年3月中口筆試真題及參考答案

SECTION1:LISTENINGTEST

PartA:SpotDictation

Direction:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassageandreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheblankswiththewordsyouhaveheardonthetape.WriteyouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwillhearthepassageONLYONCE.

Everyhumanbeingisfallible;wemakemistakes.InAmericawhenamistakehasbeenmade,itisconsideredfittingfortheperson________(1)toacknowledgehisorhererrorandtoapologizetoanyonewhohasbeeninconvenienced.Even________(2)areexpectedtoadmittheirmistakesandapologizeforthem.Tryingto________(3)amistakeanddenyingyourguiltareconsideredtobeindicativeofserious________(4).

Ifyoumakeamistakethat________(5)agroupofpeople,apublicapologyisconsideredthebestmethodfor________(6).Ifthemistakewasaseriousone,orifsomepeoplewereinconveniencedmorethanothers,thenthe________shouldfollowthepublicapologywithprivateonesto________(8).

Itisespeciallyimportantforexecutivesandcompanyheadstobeabletoadmittheirmistakes.Sometimesleadersareafraidthatifthey________(9),theywilllosetherespectoftheiremployees.Actually________(10)ifyouarehonestwithyouremployeesandyourself,________(11),andshowthatyouarewillingtoacceptblamewhenyoumakeamistake,thenyouremployeeswillbe________(12)you.Theywillalsobemorelikelytoadmittheirownmistakes.

Ifyou________(13)oneperson,itisusuallybesttoapologizetothatpersonalone,unlessyourmistake________(14)byalargegroupofpeople.Forexample,ifLeonard________(15)toMr.Toddduringacommitteemeeting,itwouldbe________(16)forLeonardtoapologizetoMr.Toddatthenextcommitteemeeting.Ifthe________(17)createdbytheinitialmistakeispublic,thentheapologyshouldbepublic.However,ifLeonardraisedhisvoicetoMr.Toddwhenonlythetwoofthem________(18),hemayapologizeprivately.Noticeaswell________(19)theapologiesare.Assoonasyourealizeyouhavemadeamistake,youshould________(20).

PartB:ListeningComprehension

1.Statements

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshortstatements.ThesestatementswillbespokenONLYONCE,andyouwillnotfindthemwrittenonthepaper;soyoumustlistencarefully.Whenyouhearastatement,readtheanswerchoicesanddecidewhichoneisclosestinmeaningtothestatementyouhaveheard.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

1.(A)Ihavefinishedmylunch.

(B)Icantwaittomakethephonecall.

(C)Ihavetostayintheoffice.

(D)Idontliketoeatinthecafeteria.

2.(A)Someonefromthehousingofficewillfixthetoilet.

(B)Peterwillphonethehousingofficeforyou.

(C)Youcanfixthetoiletinthebathroombyyourself.

(D)Peterwillrepairthetoiletinthebathroom.

3.(A)Individualsgoodatconversationsmayfindithardtomaketheirfirstspeechbeforealargeaudience.

(B)Studentstrainedfortheirfirstpublicspeechesshouldbegivenlessonsinaconversationalsetting.

(C)Thefutureofthosepeopleafraidofgivingapublicspeechliesinthetrainingofmakingwonderfulconversations.

(D)Mostindividualsprefertomakeapublicspeechinaconversationalsettingwithanattentiveaudience.

4.(A)Thetreesarebeingcutdown.

(B)Thetreesareblockingmyview.

(C)Thetreesgrowbetteraroundtheoffice.

(D)Thetreeshelpcoolmyoffice.

5.(A)Everyonewantstoattendtothisschool,asitisaprivateinstitution.

(B)Itisimpossibleforyoutokeeptoyourowninthisboardingschool.

(C)Weallgetalongverywellinthisboardingschool,asifofclosefriends.

(D)Itisnotimportanttostepintootherpeoplesaffairshereatthisschool.

6.(A)ThirtypercentoftheGermanpopulationcanreceivecollegeeducation.

(B)Americanstudentsenjoyaveryhighrateofadmissiontocollegeintheworld.

(C)Comparativelyspeaking,therearemoreBritishpeoplethantheFrenchattendingcollege.

(D)Americancollegestudentsareenviedby60%ofhighschoolgraduatesaroundtheworld.

7.(A)Weshouldadopta4-yeartermforthedirectorsandchairman.

(B)Thetermofthedirectorsandchairmanwillbedecidedinfouryears.

(C)Thetermofthedirectorsandchairmanturnsouttobe2years.

(D)Itsreasonabletomakepoliciesofcontinuityandstabilityforthecompany.

8.(A)Nogovernmentortheorycanalonecopewiththecomplexitiesoftheglobaleconomy.

(B)Nogovernmentcanunderstandthetheoryoftheglobaleconomybecauseofitscomplexities.

(C)WorldWarIIhasmadetheglobaleconomymorecomplextobeexplainedintermsoftraditionaleconomictheories.

(D)Ourgovernmentmustframeanewtheorysoastocontrolthedevelopmentoftheglobaleconomy.

9.(A)ChildrenshouldberesponsibleformostofthefiredeathsinAmerica.

(B)Adultsloadthehouseswithtoomuchstuff,whichiseasytocatchfire.

(C)Nineteenpercentofthefiresareattributedtochildrenplayingwithmatches.

(D)Adultsshouldexercisemoreandstricterprecautionsagainstfires.

10.(A)Ifyouarehungry,youdbettergotothenearestsupermarket.

(B)FewAmericanconsumerswouldchoosetogoshoppinginWal-Mart.

(C)In2022,shoppingovertheInternetroseby28percent.

(D)In2022,about$14billionofgoodswereboughtovertheInternet.

2.TalksandConversations

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearseveralshorttalksandconversations.Aftereachofthese,youwillhearafewquestions.ListencarefullybecauseyouwillhearthetalkorconversationandquestionsONLYONCE.Whenyouhearaquestionreadthefouranswerchoicesandchoosethebestanswertothatquestion.ThenwritetheletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorrespondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questions11-14

11.(A)Atastationerycounter.

(B)Atareceptiondeskofahotel.

(C)Intheimmigrationofficeofanairport.

(D)Inthevisaofficeofanembassy.

12.(A)Hehaslosthisownpen.

(B)Hewantstogetintoconversationwithher.

(C)Hecannotfindonenearby.

(D)HehaslefthispeninRoom803.

13.(A)Monday.(B)Tuesday.

(C)Wednesday.(D)Thursday.

14.(A)Heaskstheportertoc