新综合英语期末考试试卷__5_.docVIP

Oral Test for New Integrated English Band I (1-B) 1. Read the following passage and you are expected to answer the questions based on it. A certain old gentleman was very unhappy about modern education, and thought that young people nowadays were not being taught the importance of knowing the difference between right and wrong. One day he was taking a walk in the park near his home when he saw some young boys standing around a small cat. The old gentleman went up to the boys and asked them what was happening. One of the boys said to him, Were having a contest. We are telling lies, and the one who tells the biggest one gets to keep the cat. The old gentleman thought that this was a good opportunity to teach the boys a useful lesson, so he said to them, Ive never told a lie in my life. All at once there was a great shout from all the boys, and they said, Youve won! You can take the cat! Questions 1). What was the old gentleman unhappy about? 2). What did he think about the young people? 3). What did he see when he was walking in a park one day? 4). What did one of the boys say to him? 2. Conceive（构思）a short passage based on the following words. clean water, dump, wastes, pollution, sewage treatment plant, polluted lakes and rivers 3. What is you favorite animal? What do you think of human beings relationship with animals? 4. In addition to the book knowledge, what would you do to develop your ability in other fields? 5. There is a famous Chinese saying: Its never too old to learn.(活到老学到老) Please give you comments on this saying. 6. Read the following passage and you are expected to answer the questions based on it. Long time ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced(弹跳) happily up the stairs to the door way of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To