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SFLEP New Century College English Achievement Test (Band One) 7
45. My mother and I always enjoyed our chat under a pine tree in the park, ______ our childhood. A) thinking B) memorizing C) reminding D) recalling
46. She knew clearly that Mike was keeping something ______ her. A) to B) with C) from D) at
47. Travel is a dream of mine, but a busy working life has ______ my opportunities. A) adjusted B) varied C) specified D) restricted
48. There was a knock at the door. It was the second time someone ______ me this evening. A) interrupted B) had interrupted C) would interrupt D) interrupt
49. She got so carried ______ when arguing with her husband that she hit him.
A) away B) out C) in D) off
50. It’s impossible to ______ Mary ______ her sister, for they’re not at all alike.
A) confuse...and B) confuse...with C) combine...with D) mix...with
Part III
Section A
Reading Comprehension (30%)
Directions: There are two 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. Then write your answer in the corresponding place on your Answer Sheet. (2×10=20 points)
Passage One
I started to learn English when I was in elementary school. Together with my two friends, I had English classes with a private teacher. I lacked motivation and I learned very little. This stage was insignificant and could just as well have not happened at all.
I began to learn English in earnest when I went to high school. I was in the same class with Michal, but in different groups. I was in a group for students who were to learn English from scratch, and he was in a group for those who had already known some English. Very soon, my teacher noticed that my English was improving rapidly and he told me to join the group for the advanced learners. This was the worst thing that could have happened to me. My new teacher, who was Irish, didn’t speak Polish so I couldn’t understand her and I never knew what I was supposed to do. I was completely at a loss. My English didn’t improve at all. As a result, at the end of that year I was sent
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back to the group for beginners.
My stay with the advanced group made me realize what kind of learning strategies I should use in the future. I discovered that I cannot pick up a new language directly from foreigners. I started to learn hard again.
I translated into Polish all new words that appeared in my course-book. Before a test I would memorize dozens of words with their Polish equivalents. However, later I would never revise those words so I would soon forget most of them.
I knew that I should improve my learning techniques and I decided to ask for help those who had the best results in our class, that is Michal. That wasn’t easy because in the second grade, they seemed to look down on girls. So after a few attempts to approach them I decided to give up. For two years I learned English using the method described above. My English was improving but I was still forgetting new words. Finally, in the fourth grade I got closer to Michal, who started to show me how to learn English more efficiently, which was a breakthrough in the whole process of my learning English.
Michal encouraged me to read books in English with monolingual dictionaries. Several months later, I began to write e-mail messages in English.
I have been using these techniques for four years, and in my opinion, I have achieved pretty good results.
1. Which of the author’s English learning experiences was not worthy of notice?
A) In elementary school.
B) The first year in high school.
C) The second and third years in high school. D) The fourth year in high school.
2. Who taught the author English during the first year in high school?
A) A private teacher.
B) The English teacher teaching the group for beginners. C) The English teacher teaching the advanced group. D) Both B) and C).
3. Of the following experiences, which one made the greatest suffering to the author?
A) She shared a private English teacher with his two friends.
B) She was moved to the advanced group in the first high school year. C) She was sent back to the group for beginners. D) She got Michal to help her in English.
4. What did the author learn from her study in the advanced group?
A) She could not learn a new language quite well. B) Learning strategies are of importance. C) Native teachers are not suitable for her.
D) She had to ask for help those who had the best results in her class.
5. What is regarded as a milestone in the author’s process of English learning?
A) Michal began to teach her an efficient way of learning English. B) She tried to read books in English.
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C) She tried to use monolingual dictionaries. D) She tried to write e-mail messages in English.
Passage Two
Yale’s roots can be traced back to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World. This vision was fulfilled in 1701. In 1718 the school was renamed ―Yale College‖ in gratitude to the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I.
Yale College survived the American Revolutionary War (1776–1781) intact and, by the end of its first hundred years, had grown rapidly. The 19th and 20th centuries brought the establishment of the graduate and professional schools that would make Yale a true university. The Yale School of Medicine was chartered in 1810, followed by the Divinity School in 1822, the Law School in 1824, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1847 (which, in 1861, awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States), followed by the schools of Art in 1869, Music in 1894, Forestry and Environmental Studies in 1900, Nursing in 1923, Drama in 1955, Architecture in 1972, and Management in 1974.
International students have made their way to Yale since the 1830s, when the first Latin American student enrolled. The first Chinese citizen to earn a degree at a Western college or university came to Yale in 1850. Today, international students make up nearly 9 percent of the undergraduate student body, and 16 percent of all students at the University. Yale’s distinguished faculty includes many who have been trained or educated abroad and many whose fields of research have a global emphasis; international studies and exchanges play an increasingly important role in the Yale College curriculum. The University began admitting women students at the graduate level in 1869, and as undergraduates in 1969.
Yale College was transformed, beginning in the early 1930s, by the establishment of residential colleges. Occupying up to a full city block, each college has its own dining hall, library, seminar rooms, recreation lounges, and other facilities. And each has a master and dean, as well as a number of resident faculty members.
Today, Yale has matured into one of the world’s great universities. Its 11,000 students come from all fifty American states and from 108 countries. The 3,200-member faculty is a richly diverse group of men and women who are leaders in their respective fields.
6. From the first paragraph, we can infer all of the following EXCEPT ______. A) Yale’s history can be traced back to more than three centuries ago B) Yale was a college when it was first established C) Yale College was named after a Welsh merchant D) Elihu Yale was a wealthy merchant in his time
7. Based on the context, the word ―intact‖ in Paragraph 2 probably means ―______‖. A) splendid B) undestroyed C) delicate D) restored
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8. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A) The graduate and professional schools established during the 19th and 20th centuries make Yale a true university.
B) Yale began to accept international students in 1830.
C) The first international student who earned a degree at Yale in 1850 was a Chinese citizen. D) Yale’s distinguished professors are all trained or educated abroad. 9. It can be learned from this passage that ______.
A) all the schools and colleges of Yale University were established in the years between 1810 and 1974
B) the first international student enrolled at Yale was a Latin American C) undergraduate students were first admitted by Yale University in 1969 D) Yale College was transformed into a leading university in the early 1930s 10. The most possible title for this passage is ______. A) Fame of Yale University B) Schools of Yale University
C) Yale University―Yesterday and Today D) An International University
Section B
Directions: In this section there is a passage with five underlined parts. Translate the parts into
Chinese. Then write your translation in the corresponding place on your Answer Sheet. (5×2=10 points)
Passage Three
Opportunity
(11)The air we breathe is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet without it we could not survive more than a few minutes. For the most part, the same air is available to everyone, and everyone needs it. Some people use the air to sustain them while they sit around and feel sorry for themselves. (12)Others breathe in the air and use the energy it provides to make a magnificent life for themselves. Opportunity is the same way. It is everywhere. Opportunity is so freely available that we take it for granted. Yet opportunity alone is not enough to create success. (13)Opportunity must be seized and acted upon in order to have value. (14)So many people are so anxious to ―get in‖ on a ―ground floor opportunity‖, as if the opportunity will do all the work. That’s impossible.
Just as you need air to breathe, you need opportunity to succeed. It takes more than just breathing in the fresh air of opportunity, however. You must make use of that opportunity. That’s not up to the opportunity. That’s up to you. (15)It doesn’t matter what ―floor‖ the opportunity is on. What matters is what you do with it.