2010年8月星级考三星笔试听力理解真题
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2010 专八真题及答案【篇一：2010 英语专八真题及答案(word 完整版)】>test for english majors (2010)-grade eight- part isection a listening comprehension (35 min) mini-lecturein this section you will hear a mini-lecture. you will hear thelecture once only. while listening, take notes on the importantpoints. your notes will not be marked, but you will need themto complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. when thelecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check yournotes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling taskon answer sheet one. use the blank sheet for note-taking.complete the gap-filling task. some of the gaps below mayrequire a maximum of three words. make sure the word(s) youfill in is (are) both grammatically semantically acceptable. youmay refer to your notes.paralinguistic features of languagein face-to-face communication speakers often alter theirtomes of voice or change their physical postures in order toconvey messages. these means are called paralinguisticfeatures of language, which fall into two categories. firstcategory: vocal paralinguistic featuresa. (1)__________: to express attitude or intention(1)__________b. examples1. whispering:need for secrecy2.breathiness:deep emotion3. (2)_________: unimportance (2)__________4. nasality:anxiety5. extra lip-rounding: greater intimacysecond category: physical paralinguistic featuresa. facial expressions1. (3)_______ (3)__________----- smiling: signal of pleasure or welcome2. less common expressions----- eye brow raising: surprise or interest----- lip biting: (4)________ (4)_________b. gesturegestures are related to culture. 1. britishculture----- shrugging shoulders: (5) ________(5)__________----- scratching head: puzzlement2. other cultures----- placing hand upon heart:(6)_______ (6)__________----- pointing at nose: secretc. proximity, posture and echoing1. proximity: physical distance between speakers----- closeness: intimacy or threat----- (7)_______: formality or absence of interest(7)_________ proximity is person-, culture- and (8)________ -specific. (8)_________2. posture----- hunched shoulders or a hanging head: to indicate(9)_____ (9)________----- direct level eye contact: to express an open or challenging attitude3. echoing----- definition: imitation of similar posture----- (10)______: aid in communication (10)___________----- conscious imitation: mockery section b interviewin this section you will hear everything once only. listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark the correct answer to each question on answer sheet two.questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. at the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.now listen to the interview.1. according to dr johnson, diversity meansa. merging of different cultural identities.b. more emphasis on homogeneity.c. embracing of more ethnic differences.d. acceptance of more branches of christianity.2. according to the interview, which of the following statements in correct?a. some places are more diverse than others.b. towns are less diverse than large cities.c. diversity can be seen everywhere.d. american is a truly diverse country.3. according to dr johnson, which place will witness a radicalchange in its racial makeup by 2025?a. maineb. selinsgrovec.philadelphia d.california4. during the interview dr johnson indicates thata. greater racial diversity exists among younger populations.b. both older and younger populations are racially diverse.c. age diversity could lead to pension problems.d. older populations are more racially diverse.5. according to the interview, religious diversitya. was most evident between 1990 and 2000.b. exists among muslim immigrants.c. is restricted to certain places in the us.d. is spreading to more parts of the country.section c news broadcastin this section you will hear everything once only. listencarefully and then answer the questions that follow. mark thecorrect answer to each question on your coloured answersheet.question 6 is based on the following news. at the end of thenews item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer thequestion.now listen to the news.6. what is the main idea of the news item?a. sony developed a computer chip for cell phones.b. japan will market its wallet phone abroad.c. the wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.d. reader devices are available at stores and stations.question 7 and 8 is based on the following news. at the end ofthe news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer thequestions.now listen to the news.7. which of the following is mentioned as the government ’s measure to control inflation?a. foreign investment.b. donorsupport.c. price control.d. bank prediction.8. according to kingdom bank, what is the current inflationrate in zimbabwe?a. 20 million percent.b. 2.2 million percent.c. 11.2million percent.d. over 11.2 million percent.question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. at the endof the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer thequestion.now listen to the news.9. which of the following is correct? a. a big fireerupted on the nile river.b. helicopters were used to evacuate people.c. five people were taken to hospital for burns.d. a big fire took place on two floors. 10. the likely cause of the bigfire isa. electrical short-cut.b. lack of fire-satefy measures.c. terrorism.d.not known.part ii reading comprehension (30 min)in this section there are four reading passages followed by atotal of 20 multiple-choice questions. read the passages andthen mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.text astill, the image of any city has a half-life of many years. (sodoes its name, officially changed in 2001 from calcutta tokolkata, which is closer to what the word sounds like in bengali. conversing in english, i never heard anyone call thecity anything but calcutta.) to westerners, the conveyancemost identified with kolkata is not its modern subway — afacility whose spacious stations have art on the walls andcricket matches on television monitors —but the hand-pulled rickshaw. stories and films celebrate a primitive-looking cartwith high wooden wheels, pulled by someone who looks closeto needing the succor of mother teresa. for years the government has been talking about eliminating hand-pulledrickshaws on what it calls humanitarian grounds —principallyon the ground that, as the mayor of kolkata has often said, it isoffensive to see “one man sweating and straining to pullanother man. ”but these days politicians also lament theimpact of 6,000 hand- pulled rickshaws on a modern city ’straffic and, particularly, on its image. “w s e t r s y t e t o r n e rassociate beggars and these rickshaws with the calcuttalandscape, but this is not what calcutta stands for, ”the chiefminister of west bengal, buddhadeb bhattacharjee, said in apress conference in 2006. “our city stands for prosperity anddevel opment. ”the chief minister t h—eequivalent of a state governor —went on to announce thathand-pulled rickshaws soon would be banned from the streetsof kolkata.from june to september kolkata can get torrential rains, and itsdrainage system doesn ’t need o t rrential rain to begin backingup. residents who favor a touch of hyperbole say that inkolkata “if a stray cat pees, there ’s a flood. ”during my stay itonce rained for about 48 hours. entire neighborhoods couldn ’tbe reached by motorized vehicles, and the newspapers showed pictures of rickshaws being pulled through water that was up to the pullers ’waists. when it ’s raining, the normalcustomer base for rickshaw pullers expands greatly, as doesthe price of a journey. a writer in kolkata told me, t “when irains, even the governor takes rickshaws. ”while i was in kolkata, a magazine called india today publishedits annual ranking of indian states, according to suchmeasurements as prosperity and infrastructure. among india ’s20 largest states, bihar finished dead last, as it has for four ofthe past five years. bihar, a couple hundred miles north ofkolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers comefrom. once in kolkata, they sleep on the street or in theirrickshaws or in a dera —a combination garage and repair shop and dormitory managed bysomeone called a sardar. for sleeping privileges in a dera, pullers pay 100 rupees (about$2.50) a month, which sounds like a pretty good deal untilyou’ve visited a dera. they gross between 100 and 150 rupees aday, out of which they have to pay 20 rupees for the use of therickshaw and an occasional 75 or more for a payoff if a policeman stops them for, say, crossing astreet where rickshaws are prohibited. a 2003 study found that rickshawpullers are near the bottom of kolkata occupations in income,doing better than only the ragpickers and the beggars. forsomeone without land or education, that still beats trying tomake a living in bihar.there are people in kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in a rickshaw, because they are offended by the idea of being pulled by another human being or because they consider it not the sortof thing people of their station do or because they regard thehand-pulled rickshaw as a relic of colonialism. ironically, someof those people are not enthusiastic about banning rickshaws.the editor of the editorial pages of kolkata ’s telegraph—rudrangshu mukherjee, a former academic who still writeshistory books —told me, for instance, that he sees humanitarian considerations as coming down on the side ofkeeping hand- pulled rickshaws on the road. “i refuse to be carried by another human being myself, ”he said, “but i question whether we have the right to take away theirlivelihood. ”rickshawsupporters point out that when it comesto demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly uniquein kolkata.when i asked one rickshaw puller if he thought thegovernment ’s plan to rid the city of rickshaws was based on agenuine interest in his welfare, he smiled, with a quick shakeof his head —a gesture i interpreted to mean, “if【篇二：2010 年英语专八真题及其答案】s (2010) -grade eight- listening comprehension (35 min)section a mini-lecturein this section you will hear a mini-lecture. you will hear thelecture once only. while listening, take notes on the importantpoints. your notes will not be marked, but you will need themto complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. when thelecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check yournotes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling taskon answer sheet one. use the blank sheet for note-taking.complete the gap-filling task. some of the gaps below mayrequire a maximum of three words. make sure the word(s) youfill in is (are) both grammatically semantically acceptable. youmay refer to your notes.。
2010年全国各地十套中考英语听力试题(扫描版,附答案)
2010年河北省初中毕业生升学文化课考试Ⅰ. 听句子，选出句子中所包含的信息。
（共 5 小题，每小题1 分，计 5 分）1. A. ice B. rice C. voice2. A. E2CR3F B. B2CR7F C. B2OR6F3. A. talking on the phone B. waiting for a phone C. shouting at the phone4. A. Jim is younger. B. Tony is younger. C. They are the same age.5. A. Laugh is good medicine.B. Always take cheap medicine.C. Medicine can make you laugh.Ⅱ. 听句子，选出该句的最佳答语。
（共 5 小题，每小题1 分，计 5 分）6. A. You are so kind. B. Thanks, you too! C. That would be fine.7. A. I play the piano. B. I go to work. C. I’m a policeman.8. A. Twenty-eight yuan. B. Three hundred miles. C. Two and a half years.9. A. Yes, please. B. Sorry, I can’t. C. Never mind.10. A. But it is not true. B. I don’t believe in God. C. Wow, it’s already 12 o’clock!Ⅲ. 听对话和问题，选择正确的选项。
（共 5 小题，每小题1 分，计 5 分）11. A. A cookbook. B. A storybook. C. A picture book.12. A. She is angry. B. She is not hungry. C. She has a stomachache.13. A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.14.A B C15.A B CⅣ. 听语段、对话和问题，选择正确答案。
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TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010)-GRADE EIGHT-PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN) SECTION A MINI-LECTUREIn this section 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 gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking.SECTION B INTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1. According to Dr Johnson, diversity meansA. merging of different cultural identities.B. more emphasis on homogeneity.C. embracing of more ethnic differences.D. acceptance of more branches of Christianity.2. According to the interview, which of the following statements in CORRECT?A. Some places are more diverse than others.B. Towns are less diverse than large cities.C. Diversity can be seen everywhere.D. American is a truly diverse country.3. According to Dr Johnson, which place will witness a radical change in its racialmakeup by 2025?A. MaineB. SelinsgroveC. PhiladelphiaD. California4. During the interview Dr Johnson indicates thatA. greater racial diversity exists among younger populations.B. both older and younger populations are racially diverse.C. age diversity could lead to pension problems.D. older populations are more racially diverse.5. According to the interview, religious diversityA. was most evident between 1990 and 2000.B. exists among Muslim immigrants.C. is restricted to certain places in the US.D. is spreading to more parts of the country.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section 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.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.6. What is the main idea of the news item?A. Sony developed a computer chip for cell phones.B. Japan will market its wallet phone abroad.C. The wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.D. Reader devices are available at stores and stations.Question 7 and 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.7. Which of the following is mentioned as the government’s measure to controlinflation?A. Foreign investment.B. Donor support.C. Price control.D. Bank prediction.8. According to Kingdom Bank, what is the current inflation rate in Zimbabwe?A. 20 million percent.B. 2.2 million percent.C. 11.2 million percent.D. Over 11.2 million percent.Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.9. Which of the following is CORRECT?A. A big fire erupted on the Nile River.B. Helicopters were used to evacuate people.C. Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D. A big fire took place on two floors.10. The likely cause of the big fire isA. electrical short-cut.B. lack of fire-satefy measures.C. terrorism.D. not known.PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AStill, the image of any city has a half-life of many years. (So does its name, officially changed in 2001 from Calcutta to Kolkata, which is closer to what the word sounds like in Bengali. Conversing in English, I never heard anyone call the city anything but Calcutta.) To Westerners, the conveyance most identified with Kolkata is not its modern subway—a facility whose spacious stations have art on the walls and cricket matches on television monitors—but the hand-pulled rickshaw. Stories and films celebrate a primitive-looking cart with high wooden wheels, pulled by someone who looks close to needing the succor of Mother Teresa. For years the government has been talking about eliminating hand-pulled rickshaws on what it calls humanitarian grounds—principally on the ground that, as the mayor of Kolkata has often said, it is offensive to see “one man sweating and straining to pull another man.” But these days politicians also lament the impact of 6,000 hand-pulled rickshaws on a modern city’s traffic and, particularly, on its image. “Westerners try to associate beggars and these rickshaws with the Calcutta landscape, but this is not what Calcutta stands for,” the chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, said in a press conference in 2006. “Our city stands for prosperity and development.” The chief minister—the equivalent of a state governor—went on to announce that hand-pulled rickshaws soon would be banned from the streets of Kolkata.Rickshaws are not there to haul around tourists. (Actually, I saw almost no tourists in Kolkata, apart from the young backpackers on Sudder Street, in what used to be a red-light district and is now said to be the single place in the city where the services a rickshaw puller offers may include providing female company to a gentleman for the evening.) It’s the people in the lanes who most regularly use rickshaws—not the poor but people who are just a notch above the poor. They are people who tend to travel short distances, through lanes that are sometimesinaccessible to even the most daring taxi driver. An older woman with marketing to do, for instance, can arrive in a rickshaw, have the rickshaw puller wait until she comes back from various stalls to load her purchases, and then be taken home. People in the lanes use rickshaws as a 24-hour ambulance service. Proprietors of cafés or corner stores send rickshaws to collect their supplies. (One morning I saw a rickshaw puller take on a load of live chickens—tied in pairs by the feet so they could be draped over the shafts and the folded back canopy and even the axle. By the time he trotted off, he was carrying about a hundred upside-down chickens.) The rickshaw pullers told me their steadiest customers are schoolchildren. Middle-class families contract with a puller to take a child to school and pick him up; the puller essentially becomes a family retainer.From June to September Kolkata can get torrential rains, and its drainage system doesn’t need torrential rain to begin backing up. Residents who favor a touc h of hyperbole say that in Kolkata “if a stray cat pees, there’s a flood.” During my stay it once rained for about 48 hours. Entire neighborhoods couldn’t be reached by motorized vehicles, and the newspapers showed pictures of rickshaws being pulled throug h water that was up to the pullers’ waists. When it’s raining, the normal customer base for rickshaw pullers expands greatly, as does the price of a journey. A writer in Kolkata told me, “When it rains, even the governor takes rickshaws.”While I was in Kolkata, a magazine called India Today published its annual ranking of Indian states, according to such measurements as prosperity and infrastructure. Among India’s 20 largest states, Bihar finished dead last, as it has for four of the past five years. Bihar, a couple hundred miles north of Kolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers come from. Once in Kolkata, they sleep on the street or in their rickshaws or in a dera—a combination garage and repair shop and dormitory managed by someone called a sardar. For sleeping privileges in a dera, pullers pay 100 rupees (about $2.50) a month, which sounds like a pretty good deal until you’ve visited a dera. They gross between 100 and 150 rupees a day, out of which they have to pay 20 rupees for the use of the rickshaw and an occasional 75 or more for a payoff if a policeman stops them for, say, crossing a street where rickshaws are prohibited. A 2003 study found that rickshaw pullers are near the bottom of Kolkata occupations in income, doing better than only the ragpickers and the beggars. For someone without land or education, that still beats trying to make a living in Bihar.There are people in Kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in a rickshaw, because they are offended by the idea of being pulled by another human being or because they consider it not the sort of thing people of their station do or because they regard the hand-pulled rickshaw as a relic of colonialism. Ironically, some of those people are not enthusiastic about banning rickshaws. The editor of the editorial pages of Kolkata’s Telegraph—Rudrangshu Mukherjee, a former academic who still writes history books—told me, for instance, that he sees humanitarian considerations as coming down on the side of keeping hand-pulled rickshaws on the road. “I refuse to be carried by another human being myself,” he said, “but I question whether we have the right to take away their livelihood.” Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata.When I asked one rickshaw puller if he thought the government’s plan to rid the city of rickshaws was based on a genuine interest in his welfare, he smiled, with aquick shake of his head—a gesture I interpr eted to mean, “If you are so naive as to ask such a question, I will answer it, but it is not worth wasting words on.” Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its p lace. As migrant workers, they don’t have the political clout enjoyed by, say, Kolkata’s sidewalk hawkers, who, after supposedly being scaled back at the beginning of the modernization drive, still clog the sidewalks, selling absolutely everything—or, as I found during the 48 hours of rain, absolutely everything but umbrellas. “The government was the government of the poor people,” one sardar told me. “Now they shake hands with the capitalists and try to get rid of poor people.”But others in Kolkata believe that rickshaws will simply be confined more strictly to certain neighborhoods, out of the view of World Bank traffic consultants and California investment delegations—or that they will be allowed to die out naturally as they’re supplanted by more modern conveyances. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, after all, is not the first high West Bengal official to say that rickshaws would be off the streets of Kolkata in a matter of months. Similar statements have been made as far back as 1976. The ban decreed by Bhattacharjee has been delayed by a court case and by a widely held belief that some retraining or social security settlement ought to be offered to rickshaw drivers. It may also have been delayed by a quiet reluctance to give up something that has been part of the fabric of the city for more than a century. Kolkata, a resident told me, “has difficulty letting go.” One day a city official handed me a report from the municipal government laying out options for how rickshaw pullers might be rehabilitated.“Which optio n has been chosen?” I asked, noting that the report was dated almost exactly a year before my visit.“That hasn’t been decided,” he said.“When will it be decided?”“That hasn’t been decided,” he said.11. According to the passage, rickshaws are used in Kolkata mainly for the followingEXCEPTA. taking foreign tourists around the city.B. providing transport to school children.C. carrying store supplies and purchasesD. carrying people over short distances.12. Which of the following statements best describes the rickshaw pullers fromBihar?A. They come from a relatively poor area.B. They are provided with decent accommodation.C. Their living standards are very low in Kolkata.D. They are often caught by policemen in the streets.13. That “For someone without land or education, that still beats trying to make aliving in Bihar” (4 paragraph) means that even so,A. the poor prefer to work and live in Bihar.B. the poor from Bihar fare better than back home.C. the poor never try to make a living in Bihar.D. the poor never seem to resent their life in Kolkata.14. We can infer from the passage that some educated and politically aware peopleA. hold mixed feelings towards rickshaws.B. strongly support the ban on rickshaws.C. call for humanitarian actions fro rickshaw pullers.D. keep quiet on the issue of banning rickshaws.15. Which of the following statements conveys the author’s sense of humor?A. “…not the poor but people who are just a notch above the poor.”(2paragraph)B. “…,.which sounds like a pretty good deal until you’ve visited a dera.”(4paragraph)C. Kolkata, a resident told me, “ has difficulty letting go.” (7 paragraph).D.“…or, as I found during the 48 hours of rain, absolutely everything butumbrellas.” (6 paragraph)16. The dialogue between the author and the city official at the end of the passageseems to suggestA. the uncertainty of the court’s decision.B. the inefficiency of the municipal government.C. the difficulty of finding a good solution.D. the slowness in processing options.TEXT BDepending on whom you believe, the average American will, over a lifetime, wait in lines for two years (says National Public Radio) or five years (according to customer-loyalty experts).The crucial word is average, as wealthy Americans routinely avoid lines altogether. Once the most democratic of institutions, lines are rapidly becoming the exclusive province of suckers(people who still believe in and practice waiting in lines). Poor suckers, mostly.Airports resemble France before the Revolution: first-class passengers enjoy "élite" security lines and priority boarding, and disembark before the unwashed in coach, held at bay by a flight attendant, are allowed to foul the Jetway.At amusement parks, too, you can now buy your way out of line. This summer I haplessly watched kids use a $52 Gold Flash Pass to jump the lines at Six Flags New England, and similar systems are in use in most major American theme parks, from Universal Orlando to Walt Disney World, where the haves get to watch the have-mores breeze past on their way to their seats.Flash Pass teaches children a valuable lesson in real-world economics: that the rich are more important than you, especially when it comes to waiting. An NBA player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief, that when playing inCanada--get this--"we have to wait in the same customs line as everybody else."Almost every line can be breached for a price. In several U.S. cities this summer, early arrivers among the early adopters waiting to buy iPhones offered to sell their spots in the lines. On Craigslist, prospective iPhone purchasers offered to pay "waiters" or "placeholders" to wait in line for them outside Apple stores.Inevitably, some semi-populist politicians have seen the value of sort-of waiting in lines with the ordinary people. This summer Philadelphia mayor John Street waited outside an AT&T store from 3:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. before a stand-in from his office literally stood in for the mayor while he conducted official business. And billionaire New York mayor Michael Bloomberg often waits for the subway with his fellow citizens, though he's first driven by motorcade past the stop nearest his house to a station 22 blocks away, where the wait, or at least the ride, is shorter.As early as elementary school, we're told that jumping the line is an unethical act, which is why so many U.S. lawmakers have framed the immigration debate as a kind of fundamental sin of the school lunch line. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, to cite just one legislator, said amnesty would allow illegal immigrants "to cut in line ahead of millions of people."Nothing annoys a national lawmaker more than a person who will not wait in line, unless that line is in front of an elevator at the U.S. Capitol, where Senators and Representatives use private elevators, lest they have to queue with their constituents.But compromising the integrity of the line is not just antidemocratic, it's out-of-date. There was something about the orderly boarding of Noah's Ark, two by two, that seemed to restore not just civilization but civility during the Great Flood.How civil was your last flight? Southwest Airlines has first-come, first-served festival seating. But for $5 per flight, an unaffiliated company called will secure you a coveted "A" boarding pass when that airline opens for online check-in 24 hours before departure. Thus, the savvy traveler doesn't even wait in line when he or she is online.Some cultures are not renowned for lining up. Then again, some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizen of the former Soviet Union would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what everyone was queuing for.And then there is the U.S., where society seems to be cleaving into two groups: Very Important Persons, who don't wait, and Very Impatient Persons, who do--unhappily.For those of us in the latter group-- consigned to coach, bereft of Flash Pass, too poor or proper to pay a placeholder --what do we do? We do what Vladimir and Estragon did in Waiting for Godot: "We wait. We are bored."17. What does the following sentence mean? “Once the most democratic ofinstitutions, lines are rapidly becoming the exclusive province of suckers…Poor suckers, mostly.” (2 paragraph)A. Lines are symbolic of America’s democracy.B. Lines still give Americans equal opportunities.C. Lines are now for ordinary Americans only.D. Lines are for people with democratic spirit only.18. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of breaching the line?A. Going through the customs at a Canadian airport.B. Using Gold Flash Passes in amusement parks.C. First-class passenger status at airports.D. Purchase of a place in a line from a placeholder.19. We can infer from the passage that politicians (including mayors andCongressmen)A. prefer to stand in lines with ordinary people.B. advocate the value of waiting in lines.C. believe in and practice waiting in lines.D. exploit waiting in lines for their own good.20. What is the tone of the passage?A. Instructive.B. Humorous.C. Serious.D. Teasing.TEXT CA bus took him to the West End, where, among the crazy coloured fountains of illumination, shattering the blue dusk with green and crimson fire, he found the caféof his choice, a tea-shop that had gone mad and turned. Bbylonian, a while palace with ten thousand lights. It towered above the other building like a citadel, which indeed it was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism; and behind the thin marble front were concrete and steel, just as behind the careless profusion of luxury were millions of pence, balanced to the last halfpenny. Somewhere in the background, hidden away, behind the ten thousand llights and acres of white napery and bewildering glittering rows of teapots, behind the thousand waitresses and cash-box girls and black-coated floor managers and temperamental long-haired violinists, behind the mounds of cauldrons of stewed steak, the vanloads of ices, were a few men who went to work juggling with fractions of a farming, who knew how many units of electricity it took to finish a steak-and-kidney pudding and how many minutes and seconds a waitress( five feet four in height and in average health) would need to carry a tray of given weight from the kitchen life to the table in the far corner. In short, there was a warm, sensuous, vulgar life flowering in the upper storeys, and a cold science working in the basement. Such as the gigantic tea-shop into which Turgis marched, in search not of mere refreshment but of all the enchantment of unfamiliar luxury. Perhaps he knew in his heart that men have conquered half the known world, looted whole kingdoms, and never arrived in such luxury. The place was built for him.It was built for a great many other people too, and, as usual, they were al there. It seemed with humanity. The marble entrance hall, piled dizzily with bonbons and cakes, was as crowded and bustling as a railway station. The gloom and grime of the streets, the raw air, all November, were at once left behind, forgotten: the atmosphere inside was golden, tropical, belonging to some high mid-summer of confectionery. Disdaining the lifts, Turgis, once more excited by the sight, sound, and smell of it all,climbed the wide staircase until he reached his favourite floor, whre an orchestra, led by a young Jewish violinist with wandering lustrous eyes and a passion for tremolo effects, acted as a magnet to a thousand girls, scented air, the sensuous clamour of the strings; and, as he stood hesitating a moment, half dazed, there came, bowing, s sleek grave man, older than he was and far more distinguished than he could ever hope to be, who murmured deferentially: “ For one, sir? This way, please,” Shyly, yet proudly, Turgis followed him.21. That “behind the thin marble front were concrete and steel” suggests thatA. modern realistic commercialism existed behind the luxurious appearance.B. there was a fundamental falseness in the style and the appeal of the café..C. the architect had made a sensible blend of old and new building materials.D. the café was based on physical foundations and real economic strength.22. The following words or phrases are somewhat critical of the tea-shop EXCEPTA. “…turned Babylonian”.B. “perhaps a new barbarism’.C. “acres of white napery”.D. “balanced to the last halfpenny”.23. In its context the statement that “ the place was built for him” means that the caféwas intended toA. please simple people in a simple way.B. exploit gullible people like him.C. satisfy a demand that already existed.D. provide relaxation for tired young men.24. Which of the following statements about the second paragraph is NOT true?A. The café appealed to most senses simultaneously.B. The café was both full of people and full of warmth.C. The inside of the café was contrasted with the weather outside.D. It stressed the commercial determination of the café owners.25. The following are comparisons made by the author in the second paragraphEXCEPT thatA. the entrance hall is compared to a railway station.B. the orchestra is compared to a magnet.C. Turgis welcomed the lift like a conquering soldier.D. the interior of the café is compared to warm countries.26. The author’s attitude to the café isA. fundamentally critical.B. slightly admiring.C. quite undecided.D. completely neutral.TEXT DI Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe’s last pristine wilderness. But the environmental awareness that is sweeping the world had bypassed the majority of Icelanders. Certainly they were connected to their land, the way one is complicatedly connected to, or encumbered by, family one can’t do anything about. But the truth is, once you’re off the beat-en paths of the low-lying coastal areas where everyone lives, the roads are few, and they’re all bad, so Iceland’s natural wonders have been out of reach and unknown even to its own inhab-itants. For them the land has always just been there, something that had to be dealt with and, if possible, exploited—the mind-set being one of land as commodity rather than land as, well, priceless art on the scale of the “Mona Lisa.”When the opportunity arose in 2003 for the national power company to enter into a 40-year contract with the American aluminum company Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter, those who had been dreaming of some-thing like this for decades jumped at it and never looked back. Iceland may at the moment be one of the world’s richest countries, with a 99 percent literacy rate and long life expectancy. But the proj-ect’s advocates, some of them getting on in years, were more emotionally attuned to the country’s century upon century of want, hardship, and colonial servitude to Denmark, which officially had ended only in 1944 and whose psychological imprint remained relatively fresh. For the longest time, life here had meant little more than a sod hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, earthquakes, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegeta-tion and livestock, all spirit—a world revolving almost entirely around the welfare of one’s sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does.Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions—the remote and sparsely populated east—where the way of life had steadily declined to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas were imposed in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many indi-vidual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few companies, and small fishermen were virtually wiped out. Technological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing every-thing they had worked for all their lives turn up worthless and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance. “Smelter or death.”The contract with Alcoa would infuse the re-gion with foreign capital, an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that potentially could be sold to the rest of the world; diversify an economy historically dependent on fish; and, in an appealing display of Icelandic can-do verve, perhaps even protect all of Iceland, once and for all, from the unpredictability of life itself.“We have to live,” Halldór Ásgrímsson said in his sad, sonorous voice. Halldór, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region,was a driving force behind the project. “We have a right to live.”27. According to the passage, most Icelanders view land as something ofA. environmental value.B. commercial value.C. potential value for tourism.D. great value for livelihood.28. What is Iceland’s old-aged advocates’ feeling towards the Alcoa project?A. Iceland is wealthy enough to reject the project.B. The project would lower life expectancy.C. The project would cause environmental problems.D. The project symbolizes and end to the colonial legacies.29. The disappearance of the old way of life was due to all the following EXCEPTA. fewer fishing companies.B. fewer jobs available.C. migration of young people.D. impostion of fishing quotas.30. The 4 paragraph in the passageA. sums up the main points of the passage.B. starts to discuss an entirely new point.C. elaborates on the last part of the 3 paragraph.D. continues to depict the bleak economic situation.PART III GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN)There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to each question. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET TWO.31. Which of the following statements in INCORRECT?A. The British constitution includes the Magna Carta of 1215.B. The British constitution includes Parliamentary acts.C. The British constitution includes decisions made by courts of law.D. The British constitution includes one single written constitution.32. The first city ever founded in Canada isA. Quebec.B. Vancouver.C. Toronto.D. Montreal.33. When did the Australian Federation officially come into being?。
2010年英语专业TEM8听力原文及答案
2010年英语专业TEM8 听力原文及答案：SECTION A MINI-LECTURE Paralinguistic features of languagesGood morning,everyone.Today we'll continue our discussion on describing language. Last week we examined such features of language as grammar, vocabulary, the sounds of language, etc. In this lecture, we'll look at another important aspect of language. Perhaps some of you may wonder what is this important aspect of language. Let me tell you. It refers to features of communication that takes place without the use of grammar and vocabulary. They are called ‘paralinguistic features of language'. These features fall into two broad categories: those that involve voice and those that involve the body.Now, the first category, is what we call vocal paralinguistic features. V ocal features are actually tones of voice. While they are, perhaps, not central to meaning in communication in the same way as grammar or vocabulary, they may, nevertheless, convey attitude or intention in some way. Let me give you some examples. The first is whispering, which indicates the needs for secrecy. The second is breathiness. This is to show deep emotion. The third is huskiness, which is to show unimportants. The fourth is nasality. This is to indicate anxiety. The last is extra lip-rounding, which expresses greater intimacy, expecially with babies, for example. So we can see that there are a number of ways of altering our tone of voice. And when we do this consciously, we do it to create different effects in communication.Now, let's come to the second category, physical paralinguistic features, which involves the body. In addition to convey meanings with tone of voice, we can also express our intentions through the ways in which we use our bodies. You may ask: what are the ways, then? Let me sight some brief examples. The expression on our face, the gestures we make and even proximity or way we sit, are some of the ways we send powerful messages. About how we feel, or what we mean. Let me explain some of these in more detail. First, facial expression. Facial expression is a powerful conveyer of meaning. We all know smiling is an almost universal signal of pleasure or welcome. But there are other facial expressions that may not be so common. For instance, raising eye-brows - suggest that you are surprised or interested in something. Other facial actions, such as biting your lip, which indicates that you are deep in thinking, or are uncertain about something; compressing the lips, which show that you are making decisions; and a visible clenching of the teeth, to show that you are angry, are all powerful conveyers of meaning, too. The second in this category is gesture. You see, we use gesture to indicate a wide range of meanings. Though I have to emphasize that the actual gestures we use may be specific to particular cultures. That is to say different cultures have their own favorite gestures in conveying meaning. Here, a few examples may show you how powerful gestures can be. In British English behavior, shrugging shoulders may indicate an attitude of ‘I don't care', or ‘I don't know'. Crossing your arms may indicate relaxation. But it can also powerfully show you are bored. Waving can mean welcome and farewell. While scratching your head may indicate that you are at a loss. In other cultures, placing your hand upon your heart is to indicate that you are telling the truth. Pointing your finger at your nose means it's a secret. That's why we say that gestures are culture bound. The third is proximity, posture and echoing. Proximity refers to the physical distance between speakers. This can indicate a number of things and can also be used to consciously send messages about intent. Closeness, for example, indicates intimacy or threat to many speakers. But distance may show formality, or lack of interest. Once again, I'd like to say, proximity is also both a matter of personal style, and is often culture bound. So, what may seem normal to a speaker from one culture may appearunnecessarily close or distant to a speaker from another. And standing close to someone may be quite appropriate in some situations such as an informal party, but completely out of place in other situations, such as a meeting with a superior. Next, posture. Posture means the way in which someone holds his or her body, especially the back, shoulders and head, when standing, walking or sitting. A few examples. Hunched shoulders and a hanging head give a powerful indication of whether the person is happy or not. A lowered head when speaking to a superior, with or without eye contact can convey the appropriate relationship in some cultures. On the other hand, direct level eye contact, changes the nature of interaction, and can been seen as either open or challenging. Last, echoing. Now, what is echoing? Let me start with an example. Some of you may have noticed this phenomenon in your experience. When two people are keen to agree each other, they would likely, though unconsciously adopt the same posture, as if an imitation of each other. They sit or stand in the same manor. When used in this way, echoing appears to complement the verbal communication. Of course, when such imitation is carried out consciously, it often indicates that someone is marking at another speaker./Ok, in today's lecture, we looked at some paralinguistic features, such as tone of voice, gesture and posture. These features, together with linguistic features of language, like grammar, or vocabulary, are all part of the way we communicate with each other in face to face encounters. In our next lecture, we'll watch some video material, and see how people actually use paralinguistic means in communication to express their intention or desire or mood.整理一下，整篇文章的要点非常清晰：I. V ocal Paralinguistic Features1. whispering- the needs for secrecy2. breathiness- deep emotion3. huskiness- unimportants4. nasality- anxiety5. extra lip-rounding- greater intimacyII. physical paralinguistic features1. facial expression- powerful conveyer of meaning.--e.g.1 smiling: pleasure or welcome--e.g.2 raising eye-brows: surprised or interested in something--e.g.3 biting your lip:deep in thinking/ uncertain about something--e.g.4 compressing the lips: making decisions--e.g.5 clenching of the teeth: angry2. gesture- culture bound--e.g.1 shrugging shoulders: 'I don't care', or 'I don't know'--e.g.2 crossing your arms: relaxation/ bored--e.g.3 waving: welcome and farewell--e.g.4 scratching your head: at a loss--e.g.5 placing your hand upon your heart: telling the truth--e.g.6 pointing your finger at your nose: it's a secret3. proximity, posture and echoing1). proximity: personal style & culture bound--e.g.1 closeness: intimacy, threat--e.g.2 distance: fomality, lack of interest2). posture: the way in which someone holds his or her bod--e.g.1 Hunched shoulders and a hanging head: happy or not-e.g.2 A lowered head, eye contact: the appropriate relationship--e.g.3 direct level eye contact: open or challenging3). echoing: to complement the verbal communication运用各种自己熟悉的笔记符号，将上述列表中的内容快速记下来，只可以更少，不能更多。
三星口语2010年8月真题
三星口语2010年8月真题(非听力项目)A 情景对话Play the roles两位考生一组根据文字提示，进行对话。
考试时间1.5分钟。
准备时间1.5分钟。
评分标准：内容切题，交际流畅（要有4-5个来回）算通过。
Set 1A: You want to watch the football match this evening, but your mother/father wants you to prepare for tomorrow’s exam.B: Your child wants to watch the football match this evening, but you want him/her to prepare for tomorrow’s exam.Set 2A: You watched a very good movie last Sunday, and you want to watch it again. Now you are inviting your friend to go with you.B: Your friend has just watched a very good movie, and he/she wants to watch it again. Now he/she is inviting you to watch it with him/her.Set 3A: You are a shop assistant. Today is Father’s Day. You recommend(建议) a customer to buy a tie as a gift for his/her father.B: You are a customer. Today is Father’s Day. You are looking around in the shop to buy a gift for your father, but you are not sure what to buy.Set 4A: You had a new Chinese teacher this morning. Now you are talking with you father/mother about her and her lessons.B: Your daughter/son is telling you about her/his new Chinese teacher and her lessons.B 朗读儿歌Read Aloud评分标准：*单词读错率不得超过2个(不包括有注释的单词)。
2010高考英语全国卷 听力及答案 附原文
10年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷）听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend?A. Go out with her friend.B. Work on her paper.C. Make some plans.2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt?A. $15B. $30C. $503. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?A. To attend a weddingB. To visit an exhibitionC. To meet a friend4. When does the bank close on Saturday?A. At l: 00 pmB. At 3:00 pmC. At 4:00 pm5. Where are the speakers?A. In a storeB. In a classroom C .At a hotel.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独自。
每段对话或独自后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What do we know about Nora?A. She prefers a room of her own.B. She likes to work with other girls.C. She lives near the city center.7. What is good about the flat?A. It has a large sitting room.B. It has good furniture.C. It has a big kitchen.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
2010年英语卷参考答案
桂林市2010年初中毕业暨升学考试试卷英语参考答案及评分标准一、听力理解（每小题1分，共30分）第一节 1 ~ 5 ABBAC第二节 6 ~ 10 ABCCA 11 ~ 15 CBCAB第三节16 ~ 20 BACAB 21 ~ 25 CABAC第四节26. museums 27. different 28. spend 29. popular 30. increasing二、单项选择（每小题1分，共10分）31 ~ 35 BDBAC 36 ~ 40 BADCB三、补全对话（每小题1分，共5分）41 ~ 45 BDAEC四、完形填空（每小题1分，共10分）46 ~ 50 DBAAC 51 ~ 55 BBCAD五、阅读理解（共35分，第56-60小题，每小题1分；第61-75小题，每小题2分）56 ~ 60 CBABD 61 ~ 65 CABCD 66 ~ 70 DCAEB 71 ~ 75 DACBD六、综合读写（共30分）A.选词填空（每小题1分，共5分）76. Whose 77. flying 78. house 79. is 80. helpB. 单词填空（每小题1分，共10分）81. big 82. cat 83. open 84. teacher 85. fast86. pens 87. red 88. lucky/fortunate89. accept 90. celebratedC. 书面表达（共15分）One possible version:My Low-carbon LifeMy name is Li Ming. I am a middle school student. I go to school on foot every day. I always remember to turn off the lights, the TV and the fans when I leave the classroom. When I am not using water, I always turn off the tap. I often reuse water, for example, when I finish washing the clothes, I use the water to clean the floor and water flowers. I never use plastic bags. I think saving paper is necessary, so I often make full use of paper. It’s important for us to live a low-carbon life to protect the environment.91.书面表达评分标准：1．评分时先根据短文内容和语言表达，初步确定其所属档次，然后根据该档次的要求衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
2010三星笔试真题
36. exciting the game was! I enjoyed every minute of it.A.WhatB. HowC.What an B.How an37.You stay here if you've finished your work.A.needn'tB.mustn'tC. shouldn'tD.can't38 Nanjing Road in Shanghai is always crowded peole.A.withB.by c.of D.for39.Tom said that he could do it .A.with himselfB.by himselfC.for himselfD. on himself40.Carol has suggested three ways, but of them will work, I think.A.allB.bothC.noneD.either41.Mr Li spent the whole day yesterday a report on noise pollution.A.writesB.wroteC.writingD.to write42.Sandy,you should stop playing computer games, you will fail in the final.A.andB.soC.orD.but43.is the most interesting of all the lessons in our textbook.A.The lesson TheB. lesson TenC.Lesson TenthD.Tenth lesson44.Bob thinks it's great to eat ice cream in winter.A.funnyB.funC.joyD.happy45.Mary, will you us in the barbecue?A.joinB.goC. taken part inD.take46.When he was a college student ,he a waiter to make some pocket money.A.was used to workB. worked asC. was working ased to working47.Our class in the school ping pong match.A.came the firstB. came firstC.was firstD. is first48.The Yangze River is longer than in China.A. all the riversB.all riversC. any other riverD.any other rivers.49. People use sunglasses to protect their eyes the sun.A.away fromB.fromC.offD. at50. There isn't much after we put in the king-size bed.A.roomB.placeC.seatD.seating51.When the bus came,he helped an old woman with a big bag the bus.A.take onB.put onC.get onD.get in52.Oranges witamin C.A.are good atB.are rich inC. are made fromD.are made of53. two math tests before the final exam .A.There will beB.They areC.Their areD.There are54.How about a game of chess after class?A.playingB.playC.to playD.played55.The mother didn't go to bed her son came back.A.whenB.afterC.untilD.before56.--Did you get the email I sent you yesterday?-- Oh,sorry.I my mailbox for two days.A.didn't checkB.haven't checkedC.wasn't checkingD.don't check57.Eating too much fast food is bad for people and even the young children.A.badB. badlyC.worseD.worst58. A businessman is a person does business.A.whoB.thatC.whoseD.which59. --Is the a winter flower?--No, I think it's an autumn flower.A. chrysanthemumB.lotusC.peonyD.carnation60. The Jinmao Tower in Shanghai is an buildingA.88-stories tallB.88-story tallC. 88-story highD.88- stories high61.I with my mother at this time yesterday. We bought many things.A.shoppedB. did shoppingC.was shoppingD.went shopping62. Mr Black stayed late in the office finish marking all the students' work.A.so asB.so as toC.so thatD.in order63. Everything was fine. happened when I was on duty last night.A.something unusualB.Unusual somethingC.Nothing unusualD.Anything unusual64 Sue a lot of progress in speaking Chinese since she came here last October.A.has madeB.madeC.is makingD. makes65.I remember your DVD.You were talking on the phone at that time .A.to give backB.giving backC.to returnD.seeing完形填空Many people in china have ___ Dr Bethune. He was a Canadian doctor who helped the Chinese peole fight___the Japaneseduring World War II（1939-1945）.Dr Bethune's Chinese name is Bai Qiuen . Some people think that Dr Bethune was just anordinary doctor, __they are wrong. He was an artist, a writer, an inventor, a political worker,a teacher and a hospitalfounder(创建者）. Dr Bethune was only 49 years old ---he died. However, during his ----- life, he had many adventures(历险)and helped many people all over the world.66. A. known of B.heard of C. hear from D.learnt from67. A.with B. at C.against D.for68. A.but B.so C.and D.then69. A.and B.as C.while D.when70 A. only B.busy C.short D.longWhen I was a small child, I would visit my grandparents by traveling ---- a train. They lived in a small town. It was about 90 miles between my home and my grandparents'.MY last trip was --- I was nine years old. It was taken over what Americans call their Christmas break or vacation.Schools--- for a period of two weeks . I was so excited that I ---- fall asleep.My parents took me to the train station early --moring.It was a large building with a very,very high ceiling. If you ---- too loudly your voice echoed(回声）。
2010年高考英语听力试卷及原文全国卷
2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（新课标）英语卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题：每小题分，满分分）听下有5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间；来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例： how much is the shirtA.$B. $C. $答案是B1.what will Dorothy do on the weekedA.go out with her friendB.work on her paperC.make some plans2.what was the normal price of the T-shirtA.$15B. $ 30C. $503.what has the woman decied to do on Sunday afternoonA.to attend a wedding.B.To visit an exhibitionC.To meet a friend4.when does the bank close on SundayA.at 1:00pmB.at 3:00pmC.at 4:00pm5.where are the speakersA.In a storeB.In a classroomC.At a hotel第二节（共15小题；每小题分，满分分）听下面5段对哈uhuo独白。
每段对话或独白后有几小题，从题中所给的ABC三个选项中选出最佳答案，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6，7 小题6，what do we know about noraA.she prefer a room of her own.B.She likes to work with other girls.C.She lives near the city center.is good about the flatA. it has a large sitting room.B. it has good furnitureC. ir has a big kitchen.听第7 段材料，回答第8，9题。
上海中考-8年级期中英语试卷(三新)
2010学年度第一学期八年级英语期中考试卷Part I Listening (共25分)I.Listen and choose the right picture: (根据你听到的内容，选出相应的图片) (共5’)F1. __________2. __________3. __________4. __________5. __________II.Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answer to the question you hear: (根据你听到的对话和问题，选出最恰当的答案) (共10’)( ) 1. A. To walk in the street B. To ask the wayC. To see a friendD.To do some shopping( ) 2. A. In a school B. In a libraryC. In a resturantD. In a hospital( ) 3. A. Yes, he did. B. No, he didn’t.C. Yes, he was.D. No, he wasn’t.( ) 4. A. Skating B. SwimmingC. Playing tennisD. Making model ships.( ) 5. A. A pen. B. A ballpoint pen.C. A pencil.D. A ruler.( ) 6. A. English B. ChineseC. MathsD. Physics( ) 7. A. Sushi B. HamburgerC. PizzaD. Rice and dishes( ) 8. A. The girl’s classmate. B. The boy’s classmate.C. The girl’s pen-friendD. The boy’s pen-friend.( ) 9. A. 7 pence B. $7C. 21 penceD. $21( ) 10. A. The traffic jam. B. The people.C. The food.D. The weather.III.Listen to the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false: (判断下列句子是否符合你听到的内容, 符合的用“T”表示，不符合的用“F”表示) (共5’)( ) 1. Television is now popular throughout the world.( ) 2. Only children watch TV every day.( ) 3. Some TV programmes teach all kinds of lessons.( ) 4. From TV, we can’t see the world around us.( ) 5. Sometimes TV is bad for children.IV.Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks: (根据你听到的内容，完成下列短文，每空格限填一词) (共5’)1.Linda’s parents are both ________.2.Linda likes playing the _________ very much.3.She also likes collecting stamps and _________.4.She wants to have a _________ pen-friend.5.Her address is Flat A, Block _________, Yulan Garden Estate, Shanghai, China.Part Two Vocabulary and Grammar (共40分)I.Choose the best answer: (20’)( ) 1. ______ old lady in blue works in _______ university.A. an, anB. The, anC. An, theD. The, a( ) 2. They’ll continue ______ football though it’s raining hard.A. playB. play theC. playingD. playing the( ) 3. His wish is ______ travelling throughout the world one day.A. to goB. goC. to goingD. going to( ) 4. Snakes are dangerous animals. Many people are afraid _____ them.A.forB. ofC. inD. to( ) 5. He ____ my friend’s purse.A. stealB. stoleC. stolen d. stealing( ) 6. Could you ______ me something about your life abroad by e-mail?A. tellB. sayC. talkD. speak( ) 7. Who should ______the lead poisoning(铅中毒) children in Fengyang, Shanxi Province?A. responsible forB. be responsible forC. responsible toD. be responsible to( ) 8. His sister is going to ______ an important meeting next week.A. joinB. take part inC. attendD. join in( ) 9. Don’t be late. You ______ be there on time.A. needn’tB. mayC. canD. must( ) 10. I hope you ______ my advice to be more confident and independent when you are in trouble.A. takeB. will takeC. to takeD. took( ) 11. Don’t worry. I’ll deal ______ this problem at once.A. withB. inC. onD. at( ) 12. The sick boy ______ go to school.A. doesn’t needB. doesn’t need toC. needn’t toD. don’t need( ) 13. Sidney enjoys ______ the music after supper.A. hearingB. to hearC. listeningD. listening to( ) 14. My brother likes making a phone call to his friends________.A. on his way schoolB. in his way homeC. on his way homeD. in the way home( ) 15. They will go abroad to further their study in ______.A. two and half a monthB. two and a half monthsC. two and a half monthD. two and half a months( ) 16. ______ important computers are to everybody in a modern city!A. WhatB. What anC. HowD. How an( ) 17. What ______ to her yesterday evening?A. was happenedB. happenedC. happeningD. happen( ) 18. The man hurried ______ aboard while the woman hurried ______ hospital.A. to, toB. /, /C. to, /D. /, to( ) 19. With the development of the society, more and more people are keen on sports.The underlined part means _______.A. are likeB. really hateC. really likeD. are in charge of( ) 20. ---Sorry, I have left your book at home.--- ________.A. You’re right.B. That’s all right.C. You are welcome.D. It’s a pleasure.plete the sentences with the given words in their proper forms: (8’)1.How ______ you were to see Liu Xiang at the airport! (luck)2.It was ______ to have such a heavy snow in south of China. ( usual)3.My parents are always ______ about me. (worry)4.Finally, I tried my best to fix the machine __________(succeed).5.He doesn’t want to hear any ______ between his parents. (argue)6.Suddenly I found my purse was ______. (go)7.What a _______ lesson it is! (bore)8.The sign “on _______’ attracts many customers in the shop. (sell)III.Rewrite the sentences as required: (12’)1.Jack usually has milk and bread for breakfast. (划线提问)________ does Jack usually ______ for breakfast?2.Tom’s seldom late for school. (改为反意疑问句)Tom’s seldom late for school, ______ ______?3.He picked up his bag and hurried off. (同义句)He picked up his bag and _______ in a _______.4.She wants to be a doctor. (同义句)Her ______ is _____ be a doctor.5.The Browns came to China in 1997. (划线提问)______ ______ the Browns come to China?6.What was happening? （保持原意）What was _________ _________?Part III Reading and Writing (共35 分)I.Reading comprehension: (17’)AAre you popular? Do all the students and students in your school know your name and like you? For some of you that may be true. Some students are just more popular. They have special personalities that makes them attrative and likeable to almost everyone.We have a word for that in English--- charisma（魅力）. People who have charisma are born with it. You can’t learn charisma, but to be successful in life you need more than just charisma. To be successful in life you have to be a good and trustworthy friend. You have to be an honest and hard-working person. These are things we all should try to be and these are things we are all capable of.In school we may wish that we were the most popular students. We may wish that everyone liked us and everyone knew our names. But it’s not something we should worry too much about. If you are a good student, a good friend,and a good person, then you will be respected(尊敬) and liked by the people who know you. You will also be successful in life because your achievements(成就) will be got through your own hard work. Being popular is nicw but, remember, life isn’t a popularity(声望) contest. Honesty and hard work will be the keys to your success.True or False:( ) 1. Some students are more attractive and likeable because of their special personalities.( ) 2. Only charisma and popularity can make you successful..( ) 3. You will be respected and liked by people if you are a good student, a good friend, and a good person.( ) 4. You can also get success through your hard work.( ) 5. Popularity and honesty are the keys to your success.BAmericans think much about time: from childhood they learn to value(重视) time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything.When they are having a good time, they say that time flies.When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time.Time is money. Time is knowledge(知识). Time is everything in America. A worker in America has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This s the working time. In his spare time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he alsoworks hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see that a man walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they feel they have become servants of the clock.( ) 1. A worker in America has to work ________ days a week in his working time.A. sevenB. sixC. fiveD. four( ) 2. An American always walks _________.A. sadlyB. slowlyC. happilyD. fast( ) 3. “ He is living on borrowed time” means _________.A. He is dyingB. He is deadC. He has little moneyD. He has no time( ) 4. Time is _________.A. knowledgeB. moneyC. everything in AmericaD. all above( ) 5. In one’s spare time, an American worker usually __________.A. has a good restB. plays cards with his friendsC. stays at home all day and watches TVD. gets more money by working( ) 6. Which of the following is NOT true?A.Americans think much about time.B.All Americans always have a deep love for time only.C.The Americans even value their spare time.D.Sometimes the Americans hate time.CNow many students like to make internet friends. The internet friend is someone who you talk to online and probably have never met. You may have first talked to this person in a chat room(聊天室). Then you can talk with this person whenever you are online. Internet friends often live in another city, or even another country! Having internet friends is fun and gives us a chance to learn about other people. But it is important to remember not to give too much personal(私人的) information because it may be dangerous. Always think twice before giving an internet friend your telephone number or home address.Having internet friends can be very exciting. But they can never be your true friends. A good friend will know all about you and be there when you need them. You can spend timewith them and share your feelings.If you have internet friends, enjoy talking with them online,but don’t forget about your other true friends. Remember to spens your time with your friends and you should have a good time!1.What is an internet friend?The internet friend is someone who you _______________________.2.Can you talk with your net friend whenever you are online?__________________________________.3.Why can’t we give too much personal information to the net friend?__________________________________.4.What does the underlined part in paragraph 1 “think twice” mean?________________________________________.5.How do you feel if you have internet friends?__________________________________________.6.What can we learn from the passage?_____________________________________________II.Choose the words or expressions and compete the passage: (6’) When I was a boy, each of my holidays seemed wonderful. My parents took me by train or by car to a hotel by the ___1___. All day I played on the sands with strange excited children. We made houses and gardens, and ___2___ the tide(潮水) destroy them. When the tide went out, we climbed up the rocks and looked down at the fishes in the rock pools.In those days, the sun seemed to shine always brightly and the water was always warm. Sometimes we left beach and walked in the country ___3___ destroyed houses and dark woods. Each day seemed a lifetime.Though I am thirty-five years old, my idea of good holiday is much the same as it was. I still like the sun and warm sand and the sound of waves beating the rocks. I never wish to bulid any sand house or sand garden.__-4____, I love the sea and often feel sand running through my fingers.Sometimes I wonder what my ideal ___5___ will be like when I am old. All I want to do then, perhaps, will be to lie in bed, ___6____ books about children who make houses and gardens with sand, who watch the incoming tide, who make themselves sick because of too many ice creams.( ) 1. A. sea B. lake C. mountain D. river( ) 2. A. made B. watched C. heard D. brought( ) 3. A. exploring B. examing C. repairing D. painting( ) 4. A. So B. But C. However D. Whenever( ) 5. A. house B. garden C. tide D. holiday( ) 6. A. read B. reading C. look D. lookingIII.Read the passage and fill in the blanks: (6’)Crows are ordinary birds. It’s about twenty inches long and black all over. Crows live on old bad food. Crowns eat a lot of w___1___ food. In this way they are very useful to us. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are a___2_____ hungry. They look for food all day long, and towards evening you can see them in large numbers flying b___3_____ to their nests in the trees. They sleep there at night.Crows are much n____4____ than other birds. V ery often a large number of crows will get together on one house and “talk”. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns like humans. It is easy to t___5___from crows’ sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps it is because crows are so friendly to each other that they talk a lot. A couple of crows live together all their l___6___. If one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and sometimes dies soon.IV.Writing: (6’)Suppose this is a page from your diary. Write at least 60 words about what you did on October 1 this year.（写一页日记，记下你在今年十月一日的活动。
2010届高三三校联考英语答案
中山纪中、深圳外国语、广州执信2010届毕业班英语科三校联合考试答案及评分标准I. 听力第一节听力理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）Ⅱ. 语言知识及应用Ⅲ. 阅读‘ .第一节阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）第二节信息匹配（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）主观题参考答案I. 听力第二节听取信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）注：与参考答案不符的不给分II. 语言知识及运用第二节语法填空（共10小题：每小题1. 5分，满分15分）注：单词拼写错误不给分, 36题如果小写写成like给1分Ⅳ. 写作第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）参考范文：In addition to the vast amount of information that the Internet provides us, it has revolutionized the art of shopping. Nearly anything you’d like to buy can now be bought online, ranging from food, clothing, flowers and plane tickets. More importantly, all you need to do is (to) go to a website and search through its pages until you find whatever you like. Besides, it is easy to compare prices and find the best deal. Despite the convenience, ease and low cost of online shopping, many individuals have ended up having their credit card code stolen or identity theft.评分说明：基础写作的评分建议采用分析法，即按照语言、内容和连贯三项指标分别给分，最后累计作为该题的总得分。
2010年8月三星口语的真题分析.doc
2010年8月三星口语的真题分析三星情景对话:今年的情景对话话题相对今年3月底的考试来说类别比较多样，不仅继续使用讨论性作为主打的题型，之外还选取了邀请型及服务型的情景。
但是相对来说，在学而思的讲义上都有相对应的句型模版可以套用。
比如：A: You want to watch a football match this evening, but your mother/father wants you to prepare for tomorrow's exam.B: Your child wants to watch the football match this evening, but you want him/her to pre pare for tomorrow's exam.这是一道典型的说服型的情景对话考题。
●考生可以先由引出话题着手："I want to watch a football match this evening." 注意这部分的语言是由纸条上给出的，考试时一定需要注意在准备的时候对重要信息加以记忆。
●此时作为"家长"的一方可以借以询问理由来展开对话："why（do you want to want to wat ch it?）●"孩子"可以给出要看足球的原因：The football match is very interesting.●而此时作为"家长"的考生很自然地说出自己的理由：But I want you to prepare for tomorr ow's exam.(此时也可以不引用纸条上的原句，而只用"I don't want you to watch the football match.这样可以很自然地为对方打了一个桥，对方可以很自然地问出"why"这样又增加了一组对话。
英语2010试题及答案
英语2010试题及答案一、听力理解（共20分）1. A) 听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
（1）What is the man doing now?A) Reading a book.B) Watching TV.C) Cooking dinner.（2）Why does the woman want to go to the party?A) To meet new people.B) To celebrate her birthday.C) Because she likes parties.（3）What is the weather like today?A) Sunny.B) Rainy.C) Snowy.（4）What time does the train leave?A) At 6:00 am.B) At 7:00 am.C) At 8:00 am.（5）How much is the shirt?A) $15.B) $25.C) $35.2. B) 听下面一段较长的对话或独白。
听两遍后回答以下问题。
（6）What is the main topic of the conversation?A) Travel plans.B) A new job.C) A shopping trip.（7）Why did the man change his job?A) For better pay.B) For a more interesting job.C) For a promotion.（8）What does the woman suggest they do next?A) Go to a restaurant.B) Go to a movie.C) Go to a concert.二、阅读理解（共30分）1. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
英语专八2010年真题附答案
2010英语专八真题TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2010)-GRADE EIGHT-PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)MINI-LECTURESECTION AIn this section you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes onthe important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after themini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutesto complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for note-taking. Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure theword(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically & semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.Paralinguistic Features of LanguageIn face-to-face communication speakers often alter their tomes of voice or change their physical postures in orderto convey messages. These means are called paralinguistic features of language, which fall into two categories.First category: vocal paralinguistic featuresA.(1)__________: to express attitude or intention (1)__________B.Examples1. whispering: need for secrecy2. breathiness: deep emotion3. (2)_________: unimportance (2)__________4. nasality: anxiety5. extra lip-rounding: greater intimacySecond category: physical paralinguistic featuresC.facial expressionsa)(3)_______ (3)__________----- smiling: signal of pleasure or welcomeless common expressionsb)----- eye brow raising: surprise or interest----- lip biting: (4)________ (4)_________D.gesturegestures are related to culture.a)British culture----- shrugging shoulders: (5) ________ (5)__________----- scratching head: puzzlementb)other cultures----- placing hand upon heart:(6)_______ (6)__________1 / 21----- pointing at nose: secretE.proximity, posture and echoinga)proximity: physical distance between speakers----- closeness: intimacy or threat----- (7)_______: formality or absence of interest (7)_________Proximity is person-, culture- and (8)________ -specific. (8)_________b)posture----- hunched shoulders or a hanging head: to indicate(9)_____ (9)________----- direct level eye contact: to express an open or challenging attitudec)echoing----- definition: imitation of similar posture----- (10)______: aid in communication (10)___________----- conscious imitation: mockerySECTION BINTERVIEWIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the correct answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answereach of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.1.According to Dr Johnson, diversity meansA. merging of different cultural identities.B. more emphasis on homogeneity.C. embracing of more ethnic differences.D. acceptance of more branches of Christianity.2.According to the interview, which of the following statements in CORRECT?A. Some places are more diverse than others.B. Towns are less diverse than large cities.C. Diversity can be seen everywhere.D. American is a truly diverse country.3.According to Dr Johnson, which place will witness a radical change in its racial makeup by 2025?A. MaineB. SelinsgroveC. PhiladelphiaD. California2 / 214. During the interview Dr Johnson indicates thatA. greater racial diversity exists among younger populations.B. both older and younger populations are racially diverse.C. age diversity could lead to pension problems.D. older populations are more racially diverse.5. According to the interview, religious diversityA. was most evident between 1990 and 2000.B. exists among Muslim immigrants.C. is restricted to certain places in the US.D. is spreading to more parts of the country.SECTION C NEWS BROADCASTIn this section 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.Question 6 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answerthe question.Now listen to the news.6.What is the main idea of the news item?A. Sony developed a computer chip for cell phones.B. Japan will market its wallet phone abroad.C. The wallet phone is one of the wireless innovations.D. Reader devices are available at stores and stations.Question 7 and 8 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds toanswer the questions.Now listen to the news.7.Which of the following is mentioned as the government's measure to control inflation?A. Foreign investment.B. Donor support.C. Price control.D. Bank prediction.8.According to Kingdom Bank, what is the current inflation rate in Zimbabwe?3 / 21A. 20 million percent.B. 2.2 million percent.C. 11.2 million percent.D. Over 11.2 million percent.Question 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds toanswer the question.Now listen to the news.9.Which of the following is CORRECT?A. A big fire erupted on the Nile River.B. Helicopters were used to evacuate people.C. Five people were taken to hospital for burns.D. A big fire took place on two floors.10. The likely cause of the big fire isA. electrical short-cut.B. lack of fire-satefy measures.C. terrorism.D. not known.PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read thepassages and then mark your answers on your coloured answer sheet.TEXT AStill, the image of any city has a half-life of many years. (So does its name, officially changed in 2001 fromCalcutta to Kolkata, which is closer to what the word sounds like in Bengali. Conversing in English, I never heardanyone call the city anything but Calcutta.) To Westerners, the conveyance most identified with Kolkata is not itsmodern subway—a facility whose spacious stations have art on the walls and cricket matches on televisionmonitors—but the hand-pulled rickshaw. Stories and films celebrate a primitive-looking cart with high woodenwheels, pulled by someone who looks close to needing the succor of Mother Teresa. For years the government hasbeen talking about eliminating hand-pulled rickshaws on what it calls humanitarian grounds—principally on theground that, as the mayor of Kolkata has often said, it is offensive to see “one man sweating and straining to pullanother man.”But these days politicians also lament the impact of 6,000 hand-pulled rickshaws on a modern city'straffic and, particularly, on its image. “Westerners try to associate beggars and these rickshaws with the Calcutta landscape, but this is not what Calcutta stands for,”the chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee,said in a press conference in 2006. “Our city stands for prosperity and development.”The chief minister—the4 / 21equivalent of a state governor—went on to announce that hand-pulled rickshaws soon would be banned from thestreets of Kolkata.Rickshaws are not there to haul around tourists. (Actually, I saw almost no tourists in Kolkata, apart from theyoung backpackers on Sudder Street, in what used to be a red-light district and is now said to be the single place inthe city where the services a rickshaw puller offers may include providing female company to a gentleman for theevening.) It's the people in the lanes who most regularly use rickshaws—not the poor but people who are just anotch above the poor. They are people who tend to travel short distances, through lanes that are sometimesinaccessible to even the most daring taxi driver. An older woman with marketing to do, for instance, can arrive in arickshaw, have the rickshaw puller wait until she comes back from various stalls to load her purchases, and then betaken home. People in the lanes use rickshaws as a 24-hour ambulance service. Proprietors of cafés or cornerstores send rickshaws to collect their supplies. (One morning I saw a rickshaw puller take on a load of livechickens—tied in pairs by the feet so they could be draped over the shafts and the folded back canopy and even theaxle. By the time he trotted off, he was carrying about a hundred upside-down chickens.) The rickshaw pullers toldme their steadiest customers are schoolchildren. Middle-class families contract with a puller to take a child toschool and pick him up; the puller essentially becomes a family retainer.From June to September Kolkata can get torrential rains, and its drainage system doesn't need torrential rainto begin backing up. Residents who favor a touch of hyperbole say that in Kolkata “if a stray cat pees, there's a flood.”During my stay it once rained for about 48 hours. Entire neighborhoods couldn't be reached by motorized vehicles, and the newspapers showed pictures of rickshaws being pulled through water that was up to the pullers' waists. When it's raining, the normal customer base for rickshaw pullers expands greatly, as does the price of a journey. A writer in Kolkata told me, “When it rains, even the governor takes rickshaws.”While I was in Kolkata, a magazine called India Today published its annual ranking of Indian states,according to such measurements as prosperity and infrastructure. Among India's 20 largest states, Bihar finisheddead last, as it has for four of the past five years. Bihar, a couple hundred miles north of Kolkata, is where the vast majority of rickshaw pullers come from. Once in Kolkata, they sleep on the street or in their rickshaws or in adera—a combination garage and repair shop and dormitory managed by someone called a sardar. For sleeping privileges in a dera, pullers pay 100 rupees (about $2.50) a month, which sounds like a pretty good deal untilyou've visited a dera. They gross between 100 and 150 rupees a day, out of which they have to pay 20 rupees forthe use of the rickshaw and an occasional 75 or more for a payoff if a policeman stops them for, say, crossing astreet where rickshaws are prohibited. A 2003 study found that rickshaw pullers are near the bottom of Kolkata occupations in income, doing better than only the ragpickers and the beggars. For someone without land or education, that still beats trying to make a living in Bihar.There are people in Kolkata, particularly educated and politically aware people, who will not ride in arickshaw, because they are offended by the idea of being pulled by another human being or because they considerit not the sort of thing people of their station do or because they regard the hand-pulled rickshaw as a relic of colonialism. Ironically, some of those people are not enthusiastic about banning rickshaws. The editor of theeditorial pages of Kolkata's Telegraph—Rudrangshu Mukherjee, a former academic who still writes history books—told me, for instance, that he sees humanitarian considerations as coming down on the side of keepinghand-pulled rickshaws on the road. “I refuse to be carried by another human being myself,”he said, “but I question whether we have the right to take away their livelihood.”Rickshaw supporters point out that when it comes to demeaning occupations, rickshaw pullers are hardly unique in Kolkata.When I asked one rickshaw puller if he thought the government's plan to rid the city of rickshaws was basedon a genuine interest in his welfare, he smiled, with a quick shake of his head—a gesture I interpreted to mean, “If5 / 21you are so naive as to ask such a question, I will answer it, but it is not worth wasting words on.”Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered somethingin its place. As migrant workers, they don't have the political clout enjoyed by, say, Kolkata's sidewalk hawkers,who, after supposedly being scaled back at the beginning of the modernization drive, still clog the sidewalks,selling absolutely everything—or, as I found during the 48 hours of rain, absolutely everything but umbrellas. “The government was the government of the poor people,”one sardar told me. “Now they shake hands with the capitalists and try to get rid of poor people.”But others in Kolkata believe that rickshaws will simply be confined more strictly to certain neighborhoods,out of the view of World Bank traffic consultants and California investment delegations—or that they will beallowed to die out naturally as they're supplanted by more modern conveyances. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, afterall, is not the first high West Bengal official to say that rickshaws would be off the streets of Kolkata in a matter of months. Similar statements have been made as far back as 1976. The ban decreed by Bhattacharjee has beendelayed by a court case and by a widely held belief that some retraining or social security settlement ought to be offered to rickshaw drivers. It may also have been delayed by a quiet reluctance to give up something that has beenpart of the fabric of the city for more than a century. Kolkata, a resident told me, “has difficulty letting go.”One day a city official handed me a report from the municipal government laying out options for how rickshaw pullers might be rehabilitated.“Which option has been chosen?”I asked, noting that the report was dated almost exactly a year before my visit.“That hasn't been decided,”he said.“When will it be decided?”“That hasn't been decided,”he said.11. According to the passage, rickshaws are used in Kolkata mainly for the following EXCEPTA. taking foreign tourists around the city.B. providing transport to school children.C. carrying store supplies and purchasesD. carrying people over short distances.12. Which of the following statements best describes the rickshaw pullers from Bihar?A. They come from a relatively poor area.B. They are provided with decent accommodation.C. Their living standards are very low in Kolkata.D. They are often caught by policemen in the streets.13. That “For someone without land or education, that still beats trying to make a living in Bihar”(4 paragraph) means that even so,A. the poor prefer to work and live in Bihar.B. the poor from Bihar fare better than back home.C. the poor never try to make a living in Bihar.6 / 21D. the poor never seem to resent their life in Kolkata.14. We can infer from the passage that some educated and politically aware peopleA. hold mixed feelings towards rickshaws.B. strongly support the ban on rickshaws.C. call for humanitarian actions fro rickshaw pullers.D. keep quiet on the issue of banning rickshaws.15. Which of the following statements conveys the author's sense of humor?A. “…not the poor but people who are just a notch above the poor.”(2 paragraph)B. “…,.which sounds like a pretty good deal until you've visited a dera.”(4 paragraph)C. Kolkata, a resident told me, “has difficulty letting go.”(7 paragraph).D.“…or, as I found during the 48 hours of rain, absolutely everything but umbrellas.”(6 paragraph)16. The dialogue between the author and the city official at the end of the passage seems to suggestA. the uncertainty of the court's decision.B. the inefficiency of the municipal government.C. the difficulty of finding a good solution.D. the slowness in processing options.TEXT BDepending on whom you believe, the average American will, over a lifetime, wait in lines for two years (says National Public Radio) or five years (according to customer-loyalty experts).The crucial word is average, as wealthy Americans routinely avoid lines altogether. Once the most democraticof institutions, lines are rapidly becoming the exclusive province of suckers(people who still believe in andpractice waiting in lines). Poor suckers, mostly.Airports resemble France before the Revolution: first-class passengers enjoy élite security lines and priorityboarding, and disembark before the unwashed in coach, held at bay by a flight attendant, are allowed to foul theJetway.At amusement parks, too, you can now buy your way out of line. This summer I haplessly watched kids use a$52 Gold Flash Pass to jump the lines at Six Flags New England, and similar systems are in use in most majorAmerican theme parks, from Universal Orlando to Walt Disney World, where the haves get to watch the have-mores breeze past on their way to their seats.Flash Pass teaches children a valuable lesson in real-world economics: that the rich are more important thanyou, especially when it comes to waiting. An NBA player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief,that when playing in Canada--get this--we have to wait in the same customs line as everybody else.Almost every line can be breached for a price. In several U.S. cities this summer, early arrivers among theearly adopters waiting to buy iPhones offered to sell their spots in the lines. On Craigslist, prospective iPhonepurchasers offered to pay waiters or placeholders to wait in line for them outside Apple stores.7 / 21Inevitably, some semi-populist politicians have seen the value of sort-of waiting in lines with the ordinarypeople. This summer Philadelphia mayor John Street waited outside an A T&T store from 3:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.before a stand-in from his office literally stood in for the mayor while he conducted official business. Andbillionaire New York mayor Michael Bloomberg often waits for the subway with his fellow citizens, though he'sfirst driven by motorcade past the stop nearest his house to a station 22 blocks away, where the wait, or at least theride, is shorter.As early as elementary school, we're told that jumping the line is an unethical act, which is why so many U.S.lawmakers have framed the immigration debate as a kind of fundamental sin of the school lunch line. AlabamaSenator Richard Shelby, to cite just one legislator, said amnesty would allow illegal immigrants o cut in lineahead of millions of people.Nothing annoys a national lawmaker more than a person who will not wait in line, unless that line is in frontof an elevator at the U.S. Capitol, where Senators and Representatives use private elevators, lest they have toqueue with their constituents.But compromising the integrity of the line is not just antidemocratic, it's out-of-date. There was somethingabout the orderly boarding of Noah's Ark, two by two, that seemed to restore not just civilization but civility duringthe Great Flood.How civil was your last flight? Southwest Airlines has first-come, first-served festival seating. But for $5 perflight, an unaffiliated company called will secure you a coveted A boarding pass when thatairline opens for online check-in 24 hours before departure. Thus, the savvy traveler doesn't even wait in line whenhe or she is online.Some cultures are not renowned for lining up. Then again, some cultures are too adept at lining up: a citizenof the former Soviet Union would join a queue just so he could get to the head of that queue and see what everyonewas queuing for.And then there is the U.S., where society seems to be cleaving into two groups: Very Important Persons, whodon't wait, and Very Impatient Persons, who do--unhappily.For those of us in the latter group-- consigned to coach, bereft of Flash Pass, too poor or proper to pay aplaceholder --what do we do? We do what Vladimir and Estragon did in Waiting for Godot: We wait. We arebored.17. What does the following sentence mean? “Once the most democratic of institutions, lines are rapidlybecoming the exclusive province of suckers…Poor suckers, mostly.”(2 paragraph)A. Lines are symbolic of America's democracy.B. Lines still give Americans equal opportunities.C. Lines are now for ordinary Americans only.D. Lines are for people with democratic spirit only.18. Which of the following is NOT cited as an example of breaching the line?A. Going through the customs at a Canadian airport.B. Using Gold Flash Passes in amusement parks.C. First-class passenger status at airports.D. Purchase of a place in a line from a placeholder.8 / 2119. We can infer from the passage that politicians (including mayors and Congressmen)A. prefer to stand in lines with ordinary people.B. advocate the value of waiting in lines.C. believe in and practice waiting in lines.D. exploit waiting in lines for their own good.20. What is the tone of the passage?A. Instructive.B. Humorous.C. Serious.D. Teasing.TEXT CA bus took him to the West End, where, among the crazy coloured fountains of illumination, shattering theblue dusk with green and crimson fire, he found the caféof his choice, a tea-shop that had gone mad and turned. Bbylonian, a while palace with ten thousand lights. It towered above the other building like a citadel, which indeedit was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism; and behind the thin marblefront were concrete and steel, just as behind the careless profusion of luxury were millions of pence, balanced tothe last halfpenny. Somewhere in the background, hidden away, behind the ten thousand llights and acres of whitenapery and bewildering glittering rows of teapots, behind the thousand waitresses and cash-box girls and black-coated floor managers and temperamental long-haired violinists, behind the mounds of cauldrons of stewed steak,the vanloads of ices, were a few men who went to work juggling with fractions of a farming, who knew how manyunits of electricity it took to finish a steak-and-kidney pudding and how many minutes and seconds a waitress( fivefeet four in height and in average health) would need to carry a tray of given weight from the kitchen life to thetable in the far corner. In short, there was a warm, sensuous, vulgar life flowering in the upper storeys, and a cold science working in the basement. Such as the gigantic tea-shop into which Turgis marched, in search not of mere refreshment but of all the enchantment of unfamiliar luxury. Perhaps he knew in his heart that men have conqueredhalf the known world, looted whole kingdoms, and never arrived in such luxury. The place was built for him.It was built for a great many other people too, and, as usual, they were al there. It seemed with humanity. Themarble entrance hall, piled dizzily with bonbons and cakes, was as crowded and bustling as a railway station. Thegloom and grime of the streets, the raw air, all November, were at once left behind, forgotten: the atmosphereinside was golden, tropical, belonging to some high mid-summer of confectionery. Disdaining the lifts, Turgis,once more excited by the sight, sound, and smell of it all, climbed the wide staircase until he reached his favouritefloor, whre an orchestra, led by a young Jewish violinist with wandering lustrous eyes and a passion for tremoloeffects, acted as a magnet to a thousand girls, scented air, the sensuous clamour of the strings; and, as he stood hesitating a moment, half dazed, there came, bowing, s sleek grave man, older than he was and far more distinguished than he could ever hope to be, who murmured deferentially: “For one, sir? This way, please,”Shyly, yet proudly, Turgis followed him.21. That “behind the thin marble front were concrete and steel”suggests thatA. modern realistic commercialism existed behind the luxurious appearance.9 / 21B. there was a fundamental falseness in the style and the appeal of the café..C. the architect had made a sensible blend of old and new building materials.D. the caféwas based on physical foundations and real economic strength.22. The following words or phrases are somewhat critical of the tea-shop EXCEPTA. “…turned Babylonian”.B. “perhaps a new barbarism'.C. “acres of white napery”.D. “balanced to the last halfpenny”.23. In its context the statement that “the place was built for him”means that the caféwas intended toA. please simple people in a simple way.B. exploit gullible people like him.C. satisfy a demand that already existed.D. provide relaxation for tired young men.24. Which of the following statements about the second paragraph is NOT true?A. The caféappealed to most senses simultaneously.B. The caféwas both full of people and full of warmth.C. The inside of the caféwas contrasted with the weather outside.D. It stressed the commercial determination of the caféowners.25. The following are comparisons made by the author in the second paragraph EXCEPT thatA. the entrance hall is compared to a railway station.B. the orchestra is compared to a magnet.C. Turgis welcomed the lift like a conquering soldier.D. the interior of the caféis compared to warm countries.26. The author's attitude to the caféisA. fundamentally critical.B. slightly admiring.C. quite undecided.D. completely neutral.TEXT DI Now elsewhere in the world, Iceland may be spoken of, somewhat breathlessly, as western Europe's last10 / 21pristine wilderness. But the environmental awareness that is sweeping the world had bypassed the majority of Icelanders. Certainly they were connected to their land, the way one is complicatedly connected to, or encumbered by, family one can't do anything about. But the truth is, once you're off the beat-en paths of the low-lying coastal areas where everyone lives, the roads are few, and they're all bad, so Iceland's natural wonders have been out of reach and unknown even to its own inhab-itants. For them the land has always just been there, something that hadto be dealt with and, if possible, exploited—the mind-set being one of land as commodity rather than land as, well, priceless art on the scale of the “Mona Lisa.”When the opportunity arose in 2003 for the national power company to enter into a 40-year contract with the American aluminum company Alcoa to supply hydroelectric power for a new smelter, those who had been dreaming of some-thing like this for decades jumped at it and never looked back. Iceland may at the moment be one of the world's richest countries, with a 99 percent literacy rate and long life expectancy. But the proj-ect's advocates, some of them getting on in years, were more emotionally attuned to the country's century upon century of want, hardship, and colonial servitude to Denmark, which officially had ended only in 1944 and whose psychological imprint remained relatively fresh. For the longest time, life here had meant little more than a sod hut, dark all winter, cold, no hope, children dying left and right, earthquakes, plagues, starvation, volcanoes erupting and destroying all vegeta-tion and livestock, all spirit—a world revolving almost entirely around the welfare of one's sheep and, later, on how good the cod catch was. In the outlying regions, it still largely does.Ostensibly, the Alcoa project was intended to save one of these dying regions—the remote and sparsely populated east—where the way of life had steadily declined to a point of desperation and gloom. After fishing quotas were imposed in the early 1980s to protect fish stocks, many indi-vidual boat owners sold their allotments or gave them away, fishing rights ended up mostly in the hands of a few companies, and small fishermen were virtually wiped out. Technological advances drained away even more jobs previously done by human hands, and the people were seeing every-thing they had worked for all their lives turn up worthless and their children move away. With the old way of life doomed, aluminum projects like this one had come to be perceived, wisely or not, as a last chance. “Smelter or death.”The contract with Alcoa would infuse the re-gion with foreign capital, an estimated 400 jobs, and spin-off service industries. It also was a way for Iceland to develop expertise that potentially could be sold to the rest of the world; diversify an economy historically dependent on fish; and, in an appealing display of Icelandic can-do verve, perhaps even protect all of Iceland, once and for all, from the unpredictability of life itself.“We have to live,”Halldór Ásgrímsson said in his sad, sonorous voice. Halldór, a former prime minister and longtime member of parliament from the region, was a driving force behind the project. “We have a right to live.”27. According to the passage, most Icelanders view land as something ofA. environmental value.B. commercial value.C. potential value for tourism.D. great value for livelihood.28. What is Iceland's old-aged advocates' feeling towards the Alcoa project?A. Iceland is wealthy enough to reject the project.B. The project would lower life expectancy.11 / 21C. The project would cause environmental problems.D. The project symbolizes and end to the colonial legacies.29. The disappearance of the old way of life was due to all the following EXCEPTA. fewer fishing companies.B. fewer jobs available.C. migration of young people.D. impostion of fishing quotas.30. The 4 paragraph in the passage。
2010听力原文及答案
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1. Lucy had a pain in her stomach, so she had to see a doctor.2. Table tennis is one of the most popular sports in the Olympic Games.3. Elephants are the largest animals on land. Sometimes they can help people.4. You’ll see the sign “Keep quiet” in the library. We shouldn’t disturb others.5. Eating more fruits is good for our health and they can help us lose our weight.6. Turkeys are very delicious; they are traditional food for Thanksgiving Day.7. It’s very cold outside. You’d better put on a coat.8. It’s interesting and difficult for foreigners to eat with chopsticks.9. What a heavy snow! It’s really a world of snow.10. My grandma cannot read anything without glasses.11. Mrs. Black always walks her dog in the park.12. Mike has breakfast at 7 o’clock every morning.13. Li Lei and Mike are walking to school although it’s Sunday.14. My sister is cooking for me. She always looks after me very well.15. It is sunny. Tom and Wendy are having a picnic.16. Many young p eople like Li Yuchun’s songs. She is popular with the young people.17. Mike prefers basketball to other ball sports. He practices it 4 times a week.18. Zhang Wei goes to school by bus every day. Look, he is catching the bus now.19. My friends will take a plane to Hainan Island and stay there for a month.20. John wants to have a summer holiday near the sea.21. Mary’s bedroom isn’t big enough, but it is very warm.22. Watch out snakes when you are in a forest. They are dangerous.23. Playing the piano can make our fingers stronger.24. We should brush our teeth twice a day, or we’ll have a toothache.25. Tom’s father is a famous cook and he often cooks for us.26. Washing hands often is a good way to prevent us from H1N1.27. Li Ming often goes swimming after school. He does well in it.28. Mike and his grandparents live in the countryside. There are some animals in their house.29. Lucy picked up a lot of grapes with her classmates today. She is very happy now.30. Nowadays, more and more people can get lots of information and news on the Internet.31. Hurry up, Kate! The first class begins at 8:00.32. Here’re the tickets. We’ll leave for Shanghai tomorrow morning by air.33. What a brave boy! He saved a person from the water. A reporter is interviewing him now.34. Look at the family of five. Lucy and her two boys are together happily with their parents.35. It’s a quarter past four. It’s time for Lucy to have a piano lesson.36. It’s raining now，you’d better take your umbrella.37. Tom has art lessons on Sundays. Look, how careful he is!38. I study English by listening to the radio. It is really helpful. 39. Mr. Smith used to ride his car a lot but now he walks if possible. It’s good for both his health and our environment.40. I spent all day surfing the Internet for the coming competition yesterday.41. Today the teacher praised Li Ming. How happy Li Ming looks now!42. The number of the people who get online is becoming smaller as they grow older.43. It’s a good healthy habit to brush teeth aft er meals.44. There’s a little milk left. Please put it in the fridge, or it will go bad.45. Deng Yaping is my favorite table tennis player. She is well-known all over the world now.46. It was too terrible. A small car hit another one on Coastal Road last night.47. The train will arrive at 8:30.Hurry up! It’s 8:10.48. We are going to watch the dolphin show. It must be interesting. Would you join us?49. Don’t turn on the radio. Your brother is sleeping.50. Eating more vegetables is good for our health.二、听对话，根据问题选出正确答案，每题读两遍。