考试日期：2014年3月23日

Task 1 Describe a new activity that you want to do in the future.v

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参考答案

Personally speaking, I would like to play basketball. There are several reasons:
First of all, Play basketball contributes to our body healthy and helps us to have a pleasant mood. It can alleviate the pressure during the study and work at the same time. Furthermore, Basketball is a team sport. It cannot only help us to improve the ability of coordination and the conscious of teamwork, but also let us know what the responsibility is. Besides, I can make some new friends during the games. That makes me feel so good. So these are the few reasons why I like playing basketball in recent future.

Task 2

Title:

Do you agree or disagree that it is better to be a leader in a group than a supporting member?

参考答案

Agree

1. This is an advantage for building one's resume, and generally gaining respect in society. When a project is complete, it is the leader that receives accolades for doing a good job. While the entire team gets some respect and appreciation upon completion, it is the leader who receives the most admiration.

   Moreover, it is better to be the leader of a group than a member because the leader is able to wield the power. Being the leader means getting a say in all decisions, and often, is allowed to follow through with any ideas that he/she thinks up. This can mean that things that a person finds important will be completed quickly and efficiently.

Task 3

Reading

Listening

The university has made a policy asking the first year student to take a study skill course. It can help the students to prepare for the campus life and it’s limited to only 20 students.

The man agrees.

1. students need those skills coz the life of university is different from that in high school.For example when the student first wrote his research paper, he didn’t have a clue.

2. Small class is better coz there will be more interaction with professors like asking questions, sharing ideas. When the man took those big classes, he just sat in the classroom and listened.

Task 4

Reading

Listening

Composite signaling: animals combine two or more signals to convey a meaning that is different from individual signals.

1. When the professor walked his dog in a busy street, a truck went by and made loud noise. His dog reacted aggressively, raising his ears and wanted to chase the truck. When the truck was gone the dog calmed down a little bit.

2. One of his neighbor was walking her dog. When she came over, his dog raised his ears, at the same time wagged his tails.The two signals suggested that he wanted to play instead of fighting with the other dog.

Task 5

问题：

The woman wanted to sign up for a camping trip but she didn’t have a tent.

解决措施：

1. Borrow one from one of her friends, but it’s old and got small holes on it. If it rains, she might end up living in a wet tent.

2. Buy a new one, but it’s gonna cost much money. If she doesn’t enjoy the trip, it’ll be a waste of money.

Task 6

Title

Two benefit of weeds

回答思路：

1. Hold fertile soil. Eg. Coffee plants grow in mountains with steep slops. Farmers allow some weeds grow with them, helping hold fertile soil, preventing the plants from being washed away by the rain.

2. Control insects. Eg. Certain insect loves to eat coffee plants.Farmers allow some weeds to grow between the weeds and coffee plants. The insect loves weeds better, so it eats up the weeds instead of the coffee plants.