Singapore is well known as a multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-religious nation. And
【C1】
A.commonality
B.status
C.uniqueness
D.locate
【C1】
A.commonality
B.status
C.uniqueness
D.locate
第1题
听力原文:M: OK, Ms. lee. Could you give me an idea about the workforce in Singapore?
F: Yes, sir. A total of 11% of the workforce are professional or technical workers. And a further 6% are employed in administrative jobs.
M: What about people like you who have clerical or office jobs?
F: Well, 13% of the workforce work as office clerks, secretaries, typists and receptionists.
M: Well, how about jobs in production...
For questions 1--8 you will hear 8 short recordings.
For each question, mark one letter (A, B or C) for the correct answer.
What percentage of the workforce in Singapore are for clerical or office jobs?
A.6%
B.11%
C. 13%
第2题
听力原文:M: I'm going to Hong Kong and Singapore next month.
W: Oh, really? How nice! I was in Hong Kong last year and I eally enjoyed it.
M: And what about Singapore?
W: Well, it's smaller, and much less crowded, and much cleaner, too. It's also got some good shops, but you can't compare them with Hong Kong's.
How does the woman feel about Singapore?
A.It's much better than Hong Kong.
B.It's smaller than Hong Kong but more crowded.
C.It has better shops and stores than Hong Kong.
D.It's cleaner and much less crowded than Hong Kong.
第3题
听力原文:W: I'm going to Hong Kong and Singapore next month.
M:Oh, really? How nice! I was in Hong Kong last year and I really enjoyed it.
W: And what about Singapore?
M: Well, it's smaller, and much less crowded, and much cleaner, too. It's also got some good shops, but you can't compare them with Hong Kong's.
How does the man feel about Singapore?
A.It's much better than Hong Kong SAR.
B.It's smaller than Hong Kong SAR but more crowded.
C.It has better shops and stores than Hong Kong SAR.
D.It's cleaner and much less crowded than Hong Kong SAR.
第4题
Man: Yes, they have. They got here this morning. They're in those two white boxes on the floor of the supply room.
Woman: Good. They got here just in time. I have to mail a hundred of them to Singapore this afternoon so that they'll have them in time for their conference.
Man: Well, you'll find plenty there. We ordered a thousand.
Where are the brochures?
A.In Singapore.
B.In the supply room.
C.In the mail.
D.At the printer.
第5题
听力原文: The world's smartest adolescence in mathematics and science are Singapore, according to a global survey of educational achievement. In the 3rd International Mathematics and Science Study, 13yearolds from Singapore achieved the best scores in standardized tests d math and science that were administered to 287,896 students in 41 countries in 1994 and 1995. The survey suggests that science and math education is especially strong in the Far East. While well behind those top scores, students from Australia earned higher marks in math than their counterparts in England, who in turn did better than American students. The study collected information on the students' teachers and homes. Not surprisingly, the highestscoring students had walleducated parents or came from homes containing studyaids such as computers, dictionaries or even such elementry facilities as desks. The study shows that boys generally did better than girls in science, but there was little difference between them in math. Boys scored better than girls in physics and chemistry. There were no sex differences in the life and environmental sciences. In addition to being tested, students in the project were asked how proficient they thought they were in math and .science. Students in some countries, such as Columbia and Kuwait, had an overly optimistic view of their skills. Meanwhile, some of the beat students from Japan and Korea for example were needlessly pessimistic even though they did far better in math than almost all of the other students.
(33)
A.Students from America.
B.Students from England.
C.Students from Australia.
D.Students from Japan.
第6题
第7题
听力原文:M: Good morning. Can I help you.'?
W: Hello. My name's Jane Bush and I'm intending to go to a conference in Sydney for three weeks. After the conference I've got two weeks' holiday and I wanted to go shopping or seeing Hong Kong or India or somewhere round there.
M: Yes.
W: Where exactly can I go?
M: Well, lots of places. There's Singapore or Teheran, Kuwait, Athens, you've really got quite a lot of choices you know.
W: Well, it sounds marvelous. How much would that cost?
M: The full fare? Well, that's really quite a lot. It's £ 12134.
W: Yes, a thousand two hundred and four. Well, it's once in a lifetime.
M: Mm.
W: The thing is, actually that I'm absolutely terrified of flying. I've never done it before.
M: Oh dear.
W: And I'm hoping that I can persuade my two friends, who are also going to the conference, to stop over with me on the way back.
M: Yes, that would be a good idea.
W: Mm, yes. By the way, one of them is in Cairo at the moment. Would it be possible for ne to stop over there on my way to Sydney?
M: Yes, of course. There are plenty of flights to Cairo and then plenty more onwards from Cairo to Sydney.
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A.A customer.
B.A travel agent.
C.A bank clerk.
D.A passenger.
第8题
(33)
A.Students from America.
B.Students from England.
C.Students from Australia.
D.Students from Japan.
第9题
An Interview with American Futurist Peter Schwartz
Mr. Yang, presenter of the CCTV English Dialogue Programme
Peter Schwartz, chairman of the Global Business Network and senior partner of Monitor Group
Y: To my knowledge, you are a futurist. What makes a futurist?
S: Well, I think it's two things. One is someone who is .just hopelessly fascinated by the future. One is someone thinking about the future, but perhaps more importantly, interested in influencing the future, helping to shape a better future. I think most people in the profession of future studies in one way or another are interested in trying to produce a better future. A futurist, I think, uses serious methodology. We study economics, politics and technology and social changes to try to understand the deeper forces that create the future, it's a rigorous discipline that forces you to think systematically and imaginatively about the future.
Y: So what are you doing and what have you done to change the future?
S: We work with large companies, start-up companies, entrepreneurial companies and even countries. For example, I am going from here to Singapore where I do a great deal of work with the government in Singapore -- the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defense and Singapore Airlines. So Singapore has adopted some of the messages that I have developed in scenario planning and have been using those to think about and plan the future Singapore.
Y: What are the major forces that would change the future of the world?
S: Well, politics of course, also economic development, especially important in these days, science and technology, and even more important are environmental forces.
Y: But science and technology can create a happy future and can produce disasters, such as nuclear technology and human cloning.
S: You know the history of human kind over, say, the last 500 years, since the scientific revolution, life for human kind has really got much better. We really wouldn't want to go back to the 15th century. The revolutions in science and technology improved healthcare, improved education and transportation, energy and so on. Life is a lot better today because of science and technology. And on the whole I think the progress that has come from science and technology has benefited human kind. Well, it's true that you have got more powerful technology that can do harm. One person or a few people can kill a vast number of people. That is something that is genuinely worrying. However, we have been very fortunate in that we have been very judicious in our use of that technology.
Y: One negative impact of chemical or biological weapons could be the destruction of the environment. Do you think environment also accounts for a good part of our concern about our future?
S: Absolutely. I think most people are very concerned about the consequences of industrial economic development on the environment -- air pollution, water pollution, the loss of species, the loss of habitat. This is really a big issue. However, I am quite optimistic about the future development. First of all, we have now become concerned about it. And if you look at many cities around the world, for example, their water supplies, they are cleaner today than they were 25 or 30 years ago, because we have explored new technology of water purification and of much cleaner automobiles. The automobile today is 95 percent cleaner than the automobile of 20 years ago.
Y: Not the case for developing countries.
S: I think that is true. You know there is an equation and it goes like this the environmental impact is the product of the number of people times the economic statistic times the technology they use. But we are slow in our population growth dramatically on the earth. The UN has lowered its long-term popu
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第10题
听力原文: The world's smartest adolescence in mathematics and science are in Singapore, according to a global survey of educational achievement. In the 3rd International Mathematics and Science Study, 13-year-olds from Singapore achieved the best scores in standardized tests of maths and science that were administered to 287,896 students in 41 countries in 1994 and 1995. The survey suggests that science and maths education is especially strong in the Far East. While well behind those top scores, students from Australia earned higher marks in maths than their counterparts in England, who in turn did better than American students. The study collected information on the students'teachers and homes. Not surprisingly, the highest-scoring students had well-educated parents or came from homes containing study-aids such as computers, dictionaries or even such elemental facilities as desks. The study shows that boys generally did better than girls in science, but there was little difference between them in maths. Boys scored better than girls in physics and chemistry. There were no sex differences in the life and environmental sciences. In addition to being tested, students in the project were asked how proficient they thought they were in maths and science. Students in some countries, such as Columbia and Kuwait, had an overly optimistic view of their skills. Meanwhile, some of the best students from Japan and Korea for example were needlessly pessimistic even though they did far better in maths than almost all of other students.
Q. 23. Of the 4 groups of students, who scored the lowest in maths according to the survey?
Q. 24.What kind of students are most likely to become top scorers?
Q. 25.In what way do Columbian students differ from Japanese students?
Q. 26.In which subjects did boys score higher than girls?
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A.Students from America.
B.Students from England.
C.Students from Australia.
D.Students from Japan.