任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡相应题号的横线上。

China's College Entrance Examination (CEE)in 1977 and 1978 changed the fate of a group of Chinese people with large age differences and from all walks of life. Thirty years later, some of them anxiously wait outside exam spots, praying for good luck for their only child.

The Chinese describe the CEE, or gaokao in Chinese, as "thousands of troops on a single--log bridge" because of the limited number of places at universities. For students in the countryside, the tough exams may be their only opportunity to escape the hardship of country life.

A survey conducted by the Ministry of Education and the China Youth Daily showed 89.6 percent of those people felt their fate was changed by the exam. Among those who said their fate was "totally changed", 69.1 percent came from the countryside and only 30.9 percent were from cities. Some Chinese think too much emphasis is placed on having a university diploma (文凭). It is believed that a person will not find a proper job without a college certificate, and that there are increasingly fewer jobs even for college graduates.

Although the CEE is still a major means of selecting people for higher education after 30 years of development, the society has gradually adjusted its standard, A lot of people think that the CEE needs reforming, but these reforms will have to be gradual. While debates over the exam continue, more people believe it is the only open, fair and just way of talent selection.

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．

For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．

Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．

More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”

Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．

1.The text is mainly about         in Singapore．

        A．the education reform         B．adding more teachers

         C．the mother tongue             D．ways of teaching

2.The general goal of using extra teachers is to          ．

         A．make classes smaller         B．assist more senior teachers

         C．teach more                  D．help teachers improve teaching quality

3.PM Lee holds that the students should         ．

         A．do more homework           B．give up higher grades

         C．study more courses      D．be given more time to learn more

4.The key to teaching Chinese well is to          ．

        A．make it academic                    B．have a creative environment

         C．give more Chinese lessons        D．encourage speaking and reading a lot

Speaking in his first National Day Rally speech on 15 August, Prime Minister Lee Hsien said Singapore’s education system was set for more reforms in the years ahead, particularly for the primary and secondary education．Read the summary of his thoughts on education below．

For a start, the Government is prepared to send and additional 3,000 teachers to Singapore schools, cut the courses of study even further and change the way the mother tongue, especially Chinese, is taught．But, for the changes to be successful, parents need to help．

Singapore has a devoted group of teachers and principals and quite a few of them are outstanding, but the Republic’s schools can be even better．To help the schools make a jump in quality, the Government plans that within the next 6 years, it will send 1,000 more teachers to primary schools, 1,400 to secondary schools and 550 more to junior colleges．Each school would decide how to use its extra teachers．Some may want to make classes smaller so students get more individual attentions while others may have new teachers assist more senior teachers, but the overall goal is to give teachers the time and space to come up with ways to bring out the best in their students．

More teachers must not mean more homework, however．In fact, the Prime Minister wants to see the courses cut down so that there is less pressure on the students．Good grades are important but they should not be the only goal students have．PM Lee is convinced that “we must teach less so that our children can learn more．”

Another change will be in the teaching of the mother tongue so that students can become more fluent．The key is to teach Chinese as a living language not just an academic subject like Latin．Therefore, the focus should be on speaking and reading the language．To do this, there must be an environment outside the classroom that is contributing to strengthening the Chinese lessons．

The text is mainly about         in Singapore．

      A．the education reform       B．adding more teachers

       C．the mother tongue           D．ways of teaching

The general goal of using extra teachers is to          ．

       A．make classes smaller       B．assist more senior teachers

       C．teach more              D．help teachers improve teaching quality

PM Lee holds that the students should         ．

       A．do more homework        B．give up higher grades

       C．study more courses      D．be given more time to learn more

The key to teaching Chinese well is to          ．

      A．make it academic                B．have a creative environment

       C．give more Chinese lessons      D．encourage speaking and reading a lot

第二节:任务型阅读（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）：

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项 (A、B、C、D、E和F)中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。

61.________ Lily, a Spanish girl studying in the University of Nottingham, is looking for a house with large rooms, with broadband access located in an area within 5 minutes walk from the university.

62.________ Mike, a Brazilian boy who has just come to study English in Jubilee Campus, the University of Nottingham, needs a room with central heating in a safe area being only a 10-minute walk from Jubilee.

63.________ Li Ming, an easygoing Chinese boy from Beijing, is studying English literature in the University of Nottingham. He is a handsome boy who always keeps himself and his room clean. He hopes to find a room near West University Entrance.

64.________ Liu Ying, a Chinese girl from a city in the west of China, is studying in the University of Nottingham. She is looking for a place which is near University Campus and she hopes to do a part-time job to earn some money for the rent.

65.________ Jack, a boy student from Thailand, is looking for a room whose rent is less than ￡200. He hopes to share with easygoing boys, and get along well with the landlord, which can help him to be free from home sickness.

A.   Housemate Wanted! One person is required (preferably male) to live in a luxurious house with 5 girls and 2 boys. The house is in an ideal and safe location being only a 10-minute walk from University Park and Jubilee. The rent will only be ￡65 per week. The house has two bathrooms, 4 toilets, a larger furnished living room, central heating, a kitchen fully furnished with dishwasher and microwave, etc.

B.   Room To Let! A modern, comfortable house with large rooms is immediately available at 27 Warwick Street Dunkirk. It has been recently refurnished with broadband Internet access. It’s only 5 minutes’ walk from the University of Nottingham. Great location! You will pay only ￡235 per month to share with 3 other people.

C.   Three large rooms are available in a massive luxurious house within 10 minutes’ walk from University Campus. The rent is very cheap, only ￡175 per month! The sound and young landlord can make you feel at home. You’ll share with 2 easygoing brothers (one is a student nurse and the other is an engineer).

D.  A nice 3-bedroom house is immediately available and will last for one academic year (till next June or longer) in a quiet and safe area in Beeston. It is in good location next to a big shopping market within 7 minutes’ walk from West University Entrance. It has a nice fully furnished kitchen, big bedrooms, big shower rooms, TV, washing machines and broadband access. Easygoing and clean people are welcome to share the house.

E.  Housemate wanted! One person is required to live in a fully furnished house with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, three toilets, central heating, a kitchen with a fridge and a microwave, and broadband Internet access, located in a safe and quiet area being only a 10-minute walk from North University Entrance. The rent will only be ￡56 per week.

F.  Chinese student wanted! A Chinese student (preferably female) is required to live in a luxurious house with 5 Spanish girls who are learning Chinese as their second foreign language. They need to practice Chinese twice a week with the help of the Chinese student who will get ￡350 per month in return for her work. The house is located near QMC which is within 5 minutes’ walk from University Campus. The rent will be ￡325 per month.

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有一项为多余选项。

The people below are all looking for a course on Chinese to study. Read the following information about the six courses. Decide which course would be the most suitable for the people mentioned in questions 61-65 and then mark the correct letter (A-F) on your answer sheet. You can choose any letter more than once, and some of the letters may not be chosen.

______77. Mathew majors in media and hopes to understand Chinese broadcasting and TV News and communicate with the Chinese people.

______ 78. Sarah is a Learner of Chinese with a fairly good knowledge of basic Chinese grammar and a vocabulary of 2500, hoping to improve her Chinese ability in speaking, reading and writing.

______ 79. Lois majors in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language and hopes to improve her ability in translation.

______ 80. Dennis once has taught himself Chinese and can speak a little Chinese but with poor pronunciation and grammar, hoping to meet the needs of everyday life and study, and understand each other in basic communication through training.

______ 81. Georgia specializes in the Chinese language and culture at the average. He plans to have a tour in China.

A. Comprehensive language skill training

100 lessons in total focusing on pronunciation, grammar and discourse (语段). To enable the learner to master the basic knowledge of the Chinese language, to have the basic ability of listening, speaking, reading and writing, so that they are able to communicate with others and to meet the needs of everyday life, study and society. This will lay a foundation for further study of Chinese.

B. Intermediate (中等) Chinese Comprehensive Course

40 lessons in all, focusing on the training of the comprehensive skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing of intermediate Chinese. To enable the students to recognize, understand and use the active and less active words, to improve their ability of expressing themselves in paragraphs and discourse, to master the new words, patterns, grammatical structures, paragraphs and discourse and means of connections so as to express the meaning of the texts correctly and fluently in paragraphs and discourse.

C. News Listening

Based on frequently used words, typical sentences and information and concentrating on improving the ability of listening comprehension. To improve the ability of collecting information, to grasp the knowledge and skills they have learned and to understand the broadcasting and TV news of similar themes and relevant level of difficulty with the correctness of 80%. To build up the foundation for further study.

D. Elementary English-Chinese Translation

25 classes in total, including various styles such as poems, popular science, political comments and news, about every aspect of everyday life. The texts vary from easy to difficult and combine theory with practice as well as translation and interpretation. About 185 hours are needed. To familiarize the learner with the equivalent (对应的) Chinese expressions of English. To enable them to know usage of Chinese and English words and sentences, cultural differences and the background knowledge.

E. Elementary Spoken Chinese in Business

24 units in all. Chinese words and expressions in business and trade are introduced in the form of vivid situational dialogues, notes and exercises. To enable the learner to master the words and expressions of elementary spoken business Chinese and to communicate with others in trade and business.

F. Chinese Human Geography

Introduction to geographic environment and cultural phenomena in various parts of China, such as natural features, historical backgrounds, religious sites, ancient battle fields, dramas and arts, traditional products, and special food, etc. Through the introduction to historical and cultural sites and scenery, the learner will have a general view about Chinese geography, history, culture and regional features.

Getting away for a short time always seems like a great idea — until you have to pack. But packing won’t be a problem if you keep in mind one simple rule. Whether you’ll be sleeping overnight at a friend’s house, or visiting a relative for a week, the rule is: pack light. Here are some tips to help you pack.