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Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the questions. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
The Olympic Torch (火炬)
Every four years, the entire world turns toward a certain city, to follow the facts, records, and histories of overcoming. This year, all eyes will turn toward Athens, the place of the first Olympic Games.
In a world of about six billion inhabitants (居民), only a selected group of about ten thousand athletes gets to the Olympic Games. However, there is a ritual of the Games that allows thousands of common people to participate in the Olympic experience, which is unique in the world: the tracking of the Olympic torch. The flame lit in Olympia is a powerful symbol, the force of which can be felt all over the world.
The Olympic torch-past and present
This tradition is not as old as the Games. The tracking of the torch was never part of the Games in Ancient Greece, yet it was part of Greek culture. The old way to carry the Olympic torch through runs was in honor of several gods. They were carried from one temple to the other or to some particular city. The first to get to the place had the honor to light the flame of the gods with his own torch.
The torch is currently completely integrated with the Olympic Movement and is an instrument that should reflect not only the soul of the country organizing the Games, but also the technology available at that moment. For the Athens Olympic Games of 1004, the designer Andreas Varotsos selected the olive (橄榄) leaf. He wanted to include all aspects of his country, both in the historical and cultural levels, at the same time making use of an international language that reflected the spirit of Greece and showed values of peace, love and harmony in all places.
The tracking of the torch-the first half in the 20th Century
The fire was not employed as an Olympic symbol until 1928 when a flame was lit during the Amsterdam Olympics. That caught the imagination of the public. Four years later, in Los Angeles, Carl Diem, from the German Olympic Committee, decided to develop the idea. The flame was lit once again. But those were not real Olympic flames. When the Games were held in Berlin, in 1936, Diem introduced the first tracking of the Olympic torch.
Torch tracking in the 1960s and 1970s
For the Games of 1968, in Mexico, the torch was carried to Spain, from where it would cross the Atlantic and follow the route of Christopher Columbus up to Central America. In Mexico City, Enriqueta Basilio was the first woman to light the Olympic flame.
In 1972, 36 years after the Berlin Olympics, the torch was once again carried to Germany, and 1976 saw the change of the torch to show the growth of technology during the 20th century. In Athens, a machine collected the ionized particles (离子粒) of the flame and transformed it to electronic impulses (脉冲). They were then passed by a satellite across the Atlantic to Ottawa, Canada, where they sent to relight the flame. In seconds, the flame had crossed the world. From Ottawa, it was taken to Montreal, and then followed the conventional manner.
In the 1980s
In 1980, for the Moscow Olympics, the Olympic flame was taken to the Soviet Union for the first time. However, the tracking of the torch in Los Angeles was the most complicated and also the most troublesome. The influence of the money in the sports was growing. In 1984, this led to many quarrels in the Olympic Movement. The Americans developed a program in which each kilometer was sold and the money was given to sport organizations for the youth. This model allowed private sponsors to buy several kilometers, yet it was not well accepted in Greece, and there were many protests against the sale of the Olympic flame.
The memories of the Berlin Olympics, in 1936, were remembered in the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The winner of one race in 1936 was the Korean Kitei Son, yet the medal was given to Japan, which occupied Korea at that time. In 1988, he had the honor to enter the Olympic stadium with the torch, under his real Korean name, Sohn Kee-chung.
Developments in the 1990s
In Barcelona, in 1992, the method through which the flame was lit was in all of the newspapers. Antonio Rebollo was appointed to shoot an arrow (箭) to light the flame. If he made a mistake, this would be the largest mistake of all time. But he did it right. In 1996, the torch was carried to all cities that had held the Games before. More than 10,000 runners took the torch from Olympia to Atlanta. Runners carrying the torch were community heroes chosen for this special honor. Any person could indicate the name of someone regarded as a local hero to carry the flame for a while.
In the new century
During the trip to the Games of 1000, in Sydney, the tracking begun in Uluru, an important place for the Indian population. The first Australian aborigine (土著人) to win an Olympic gold, Nova Peris-Kneebone, carried the torch through the first part of the tracking. Another aborigine, Cathy Freeman, who later would win a gold medal in women's 400 meters, lit the flame.
This year, the trip of the Olympic torch went through 127 countries of all five continents for the first time, including all host cities of the previous Games and also the cities that are candidates (候选人) for the Olympic Games of 1012. Beijing received the flame for the first time in history.
More than a ritual, the tracking of the torch has become an unexpected opportunity to involve thousands of people with the Olympic experience. As a flaming symbol, the torch has allowed thousands of common citizens to participate.
1. ________________ are allowed to take part in the Olympic torch tracking.
A. Ten thousand common people
B. Ten thousand sportsmen
C. Thousands of common people
D. Six billion inhabitants
2. The Olympic torch is a tool that should not only reflect the technology available at the moment, but also ________________.
A. the Olympic Movement
B. the soul of the host country
C. the Games in Ancient Greece
D. the honor of the gods
3. The first real Olympic flame was ________________.
A. in Los Angeles Olympics in 1932
B. in Amsterdam Olympics in 1928
C. in Berlin Olympics in 1936
D. in Athens Olympics in 2004
4. In the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Enriqueta Basilio was ________________.
A. the first woman to carry the torch
B. the first woman to take part in the games
C. the first woman to cross the Atlantic with the torch
D. the first woman to light the flame
5. How did the use of the Olympic torch in 1976 express the 20th century's technological growth? ________________
A. By passing the flame by satellite.
B. By carrying the torch back to Germany.
C. By using an electronic torch.
D. By taking the torch to Montreal.
6. The most complicated and troublesome torch tracking was in ________________.
A. Greece
B. Moscow
C. Los Angeles
D. Berlin
7. The Korean athlete Sohn Kee-chung ________________.
A. won a race in 1936 Seoul Olympics, but the honor was given to Japan
B. won a race in 1936 Berlin Olympics, but the honor was given to Japan
C. won a race in 1988 Seoul Olympics, but the honor was given to Japan
D. won a race in 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the honor was given to Korea
8. One chosen to carry the flame for a while is regarded as 01_MYVARIABLE.
9. In 2000, the Olympic flame was lit by an aborigine who would later win 01_MYVARIABLE.
10. The tracking of the torch has become more 01_MYVARIABLE than a ritual.
Part 1 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice + Blank Filling) (每小题: 3 分; 满分:30 分)
小题 得分 对错 我的答案 客观
1. 3 C C
2. 3 B B
3. 3 C C
4. 3 D D
5. 3 A A
6. 3 C C
7. 3 B B
8. 0 a local hero a local hero
9. 0 a gold medal a gold medal
10. 0 an unexpected opportunity an unexpected opportunity
Subtotal: 21
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Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze)
(每小题: 分)
Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
Why do we always assume that a "good student" is one that gets really good grades? Oddly enough, it is often not the students that got the best grades that succeed in life, but rather the ones that exhibited the most heart. Indeed, if you want to 1. succession on how far a student might get in life, a better measurement than grades might be how hard they try. Many teachers actually 2. succession this, and boost the final grades of students who work hard to learn.
One teacher of English grammar said, "If a student is giving his or her utmost effort, I make sure that is 3. succession in the final grade. You can't simply look at a 4. succession of test results to determine how well a student has done in your class. Students' 5. succession during class are much more important than what they put on paper. They 6. succession the ability to help others around them succeed. When there is a 7. succession discussion about something, they are always participating. As a teacher, I am primarily 8. succession with helping students to develop strong character. Those who I can help in this way will become more 9. succession than any who simply got high scores."
Attitudes like this teacher's are ensuring that our students have a 10. succession of intelligence and good values. This is a combination for real success.
Part 2 Reading Comprehension (Banked Cloze) (每小题: 3 分; 满分:30 分)
小题 得分 对错 我的答案 客观
1. 3 speculate speculate
2. 3 acknowledge acknowledge
3. 3 reflected reflected
4. 3 succession succession
5. 3 contributions contributions
6. 3 possess possess
7. 3 vigorous vigorous
8. 3 concerned concerned
9. 3 fruitful fruitful
10. 3 mixture mixture
Subtotal: 30
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Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice)
(每小题: 分)
Directions: Read the following passages carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.
Before going to high school, I had a very simple view of life. I usually did not think about the subjects of crime, poverty, or homelessness. As far as I knew, these things did not exist. The area around my school forced my eyes open as early as the first day of school. On the long bus ride through the city, I saw homeless dogs walking the streets. I also clearly recall seeing a homeless person picking through a trash can for the first time ever. The poverty of the area around my school made me see how truly lucky I was. I now began to appreciate everything which had been handed to me in life. In the long run, this led me to put a lot more faith in God because of all that He had given me. I started going to religious services more often. This also indirectly led to my involvement in the community around the school.
Students' lives become enriched simply by attending an inner-city school. When a person is exposed to city life, many different advantages can be gained. For someone who had lived in the suburbs all his life, such as myself, a new style of living can be experienced. This alone expands one's views of life in general. The religious aspect of my life grew, I was easily able to get involved in community service projects, and I became much more aware of the dangers which exist in the city. Going to school in the city helped me to overcome the simple views I once had, and I am now better prepared to take on the challenges which await me in life.
1. What sort of school does the author go to?
A. A religious school.
B. A high school.
C. A community school.
D. A school for poor people.
2. What did the author begin to realize after she started attending her school?
A. The bus ride to her school was long.
B. Crime, poverty, and homelessness really existed.
C. Homeless people often eat out of the trash.
D. Homeless people live with their homeless dogs.
3. Why does the author think she is lucky?
A. She has a better life than many other people.
B. She is a student at a very good school.
C. She can learn a lot by studying in the city.
D. She is involved in her community.
4. Where does the author live?
A. In the inner city.
B. On the streets.
C. In the suburbs.
D. At her school.
5. How does the author feel about inner-city schools?
A. They are very dangerous.
B. They are religious.
C. They are prepared.
D. They are very good in ways.
Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.
So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake things for children that children can only do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible."
Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: it can be seen and observed.
Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public examination.
If teacher and learner roles are distinguishable, how can teaching aid the child in the quest for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children."
When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.
6. The problem with the reading course as mentioned in the first paragraph is that ________.
A. it is one of the most difficult school courses
B. too much time is spent in teaching about reading
C. students spend endless hours in reading
D. reading tasks are assigned with little guidance
7. The teaching of reading will be successful if ________.
A. teachers can enable students to develop their own way of reading
B. teachers can improve conditions at school for the students
C. teachers can devise the most efficient system for reading
D. teachers can make their teaching activities observable
8. The word "examination" at the end of Paragraph 3 most probably means "________".
A. inquiry
B. observation
C. control
D. suspicion
9. According to the passage, learning to read will no longer be a difficult task when ________.
A. children become highly motivated
B. teacher and learner roles are identical
C. teaching helps children in the search for knowledge
D. reading enriches children's experience
10. The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. teachers should do as little as possible in helping students learn to read
B. teachers should encourage students to read as widely as possible
C. reading ability is something acquired rather than taught
D. reading is more complicated than generally believed
Part 3 Reading Comprehension (Multiple Choice) (每小题: 2 分; 满分:20 分)
小题 得分 对错 我的答案 客观
1. 2 B B
2. 2 B B
3. 2 A A
4. 2 C C
5. 2 D D
6. 2 B B
7. 2 A A
8. 2 B B
9. 2 A A
10. 2 C C
Subtotal: 20
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Part 4 Compound Dictation
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Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
Questions 1 to 10 are based on the following passage.
Suicide (自杀) rates went up in the 1980s. As a result, new suicide 1. programs were created and set up in schools. Schools were seen as a logical place to 2. youth, the most at risk for suicide. Schools seemed logical because school students are in a place where they are 3. to listen. They are also 4. toward learning and organized in peer groups. However, concern over the past two 5. has grown about the effectiveness and safety of such programs.
The idea behind school-based education programs is that students will get help for themselves if they know about suicide warning 6. and sources of help. They might also be 7. to tell their friends to get help. The efforts of suicide education programs to help students discuss feelings and promote communication 8. .
Our efforts could be harmful, regardless of how good our intentions are, 9. . To date there is insufficient evidence 10. . This is why I believe more study should be done.
Part 4 Compound Dictation (每小题: 2 分; 满分:20 分)
小题 得分 对错 我的答案 客观
1. 2 prevention prevention
2. 2 access access
3. 2 likely likely
4. 2 encouraged encouraged
5. 2 decades decades
6. 2 signs signs
7. 2 inclined inclined
8. 0 (未答) are meant to help increase their use of existing social support networks
9. 0 (未答) which is why we need to watch these programs much more carefully
10. 0 to either supporreness to either support or not support curriculum-based suicide awareness programs in schools
Subtotal: 14
老师评语:
Total score: 85
正确率: 85%