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I. Listening Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: In Sectin A, yu will hear ten shrt cnversatins between tw speakers. At the end f each cnversatin, a questin will be asked abut what was said. The cnversatins and the questins will be spken nly nce. After yu hear a cnversatin and the questin abut it, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper, and decide which ne is the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
1. A. His bss.
B. His assistant.
C. His custmer.
D. His friend.
2. A. On Tuesday.
B. On Thursday.
C. On Friday.
D. On Wednesday.
3. A. It takes him t much time.
B. The distance is quite lng.
C. He always has traffic jams.
D. It’s k, nt t bad.
4. A. He enjyed the TV special abut Huahua.
B. He did nt like watching the TV special.
C. He missed watching the TV special.
D. He’d like t see the TV special again.
5. A. The man shuld wrk harder.
B. The man shuld reject the ffer.
C. The man can apply fr the jb again.
D. The man may have anther chance.
6. A. The wman wuld rather stay at hme.
B. The wman wuld like t travel alne.
C. The wman has been t Sutheast Asia.
D. The wman wuld like t visit Thailand.
7. A. He feels cnfident abut getting a prmtin.
B. He desn’t think he is ready fr the prmtin.
C. He is disappinted abut nt being prmted.
D. He is well-prepared fr the prmtin.
8. A. She desn’t like watching tennis games.
B. She will watch a tennis game next time.
C. She canceled this tennis game.
D. She ttally frgt this tennis game.
9. A. Check her apartment t see if it needs redecrating.
B. Give her advice n hw t chse a design cmpany.
C. Tell her hw much the redecratin might cst.
D. Create a redecratin design fr her free f charge.
10. A. The firewrks shw was really impressive.
B. The man was nt interested in the firewrks shw.
C. The shw was canceled because f a labr strike.
D. The wman will watch the firewrks shw next mnth.
Sectin B
Directins: In Sectin B, yu will hear tw shrt passages and ne lnger cnversatin, and yu will be asked several questins n each f the passages and the cnversatin. The passages and the cnversatin will be read twice, but the questins will be spken nly nce. When yu hear a questin, read the fur pssible answers n yur paper and decide which ne wuld be the best answer t the questin yu have heard.
Questins 11 thrugh 13 are based n the fllwing passage.
11. A. They cause air pllutin.
B. They are hard t get rid f.
C. They appear in different frms.
D. They damage the instruments.
12. A. NASA engineers check students’ prduct in persn.
B. HUNCH Schl teachers guide these prject designs.
C. Astrnauts teach HUNCH Schl students in space.
D. HUNCH Schl students slved the prblem fr astrnauts.
13. A. T enhance teacher-student relatinships.
B. T imprve students’ cmmunicatin skills.
C. T allw students t experience zer gravity.
D. T link space technlgy with schl educatin.
Questins 14 thrugh 16 are based n the fllwing passage.
14. A. The return f a lst wallet indicates ne’s hnesty.
B. We seem t knw ur wn minds quite well.
C. Neighbrs and family members mnitr each ther.
D. Many peple buy latte ut f true lve f cffee.
15. A. Peple deny acting frm inner persnalities.
B. We can be influenced by utside pressures.
C. Our behavir is the result f ur true desires.
D. Our characters shape ur scial relatinships.
16. A. Persnalities and attitudes.
B. Preferences and habits.
C. Behavirs and persnalities.
D. Attitudes and preferences.
Questins 17 thrugh 20 are based n the fllwing cnversatin.
17. A. Classmates.
B. Cusins.
C. Parent and child.
D Prfessr and student.
18. A. She can ck her favrite fd.
B. She wants t keep her rm clean and tidy.
C. She can finally have sme privacy.
D. She desn’t get alng well with her sister.
19. A. He cannt fully understand recipes.
B. He has truble in scializing with thers.
C. He’s likely t get int financial truble.
D. He is nt gd at ding husehld chres.
20. A. Prepare fd n her wn.
B. Wrk ut a weekly budget.
C. G t parties and clubs less ften.
D. Have a part-time jb.
Ⅱ. Grammar and Vcabulary
Sectin A
Directins: After reading the passage belw, fill in the blanks t make the passage cherent and grammatically crrect. Fr the blanks with a given wrd, fill in each blank with the prper frm f the given wrd; fr the ther blanks, use ne wrd that best fits each blank.
Bb’s prblems began during his frmative years. His parents gt divrced when he was yung, and neither f his parents wanted t raise him r his brther and sister, s he ___1___ (bring) up by a fster family chsen by a scial wrker in the cmmunity.
Unfrtunately, his fster father was a strict authritarian and ften beat him. Bb rebelled against this strict upbringing, and by the time he was eight years ld, he ___2___ (run) wild, stealing frm shps and playing truant. When he reached adlescence, smetime arund his thirteenth birthday, he had already appeared in curt several times, charged ___3___ juvenile crimes. The judge blamed his fster parents, ___4___ (explain) that children needed respnsible parents and guardians wh wuld lk after them prperly. The fster father didn’t agree with the judge and bjected t this, pinting ut that Bb’s tw brthers and sister were well-adjusted children wh behaved at hme and wrked well at schl.
This has raised sme interesting questins abut the mdern family system. ___5___ it is true that parents shuld nt be t lenient with children by letting them d ___6___ they want, ___7___ t ver-prtective by sheltering them frm the realities f life, it is als true that they shuld nt be t strict. It has als highlighted the disadvantages f the mdern nuclear family ___8___ the child has nly its mther and father t rely n r the single-parent family, in which the mther r father has t struggle particularly hard ___9___ (supprt) their dependents.
In fact, many peple believe that we ___10___ return t traditinal family values and the extended family: extensive research has shwn that children frm these families are generally better behaved and have a better chance f success in later life.
Sectin B
Directins: Cmplete the fllwing passage by using the wrds in the bx. Each wrd can nly be used nce. Nte that there is ne wrd mre than yu need.
“Dealing with mney is a basic life skill”
Why financial transactins are abut relatinships and why the
quality f the relatinship is mre imprtant than the transactin itself.
British psychlgist, William Blm, has lng argued that sciety wuld benefit if mney flwed mre freely-if, fr example, peple regularly give part f their salaries r prfits t charity.
When yu say, “Mney shuld flw mre freely,” what d yu mean?
“There are tw metaphrs that I like t use fr mney. One is the energy f the envirnment and human nature. Mney represents a(n) ___11___ f these energies; it’s a materialized frm f energy. The ther metaphr is water. If yu lk at water, it can be still and plluted r, nce the dams are pened, it has the ability t ___12___ itself. Healthy energy flws in the way rich peple shuld allw their mney t flw. If they are gd, they will knw hw t give.”
Mney still isn’t flwing freely.
A lt f it is dammed up in banks and in the hands f a small percentage f extremely wealthy individuals. “We have t build a sciety in which we are nt threatened by each ther. The gap between the rich and the pr ___13___ scial cnnectin and harmny. The Baby Bmers (婴儿潮一代) are t cmfrtable fr t lng. Nw they have t ask themselves what their plitics are, because life is plitical. This is the time fr all f us t ___14___ plitically.”
Hw can we deal with mney in a healthier way?
“When it cmes t mney, there is a lt f naiveté. Children need t be taught in schl that dealing with mney is a basic life skill. They need t be able t read a bank statement in a(n) ___15___ way. When a transactin takes place, this means ___16___ pausing t say, ‘This exchange affects me in this and this way.’ We are ften in t much f a hurry t realize that. We als frget that transactins are first and fremst abut relatinships. The quality f that relatinship is mre imprtant than the transactin itself. That’s why Beduins (游牧民族贝都因人) always share a cup f tea when they d business tgether. They understand the need t ___17___ their relatinship with thers.”
Anther frm f flw is giving. Can that be a kind f spiritual practice?
“Humans are paradxical beings. It is pssible t have pure ___18___ and t get satisfactin as a by-prduct frm yur actins. There is the classic idea that giving away mney brings a sense f safety and satisfactin. And it des. Being alive in this universe cmes frm the ___19___ that yu’re part f a flw in the universe. Peple think highly f altruism (舍己为人), giving away mney t smene wh cannt see yu. Dnating mney t charity is nt just abut the material effect but it als allws yu t pay attentin t what causes yu’re supprting. It’s healthy t give withut thinking f the material ____20____. Mney is neutral, like language. It’s all abut the way in which it is used.”
Ⅲ. Reading Cmprehensin
Sectin A
Directins: Fr each blank in the fllwing passage there are fur wrds r phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the wrd r phrase that best fits the cntext.
A cure fr the future in the past?
Fr ver fifty years, the peple f Britain have relied n the welfare state t make sure they have adequate health services. But nw the Natinal Health Service is sick. Gvernment ___21___ and underfunding are frcing hspitals t clse, and waiting lists fr treatment are getting lnger. Under such circumstances, it is n surprise that mre peple are turning t private (but expensive) healthcare.
Fr sme, hwever, there are ___22___. They are turning their back n mdern pills, tablets and resrting t ther cnventinal medicine. It seems paradxical, but in an age f micrchips and high technlgy, traditinal medicine, the ld-fashined cures that ur grandparents relied n, is making a ___23___.
Cnsider these case studies:
Maude is 76 years ld and has been suffering frm arthritis fr almst ten years. “The pain in my jints was almst ___24___, and my dctr referred me t a surgen at the Lndn Hspital. I was tld that I needed ___25___, but wuld need t wait fr at least tw years befre I culd have the peratin. In ___26___, I started having massage sessins. T my surprise, these were very therapeutic, and while they didn’t cure the disrder, they did ___27___ it t sme extent”.
Rn is 46. His high-pwered city jb was ___28___ fr a series f stress-related illnesses, and the drugs he tk didn’t wrk well n the nervus strain. “I read abut ___29___ which invlve the whle persn rather than the individual symptms, but I had always dubted abut such kind f medicine fr all diseases. Hwever, my friend ___30___ a dietician wh tld me that part f my prblem was diet-related. Basically, the fd I was eating was ___31___ t my disrder. She gave me a list f fds that wuld prvide the right vitamins and minerals t keep me in gd health. At the same time, she advcated a mre ___32___ lifestyle-running, swimming, that kind f thing. I’ m a bit f a cuch ptat, and this kind f lifestyle I had lived was ___33___ the prblem. Nw I feel great!”
S is there still a place in ur lives fr mdern medicine? While it is true that sme infectins and viruses may be ___34___ by turning t traditinal medicine, mre serius illnesses such as cancer need mre extreme measures. We d need ur health service at these times, and we shuldn’t stp ___35___ in its future. But we mustn’t frget that fr sme cmmn illnesses, the cure may lie in the past.
21.
A. supprtB. restrictinsC. cutbacksD. cncern
22.
A. prgramsB. alternativesC. measuresD. scales
23.
A. cmebackB. livingC. changeD. mess
24.
A. uniqueB. uncertainC. universalD. unbearable
25.
A. permissinB. surgeryC. supervisinD. strength
26.
A. cnditinB. desperatinC. generalD. particular
27.
A prtectB. recverC. relieveD. treat
28.
A. eagerB. gratefulC. famusD. respnsible
29.
A. treatmentsB. surcesC. spiritsD. cmments
30.
A. supervisedB. declaredC. recmmendedD. tempted
31.
A. cntributingB. adaptingC. subjectingD. bjecting
32.
A. mderateB. activeC. negativeD. suitable
33.
A. identifyingB. investigatingC. estimatingD. wrsening
34.
A. preventedB. empweredC. indicatedD. restred
35.
A. undertakingB. invadingC. investingD. evlving
Sectin B
Directins: Read the fllwing three passages. Each passage is fllwed by several questins r unfinished statements. Fr each f them there are fur chices marked A, B, C and D. Chse the ne that fits best accrding t the infrmatin given in the passage yu have just read.
A
The members f the grup saw each ther regularly, because they all had serius health prblems. Twelve-year-ld Marc was autistic (自闭症). But here, in the grup circle, they culd talk abut what they felt. Here they culd listen t the thers and prvide each ther with sme f the human attentin they ften s terribly missed.
But that evening, they didn’t knw hw t talk abut what had just happened: Paul had died. The grup wuld never again enjy his animated laughter. Everyne stared straight ahead. Only sadness and a sense f imptence rse t the surface. N matter what she tried, Jackie, the nurse facilitating the grup, culdn’t get a cnversatin ging.
Then Jackie described hw peple in sme cultures, when they were sad and wanted t share their feelings but culd nt find the wrds t express their srrw, wuld sit in a circle and make rhythmic music tgether. Then everyne picked up ne f the djembe drums in the rm. Jackie began sftly beating hers and the thers jined in. Bm-bm-ta, bm-bm-ta. Slwly, they let the rhythm carry them away. Marc had truble keeping time with the thers and gave Jackie a frightened lk. She smiled her encuragement, and he fcused as well as he culd. Jackie began t play slwly, and the thers fllwed. At her sign, a few began t drum ut f time with the beat.
Suddenly, the rhythm f the music changed. Everyne was playing his r her wn meldy: n ne was leading the park. Everyne was carried by the music. Gradually, the sadness fund its way ut. Karin, in a wheelchair, was the first t think f hw much Paul had enjyed making music with the rest f the grup. Then the thers tld their wn stries. Their faces were wet with tears-as were the instruments-but still the rhythm carried them. They felt as ne, with each ther and with Paul. These were tears f srrw and murning, but als f slidarity and cnnectin.
Henri began t smile, and the rest sn jined him. The rhythm quickened. Their cmbined music held pwer and energy. Marc felt relieved. A brad smile lit up his face, and the thers were happy t see him this way. Then the situatin had changed cmpletely. Srrw had made way fr hpe.
Peple have been making rhythmic music in grups, using drums. It is a traditin, wherein healing takes place thrugh the spirit and the emtins, thrugh cntact with the bdy and its subtle pwers f self-healing. In a recent study, physician Barry Bittman shwed that making rhythmic music in a grup affects ur physical cnditin. Immune cells in particular are stimulated t greater activity.
36. The members f the grup meet regularly t ___________________.
A. find a slutin t their health prblemsB. tell interesting stries
C. share their feelings and emtinsD. play music instruments
37. Why did they stare straight ahead this time?
A. Marc culdn’t talk abut what he felt.B. Paul’s death made them feel srrwful.
C. Jackie culdn’t facilitate ther members.D. Henri fund it hard t express his sadness.
38. Hw did Jackie encurage Marc?
A. She gave him an encuraging smile.B. She talked abut her wn experiences.
C. She taught him hw t play djembe drums.D. She paused and let the rhythm carry n.
39. What wuld be the best title f this passage?
A. Getting tgether makes peple feel srrwful.B. It’s a traditin t make rhythmic music.
C. Why immune cells are stimulated t greater activity.D. Hw music captures the rhythm f the sul.
B
Overseas Learning
Smerset Yew Wah Classrm, UK
Smerset Yew Wah Classrm prgram is a unique English language and life educatin prgram in the Yew Wah secndary curriculum catered fr Grade 6, Grade 8 and Grade 10 students. Established in 2006, the Smerset English learning and cultural center prvides a distinctive pprtunity fr students t experience an authentic English envirnment. The Centre is lcated in a traditinal English village in Smerset Sibley’s Barn and the Knwle Hall campus, a newly renvated Victrian-era cuntry huse built n 15 acres f land in beautiful pen parkland, is situated clse t ur Sibley Barn’s Centre and was established in 2016. The Smerset prgram prvides an excellent crss-cultural experience which enhances self-cnfidence, independence, teamwrk and leadership skills f students. The Smerset prgram cntinues upn students’ return t China.
Wrld Classrm
Wrld Classrm is a cncept f learning beynd the schl building walls. It is an extensin f the experimental, prject-based learning at the cre f the Yew Wah educatinal mdel. The Wrld Classrm prgram is just ne f the unique experiences which allw students t sample majr cultures f the wrld, including Eurpean, African, Middle Eastern, Pacific and Angl-American.
Experiencing China
The prgram prvides secndary students with the pprtunities t gain insights int Chinese histry and culture by visiting varius regins f China. This residential prgram bradens students’ understanding f their wn cuntry. Thrugh first-hand crss-cultural experiences, the prgrams increase students’ understanding f varius cultures, prmte critical thinking, and help students develp an appreciatin f different viewpints. The prgrams ultimately help prepare ur students fr an evlving mdern wrld by nurturing their crss-cultural knwledge and skills, internatinal-mindedness and attitudes n their becming true glbal citizens with a cmmitment t serve the cmmunity and sciety.
Trips and Excursins
Trips and excursins allw students t enhance scietal visins, enrich life experiences and strengthen cmmunicatin and prblem-slving skills. Students participate in Hng Kng Hike, ne f the mst traditinal annual utdr activities where students rely heavily n teamwrk and persnal willpwer t reach the destinatins when facing survival challenges. “After the hike, he grew int almst a different persn. He became mre mature and nw capable f taking care f himself, and mre respnsible,” said a parent f her sn. These qualities are exactly what Hng Kng Hike wants t achieve.
40. Why d students participate in Smerset Yew Wah classrm in UK?
A. T d research n British cultures and appreciate beautiful views.
B. T enhance self-cnfidence, independence, teamwrk and leadership skills.
C. T have a special campus tur t Sibley’s Barn and the Knwle Hall.
D. T shw their appreciatin f British histry and their wn cultures.
41. Experiencing China prgram mainly aims t help students t ___________________.
A. be capable f taking care f himself and their parents
B. cmpare learning in China with learning verseas
C. braden their understanding f their wn cuntry
D. interpret glbalizatin and prmte Chinese culture
42. What des the mther f a student think f Hng Kng Hike?
A. It empwers students t have teamwrk willpwer and respnsibility.
B. It helps students t share a better understanding f the wrld arund them.
C. It wrks ut a way t reslve the cnflicts between parents and the students.
D. It enhances students’ internatinal-mindedness and shapes attitudes t thers.
C
THE GLOBAL WASTE TRADE IS ESSENTIALLY BROKEN
Cut int hillside in nrthern Malaysia stands a large, pen-air warehuse. This is a recycling factry, which pened last Nvember. On a very ht afternn in January, Shahid Ali was wrking his very first week n the jb. He std knee-deep in sggy, white bits f plastic. Arund him, mre bits flated f the cnveyr belt and fell t the grund like snwflakes.
Hur after hur, Ali srts thrugh the plastic jumble mving dwn the belt, picking ut pieces that lk ff-clr r siled-rejects (废品) in the recycling prcess. Thugh it lks like backbreaking wrk, Ali says it is a great imprvement ver his previus jb, flding bed-sheets in a nearby textile factry, fr much lwer pay. Nw, if he eats simply, he can save mney frm his wages f just ver $l an hur and send $250 a mnth t his parents and six brthers and sisters in Peshawar, Pakistan, 2,700 miles away, “As sn as I heard abut this wrk, I asked fr a jb,” says Ali, 24, a bearded man with glasses and an easy smile. Still, he’s wrking 12 hurs a day, seven days a week. “If I take a day ff, I lse a day’s wages,” he says.
In the warehuse, hundreds f bags are stacked mre than 60 feet high-each stuffed with plastic wrappers and bags thrwn away weeks earlier by their riginal users in Califrnia. The fact that the waste has traveled t this distant crner f the planet in the first place shws hw badly the glbal recycling ecnmy has failed t keep pace with humanity’s plastics addictin. This is an ecsystem that is deeply dysfunctinal, if nt n the pint f cllapse: Abut 90% f the millins f tns f plastic the wrld prduces every year will eventually end up nt recycled, but burned, buried, r dumped.
Plastic recycling enjys ever-wider supprt amng cnsumers: Putting ygurt cntainers and juice bttles in a blue bin is an ec-friendly act f faith in millins f husehlds. But faith ges nly s far. The tidal wave f plastic items that enters the recycling stream each year is increasingly likely t fall right back ut again, casualties f a brken market. Many prducts that cnsumers believe (and industries claim) are “recyclable" are in reality nt, because f hard ecnmics. With il and gas prices near 20-year lws, s-called virgin plastic, a prduct f petrleum feed-stcks, is nw far cheaper and easier t btain than recycled material. That unfreseen shift has yanked the financial rug ut frm under what was until recently a practical recycling industry. “The glbal waste trade is essentially brken,” says the head f the glbal plastics campaign at Greenpeace. “We are sitting n vast amunts f plastic with nwhere t send it and nthing t d with it.”
43. What is the authr’s attitude twards Shahid Ali?
A. Critical.B. Merciless.C. Indifferent.D. Sympathetic.
44. What mst prbably causes the prblem f glbal waste recycling?
A. The prices f il and gas have been increasing.
B. Tns f wastes travel s far befre being recycled.
C. Recyclable prducts are nt really recycled.
D. Gvernments dn’t supprt the recycling industry.
45. What des the italicized wrd “dysfunctinal” mean in the passage?
A. Out f stck.B. Far frm pleased.C. Full f energy.D. Out f rder.
46. What is the authr’s purpse f writing this article?
A. T illustrate hw plastic waste has been recycled in the wrld.
B. T warn peple that the glbal waste trade is essentially brken.
C. T analyze the relatinship between cnsumers and factries.
D. T slve the cnflict between the recycling industry and gvernments.
Sectin C
Directins: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a prper sentence given in the bx. Each sentence can be used nly nce. Nte that there are tw mre sentences than yu need.
Martha Stewart was charged, tried and cnvicted f a crime in 2014. As she neared the end f her prisn sentence, a well-knwn clumnist wrte that she was “paying her dues,” and that “there is simply n reasn fr anyne t attempt t deny her right t start anew. ”
___________47___________ Unfrtunately, many federal and state laws impse pst-cnvictin restrictins n a shckingly large number f Americans, wh are prevented frm ever fully paying their debt t sciety.
At least 65 millin peple in the United States have a criminal recrd. This can result in severe penalties (惩罚) that cntinue lng after punishment is cmpleted.
Many f these penalties are impsed regardless f the seriusness f the ffense r the persn’s individual circumstances. _____________48_____________ They can affect a persn’s ability t get a jb and qualificatin fr benefits.
In all, mre than 45,000 laws and rules serve t exclude vast numbers f peple frm fully participating in American life. Sme laws make senses. N ne advcates letting smene cnvicted f pedphilia (恋童癖) wrk in a schl. _____________49_____________ Shuld a wman wh pssessed a small amunt f drugs years ag be permanently unable t be licensed as a nurse?
These laws are als cunterprductive (适得其反), since they make it harder fr peple with criminal recrds t find husing r a jb, tw key factrs that reduce backsliding. A recent reprt makes several recmmendatins, including the ablitin f mst pst-cnvictin penalties, except fr thse specifically needed t prtect public safety. _____________50_____________
The pint isn’t t excuse r frget the crime. Rather, it is t recgnize that in America’s vast criminal justice system, and secnd chances are crucial. It is in n ne's interest t keep a large segment f the ppulatin n the margins f sciety.
A. Criminals shuld pay the price f finding husing r a jb and getting qualificatins fr benefits.
B. Surely, the American ideal f secnd chances shuldn’t be reserved nly fr the rich and pwerful.
C. But t ften cllateral (附随的) cnsequences bear n relatin t public safety.
D. Where the penalties are nt a must, they shuld be impsed nly if the facts f a case supprt it.
E. American’s vast criminal justice system prvides criminals with necessary supprt fr living.
F. Laws can restrict r ban vting, access t public husing, and prfessinal and business licensing.
IV. Summary Writing
51. Directins: Read the fllwing passage. Summarize the main idea and the main pint(s) f the passage in n mre than 60 wrds. Use yur wn wrds as far as pssible.
The questin f whether ur gvernment shuld prmte science and technlgy r the liberal arts in higher educatin isn’t an either/r prpsitin, althugh the current emphasis n preparing yung Americans fr STEM (science, technlgy, engineering, maths)-related fields can make it seem that way.
The latest cngressinal reprt acknwledges the critical imprtance f technical training, but als claims that the study f the humanities (人文学科) and scial sciences must remain central cmpnents f America’s educatinal system at all levels. Bth are critical t prducing citizens wh can participate effectively in ur demcratic sciety, becme innvative leaders, and benefit frm the spiritual enrichment that the reflectin n the great ideas f mankind ver time prvides.
Parents and students wh have invested heavily in higher educatin wrry abut graduates’ jb prspects as technlgical advances and changes in dmestic and glbal markets transfrm prfessins in ways that reduce wages and cut jbs. Under these circumstances, it’s natural t lk fr what may appear t be the mst “practical” way ut f the prblem “Majr in a subject designed t get yu a jb” seems the bvius answer t sme, thugh this ignres the fact that many disciplines in the humanities characterized as “sft” ften, in fact, lead t emplyment and success in the lng run. Indeed, accrding t surveys, emplyers have expressed a preference fr students wh have received a bradly-based educatin that has taught them t write well, think critically, research creatively, and cmmunicate easily.
Mrever, students shuld be prepared nt just fr their first jb, but fr their 4th and 5th jbs, as there’s little reasn t dubt that peple entering the wrkfrce tday will be called upn t play many different rles ver the curse f their careers. The nes wh will d the best in this new envirnment will be thse whse educatins have prepared them t be flexible. The ability t draw upn every available tl and insight－picked up frm science, arts, and technlgy－t slve the prblems f the future, and take advantage f the pprtunities that present themselves, will be helpful t them and the United States.
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V. Translatin
Directins: Translate the fllwing sentences int English, using the wrds given in the brackets.
52. 比赛结束时，观众席上掌声雷动。(burst) (汉译英)
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53. 无论情况有多复杂，他都能应对自如（N matter） (汉译英)
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54. 公司感受到了威胁, 其应对策略是书写长长的警示标签，试图预见可能发生的事故。（respnd）(汉译英)
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55. 由于路面结冰，部分高速公路临时封闭，致使许多乘客困路上，出门前最好留意天气预报。（trap）(汉译英)
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Ⅵ. Guided Writing
56. Directins: Write an English cmpsitin in 120 - 150 wrds accrding t the instructins given belw in Chinese. 假如你是李华，准备参加《英文报》举办的主题为 “Changes in my cmmunity”的征文活动,要求用英文介绍身边发生的变化。你的征文必须包括：
1. 描述发生的变化；
2. 客观分析变化发生的原因。
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1-5 ABDCD 6-10 CBACD 11-15 BADAB 17-20 CACDB
A. engage B. assess C. cmbinatin D. intentins E. refresh F. understanding G. relaxed H. cnsciusly I. return J. threatens K. regretfully