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1、TBEM4级样卷TBEM-4样题Module IListening Comprehension（35%）Section OneIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question.Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given

2、 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions. Now listen to the interview. 1. What is the specific field of study for Johns dissertation?A. the current state of universities in San FranciscoB. western philosophyC. philosophy with an emphasis on Buddhist studiesD. eastern religions 2. W

3、hich is NOT True about Suen Mok?A. It has got a very good program for ten day meditation retreats. B. Their meditation programs teach only foreigners. C. Their meditation programs teach meditation techniques.D. It is not the only temple John studies. 3. What is so special about Tam Krabok?A. It teac

4、hes people to meditate and overcome their drug addiction. B. It organizes meditation retreats for foreigners. C. It organizes workshops to promote Thailands version of Buddhism. D. It teaches people the essence of Theravada. 4. How many people have been cured in Tam Krabok?A. about one hundredB. abo

5、ut one thousandC. about one hundred thousandD. more than one hundred thousand5. Which of the following statement is Not True according to the interview?A. Opium was illegal in Thailand until 1959.B. Opium was legal in Thailand until 1959.C. In Johns understanding, Buddhism is basically to try to hel

6、p people live better lives. D. Drug addiction is a big problem in a lot of different countries.Section TwoIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks that follow. Questions 6 to 10 are based on a news broadcast. At the end of the news broadcast you wil

7、l be given 10 seconds to fill in each of the following five blanks. Now listen to the interview. 6. The number of new homes being constructed across Australia rose by 15 per cent in the December quarter, which is since 2001. 7. Department store owner David Jones says sales are expected to slow over

8、the next few months as taxpayer handouts and the dry up. 8. The World Bank has warned Chinas facing a big problem. 9. The World Bank revised up its forecasts for Chinas from 8.7 to 9.5 per cent this year. 10. The World Banks quarterly China report suggested that higher migrant wages could help boost

9、 rural incomes and reduce the between rural and city lifestyles.Section ThreeIn this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and answer the questions that follow.Questions 11 to 13 are based on an interview. At the end of the interview you will be given 5 minutes to answer the f

10、ollowing three questions. Now listen to the interview. 11. Describe the impact of the economic downturn on teenagers who left school without completing year 12 in 2008. 12. Describe the current economic downturn in Australia. 13. How did the retail industry perform in this economic downturn? Module

11、IIBusiness Reading and Writing 40% (50 minutes)Section A 5%Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in Blanks 14-18 with the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. America sounds increasingly determined to push its exports, and its attitude to China has 14 . Mr Obama has set a g

12、oal of 15 exports in five years and has promised to “get much tougher” over what it regards as unfair competition from China. Speculation is rising in Washington, DC, that the Treasury will brand China a currency “manipulator” in its next exchange-rate report. With Americas unemployment at 9.7% and

13、the mid-term elections approaching, the appeal of China-bashing is rising in Congress, too. Several senators recently revived a mothballed demand that the Commerce Department should investigate Chinas currency regime as an unfair trade 16 . Beijing, in turn, shows little sign of budging on the yuan,

14、 even though the latest figures show surprisingly strong export growth and higher-than-expected 17 . Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of Chinas central bank, caused a brief flurry in currency markets when he argued on March 6th that keeping the yuan stable against the dollar was “part of our 18 of policies

15、for dealing with the global financial crisis” from which China would exit “sooner or later”. But he made it quite clear that China would be cautious and gave no hint that sudden exit was imminent. In recent days various other Chinese officials have put even more emphasis on the stability of the curr

16、ency, bristled at outside pressure to hurry up and denounced American “politicisation” of the exchange-rate issue.14. A. stabled B. hardened C. toughed D. firmed15. A. two B. twice C. doubling D. double16. A. surplus B. allowance C. help D. subsidy17. A. inflation B. appreciation C. depreciation D.

17、stagflation 18. A. parcel B. package C. bundle D. seriesSection B 5%Directions: Look at the tables and graphs below. For each table or graph, there are one or two statements describing it. Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. Question19 is based on the following graph.1

18、9. When did Hong Kong inflation rate rise to 2.9%? A. June, 2010 B. August 2010 C. November 2010 D. January 2011Questions 20-21 are based on the following graph.20. In which month did Chinas Monthly Passenger Vehicle Sales drop to about 63% on a year-on-year basis? A. August 2009 B. October 2009 C.

19、February 2010 D. March 201021. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?A. The growth rate of Chinas monthly passenger vehicle sales fell most notably in February 2010.B. Chinas monthly passenger vehicle sales climbed to the peak at the end of 2009.C. From August 2009 to December 2009, the month

20、ly passenger vehicle sales continued to increase in number. D. In terms of the monthly sales volume, June 2010 witnessed the lowest sales volume. Questions 22-23 are based on the following graph.22. According to the graph, in which year does the growth rate drop most dramatically? A. 2008 B. 2009 C.

21、 2010 D. 2011 23. Which of the following statement is FALSE? A. The sales volume of Chinas online game industry in 2008 added up to 20.78 billion Yuan. B. The year-on-year growth rate of Chinas online game industry is estimated to drop to 9.7% in 2012.C. The growth rate on a year-on-year basis dropp

22、ed 9.8% in 2010 than that of the year 2009.D. The sales volume of Chinas online game industry in 2014 will climb to an estimated 46.11 billion Yuan. Section C 10%Directions: Read the following two passages. Choose the best answer for each statement or question from the four choices marked A, B, C an

23、d D.Questions 24-28 are based on the following passage.Passage OneThere is something apt about a social networking website winning a popularity contest. According to industry data, Facebook overtook Google among US internet users last week, with more visits to its pages than to the search engine. It

24、 is a moment to consider the rapid growth of a site whose 400m-plus users outnumber the population of any single country except India and China.The industry data come with a few caveats. The figures exclude visits to other Googles, such as YouTube and Google Mail. They omit searches carried out in a

25、 box on a browser toolbar. Also, the number of visits is just one measure of internet take-up: counting unique users visitors rather than visits gives a different profile. Still, it highlights the momentum behind Facebook as it displaces Google. from the weekly lead it has commanded on this measure

26、since September 2007.Advertisers find Facebook appealing too. It enables them to reach a mass audience, as television does, but with the extra benefit of much greater targeting. Consumer brands could easily extend their presence beyond the fan pages that already exist. Moreover, a social site provid

27、es consumers who visit for much longer than they would use a search engine. So increased advertising, and perhaps ways to allow users to shop through the site, should enable Facebook to move from positive cash flow to making profits.It will need to tread carefully. There is a risk for advertisers an

28、d for the site if Facebook moves to become commercial in a way that users resent. In amongst personal information, advertisements are more likely to strike a jarring note.The high-growth phase means that Facebook can take its time developing ways to increase revenues. The key must be to find ways th

29、at bring practical benefits to those who visit the site. There is an intrinsic stickiness about a site where users have assembled their own material, but if people stop updating their pages and social networking takes a new form, then winning users back is a hard task.What the data do not show is th

30、at search engines have had their day. Googles core search advertising business rebounded in the final quarter of 2009, and the group is preparing for renewed growth. Moreover, there is a straightforward reminder of how fragile the fortunes of social networking sites can be: the site that Google over

31、took in 2007 to become most popular in the US was MySpace which is now seeking a new role as social users have moved elsewhere. 24. What is the reason for MySpaces withdrawn from the role as social networking site?A. It is overtaken by other social networking site like Facebook.B. It has lost its so

32、cial users.C. It has introduced in too many advertisements.D. It has become a profit-making site. 25. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Facebook users outnumber that of Google.B. Youtube is one of Googles.C. Before this week, Google had led all other websites on the measure of visits since 2007. D. Facebook is a social networking site.26. The word “stickiness” in the penultimate paragraph probably means “_”A. The webs