考试日期：

2012.11.10

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完全重复2011.10.08北美考题

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Question 1

Describe the differences between two cities you have visited. Give details and examples to support your response.

Question 2

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Teachers should encourage students to use computers from primary school. Give details and examples to support your response.

Question 3

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Listening part

【学校通知】：

学校计划让experienced resident advisor来培训新的advisor, 之前都是由学校的housing staff来培训的。

【学生态度】：女生表示赞成：

理由1：她自己也是resident advisor, 可以把她的经验介绍给新的advisor, 有助于解决roommate之间的conflict;

理由2：因为开学会有很多学生move in, housing staff会很忙，这样可以腾出更多的时间和精力来分配住宿。

Question: Explain the woman’s opinion and why she holds that opinion.

Question 4

Reading part

Listening part

【课文要点】：

task partitioning: 通过分工来增加效率。

【教授举例】：教授举了leaf-cutter ants的例子，说它们一般分成三组。第一组爬到树上cut leaves。第二组把落在地上的叶子cut into pieces, easily carried。第三组把cut好的树叶运回nest。最后教授说这样的分工效率很高，因为它们都work independently, 还说到这样不用都去爬树，不会tiring out too soon。

Question: 用听力的例子来解释对这个概念的理解。

Question 5

【学生困难】：男生约了Tina在bookstore门口还她笔记，因为明天要考试了，他之前借来看的，现在要还给她。但是等了15分钟Tina还没有来，打电话也没接，男生马上要去做part time job了。

【解决方案】：另外一个女生给了他两个建议：

1. 送去Tina的宿舍，但男生说这样他的part time job就要迟到了。

2. 可以通过campus mail, 然后给Tina的手机留言，但是男生说不知道mail好不好用，怕Tina下午才能收到笔记，来不及复习。

Question 6

【讲课要点】：two types of barriers for new business:

1. financial barrier: for example to open a new gym, we should spend a lot of money on the expensive equipments and so on;

2. customer loyalty barrier: the same example, people are used to going to the well-known gym, it’s difficult to stop them to go there.