PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (40 MIN)
In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your coloured answer sheet
SECTION A TALK
Questions I to 5 refer to the talk in this ction. At the end of the talk you will be given 15 conds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the talk.
1. Which of the following statements about offices is NOT true according to the t
alk?
A. Offices throughout the world are basically alike.
B. There are primarily two kinds of office layout.
C. Office surroundings ud to depend on company size.
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D. Office atmosphere influences workers’ performance.
2. We can infer from the talk that harmonious work relations may have a direct impact on your
A. promotion.
B. colleagues.
C. management.
青春记忆D. union.
3. Supposing you were working in a small firm, which of the following would you do when you had some grievances?
A. Request a formal special meeting with the boss.
B. Draft a formal agenda for a special meeting.
C. Contact a consultative committee first.
D. Ask to e the boss for a talk immediately.
4. According to the talk, the union plays the following roles EXCEPT
A. mediation.
B. arbitration.
C. negotiation.
D. reprentation.
5. Which topic is NOT covered in the talk?
A. Role of the union.
B. Work relations.
C. Company structure.
D. Office layout.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
Questions 6 to 10 are bad on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be give
n 15conds to answer each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
6. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about David’s personal background?
A. He had excellent academic records at school and university.
B. He was once on a PHD programme at Yale University.
C. He received professional training in acting.
D. He came from a single-parent family.
7. David is inclined to believe in
A. aliens.
B. UFOs.
C. the TV character.
D. government conspiracies.
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8. David thinks he is fit for the TV role becau of his
A. professional training.
B. personality.
C. life experience.
D. appearance.
9. From the interview, we know that at prent David feels
A. a n of frustration.
B. haunted by the unknown things
C. confident but moody.
D. successful yet unsatisfied.
10. How does David feel about the divorce of his parents?
A. He feels a n of anger.
B. He has a n of sadness.
C. It helped him grow up.
D. It left no effect on him.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Question 11 is bad on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15conds to answer the question.
Now listen to the news.
11. What is the main idea of the news item?
香港回归了吗A. US concern over th6 forthcoming peace talks.
B. Peace efforts by the Palestinian Authority.
C. Recommendations by the Mitchell Commission.
D. Bomb attacks aimed at Israeli civilians.
Question 12 is bad on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be giv白术的功效与作用及禁忌
en 15 conds to answer the question.
Now listen to the news.
12. Some voters will waste their ballots becau
A. they like neither candidate.
B. they are all ill-informed.
C. the candidates do not differ much.
D. they do not want to vote twice.
Questions 13 to 15 are bad on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given15 conds to answer each of the questions.
Now listen to the news.
13. According to the UN Human Development Report, which is the best place for women in the world?
A. Canada.
B. The US.
C. Australia.
D. Scandinavia.
14. _______ is in the 12th place in overall ranking.
A. Britain
B. France
C. Finland
D. Switzerland
15. According to the UN report, the least developed country is 朝散大夫
A. Ethiopia.
B. Mali.
C. Sierra Leon.
D. Central African Republic.
SECTION D NOTE-TAKING AND GAP-FILLING
In this ction you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a 15-minute gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the mini-lecture. U the blank sheet for note-taking.
PART II PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.
PART III READING COMPREHENSIOS (40MIN) 学生工作处
SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
In this ction there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet~
TEXT A
Hostility to Gypsies has existed almost from the time they first appeared in Europ
e in the 14th century. The origins of the Gypsies, with little written history, were shrouded in mystery. What is known now from clues in the various dialects of their language, Romany, is that they came from northern India to the Middle East a thousand years ago, working as minstrels and mercenaries, metal-smiths and rvants. Europeans misnamed them Egyptians, soon shortened to Gypsies. A clan system, bad mostly on their traditional crafts and geography, has made them a deeply fragmented and fractious people, only really unifying in the face of enmity from non-Gypsies, whom they call gadje. Today many Gypsy activists prefer to be called Roma, which comes from the Romany word for “man”. But on my travels among them most still referred to themlves as Gypsies.
In Europe their percution by the gadje began quickly, with the church eing heresy in their fortune-telling and the state eing anti-social behaviour in their nomadism. At various times they have been forbidden to wear their distinctive bright clothes, to speak their own language, to travel, to marry one another, or to ply their traditional crafts. In som
e countries they were reduced to slavery it wasn’t until the mid-1800s that Gypsy slaves were freed in Romania. In more recent times the Gypsies were caught up in Nazi ethnic hysteria, and perhaps half a million perished in the Holocaust. Their hors have been shot and the wheels removed from their wagons, their names have been changed, their women have been sterilized, and their children have been forcibly given for adoption to non-Gypsy families.
But the Gypsies have confounded predictions of their disappearance as a distinct ethnic group and their numbers have burgeoned. Today there are an estimated 8 to 12 million Gypsies scattered across Europe, making them the continent’s largest minority. The exact number is hard to pin down. Gypsies have regularly been undercounted, both by regimes anxious to downplay their profile and by Gypsies themlves, eking to avoid bureaucracies. Attempting to remedy past inequities, activist groups may overcount. Hundreds of thousands more have emigrated to the Americas and elwhere. With very few exceptions Gypsies have expresd no great desire for a country to call their own -unlike the Jews, to whom the Gypsy experience is often compared. “Romanestan” said R
onald Lee, the Canadian Gypsy writer, "is where my two feet stand."
16. Gypsies are united only when they
A are engaged in traditional crafts.
青春致敬B. call themlves Roma.
C. live under a clan system.
D. face external threats.
17. In history hostility to Gypsies in Europe resulted in their percution by all the following EXCEPT
A. the Egyptians.
B. the state.
C. the church.
D. the Nazis.
18. According to the passage, the main difference between the Gypsies and the Jews lies
in their concepts of
A. language.
B. culture.
C. identity.
