年月级考试试卷（第套）

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[00:04.76]Part Ⅱ Listening Comprehension                     （25minutes）

[00:08.95]Section A

[00:11.44]Directions: In this section, you will hearthree news reports. At the end of each

[00:17.99]          news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report

[00:23.11]          and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question,

[00:29.69]          you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B),

[00:35.30]          C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on  Answer Sheet 1 

[00:41.33]          with a single line through the centre.

[00:45.45]Questions 1 and 2 will be based on thefollowing news item.

[00:50.30]   Employers have the right to monitor their workers’ online privatemessages，

[00:54.02]according to a ruling by the European Courtof Human Rights(ECHR).

[00:58.61] It comes after a Romanian man was fired forsending personal messages while at work.

[01:06.83]The Strasbourg court sided on Tuesday withthe employer of a Romanian engineer

[01:12.25]who was dismissed from his job after usingYahoo Messenger to communicate

[01:16.72]with his fiancee while at work.

[01:19.28]   During his time as an engineer，Bogdan Barbulescu was asked

[01:23.33]by his employer to create a Yahoo Messengeraccount to answer his clients’ queries.

[01:29.13] However, he was informed in July that hehad breached company rules

[01:33.59]by using the program for personal reasons，andwas subsequently sacked.

[01:39.10] Barbulescu took his ease against Romania tothe human rights court later,

[01:43.86] alleging that his employer’s decision toend his contract was based

[01:49.25] on a violation of his right to confidentialcorrespondence.

[01:53.47]1. What is legal for employers according tothe ECHR?

[02:14.77]2. What can we learn about BogdanBarbulescu?

[02:35.27]Questions 3 and 4 will be based on thefollowing news item.

[02:40.44]    Atthe Sifa Primary School outside Nairobi，Kenya，

[02:43.62]students pay their tuition with a new, localcurrency called the pesa.

[02:49.09] The school is one of several institutionsthat accept the community currency.

[02:54.71]The currency is widely used by people in theGatina Village.

[02:59.11]The pesas are equal in value to the Kenyanshilling and can be spent

[03:03.27]in the community just like cash. The newcurrency gives poor people

[03:08.46]more buying power than they would otherwisehave.

[03:11.96]If members of the community have a shortageof the national currency,

[03:17.88]they can use the community currency to getaccess to the goods and services they may need.

[03:22.17]   The non-profit group Grassroots Economics introduced the currency herelast year.

[03:28.00] Community currency programs are being setup by non-profit organizations across the world.

[03:34.74]They help poor communities increase tradeand create jobs，

[03:39.14]according to Grassroots Economics，basedin Mombasa, Kenya.

[03:43.30]It does not replace but rather supplementsthe national currency system，

[03:48.25]reported the non-profit group.

[03:52.55]3. What is the advantage of the pesa?

[04:10.11]4. What can we learn about the GrassrootsEconomics?

[04:29.54]Questions 5 to 7 will be based on thefollowing news item.

[04:34.49]   Health officials in Brazil have declared a state of emergency in severalstates.

[04:39.29]They are also warning women not to getpregnant.

[04:42.67]These extreme actions are the result of arecent rise in birth defects.

[04:47.17] About 2,400 babies in Brazil were bornrecently with extremely small heads.

[04:55.18]   The babies have a condition called microcephaly(小头畸形).

[04:58.63] Microcephaly causes severe brain damage. Todate，29 of these babies have died.

[05:05.49] The number of microcephaly cases in Brazilis about 10 times higher than

[05:10.43] what the country usually sees in a year.

[05:13.28]   The US Center for Disease Control says the link between a virusinfection

[05:17.84]and microcephaly is being investigated. Thevirus is called Zika.

[05:23.44] Zika is spread by mosquitos. Some babies inBrazil

[05:27.90]with microcephaly have tested positive forthe Zika virus while others have tested negative.

[05:34.04]The CDC says that Brazil reported its firstcase of Zika virus in May 2015. Since then，

[05:41.86]the virus has spread and has causedinfections in many Brazilian states

[05:46.50] and other countries in Latin America.

[05:50.66]5. What situation is Brazil facing?

[06:10.36]6. How many deaths have been reported so far?

[06:30.53]7. What is related to the situation according to the CDC?

[06:51.16]Section B

[06:52.38]Directions: In this section, you will heartwo long conversations. At the end of each

[06:59.83]           conversation, you will hear fourquestions. Both the conversation and

[07:05.78]          the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you

[07:11.41]          must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)

[07:18.19]          and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a

[07:23.35]          single line through the centre.

[07:30.94]Conversation One

[07:32.78]W: Hi Leo, why do you say English wouldbecome the world language?

[07:37.16]M: Well, for one thing, it’s so commonlyused.

[07:38.46]The only language that is used by morepeople is  Chinese.

[07:43.44]W: Why is English spoken by so many people?

[07:46.52]M: It’s spoken in many countries of theworld because of the British Empire.  Andnow of course

[07:51.89] there is the influence of America as well.

[07:54.30]W: Many students find English a difficultlanguage to learn.

[07:57.87]M: Oh, all languages are difficult to learn.But English does have two great advantages.

[08:03.60]W: What are they?

[08:04.86]M: Well, first of all, it has a veryinternational vocabulary. It has many German, Dutch,  French,

[08:12.92]  Spanish and Italian words in it，so speakers of those languageswill find many familiar words in

[08:18.85]  English. In fact, English has words from many other languages as well.

[08:23.81]W: Why is that?

[08:25.19]M: Well, partly because English speakershave travelled a lot, they bring back words with them.

[08:30.58]   SoEnglish really does have an international vocabulary.

[08:34.31]W: And what is the other advantage ofEnglish?

[08:37.09]M: It’s that English grammar is really quiteeasy. For example, it doesn’t have dozens of different

[08:43.33]  endings for its nouns, adjectives and verbs, not like Latin, Russian andGerman for example.

[08:49.75]W: Why is that?

[08:51.23]M: Well, it’s quite interestingactually.  It’s because of theFrench.  When the French ruled

[08:56.40]  England, French was the official language, and only the common peoplespoke English. They

[09:01.77]  tried to make their language as simple as possible. So they made thegrammar easier.

[09:17.05]8. What does the man say about Chinese?

[09:35.63]9. What made English a widely used language?

[09:53.60]10. What is said to be special about Englishvocabulary?

[10:08.81]11. Why is English grammar easy?

[10:16.94]Conversation Two

[10:18.58]M: Hello. Yes?

[10:19.69]W: Hello. Is that the sales department?

[10:22.14]M: Yes, it is.

[10:23.33]W: Oh, well, my name is Jane Kingsbury ofGPF limited. Um, we need some supplies for our

[10:30.47]  design office.

[10:31.76]M: Oh, what sort?

[10:33.65]W: Well, first of all, we need one completenew drawing board.

[10:37.46]M: DO44 or DO45?

[10:40.67]W: Ah, I don’t know.  What’s the difference?

[10:43.63]M: Well, the 45 costs 15 pounds more.

[10:46.38]W: Um, so what’s the total price then?

[10:49.42]M: It’s 387 pounds.

[10:51.99]W: Does that include value-added tax?

[10:54.83]M: Oh, I’m not sure.  Most of the prices do. Yes, I think it does.

[11:00.09]W: Um, what are the boards actually made of?

[11:02.72]M: Oh, I don’t know.  I think it’s a sort, of plastic stuff thesedays. It’s white anyway,

[11:08.11]W: Um… And how long does it take to deliver?

[11:11.32]M: Oh, I couldn’t really say. It depends onhow much work we’ve got and how many other orders

[11:16.33]  there are to send out, you know.

[11:18.08]W: OK. Now we also want some drawing pens,ink and rulers, and some drawing paper.

[11:24.75]M: Oh dear. The girl who takes all those supplies isn’t here this morning, so Ican’t take those

[11:29.97]  orders for you.

[11:31.35]I only do the equipment you see.

[11:33.44]W: OK. Well, perhaps I’ll ring backtomorrow.

[11:36.12]M: So do you want the drawing board then?

[11:38.72]W: Oh, I have to think about it. Thanks very much.  I’ll let youknow.  Good-bye.

[11:42.63]M: Thank you. Good-bye.

[11:50.85]12. What is the woman’s purpose in makingthe phone call?

[12:09.94]13. What do we learn about the man from theconversation?

[12:29.09]14. What does the man say about delivery?

[12:47.83]15. What does the woman say she willpossibly do tomorrow?

[13:07.74]Section C

[13:09.02]Directions: In this section, you will hearthree passages. At the end of each

[13:15.44]          passage, you will hear three or four questions. Both the passage and

[13:19.55]          the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you

[13:24.75]         must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C)

[13:31.10]         and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on  Answer Sheet 1  with a

[13:36.37]         single line through the centre.

[13:40.94]Passage One

[13:42.51]    Noone knows for sure just how old kites are. In fact, they have been

[13:47.69]in use for centuries. 25 centuries ago,kites were well known in China.

[13:54.22]These first kites were probably made ofwood.

[13:57.33] They may even have been covered with silk,because silk were used a lot at that time.

[14:03.02] Early kites were built for certain uses. In ancient China,

[14:07.14] they were used to carry ropes to crossrivers. Once across，

[14:11.34]the ropes were tied down and wooden bridgeswould hang for them.

[14:15.91]Legend tells “one general who flew musicalkites over the enemies’ camp.

[14:20.93] The enemy fled, believing the sounds to bethe warning voices of angels.

[14:25.86]By the 15th century, many people flew kitesin Europe.

[14:30.58] Marco Polo may have brought the kite backfrom his visit to China. 

[14:35.96]The kite has been linked to great names andevents.  For instance,

[14:41.04]Benjamin Franklin used the kite to provethat lightning is electricity. 

[14:46.42]He flew the kite in the storm. He did thisin order to draw lightning

[14:50.78]from the clouds. He tied a metal key and astrip of silk to the kite line.

[14:56.94] The silk ribbon would stop the lightningfrom passing through his body.

[15:02.03] Benjamin’s idea was first laughed at. But later on,

[15:05.45] it enlightened the invention of thelightning rod. With such grand history,

[15:10.23]kite flying is sure to remain anentertaining and popular sport.

[15:23.61]16. What does the speaker say about kites?

[15:40.47]17. What did ancient Chinese use kites todo?

[16:00.87]18. Why did Benjamin Franklin fly a kite inthe storm?

[16:20.67]Passage Two

[16:22.09]     Ihave learnt many languages, but I’ve not mastered them

[16:26.00]the way the professional interpreter or translatorhas. Still,

[16:30.52] they have opened doors for me.  They have allowed me the opportunity

[16:34.79]to seek jobs in international contexts andhelp me get those jobs.

[16:40.85] Like many people who have lived overseasfor a while,

[16:44.35]I simply got crazy about it. I can’t imageliving my professional

[16:49.28] or social life without internationalinteractions. Since 1977,

[16:56.19] I have spent much more time abroad than inthe United States.

[17:00.79] I like going to new places, eating newfoods and experiencing new cultures.

[17:07.30]  Ifyou can speak the language, it’s easier to get to know the country

[17:12.49]and its people. If I had the time and money,I would live for a year

[17:18.07]in as many countries as possible.  Beyond my career, my facility

[17:23.35] with languages has given me a few rareopportunities.  Once,

[17:29.08] Just after I returned from my year inVienna, I was asked to translate

[17:34.38]for a German judge at Olympic level horseevent and learned a lot about the sport.

[17:41.47]In Japan, once when l was in the studioaudience of a TV cooking show,

[17:46.69] I was asked to go up on the stage and tastethe beef dish that was being prepared

[17:52.74] and tell what I thought.  They asked “Was it as good as American beef?”

[17:58.65] It was very exciting for me to be onJapanese TV speaking

[18:03.69]in Japanese about how delicious the beefwas.

[18:13.26]19. What does the speaker say about herself?

[18:31.97]20. What does the speaker say about manypeople who have lived overseas for a while?

[18:53.28]21. How did the speaker’s experience of living in Vienna benefit her?

[19:13.56]22. What was the speaker asked to do in theJapanese studio?

[19:33.60]Passage Three

[19:35.01]    Dr.  Ben Carson grew up in a poor single-parenthouse-hold in Detroit.

[19:40.22] His mother, who had only a third-gradeeducation, worked two jobs cleaning bathrooms.

[19:46.78] To his classmates and even to his teachershe

[19:50.19] was thought of as the dumbest kid in theclass,

[19:53.10] according to his own not so fond memories.

[19:56.56]    Hehad a terrible temper, and once threatened to kill another child.

[20:01.38]Dr. Carson was headed down a path ofself-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.

[20:08.19]  Hismother convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him

[20:12.70]from leading a life of failure-laid downsome rules. He could not

[20:17.47]watch television except for two programs aweek, could not play

[20:21.56]with his friends after school until hefinished his homework,

[20:25.50]and had to read two books a week, and writebook reports about them.

[20:30.26]His mother’s strategy worked. “Of course, Ididn’t know she couldn’t read.

[20:35.17] So there I was submitting these reports,”he said. 

[20:38.49]“She would put check marks on them like shehad been reading them.

[20:42.31] As I began to read about scientists,economists and philosophers,

[20:46.58]I started imaging myself in their shoes.”  As he got into the habit of hard work,

[20:52.74] his grades began to soar. Ultimately hereceived a scholarship

[20:57.56]to attend Yale University, and later he wasadmitted to the University

[21:02.12] of Michigan Medical School. He is now aleading surgeon at Johns Hopkins Medical School

[21:08.24]and he is also the author of three books.

[21:20.06]23. What do we learn about Ben Carson?

[21:37.08]24. What did Ben Carson’s classmates andteachers think of him when he was first at school?

[22:00.08]25. What did Ben Carson’s mother tell him todo when he was a school boy?