上海交通大學英語水平考試模考試題2010-4-16PAGEPAGE4上海交通大學大學英語課程測驗20092010學年(第二學期)學生姓名：________________年級：____________學號：_____________班級代號：_______________考試地點:授課教師：PartIListening（40％）Section1LongConversations（10％）Directions:Inthissection,youwillheartwolongconversations.Attheendofeachconversation,youwillhearfivequestions.BoththeconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenONLYONCE.Afteryouhearaquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoices.(注意：請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)Conversation11.A)Itisexaggerated.B)Itisself-important.C)Itisamovetowardtheconceptssheteaches.D)Itdoesn’tgiveaclearideaofwhatthedepartmentdoes.2.A)Shedidn’tagreewithhim.B)Itillustratesoneofherbasicideas.C)Themanwasanexpertonpeoplemanagement.D)Itshowshowsomepeopledonotunderstandpeoplemanagement.3.A)Worryingcancauseneedlessstress.B)Itisimportanttorememberotherthingsaswell.C)Theycanstopyouthinkingaboutmorebasicthings.D)Wecan’tsolvethem,sothere’snopointinworrying.4.A)Completely.B)Innowayatall.C)Withrespecttorelationships.D)Withrespecttoprofessionalquestions.5.A)Bygivingthemawrittenwarning.them.

Herheadis1)____________.

Wiresprotrudingfromthesideareattachedtoelectrodesimplantedinherbrain.

Harrissaysdoctorsaremonitoringhertoseewhethersheisagoodcandidateforsurgery."I'vebeenonmanymedicationsthroughoutmylifeandafterawhile,theydon'twork,"saidDeniseHarris."Istillgetseizures.

Sonow,whentheyremovethepartthattheseizureis2)____________from,it'ssupposedtostop."ButwhileHarrisisinthehospital,sheisalsohelpingscientistsunderstandhowthebraincomprehendsanduseslanguage.

Forthestudy,researchersaremonitoringtheimplanted3)____________onapartofthefrontallobecalledBroca'sarea,namedafter19thcenturyFrenchphysicianPierrePaulBroca.

Hewasthefirstdoctortorecognizethemajorroleofthatareainlanguage.Throughtheimplantprocess,calledIntra-cranialElectrophysiology,orICE,theresearchershavefoundthatBroca'sareaprocessesthreedifferentlanguagefunctionsin4)____________––withinaquarterofasecond.

Itisthefirsttimethetechniquehasbeenusedtodocumenthowthebrainprocessesgrammarandproduceswords.EricHalgrenoftheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,SchoolofMedicine,isoneofthe5)"Whatwewereabletofindwasthatwithinacentimeter,aroundlessthananinch,certainly,andprobablyhalfaninch,thereweredifferentregions-perhapsthey6)____________some––buttheyweredoing,atdifferenttimes,differentprocesses,allwithinthissmallarea."Thefirstfunctiondealswithrecognizingaword,thesecondwithunderstandingtheword'scontextinasentence,andthethirdletsus7)____________thewordbyspeaking.HarvardUniversitybrainexpertStevenPinkerisanotherofthestudy'sauthors.

NedSahin,a8)____________fellowatHarvardandtheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,SchoolofMedicinewasthefirstauthorofthepaperoutliningthework,whichwaspublishedinthejournalAccordingtoSahin,9)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________."Nearlyeveryintroductorytextbookaswellaspeoplepracticinginthefieldinspeechpathology,forinstance,teachandbelievethat10)_________________________________________________________________________________________________________––Broca'sareaandWernicke'sarea,whereBroca'sareaisresponsibleforproducing,forspeaking,andWernicke'sforcomprehending,"saidSahin.ThisstudyshowsthatBroca'sareaisinvolvedinbothspeakingandcomprehension,illustratingthatpartsofthebrainperformmorethanonetask."Here'sanexampleofonerelativelysmallpartofthebrainthat'sdoingthreeverydifferentthingsatthreedifferenttimes,butallwithinthespaceofaquarterofasecond."ButEricHalgrenpointsoutthatdespiteourgrowingknowledge,muchaboutthehumanbrainremainsunknown."Howdoesthishunkofflesh,whichisnotmuchdifferentfromamuscle––it'sjustabowlofporridge––howdoesitproducethemind?

It'satotalmystery".Hesays11)______________________________________________________________________________________________.Section3Short-answerQuestions（10％）Directions:Inthissection,youwillhearapassageONLYONCE.Inthefollowingyouhavefivequestions.Youarerequiredtoanswerthesequestionswithasfewwordsaspossible,inanycase,nomorethan25words.(注意：請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)1)Whatisthebasicideaaboutinterculturalcompetence?2)Whatislistedasoneofthemostimportantcriteriaforinterculturalcompetence?3)WhatisconsideredasoffensiveintheArabcountriesaccordingtothewoman?4)WhatmistakedidthewomanmakewhenconductingbusinessinRussia?5)Whatistheadvicethewomangaveintheend?Section4:ListeningandTranslating（10％）Directions:Inthissectionyouaregoingtohearfiveshortpassages.YouwillhearthemONLYONCE.Ineachofthesepassagessomeofthesentencesarealreadyprinted.YouarerequiredtotranslatethemissingpartsintoChinese.Aftereachofthepassagestherewillbeapauselastingoneandahalfminutes.Thepauseisintendedforyoutodothetranslation.(注意：請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)1)Ourdevelopmentagendawillalsofocusonwomenasdriversofeconomicgrowthandsocialstability.Womenhavelongcomprisedthemajorityoftheworld’sunhealthy,unschooled,andunderfed.Theyarealsothebulkoftheworld’spoor.__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2)About80percentofAustraliansliveincoastalareas.Therearefearsthatsomelow-lyingcommunitiesmayhavetobeabandonedinyearstocomebecauseoffloodinganderosion.Andwithhighersealevels,heavyrainsandmassivetidesknownasstormsurges,whichoftenaccompanytropicalstorms,candounexpecteddamage._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3)Itisnocoincidencethattherelationshipbetweenourcountrieshasaccompaniedaperiodofpositivechange.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4)Andyetthesuccessofthatengagementdependsuponunderstanding--onsustaininganopendialogue,andlearningaboutoneanotherandfromoneanother.

ForjustasthatAmericantabletennisplayerpointedout,wesharemuchincommonashumanbeings,butourcountriesaredifferentincertainways.

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5)Foravarietyofreasons,productionoftheH1N1vaccinehaslaggedbehinddemand.Thevaccinefortheso-calledswinefluismadeinthesamewayastheseasonalfluvaccine-inchickeneggs.Butthegovernment'stopinfectiousdiseaseexpert,Dr.AnthonyFauci,saidthegoalistoperfectnewwaystomakeavaccine."Whatwereallywanttodoisgetawayfromthatandgetittobe21stcenturytechnology-molecularbiology,recombinantDNAtechnology,whereyouhaveverygoodcontrolovertheprocess.It'srapid,it'sconsistent,anditprovestobesomethingthatwecanrelyon."_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________PartIIIntegratedReading(30%)Section1BankedCloze(10%)Directions:Inthissection,thereisapassagewithtenblanks.Youarerequiredtoselectonewordforeachblankfromalistofchoicesgiveninawordbankfollowingthepassage.Readthepassagethroughcarefullybeforemakingyourchoices.Youmaynotuseanyofthewordsinthebankmorethanonce.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.Attention:Youneedtochangetheformsofthewordsinthewordbankwherenecessary.(注意：請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)Anamemighttellyousomethingaboutaperson'sbackground.Namescanbe1)__________ofclassandrace.DatashowAfricanAmericansarefarmorelikelythanother2)__________groupstogivetheirchildrenuncommonnames.Whitepeopletendto3)________morefamiliarnamesthatwereformerlypopularwithmoreaffluentwhitepeople.Thenewstudypurportstoshowalinkbetweennameandoutcomeoflife:Themore4)_________yourname,themorelikelyyouaretolandinjuvenilehall.That'sbecauseweknowthatboyswithuncommonnamesaremorelikelytocomefromasocio-economically5)_________background,whichmeansthattheyalsoaremorelikelytogetinvolvedwithcrime.Eventheresearchersreadilyadmitthatit'snotanamealonethat6）_______achild'soutcome,butratherthecircumstanceunderlyingthename.

Theresearchersfirstassignedapopularityscoretoboys'names,basedonhowoftentheyshowedupinbirthrecordsinanundisclosedstatefrom1987to1991.Michael,theNo.1boy'sname,hadaPopularNameIndexscoreof100;namessuchasMalcolmandPrestonhadindexscoresof1.Theresearchersthenassessednamesofyoungmenbornduringthattimewholandedinthejuvenilejusticesystem.Theyfoundthatonlyhalfhadaratinghigherthan11.By7)__________,inthegeneralpopulation,halfofthenamesscoredhigherthan20."A10%increaseinthepopularityofanameisassociatedwitha3.7%8)_________inthenumberofjuveniledelinquentswhohavethatname."

Still,thestudytheorizesthatteenagersnamedMalcolmmightalso9)___________becausetheirpeerstreatthemdifferentlyortheyjustdon'tliketheirnames.Andsincethestudy'sreleaselastweek,thename-crime10)___________hasbeenwrittenortalkedaboutinmajormediaoutlets.popularconnectfavoriteraceaffectcomparedecreasedeprivationactoutsignifyeffectderiveincreasemajorconcludeSection2TrueorFalseJudgement&SentenceCompletion(10%)Directions:Inthispart,youwillfind7statementsand3incompletesentencesfollowedbythereadingpassage.Forquestions1-7,markY(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;Forquestions8-10,completethesentenceswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage.Attention:Forquestions1-7,onemorepointwillbedeductedifyoudon’tanswereachonecorrectly.(注意:1-7題中每答錯一題倒扣1分,不答不得分,答對得1分;請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)Whoaresmarter,menorwomen?It'satopicofcommon––andoftencomic––contemplation,butithasalsobecomeaseriouspolicyissueforcollegesandstudentsintheUnitedStates.

Afteryearsofconcentratedefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofgirls,whoinpreviousdecadeshadoftenreceivedlessattentionintheclassroomandbeensteeredawayfromcollege-prepcourses,thenationcanbragthatfemalestudentshaveprogressedtremendously.Thoughstillunderrepresentedincalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcoursesinhighschool,womennowoutnumbermenapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege––Considersomeofthenumbersatleadingschools:AtVassarCollegeinNewYorkState,aformerlyall-women'scollegethatisstill60%female,morethantwo-thirdsoftheapplicantslastyearwerewomen.Thecollegeaccepted35%ofthemenwhoapplied,comparedwith20%ofthewomen.Locally,elitePomonaCollegeaccepted21%ofmaleapplicantsforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,butonly13%offemaleapplicants.AtVirginia'sCollegeofWilliam&Mary,7,652womenappliedforthisyear'sfreshmanclass,comparedwith4,457maleapplicants.Yetthenumbersofeachwhogainedadmittancewerenearlythesame.That'sbecausethecollegeaccepted45%ofthemenandonly27%ofthewomen.A2007analysisbyU.S.News&WorldReport,basedonthedatasentbycollegesforthemagazine'sannualrankings,foundthattheadmissionsrateforwomenaveraged13percentagepointslowerthanthatformen.Butpercentagesdon'ttellthewholestory.Itcouldbethatthemenwerestrongercandidates,ortheymighthaveappliedinareasofengineeringandsciencewherewomen'snumbersarestilllower.Butsuchjustifications,eveniftrue,areunlikelytofullyexplainthesenumbers.AtschoolssuchastheUniversityofCalifornia,whereadmissionsrelyoverwhelminglyonstatisticalmeasuresofacademicachievementsuchasgradesandtestscores,thedisparitiesdon'tappear.FarmorewomenthanmenappliedtoUCLA––theUC'smostselectivecampusInrecentyears,severalcollegeleadershaveadmittedthattheirinstitutionsgiveaboosttomaleapplicantstomaintaingenderbalanceoncampus.Moststudentsofeithersex,theypointout,prefersuchbalance.IfVassaracceptedequalpercentagesofeachsex,womenwouldoutnumbermenbymorethan2to1.

JenniferDelahuntyBritz,thedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeinOhio,aformerlyall-maleschool,broughtthemattertobroadpublicattentionin2006withanOp-EdarticlefortheNewYorkTimesdescribingthedilemmaofheradmissionsoffice."Whatmessagesarewesendingyoungwomenthattheymust...beevenmoreaccomplishedthanmentogainadmissiontothenation'stopcolleges?"NewYorkTimeshaslongfavoredallowingcollegestouseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.Shealsowrotethatexposuretopeopleofdifferentbackgroundsandviewpointsbettereducatesallstudents––notjustthosegivenalegup.Wearenotinfavorofacceptingunderqualifiedorclearlyinferiorstudentsforthesakeofdiversity.Butmostcollegesareinundatedwithapplicationsfromstudentswhomorethanmeettheirstandards;thedifferencesamongmanyofthemareslight.Itmakessenseforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromwithinthisgroup.Atthesametime,admissionsofficersshouldavoidrigidnotionsofwhatconstitutesenoughmenoncampus.It'snotharmingUCLA,ordestroyingcollegesociallife,toadmitsomewhatmorewomenthanmen.

EveniftheCivilRightsCommissionfindspervasivegenderdiscriminationinadmissions,there'slittleitcoulddoaboutthesituation.Suchdiscrimination––thoughnotracialdiscrimination––islegalforundergraduateadmissionsatprivate,nonprofitcolleges,eventhosethatreceivefederalfunding.Commissiondocumentsontheinquirysuggestthatcollegescouldfindmore"gender-neutral"waysofbalancingtheirstudentnumbers,perhapsbyofferingprogramsandextracurricularactivitiesthatattractmen.Thosemightworkforsomeschoolsbutwon'tchangetheoverallscenario.Notwithcollegepopulationscomposedof57%womennationwide.Theissuewe'dliketheCommissiononCivilRightstoinvestigateis:What'shappeningwiththeeducationofU.S.boys?Whyaresofewofthemapplyingtoandgraduatingfromcollege?

Theoriesandargumentsabound.Somesaythatboysaremoreactiveandthuslessabletositstillforlongperiods––andasaresult,morelikelytobecategorizedashavingattentiondeficit/hyperactivitydisorderorneedingspecialeducation.A2008studybyresearchersatNorthwesternUniversityfoundthatwhengirlsareinvolvedinalanguage-relatedtask––suchasreading––theyshowmoreactivityinareasofthebraininvolvedinencodinglanguage.Boysusemoresensoryinformationtodolinguistictasks.Thestudysuggestsboysmightdobetteriftheyweretaughtlanguageandartsindifferentways.Raceisafactoraswell.ThegendergapisstarkeramongAfricanAmericanandLatinostudents.Theremaybenoonereason––orsolution.Butfiguringoutwaystohelpboysachieveinschoolisabetterresponsetothegendergapthanmakingiteasierforthemtogetintocollegelater.1.Asaresultoftheefforttoraisetheacademicachievementofthegirlsforyears,thegirlshaveexceededboystremendouslyinallcoursesincollegesexceptcalculusandotheradvanced-levelscienceandmathcourses.2.Femalestudentsarefacingthelowadmissionratebecausesomecollegesareengagingindiscriminationagainstwomentoachievethebalanceoftheirmaleandfemalepopulations.3.Althoughthemenweretraditionallyconsideredstrongercandidatesinareasofengineeringandscience,theadmissionrateformenintheseareasisstilllowerthanthatforwomen.4.WomenhaveoutnumberedmeningainingadmittanceinUCLA’sfreshmanclassthisyearbecausetheiradmissionsgreatlyrelyongradesandtestscoresoftheirapplicants.5.Somecollegeleadersholdthatmostcollegestudentsprefertheirpolicyofmaintaininggenderbalancebyadmittingequalpercentagesofeachsex.6.ThedilemmaofthedeanofadmissionsatKenyonCollegeiswhethertousegenderasanadmissionsfactorinordertoachievegenderbalanceoruseraceasanadmissionsfactorinordertodiversifystudentpopulations.7.AccordingtoJenniferDelahuntyBritz,itisreasonableforcollegestopickabalancedpopulationfromthecandidateswhomorethanmeettheirstandards.8.ActuallytheCivilRightsCommissioncandolittletochangethesituationofdiscriminationincollegeadmissionbecausesuchdiscriminationis____________________________________________________________________.

9.Thestudyshowsthatindoinglinguistictaskstheboysusemoresensoryinformation,thegirlsshowmore_________________________________________.

10.Despitevarioustheoriesandargumentsaboutwhysofewboysapplytoandgraduatefromcollege,thebettersolutiontotheproblemisto____________________________________________________________________.Section3Cloze(10%)Directions:Inthissectionthereare20blanksinthefollowingpassage.ForeachblanktherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD)ontherightsideofthepaper.YoushouldchoosetheONEthatbestfitsintothepassage.GiveyouranswerstothequestionsonyourANSWERSHEET.(注意：請把答案寫在答題卷上,否則以零分處理)Weformmanyofouropinions1_____ourfavoritebooks.Theauthorwhomwepreferisourmostpotentteacher;welookattheworld2______hiseyes.Ifwehabituallyreadbooksthatareelevatingintone,pureinstyle,3______inreasoning,andkeenininsight,ourminds4______thesamecharacteristics.If,5_________,wereadweakorviciousbooks,ourmindscontractthefaultsandvicesofthebooks.Wecannotescapetheinfluenceofwhatwereadanymore6_______wecanescapetheinfluenceoftheairthatwebreathe.Thebestbooksare7______whichstirusupmostandmakeusthemost8______todosomethingandbesomethingourselves.Thebestbooksliftustoahigherplane9_____webreatheapureratmosphere.Asweshouldassociatewithpeoplewhocaninspireustonoblerdeeds,10______weshouldonlyreadthosebookswhichhaveanupliftingpower,and11______stirustomakethemostofourselvesandouropportunities.…Goodbookselevatethecharacter,12_______thetaste,taketheattractivenessoutoflowpleasures,andliftusuponahigherplaneofthinkingandliving.Itisnoteasytobe13______directlyafterreadinganobleandinspiringbook.Theconversationofamanwhoreadsforimprovementorpleasurewillbeflavored14______hisreading;butitwillnotbeabouthisreading.15_______youread,readwithenthusiasm,withenergy,readwiththewholemind,ifyouwouldincreaseyourmentalstature.Learntoabsorbthementalandthemorallifeofabook,andassimilate16______intoyourlife.17_____isthebestreaderwhoconsumesthemostknowledgeandconvertsit18______character.Mechanicalreadersrememberwords,thehusksofthings,butdigest19_______.Theycramtheirbrainsbutstarvetheir20______.Ifyouaregettingthemostoutofabook,youwillfeelacapacityfordoingthingswhichyouneverfeltbefore.A)byB)withC)fromD)inA)withB)throughC)inD)insideA)soundB)goodC)beautifulD)hardA)haveB)withC)beingD)developA)onthecontraryB)howeverC)ontheotherhandD)anywayA)howeverB)thanC)asD)butA)themB)theyC)theirsD)thoseA)determiningB)determineC)determinedD)beingdeterminedA)whichB)whereC)whileD)whenA)asB)andC)soD)alsoA)theyB)booksC)thoseD)whichA)pureB)purifyC)poreD)pearA)meanB)meaningfulC)meanwhileD)meaningA)withB)ofC)byD)afterA)WhatB)ThatC)BooksD)WhateverA)themB)itC)whichD)lifeA)ItB)HeC)NoneD)EveryoneA)byB)withC)inD)intoA)thingsB)somethingC)nothingD)anythingA)heartsB)stomachsC)mindsD)tastesPartIIIWriting(20%)Inthispart,youhave30minutestowriteanessayonthefollowingtopic.Youshouldwriteatleast200words.（請務必寫在答題卷上，否則以零分處理）Manycollegestudentscomplainoftheirheavycourseload.Theythinksomecoursesofferedaretime-consumingandnotveryuseful.Whatdoyouthinkofthecomplaints?Shouldcollegestudents’opinionsbeconsideredincurriculumdevelopmentandpolicy-making?Pleasewriteanessayofabout200wordstoexpressyouropinionandexplainwhywithspecificreasons.上海交通大學大學英語課程測驗答題卷20092010學年(第二學期)學生姓名：_____________年級：____________學號：_____________班級代號：___考試地點:授課教師：分數__________得分PartIListening(40%)Section1LongConversations（10％）得分Section2CompoundDictation（10％）1)___________2)_____________3)___________4)_____________5)____________6)_____________7)____________8)_____________9)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________10)___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________11)__________________________________________________________________得分__________________________________________________________________Section3Short-answerQuestions（10％）1)_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________得分Section4ListeningandTranslating（10％）_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________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