TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS（2）
-GRADE FOUR-
TIME LIMIT: 35 MIN
PART Ⅰ DICTATION[5 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 your work once more.
Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION [20 MIN]
In sections A, B, and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the best answer to each question on Answer Sheet Two.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
1. We learn from the conversation that __________.
A. Tracy borrowed money from her friends
B. Tracy relies solely on her husband’s income
C. Tracy may still worry about money
D. Tracy relies solely on her student loans
2. Tracy pays for all of her own education because __________.
A. she wanted to be independent of her parents
B. she received some grants
C. her parents refused to support her
D. her parents did not have enough money to support her
3. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Tracy never pays for her non-college expenses.
B. Tracy spends too much money on her non-college expenses.
C. Tracy often pays non-college expenses when requested.
D. Tracy doesn’t have any money to pay her non-college expenses.
4. Tracy implies that __________.
A. expert opinions are not correct
B. students don’t have to budget their money
C. college expenses are too expensive
D. it is difficult for many people to budge their money
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
5. Berry was shocked in Rio because __________.
A. the beach was overcrowded
B. travelers spent their time sleeping
C. people worked very hard while on vacation
D. there was a contrast between the rich and poor
6. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. The climate of Rio is different from that of Peru.
B. Berry enjoyed being at sea level.
C. Berry had some problem breathing.
D. The weather did not stay fine all the time.
7. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the buffet?
A. It had a set price.
B. It had enough food to go around.
C. It served good food.
D. It cost ten dollars including desert and drinks.
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the conversation.
8. What do newspapers and radio and TV have in common?
A. They are all objective.
B. They all involved personalities.
C. They all lacked objectivity.
D. They have the same impact on people.
9. Features of personality do NOT include__________.
A. voice inflection
B. exclamation marks
C. facial expressions
D. body language
10. The two speakers seem to__________.
A. have similar opinions
B. have different opinions
C. agree only on certain points
D. try to persuade each other
SECTION B PASSAGES
In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.
11. All of the following contribute to getting more syrup from a tree EXCEPT __________.
A. pipeline
B. vacuum pumps
C. more taps
D. reverse osmosis machine
12.Efficiency is demonstrated in the way__________.
A. sap is collected
B. sap is transported
C. water is removed from sap
D. sap is stored
13. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Syrup generated 40 million dollars in Vermont in the past six years.
B. Technology can extend the sap producing season.
C. Technology allows sap to flow even.
D. Sap production is not very much affected by weather and climate change.
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
14. The purpose of the passage is most likely to __________.
A. describe a tourist destination
B. urge people to take care of their neighborhoods
C. advertise a housing project
D. promote sports facilities
15. The predominant characteristic of River Bend is __________.
A. affordability
B. suitability
C. tranquility
D. individuality
16. All of the following are features of River Bend EXCEPT __________.
A. beautiful architecture
B. peace and privacy
C. little traffic
D. diverse sports facilities
Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the passage.
17. Which of the following is INCORRECT about textbook authors?
A. They present terms and facts professionally.
B. They do not put in their personal preferences.
C. They let people see things from different perspectives.
D. They present balanced points of views.
18. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a purpose of writers of newspapers and magazines?
A. To entertain.
B. To express personal preferences.
C. To persuade their readers.
D. To yield to readers’ views.
19. The main purpose of the writers of the editorial pages of newspapers and magazines is to __________.
A. entertain readers
B. express their personal preferences
C. want you to adopt their views
D. make you challenge their opinions
20. Writers intend to persuade you by __________.
A. forcing their opinions on you
B. leaving you little room for analysis
C. providing you with reasons
D. dragging you into a debate
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear several news items. Listen to them carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
21. The news mainly says that __________.
A. there are no signs that the bird flu virus is transmitted between humans
B. the bird flu virus is more serious than expected
C. more people are likely to die from the bird flu virus
D. family members are likely to transmit the bird flu virus between them
22. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. The disease caused by the bird flu virus is rare.
B. The bird flu virus has to be further studied.
C. The bird flu virus has never been known before.
D. The bird flu virus will follow a particular pattern.
Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
23. The news mainly focuses on the__________ of the newly-found planet.
A. distance
B. size
C. shape
D. makeup
24. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. The planet is in a oblong shape.
B. The planet is 30 times father from the sun than the earth is.
C. The planet may be about the same size as Pluto.
D. The planet is smaller than the moons in the solar system.
Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
25. Tunisia beat Algeria by a score of __________.
A. 2:0
B. 4:0
C. 5:3
D. 4:3
26. Which of the following is INCORRECT about the team of Tunisia?
A. It has been a strong team.
B. It is coached by a Frenchman.
C. It has faced Morocco in several finals.
D. It has never won the championship of the competitions.
Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
27. For the moment the new drug works for __________.
A. colon cancer
B. breast cancer
C. lung cancer
D. liver cancer
28. Compared with chemotherapy, the new drug __________.
A. kills more dividing cells
B. has more side effects
C. only targets tumor
D. is more powerful
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
29. The operation was possible because __________.
A. the doctors could work around the clock
B. the twins were joined at the head
C. there were not many blood vessels
D. the twins had almost separate brains
30. Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. The operation went well.
B. The operation was difficult.
C. The boys are very likely to have some side effects.
D. It is still unknown if the boys will survive the operation.
PART Ⅲ CLOZE[5 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
The world’s oldest man apologised yesterday for his longevity. As Tomoji Tanabe, 111, received his certificate from Guinness World Records, the formerengineer said that his （31）__________ of survival was nothing
31. A. act
B. feat
C. deed
D. action
special. “I have been （32）__________ too long,” he joked,32. A. around
B. on
C. off
D. in
“I am sorry.” Mr. Tanabe added his （33）__________
33. A. conventional
B. prevalent
C. standard
D. customary
explanation of how he has managed to （34）__________ such a
34. A. span
B. get
C. reach
D. turn
ripe old age: “Not drinking alcohol is the best （35）__________
35. A. prescription
B. formula
C. form
D. convention
for keeping myself healthy,” he said. Other residents
of his village （36）__________ Mr. Tanabe’s long life to a diet that
36. A. attributed
B. described
C. assigned
D. referred
consists chiefly of vegetables and very little fried food.
His explanation （37）__________ a continuing mystery about
37. A. feeds
B. keeps
C. fuels
D. gives
the best way to achieve longevity—as each new （38）__________
38. A. holder
B. keeper
C. possessor
D. proprietor
of the title is crowned, each says his or her longevity results
from diets, lifestyles and habits that differ widely. Some
have said that fresh air is （39）__________key, others have been
39. A. the
B. a
C. /
D. some
heavy smokers. Some have taken vigorous exercise,others have believe in periods of （40）__________.
40. A. action
B. busyness
C. inactivity
D. quietness（41）__________Japan is proud of its record-breaking
41. A. As
B. If
C. Although
D. When
longevity, the success of Mr. Tanabe comes as the
country is running short of ideas for how to solve its
ageing crisis. With the fertility rate still （42）__________record lows,
42. A. at
B. in
C. during
D. on
government and private sector efforts to （43）__________the
43. A. excite
B. rouse
C. stimulate
D. urge
birthrate have （44）__________little success. As the number
44. A. encountered
B. embraced
C. met with
D. confronted
of children （45）__________, the future welfare burden for
45. A. eases
B. compresses
C. downsizes
D. dwindles
working-age Japanese may become （46）__________heavy.
46. A. amazingly
B. unexpectedly
C. intolerably
D. wholly
The problem is already acute in the （47）__________ rural areas
47.A. specific
B. referred
C. very
D. all
where the （48）__________of Mr. Tanabe have grown so old.
48. A. types
B. likes
C. groups
D. classes
The （49）__________children who are born in those regions
49. A. few
B. many
C. all
D. very
move quickly to the big cities when they grow up,（50）__________the average age of some villages above 50.
50. A. pushing
B. pushed
C. to push
D. having pushed
PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [5 MIN]
There are thirty 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.
51. John and Perry began__________ would prove to be a highly prosperous collaboration.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. as
52. You should have put the milk in the fridge. I expect it__________ undrinkable.
A. became
B. would become
C. has become
D. becomes
53. Which of the following italicized parts does NOT express an approximate number?
A. She earns as much as 5,000 dollars a month.
B. She has already spent something like 3,000 dollars for the month.
C. We have assembled in the neighborhood of 3,000 people.
D. The corrupted official has a dozen of lovers.
54. Which of the following pronouns indicates a positive attitude?
A. Who is this Johnson?
B. Forget that man.
C. I’m talking about that husband of yours.
D. I was waiting when this man came over.
55. All of the following italicized word is for emphasis EXCEPT __________.
A. I have every confidence in you
B. He was doing it all by himself
C. It is none of your business
D. They each received a medal
56. All the following phrases contain a cognate object（同源宾语） EXCEPT __________.
A. breathe last breath
B. die a sudden death
C. live a hard life
D. drink a cold beer
57. All of the following sentences indicates subjective feeling EXCEPT __________.
A. You are being unfair
B. You are being annoying
C. My head is splitting
D. We are waiting for the meeting to start
58. Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
A. It is snowing rather than rain.
B. He walked slowly rather than quickly.
C. You should go your own way rather than following others’ footsteps.
D. Rather than cause trouble, he obeyed the order.
59. In the following pairs of words, the plural forms can have different meanings from
60. All of the following italicized parts are complements（补语） EXCEPT __________.
A. The book sold well.
B. The man lay flat on the street.
C. The couple ended up happy.
D. The door slammed shut.
61. Which of the following sentences does NOT express REGRET?
A. He may have done it out of fear.
B. He might have taken another path.
C. You could have done better.
D. I should have given her some help.
62. Which of the following italicized parts is INCORRECT?
A. John’s coming made us excited.
B. My parents dislike me staying late into the night.
C. I don’t like John and Jerry’s criticizing their teacher.
D. She is fond of coffee being served at work.
63. This is a job __________you can learn something useful.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. when
64. Which of the following italicized parts is INCORRECT?
A. You must have heard the news, mustn’t you?
B. I don’t think John can do it well, can he?
C. Let’s go shopping, shall we?
D. Tell me what happened, will you?
65. Which of the following sentences does NOT contain an attributive clause?
singular forms EXCEPT.
A. pain—pains
B. air—airs
C. celebrity—celebrities
D. ruin—ruins
A. The staff solute their boss as a corporate memo commands.
B. This is where I met him for the first time.
C. The light breeze that was once there was now gone.
D. There was no way that the owner could be identified.
66. The misunderstanding is due to the fact that he is not very good at getting his meaning__________ .
A. on
B. at
C. over
D. across
67. He put his __________arm around her.
A. insuring
B. ensuring
C. reassuring
D. assuring
68. Recent scholarship has been focusing on the social dimension of unemployment. The italicized part means__________ .
A. aspect
B. extent
C. progression
D. measurement
69. HenryⅧ went through six wives back in the 1500s, looking for one who could __________him a son.
A. carry
B. breed
C. bear
D. raise
70. The news of the breakthrough will__________ hopes in the millions battling cancer.
A. lift
B. raise
C. pick up
D. heighten
71. Babies born with birth defects can__________ their growth.
A. stunt
B. diminish
C. impede
D. block
72. He is a popular television personality whose words carry great __________.
A. weight
B. mass
C. bulk
D. amount
73. After the devastating blood, the farmers needed disaster__________ .
A. relief
B. help
C. rescue
D. saving
74. The emergency services were __________hand in case there was any trouble.
A.in
B.outof
C.by
D.at
75. Computers allow you to write words more quickly without the__________of having to alter everything by hand and then rewrite.
A. restraint
B. constraint
C. restriction
D. inhibition
76. He hit the vehicle very hard, but thankfully there were no injuries. The italicized word expresses__________.
A. surprise
B. gratitude
C. relief
D. sympathy
77. Cancer will__________the lives of more than 500,000 Am ericans this year.
A. take up
B. demand
C. claim
D. get
78. In this part of the country, the temperature __________dramatically.
A. fluctuates
B. sways
C. wavers
D. oscillates
79. Farmers are more concerned about rain than people in the city because they have more __________.
A. at stake
B. at risk
C. at peril
D. at danger
80. Scientists have 20 years’__________of discoveries on how proficient chimps are at sign language.
A. worth
B. value
C. time
D. total
PART Ⅴ READING COMPREHENSION [25 MIN]
In this section there are four passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with 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.
TEXT A
Even as Britain prepares to begin hosting the 30th Olympiad next week, this nation finds itself in the grip of what health advocates describe as an obesity “epidemic,” withthe most recent figures showing that 26 percent of English adults are obese compared with 15 percent in 1993. The rapidly expanding waistlines here underscore what critics call a failure by organizers to live up to one of their top pledges for the London Games: To whip the fattest country in Western Europe into shape.
Britons have one of the most sedentary lifestyles on earth, according to a major study released Wednesday, with more than 63.3 percent of the population defined as inactive— compared with 40.5 percent in the United States and 32.5 percent in France. Though the United States retains the world heavyweight title among major nations—with 35.7 percent of American adults classified as obese—England is catching up, with 36 percent of English men and 28 percent of English women projected to be obese by 2015.
Britain is running well short of a stated Olympic goal to get 1 million Brits “off their bums” by the end of 2013, with the government officially dropping that target last December. Opposition lawmakers, meanwhile, are deriding deep cuts made to sports programs in British schools just as the Olympics could have been harnessed to inspire children at risk of becoming overweight.
Yet a number of US-style programs aimed at reducing waistlines in a country that cherishes its pint-in-the-pub culture are nevertheless popping up, such as a new public pool-based initiative in East London subsidized by the National Health Service. London, meanwhile, is studying some of the radical steps taken by New York City to curb calorie intake, with new major measures to combat what Mayor Boris Johnson has called “a fatness plague” in the capital due out by next April.
Yet on a recent rainy day in central London, hundreds of British “anti-athletes” gathered in a park for the Chap Olympics—an event of “gentile inactivity” meant to stress a point ahead of the Olympic Games. Recent polls have shown that 2 out of every 10 Britons feel motivated by the Olympics to get out and play more sport, a number that seems logical to the likes of Cathy Wigley, a 37-year-old documentary filmmaker “competing” in the Chap Olympics and who insisted that athletics simply isn’t a strong part of British culture.
Wigley, for instance, entered a Chap Olympic game titled “Not Playing Tennis”— where contestants sit in lawn chairs sipping cocktails while lazily （and only occasionally） hitting at a ball on a string. Like most satire, the event contained what many here call more than a drop of truth.
“No one wants to be caught sweating in Britain,” said Wigley, flashing a wry smile. “Exercise is just too exhausting, isn’t it?”
81. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Britain is the most obese country in Western Europe.
B. More than half of English adults are inactive.
C. The US is the most obese country among major nations.
D. Britain will surpass the US as the most obese country.
82. The effort to use the Olympic Games to make British people less obese __________.
A. has failed
B. is being planned
C. has been strongly supported by the government
D. is likely to succeed in the future
83. Which paragraph is about the efforts to reduce obesity in Britain?
A. Paragraph 2.
B. Paragraph 3.
C. Paragraph 4.
D. Paragraph 5.
84. The word “logical” in Paragraph 5 means __________.
A. necessary
B. expected
C. satisfactory
D. deserving praise
85. “...the event contained what many here call more than a drop of truth” means __________.
A. the Chap Olympic game is nothing more than satire
B. there is no such thing as a Chap Olympic game
C. the Chap Olympic game reflects the British attitude toward athletics
D. the Chap Olympic game is different from the real Olympic Games
TEXT B
Last year, when Britain’s government was being lobbied to revive controversial plans to expand Heathrow airport, ministers dodged the issue using the time-honoured technique of setting up a committee of grandees. Further heat was taken out of the debate when the Department for Transport downgraded its forecasts for passenger growth. Having predicted just before the financial crisis that 495 million passengers a year wouldwant to use Britain’s airports by 2030, it now puts the potential demand by then at just 320 million. But that is still 100 million more than passed through British airports last year.
The capital’s other airports, Stansted especially, have some spare capacity, but passengers and airlines prefer Heathrow because of its many flight connections and better links to central London. And the other airports’ spare room will have been used up by the late 2020s. This is the earliest it would take to build any new runways, given the difficulty of getting planning permissions for big projects.
On coming to power in 2010 the coalition government scrapped a plan, approved by its Labour predecessor and supported enthusiastically by the airport’s owners, to let Heathrow build a third runway to the north of its existing two. The coalition was right. Even if a third runway increased Heathrow’s capacity by around 50%, growing demand would significantly have outrun the increase in supply of landing slots. And it would bring no relief for the 725,000 or so residents of west London who suffer excessive noise.
London’s mayor, Boris Johnson, has been among those arguing that the answer is to build a massive new airport to the east of the capital, perhaps on an artificial structure in the Thames estuary, dubbed “Boris Island.” His proposal would indeed beat a third runway at Heathrow on two important grounds: it would have enough capacity to handle the growth in passenger numbers for many decades ahead, and, being in a relatively unpopulated area, would torment far fewer people with noise. Building a completely new airport and all its road and rail links would be costly, though. A recent parliamentary report reckoned that up to ￡30 billion （$45 billion） of public subsidy might be needed.
Heathrow’s location has shaped the economy of the capital. Moving Britain’s main airport would thus cause great disruption. Its managers reckon that it employs around 110,000 people, including the caterers and hotels on its periphery. Countless other businesses in west London and up the Thames valley have set up there to be close to Heathrow. If the purpose of airport expansion is to help lay the foundations for faster economic growth, then sabotaging one of the country’s most successful business clusters is an odd way to go about it.
86.We learn from the first paragraph that__________.
A. the government wants to revive controversial plans to expand Heathrow airport
B. the government is no longer interested in expanding Heathrow airport
C. there is more debate on whether to expand Heathrow airport
D. the government has purposeful exaggerated its forecasts for passenger growth
87. Other airports cannot relieve very much the burden of Heathrow airport for all of the following reasons EXCEPT __________.
A. they have fewer flight destinations
B. they are less well connected to central London
C. their capacity will be used up
D. they are not going to build any new runways
88. Which of the following is INCORRECT about building a third runway at Heathrow?
A. It will increase capacity by 50%.
B. It will not meet growing demand.
C. It will create noise for more people.
D. It will affect the economy of London.
89. All of the following factors are considered by the author when discussing building a new airport EXCEPT __________.
A. services of Heathrow airport B. capacity to meet growing demand
C. noise for local residents D. money needed to build the airport
90. Toward the end of the passage, the author’s attitude toward building a new airport can be described as__________.
A. enthusiasticB. indifferentC. negativeD. mildly supportive
TEXT C
The sand was the thing we noticed first. Mostly because it hadn’t been there yesterday, or any day before yesterday, and now it was absolutely everywhere.
For the first 23 hours after the storm, we hadn’t been able to see much of anything atall. On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy had made landfall just south of Long Beach Island, New Jersey, the narrow strip of coastline where I spent my childhood summers and where my parents have lived, full time, for the past eight years. Now a day had passed, and information was hard to come by. My parents were fine; they had evacuated earlierthat week to friend’s place 45 miles inland. But the power was out, and the 18-mile-long barrier island, which is home to 20,000 year-round residents, was basically abandoned, so we still didn’t know how much damage our house in North Beach had sustained, or if there were even any houses left in North Beach to sustain damage.
And then I stumbled upon Jay Zimmerman’s Facebook page. Zimmerman is a volunteer fireman in Harvey Cedars, the town next to North Beach. “North Beach damage,” read the caption on a smart phone video he’d posted on his wall. “Some ocean front houses are ripped to pieces.” Zimmerman had spent the storm on Long Beach Island, rescuing holdouts. Afterward he had ventured out to survey the wreckage. I clicked the play button.
The clip was shaky—shot from the back of a pickup truck as it rumbled north up Long Beach Boulevard—but I immediately recognized our neighborhood, despite all thesand piled on top of it. Bikes and porches and trash cans, buried. Sand mounded around mailboxes. No more roads, really, just sand, knee deep in some places and head high in others, like the soft hills of snow left behind after a blizzard. That’s what North Beach looked like, only less ... temporary. The nice thing about snow is that it goes away. It melts. But the sand didn’t seem to have the slightest intention of leaving.
Then Zimmerman panned from the ocean side to the bay side. And that’s when I saw it, hovering above the scrub pines. Above the sand. Pixelated but unmistakable. The tiniest split-second glimpse. The corner of our roof.
I rewound. I pressed pause. Bingo. The house was still standing.
I sent the screenshot to my mom. “Look,” I wrote. “It’s still there.” I wanted to sound optimistic. “People will come back to the shore,” I continued. “I bet we’ll all be surprised by how much better everything is looking next summer.”
But all my mom could see was the sand. Whenever a storm surge overwashes the dunes, the sea pushes heaps of sand ahead of it; do that again and again, and the whole barrier island retreats a few feet toward the mainland—right through your foyer, if necessary. She replied 35 minutes later. “It’s too much a pride to challenge Mother Nature—to live on a fragile strip of sand a hundred yards away from the ocean,” she wrote. “So yes, people will come back... I just find it difficult right now to think they should.”
91. Which of the following is INCORRECT about North Beach?
A. It is a narrow strip of land on Long Beach Island.
B. It is a place where the author spent his summer as a child.
C. It is where the author’s parents have lived for the past eight years.
D. It is inhabited by 20,000 people.
92. The sand covered all of the following EXCEPT__________.
A. bikes
B. trash cans
C. mailboxes
D. roads
93. The author sent the screenshot to her mother in order to__________.
A. let her know the damage
B. tell her that the house was not damaged
C. make her feel better
D. ask her to come back to North Beach
94. The sand comes from__________.
A. the storm
B. the dunes
C the sea
D. the desert
95. The mother implies that __________.
A. the damage is no cause for alarm
B. North Beach is a good place to fight Mother Nature
C. it is dangerous to come back to North Beach
D. it is unknown if the damage is serious or not
TEXT D
It wasn’t enough simply to create the world; the aboriginal god Beeral wanted it to bebeautiful as well. And so he sent two trusted messengers, Yindingie and his spirit helper K’gari, to make the raw material of creation into a paradise. They did such a splendid job that by the time they were finished, K’gari longed to stay in this wonderful place forever.She lay down in the warm waters of a particularly beautiful bay, and there she went to sleep.
While she slept, Yindingie transformed her body into a long, slender island of crystalline sand, the largest such island in all the world. He clothed her with the most luxuriant of rain forests, painted her soft, sandy skin a rainbow of colors, and fashioned a chain of jewel-like lakes to be her eyes into heaven. He filled the air with colorful birds,and then, so she would never be lonely. He set a tribe of Aborigines on the island—the Butchulla people, who passed down the story of its creation and in whose language K’gari came to be the word for “paradise.”
A lot of water has washed its shores since then. Today paradise goes by the name of Fraser Island. Its storied landscapes have inspired many of Australia’s greatest writers and artists, and its delicate ecosystems fired passions in one of Australia’s first great grassrootsenvironmental campaigns in the 1970s, stopping the mining of its mineral-rich sands and bringing an eventual end to logging on the island. And for succeeding generations of locals and visitors alike, it has been a prism through which to see and appreciate the often nuanced beauty of the Australian bush.
For all the paintings, poetry, and prose Fraser Island has inspired, this is not an easy place to categorize. One moment you’re hiking through a rain forest, all giant ferns and piccabeen palms, and the next you’re in fragrant eucalyptus woodland, gazing through a break in the trees at a sea of golden dunes—and beyond them, in the soft, summery haze, rolling coastal heaths bright with wildflowers. Changes in landscape that logic tellsyou should be hundreds of miles apart happen here one after the other, as swiftly and magically as a twist of a kaleidoscope barrel.
96. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. The aboriginal god sent the messengers to create the world.
B. K’gari went to sleep because she was tired from making the paradise.
C. K’gari’s body became what is now Frazer Island.
D. The Butchulla people were sent to protect K’gari.
97. Frazer Island features all of the following EXCEPT __________.
A. sand
B. rain forests
C. rainbows
D. lakes
98. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. The island’s landscapes have been subjects for writers and artists.
B. The island has been environmentally protected.
C. The island was once mined for its minerals.
D. The trees on the island have never been cut down.
99. Fraser Island is hard to categorize because of its __________.
A. unique location
B. complicated history
C. shifting sceneries
D. dense vegetations
100. “a twist of a kaleidoscope barrel” serves as __________.
A. a comparison
B. an example
C. a joke
D. a warning
PART Ⅵ WRITING [5 MIN]
SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 MIN]
To encourage citizens to actively help maintain the social order and do good deeds, a local government in Jiangsu Province decided to reward people who help in resolving quarrels, rescuing people or solving criminal cases with cash prizes, giving them 100 yuan rewards for their good deeds. Should money become the only reward for doing good? Or should the spirit of good Samaritans（行善者） prevail? What is your opinion?
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state specifically what your opinion is.
In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your opinion.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
You should supply an appropriate title for your composition.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [10 MIN]
Write on ANSWER SHEET THREE a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situations:
Recently you bought a cell phone from an online store. The phone experiences blackout from time to time. Write a formal note, telling the store your problem and informing them of your request for a refund rather than a replacement.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness.
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