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Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

You'd think Pauline Hord would have served her time by now. After all, she recently celebrated her 90th birthday, and by the time she achieved that breathtaking (激动人心的，使人惊叹的) milestone, she'd already done a 10-year stretch in the Mississippi State Prison.

Ms. Hord is a sweet-natured, gentle-talking, white-haired Southerner who never owed a debt to society—thus, she never had to pay one. So you have to wonder what a woman like this is doing in a place where most people are itching to get loose. Unlike the rest of the population, Ms. Hord goes to prison freely and eagerly. And when she gets there, she persuades prisoners of every sort to sing little ditties (小诗，短歌谣) about their ABCs and XYZs.

At age 80, Ms. Hord began teaching prisoners to read during a chance visit to the State Prison with a lawyer friend. "When Igor there, I heard that a group of volunteer workers had been praying for a teacher. They asked me if I would come and I said I would be thrilled (非常激动的，高兴的) ,” she said.

On a personal level, Ms. Hord considers this rewarding work. "If you get at the reason why these men went into crime, you will find that none of them succeeded in their early years of schooling." "They went to school at 5 believing they were going to learn to read. When they didn't learn in the first or second grade, they realized something was wrong. By 8, they were having problems. By 12 or 13, they were drinking or using drugs. And it's getting worse. I'm seeing younger and younger prisoners who know less and less. They can't read well enough to function in this society." She says.

It is this situation that Ms. Hord goes to prison week after week to correct. And when her most difficult students finally begin to read, she is sure that she, too, knows why the caged birds sing,

Ms. Hord goes to prison eagerly to .

A．sing songs for the prisoners

B．teach the prisoners to read

C．pray for the prisoners

D．make friends with the prisoners

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

Most churches have Christmas Eve services. The services usually begin just before midnight on Christmas Eve and end early Christmas morning. It was not until the 4th century that the church in Rome began to celebrate Christmas. Midwinter festivals had always been celebrated by many peoples. The approach of the winter time, as the days grew shorter and colder and the sun seemed to threaten to disappear entirely, was time of fear. But the shortest day also meant that winter was leaving and that ahead were spring, the warmth of the sun and the return of vegetation (植被) of the fields.

The day before the vacation begins, schools have Christmas parties and prograrms. The children sing Christmas songs and recite Christmas poems. They trim their Christmas trees with strings of colored lights. They put glass ornaments on the trees. They throw little pieces of white paper over the trees and put white paper or a white sheet around the feet of the trees, so that they seem to be covered with snow. ,Sometimes they hang Christmas cookies and little candies around them. Little children hang up their stockings on Christmas Eve near their beds. and they believe that when they are asleep, Santa Claus will come to visit them and put presents into the stockings.

The Christmas Eve services lasts for ______ hours.

A．6

B．10

C．12

D．24

Task 3

Directions: The following is a passage. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline in the table below (No. 46 through 50). You should write your answers briefly (in no more than 3 words) on the blanks.

MEMO

To: Katherine Anderson, Manager

From: Stephen Black, Sales Department

Date: 19 November, 2010

Subject; Resignation (辞职)

Dear Ms. Katherine Anderson,

I am writing to inform. you of my intention to resign(辞职) from G&S Company.

I very much appreciate my four years' working for the company. The training has been excellent and I have gained valuable experience working within an efficient and friendly team environment. In particular, I am very grateful for your personal guidance during these first years of my career.

I feel now that it is time to further develop my knowledge and skills in a different environment.

I would like to leave, if possible, in a month's time on Saturday, 18 December. This will allow me to complete my current job responsibilities. I hope that this suggested arrangement is acceptable to the company.

Once again, thank you for your attention.

Memo

Date: 19 November, 2010

Memo to: Katherine Anderson,【46】______

Memo from: 【47】______ , Sales Department

Subject; Resignation

Years of working for G&.S Company: 【48】______

Reasons for leaving: to further develop【49】______ in another environment

Time of leaving the position: on 【50】______

【46】

Task3

Directions:Thefollowingisaletterrecommendingaproductafterreadingit;youarerequiredtocompletethe

outlinebelowit(No.46toNo.50).Youshouldwriteyouranswersbriefly(innotmoretitanthreewords)ontheAnswer

Sheetcorrespondingly.

PLRAirConditioningCenter

27WestStreet

PlainesCity

IAAmerica50705

March6,2004

Ms.LiChunhua,President

NewEraEngineeringGroup

26RenminStreet

Yangzhou,Jiangsu,China

225002

DearMs.Li,

ThankyouverymuchforallowingustopresenttoyouourrecommendationforaPLRAirConditioningSystem.

WewouldlikealsotoexpressourappreciationtoMr.ZhangandMrs.Wufortheirhelpaswecollected

thedatanecessaryforthisproposal.

Afterthoroughlyanalyzingyourcompany’sengineeringrequirements,webelievethatyouwillfindthisproposedPLRsystemsatisfactory.Itwillprovidethe

maximumreturnonyourinvestmentdollar.Inaddition,thePLR.systemprotectsyouagainstobsolescence(过时)inthenearfutureifyourbusinesscontinuestoexperiencethenormalgrowthyouhaveexperiencedinthelast

fewyears-becausetheequipmentPLRproposestoinstallisamodular(模块的)designtowhichyoumayaddadditionalunitsastheneedarises.

Webelievethatyouwillfindthissystempractical,efficient,andeconomicalfortheneedsofyourcompanyboth

nowandinthenearfuture.Itisoursincerehopethattheinformationintheenclosedproposalwillmakeyour

decisiontoinstallaPLRAirConditioningSystemmucheasier.

Sincerelyyours,

JamesP.Callahan

SalesManager

RecommendationofaProduct

Productrecommended:PLR46

PLR’sproposal:basedontheanalysisofthebuyer’s47

FeaturesoftheProduct:

1.it’sa48design;

2.it’spractical,49andeconomical;

DocumentEnclosed:a/the50

46_________

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Directions: Translate the following text into Chinese.

One of the great charms of Lawrence as a companion was that he could never be bored and so could never be boring. He was able to absorb himself completely in which he was doing at the moment, and he regarded no task as too humble for him to undertake, nor too trivial that it was not worth his while to do it well. He could cook, he could sew, he could dam a stocking and milk a cow, he was an efficient woodcutter and a good hand at embroidery, fire always burned when he laid them and a floor, after Lawrence had scrubbed it, was thoroughly clean. Moreover, he possessed what is, for a highly-strung and highly intelligent man, an even more remarkable accomplishment: he knows how to do nothing. He could just sit and be perfectly content. And his contentment, while one remained in his company, was infectious.

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

Walt Whitman is often called the poet of American democracy(民主). He lived during the American Civil War, and he admired president Abraham Lincoln very much.

Whitman was the first American poet who wrote about true equality among all other people. In a poem called Song of Myself he compared himself to all other people, and he found no difference. He wrote,

"...every atom belonging to me...belongs to you".

In the same poem Whitman spoke up for women. He wrote,

"The Female equally with the Male I sing".

He also wrote,

"In the faces of men and women I see God".

And "A great city is that which has the greatest men and women".

Whitman understood war and the results of war. He worked in a hospital, taking care of wounded men. In a description of northern soldiers who had returned from prisons in the south he wrote, "The sight is worse than any sight of battle fields or any collection of the wounded, even the bloodiest". In Whitman's words, "The real war will never get in the books."

Whitman was the first important American poet to write about ordinary people with ordinary language.

Through Whitman's lines, we can see ______.

A．he wanted to sing a song for himself

B．he was very proud of himself

C．his strong feeling towards the true equality among all people

D．it is God that created man

Task5

Directions:ThereisapieceofVisitorsAdvicebelow.Afterreadingit,youshouldgivebriefanswerstothe5questions

(No.56toNo.60)thatfollow.

Theanswers(innotmorethan3words)shouldbewrittenafterthecorrespondingnumbersontheAnswerSheet.

Wehopethatbyobservingthefollowingpointsyouwillenjoyyourvisitto

ChristChurchwithoutdisturbingthelifeofthecollege.

*PleaseobeyallnoticesanddonotentertheareasmarkedPrivate.

*Pleasedonotenteranycollegemoms.

*Pleaseavoidleavinglitter(杂物);picnickingwithinthecollegeisnotpermitted.

*Pleasedonotsmoke.

*Pleasedonotgathersoastoobstruct(阻塞)pathsorpassages,particularlyintheHall.

*Pleasebeasquietaspossible,rememberingthatthisisacollegewherepeopleareworking.

*Intheeventofafireorotherdanger,orifyouhearafirealarmorwarning,please

leavethebuildingwithoutdelay.Atalltimespleasefollowtheadviceofthe

Custodians(保安人员)whoareheretohelpyou.

*Closedcircuittelevisionsurveillance(监视)isinoperation.Imagesarebeing

recordedforpurposesofcrimepreventionandpublicsafety.

*ThankyouforvisitingChristChurch.Ifyouhaveanycommentspleasewriteto:

TheSteward,ChristChurch,OxfordOX11DP

56.Whatisthenameoftheplaceopentotourists?

It’s

Task 2

Directions: This task is the same as Task 1. The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 through 45.

As the cost of "v-mail" (video mail) service drops, an "I miss you" message from a far away sweetheart or a "Happy Birthday" serenade(小夜曲) from Grandma could soon be winging its way to your mailbox. A variety of companies have recently introduced cheap video-mail offerings that manage to force a one-minute multimedia(多媒体) message to the size of a one-page Word document. And the prices of web cameras—ranging from $25 to $150—are dropping fast. According to a recent Forrester Research study in the US, 94% of Internet users send an e-mail at least once a week, and 41% send pictures through e-mail once a week, which shows a huge market.

A number of Internet service providers believe that consumers will be eager to use voice and video e-mail. AT&T WorldNet, Microsoft Corp's WebTV, Yahoo, to name a few, have all jumped on the v-mail bandwagon(乐队花车). All that's required is a standard web camera and video-mall software, some suppliers charge a monthly fee for either an unlimited or set amount of v-mails. But while the technology is predicted to make in-roads in one's mailbox, it will likely be a while before it becomes a favored tool of advertisers.

v-mail service may provide a mail service together with ______.

A．pictures and sound

B．letters and documents

C．an "I miss you" message

D．a "Happy Birthday" serenade

To which of the following statements would Ms. Cole most likely agree?

A．Involve pet therapy into normal cures.

B．Feed pets in every family.

C．Use the dogs in scientific research.

D．Avoid patient's encounter with dogs.

What will happen the following day?

A．Gwen and Ms. West will meet.

B．Ms. West will reserve a hotel room.

C．Gwen will meet with a modeling agency.

D．Ms. West will give a presentation.