1、雅思（听力）模拟试卷 12及答案与解析 一、 Listening Module (30 minutes you cannot exchange it for cash.Ask to have it made out to you in the local currency and drawn on a local bank. That way you will not pay a commission feewhen you pay it into your account, and the funds will take less time to clear, that is to move
2、 through the system and into your account. An electronic transfer is when your bank in your home country transfers funds from your home account directly to your account abroad. This is often the easiest way to transfer money, but it cannot be arranged until you have opened a bank account abroad. Tel
3、egraphic transfer is the fastest way to send money overseas, but it is also the most expensive. As with an electronic transfer, you can only arrange a telegraphic transfer after you have opened your bank account abroad-it cannot be arranged in advance. Most English-speaking countries place no limit
4、to the amount of money you can bring into the country, but your government may control the flow of money in and out of your own country. In that case, youll need to find out as soon as possible how to get permission to transfer money, whether there is a limit to how much you can transfer and what re
5、gulations you must comply with. For further information contact your local bank for advice on how to transfer your funds abroad. When you first go abroad, you will have lots of things to do and it may be a few days before you are able to approach a bank and open a bank account. And once you do, it m
6、ay take a while for your transferred funds to clear through the banking system. So altogether, it could be anywhere from one to three weeks before you have access to the funds you transfer. Obviously, you will need some other sources of money in the meantime. The possibilities include cash, travelle
7、rs cheques and credit cards. Lets take a look at each of them. As I mentioned earlier, you should not carry large amounts of cash, but do bring a certain amount to cover the costs of your first few days or so. Cash is very useful for covering small purchases, such as drinks and snacks. If any of you
8、r dependants are travelling with you, you will obviously need to bring more cash. Most international airports have a 24-hour bank or bureau de change where you can change overseas currency or travellers cheques no matter what time you arrive. However, bear in mind that the exchange rates at these bu
9、reaux de change are not very good. Keep this in mind when planning your cash needs. You can also exchange money at banks. In English-speaking countries, most are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, and on Saturday mornings. If you arrive outside those hours, plan to either exchange your mo
10、ney at the airport/seaport, or bring enough cash to cover your needs until the banks open. Travellers cheques are much safer than carrying cash, as they are insured against loss or theft. They can be cashed at banks and bureaux de change and travellers cheques made out in the local currency can also
11、 be used like cash in many shops and restaurants-but check with the staff in each case to be sure to avoid embarrassment. Credit cards are widely accepted as payment in English-speaking countries and you can also use them to get cash from the machines at banks. However, check with your bank at home
12、to find out how much commission you will be charged if you use your home credit card abroad. It could be quite substantial. Now, lets take a look at . 11 【正确答案】 BCD 【 IN ANY ORDER】 12 【正确答案】 B 13 【正确答案】 B 14 【正确答案】 D 15 【正确答案】 control the flow 16 【正确答案】 get permission 17 【正确答案】 (covering) small purc
13、hases 18 【正确答案】 loss or theft 19 【正确答案】 used like cash 20 【正确答案】 (quite) substantial 21 【听力原文】 Student: Good morning. Im here for our meeting about creating lesson plans. Tutor: Ah, yes. Bang on time! Come in and take a seat. Now, didnt I ask you to prepare something? Student: Yes, you did. You aske
14、d me to think of the possible uses for a lesson plan. Heres what I came up with. First, it helps the teacher with the pace and timing of a class. Second, it creates a focus for the teacher and also for the students. Third, it shows everyone what material is being covered, needs to be covered or has
15、been covered. Tutor: Thats particularly useful if you have a strict syllabus to follow. Student: However, there does seem to be a need for a balance between covering material and choosing when to let a class flow and let students carry on an activity if its leading to learning. Tutor: Yes, thats cer
16、tainly tree. Anything else? Student: It gives clear aims to the students and to the teacher. I think its worth remembering that there are two perspectives to consider in the learning process. It also serves as a reminder for teachers to put aims, first and materials second, rather than vice versa. T
17、hose are the five I came up with. Tutor: I think that youve got the most important, . the key points. I can add another five. A lesson plan also helps to highlight potential student problems, and creates an opportunity to find a solution. Second, it brings cohesion and coherence to a lesson. Third,
18、it clearly shows the interaction between teacher and student-or at least the expected interaction. As we both know, lesson plans dont always go according to plan! A lesson plan also clearly shows something else-the distribution of time spent on different skills. This can really show if your speaking
19、 or writing class is really about speaking or writing. And finally, it serves to remind you what materials you have to take into class. Student: Thank you. Ive made a note of those points. Tutor: Take a look at this incomplete lesson plan. Do you have any ideas about what could be added to each sect
20、ion? Student: Lets see. The students are at low-intermediate level and the lesson will last for 50 minutes. The students are academic ones staying in Australia for three months to improve their spoken English. The aim of the class is to elicit reading comprehension and speaking abilities for story t
21、elling, as well as to practice the present simple and the past simple tenses. Tutor: Can you think of any personal aims that the teacher may have? Student: Mmm. Perhaps one could be to avoid excessive instructions. Tutor: Thats a good suggestion. What assumptions would you make if you were the teach
22、er? Student: Er . Id assume that the students could understand the instructions. The topic is extreme sports. Mmm. Perhaps Id assume that they do not understand some of the vocabulary related to those sports-for example, the difference between mountain climbing and rock climbing. Tutor: So that woul
23、d qualify as an anticipated problem. Student: Ah, yes. Yes, it would. Tutor: And what solutions would you suggest? Student: Solutions? Perhaps one solution would be to elicit the difference from students via questioning. Tutor: Yes, that would work. Given their level, the students should be able to
24、provide some answers to that, using fairly basic vocabulary. At the bottom, you can see a list of aids-textbook, blackboard, chalk, chalk eraser, pictures of rock climbing and mountain climbing. Student: Ah, the pictures will help to explain the vocabulary. A picture dictionary can be very useful in
25、 such situations. By the way, when I write the name of any textbooks Im using, would you suggest that I add some details? Tutor: You mean like the publisher and page numbers? Student: Yes. Tutor: I would certainly note down the page numbers. Its probably a good idea to add the author, but probably n
26、ot necessary to add the publisher. Mind you, if other people are going to see your lesson plan, it might be a good idea, because they might want the book them- selves-knowing the publisher makes it easier for them to find it. Student: Do you recommend keeping lesson plans? Tutor: Having stored plans
27、 for years it has become clear to me that no two classes are exactly alike and this limits the potential for re-cycling lesson plans. However, one suggestion I can make is that you keep yours ideas, rather than necessarily the whole plan. These can be kept on postcards that are organised by topic-pe
28、rhaps with crossreferences for level, skill or structure-and then kept for easy access. This is really easy if you do it on a computer. Student: Can you recommend any books for helping with the creation of les- son plans? Tutor: My favourite book is Lesson Plans from Nothing by John Davis. You can g
29、et it from the bookstore on campus. If youre interested in knowing how others do their lesson plans or just simply need a lesson plan now, because you have no time, try these websites. Student: That looks like a useful list. Thank you. Thank you very much. 21 【正确答案】 pace and timing 22 【正确答案】 aims 23
30、 【正确答案】 highlights potential 24 【正确答案】 coherence and cohesion 25 【正确答案】 low-intermediate 26 【正确答案】 avoid excessive instructions 27 【正确答案】 vocabulary 28 【正确答案】 rock and mountain 29 【正确答案】 pages/page numbers 30 【正确答案】 websites 31 【听力原文】 Lecturer: More and more American parents are becoming interested
31、in having their children learn Chinese. This is not only a case of having their children attend private classes or of schools teaching the language instead of, or in addition to, the West European languages that are traditionally studied in the States, like Spanish, French and German. Oh, no. Studyi
32、ng geometry can be taxing for any 10-year-old, but at a select number of American schools, children are not only learning about angles, they are doing it in Chinese. This select number of schools is growing, since Chinese is a hot language thanks to Chinas surging economy and growing world clout. Ev
33、en children as young as 6 are honing their Chinese at school, motivated by a mix of parental prodding and their own desire to do something different. I went to see one of these schools and it really is amazing when you walk into a kindergarten classroom, and the children are understanding what the t
34、eacher is saying and its all in Chinese. Half of the time the kids arent even aware that the teacher is speaking a different language. They just fall right into it. The United States has declared this year to be the “Year of Languages“, although few Americans are aware of the designation. According
35、to a survey by the Language Association, more college students are studying foreign languages than ever before. Enrolment in Chinese has risen by 20 percent over the past 3 years. The 1.4 million students learning 15 leading languages represents a 17 percent increase over the same period. However, o
36、nly 9.3 percent of Americans are able to speak a second tongue, compared to 52.7 percent of Europeans, according to the Census Bureau. At first glance, weighty national priorities take a back seat to the fun of cultural exchange at Potomac Elementary. Hallways are festooned with Chinese art and lear
37、ning aids, such as stuffed animals labelled with Chinese names. Children sing Chinese folk songs and American nursery rhymes in Chinese. In the fifth-grade immersion class, songs and games come only after a rigorous vocabulary drill and lessons on triangles and trapezoids- all taught in Chinese. The
38、 students are good at listening and do pretty well at reading, but writing is their weak point, according to the class teacher, who has a Ph.D. in education and was a teacher in his native Beijing. I asked two of the children-a boy and a girl-about their experiences of learning Chinese. The boy said
39、 that mastering Chinese characters was tough. When I asked why, he said that he finds the writing particularly hard because you have to do the strokes in the right order. The girl said that learning Chinese is “cool“ and that she is starting to catch on to the complex writing system of characters th
40、at contain elements of meaning and sound. She pointed out that it is quite different to English because theres nothing like letters to refer to. However, she noted that she can remember how to write Coca-Cola in Chinese because it has a lot of little boxes that refer to a mouth. This visual aspect o
41、f Chinese characters and how it influences children when they are learning the language is a theme Ill return to later. Even though it is clearly the parents who are pushing for more Chinese classes, my research revealed that they are not usually pushing their children too hard, which I think is a g
42、ood thing. Parents of the kids say they are loathe to plan careers for 10 year olds. To quote one of them, “Even if my child doesnt use her Chinese going forward, shes learned so much about another culture.“ Some of the parents are encouraging their children-directly or indirectly-by taking night cl
43、asses in Chinese. This has been proven to be a great motivator. If children see their parents learning something, they will usually take an interest in learning it too-or at least take a greater interest in learning generally. Dreams of selling Coca-Cola and other American products to China have hel
44、ped drive the. interest in Chinese studies. According to the Language Association, 640 U.S. colleges offer Chinese programs, while 102 schools from kindergarten to 12th grade teach Chinese. Teaching Chinese is also of keen interest to the U.S. government, which launched the National Education Progra
45、m in 1994 to fund university studies of languages of key world regions, including East Asia and the Middle East. In 2002, the NEP announced that it was placing particular emphasis on programmes to teach Arabic, Chinese, Korean and Russian. I spoke to some students who had just started learning Chine
46、se here at this university. All of them had learnt Chinese since the age of 11 and some had started even earlier. Student A said he had started learning Chinese eight years ago because he thought it would be pretty fun. However, as he began contemplating college, he recognised that there were good o
47、pportunities for employment in China upon graduation. As he said, China is expanding fast and now they need services, including lawyers and businesspeople. Student B said that she wants to follow her father and start her own business and have an office in China. Student C said that he thought his st
48、udies would bring national gain as well as personal achievement. To quote him, “When a lot of kids like us grow up and hopefully are able to speak Chinese, and get jobs with businesses who are trading and doing business with China, it will be a big leap for our country.“ 31 【正确答案】 French, Spanish, German (NB in any order) 32 【正确答案】 6 33 【正确答案】 1.4 million/1400000. 34 【正确答案】 52.7 35 【正确答案】 weighty national priorities 36 【正确答案】 right order 37 【正确答案】 (their) parents 38 【正确答案】 Arabic, Korean, Russian (NB in any order) 39 【正确答案】 ABC 【 IN ANY ORDER】 40 【正确答案】 ABC 【 IN ANY ORDER】
