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高
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学
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英
语
应
用
能
力
考
试
（
A
级
）
Part
Ⅰ
Listening Comprehension
（
20
minutes
）
Directions
: This part is to
test your listening ability. It consists of 4
sections.
Section A
Directions
:
This
section is to test your ability to understand
short dialogues. There
are 5 recorded
dialogues in it. After each
dialogue
，
there is a recorded
question. Both
the dialogues and
questions will be spoken
only
once.
When you hear a
question
，
you
should decide on the correct answer
from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D)
given in your test paper. Then you
should mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet with a single line through
the center.
Example
: You
will hear:
You will read:
A
）
New York City.
From the dialogue we learn that
the man is
B
）
An evening
party.
to take a flight to
New York.
Therefore,
C
）
An air trip.
C
）
An air
trip
is the correct
answer.
You
D
）
The man's
job.
should mark
C
）
on the Answer
Sheet with a
single line
through the center .
[A]
[B]
[C]
[D]
Now the test
will begin.
1. A) Production planning.
B) Financial affairs.
C) Public relations.
D)
Import and Export.
2. A) More workers
are needed.
B)
Workers
’
salaries are
higher.
C) Advertising costs more.
D) Raw materials are more expensive.
3. A) To look for a dream job.
B) To find a
chance to do business.
C) To continue his study.
D) To visit his friends.
4. A) He is suitable for
the job
B) He is nice and
kind.
C) He is good at programming.
D)
He finds the job difficult.
5. A) Buyer
and seller.
B) Doctor and nurse.
C) Interviewer and interviewee.
D) Shop assistant and customer.
Section B
Directions
:
This
section is to test your ability to understand
short conversations.
There are 2
recorded conversations in it. After each
conversation, there are some
recorded
questions. Both the conversations and questions
will be spoken
two times.
When you hear a question, you should
decide on the correct answer from the 4
choices marked A), B), C) and D) given
in your test paper. Then you should mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the center. Now
listen to the conversations.
Conversation 1
6. A) He was
too busy.
B)
His company has closed down.
C) He got
a new offer.
D) His company has moved
away.
7. A) To move to another city.
B) To have his own
business.
C) To
do social work.
D) To go to study
abroad.
Conversation 2
8. A)
The chief engineer.
B) The office secretary.
C) The sales manager.
D) The
manager assistant
9. A)
He
’
s attending a meeting.
B) He is speaking on
another phone.
C) He
’
s giving a
lecture.
D)
He
’
s away on a business
trip.
10. A) Telling him to meet
tomorrow.
B) Asking him to attend a
party.
C) Telling him to send a sample.
D) Asking him to call back.
Section C
Directions
:
In
this section, you will hear a recorded short
passage. The passage is
printed in the
test paper, but with some words or phrases
missing. The passage will be
read
two times
. You are required
to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer
sheet in order of the numbered blanks
according to what you hear. Now the passage
will begin.
Ladies and
Gentlemen,
It
’
s
my honor to be the guide to show you around our
company. First of all, I
’
ll
introduce our factory to you.
Our company
11
in the 1980s.
We mainly produce electronic goods and
export them all over the world. We
12
of about US$$80 million last
year, and
our business is growing
steadily. We now have offices in Asia, North
America and
Europe, with about 1500
employees, and we are working gladly to
13
of our
customers. In order to further develop
our overseas market, we need more agents to
14
our products.
I hope you will
15
doing business with us. Thank you!
Section D
Directions
:
This
section is to test your ability to comprehend
short passages. You will
hear a
recorded passage. After that you will hear five
questions. Both the passage and
the
questions will be read
two
times
. When you hear a
question
，
you should complete
the answer to it with a word or a short
phrase (
in no more than 3
words
).
The
questions and incomplete answers are
printed in your test paper. You should write
your answers on the Answer Sheet
correspondingly. Now listen to the
passage.
16. What did the
speaker talk about last time?
The
______________________of an oral presentation.
17. What does the speaker want to talk
about today?
The _____________________of a
presentation.
18. What does a typical
presentation consist of?
The beginning,
___________________.
19. Why is the
beginning of a presentation the most important
part, according to the
speaker?
Because it is the __________________to
your listeners.
20. What is the role an
effective beginning can play in your presentation?
It can draw
_____________________ and set the proper tone.
Part II
Structure (10 minutes)
Directions:
This part is to
test your ability to construct grammatically
correct
sentences. It consists of 2
sections.
Section A
Directions:
In this section,
there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are
required to
complete each one by
deciding on the most appropriate word or words
from the 4
choices marked A), B), C)
and D). Then you should mark the corresponding
letter on
the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the center.
21. We have to investigate
as _______ customers as possible in order to make
sure of
the potential of the market.
A) many
B) more
C ) much
D) most
22. As long as you keep on _________
hard, you
’
ll get promoted
sooner or later.
A)
work
B) worked
C) be working
D) working
23. There are 4.9 million businesses in
the UK, 99% of
_________
are small
businesses
A)
which
B) whose
C) that
D)
it
24. ______by all the team members,
they finally got the big project for their
company.
A) To be supported
B) Supporting
C) Having
D)
Supported
supported
25. This
article tell the readers _________ they can look
for in an employee
’
s
abilities
A) that
B)
which
C) what
D)
how
26. ________the number in full-time
employment fell by 2 million, the number of
people in part-time work doubled to
over 4 million..
A) Unless
B) While
C)Until
D) Since
27. It was your recommendation _____
enabled me to be an engineer in this
world-famous company.
A)
when
B) what
C) who
D) that
28. Now the
pollution caused by the increasing number of cars
________ more and
more serious in many
cities.
A) become
B) is
becoming
C) became
D) had
become
29. We understand you need easy
access _______up-to-date information about your
accounts in our bank.
A) in
B) for
C) to
D)
with
30. It is common practice _______
a battery when it still has some life in it.
A) to charge
B)
charged
C) charge
D) having
charged
Section B
Directions
:
There
are 5 incomplete statements here. You should fill
in each blank
with the proper form of
the word given in brackets. Write the word or
words in the
corresponding space on the
Answer Sheet.
31. The
proposal that the head of the team made at the
meeting sounds (reason)
_______ .
32. Generally speaking once you (make)
________ the payment, the goods should be
delivered within a week
33.
It is said that the advertising is the (expensive)
_______ of all the promotional
activities undertaken by businesses
34. The company suffered greatly during
the economic crisis with considerable loss of
its (invest) _______.
35. It
is reported that an international conference
(hold) ________ in London next
Friday
Part
Ⅲ
Reading
Comprehension
（
40
minutes
）
Directions:
This
part is to test your reading ability. There are 5
tasks for you to fulfill.
You should
read the reading materials carefully and do the
tasks as you are
instructed.
Task 1
Directions
:
After
reading the following passage, you will find 5
questions or
unfinished
statements
，
numbered 36 to
40. For each question or statement there are 4
choices marked A), B), C) and D).You
should make the correct choice and mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer
Sheet with a single line through the center.
We try to ensure that GFL Solid Waste
Haulage(
清运
) Division is a
company
that acts safely and
responsibly at all times and in all places. We
never tolerate any
conduct that puts
our customers and the communities we serve at
risk. At GFL, safety
is more than a
program; it is a core value of our company. GFL is
equally committed
to improving the
environment for the future of the communities we
live in and we
serve. We believe that
our services play an essential part in improving
the
environment and we are always
mindful of having the most cost-effective waste
management solutions for our customers.
We are committed to the safety of our
workers and have programs in place to
continually upgrade our worker safety
and environmental practices. We have highly
qualified staff, we use the best
available equipment and we are fully committed to
keeping our workplace safe and the
environment clean.
Over the past years,
service requests have changed dramatically from
basic waste
disposal to comprehensive
waste management or
“
green
”
programs. Our new
“
green
”
waste management program is now gaining
respect and popularity in the community.
For more information, contact GFL
at
.
36.
According to the passage, GFL
doesn
’
t allow any conduct
that will______.
A) cause any noise to
the environment
B) produce
waste in the
communities
C)
waste more natural resources
D) do harm to its customers
37. The core vale of GFL Solid Waste
Haulage Division is ________.
A) profit
B) safety
C) efficiency
D) responsibility
38. In the first paragraph,
“
we are always mindful
of
…”
means
“
_______
”
.
A) we are
always worried about
…
B)
we are always look forward
to
…
C) we are
always aware of
…
D) we always
put up with
…