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综合练习（历次水平II试题精选）Part One Listening ComprehensionSection IDirections: In this section you will hear two students, Frank and Theresa, discussing a survey they have to write as an assignment. Listen to the conversation and complete the notes below which what you hear.Notes about Frank’s survey:Topic: ________________________________Typical examples of violent programs:______________________________________________People’s suggestions:____________________________________________________________Peo ple’s reactions to violence on news broadcast:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________A possible problem with this survey:________________________________________________The advantage of the survey:_______________________________________________________Section TwoDirections: In this section you will listen to some news program. Below are the summaries of the news items. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words to complete the new summaries.1.An orangutan stopped the traffic outside _________ . It took a keep from the zoo________ minutes to get downtown because of the traffic. The animal showed no interest in ________ but responded when the keeper ________ to it. It h eld the keeper’s _______ as they got into the car.2. A new method for teaching singing has been developed. Most singers are unaware of howthey ______________________. By wearing a ______________ over your head while yousing, you can hear your voice the way _____________ hear you. This can help you_________ your singing.3.This year there are _______ contestants in theSunsetBeachsandcastle ________--agedfrom 8 to ____ . The two favorites are Greg Wallace (who has won three times before), with his _______ castle, and newcomer David Bradley, with his Star Wars __________.Section ThreeIn this section, you hear four telephone messages. What is each message about? When you hear each message, you should write in En glish the main information. Some callers’ names are: Alberto, Janine Ellis, and Jim Saunders. You will hear the recording only once.Telephone message 1:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___.Telephone message 2:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___.Telephone message 3:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____Telephone message4:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____.Part Two TranslationDirections: Read the following passage carefully and translate it into Chinese. Write your translation clearly in the spaces provided below.What’s in a name?For thousands of years, humanity has classified the living thins of this world in much the same fashion; by their appearance. If it looks like a duck, walks and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. But tackling millions of species in this way has proven to be a recipe for confusion. As scientists have found to their cost, what looks like a duck may in fact be a goose.More recently, genetic techniques have been applied, particularly for distinguishing the more difficult-to-identity species such as viruses and bacteria by comparing pieces of DNA. Might this approach be more generally applicable? Paul Hebert and his colleagues inCanadathink it might be. Just as barcodes and the “universal product code” numbering scheme uniquely identify different items at a supermarket checkout, they suggest that some stretches of DNA could perform a similar function in living things. In a paper just published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they discuss how long such a genetic barcode needs to be, and where it might be found.A universal product code found on the high street consists of a string of 11 digits, each of which is one of ten numerals, providing 100 billion unique combinations. Genetic material, however, uses a quaternary, rather than a denary, coding system. In theory, it would only be necessary to sample 15 of those letters to create one billion unique codes.In practice, however, the characteristics of DNA mean that 15 letters are not enough. Unlike the arbitrary numbers of a universal product code, the letters of DNA are not random, because they code for something that a biological meaning.Part Three WritingDirections: Boshi Electronic (China) Co., Ltd. Is planning to recruit an assistant to the general manager. Read the job description and qualification and write to this co,pany to recomment yourself as a candidate. Your letter of application should not be less than 300 words.Job descition:Assit daily administration workCollect and manage information Responsible for the correspondence and documentsMake business travel planInvolved in meeting aggangement Make reports accurately QualificationMaster degreeGood skill in communicationGood gomputer skillsGood skills in bothe written and spoken EnglishTeamwork orientationSome topics for Speaking Test1.I. Opening Questions2.Do you like music? What kind of music do you listen to these days? Why do you like thisparticular music?3.Do you like sports? What kind of games do you often play? Why do you like that game?4.Suppose you have won $100,000 ina lottery. What would you do with this money?5.Why do you choose Tsinghua to do your graduate program? What are the most importantfactors in choosing a school?6.What kind of job do you plan to take upon graduation? Why?7.How much time do you spend learning about the news everyday? How do you learn aboutthe news, by watching TV or reading newspaper？Talk about one piece of the latest new that impressed you a great deal.8.I the development of human society, many kinds of inventions have greatly benefited ourlives. Could you give us some examples? What do you think are the top importantinventions in the past 50 years?9．In everyone’s life, he may experience many good and bad events. Please tell me some past events which made you feel good or bad.10. Do you use e-mail or the Internet? What do you use them for?1.II. Role plays or debate1. As the job-hunting season is approaching, many graduates have to decide whether toremain inBeijingand seek a job here (though it is not very easy to hunt a good job) or go to small cities to have an easy life.Student A:It’s not advisable choice for us to work inBeijing, for the life inBeijingwon’t be easy here.Student B: I will try every effort to remain here to have a further develop and enjoy the exciting life here.2. As the industry develops more rapidly in these years, people inChinabecome much moreconcerning about the environmental protection.Student A：I appeal to the government to postpone or stop some of the current projects, and punish the ones who are polluting our city. Industrialization brings us nothing but the stink of money and a dirty sky. We should not develop our industry intensely. Theindustrialization should be slowed down at once, or we’ll get punishedStudent B: .We shouldn’t reduce our production under any circumstance. I don’t mean to be unconventional. But I do prefer industrial development to environmental protection.More exactly, industrialization can be the motivation and also the supporter of environment protection, which may be the contrary to normal consideration.3. Deputies from the National People's Congress, as well as members of the ChinesePeople's Political Consultative Conference, proposed changes to the holidays at this year'scongress. They called for shortened Labor Day and National Day holidays, and the addition of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Tomb Sweeping Day.Student A：I’m strongly agree to the change of the holidays, the golden week has lots of disadvantages.Student B：I don’t think the golden week holiday should be abrogated, because people have been used to it. People need it.4. Our country has stepped into the aging society (people who are 65 or older have taken up 14%).Who will take care of the very old and disable old? Where could they spend the last few years in their life?Student A：The nursing home is the only way to solve the problem.Student B：I can’t agree. Those who live in the nursing home are not as happy as those who live with their family.5. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? Work with your partner and discuss the disaster(s) that you experienced or heard of.6. Student A：All the Chinese should join in the "Rejecting the Japanese Goods" side, because the Japanese have done too many things hurting our feelings.Student B："Rejecting the Japanese Goods" is not necessary. The Japanese goods, such as the Japanese notebook PCs, the Japanese cars and so on, are better and cheaper than ours.7. Student A：English language is tool—we learn it for we’re going to use it. So the four skills of English are very important. We attend the English Class for improving our English Skills.Student B：We attend the English class because the charm of a foreign culture often attracts us strongly. That is the very foundation stone of the interest of learning a foreign language. Further more, only by mastering the foreign language can one attain the charm of a culture.8. Class discussion has become a common activity in our classroom nowadays. Many teachers use this activity to involve students in the class learning.Student A: It's a waste of time to listen to other students who are as ignorant as us to talk nonsense; we prefer to listen to teachers.Student B：Class discussion can get students more involved in class learning and can give us a chance to share what we know about the subjects.9. Nowadays internet has penetrated into every aspect of out daily life. A lot of people have ever tried to buy something from the internet.Student A: Shopping on internet is very convenient.Student B: I love the traditional shopping method.10. Student A: I worry about the future of human beings. We are facing so many problems in the development.Student B: I do believe that our children will have a better life.1.A: Computer games are the best way to kill time and can people can learn a lot from playing it.B: Computer games do more harm than good to young people.1. A and B are two classmates who have never met after they graduated from the university 5 years ago. Now they meet at the classmates’ reunion party? What would you say? Role play the two old classmates.13. Did you have to adhere to a dress code or wear a uniform when you went school? How did you feel about it then? How do you feel about it now? Work in pairs to discuss the topic.14. Role Play: Where are you from? You and your partner may come from different regions inChina. Compare the lifestyles in each of your hometown by discussion what is hot (popular) and what is not in the city or town.15. Role Play: Tell each other a past event which made you feel good or bad (e.g. A embarrassed situation, un unforgettable school event, a happy reunion, or meeting a famous person).16. What qualities do heroes in movies and TV shows in your country have? Who are some of your own personal heroes? Why do you admire and respect these people? Tell each other you heroes you respect.17. Nowadays, more and more parents choose to educate primary school children at home instead of sending them to school to get public education. How do you think about it? A: strongly agree to it.B: strongly against it.18. Should the University Campus be open to tourist?A: strongly agree to it.B: strongly against it.19.Talk about the marriage of the college students. A: strongly agree to it.B: strongly against it.20.How do you think the Clone technology?A: It’s a breakthrough of the biological engineer. B: Human cloning would cause a lot of problems.。