B. The use fewer of the deferential linguistic forms. C. They confuse male and female forms of language. D. They employ very strong linguistic expressions.
53. How do some people react to women’s appropriation of men’s language forms as reported in the Japanese media?
A. They call for a campaign to stop the defeminization. B. They see it as an expression of women’s sentiment. C. They accept it as a modern trend. D. They express strong disapproval.
54. According to Yoshiko Matsumoto, the linguistic behavior observed in today’s young women ______.
A. may lead to changes in social relations B. has been true of all past generations C. is viewed as a sign of their maturity D. is a result of rapid social progress
55. The author believes that the use of assertive language by young Japanese women is ______.
A. a sure sign of their defeminization and maturation B. an indication of their defiance against social change
C. one of their strategies to compete in a male-dominated society D. an inevitable trend of linguistic development in Japan today Section B (10 points, 2 points each)
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete
statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on the Answer Sheet.
A few years ago it was fashionable to speak of a generation gap, a division between young people and their elders. Parents complained that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all. What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually, the generation gap has been around for a long time. Many critics argue that it is built into the fabric of our society.
One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own life styles. In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and approve of, and often to continue the family occupation. In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the
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family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents.
In our upwardly mobile society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do. Often, however, the ambitions that parents have for their children are another cause of the division between them. Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other.
Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations. In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become obsolete（过时的）overnight. The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.
No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature of American life for some time to come. Its causes are rooted in the freedoms and opportunities of our society, and in the rapid pace at which society changes.
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56. What can be the title of the passage? 57. What is a generation?
It is a division between________________________________________________ 58. One cause of generation gap from parents is that parents often have expected_____ __________________ of their children.
59. According to the tradition, when children grow up, they should ________________ as their parents expect.
60. The root causes of the generation gap are __________________ and rapid changes of our society.
Part IV Error Detection and Correction (10 points, 1 point each)
Directions: The following passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a
maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved you should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. Write down your correction on the Answer Sheet.
For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct
one in the blank provided at the end of the line.
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For a missing word,
For an unnecessary word
mark the position of the missing word with a “Λ” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Cross the unnecessary with a slash “/” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.
Example:
When Λ art museum wants a new exhibit, it (1) an never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never them on the wall When a natural history
museum wants an exhibition, it must often build (3) exhibit it.
Until the very latest moment of his existence, man has been bound to the planet on which he originated and developed. Now
he had the capability to leave that planet and move out into the (61) universe to those worlds which he has known previously: only
directly. Men have explored parts of the moon, put spaceships in (62) orbit around another planet and possibly within the decade will land into another planet and explore it. (63)
Can we be too bold as to suggest that we may be able to (64) colonize other planet within the not-too-distant future? Some have (65) advocated such a procedure as a solution to the population problem: ship the excess people off to the moon. But we must
keep in head the billions of dollars we might spend in carrying out (66) the project. To maintain the earth’s population at its present level, we would have to blast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day of the year.
Why are we spending so little money on space exploration? (67) Consider the great need for improving many aspects of the global (68) environment, one is surely justified in his concern for the money
and resources that they are poured into the space exploration (69) efforts. But perhaps we should look at both sides of the coin before arriving hasty conclusions. (70)
Part V Translation (15 points, 3 points each)
Directions: Translate the following paragraphs into Chinese. Write your Chinese
version in the proper space on Answer Sheet..
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The nations meeting here in Shanghai understand what is at stake. If we do not stand against terrorism now, every civilized nation will at some point be its target. We will defeat the terrorists by destroying their network, wherever it is found. We will also defeat the terrorists by building an enduring prosperity that promises more opportunity and better lives for all the world’s people.
The countries of the Pacific Rim made the decision to open themselves up to the world, and the result is one of the great development success stories of our time. The peoples of this region are more prosperous, healthier, and better educated than they were only two decades ago. And this progress has proved what openness can accomplish.
Part VI Writing (20 points)
Directions: For this part you are allowed 30minutes to write a short essay entitled
Help Children to Complete Basic Education. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. 许多偏远地区的孩子不能接受基础教育 2. 我们要怎样帮助他们
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