Students are now preparing for the college entrance exam．and I hope their efforts will _____．

       A．come on         B．go up              C．stand out D．pay off

 

In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually was made up of saying poetry aloud and giving speeches.

In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates(应试者) for the doctor’s degree.

Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.

One type of test is sometimes called an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.

The main idea of Paragraph Three is that ___________ .

  A. workers now take examinations       B. the population has grown

  C. there are only written exams today     D. examinations are now written and timed

The kind of exams where students must select answers are ___________ .

  A. objective        B. personal        C. spoken       D. written

Modern industry must have developed ____________ .

  A. around the 19th century            B . before the Middle Ages

  C. in Greece or Rome                D. machines to take tests

It may be concluded that testing __________ .

  A. should test only opinions           B. should always be written

C. is given only in factories           D. has changed since the Middle Ages

第Ⅱ卷（共35分）

第四部分：写作

第一节：单词拼写（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）

根据句子意思和所给中文或首字母提示，写出单词的正确形式。

1. In our country, everyone has rights and _________(自由)to express his thoughts and ideas.

2. The students are now doing some c_________ experiments in the lab.

3. It’s too hot. Let’s stay in the _________(阴凉处)of the big tree and have a good rest.

4. The buses or subways in Beijing are always c___________ with passengers.

5. Eating dumplings on Chinese New Year’s Eve is a __________(传统) in China.

6.When Yao Ming came into the hall, he found himself s_________by his fans.

 

In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome, testing usually was made up of saying poetry aloud and giving speeches.

In the European universities of the Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates(应试者) for the doctor’s degree.

Generally, however, modern examinations are written. The written examination, where all students are tested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers, looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly, during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.

One type of test is sometimes called an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personal opinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series of questions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.

1.The main idea of Paragraph Three is that ___________ .

  A. workers now take examinations       B. the population has grown

  C. there are only written exams today     D. examinations are now written and timed

2.The kind of exams where students must select answers are ___________ .

  A. objective        B. personal        C. spoken       D. written

3.Modern industry must have developed ____________ .

  A. around the 19th century            B . before the Middle Ages

  C. in Greece or Rome                D. machines to take tests

4.It may be concluded that testing __________ .

  A. should test only opinions           B. should always be written

C. is given only in factories           D. has changed since the Middle Ages

 

TAIBEI － Increasing numbers of Taiwanese students are joining the island’s “China rush”, seeking education on the Chinese mainland．
According to official Chinese figures, the number of Taiwanese students admitted into college and postgraduate（研究生）programs on the mainland totaled 461 in 1996, 928 in 1997 and 839 in 1998．Although no latest official numbers were available,” Netbig.com said this number had risen between 30 to 50 percent annually in the past two years with well over 1000 entering mainland campuses last year.
The Internet site, based in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, provides education service and information on Chinese mainland college and universities. “Many Taiwanese believe a Chinese education giving more knowledge about the people and culture in the mainland will increase their chances in the Chinese job market,” Netbig.com vice-president Ingrid Huang said．“I believe it will give me hands-on experience in the business field in the Chinese mainland and a better understanding of the Chinese mainland people,” said Lydia Chang, a 19-year-old majoring in journalism at Shih Shin University. Chang plans to go on to get a master’s degree in business administration in Shanghai, which she says offers the best environment for such studies.
A journalism graduate student, surnamed Lin, at the National Taiwan University said he would like to study law on the Chinese mainland since “there will be better career prospects now that more Taiwanese companies are going there”. “They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations,” said Yang Ching-yao, professor of the Chinese mainland studies. A Netbig.com survey showed the campuses favored by Taiwan students included Beijing, Qinghua and Renmin universities in Beijing, and Jinan and Zhongshan universities in Guangzhou. The most popular studies were law, business and Chinese medicine.
At present, Chinese Taibei doesn’t recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there. But recognizing the trend, education authorities are giving a final form to a policy accepting certificates（证书）from selected universities.
【小题1】One Taiwanese students study on the Chinese mainland because ___________.

A．Taiwan will reunite with the mainland sooner or later

B．the fees asked for are lower than those of Taiwan

C．there are many famous universities for them to choose

D．what they have learned on the mainland will bring them a bright future

【小题2】Some business executives were sending their children to study in the Chinese mainland so that their children _______.

A．could receive better education	B．could do well in the business operations
C．could learn more about the policy there	D．could make more friends there

【小题3】The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to __________.

A．Netbig.com	B．the Chinese job market
C．a Chinese education on the mainland	D．the university

【小题4】The author wrote the article to tell us ______________.

A．the number of Taiwanese students going to universities on the mainland had been increasing year after year

B．more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

C．education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that of Taiwan

D．Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field.

【小题5】Which is true according to the passage?

A．Chinese Taibei recognizes diplomas earned on the Chinese mainland

B．The number of Taiwanese students going to study on the mainland will surely be increasing in the next few years.

C．Education of Taiwan is far behind the mainland.

D．Chinese Taibei doesn’t help with any inquiries about Taiwanese studying in the mainland