6、 senke
or other emergeik>
IMSscnirrs in tiotir
tunnel by cn>
□ Sijais nl both of the
cmi 2 earned
passages every 375 m
temunnls and on iliv 山 ulilc in Frvnch uixl
EnghM
Read Passage 1 and then try to give short amwers to Questions 1—5< Write your answers on the Answer Sheet9
1. How long
7、 is the Channel Tunnel open n day?
2. Could people drive their own cars through the Channd Tunnel?
3. How fast do the Eurostar passenger trains go?
4. How long does it take passengers to get to London from Brussels?
S< What will happen i( theres a fire in the tunnel?
Read Pbbmkc I axain and dec
8、ide whether I he followinx lalcmcnto arc True or Flc. Write T for True mid F for Fulsc aipiltuil the number of each of the Btatcments on your Answer Sheet
6. The Channel Tunnel will clone on Mnndny from 24100—6 |OO every week.
7. The French terminal In bigger than the UK terminuL
& At peak timen
9、over 4 >000 pnnxcngcrR can be carried per hour
9. Approximately it will take Lc Shuttle 8 minutcN 砒 mct to loud or unlomL
10 A tourint who only known English couldn1! read the mgnn when he arrive* at Paria Station
Part II
Queitlons 11 —20 arc ba>cd on 2.
PaKMiec 2
The worldS only nrtiftcinlly4
10、ccl YangUc dolphin crlrbratrd Uh 17th birthdny in Wuhnn with ? special offering of hin fiivorite finh<
Qiqit the dolphin, war cmiKht by finhcrmrn nenr the mouth of DonKtinu Iske on the YAnKlxc Rtvrr on Jnnunry 12. 1980? miuI nent to thr Wuhnn InniHutcof Biology tn 11ubri Province. The date wnn then
11、 choAcn nn hin birtluhy. He wun 1. 17 rnclcm long and weighed 36. i kilografnMt and hr wan rstimolcd i<> hr nbout two yenm old. By 1Q86. hr had grown to over two tnrtern in length and weighed 126 kilogrAtiiR. Since thn> hi? length and weiuhi hrtve rrmninrcl the Mirnc9
Qiqi livr^ a Ain|(lr life. He
12、hm thrvr mcnln n tiny of over 10 kilonim!* of (rruh (imH. Hr hm rrccivrd dntly training and hnR participated in scientific rxpcritnrniM of vnrioun kind，.
Rcftrarrhrr^ mnkr rctfulnr hrnlth chccka on him rvrry month. If nbnormnl indicxitor?i apixrar> thr rrrnrchrrn Add vitnmtnt trace clcmenlRt anttbi
13、otirn or nutritionnl mcdicincM to hin (reh fish. Between April and July year* Qiqi contracted ■ serious life threntening liver trauma hypcrglycerniii and hyperlipemia* The institute quickly invited expert!! from the United States, Hongkong and 1aiwan to help 5nve Qiqi. Guided by experts from No. 2 H
14、ospital attAched to Hubei Medical Sciences IJnivcmhy. the researchers applied a drip method of stomach lavage to treat him? and Q】qi recovered after 100 days of treatments
The Yangtze River dolphin inhabits the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze Riven It is one of China f s most prized species
15、 after the ginnt panda nnd it is also one of the worldmost endangered species with less than 100 remaining. Since 1978. the Chine* government has spent 40 million yuan (US $ 5 million) on the protection And Fudy of the Yangtze River dolphin*
Read Passage Z and then choose the best answer that may c
16、omplete each of the Klatcnicnts according to the passage. Write your anxwm on the Answer Sheet.
IL The Yangtze dolphin* Qiqi? was anificially fed. which h to “y .
A? he was an artificial dolphin B. hr only Ate artifieial food
he was fed by man D. he only ate a special kind of fish
12. Qiqi wm
17、caught by people in .
Dongting luikc
Hongkong
6/12/1980.
1/12/1980.
A. Wuhan 氏
G Taiwun fX
13. Which day wan choNcn Qiqi? birihdfty?
A. 7/12/1980. B.
C. 12/12/1980. 以
14? Which one of thr AtntcnirntN in True?
A. Qiqi live% in Wuhan InMifutc of Biology in Hunan Province.
K When people c
18、aught Qiqi. he wits three ysrn old.
C* Siner 1986. Qiqi，. length and weight hwvr remained the same.
IX Qiqiii fjivorite food is vegetables
I5. In his daily life* Qiqi*s m?in job in to .
A. ukc part in ^tentific exprnments of vahoub kindu
K work with rrsearclwrn from many countries
C? help to t
19、et the effect of mnny kindn of medidnen
H receive tmininK (or |>erfnrmance
|6, When Qiqi waa ill* the researchers added t。"誼ocxi，
A< vitamins and trace clement K antibiotics
G nutritional medicines D? nil of A，B and C
17. When Qiqi got a serious liver traurruit the reienrchers ?
A? gave him mo
20、re (resh fish
Ek didnt notice it at all
G invited experts (rom other counirie* and areas to wve him
D. gave him some vitamins with fresh food
18. In the last sentence of the fourth pftnigrnph. the phrase "attached m" can be
repheed by ?
A. longing to A added to
C. put together with D? treate
21、d ■筋
19. The Yangixc River dolphin ?
A/ can be found in every part of the river
B> i one of the most dangerous animals in the world
C. is rcgnrded as one of the most precioun animnlM in Chinn
D? is more precious than pnnda
20. Which one of the stnit?mcnu it* False?
A. The Chinrsr government h
22、nn spent 10 million yuan on thr protection and study of this kind of dolphin#
ft This kind of dolphin liven in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze Riven
Q Thin kind o( dolphin it in danger of cxtincnon.
|), Mirny af the dolphtitn hnvr bettn cmiKhl lor cxpcnnu nK.
Part HI True or Fill*
Q
23、urstiiiHM 21—30 rnv bwMd on PaMMgr 3,
PacMxr 3
Techy IM like to talk about M)me of the problem thm MudenK lace when they SMw . course ol Mudy through the mtdium。性卿商 The problems cun be divided into three broad catcKorirs*i puyithological cultural ?nd hnnuiMtic.
1 h
24、oncern thosr who come to study in Bntnin* I e II comment only briefly tn these hrjet two and then spend niOMt af the time looking av linguintic difficulties which apply to everyone wherever they are learning English. Some of the common psychological problems really involve fear of the unknown. The o
25、verseas student in Britain may also suffer from separation from his family and possible homcsickncMK
looking now ai the cultural problems wc can wme o( them are of a very pmcliod naturet e< g< arranging satisfactory accommodation> getting used to British money (or the lack ol it!) ? British food an
26、d went her (neither is always bad!)>
The Urges! category h probably ImguiMlic Lets look at thia in some dctaiL
Most studrntx will have learnt English at school? but i( they1 ve already been to college ch univernity in their own countncei theyf 11 have studied mostly in their own language t perhaps
27、> for reading orne textbooks and journnlsi in English. In other words# they * 11 have hud hule everyday opportunity to prncticc using English*
When foreign learners first have the opportunity to Apeak to an EnRli?th-apeaking person they may have a shocki they often have great difficulty in understa
28、nding! Thrrr nre a number of rroAuns for this< Ill just mention three of them*
Firstly# it nccma to sttidenis tht English people Apcnk very quickly. Secondly? they speak with a variety of occcntfk Thirdly> different styles of nperrh nrc uncd in different ^ituntions. For all of thrnc reasons student
29、s will have difficuhy> mainly because they lack practice in listening to English people speaking English.
What can a student do then to overcome these difficulties? Well* johvtounly? hr should listen to progrnniFi in English on the r*d>o ond 「V. I^rhapn mom irriportnnt of alL he should tkc every av
30、ailable opportunity to mret and apc^k with native English-speaking people He should be awarr. however? that English people are often rtjeerved and niny br unwilling to tnkc the initinrive^ Howrvrr diFficuh it may >ct!n io br? mo#t Engluh people will respond. He will need pnucncc and perseverance!
T
31、he studrnt probably hax difficulty in speaking En^liHh Huctitly. He ha5 thr ideas. he knows what ta nay (in bin own InnguiiK^) but he down、know how to 5y it in English, The ldvitr mH gm difficult to follow but ilS yemr” HrHfly. hr munt Amplify hi. language o thut hr cun express himself mcmWy clearly
32、. St condly. he must try to think in
English* not translate from his mother tongue. This will only begin to take plnce when his uxc ol English becomes automatict using a language laboratory und listening to much English as possible will help. In general he should practice speaking much as possible.
33、 He should also notice the kind of English, and itn structure thni educated people use, and try to imitate it.
Read Passage 3 and decide wtwthcr the following statements nre True or False. Write T for t rue and F for False agtiinst the number of each of the sUitcmcnts on your Answer Sheet.
21. The
34、re arc three types of problems facing learners of English sociological cultural und linguistic.
22. The linguistic problems nre diiwrusscd in the greatest detail.
23. F^ychological and cultural problems mainly concern British students and so are discussed briefly.
24. The overseas student in Brit
35、ain may also suffer from separation from his family and homesickness.
25. In order to understand English people bctier. the most important thing for a student to do is to listen to the radio and TV.
26. In order to understand English people better? students should tnkc every available opportunity
36、to meet and speak with native EnRlish-speaking people.
27. H houxh English people are often reserved, if the student has the courage to xprnk to them> they will often respond.
28. The advice givrn on how to improve npoken English will necm difficult to follow.
29. The wny to make oneself think in
37、 English i only to practice speaking ns much as possible.
30. Far Ntudrnt5> short English sentences arc belter tluin longer ones.
Part IV Short Atwwer
Qtscstiom 31—35 arr based on Passage 4>
Pnssa^c 4
In November of 1995. Leslie was working for the Department of SociM Services in North Carolina
38、. Her job is to take children out of dangerous home Mtuationn and place them ,n 心心 horns. During hrr first such task. Leslie saw thut the children she hud come to pick up were carrying all of their thin^ in plztic They didnt have suitwe for the.r clothe*. Wanting to help these children* Leslie naked
39、 her mother if she could have the family old suitcases to give to them.
Lc,,ie，5 10 grold niter Abby asked how many foster children there were in the area and found out thai there were 400. Mont of those children hnd to carry their thing from plnce to pluce in plastic bAg Letltc^ care and the thoug
40、ht of tho^c 300 children made younK Abby take Action. Abby decided to ank people to give nwny their old nuiteaser to thr^r foMrr children. Shr begun nuking nnd hitnginx pO5tcr> npenkini; At churchrnt nnd Asking other children for help, liut oftcr n few werkhe ?hc hnd not rrrrjvrd any ones. Abby deci
41、ded to buy onir nuitniM?s with her mother* a help, ,「huts how Abby Burnnide net tip her prOKrntn# Suitcase, for Kid?. By March of 1996. Suitcases for Kids had collected and sent 175 suitcases to the foster children.
Pinallyt Abby、efforts were noticed by thr media. Her story wan in nrwApiipcrs and n
42、iARaxincs nnd Abby Apprarrd on populnr television uhowf. An the story been me known# Abby，a IocaI chapter received more nnd rnorr ?uil(uw? until it collected 4.000 suileat*rn in 1996. Soont Abby wn traveling to diHrrent Mtatee* to help net up new for Kid、
chapters. By the end of 】996. there were St
43、iitrnMC^ for Kid，chapters in 19 different Btnicn. After two full yenrst Suitc4se for Kidn hud nrt up chftptrrn in nil 50 RfHtrn< By itn nixth ycr> the little urKanUAtion rcnchrd intrrnntionnl nitrniiont hliving chapfers in more thiin ten eourilrte^ Now thauRAnds of children around rhe world can enrr
44、y thrir things in ivmtcnwrs inntrnd n( pln^tic Imikm jut becnuMc a 10 year old Rirl decided one day ihnt nhe jufi wnnted fo help.
Kvud Pus%aRc 1 und then try to give Mmrt uniiwm Io Questions 31—35. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet
31. What in LcaUcv8 job?
32. Wht did the children urn to enr
45、ry their things at firnt?
33. Why did Abby decide to tnke action?
34. In winch ycur did cnch mate h*vc Abbyf w chnptcrji?
35. Whtit mndc Ahby help the children aueccsfilully? ((>ivr At lenMt two nrinwcru)
試題答案及評分標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
(僅供參考)
Part I (30 points 3 points each)
L Itrs open 24 houm a dny.
2. No. the
46、y couldn^L
3. The pascnKer trains can travel at 160 kph.
4. Over 3 hours.
5. People will evacuate through the service tunneL /Therefs a service tunnel which enn be u^rd to rvftcuate people in case of fire.
6. F 7. T 8. F 9. T 10. F
Part 11 ( 30 points9 3 points each)
\4. C
15. A
19. C
20.
47、
Pnrt ID ( 20 poinU9 2 points each)
22. T
23x F
24. T
25. F
29. F
21. T
Part |V ( 20 pointse 4(xinls curb)
3L Her job 很 to take children out of dangcrouM home ittiftiiona and plnce rhrrn in foster honied
32. Plawtic bagH.
33 BecauMc of IxmlieM care nnd the thought of the 300 children^
34. In 1998.
35. Her efforts* determination And the help of the media nnd other people. (Any two of ihciK? arc ()K?)
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