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中小学优秀外语教师出国留学奖学金项目

中小学优秀外语教师出国留学奖学金项目

2003年度全国统一选拔考试英语试题

（听力和笔试部分）

ListeningSection（20points,20minutes）

Instructions

 Youwillhearanumberofrecordingsandyouwillhavetoanswerthequestionsbasedonwhatyouhear.Therewillbetimeforyoutoreadtheinstructionsandquestions，andyouwillhaveachancetocheckyourwork.AlltherecordingswillbeplayedONLYONCE.ThetestincludesFIVEsections.Writeallyouranswersonaseparateanswersheet.Attheendofthetestyouwillbegivenabouteightminutestotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet. 

Section1（4points）

 Youwillhearfourshortdialoguesinthissection.Pleasereadeachquestionbeforelis-teningtothedialogue.ThereisonequestionforeachdialogueandNOWORDLIMITforeachanswer.Nowlistencarefully.

1.Howmanyreasonsarethereinthestrongrecommendationofthefilm?

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2.Wheredoyouthinkthedialoguetookplace?

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3.Whatdoyouthinktheman’sjobis?

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4.Whyisworkingfromhomenotgood?

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Section2（4points）

 Youwillhearashortpassageaboutginger.Pleasecompletethefollowingnotesasyoulisten.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.Nowlistencarefully.

                           Notes

Gingerisrelatedtothebamboofamily.

TheChineseusedgingerprincipallyfor（5）__________.

Gingerwasfirstgrownin（6）______________.

Spicetraderswereabletoget（7）___________forginger.

GingerwasintroducedtoAustraliainthe（8）____________.

Section3（4points）

 Youwillhearadialoguebetweentwonewuniversitystudents.Pleasecompletethefol-lowingstatementsasyoulisten.UseNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.Nowlistencarefully.

9.Afterafewdays’consideringherchoiceofsubject，Janedecidedtochoose，____butnot____.

10.Atthebeginningoftheterm，Janewasgivenalongreadinglistof ____.

11.Tim’sfirstlecturewillbeon ____.

12.____tochecktheimportantpartsofitfirstisTim’sstrategyofreading.

Section4（3points）

 Youwillhearaninterviewfromtheradioprogramme.Pleasereadthequestionsbeforelistening.WriteSHORTANSWERStoeachquestion.Nowlistencarefully.

13.Howmanycompaniesadmittedusingvarioussurveillancetomonitortheiremployeesinthesurvey?

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14.WhatwarningdoesSusanGreenberg，oftheAmericanManagementAssociation，issuetoemployees?

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15.AccordingtoSusan，whatthreethingsdoemployershavearighttoknow?

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Section5（5points）

 YouwillhearagroupofnewsheadlinesfromtheBBCTVnewsprogramme.Therearesixheadlinesaltogether，butyouonlyneedtowriteanyfiveofthem.Writetheheadlinesaspreciselyasyoucan.Nowlistencarefully.

16. ________________________________________________　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

17. ________________________________________________　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

18. ________________________________________________　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

19. ________________________________________________　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

20. ________________________________________________

WrittenSection（100points,130minutes）　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

I.Cloze（20points）

                                             （A）

 Choose10outofthefollowing15wordsintheirproperformstocompletethepassagebelow.

realize alongside official since appear communicate although 

lack  common  dawn  write barrier or require significant

  The discoverythatlanguagecanbea　1　tocommunicationisquicklymadebyallwhotravel，study，governorsell.Whethertheactivityistourism，research，government，policing，business，ordatadissemination，the　2　ofacommonlanguagecanseverelyimpedeprogressorcanhaltitaltogether.‘Commonlanguage’hereusuallymeansaforeignlan-guage，butthesamepointappliesinprincipletoanyencounterwithunfamiliardialectsorstyleswithinasinglelanguage.‘Theydon’ttalkthesamelanguage’hasamajormetaphoricalmeaning　3　itsliteralone.

 　4　communicationproblemsofthiskindmusthappenthousandsoftimeseachday，veryfewbecomepublicknowledge.Publicitycomesonlywhenafailuretocommunicatehasmajorconsequences，suchasstrikes，lostorders，legalproblems，orfatalaccidents—even，attimes，war.Onereportedinstanceof　5　failuretookplacein1970，whenseveralAmericansateaspeciesofpoisonousmushroom.Noremedywasknown，andtwoofthepeoplediedwithindays.Aradioreportofthecasewasheardbyachemistwhoknewofatreatmentthathadbeensuccessfullyusedin1959andpublishedin1963.WhyhadtheAmericandoctorsnotheardofitsevenyearslater?

Presumablybecausethereportofthetreatmenthadbeenpublishedonlyinjournals　6　inEuropeanlanguagesotherthanEnglish.

 ThechangesinawarenesshavebeenmostmarkedinEnglish-speakingcountries，wheretherealisationhasgradually　7　thatbynomeanseveryoneintheworldknowsEnglish

wellenoughtonegotiateinit.ThisisespeciallyaproblemwhenEnglishis nota（an）

　8　languageofpublicadministration，asinmostpartsoftheFarEast，Russia，EasternEurope，theArabworld，LatinAmericaandFrench-speakingAfrica.EvenincaseswhereforeigncustomerscanspeakEnglishquitewell，itisoftenforgottenthattheymaynotbeabletounderstandittothe　9　level—bearinginmindtheregionalandsocialvariationwhichpermeatesspeechandwhichcancausemajorproblemsoflisteningcomprehension.Inse-curingunderstanding，how‘we’speakto‘them’isjustasimportant，it　10　，ashow‘they’speakto‘us’.

                                          （B）

 Fillineachblankwithacorrectwordtocompletethepassagebelow.

Howmanywordsdoyouthinkan　11　personknows?

 Themostsophisticatedestimateofaperson’svocabularycomesfromthepsychologistsWilliamNagyandRichardAnderson.Theybeganwithalistof227，553differentwords.Ofthese，45，453weresimplerootsandstems.Oftheremaining182，100derivativesand

compounds，theyestimatedthatallbut42，080couldbeunderstoodin　12　bysomeone

whoknewtheircomponents.Thustherewereatotalof45，453+42，080=87，533listemewords.Bysamplingfromthislistandtestingthesample，NagyandAndersonestimatedthat

anaverageAmericanhighschoolgraduateknows45，000words—threetimesasmanyas

Shakespearemanagedtouse！

Actually，thisisan　13　，becausepropernames，numbers，foreignwords，acronyms，andmanycommonundecomposablecompoundswereexcluded.If

theyhadbeen　14　，theaveragehighschoolgraduatewouldprobablybecreditedwith

somethinglike60，000words（atetrabard?

），andsuperiorstudents，　15　theyread

more，wouldprobablymeritafiguretwiceashigh，anoctobard.

 Is60，000wordsalotora　16　?

Ithelpstothinkofhowquicklytheymusthavebeenlearned.Wordlearninggenerally　17　aroundtheageoftwelvemonths.Therefore，highschoolgraduates，whohavebeenatitforaboutseventeenyears，musthavebeenlearninganaverageoftennewwordsadaycontinuouslysincetheirfirstbirthdays，　18　aboutanewwordeveryninetywakingminutes.Usingsimilartechniques，wecan　19　thatanaveragesix-year-oldcommandsabout13，000words.Abitofarithmeticshowsthatpreliteratechildren，whoarelimitedtoambientspeech，mustbelexicalvacuumcleaners，inhalinganewwordeverytwowakinghours，dayin，dayout.Rememberthatwearetalkingaboutlistemes，eachinvolvinganarbitrarypairing.Thinkabouthavingtomemorizeanewbattingaverageortreatydateorphonenumbereveryninetyminutesofyourwakinglifesinceyoutookyourfirststeps.The　20　seemstobereservinganespeciallycapaciousstoragespaceandanespeciallyrapidtranscribingmechanismforthementaldictionary.

II.Reading（30points）

（A）

An“F”inWorldCompetition

PresidentBushcallshisplanforfixingschools“Education2000”.Inthatyear，he

promises，Americanstudentswillleadtheworldinmathandscience.Butjudgingbytheresultsofinternationalachievementtestsreleasedlastweek，Bushmayhavetorenamehisprogram“Mission：

Impossible”.SouthKoreanstudentswhippedAmericansinthemathandscienceexamsfor9-and13-year-olds.TheUnitedStatesrankednearthebottom.Americansdidexcelinonepartofthetest，asurveyofleisureandstudyhabits—althoughthedis-tinctionwasnothingtobeproudof.AsU.S.SecretaryofEducationLamarAlexandernoted“ItwasnotamongoursixeducationgoalstoleadtheworldintheamountofTVourstudentswatched.”

 Thetests，calledtheInternationalAssessmentofEducationalProgress（IAEP），wereadministeredbytheEd-ucationalTestingService，whichalsorunstheScholasticAptitudeTests.ThefirstIAEP，in1988，includedonlysixcountries/regions；inthissecondtest，20participated.（Notablenonparticipants：

Germany，whichdidn’twanttospendthemoneyitcosteachcountrytoadministerthetest，andJapan，whichdroppedoutwhenSouthKoreajoined.）Otherinternationaltestshavebeencriticizedbecauseofthedifficultiesofcomparingstudentsfromdifferentcultures.AmajorcomplainthasbeenthatothercountriestestonlytheirverybeststudentswhiletheUnitedStatestestsarepresentativesampling.IAEPofficialssaythe175，000studen