高考筆試真題及參考答案

高考筆試真題及參考答案

PartA:SpotDictation

Directions:Inthispartofthetest,youwillhearapassagea

ndreadthesamepassagewithblanksinit.Fillineachoftheb

lankswiththewordorwordsyouhaveheardonthetape.Writey

ouranswerinthecorrespondingspaceinyourAN

SWERBOOKLET.RememberyouwilIhearthepassag

eONLYONCE.

Goodafternoon,everybody.I'mpleasedtobe

herewithyou,graduatesofXX.I'ma

(1),andstudentsoftenapproachmewi

th(2).Yousee,wearelivinginasocie

tyofgreatchanges.Withthepresenceof

_(3),theprocessofgettingajobintoday5swo

rldhaschangedfor________.(4).

Well,howcanyouusenewtechnologiestohelpyo

u?First,let'slookathowyou_____—(5).The

traditionaImethodofhuntingforajobinthepa

strequiredfirst,doingresearchonjobsthatw

ere(6),typicallybylookinginnewsp

apers,periodicalsandmagazines,aswellasTVads,and

_(7).Thenyoudecidedwhereandforwhatpo

styouweregoingtoapply,putyourresume

___(8)inastampedenvelope,andwaitedanxiou

slyforsomeoneto________(9).

Well,today,maybethejobsearchand________(1

0)areverymuchthesame,butthetooIsusedarem

uchmoreadvanced,andthey_____(__1_1).Infa

ct,technologyhasnotsomuchchangedtheproce

ssasenhancedit.Thebenefit,bothfor

_(12),isthatthismakesthesearchmoreopento

peopleof________(13)fromallovertheworld.Butasmorep

eopleareinvolved,itbecomes_______(14)fo

rtheapplicantthaniteverwasbefore.

The________(15)fortheworkingworldtodayislearn

ingthesenewand(16)andcombiningth

emwiththeoIdermethodspeoplehavebeenusing

foryears.Forexample,________(17),youcanr

esearchemploymentnotjustinyourcity,butal

soinyourstate,yourcountry,and_

_______(18).Youcancopyinformationfromawe

bpageandpasteitintoaMicrosoftWorddocumen

tthat'seasyto_______(19).Inmanyways,it'

seasiernow:Justtypeyourjobapplication,cl

ick,and(20);itgetsthereinaninstant.

PartB:ListeningComprehension

Directions:Inthispartofthetesttherewillbesome

shorttalksandconversations.Aftereachone,

youwilIbeaskedsomequestions.Thetalks,con

versationsandquestionswillbespokenONLYON

CE.Nowlistencarefullyandchoosetherightan

swertoeachquestionyouhaveheardandwriteth

eletteroftheansweryouhavechoseninthecorr

espondingspaceinyourANSWERBOOKLET.

Questionslto5arebasedonthefollowingconversat

ion.

1.(A)EntertainmentonTV.

(B)ThenewsintheUS.

(C)Beingacorrespondent.

(D)Interpretingnews.

2.(A)Thenewsisjustentertainment.

(B)Thenewsisshallow.

(C)Thenewsgetsreportedinthesamestyle.

(D)Thenewsisboring.

3.(A)Thenewsofferseasyinformationthatdoesn5t

meanmuchtoyou.

(B)Thenewsmakesyoufeellikeyou，relearning,but

actuallyyourenot.

(C)Thenewsisjustanotherpopularentertainm

entprogramlikeasitcom.

(D)Thenewsmustbepresentedbyphysicall

yattractiveladies.

4.(A)Moreentertaining.

(B)Morein-depth.

(C)Lessinformative.

(D)Lessinteresting.

5.(A)Newspapers.(B)Radio.

(C)TV.(D)Thelnternet.

Questions6tolOarebasedonthefollowingnews.

6.(A)Atradeshowofthelatestsportinggoods

isondisplay.

(B)Aneventforteamsportsisheldwiththe

country5sbestathletes.

(C)Aspringmarketfairforcuttingequipm

entandaccessoriesisopen.

(D)AbusinessrendezvousisscheduledbetweenVIPs

andthebestathletes.

7.(A)MierosoftlnternetExplorer7andMozi1

laFirefox2.

(B)SnapBack,aprivatebrowserthatdoesno

tstoreindividualinformation.

(C)Abuilt-inRSSreadertoquicklyscanthelat

estnewsandinformation.

(D)Safari3,theworid5sfastestandeasiest-to-

usewebbrowser.

8.(A)Heavyraintriggeredfloodswhichcaus

edheavycasualtiesanddamage.

(B)Harshdroughthadbeengoingonforseveralye

arsandkil1,edsomepeople.

(C)23peopleweremissingafterastormhitavillagei

nthemountainousprovinee.

(D)Authoritiesweresearchingforthepeoplewhoha

dcrossedtheborderfromothercountries.

9.(A)Twosoldiershijackedajetplanefullofpas

sengersinflight.

(B)Thehijackerswerecapturedafterkillingone

ofthehostages.

(C)Amilitaryunitarrestedthehijackerswithnoon

einjuredorkilled.

(D)Thehijackedplanelandedsafelyatanairpor

tinaneighboringcountry.

10.(A)$(B)$900,000.

(C)C$1million.(D)C$2million.

Questionslltol5arebasedonthefollowin

ginterview.

11.(A)TVprograms.

(B)Mediacoverageoncrime.

(C)Theschoolsystem.

(D)Juvenilecrime.

12.(A)Theproblemhasbeenoverdonebythemedia.

(B)Themessagesthekidsgetmakethemlikethat.

(C)TheschooIhasnotdoneenoughtohelpthekids.

(D)Somekidsareessentiallyviolent.

13.(A)Givingthekidsamorecaringenvironment.

(B)Settinguparesponsibleschoolsystem.

(C)Takingharshactionsagainstviolenceint

heschool.

(D)Keepingthekidsunderone-to-onesurvei1lance.

14.(A)Dosupervisedactivities.

(B)Takeinstructionalprograms.

(C)Stayinschoolforsupper.

(D)Goinforsports.

15.(A)Becausetheycanhelpsetgoodrolemodels.

(B)Becausetheycanstopwhite-collarcrime.

(C)Becausetheycanreducecrime.

(D)Becausetheycanmakecriminalsfeelfair.

Questions16to20arebasedonthefollowingtaIk.

16.(A)Workplaceinequality.

(B)Sexisminlanguage.

(C)TheAIDScrisis.

(D)Thewaythemassmediatreatswomen.

17.(A)Languageandthoughtdefinitelyinfluenceea

chother.

(B)Itisimpossibletounderstandthere