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English Test for Primary School Teachers January, 2018 2 Hours 150 points Name _ School _ 英语试卷 B 第 1 页 （共 9 页） English Test for Primary School Teachers (B) January, 2018 2 Hours 150 points Name _ School _ Note: Write all your answers on the Answer Sheet. Part I: Listening Test SECTION A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only ONCE. After you hear a passage or a conversation, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. 1. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Doctor and patient.B. Passenger and ticket collector. C. Shop assistant and customer.D. Boss and clerk. 2. How long did the man stay in America? A. Five years.B. three years. C. Four years.D. Six years. 3. What does the woman mean? A. Jack is learning to repair jeep. B. Its difficult to find Jack lately. C. Jack is too busy to help them now. D. Jack finds it difficult to pass his exams. 4. Why was the woman late? A. There was something wrong with her car. B. She got up too late. C. There was no parking place nearby. D. She got lost on her way to Andrews home. 5. What is the woman going to do next? A. Ask her mother. B. Buy the ingredients. C. Read the recipe. 英语试卷 B 第 2 页 （共 9 页） D. Cook the soup. 6. Where are the two speakers? A. At a bank. B. At a restaurant. C. At a friends house. D. At a hotel. 7. What does the man suggest the woman doing? A. Get some changes from him. B. Go to look for a pay phone. C. Use the mans phone. D. Pay for the phone call. 8. How many unnecessary copies have they made? A. Five. B. Four. C. Six. D. Seven. 9. According to the man, what time is it now? A. 11:30. B. 11:00. C. 11:50. D. 11:40. 10. Why did Henry have his house decorated? A. Because Henry decorated the house himself. B. Because someone else decorated the house. C. Because there was no instruments in the house. D. Because Henry has no time. SECTION B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages or conversations. At the end of each passage or conversation, you will hear some questions. The passage or conversation will be read only ONCE. After you hear a passage or a conversation, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Conversation One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 11. What kind of function does paper perform in house building? A. It can resist earthquakes. B. It can easy to move away. C. It can keep away cold. D. It can keep sunshine out. 12. Whats the purpose for farmers in Finland to wear paper boots in snow? A. Because they are the warmest. B. Because they look nice. C. Because they are cheaper than others. D. Not mentioned. 13. How does the man get to know so much about paper? A. By asking others. B. By surfing on the Internet. C. By preparing for the presentation. D. Not mentioned. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. What is the passage mainly about? A. How much housework did European women do at home? B. How many men do housework? 英语试卷 B 第 3 页 （共 9 页） C. Peoples reactions to the womens movement. D. Whether Englishmen were truthful. 15. What kind of housework was not mentioned in the survey? A. Washing dishes. B. Babysitting. C. Preparing meals. D. Ironing clothes. 16. Who seem to help more at home, according to the passage? A. Spanish husbands. B. Danish husbands. C. British husbands. D. Italian husbands. Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. Why is it difficult for visitors to find English food in restaurants in large towns? A. Because they dont know where to go. B. Because they complain about English food. C. Because most of the restaurants in large towns run by foreign owners serve a lot of foreign food. D. Because the visitors dont know what they are talking about. 18. Why is English food sometimes terrible? A. Because its foreign and unusual. B. Because it is too simple to taste good. C. Because the British spend too little time and effort in cooking. D. Because the British live for the sake of enjoying delicious food. 19. Where can the visitors find the best English cooking? A. In small towns near the large towns. B. In the country far from the large towns. C. In the large towns. D. In big restaurants of small villages. 20. Why do visitors come to London? A. Because they want to taste foreign food. B. Because they want to taste English food. C. Because they want to go shopping and sightseeing. D. Because they want to prove whether or not the food in London is similar to that at home. SECTION C COMPOUND DICTATION Directions: In this section you will hear a passage 3 times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 21 to 27 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 28 to 30 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the 21 of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to 英语试卷 B 第 4 页 （共 9 页） slow down. But relaxation is 22 for a healthy mind and body. Stress is a 23 part of everyday life and there is no way to 24 it. In fact, it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give 25 to life. It is only when the stress gets out of 26 that it can lead to poor performance and ill health. The amount of stress a person can withstand 27 very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial responsibilities, 28 . When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between “fight or flight” and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but 29 . It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. 30 , we need to find ways to deal with it. Part II: Reading Test Direction: Read the passages and answer the following questions. You get 30 minutes for this part. There are FOUR passages and 20 questions. Please write your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Passage One Emma Watson, 26, brings her childhood Disney character to life. The British actress played the beautiful girl Belle in Disneys new live-action movie Beauty and Beast. She also sang for the role, the first time she has done so in her career. The movie came out in China on March 17. Originally an animation film, it tells how a cursed man-beast is changed into a handsome prince by the love of Belle. To play the lead role in Beauty and the Beast, Watson turned down the offer of La La Land, which won six awards including the Best Actress at this years Oscars. However, she does not regret it. She told Vanity Fair that she believes the movie says something that is important for people to hear. This is not her first time being invited to play a Disney princess. She refused the offer to play Cinderella. But she happily took on Belle because she saw her as a better role model. Belle doesnt mind Beasts ugly appearance and sees his good heart within. “She remains curious, compassionate and open-minded,” she told Total Film. “Shes not easily swayed by other peoples ideas.” But to build her own version of Belle, Watson had a hand in shaping the character. She wanted Belle to be busy instead of just playing in the castle all day. So she had the idea of turning Belle into an inventor, like her father. And Belle even made a washing machine herself, though people broke it. She wanted it to free girls from chores and allow them to learn how to read. She told Entertainment Weekly that people who broke the washing machine was symbolic of people who broke Belles spirit and pushed her to become the woman they wanted her to be. 英语试卷 B 第 5 页 （共 9 页） 1. According to the passage, what does the movie Beauty and the Beast tell us? A. The reason why the beast has an ugly appearance. B. Beauties always fall in love with the ugly beasts easily. C. Belle loves the beast and doesnt care about his appearance. D. A cursed man-beast is changed into a handsome prince by love. 2. Why did Watson play the lead role in Beauty and the Beast? A. Because she refused to play Cinderella. B. Because she saw Belle as a better role model. C. Because she had no chance to play in La La Land. D. Because she thought the movie was important for people. 3. Which of following concerning Emma Watson is not correct? A. She is a British actress. B. She has been invited to play a Disney princess for many times. C. She has won the Best Actress at this years Oscars for her wonderful performance in Beauty and the Beast. D. She doesnt regret to play the lead role in Beauty and the Beast. 4. What does the underlined word “swayed” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. warned B. kept C. trained D. influenced 5. What does the underlined phrase “had a hand in” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean? A. participated B. showed her hand C. had an extra hand D. got help Passage Two Artificial intelligence (AI) can do many different things. From controlling the lighting in our homes to helping us order pizza, it seems there arent many more uses for AI than we already have. But thanks to a team of Swiss scientists, AI may soon be able to come up with music just for us. Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federable de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have created a computer algorithm (算法), the “deep artificial composer” (DAC), which can create original music all by itself. Florian Colombo, an EPFL scientist who helped create the DAC, told AFP(法新社) that the AI “can produce complete melodies, with a beginning and an end, that are completely novel and that share features that we can relate to.” For the time being, the DAC is only able to produce tracks based on traditional Irish folk music, but its hoped that it will eventually be able to create songs based on any type of music. To “teach” the DAC, the scientists trained it to “listen” to over 2,000 different folk songs. Based on this input, the AI taught itself how to compose music, from getting the pitch and timing 英语试卷 B 第 6 页 （共 9 页） right to choosing the right notes. This process is still in its early stages, with the DAC still not producing perfect results, but Colombo told AFP that the AIs music is still “quite agreeable to listen to.” But while the idea sounds very promising, we shouldnt expect the DAC to replace real-life composers any time soon. According to Colombo, the system was designed to produce only simple melodies. So far, it can only create songs based on a single instrument, not an entire orchestra. Colombo said that his aim in creating the DAC was to help people create their own music, not to have it made for them. His inspiration came from Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart, who it said used to throw dice to help him pick which notes to use when making new music. “A good composer with innovative ideas will never be replaced by an algorithm,” Colombo told AFP. 6. According to the article, AI can do all the following except _ . A. controlling the lighting B. helping us order pizza C. coming up with music D. giving birth to a child 7. What does the underlined word “novel” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. new and different B. adapted from a novel C. based on input D. agreeable to listen to 8. According to the article, the DAC can create music _ . A. that is complete and pleasant B. that is based on any type of music C. that can replace real-life composers D. that uses different instruments 9. How did the DAC learn to produce music? A. It was given rules on how to make music. B. It learned from studying lots of folk songs. C. It was taught by many famous composers. D. It learned from a database of different music types. 10. What was Colombos main purpose of inventing the DAC? A. To study AIs performance in creative activities. B. To replace real-life composers in the future. C. To compete with great musicians like Mozart. D. To make it easier for people to create music. Passage Three UK rock singer David Bowie was famous for his love of purple clothes. German composer Richard Wagner is said to have surrounded himself with purple things while he wrote music. And 英语试卷 B 第 7 页 （共 9 页） US author Alice Walker wrote in her 1982 novel The Color Purple: “I think it annoys God if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and dont notice it.” Yes, purple is a beautiful color. Its usually associated with creativity and mystery. But it wasnt until Ultra Violet - a special shade of purple - was named as 2018s Color of the Year by the Pantone Color Institute that we started to realize that purple could also be “an empowering color”, according to Laurie Pressman, vice president of the world famous US company. “Basically, its all about fighting the power, being bold and strong. Thats the mood for the year ahead,” lifestyle reporter Ellen Scott wrote on Metro. And we can already see things changing. In September, women in Saudi Arabia were finally given the right to drive, something they used to be sent to jail for doing. And in October, women all around the world started sharing their stories of being sexually assaulted by powerful men, after keeping their experiences quiet for a long time. “The Pantone Color of the Year has come to mean so much more than whats trending in the world of design; its truly a reflection of whats needed in our world today,” said Pressman in a news release. Getting its name from ultraviolet, a color that cant be seen in the rainbow spectrum, Ultra Violet happens to have the same symbolic meaning. “It exposes things you wouldnt be able to see under normal light,” Karin Rowland, a human rights activist in South Africa, told Mashable, referring to the movement of womens equality. But purple isnt just about fighting and challenging. Its also about creating and balancing, since it comes from the mixing of two opposite colors - passionate red and calm blue. “Ultra Violet brings hope and an uplifting message,” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute told the New York Time. “It communicates originality and visionary thinking that points us toward the future.” 11. The first paragraph is mainly used to _ . A. explain why purple is 2018s Color of the Year B. show the symbolic meaning of purple in art creation C. leave readers with a positive impression on the color purple D. stress that purple is especially associated with creativity 12. Why was Ultra Violet named 2018s Color of the Year according to Pressman? A. Its a newly discovered shade of the purple. B. It reflects the spirit that our society needs. C. Its a trending color in the world of design. D. Its mixture of the opposite colors of red and blue. 13. According