2017年雏雁-高中英语试卷.doc

English Test

for

Senior High 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 comprehension (30 points)

Section A Mini-lecture

In 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 the ANSWER SHEET .

What Can We Learn from Art?

I. Introduction

A. Differences between general history and art history.

─ focus

─ general history:(1)

─ art history: political values, emotions, everyday life, etc.

B. Significance of study

More information and better understanding of human society and civilization.

II. Types of information

A. Information in history book is
(2)

─ facts, but no opinions

B. Information in art history is subjective.

─ (3)and opinions

e.g. ─ Spanish painters’ works: misuse of governmental power

─ Mexican artists’ works: attitudes towards social problems

III. Art as a reflection of religious beliefs

A. Europe: (4) in pictures in churches

B. Middle East: pictures of flowers and patterns in mosques, places

Reason: human and (5) are not seen as holy.

C. Africa and the Pacific Islands: masks, headdresses and costumes in special

ceremonies

Purpose: to seek the help of
(6)
to protect crops, animal and people

IV. Perception of Art

How people see art is related to their cultural background.

A. Europeans and Americans

─ (7)

─ expression of ideas B. People in other places
─ part of everyday life

─ (8)use

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V. Art as a reflection of social changes

A. Cause of changes:
(9)

of different cultures
B. Changes

─ tribal people: effects of

(10)
on art forms

─ European artists: influence of African traditional art in their works

─ American and Canadian artists: study of Japanese painting

Section B Interview

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

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 Nigel, most problems of air travel are caused by _________.

A. unfavourable weather conditions

B. airports’ handling capacity

C. inadequate ticketing service

D. overbooking

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as compensation for volunteers for the next flight out?

A. Free ticket.

B. Free phone call.

C. Cash reward.

D. Seat reservation.

3. Why does Nigel suggest that business travelers avoid big airports?

A. Because all flights in and out of there are full.

B. Because the volume of traffic is heavy.

C. Because there are more popular flights.

D. Because there are more delays and cancellations.

4. According to Nigel, inexperienced travelers are likely to make the following mistakes EXCEPT _________.

A. booking on less popular flights

B. buying tickets at full price

C. carrying excessive luggage

D. planning long business trips

5. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?

A. The possibility of discounts depends on a travel agent’s volume of business.

B. Longer flights to the same destination may be cheaper.

C. It is advisable to plan every detail of a trip in advance.

D. Arranging for stopovers can avoid overnight travel.

Section C News Broadcast

In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

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Questions 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 happened on Monday?

A. A train crash occurred causing minor injuries.

B. Investigators found out the cause of the accident.

C. Crews rescued more passengers from the site.

D. A commuter train crashed into a building.

Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.

7. Which of the following was NOT on the agenda of the G20 meeting?

A. Iraq debts.

B. WTO talks.

C. Financial disasters.

D. Possible sanctions.

8. The G20 is a(an) _________ organization.

A. international

B. European

C. regional

D. Asian

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the two questions. Now listen to the news.

9. The UN Charter went into effect after _________.

A. it was signed by the 50 original member countries

B. it was approved by the founders and other member countries

C. it was approved by the founding members

D. it was signed by the founding members

10. Which of the following best describes the role of the Charter?

A. The Charter only describes power of the UN bodies.

B. The Charter mainly aims to promote world economy.

C. The Charter is a treaty above all other treaties.

D. The Charter authorizes reforms in UN bodies.

Part II. Reading comprehension (40 points)

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

Questions 1-5 are based on Passage 1.

We have a crisis on our hands. You mean global warming? The world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Who’s responsible? Actually, it’s more like, what is responsible? The Internet, of

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course, and everything that comes with it --- Facebook, Twitter. You can write your own list.

There’s been a warning about the imminent death of literate civilization for a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to spell doom for the written world. None did. Reading survived; in fact it not only survived, it has flourished. The world is more literate than ever before --- there are more and more readers, and more and more books.

The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Take the arrival of e-book readers as an example. Devices like Kindle make reading more convenient and are a lot more environmentally friendly than the traditional paper book.

As technology makes new ways of writing possible, new ways of reading are possible. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading experience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations, an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links: to texts, pictures, and videos. In the future, the way people write novels, history, and philosophy will resemble nothing seen in the past.

On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization. One Twitter group is offering its followers single-sentence-long “digests” of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span --- that we will be incapable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.

In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to let it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone utterly in tune with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.

In the 15th century, Johannes Guttenberg’s invention of the printing press in Europe had a huge impact on civilization. Once upon a time the physical book was a challenging thing. We should remember this before we assume that technology is out to destroy traditional culture.

1. Which of the following paragraphs briefly reviews the historical challenges for reading?

A. Paragraph One.

B. Paragraph Two.

C. Paragraph Three.

D. Paragraph Four.

2. The following are all cited as advantages of e-books EXCEPT .

A. multimodal content

B. environmental friendliness

C. convenience for readers

D. imaginative design

3. Which of the following can best describe how the author feels toward single-sentence-long novels?

A. Ironic.

B. Worried.

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C. Sarcastic.

D. Doubtful.

4. According to the passage, people need knowledge of modern technology and to survive in the fast-changing society.

A. good judgment

B. high sensitivity

C. good imagination

D. the ability to focus

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.

B. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.

C. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading.

D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice.

Questions 6-10 are based on Passage 2.

These days lots of young Japanese do omiai, literally, “meet and look.” Many of them do so willingly. In today’s prosperous and increasingly conservative Japan, the traditional omiai kekkon, or arranged marriage, is thriving.

But there is a difference. In the original omiai, the young Japanese couldn’t reject the partner chosen by his parents and their middleman. After World War II, many Japanese abandoned the arranged marriage as part of their rush to adopt the more democratic ways of their American conquerors. The Western ren’ai kekkon, or love marriage, became popular; Japanese began picking their own mates by dating and falling in love.

But the Western way was often found wanting in an important respect: it didn’t necessarily produce a partner of the right economic, social, and educational qualifications. “Today’s young people are quite calculating,” says Chieko Akiyama, a social commentator.

What seems to be happening now is a repetition of a familiar process in the country’s history, the “Japanization” of an adopted foreign practice. The Western ideal of marrying for love is accommodated in a new omiai in which both parties are free to reject the match. “Omiai is evolving into a sort of stylized introduction,” Mrs. Akiyama says.

Many young Japanese now date in their early twenties, but with no thought of marriage. When they reach the age --- in the middle twenties for women, the late twenties for man --- they increasingly turn to omiai. Some studies suggest that as many as 40% of marriages each year are omiai kekkon. It’s hard to be sure, say those who study the matter, because many Japanese couples, when polled, described their marriage as a love match even if it was arranged.

These days, doing omiai often means going to a computer matching service rather than to a nakodo. The nakodo of tradition was an old woman who knew all the kids in the neighborhood and went around trying to pair them off by speaking to their parents; a successful math would bring her a wedding invitation and a gift of money. But Japanese today find it’s less awkward to reject a proposed partner if the nakodo is a computer.

Japan has about five hundred computer matching services. Some big companies, including Mitsubishi, run one for their employees. At a typical commercial service, an applicant pays $80 to $125 to have his or her personal data stored in the computer for

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two years and $200 or so more if a marriage results. The stored information includes some obvious items, like education and hobbies, and some not-so-obvious ones, like whether a person is the oldest child. (First sons, and to some extent first daughters, face an obligation of caring for elderly parents.)

6. According to the passage, today’s young Japanese prefer .

A. a traditional arranged marriage

B. a new type of arranged marriage

C. a Western love marriage

D. a more Westernized love marriage

7. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A. A Western love marriage tends to miss some Japanese values.

B. Less attention is paid to the partner’s qualification in arranged marriages.

C. Young Japanese would often calculate their partner’s wealth.

D. A new arranged marriage is a repetition of the older type.

8. According to the passage, the figure 40% (Paragraph Five) is uncertain because .

A. there has been a big increase in the number of arranged marriages

B. Western love marriage still remains popular among young Japanese

C. young Japanese start dating very early in their life in a Western tradition

D. the tendency for arranged marriages could be stronger than is indicated

9. One of the big differences between a traditional nakodo and its contemporary

version lies in the way .

A. wedding gifts are presented

B. a proposed partner is refused

C. formalities are arranged

D. the middleman/woman is chosen

10. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

A. To tell the differences between an old and modern nakodo.

B. To provide some example for the traditional nakodo.

C. To offer more details of the computerized nakodo.

D. To sum up the main ideas and provide a conclusion.

Questions 11-15 are based on Passage 3.

Virtually everything astronomers known about objects outside the solar system is based on the detection of photons-quanta of electromagnetic radiation. Yet there is another form of radiation that permeates the universe: neutrinos (中微子). With (as its name implies) no electric charge, and negligible mass, the neutrino interacts with other particles so rarely that a neutrino can cross the entire universe, even traversing substantial aggregations of matter, without being absorbed or even deflected. Neutrinos can thus escape from regions of space where light and other kinds of electromagnetic radiation are blocked by matter. Furthermore, neutrinos carry with them information about the site and circumstances of their production: therefore, the detection of cosmic neutrinos could provide new information about a wide variety of cosmic phenomena and about the history of the universe.

But how can scientists detect a particle that interacts so