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英国剑桥A-Level（高中）入学测试（试卷）

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ENGLISH

AS A

FOREIGN

LANGUAGE

For sixth form applicants

Your answers to these questionswill help us assess your level of English.

Try to answer as many questions as you canwithin one and a quarter hours.

ENGLISH ASSESSMENT

NAME ___________________

PART 1 Choose the answer which best fits eachspace and circle the correct letter A, B, C or D.

1. Wheredoes George live?

He ____________ in London.

A. lived B. live

C. lives D. doeslive

2. Jim usually drinks CocaCola, but now he’s ________________ Pepsi Cola.

A. drinking B.drinks

C. drank D.drink

3. He _____________ got two brothers.

A. does B. is

C. has D.have

4. “Who’s pen is this?”

“It’s ________________

A. John B. her

C. blue D.hers

5 .“I like this shirt, but Idon’t know if I have enough money to buy it.

_________________________________?”

A. How much costsit? B.How many does it cost?

C. How much doesit cost? D. How much do it cost?

6. ___________ playtennis this weekend?”

“Yes I hope so.”

A. Do you go B. Are yougoing

C. Are you goingto D.Will you going

7. _____________________ did you returnfrom your holiday in America?

A. Before how long B. How longbefore

C. How long ago D. Before howmany days

8. You must speak____________ because I can’t understand what you’re saying.

A. clear B. moreclearly

C. more clear D. moreclearer

9. . “George is a badstudent.”

“Yes, but hissister is even__________________.”

A. worst B. theworst

C. worse D. moreworse

10. Christine was__________________ girl at the party.

A. the prettier B. theprettiest

C. prettiest D.prettier

11. If __________ my exams, I’llbe very happy.

A. I’ll pass B.I’ve passed

C. I’m passing D. I pass

12 No, I’m sorry you can’t speak to themnow. My parents _________out for theevening.

A. had just gone B. just gone

C. have just gone C. just going

13. By the time we reached thestation the train_________________.

A. has alreadyleft B. hadalready left

C. have alreadyleft D. wouldhave already left

14. “I’m going to stay with mygrandmother,” she said. She ____________

A. .said she was goingto stay with her grandmother

B. said she’sgoing to stay with her grandmother

C. said she’llstay with her grandmother

D. said I’m goingto stay with my grandmother

15. “Are you coming to thecinema?, we’re going now!”

“No, because I___________________my homework yet.

A. not finished B. will nothave finished

C. haven’tfinished D.don’t finish

16. If I ___________first prizein the competition, I’d buy a sports car.

A. win B.won

C. will win D.would win

17. “When__________________? “I don’t know. Last year, I think.”

A. were that newtheatre built B.did that new theatre build

C. was that newtheatre built D. wasthat new theatre been built

18. “Do you like apples?”

He asked me_____________

A. do I likeapples C. if I do like apples

C. if I likedapples D. Ilike apples

19. The teacher________________ the noisy student to bequiet.

A. told B.said

C. explained D. made

20. He’s the student__________________ bicycle was stolen.

A. whose B. that

C. who D.which

PART 2

Thereare 10 mistakes in the following sentences. Can you find and correct them?

the

Example. Did you enjoy ↑ film?

_____________________________________________________________________________

1. I like to go to shopping every weekend

_____________________________________________________________________________

2. My birthday is on January.

______________________________________________________________________________

3. I am living in England since November 2002.

______________________________________________________________________________

4. I did a mistake in my homework.

______________________________________________________________________________

5. I really enjoy to play football.

______________________________________________________________________________

6. Yesterday, John’s car has stolen.

______________________________________________________________________________

7. When I was little I can’t swim very well.

______________________________________________________________________________

8. I think my car is more worser than yours.

______________________________________________________________________________

9. I don’t read newspapers because I think the news arevery boring.

______________________________________________________________________________

10. If I’d known youwere in England,I telephone you.

______________________________________________________________________________

PART 3

Read these extracts A – K and match them to their source 1-11 below:

A The motel is on the outskirts of Belton Fallsand I

Pedalled quickly tothe place.

B Put onion and garlic in a small pan

With oil, lower and cook very gently

C Theaverage energy

intakesrecommended by

theDHSS in 1979 were

about2,150K cal a day for

women, 2600 for men. D Goodtime must love, and must hate ill, for ill is ill and good is good still…

E Clean theillustrated portions F JonesM.E G., 1 Ashfield Terrace…. Little Brympton 476

with a cottonswab

moistened withcleaning fluid

or denaturedalcohol

G Two minutes of the

match remained when

White scored hissecond H The British Foreign Secretary travels

Goal. toMoscow thisweek to sign a memorandum of understanding for a wide-ranging joint effort tocombat drug

smuggling.

I STOP! Don’t buy any

Replacementwindows or a J Howare you? We’re all fine

New conservatoryuntil you downhere in our new rural

Check out thefantastic surroundings– it seems to suit

Savingsavailable…… thechildren fine…….

K 3.00 Film: The People we’d love to meet.John Runbin directs…….

1 An advertisement ٱ 5 An instructional manual 9 A healthinformation

for hi fi equipment ٱ booklet ٱ

2 A telephone directory ٱ 6 A novel ٱ 10 A poem ٱ

3 A.T.V. Guide ٱ 7 Arecipe book ٱ 11 A newspaper report ٱ

4 A letter ٱ 8 A sports report ٱ

PART 4

READING 20 MINUTES

READ THE TEXT AND THENANSWER THE QUESTIONS FOLLOWING THE TEXT

Whatare the advantages and disadvantages of *monolingual and * bilingualdictionaries?

*Monolingual = using onelanguage e.g. an English-English dictionary

*Bilingual = using twolanguages e.g. an English-Chinese dictionary

Both monolingual and bilingualdictionaries help in understanding a foreign language but there can be littledoubt that a bilingual dictionary makes fewer demands on the user. With a monolingual dictionary, the student isforced to use the language in order to understand it and there is of course noguarantee that either the definitions or the examples will be understood. The bilingual dictionary, however, will givethe student a similar word, or words in his own language. A good bilingual dictionary should supplyenough information to allow the students to translate from one language toanother reasonably well. A bad bilingualdictionary should at least help them part of the way. When students are trying to expressthemselves in the second language, when writing a letter or an essay forexample, a monolingual dictionary will be of little help. Users of the monolingual dictionary canaccess the material in it only by means of the foreign language ‘headword’ (theword in darker print, which heads the dictionary explanation). It may be that the headword is the word theydo not know. If that is the case thereis no way out of their difficulty.

Consequently, there can be littlesurprise at the reluctance of most students to reach for a monolingualdictionary if there is a bilingual at hand. Yet, while students prefer bilingual dictionaries, their teachers aretrying to encourage them to use monolinguals. The teachers feel that monolinguals are good for you and bilinguals arenot, rather like brown bread and green vegetables being good for you, whilesugar and fatty foods are not, although you may like them better.

Perhaps this simile is more apt than itseems. Students like bilingualdictionaries because they bring instant satisfaction while teachers prefermonolingual dictionaries for their long term benefits.

One further point on this subject; thereis, in the English-speaking world a fairly rigid distinction betweenmonolingual and bilingual learners’ dictionaries. This is not the case in other areas, in Italy forexample, ‘hybrid dictionaries’, in other words dictionaries with both bilingualand monolingual features, are considered normal.

This is perhaps the direction in whichEnglish learners’ dictionaries should be moving. If the best features of the monolingual andbilingual dictionaries could be combined it would produce a much more flexiblelearning aid, which could be produced in book form as well as beingelectronically accessible.

There are many ways in which these typesof dictionary could be combined. Monolingual dictionaries, for example could include some explanationwritten in the learner’s own language. Bilingual dictionaries might benefit from several examples and possibleeven grammatical explanations not written in the learner’s own language. With the technology of today’s dictionaries,more advanced users might be able to switch from bilingual to monolingualexplanations within the same dictionary.

In my view, the main question we shouldbe asking is what we want the dictionary to do for us. It is not, after all, a language learningcourse book. You don’t expect to open adictionary and proceed to learn the language from cold. However, a good monolingual must do more thansimply convey to the users the meaning of the words they come across in theirreading and a good bilingual dictionary must do more than just make translationeasy.

How much then is it reasonable to expectof a dictionary? Clearly, it must beaccurate in what it includes and give full definitions and explanations of thewords it chooses to include. The bookitself must be easy to read and reasonable priced. In addition, it must do as much as possibleto provide users not only with what they know they want, but with what theydon’t know they want as well. Alearner’s dictionary, which offers a student a word without telling them how touse it, is a dangerous thing in a classroom.

Above all, a good dictionary must behonest in its presentation of the language.

Presenting facts in a way which might bemisleading to the learner must be avoided at all times even if this means areduction in the range of vocabulary the dictionary can cover. Many lexicographers** have tried to includeas much information as they can in every line of the dictionary. This often results in an entry so dense as tobe incomprehensible. Generations ofdictionary users have felt that they are to blame when their struggles tounderstand the dictionary entry are unsuccessful. Let’s get it clear: if students use theirdictionary carefully and intelligently, and still make mistakes, then there isnothing wrong with the students. Thereis a great deal wrong with the dictionary.

**Lexicographers = writers ofdictionaries.

Questions: Part One

According to the text, are the followingstatements true (T) or false (F)?

Write T or F in the blank beside eachstatement.

Example Bilingual dictionaries use only one language	F
1. Students don’t always understand monolingual definitions.
2. Bilingual dictionaries are a great help in translation.
3. Teachers dislike their students using monolingual dictionaries.
4. The writer compares bilingual dictionaries with brown bread and vegetables
5. Hybrid dictionaries can only be found in Italy.
6. Hybrid dictionaries could only be electronically accessed.
7. You can learn a language through studying a dictionary.
8. All dictionaries are useful.
9. Too much information about a word can confuse the learner.
10. The dictionary must include as many words as possible.

Questions: Part Two

Complete each of thesentences with one word only taken from the text.

A. Users find that even a 1] _______________ bilingual dictionary willbe of some use when translating from one language to another.

B. Monolingual dictionariescannot help the students much with 2] ___________________ or writing 3]_______________________.

C. If learners do not know a foreign language 4]______________________, they will be unable to use a monolingual dictionary.

D. Students prefer bilingual dictionaries because oftheir short term 5] ________________.

E. A 6] ____________________ dictionary combines thebenefits of both monolingual and bilingual dictionaries.

F. The most important function of a good dictionary isthat it must avoid 7] ____________________ the learner.

G. If dictionaries are difficult to use, the 8]_______________________ is to blame.

WRITING: 40 MINUTES 200-250 WORDS

Choose ONE only of the followingtwo titles

EITHER

A. ‘School children should be able to choose whichsubjects they like and not be forced into wasting time on subjects they do notunderstand’.

Write an essay giving one paragraph onwhy it might be good for children to choose what they study at school and oneparagraph on why this might not be a good idea. End by saying what YOU think and why.

B. Discuss an issue which is of current interest.

Write about a topic or subject, which isin the news at the moment. You shoulddescribe what you believe to be happening and then give your own opinion on thesubject.

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