freshest. Extreme
cold or hot
the side nearest the
pavement. Sitting upstairs on a
weather
has a trapping effect and tends to cause a
double-decker can reduce exposure. It
is difficult to
build-up of pollutants.
51. What is the passage
mainly about?
52. According to the
report, air pollution in big cities
A. How to fight air pollution in big cities.
__________.
B. How to
avoid air pollution in big cities.
A.
can be more serious than Chernobyl nuclear
C. How to breathe fresh air in big
cities.
disaster
D. How
serious air pollution is in big cities.