2006年1月四级预测样卷二（5）

Part III  (15points, 30 minutes)

Section I :Error Correction           (10points, 15minutes)

Culture refers to the social heritage of a people - the learned

patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a

population or society, include the expression of these patters in           S1.____

material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture -                S2. ____

abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs and institutional

arrangements - and material culture - physical object like                    S3. ____

cooking pots, computers and bathtubs. In sum, culture reflects

both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary                S4. ____

speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another             S5. ____

language - the person who is unfamiliar with the arts, music,               S6. ____

literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be

human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world         S7. ____

of experience we share with other members of our group.

Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind                    S8. ____

of map for relating to others. Consider how you feel your way

about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom,

or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh             S9. ____

at you? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized,                    S10. ____

ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.

Therefore, if we know a person's culture, we can understand

and even predict a good deal of his behavior.

Section B Short Answer Questions (15 minutes)

Directions: In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in fewest possible words. Your answer may be a word, a phrase, or a short sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page.

Sport is one of the world’s largest industries, and most athletes are professionals who are paid for their efforts. Because an athlete succeeds by achievement only―not by economic b ground or family connections―sports can be a fast route to wealth, and many athletes play n for money than for love.

This has not always been true. In the ancient Olympics the winner got only a wreath of olive leaves (橄榄叶花环). Even though the winners became national heroes, the games remained amateur for centuries. Athletes won fame, but no money. As time passed, however, the contests became increasingly less amateur and cities began to hire athletes to represent them. By the fourth century A.D., the Olympics were ruined, and they were soon ended.

In 1896, the Olympic games were revived (使再度兴起)with the same goal of pure amateur competition. The rules bar athletes who have ever received a $50 prize or an athletic scholar or who have spent four weeks in a training camp. At least one competitor in the 1896 games met these qualifications. He was Spiridon Loues, a water carrier who won the marathon race, after race, a rich Athenian offered him anything he wanted. A true amateur, Loues accepted only a cart and a horse. Then he gave up running forever. But Loues was an exception and now, as the Chairman of the German Olympic Committee said, “Nobody pays any attention to these rules.” Many countries pay their athletes to train year-round, and Olympic athletes are eager to sell their names to companies that make everything from ski equipment to fast food.

Even the games themselves have become a huge business. Countries fight to hold the Olympics not only for honor, but for money. The 1972 games in Munich cost the Germans 545 million dollars, but by selling medal symbols, TV rights, food, drink ,hotel rooms, and souvenirs (纪念品), they managed to make a profit. Appropriately, the symbol of victory in the Olympic Games is no longer a simple olive wreath―it is a gold medal.

S1. To many people, sports today is nothing                   S1.________

but   S1  .

S2. What do most athletes of today go after?                   S2.________

S2  .

S3. What reward could an ancient Greek athlete                   S3.________

expect?   S3  .

S4. By the fourth century A.D., Olympic contests                   S4.________

became increasingly more   S4  .

thus ruining the Olympics.

S5.When the Olympic Games were revived in                   S5.________

1896, athletes who had received special

training in camps would be   S5  .

S6. What did Spiridon Loues do after he accepted                   S6.________

the Athenian’s gift?  S6  .

S7. According to the author, some athletes are                   S7.________

Even willing to advertise for businesses

Which sell things like   S7  .

S8. The 1972 Munich games managed to make                   S8.(1)________

a big profit mainly by   S8(1)   services          (2)________

and selling   S8(2)  .

Part IV       Writing       (15 points, 30 minutes)

You are supposed to hand in your book report for the Extensive Reading Course on Monday, but you are two days late. Now you are outside Professor Lin’s office as you want to hand in your assignment, but he is not in. Write a note to him, apologizing and explaining why you didn’t give him your work on time.

You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Wang Dong” instead. You do not need to write the address.