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入学测试卷

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LISTENING
SECTION 1
Questions 1—6 Audio1,1
Complete the notes below words from the box　　

Grey Castle45 Central Gardens Green Hall2.3 Queen’s Park6 Farmer’s Market1

Places open all day Friday： 1 . ___________and Central Gardens
Places the school has visited before： 2. ___________and Queen’s park
Places with organized tours： 3 .___________ and Grey Castle
Places that charge for admission： 4 .__________ and Green Hall
Places where booking is required： 5 .___________and Central Gardens
Places chosen for the trip： 6 ._________ and Grey Castle

Questions 7—10
Choose the correct letter A. B or C
7 .Before the trip pupils will B 9. They will travel to the first place byA
A. have a special lesson A. train
B. read some information B. bus
C. write an essay C. coach
8 .During the trip, pupils will be asked toC 10.The school will inform the parents byA
A .take notes for an essay A .letter
B .write a quiz for other pupils B .email
C .find answers to a quiz C. phone
SECTION 2
Questions 11—20 Audio1,2
Answer the questions below
Write NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS OR A NUMBER for each answer.
11. In which decade did the British Council create the EPTB EXAM? 1969
12. What did the “B” of EPTB stand for?
13. In which year was ELTS introduced?
14. What kind of language context was ELTS intended to reflect
15.How many candidates took ELTS in 1985？ One million
16. What was conducted in 1987?
17. Of what were there 210 in 1995?
18. Which IELTS module was revised in 2001?
19. In which year was a computerized version of the exam introduced? 2005
20. How does the lecture describe the industry of English language exams?
PLACEMENT TEST
READING
READING PASSAGE 1

VENUS
The planet Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love, is the second closest planet to the Sun (Mercury is the closest), and the second brightest natural object in the night sky (after the Moon).
From Earth, Venus is brightest just after sunset and just before dawn. Because of this, the planet is often known as the Morning Star or the Evening Star. Venus is also sometimes known as the Earth’s sister, because both planets share similarities in terms of size---Venus’ surface area and volume are just a little smaller than Earth’s. However, scientists believe that, several billion years ago, Venus and Earth were much more similar than they are today. Back then, Venus’ atmosphere was more like Earth’s and there was almost certainly water in liquid form on the surface. Over time, Venus became hotter, and this water evaporated. Today, the planet’s surface is a dry dusty desert.
Above the ground on Venus are sulfuric acid clouds. These thick clouds prevent the surface of the planet being seen from Earth. Indeed, it is only in the last few decades that scientists have discovered what the surface of the planet is really like. In the early 1990s, NASA’s Magellan spacecraft mapped the surface of Venus in detail for the first time. Its radar images of hills, ridges and craters are almost photographic in their quality.
Questions 1---3
Which THREE of the following statements are true, according to the reading passage?
NB Your answers may be given in any order.

1． A 2. D 3. F
A. The Moon is the brightest nature object in the night sky.
B. Form Earth, Venus is at its brightest in the middle of the night.
C. Venus is a slightly large planet than Earth.
D. Venus atmosphere has changed greatly over billions of years.
E. A telescope is required to see Venus’ surface form Earth.
F. Scientists now have a detailed map of the surface of Venus.
G. The surface of Venus is almost completely flat.
Questions 4---10
Complete the sentence.
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS form the passage for each answer.
4. The ancient Romans had a goddess called Venus.
5. Only Mercury is closer to the Sun than Venus.
6. Venus has been called the brightest , the Morning Star and the Evening Star.
7. It is highly likely that there was water on Venus in the past.
8. Venus is a much dry dusty planet than it used to be.
9. Venus’ thick clouds are made of .
10. The spacecraft Magellan used to create pictures of the surface of Venus.

READING PASSAGE 2

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
In 1908, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes became the first scientist to produce liquid helium, achieving the lowest temperatures recorded up to that point. A number of researchers had suggested that materials behaved differently at very low temperatures, and this substance was important in allowing experiments that confirmed it. Working with solid mercury, Onnes demonstrated the phenomenon of superconductivity .This is when the electrical resistance of the metal drops suddenly to zero. No energy is lost as an electric current travels through the material, making it very efficient for storing or transmitting power. Since the work done by Onnes, other superconducting materials have been discovered that can be used at higher temperatures and which are therefore more economical.
There are a number of practical applications of superconducting materials .Many of these applications are based on the fact that the materials can be made into extremely powerful electromagnets ,These are used in scientific experiments to direct beams of particles. They also form part of maglev trains—trains that float a small distance above the rails because of magnetic forces. Because there is no contact between the train and the rail, this form of transport is capable of very high speeds, although it is unlikely to be in widespread use until costs drop considerably.

Questions 11—15
Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading passage ？

Write
True if the statement agrees with the information
False if the statement contradicts the information
Not given if there is no information on this

11 Many people had tried to produce liquid helium before onnes T
12 Onnes was the only scientist interested in very low temperatures NG
13 Liquid helium was used for science at very low temperatures T
14 Only metals can be used as superconductors F
15 Superconductors that work at higher temperatures are more expensive NG

Questions 16—20
Complete the summary of the second paragraph
Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer
Superconductors are used in a variety of contexts .Very 16 cold can be made out of superconducting materials and scientists use them in 17 transport .In transport ,maglev trains rely on the 18 magnetic forces produced in superconductors to raise the above the rails ,the lack of 19 contact meaning that high velocities can be reached .The 20_costs_ of maglev systems limit their use.

LANGUAGE PRODUCTION

QUESTIONS 1---10
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete gap

I think the place I would most like 1 __C____is England. I 2 __D__English for about seven years now, and I still3 _A____to an English-speaking country. I think that if I 4 C____somewhere like England, I’d be able to practise my English, and also learn about the culture of another country. I5_B____to Europe once with my family, but that was to Italy, I really enjoyed6__D_ __all the tourist attractions, but it’s difficult when you don’t speak the local language. My father used 7_C____in England when he was a student, and he says that if he 8__A_____that, then he wouldn’t have learned to speak English with a good accent. One of my ambitions is9_B__ ____there like he did, which I’m planning to do if I10___C __all my exams.
1. A visiting B visit C to visit D to be visiting
2. A am learning B learn C have learned D have been learning
3. A haven’t been B don’t go C am not going D hadn’t been
4. A was going B went C would go D had been
5. A would go B had gone C did go D was going
6. A to see B see C to seeing D seeing
7. A live B living C to live D to living
8. A hadn’t done B didn’t do C wouldn’t do D hasn’t done
9. A study B to study C for studying D to studying
10. A pass B will pass C would pass D am passing

QUESTING11_20
Read the essay below, Write ONE word in each gap to complete the essay
It is rare for there to be an equal number of male and female students on a university course. Traditionally, in Britain11_at___least, physics students are mainly male.
12__on____contrast, students studying modern language such as French tend to be female. This raises two important questions is this because of discrimination, and what, if anything, should be done about it? To13________mind, most universities do not discriminate in terms of garden.On14__the____contrary, there keen to increase the number of women on physics course, and increase the number of men on French course. The reason there are more women on certain course is that more women apply. It may well also be true that, with certain courses, 15_in___an equal number of male and female students apply, the female applicants, for example, have better qualifications16_than______the male applicants, and so are given more places.
It is essential that universities are allowed to choose the best qualified students for each subject. 17__if___they are forced to accept students because of their gender rather than ability, then the high standards of the university will decline. For this reason, I am opposed to rule18___under______control how many male and female students they accept19_that___, that does not mean there is not a problem. In my opinion, the solution is to encourage children at a young age to take an interest in a wide range of subjects.
In conclusion, 20_it____is no doubt that some university courses have more male or female students. While this is not ideal, the solution is not to force universities to accept an equal number of students. Universities should always choose the best students for each course, whatever their gender.