Career Planning You are to write in three parts. In the first part, state specifically what your idea is. In the second part, provide one or two reasons to support your idea OR describe your idea. In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Passage Two Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage. A Census Bureau (人口调查局) survey released Thursday shows a college graduate can expect to earn $2.1 million working full-time between 25 and 54, which demographers (人口学家) call a typical work-life period. A master’s degree-holder is projected to earn 2.5 million, while someone with a professional degree, such as a doctor or lawyer, could make even more-- $4.4 million. In contrast, a high school graduate can expect to make $1.2 million during the working years, according to the bureau report that tracked the influence of education on lifetime earnings. Not all students look at college as an Investment," but I am sure parents do," said Jacqueline King, policy analyst with the American Education Council, a higher education advocacy (拥护) group. "The college is to convince those high school students on the margins that it is really worth their time to go to college. " Kevin Malecek, a graduate student in American politics at American University in Washington said most of his classmates find higher education to be worth the time and financial promise. "They go to every single class, and they are trying to get the most out of their own dollar," he said. The survey was conducted between March 1998 and March 2000. All estimates are based on 1999 salaries and probably will increase as salaries rise over time, CensusBureau analyst Jennifer Day said. The estimates do not account for inflation (物价上涨) or for differences in the earning potential of various fields of study. For example, people with computer science degrees tend to earn more than those with social work degrees. The result of the Census Bureau’s survey seems to be ______.
A. rough
B. accurate
C. incorrect
D. perfect
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. One of the most important features that distinguish reading from listening is the nature of the audience. (67) the writer often does not know who will read what he writes, he must (68) to be as clear as possible. Time can be taken to plan the piece of writing so that it is eventually organized into some sort of (69) sequence of events or ideas. When we speak, however, we normally have very little time to plan what we (70) to say. Since we are actually (71) our audience face to face we may (72) some of the information we believe our audience shares. And the more (73) we are with our audience, the more information we are likely to leave out. In any (74) they can always stop and ask a question or ask for (75) if we have left out too much. A reader, however, cannot do this but can at least attempt comprehension at his own speed; (76) , he can stop and go backwards or forwards, (77) to a dictionary or just stop and rest. When we listen we may have to work hard to (78) out the speaker’s thoughts by referring backwards and forwards while the speaker continues. As the speaker (79) to organize his thoughts, he will use Filler phrases to give him time to plan. In spite of these fillers, he will (80) make mistakes and repeat what he has already said. His speech will be characterized (81) a limited range of grammatical patterns and vocabulary and the use of idioms to (82) some general meaning quickly. It should be clear, then, that the listener has to take an active (83) in the process by ignoring the speaker’s (84) and mistakes, and by seeking out the main idea information through recall and prediction. To keep the process going (85) he also has to inform the speaker that he has understood (86) actually interrupting.
A. submit
B. omit
C. commit
D. admit
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. One of the most important features that distinguish reading from listening is the nature of the audience. (67) the writer often does not know who will read what he writes, he must (68) to be as clear as possible. Time can be taken to plan the piece of writing so that it is eventually organized into some sort of (69) sequence of events or ideas. When we speak, however, we normally have very little time to plan what we (70) to say. Since we are actually (71) our audience face to face we may (72) some of the information we believe our audience shares. And the more (73) we are with our audience, the more information we are likely to leave out. In any (74) they can always stop and ask a question or ask for (75) if we have left out too much. A reader, however, cannot do this but can at least attempt comprehension at his own speed; (76) , he can stop and go backwards or forwards, (77) to a dictionary or just stop and rest. When we listen we may have to work hard to (78) out the speaker’s thoughts by referring backwards and forwards while the speaker continues. As the speaker (79) to organize his thoughts, he will use Filler phrases to give him time to plan. In spite of these fillers, he will (80) make mistakes and repeat what he has already said. His speech will be characterized (81) a limited range of grammatical patterns and vocabulary and the use of idioms to (82) some general meaning quickly. It should be clear, then, that the listener has to take an active (83) in the process by ignoring the speaker’s (84) and mistakes, and by seeking out the main idea information through recall and prediction. To keep the process going (85) he also has to inform the speaker that he has understood (86) actually interrupting.
A. yield
B. prefer
C. adapt
D. refer