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Part I DICTATION
Think Positive
and Feel Positive
Are
you
confident
or
insecure
in
a
difficult
situation?
/
Do
you
react
positively or
negatively? / The answer may depend in part on
whom you
’
re
around.
/
A
study
found
that
negative
thinking
can
be
contagious
in
some
cases.
/
For
example,
the
researchers
studied
103
college
roommates.
/
They
measured
each
roommate
’
s
tendency
towards
negative thinking. / It was found that
thinking patterns can be contagious.
/
Students
with
a
negative
thinking
roommate
became
more
depressed
themselves, / and students with more
positive thinking roommates / were
more
likely to become more positive as well.
Part II LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A TALK
1. success
2. challenging settings
3.
National Spelling Contest
4. passion
and perseverance
5. future a reality
6. marathon
7. grittier
8. measures of talent
9. not
fixed / changeable
10. a temporary
condition
SECTION B
CONVERSATIONS
1. Why does the
woman call the man?
答案:
[
D
]
To tell
the man the procedure of the interview.
2. What kind of questions can the
man ask in the interview?
答案:
[
A
]
Questions related to the job.
3. Which is the last part of the
interview?
答案:
[
C<
/p>
]
Presentation from the
interviewee.
4. What might be
expected from the man
’
s
presentation?
答案:
[
D
]
Company future and his
contribution.
5. When is the
interview scheduled?
答案:
[
B
]
11 a.m.
,
next Thursday.
6. What is the interview mainly
about?
答案:
[
C
]
How to handle the
problem of college loans.
7. How
does the cost of college education change every
year?
答案:
[
A
]
It was increased by 6 to 8%.
8. What is used to measure
student loan debt as a guideline?
答案:
p>
[
B
]
First
year salary after graduation.
9.
What is the advantage of joining a college savings
plan?
答案:
[
D
]
Students withdraw without paying
tax.
10. What is the possible social
cost of a college loan?
答案:
[
A
]
Giving up
charitable or volunteer work.
Part III LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
11.
How
can
I
concentrate
if
you_____
continually_____
me
with
silly
questions?
答案:
[
p>
A
]
have...interrupted
12.
Among
the
four
sentences
below,
Sentence _____ expresses
the
highest degree of possibility.
< br>答案:
[
D
]
< br>
It should take a long time to find
a solution to the problem.
13. She is a
better speaker than _____ in the class.
答案:
[
A
]
any boy
14. Nobody heard
him sing, _____?
答案:
[
D
]
did they
15. I can
’
t put
up with _____.
答案:
[
B
]
that friend
of yours
16. There has been an
increasing number of _____ in primary schools in
the past few years.
答案:
[
D
]
men teachers
17. This is one
of the issues that deserve _____ .
答案:<
/p>
[
B
]
mentioning
18. The audience
_____ excited on seeing _____ favorite star glide
onto
the stage.
答案:
[
A
]
were...their
19. _____ your
advice, I would have made the wrong decision.
答案:
[
B
]
Had it not been for
20.
The
sentence
I
wish
I
had
been
more
careful
in
spending
money
expresses the speaker
’
s
_____ .
答案:
[
C
]
regret
21. The Attorney General ordered a
federal autopsy of Brown
’
s
body,
seeking to _____ the family and
community there would be a thorough
investigation into his death.
答案:
[
C
]
assure
22. The police
department came under strong criticism for both
the death
of an unarmed man and its
handling of the _____.
答案:
[<
/p>
D
]
aftermath
23. The Foreign
Secretary tried to _____ doubts about his handling
of the
crisis.
答案:
[
D
]
q
uell
(此题存在争议,也会说选
[A]dispel
的,需要进一
步讨论)
24. Mutual funds are thus best for
investors who don
’
t want to
take the
time
to
study
stocks
in
detail
or
who
_____
the
resources
to
build
a
portfolio.
答案:
[
p>
B
]
lack
25.
Chris
ran
_____
John
at
a
sporting-goods
trade
show
and
the
two