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1、贸易逆差College English Test (Band II)Second Semester (2003-2004)Part I Listening Comprehension (20%)Section ADirections: In this section, youll hear five short conversations. After each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversation and question will be read only once. Lis

2、ten carefully and choose the best answer to each question. 1. A. In the closet. B. She said she lost it. C. On the desk. D. She couldnt remember exactly.2. A. 20 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 15 minutes. D. 10 minutes. 3. A. Jim is with his girl now. B. Jim is at a meeting now. C. Jims roommate is out.

3、 D. Jim has moved to another room. 4. A. In 1980. B. In 1982. C. In 1981. D. In 1983.5. A. The secretary is very efficient. B. The secretary is a man. C. The secretary is married. D. The secretary has been working there very long.Section BDirections: In this section, youll hear a short passage. The

4、passage will be read twice. At the end of the passage, youll hear five questions. Listen carefully and choose the best answer to each question.6. A. People who cant stop quickly. B. Young boys and girls. B. Mothers and their children. C. Old people and children. 7. A. Because they like to look right

5、 or left.B. Because they walk too slowly. C. Because they are usually careless. D. Because they cant see or hear clearly.8. A. Because it moves many meters a second. B. Because people dont understand how a car travel. C. Because some drivers are too careless. D. Because it cant stop very quickly.9.

6、A. To look both ways while crossing the road. B. To walk slowly while crossing the road. C. To wait until all the cars have stopped.D. To know how fast a car can run.10. A. Because cars travel faster than they do. B. Because drivers cant judge how fast they run. C. Because they cant stop before a ca

7、r hits them.D. Because they are likely to fall to the ground.Section CDirections: There is a passage with ten blanks in this section. Youll hear the passage read twice. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with what you have heard. Many years ago movies were (11) _. A man Walt Disney made a carto

8、on Mouse that could talk in his movies. He (12) _ this mouse Mickey Mouse. People were very (13) _ at the talking mouse. Soon, Mickey became a great (14) _ with both young and old people. Children loved to see their lovely friend, because he brought joy and (15) _ to them. Mickey was a clean mouse r

9、ight from the (16) _. Perhaps this is one reason why people hate real (17) _ but love Mickey Mouse. In his early life Mickey made some (18) _. People were very angry. They wrote to Disney and said they did not want Mickey to do (19) _ things. Now our Mickey Mouse is not only clean, but he also appea

10、rs as a star of beauty and (20) _. He has his friends in almost every country.Part II Reading comprehension (40%)Directions: There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four suggested answers marked A,

11、B, C and D. Choose the best answer to each question.Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage: Newspapers, along with reporting the news, instruct, entertain, and give opinion. An important way for reading a large, big-city newspaper is knowing how to take it apart. Can you find these sepa

12、rate sections: world news, national and local news, sports, business, entertainment, opinions, classified ads? Does your paper have other sections? New stories give facts, not the authors opinions. Editorials do the opposite: you can expect and editorial to take sides. Some newspaper editorials have

13、 a by-line with the authors name, but many newspapers have unsigned editorials. These reflect the opinions of the publisher or editor.You can be a better reader if you know what to expect in a newspaper. For example, you can expect headlines to omit unnecessary words. You can expect to find the most

14、 important facts in the lead paragraph (the first paragraph) of a news story. YOU can expect important news items to be on the front page. Yu expect less important items t be on the inside pages.Most of all, the more you know about the currents, the more you will understand what is in the newspaper:

15、 important stories are generally presented one day and followed up on following days. So, an important way for reading newspapers is reading one frequently.1. To read a large newspaper, a good way is _.A. to read it from cover to coverB. to do some paper-cuttingC. to find separate sectionsD. to pred

16、ict what is inside the newspaper2. Which of the following statements about new stories is true?A. New stories tell the facts without comment.B. News stories contain both facts and opinionsC. New stories reflect the opinions of the editor.D. New stories express the writers point of view.3. If you wan

17、t to know less important news without any detail, you can read_.A. the lead paragraphs of the news on the front pagesB. the headlines on the inside pagesC. new stories on the front pageD. new items on the inside pages only4. To follow the current news, the best way is to . A. read extensively and th

18、oroughlyB. read various newspapers skillfullyC. read one newspaper frequentlyD. read a large big-city newspaper carefully5. The main idea of this passage is _.A. how to read stories and editorials B. how to find important news storiesC. how to tell apart different new sectionsD. how to read newspape

19、rs effectivelyQuestions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage: Many countries face a somewhat more serious economic problem in the form of unfavorable trade balance with other nations. Such an imbalance exists when the total value of a countrys imports exceeds that of its exports. For example,

20、if a country buys $25 billion of products from other countries, yet still only $10 billion of its own products overseas, its trade deficit (贸易逆差) is $15 billion Many underdeveloped nations find themselves in this position because they lack natural resources or the industrial capacity to use these re

21、sources, and thus have to import raw materials or manufactured goods. One effect of a trade deficit is the flow of currency out of a country. In the case of an underdeveloped nation, this can cause many financial difficulties, including failure to meet debt payments and obstacles to creation of an i

22、ndustrial base. Even in the case of a fully developed nation such as the United States, a large trade deficit is a reason for alarm. American products, made by well-paid workers in U.S. industries, cost more to produce than those made in places like Asia, where labor and material costs are much lowe

23、r. Money spent on foreign products is money not spent on items produced by domestic industries.6. What does the passage mainly discuss? A. Some worldwide economic problems. B. The cause and consequences of trade deficit. C. Lack of resources in underdeveloped countries. D. High labor and material co

24、sts in developed countries.7. According to the passage, a trade imbalance occurs when_. A. a country is facing serious financial problems B. a country buys more from other countries than it sells overseas C. the value of a countrys exports is greater than that of its imports D. products imported are

25、 more expensive than those exported8. Many underdeveloped countries have trade deficits because_ A. they failed to meet debt payments B. they export most of their natural resources to other countries C. they borrow too much money from other countries D. they have to import most of their manufactured

26、 products 9. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible cause of a trade imbalance? A. The flow of currency out of the country. B. Low labor and material costs in Asian countries. C. Lack of natural resources. D. An undeveloped industrial base.10. It can be inferred from this passage that

27、 American industries_. A. do not pay their workers sufficiently B. are hurt by a trade imbalance C. imported labor and material from abroad D. are able to prevent a trade deficit Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:At sixteen Ron Mackie might have stayed at school, but the future c

28、alled to him excitedly. “Get out of the classroom into a job,” it said, and Ron obeyed. His father, supporting the decision, found a place for him in a supermarket. “Youre lucky, Ron,” he said. “For every boy with a job these days, theres a dozen with-out.” So Ron joined the working world at twenty

29、pounds a week.For a year he spent his days filling shelves with tins of food. By the end of that time he was looking back on his school-days as a time of great variety (多样性) and satisfaction. He searched for an interest in his work, with little success.One fine day instead of going to work Ron got a

30、 lift on a lorry (卡车) going south. With nine pounds in his pocket, a full heart and a great longing for the sea, he set out to make a better way for himself. That evening, in Bournemouth, he had a sandwich and a drink in a caf run by an elderly man and his wife. Before he had finished the sandwich,

31、the woman had taken him on for the rest of the summer, at twenty pounds a week, a room upstairs and three meals a day. The ease and speed of it rather took Rons breath away. At quiet times Ron had to check the old mans arithmetic in the records of the business.At the end of the season, he stayed on

32、the coast. He was again surprised how straightforward it was for a boy of seventeen to make a living. He worked in shops mostly, but once he took a job in a hotel for three weeks. Late in October he was taken on by the sick manager of a shoe shop. Ron soon found himself in charge there; he was the only on