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启德雅思部

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A.听力（满分9分）

Task 1 Complete the table below.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Task 2

SECTI0N 4(J5-T4-S4)

Choose the correct letter, A, B or C.

1During the first week of term, students are invited to

A be shown round the library by the librarian.

B listen to descriptions of library resources.

C do an intensive course in the computer centre.

2 The speaker warns the students that

A internet materials can be unreliable.

B downloaded information must be acknowledged.

C computer access may be limited at times.

3The library is acquiring more CDs as a resource because

A they are a cheap source of information.

B they take up very little space.

C they are more up to date than the reference books.

4Students are encouraged to use journals online because

A the articles do not need to be returned to the shelves.

B reading online is cheaper than photocopying articles.

C the stock of printed articles is to be reduced.

5Why might some students continue to use reference books?

A they can be taken away from the library

B they provide information unavailable elsewhere

C they can be borrowed for an extended loan period

6 What is the responsibility of the Training Supervisor?

A to supervise and support library staff

B to provide orientation to the library facilities

C to identify needs and inform section managers

Questions 7-10

Which section of the university will help postgraduate students with their dissertations in the

following ways?

A the postgraduate's own department or tutor

B library staff

C another section of the university

Write the correct letter, A, B or C, next to questions 37-40.

7training in specialised computer programs ………………

8 advising on bibliography presentation ………………

9checking the draft of the dissertation ………………

10providing language support ………………

B. 阅读: （满分9分）

Passage 1

B For the Inuit the problem is urgent. They live in precarious balance with one of the toughest environments on earth. Climate change, whatever its causes, is a direct threat to their way of life. Nobody knows the Arctic as well as the locals, which is why they are not content simply to stand back and let outside experts tell them what's happening. In Canada, where the Inuit people are jealously guarding their hard-won autonomy in the country's newest territory, Nunavut, they believe their best hope of survival in this changing environment lies in combining their ancestral knowledge with the best of modern science. This is a challenge in itself.

C The Canadian Arctic is a vast, treeless polar desert that's covered with snow for most of the year. V enture into this terrain and you get some idea of the hardships facing anyone who calls this home. Farming is out of the question and nature offers meagre pickings. Humans first settled in the Arctic a mere 4,500 years ago, surviving by exploiting sea mammals and fish. The environment tested them to the limits: sometimes the colonists were successful, sometimes they failed and vanished. But around a thousand years ago one group emerged that was uniquely well adapted to cope with the Arctic environment. These Thule people moved in from Alaska, bringing kayaks, sleds, dogs, pottery and iron tools. They are the ancestors of today's Inuit people.

D Life for the descendants of the Thule people is still harsh. Nunavut is 1.9 million square kilometres of rock and ice, and a handful of islands around the North Pole. It's currently home to 2,500 people, all but a handful of them indigenous Inuit. Over the past 40 years, most have abandoned their nomadic ways and settled in the territory's 28 isolated communities, but they still rely heavily on nature to provide food and clothing. Provisions available in local shops have to be flown into

Nunavut on one of the most costly air networks in the world, or brought by supply ship during the few ice-free weeks of summer. It would cost a family around ￡7,000 a year to replace meat they obtained themselves through hunting with imported meat. Economic opportunities are scarce, and for many people state benefits are their only income. Questions1-6

Complete the summary below.

Choose NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS from paragraphs C and D for each answer.

Write your answers in boxes 33-40 on your answer sheet.

If you visit the Canadian Arctic, you immediately appreciate the problems faced by people for whom this is home. It would clearly be impossible for the people to engage in 1 ........................ as a means of supporting themselves. For thousands of years they have had to rely on catching 2........................ and 3 ........................ as a means of sustenance.

The harsh surroundings saw many who tried to settle there pushed to their limits, although some were successful. The

4 ........................ people were an example of the latter and for them the environment did not prove unmanageable. For the present inhabitants, life continues to be a struggle. The territory of Nunavut consists of little more than ice, rock and a few

5 ......................... In recent years, many of them have been obliged to give up their

6 ........................ lifestyle, but they continue to depend mainly on nature for their food and clothes imported produce is particularly expensive.

Passage 2

A Bullying can take a variety of forms, from the verbal-being taunted or called hurtful names-to the physical-being kicked or shoved as well as indirect forms, such as being excluded from social groups. A survey I conducted with Irene Whitney found that in British primary schools up to a quarter of pupils reported experience of bullying, which in about one in ten cases was persistent. There was less bullying in secondary schools, with about one in twenty-five suffering persistent bullying, but these cases may be particularly recalcitrant.

B Bullying is clearly unpleasant, and can make the child experiencing it feel unworthy and depressed. In extreme cases it can even lead to suicide, though this is thankfully rare. Victimised pupils are more likely to experience difficulties with interpersonal relationships as adults, while children who persistently bully are more likely to grow up to be physically violent, and convicted of anti-social offences.

C Until recently, not much was known about the topic, and little help was available to teachers to deal with bullying. Perhaps as a consequence, schools would often deny the problem. 'There is no bullying at this school' has been a common refrain, almost certainly untrue. Fortunately more schools are now saying: 'There is not much bullying here, but when it occurs we have a clear policy for dealing with it.'

D Three factors are involved in this change. First is an awareness of the severity of the problem Second, a number of resources to help tackle bullying have become available in Britain. For example the Scottish Council for Research in Education produced a package of materials, Action Against Bullying, circulated to all schools in England and Wales as well as in Scotland in summer 1992 with a second pack, Supporting Schools Against Bullying, produced the following year. In

Ireland, Guidelines on Countering Bullying Behaviour in Post-Primary Schools was published in 1993. Third there is evidence that these materials work, and that schools can achieve something. This comes from carefully conducted 'before and after' evaluations of interventions in schools, monitored by a research team. In Norway, after an intervention campaign was introduced nationally, an evaluation of forty-two schools suggested that, over a two-year period, bullying was halved. The Sheffield investigation, which involved sixteen primary schools and seven secondary schools, found that most school s succeeded in reducing bullying.

Questions 7-10

Choose the correct letter,A, B, C or D.

Write the correct letter in boxes 31-34 on your answer sheet.

7 A recent survey found that in British secondary schools

A there was more bullying than had previously been the case.

B there was less bullying than in primary schools.

C cases of persistent bullying were very common.

D indirect forms of bullying were particularly difficult to deal with.

8 Children who are bullied

A are twice as likely to commit suicide as the average person.

B find it more difficult to relate to adults.

C are less likely to be violent in later life.

D may have difficulty forming relationships in later life.

9 The writer thinks that the declaration 'There is no bullying at this school'

A is no longer true in many schools.

B was not in fact made by many schools.

C reflected the school's lack of concern.

D reflected a lack of knowledge and resources.

10 What were the findings of research carried out in Norway?

A Bullying declined by 50% after an anti-bullying campaign.

B Twenty-one schools reduced bullying as a result of an anti-bullying campaign.

C Two years is the optimum length for an anti-bullying campaign.

D Bullying is a less serious problem in Norway than in the UK.

C. 简要观点写作（60-100 words，满分9分）

How can each individual take some actions to solve environmental problems?

D.口语（满分9分）（内容略）

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