Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension Directions: This part is to test your listening ability. It consists of 3 sections.
Section A Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short dialogues. There are 5 recorded dialogues in it. After each dialogue, there is a recorded question. Both the dialogues and questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
[听力原文] M: The skirt is beautiful. I want to buy it for Jane. W: OK. But you'd better send another thing to Jane's brother, or he will be angry. Q: What does the woman suggest that the man should do?
[听力原文] M: You look tired. Where did you go last night? W: I planned to watch a film, but I went to meet my friend at the airport. Q: What did the woman do?
[解析] 此题属于推理题。题目询问女士做了什么事情。根据女士的话“但是我去机场接朋友去了。”不难判断选项A(她去机场了)为正确答案。 女士一开始说“I planned to, watch a film, but…”,其中的planned和but两个词表示她原来计划去看电影,但实际上没能去成。因此可以排除去看电影了,故选项C(去看电影)不符合题目要求。对话中并未提及选项B(她忙于功课)和选项D(去看朋友了)两项的内容,因此均为错误,可予以排除。
4.
A.Buy another kind of coffee.
B.Buy another cup of coffee.
C.Stop buying this coffee.
D.Buy a new coffee machine.
A B C D
D
[听力原文] W: We ought to stop buying this kind of coffee. It always tastes terrible. M: Maybe we shall get a new coffee machine instead! Q: What does the man want to do?
[听力原文] M: Henry has four classes on Wednesday and Peter has three. W: I only have two, but I have five on Thursday. Q: How many classes does the woman have on Wednesday?
[解析] 题目询问女士周三有几节课。我们可以由“I only have two…”(我只有两节课)一句可以知道女士有一天有两节课,而且女士虽然没有说这两节课什么时间上的,但是根据前面说的都是周三的安排可以判断她说的也是周三的课程安排,因此选项A为正确答案。 解答此题只需听清楚题目问的是谁,就不会错选B项、C项或D项。当然这要求在听原文时把每一个人的上课情况做简单记录,然后针对题目做出正确选择。
Section B Directions: This section is to test your ability to understand short conversations. There are 2 recorded conversations in it. After each conversation, there are some recorded questions. Both the conversations and questions will be spoken two times. When you hear a question, you should decide on the correct answer from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D given in your test paper. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
[听力原文] W: Good morning. can I help you? M: Yes, please. I'd like to cash two traveler's cheques. W: Could you sign your name here please? M: Sure. W: Thank you. How would you like your money? M: In hundreds and fifties, please. W: Ok. It's 1,660 yuan, here you are. M: Thanks. May I know the exchange rate? W: Well. at the moment the exchange rate between US dollars and RMB is 1:8.3. You give me two $100 cheques; here is 1,660 yuan. Is that right? M: Yes, thanks.
Where does the conversation most probably take place?
[听力原文] W: Hi, Jim. I haven't seen you for a few weeks. M: Oh, hi,Mary. I have been studying a lot for my final exam. W: Well, this semester is about over now. M: Yeah. My brother is coming for a visit this summer and we'd like to see some of the country, but traveling is so expensive. W: Have you thought about camping? M: Camping? I've never done that. W: I think you'll really like it. You can rent the equipment you need. M: Is it cheap? W: Yeah. much cheaper than buying or staying at the hotel. M: Good idea. Here is my bus. I'll talk to you about this again and get all the details.
[解析] 题目询问吉姆是干什么的。从“我一直在学习为期末考试做准备”可以推出答案应为选项C(学生)。 这类判断人物身份的题,需要仔细听原文并把握好重要的细节。本文中“study”、“the final exam”和“semester”这些关键词明显告诉我们吉姆的身份是学生。而选项A(旅馆的职员)、选项B(教授)和选项D(公园的雇员)都无法从文中找到相关依据,因此都应排除。
5.
A.To stay in a cheap hotel.
B.To rent camping equipment.
C.To stay in his brother's house.
D.To buy camping equipment.
A B C D
B
[听力原文] What did the women suggest Jim do in order to make traveling cheaper?
Section C Directions: This section is to test your ability to comprehend short passages. You will hear a recorded passage. After that you will hear five questions. Both the passage and the questions will be read two times. When you hear a question, you should complete the answer to it with a word or a short phrase (in no more than 3 words). The questions and incomplete answers are printed in your test paper. You should write your answers on the Answer Sheet correspondingly. Now listen to the passage.
1. What percentage do the poor countries account for in the world? It's estimated that ______ countries of the world are very poor.
two thirds
[听力原文] It's estimated that one-third of the countries of the world are very rich, and two thirds are very poor. People in the richer countries don't understand the great differences between them and those in the poorer counties. A very simple example is that a dog or a cat in North America is better than a child in the poorer countries. A fisherman in South America may catch the fish which is made into pet food while the children in poor countries are not getting enough to eat for their bodies to grow properly. Although lot of the world's natural resources come form these poorer countries, it's the richer countries that decide what kind of price they are ready to pay for these resources. And the prices the richer countries get from their exports, however, are always rising. So they are getting richer and richer,and the poorer countries are getting poorer.
What percentage do the poor countries account for in the world?
5. What price do the richer countries always raise? The prices they get from ______ are always rising.
their exports
[听力原文] What price do the richer countries always raise?
[解析] 题目询问富国经常提高什么商品的价格。从句子“富国出口商品的价格却不断提高”可知答案。
Part Ⅱ Structure Directions: This part is to test your ability to construct grammatically correct sentences. It consists of 2 sections.
Section A Directions: In this section, there are 10 incomplete sentences. You are required to complete each one by deciding on the most appropriate word or words from the 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Then you should mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. She apologized ______ the mess she had made, but her parents were still very angry.
A.at
B.on
C.with
D.for
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题考查的是动词apologize的用法。apologize意思是“道歉”,后面可接介词,构成词组apologize for sth. ,意思是“因为某事道歉”,故选项D为正确答案。 A项、B项和C项的介词都不能与apologize搭配,故均为错误选项。另外还要引起注意的是要表示“向某人道歉”这个意思的时候,需要用“apologize to sb.”的结构。
2. Only once in his life had Douglas permitted himself ______ control of his emotions.
4. ______ I know, he has never worked in that company. He probably told a lie.
A.As long as
B.As far as
C.As well as
D.As soon as
A B C D
B
[解析] 本题考查固定结构as far as的用法。as far as是英语中的习惯用法,意思是“达到……程度;就……而言”,在本句中与I know一起构成as far as I know的结构,意思是“就我所知”,类似的结构还有as far as I see“依我看”等。故选项B为正确答案。 A项“as long as”是连词词组,表示“只要”的意思;C项“as well as”是常用的连接词,一般用于连接两个并列的单词或短语表示“和”;D项“as soon as”引导时间状语从句,表示“一……就……”的意思。以上三个选项均不合句意,故为错误选项。
5. ______, we decided to go swimming in the sea.
A.It being a fine day
B.The day was fine
C.It was a fine day
D.Being a fine day
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题考查的是“独立结构”的用法。在试题中,主(we)、谓(decided)和宾(to go swimming…)三个主要成分都齐全,因此留空处或是从句或是独立结构。观察三个选项,只有It加动词-ing分词构成的独立结构可用作原因状语,故选项A为正确答案。 英语中表示天气好坏时使用it,而不是the day,所以可以首先排除B项。而C项逗号不能连接两个句子,故排除。由于句子主语we不可能作a fine day的逻辑主语,所以D项也为错误结构,故排除。
6. Businessmen make most of their income from profit ______ by producing and selling products.
Section B Directions: There are 10 incomplete statements here. You should fill in each blank with the proper form of the word given in brackets. Write the word or words in the corresponding space on the Answer Sheet.
1. Every exercise in the book (design) ______ to build up your reasoning skills.
is / was designed
[解析] 本题考查动词被动语态的用法。动词design和主语every exercise之间是被动关系,所以需要用动词的被动式be designed;又因为主语是单数,所以用is / was designed。 当判断出空格处应为动词时,应进一步注意动词的时态和语态的问题,并做相应的转换。
2. With the exception of Lora, none of the students handed in their (assign) ______ on time.
3. The guards (leave) ______ the building by the time the alarm sounded.
had left
[解析] 本题考查动词时态。状语by the time the alarm sounded“警铃响之前”通常表示主句的动作发生在时间状语之前,所以需要使用过去完成时had left。 当判断出空格处应为动词时,应进一步注意动词的时态和语态,并做相应的转换。
4. He spends half an hour (cycle) ______ to work every day.
cycling
[解析] 本题考查动词固定搭配的用法。spend some time in doing sth. 是固定搭配,意思是“花费时间做某事”,其中介词in可省略,所以用cycling。 还可以使用spend some time on sth. 表示“花费时间做某事”。此外还有It takes sb. some time to do sth. 结构也可以表示同样的意思。
5. None of us could speak the language (speak) ______ in that area, so we took an interpreter with us.
spoken
[解析] 本题考查动词过去分词作定语的用法。因为speak和the language之间是被动关系,如果作定语修饰 the language,speak就必须转化为过去分词spoken。 过去分词和现在分词都可以作定语修饰名词。具体使用何种形式修饰取决于动词与被修饰词名词的关系:是主动关系则用现在分词;是被动关系则用过去分词。
6. The doorman politely requested she ______ (be) quiet in the building.
9. You must keep this door (close) ______ at all times when the red light is on.
closed
[解析] “keep+n.+补足语”表示“使……处于某种状态。”这种状态由该结构中的补足语表达,这时,该补足语可以是形容词、副词、介词词组、动词的分词形式甚至名词等。在用动词的分词形式时,要考虑补足语与宾语之间的逻辑关系。题目中this door与close是逻辑上的动宾关系,需用过去分词closed。 当补语与宾语之间为逻辑上的主动关系时,则用现在分词。如:They kept the light burning all night long. 类似用法的词有have,get,make,leave等。
10. His promotion to manager came as a complete surprise. Nobody expected him to (give) ______ a higher job within the company.
be given
[解析] 本题考查不定式的用法。词组expect sb. to do sth. 的意思是“预料/估计某人做某事”。句中him和give之间是逻辑上的被动关系,因此需要用表示被动的结构来表达“他被授予更高的职位”的意思,所以本题用be given。 判断出用动词不定式后,还须考虑是否用动词不定式的被动形式。
Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension Directions: This part is to test your reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed.
Task 1 Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling. No school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skill. There are, however, vastly different ideas about how to teach it and how to encourage a child to write without holding him back with the complexities of spelling. If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teacher's interest, clearly a bright child will be likely to "play safe" . He will tend to write only words within his spelling range, choosing to avoid adventurous language. That's why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability. I was once shocked to read on the bottom of a piece of writing about a personal experience: "This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is not neat." It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupil's technical abilities in writing. But it was also a sad reflection on the teacher who had omitted to read the essay, which contained some beautiful expressions of the child's deep feelings. The teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors. But if his priorities had centred on the child's ideas, an expression of his disappointment with the writing would have given the pupil more motivation to seek improvement."
1. What is the author's attitude towards the "popular belief" mentioned in Para. 1?
Task 2 Directions: This task is the same as Task 1, The 5 questions or unfinished statements are numbered 41 to 45. Insomnia (失眠) is the inability to sleep calmly and relaxedly. It is a problem to nearly everyone at some time. A person may be awake for an hour in the middle of the night and then, next morning, may feel that he hardly slept all night. Normally, worry about not getting enough sleep is the worst aspect of most insomnia. If insomnia occurs repeatedly, it is important to find its possible causes and try to correct them. Any of simple factors may make one feel difficult to fall asleep. His mattress (床垫) may be too soft or too hard. If there are too many blankets (毯子) on a hot night, he may be too warm; if the mattress is too light he may feel cold during the night. The bedroom itself may be overheated or too cold. If it is not dark enough, or too noisy, this may cause difficulty in sleeping. Eating shortly before going to bed may also be responsible for insomnia. Drinking tea or coffee can also make people awake. The cause of insomnia may be easy to correct. The sufferer should check the mattress, and bedroom temperature, and make any necessary changes. He should relax for an hour or two before bedtime, perhaps by reading a book, watching television or taking a warm bath. If he wakes during the night he should try turning on the light and reading for a while. Taking warm milk and a biscuit or two may be helpful.
1. According to the writer, the most serious aspect of insomnia is generally ______.
Task 3 Directions: The following is a fire instruction in a school. After reading it, you are required to complete the outline below it (No. 46 to No. 50). You should write your answers briefly (in not more than three words) on the Answer Sheet correspondingly.
Fire Instruction
The person discovering a fire will: 1.operate the nearest fire alarm; 2.attack the fire with available equipment, if it is safe to do so. On hearing a fire alarm: 1.those in class: will go to the assembly area under instructions given by the teacher; 2.those elsewhere: will go to the assembly area by the most sensible route. Assembly area: The assembly area is the playing field which is south of the sports hall. Here names will be checked. Procedure: 1.move quickly; 2.do not stop to collect your personal belongings; 3.do not attempt to pass others on your way to the assembly area; 4.do not use the lift. Fire alarms: Fire alarms are situated as follows: 1.A Block At the reception desk; at east end of connecting corridor; outside the kitchen door; 2.B Block At the bottom of both stairways and on each landing; 3.C Block Inside entrance room of sports hall.
Fire Instruction
Discovering a fire: the first thing to do is to operate the 1 . Hearing the fire alarm: to go to 2 . Assembly area: in south of 3 . During the fire alarm: 1.Do not stop to collect your personal belongs. 2.Do not pass others. 3.Do not use the 4 Locations of fire alarms: if you are now in C Block, you should use the fire alarm inside 5 of sports hall.
1.
nearest fire alarm
2.
the assembly area
3.
the sports hall
4.
lift
5.
entrance room
Task 4 Directions: The following is a list of terms related to Business Negotiation. After reading it, you are required to find the items equivalent to (与……相同的) those given in Chinese in the table below. Then you should put the corresponding letters in brackets on the Answer Sheet, numbered 51 to 55. A—The role of the chief negotiator B—Controlling negotiations C—Committing to the results D—Site selection E—Setting the agenda F—Keeping the upper hand G—Initiating negotiations H—Basic protocol I—Reaching consensus J—The function of bias K—Formulating a workable strategy L—Selecting team members M—Sizing up your counterparts N—Negotiating styles O—Getting your message through P—Reporting the results
1. ______在谈判中占据上风 ______制定可行策略
F K
2. ______确定谈判日程 ______启动谈判
E G
3. ______达成共识 ______实现沟通
I O
4. ______成见的作用 ______了解对手
J M
5. ______基本礼节 ______执行谈判结果
H C
Task 5 Directions: There is a business letter. After reading it, you should give brief answers to the 5 questions (No.56 to No. 60) that follow. The answers (in not more than 3 words) should be written after the corresponding numbers on the Answer Sheet. Dear Client, Office Angels Agency is advising businesses to plan as far ahead as possible to ensure guaranteed staff cover during holiday periods. There is now a serious shortage of skilled secretarial and administrative staff and this is expected to get worse over the next twelve months. Businesses which require staff with experience of specialist computer applications are the most at risk. You are advised to contact our agency well before the staffs are actually needed to be certain of filling gaps with adequately trained personnel. If you don't, it's almost certain that you will be left without the skills needed to keep your office running smoothly. The reason for the shortage of secretarial staff appears to be a combination of two factors. There has been an increase in the demand for secretarial services over the last few years, and at the same time there has been a lack of students deciding to choose secretarial studies. Office Angels Agency would like to emphasize that businesses should not underestimate the difficulty of getting experienced temporary staff. It is also necessary to make the point that businesses should be prepared for the fact that they may have to pay more for this kind of service in the future.
1. What kind of serious shortage is expected to get worse over the next twelve months? Shortage of skilled secretarial and ______.
administrative staff
2. What businesses are the most at risk? Businesses which require staff with experience of ______ are the most at risk.
specialist computer applications
3. What will happen if businesses don't plan far ahead? They will ______ without the skills needed.
be left
4. What is the second reason for the shortage of secretarial staff? A(n) ______ deciding on secretarial studies.
lack of students
5. According to Office Angels Agency, what fact should businesses be prepared for? They may have to ______ in the future.
pay more
Part Ⅳ Translation Directions: This part, numbered 61 through 65, is to test your ability to translate English into Chinese. After each of the sentences numbered 61 to 64, you will read four choices of suggested translation. You should choose the best translation and mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet. And for the paragraph numbered 65, write your translation in the corresponding space on the Translation/Composition Sheet.
1. Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste.
A.不断变换的时尚潮流只不过是在刻意地制造浪费。
B.变化的时尚潮流不仅仅是在有意创造浪费。
C.变化的时尚潮流更多地是在国际上鼓励浪费。
D.不断变换的时尚潮流更多地是在有意制造浪费。
A B C D
A
[解析] 译好本句需重点处理好两处难点。第一,谓语部分的短语“be nothing more than”是英语中的固定搭配,意为“仅仅,只不过”,该短语的意思不同于“be more than”,意为“不只,不仅仅”;第二是对介词宾语“the intentional creation of waste”的理解。其中的creation在此处不是“创造”的意思,因此介词“than”后的宾语可译为“刻意地制造浪费”。此外,“fashion”此处意为“时尚潮流”。另外还须注意intentional和international两个单词的词形差异。结合上述分析,对比四个选项可以发现. 选项A为最佳答案。选项D断章取义,只孤立地将“more”翻译出来,没有考虑到“be nothing more than”这一整体结构。选项B错译“creation”为“创造”,并将“be nothing more than”误译为“be more than”,因而不及D项。C项重复了D项的错误和B项中对“changing”的误译,同时还将“intentional”看成“international”,曲解为“在国际上鼓励浪费”,属四个选项中取不可取的。
2. Perhaps the best way to deal with anxious moods is to talk them out; sometimes, though, there is no one to listen.
A.要消除焦虑情绪,最好的办法就是倾诉了,虽然有时没有人听得到。
B.应对焦虑情绪的最好办法可能就是倾诉了,虽然有时未必会有倾听者。
C.要应对焦虑情绪,最好的办法可能就是倾诉了,虽然有时没有人听得到。
D.带着焦虑情绪与他人交易时最好的办法就是多说话,虽然有时对方听不到。
A B C D
B
[解析] 本句由两个并列分句构成。前一个分句中有两个动词不定式,其中“to deal with anxious moods”充当的是“the best way”的定语,因此整个短语可理解为“应对焦虑情绪的最好办法”;另一个动词不定式“to talk them out”充当表语,意为“讲出来,倾诉”。在后一个分句中需正确理解“…no one to listen”这一结构的含义,此处动词不定式也是充当定语,意为“没有听的人”。结合上述分析可以看出,四个选项中选项B为最佳答案。选项C的问题在于错将“no one to listen”(没有听的人)译为“没有人听得到”。选项A除包括选项C错误外,还将短语“deal with”(处理,应对)误译为“消除”,故不及C项。D项除了以上错误,还将“deal with”这一短语分割开来,导致与原句句法结构发生重大偏离,问题最多。
3. The leader says he hasn't given much thought to the demonstrations planned against him during his state visit to Britain next week.
A.这位领导人说他并未过多考虑下周对英国国事访问期间针对他策划的示威游行。
B.这位领导人对下周访英期间为他周密筹划的示范活动评价不高。
C.这位领导人就要对英国进行国事访问,对于下周为他策划的示威游行他说并未过多考虑。
D.这位领导人说他并未想到下周英国国事访问期间会为他安排示范活动。
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题中包含一个较长的宾语从句,用来说明“The leader savs…”(该领导人说……)的具体内容,从句中的谓语动词“give much thought”意为“充分考虑”,介词“to”后的宾语表示考虑的对象,即“the demonstrations”(示威游行),而“…planned against him… next week”这一部分作为定语修饰“the demonstrations”。由于该定语较长,翻译时要注意译语的流畅。基于以上分析可见,选项A的翻译最贴近原文。选项C的问题在于错将“…his state visit to Britain…”的时间状语“next week”译为“demonstrations”的时间状语;另外还误译against一词,故不及选项A。选项D错将“…give much thought to…”译为“想到……”;且脱离上下文,将“demonstrations”译为“示范活动”。选项B的问题首先在于没有体现出原句中的主、谓、宾关系,漏译谓语动词“says”,同时该选项还错将“give much thought”等同于“speak highly of…”(评价很高)此外还重复了选项D对“demonstrations”的错译,并且增译了“周密”一词,为四个选项中问题最多的。
4. The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been insignificant.
A.冰箱在促进人类幸福的同时,也对环保有较明显的影响。
B.冰箱对环保的影响显而易见,对人类幸福的贡献却少之又少。
C.冰箱对环境的影响显而易见,对人类幸福的贡献却微不足道。
D.冰箱对环境的影响显而易见,对人类幸福也有重大贡献。
A B C D
C
[解析] 翻译本句的重点在于识别出句子前后部分通过“while”体现出的对比关系。被对比的两个对象分别为“the fridge's effect upon the environment”(冰箱对环境的影响)和“its contribution to human happiness”(冰箱对人类幸福的贡献)。这二者之间的对比是通过两个形容词的对比体现出来的,这两个形容词分别是“evident”(明显的,显而易见的)和“significant”的反义词“insignificant”(微不足道的)。结合上述分析可以看出,四个选项中选项C最贴近原意。选项B将“environment”(环境)误译为“环保”,因而不妥。选项D保持了原句的基本结构,但是将两个从句之间的对比关系误译为并列关系,同时将“insignificant”(微不足道的)误译为“significant”(意义重大的),故不及B项。选项A误将“while”理解为“与……同时”之义,对后半句的翻译完全偏离原来的结构,没有译出insignificant,且将“environment”(环境)误译为“环保”,问题最多。
5. China is the world's largest cigarette producer and Chinese are the world's most enthusiastic smokers, which has become a focus of international health concern. Chinese cigarettes are also among the cheapest in the world: a packet can cost as little as 8 U.S. cents. Smoking kills 1.2 million people a year in China, according to the World Health Organization.
[解析] 本文说明了香烟在中国的生产和消费情况,意在说明吸烟在中国引起的健康问题的严重性。翻译本文有两处难点。第一处在第一句中由which引导的非限制性定语从句,其中的which指代句子前半部分的内容,可译为“这”。“make sth. a focus of…”意为“使……成为……的焦点”。此处可意译为“引起……的关注”。另一处在最后一句“Smoking kills 1.2 million people…”的翻译。此句不可直译为“在中国吸烟每年杀死120万人”,其实其真正表达的含义是“每年中国有120万人因吸烟而死亡”。另外还需注意短语“according to…”的含义,该短语意为“根据,据……所述”。
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions: This part is to test your ability to do practical writing. You are required to write a Wanted Ad according to the following information given in Chinese. Remember to do the task on the Translation/Composition Sheet.
Dear Mr. Biggs, I am very glad to receive your invitation to take part in the annual business management seminar. I am going to give a talk on the intercultural business management in the globalization. And I would like to know how long the talk should be, so that I can make good preparations for it. Concerning accommodation. I would be very grateful if you have some arrangements. Thank you for your invitation. I look forward to seeing you again.