剑桥国际英语Interchange2 Unit1-Unit2 试卷

ISS1 Foundation English Monthly Test

(Period: 100 mins)

Part 1: Listening (1’*20)

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Part 2: Grammar and Vocabulary

Section 1: Fill in the gaps with verbs from the box in the past simple. (1’*13)

allow be be be invent increase lay mean own receive replace ride take walk

The pace of change in the world of technology is amazing. It 1. wasn’t (not) long ago that the postal service 2. ______ our only way to communicate over any distance. It 3. _______ days and sometimes weeks to receive letters from within the same country. As a result, the news in the letters 4. ______ already out of date when people 5. ______ them. In the workplace, this 6. _____ that business was mostly conducted locally, over relatively short distances.

When Alexander Graham Bell 7. ______ the telephone in 1876 it 8. _____ the foundation for the communication systems we have today. The telephone 9. ______ two people to communicate instantly across a great distance. Eventually computers 10. ____ typewriters and dramatically 11. ____ the speed of our daily work life. Nowadays the Internet is an essential part of every business.

However, it is not just communications that have changed. Only 50 years ago most people 12. ______ (not) a car. People 13. _____ to work or 14. _____ bicycles. Changes in travel as well as the increased speed of communications have led to the global business world that we have today.

Section 2: Fill in the gaps with amount, number, few, little, many, much. (1’*10)

How much sleep do we need?

The 1. amount of sleep each person needs depends on 2. _____ factors, including age. Infants generally require about 16 hours a day. For most adults, seven to eight hours a night appears to be the ideal 3. ______ of sleep, although a 4. _____ people may need as 5. ______ as five hours’ sleep or as 6. ______ as ten hours’ sleep each day. Getting too 7. ______ sleep creates a sleep debt, and eventually, your body will demand that the debt be repaid.

A large 8. ______ of people over 65 have frequent sleeping problems, such as

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insomnia, and deep sleep stages in 9. ______ elderly people often become very short or stop completely. Microsleeps, or very brief episodes of sleep in an otherwise awake person, are another mark of sleep deprivation. In 10. _____ cases, people are not aware that they are experiencing microsleeps. The widespread practice of burning the candle at both ends in western industrialized societies has created so 11. _____ sleep deprivation that what is really abnormal sleepiness is now almost the norm.

Section 3: Vocabulary (1’*13)

1. 个人背景 (n.) _______ 2. 童年 (n.) ________ 3. 学位 (n.) _______ 4. 比赛 (n.) _______

5. 移民 (n.) ______ 6. 证书 (n.)________

8. 宴会 (n.) ________

11. 标语(n.) _______

7. 财产；所有物 (n.) _______

9. 报刊亭 (n.) _______ 10. 行人 (n.) _______

12. 观光 (v.) ______ 13. 乐园；乐土(n.) _________

Section 4: Translation (2’*2)

1. 你知道最近的中餐馆在哪里吗？

2. 你能告诉我CX525航班是什么时候达到香港的吗？

Part 3: Reading (1’*20)

Section 1

Questions 1-5

Look at the information on the following page about the use of vehicles in the University grounds. In boxes 1-5 on your answer sheet write.

TRUE FALSE

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if the statement is true if the statement is false

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NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage Example Answer The campus roads are not open to general members of the public. TRUE

1. University employees do not need to pay for their parking permits. 2. Parking in Halls of Residence is handled by the Wardens of the Halls. 3. Having a University permit does not allow staff to park at Halls. 4. Parking permits cost £20 a year.

5. Students living in Hall do not need permission to park in Hall car parks.

USE OF UNIVERSITY GROUNDS BY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC The University grounds are private. The University authorities only allow authorised members of the University, visitors and drivers of vehicles servicing the University to enter the grounds. Members of staff who have paid the requisite fee and display the appropriate permit may bring a vehicle into the grounds. A University permits does not entitle them to park in Hall car parks however, unless authorised by the Warden of the Hall concerned. Students may not bring vehicles into the grounds during the working day unless they have been given special permission by the Security Officer and have paid for and are displaying an appropriate entry permit. Students living in Hall of Residence must obtain permission from the Warden to 文案大全

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keep a motor vehicle at their residence. Students are reminded that if they park a motor vehicle on University premises without a valid permit, they will be fined £20.

Questions 6-13

Look at the patient information leaflet on the following page.

Match each of the following sentences with TWO possible endings A-M from the box below.

Write the appropriate letters A-M in boxes 6-13 on your answer sheet.

Example Answer Borodine tablets should not be given to ... A and M

Questions 6 and 7

Borodine tablets might be used to treat ...

Questions 8 and 9

You must ask your doctor before taking Borodine tablets if you are already being treated for ...

Questions 10 and 11

You do not need to consult your doctor immediately if Borodine tablets give you...

Questions 12 and 13

You must consult your doctor at once if you find Borodine tablets cause...

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Possible Endings (A) children under 12 years of age. (B) a headache (C) an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach. (D) symptoms similar to a cold. (E) a change in your skin colour. (F) anything treated by a prescription medicine. (G) a kidney complaint. (H) a whitening of the eyes (I) sore or broken skin (J) a fungal infection (K) a feeling of sadness (L) shortness of breath (M) a woman expecting a child

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Section 2

Questions 14-20

Look at the introduction to West Thames College on the following page and at the statements below.

TRUE if the statement is true FALSE if the statement is false

NOT GIVEN if the information is not given in the passage

14. Chiswick Polytechnic was closed at the same time West Thames College was opened.

15. Most of the students at the college come from outside the local area. 16. The college changed its name to West Thames College in 1993.

17. There are currently 6000 students over the age of 19 attending the college. 18. Students under the age of 16 cannot attend any of the courses offered by the college.

19. The college offers a more mature environment in which to learn than a school.

20. There are fewer subjects to study in the sixth form of a school than at the college.

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Part 4: Writing (20’*1)

Write about the following topic:

Some people think that parents should teach children how to be good members of society. Others, however, believe that school is the place to learn this.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion. Write between 150-180 words.

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