PartⅠ Writing
(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic"A High Diploma and a Good Job". You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 有人認為高學歷必然能得到好工作；
2. 有人認為高學歷未必能得到好工作；
3. 你的看法。
PartⅡ Reading Comprehension ( Skimming and Scanning )
(15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage；.
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage；
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
What's the Fastest Way to Board a Plane?
A free-for-all, like Southwest Airlines? Boarding by window, middle seat or aisle, like United Airlines? Or by zone, like AirTran Airways?
If you answered "none of the above," you're probably right. Fermilab's Jason Steffen recently published a research paper in the Journal of Air Transport Management that concluded loading smaller groups of passengers in every other row could accelerate the process by up to 10 times.
And if you said, "who cares?" - well, I am with you on that, too.
You'd assume airlines would just want to get us on the plane as quickly as possible. But nothing could be further from the truth. Generally speaking, airline boarding procedures are as short on logic as they are long.
For example, United Airlines' elite customers are allowed to board first from a red carpet, "While the rest of us poor guys stand next to them on the black airport carpet," says Lee Paulson, a manager for a nonprofit organization in Washington. "It's elitist snobbery." Besides, it's also inefficient.
I don't mean to pick on United Airlines, so in the interest of fairness, let me also pick on Delta Airlines. Its Breezeway (有頂過道) - a dedicated entrance at each gate that allows elite passengers priority boarding anytime - is equally flawed, to hear passengers talk about it. "It's a joke," says Marge Purnell, who works for an employment services provider in Moline, Illinois. "And the announcements they make during boarding are even more ridiculous. This is just my opinion."
(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic"A High Diploma and a Good Job". You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 有人認為高學歷必然能得到好工作；
2. 有人認為高學歷未必能得到好工作；
3. 你的看法。
PartⅡ Reading Comprehension ( Skimming and Scanning )
(15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly.
For questions 1-7, mark
Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage；.
N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage；
NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
What's the Fastest Way to Board a Plane?
A free-for-all, like Southwest Airlines? Boarding by window, middle seat or aisle, like United Airlines? Or by zone, like AirTran Airways?
If you answered "none of the above," you're probably right. Fermilab's Jason Steffen recently published a research paper in the Journal of Air Transport Management that concluded loading smaller groups of passengers in every other row could accelerate the process by up to 10 times.
And if you said, "who cares?" - well, I am with you on that, too.
You'd assume airlines would just want to get us on the plane as quickly as possible. But nothing could be further from the truth. Generally speaking, airline boarding procedures are as short on logic as they are long.
For example, United Airlines' elite customers are allowed to board first from a red carpet, "While the rest of us poor guys stand next to them on the black airport carpet," says Lee Paulson, a manager for a nonprofit organization in Washington. "It's elitist snobbery." Besides, it's also inefficient.
I don't mean to pick on United Airlines, so in the interest of fairness, let me also pick on Delta Airlines. Its Breezeway (有頂過道) - a dedicated entrance at each gate that allows elite passengers priority boarding anytime - is equally flawed, to hear passengers talk about it. "It's a joke," says Marge Purnell, who works for an employment services provider in Moline, Illinois. "And the announcements they make during boarding are even more ridiculous. This is just my opinion."