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三、用蓝、黑圆珠笔或钢笔答题，使用铅笔答题无效。

Informationfortheexaminees:

Thisexaminationconsistsofthreesections.Theyare:

SectionI:

ListeningTest（30points,30minutes）

SectionⅡ:

ReadingTest（50points,60minutes）

SectionⅢ:

WritingTest（20points,30minutes）

Thetotalmarksforthisexaminationare100points.Timeallowedforcompletingthisexaminationis2hours（120,minutes）.

ListeningTest30points

Instructions:

~TheListeningTestwilltakeapproximately30minutes.

IIITherearetwopartstothetestandyouwillheareachparttwice.

~Therewillbeapauseof30secondsaftereachparttoallowyoutothinkaboutyouranswers.

~Youcanfirstwriteyouranswersonthistestpaper.Youwillhave10minutesattheendofthetesttotransferyouranswerstotheAnswerSheet.

~ALLANSWERSMUSTAPPEARONTIIEANSWERSHEET.

Patr1:

Questions1--10arebasedonthispart.10points

Summaryblankfilling:

Fromtheinformationyouhearintileconversation,fillintheblankspacesinthetextbelowaccordingtowhatyouhear.

ProfessorMichalesonneededonlyone

（1）________________torealizethatChinahasabigproblemwith

（2）________________Hewasparticularlystruckbytheairpollutionin（3）_____________Hebelievestheproblemsofair,landandwaterpollutionneedtobesolvedatvariouslevels.Itisnotenoughtomakelaws,theyalsoneedtobe（4）________________andpeopleneedtobeeducatedaboutthem.Ordinarycitizensalsoneedtotake（5）________themselves.

ProfessorMichaelsonwasshockedbyChinesepeople'

sattitudetowards（6）_________theydropitanywhere,evenwherethereare（7）_________binsprovided.Hesaysthatinhisowncountry,peopleareembarrassediftheyareseendroppinglitterinthestreetandotherpeoplewilltellthemoff.

Nevertheless,ProfessorMichaelsonisimpressedwithcetrainaspectsof（8）________inChina.Hehasnoticedmanyordinarypeoplecarryingwaste（9）__________ontheirbicycles,orcollectiongemptybottlesandcansinparks.Asystemwherepeoplecanmakemoneyoutofrubbishnotonlyhelpssolvetheenvironmentalproblembutalsocreates（10）______________forpeople.

Part2.Questions11--20.

Task1Questions11-15SpotDiction:

Listentothetalkaboutinequalityexperiencedby

peopleofthe"

FourthWorld?

Fillintheblankswithonewordaccordingtowhatyoulearn

throughlistening.Beforethefirstlisteningyouhavehalfaminutetostudythequestions.

Theterm--the'

FourthWorld'

wasusedbyDyckin1995to（11）__________theparticularsocialproblemsexperiencedbyindigenouspeoplesinrichcountries.By'

（12）_________’wemeanthepeoplewhose（13）__________werecolonizedbytheancestorsofpeoplebelongingtothe（14）________ormainstreamculture.Theconcept,'

theFourthWorld'

hasbeenusedinanumberofways.InthistalkIWillbedrawingonDyck'

sworkandtheworkofHaralambosandhiscolleagues（1996）toexplainthe（15）_______andtoshowhowitcanbeappliedtopeopleinAustralia.

Task2Questions16--20Multiplechoice:

ListentotheinterviewagainandchoosethebestanswerfromA,B,CorDtocompletethefollowingstatements.Writeyouranswersonyouranswersheet.

16.Fourthworldpeople

A.arecolonists

B.areculturallydominantintheircountry

C.havelittlepoliticalpower

D.areenvironmentallydestructive

17.Theconsequencesofcolonialperiodsare__

A.alackofhistory

B.theculturalmarginalisationofindigenouspeoples

C.theeradicationofpoverty

D.theoppressionofthedescendantsofcolonists

18.InAustralia

A.thereareonlythreelinguisticandtribalgroups

B.thetribeslosttheirlandswhentheBritishinvaded

C.thetriballanguageshavetotallydisappeared

D.thelanguageofthetribesiscalled‘aborigine’

19.Heterogeneitymeans

A.beingverydifferentfromeachother

B.beingborno1[differentnationalities

C.theresultofcarelessness

D.havingawiderangeofabilitiesandskills

20.TheHighlandclearanceswerecarriedout__

A.asanexampleofMarxistpolicies

B.tomaketheaboriginesgotoAustralia

C.tomakethelandownersricher

D.between1800and1899

ThisistheendoftheListeningTest,Youwillnowhave10minutestotransferyouranswerstotheAnswerSheet

Section11:

ReadingTest50points

Therearefourpartstothetest,eachincludingonereadingpassage.

Thetestwilltakeapproximately60minutes.

TherewillbeNOextratimetotransfetanswerstotheAnswerSheet;

therefore,youshouldwriteALLyouranswersontheAnswerSheetasyoudoeachtask.

Part1:

Questions21--30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.10points

Passage1

ChangesinAustralianEducation

Haralambosandhiscolleagues（1996）havesummarizedthemajorchangesinAustralianeducationoverthepasttwohundredyears.Themajorissuesdrivingtheiranalysisarethequestions:

--oftheeffectsthateducationhashadonsociety;

and

--whysomesocialgroupstendtoenjoymoreeducationalsuccessthanothers.

Theyarenottheonlysocialscientistsconcernedwiththeseissues.However,theirbookconlainsarecentandcomprehensivesummaryofAustralianeducationalresearch.Herearesomeofthemajorpointstheymake.

TherearefivebasiccomponentstotheAustralianeducationalsystem:

（Ⅰ）primaryschool（age5--12yearsofage）

（Ⅱ）compulsorysecondaryschool（12--15）yearsofage）

（or12--16yearsintheStateofTasmania）

（Ⅲ）post-compulsorysecondaryschool（1,5--17）

（Ⅳ）technicalandfurthereducation（17yearsandolder）

（Ⅴ）highereducationoruniversity（17yearsandolder）

BeforetheSecondWorldWarnearlyhalfofAustralianchildrendidnotattendsecondaryschool.Inthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury,educationexpandedandchangedformdramatically.Between1956and1966thenumberofuniversitiesgerwfrom9to14,thenroseto19in1975.Inaddition,therehasbeenasignificantgrowthinnon-universitypost-secondaryeducation.Inthe1990sthepercentageofwomenwithpost-secondaryschoolqualificationswas37~.Thepercentageofmenwas47percent.

Haralambosandhiscolleaguessummarizetheevidenceabouttheimpactofeducationonthecreationofamoreequalsociety.Theysay'

bothmaterialandculturalfactorsaffectthelengthofstayineducation.'

Familywealthstillexertsapowerfulinfluenceonaccesstouniversityeducation.However,theexpansionofeducationhasmeantanexpansionofeducationalopportunitiesforpeoplefromsocialgroupsearlierdeniedahighereducation.

BobConnell,amajorwriteronAustralianeducation,hasarguedthat'

theevidenceofsociallyunequaloutcomescontinuestomount.ItisoneofthemostfirmlyestablishedfactsaboutWestern-styleeducationalsystemsinallpartsoftheworld.

Questions21--30:

TrueorFalse:

MarkthefollowingstatementsasT（true）orF（false）accordingtotheinformationinthetext.

23..HaralambosworkedaloneonhissummaryofAustralianeducation.

22.Heandhiscolleagueswereinterestedinstudyingsocialinequality.

23.MostAustralianstudentsmuststayatschooluntiltheyare15yearsofage.

24.ThereisacommoncompulsoryleavingageacrossallofAustralia.

25.Therearetwomajorformsofeducationfor17yearsandolder.

26.PostsecondaryeducationiscompulsoryinAustralia.

27.Fewerthan50~ofchildrenattendedsecondaryschoolbefore1939.

28.Majorchangesineducationoccurredinthelatterhalfofthe20'

[century.

29.Bythe1990s,ahigherpercentageofwomenthanmenhadpostsecondaryqualifications.

30.TheexpansionofeducationhasmeantthatthereisnownosocialinequalityinaccesstohighereducationinAustralia.

Part2:

Questions31-36arebasedonthefollowingpassage.10points

Passage2

MyComputer

TenyearsagoIoccasionallyusedatypewriterforimportantdocumentssuchasmycurriculumvitaeandjobapplicationletters.Icouldn'

treallytypesoItappedawayatthekeyboradwithmytwoindexfingersandmadelotsofmistakes.OnesimpleletterwouldoftenrequireatleastadozenattemptsbeforeImanagedtoproduethefinal,neatdocument.WhenacoursethatIwasdoingdemandedtypedassignmentsIbeggedfriendswithgoodtypingskillstohelpme.Inotherwords,totypethemformeandwhenmyfinalprojecthadtobetypedup,Iactuallypaidaprofessionaltypisttodoit!

Iwas'

apenandpaperpersoff.Ihadneverbeeninterestedinmachinesand'

artificialintelligence'

andsincerelybelievedIcouldlivehappilywithoutadvancedtechnologyinmypersonallife!

Thesituationhaschanged,ofcourse.It'

sbeenagradualchangebutthesedaysIhardlyknowmyself!

Ievenhaveacomputerandaprinter.IhaveneverlearnedtousealltenfingersonthekeyboardbutIcanworkquitequicklyandproducedocumentswhichhaveanimpressivelayoutandwhichusedifferentsizesandstylesoftypeface（orfont）.Iknowhowtounderline,howtowritewordsinboldoritalicscript,howtogivepartsofatextaborder,howtoinsertillustrationsandsoon!

IfeelagreatsenseofachievementwhenIfinishadocument,printitoutandseethefinishedproduct.Suchdocumentsseem'

professional'

.1suspect,however,thatimpressivelayoutmaycamouflageinferiorcontent!

Ihopethisisnottrueinmycase.

Fiveyearsago,Ihadnoideawhatfriendsweretalkingaboutwhentheymentioned"

E-mail（eveniftheyusedthefullterm,electronicmail）,'

theinternet'

and'

modem'

butmycomputernowhasamodem,andthroughthisd