考试科目：英语 招生专业：全校各专业
考试时间：2012年3月17日 研究方向：各研究方向
Part One: Listening Comprehension Section A (10%)
Directions: In this section you will hear 3 passages. Each passage will be read only ONCE. At the
end of each passage, there will be a pause. Listen carefully to the passages and then answer the questions that follow. Mark your choices on the Answer Sheet.
Passage One
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the passage you have just heard.
1. According to leading Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin, why are children now unable to appreciate the novelist’s works? [A] Dreadful television programs have already had too much Dickens.
[B] Children are not being taught to have prolonged attention spans to finish a Dickens novel. [C] Children are not being taught to read Dickens with interest.
[D] Dickens's depiction of an unequal society is no longer relevant to the current era.
2. Charles Dickens was buried in _________. [A] Portsmouth
[B] Hampshire
[C] Westminster Abbey [D] Cornwall
3. In the Global Dickens Read-a-thon that begins in Australia, people will read from _________. [A] David Copperfield
[B] Bleak House
[C] A Tale of Two Cities [D] Dombey and Son
Passage Two
Questions 4 to 6 are based on the passage you have just heard.
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true about cirrhotic liver disease? [A] It is a genetic disease.
[B] The protein anti-trypsin cannot escape from the liver where it is made. [C] The disease affects 1 in 2,000 people all over the world. [D] Currently, the only solution is a liver transplant.
5. Why was the scientists’ study regarded as a critical step towards devising treatments? [A] Because they managed to convert a patient’s skin cell to a stem cell.
[B] Because they managed to correct the genetic fault in the stem cells. [C] Because they managed to turn stem cells into liver cells. [D] Because they managed to place the cells into mice.
6. Which of the following statements is true about the study? [A] The study has passed safety tests and can be used in humans.
[B] If the study could be developed into a therapy it would be better than a liver transplant. [C] In the study, the patient had to take immunosuppressant drugs.
[D] In the study, the patient with cirrhotic liver disease was cured with his own cells.
Passage Three
Questions 7 to 10 are based on the passage you have just heard.
7. The overseas agents of Green River Community College will get a commission of around _________ for each international student they recruit. [A] $900
[B] $9000 [C] $1400 [D] $45
8. Why is Green River Community College able to enroll many international students this year? [A] Because the college has no global name recognition.
[B] Because the college provides a $9000 first-year scholarship.
[C] Because the United States makes it legal to pay recruiters for each student they bring in. [D] Because commissioned overseas agents help advertise its community college concept.
9. Which of the following statements is true about the draft policy issued by the National
Association for College Admission Counseling? [A] The draft policy was later approved by the association.
[B] The draft policy was against the use of commissioned overseas agents.
[C] The draft policy stated that agents should not be compensated in the form of bonus,
commission or other incentive payment on the basis of the number of students recruited. [D] A majority of institutions were in favor of the draft policy.
10. According to Peter McPherson, why should the association reconsider the policy?
[A] The use of commissioned agents will help small American colleges better compete in the
global higher education market.
[B] The use of commissioned agents will not cause misrepresentation or conflicts of interests. [C] Commissions have become standard practice for British and Australian universities.
[D] Banning the use of commissioned agents will cause intense reaction from the institutions that use, or hope to use them.
Section B (10%)
Directions: In this section you will hear a talk about paper recycling. While listening, focus on the
major points and do not forget to take notes. After that, complete the following outline by filling in the blanks numbered from B1 to B20 with key words. The talk will be read TWICE. There will be a One Minute pause between the first and the second reading. Then you will have another One Minute to check your work after the second reading. Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET (2)
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OUTLINE
I. From the point of view of recycling, paper has two advantages over B1 and oil
because:
a) Paper comes from a B2 resource: trees. And trees are B3.
b) Paper is also biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when
it is B4.
II. Australia’s paper industry:
a) Although Australia’s record in the re-use of waste paper is good, it is still necessary to
use a combination of recycled fiber and B5 fiber to make new paper. b) Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and sorting B6.
c) The paper industry develops new technologies that have B7 the way for even greater
utilization of used fiber.
d) Waste paper constitutes B8 of paper used for packaging. III. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also contribute.
a) We need to accept a change in the B9 of paper products; for example stationery may be less white and of a B10 texture.
b) Waste paper also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from B11 such as
staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous items.
IV. Paper recycling process:
a) The most common sources of waste paper: B12 and B13 stores, also B14, paper
converters and printers, and lastly B15.
b) Once collected, the paper has to be sorted by hand. It then has to be B16 with water and broken down into its individual fibers. This mixture is called B17.
c) After passing through the repulping process, the fibers from printed waste paper are grey
in color because the printing ink has B18 into the individual fibers.
d) Before the recycled fibers can be made into paper they must be B19 or treated in such a way that they B20 together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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