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A) Elaborate.
B) Prejudiced.
C) Faultless.
D) Oversimplified.
62. According to the author the concept of “environment” is difficult to explain because
________.
A) it doesn’t distinguish between the organism and the environment
B) it involves both internal and external forces
C) the organism and the environment influence each other
D) the relationship between the organism and the environment is unclear
63. In analyzing the environmental forces acting on man the author suggests that
________.
A) biological factors are less important to the organism than cultural factors to man
B) man and other animals are modified equally by the environmental forces
C) man is modified by the cultural environment as well as by the natural
environment
D) physical and biological factors exert more influence on other organisms than on
man
64. As for culture, the author points out that ________.
A) it develops side by side with environmental factors
B) it is also affected by environmental factors
C) it is generally accepted to be part of the environment
D) it is a product of man’s biological instincts
65. In this passage, the author is primarily concerned with ________.
A) the interpretation of the term “environment”
B) the discussion on organisms and biological environment
C) the comparison between internal and external factors influencing man
D) the evaluation of man’s influence on culture
Passage Four
Questions 66 to 70 are based on the following passage.
The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience.
Heads nodded in agreement when he said, “High school English teachers are not doing
their jobs.” He described the inadequacies of his students, all high school graduates who
can use language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to
my questions how this grade 9 level had been established.
My topic is not standards nor its decline (降低). What the speaker was really saying
is that eh is no longer young; he has been teaching for sixteen years, and is able to think
and speak like a mature adult.
My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately
following it is inevitable. It is also human nature to look for the reasons for our
dissatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late nineteenth century, it
was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies (缺陷). But since
then, English teachers have been under constant attack.
The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. As their own command of
the language improves, they notice that young people do not have this same ability.
Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assume the new
generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. To the eyes and ears of
sensitive adults the language of the young always seems inadequate.
Since this concern about the decline and fall of the English language is not
perceived as a generational phenomenon but rather as something new and peculiar to
today’s young people, it naturally follows that today’s English teachers cannot be doing
their jobs. Otherwise, young people would not commit offenses against the language.
66. The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that ________.
A) the language of the younger generation is usually inferior to that of the older
generation
B) the students had a poor command of English because they didn’t work hard
enough
C) he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for
sixteen years
D) English teachers should be held responsible for the students’ poor command of
English
67. In the author’s opinion, the speaker ________.
A) gave a correct judgment of the English level of the students
B) had exaggerated the language problems of the students
C) was right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobs
D) could think and speak intelligently
68. The author’s attitude towards the speaker’s remarks is ________.
A) neutral
B) positive
C) critical
D) compromising
69. It can be concluded from the passage that ________.
A) it is justifiable to include English as a school subject
B) the author disagrees with the speaker over the standard of English at Grade 9
level
C) English language teaching is by no means an easy job
D) language improvement needs time and effort
70. In the passage the author argues that ________.
A) it is unfair to blame the English teachers for the language deficiencies of the
students
B) young people would not commit offences against the language is the teachers did
their jobs properly
C) to eliminate language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and ears
D) to improve the standard of English requires the effort of several generations
Part IV Translation (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are five items which you should translate into Chinese,
each item consisting of one or two sentences. These sentences are all taken
from the Reading Passages you have just read in Part Three of Test Paper
One. You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You should refer back
to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
71. (Passage 2, Lines 1-2, Para. 5)
Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than
0.1 rem without being damaged;
72. (Passage 2, Lines 1-3, Para. 3)
Them we fed them four unidentified samples of cola on at a time, regular colas for
the one group, diet versions for the other.
73. (Passage 2, Lines 1-2, Para. 5)
While both groups did better than chance would predict, nearly half the participants
in each group made the wrong choice two or more times.
74. (Passage 3, Lines 4-5, Para. 2)
... we find that we have to deal with things like climate, soil, plants, and such-like
factors common to all biological situations;
75. (Passage 4, Lines 1-2, Para. 3)
My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately
following it is inevitable.
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the
topic The Two-day Weekend. You should write at least 100 words and you
should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1. 双休日给大学生带来的好处。