FinalTestPartAPartB

PartC

PartD

PartEYouwillheareightshortconversations.Aftereachconversation,youwillhearaquestion.Listencarefullyandchoosethebestanswerfromthefourpossiblechoices.(16points)1.What‘stheman’ssuggestiontothewoman?A.Askingtheteacherforextrahelp.C.Teachinghersonbyherself.D.Tellinghersonnottoworry.2.Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?A.Fewpeoplesharethewoman’sopinion.B.Thewomandoubtstheman’sathleticability.C.Mostoftheman’sfriendsareathletes.

3.Whatdowelearnabouttheman?A.HeisworriedaboutRod’shealth.C.Hehasbeenfeelingillallweek.D.Heistakingcareofthistwinbrother.4.WhatdoesthemanrememberofSally? B.Shewaspopularamongboys.C.Sheusedtobeinpoorhealth. D.Shedidn’tdowellathighschool.B.Havingconfidenceinherson.D.Themandoesn’tlooklikeasportsman.B.Hehasbeeninperfectcondition.A.Shewassomewhatoverweight.

PartA5.Whatcanweinferfromthatconversation?A.Thewomandoesn’tseemtoknowwhatthebookisabout.B.Thewomanwonderedwhythemandidn’treturnthebook.

D.Thewomandoesn’tfindthebookusefulanymore.6.Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?A.Inarestaurant.C.Attheairport.D.Inahookingoffice.7.Whatdoesthewomanmean?

B.Shesoldallherfurniturebeforeshemovedhouse.C.ShebroughtanewsetoffurniturefromItalylastmonth.D.Sheplanstoputallheroldfurnitureinthebasement.8.What'sthewomanmostprobablygoingtodo?A.Continueherworkoutdoors.C.Goonvacationwiththeman.D.Taketwoweeksoff.C.Thewomanforgotlendingthebooktotheman.B.Atthehotelreception.A.Shestillkeepssomeoldfurnitureinhernewhouse.B.Haveashortbreak.

PartATapescript

PartA1.W: Whatwouldyoudoifyouwereinmyplace?M: IfPaulweremyson,I'djustnotworry.Nowthathisteacherisgivinghimextrahelpandheisworkingharderhimself,he'ssuretodowellinthenextexam.Q: What'stheman'ssuggestiontothewoman?2.W: Totellthetruth,Tony,itneveroccurstomethatyouareanathlete.M: Oh,really?Mostpeoplewhomeetme,includingsomefriendsofmine,don'tthinksoeither.Q: Whatdowelearnfromtheconversation?3.W: Hello,John.Howareyoufeelingnow?Ihearyou'vebeenill.M: TheymusthaveconfusedmewithmytwinbrotherRod.He'sbeensickallweek,butI'veneverfeltbetterinmylife.Q: Whatdowelearnabouttheman?4.W: IranintoSallytheotherday.Icouldhardlyrecognizeher.Doyourememberherfromhighschool?M: Yeah,shewasalittleoutofshapebackthen.Well,hasshelostalotofweight?Q: WhatdoesthemanrememberofSally?下一頁上一頁5.M: I'vebroughtbackyourOxfordCompaniontoEnglishLiterature.Ithoughtyoumightuseitforyourpaper.Sorrynottohavereturneditearlier.W: Iwaswonderingwherethatbookwas.Q: Whatcanweinferfromthatconversation?6.W: Wedon'tseemtohaveareservationforyou,sir.I'msorry.M: Butmysecretarysaidthatshehadreservedaroomformehere.IphonedherfromtheairportthismorningjustbeforeIgotonboardtheplane.Q: Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?7.M: Didyoureallygiveawayallyourfurniturewhenyoumovedintothenewhouselastmonth?W: Justtheuselesspieces,asI'mplanningtopurchaseanewsetfromItalyforthesittingroomonly.Q: Whatdoesthewomanmean?8.M: You'vehadyourhandsfullandhavebeenoverworkedduringthelasttwoweeks.Ithinkyoureallyneedtogooutandgetsomefreshairandsunshine.W: Youareright.That'sjustwhatI'mthinkingabout.Q:What'sthewomanmostprobablygoingtodo?Nowyouwillhearalongconversation.Aftertheconversation,youwillhearfourquestions.Listencarefullyandtakedownsomenecessarynotesifpossibleandchoosethebestanswerfromthefourpossiblechoices.(16points)

PartB9.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutherpassport?B.Shehasprobablyleftitinataxi.C.Sheisgoingtogetitattheairport.D.Sheisafraidthatshehaslostit.10.Whatdoweknowaboutthewoman’strip?A.Itdependsontheweather.C.Itwillcostheralot.D.Itendsinwinter.11.Whydoesthemanurgethewomantohurry?A.Thereisalotofstufftopack.B.Theremightbeatrafficjam.D.Theplaneistakingoffsoon.12.Wheredoestheconversationmostprobablytakeplace?A.Bythesideofataxi.B.Attheairport.C.Intheman’scar.A.Shehaspackeditinoneofherbags.B.Itwilllastoneweek.C.Thetaxiiswaitingforthem.D.Athome.Tapescript

PartBM: Mary,Ihopeyouarepackedandreadytoleave.W: Yes,I'mpacked,butnotquiteready.Ican'tfindmypassport.M: Yourpassport?That'stheonethingyoumustn'tleavebehind.W: Iknow.Ihaven'tlostit.I'vepackedit,butIcan'trememberwhichbagit'sin.M: Well,youhavetofinditattheairport.Comeon,thetaxiiswaiting.W: Didyousaytaxi?Ithoughtweweregoinginyourcar.M: Yes,well,Ihadplannedto,butI'llexplainlater.You'vegottobethereinanhour.W: Theplanedoesn'tleavefortwohours.Anyway,I'mreadytogonow.M: Nowyouaretakingjustonecase,isthatright?W: No,thereisoneinthehallaswell.下一頁上一頁M: Gosh,whatalotofstuff!You'retakingenoughforamonthinsteadofaweek.W: Well,youcan'tdependontheweather.Itmightbecold.M: It'snevercoldinRome.CertainlynotinMay.Comeon,wereallymustgo.W: Right,weareready.We'vegotthebags.I'msurethereisnoneedtorush.M: Thereis.Iaskedthetaxidrivertowaittwominutes,nottwenty.W: Look,I'msupposedtobegoingawaytorelax.You'remakingmenervous.M: Well,Iwantyoutorelaxonholidays,butyoucan'trelaxyet.W: OK,Ipromisenottorelax,atleastnotuntilwegettotheairportandIfindmypassport.Nowyouwillhearapassage.Afterthepassage,youwillhearfourquestions.Listencarefullyandtakedownsomenecessarynotesifpossibleandchoosethebestanswerfromthefourpossiblechoices.(16points)

PartC13.Accordingtothespeaker,whydosomecouplesadoptchildren?A.Theywantchildrentokeepthemcompany.B.Theywanttoenrichtheirlifeexperience.C.Theyneedlookingafterintheiroldage.

14.Whyisitdifficultforadopteestofindoutabouttheirbirthparents?A.Theiradoptiveparentsdon’twantthemtoknowtheirbirthparents.B.Theyareusuallyadoptedfromdistantplaces.

D.Theirbirthparentsoftentrytoconcealtheirbirthinformation.D.Theycarealotaboutchildren.C.Theirbirthinformationisusuallykeptsecret.Nowyouwillhearapassage.Afterthepassage,youwillhearfourquestions.Listencarefullyandtakedownsomenecessarynotesifpossibleandchoosethebestanswerfromthefourpossiblechoices.(16points)

PartC15.Whydomanyadopteesfindithardtomakethedecisiontosearchforthebirthparents?

B.Theyarefullyawareoftheexpensesinvolvedinthesearch.C.Theydonotwanttohurtthefeelingsoftheiradoptiveparents.D.Theygenerallyholdbadfeelingstowardstheirbirthparents.16.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?A.Understandingisthekeytosuccessfuladoption.B.Earlyadoptionmakesforcloserparent-childrelationship.

D.Mostpeopleprefertoadoptchildrenfromoverseas.A.Theyhavemixedfeelingsaboutfindingtheirbirthparents.C.Adoptionhasmuchtodowithlove.Tapescript

PartCWhencouplesgetmarried,theyusuallyplantohavechildren.Sometimes,however,acouplecannothaveachildoftheirown.Inthiscase,theymaydecidetoadoptachild.Infact,adoptionisverycommontoday.Thereareabout60thousandadoptionseachyearintheUnitedStatesalone.Somepeopleprefertoadoptinfants.Othersadoptolderchildren.Somecouplesadoptchildrenfromtheirowncountries.Othersadoptchildrenfromforeigncountries.Inanycase,theyalladoptchildrenforthesamereason:theycareaboutchildrenandwanttogivetheiradoptedchildahappylife.Mostadoptedchildrenknowthattheyareadopted.Psychologistsandchild-careexpertsgenerallythinkthisisagoodidea.However,manyadoptedchildrenoradopteeshaveverylittleinformationabout下一頁上一頁theirbiologicalparents.Asamatteroffact,itisoftenverydifficultforadopteestofindoutabouttheirbirthparentsbecausethebirthrecordsofmostadopteesareusuallysealed.Theinformationissecret,sonoonecanseeit.Naturally,adoptedchildrenhavedifferentfeelingsabouttheirbirthparents.Manyadopteeswanttosearchforthem,butothersdonot.Thedecisiontosearchforbirthparentsisadifficultonetomake.Mostadopteeshavemixedfeelingsaboutfindingtheirbiologicalparents.Eventhoughadopteesdonotknowabouttheirnaturalparents,theydoknowthattheiradoptedparentswantthem,lovethemandwillcareforthem.

Nowyouwillhearapassage.Itwillbereadthreetimes.Whenyouarelistening,supplythemissinginformationintheblanks.(32points)

PartDKatherineGramgraduatedfromUniversityofChicagoin1938andgotajobasanewsreporterinSanFrancisco.Katherine’sfatherusedtobeasuccessful(17)____________________.In1933,heboughtafailingnewspaper,TheWashingtonPost.ThenKatherinereturnedtoWashingtonandgotajob,(18)_______________inherfather’snewspaper.ShemarriedPhilipGram,who(19)________________hisfather-in-law’spositionshortlyafterandbecame(20)___________________ofTheWashingtonPost.Butformanyyears,herhusbandsufferedfrom(21)_____________________andhekilledhimselfin1963.Afterherhusband’sdeath,Katherine(22)__________________thenewspaper.Inthe1970s,thenewspaperbecamefamous(23)__________________andKatherinewasalsorecognizedasan(24)_______________________innewspaperpublishing.investmentbankereditingletterstookoverpublishermentalillnessoperatedaroundtheworldimportantleader

PartDShewasthefirstwomantoheada(25)____________________Americanpublishingcompany,theWashingtonPostcompany.Inafewyears,shesuccessfully(26)____________________thecompanytoincludenewspaper,magazine,broadcastand(27)____________________companies.Shediedof(28)______________________afterafallwhenshewas84.Morethan3,000peopleattendedher(29)______________________includingmanygovernmentandbusinessleaders.Herfriendssaidshewouldberememberedasawomanwhohadanimportantinfluenceon(30)__________________________intheUnitedStatesandtheworld.Katherineoncewrote,“Theworldwithoutnewspaperswouldnotbethesamekindofworld”.Afterherdeath,(31)____________________ofTheWashingtonPostwrote,“TheworldwithoutKatherinewouldnotbe(32)____________________.”majorexpandedcableheadinjuriesfuneraleventsemployeesthesameatallNowyouwillheartwonewsreports.Attheendofeachnewsreport,youwillheartwoorthreequestions.Listencarefullyandchoosethebestanswerfromthefourpossiblechoices.(20points)ReportOne

PartE33.WhatdidtheHawaiianwomanwantaccordingtothereport?A.Toshortenherlastname.B.Tohaveherfullnamewrittenonherdriver’slicense.

D.Toshortenherfullname.34.WhywastheHawaiianwomaninsulted?A.Becausethepoliceofficerrefusedtowriteherfullname.B.Becausethepoliceofficerdidn’tthinkhighlyofhername.

D.Becausethepoliceofficeradvisedhertouseherhusband’slastname.35.WhatdoesthereportsayaboutHawaiiannames?A.InHawaii,women’snameshaveimportantmeanings.

C.InHawaii,namesaregivendifferentlyfromotherstates.D.InHawaii,women’snamesarenotimportant.C.Tohaveherfullnameaddressedbythetrafficofficer.C.Becausethepoliceofficeradvisedhertousehermaidenname.B.InHawaii,namesbearimportantindications.Tapescript

PartEAHawaiianwomanwhoselastnamecontains36lettersand19syllableswonapetitiontohaveherfullnameplacedonherdriver’slicense.Sincegettingmarriedin1992,theHawaiianwomanhascarriedanIDwithonlypartofherlastnameandnoneofherfirstname.ThecomputersysteminHawaiicouldnothandlemorethan35characters.Janicewasinsultedwhenatrafficofficerrecentlysuggestedsheusehermaidenname“Worth”sinceitisshortandsimple.LikemanyHawaiianlastnames,hershasimportantmeanings.Hernamealsohelpsherfeelclosetoherlatehusbandwhopassedawayin2008.Bytheendof