剑桥英语KET考试检验题

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日期：

2012-02-02

来源：新航道

Section III

Reading Comprehension Part A

Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text

by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1 by

drawing a thick line across the corresponding letter in the brackets.

Text

It was a quarter past nine as Marie hurried into the office building

where she was going to work. Her bus had inched along through heavy

morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first job. She

decided

to

start

out

half

an

hour earlier

the

next

day.

Once inside

the

lobby, she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before

she could get on one going to the sixth floor. When she finally reached

the office marked

and waited. There was no answer. She tapped on the door again, but still

there was no reply. From inside the next office, she could hear the sound

of voices, so she opened the door and went in. Although she was sure it

.

was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had had

the interview with Mr. King, it looked quite different now. In fact, it hardly

looked

like

an

office

at

all.

The

employees

were

just

standing

around

chatting and smoking. At the far end of the room, somebody must have

just

told

a good

joke,

she

thought,

because

there

was

a

loud

burst

of

laughter

as

she

came

in.

For

a

moment

she

had

thought

they

were

laughing

at

one

of

the

men

looked

at

his

watch,

clapped

his

hands and said something to the others. Quickly they all went to their

desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was hard at work. No one

paid

any

attention

to

Marie.

Finally

she

went

up

to

the

man

who

was

sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her

first

day in

the

office.

Hardly

looking up

from

his

work,

he

told

her

to

have a seat and wait for Mr. King, who would arrive at any moment. Then

Marie realised that the day's work in the office began just before Mr. King

arrived. Later she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into

Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35,

so that his staff knew exactly when to start working.

1. Marie felt nervous when she knocked at the door because _______.

[A> it was her first day in a new job

[B> she was a little bit late for work

[C> she was afraid that she had gone to the wrong place

[D> there was no answer from inside the office

2. Marie could hardly recognise the office she went into as _______.

[A> she had been there only once

[B> Mr. King was not in the office

[C> nobody was doing any work

[D> the office had a new appearance

3. The people in the office suddenly started working because _______.

[A> they saw a stranger in the office

[B> they had finished their morning break

[C> no one wanted to talk to Marie

[D> the boss was about to arrive

4. We can infer from the text that the employees of the enterprise

_______.

.

[A> would start their work by listening to a joke

[B> were cold to newcomers

[C> were always punctual for work

[D> lacked devotion to the company

5. The best title for this text would be _______.

[A> Punctual Like A Clock

[B> A Cold Welcome

[C> An Unpunctual Manager

[D> Better Late Than Never

Part B

Read the texts from a magazine article in which five women talked

about their slimming failures. For questions 1 to 5, match the name of

each

woman

(1

to

5)

to

each

of

the

statements

(A

to

G)

given

below.

Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

Glynis Davis: I first piled on the pounds when I was pregnant and I

couldn't lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target

was 10 stone and I lost 2 stone 2lbs in six months. I felt great and people

kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip

back

into

my

old

eating

habits.

I

told

myself

I'd

lose

the

weight

at

slimming classes in the new year... but it didn't happen. Instead of losing

the pounds, I put them on. I'd lost the willpower and tried to convince

myself that the odd bag of crisps didn't make any difference

- but the

scales don't lie.

Roz Juma: To be honest, I never weigh myself any more - I've learned

to be happy with myself. It seemed ridiculous to feel guilty about every

morsel that passed my lips. My philosophy is simple: You shouldn't be

preoccupied with food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life

and stop dreaming about a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I'm

meant to be and, most of all, I'm happy with it.

Lesley Godwin: I was very happy after winning Young Slimmer of the

Year. I'd look in the mirror unable to believe this slim creature was me.

That

might

have

been

my

problem

-

perhaps

I

didn't

relate

to

my

reflection any more. Winning a national competition makes everything

.

worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are on you. I feel a

failure

because

I've

put

on

weight

again...

I

find

it

humiliating

and

embarrassing.

Ros Langford: Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I'd always

been about 8 stone, but domestic bliss went straight to my waist and I

put on 2 stone in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet... I'm really

good

for

a

few

days,

then

end

up

eating

the

children's

leftovers

or

gorging on chocolate - my weakness. I'd like to be slim, but right now my

priorities are the children and home. I may be more motivated when the

kids are older.

Julia Minifie: I'm a compulsive eater. I can't control my urges and I

really love cakes. When I'm slim I feel like a million dollars - and when I'm

not

I

get

very

depressed.

Over

the

years

I'd

tried

and

failed

with

just

about every diet. I was determined I'd never put the weight back on, but

at some stage along the line I lost my resolution, and it started to creep

on again... Certainly I will face the same problem in the future.

Now match each of the women (1 to 5) to the appropriate statement.

Note: there are two extra statements.

Statements

1.

Glynis

Davis

[A>

I

put

on

weight

after

I

got

married.

2. Roz Juma

[B> The heavier, the merrier.

3. Lesley Godwin

[C> Facts speak louder than words.

4. Ros Langford

[D> I like myself as I am.

5.

Julia

Minifie

[E>

I'm

constantly

at

war

with

my

weight.

[F>

Fame

doesn't

necessarily

mean

success.

[G> I think I'll be slim again.

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日期：

2012-02-02

来源：新航道

Section I: Listening Comprehension This section is designed to test

your

ability

to

understand

spoken

English.

You

will

hear

a

selection

of

.

recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany

them. There are two parts in this section, Part A and Part B.

Remember,

while

you

are

doing

the

test,

you

should

answer

the

questions in your test booklet, NOT on the ANSWER SHEET. At the end of

the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer

your answers from your test booklet onto your ANSWER SHEET1.

If you have any questions, you may raise your hand NOW as you will

not be allowed to speak once the test is look at Part A in

your test booklet.

Part

A:You

will

hear

10

short

dialogues.

For

each

dialogue,

there

is

one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer A,

B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to

answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.

Example:You will hear:W: Could you please tell me if the Beijing flight will

be

arriving

on

time?M:

Yes,

Madam.

It

should

be

arriving

in about

ten

will read:Who do you think the woman is talking to?[A> a

bus conductor[B> a clerk at the airport[C> a taxi driver[D> a clerk at the

station

From the dialogue, we know that only a clerk at the airport is most

likely to know the arrival time of a flight, so you should choose answer

[B> and mark it in your test Answer[A> [> [C> [D>

1. M: That's a nice dress you're wearing.

W:

Thank

you.

My

father

gave it

to

me

as

a

birthday

present.

He

knows red's my favourite colour.

1. What are they talking about?

[A> their best friend

[B> their favourite colour

[C> the clothes the woman is wearing

[D> a present the man has bought

2. W: Mike, there's not much left in the refrigerator.

.

M: Well, I might be able to pick up a few things after work, but I

have to be back rather late today.

W: In that case, we'll make do with a meal out at McDonald's.

M: OK. See you there at 8:00.

2. What do they decide to do?

[A> The man will bring some food back for dinner.

[B> They will go to their friend's home for supper.

[C> The woman will fill the refrigerator before supper.

[D> They will eat out for dinner.

Part B:You

are

going

to hear

four

conversations.

Before

listening

to

each conversation, you will have 5 seconds to read each of the questions

which accompany it. After listening, you will 15 seconds to answer each

question by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear each conversation ONLY

ONCE. Mark your answers in your test booklet.

Questions 1 to 4 are based on a talk by a speaker about his hobbies.

W: Well, Mr. Smith, we have had an interesting discussion about your

work. Now, tell us something about your after work activities.

M: I guess not much different from everyone else. I'm interested in

sport,

and

I

run

about

3

miles

every

day.

I

particularly

enjoy

cross-country

running,

where

you have

to

run

across

fields, jump over

streams and so on. While I'm running I think about all sorts of things, and

at the end of a run I'm sometimes surprised to find that I've managed to

solve a problem that was on my mind.

Next

year

I'm

going

to

try

the

London

Marathon.

It's

a

long,

hard

race-26 miles, or 42 kilometers-and you have to be tough to finish, but I

very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting old, and I'd like to

prove to myself that I'm still almost as fit as I was twenty years ago.

I 'm interested in climbing as well as running. I'll never become an

expert climber, but I know what I'm doing in the mountains. I successfully

completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger, and

I've done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My