GRADE EIGHT
TIME LIMIT：195 MIN
PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section you will hear a mini-lecture.You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points.Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture.When the lecture is over, you will be given two minutes to check your notes, and another ten minutes to complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE, using no more than three words in each gap.Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are)both grammatically and semantically acceptable.You may refer to your notes while completing the task.Use the blank sheet for note-taking.Now, listen to the mini-lecture.
What Do Active Learners Do?
There are difference between active learning and passive learning.
Characteristics of active learners:
I. reading with purposes
A. before reading: setting goals
B. while reading: (1) ________
II. (2) ______ and critical in thinking
i.e. information processing, e.g.
-- connections between the known and the new information
-- identification of (3) ______ concepts
-- judgment on the value of (4) _____.
III. active in listening
A. ways of note-taking: (5) _______.
B. before note-taking: listening and thinking
IV. being able to get assistance
A. reason 1: knowing comprehension problems because of (6) ______.
B. Reason 2: being able to predict study difficulties
V. being able to question information
A. question what they read or hear
B. evaluate and (7) ______.
VI. Last characteristic
A. attitude toward responsibility
-- active learners: accept
-- passive learners: (8) _______
B. attitude toward (9) ______
-- active learners: evaluate and change behaviour
-- passive learners: no change in approach
Relationship between skill and will: will is more important in (10) ______.
Lack of will leads to difficulty in college learning.
SECTION B INTERVIEW
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on an interview.At the end of the interview you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following five questions.Now listen to the interview.
1.According to the interviewer, which of the following best indicates the relationship between choice and mobility?
A.Better education → greater mobility → more choices.
B.Better education → more choices → greater mobility.
C.Greater mobility → better education → more choices.
D.Greater mobility → more choices → better education.
2.According to the interview，which of the following details about the first poll is INCORRECT?
A.Shorter work hours was least chosen for being most important.
B.Chances for advancement might have been favoured by young people.
C.High income failed to come on top for being most important.
D.Job security came second according to the poll results.
3.According to the interviewee，which is the main difference between the first and the second poll?
A.The type of respondents who were invited.
B.The way in which the questions were designed.
C.The content area of the questions.
D.The number of poll questions.
4.What can we learn from the respondents’answers to items 2，4 and 7 in the second poll?
A.Recognition from colleagues should be given less importance.
B.Workers are always willing and ready to learn more new skills.
C.Psychological reward is more important than material one.
D.Work will have to be made interesting to raise efficiency.
5.According to the interviewee，which of the following can offer both psychological and monetary benefits?
A.Contact with many people. B.Chances for advancement.
C.Appreciation from coworkers. D.Chances to learn new skills
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.Mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.
6.According to the news item，“sleep boxes”are designed to solve the problems of
A.airports. B.passengers. C.architects. D.companies.
7.Which of the following is NOT true with reference to the news?
A.Sleep boxes can be rented for different lengths of time.
B.Renters of normal height can stand up inside.
C.Bedding can be automatically changed.
D.Renters can take a shower inside the box.
Question 8 is based on the following news.At the end of the news item，you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.Now listen to the news.
8.What is the news item mainly about?
A.London’S preparations for the Notting Hill Carnival.
B.Main features of the Notting Hill Carnival.
C.Police's preventive measures for the carnival.
D.Police participation in the carnival.
Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.Now listen to the news.
9.The news item reports on a research finding about
A.the Dutch famine and the Dutch women.
B.early malnutrition and heart health.
C.the causes of death during the famine.
D.nutrition in childhood and adolescence.
10.When did the research team carry out the study?
A.At the end of World War II.
B.Between 1944 and 1945.
C.In the 1950s.
D.In 2007.
PART II READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN)
In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of 20 multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark the best answer to each question on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
