Part A: Spot dictation
Americans have four primary avenues for making friends-- at work, at school, through a hobby or a common interest such as volunteer work and discussion group or through a family or mutual friend connection. In American culture, a job is more than the work that one performs between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Work becomes a major socializing influence. Many young mothers who sacrifice their jobs to care for small children remark on the loneliness of their new lifestyles because they have lost their forum for adult interaction. A great number of American employers recognize business social potential and use it to build a family atmosphere on the job so that employees will feel comfortable and secure in their work environment. Some employers arrange company get-togethers in their home or at a local restaurant. American companies have at least one major function annually, usually at Christmas time. Many corporations have annual summer picnics where employees and administrators alike dress in jeans and T-shirts to play games, such as baseball and volleyball.
Top American administrators often hold social gatherings in their own homes. Depending upon the size of the employer’s home and the number of his employees, these social gatherings may be picnics, pool parties, or formal banquets. If the company is large, an employer may hold what Americans call an open house. For an open house, the employer will invite his employees to come to his home anytime between 1 p.m and 6 p.m. on a certain day. Those invited usually stay for one to two hours, chatting with the other guests and their host. People come and go as they please during the designated hours, and the host keeps refreshments, usually light snacks or hors d’oeuvres and beverages, available for all who come. For such social gatherings, it is considered poor practice to refuse the invitation unless you have an excellent reason.
Part B: Listening Comprehension
1.statements
1.B For me, taking a rest is better than surfing the Internet or shopping
2.C Usually new employees will not take such initiatives as Mr. Johnson does
3.B Could you say something on the subject of cost-effective publicity?
4.A Children will directly or indirectly affect what their parents purchase
5.C Although it is sugar-containing, the apple is a kind of healthy fruits.
6.D The camera we bought is more expensive than I expected
7.A The problem of inflation could be worsened due to rising unemployment and wage explosion
8.D the tariff is a government tax on imported goods
9.A We had planned to sell $120000 worth of this new product
10.A The committee voted against the proposed projiect
2.Talks and Conversations
11. D Studying in a foreign country
12. C The rising cost of living through inflation
13. B The university bookstore
14. A She will use her study time more effectively
15. D A teacher
16. C She was anxious
17. B 120
18. D Her success
19. B He was on a business trip
20. C Agents and customers
21. A 220
22. D The lunch menu
23. C In driving, it is always safety that comes first
24. A because they may no judge speeds very well
25. D The handicapped
26. B slow down or stop to let people cross
27. C Programme writing
28. A A good self-controlled personality
29. B scientists and intellectuals
30. C The wide spaces between the words
Part C: Listening and Translation
1.Sentence Translation
1. Our online courses are open to the public for immediately enrolment. They include everything our students need for study. Our students love the quality as well as the convenience.
2. In 1986, there were over 40 million computers in the world, while by 2006, that number climbed to about 800 million, a twenty-fold increase in two decades.
3. In an age of fast communication via telephone and computer, face-to-face meetings might seem like wasting our time and energy. However, they are still an important part of doing business.
4. There are ten clubs here representing foreign students on campus. Their main purpose is to get students from the same countries together, so we won’t get too homesick and can help each other.
5. Listening is what we do first and most. The average person spends 45% of his daily communication time in listening, with the rest 55% in writing, reading and speaking.
2.Passage Translation
Passage One
I am here tonight to wish your club a happy birthday. Now, I myself have reached that stage in life where I would like to have my birthdays remembered but not my age. I suppose I am what is called middle-aged, which is when you start eating what is good for you and not what you like. I am proud of your club because it is set up for our senior citizens. This is a place you can come to for peace and quiet, where you have tea and chat with people of your own age group.
Passage Two
Researchers have found that daily walking may improve sleep quality. They have also noticed that only those who exercise in the morning have the beneficial effects on sleep. Those who exercised in the evening actually had more trouble falling asleep. One possible explanation is that morning versus evening exercise may affect sleep quality. Morning exercise may get the body clock in good order, and evening exercise may upset it. However, more research is needed to confirm this theory.
Section 2: Study Skills
1. D the rope was the symbol of law and order
2. B it changes the human characters
3. B it is rare
4. A the trading nations adopted the gold standard
5. D one could place more faith in gold than in politicians
6. B it is thin in proportion to the earth’s mass
7. C the outer layer is made of rock
8. D still in use
9. C there are active volcanic regions at the centre
10. B the Under world
11. A after consulting someone about her problems
12. C are not to be performed strenuously
13. B can be difficult to change
14. D recovered his vocal powers
15. C to suggest that back problems can be remedied.
16. B waste disposal
17. A their wastes were covered over by nature
18. C shipping them as scrap to a steel mill for ne vehicles.
19. C building more sewage disposal plants
20. D sludge
21. A sadness is a normal human emotion that serves a specific purpose
22. A the drug did not treat illnesses as it should
23. B grief over death
24. B loss of one’s mind
25. C reasonable
26. C stretched
27. D to suggest an anti-ageing approach that will reproduce itself
28. D death is the reality in nature people should come to terms with
29. A general readers
30. D reproduction is a useful alternative to longer life
美國經濟發展速度日益減緩，工作機遇日益凸顯不穩定性。身為壹所小型高校的校長，我時刻關註今年畢業生面臨的就業市場。最新消息報道了貝爾斯登公司撤銷了為商學院畢業生提供的數百個職位，這正是公司裁員的通常做法。而全美的大學也隨之降低招生規模。但即使經濟前景慘淡，今年的畢業生還是有望找到工作。誠然，眾多公司紛紛裁員，但其中許多也正尋求新的人才，尤其是低端職位。
超過百萬的職場新人像潮水般湧入勞動力市場，學生們應該認識到，在全球市場環境下，語言技巧至關重要，靈活性也同樣不可或缺。如果畢業生願意接受起點低的工作，就工作要求做出壹些讓步，如果公司要求也不介意搬至其他城市工作，那麽他就有可能得到壹份工作。因此，即使失業情況日益嚴重，畢業生還是可以將找工作視作壹份長遠職業的第壹次挑戰。
Section 4: Translation Test(2)
據消息靈通人士透露，今年春節前，家樂福才與新大新發生“第壹次親密接觸”，其中廣州市政府無疑起了“紅娘”的作用。短短幾個月時間，雙方“情投意合”。外界關心的是：家樂福到底看中新大新什麽地方？
對此，新大新總經理何先生沒有作出正面的回應，只是籠統地陳述在廣州的百貨業中新大新有自己獨特的壹面。據何先生透露，這次新大新出資持有新組建的公司35%的股份，家樂福占65%:“這是按照國家有關部門政策，即中方持股不得少於35%的規定厘定的”。
As disclosed by a well-informed source, the “first intimate contact” between Carrefour and Xindaxin(XDX) was not conducted until the dawn of this year’s Spring Festival, with Guangzhou municipal government, not surprisingly, serving as the “matchmaker”. The contact quickly developed into “affinity” between the two parties within a short period of a few months. What is XDX’s appeal to Carrefour? This question is now the concern of the public.
Mr. He, general manager of XDX, did not elaborate on direct response to this question. He stressed XDX’s “uniqueness” in Guangzhou’s retailing industry but with no specific details. As disclosed by Mr. He, XDX will hold 35% of the new joint venture’s shares, while Carrefour holding the rest 65%, which, is “in compliance with the policies decreed by state authorities concerned, i.e. Chinese companies should hold no less than 35% shares of a JV”.