聽寫填空

　　Spot Dictation

　　Section C

　　Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. Listen carefully during the first reading. Then listen to the passage again. When it is being read the second time, you should fill in the six blanks numbered from 13 a) to 15 b) with the exact words or phrases you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

　　In the eighteenth century, cities became larger and larger. People moved from the countryside and small towns to the cities, 13 a) there was more work for them to do.

　　On Sundays and holidays, they liked to leave the cities and have a good time in the countryside. But not every family had a horse and 13 b) . People needed another form of transportation. 14 a) in many countries tried to meet this need. The first bicycle appeared 14 b) . People called it “the horse on wheels”.

　　People liked bicycles because they weren’t as 15 a) as horses. They didn’t need to build a special house to keep them in, and they didn’t have 15 b) them. They could ride them in the city and in the countryside.

　　Everybody in the family could ride ---men and women, girls and boys.

　　Today people in every country in the world ride bicycles.

　　翻譯紙

　　Translation Sheet

　　Part IV Translation from English into Chinese

　　(10%) (15 minutes)

　　Directions: In this part, there are four sentences which you should translate into Chinese. These are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in Part Three of the Test Paper.

　　You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify the meaning in the context. Write your translation on this Translation Sheet.

　　1.(Lines 2 –3,Paragraph 3, Passage 1)

　　Finally, aw method was discovered of producing artificial rubber which is in many ways superior and in some ways inferior (劣的)to natural rubber. Artificial rubber is produced in factories by a complicated chemical process. It is usually cheaper than natural rubber.

　　2.(Lines 1 –2,Paragraph 3, Passage 2)

　　Because noise is unavoidable in a complex, industrial society, we are constantly responding in the same ways that we would respond to danger.

　　3.(Lines 2 –4,Paragraph 2, Passage 3)

　　This meant that the value of currencies(貨幣)would now be determined by the markets instead of individual governments.

　　4.(Lines 4 –6,Paragraph 3, Passage 4)

　　…if enough warning is given, steps can be taken to limit the destruction and suffering that following a bad EL Nino.

　　作文紙

　　Composition Sheet

　　Part V Writing (15%)

　　(30 minutes)

　　Directions: For this part you are allowed 30mintes to write a composition of no less than 100 words on Family Cars in China. Remember your composition must be written according to the following outline. Write your composition on the Composition Sheet.

　　Outline:

　　1. 小汽車正在進入中國家庭

　　2. 家用汽車的利和弊。

　　Words for reference: convenience, travel, cost, traffic jam, pollution, fuel

　　Family Cars in China