Part IV Error Correction ( 15 minutes)
Directions: This pert consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes , one in each numbered line .You may haw to change a word , add a word or delete a word . If you change a word , cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank . If you add a word , put an insertion mark (∧) in the correct place and write the missing word in the blank . If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a slash (/) in the blank .
Example :
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our per/iods. Many of 1 . time
the arguments __having__ used for the study of literature as a school 2 . /
subject are valid for study of television.
If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold.
It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. 71. _____
In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound, between 72. _____
sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source
of voice from care, buses, and trucks Your can pass any factory or 73. _____
construction area and the roar of their machinery will make your ears 74. _____
ringing. Music is played in every supermarket, most restaurants, and 75 . _____
many offices . Big cities of the world are well-known by their noisiness. 76 . _____
Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological
age. Day or night sound of the work fills the air. It seems 77. _____
that the smoothing effects of silence nowhere to be found.
Even the quite of our careful protected wilderness areas can be 78. _____
invaded at any moment by a passed jet. 79 . _____
We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural resource and
must be protected by law. It appears that that we all find company in
sound, if we all demand a little quite from time to time.
Part V Pa Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions : For this part , you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Should Firecrackers Be Banned? You should write at least 120 words and you should abase your composition on the outline ( given in
Chinese ) below :
1. 有人認為放鞭炮是好事,為什么?
2. 有人認為放鞭炮是壞事,為什么?
3. 我的看法.
(Suggested key words: firecrackers鞭炮, set off/let off放鞭炮)
Remember to write your composition neatly.
Should Firecrackers Be Banned?
Directions: This pert consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes , one in each numbered line .You may haw to change a word , add a word or delete a word . If you change a word , cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank . If you add a word , put an insertion mark (∧) in the correct place and write the missing word in the blank . If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a slash (/) in the blank .
Example :
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our per/iods. Many of 1 . time
the arguments __having__ used for the study of literature as a school 2 . /
subject are valid for study of television.
If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold.
It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. 71. _____
In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound, between 72. _____
sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source
of voice from care, buses, and trucks Your can pass any factory or 73. _____
construction area and the roar of their machinery will make your ears 74. _____
ringing. Music is played in every supermarket, most restaurants, and 75 . _____
many offices . Big cities of the world are well-known by their noisiness. 76 . _____
Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological
age. Day or night sound of the work fills the air. It seems 77. _____
that the smoothing effects of silence nowhere to be found.
Even the quite of our careful protected wilderness areas can be 78. _____
invaded at any moment by a passed jet. 79 . _____
We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural resource and
must be protected by law. It appears that that we all find company in
sound, if we all demand a little quite from time to time.
Part V Pa Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions : For this part , you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Should Firecrackers Be Banned? You should write at least 120 words and you should abase your composition on the outline ( given in
Chinese ) below :
1. 有人認為放鞭炮是好事,為什么?
2. 有人認為放鞭炮是壞事,為什么?
3. 我的看法.
(Suggested key words: firecrackers鞭炮, set off/let off放鞭炮)
Remember to write your composition neatly.
Should Firecrackers Be Banned?

