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Part Ⅰ Writing

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简单介绍你崇拜的人物
2．说明你崇拜他/她的理由

A Famous Person I Admire

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Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1 - 7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the
passage;
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the
passage;
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8 - 10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

The Why's of Some Popular Superstitions

Do you carry a lucky penny? Have you ever knocked on wood or crossed your fingers after talking about something pleasant? Do you avoid walking under a ladder?
Most of today's superstitious beliefs can be traced back to those of primitive people who had no understanding of the laws of nature. However, there are few people even today who are completely free of superstitious beliefs. So have fun with them and enjoy them, but don't take them seriously.
Crossing Your Fingers. Often people cross their fingers when making a wish. They believe this will make the wish come true. This came from the idea that when two lines crossed, the wish was held at the center of the lines until it came to pass,
Umbrellas. Will opening an umbrella indoors bring bad luck and disappointments? This superstition began in the Old World many years ago, when umbrellas were made big enough to cover a whole family. When opened indoors, these clumsy, thick things usually hurt someone or broke something in the house. They were bad luck indeed.
Walking Under a Ladder. In past centuries walking under ladders was forbidden in some countries. One of the oldest beliefs was that a leaning ladder made a triangle, a symbol of life, with the wall and the floor. Anyone who walked through this sacred triangle would be punished unless counter-charms were used. He might save himself by making a wish or crossing his fingers. In fact, it is sensible to avoid walking under ladders. A ladder can collapse, or a workman's tool resting on it can fall and hit you.
Spill Salt. Many superstitions have been built around salt. We now understand the chemical reasons that enable salt to melt snow but help freeze ice cream. But the ancients thought that salt was magic and could perform good or evil. When they discovered that salt could preserve food, they felt it could also protect them. It was believed that spilling salt was a warning from friendly spirits that evil was nearby. The people thought that the good spirits live on the right side of the body and the evil ones on the left. Therefore, early man threw a pinch of salt over his left shoulder to win the favor of the spirits who planned to hurt him.
Breaking a Mirror. Some people think that breaking a mirror will mean seven years of hard luck. This started long before mirrors were known, when early man believed that the reflection he saw of himself in a pool of water was his soul, or "other self". This other self would be injured if disturbed in any way. After mirrors were made of glass, breaking one continued to mean bad luck to the other self. About 2,000 years ago, the Romans thought that life renewed itself every seven years. That's why it would take a person that long to recover from such a blow.
Sneezes. Your friends are likely to say "God bless you" when you sneeze. In the Near and Far East people may clasp their hands and bow toward you. The custom of asking God's blessing began when early man believed that a person's spirit or soul was in the form of air or breath in the head. A sneeze might expel the spirit for a short time, or even forever, unless God prevented it. The act of bowing toward the sneezer was also counter-magic and meant "May your soul not escape."

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Today most people have no superstitious beliefs because they understand the laws of nature.

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To cross your heart when you make a wish will help make the wish come true.

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People believed opening an umbrella indoors brought bad luck because in the past, big umbrellas were made for a whole family and if opened indoors, they usually made some trouble.

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In the past, people believed that walking through the sacred triangle made by a leaning ladder would prevent their wishes from coming true.

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It is wise to avoid walking under ladders because it may be dangerous.

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Early man threw a pinch of salt over his left shoulder so that the evil spirits living on the right side of the body could not hurt him.

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Failure to see the reflection of oneself in the mirror would bring hard luck to one's soul.

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Ancient people felt salt could protect them because ______.

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It would take a person seven years to recover from the bad luck caused by breaking a mirror because ______.

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If you sneeze, people may ask God's blessing or bow toward you in order to ______.

Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension

Section A

Section B

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.
There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have 1 to the places. Or you can read travel books.
It would 2 that there are three kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a 3 , subjective account of travels which the author has actually made himself. If they are 4 and have a good index then they can be useful when you are 5 your travels. The second kind are those books 6 purpose is to give a purely objective description of things to be done and seen. If a 7 , cultured person has written such a book then it is even more useful. It can be classified 8 a selective guide book. The third kind are those books which are called "a guide" to some place or other. Their primary function is to assist the reader who 9 . If they are good, they will, in addition to their factual information, give an analysis or an interpretation. Like the first kind they can be inspiring and entertaining.
10 that it does not describe everything as "marvelous", "fabulous" or "magical". You must also note its date of publication because travel is a very practical affair and 11 . Finally, you should make sure that the contents are well presented and easy to find.

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Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

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 choices. Each choice in the 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.
The traditional American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year a special feast was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The colonists who had 1 there had left England because they felt denied of 2 freedom. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in coming across the ocean. The ship which carried them was called Mayflower. The North Atlantic was difficult to travel. There were bad storms. They were assisted in 3 to live in the new land by the Indians who inhabited the region. The Puritans, as they were, had much to be 4 for. Their religious practices were no longer a 5 of criticism by the government. They learned to 6 their farming habits to the climate and soil. When they selected the 4th Thursday of November 7 their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner and a prayer of 8 for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. And they remembered the dead who did not live to see the 9 of Massachusetts. They reflected 10 the 65 days' journey which tested their strength.

A. thankful I) source
B. have J) attempt
C. on K) for
D. learning L) congratulant
E. bank M) adjust
F. settled N) shores
G. gratitude O) religious
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Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages 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

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Part Ⅴ Error Correction

Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (Λ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
When does history begin? It is tempting to reply "in the beginning", but
like many obvious answers, this is turned out to be unhelpful soon. As a 67. ______
great Swiss historian once points out in another connection, history is the 68. ______
one subject where you cannot begin at the beginning. If we want to, we
can trace the chain of human descent back to the appear of vertebrates 69. ______
(脊椎动物), or even to the photosynthetic (光合的) cells which lie at
the start of life itself. We can go back further still, to almost unimaginably 70. ______
upheavals (剧变) which formed this planet and even to the origins of
universe. Yet this is not "history". 71. ______
Commonsense helps here: history is the story of mankind, what it has 72. ______
done, suffered or enjoyed. We all know that dogs and cats do not have
histories, so human beings do. Even when historians write about a natural 73. ______
process beyond human control, such as the ups and down of climate, or 74. ______
the spread of disease, they do so only because it helps us to understand
why men and women have lived (and died) in some ways rather than
others. This suggests that all what we have to do is to identify the 75. ______
moment which the first human beings step out from the shadows of the 76. ______
remote past.

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Part Ⅵ Translation
Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

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When I apply for a job, ______ (不会讲英语对我很不利).

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______ (她极有可能) will be in charge of the company next year.

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His warm heartedness and kindness ______ (和他兄弟的冷漠形成了鲜明的对比).

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It is no use ______ (把你的失败归咎运气不好).

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I won't play football any more because ______ (目前工作比爱好重要).