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1、清华大学英语水平考试模拟试题集 Part One Listening Comprehension Section I Directions: In this section you will hear two students, Frank and Theresa, discussing a survey they have to write as an assignment. Listen to the conversation and complete the notes below which what you hear. Notes about Frank s survey: Topi
2、c: _ Typical examples of violent programs: _ People s suggestions: _ _ People s reactions to violence on news broadcast: _ _ _ A possible problem with this survey: _ The advantage of the survey: _ _ Section Two Directions: In this section you will listen to some news program. Below are the summaries
3、 of the news items. Listen to the recording and fill in the missing words to complete the new summaries. 1.An orangutan stopped the traffic outside _ . It took a keep from the zoo _ minutes to get downtown because of the traffic. The animal showed no interest in _ but responded when the keeper _ to
4、it. It held the keeper s _ as they got into the car. 2.A new method for teaching singing has been developed. Most singers are unaware of how they _. By wearing a _ over your head while you sing, you can hear your voice the way _ hear you. This can help you _ your singing. 3.This year there are _ con
5、testants in theSunsetBeachsandcastle _-aged from 8 to _ . The two favorites are Greg Wallace (who has won three times before), with his _ castle, and newcomer David Bradley, with his Star Wars _. Section Three In this section, you hear four telephone messages. What is each message about? When you he
6、ar each message, you should write in English the main information. Some callers names are: Alberto, Janine Ellis, and Jim Saunders. You will hear the recording only once. Telephone message 1: _ _ _ _. Telephone message 2: _ _ _ _. Telephone message 3: _ _ _ _ Telephone message 4:_ _ _ _. Part Two Tr
7、anslation Directions: Read the following passage carefully and translate it into Chinese. Write your translation clearly in the spaces provided below. What s in a name? For thousands of years, humanity has classified the living thins of this world in much the same fashion; by their appearance. If it
8、 looks like a duck, walks and quacks like a duck, then it is a duck. But tackling millions of species in this way has proven to be a recipe for confusion. As scientists have found to their cost, what looks like a duck may in fact be a goose. More recently, genetic techniques have been applied, parti
9、cularly for distinguishing the more difficult-to-identity species such as viruses and bacteria by comparing pieces of DNA. Might this approach be more generally applicable? Paul Hebert and his colleagues inCanadathink it might be. Just as barcodes and the “ universal product code” numbering scheme u
10、niquely identify different items at a supermarket checkout, they suggest that some stretches of DNA could perform a similar function in living things. In a paper just published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, they discuss how long such a genetic barcode needs to be, and where it might be foun
11、d. A universal product code found on the high street consists of a string of 11 digits, each of which is one of ten numerals, providing 100 billion unique combinations. Genetic material, however, uses a quaternary, rather than a denary, coding system. In theory, it would only be necessary to sample
12、15 of those letters to create one billion unique codes. In practice, however, the characteristics of DNA mean that 15 letters are not enough. Unlike the arbitrary numbers of a universal product code, the letters of DNA are not random, because they code for something that a biological meaning. Part T
13、hree Writing Directions: Boshi Electronic (China) Co., Ltd. Is planning to recruit an assistant to the general manager. Read the job description and qualification and write to this co,pany to recomment yourself as a candidate. Your letter of application should not be less than 300 words. Job desciti
14、on: Assit daily administration work Collect and manage information Responsible for the correspondence and documents Make business travel plan Involved in meeting aggangement Make reports accurately Qualification Master degree Good skill in communication Good gomputer skills Good skills in bothe writ
15、ten and spo English Teamwork orientation Some topics for Speaking Test 1.I. Opening Questions 2.Do you like music? What kind of music do you listen to these days? Why do you like this particular music? 3.Do you like sports? What kind of games do you often play? Why do you like that game? 4.Suppose y
16、ou have won $100,000 ina lottery. What would you do with this money? 5.Why do you choose Tsinghua to do your graduate program? What are the most important factors in choosing a school? 6.What kind of job do you plan to take upon graduation? Why? 7.How much time do you spend learning about the news e
17、veryday? How do you learn about the news, by watching TV or reading newspaper ？Talk about one piece of the latest new that impressed you a great deal. 8.I the development of human society, many kinds of inventions have greatly benefited our lives. Could you give us some examples? What do you think a
18、re the top important inventions in the past 50 years? 9In everyone s life, he may experience many good and bad events. Please tell me some past events which made you feel good or bad. 10. Do you use e-mail or the Internet? What do you use them for? 1.II. Role plays or debate 1. As the job-hunting se
19、ason is approaching, many graduates have to decide whether to remain inBeijingand seek a job here (though it is not very easy to hunt a good job) or go to small cities to have an easy life. Student A:It s not advisable choice for us to work inBeijing, for the life inBeijing wont be easy here. Studen
20、t B: I will try every effort to remain here to have a further develop and enjoy the exciting life here. 2. As the industry develops more rapidly in these years, people inChinabecome much more concerning about the environmental protection. Student A：I appeal to the government to postpone or stop some
21、 of the current projects, and punish the ones who are polluting our city. Industrialization brings us nothing but the stink of money and a dirty sky. We should not develop our industry intensely. The industrialization should be slowed down at once, or we ll get punished Student B: .We should n t red
22、uce our production under any circumstance . I don t mean to be unconventional. But I do prefer industrial development to environmental protection. More exactly, industrialization can be the motivation and also the supporter of environment protection, which may be the contrary to normal consideration
23、. 3. Deputies from the National Peoples Congress, as well as members of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference, proposed changes to the holidays at this years congress. They called for shortened Labor Day and National Day holidays, and the addition of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the T
24、omb Sweeping Day. Student A：I m strongly agree to the change of the holidays, the golden week has lots of disadvantages. Student B：I don t think the golden w eek holiday should be abrogated, because people have been used to it. People need it. 4. Our country has stepped into the aging society (peopl
25、e who are 65 or older have taken up 14%).Who will take care of the very old and disable old? Where could they spend the last few years in their life? Student A：The nursing home is the only way to solve the problem. Student B：I can t agree. Those who live in the nursing home are not as happy as those
26、 who live with their family. 5. Have you ever experienced a natural disaster? Work with your partner and discuss the disaster(s) that you experienced or heard of. 6. Student A：All the Chinese should join in the “Rejecting the Japanese Goods“ side, because the Japanese have done too many things hurti
27、ng our feelings.Student B：“Rejecting the Japanese Goods“ is not necessary. The Japanese goods, such as the Japanese notebook PCs, the Japanese cars and so on, are better and cheaper than ours. 7. Student A：English language is tool we learn it for we re going to use it. So the four skills of English
28、are very important. We attend the English Class for improving our English Skills. Student B：We attend the English class because the charm of a foreign culture often attracts us strongly. That is the very foundation stone of the interest of learning a foreign language. Further more, only by mastering
29、 the foreign language can one attain the charm of a culture. 8. Class discussion has become a common activity in our classroom nowadays. Many teachers use this activity to involve students in the class learning. Student A: Its a waste of time to listen to other students who are as ignorant as us to
30、talk nonsense; we prefer to listen to teachers. Student B：Class discussion can get students more involved in class learning and can give us a chance to share what we know about the subjects. 9. Nowadays internet has penetrated into every aspect of out daily life. A lot of people have ever tried to b
31、uy something from the internet. Student A: Shopping on internet is very convenient. Student B: I love the traditional shopping method. 10. Student A: I worry about the future of human beings. We are facing so many problems in the development. Student B: I do believe that our children will have a bet
32、ter life. 1.A: Computer games are the best way to kill time and can people can learn a lot from playing it. B: Computer games do more harm than good to young people. 1.A and B are two classmates who have never met after they graduated from the university 5 years ago. Now they meet at the classmates
33、reunion party? What would you say? Role play the two old classmates. 13. Did you have to adhere to a dress code or wear a uniform when you went school? How did you feel about it then? How do you feel about it now? Work in pairs to discuss the topic. 14. Role Play: Where are you from? You and your pa
34、rtner may come from different regions inChina. Compare the lifestyles in each of your hometown by discussion what is hot (popular) and what is not in the city or town. 15. Role Play: Tell each other a past event which made you feel good or bad (e.g. A embarrassed situation, un unforgettable school e
35、vent, a happy reunion, or meeting a famous person). 16. What qualities do heroes in movies and TV shows in your country have? Who are some of your own personal heroes? Why do you admire and respect these people? Tell each other you heroes you respect. 17. Nowadays, more and more parents choose to ed
36、ucate primary school children at home instead of sending them to school to get public education. How do you think about it? A: strongly agree to it. B: strongly against it. 18. Should the University Campus be open to tourist? A: strongly agree to it. B: strongly against it. 19.Talk about the marriage of the college students. A: strongly agree to it. B: strongly against it. 20.How do you think the Clone technology? A: It s a breakthrough of the biological engineer. B: Human cloning would cause a lot of problems.