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2003年6月21日四级考试真题A卷
Part I Listening
Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a
question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the
question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a
pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C)
and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Example: You will hear:
You will read:
A) At the
office. B) In the waiting room.
C) At the
airport. D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know
that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the
evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore,
A) "At the office" is the best answer. You should choose [A] on the Answer
Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.
Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D]
1. W: George, look at the long
waiting line. I’m glad you’ve made the reservation.
M: More and more people enjoy
eating out now. Besides, this place is especially popular with oversea
students.
Q: Where did this conversation
most probably take place?
2. M: I wonder if you can drop
by tomorrow evening. The Stevensons is coming over for dinner .I’d like
you to meet them.
W: Sure. I’d love to. I’ve
heard they’re interesting people.
Q: What do we learn from the
conversation?
3. W: The presentation made by
Professor Jackson was too complicated to understand.
M: Well, I think he didn’t
speak slowly enough for us to take notes.
Q: What is the man’s complaint?
4. W: You’ve got your
apartment furnished, haven’t you?
M: Yes. I bought some used
furniture at the Sunday Market and it was a real bargain.
Q: What does the man mean?
5. M: Mary doesn’t want me to
take the job. She says our child is too young and the job requires much
traveling.
W: You should talk to her again
and see if you can find a way out. Think about the gains and loses before
you make a decision.
Q: What do we learn from the
conversation?
6.M: I haven’t got my scores on
the GRE test yet. Do you think I should call to make inquiries?
W: There is no hurry. The test
scores are released at least eight weeks after the test.
Q: What does the woman advise
the man to do?
7.M: Have you finished reading
the book you bought last month?
W: Oh, I didn’t read it
straight through the way you read a novel. I just cover the few chapters
that interested me most.
Q: How did the woman read the
book?
8.W: Hi, John! Haven’t seen you
for quite a while. Are you fine?
M: Oh, yes. But luck seemed to
go against me. I had a car accident, only some minor injuries, though.
Q: What happened to John?
9.M: The taxi is waiting
downstairs. Let’s hurry.
W: Wait a minute. I’ll take
some food with us. I don’t like the meal served on the train.
Q: What are the speakers going
to do?
10.W: Is that optional course
as hard as everybody says?
M: Exactly even worse, believe
it or not.
Q: What does the man say about
the course?
1. A) At a theatre. C) At a
railway station. B) At a booking office. D) At a restaurant.
2. A) The man is inviting the
woman to dinner.
B) The woman is too busy to
join the man for dinner.
C) The woman is a friend of
the Stevensons'.
D) The man is going to visit
the Stevensons'.
3. A) The professor's
presentation was not convincing enough.
B) The professor's lecture
notes were too complicated.
C) The professor spoke with
a strong accent.
D) The professor spoke too
fast.
4. A) The furnished apartment
was inexpensive.
B) The apartment was
provided with some old furniture.
C) The furniture in the
market was on sale every Sunday.
D) The furniture he bought
was very cheap.
5. A) The man is thinking about
taking a new job.
B) The man likes a job that
enables him to travel.
C) The man is sure that he
will gain more by taking the job.
D) The man doesn't want to
stay home and take care of their child.
6. A) Take the GRE test again
in 8 weeks. C) Be patient and wait.
B) Call to check his
scores. D) Inquire when the test scores are released.
7. A) She read it
selectively. C) She read it slowly.
B) She went over it chapter
by chapter. D) She finished it at a stretch.
8. A) He was kept in hospital
for a long time.
B) He was slightly injured
in a traffic accident.
C) He was seriously wounded
in a mine explosion.
D) He was fined for
speeding.
9. A) Wait for a taxi. C) Go
on a trip. B) Buy some food. D) Book train tickets.
10. A) It's not as hard as
expected. B) It's too tough for some students.
C) It's much more difficult
than people think. D) It's believed to be the hardest optional course.
Section B
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 3 short 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 choice marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the
corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
My father woke me up early
one morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up! You’re going with
me to cut grass.” I felt proud and excited because my father thought I was
responsible enough to help him in his business. Still that first day was
really hard. From sunrise to sunset, my father, my younger brother and I
cut and trimmed very large yards in a well-to-do part of the city. By the
end of the day I was exhausted but I felt food. I had put in a hard day’s
labor and had earned six dollars. One day my father spotted some weeds I
had missed cutting and pulled me aside. “Get that section again,” he said
firmly. “Don’t let me have to tell you to do the job right the first
time.” In every job I have held，from
cutting lawns to washing dishes to working a machine in a construction
site, I have learnt something that help me in my next job. If you look
hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.
11. How did the speaker feel
when his father asked him to help cut grass?
12.What did his father do when
the speaker missed cutting some leaves?
13.What did the speaker want to
tell us in this passage?
Questions 11 to 13 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Anxious and
worried. C) Nervous and confused.
B) Proud and
excited. D) Inspired and confident.
12. A) His father scolded him
severely. C) His father made him do the cutting again.
B) His father took back
the six dollars. D) His father cut the leaves himself.
13. A) One can benefit a lot
from working with his father.
B) Manual labourers
shouldn't be looked down upon.
C) One should always do his
job earnestly.
D) Teenagers tend to be
careless.
Passage Two
I live in a small village in
the country. My wife and I run the village shop. We have a very peaceful
life. “Boring ”, some might say. But we love it. We know all the people in
the village and have plenty of time to stop and chat. I have plenty of
time for my hobbies too, gardening, fishing, and walking in the
countryside. I love the outdoor life. It wasn’t always like this though. I
used to have a really stress job, working till late in the office every
evening and often bringing work home at the weekend. The advertising world
is very competitive and when I look back, I can’t imagine how I stayed it.
I had no private life at all, no time for the really important things in
life. Because of the pressure of the job I used to smoke and drink too
much. The crisis came when my wife left me .She complained that she never
saw me and I had no time for family life. This made me realize what was
really important to me. I talked things through with her and decided to
get back together again and started a new and better life together. I gave
up tobacco and alcohol, and searched for new hobbies. Now I am afraid
looking back since the past life seemed a horrible dream.
14. What did the speaker use to
do for a living?
15. What do we know about the
speaker’s life in the past?
16. What made the speaker
change his life style?
Questions 14 to 16 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
14. A) He ran a village
shop. C) He worked in an advertising agency.
B) He worked on a
farm. D) He was a gardener.
15. A) It was
stressful. C) It was peaceful.
B) It was
colorful. D) It was boring.
16. A) His desire to start Iris
own business. C) The decline in his health.
B) The crisis in his family
life. D) His dream of living in the countryside.
Passage Three
“Where is the university” is
the question many visitors to Cambridge asked, but no one could point them
in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists
of thirty-one self-governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries,
laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city. Individual colleges
choose their own students who have to meet the minimum entrance
requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study
in their colleges where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures and
laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in
university buildings. There are over 10,000 undergraduates and 3,500
post-graduates, about 40% of them are women and some 8% from overseas. As
well as teaching, research is of major importance. Since the beginning of
the 20th century, more than 60 university members have won Nobel Prizes.
University has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It
has more than 60 specialist subject libraries as well as the university
library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every
book published in Britain. Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by
the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but
it was not until 1948 that they were awarded degrees.
17.Why is it difficult for
visitors to locate Cambridge University?
18. What does the passage tell
us about the colleges of Cambridge University?
19. What can be learnt from the
passage about the libraries in Cambridge University?
20. What does the passage tell
about women students in Cambridge University?
Questions 17 to 20 are based on
the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Because there are no
signs to direct them.
B) Because no tour guides
are available.
C) Because all the
buildings in the city look alike.
D) Because the university
is everywhere in the city.
18. A) They set their own
exams. C) They award their own degrees.
B) They select their own
students. D) They organize their own laboratory work.
19. A) Most of them have a long
history.
B) Many of them are
specialized libraries.
C) They house more books
than any other university library.
D) They each have a copy of
every book published in Britain.
20. A) Very few of them are
engaged in research.
B) They were not awarded
degrees until 1948.
C) They have outnumbered
male students.
D) They were not treated
equally until 1881.
Part II Reading
Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4
passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the
centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on
the following passage.
On average, American kids ages
3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more that they did in
1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such
organized activities as soccer and ballet (芭蕾舞).
Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997:
boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log
hall that time. All in all, however, children's leisure time dropped from
40% of the day in 1981 to 25%
"Children are affected by the
same time crunch (危机)
that affects their parents," says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent
study of children's timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more
mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both
double-income and "male breadwinner" households spent comparable amounts
of time interacting with their parents.19 hours and 22 hours respectively.
In contrast, children spent only 9 hours with their single mothers.)
All work and no play could
make for some very messed-up kids. "Play is the most powerful way a child
explores the world and learns about himself," says T. Berry Brazelton,
professor at Harvard Medical School Unstructured play encourages
independent thinking and allows the young to negotiate their relationships
with their peers, but kids ages 3 to 12 spent only 12 hours a week engaged
in it.
The children sampled spent
a quarter of their rapidly decreasing "free time" watching television. But
that, believe it or not, was one of the findings parents might regard as
good news. If they're spending less time in front of the TV set, however,
kids aren't replacing it with reading. Despite efforts to get kids more
interested in books, the children spent just over an hour a week reading.
Let's face it, who's got the time?
21. By mentioning "the same
time crunch" (Line 1, Para. 2) Sandra Hofferth means
A) children have little time
to play with their parents
B) children are not taken
good care of by their working parents
C) both parents and children
suffer from lack of leisure time
D) both parents and children
have trouble managing their time
22. According to the author,
the reason given by Sandra Hofferth for the time crunch is
A) quite convincing C)
totally groundless B) partially true D) rather confusing
23. According to the author a
child develops better if
A) he has plenty of time
reading and studying B) he is left to play with his peers in his own way
C) he has more time
participating in school activities D) he is free to interact with his
working parents
24. The author is concerned
about the fact that American kids
A) are engaged in more and
more structured activities
B) are increasingly
neglected by their working mothers
C) are spending more and
more time watching TV
D) are involved less and
less in household work
25. We can infer from the
passage that
A) extracurricular
activities promote children's intelligence
B) most children will turn
to reading with TV sets switched off
C) efforts to get kids
interested in reading have been fruitful
D) most parents believe
reading to be beneficial to children
Passage Two
Questions 26 to :30 are based
on the following passage.
Henry Ford, the famous U.S.
inventor and car manufacturer, once said, "The business of America is
business." By this he meant that the U.S. way of life is based on the
values of the business world.
Few would argue with Ford's
statement. A brief glimpse at a daily newspaper vividly shows how much
people in the United States think about business. For example, nearly
every newspaper has a business section, in which the deals and projects,
finances and management, stock prices and labor problems of corporations
are reported daily. In addition, business news can appear in every other
section. Most national news has an important financial aspect to it.
Welfare, foreign aid, the federal budget, and the policies of the Federal
Reserve Bank are all heavily affected by business. Moreover, business news
appears in some of the unlikeliest places. The world of arts and
entertainment is often referred to as "the entertainment industry" or
"show business."
The positive side of Henry
Ford's statement can be seen in the prosperity that business has brought
to U.S. life. One of the most important reasons so many people from all
over the world come to live in the United States is the dream of a better
job. Jobs are produced in abundance (大量地)
because the U.S. economic system is driven by competition. People believe
that this system crates more wealth, more jobs, and a materially better
way of life.
The negative side of Henry
Ford's statement, however, can be seen when the word business is taken to
mean big business. And the term big business -- referring to the biggest
companies, is seen in opposition to labor. Throughout U.S. history working
people have had to fight hard for higher wages, better working conditions,
and the fight to form unions. Today, many of the old labor disputes are
over, but there is still some employee anxiety. Downsizing ---- the laying
off of thousands of workers to keep expenses low and profits high --
creates feelings of insecurity for many.
26. The United States is a
typical country
A) which encourages free
trade at home and abroad
B) where people's chief
concern is how to make money
C) where all businesses are
managed scientifically
D) which normally works
according to the federal budget
27. The influence of business
in the U.S. is evidenced by the fact that
A) most newspapers are run
by big businesses
B) even public organizations
concentrate on working for profits
C) Americans of all
professions know how to do business
D) even arts and
entertainment are regarded as business
28. According to the passage,
immigrants choose to settle in the U.S., dreaming that
A) they can start profitable
businesses there
B) they can be more
competitive in business
C) they will make a fortune
overnight there
D) they will find better
chances of employment
29. Henry Ford's statement can
be taken negatively because
A) working people are
discouraged to fight for their fights
B) there are many industries
controlled by a few big capitalists
C) there is a conflicting
relationship between big corporations and labor
D) public services are not
run by the federal government
30. A company's efforts to
keep expenses low and profits high may result in
A) reduction in the number
of employees
B) improvement of working
conditions
C) fewer disputes between
labor and management
D) a rise in workers' wages
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on
the following passage.
Professor Smith recently
persuaded 35 people, 23 of them women, to keep a diary of all their
absent-minded actions for a fortnight. When he came to analyze their
embarrassing lapses ( 差错)
in a scientific report, he was surprised to find that nearly all of them
fell into a few groupings, Nor did the lapses appear to be entirely random
(随机的).
One of the women, for
instance, on leaving her house for work one morning threw her dog her
earrings and tried to fix a dog biscuit on her ear. “the explanation for
this is that the brain is like a computer,” explains the professor.
"People programme themselves to do certain activities regularly. It was
the woman's custom every morning to throw her dog two biscuits and then
put on her earrings. But somehow the action got reversed in the
programme," About one in twenty of the incidents the volunteers reported
were these "programme assembly failures,"
Altogether the volunteers
logged 433 unintentional actions that they found themselves doing -- an
average of twelve each, There appear to be peak periods in the day when we
are at our zaniest (荒谬可笑的).
These are two hours some time between eight a.m. and noon, between four
and six p.m. with a smaller peak between eight and ten p.m. "Among men the
peak seems to be when a changeover in brain 'programmes' occurs, as for
instance between going to and from work." Women on average reported
slightly more lapses -- 12.5 compared with 10.9 for men m probably because
they were more reliable reporters.
A startling finding of the
research is that the absent-minded activity is a hazard of doing things in
which we are skilled. Normally, you would expect that skill reduces the
number of errors we make. But trying to avoid silly slips by concentrating
more could make things a lot worse m even dangerous.
31. In his study Professor
Smith asked the subjects
A) to keep track of people
who tend to forget things
B) to report their
embarrassing lapses at random
C) to analyse their awkward
experiences scientifically D) to keep a record of what they did
unintentionally
32. Professor Smith discovered
that
A) certain patterns can be
identified in the recorded incidents
B) many people were too
embarrassed to admit their absent-mindedness
C) men tend to be more
absent-minded than women
D) absent-mindedness is an
excusable human weakness
33. "Programme assembly
failures" (Line 6, Para. 2) refers to the phenomenon that people
A) often fail to programme
their routines beforehand
B) tend to make mistakes when
they are in a hurry
C) unconsciously change the
sequence of doing things
D) are likely to mess things
up if they are too tired
34. We learn from the third
paragraph that
A) absent-mindedness tends to
occur during certain hours of the day
B) women are very careful to
perform actions during peak periods
C) women experience more peak
periods of absent-mindedness
D) men's absent-mindedness
often results in funny situations
35. It can be concluded from
the passage that
A) people should avoid doing
important things during peak periods of lapses
B) hazards can be avoided
when people do things they are good at
C) people should be careful
when programming their actions
D) lapses cannot always
be attributed to lack of concentration
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on
the following passage.
It's no secret that many
children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with
the parents that nature dealt them. That's especially true of children who
remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents.
It's also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭)
because of parents who can't or won't care for them but refuse to give up
custody (监护)
rights.
Fourteen-year-old Kimberly
Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could
eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry
custody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents,
with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can
remain with the only father she's ever known and that her biological
parents have "no legal claim" on her.
The ruling, though it may
yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary
determinant of parentage. That's an important development, one that's long
overdue.
Shortly after birth in
December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched
and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly's biological parents,
Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in
1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasn't the Twiggs' own daughter,
but Kimt only was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In
1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with
the Twiggs getting visiting fights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays
decided that Kimberly was being harmed.
The decision to leave
Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear
that Kimberly did have standing to sue (
起诉)
on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property
to be handled as adults saw fit.
Certainly, the biological
link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents
aren't always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does
not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children.
36. What was the primary
consideration in the Florida judge's ruling?
A) The biological
link. C) The traditional practice.
B) The child's
benefits. D) The parents' feelings.
37. We can learn from the
Kimberly case that
A) children are more
than just personal possessions of their parents
B) the biological link
between parent and child should be emphasized
C) foster homes bring
children more pain and suffering than care
D) biological parents
shouldn't claim custody rights after their child is adopted
38. The Twiggs claimed custody
rights to Kimberly because
A) they found her
unhappy in Mr. Mays' custody
B) they regarded her as
their property
C) they were her
biological parents
D) they felt guilty
about their past mistake
39. Kimberly had been given to
Mr. Mays
A) by sheer accident
C) at his request B) out of charity D) for better care
40. The author's attitude
towards the judge's ruling could be described as
A) doubtful C)
cautious B) critical D) supportive
Part III Vocabulary
and Structure (20 minute)
Directions: There are 30
incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are for choices
marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the
sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a
single line through the centre.
41. She her trip
to New York because she was ill.
A) called off C)
put up B) closed down D) went off
42. the storm,
the ship would have reached its destination on time.
A) But for C)
In spite of B) In case of D) Because of
43. We should concentrate on
sharply reducing interest rates to pull the economy out of
A) rejection C)
retreat B) restriction D) recession
44.The of finding
gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.
A) prospects C)
stakes B) speculations D) provisions
45. I suffered from mental
because of stress from my job.
A) damage C)
relief B) release D) fatigue
46. The rest of the day was
entirely at his for reading or recreation.
A) dismissal C)
disposal B) survival D) arrival
47. You will not be about
your food in time of great hunger.
A) special C)
peculiar B) particular D) specific
48. Crime is increasing
worldwide, and there is every reason to believe the will continue
into the next decade.
A) emergency
C) pace B) trend D) schedule
49. You shouldn't have written
in the _ since the book belongs to the library.
A)
interval B) border C) margin D) edge
50. The of
airplane engines announced a coming air raid.
A) roar
B) exclamation C) whistle D) scream
51. This ticket you
to a free boat tour on the lake.
A) entities
B) appoints C) grants D) credits
52. This is the nurse who
to me when I was ill in hospital.
A)
accompanied B) attended C) entertained D)
shielded
53. I was about to a
match when I remembered Tom's warning.
A) rub B)
hit C) scrape D) strike
54. The advertisement says this
material doesn't in the wash, but it has.
A) contract B)
shrink C) slim D) dissolve
55. He was proud of being
chosen to participate in the game and he _ us that he would
try as hard as possible.
A) insured C)
assumed B) guaranteed D) assured
56. Not only the professionals
but also the amateurs will from the new training
facilities.
A) derive B)
acquire C) benefit D) reward
57. The work was almost
complete when we received orders to __ _ no further with it.
A) progress C)
march B) proceed D) promote
58. I waited for him half an
hour, but he never
A) turned in C)
turned off B) turned down D) turned up
59. A house with a dangerous
gas can be broken into immediately.
A) leak C)
mess B) split D) crack
60. A dark suit is to
a light one for evening wear.
A) favourable
C) preferable B) suitable D) proper
61. It was in the United States
that I made the of Professor Jones.
A) acknowledgement
C) recognition B) acquaintance D) association
62. Could you take a sheet
of paper and write your name at the top?
A) bare C)
hollow B) vacant D) blank
63. A culture in which the
citizens share similar religious beliefs and values is more likely to have
laws that represent the wishes of its people than is a culture where
citizens come from backgrounds.
A) extensive
B) influential C) diverse D) identical
64. Areas where students have
particular difficulty have been treated particular care.
A) by B)
in C) under D) with
65. He gave a to
handle the affairs in a friendly manner.
A) pledge C)
plunge B) mission D) motion
66. Don't let the child play
with scissors he cuts himself.
A) in case C) now
that B) so that D) only if
67. the danger
from enemy action, people had to cope with a severe shortage of food,
clothing, fuel, and almost everything.
A) As far as
C) As well as B) As long as D) As soon as
68. Many people lost their jobs
during the business
A) desperation
C) despair B) decrease D) depression
69. Whenever a big company
a small one, the product almost always gets worse.
A) gets on with C)
takes over B) cuts down D) puts up with
70. Mr. Smith was the only
witness who said that the fire was
A) mature C)
meaningful B) deliberate D) innocent
Part IV Short
Answer Questions (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part there
is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the
passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in
the fewest possible words. Write your answers in the spaces provided on
the right of the page.
What personal qualities are
desirable in a teacher? I think the following would be generally accepted.
First, the teacher's
personality should be lively and attractive. This does not rule out people
who are plain-looking, or even ugly, because many such people have great
personal charm. But it does rule out such types as the over-excitable,
sad, cold, and frustrated.
Secondly, it is not merely
desirable but essential for a teacher to have a genuine capacity for
sympathy, a capacity to understand the minds and feelings of other people,
especially, since most teachers are school teachers, the minds and
feelings of children. Closely related with this is the capacity to be
tolerant -- not, indeed, of what is wrong, but of the weaknesses and
immaturity of human nature which induce ( i)~ ) people, and again
especially children, to make mistakes.
Thirdly, I hold it
essential for a teacher to be both intellectually and morally honest. This
means that he will be aware of his intellectual strengths and limitations,
and will have thought about and decided upon the moral principles by which
his life shall be guided. There is no contradiction in my going on to say
that a teacher should be a bit of an actor. That is part of the technique
of teaching, which demands that every now and then a teacher should be
able to put on an act to enliven (使生动)
a lesson, correct a fault, or award praise. Children, especially young
children, live in a world that is rather larger than life.
A teacher must be capable
of infinite patience. This, I may say, is largely a matter of
self-discipline and self-training, for we are none of us born like that.
Finally, I think a teacher
should have the kind of mind which always wants to go on learning.
Teaching is a job at which one will never be perfect; there is always
something more to learn about it. There are three principal objects of
study: the subjects which the teacher is teaching; the methods by which
the subjects can best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he
is teaching; and ---- by far the most important -- the children, young
people, or adults to whom the subjects are to be taught. The two
fundamental principles of British education today are that education is
education of the whole person, and that it is best acquired through full
and active co-operation between two persons, the teacher and the learner.
S1. Plain-looking teachers can
also be admired by their students if they have S1 .
S2. The author says it is
S2 that teachers be sympathetic with their students.
S3. A teacher should be
tolerant because humans tend to have S3(1) and to be S3(2)
.
S4. A teacher who is S4
will be able to make his lessons more lively.
S5. How can a teacher acquire
infinite patience? S5
S6. Since teaching is a job no
one can be perfect at, it is necessary for teachers to keep improving
their knowledge of the subjects they teach and their S6
S7. Teachers' most important
object of study is S7 .
S8. Education cannot be best
acquired without S8 between the teacher and the learner
Part V
Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you
are allowed thirty minutes to write an eye-witness account of a traffic
accident. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline
given below in Chinese:
假设你在某日某时某地目击一起车祸，就此写一份见证书。见证书须包括以下几点：
1．
车祸发生的时间及地点
2．
你所见到的车祸情况
3．
你对车祸原因的分析
An Eye-Witness
Account of a Traffic Accident |