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可粘贴复制word版本的剑桥雅思9test

Test3

LISTENING

SECTION1Questions1-10

Questions1-5

Completethetablebelow.

WriteONEWORDAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.

Apartments

Facilities

OtherInformation

Cost

RoseGardenApartments

studioflat

Example

Entertainmentprogramme:

Greek__dancing___

￡219

BlueBayApartments

largesalt-waterswimmingpool

-just1______metres

Frombeach

-nearshops

￡275

2_____

Apartments

terrace

Watersports

￡490

TheGrand

-Greekpaintings

-3______

-overlooking4______

-nearasupermarketandadisco

5￡______

Questions6-10

Completethetablebelow.

WriteONEWORKAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.

GREEKISLANDHOLIDAYS

InsuranceBenefits

MaximumAmount

Cancellation

6￡______

Hospital

￡600.Additionalbenefitallowsa

7______totraveltoresort

8______departure

Upto￡1000.Dependsonreason

Personalbelongings

Upto￡3000;￡500forone9______

NameofAssistantManager:

Ben10______

Directphoneline:

081260543216

SECTION2Questions11-20

Questions11-13

Choosethecorrectletter,A,BorC.

WinridgeForestRailwayPark

11Simon’sideaforathemeparkcamefrom

Ahischildhoodhobby.

Bhisinterestinlandscapedesign.

Chisvisittoanotherpark.

12Whentheystarted,thefamilydecidedtoopentheparkonlywhen

Atheweatherwasexpectedtobegood.

Bthechildrenweren’tatschool.

Ctherewerefewerfarmingcommitments.

13Sinceopening,theparkhashad

A50,000visitors.

B1,000,000visitors.

C1,500,000visitors.

Questions14-18

Whatiscurrentlythemainareaofworkofeachofthefollowingpeople?

ChooseFIVEanswersfromtheboxandwritethecorrectletter,A-H,nexttoquestions14-18.

Areaofwork

Aadvertising

Banimalcare

Cbuilding

Deducationallinks

Eenginemaintenance

Ffoodanddrink

Gales

Hstaffing

People

14Simon（thespeaker）_______

15Liz_______

16Sarah_______

17Duncan_______

18Judith_______

Questions19and20

Completethetablebelow.

WriteONEWORKAND/ORNUMBERSforeachanswer.

Feature

Size

Biggestchallenge

Targetagegroup

Railway

1.2km

Makingtunnels

Go-Kartarena

19______m2

Removingmoundsonthetrack

20______

year-olds

SECTION3Question21-30

Completethenotesbelow.

WriteNOMORETHANTWOWORDSAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.

StudySkillsTutorial-CarolineBenning

Dissertationtopic:

the21______

Strengths:

●22______

●computermodeling

Weaknesses:

●lackofbackgroundinformation

●poor23______skills

Possiblestrategy

Benefits

Problems

peergroupdiscussion

increases24______

dissertationstendtocontainthesame

25______

usethe26______

service

providesstructuredprogramme

Limited27______

consultstudyskillsbooks

areagoodsourceofreference

Canbetoo

28______

Recommendations:

●useacardindex

●Readallnotes29______

Nexttutorialdate:

30______January

SECTION4Questions31-40

Questions31and32

Choosethecorrectletter,A,BorC.

31Theownersoftheundergroundhouse

Ahadnoexperienceoflivinginaruralarea.

Bwereinterestedinenvironmentalissues.

Cwantedaprofessionalprojectmanager.

32Whatdoesthespeakersayaboutthesiteofthehouse?

AThelandwasquitecheap.

BStonewasbeingextractednearby.

CItwasinacompletelyunspoiltarea.

Questions33-40

Completethenotesbelow.

WriteONEWORDAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.

TheUndergroundHouse

Design

●Builtintheearth,withtwofloors

●Thesouth-facingsidewasconstructedoftwolayersof33______

●Photovoltaictileswereattached

●Alayeroffoamwasusedtoimprovethe34______ofthebuilding

Specialfeatures

●Toincreasethelight,thebuildinghasmanyinternalmirrorsand35______

●Infuture,thehousemayproducemore36______thanitneeds

●Recycledwoodwasusedforthe37______ofthehouse

●Thesystemforprocessingdomestic38______isorganic

Environmentalissues

●Theuseoflargequantitiesof39______inconstructionwasenvironmentallyharmful

●Butthehousewillhavepaidits‘environmentaldebt’within40______

READING

READINGPASSAGE1

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestions1-13,whicharebasedonReadingPassage1below.

Attitudestolanguage

Itisnoteasytobesystematicandobjectiveaboutlanguagestudy.Popularlinguisticdebateregularlydeterioratesintoinvectiveandpolemic.Languagebelongstoeveryone,somostpeoplefeeltheyhavearighttoholdanopinionaboutit.Andwhenopinionsdiffer,emotionscanrunhigh.Argumentscanstartaseasilyoverminorpointsofusageasovermajorpoliciesoflinguisticeducation.

Language,moreover,isaverypublicbehaviour,soitiseasyfordifferentusagestobenotedandcriticized.Nopartofsocietyorsocialbehaviourisexempt:

linguisticfactorsinfluencehowwejudgepersonality,intelligence,socialstatus,educationalstandards,jobaptitude,andmanyotherareasofidentityandsocialsurvival.Asaresult,itiseasytohurt,andtobehurt,whenlanguageuseisunfeelinglyattacked.

Initsmostgeneralsense,prescriptivismistheviewthatonevarietyoflanguagehasaninherentlyhighervaluethanothers,andthatthisoughttobeimposedonthewholeofthespeechcommunity.Theviewispropoundedespeciallyinrelationtogrammarandvocabulary,andfrequentlywithreferencetopronunciation.Thevarietywhichisfavoured,inthisaccount,isusuallyaversionofthe‘standard’writtenlanguage,especiallyasencounteredinliterature,orintheformalspokenlanguagewhichmostcloselyreflectsthisstyle.Adherentstothisvarietyaresaidtospeakorwrite‘correctly’;deviationsfromitaresaidtobe‘incorrect’.

Allthemainlanguageshavebeenstudiedprescriptively,especiallyinthe18thcenturyapproachtothewritingofgrammarsanddictionaries.Theaimsoftheseearlygrammarianswerethreefold:

（a）theywantedtocodifytheprinciplesoftheirlanguages,toshowthattherewasasystembeneaththeapparentchaosofusage,（b）theywantedameansofsettlingdisputesoverusage,and（c）theywantedtopointoutwhattheyfelttobecommonerrors,inorderto‘improve’thelanguage.Theauthoritariannatureoftheapproachisbestcharacterizedbyitsrelianceon‘rules’ofgrammar.Someusagesare‘prescribed’,tobelearntandfollowedaccurately;othersare‘proscribed’,tobeavoided.Inthisearlyperiod,therewerenohalf-measures:

usagewaseitherrightorwrong,anditwasthetaskofthegrammariannotsimplytorecordalternatives,buttopronouncejudgementuponthem.

Theseattitudesarestillwithus,andtheymotivateawidespreadconcernthatlinguisticstandardsshouldbemaintained.Nevertheless,thereisanalternativepointofviewthatisconcernedlesswithstandardsthanwiththefactsoflinguisticusage.Thisapproachissummarizedinthestatementthatitisthetaskofthegrammariantodescribe,notprescribe-torecordthefactsoflinguisticdiversity,andnottoattempttheimpossibletasksofevaluatinglanguagevariationorhaltinglanguagechange.Inthesecondhalfofthe18thcentury,wealreadyfindadvocatesofthisview,suchasJosephPriestley,whoseRudimentsofEnglishGrammar（1761）insiststhat‘thecustomofspeakingistheoriginalandonlyjuststandardofanylanguage’.Linguisticissue,itisargued,cannotbesolvedbylogicandlegislation.Andthisviewhasbecomethetenetofthemodernlinguisticapproachtogrammaticalanalysis.

Inourowntime,theoppositionbetween‘descriptivists’and‘prescriptivists’hasoftenbecomeextreme,withbothsidespaintingunrealpicturesoftheother.Descriptivegrammarianshavebeenpresentedaspeoplewhodonotcareaboutstandards,becauseofthewaytheyseeallformsofusageasequallyvalid.Prescriptivegrammarianshavebeenpresentedasblindadherentstoahistoricaltradition.Theoppositionhasevenbeenpresentedinquasi-politicalterms—ofradicalliberalismvselitistconservatism.

Questions1-8

DothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeclaimsofthewriterinReadingPassage1?

Inboxes1-8onyouranswersheet,write

YESifthestatementagreeswiththeclaimsofthewriter

NOifthestatementcontradictstheclaimsofthewriter

NOTGIVENifitisimpossibletosaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthis

1Thereareunderstandablereasonswhyargumentsoccuraboutlanguage.

2Peoplefeelmorestronglyaboutlanguageeducationthanaboutsmalldifferencesinlanguageusage.

3Ourassessmentofaperson’sintelligenceisaffectedbythewayheorsheuseslanguage.

4Prescriptivegrammarbookscostalotofmoneytobuyinthe18thcentury.

5Prescriptivismstillexiststoday.

6Accordingtodescriptivistsitispointlesstotrytostoplanguagechange.

7Descriptivismonlyappearedafterthe18thcentury.

8Bothdescriptivistsandprescriptivistshavebeenmisrepresented.

Questions9-12

Completethesummaryusingthelistofwords,A-I,below.

Writethecorrectletter,A-I,inboxes9-12onyouranswersheet.

Thelanguagedebate

Accordingto9______,thereisonlyonecorrectformoflanguage.Linguistswhotakethisapproachtolanguageplacegreatimportanceongrammatical10______.

Conversely,theviewof11______,suchasJosephPriestly,isthatgrammarshouldbebasedon12______.

AdescriptivistsBlanguageexpertsCpopularspeech

DformallanguageEevaluationFrules

GmodernlinguistsHprescriptivistsIchange

Question13

Choosethecorrectletter,A,B,CorD.

Writethecorrectletterinbox13onyouranswersheet.

Whatisthewriter’spurposeinReadingPassage1?

A.toargueinfavourofaparticularapproachtowritingdictionariesandgrammarbooks

B