中国名校四级密卷

 

  清华大学外语系 王红利

  Part Ⅰ

  Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

  Section A

  Directions: In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end

  of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Each conversation

  and question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause.

  During the pause, you must read the four suggested answers 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.?

  1. A) Get a good night’s sleep so he’ll feel better.?

  B) Take the exam once more.?

  C) Go out to see a movie.?

  D) Stay in a cinema for a night.?

 

  2. A) She needs a new raincoat or umbrella.?

  B) It will probably rain tomorrow.?

  C) She doesn’t know what the weather will be like tomorrow.?

  D) She doesn’t know where the man put his raincoat or umbrella.?

 

  3.A) He already took a picture of the flowers.?

  B) He doesn’t know how to use the camera.?

  C) He doesn’t think the flowers are beautiful.?

  D) He does not have any more film left.?

 

  4.A) They are going to have some milk for lunch.?

  B) They will probably quarrel because they are both angry.?

  C) They are going to breakfast soon.?

  D) They are going to lunch soon.?

 

  5.A) Go to the library. B) Get some exercise.?

  C) Go to see a film. D) Do homework in school.?

 

  6. A) Where John will meet her.?

  B) What the topic of the meeting is.?

  C) What John is wearing.?

  D) Where the meeting is being held.?

 

  7.A) She didn’t clean the dorm.?

  B) Her dorm is messy.?

  C) She will help the man clean his dorm.?

  D) She cleaned the library.?

 

  8.A) Jack¹ is likely to help.?

  B) Jack doesn’t know a lot about the problem.?

  C) The man has already asked Jack for help.?

  D) Jack was the last one who could solve the problem.?

 

  9.A) It will snow much later in the week.?

  B) It will probably snow.?

  C) She needs to listen to the weather forecast.?

  D) The weather forecasters always make mistakes.?

 

  10. A) In the laundry.?

  B) In the tailor’s.?

  C) In the department store. D) At home.??

 

  Section B

  Compound Dictation?

  Directions: In this section you will hear a passage three times. During the

  first reading you should listen carefully for a general idea of the whole passage.

  Then listen to the passage again. When the first part of the passage is being

  read, you should fill in the missing word during the pause at each blank. After

  listening to the second part of the passage you are required to write down the

  main points according to what you have just heard. Finally, when the passage

  is read the third time you can check what you have heard.?

  Television now plays such an important part in so many people’s lives that it

  is?___11___? for us to try to decide whether is a ?___12___? or a curse. Obviously

  television has both ?___13___? and disadvantages. But do the former ?___14___?

  the latter??

  In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment,

  but also a ?___15___? cheap one. They just sit comfortably at home and enjoy

  ?___16___? series of programmes rather than to go out in search of ?___17___?

  elsewhere. Some people, however, maintain that this is precisely² where the danger

  lies. ____________18___________________________ Secondly³, television keeps one

  informed about current events

  , allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics. Yet

  here

  again there is a danger. The television screen itself has a terrible, almost

  ph

  ysical fascination⁴ for us._______________19_______________________________________.?

  There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor quality

  of i

  ts programmes is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly⁵ a great comfort to

  many

  lonely elderly people. And does it corrupt⁶ or instruct our children?___________20

  _____________________________.?

  ?

 

 

  Part Ⅱ

  Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

  Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some

  questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there 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 with a single line through the center.?

 

  Passage One?

  Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.?

 

  Teachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing. This

 

  is good for kids, because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a schedule.

  But most homes aren’t run this way. If parents do plan their children’s lives

  minute by minute, what happens when that child grows up and goes to college?

  At some point, kids need to learn to manage their own time. This can be one

  of the valuable skills you help your kids develop outside of school. But it

  generally won’t happen all by itself, because there’s a big transition that

  happens when kids leave the structured school environment and come home. ?

  If you have kid stay alone at home, think hard about trying to find an adult

  who

  can be there and provide the support your child needs. If a supportive adult

  is

  n’t available, an expert named Martin recommends you find an after-school program

  led by experienced professionals who will engage them in creative activities,

  nourish them with healthy snacks, and assist them with their schoolwork. ?If

  you are at home on the contrary, to take some break after the guys get started

  on diversions, because it’s hard to stop and do something like homework. “If

  that little bit of downtime is television, good luck ... getting them to do

  their

  homework.” says a professor of child development at California State University,

  “TV is addictive⁷.” A better way to help your child unwind is with a healthy

  snack. “Wait until dinner, make a plate full of energizing⁸ food. You could even

  dish up part of the dinner you’re preparing a little early for the kids,” she

  says. ?

  While you’re sharing a snack, you can make a list of what your kids will get

  to

  do during their study breaks. The types of breaks recommended include shooting

  baskets, getting a drink, using the bathroom, or even playing a quick card game

  with parents. Your kids can be the ones to decide which breaks they’d like to

  take. But, as Freimuth says, your children will have to be honest about what

  kind of break will energize⁹ them and not upset their momentum¹⁰.?

  21. The main purpose of this passage is ____.?

  A) to provide some advice for the parents about children’s education?

  B) to explain how to prepare a pretty snack for your children ?

  C) to explain why the parents spoil their children?

  D) to describe children’s lives after school?

 

  22. The words “this way” in the sentence “But most homes aren’t run this way”

  in the first paragraph most possibly means ____. ?

  A) to stay on the task?

  B) to arrange everything in details?

  C) to give some lessons to children?

  D) to behave in the structured school ?

 

  23. According to the passage, the expert named Martin, appearing in the second

  paragraph, most probably takes up the following jobs EXCEPT ____. ?

  A) a specialist in children education?

  B) a professional consultant¹¹ in a after-school program?

  C) the leader of a research group about sports, such as basketball ?

  D) mostly the same as what Freimuth (in the last paragraph) does ?

 

  24. According to the last two paragraphs, the appropriate snacks that the

  parents provide will ____. ?

  A) upset the children’s momentum?

  B) exhaust them by lots of dirty dishes?

  C) make the children get addicted¹² to TV?

  D) bring more energy to children?

 

  25. Which of the following is NOT recommended for the break during the children’s

  study after class??

  A) Shoot baskets.?

  B) Play some games with parents.?

  C) Go out to drink some beverage¹³ in a bar for a long time.?

  D) Relax a bit by using the bathroom.?

 

  Passage Two?

  Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.?

 

  Doors and windows can’t keep them out; airport immigration officers can’t stop

  them and the Internet is an absolute reproduction soil. They seem harmless in

  small doses, but large imports threaten Japan’s very uniqueness, say critics.

  “They are foreign words and they are infecting the Japanese language”. ?

  “Sometimes I feel like I need a translator to understand my own language,” says

 

  Yoko Fujimura with little anger, a 60-year-old Tokyo restaurant worker. “It’s

 

  becoming incomprehensible.” ?

  It’s not only Japan who is on the defensive¹⁴. Countries around the globe are

  wet

  through their hands over the rapid spread of American English. Coca-Cola, for

  example, is one of the most recognized terms on Earth. ?

  It is made worse for Japan,however, by its unique writing system. The country

  writes all imported utterances¹⁵ - except Chinese - in a different script called

  katakana（片假名）. It is the only country to maintain such a distinction. Katakana

  takes far more space to write than kanji - the core pictograph（象形文字）characters

  that the Japanese borrowed from China 1,500 years ago. Because it stands out,

  readers complain that sentences packed with foreign words start to resemble

  extended strings¹⁶ of lights. As if that weren’t enough, katakana terms tend to

  get confusing. For example, digital camera first appears as degitaru kamera.

  Then they became the more ear-pleasing digi kamey. But kamey is also the Japanese

  word for turtle. “It’s very frustrating¹⁷ not knowing what young people are talking

  about,” says humorously Minoru Shiratori, a 53-year-old bus driver. “Sometimes

  I can’t tell if they’re discussing cameras or turtles.” ?

  In a bid to stop the flood of katakana, the government has formed a Foreign

  Words Committee to find suitable Japanese replacements¹⁸. The committee is slightly

  different from French-style language police, which try to support a law that

  forbids advertising¹⁹ in English. Rather, committee members and traditionalists

  hope a sustained campaign of persuasion²⁰, gentle criticism and leadership by

  example can

  turn the tide.?

 

  26. According to the author, the reason why the Japanese is infected greatly

  by English is ____.?

  A) that nothing can prevent it from entering into Japan?

  B) that English is the most recognized language in the world?

  C) that the government has not set up a special administration department to

  control this trend before it becomes popular in Japan?

  D) not clearly mentioned in this passage?

 

  27. By saying “countries around the globe are wet through their hands over the

  rapid spread of American English,” the author implies that ____.?

  A) even a restaurant worker in Japan may feel the English infection on Japanese

  B) the flood of katakana has covered most of countries in the world?

  C) Coca-Cola is the most popular brand of beverage on the earth and this product

  o