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COLLEGE ENGLISH TEST
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注意事项
一、 将自己的校名、姓名、准考证号写在答题卡1和答题卡2上。将本试卷代号划在答题卡1 上。
二、 试题册、答题卡1和答题卡2均不得带出考场。考试结束，监考员收卷后考生才可离开。
三、 仔细读懂题目的说明。
四、 在30分钟内做完答题卡1上的作文题。考生按指令在接着的25分钟内完成听力理解部分的试题,并在答题卡1上作答。然后监考员收取答题卡1，考生在答题卡2上完成其余部分的试题。全部答题时间为125分钟，不得拖延时间。
五、 考生必须在答题卡上作答，凡是写在试题册上的答案一律无效。
六、 多项选择题每题只能选一个答案;如多选，则该题无分。选定答案后，用HB-2B浓度的铅笔在相应字母的中部划一条横线。正确方法是: [A] [B] [C] [D]。使用其他符号答题者不给分。划线要有一定的粗度，浓度要盖过字母底色。
七、 如果要改动答案，必须先用橡皮擦净原来选定的答案，然后再按规定重新答题。
八、 在考试过程中要注意对自己的答案保密。若被他人抄袭，一经发现，后果自负。
Part I Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an email to a pen pal who will graduate from a UK university and wants to teach English in China. Please recommend a job-hunting website to him. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
注意: 此部分试题请在答题卡 1上作答。
Part II Listening Comprehension (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear three news reports. At the end of each news report, you will hear two or three questions. Both the news report and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.
1. A) Because she quarreled violently with Cox’s father.
B) Because she was on duty as a police officer on that day.
C) Because she had to work to support the family.
D) Because she was unfortunately a female parent.
2. A) Parents should always be there and ready to offer help to their young kids.
B) Adults have the responsibility of acting role models for kids.
C) Parents are expected to cooperate with school for the benefit of their kids.
D) Adults should relax in the presence of primary school students.
Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.
3. A) The lack of food.
B) The attack of enemies.
C) The rise of sea level.
D) The loss of proper habitats.
4. A) In 2013. B) In 2015.
C) In 2016. D) In 2010.
Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.
5. A) To pick up her daughter and his family.
B) To deal with a missing report from a family.
C) To respond to a call of fire emergency.
D) To finish some tasks related to diseases.
6. A) Prepare for a picnic for the children.
B) Have a chat at the pavilion in the park.
C) Swim in the Houghton’s Pond.
D) Walk along the beach in the park.
7. A) Confused. B) Overjoyed.
C) Relieved. D) doubted.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear two long conversations. At the end of each conversation, you will hear four questions. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Conversation One
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. A) They may consume too much time.
B) They might cause serious mental problems.
C) They could hurt children’s eyesight.
D) They would increase a family's expenses.
9. A) Because video games can bring children numerous benefits.
B) Because it’s justifiable for studios to launch new video games.
C) Because behavioral problems may involve multiple reasons.
D) Because most children study well while playing games.
10. A) Their family environment.
B) Their closest playmates.
C) Their ability to start new friendship.
D) Their anger at widespread social injustice.
11. A) To complain to video games studios.
B) To ask teachers at school for advice.
C) To quit buying video games for children.
D) To ask professionals for help.
Conversation Two
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
12. A) It might give you a chance to enjoy the sunshine.
B) It would provide some fresh air to you.
C) It may give access to wi-fi connections.
D) It could make you forget unhappy memories.
13. A) Excited. B) Concerned.
C) Satisfied. D) Depressed.
14. A) At most 10 minutes.
B) Seven thousand steps.
C) At least 12 minutes.
D) Ten thousand steps.
15. A) It offers a motivation to go out for a walk.
B) It may not be helpful for the dog’s training.
C) It needs constant care for the dog.
D) It could be uncomfortable for dog.
Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear three passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 1 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 16 to 18 are based on the passage you have just heard.
16. A) Donate them to the needy people.
B) Sell them as second-hand items.
C) Burn them somewhere in the house.
D) Give them to your friends or relatives.
17. A) Deciding on which place to begin with.
B) Finding where the electronic devices are.
C) Setting aside sufficient time for the tasks.
D) Getting assistance from family members.
18. A) To bind coupons with a strong cord.
B) To keep various coupons from fire.
C) To get rid of those unusable coupons.
D) To put the coupons into a plastic bag.
Passage Two
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
19. A) Lack of motivation in keeping practicing.
B) Insufficient experience in doing exercise.
C) Absence of friends with the same hobby.
D) Loss of energy after a day’s hard work.
20. A) Suffering potential extreme weathers.
B) Spending too much energy in doing exercise.
C) Feeling depressed for slow progress in exercise.
D) Spending less time with family.
21. A) Building exercise into your daily routine .
B) Forcing oneself to go to the gym.
C) Taking pictures for overcoming setbacks.
D) Following role models in daily life.
Passage Three
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard.
22. A) They have harsh conditions for human beings.
B) They are lack of any species of wild animals.
C) They are mainly located at areas of no water.
D) They exist in tropical regions of the globe.
23. A) The number of local residents.
B) The average amount of rainfall in a year.
C) The number of weather stations.
D) The average temperatures in one year.
24. A) They long for a colorful life in big cities.
B) They are satisfied with their life in Antarctica.
C) They use water-related technologies in daily life.
D) They rely on the icebergs for water for daily use.
25. A) It experiences an increasing loss of residents over years.
B) It suffers the highest temperatures in the world in summer.
C) It gets the least amount of rainfall all over the world.
D) It is scarcely populated due to the hot weather.
Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
There’s nothing more important than the way we talk to ourselves because that inner monologue informs in subtle and not-so-subtle ways all our subsequent thoughts, emotional states, and behavioral choices. Simply put, if you’re 26 critical, judgmental (评判的), or facing the day with a negative attitude, you’re making it pretty hard for yourself to 27 positivity down the line.
A good way to adopt a healthy mental state is to write down what you’re 28 for, your own strengths, and positive affirmations; then stand in front of a mirror and say those things out loud. Even if you 29 silly, don’t give up. Like anything else, once you practice and 30 it from a positive place, you discover it’s quite easy to do. It guides our life whether we’re 31 of it or not.
When we whisper positively to ourselves it gives us a little more strength and 32 so we can meet a challenging scenario head-on. It was found that athletes are often fans of self-talk ahead of competitions. It might even be 33 to specifically talk to yourself in the third person.
That doesn’t mean you can’t say aloud your frustrations, too. Just like there’s a place for positive self-talk, there’s also a place for negative if you use it the right way. There’s definitely a 34 to understanding what you’re considering whether it’s positive or negative. Bringing the negative stuff you’re thinking and considering to the 35 then gives you the opportunity to reevaluate it. Once you voice what’s bothering you, try asking yourself if it’s useful to keep holding on to those thoughts or if it’s something you can process and then let go of.
A) grateful B) conscious
C) supportively D) warmly
E) surface F) value
G) encounter H) approach
I) beneficial J) reverse
K) propelled L) courage
M) issue N) feel O) constantly
Section B
Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter. Answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2.
The Future of Travel is Female
[A] Four years ago, a young woman, Shelly Kacergis, joined a women’s trip to Kenya with Global Heart Journeys, a travel agency in America. It turned out that the trip changed her life. Instead of following the typical tourist route, Kacergis choose to spend tons of time with locals, bonding with female tea farmers and villagers at schools, orphanages, and craft markets.
[B] Moved by the stories she heard in Kenya, she came back home to Atlanta and retired early from a career in banking to start a venture with one of her new friends. The program they launched, which aims to help women in Kenya gain financial independence as chicken farmers, now supports nearly 100 female farmers in that country.
[C] “The trip opened up a whole new world to me,” she says. Like many Western travelers, Kacergis felt transformed by African travel. But her experience speaks to the power of female-focused travel amid the continuing effects of the #MeToo movement and the increasing number of women touring the globe with purpose.
[D] Now, more women are booking women-only tours and finding life-changing experiences. “Woman-to-woman travel is one of the greatest unexplored frontiers,” asserts Global Heart Journeys founder Linda Higdon. About 17 years ago she traded her successful career as a classical pianist to work with women in various countries of the developing world. “It could entirely change the way we think about travel.”
[E] It seems certain to some people that, the future of women’s travel is, well, female—from CEOs pushing new boundaries to locals working hard in the field. This really becomes a growing trend worldwide. The truth is, women-focused travel companies have actually existed on the edges of the tourism industry since the late 1970s. And yet, when Wild Women Expeditions (or WWW, for short) got its start with all-female canoe trips in Ontario in 1991, “women-only travel was the laughing stock of the outdoor adventure travel world,” says Jennifer Haddow, the WWW’s current owner.
[F] Now the trend has seemed to hit the mainstream. Three years ago, REI Adventures rolled out a collection of women’s trips—all led by local female guides—as part of a campaign to help “level the playing field” outdoors. In 2018, tour outfitter MT Sobek celebrated its 50th anniversary with a new line of women’s-only adventures.
[G] Nicole Wineland-Thomson, part of the mother-daughter team behind AdventureWomen, believes the rise in solo travel has fueled the recent growth. And since safety is a factor for many women, she notes it can be appealing to book with a company dedicated to that market.
[H] Options for women continue to grow, with boutique tour companies now serving everyone from plus-size hikers to lesbian travelers. “Society-wide, we’re working toward removing limitations for women, and travel is just one subsection of that,” says Kelly Lewis, who founded Damesly in 2016 to fill what she saw as a gap in the women’s travel space—pairing creative pursuits with wanderlust. “There are so many new avenues for women to travel the world.”
[I] From the mountains of Morocco to the women-only beaches of Turkey, globetrotting women find meaningful experiences in a wide variety of places. In many parts of the world, taking men out of the equation expands opportunities for women travelers. In 2018, Australian-based Intrepid Travel launched expeditions that would be exclusive of male travellers. Think mingling with locals in a beauty salon in Iran and swimming on a ladies-only beach in Antalya, Turkey.
[J] “When women are together, there are no traditional gender roles anymore. Women just get it, and they get each other,” says Wineland-Thomson. “When you bring in another culture to this environment, women are really ready to open up.” Across the board, these trips give priority to support for local women. AdventureWomen’s new Cuba route features artists and women-run restaurants in Havana. Wild Terrains trips spotlight female entrepreneurs, such as jewelry designers in Mexico and winemakers in Portugal. Damesly’s new journey to Uzbekistan includes face time with the female founder of a Tashkent fashion enterprise.
[K] On the adventure circuit, WHOA Travel invites a local woman to join its signature climbs up Mount Kilimanjaro, all expenses paid. “We want to help shift the perspective of what a woman may have the potential to do,” says co-founder Allison Fleece. Tour companies like hers are built on the concept that women often shine brightest—and let down their guard—in a community of women.
[L] In places like Peru, women-owned tour companies encourage local women to take unconventional career paths, such as leading treks along the Inca Trail. The rise in female-focused tours means women have more influence in the industry. That translates favorably to more jobs for women on the ground. Wild Women Expeditions commits to hiring local women to lead its globe-spanning trips, an effort that has brought Morocco its first woman mountain guide. In Peru, the company hires female porters to assist with Inca Trail treks and goes a step further with training programs that empower Peruvian women to pursue this unconventional career path they never have chance to try out in the past years.
[M] For some, giving women leading roles in the travel industry is a type of grassroots feminism. After surviving domestic violence, traveler Rocio Vazquez Landeta launched Eat Like a Local walking tours in Mexico City and made the decision to employ women only. “It’s my way of taking a stand against prejudices on women,” she says. “As a woman in a powerful position, it is my responsibility to create better opportunities for other women.”
[N] Deborah Calmeyer shares that line or reasoning. In planning luxury safari provider Roar Africa’s women’s-empowerment (赋能) retreat last year in her native South Africa, she hired women for all positions, from chefs to pilots. Finding trackers to lead the group’s safari drives, however, proved challenging. South Africa’s first and only qualified female tracker drove one vehicle, while a pair of male trackers drove the other trucks.
[O] Sometimes, changing just one mind is victory enough, in the eyes of Calmeyer. “We asked one of the male trackers in the group, ‘Would you see your daughter doing this job?’” Calmeyer explains. “He said no, absolutely not. By the end of the trip, however, he tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Yeah, my daughter can do this.’”
36. Shelly Kacergis was one of western women who traveled the world with purpose, and whose travelling experience transformed their life completely.
37. Several years ago, companies like REI Adventures and MT Sobek began to organize outdoor adventures for women clients only.
38. Kelly Lewis wanted her company to cater to women travelers by combining their desire for travel with certain creative pursuits.
39. In planning travels for her clients, Deborah Calmeyer considers it as her responsibility to create better opportunities for local women in South Africa, by hiring them for chefs or pilots.
40. In the eyes of Deborah Calmeyer, it’s a step-by-step job for people to change their mind about what females could do in their life.
41. Women-owned tour companies in Peru provide more job chances and even training programs for local women in order for them to lead a new life.
42. Women-focused travel agencies literally started as early as in the late 1970s, but back then they were not taken seriously.
43. Travel companies like AdventureWomen and Wild Terrains organize trips which give priority to support for local women’s business, such as restaurants or enterprises.
44. Shelly Kacergis quitted her job and started a program with her friends to help women in Kenya raise chickens as a means of earning a livelihood.
45. Allison Fleece and her company are meant to help women change their mindset about their life and be successful with the support of their peers.
Section C
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.
The planet is “way off track” in dealing with climate change, a new United Nations report says, and experts declared that climate change is a far greater threat than the coronavirus (新冠病毒). “It is important that all the attention that needs to be given to fight this disease does not distract us from the need to defeat climate change,” U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday.
Although emissions have been reduced due to the virus, Guterres noted that “we will not fight climate change with a virus. Whilst the disease is expected to be temporary, climate change has been a phenomenon for many years, and will remain with us for decades and require constant action. “We count the cost in human lives and livelihoods as droughts, wildfires, floods and extreme storms take their deadly toll,” Guterres said.
The report confirmed that 2019 was the second-warmest year on record and the past decade the hottest in human history. 2019 ended with a global average temperature that was 1.1 degree Celsius above estimated pre-industrial levels, second only to the record set in 2016, when a very strong El Niño event contributed to an increased global temperature atop the overall warming trend.
“We are currently way off track to meeting either the 1.5°C or 2°C targets that the Paris Agreement calls for,” wrote Guterres in the report. “Greenhouse gas concentrations are at the highest levels in 3 million years—when the Earth’s temperature was as much as 3 degrees hotter and sea levels some 15 meters higher,” said Guterres at a joint press conference with World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Petteri Taalas at UN headquarters in New York.
The main greenhouse gases that cause global warming are carbon dioxide and methane, which are emitted from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. “Given that greenhouse gas levels continue to increase, the warming will continue. A recent decadal forecast indicates that a new annual global temperature record is likely in the next five years. It is a matter of time,” said Taalas. “We just had the warmest January on record. Winter was unseasonably mild in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Smoke and pollutants from damaging fires in Australia circumnavigated the globe, causing a spike in carbon dioxide emissions.”
46. According to the UN report, why climate change is a greater threat pandemic?
A) Because climate change will last longer than expected.
B) Because all efforts are needed to fight the coronavirus for now.
C) Because the coronavirus kills more people than climate change.
D) Because climate change might wipe out all humans someday.
47. What trouble could climate change bring to mankind?
A) The complete collapse of the Earth.
B) The widespread of various bacteria.
C) The extinction of all the wild animals.
D) The appearance of severe wildfires.
48. What do we learn about the year of 2019?
A) It underwent the strongest El Nino event throughout the year.
B) It witnessed the attack of the most violent coronavirus in history.
C) It saw a year with higher temperatures than most of the year.
D) It was effected by pre-industrial efforts for transforming the nature.
49. What’s Antonia Guterres’ attitude towards the future of climate change?
A) optimistic.
B) neutral.
C) Concerned.
D) critical.
50. In the eyes of Petteri Taalas, what will global warming cause?
A) It might cause very cool summers to appear in Northern Europe.
B) It would keep worsening in the several years to come.
C) It could lead to more fires in Australia or New Zealand.
D) It may urge mankind to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Trolls are a classic fairy tale staple, but within the last decade, the word has taken on a new meaning in the internet age. Merriam-Webster redefined the term in 2017 to describe the act of annoying others online through “posting inflammatory (煽动性的), irrelevant, or offensive comments.”
In the research out of Ohio State University, 33 students said they had “reached out on Facebook for help when depressed.” Half of them reported symptoms consistent with moderate to severe depression and around a third reported recently having suicidal thoughts. Only one of the students in the study directly asked for help, and only three actually mentioned the word “depression.” The others hinted at their depression by using quotes about sadness (5 percent), a negative emoji (5 percent), sad song lyrics (15 percent), or by writing sentences like “Things couldn’t get any worse” (45 percent).
“They didn’t use words like ‘depressed’ in their Facebook posts. It may be because of the stigma around mental illness,” Scottye Cash, an associate professor of social work at Ohio State University and lead author of the study, said in a statement. “Or maybe they didn’t know that their symptoms indicated that they were depressed.”
Either way, these students said that none of their friends responded the way mental health experts say you should, which is to recommend that they seek professional help. The most common response was to say something supportive (35 percent), ask what was wrong (19 percent), send a private message or contact the friend outside of Facebook (11 percent), or simply “like” the post (11 percent).
It can be difficult to tell a friend they should seek professional help, especially in an online forum, as you don’t want them to get offended or think you’re implying something’s wrong with them. But the experts say that doing so is the best move you can make for them in the long-term. “It makes me concerned that none of the Facebook friends of students in this study were proactive (积极主动的) in helping their friend get help,” Cash said. “We need to increase mental health literacy and decrease mental health stigma.”
51. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A) The change of the meaning of a word over years.
B) The loss of the original meaning of a word.
C) The emptiness of those classic fairy tales.
D) The evolution of the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
52. What do we know about the Ohio State University research?
A) Many students trust online friends instead of real-life peer students.
B) Most students solve problems in life by using social media websites.
C) Many students experience some unhealthy mental problems.
D) Most students worry about the safety of their personal data.
53. According to Scottye Cash, why do students tend to avoid words like “depressed”?
A) Because they are more likely to keep secrets to themselves.
B) Because they don't realize they have mental problems.
C) Because they don't want to be bullied at school.
D) Because they have other ways to speak out their problems.
54. When one has mental problems, what might most of his friends fail to do?
A) To try to persuade him to consult a doctor.
B) To say to him anything that’s supportive.
C) To share his problems with close friends.
D) To figure out the sad song lyrics he posted online.
55. By Scottye Cash, what should be done to help kids with mental problems?
A) To have a serious conversation with these kids over their problems.
B) To raise their parents’ awareness of the seriousness of mental disorders.
C) To offer training for their teachers in dealing with mental illness.
D) To provide proper guidance for them in maintaining mental health.
Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.
中国木偶(puppet)表演的传承者正试图将传统木偶与智能技术相结合，打造"木偶机器人"，以让更多的人了解这项非物质文化遗产。中国木偶剧已有两千多年的历史。为了减轻木偶的重量，3D 打印技术(3D printing technology)被用来制作木偶的头。然后将机器人芯片植入人偶的身体，使其能够自主地表演某些动作。据一个传承者说，要学习如何使用"木偶机器人"表演，新手只需要一天的训练。在使用现代技术之后，木偶现在可以更方便地运送到山区和学校的场地进行表演。
