中央电大第一学期开放本科期末英语专业高级时事英语试题及参考答案.docx
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中央电大第一学期开放本科期末英语专业高级时事英语试题及参考答案
中央广播电视大学2001—2002学年度第一学期“开放本科”期末考试
英语专业高级时事英语试题
2002年1月
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Thisisthewrittenexaminationwhichispartoftheend-of-courseassessment.Thetotalmarksforthisexaminationare100points.Theexaminationconsistsoftwopapers:
Paper1.ListeningTest,andPaper2.ReadingandWriting.Timeallowedforcompletingthisexaminationis2hours(120mins).
Instructions:
●Answerallquestions.
●Youwillhavetenminutesattheendofthelisteningtesttotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet.
●Allanswersmustbetransferredtotheanswersheet.
Paper1:
LISTENINGTEST30points
Informationforthecandidates
Therearetwopartstothetest.Eachpartwillbeplayedtwice.
Therewillbeapausebeforeeachparttoletyoureadthroughthequestionsandanotherpauseattheendofeachpartforyoutocheckyouranswers.
Youmaywriteyouranswersinthequestionpaperasyoulisten.
Youwillhavetominutesattheendofthelisteningtesttotransferyouranswerstotheanswersheet.
Part1.Questions1-6.InterviewwithProfessorMichaelson.
YouaregoingtolistentoaninterviewwithProfessorMichaelMichaelson.Youwillheartherecordingtwice.Choosethebestansweraccordingtowhatyoulearnthroughlistening.Beforethefirstlisteningyouhavehalfaminutetostudythequestions.
1.Themaintopicoftheinterviewis.
A.educationinChina
B.pollutioninEngland
C.pollutioninChina
2.Asseenbytheinterviewer,themajorproblemofpollutioninChinaconcerns.
A.air,landandwaterpollution
B.peopledisposingofrubbishindiscriminately
C.toomuchwastecardboardandtoomanyemptybottles
3.Inhiscountry,whenMichaelMichaelsonseespeopledroppinglitterhe
A.reportsthemtothepolice
B.quietlydisposesofthelitterhimself
C.confrontstheperson
4.MichaelMichaelsonwasshockedinChinabecause.
A.inEnglandpeopleneverdroplitter
B.inChinapeopledroplittereverywhere
C.hecannotrunafterpeopleinChina
5.MichaelMichaelsontheideaofusingbikestocollectwastecardboard.
A.can'tunderstand
B.criticizes
C.likes
6.InChinapeopleusebicycles.
A.tocarrywastecardboard
B.tocollectemptybottlesformoney
C.bothAandB
Part2.Questions7-13.Youaregoingtolistentoatalkabout‘TheFourthWord’.
Task1.Questions7-13.Alistoftopicsisgivenbelow.FindtheonesthatthespeakermentionedandwritethelettersrepresentingtheminthespaceprovidedontheAnswerSheet.
A.TheFourthWorld
B.Australia
C.Africa
D.culturalmarginalisation
E.newspaperreportsofsocialproblems
F.Bushmen
G.landrightsstruggles
H.thePitjanjara
I.theMauritanians
J.popularculture
K.thecommonexperiencesof'fourthworld'peoples
L.thelongtermconsequencesofcolonization
Task2.Questions14-20.ListenagaintothetalkandmarkthefollowingstatementsasTrue(T)orFalse(F)accordingtothetext.
(14)The‘fourthworld’isatermusedtointerpretformsofinequalityinrichcountries.
(15)Theconceptisusedtointerprettheproblemsofindigenouspeople
(16)‘Indigenouspeople’meanspeoplewhocolonisedothers.
(17)Fourthworldpeopleexperiencecultural,politicalandeconomicpoverty.
(18)Fourthworldpeoplehavetofighttomaintaintheirculturalidentity.
(19)WhenAustraliawascolonisedonlyoneculturalgroupwasdispossessed.
(20)Australianaboriginalpeoplearetheonlypopulationof‘fourthworld’people.
Paper2:
READINGANDWRITING
Informationforcandidates
●Therearefourpartstothereadingtest.
●Thereisonewritingtask.
●YoushouldwriteALLyouranswersontheAnswerSheetasyoudothetasks.
READINGTEST50points
Part1.ReadthefollowingpassageandanswerQuestions21-30.
Passage1
ChangesinAustralianEducation
Haralambosandhiscolleagues(1996)havesummarisedthemajorchangesinAustralianeducationoverthepasttwohundredyears.Themajorissuesdrivingtheiranalysisarethequestions:
-oftheeffectsthateducationhashadonsociety;and
-whysomesocialgroupstendtoenjoymoreeducationalsuccessthanothers.Theyarenottheonlysocialscientistsconcernedwiththeseissues.HowevertheirbookcontainsarecentandcomprehensivesummaryofAustralianeducationalresearch.Herearesomeofthemajorpointstheymake.TherearefivebasiccomponentstotheAustralianeducationsystem:
(ⅰ)primaryschool(age5-12yearsofage)
(ⅱ)compulsorysecondaryschool(12-15yearsofage)
(or12-16yearsintheStateofTasmania)
(ⅲ)post-compulsorysecondaryschool(15-17)
(ⅳ)technicalandfurthereducation(17yearsandolder)
(ⅴ)highereducationoruniversity(17yearsandolder)
BeforethesecondworldwarnearlyhaftofAustralianchildrendidnotattendsecondaryschool.Inthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcenturyeducationexpandedandchangedformdramatically.Between1956and1966thenumberofuniversitiesgrewfromnineto14,thenroseto19in1975.Inaddition,therehasbeenasignificantgrowthinnonuniversitypostsecondaryeducation.Inthe1990sthepercentageofwomenwithpostsecondaryschoolqualificationswas37%.Thepercentageofmenwas47percent.
Haralambosandhiscolleaguessummarisetheevidenceabouttheimpactofeducationonthecreationofamoreequalsociety.Theysay'bothmaterialandculturalfactorsaffectthelengthofstayineducation.'Familywealthstillexertsapowerfulinfluenceonaccesstouniversityeducation.Howevertheexpansionofeducationhasmeantanexpansionofeducationalopportunitiesforpeoplefromsocialgroupsearlierdeniedahighereducation.
BobConnell,amajorwriteronAustralianeducation,hasarguedthat‘theevidenceofsociallyunequaloutcomescontinuestomount.ItisoneofthemostfirmlyestablishedfactsaboutWesternstyleeducationalSystemsinallpartsoftheworld.’
MarkthefollowingstatementsasT(true)orF(false)accordingtotheinformationinthetext.
21.HaralambosworkedaloneonhissummaryofAustralianeducation.
22.Heandhiscolleagueswereinterestedinstudyingsocialinequality.
23.MostAustralianstudentsmuststayatschooluntiltheyare15yearsofage.
24.ThereisacommoncompulsoryschoolleavingageacrossallofAustralia.
25.Therearetwomajorformsofeducationfor17yearoldstochoose.
26.PostsecondaryeducationiscompulsoryinAustralia.
27.Onlyasmallnumberofchildrenattendedsecondaryschoolbefore1939.
28.Majorchangesineducationoccurredinthelatterhalfofthe20thcentury.
29.Bythe1990s,ahigherpercentageofwomenthanmenhadpostsecondaryqualifications.
30.TheexpansionofeducationhasmeantthatthereisnownosocialinequalityinaccesstohighereducationinAustralia.
Part2.ReadPassage2andanswerQuestions31-40.
Passage2
MyComputer
TenyearsagoIoccasionallyusedatypewriterforimportantdocumentssuchasmycurriculumvitaeandjobapplicationletters.Icouldn'treallytypesoItappedawayatthekeyboardwithmytwoindexfingersandmadelotsofmistakes.OnesimpleletterwouldoftenrequireatleastadozenattemptsbeforeImanagedtoproducethefinal,neatdocument.WhenacoursethatIwasdoingdemandedtypedassignmentsIbeggedfriendswithgoodtypingskillstohelpme.Inotherwords,totypethemformeandwhenmyfinalprojecthadtobetypedup,Iactuallypaidaprofessionaltypisttodoit!
Iwas‘apenandpaperperson’.Ihadneverbeeninterestedinmachinesand‘artificialintelligence’andsincerelybelievedIcouldlivehappilywithoutadvancedtechnologyinmypersonallife!
Thesituationhaschanged,ofcourse.It'sbeenagradualchangebutthesedaysIhardlyknowmyself!
Ievenhaveacomputerandaprinter.IhaveneverlearnedtousealltenfingersonthekeyboardbutIcanworkquitequicklyandproducedocumentswhichhaveanimpressivelayoutandwhichusedifferentsizesandstylesoftypeface(orfont).Iknowhowtounderline,howtowritewordsinboldoritalicscript,howtogivepartsofatextaborder,howtoinsertillustrationsandsoon!
IfeelagreatsenseofachievementwhenIfinishadocument,printitoutandseethefinishedproduct.Suchdocumentsseem‘professional’Isuspect,however,thatimpressivelayoutmaycamouflageinferiorcontent!
Ihopethisisnottrueinmycase.
Fiveyearsago,Ihadnoideawhatfriendsweretalkingaboutwhentheymentioned“E-mail(eveniftheyusedthefullterm,electronicmail),‘theinternet’and‘modem’butmycomputernowhasamodem,andthroughthisdevice,itisconnectedtotheinternationalnetworkknownastheInternet.Asaresult,IcannowsendandreceiveE-mailmessagestoandfromfriendsandorganisationsaroundtheworldwhosecomputersarealsoconnectedtotheInternet.Thereisnotimedelay.It'spossibletoreadmessagesinBeijingastheyarebeingwritteninLondonorHongKong.Thisisindeedprogress!
Choosethebestanswerfromthechoicesgiven(WritetheletterrepresentingyourchoiceinthespaceprovidedontheAnswerSheet):
(31)Inthearticlethewritercompareschangesoveraperiodof.
A.adecade
B.acentury
C.fiveyears
(32)Thewriter'stypedessayswereoftenproducedby.
A.himself.
B.friendsandpaidprofessionals.
C.bothAandB.
(33)Howmanydifferentkindsofelectronicpossessionsdoesthewriterlist?
A.Morothanfive.
B.Three.
C.Two.
(34)Thewriterfeelsasenseofachievementbecause.
A.heproducesanimpressivelo
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