北京城市学院学位英语考试题库
2013级本科大学英语2卷
Part I. Listening Comprehension（共35分）
Section A: Pronunciation and Intonation（每小题0.5分，共5分）
Directions: In this section you will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose which of the two words you hear in each statement. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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1. A. lick B. lake
2. A. led B. lid
3. A. sick B. thick
4. A. bear B. beer
5. A. casual B. visual
6. A. pull B. put
7. A. trunk B. drunk
8. A. vast B. waste
9. A. night B. light
10. A. guilt B. kilt
Section B: Listening Strategy（每小题1分，共10分）
Directions: In this section you’ll hear 10 statements. Each statement will be spoken TWICE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must fill in the blank with an appropriate word you hear in the statement. Then write your answer on the corresponding part of the Answer Sheet.
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11. Sometimes the word “green” describes something not ripe or ___________.
12. I could not ___________ the coat.
13. Mr. Wang is ___________ by his leaders.
14. I am pleased to see that the students are __________ inside the classroom.
15. China‟s population is said to reach ___________ billion.
16. Which one is not an arts course? ___________.
17. China is still short of ___________.
18. She gave all her ___________ to her old mother.
19. His girlfriend is ___________ for him.
20. You should have some ___________ exercise before the exam.
Section C: Long Conversations（每小题1分，共10分）
Conversation 1
Directions: In this section you’ll hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only ONCE. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the conversation you just heard.
21. What‟s the relationship between Daniel and Mike?
A. Coach and player.
B. Waiter and customer.
C. Friends.
D. Teammates.
22. What is the doctor‟s suggestion about Daniel‟s leg injury?
A. He should take a good rest.
B. He should do more exercise to recover nicely.
C. He should quit.
D. He should change his position if he wants to play in the next game.
23. What does Daniel think of the following games?
A. His team will play very hard to win the championship.
B. If he can play in the next game, the team will win.
C. He is nervous about the games because of his leg injury.
D. It is not mentioned in the conversation.
24. Which of the following is NOT true about Daniel?
A. He did well in his last game.
B. He wants to be a defender in the next game.
C. He is very confident to win the championship.
D. He is not fully recovered.
25. What can you infer from the conversation?
A. Mike will join the team.
B. Daniel will talk to his coach about changing his position.
C. The coach doesn‟t think Daniel can play in the next game.
D. Daniel is not fully recovered.
Conversation 2
Directions: In this section you’ll hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, there are 5 recorded statements. Both the conversation and the statements will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must decide whether the statement is true or false. Put “T” for
“True” and “F” for “False”. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Statements 26 to 30 are based on the conversation you just heard.
26. Paul is willing to help Frank with his problem. ( )
27. Paul is still worried though Frank gives him some advice. ( )
28. Frank calls Jane but Jane is out. ( )
29. Frank invites Jane to see a movie with him very politely. ( )
30. Frank will pick up Jane at 7 p.m. on Saturday. ( )
Section D: Spot Dictation（每空1分，共10分）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage THREE times. While listening, supply each blank with the word you hear. Now the passage begins.
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Dear Mr. Sampson:
I want to thank you very much for interviewing me yesterday for the position of
more about your research and design work.
The interview made me all the more __33 in the position and working for your company. I believe my and work experiences fit nicely with the job requirements, and I am certain I could make a contribution(贡献)to the company over time.
I would like to re-emphasize my strong desire for the position and working with
I seek. Please feel free to information.
Sincerely,
Mary Cruz
Part II. Vocabulary（共15分）
Section A: Multiple Choice（每小题0.5分，共10分）
Directions: Each of the following sentences is incomplete and followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet.
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41. The Harry Potter movies are very popular now, both at home and ________ .
A. personal
B. abroad
C. lounge
D. schooling
42. His childhood ________ taught him a good lesson.
A. opportunity
B. performance
C. presence
D. experience
43. The computer has a great ________ on the lives of modern people.
A. impact
B. treatment
C. attempt
D. effort
44. The well-being of children is the first ________ of every country.
A. measurement
B. determination
C. priority
D. attempt
45. He is going to work for a voluntary ________ after his graduation.
A. organization
B. determination
C. education
D. generation
46. Though this task was difficult, they managed to ________ it in time.
A. experience
B. deal
C. design
D. accomplish
47. I came to ________ in the end why this book must be read.
A. realize
B. decide
C. demonstrate
D. recommend
48. They walked because they couldn‟t ________ to take a taxi.
A. credit
B. design
C. rent
D. afford
49. At the end of their meeting, it was ________ that an agreement had been reached.
A. organized
B. functioned
C. identified
D. announced
50. I was surprised by the ________ of so many people at the meeting.
A. present
B. presence
C. practice
D. provision
51. Their sudden attack made us more ________ of the danger around us.
A. worthwhile
B. aware
C. tolerable
D. hopeless
52. Most Asians ________ rice while a majority of western countries mainly depend upon bread.
A. prefer to
B. wear on
C. live on
D. call upon
53. About 1000 students __________ the opening ceremony of the sports meeting.
A. signed up for
B. kept up with
C. participated in
D. cared for
54. The robot they made is ________ of understanding spoken commands and performing complicated tasks.
A. able
B. capable
C. clever
D. talented
55. I am very ________ to you for giving me this opportunity.
A. pleasant
B. satisfied
C. pleasing
D. grateful
56. __________ his hard work, it is more successful than we have expected.
A. Thanks to
B. Filled with
C. In addition to
D. Believe in
57. The applicants are supposed to read the __________ carefully before they fill in the application form.
A. trainings
B. instructions
C. instructive
D. lessons
58. Tom is having trouble __________ the rest of the class.
A. to keep up with
B. keeping up with
C. keep up with
D. kept up with.
59. It was a great concert. I enjoyed the second song ________.
A. in particular
B. in circle
C. in addition
D. in turn
60. When I looked up, I saw the children‟s eyes ________ me in curiosity.
A. fixed in
B. fixed on
C. fixed at
D. fixed with
Section B: Banked Cloze（每小题0.5分，共5分）
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。
I was never considered a in many extracurricular activities in high school. It was the first time I had
ever tried anything . I searched for someone to encourage me in my but found no one. In fact, most people tried to persuade me not it once they heard about it. It was simply something I decided to do for myself.
It took a lot of talking to get the Chairman of the Computer Science Department
my extra class hours. My classmates thought I was a cheater, an twin, or an patient. Most of the time I kept quiet about my activities, but if someone asked me about my class load, I didn't deny it. I was perhaps prove my words were true; but I
Part III. Reading Comprehension（共30分）
Section A: Timed Reading (每小题1分，共10分)
Directions: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
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I started Emerson College in the fall of 1998 with aspirations of becoming a
writer. In the weeks before the start of my freshman year, I prepped myself. I bought all the stuff I needed, packed everything I wanted, and said goodbye to my former life. I was ready to embrace my future. Getting to Emerson was easy; driving five hours from New Jersey to Boston, unpacking my things into my small single dorm room, and getting the required books for class. However, actually, surviving my first year at Emerson was the real challenge.
During my senior year of high school, my parents started the long process of
their divorce. The period between agreeing to divorce and signing legal documents didn‟t involve one of them moving out of the house. Instead, my dad moved across the hall into the spare room. At night, the house was filled with their screaming. I slept in the garage-turned bedroom so my nights were sometimes calm, but my younger sister slept inches away. Some nights she would come to my room to escape the yelling. I remember watching her as she slept, feeling guilty for wanting to leave her behind. I had to go. I had to get away. I couldn‟t take it anymore.
Things between my parents heated up and my mother spent most of the weeks
away. I took care of my sister, making sure she ate well, got to school on time, and did her homework. I was cooking not only for myself, but also for her and my dad as well. On top of everything, I had to find a way to pay for my not so inexpensive college education. During the day, I spent hours on the phone between my dad, my mom and Emerson. Combined, my parents made too much money. Financial aid only covered one third of the cost. The rest had to come from my parents. My dad was reluctant.
The issues my father and I never faced as I was growing up began to surface and the “daddy‟s little girl” relationship started to disappear. For reasons unknown to anyone but my dad, he was not willing to help pay for my college education at Emerson. By the end of the summer I could no longer trust the words coming out of his mouth. During heated fights he would tell my mother she wouldn‟t see any money from him for my college expenses. At the same time, he would be on the phone with me telling me that the money was on its way. I attended my first year because of my mom, who did everything necessary so I could at least start the next phase of my life.
I started Emerson feeling guilty and excited. I felt bad for leaving my family behind but at the same time glad to finally be leaving. As I soon learned, the problems I was running away from quickly caught up with me. Throughout the year I was given weekly updates on what was happening at home--- the fight between my mom and dad, along with my guilt, began to affect me. I became sad for myself and my family.
I had spent most of my freshman year in bed sleeping. The worse things got at home, the more I slept. It was easier for me to escape the outside world rather than deal with it. The world in my head was better. When I slept, my dreams were better. In my dreams, all I ever wanted was real. In my dreams, my family was a family again. As children, we‟re taught to distinguish the differences between the real and the imaginary. At that time, the imaginary world was better than the real one. I need the better.
I passed the year with a C average and returned to a new house just a few miles away from my old house. The summer turned into a bad run. The new school year was coming and again there was the issue of money. How were we going to pay for it? As a last effort, I took my dad to court. It was the only way we could think of to get his help. My dad was ordered to pay 5,000 dollars, fifty percent of what it could cost to go to a community college in Jersey. Getting him to pay the money was harder than expected and I was pulled out of Emerson.
From that moment on, I realized my dad could not be counted on. It was a lesson that even now pains me. The closeness we once shared would never be the same. I knew if I was going to get what I wanted I would have to fight for it without him by my side. My first year was not everything I had hoped it would be. The year brought about many changes in my life and started my early independence, but it taught me a lot about myself. Most of all it taught me that I have the strength to see anything through.
71. When did the author started her education at Emerson College?
A. in the spring of 1998
B. in the summer of 1998
C. in the autumn of 1998
D. in the winter of 1998
72. Which of the following is NOT true about the author?
A. She wanted to become a writer.
B. Her freshman year was exciting.
C. She had many troubles before going to college.
D. She finally got the money to start her college.
73. Which of the following is true about the author‟s parents?
A. They were trying their best to support the author.
B. They have two children.
C. They got divorced before the author started high school.
D. They lived in different houses during the divorce process.
74. Who was taking care of the younger sister?
A. the dad
B. the mom
C. the author
D. a baby sitter
75. According to the author, what‟s the relationship between her and her dad?
A. She was always “daddy‟s girl”.
B. She did not trust her father any more.
C. Her father loves her very much.
D. Her father paid for her college expense in the first year.
76. What‟s the author‟s feeling towards leaving home?
A. guilty
B. excited
C. glad
D. All of the above
77. Which of the following is true about the author‟s first college year?
A. She knew nothing about what happened at home.
B. She was happy in her first college year.
C. She studied hard and got high grades.
D. She was affected by what happened in her family.
78. Why did the author sleep a lot in her first college year?
A. She wanted the better world in her dream.
B. She studied hard and was tired.
C. She was seriously ill.
D. She was just pretending to be sleeping.
79. What grade did the author get in her first college year?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
80. We learn from the passage that _______________________________.
A. The author learned to live on her dream.
B. The author learned to become independent.
C. The author hated her father.
D. The author became weak due to the divorce of her parents.
Section B: Reading in Depth (每小题2分，共20分)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
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Passage One
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage.
When I was at school, our teacher told the class 'You are what you eat.' My friends and I laughed and called each other „hamburger‟ and „biscuit‟. Our teacher was trying to teach us the importance of eating the right food to stay healthy.
It has long been believed that food has an impact on our physical and emotional health. Now, we have proof. When you know the effects of different types of food, you can choose to eat what you want to become.
Everyone has their own advice to give, which they have read about or have been told by older relatives. Sometimes this advice is contradictory. A friend might say eating chocolate makes you fat. A magazine article might mention that chocolate contains magnesium, a chemical that makes people feel happier. What we need to figure out is what type of chocolate to eat to get the benefits and how much of it to eat. We can do this by reading the list of ingredients on the chocolate bar wrapper. Exactly how much real chocolate is in there? And how much of that do we need to eat to get the benefits without the side effects?
Future restaurants might be named after the physical or emotional state they hope to create. Their menus will list the benefits of each dish and drink. Some restaurants have already started doing this by listing the nutritional content of their dishes on the menus. Let‟s take the restaurant Winners as an example. Their menu would list dishes specifically designed to help you win sports competitions. There would be 'Championship Vegetable Lasagna', a pasta dish with extra layers of spinach pasta, rich tomato sauce, and vegetables to help you win the next day‟s competition. What kind of dishes do you think would be on the menu at the Clever Café, which sells food that‟s good for your brain?
So what‟s going to happen to hamburgers and biscuits? Will the concept of eating our favorite foods go out of fashion because they‟re unhealthy? Of course not! Surprisingly, our favorite foods are also changing and becoming healthier. For example, many stores have started offering customers choices, such as fat-free, sugar-free tofu ice cream and traditional ice cream on the same shelf. Snacks might soon be changing their names to 'Skinglow' and 'Chocosmile'! So, in the future you might be able to eat your way to your idea of perfection!
81. Which of the following is not true?
A. It is important to eat the right food to stay healthy.
B. Food influences people‟s physical and emotional health.
C. Eating the right food may make us healthy but what‟s important is what we
choose to eat and what lifestyle we prefer.
D. Future restaurants would only offer healthy dishes and foods in the future.
82. Why does the author mention chocolate in Paragraph 3?
A. As an example to illustrate that people are always contradictory in their advice.
B. As an example to illustrate that it‟s up to ourselves to decide on what food we
take.
C. To show that food has a negative influence on people‟s health.
D. To show that reading the list of ingredients is very important when we choose
food.
83. Which of the following is NOT true about future restaurants?
A. Future restaurants might have names that are related to people‟s physical or
emotional state.
B. Future restaurants might list the positive effects of their dishes and drinks on the
menus.
C. Winners and Clever Café are two future restaurants.
D. Spinach and tomato might be used to make dishes by future restaurants as they
are good for people‟s physical health.
84. What changes might happen to the unhealthy food people like?
A. People would not have their favorite food any more.
B. People would change the names of their favorite foods to make them sound
healthy.
C. People would change some of the ingredients of their favorite food.
D. People would choose snacks according to their understanding of perfection.
85. What can you infer from the passage?
A. People would have more choices of food in the future.
B. Unhealthy snacks would become out of fashion in the future.
C. Traditional restaurants would not be popular in the future.
D. People would not go to any restaurants that do not provide menus with the
nutritional content of their dishes.
Passage Two
Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage.
When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would
The future is much too important to simply guess about, so experts are regularly asked to predict accurately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in
writing in 1957. His subject was
If the professionals sometimes sound like high-school students, it's probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.
One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J.Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000,
86. The high-school students' answers to
A. accurate.
B. imaginative.
C. correct.
D. foolish.
87. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. High-school students are more imaginative than experts.
B. High-school students are less accurate in predicting the future.
C. Future can be predicted accurately.
D. Experts may also make wrong predictions as high-school students.
88. Which of the following statements is not compatible with the writer's comment on future study?
A. Predictions should be accurate.
B. Professionals sometimes sound like high-school students.
C. There have been some big mistakes in the field of economic forecasting.
D. Predictions about future would always be subject to significant errors.
89. When did the stock market suffer its worst loss according to the passage?
A. In 1957.
B. In 1958.
C. In 1929.
D. In 1982.
90. H.J.Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that_____________.
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen
Part V. Translation（每小题1分，共10分）
Directions: Translate the following phrases into English.
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91. 当地的一份兼职工作
92. 与教授分享观点
93. 有效管理时间
94. 连续三个学期
95. 不见踪影
96. 一条电视上的商业广告
97. 通过适当的治疗
98. 刚刚崭露头角
99. 从简单的任务开始
100. 错过表演
_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Part V. Writing（10分）
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: How I Achieved My First Goal in College. You should write at least 100 words following the structure and the cue words given below.
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北京城市学院学位英语考试题库
2013级本科大学英语2卷
Part I. Listening Comprehension（共35分）
Section A: Pronunciation and Intonation（每小题0.5分，共5分）
Directions: In this section you will hear ten statements. Each statement will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose which of the two words you hear in each statement. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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1. A. lick B. lake
2. A. led B. lid
3. A. sick B. thick
4. A. bear B. beer
5. A. casual B. visual
6. A. pull B. put
7. A. trunk B. drunk
8. A. vast B. waste
9. A. night B. light
10. A. guilt B. kilt
Section B: Listening Strategy（每小题1分，共10分）
Directions: In this section you’ll hear 10 statements. Each statement will be spoken TWICE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must fill in the blank with an appropriate word you hear in the statement. Then write your answer on the corresponding part of the Answer Sheet.
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11. Sometimes the word “green” describes something not ripe or ___________.
12. I could not ___________ the coat.
13. Mr. Wang is ___________ by his leaders.
14. I am pleased to see that the students are __________ inside the classroom.
15. China‟s population is said to reach ___________ billion.
16. Which one is not an arts course? ___________.
17. China is still short of ___________.
18. She gave all her ___________ to her old mother.
19. His girlfriend is ___________ for him.
20. You should have some ___________ exercise before the exam.
Section C: Long Conversations（每小题1分，共10分）
Conversation 1
Directions: In this section you’ll hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, five questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only ONCE. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Questions 21 to 25 are based on the conversation you just heard.
21. What‟s the relationship between Daniel and Mike?
A. Coach and player.
B. Waiter and customer.
C. Friends.
D. Teammates.
22. What is the doctor‟s suggestion about Daniel‟s leg injury?
A. He should take a good rest.
B. He should do more exercise to recover nicely.
C. He should quit.
D. He should change his position if he wants to play in the next game.
23. What does Daniel think of the following games?
A. His team will play very hard to win the championship.
B. If he can play in the next game, the team will win.
C. He is nervous about the games because of his leg injury.
D. It is not mentioned in the conversation.
24. Which of the following is NOT true about Daniel?
A. He did well in his last game.
B. He wants to be a defender in the next game.
C. He is very confident to win the championship.
D. He is not fully recovered.
25. What can you infer from the conversation?
A. Mike will join the team.
B. Daniel will talk to his coach about changing his position.
C. The coach doesn‟t think Daniel can play in the next game.
D. Daniel is not fully recovered.
Conversation 2
Directions: In this section you’ll hear a long conversation. At the end of the conversation, there are 5 recorded statements. Both the conversation and the statements will be spoken only ONCE. After each statement there will be a pause. During the pause, you must decide whether the statement is true or false. Put “T” for
“True” and “F” for “False”. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
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Statements 26 to 30 are based on the conversation you just heard.
26. Paul is willing to help Frank with his problem. ( )
27. Paul is still worried though Frank gives him some advice. ( )
28. Frank calls Jane but Jane is out. ( )
29. Frank invites Jane to see a movie with him very politely. ( )
30. Frank will pick up Jane at 7 p.m. on Saturday. ( )
Section D: Spot Dictation（每空1分，共10分）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage THREE times. While listening, supply each blank with the word you hear. Now the passage begins.
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Dear Mr. Sampson:
I want to thank you very much for interviewing me yesterday for the position of
more about your research and design work.
The interview made me all the more __33 in the position and working for your company. I believe my and work experiences fit nicely with the job requirements, and I am certain I could make a contribution(贡献)to the company over time.
I would like to re-emphasize my strong desire for the position and working with
I seek. Please feel free to information.
Sincerely,
Mary Cruz
Part II. Vocabulary（共15分）
Section A: Multiple Choice（每小题0.5分，共10分）
Directions: Each of the following sentences is incomplete and followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet.
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41. The Harry Potter movies are very popular now, both at home and ________ .
A. personal
B. abroad
C. lounge
D. schooling
42. His childhood ________ taught him a good lesson.
A. opportunity
B. performance
C. presence
D. experience
43. The computer has a great ________ on the lives of modern people.
A. impact
B. treatment
C. attempt
D. effort
44. The well-being of children is the first ________ of every country.
A. measurement
B. determination
C. priority
D. attempt
45. He is going to work for a voluntary ________ after his graduation.
A. organization
B. determination
C. education
D. generation
46. Though this task was difficult, they managed to ________ it in time.
A. experience
B. deal
C. design
D. accomplish
47. I came to ________ in the end why this book must be read.
A. realize
B. decide
C. demonstrate
D. recommend
48. They walked because they couldn‟t ________ to take a taxi.
A. credit
B. design
C. rent
D. afford
49. At the end of their meeting, it was ________ that an agreement had been reached.
A. organized
B. functioned
C. identified
D. announced
50. I was surprised by the ________ of so many people at the meeting.
A. present
B. presence
C. practice
D. provision
51. Their sudden attack made us more ________ of the danger around us.
A. worthwhile
B. aware
C. tolerable
D. hopeless
52. Most Asians ________ rice while a majority of western countries mainly depend upon bread.
A. prefer to
B. wear on
C. live on
D. call upon
53. About 1000 students __________ the opening ceremony of the sports meeting.
A. signed up for
B. kept up with
C. participated in
D. cared for
54. The robot they made is ________ of understanding spoken commands and performing complicated tasks.
A. able
B. capable
C. clever
D. talented
55. I am very ________ to you for giving me this opportunity.
A. pleasant
B. satisfied
C. pleasing
D. grateful
56. __________ his hard work, it is more successful than we have expected.
A. Thanks to
B. Filled with
C. In addition to
D. Believe in
57. The applicants are supposed to read the __________ carefully before they fill in the application form.
A. trainings
B. instructions
C. instructive
D. lessons
58. Tom is having trouble __________ the rest of the class.
A. to keep up with
B. keeping up with
C. keep up with
D. kept up with.
59. It was a great concert. I enjoyed the second song ________.
A. in particular
B. in circle
C. in addition
D. in turn
60. When I looked up, I saw the children‟s eyes ________ me in curiosity.
A. fixed in
B. fixed on
C. fixed at
D. fixed with
Section B: Banked Cloze（每小题0.5分，共5分）
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with 10 blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter for each item on the Answer Sheet. 注意：此部分试题请在答题卡上作答。
I was never considered a in many extracurricular activities in high school. It was the first time I had
ever tried anything . I searched for someone to encourage me in my but found no one. In fact, most people tried to persuade me not it once they heard about it. It was simply something I decided to do for myself.
It took a lot of talking to get the Chairman of the Computer Science Department
my extra class hours. My classmates thought I was a cheater, an twin, or an patient. Most of the time I kept quiet about my activities, but if someone asked me about my class load, I didn't deny it. I was perhaps prove my words were true; but I
Part III. Reading Comprehension（共30分）
Section A: Timed Reading (每小题1分，共10分)
Directions: In this section, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer Sheet.
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I started Emerson College in the fall of 1998 with aspirations of becoming a
writer. In the weeks before the start of my freshman year, I prepped myself. I bought all the stuff I needed, packed everything I wanted, and said goodbye to my former life. I was ready to embrace my future. Getting to Emerson was easy; driving five hours from New Jersey to Boston, unpacking my things into my small single dorm room, and getting the required books for class. However, actually, surviving my first year at Emerson was the real challenge.
During my senior year of high school, my parents started the long process of
their divorce. The period between agreeing to divorce and signing legal documents didn‟t involve one of them moving out of the house. Instead, my dad moved across the hall into the spare room. At night, the house was filled with their screaming. I slept in the garage-turned bedroom so my nights were sometimes calm, but my younger sister slept inches away. Some nights she would come to my room to escape the yelling. I remember watching her as she slept, feeling guilty for wanting to leave her behind. I had to go. I had to get away. I couldn‟t take it anymore.
Things between my parents heated up and my mother spent most of the weeks
away. I took care of my sister, making sure she ate well, got to school on time, and did her homework. I was cooking not only for myself, but also for her and my dad as well. On top of everything, I had to find a way to pay for my not so inexpensive college education. During the day, I spent hours on the phone between my dad, my mom and Emerson. Combined, my parents made too much money. Financial aid only covered one third of the cost. The rest had to come from my parents. My dad was reluctant.
The issues my father and I never faced as I was growing up began to surface and the “daddy‟s little girl” relationship started to disappear. For reasons unknown to anyone but my dad, he was not willing to help pay for my college education at Emerson. By the end of the summer I could no longer trust the words coming out of his mouth. During heated fights he would tell my mother she wouldn‟t see any money from him for my college expenses. At the same time, he would be on the phone with me telling me that the money was on its way. I attended my first year because of my mom, who did everything necessary so I could at least start the next phase of my life.
I started Emerson feeling guilty and excited. I felt bad for leaving my family behind but at the same time glad to finally be leaving. As I soon learned, the problems I was running away from quickly caught up with me. Throughout the year I was given weekly updates on what was happening at home--- the fight between my mom and dad, along with my guilt, began to affect me. I became sad for myself and my family.
I had spent most of my freshman year in bed sleeping. The worse things got at home, the more I slept. It was easier for me to escape the outside world rather than deal with it. The world in my head was better. When I slept, my dreams were better. In my dreams, all I ever wanted was real. In my dreams, my family was a family again. As children, we‟re taught to distinguish the differences between the real and the imaginary. At that time, the imaginary world was better than the real one. I need the better.
I passed the year with a C average and returned to a new house just a few miles away from my old house. The summer turned into a bad run. The new school year was coming and again there was the issue of money. How were we going to pay for it? As a last effort, I took my dad to court. It was the only way we could think of to get his help. My dad was ordered to pay 5,000 dollars, fifty percent of what it could cost to go to a community college in Jersey. Getting him to pay the money was harder than expected and I was pulled out of Emerson.
From that moment on, I realized my dad could not be counted on. It was a lesson that even now pains me. The closeness we once shared would never be the same. I knew if I was going to get what I wanted I would have to fight for it without him by my side. My first year was not everything I had hoped it would be. The year brought about many changes in my life and started my early independence, but it taught me a lot about myself. Most of all it taught me that I have the strength to see anything through.
71. When did the author started her education at Emerson College?
A. in the spring of 1998
B. in the summer of 1998
C. in the autumn of 1998
D. in the winter of 1998
72. Which of the following is NOT true about the author?
A. She wanted to become a writer.
B. Her freshman year was exciting.
C. She had many troubles before going to college.
D. She finally got the money to start her college.
73. Which of the following is true about the author‟s parents?
A. They were trying their best to support the author.
B. They have two children.
C. They got divorced before the author started high school.
D. They lived in different houses during the divorce process.
74. Who was taking care of the younger sister?
A. the dad
B. the mom
C. the author
D. a baby sitter
75. According to the author, what‟s the relationship between her and her dad?
A. She was always “daddy‟s girl”.
B. She did not trust her father any more.
C. Her father loves her very much.
D. Her father paid for her college expense in the first year.
76. What‟s the author‟s feeling towards leaving home?
A. guilty
B. excited
C. glad
D. All of the above
77. Which of the following is true about the author‟s first college year?
A. She knew nothing about what happened at home.
B. She was happy in her first college year.
C. She studied hard and got high grades.
D. She was affected by what happened in her family.
78. Why did the author sleep a lot in her first college year?
A. She wanted the better world in her dream.
B. She studied hard and was tired.
C. She was seriously ill.
D. She was just pretending to be sleeping.
79. What grade did the author get in her first college year?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
80. We learn from the passage that _______________________________.
A. The author learned to live on her dream.
B. The author learned to become independent.
C. The author hated her father.
D. The author became weak due to the divorce of her parents.
Section B: Reading in Depth (每小题2分，共20分)
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
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Passage One
Questions 81 to 85 are based on the following passage.
When I was at school, our teacher told the class 'You are what you eat.' My friends and I laughed and called each other „hamburger‟ and „biscuit‟. Our teacher was trying to teach us the importance of eating the right food to stay healthy.
It has long been believed that food has an impact on our physical and emotional health. Now, we have proof. When you know the effects of different types of food, you can choose to eat what you want to become.
Everyone has their own advice to give, which they have read about or have been told by older relatives. Sometimes this advice is contradictory. A friend might say eating chocolate makes you fat. A magazine article might mention that chocolate contains magnesium, a chemical that makes people feel happier. What we need to figure out is what type of chocolate to eat to get the benefits and how much of it to eat. We can do this by reading the list of ingredients on the chocolate bar wrapper. Exactly how much real chocolate is in there? And how much of that do we need to eat to get the benefits without the side effects?
Future restaurants might be named after the physical or emotional state they hope to create. Their menus will list the benefits of each dish and drink. Some restaurants have already started doing this by listing the nutritional content of their dishes on the menus. Let‟s take the restaurant Winners as an example. Their menu would list dishes specifically designed to help you win sports competitions. There would be 'Championship Vegetable Lasagna', a pasta dish with extra layers of spinach pasta, rich tomato sauce, and vegetables to help you win the next day‟s competition. What kind of dishes do you think would be on the menu at the Clever Café, which sells food that‟s good for your brain?
So what‟s going to happen to hamburgers and biscuits? Will the concept of eating our favorite foods go out of fashion because they‟re unhealthy? Of course not! Surprisingly, our favorite foods are also changing and becoming healthier. For example, many stores have started offering customers choices, such as fat-free, sugar-free tofu ice cream and traditional ice cream on the same shelf. Snacks might soon be changing their names to 'Skinglow' and 'Chocosmile'! So, in the future you might be able to eat your way to your idea of perfection!
81. Which of the following is not true?
A. It is important to eat the right food to stay healthy.
B. Food influences people‟s physical and emotional health.
C. Eating the right food may make us healthy but what‟s important is what we
choose to eat and what lifestyle we prefer.
D. Future restaurants would only offer healthy dishes and foods in the future.
82. Why does the author mention chocolate in Paragraph 3?
A. As an example to illustrate that people are always contradictory in their advice.
B. As an example to illustrate that it‟s up to ourselves to decide on what food we
take.
C. To show that food has a negative influence on people‟s health.
D. To show that reading the list of ingredients is very important when we choose
food.
83. Which of the following is NOT true about future restaurants?
A. Future restaurants might have names that are related to people‟s physical or
emotional state.
B. Future restaurants might list the positive effects of their dishes and drinks on the
menus.
C. Winners and Clever Café are two future restaurants.
D. Spinach and tomato might be used to make dishes by future restaurants as they
are good for people‟s physical health.
84. What changes might happen to the unhealthy food people like?
A. People would not have their favorite food any more.
B. People would change the names of their favorite foods to make them sound
healthy.
C. People would change some of the ingredients of their favorite food.
D. People would choose snacks according to their understanding of perfection.
85. What can you infer from the passage?
A. People would have more choices of food in the future.
B. Unhealthy snacks would become out of fashion in the future.
C. Traditional restaurants would not be popular in the future.
D. People would not go to any restaurants that do not provide menus with the
nutritional content of their dishes.
Passage Two
Questions 86 to 90 are based on the following passage.
When a magazine for high-school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years, they said: Machines would be run by solar power. Buildings would rotate so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat. Walls would
The future is much too important to simply guess about, so experts are regularly asked to predict accurately. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen, scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen. But can they? One expert on cities wrote: Cities of the future would not be crowded, but would have space for farms and fields. People would travel to work in
writing in 1957. His subject was
If the professionals sometimes sound like high-school students, it's probably because future study is still a new field. But economic forecasting, or predicting what the economy will do, has been around for a long time. It should be accurate, and generally it is. But there have been some big mistakes in the field, too. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market. In October of that year, the stock market had its worst losses ever, ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.
One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error. In 1957, H.J.Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000,
86. The high-school students' answers to
A. accurate.
B. imaginative.
C. correct.
D. foolish.
87. According to the passage, which of the following is true?
A. High-school students are more imaginative than experts.
B. High-school students are less accurate in predicting the future.
C. Future can be predicted accurately.
D. Experts may also make wrong predictions as high-school students.
88. Which of the following statements is not compatible with the writer's comment on future study?
A. Predictions should be accurate.
B. Professionals sometimes sound like high-school students.
C. There have been some big mistakes in the field of economic forecasting.
D. Predictions about future would always be subject to significant errors.
89. When did the stock market suffer its worst loss according to the passage?
A. In 1957.
B. In 1958.
C. In 1929.
D. In 1982.
90. H.J.Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that_____________.
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen
Part V. Translation（每小题1分，共10分）
Directions: Translate the following phrases into English.
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91. 当地的一份兼职工作
92. 与教授分享观点
93. 有效管理时间
94. 连续三个学期
95. 不见踪影
96. 一条电视上的商业广告
97. 通过适当的治疗
98. 刚刚崭露头角
99. 从简单的任务开始
100. 错过表演
_______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ Part V. Writing（10分）
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: How I Achieved My First Goal in College. You should write at least 100 words following the structure and the cue words given below.
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