高等学校英语应用能力考试A级含答案详解.docx

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高等学校英语应用能力考试A级含答案详解

高等学校英语应用能力考试（A级）

（2015年12月）

PartIListeningComprehension（20minutes）

Directions:

Thispartistotestyourlisteningability.Itconsistsof3sections.

SectionA

Directions:

Thissectionistotestyourabilitytounderstandshortdialogues.Thereare5recordeddialoguesinit.Aftereachdialogue,thereisarecordedquestion.Boththedialoguesandquestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Whenyouhearaquestion,youshoulddecideonthecorrectanswerfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandDgiveninyourtestpaper.ThenyoushouldmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Example:

Youwillhear:

Youwillread:

A.NewYorkCity.B.Aneveningparty.

C.Anairtrip.D.Theman’sjob.

FromthedialoguewelearnthatthemanistotakeaflighttoNewYork.Therefore,C.Anairtripisthecorrectanswer.YoushouldmarkContheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.[A][B][C][D]

Nowthetestwillbegin.

1.A）Thepriceoftheproduct.C）Thedeliveryofhisorder.

B）Thechargeoftheservice.D）Thepackingofthegoods.

2.A）Givingalecture.C）Preparingaparty.

B）Takinganinterview.D）Havinganexam.

3.A）Itsfoodisdelicious.C）Itisclosetohisoffice.

B）Itspriceisreasonable.D）Itprovidesgoodservice.

4.A）Bysea.B）Byair.C）Bytrain.D）Bytruck.

5.A）Askingtheway.C）Buyingairtickets.

B）Rentingacar.D）Bookinghotelrooms.

SectionB

Direction:

Thissectionistotestyourabilitytounderstandshortconversations.Thereare2recordedconversationsinit.Aftereachconversation,therearesomerecordedquestions.Boththeconversationsandquestionswillbespokentwotimes.Whenyouhearaquestion,youshoulddecideonthecorrectanswerfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandDgiveninyourtestpaper.ThenyoushouldmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Conversation1

6.A）Openanewshoestore.C）Invitethewomantohiscompany.

B）Participateinatradefair.D）Paceanorderwiththewoman.

7.A）Anadvertisingbrochure.C）Aninvitationletter.

B）Apricelist.D）Afewsamples.

Conversation2

8.A）Atahotel.C）Inarestaurant.

B）Attheairport.D）Inabank.

9.A）Tobuyaticket.C）Toplaceanorder.

B）Tobookataxi.D）Tomakeanappointment.

10.A）By7:

00.C）By9:

00.

B）By8:

00.D）By10:

00.

SectionC

Directions:

Inthissectionyouwillheararecordedshortpassage.Thepassageisprintedinthetestpaper,butwithsomewordsorphrasemissing.Thepassagewillbereadtwotimes.YouarerequiredtoputthemissingwordsorphrasesontheAnswerSheetinorderofthenumberedblanksaccordingtowhatyouhear.Nowlistentothepassage.

Aninterviewersometimesstartswithanopen-endedquestionlikeCouldyoutellmesomethingaboutyourself?

Itisawaytobreaktheiceandmakeyoufeel11duringtheinterview.Itisalsoawayfortheinterviewertoknowmoreaboutyourpersonalitytohelphimorherto12ifyouareagoodfitforthejob.

Itisnotagoodideatotalktoomuchaboutyourselfbecausetheinterviewerdoesn’twanttoknoweverythingaboutyou.Butontheotherhand,telling13canmakehimorherwonderwhyyouaren’tmoreopen.Soit’sagoodideatosharesome14.Theseinterestsmaynot15yourwork.

SectionD

Directions:

Thissectionistotestyourabilitytocomprehendshortpassages.Youwillheararecordedpassage.Afterthatyouwillhearfivequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbereadtwotimes.Whenyouhearaquestion.youshouldcompletetheanswertoitwithawordorashortphrase（innomorethan3words）.Thequestionsandincompleteanswersareprintedinyourtestpaper.Youshouldwriteyouranswersontheanswersheetcorrespondingly.Nowlistentothepassage.

16.Whatdoesthespeakertalkaboutfirstinhisspeech?

Thespeakerfirstgivesabouthiscompany.

17.Whatarethemainproductsofthecompany?

Clothing,andhouseholdproducts.

18.Howlonghasthecompanybeeninbusiness?

Over.

19.WherecanpeoplefindjobopeningsatFamilyDollar?

Onits.

20.Howcanpeopleapplyforthejobs?

Theycanmaketheirapplication.

PartIIStructure（15minutes）

Directions:

Thispartistotestyourabilitytoconstructgrammaticallycorrectsentences.Itconsistsof2sections.

SectionA

Directions:

Inthissection,thereare10incompletesentences.Youarerequiredtocompleteeachonebydecidingonthemostappropriatewordorwordsfromthe4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.ThenyoushouldmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

21.theinvestigation,thecommitteepublishedthereportonthecauseoftheaccident.

A）CompletedB）HavingcompletedC）CompletingD）Tohavecompleted

22.Thereportshowsthatoverhalfofthewomenaresufferingsecond-handsmokeattheworkplace.

A）inB）forC）onD）from

23.Ourgoalistofulfilltheneedsofourclients,challengingtheymaybe.

A）howeverB）wheneverC）whereverD）whatever

24.Onlyafterthesecretarysawthetraindisappearinsighttherailwaystation.

A）heleavesB）hasheleftC）heleftD）didheleave

25.Iftheyhadworkedharder,theytheprojectaheadoftime.

A）willfinishB）wouldhavefinishedC）havefinishedD）hadfinished

26.Thecompanyhasdecidedtosponsortheexhibition,helpstopromoteitsimage.

A）thatB）whoC）whatD）which

27.Thenewlyappointedmanagerissaidtobeneitherflexibleeasytogetalongwith.

A）orB）andC）norD）but

28.salariesmaynotbehigh,workingasanursingassistantdoeshavesomeotherbenefits.

A）UnlessB）WhileC）AsD）Since

29.Howwepacktheproductshasasignificantimpactthecostoflogistics.

A）ofB）onC）toD）with

30.Impressedmemostabouttheschoolishowitwasdesignedtosupportboththestudentsandthecommunity.

A）WhatB）ThatC）ThisD）Which

SectionB

Directions:

Thereare5incompletestatementshere.Youshouldfillineachblankwiththeproperformofthewordgiveninbrackets.WritethewordorwordsinthecorrespondingspaceontheAnswerSheet.

31.Forthesakeofourlong-term（cooperate）,wemayconsiderreducingthepriceby10percent.

32.Hereyouwillfindsome（value）resourcestohelpyoudevelopcommunicationskills.

33.Drivinghaslongbeenthoughtofas（efficient）thanflying,butaccordingtonewresearch,thatisnolongerthecase.

34.Quotationsandsampleswill（send）toyouassoonaswereceiveyourspecificinquiries.

35.After（receive）yourloanfromus,ifyouarenotcompletelysatisfiedwithyourexperience,pleasecontactus.

PartIIIReadingComprehension（40minutes）

Directions:

Thispartistotestyourreadingability.Thereare5tasksforyoutofulfill.Youshouldreadthereadingmaterialscarefullyanddothetasksasyouareinstructed.

Task1

Directions:

Afterreadingthefollowingpassage,youwillfind5questionsorunfinishedstatements,numbered36to40.Foreachquestionorstatementthereare4choicesmarkedA,B,CandD.YoushouldmakethecorrectchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.

Ingivingabusinesspresentation,manyspeakersthinkthatiftheirideaisstrong,theiraudiencewillgetitreadily.Theyfeeldiscouragedwhentheaudienceisunabletounderstandtheirpresentations.Thathappensalotespeciallywhentechnicalexpertsareinvitedtomakeaproductpresentationtoagroupofusers.

Whatcanwedotomakeabusinesspresentationeasiertounderstand?

Inmyview,goodpresentationshavealwaysbeensimpleandvisual.Inaneffectivebusinesspresentation,thefewerthepoints,thebetterthemessagegetspassedon.Youfocusonthedepthofcoverageinsteadofthewidth（广度）ofcoverage.Additionally,youmakeyourideasvisualandrelevant,sothemessageisunderstoodbetterandrememberedlonger.Greatbusinesspresentersrelatetheirideasandconceptstotheiraudiencebyusingsimple,powerfuldiagramsinsteadofrelyingontext-basedslides.Infact,drawingdiagramsforcesapresentertomaketheideaclearevenatthepreparationstage.Itisimpossibletodrawadiagramwhenyouarenotclearaboutanidea.Whenyourideaisclear,itiseasiertotransferit.Mostaudiencesunderstandadiagramfasterandrememberitlonger.Thispossiblyexplainswhymostofthememorablepresentationshavebeenvisualinnature.

36.Manyspeakersbelievethatthestrongertheiridea,.

A）themorepowerfultheirspeechwillbe

B）themoremeaningfultheirspeechwillbe

C）themoreeasilytheaudiencewillunderstandit

D）thehardertheaudiencewillfindittofollow

37.Whyareyouadvisedtogivefewerpointsinyourpresentation?

A）Topassonthemessagesbetter.C）Toallowaudiencetotakenotes.

B）Toavoidwastingtoomuchtime.D）Toleavemoretimeforquestions.

38.Thespeakercanhelptheaudiencerememberthemessagelongerby.

A）displayingtext-basedslidesC）focusingonthewidthofcoverage

B）avoidinglongtechnicaltermsD）usingsimpleandpowerfuldiagrams

39.Theunderlinedword“transfer”inthispassagemostprobablymeans.

A）createB）passonC）takeoffD）describe

40.Thispassageismainlyabout.

A）howtomakeaneffectivebusinesspresentation

B）howtopresentstrongideasinapresentation

C）howtofocusonthedepthofcoverage

D）howtoprepareapowerfuldiagram

Task2

Directions:

ThistaskisthesameasTask1.The5questionsorunfinishedstatementsarenumbered41to45.

BlueJeansCompanywasestablishedinOctober2012andoperatesasapartnership（合伙企业）betweenElenaHorowitzandJamesFoster.