Part I Listening Comprehension (25 minutes, 30 points)

Section A Dialogues (10 points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short dialogues. At the end of each dialogue, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the dialogue and the question will be read only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

1. M: Mrs Jones, I'd like to introduce you to my family. This is my wife Sandy and these are my three children. This is my son, Mike, and my two daughters, Ann and Christina.

   W: It's nice meeting you.

   Q: How many children does the man have? (A)

2. W: Have you taken all the core classes for your major?

   M: Not yet. This is my last semester at university. I have just four more courses to do and I'll have my BA in maths.

   Q: What year is he in now? (D)

3. W: You have dialled Jane and Penny. We're sorry we're not in at the moment but if you would like to send a fax, you may send it now and if you would like to leave a message, please speak after the beep. Thank you. (Beep)

   M: Er...hello Penny. Mark here. Just phoning to say I can come tonight after all but, as I said, I might be a bit late, so don't wait for me outside. Thanks, see you then. Bye.

   Q: Why is the man phoning? (C)

4. (W—interviewer M—Professor Finney)

   W: Professor Finney, as a child psychologist who specializes in educational psychology, you must deal with quite a wide range of problems faced by adolescents.

   M: That's right. My research has focused on the learning difficulties of young children, especially the way their friends and family affect their performance at school.

   Q: What does Professor Finney specialize in? (B)

5. M: We're going skiing this weekend. Would you like to join us?

   W: I've never gone skiing before and I don't have any equipment.

   M: That's OK. We'll rent the equipment and teach you on the slope.

   Q: What's going to happen this weekend? (A)

6. W: Come here, Tony. I want you to meet someone.

   M: Sure, Laura. Who is it?

   W: It's Brian, my sister Megan's boyfriend. I think you'll like him.

   Q: Whom does the woman want to introduce? (D)

7. W: Wow, you look like a drowned rat!? Didn't you know there would be a thunderstorm today?

   M: I knew there would be a shower, but I didn't realize it would rain cats and dogs today.

   W: Well, you'd better take a hot shower right now, or you'll catch a cold.

   M: I know. I don't want to get sick, especially during finals week.

   Q: What happened to the man? (A)

8. M: You must be Ruth Pearson.

   W: That's right.

   M: We're not quite ready for you yet, Miss Pearson; we're just finishing up with the previous candidate.

   W: That's all right.

   M: Would you like to take a seat here and we'll be with you in just a moment? There's coffee in the machine on the floor just below this one.

   Q: What's the woman? (C)

9. M: Evening! Steak and kidney pie, please, and a bag of chips.

   W: To eat on the premises?

   M: No, wrap it up, please, if you could.

   W: Sorry. Sold out of steak and kidney. I can warm up a chicken and mushroom for you. We haven't got one ready right now.

   Q: Where are the speakers? (D)

10. M: I've got your assignment ready if you want to just have a look.

   W: Oh, thanks. Was it OK?

   M: Well, have a look at it first and then we'll have a chat, shall we?

   W: I tried to answer the question. It was quite tough, though.

   M: Well, it was a good effort but I'd like you to have another go if you don't mind. Come and see me first.

   W: This afternoon?

   M: That should be OK.

   Q: What's the probable relationship between the man and the woman? (B)

Section B News Items (10 points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short pieces of news from BBC or VOA. After each news item and question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

11. The World Health Organization says that every year more than 1.7 million people die as a result of unsafe drinking water, making it the leading cause of death and disease around the world. Most of the victims are young children, the vast majority of whom die of illnesses caused by organisms that thrive in water sources contaminated by raw sewage.

Question: Who are the main victims of unsafe drinking water? (A)

12. 6,000 delegates descended on the U.N.'s New York headquarters Monday for a high-level meeting toreaffirm commitments to women's rights. The gathering—dubbed Beijing plus Ten—is devoted to assessing the progress made since the Fourth Conference on Women in the Chinese capital in 1995.

Question: When and where was the Fourth Conference on Women held? (C)

13. New York is the world capital for business and one of the bigger businesses is toys. This past week over 1,500 toymakers from 31 nations converged on the Big Apple to display their wares to retail surveyors. The sheer volume of toys on display at the four-day American International Toy Fair in midtown Manhattan might weary the most energetic child, if any children had been allowed to attend the event, which they were not. The thousands of grown-ups who attended were there to size up the latest offerings from the $30 billion a year American toy industry.

Question: Were children allowed to attend the Toy Fair? (B)

14. There are a record 691 US dollar billionaires, according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of 2.2 trillion dollars. That figure is slightly more than the annual value of all goods and services produced in China and India, the two most populous countries. The highest concentration of the ultra-rich is in New York, followed by Moscow and San Francisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in forty-seven different nations, with Iceland, Kazakstan, Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time.

Question: Which countries' annual value of all goods and services is almost equal to the fortune of all the billionaires in the world? (A)

15. Former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton have met Sri Lankan children who survived December's devastating tsunami. The former political rivals are assessing how the U.S. can help rebuild affected countries.

Young survivors of the deadly tsunami sang and performed dances during the visit by George Bush and Bill Clinton to a trauma center on Sri Lanka's southern coast. Others drew crayon pictures of their terrifying experiences to show to the former U.S. presidents.

Question: Whom did the two former U.S. Presidents meet according to the news? (A)

16. Moscow is widely regarded as having only an outside chance of staging the Games. Although the city is thriving, it suffers from a lack of hotel accommodation, transport problems, including an ageing airport and questions of security. But the city and the Russian government are prepared to make major investments to secure the 2012 Olympics. Ten billion dollars would be available to transform the city's infrastructure, including a new metro system.

Question: What problem is Moscow faced with in bidding for the 2012 Olympic Games?(C)

17. Howard Stringer has already made a name for himself as head of Sony Corporation in the United States, and as chairman of its electronics unit. However, the company as a whole, best known for its Playstation portable video games console, its Walkman personal music machines and its Vaio computers, has been losing market share to innovative new ideas from competitors. These include Samsung of South Korea and Apple Computer, whose iPod personal music system strays right into the Walkman territory that Sony once claimed for itself.

Question: Which company does Howard Stringer work for? (A)

18. The red carpet will be rolled out in Hollywood when the Academy Awards, known as the Oscars, are presented later this month. Oscars for scientific and technical achievements have already been handed out, with a little less fanfare but just as much excitement for the winners. This event was not in Hollywood but in nearby Pasadena, where engineers and scientists who make technical innovations in the movie industry get their acknowledgment.

Question: Who was awarded Oscars for scientific and technical achievements? (B)

19. Scientists have known for some time that a severely reduced food intake makes some animals live longer. Now, researchers are getting closer to understanding why. They say the finding may also lead to a similar understanding in people, and a treatment for diseases like diabetes.

Question: What do we learn from the news? (A)

20. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's talks with India's foreign minister covered regional defense issues, including the possible sale of U.S. fighter jets to India's long-standing rival, Pakistan. India is the first stop on Ms. Rice's six-nation tour of Asia—her first trip to the region since becoming Secretary of State.

Question: Which country did Ms. Rice stop first in her six-nation tour of Asia since becoming US Secretary of State? (B)

Section C Passages (10 points)

Directions: In this section, you will hear 2 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear 5 questions. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Passage One

Monopoly is one of the most popular games in the world. Its popularity is remarkable as it was invented more than 70 years ago, in 1933. That was the year when an unemployed heating engineer called Charles Darrow decided to make up a new game for his family and friends to play.

Darrow lived in Pennsylvania in the USA. In the 1930s, the whole country was in the grip of the Great Depression. Many people were unemployed and very poor. Darrow thought that people would enjoy forgetting about their difficult lives for a while. His game would give them a chance to buy and sell houses and hotels, railroad stations, and entire streets. Just for a few hours, even poor people could be millionaires (although with fake dollars, unfortunately).

Darrow made the first set of his game, which he called Monopoly, from simple materials. He taught his family to play, and they loved it. They played it with their friends, and their friends loved it too. Everyone who played the game thought it was really fun.

Darrow was sure that other people would enjoy Monopoly. He tried to sell the game to Parker Brothers, a large games manufacturer, but they weren't interested. So, he decided to sell Monopoly himself. It was an instant success, and Darrow sold all the 5,000 sets he had made. When Parker Brothers heard about this, they realized their mistake and began to manufacture the game. Over the next year, more than a million sets were sold, and Monopoly went on to become the biggest-selling game ever. Since then, Monopoly has sold around 100 million sets, and has been translated into 19 languages. One year in the USA, there was twice as much Monopoly money printed as real money!

And what about the inventor of this amazing game? Thanks to the success of his invention, Charles Darrow became a multimillionaire, with real dollars this time.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.

21. When was Monopoly invented? (A)

22. Why did Darrow think that people would enjoy playing Monopoly? (B)

23. Did Darrow's family like the game? (C)

24. Who made the very first Monopoly set? (C)

25. How many Monopoly sets were sold in the first year Parker Brothers made the game? (D)

Passage Two

American English has spread in popularity mostly due to business, Hollywood, the Internet, and education. Many countries still consider British English the “real thing” when it comes to studying English in the classroom, but it seems American English is being used more by second-language English speakers on the street and in their private lives. The funder and co-editor of the journal World English agrees, “American English is spreading faster than British English”, and this spreading has even had some impact in England itself.

Several factors can account for the wider use of American English. In 1993, the United States controlled 75 percent of the world's television programming with satellites sending television shows like “Sesame Street” and “E.R.” to every corner of the world. Hollywood exports also accounted for a huge share of the movie market in Europe, Asia, and South America. Another key factor is that Americans simply outnumber Britons. If a person travels widely, the chances are better that she or he will run into one of the 260 million Americans rather than one of the 55 million Britons. In other words, of the 350 million people who speak English as their first language, 70 percent speak the American version of English. Therefore, speaking American English is simply more practical.

Bill Bryson, an American writer who has written several books on the history of English, says, “There is no question that Britain made English an international language in the 19th century with its empire. But it's Americans that have been the driving force behind the globalization of English in the 20th century.” Bryson considers that the commercial and cultural influence that the United States has had since World War II is the power behind this“driving force”.

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the passage you have just heard.

26. What account for the wider use of American English according to the passage? (B)

27. Which statement is true about American English and British English? (A)

28. Which statement is not a reason for the wider use of American English? (C)

29. When did English become an international language? (B)

30. Why did English become an international language in the 19th century according to Bill Bryson? (D)

Part II Vocabulary and Structure （5 minutes, 10 points）

31. C 32. D 33. B 34. D 35. C 36. C 37. A 38. A 39. C 40. D

Part III Situational Dialogues （5 minutes, 10 points）

41. C 42. B 43. C 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. D 48. C 49. B 50. B

Part IV IQ Test （5 minutes, 5 points）

51. C 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. A

Part V Reading Comprehension （25 minutes, 35 points）

Section A Multiple Choice （5 points）

56. D 57. C 58. B 59. B 60. A

Section B Short Answer Questions （20 points）

61. “roaming” services

62. ORANGE.

63. Vodafone and T-Mobile.

64. Its British roaming rates are “unfair and excessive”.

65. By the minute.

66. Tired of.

67. stop

68. Microsoft software is increasingly threatened by hackers

69. They were affected by a newly discovered vulnerability.

70. If its browser hadn’t been integrated into Windows.

Section C True (T) or False (F) （10 points）

71. F 72. T 73. F 74. F 75. T 76. F 77. F 78. F 79. T 80. F

Part VI Cloze （10 minutes, 10 points）

81. in 82. known 83. possible 84. movements 85. observation 86. happening 87. without

88. how 89. yourself 90. people

Part VII Translation （15 minutes, 20 points）

Section A English-Chinese Translation （10 points）

91． 随着商业日趋国际化，秘书也越来越需要具有国际交际能力。

92． 在研讨会第一部分里，维基·科林斯集中强调了这一点，并证明跨越语言和文化障碍的交际比大多数英国秘书所想象的要更容易。

93． 科林斯解释道，“与其他国家相比，某些国家的商业文化存在更多的导致误会的地方。口语和身体语言一样往往容易传达错误的信息。”

94． 同样，秘书可能会发现自己在一个讲英语的世界和一个不讲英语的公司之间能够很好地保持联络。

95． 这样一种方法不需要不规则动词或复杂时态的知识。甚至一些少量的习语就能增长信心，获得经验。

Section B Chinese-English Translation (10 points)

96. Applied linguistics and language teaching are not identical but share many common interests.

97. Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom.

98. There are many theories as to how and why horses and humans have developed such a special relationship over the ages.

99. It's studied that the risk of heart attacks was 17 per cent higher in the winter than in the summer, when they were least frequent.

100. Data was obtained from 50 men and women aged between 16 and 65, who responded to a questionnaire in a face-to-face interview in the shopping centre.

Part VIII Writing （30 minutes, 30 points）

Task I 应用文的评分标准

一、 评分原则：

1． 本题满分为10分。

2． 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定或调整本档次，最后给分。

3． 词数少于100或多于150的，从总分中减去2分。

4． 如书写较差，以致影响交流，将分数降低一个档次。

二、各档次的给分范围和要求：

第四档：9分

完全符合写作格式的要求，覆盖所有内容要点，表达思想清楚，文字通顺，连贯性很好，基本上无词汇和语法错误。

第三档：7分

基本符合写作格式的要求，有个别地方表达思想不够清楚，文字基本通顺、连贯，有少量词汇和语法错误。

第二档：5分

未恰当完成写作格式的要求，漏掉内容要点，表达思想不清楚，文字多处出现词汇和语法错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。

第一档：2分

未完成写作格式的要求，明显遗漏主要内容，表达思想紊乱，有较多词汇和语法的重大错误，未能将信息传达给读者。

0分

白卷；作文与题目毫不相关；内容太少，无法评判；所写内容无法看清。

三、 说明：

1． 内容要点可用不同方式表达。

2． 对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。

3． 漏掉每个要点扣1—2分。

Task II 议论文的评分标准

一、 评分原则：

1． 本题满分为20分。

2． 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量、确定或调整本档次，最后给分。

3． 词数少于130或多于170的，从总分中减去2分。

4． 如书写较差，以致影响交流，将分数降低一个档次。

二、各档次的给分范围和要求：

第四档：16—20分

完全符合写作格式的要求，覆盖所有内容要点，表达思想清楚，文字通顺，连贯性很好，基本上无词汇和语法错误。

第三档：11—15分

基本符合写作格式的要求，有个别地方表达思想不够清楚，文字基本通顺、连贯，有少量词汇和语法错误。

第二档：6—10分

未恰当完成写作格式的要求，漏掉内容要点，表达思想不清楚，文字多处出现词汇和语法错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。

第一档：1—5分

未完成写作格式的要求，明显遗漏主要内容，表达思想紊乱，有较多词汇和语法的重大错误，未能将信息传达给读者。

0分

白卷；作文与题目毫不相关；内容太少，无法评判；所写内容无法看清。

三、 说明：

1． 内容要点可用不同方式表达。

2． 对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。

3． 漏掉每个要点扣1—2分。