1、Part 1 An Extended ConversationYou are going to listen to an interview. There are three speakers. One of them is the interviewer, and the other two are interviewees named Richard and Monica respectively. You will hear the conversation twice.After the first listening answer questions 1-2. Then after
2、the second listening answer questions 3-8.You have one minute to look at the questions.Now listen carefully for the first time.Choose the best answer according to what you learn from the interview.1. They are talking about .a. licensing in the Statesb. driving experiences in the States and UKc. havi
3、ng a lunch in the UKd. having problems with driving on the left2. Richard talks about his experience .a. in England b. in Finlandc. in the USA d. in China3. Richard enjoys traveling .a. by taking a taxi b. by hiring a carc. by going together with his brother d. by hiring a bus4. The first problem Ri
4、chard had is .a. driving on the other side of the roadb. driving on a single lanec. driving a minibusd. driving someone elses car5. When does Richard get ‘honk honk’ behind him?a. When he turns right.b. When he forgets to turn right.c. When he forgets to turn right at a red traffic.d. Wh
5、en he forgets to turn right at a red traffic with no one coming the other way.6. Is it true to say that Richard has to keep to the speed limit?a. Yes. b. No.c. Not sure. d. Richard didnt tell us.7. Monica has to get used to two things, one of which isa. the motorwayb. the steering wheel being on the
6、 other side of the roadc. speed limitd. roundabout8. What Monica could not understand at all is .a. London traffic b. the traffic control systemc. police gestures d. roundaboutsPart 2 A MonologueYou will hear part of a lecture by Professor Guide on How to Start a Conversation in Britain. As you list
7、en, try to answer questions 9 -15.According to the lecturer.9. The audience attending Professor Guide&s lecture is in .10. It is easier for to speak together than for and .11. When you listen and respond to others, they will .12. If your listener does not like to speak, and you dont know if they lik
8、e it or not, you should them, into their , respond to their of .13. What is the advice Professor Guide offers you on how to start a conversation with a stranger?14. From Professor Guides talk can you draw the conclusion that British people do not like being threatened by foreigners? Quote the key wo
9、rds from the talk to support your answer.15. According to Professor Guide, if we want some personal information from our interlocutor, we should .You have one minute to check your answers.Now listen again.You have ten minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet. This is the end of the Paper
10、 lPaper 2 Think and Do （30 minutes 30 points）In this paper you have three think-and-do tasks. Each task is worth 10 points.Task 1It is natural for people to communicate. However, we must learn how to understand words, expressions of faces, gestures and actions. These "languages of communication
11、& are not natural in the sense that we are not born with them. They are different in each country, they are even different in each region and street and sometimes between families.Drawn from your personal experiences, give one example each to demonstrate the following & which have caused some proble
12、ms in your communication with others （e.g. with foreigners, people from other provinces, your neighbours, or even with your family members）: （a） words or expressions （b） facial expressions （c） gestures （d） actionsTask 2You are advised to be aware of quite a few things in cross-cultural communication
13、. Make yourself a list of things that you should avoid doing in your future contact with foreigners.Task 3Most of British people like to have milk in their tea. If they go to China and ask for a cup of tea they will get a shock! The cup will be small and it wont have a handle… and the tea won
14、t have milk it! Moreover, the time when tea is drunk or served is not quite the same in the two cultures. Does this mean that what drinking tea means to British people is different from what 喝茶,or 饮茶, or 品茶means to Chinese people? Discuss the differences or similarities.This is the end of Paper 2Pap
15、er 3 Vocabulary Building （ 10 minutes 10 points）Unit 7 （entitled In Other Words） discusses issues like metaphors, euphemisms, literal meaning, figurative meaning, idioms, proverbs, and diversity of meanings. Draw what you have learned from this unit and do the following task.There are 10 sentences.
16、Discuss the usage of the underlined words or expressions by pointing out（1） whether they are used as a metaphor, as a euphemism as an idiom as a proverb literally figuratively with positive connotations with negative connotationsand （2） what sort of meaning they are likely to have in the given conte
17、xt.1. A college professor tells of talking with a foreign student in her office when a colleague stopped in to ask about a problem. &Its taken care of,& she replied. &I chewed him out, and it wont happen again.&Usage:Meanings:2. I am careful about money, you are miserly, and shes skinflint.3. Today
18、is a rainy day. She has no money for an umbrella. She never saves anything for a rainy day.4. Jordan has many secret admirers, because he is a no netter.5. After the second world war, many people were made scapegoats for the failures committed byAmerican politicians.6. The book is not well written.
19、It only scratches the surface.7. &If I am going to push up the daisies tomorrow, I will have no more trouble of the world& quoted Grice.8. During the horrible days of McCarthy, a lot of innocent people were accused of being communists and put into jail.9. &I dont need to take a rest. I need to take
20、a break.& said Jane to her Chinese student.10. Professor Smith enjoys collecting critical incidents. He calls himself a rubbish collector.This is the end of Paper 3Paper 4 Translation （20 minutes 15 points）Translate the following passage from English into proper Chinese. Please write your translatio
21、n on the answer sheet.People in Paris eat snails, but people in San Diego put poison on them. Why? People in Tabriz or Tehran sit on the floor and pray five times each day, but people in Las Vegas stand up all night in front of slot machines. Why? Some people speak Tagalog, others speak English, Why
22、.* Some people paint and decorate their entire bodies, but others spend millions of dollars painting and decorating only their faces. Why? The general answer to these questions is the same. People learn to think, feel, believe, and strive for what their culture considers proper. People respond to th
23、e world through the messages they receive, but it is culture that determines, to a large extent, the form, pattern and content of those messages. Culture also determines the content and conformation of the messages we send. This omnipresent quality of culture leads Hall to conclude that& there is no
24、t one aspect of human life that is not touched and altered by culture.& In many ways, Hall is correct: culture is everything and everywhere. And more importantly, at least for our purposes, culture and communication work in tandem. In fact, they are inseparable: it is often difficult to decide which
25、 is the voice and which the echo.This is the end of Paper 4Paper 5 Reading （50 minutes 30 points）The passage you are going to read is on culture and communication. The questions on your reading fall into two parts. Part 1 （questions 1 -6） is easier than Part 2 （questions 7-10）. It is likely that aft
26、er the first reading you will be able to answer Part 1. For Part 2, you have to read it again. Make sure that your time is well spent.Part 1 Questions 1 -6 （2 points each）（1） The main idea of Paragraph 1 is:（2） The main idea of Paragraph 2 is:（3） The main idea of Paragraph 3 is:（4） How is culture ma
27、nifested?（5） According to the author, is it true to say that communication is completely determined by culture? Quote the text to support your answer.（6）Does the author anticipate any challenges of the views he states in the text? Quote the text tosupport your answer.Part 2 Questions 7 -10 （45 point
28、s each）（7） According to the author, does an individual contribute to the cultural deposit?（8）According to the author, is it true to say that cultural values are hereditary?（9） Give a Chinese example to support the authors claim that culture determines ones behavior even after his or her death.（10） Paragraph 4 is incomplete. Do you think the author will complete the paragraph by arguing against the position that culture determines peoples behavior? Defend your answer.1. Culture is an intriguing concept. Although we can easily read a definition of it, when we begin to consider that definit
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