2022年6月高等学校英语应用能力考试A级试题.doc

6月高等学校英语应用能力考试A级试题Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 4 sections.Section ADirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Example: You will hear: You will read: A) New York City. B) An evening party. C) An air trip. D) The mans job. From the dialogue we learn that the man is to take a flight to New York. Therefore, C) An air trip is the correct answer. You should mark C) on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now the test will begin. 1.A) Go to school. C)Make a speech. B)Prepare a party. D)Arrange a meeting.2.A)Going to work by bus. C)Looking for a new job. B)Buying a new car. D) Living near the company3.A)Visit her office. C)Lend her a bicycle B)Repair her computer. D)Check her report.4.A)The man is going to work in the IT company. B)The woman has no idea about the IT company. C) The woman wants to work in the mans company.D)The company is among the top ones in the IT industry.5.A)To apply for a job. C)To make an appointment. B)To ask for a sick leave. D)To place an order.Section BDirections: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A), B), C) and D) given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Now listen to the conversations.Conversation 16.A)She has got a job offer.B)She has got a promotion.C) Her company has launched a new product.D)Her company has received a big order.7.A)Buying a birthday gift. C)Giving a birthday party. B)Watching a movie together. D) Having dinner together.Conversation 28. A)When the Great Wall was built. B)How he can get to the Great Wall.C)Which tour group he should join. D)How far away the Great Wall is.9.A)It is quicker. C)It is cheaper.B)It is more comfortable. D)It is less crowded.10.A)Bus No. 18. C)Bus No. 89.B)Bus No. 80. D)Bus No. 98.Section CDirections: In this section you will hear a recorded short passage. The passage is printed in the test paper, but with some words or phrases missing, The passage will be read two times. You are required to put the missing words or phrases on the Answer Sheet in order of the numbered blanks according to what you hear.Now the passage will begin.How great it is to see so many of you come and join us in celebrating the 15thanniversary of our travel magazine. From the bottom of 11 , we thank you for being here. A little more than fifteen years ago, we were sitting at our regular jobs, 12 how we saw our future, when we came up with the idea of joining our two hobbies, travelling and writing. We never imagined that our tiny dream would 13 so soon. There were many special people who joined us and made it 14 to create the name that we have today. To all those people and those who joined us in our journey, I should say thank you again. 15 you we would never have been here.Section DDirections: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.Now listen to the passage.16. What is the purpose of the video library?To help people improve their abilities.17. What problem may people have when using the library for the first time? They may have difficulty understanding .18. What are people advised to do when listening to the video? Write down the they hear and understand.19. What should people do in listening to each conversation? Try to notice the .20. How can people start watching their first video?All they need to do is to click on the link of .Part II Structure (10 minutes)Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences .It consists of 2 sections.Section ADirections: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A), B),C) and D). Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.21. Young people are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites now than they _ in the past.A)was C)do B)are D)did22. One of the toughest jobs of managers and executives is _ how to engage their employees.A)to figure out C)figure outB)to be figuring out D)figured out23. _ they are invented to be very smart, robots still cant replace humans.A)If only C)As ifB)Even though D)Just as24. This passport photo doesnt look like you at all, so you must have another one _.A)taking C)takenB)to take D)took25. We are pleased to share the news _ we have finished our project ahead of schedule.A)that C)thoseB)which D)these26. The search will go on _ a new and better material is found to replace this one.A)since C)whileB)until D)as27. These photos remind me of the days _ I stayed in Britain, working as a visitor scholar.A)where C)whetherB)when D)how28. This website may contain links to other websites _ privacy practices may be different from ours.A)that C)whoB)which D)whose29. The company _ its sales by an average of 10% per year since its establishment in 1993.A)increases C)is increasingB)increased D)has increased30. The flight scheduled _ at 9 a.m. was delayed four hours due to the bad weather.A)to take off C)taking offB)take off D)to be taken offSection BDirections：There are 5 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.31. The president will attend the opening ceremony of the (establish) _ of the free trade zone this afternoon.32. Total sales of our company in rose to 712.6 million Euros, (compare) _ with 687.2 million Euros in .33. With the work (do) _, these scientists began to plan another research project.34. Consumers have the right (obtain) _ true information of the services they receive from the sellers.35. Many employers complain that they have difficulty (find) _ enough qualified people for their companies.Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)Directions：This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.Task 1Direction: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40.For each question or statement, there are 4 choices marked A),B),C)and D).You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.Technology companies usually focus their employee benefits around making people stay in the office longer: ping-pong tables, game rooms, on-site training rooms, some even offer laundry services. We, ABC Company, dont do any of these.Instead, we focus on benefits that get people out of the office as much as possible. We designed our benefits system to reflect that. Here are some of the benefits we offer to get people away from the computer.Vacation: For the last three years in a row, weve worked with a professional travel agent to prepare different travel packages that employees could pick from as a holiday gift. Everything is paid for and included. Specific, pre-arranged trips - whether for a family to go to Disneyland or a couple to tour Spain - have helped make sure people actually take their vacations.4-day Summer Weeks: From May through October, everyone whos been with the company for more than a year gets to work just four days in a week. This started out as “Fridays off”, but roles like customer support and operations need to cover all hours.To come up with the best ideas, you need a fresh mind. These travel and me-off benefits help everyone stay sharp.36. The usual focus of employee benefits offered by technology companies is to _ .A) keep employees to stay longer in the officeB) encourage employees to work overtimeC) help employees to participate in exerciseD) ensure employees to work energetically37. The purpose of the benefits system of ABC Company is to _ .A) encourage its employees to work overtimeB) get its employees out of the officesC) develop its unique marketing strategiesD) increase its overseas market share38. ABC Company pays for everything in the travel packages in order to _ .A) make sure its employees take their vacationsB) build up business relations with a travel agentC) encourage its employees to travel on businessD) help the development of tourism in the area39. Who can enjoy the 4-day Summer Weeks in the company?A) Employees of 18 years old and aboveB) Customer support employeesC) The newly-employed staffD) Employees working over a year40. By saying “stay sharp” in the last paragraph, the writer means “be _ ” .A) more carefulB) open-mindedC) quick-mindedD) healthierTask 2Directions: This task is the same as Task 1.The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45. If your purchase is not as described or is of low quality, you can return the item to the seller and get a full refund.Conditions for Submitting Refund Requests:1. All products claimed to be not as described must match the items sold by the seller.2. Refund requests should be submitted during the protection period.3. Buyers should provide enough evidence to prove that the products received are not as good as described.4. If you submit a refund request before the order is completed and then mark that order as complete-you cannot submit another refund request for another 15 days, even it has a Longer Protection guarantee. If, however, the reason for your refund request is “I didnt receive anything” and the result is “payment released to the seller”, you still can submit request within the 15 days if the product is not as described.Return Shipping Fee1. If the seller accepts returns, and the buyer also wants to return their purchase, simply follow the sellers sets of Returns on who will pay the return shipping fee. If the seller will pay the fee, communicate with the seller in advance about the payment method and the logistics service.2. If a seller sets no return necessary or a buyer wants to keep the product, simply agree on the refund amount directly and ignore the return shipping fee.41. According to the Conditions given in the passage, the buyers refund request must be made_.A) during one year of purchaseB) before the payment is made C) before the order is completedD) during the protection period42. To make a refund request, the buyer should_.A) prove the product is not as good as describedB) tell the seller about the refund request in advanceC) deliver the purchase package to the storeD) send the product to the seller in good condition43. According to the section of Return Shipping Fee, the buyer and the seller can communicate with each other about_.A) the payment method B) the insurance costC) the discount rateD) the product quality44. If a buyer wants to keep the return product, he/she simply_.A) pays part of the shipping feeB) ignores the return shipping feeC) agrees on a reduced return amountD) pays the logistics service 45. The passage is mainly about_.A) the quality control managementB) the importance of customers servicesC) the return policy of a purchaseD) the different payment methodsTask3:Directions: The following is a passage about Washingtons National Park Fund After reading it,you are require to complete the outline below it (No.46 to No50).You should write your answers briefly (in no more than three words ) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Washingtons National Park Fund was founded in 1993 by a group of enthusiastic parks people who wanted to establish support for our beautiful parks in Washington State. As a non-profit organization, the Fund is the official non-profit partner supporting Mount Rainer, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks; we are ensuring the presentation of national beauty, cultural heritage, and continued enjoyment for all. Over the past six years, Washingtons National Park Fund has given back more than 52million to Mount Rainer, North Cascades and Olympic National Parks.How You Can HelpPurchase a National Park license plate; $28 of each plate purchased comes back to the parks (more than 137,000 is generated by this program each year!)Support the parks through your companys matching gift program. Get a work crew from your company together to volunteer. Provide in-kind goods(实物商品)from your company to the parks through Washingtons National Park Fund.Volunteer your time at one of Mount Rainer, North Cascades, and Olympic National Parks (information can be found on each parks website).Washingtons National Park FundFounded:46Founders: a group of passionate parks peopleOrganization Type :non-profitPurpose: to support Mount Rainer, North