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1、 “高级时事英语”课程终结考试笔试复习题暨考试宝典一、 课文框架纵览 蓝色字体部分为准备口语考试时需要具体复习的单元。单元主题内容简介1The Media（媒体）学习了解不同的媒体形式，区分事实与意见，解读新闻标题，了解“大众传媒”的定义，学会描述不同的媒体给自身生活带来的影响等。2Cultural Differences and Similarities（文化异同）学习描述不同文化之异同，解析调查结果，预测文章内容，识别作者观点等。3Education（教育）学习描述教育体制，讨论教育方面的问题并提建议，就传统教育体制和现代教育体制进行对比等。4Development（发展）学习描述日常生活
2、变化及国家的发展，辨别社会发展带来的积极和负面的作用，就现代发明发表观点等。5Our Environment（环境）学习从上下文解析含义，表达担心、焦虑的心情，发表批评意见或对批评意见做回应等。6Social Problems（社会问题）学习描绘社会问题，就社会问题的根源进行讨论、发表意见，建议解决办法或评估解决办法等。7Equality（平等）学习描述男女不同分工或角色，讨论有关性别平等、种族平等问题。8Information Highway（信息高速）学习描述电脑的多种用途，谈论电脑科技的发展，推论/引申作者的态度等。口语复习请大家收听11秋学期针对高职，高时口语集训营回放，以下为链接地址
3、：第一次节目：http:/ for the Examinees:This examination consists of THREE sections. They are:Section I:Listening Test(25 points, 30 minutes)Section II:Reading Test(50 points, 60 minutes)Section III:Writing Test(25 points, 30 minutes)The total marks for this examination are 100 points. Time allowed for comp
4、leting this examination is 2 hours (120 minutes).YOU MUST WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON THE ANSWER SHEET.Section IListening Test 25 pointsInstructions: The listening test will take approximately 30 minutes. There are THREE parts to the test. There will be a pause of 30 seconds before each part to allow
5、you to look at your questions. There will be a pause of 30 seconds after each part to allow you to think about your answers.同学们，本复习题中红色字体部分将和大家最终拿到的考卷一模一样，以下是听力部分的复习题Review question 1:Instructions: Listen to a paragraph. As you listen, fill in each blank with the word you hear. NOTE: Each blank cons
6、ists of only one word.Almost every family buys at least one copy of a newspaper every day. Some people _ (1) to as many as two or three newspapers. But why do people read newspapers? Five hundred years ago, news of important happenings - battles lost and won, kings or rulers overthrown or killed - t
7、ook months and even years to _ (2) from one country to another. The news passed by word of mouth and was never accurate. Today we can read in our newspapers about important events that _(3) in far away countries on the same day the events happen. Apart from _(4) news from all over the world, newspap
8、ers give us a lot of other useful information. There are weather reports, radio, television and film guides, book reviews, stories and, of course, advertisements. The bigger ones are put in by large companies to bring attention to their products. They pay the newspapers thousands of dollars for the
9、advertising space, but it is worth the money, for news of their products goes into almost every home in the country. For those who _(5) newspapers, advertisements are also very important. Money earned from advertisements makes it possible for them to sell their newspapers at a low price and still ma
10、ke a profit. Newspapers often have information on gardening, cooking and fashion, as well as a small but very popular section on jokes and cartoons. Review question 2:Instructions: Listen to a paragraph. As you listen, fill in each blank with the word you hear. NOTE: Each blank consists of only one
11、word.When Steveland Judkins Morris was born, on May 13, _(1), the doctors shook their heads and told Lula Mae Morris that her son had been born blind and likely would always be that way. Blind and black and poor - what kind of life could this new infant have? In her _ (2) dreams, Mrs. Morris could n
12、ever have imagined that her new baby would become a rich and famous musician called Stevie Wonder. When Stevie was a child, blindness wasnt holding him back from _ (3). He often used the tables for drums. Then his uncle bought him a toy harmonica, and Stevie learned to play it so quickly that everyo
13、ne was amazed. Stevie taught himself to play piano as quickly as he had once learned the harmonica. With friends, he began to play rock and roll music. Stevie started going to Motowns office every day after school. He hung around and listened to everybody elses music and played some of his own. Ever
14、yone there called him Stevie Wonder. Stevie had his first hit when he was 12 years old. It was called Fingertips and it was _ (4) all over the country. He felt grown and strong and ready to fly. And he did fly. Now Stevie has faith and _ (5), wealth and love. He has conquered his own darkness and br
15、ings sunshine to the shadows of other lives. Review question 3:You are going to listen to a short passage. As you listen, fill in each blank with one word from the recording. Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.The poverty line is the _ (1) income that people need for an acceptable standard of living. About 10 percent of the people i
