A) educators are supposed to guide students to study topics outside the regular
curriculum
B) educators are supposed to push students through the required materials C) students do need work hard so as to finish their courses as early as they can D) students should compete against each other to win the first place
54. What does highly intelligent children need most when they navigate complex subjects?
A) Good mentors. B) Encouragement from teachers and parents. C) Recognition of their smartness. D) Intellectual stimulation.
55. The best title for this passage is __________. A) More Activities Provided for Bright Kids B) Two Central Approaches
C) Why Bring Out Gifted Children?s Potential D) Acceleration and Enrichment
Passage Four
Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage:
Where do our favourite foods come from? The truth may surprise you. Did you know curry isn't Indian? Did you know Americans weren't the first to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn't created in Italy?
First, let's talk about curry. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. But in reality, wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these dishes caught on in other parts of England.
As for Pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia(what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s - nearly one thousand years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy!
Finally, let's look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.
Where foods come from isn't nearly as important as how they taste - delicious! So, go get some of your favourite food and dig in. 56. What is the main idea of this passage? A) Curry was first used in England.
B) It is healthy to eat foods from different countries. C) People created fast food long ago.
D) People may not know the true origin of certain foods. 57. Which is probably true about British curry dishes in the 1400s? A) The dishes did not have any meat. B) The spices cost a lot. C) People ate curry on special days. D) Only sailors often ate curry. 58. The writer claims the pizza probably originated in Iran because __________ A) the Persians ate flat bread with cheese 500 years before pizzas appeared in
Naples. B) the Italians didn't eat pizza until more than a thousand years after the Persians. C) the Italians didn't eat pizza until 500 years after the Persians.
D) the Persians ate flat bread with cheese almost a thousand years before the
Italians made pizza. 59. Who introduced hamburgers to America?
A) German sailors. B ) American sailors. C) Italian sailors. D) Persian sailors. 60. According to the passage, we can learn that __________. A) people often judge the value of a food by its origin.
B) where foods originate is as important as how they taste. C) where foods originate isn't as important as how they taste. D) people often judge the taste of a food by its origin.
Part III．Cloze: (10 %)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D) below the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Computer will make a first-rate education available to every child. Artificial intelligence, still in its beginning stages, will_____61___ an important role in the educational system of 2019. In just___62____ years, there will be machines with twenty-five_______63____ the power of today?s IBM Personal Computers. Program____64____ to the point of being able to sense_____65_____ you don?t understand and help you along. Within a decade, computer will be able to see, listen, talk_____66____ languages_____67___ from English to Japanese, learn and make judgments. ___68___ will become a child?s lifelong companion.
In the lower_____69___, students will work with computers to learn mathematics, reading—with computerized sound_____70____ pronunciation— and writing. Every Friday, the computers could print____71_____ progress reports and make suggestions____72____ how to improve a learning weakness.
___73____ replacing teachers, computers will supplement them____74____ students not doing well in particular subjects can get extra help_____75___ advanced students will use the computers to work above and ____76_____ the regular course materials.
At the college level, some campuses are already ____77______ into giant computer networks, ______78_____ everyone is on-line with everyone else. Students write term papers on the computers and then _____79_____ them on-line to their professors, who return them electronically graded and marked with comments. Using computers, satellites, and video, schools in the smallest rural communities and schools in the largest cities will be able to receive the same level of ____80____. Tele-video classrooms are already being used widely and will become increasingly
important as a teaching tool.
61. A) have B) act C) play D) take 62. A) few B) a few C) quite a few D) a few of 63. A)sizes B) times C) volumes D) measurements 64. A) have advanced B) advanced C) will have advanced D) take 65. A) that B) all that C) which D) what 66. A) in B) by C) with D) on 67. A) range B) ranged C) ranging D) to range 68. A) Computer B) The computer C) Computers D) A computer 69. A) classes B) grades C) schools D) ages 70. A) demonstrating B) pretending C) performing D) acting 71. A) off B) out C) out of D) / 72. A) about B) of C) at D) in 73. A) Substitute B) Instead of C) By D) With 74. A) so B) so as to C) so that D) that 75. A) during B) though C) as long as D) while 76. A) beyond B) within C) out of D) under 77. A) imagined B) linked C) united D) summoned 78. A) which B) there C) where D) what 79. A) supply B) send C) throw D) hand 80. A) inspiration B) investigation C) interference D) instruction
Part IV. Translation (15%)
Section A English-Chinese Translation (10 points)
Directions: Translate the underlined sentences of the following passage into Chinese.
Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet.
In such a changing, complex society, formerly simple solutions to informational needs become complicated. (81) Many of life?s problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve. Where to turn for expert information and how to determine which expert advice to accept are questions facing many people today.
In addition to this, there is the growing mobility of people since World War II. As
families move away from their stable community, their friends of many years, and their extended family relationships, the informal flow of information is cut off, and with it the confidence that information will be available when needed and will be trustworthy and reliable. (82)The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off. Thus, things once learned subconsciously through the casual communications of the extended family must be consciously learned.
Adding to social changes today is an enormous stockpile of information. (83) The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time-consuming and sometimes even overwhelming. Coupled with the growing quantity of information is the development of technologies which enable the storage and delivery of more information with greater speed to more locations than has ever been possible before. Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine readable files, and to program computers to locate specific information. Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and, very shortly, electronic mail, to bombard people with multitudes of messages. Satellites have extended the power of communications to report events at the instant of occurrence. Expertise can be shared worldwide through teleconferencing, and problems in dispute can be settled without the participants leaving their homes and / or jobs to travel to a distant conference site. (84)Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.
In this world of change and complexity, the need for information is of greatest importance. (85) Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. “Knowledge is power” may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.
81. Many of life?s problems which were solved by asking family members, friends or colleagues are beyond the capability of the extended family to resolve.
82.The almost unconscious flow of information about the simplest aspects of living can be cut off.