Answer keys

Part I Writing

How long should the national holiday be?

It goes without saying that some people prefer long vacations because they can have enough time to do things that cannot be finished within a short time .During a long vacation, they may make a complicated experiment, carry out an involved investigation or go to a faraway place for some necessary field work. Taking a full time job to earn money for one or two months is another benefit the long vacation provides and sometimes a good academic thesis with a considerable length needs a long vacation.

What is more, those who favor short vacations also have understandable reasons. For two or three weeks＇ rest is adequate for students to refresh themselves without forgetting the lessons that are to be continued next semester. Short vacations also mean to rest three times a school year and short semesters. To study in this way is easier than to study for a long exhausting time with many courses and lessons crammed together.

As has been noted, either long or short vacation has its advantages and disadvantages. What matters is how to make use of it.

Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1-7 CDBDDDC

8. National Committee

9. Team manager

10. five years

Part III Listening comprehension

11-15 CCAAA

16-20 DACDA

21-25 CCABD

26-30 DBCCC

31-35 DBDAC

36. Emperors

37. government

38 .civilized

39. disappeared

40. diseases

41. mentally

42. magic

43. Roman

44. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic.

45. When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin.

46. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries and found out more about the way the body works.

Part IV Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)

Section A

47 E）hesitation 48 I）original 49 F）progressive 50 J）novel 51 L）burning

52 H）distantly 53 A）invented 54 N）custom 55 G）celebrate 56 D）symbols

Section B

57-61 DADBB

62-66 ACDCA

Part V Cloze

67.A 68.C 69.B 70.D 71.C 72.D 73.A 74.B 75.C 76.D

77.C 78.C 79.A 80.B 81.C 82.A 83.D 84.A 85.B 86.D

Part VI Translation

87. the need to learn foreign languages

88. his wife was kept in the dark

89. such an extent that he was put into intensive care

90. the power of the medium is exaggerated

91. If this kind of animal becomes scarce

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Part III Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In part A, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. After each conversation, you will hear one or a few questions about the conversation. The conversations and the questions will not be repeated. After you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your test book and choose the best answer. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and fill in the space that corresponds to the letter of the answer you have chosen.

11. W: Are you going to be able to come with us to a football match this evening?