Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Birth, marriage and death: these are the greatest (36)___________ in a human’s life. Many things, good and bad, can happen to us in our lives. Yet there are three days which are usually (37) ___________ by some special (38)__________: the day we are born, the day we get married and the day we die. These are the three main things in life. We only have a choice in the second of these: we can choose whether or not to marry. But we have no choice in birth and death. All human beings are (39)__________ by these three things. The only thing that (40)___________ in each society is the way in which these are (41)__________. Yet all societies(42) ___________ common (43) ___________. Birth is a time of joy. (44)______________________________________________. Marriage is also a time of joy. (45)_________________________________________. Death is a time of sorrow and is marked by a special ceremony and mourning. (46)___________________________________________.
Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choice. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
If the technological revolution continues to have its (47) __________, there will be fewer jobs, (48) _________ to school-leavers. Two people will therefore work only twenty hours each instead of the forty they are currently accustomed to. It is a well-known fact that those who (49)__________ from stress at work are often not high-powered executives but unskilled workers doing boring, (50) __________ jobs on production lines. Unemployment often has a similar effect on its (51)__________.
Many have already turned to pills and tablets to combat sleeplessness and anxiety, two of the symptoms of long-term stress and depression. In America, we spend $ 650 million a year on different kinds of medicines. We swallow a (52)____________ three million sleeping tablets every night. Although these "drugs of the mind" can be extremely useful in cases of crisis, the (53) ___________ of patients would be better off without them.
The boredom and frustration of unemployment are not the only causes of stress: poor housing, family problems, overcrowding and (54) ___________ worry are all significant factors. (55) ____________, doctors believe that if people learnt to breathe properly, took more exercise, used their leisure time more actively and expressed their anger instead of bottling it up, they would not depend so much on drugs, which (56) __________ only the symptoms and not the cause of the stress.
A) Nevertheless I) Therefore
B) staggering J) majority
C) repetitive K) treat
D) number L) suffer
E) diagnose M) effects
F) financial N) results
G) victims O) particularly
H) undoubtedly
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passage in this section .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 Answer sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Personality is to a large extent inherent-A-type parents usually bring about A-type off-spring. But the environment must also have a profound effect, since if competition is important to the parents, it is likely to become a major factor in the lives of their children.
School is, by its very nature, a highly competitive institution. Too many schools adopt the "win at all costs" moral standard and measure their success by academic achievements. The current passion for making children compete against their classmates or against the clock produces a two-layer system, in which competitive A types seem in some way better than their B-type fellows. Being too keen to win can have dangerous consequences.
By far the worst form of competition in schools is the disproportionate emphasis on examinations. Obviously, it is neither practical nor desirable that all A youngsters change into B’s. Schools should allow pupils to concentrate on those things they do well. The world needs types, and schools have an important duty to try to fit a child’s personality to his possible future employment. It is top management.
If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values. Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity and sympathy. It is surely a mistake to choose our doctors exclusively from A-type stock. B’s are important and should be encouraged.
57.According to the passage, A-type individuals are usually __________.
A) impatient B) considerate
C) aggressive D) agreeable
58.Why is the author strongly opposed to the practice of examinations at schools?
A) The pressure is too great on the students
B) Failure rates are too high.
C) The priority of a school is to let pupils get prepared for their future careers.
D) The results of examinations are doubtful.
59.The selection of medical professionals are currently based on ______________.
A) candidates’ sensitivity B) academic achievements
C) competitive spirit D) surer values
60.From the passage we can draw the conclusion that__________.
A) B-type persons can find no place in a competitive society.
B) The personality of a child is well established at birth.
C) Schools dominate the shaping of one’s personality.
D) The development of one’s personality is due to many factors.
61.What does the word "disproportionate" ( Para. 3)mean?
A) inappropriate B) unimportant
C) out of proportion D) improper |
