27.Anna Douglas' newspaper column( )
A. contains mostly funny stories
B. has some ideas for youngsters
C. is about how to find jobs for old people
D. discusses the problems of the aged
28.What advice did Mrs. Douglas NOT give to the reader
whose grandchildren didn't want to see him?( )
A. Listen to pop music
B. Watch more popular TV shows
C. Tell more interesting stories
D. Try to understand his grandchildren
29.According to Mrs. Douglas, old people need to
learn how to ( )
A. work B. criticize C. listen D. complain
30.According to the last paragraph, the main point of
Mrs. Douglas' advice is that old people( )
A. have a lot to learn from the young
B. should understand and respect the young
C. had better improve their hearing not to misunderstand
the young
D. should show respect for the young even when criticizing
them
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
“ Culture consists of all shared products of human society
” (Robertson ,1981).This means not only such material things
as cities, organizations and schools, but also non-material
things such as ideas, customs, family patterns ,and languages.
Putting it simply, culture refers to the entire way of life of
a society , “the ways of a people”.
Language is a part of culture and plays a very important
role in it. Some social scientists consider it the keystone of
culture. Without language, the maintaining of culture would not
be possible .On the other hand ,language is influenced
and shaped by culture, and it reflects culture. In the broadest
sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and
it comprises( 包含 )their historical and cultural backgrounds,
as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and
thinking.
We should not go further into the relationship between
language and culture. What needs to be stressed here is
that the two interact( 相互影响 ),and that understanding
of one requires understanding of the other.
Social scientists tell us that cultures differ from one
another, that each culture is unique. As cultures are
diverse, languages are diverse. It is only natural that
with differences in cultures and differences in languages,
difficulties often arise in communicating between cultures
and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy.
Learning a foreign language well means more than merely
mastering the pronunciation, grammar, words and idioms.
It also means learning to see the world as native speakers of
that language see it, learning the ways in which their
language reflects the ideas, customs, and behaviors of their
society, learning to understand their “ language of the mind
” . Learning a language, in fact, is inseparable( 不可分割的 )
from learning its culture.
31.According to the first paragraph, the term
“culture.” refers to ( ).
A. things like cities, organizations and schools
B.ideas, customs, family patterns and languages
C.all things manufactured by human race
D.the total that constitutes a society
32.The second paragraph tells us about ( )
A. the role of language in culture
B. the relationship between language and culture
C.the influence of culture on language
D.the representation of culture
33.Which of the following statements is NOT true
according to some social scientists?
A. Language reflects culture
B. Language shapes culture
C. Language represents culture
D. Language maintains culture
34.The passage implies that there will be no difficulty
in communication if people from different countries can ( )
A. speak each other's languages
B. master each other's languages and cultures
C. tell the differences between languages and cultures
D. communicate in the same languages
35.This passage is probably taken from a book ( )
A. on cultures
B. on language learning
C. on learning a language through culture
D. on communication in different countries
PART TWO
Ⅳ .Word Spelling (10 points,1 point for two items)
将下列汉语单词译成英语。作为提示,每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。请将完整的单
词写在答题纸上。
36.起源;血统 n.o 37.超级市场 n.s
38.仇恨 n.h 39.潮汐;潮流 n.t
40.生物学 n.b 41.空白的 a.b
42.获得;得到 v.a 43.雄心;野心 n.a
44.登记;注册 v.r 45.生动的 a.v
46.幸存;活下来 v.s 47.部分地 ad.p
48.熟悉的 a.f 49.收入 n.i
50.信用;信誉 n.d 51.一夜之间 ad.o
52.形容;描写 v.d 53.中心的,核心的 a.c
54.硬件 n.h 55.较小的;少数的 a.m
Ⅴ.Word Form(10 points ,1 point for each item)
将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。答案写在答题纸上。
56. I'm sorry. I have kept you (wait).
57.Let me show you the room (use) as your language lab.
58.It is required that Xiao Ling (arrive) at 8 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
59.Most of us (study) English for more than six years
before we entered the university.
60.It means (stand) for hours in a queue because there
are too few buses.
61.Bill speaks French (badly) than he writes it.
62.He talks as though he (know) all about it.
63.The United States is a country (advance) in science
and technology.
64.He was fined. He should (stop) his car at the red light.
65. (grad) Mary by the jaw, the attacker forced her into
the garage.
Ⅵ.Translation from Chinese into English
(15 points,3 points for each item)
将下列各句译成英语并将答案写在答题纸上。
66. 兄弟俩长得非常像,很难区分他们。
67. 我怀疑政府没有重视这一现象。
68. 从某种意义上说,他的话简直就是威胁。
69. 为了谋生,他被迫接受了这份工作。
70. 除非我们对此采取一些措施,否则很多这类信息就会成为垃圾。
Ⅶ. Translation from English into Chinese (15 points)
将下列短文译成汉语并将答案写在答题纸上。
In the U.S., you can feel free to visit in people's
homes, share their holidays, and enjoy their lives without
feeling obliged ( 有义务的 ) to continue a lifetime
relationship. Do not hesitate therefore to accept invitations
from Americans simply because you cannot invite them to
your home in return. No one will expect you to do so.
Americans will enjoy welcoming you and will be pleased
if you accept their friendship easily.
Visitors may notice that although Americans include
them easily in their personal daily lives, they do not
show visitors a great amount of special courtesy(热情)if
doing so requires much time. This is frequently the
opposite of what occurs in some countries, where people
are especially generous in giving their time
to visitors, but do not necessarily welcome them as
guests in their homes. In some places, hosts will spend
much time acting as a guide-all evidence of great
generosity(慷慨;大方).Yet they may never invite
the guest to meet their families or join their family
life. It is important to note that in both cases the
feeling is equally warm and friendly; only the way
of expressing courtesies if different.