2017年雏雁-小学英语试卷.doc

English Test

for

Primary School Teachers

December, 2016

2 Hours 150 points

Name _____________

School _____________

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Note: Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet.

Part I: Listening Test (30 points)

SECTION A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a passage or a conversation, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. What will the woman do if she fails the interview?

A. Stay at the present job. B. Take another work interview.

C. Work with her father. D. Start her own company.

2. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Linda and Peter are good friends. B. Linda and Peter want to work together.

C. Linda and Peter live in the same house. D. Linda and Peter work in different offices.

3. What do we know about the city now?

A. It is seriously polluted. B. The air is very clear.

C. There are few cars and factories. D. It remains what it was ten years ago.

4. Where is Miss Green most probably now?

A. In the bank. B. In the office.

C. In the hospital. D. In the travel agency.

5. What does the woman offer to do?

A. To fax the report. B. To write the report.

C. To copy the report. D. To email the report.

6. What does the woman offer to do?

A. Clean the bedroom. B. Pack up for traveling.

C. Water flowers. D. Cook the meal.

7. What does the woman mean?

A. She doesn’t live far away. B. She won’t buy a car this year.

C. She hasn’t made up her mind. D. She doesn’t like to drive.

8. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Travel on business. B. Fly to New York.

C. Prepare some documents. D. Have a holiday.

9. What does the woman say about the banana pie?

A. There is no more left. B. It doesn’t appeal to her.

C. It’s incredibly delicious. D. She has already tasted it.

10. What does the woman imply?

A. She is busy at the moment.

C. She has an appointment with Diana.


B. She is Diana’s friend.

D. She wants Diana to do her hair.

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SECTION B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages or conversations. At the end of each passage or conversation, you will hear some questions. The passage or conversation will be read only once. After you hear a passage or a conversation, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11. When do people have dreams?

A. As soon as they fall asleep.
B. When they are in deep sleep.

C. Right before they wake up.
D. After they sleep for about one hour.
12.
How long does the first dream usually last?

A. Two minutes.
B. Ten minutes.

C. Twenty minutes.
D. Thirty minutes.
13. When is a person likely to have more dreams?

A. When one is troubled with questions.
B. After one takes sleeping medicine.

C. If one is in a peaceful state of mind.
D. Before one falls into sound sleep.

Passage Two

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

14. Why do strange things happen to time when you travel?

A. The earth is divided into time zones.

B. Some countries have days fewer than twenty-four hours.

C. Different country has different time concept.

D. Some countries have weeks fewer than seven days.

15. What can we conclude about the Atlantic Ocean?

A. It is in one time zone.

B. It is divided into several time zones.

C. It cannot be crossed in a week.

D. It is divided into twenty-four time zones.

16. What is the International Date Line?

A. The beginning of any new time zone.

B. The point where time changes by one hour.

C. The point where a new day begins.

D. The point where a day only has twenty-three hours.

Passage Three

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

17. In the USA, if one makes a telephone call late at night, what does this mean?

A. It’s a long distance call. B. The matter is somewhat important.

C. It’s a matter of life and death. D. It doesn’t necessarily mean anything.

18. When is suitable for an invitation to a dinner party?

A. One or two days before the dinner date. B. A week before the dinner date.

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C. Three to six days before the dinner date. D. More than a week before the dinner date.

19. If a person is 5 minutes late, what should he do?

A. He should make a short apology. B. He should say a few words of explanation.

C. He should say nothing. D. He should promise not to be late again.

20. What does the speaker convey in this passage?

A. Time talks. B. Time should be valued.

C. Time lost is never regained. D. Time is money.

SECTION C COMPOUND DICTATION

Directions: In this section you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 27 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 28 to 30 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

In recent years, there have been an unusually large number of divorces in the United States.

In the past, when two people
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each other, they intended to stay together for life. While
today, many people marry

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that they can always get divorced if the marriage does not
work out. In the past, a large majority of the Americans were
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the idea of divorce.
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many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could

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Indeed, getting a divorce is very

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. However, since so many people have begun to take a
more
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view of marriage, it is interesting to know that the costs of getting a divorce are
lower. In fact, wherever you go in the United States today,

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. Hollywood

has always been known as the divorce capital of the world. The divorce rate among movie stars is

so high that it is difficult to know who is married to whom.

Today many movie stars

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Until marriage again becomes the serious and important part of people’s lives

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Part II: Reading Test (40 points)

Direction: Read the passages and answer the following questions. You get 30 minutes for this part. There are FOUR passages and 20 questions. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET.

Passage One

Only three years ago 41-year-old Lewis Winfield had a high-powered job in an investment bank, earning hundreds of thousands a year. With two children at top London schools and a house

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in the West End, he and his wife Jackie, a top divorce lawyer, led an often hectic social life involving a great deal of entertaining of clients and trips to the opera and theatre. But the couple did not live beyond their means and from the outside one would have said that they were extremely fortunate.

Surprisingly, perhaps, the background of both Lewis and Jackie was anything but privileged, both having been brought up on rough inner-city council estates where most children could expect to end up unemployed. But despite attending a dead-end school, Lewis was lucky enough to encounter a maths teacher who, recognizing his ability, gave him extra help, enabling him to get a scholarship to Oxford, which set him on the road to success.

However, even while making a mint at the bank Lewis felt unable to forget his background and his less fortunate childhood friends, who, most unusually for someone in his position, he still saw from time to time. Today he describes how at the age of 41 he felt so haunted by life's unfairness that he felt he could no longer justify what he described as his "absurdly inflated pay cheque”. Backed by Jackie, his wife, Lewis applied for a post working as the financial manager for a well-known charity that helped disadvantaged children. After a series of lengthy interviews, to his astonishment, Lewis was offered the job and today he can be found behind a desk in an office, which, while not dilapidated, is nothing like the impressive surroundings he was used to working in.

“I'm paid a fraction of what I used to get, but it’s the best move I’ve ever made in my life,” Lewis tells anyone willing to listen. “Whereas at the bank I always had the uneasy feeling my money was completely undeserved, here I’m certain I’m doing something worthwhile --- I know where every penny the charity brings in goes, that’s my job. We get reports on the families we help and the work we do makes a real difference in children’s lives. I feel comfortable with who I am. It’s a huge relief.”

Asked what his regrets are for the life he left behind, Lewis admits to missing the excitement that working in an investment bank generates. “There was a definite buzz around. But that’s it. Nothing else." Lewis Winfield, a man at ease with his conscience.

1. What kind of life did Lewis and his wife seem to have three years ago?

A. A life in which they spent more money than they had.

B. A life which was mostly spent with their family, when not working.

C. A good life but with some problems at work.

D. A privileged life.

2. Why was it rather surprising that Lewis had such a high-powered job?

A. Because Lewis did not do well at school.

B. Because although his school was good, Lewis did not do well there.

C. Because Lewis did not go to university.

D. Because Lewis was brought up in an area where children did not receive a good education.

3. Why did Lewis change his job?

A. Because he felt he had too much responsibility.

B. Because he wanted to help others who were not as lucky as him.

C. Because he wanted to help his childhood friends.

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D. Because he did not know what to do with his money.

4. What kind of job did Lewis take?

A. A job looking after money for a children's charity.

B. A job working with children who have difficult lives.

C. A job with a charity in which he writes reports on disadvantaged children.

D. A job with a charity that does not have much money.

5. What does Lewis feel now about his previous job?

A. There are many things he misses, but he wouldn't change his present job.

B. He enjoyed the lively atmosphere.

C. He does not like his previous job at all.

D. There was nothing he enjoyed about it.

Passage Two

Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbors, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.

Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favor marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.

So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.

A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: “People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”

6 William Farr’s study and other studies show that _________.

A. social life provides an effective cure for illness

B. being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life

C. women benefit more than men from marriage

D. marriage contributes a great deal to longevity

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7. Linda Waite’s studies support the idea that _________.

A. older men should quit smoking to stay healthy

B. marriage can help make up for ill health

C. the married are happier than the unmarried

D. unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life

8. It can be inferred from the context that the “flip side” (Line 4, Para. 2) refers to _________.

A. the disadvantages of being married

B. the emotional problems arising from marriage

C. the responsibility of taking care of one’s family

D. the consequence of a broken marriage

9. What does the author say about social networks?

A. They have effects similar to those of a marriage.

B. They help develop people’s community spirit.

C. They provide timely support for those in need.

D. They help relieve people of their life’s burdens.

10. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. It’s important that we develop a social network when young.

B. Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span.

C. To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network.

D. We should share our social networks with each other.

Passage Three

Airline companies are responsible for transporting your luggage. If you cannot recover it at the point of arrival, you must inform the airline immediately. They will carry out the necessary search. If the luggage is recovered, it will be