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Part1AnExtendedConversation

Youaregoingtolistentoaninterview.Therearethreespeakers.Oneofthemistheinterviewer,andtheothertwoareintervieweesnamedRichardandMonicarespectively.Youwillheartheconversationtwice.

Afterthefirstlisteninganswerquestions1-2.Thenafterthesecondlisteninganswerquestions3--8.

Youhaveoneminutetolookatthequestions.

Nowlistencarefullyforthefirsttime.

Choosethebestansweraccordingtowhatyoulearnfromtheinterview.

1.Theyaretalkingabout.

a.licensingintheStates

b.drivingexperiencesintheStatesandUK

c.havingalunchintheUK

d.havingproblemswithdrivingontheleft

2.Richardtalksabouthisexperience.

a.inEnglandb.inFinland

c.intheUSAd.inChina

3.Richardenjoystraveling.

a.bytakingataxib.byhiringacar

c.bygoingtogetherwithhisbrotherd.byhiringabus

4.ThefirstproblemRichardhadis.

a.drivingontheothersideoftheroad

b.drivingonasinglelane

c.drivingaminibus

d.drivingsomeoneelse’scar

5.WhendoesRichardget&

lsquo;

honkhonk&

rsquo;

behindhim?

a.Whenheturnsright.

b.Whenheforgetstoturnright.

c.Whenheforgetstoturnrightataredtraffic.

d.Whenheforgetstoturnrightataredtrafficwithnoonecomingtheotherway.

6.IsittruetosaythatRichardhastokeeptothespeedlimit?

a.Yes.b.No.

c.Notsure.d.Richarddidn’ttellus.

7.Monicahastogetusedtotwothings,oneofwhichis

a.themotorway

b.thesteeringwheelbeingontheothersideoftheroad

c.speedlimit

d.roundabout

8.WhatMonicacouldnotunderstandatallis.

a.Londontrafficb.thetrafficcontrolsystem

c.policegesturesd.roundabouts

Part2AMonologue

YouwillhearpartofalecturebyProfessorGuideonHowtoStartaConversationinBritain.Asyoulisten,trytoanswerquestions9-15.

Accordingtothelecturer...

9.TheaudienceattendingProfessorGuide&

slectureisin.

10.Itiseasierfortospeaktogetherthanforand

.

11.Whenyoulistenandrespondtoothers,theywill.

12.Ifyourlistenerdoesnotliketospeak,andyoudon’tknowiftheylikeitornot,youshouldthem,intotheir,respondtotheirof.

13.WhatistheadviceProfessorGuideoffersyouonhowtostartaconversationwithastranger?

14.FromProfessorGuide’stalkcanyoudrawtheconclusionthatBritishpeopledonotlikebeingthreatenedbyforeigners?

Quotethekeywordsfromthetalktosupportyouranswer.

15.AccordingtoProfessorGuide,ifwewantsomepersonalinformationfromourinterlocutor,weshould.

Youhaveoneminutetocheckyouranswers.

Nowlistenagain.

Youhavetenminutestotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet.

ThisistheendofthePaperl

Paper2ThinkandDo（30minutes30points）

Inthispaperyouhavethreethink-and-dotasks.Eachtaskisworth10points.

Task1

Itisnaturalforpeopletocommunicate.However,wemustlearnhowtounderstandwords,expressionsoffaces,gesturesandactions.These&

quot;

languagesofcommunication&

arenotnaturalinthesensethatwearenotbornwiththem.Theyaredifferentineachcountry,theyareevendifferentineachregionandstreetandsometimesbetweenfamilies.

Drawnfromyourpersonalexperiences,giveoneexampleeachtodemonstratethefollowing&

whichhavecausedsomeproblemsinyourcommunicationwithothers（e.g.withforeigners,peoplefromotherprovinces,yourneighbours,orevenwithyourfamilymembers）:

（a）wordsorexpressions

（b）facialexpressions

（c）gestures

（d）actions

Task2

Youareadvisedtobeawareofquiteafewthingsincross-culturalcommunication.Makeyourselfalistofthingsthatyoushouldavoiddoinginyourfuturecontactwithforeigners.

Task3

MostofBritishpeopleliketohavemilkintheirtea.IftheygotoChinaandaskforacupofteatheywillgetashock!

Thecupwillbesmallanditwon’thaveahandle&

hellip;

andtheteawon’thavemilkit!

Moreover,thetimewhenteaisdrunkorservedisnotquitethesameinthetwocultures.DoesthismeanthatwhatdrinkingteameanstoBritishpeopleisdifferentfromwhat喝茶,or饮茶,or品茶meanstoChinesepeople?

Discussthedifferencesorsimilarities.

ThisistheendofPaper2

Paper3VocabularyBuilding（10minutes10points）

Unit7（entitledInOtherWords）discussesissueslikemetaphors,euphemisms,literalmeaning,figurativemeaning,idioms,proverbs,anddiversityofmeanings.Drawwhatyouhavelearnedfromthisunitanddothefollowingtask.

Thereare10sentences.Discusstheusageoftheunderlinedwordsorexpressionsbypointingout

（1）whethertheyareused

□asametaphor,

□asaeuphemism

□asanidiom

□asaproverb

□literally

□figuratively

□withpositiveconnotations

□withnegativeconnotations

and

（2）whatsortofmeaningtheyarelikelytohaveinthegivencontext.

1.Acollegeprofessortellsoftalkingwithaforeignstudentinherofficewhenacolleaguestoppedintoaskaboutaproblem.&

It’stakencareof,&

shereplied.&

Ichewedhimout,anditwon’thappenagain.&

Usage:

Meanings:

2.Iamcarefulaboutmoney,youaremiserly,andshe’sskinflint.

3.Todayisarainyday.Shehasnomoneyforanumbrella.Sheneversavesanythingforarainyday.

4.Jordanhasmanysecretadmirers,becauseheisanonetter.

5.Afterthesecondworldwar,manypeopleweremadescapegoatsforthefailurescommittedbyAmericanpoliticians.

6.Thebookisnotwellwritten.Itonlyscratchesthesurface.

7.&

IfIamgoingtopushupthedaisiestomorrow,Iwillhavenomoretroubleoftheworld&

quotedGrice.

8.DuringthehorribledaysofMcCarthy,alotofinnocentpeoplewereaccusedofbeingcommunistsandputintojail.

9.&

Idon’tneedtotakearest.Ineedtotakeabreak.&

saidJanetoherChinesestudent.

10.ProfessorSmithenjoyscollectingcriticalincidents.Hecallshimselfarubbishcollector.

ThisistheendofPaper3

Paper4Translation（20minutes15points）

TranslatethefollowingpassagefromEnglishintoproperChinese.Pleasewriteyourtranslationontheanswersheet.

PeopleinPariseatsnails,butpeopleinSanDiegoputpoisononthem.Why?

PeopleinTabrizorTehransitonthefloorandprayfivetimeseachday,butpeopleinLasVegasstandupallnightinfrontofslotmachines.Why?

SomepeoplespeakTagalog,othersspeakEnglish,Why.*Somepeoplepaintanddecoratetheirentirebodies,butothersspendmillionsofdollarspaintinganddecoratingonlytheirfaces.Why?

Thegeneralanswertothesequestionsisthesame.Peoplelearntothink,feel,believe,andstriveforwhattheircultureconsidersproper.Peoplerespondtotheworldthroughthemessagestheyreceive,butitisculturethatdetermines,toalargeextent,theform,patternandcontentofthosemessages.Culturealsodeterminesthecontentandconformationofthemessageswesend.ThisomnipresentqualityofcultureleadsHalltoconcludethat&

thereisnotoneaspectofhumanlifethatisnottouchedandalteredbyculture.&

Inmanyways,Halliscorrect:

cultureiseverythingandeverywhere.Andmoreimportantly,atleastforourpurposes,cultureandcommunicationworkintandem.Infact,theyareinseparable:

itisoftendifficulttodecidewhichisthevoiceandwhichtheecho.

ThisistheendofPaper4

Paper5Reading（50minutes30points）

Thepassageyouaregoingtoreadisoncultureandcommunication.Thequestionsonyourreadingfallintotwoparts.Part1（questions1--6）iseasierthanPart2（questions7-10）.ItislikelythatafterthefirstreadingyouwillbeabletoanswerPart1.ForPart2,youhavetoreaditagain.Makesurethatyourtimeiswellspent.

Part1Questions1--6（2pointseach）

（1）ThemainideaofParagraph1is:

（2）ThemainideaofParagraph2is:

（3）ThemainideaofParagraph3is:

（4）Howisculturemanifested?

（5）Accordingtotheauthor,isittruetosaythatcommunicationiscompletelydeterminedbyculture?

Quotethetexttosupportyouranswer.

（6）Doestheauthoranticipateanychallengesoftheviewshestatesinthetext?

Quotethetexttosupportyouranswer.

Part2Questions7-10（45pointseach）

（7）Accordingtotheauthor,doesanindividualcontributetotheculturaldeposit?

（8）Accordingtotheauthor,isittruetosaythatculturalvaluesarehereditary?

（9）GiveaChineseexampletosupporttheauthor’sclaimthatculturedeterminesone’sbehaviorevenafterhisorherdeath.

（10）Paragraph4isincomplete.Doyouthinktheauthorwillcompletetheparagraphbyarguingagainstthepositionthatculturedeterminespeople’sbehavior?

Defendyouranswer.

1.Cultureisanintriguingconcept.Althoughwecaneasilyreadadefinitionofit,whenwebegintoconsiderthatdefinit