研究生学位英语考试样题答案2012(江西)

English Examination for Master Degree

PartⅠ Listening Comprehension（25%）

Section A: Compound dictation (10 points)

Directions: In this part, you will hear a piece of news three times. You must listen carefully and fill in the missing words. For the first time, listen carefully and try your best to understand. For the second time, write down what you hear on the tape. For the third time, check your answer.

Britain returned control of Hong Kong to China. The handover was dogged by fears in the territory about what the ___1political____ change would bring. Would freedoms be eroded? Would its free-willing capitalist way of life be compromised? Jill McGivering was a _2 journalist___in Hong Kong in the 1980s and the BBC's correspondent there immediately

after the handover. She's gone back to see how the former colony's faring ten years on.

The heat was oppressive. But as the long thin Chinese rowing boats sliced through the water, the crowd along the riverbank burst into life, ____3 cheering___ and waving and urging the teams on. The rowers were luminous in Lycra, pounding the water to the beat of a Chinese drum. The boats, each prow carved and painted as a rising Chinese dragon, flew towards the finish line. The Chinese festival of dragon boat racing stretches back thousands of years. Hong Kong loves it, partly because of a pride of a Chinese tradition and partly because it's a great day out. ___All around me__4___, small children, parents and grandparents were pressed against the rails,

eating ice cream. The mood amongst spectators was ___5__relaxed____. Peter Wang, a portly property agent with thick glasses, greeted me with a beaming smile. At the time of the handover, he said, he'd had mixed feelings. He had been proud ___6__Hong Kong was going back to China___, but he was also frightened. Now he said he was just proud. "Politics, economics, everything is better now than ten years ago," he added. " __7_The mainland_____has really helped Hong Kong." Others there said the same, "I used to think of myself as a Hong Kong person," an IT specialist told me. "But since the handover that's slowly changed, now I say I'm Chinese." He too said he'd been anxious then but not anymore. "Before we were ruled by a foreign government," he said, "Now we're part of __8___the mother country______." All these must be music to the ears of China's leaders in Beijing. They've been eager to foster patriotism in Hong Kong, a sense of _9_unity and loyalty___. And despite the dire predictions in 1997, Beijing's handling of Hong Kong so far may not have been perfect, but it hasn't been bad either. The economy is booming, businessmen are still making money. Public institutions like the police, the courts, the civil service are still efficient and accountable. Most basic rights including _10_ freedom of speech_and the right to protest are alive and well. In a way…

Section B (7%)

In this section you will hear five short conversations and one long conversation. At the

end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said.

Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question,