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GRADE FOUR

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TIME LIMIT: 130 MIN

PART

I

DICTATION

[10 MIN]

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read

to

you

four

times.

During

the

first

reading,

which

will

be

done

at

normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second

and

third

readings,

the

passage

will

be

read

sentence

by

sentence,

or

phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be

done

at

normal

speed

again

and

during this

time

you

should

check

your

work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once

more.

Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

PART

SECTION A

TALK

II

LISTENING

COMPREHENSION

[20 MIN]

In this section you will hear a talk. You will hear the talk ONCE

ONLY. While listening, you may look at the task on the ANSWER SHEETONE

and write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each gap. Make sure what you fill

in

is

both

grammatically

and

semantically

acceptable.

You

may

use

the

blank sheet for note- taking.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the gap-filling task.

Now,

listen

to

the

talk.

When

it

is

over,

you

will

be

given

TWO

minutes to check your work.

SECTION B

CONVERSATIONS

In this section, you will hear two conversations. At the end of the

conversion, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the

conversation

and

the

questions

will

be

spoken

ONCE

ONLY.

After

each

question there will be a ten-second pause. During the pause, you should

read the four choices of A, B, C and D, and mark the best answer to each

question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

You have THIRTY seconds to preview the questions.

Now, listen to the conversations.

Conversation One

Questions 1 to 5 are based on Conversation One.

1. A. To tell the man that he has been shortlisted for interview.

B. To ask the man a few questions about his interview.

C. To tell the man the procedure of the interview.

D. To explain to the man how to make a presentation.

2.

A. Questions related to the job.

B. General questions about himself.

C. Specific questions about his CV.

D. Questions about his future plan.

3.

A. Questions from the interviewers.

B. Questions from the interviewee.

C. Presentation from the interviewee.

D. Requests from the interviewee.

4.

A. Educational and professional background.

B. Problems he has faced and solved.

C. Major successes in his career so far.

D. Company future and his contribution.

5.

A. 11 ., next Tuesday.

B. 11 ., next Thursday.

C. 9 ., this Tuesday.

D. 9 ., this Thursday.

Conversation Two

Questions 6 to 10 are based on Conversation Two.

6.

A. How college students pay for their education.

B. How to handle the problem of college loans.

C. The disadvantage of college loans.

D. Government financing in college education.

7.

A. It has increased by 6 to 8%.

B. It has increased by 8 to 10%.

C. It has decreased by 6 to 8%.

D. It has decreased by 8 to 10%.

8.

A. Student

’

s family income.

B. First year salary after graduation.

C. A fixed amount of 30, 000 dollars.

D. Payment in the next ten years.

9.

A. Students can borrow money first.

B. Students pay no tax on savings.

C. Students pay less tax after graduation.

D. Students withdraw without paying tax.

10.

A. Giving up charitable or volunteer work.

B. Neglecting their study at college.

C. Giving up further education.

D. Neglecting high salary in job-seeking.

PART

III

LANGUAGE

USAGE

[10 MIN]

There

are

twenty

sentences

in

this

section.

Beneath

each

sentence

there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or

phrase

that

best

completes

the

sentence.

Mark

your

answers

on

Answer

Sheet Two.

11.

How can I concentrate if you __________ continually __________

me with silly questions?

A. have

…

interrupted

B. had

…

interrupted

C. are

…

interrupting

D. were

…

interrupting

12.

Among

the

four

sentences

below,

Sentence

__________

express

the highest degree of possibility.

A. It may take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

B.

It

might

take

a

long

time

to

find

a

solution

to

the

problem.

C.

It

could

take

a

long

time

to

find

a

solution

to

the

problem.

D. It should take a long time to find a solution to the problem.

13.

She is a better speaker than __________ in the class.

A. all the girls

B. the other boys

C. other any girl

D. any boy

14.

Nobody heard him sing, __________?

A. did they

B. did he

C. didn

’

t they

D. did one

15.

I can

’

t put up with __________.

A. that friend of you

B. that friend of yours

C. the friend of you

D. the friend of yours

16.

There has been an increasing number of __________ in primary

schools in past few years.

A. man teacher

B. men teacher

C. man teachers

D. men teachers

17.

This is one of the issues that deserve __________.

A. mentioning

B. being mentioned

C. to mention

D. for mention

18.

The

audience

__________

excited

on

seeing__________

favorite

star glide onto the stage.

A. were

…

its

B. were

…

their

C. was

…

their

D. was

…

one

’

s

19.

__________ your advice, I would have made the wrong decision.

A. Hadn

’

t it been for

B. Had it not been for

C. Had it been for

D. Had not it been for

20.

The

sentence

I

wish

I

had

been

more

careful

in

spending

money

express the speaker

’

s __________.

A. hope

B. joy

C. regret

D. relief

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.

A. ensure

B. assure

C. insure

D. ascertain

22.

The police department came under strong criticism for both the

death of an unarmed and its handling of the __________.

A. consequence

B. outcome

C. result

D. aftermath

23.

The

Foreign

Secretary

tried

to

__________

doubts

about

his

handling of the crisis.

A. dispel

B. expel

C. repel

D. quell

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.

A. deprive

B. lack

C. yearn

D. attain

25.

Chris ran __________ John at a sporting-goods trade show and

the two quickly struck __________ an easy rapport.

A. into

…

up

B. on

…

into

C. across

…

on

D. against

…

into

26.

“

I

’

m

leaving

the

country

soon,

”

he

told

a

__________

convened group of reporters.

A. especially

B. particularly

C. specially

D. specifically

27.

Israel

and

Hamas

had

reached

a

deal

on

extending

the

__________ ceasefire by an extra 24 hours until Tuesday at midnight.

A. contemporary

B. makeshift

C. spontaneous

D. temporary

28.

__________

to

unplugging

the

alarm

clock

and

trusting

your

ability to wake on time on your own, you should probably ease yourself

into the new arrangement by keeping a very regular schedule for several

weeks.

A. Due

B. Prior

C. Related

D. Thanks

29.

If

you

are

an

athlete,

strong

abdominal

muscles

help

you

ensure a strong back and freedom from injury during __________upper-body

movement.

A. valiant

B. variable

C. vigorous

D. vigilant

30.

Finning is a cruel __________ in which the shark

’

s fins are

lopped off, and the live shark is thrown back to sea.

A. reality

B. truth

C. skill

D. practice

PART

IV

CLOZE

[10 MIN]

Decide which of the words given in the box below would best complete

the

passage

if

inserted

in

the

corresponding

blank.

The

words

can

be

used ONCE ONLY. Mark the letter for each word on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

A.

ample

B.

combinations

C.

directly

D.

disseminated

E. generations

F.

genuinely

G.

instead

H.

lists

I.

promulgated

J. publicized

K.

scant

L.

shaped

M.

sophisticated

N.

transplanted

O. virtual

Imagine a world without writing. Obviously there would be no books:

no

novels,

no

encyclopedias,

no

cookbooks,

no

textbooks,

no

telephone

books,

no

scriptures,

no

diaries,

no

travel

guides.

There

would

be

no

ball-points,

no

typeswriters,

no

computers,

no

Internet, no

magazines,

no movie credits, no shopping lists, no newspapers, no tax returns. But

such

__________

(31)

of

subjects

almost

miss

the

point.

The

world

we

live in has been indelibly marked by the written word, __________ (32)

by

the

technology

of

writing

over

thousands

of

years.

Ancient

kings

proclaimed

their

authority

and

__________

(33)

their

laws

in

writing.

Scribes

administered

great

empires

by

writing,

their

knowledge

of

recording

and

retrieving

information

essential

to

governing

complex

societies. Religious traditions were passed on through __________ (34),

and spread to others, in writing. Scientific and technological progress

was achieved and __________ (35) through writing. Accounts in trade and

commerce

could

be

kept

because

of

writing.

Nearly

every

step

of

civilization has been mediated through writing. A world without writing

would

bear

__________

(36)

resemblance

to

the

one

we

now

live

in.

Writing is a __________ (37) necessity to the societies anthropologists

call civilizations. A civilization is distinguished from other societies

by

the

complexity

of

its

social

organization,

by

its

construction

of

cities and large public buildings, and by the economic specialization of

its

members,

many

of

whom

are

not

__________

(38)

involved

in

food

procurement or production. A civilization, with its taxation and tribute

systems,

its

trade,

and

its

public

works,

requires

a

__________

(39)

system of record keeping. And so the early civilizations of Egypt, China,

and

(probably)

India

all

developed

a

system

of

writing.

Only

the

Peruvian

civilization

of

the

Incas

and

their

predecessors

did

not

use

writing

but

__________

(40)

invented

a

system

of

keeping

records

on

knotted color-coded strings known as

quipu

.

PART

V

READING

COMPREHENSION

[35 MIN]

SECTION A MUTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

In

this

section

there

are

three

passages

followed

by

ten

multiple

choice

questions.

For

each

multiple

choice

question,

there

are

four

suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is

the best answer. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PASSAGE ONE

(1)

When

I

was

twenty-seven

years

old,

I

was

a

mining- broker

’

s

clerk

in

San

Francisco,

and

an

expert

in

all

the

details

of

stock

traffic, I was alone in the world, and had nothing to depend upon but my

wits and a clean reputation; but these were setting my feet in the road

to eventual fortune, and I was content with the prospect. My time was my

own

after

the

afternoon

board,

Saturdays,

and

I

was

accustomed

to

putting it in on a little sail-boat on the bay. One day I ventured too

far, and was carried out to sea. Just at nightfall, when hope was about

gone, I was picked up by a small ship which was bound for London. It was

a long and stormy voyage, and they made me work my passage without pay,

as

a

common

sailor.

When

I

stepped

ashore

in

London

my

clothes

were

ragged and shabby, and I had only a dollar in my pocket. This money fed

and sheltered me twenty-four hours. During the next twenty-four I went

without food and shelter.

(2) About ten o

’

clock on the following morning, dirty and hungry, I

was dragging myself along Portland Place, when a child that was passing,

towed by a nurse- maid, tossed a big pear

——

minus one bite

——

into the

gutter. I stopped, of course, and fastened my desiring eye on that muddy

treasure. My mouth watered for it, my stomach craved it, my whole being

begged for it. But every time I made a move to get it some passing eye

detected

my

purpose,

and

of

course

I

straightened

up

then,

and

looked

indifferent and pretended that I hadn

’

t been thinking about the pear at

all. This same thing kept happening and happening, and I couldn

’

t get

the pear.

(3) I was just getting desperate enough to brave all the shame, and

to seize it, when a window behind me was raised, and a gentleman spoke

out of it, saying:

“

Step in here, please.

”

(4) I was admitted by a man servant, and shown into a sumptuous room

where

a

couple

of

elderly

gentlemen

were

sitting.

They

sent

away

the

servant, and made me sit down. They had just finished their breakfast,

and the sight of the remains of it almost overpowered me. I could hardly

keep

my

wits

together

in

the

presence

of

that

food,

but

as

I

was

not

asked to sample it, I had to bear my trouble as best as I could.

(5) Now, something had been happening there a little before, which I

did

not

know

anything

about

until

a

good

many

days

afterwards,

but

I

will

tell

you

about

it

now.

Those

two

old

brothers

had

been

having

a

pretty hot argument a couple of days before, and had ended by agreeing

to decide it by a bet, which is the English way of settling everything.

(6) You will remember that the Bank of England once issued two notes

of

a

million

pounds

each,

to

be

used

for

a

special

purpose

connected

with some public transaction with a foreign country. For some reason or

other only one of these had been used and canceled; the other still lay

in the vaults of the Bank. Well, the brothers, chatting along, happened

to

get

to

wondering

what

might

be

the

fate

of

a

perfectly

honest

and

intelligent

stranger

who

should

be

turned

adrift

in

London

without

a

friend, and with no money but that million-pound bank-note, and no way

to account for his being in possession of it. Brother A said he would

starve

to

death;

Brother

B

said

he

wouldn

’

t.

Brother

A

said

he

couldn

’

t

offer

it

at

a

bank

or

anywhere

else,

because

he

would

be

arrested on the spot. So they went on disputing till Brother B said he

would

bet

twenty

thousand

pounds

that

the

man

would

live

thirty

days,

anyway, on that million, and keep out of jail, too. Brother A took him

up.

Brother

B

went

down

to

the

Bank

and

bought

that

note.

Then

he

dictated

a

letter,

which

one

of

his

clerks

wrote

out

in

a

beautiful

round

hand,

and

then

the

two

brothers

sat

at

the

window

a

whole

day

watching for the right man to give it to.

(7) I finally became the pick of it.

41.

In

Para.

1,

the

phrase

“

set

my

feet

”

probably

means

__________.

A. put me aside

B. start my journey

C. prepare me

D. let me walk

42.

It can be concluded from Para. 2 that __________.

A. the man wanted to maintain dignity though starved

B. the man could not get a proper chance to eat the pear

C. The man did not really want the pear since it was dirty

D. it was very difficult for the man to get the pear

43.

Compared with Brother A, Brother B was more __________ towards

the effect of the

one-million-pound bank-note on a total strange.

A. neutral

B. negative

C. reserved

D. positive

PASSAGE TWO

(1)

The

concept

of

peace

is

a

very

important

one

in

cultures

all

over the world. Think about how we greet people. In some language, the

phrases

for

greetings

contain

the

word

for

peace.

In

some

cultures

we

greet

people

by

shaking

hands

or

with another

gesture

to show

that

we

are

not

carrying

weapons

---

that

we

come

in

peace.

And

there

are

certain

symbols

which

people

in

very

different

cultures

recognize

as

representing peace. Let

’

s look at a few of them.

The dove

(2) The dove has been a symbol of peace and innocence for thousands

of years in many different cultures. In ancient Greek mythology it was a

symbol of love and the renewal of life. In ancient Japan a dove carrying

a sword symbolized the end of war.

(3) There was a tradition in Europe that if dove flew around a house

where someone was dying then their soul would be at peace. And there are

legends which say that devil can turn himself into any bird except for a

dove. In Christian art, the dove was used to symbolized the Holy Ghost

and was often painted above Christ

’

s head.

(4)

But it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of

peace when he used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.

The rainbow

(5)

The

rainbow

is

another

ancient

and

universal

symbol,

often

representing

the

connection

between

human

beings

and

their

gods.

In

Greek

mythology

it

was

associated

with

Iris,

the

goddess

who

brought

messages from the gods on Mount Olympus. In Scandinavian mythology the

rainbow

was

a

bridge

between

the

gods

and

the

earth.

In

the

Bible

a

rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that

God had forgiven his people. In the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is a

common

symbol

for

marriage

because

the

colours

represent

the

union

of

yin and yang. Nowadays the rainbow is used by many popular movements for

peace

and

the

environment,

representing

the

possibility

of

a

better

world in the future and promising sunshine after rain.

Mistletoe

(6) This plant was sacred in many cultures, generally representing

peace and love. Most people know of the tradition of kissing under the

mistletoe

at

Christmas

time,

which

probably

comes

from

Scandinavian

mythology.

The

goddess

Freya

’

s

son

was

killed

by

an

arrow

made

of

mistletoe, so, in honour of him, she declared that it would always be a

symbol of peace. It was often hung in doorways as a sign of friendship.

(7)

The

ancient

Druids

believed

that

hanging

mistletoe

in

your

doorway could protect you from evil spirits. Tribes would stop fighting

for a period of time if they found a tree with mistletoe. But you will

never see mistletoe in a Christian church - it is banned because of its

associations with pagan religion and superstition.

The olive branch

(8) The olive tree has always been a valuable source of food and oil.

In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena gave the olive tree to the people

of Athens, who showed their gratitude by naming the city after her. But

no one knows for sure when or why it began to symbolize peace. There is

probably

a

connection

with

ancient

Greece.

Wars

between

states

were

suspended during the Olympics Games, and the winners were given crowns

of olive branches. The symbolism may come from the fact that the olive

tree

takes

a

long

time

to

produce

fruit,

so

olives

could

only

be

cultivated successfully in long periods of peace. Whatever the history,

the

olive

branch

is

a

part

of

many

modern

flags

symbolizing

peace

and

unity. One well-known example is the United Nations symbol.

The ankh

(9)

The

ankh

is

an ancient

symbol

which

was

adopted

by

the

hippie

movement in the 1960s to represent peace and love. It was found in many

Asian

cultures,

but

is

generally

associated

with

ancient

Egypt.

It

represented life and immortality. Egyptians were buried with an ankh, so

that they could continue to live in the

“

afterworld

”

also found along the sides of the Nile, which gave life to the people.

They believed that the ankh could control the flow of the river and make

sure that there was always enough water.

44. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Concept of Peace.

B. Origin of Peace Symbols.

C. Popular Peace Symbols.

D. Cultural Difference of Peace.

45.

The

rainbow

represents

the

connection

between

human

beings

and

their gods in all the

following countries EXCEPT __________.

A. Sweden

B. Greece

C. Finland

D. China

46. In North Europe mistletoe was often hung in doorways to indicate

__________.

A. friendship

B. love

C. kinship

D. honour

47. The origin of the ankh can date back to __________.

A. the Nile

B. the

“

afterword

”

C. the hippie movement

D. ancient Egypt

PASSAGE THREE

(1)

Two

sides

almost

never

change:

That

you

can

manipulate

people

into self-sufficiency and that you can punish them into good citizenship.

(2)

The

first

manifests

itself

in

our

tireless

search

for

the

magical level at which welfare grants are big enough to meet basic needs

but

small

enough

to

make

low-paid

work

attractive.

The

second

has

us

looking to the criminal justice system to cure behavior that is as much

as anything the result of despair.

(3) The welfare example is well known. We don

’

t want poor people to

live in squalor or their children to be malnourished. But we also don

’

t

want to subsidize the indolence of people who are too lazy to work. The

first impulse leads us to provide housing, food stamps, medical care and

a cash stipend for families in need. The second gets us to think about

“

workforce

”

.

(4)

We

’

ve

been

thinking

about

it

for

two

reasons:

the

“

nanny

”

problems

of

two

high-ranking

government

officials

(who

hired

undocumented

foreigners

as

household

helpers,

presumably

because

they

couldn

’

t

find

Americans

to

do

the

work)

and

President

Clinton

’

s

proposal to put a two-year limit on welfare.

(5)

Maybe

something

useful

will

come

of

Clinton

’

s

idea,

but

I

’

m

not all that hopeful. It looks to me like one more example of trying to

manipulate people into taking care of themselves.

(6) On the criminal justice side, we hope to make punishment tough

enough to discourage crime but not so tough as to clog our prisons with

relatively minor offenders. Too short a sentence, we fear, will create

contempt

for

the

law.

Too

long

a

sentence

will

take

up

costly

space

better used for the violent and unremorseful.

(7)

Not

only

can

we

never

find

the

“

perfect

”

punishment,

our

search for optimum penalties is complicated by our desire for fairness:

to

let

the

punishment

fit

the

crime.

The

problem

is

that

almost

any

punishment

---

even

the

disgrace

of

being

charged

with

a crime

---

is

sufficient

to

deter

the

middle

class,

while

for

members

of

the

underclass, probation may be translated as

“

I beat it

”

.

(8) So how can you use the system --- welfare or criminal justice --

- to produce the behavior we want? The answer, I suspect is: You can

’

t.

(9) We keep trying to use welfare and prison to

change

people --- to

make

them

think

and

behave

the

way

we

do

---

when

the

truth

is

the

incentives work only for those who already think the way we do: who view

today

’

s action with an eye on the future.

(10)

We

will

take

lowly

work

(if

that

is

all

that

’

s

available)

because we believe we can make bad jobs work for us. We avoid crime not

because

we

are

better

people

but

because

we

see

getting

caught

as

a

future-wrecking

disaster.

We

are

guided

by

a

belief

that

good

things

will happen for us in the future if we take proper care of the present.

Even under the worst of circumstances, we believe we are in control of

our lives.

(11) And we have trouble understanding that not everybody believes

as we believe. The welfare rolls, the prison and the mean street of our

cities

are

full

of

people

who

have

given

up

on

their

future.

Without

hope for the future, hard work at a low-paid job makes no sense. Working

hard in school, or pleasing a boss, or avoiding pregnancy makes no sense.

The deadly disease is hopelessness. The lawlessness and poverty are only

the obvious symptoms.

(12) I

’

m not advocating that we stop looking for incentives to move

poor people toward self-sufficiency or that we stop punishing people for

criminal

behavior.

There

will

always

be

some

people

who

need

help

and

some who deserve to be in jail.

(13)

All

I

’

m

saying

is

that

the

long-term

answer

both

to

welfare

and

the

crime

that

plagues

our

communities

is

not

to

fine

tune

the

welfare

and

criminal

justice

systems

but

to

prevent

our

children

from

getting the disease of despair.

(14) If we encourage our young people to believe in the future, and

give

them

solid

evidence

for

believing,

we

’

ll

find

both

crime

and

poverty shrinking to manageable proportions.

48.

What

is

the

author

’

s

attitude

towards

Clinton

’

s

proposal

to

welfare?

A. Pessimistic.

B. Optimistic.

C. Suspicious.

D. Sarcastic.

49.

It

can

be

inferred

from

Para.

7

that

optimum

penalties

are

__________ to the underclass.

A. useless

B. hopeless

C. frightening

D. humiliating

50.

Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the

passage?

A. Lawlessness and Poverty.

B. Criminal Justice System.

C. Welfare Grants.

D. Disease of Despair.

SECTION B

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

In this section, there are five short answer questions based on the

passages in Section A. Answer the questions with NO more than TEN words

in the space provided on ANSWER SHEET TWO.

PASSAGE ONE

51.

In

Para.

4,

what

does

the

man

mean

by

saying

“

I

had

to

bear

my

trouble

”

?

52. What can be inferred from the last sentence of the passage?

PASSAGE TWO

53. Why does the UN use the olive branch in its symbol?

PASSAGE THREE

54. According to the author, what balance should we keep in welfare?

55.

What

does

the

author

mean

by

saying

“

Even

under

the

worst

of

circumstances, we believe

we are in control of our lives

”

(Para. 10)?

PART

VI

WRITING

[45 MIN]

Read carefully the following excerpt on term-time holiday arguments

in the UK, and then write your response in

NO LESS THAN

200 words, in

which you should:

·summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then

·comment on whether parents should take children out of school for

holiday during term

time in order to save money.

You should support yourself with information from the excerpt.

Marks

will

be

awarded

for

content

relevance,

content

sufficiency,

organization

and

language

quality.

Failure

to

follow

the

above

instructions may result in a loss of marks.

Term-time holidays will be banned

Parents

are

to

be

banned

by

Michael

Gove,

UK’s

Education

Secretary,

from taking their children out of school to save money on holidays.

He is to abolish the right of head teacher to “authorise absence” from

the classroom, which has been used to let families take term-time breaks,

and

will

warn

them

they

face

fines

for

their

children

not

being

at

school.

“Any

time

out

of

school

has

the

potential

to

damage

a

child’s

education,” a senior source at the Department f

or Education said this

weekend. “That is why the government will end the distinction between

authorised and unauthorised absence.”

“This

is

part

of

the

government’s

wider

commitment

to

bring

down

truancy levels in our schools. There will also be stricter penalties for

parents and schools.”

The tough measures on truancy are part of a wider attempt by Mr. Gove to

make education more academically rigorous and to tackle a culture in the

educational

establishment

which

he

believes

has

accepted “excuses

for

failu

re”.

Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head

Teachers, said the measure would discourage parents from trying to put

pressure

on

heads

to

sanction

term

time

holiday.

“

The

high

cost

of

holidays

outside

of

term

time

is

still

an

issue

but

ultimately

a

child’s education is more important than a holiday,” he said.

—

THE END

—

A. The kind of people suitable for the trip.

B. Interests and hobbies of the speakers.

C. Recruitment of people for the trip.

D. Preparation for the trip to Mars.

.....

Conversation Two

Write your response on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

——

THE END

——

ANSWER SHEET 1(

反面

)

PART II LISTENING COMPREHENSION

What is Grit?

My questions

W

hy isn’t . the only difference between students?

)______

My Research

investigation

of

all

kinds

of

(2)______:

including:

(2)______

—

West Point Military Academy

—

(3)

_______

(3)______

—

private companies

My finding: grit as predictor of success

Grit

__

My survey

High school juniors took grit questionnaires

(7)______

Grit-building

little is known about how to build grit in students

data

show

grit

is

unrelated

to

(8)_______

(8)____

growth

mindset

is

the

belief

that

the

ability

to

learn

is

(9)

_______

(9)____

kids

were

more

likely

to

graduate

(7)_____

Grit

Grit

is

is(4)

is

______

for

hard

your

a

for

life

very

years

long- term

to

make

a(6)

goals

(4)______

working

living

(5)______

(5)______

like

_____

(6)____

What

is

the

key

to(1)

______?

(1

kids

Conclusion

with

grit

believe

failure

is(10)

______

(10)____

We need to be gritty about getting our kinds grittier.

TEM 4 SCRIPT

PARTⅠDICTATION

Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read

to

you

four

times.

During

the

first

reading,

which

will

be

done

at

normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second

and

third

readings,

the

passage

will

be

read

sentence

by

sentence,

or

phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be

done

at

normal

speed

again

and

during this

time

you

should

check

your

work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once

more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.

Now listen to the passage.

Are you confident or insecure in a difficult situation?

Do you react positively or negatively?

The answer may depend in part on whom you are around.

A study found that negative thinking can be contagious in some cases.

For example, the researchers studied 103 college roommates.

They m

easured 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.

The second and third readings. You should begin writing now.

The last reading.

Now,

you

have

two

minutes

to

check

through

your

work.

(a

two-minute

interval)

That is the end of Part

Ⅰ

Dictation.

2016

年< /p>

4

级听写评分标准

THINK POSITIVE AND FEEL POSITIVE

（标题忽略不计）

第一组：

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.

/

(45words)

第二组：

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.(43words)

1.

听写共分

10

< br>小节：每节

1

分，每组评阅五句，每五句为一段。

2.

阅卷教师只需识别错误（小错误：； 大错误：），并点击相关按钮，不用

计算分值。

3.

每节最多扣一分。

4.

段内重复错误，仅扣一次。段内乱点标点符号，算标点符 号错误。总计扣

分，算在最后一个评分框中。

5.

错误共分两类：小错误（

minor mistakes

）和大错误（

major mistakes

）。

A.

小错误

1

）

大小写 、标点符号错误（如果标点影响后句大小写，算前句的一个小

错）：

第一组：

or negatively?

—

or negatively.

第二组：

tendency

—

tendency

，；roommate’s —

roommates

；

It

—

it

2

）

冠词错误：

第一组：

in a difficult

—

in the difficult;

第二组：

with a negative-thinking roommate

—

with negative thinking

roommate

B.

大错误：漏写、加词、造词、换词（冠词见互换、替代作 小错计），移

位，单复数，拼写，时态错误

：

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第一组：

negative

—

negtive/nagetive

；

found that

—

found; contagiou s

—

contageous/cotagious;