Write about the following topic: Technology gives young people today knowledge and power that they have never had before. The implications are rather serious. Do you agree? Write about 120 words. You should offer detailed reasons for your views.
- The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interlocutor may join in the conversation and ask you questions, but you and your partner are expected to develop the conversation.Topic 1: What Is the Best Way to Keep Fit?Topic 2: What Makes a Successful Marriage?Topic 3: Rising CrimeTopic 4: Studying English in China or Studying English AbroadTopic 5: Qualities of a Good Language Teacher
Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a passage about "Who First Started to Smoke? " ; you will listen to it twice. Decide if you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a passage about "Who First Started to Smoke? " ; you will listen to it twice. Decide if you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM).
You will hear five people giving their opinions on spanking children. For questions 9-13, choose from the list A -F what each speaker's opinion Is. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.A Being honest protects your relationships from hurt. B In relationships, forgiveness is for ourselves.C The relationships grow stronger with frequent attention. D A good relationship helps heal each other's wounds. E To trust others helps you determine your relationships. F The first step to have healthy relationships is to love yourself. You will hear five people giving their opinions on spanking children. For questions 9-13, choose from the list A -F what each speaker's opinion Is. Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use.A Being honest protects your relationships from hurt. B In relationships, forgiveness is for ourselves.C The relationships grow stronger with frequent attention. D A good relationship helps heal each other's wounds. E To trust others helps you determine your relationships. F The first step to have healthy relationships is to love yourself.
Look at the note below. You will hear a man calling his office. Look at the note below. You will hear a man calling his office.
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Read the following article from a book and answer questions 19-25. For questions 19-25, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D. Home Is Where the Tongue Is For all the pressures and rewards of regionalization and globalization, local identities remain the most ingrained. Even if the end result of globalization is to make the world smaller, its scope seems to foster the need for more intimate local connections among many individuals. As Bernard Poignant, mayor of the town of Quimper in Brittany, told the Washington Post, "Man is a fragile animal and he needs his close attachments. The more open the world becomes, the more ties there will be to one's roots and one's land." In most communities, local languages such as Poignant's Breton serve a strong symbolic function as a clear mark of "authenticity". The sum total of a community's shared historical experience, authenticity reflects a perceived line from a culturally idealized past to the present, carried by the language and traditions associated with the community's origins. A concern for authenticity leads most secular Israelis to champion Hebrew among themselves while also acquiring English and even Arabic. The same obsession with authenticity drives Hasidic Jews in Israel or the Diaspora to champion Yiddish while also learning Hebrew and English. In each case, authenticity amounts to a central core of cultural beliefs and interpretations that are not only resistant to globalization but also are actually reinforced by the "threat" that globalization seems to present to these historical values. Scholars may argue that cultural identities change over time in response to specific reward systems. But locals often resist such explanation and defend authenticity and local mother tongues against the perceived threat of globalization with near religious ardor. As a result, never before in history have there been as many standardized languages as there are today: roughly 1,200. Many smaller languages, even those with far fewer than one million speakers, have benefited from state-sponsored or voluntary preservation movements. On the most informal level, communities in Alaska and the American northwest have formed Internet discussion groups in an attempt to pass on Native American languages to younger generations. In the Basque, Catalan, and Galician regions of Spain, such movements arc fiercely political and frequently involve staunch resistance to the Spanish government over political and linguistic rights. Projects have ranged from a campaign to print Spanish money in the four official languages of the state to the creation of language immersion nursery and primary schools. Zapatistas in Mexico are championing the revival of Mayan languages in an equally political campaign for local autonomy. In addition to invoking the subjective importance of local roots, proponents of local languages defend their continued use on pragmatic grounds. Local tongues foster higher levels of school success, higher degrees of participation in local government, more informed citizenship, and better knowledge of one's own culture, history, and faith. Government and relief agencies can also use local languages to spread information about industrial and agricultural techniques as well as modern health care to diverse audiences. Development workers in West Africa, for example, have found that the best way to teach the vast number of farmers with little or no formal education how to sow and rotate crops for higher yields is in these local tongues. Nevertheless, both regionalization and globalization require that more and more speakers and readers of local languages be multi-literate.
Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. The need for a surgical operation,【C1】______an emergency operation, almost always comes as a【C2】______shock to the patient and his family. Despite modern advances, most people still have an【C3】______fear of hospitals. Patients do not often believe they really need surgery — cutting into a part of the body as【C4】______to treatment with drugs. In the early years of this century there was【C5】______specialization in surgery. A good surgeon was capable【C6】______almost every operation that had been【C7】______up to that time. Today the【C8】______is different. Operations are now being carried【C9】______that were not even dreamed of fifty years ago. The heart can be safely opened. A lung, the whole stomach, or even part of the brain can be removed and still permit the patient to live a【C10】______and satisfactory life. The【C11】______of surgery has increase【C12】______in this century. Its safety has increase, too. Deaths from most operations are about 20% of what they were in 1910 and surgery has been extended【C13】______many directions. The hospital stay after surgery has been【C14】______to as little as a week for most major operations. Most patients are out of bed on the day after their operation【C15】______may be back at work in two or three weeks. Many developments in modern surgery are almost【C16】______. One of the most revolutionary areas of modern surgery is【C17】______of organ transplants. It has been discovered that with the use of X-rays and special drugs, it is possible to transplant【C18】______from one person to another which will【C19】______for periods of a year or more. Heart and lung transplants have been reasonably successful in animals,【C20】______rejection problems in humans have yet to be solved.
Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a story about "Communication Through Time ". Decide whether you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). You will listen to it twice. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a story about "Communication Through Time ". Decide whether you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). You will listen to it twice. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.
Write an essay about 120 words on the following topic: Does Everyone Need to Go to College?
Read this letter from Ms. Lee.KEG AUDIOMAIDSTON KENT ME 15 6QPTel:(01622)672261Fax:(01622)750653Mr. Yoshi Watenable2-9-9 Shinjuku, Shunjuku-kuToyko 160JapanDear Mr. Yoshi,We would like to invite you to join us for the annual sales conference and to give a talk at the conference on 15 March. The conference will start at 8.30 am. 230 company directors are expected to attend.I would be grateful if you could inform me whether you will be available on 15 March and tell me the topic of your speech.Yours sincerely,Gina LeeSecretary Write a reply(50~60 words)to Ms. Lee: Thanking her for the invitation. Agreeing to give a talk. Saying what you will talk about. Asking where the meeting will be held.
Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26-45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. Museum Science When deadly virus outbreaks occur, scientists want to know where the disease is coming from and how to stop it. In their search for【C1】______. some will pay a visit to their local museum. They are not trying to take their minds off the outbreak.【C2】______. they come to sift through the museum's historic collections, looking for【C3】______that might help them save lives. For instance, in the 1990s, there was an【C4】______of hantavirus in New Mexico and nearby states. The sometimes-deadly disease【C5】______flulike symptoms and difficulty breathing. At the time, no one knew the【C6】______of the outbreak. Some people even suspected terrorists might have【C7】______the germs as a biological weapon. But Robert Baker and his coworkers wondered if a rodent might be to【C8】______This biologist is a director at the Natural Science Research Laboratory at the Museum of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Baker knew mice and rats can【C9】______viruses to humans. So he turned to the lab's stores of dried and frozen tissues for help. Those【C10】______included some collected decades earlier from New Mexico rodents. His team analyzed deer-mouse lung samples that had been【C11】______in a freezer since the 1980s. Some indeed【C12】______hantavirus. This showed the germ existed in New Mexico long38 the state's human outbreak developed. The finding suggested biological weaponry was not outbreak's source. Most【C14】______, it pointed to how people could limit infection with the 【C15】______virus: Keep deer-mice out of their garages and homes. Robert Bradley now works【C16】______the museum's curator of mammals. He says the episode taught him an important【C17】______Collections like the one he manages let scientists travel back in 【C18】______to answer important questions. "One hundred years from now,【C19】______knows the questions that will be asked?" But, he notes, if samples from the past are【C20】______. they can help future scientists answer their questions.
Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, CorD on the Answer Sheet. One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued【C1】______card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even【C2】______. and they make many banking services available as【C3】______. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or【C4】______money in scattered locations,【C5】______the local branch bank is open. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on【C6】______— it's already here. While computers offer these【C7】______to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do【C8】______than simply ring up sales. They can【C9】______a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep【C10】______their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or【C11】______goods to suppliers can then be made. 【C12】______the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient,【C13】______personnel and staffing assignments to be made【C14】______. And they also identify【C15】______customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied【C16】______by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-【C17】______marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials【C18】______hand, and even of the production process itself. 【C19】______other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more【C20】______services to consumers through the use of computers.
Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a passage about "Inflation ". You will listen to it twice. Decide whether you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a passage about "Inflation ". You will listen to it twice. Decide whether you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.
- The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interlocutor may join in the conversation and ask you questions, but you and your partner are expected to develop the conversation.Topic 1: Qualities of a Good Government OfficialTopic 2: Advantages and Disadvantages of Being an Actress or an ActorTopic 3: Good Surroundings Will Influence People's BehaviorTopic 4: Significance of Voluntary ActivitiesTopic 5: Holidays Which Are Popular with Young People
Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a story about a jewellery designer. Decide whether each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet. Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a story about a jewellery designer. Decide whether each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM). Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet.
Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A~G)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. $150B. safeC. agreementsD. drivers who can't drive on because of the flat tireE. a flat tireF. provide a kind of temporary support to the flat tireG. more than $150
Using the information in the text, complete each sentence 14-18, with a word or phrase from the list below. For each sentence(14-18), mark one letter(A~G)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. best preserved in the wordB. completely ForbiddenC. Palace MuseumD. all over the countryE. 961m longF. 8704m longG. unknown
Read the following passage and answer questions 9-18.1. From Dr. R.S. Scorer of Britain's Imperial College of the Science comes the latest theory about the lighting flashes. Dr. Scorer believes the cause is hail failing through super cooled clouds. Ice particles bouncing off the falling hail acquire a positive charge and rise to the top of the cloud while the hail carries a negative charge to the bottom of the cloud.2. According to Dr. Scorer, Benjamin Franklin first proved thunderclouds are charged with electricity. Later investigations showed that the tops of the clouds have a great positive charge and the bottoms have great negative charge.3. When the charges became great enough to break the insulating properties of the air, lighting flashes carry the electricity within the cloud, or from cloud to cloud, or from cloud to earth. But the question remained: How do the charges develop within the cloud.4. To seek the cause, Dr. Scorer and his colleagues at the college first duplicated thundercloud current in a liquid tank. They found the mixture takes place only in the tops of the clouds.5. Next a study of thunderclouds over the North Atlantic showed that the lighting occurs only when the temperature around cloud is below freezing. Particles at the top of the clouds begin to freeze but those in the remainder of the cloud stay unfrozen although below freezing temperature. In the laboratory, S.E. Reynolds whirled a refrigerated rod through ice particles and found that the particles bounced off the rod acquired a positive charge. This was a missing link. Without hail and super cooled clouds, he concluded, there could be no lighting.Questions 9-13 For questions 9-13, choose the best title for each paragraph from below. For each numbered paragraph(1~5), mark one letter(A~G)on the Answer Sheet. Do not mark any letter twice.A. How the lightning flashes come about.B. To measure moisture, scientist did the experiment.C. Two discoveries based on Dr. Scorer's theory.D. Significance of Benjamin Franklin's discovery.E. Experiments were done to find the cause of lightning.F. Dr. Scorer found the cause of lightning flashes.G. The continuing study of lightning flashes.
LookatthestatementsbelowandtheextractontheoppositepagefromareporttostaffbytheDavisGroup,ahumanresourcesconsultancyintheUSA.Whichsection(A,B,CorD)doeseachstatement(1-7)referto?Foreachstatement(1-7),markoneletter(A,B,CorD)onyourAnswerSheet.Youwillneedtousesomeoftheselettersmorethanonce.Example:0Itislessexpensivetomaintainthecurrentcustomerbasethantoincreaseit.ReportforStaffAIthasbeenachallengingyear,withtheglobaleconomycontributingtoincreasedmarketcompetition.However,theendresultswerefairlyrespectable,especiallyconsideringtheindustry'sgenerallypoorfinancialresults.TheDavisGrouphasalwaysfocusedongrowingrevenue,solvingclientproblems,identifyingnewopportunitiesandwinningnewclients.Althoughthecompanyhadtospendmoretimethanusualthisyearoncostcontrol,ourpeoplecontinuedtolistentotheirclientsanddeliverappropriateconsultingsolutions.BAlthoughwehavechangedournameandintroducedanewglobalbrand,manyclientsstilldonotregardusasabroad-basedhumanresourcesconsultancy.Wehopethatournewinternationalcampaign,whichexplainstoclientsthewiderangeofservicesweoffer,willhelpchangethatperception.Itissignificantthat50%ofourrevenuethisyearcamefromoutsidetheUSA,makingusatrulyglobalplayer.Wehaveenormousgrowthpotential,especiallyinemergingmarketssuchasAsiaandLatinAmerica.CThesedays,mostofourclients,eventhosewithoperationsinonlyonecountry,competeinaglobalmarketplace.Asaresult,theyseethevalueofworkingwithus.Ourstrengthonthegroundinmanycountrieshasallowedustoshareknowledgetodevelopanddeliverworld-classsolutions.Forthoseclientswhoareglobalfirms,ourworldwidepresencehasallowedustobuildinternationalnetworkstoaddresstheirspecialneeds.Theyappreciatethatourintellectualcapitalisbasedonadeepunderstandingoflocalneedsandconditions.DWecontinuallyaimtomaximiseourrevenueandenhanceprofessionalismacrossthesolutionsofferedbythefirm.Obviously,winningnewclientsisalwaysimportant,butweshouldrememberthatitisofteneasierandmorecost-effectivetobroadenrelationshipswithexistingclients.Byprovidingawiderrangeofsolutions,weaddvalue,strengthenourclients'viewofusasatrustedadvisorandbuildlong-termpartnerships.Oursuccessisbasedonbeingknownasthemostprofessionalandhighestqualityfirminthehumanresourcesconsultancybusiness.