南京大学外语部

Part Ⅰ

Section A

Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of

each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only 8once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter

on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.?

1． A）Phillips will not be in this office at all this week.?

B) He will be here on Tuesday only.?

C) He'll be here on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.?

D) He'll be at this office on Tuesday and Thursday.?

2．A）She has never eaten such delicious oranges before.?

B) She bets there are better oranges available.?

C) She doesn't understand why the man likes the oranges. ?

D) She has had the same oranges before.?

3．A) She didn't go to Chicago.?

B) She had a good time in Chicago.?

C) She spent his vacation here.?

D) She didn't enjoy her trip.?

4．A) She will type it next week. ?

B) She would rather work on it than do nothing.?

C) It took her an entire week to type it. ?

D) She still isn't quite finished with it.?

5．A) It is the only book for her philosophy class.?

B) All the classes have a lot of reading.?

C) She just has to read for her philosophy class.?

D) Only the philosophy class has a lot of reading.?

6．A) If Phil is lucky, he might get a scholarship.?

B) There is no way in which Phil can win a scholarship. ?

C) Phil is not going to chance his luck and try for a scholarship.?

D) Phil is not being given a chance to get a scholarship.?

7．A) Jack was expected to pass the exam.?

B) Jack surprised everybody by taking his exam again.?

C) No one really expected Jack to pass exams.?

D) Jack wasn't expected to fail his exams again.?

8．A) Better. B) Sick.?

C) Fine. D) Tired.?

9．A) The man shouldn't be so anxious.?

B) He's already one hour late.?

C) The man shouldn't wait to be interviewed.?

D) She's too nervous to calm down.?

10．A) In a restaurant.?

B) In a cafeteria.?

C) In a hotel lobby.?

D) At the airport check-in.??

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, some questions will be asked. Both the passage and the questions will be

spoken only once. After you hear a question, read the four choices marked A), B

), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer.?

Passage One?

Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.?

11．A) California. ?

B) Southern Alaska.?

C) Arctic. ?

D) Europe.?

12．A) 5,400,000 years. ?

B) 65,000,000 years. ?

C) 8,400,000 years. ?

D) 75,000,000 years.?

13．A) Tourists.?

B) Birds. ?

C) Winds. ?

D) Some animals.?

Passage Two?

Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.

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14．A) Government and taxes. ?

B) Work and taxes.?

C) Freedom and taxes. ?

D) Death and taxes.?

15．A) Two. B) Three.?

C) Four. D) Five.?

16．A) They begin paying federal taxes from that day. ?

B) It is the last day for people to pay the city tax.?

C) It is the deadline for paying federal taxes.?

D) The state tax is due on that day.?

Passage Three?

Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

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17．A) Taking notes. ?

B) Oiling the gate. ?

C) Singing high notes.?

D) Overcoming her weakness.?

18．A) He was attracted by Mrs Jones. ?

B) He had heard a noise. ?

C) He had run out of gas. ?

D) His tyres were punctured.?

19．A) The tyres. ?

B) Another car passing by. ?

C) The brakes.?

D) Mrs Jones's singing.?

20．A) She was fond of singing. ?

B) She lived in a small house. ?

C) She was a shy person.?

D) She was not conscious of her weakness.??

Part Ⅱ

Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some

questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

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Passage One?

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.?

It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems -and that

they have no sense of humour, at least in parent-child relationships.?

I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.?

Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a

culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small

way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.?

Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog; you cannot win but at least you keep your honour. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents' control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.?

If you plan to control your life, cooperation can be part of that plan. You can

charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they

will give you the authority to do what you want to do.?

21. The author is primarily addressing ____.?

A) parents of teenagers ?

B) newspaper readers ?

C) those who give advice to teenagers?

D) teenagers?

22. The first paragraph is mainly about ____.?

A) the teenagers' criticism of their parents?

B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parents?

C) the dominance of the parents over their children?

D) the teenagers' ability to deal with crises?

23.Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles mainly because they ____.?

A) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own?

B) have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste?

C) have no other way to enjoy themselves better?

D) want to irritate their parents?

24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they ____.?

A) have already been accepted into the adult world?

B) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adults?

C) are not likely to win over the adults?

D) have a desire to be independent?

25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be

____.?

A) obedient ?

B) responsible ?

C) cooperative?

D) independent?

Passage Two?

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.?

He was a funny looking man with a cheerful face, good natured and a great talker. He was described by his student, the great philosopher Plato, as "the best and

most just and wisest man". Yet this same man was condemned to death for his beliefs.?The man was the Greek philosopher, Socrates, and he was condemned for not believing in the recognized gods and for corrupting young people. The second charge stemmed from his association with numerous young men who came to Athens from all over the civilized world to study under him.?

Socrates method of teaching was to ask questions and, by pretending not to know

the answers, to press his students into thinking for themselves. His teachings had unsurpassed influence on all the great Greek and Roman schools of philosophy.

Yet, for all his fame and influence, Socrates himself never wrote a word.?

Socrates encouraged new ideas and free thinking in the young, and this was frightening to the conservative people. They wanted him silenced. Yet, many were probably surprised that he accepted death so readily.?

Socrates had the right to ask for a lesserpenalty, and he probably could have won over enough of the people who had previously condemned him. But Socrates, as

a firm believer in law, reasoned that it was proper to submit to the death sentence. So, he calmly accepted his fate and drank a cup of poison hemlock in the presence of his grief-stricken friends and students.?

26. In the first paragraph, the word "yet" is used to introduce____.?

A) contrast B) a sequence ?

C) emphasis D)an example?

27. Scorates was condemned to death because he ____.?

A) believed in law?

B) was a philosopher?

C) published radicalphilosophical articles?

D) advocated original opinions?

28. The word "unsurpassed" in the third paragraph is closest in meaning to ____.?

A) untold B) unequalled?

C) unnoticed D) unexpected?

29. By mentioning that Socrates himself never wrote anything, the writer

implies that ____.?

A) it was surprising that Socrates was so famous?

B) Socrates was not so learned as he is reputed to have been?

C) Socrates used the work of his students in teaching?

D) the authorities refused to publish Socrates' works?

30. Socates accepted the death penalty to show ____.?

A) his belief in his students?

B) his contempt for conservatives?

C) his recognition of the legal system?

D) that he was not afraid of death?

Passage Three?

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.?

To be "historically minded" is to see things in relation and in perspective, and to judge tolerantly. We must remember how differently men have thought and acted in different times. We must always keep an open mind, ready to receive and weigh new evidence. If we grasp this idea, we will never think that a historian is

someone who can remember dates. That childish idea is like calling a man a statesman because he can remember the names of voters in his district. A waiter could

remember more names and a telephone operator more numbers than the greatest historian.?

The true historian is not content to take all his facts from other historians. Today he makes sure that his statements are based on sound "documents" or "sources" which go back to the time of the facts themselves.?

But the historian needs always to be in his guard not to be misled by his sources. A document may not be a real one. Its author may be lying on purpose for

some reasons. He may be so greatly influenced by national, religious, party or personal backgrounds as to be totallyunfair to the other side. If honest, he may

be misinformed as to the facts and mistaken in his inferences.?

Anyone who reads the accounts published in the different countries concerning the causes and results of wars will realize that the historian needs caution and training in handling these sources. The trained historian asks first: "Did th

is writer mean to tell the truth?" and second; "Was he in a position or frame of

mind to tell the truth even if he wants to?" Every statement must be patiently

weighed and tested and combined with all other available information in order to

get at the truth.?

3l.A "historica1ly minded" researcher ____.?

A) always keeps an open mind to history?

B) looks at one historical event without relating it to another?

C) sees things from a single point of view?

D) refuses to accept new evidence?

32.In Paragraph l the author means to illustrate that ____.?

A) different men think and act differently?

B) the study of history is not merely a matter of remembering dates?

C) a statesman can remember the names of voters in his district?

D) a waiter can remember more names than the great historians?

33.The true historian should base his statements on ____.?

A) findings of other historians?

B) documents created at the present time?

C) his own inferences?

D) sound historical materials?

34.Which of the following is the topic of Paragraph 3??

A) Some historicaldocuments may not be real.?

B) Some authors may not be honest.?

C) Historians should be careful about their sources.?

D) Historians may be influenced by their own backgrounds.?

35. It is emphasized in the last paragraph that ____.?

A) wars are accounted for differently in different countries?

B) the historian needs caution and training in dealing with his sources?

C) some writers may not be telling the truth?

D) some writers may not be in a position or frame of mind to tell the truth

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Passage Four?

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.?

Friedrich Dobl, a Yugoslav working in Germany, was fed up with traffic jams. At

long weekends and holiday times when he wanted to get him quickly he always found himself behind hundreds of other cars moving slowly along the notorious foreign workers' route through Germany and Austria.?

How easy it all was for police and emergency services. A siren, a flashing light

? And like magic everyone was out of the way. Going home from work one night he

passed a garage. And there in front of him was the answer to his problem. An old

ambulance was for sale. The red cross had been removed. But not the flashing light, and the siren. He tried the light. It flashed magnificently. He tried the siren. That too sounded impressive. He bought the ambulance and opened up for himself a dream world of motoring.?

It began early in the morning, all his luggage in the back of the ambulance and

motorway in Germany looking reasonably clear. Soon, as always, a long line of traffic appeared ahead. He switched on the flashing light and set off the siren. Cars swiftly slowed and pulled off the fast lane. Other cars stopped and drivers waved him ahead to an open road all his own. In record time he crossed the border into Austria. The big bluff was working. Police even waved him through the confusion caused by an accident.?

But then the Yugoslav made his beg mistake. Until then he had only stopped for petrol. Now he was driving past a real accident, lights flashing, too late to realize that it was not another traffic jam as he assumed. They stopped him, and after hearing the story of his ride across two countries fined him 12.5 pounds.?

36. At long weekends and holidays Friedrich Dobl used to____ .?

A) drive home in Germany?

B) meet other foreign workers?

C) get caught in terrible traffic jams?

D) get to the place where he worked by a special quick route?

37. Why did he decide to buy the ambulance??

A) Because he had always wanted one.?

B) Because he wanted to resell it at a higher price.?

C) Because he liked the siren and the flashing light.?

D) Because he knew that other traffic would get clear of the way for an ambulance.?

38. The red cross had been removed ____.?

A) but he soon put up a new one?

B) but the siren and the flashing light still worked?

C) so he asked the garage to paint another one on?

D) because the vehicle did not look like an ambulance any more?

39. When the police stopped him,____.?

A) he was driving dangerously?

B) he had just driven straight past an accident?

C) they found 12.5 pounds in his pocket?

D) they told him they had followed him all the way?

40. Which of the followings might be the best title for the passage??

A) How to Drive Quickly.?

B) How to Avoid Accidents.?

C) A Quick Way Home? By An Ambulance.?

D) A Safe Way Home? Non-Stop.??

Part Ⅲ

Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)

Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are for choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.?

41.____ all behaviour is learned behaviour is a basic assumption of social scientists.?

A) Nearly B) That nearly?

C) It is nearly D) When nearly?

42. On cloudy nights it is not possible to see the stars with ____ eye.?

A) naked B) bare?

C) flesh D) pure?

43. During the storm we took ____ in the doorway of a shop.?

A) rescue B) shelter?

C) shield D) proof?

44. The ship's captain and members of the ____welcomed us on board.?

A) staff B) crew?

C) team D) chain?

45. At the first ____ of twelve everyone stopped for lunch.?

A) sound B) stroke?