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大学六级模拟84

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Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) , and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a sin gle line through the center.

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A.7:30
B.7:45
C.7:00
D.8:00

A B C D

[解析]
Woman: What time does your bus leave for the office in the morning?
Man: Ifs an irregular schedule. On Mondays it leaves at 7:30 a. m; On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, it leaves fifteen minutes later; and on Thursdays and Fridays it leaves thirty minutes later.
Question: What time does his bus leave on Fridays?

时间题。由男士最后一句话可以推出。

A.Away for the summer.
B.Skiing
C.To the beach for the day.
D.Picnicking in the woods.

A B C D

[解析]
Woman: Did you pack the car?
Man: Yes, I put in our bathing suits, some towels, the suntan lotion, and our two library books.
Question: Where are they going?

计划与行动题。由“bathing suits”、“towels”、“suntan”、“lotion”，可知他们要去沙滩。

A.Daughter and father.
B.Client and lawyer.
C.Patient and doctor.
D.Athlete and coach.

A B C D

[解析]
Woman: I got such a bad start in the last race, it was hard to catch up. I tired myself out trying too hard. All I could see was the backs of other's heads.
Man: Well work on your start. The most important thing is concentration.
Question: What is the probable relationship between these two people?

身份题。女士说她在上次跑步比赛中起跑糟糕，男士接着说最重要的是要集中注意力。

A.Mow the lawn.
B.Wash the car.
C.Exercise in the sun.
D.None of these.

A B C D

[解析]
Woman: It's hot today. I was going to wash the car and mow the lawn, but now I'm not sure I should?
Man: I agree. You should relax in heat like this. Too much exertion could cause you to be faint.
Question: What will she probably do?

计划与行动题。关键听懂女士but后的内容即可排除A，B，C为男士建议，女士有没有采纳，原文没有反映。

A.She thinks Mary is a thief.
B.She thinks Mary is stupid.
C.She thinks Mary is honest, but capable of making a mistake.
D.She is suspicious of Mary.

A B C D

[解析]
Man: Do you think Mary took your earrings?
Woman: Yes, but I think it was a mistake. She'd never have taken them on purpose. She is just absent-mind ed.
Question: What does the woman think of Mary?

事件与情景题。要从女士的话中稍微推理才能得出。

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A.Strangers.
B.She is interviewing for a job.
C.Old friends who haven't seen each other for a while.
D.She has been flying for two years.

A B C D

[解析]
Man: What've you been doing these past two years?
Woman: Has it really been that long? How time flies!
Question: What is the probable relationship between the two people?

身份题。由男士和女士的话综合推出正确答案为C。

A.In an elevator.
B.At the dentist's.
C.In a laundromat.
D.At a discotheque.

A B C D

[解析]
Man: Do you come to this place often?
Woman: I used to, but recently rye been working a lot of overtime, so I don’t have much time to enjoy myself.
Question: Where is this conversation taking place?

地点题。由女士的话“So I don't have much time to enjoy myself”排除A、B、C，虽然D项单词超纲，但不影响选择，考生对该种题型要多注意。

A.He was five feet tall.
B.He had only one foot.
C.He didn't do his school work very welt.
D.He was in poor health.

A B C D

[解析]
Woman: Albert seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.
Man: He is. He's grown a foot since you saw him in Detroit. He's about 6 feet tall now.
Question: What do you learn about Albert when he was in Detroit?

数字题。由两人对话可简单计算得出答案。

A.The sun.
B.Right and wrong.
C.Their children.
D.The weather.

A B C D

[解析]
Man: The paper says it will be cloudy and rainy today. What do you think?
Woman: I don’t believe it. Look, the sun is out. There's not a cloud in the sky. They are always wrong.
Question: What are they talking about?

事件与情景题。由关键词“cloudy”可推出答案。

10.

A.He is making a withdrawal from a bank.
B.He is robbing the woman.
C.He is about to administer a needle to a patient.
D.He is admitting her to a hospital.

A B C D

[解析]
Man: Don't make a sound and you won't get hurt. Now hand over your pocket book. Make it fast!
Woman: Here, take what you want. I won’t scream. Just don't hurt me.
Question: What, s going on?

事件与情景题。由男士和女士的对话即可判断出发生了抢劫。

Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the pas sage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 17 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 18 to 20 you are required to fill in the missing information. You can use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a 1 single-engined airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into 2 weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed and she didn't know how 3 she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty 4 an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into 5 .
Just before daylight, there was further trouble. Amelia 6 flames coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach 7 ? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope. In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. 8 , she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. 9 .
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, 10 . Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation and that air travel was useful.

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[解析] 11-20
The year was 1932. Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a (11)small single --engined airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into(12)bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed and she didn't know how(13)high she was flying. At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty (14) without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into (15) the sea.
Just before daylight, there was further trouble. Amelia(16)noticed flames coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach (17)land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope. In the end, Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown , she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. (18)When she returned to the United States. she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. (19)From that time on , Amelia Earhart was famous.
What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the First woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean a lone, (20)and she had set a record for flying time. Amelia Earhart made these flights to show that women had a place in aviation and that air travel was useful.

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When she returned to the United States.

From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.

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and she had set a record for flying time.

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or un finished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One
Drunken driving--sometimes called America's socially accepted form of murder--has become national epidemics. Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade.
A drunken driver is usually defined as one with a 0. 10 blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wine or shots of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American macho image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken slaughter had recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, that public opinion is no longer so tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend in the 1960s to re duce it to 18. After New Jersey lowered it to 18,the number of people killed by 18～20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.
Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programmes to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.
Tough new laws have led to increased arrests and tests and in many areas already, to a marked decline in fatalities. Some states are also penalizing bars for serving customers too many drinks. A tavern in Massachusetts was fined for serving six more double brandies to a Customer who was "obviously intoxicated" and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.
As the fatalities continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition of alcohol there at began in 1919,which President Hoover called the "noble experiment". They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime. As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.

1. Drunken driving has become a major problem in America because ______.

A.Most Americans are now less shocked by road accidents
B.Americans are now less shocked by road accidents
C.Accidents attract so much publicity
D.Drinking is a Socially accepted habit in America

A B C D

推理题。由文章第二段第2行“Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American”，可看出酒后驾车成为一个重要问题的原因在于在美国喝酒是社会普遍接受的习惯。

2. Why has public opinion regarding drunken driving changed?

A.Detailed statistics are now available.
B.The news media have highlighted the problem.
C.Judges are giving more severe sentences.
D.Drivers are more conscious of their image.

A B C D

推理题。由文章第二段最后一句话可以看出，公众观点的改变并非统计、法官和司机自身的作用，而是新闻媒体放大了这个问题。

3. Statistics issued in New Jersey suggested that ______.

A.Many drivers were not of legal age
B.Young drivers were often bad drivers
C.The level of drinking increased in the 1960s
D.The legal drinking age should be raised

A B C D

细节题。New Jersey由法定的18岁上升到21岁可以看出合法的喝酒年龄应该上升。

4. Laws recently introduced in some states have ______.

A.Reduced the number of convictions
B.Resulted in fewer serious accidents
C.Prevented bars from serving drunken customers
D.Specified the amount drivers can drink

A B C D

细节题。由第五段第1行可以看出新的法律已经使较少的事故发生。

5. Why is the problem of drinking and driving difficult to solve?

A.An alcohol is easily obtained.
B.Drinking is linked to organized crime
C.Legal prohibition has already failed
D.Legislation alone is not sufficient

A B C D

推断题。由文章最后一段中“legal prohibition didn't stop drinking，but encouraged political corruption and organized crime”，可看出酒后开车难以解决的关键在于立法本身是不充足的。

Passage Two
Scientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the world's average air temperature. In order to prove that theory, ecologists have turned to historical data in relation to especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes effect weather changes that are similar to air pollution.
One source of information is the effect of the eruption of Tambora, a volcano in Sumbawa, the Dutch East Indies (the former name of the Republic of Indonesia), in April 1815. The largest recorded volcanic eruption, Tambora threw 150 million tons of fine ash into the stratosphere. The ash from a volcano spreads worldwide in a few days and remains in the air for years. Its effect is to turn incoming solar radiation into space and thus cool the earth. For example, records of weather in England show that between April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen 4.5°F. During the next twenty-four months, England suffered one of the coldest periods of its history. Farmers' records from April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases in crop and livestock markets. Since there was a time lag of several years between cause and effect, by the time the world agricultural commodity community had deteriorated, no one realized the cause.
Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. The ever-present possibility of volcanic eruptions, such as that of Mr. St. Helens in Washington, added to man's pollution of the atmosphere with oil, gas, coal, and other polluting substances, may bring us increasingly colder weather.

1. According to the passage, the effects of Tambora's eruption were ______.

A.of several days' duration worldwide.
B.felt mainly in the Dutch East Indies.
C.evident in the decreased world temperature.
D.immediately evident to the world's scientists.

A B C D

细节题。本题询问Tambora火山爆发的后果。A是说后果在全世界范围内持续了几天，B是说后果主要影响了印度尼西亚共和国，D是说对科学家来说，其后果马上得以体现；C是说后果明显使全球气温有所下降。与原文第二段相比，只有C正确。

2. Which of the following was the cause of cold weather in England from 1815 to 1818?

A.England's proximity to the North Sea.
B.Volcanic ash in the atmosphere.
C.Floodings in the area.
D.Pollution caused by the International Revolution.

A B C D

细节题。本题询问1815至1818英格兰气候寒冷的原因。英格兰的寒冷气候在文中是个例子，承接前文的“Its effect is to turn incoming solar radiation into space and thus cool the earth”。这句话中的“Its”指代的就是“The ash from a volcano spreads worldwide in a few days and remains in the air for years”。

3. No one realized the cause of the deterioration of the world agricultural commodity market because ______.

A.there was a long interval between cause and effect.
B.the weather was difficult for us to forecast.
C.weather forecasts were inaccurate.
D.ecologists didn't exist until modern times.

A B C D

细节题。对应的语句为“Since there was a time lag of several years between cause and effect，by the time the world agricultural commodity community had deteriorated，no one realized the cause”。其中“a time lag of several years”就相当于A项中的“a long interval”，意思是：“一段长时间的间隔”。

4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the cause of dropping temperatures?

A.Volcanic eruptions.
B.Mountain torrents.
C.Crop and livestock production.
D.The floods after the storm.

A B C D

推断题。本文询问哪一项不是气温下降的原因。首先可将A排除。C项的庄稼收成和家畜养殖应是气温下降会危害到的方面，并不是气温下降的原因．B项的山洪和D项的雨涝灾害在文中虽未提及，但读者应具备这样的常识，即这样的自然灾害也可能会造成气温的下降。

5. According to the passage, which of the following is the right answer of the cause of dropping temperatures?

A.Man's pollution of the atmosphere
B.Volcanic eruptions
C.Air pollution
D.All of the above

A B C D

细节题。A项答案在最后一段，B项是本文主题所在，C项答案在第一段。

Passage Three
Since World War Ⅱ, there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence , "go steady "through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying locks and ducking of middle-aged tongues over the ways of "wayward youth.' However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays, it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty-five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten.
Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. And it can almost be put down as a dictum that any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems: more often, it merely accentuates them. ,Further more, it is doubtful whether the home as an institution is capable of all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say in theological terms that they are forsaking one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that "success. " is the ultimate good, but they erroneously believe that they themselves have found the true center of life’s meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often bound to follow.
Shall we, then, join the chorus of “Miser" over early marriages? One cannot generalize, all early marriages are not bad any more than all-later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by chronology, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasible, why not?

1. According to this article the trend toward early marriages ______.

A.is the result of the Great Depression of the 30's
B.cannot be easily determined
C.is one that can be clearly seen
D.is an outgrowth of the moral looseness brought about by world war Ⅱ

A B C D

早婚趋向，看得很清楚。文章第一句话“从二次世界大战以来，特别是在与日俱增的大学生中，有一种非常清晰可辨的早婚趋向”。

2. The author suggests that many of today’s early marriages are a result of ______.

A.escapism
B.theological dictum
C.lack of formal education
D.convenience

A B C D

细节题。逃避现实。见第二段开始“许多学生把结婚看作逃避，不仅逃避不满意的家庭生活，也是逃避个人孤独和寂寞所带来的种种个人问题”。其他三项文中没有提到。

3. The author states that the home as an institution is ______.

A.a false god
B.unworthy of worship
C.probably not capable of being what many young people expect it to be
D.incapable of being the basic unit of society

A B C D

细节题。也许不能成为许多年轻人所期待的那种情况。其他三项文中没有提到。

4. Many young people who marry early believe that ______.

A.Their parents have found the true meaning of life
B.they have found the center of life's meaning
C."success" is the ultimate good
D.to succeed is not at all important

A B C D

细节题，他们找到了生活意义的真谛。第二段倒数第三句：“年青人正确地懂得，他们的父母相信“成功”是根本的幸福的看法是错误的，但他们错误地认为他们自己找到了生活的真谛。”A、D答案文中没有提到。C项是父母的观点。

5. Youthful expectations of marriage can be described as ______.

A.utopian
B.realistic
C.materialistic
D.tragic

A B C D

推断题。乌托邦式的。其他三项文中没有提到。

Passage Four
Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe had ever heard about tea. People in Britain were much slower in finding out what tea was like, mainly because tea was very expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to have it sent from Holland did so only because it was a fashionable curiosity. Some of them were not sure how to use it, they thought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with butter and salt. They soon discovered their mistake but many people used to spread the used tea leaves on bread and give them to their children as sandwiches.
Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Company began to bring it direct from China early in the seventeenth century. During the next few years so much tea came into the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.
At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Until then tea had been drunk without milk in it, but one day a famous French lady named Madame de Sevigne decided to see what tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again drink it without milk, because she was such a great lady her friends thought they must copy everything she did, they also drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and today only very few Britons drink tea without milk.
At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of drinking tea in the afternoon until a duchess found that a cup of tea and a piece of cake at three or four o' clock stopped her getting "a sinking feeling "as she called it. She invited her friends to have this new meal with her and so, teatime was born.

1. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?

A.The Britons got expensive tea from India.
B.Tea reached Britain from Holland
C.The Britons were the first people in Europe who drank tea
D.It was not until the 17th century that the Britons had tea

A B C D

推断题。由文章第三句话可以看出英国的茶叶是从荷兰引进的。

2. This passage mainly discusses ______.

A.The history of tea drinking in Britain
B.How tea became a popular drink in Britain
C.How the Britons got the habit of drinking tea
D.How tea-time was born

A B C D

主旨题。文章主要讨论了英国的饮茶历史，从茶叶的引入到茶叶的流行。

3. Tea became a popular drink in Britain ______.

A.in the eighteenth century
B.in the sixteenth century
C.in the seventeenth century
D.in the late seventeenth century

A B C D

推理题。第二段中谈论的时期是17世纪，由第三段的“At the same time”可以看出茶叶在英国的流行是在17世纪。

4. In Europe people began to drink tea with milk because ______.

A.It tasted like milk
B.It tasted more pleasant
C.It became a popular drink
D.Madame de Sevigne was such a lady with great social influence that people tried to copy the way she drank tea

A B C D

推理题。茶加奶的做法是由于人们模仿Madame de Sevigne的结果。她有很强的社会影响力，以至于人们去模仿她。

5. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostly due to the influence of ______.

A.a famous French lady
B.the ancient Chinese
C.the upper social class
D.people in Holland

A B C D

推理题，英国人的饮茶习惯主要是在上层社会的影响下。因为最初茶叶是昂贵的，只有上层社会的人才能享用。

Part Ⅲ Vocabulary
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A) ,B) ,C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best Completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1. Accuracy is ______ to the programming of computers.

A.primary
B.elementary
C.fundamental
D.characteristic

A B C D

固定搭配题。原句为“be…to…”结构，根据题意，该结构意思应为，对……十分重要，只有fundamental有这种用法。

2. In the theater the actors are very ______ to the reaction of the audience.

A.emotional
B.positive
C.sensitive
D.sensible

A B C D

形近词辨析。本题最强干扰项为D。sensitive和sensible词形相近，但其词义及用法大不相同，sensible可觉察的，明显的，与of连用，be sensible of...，而sensitive敏感的，常与to连用，be sensitive to...故选 C。

3. ______ he is a well learned surgeon but he cannot even perform a minor operation.

A.Clearly
B.Actually
C.Technically
D.Apparently

A B C D

近义词辨析。本题最强干扰项为A。clearly和apparently都有“显然”之意，但apparently强调“表面上的，外观上的”故选D。

4. The children performed a very ______ dance for their parents.

A.gracious
B.graceful
C.smart
D.precise

A B C D

形近词辨析。本题最强干扰项为A，这是词形相近所致。gracious宽厚的，仁慈的，graceful优美的，雅、致的，故选B。

5. It's now possible to record the existence of many stars which are ______ invisible.

A.hardly
B.heavily
C.permanently
D.thereby

A B C D

难词辨析。原句意为，现在已有可能记录下很多永远看不见的星星的存在。而在本题四个选择项中，只有Permanently意为永远的，故选C。

6. My grandfather was already over seventy, buy he was still ______ and lively.

A.effective
B.organic
C.singular
D.vigorous

A B C D

难词辨析。原句意为，我祖父已经七十多岁了，但他仍然精力充沛。vigorous精力充沛的，lively充满生气的。本句用了以and连接两个近义词这样的结构，故选D。

7. Chad is not ______ for the job; he has other work.

A.preferable
B.considerable
C.available
D.applicable

A B C D

形近词辨析。原句意为，Chad还不能做这一工作，他有其他工作要做。本题四个选择项中只有available有这种用法。

8. Alex Haley was ______ unheard of until he wrote the novel Roots.

A.truly
B.roughly
C.genuinely
D.practically

A B C D

单词辨义题。原句意为，在Alex Haley写小说之前，人们实际上根本没听说过他。而practically意为实际上，事实上，故选D。

9. A hot iron can scorch and discolor ______ fabrics quickly.

A.soft
B.delicate
C.frail
D.decent

A B C D

近义词辨析。本题最强干扰项为C。frail和delicate都有“脆弱的”之意，但delicate还作“细软的”讲，如：as delicate as silk绸缎般地柔软。而本题中所填之词修饰fabrics(织物)，故只能用delicate。

10. Nowadays a large number of people but ______ Christmas trees instead of real ones.

A.false
B.fake
C.sham
D.artificial

A B C D

单词辨义题。根据题意要选real的反义词，而且该词的修饰成分是Christmas tree，故不存在“真”与“假”，只有“真的”和“人造的”故应选D。artificial人造的。

11. Though he is only seven years old, he has a ______ imagination.

A.faithful
B.fertile
C.frank
D.furious

A B C D

单词辨义题。原句意为“…，他有丰富的想象力”。而fertile(创造力或想象力)丰富的，a fertile imagination丰富的想象力。故选B。

12. The industrial community should be close enough to the crowded centers but distant enough to reduce ______ hazards.

A.feasible
B.positive
C.potential
D.substantial

A B C D

难词辨析。根据题意所选之词应修饰hazards(危险)，而且其意应为“潜在的或可能发生的”危险．potential潜在的，有可能性的，potential hazards潜在的危险。故选C。

13. It is ______ of you to turn down the radio while your sister is still in bed.

A.considerable
B.considerate
C.concerned
D.careful

A B C D

形近义近词辨析。本题最强干扰项是A。但considerable和considerate在词义和用法上都有不同。 considerable值得考虑的，值得重视的，considerate考虑周到的，替(人)着想的，常与of连用，故选B。

14. That matter is so ______ that it must not be discussed outside his office.

A.confidential
B.confident
C.private
D.mysterious

A B C D

形近义近词辨析。confidential机密的，秘密的。本题意为，那件事很秘密不能到这间办公室外去讨论。 private虽也有“秘密的”之意，但它强调的是个人的“秘密”，原句中讲对比“秘密”要进行讨论，可见它不可能是个人秘密，故选A。

15. Psychologists have found that ______ disciplinary measures do not always make a child better behaved.

A.stiff
B.rough
C.stern
D.stout

A B C D

近义词辨析。原句意为“心理学家发现严格的纪律措施不会…”stern严厉的，严格的，stern discipline严格的纪律，故选C。

16. The doctors came to the conclusion that the patient's blindness was ______.

A.contemporary
B.temperate
C.consistent
D.temporary

A B C D

易混词辨析。这四个选择项的词义很容易混淆，但实际上并不相同，contemporary当代的，同时代的， temperate不过分的，适度的，consistent坚固的，连贯的，temporary暂时的，临时的。原句意为，医生的诊断结果是，病人的失明是暂时的。D是最恰当的选择。

17. The old lady was ______ to the young man who helped her find her lost grandson.

A.touched
B.grateful
C.cheerful
D.generous

A B C D

语意理解题。根据题意那个年轻人帮助了老妇人的孙子，故那个老妇人对年轻人很感激。而be grateful to sb感谢某人，所以选B。

18. The indecisive man was ______ persuaded into changing his mind.

A.hardly
B.voluntarily
C.unwillingly
D.readily

A B C D

语意理解题。根据题意，那个犹豫不决的人很容易听人的劝告而改变主意。readily(很快的，容易地)，是最恰当的选择。

19. It is really ______ to get angry about such an insignificant matter.

A.tragic
B.ridiculous
C.comic
D.impardonable

A B C D

近义词辨析。本题最强干扰项是C。comic和ridiculous都有“滑稽的”“可笑的”之意，但comic是指滑稽而引入发笑的，ridiculous是指荒谬，可笑的。那么因为一件不重要的事而发怒是件荒谬可笑的事，故选B。

20. Professor Wheelock is always very ______ to the reaction of the audience when he gives lectures.

A.sentimental
B.sensible
C.sensitive
D.positive

A B C D

形近义近词辨析。本题最强干扰项为B。根据题意所选之词应为“对…敏感”之意，sensible和sensitive词形相近，但sensible感觉得到的，而be sensitive to对…敏感的。故选C。

21. As soon as the conference was over, all the participants went their ______ ways.

A.relative
B.homely
C.perspective
D.respective

A B C D

语意理解题。本题意为，会议一结束，所有与会者就各自散去了。而respective各自的，各个的，恰好符合题意的，故选D。

22. Success in diving requires not only skill and balance but also ______ alterness and concentration.

A.mental
B.manual
C.nervous
D.masculine

A B C D

单词辨义题。根据题意mental和nervous都是“精神的”，这与跳水无关，而masculine男子的，男子气的，也不合题意的，只有manual体力的，最恰当。

23. Mr. Bussell is a good teacher, but he often gives ______ lectures.

A.excellent
B.sound
C.extensive
D.tedious

A B C D

语意理解题。本题前半句是讲；Mr. Russel是个好老师…，后半句用了转折词“but”，故后面所讲的内容应与前面“好老师”相矛盾。故选tedious冗长乏味的，使人厌烦的。

24. Since everyone would like to find an apartment near the University, there are very few ______ apartments in the area.

A.free
B.vacant
C.empty
D.reserved

A B C D

近义词辨析。本题选择项中vacant和empty都有“空的”之意，vacant(心灵)空虚的，无表情的，(指房间时)a vacant room空房间，只是说明屋里没人，而empty则是指，没人居住的，无家具设备的，本题中所讲是供人们租用的房子。故应“无人居住”，选C。

25. Believing herself alone in the house she was ______ when she heard someone moving about in the living room.

A.startled
B.afraid
C.annoyed
D.distressed

A B C D

近义词辨析。本题最强干扰项是B。A、B两项都有“吃惊”、“害怕”之意，但startled使大吃一惊，afraid虽有“害怕的”之意，但常作be afraid of...，故B不合题意。

26. In his speech the Minister of Industry said that industrial exports went up for five ______ years.

A.successful
B.successive
C.continual
D.continuous

A B C D

易混词辨析。本题除A项处，其他三项都易混淆，continual不断的，连续的，频繁的，continuous继续的，连续的，持续的，successive连续的，相继的，逐次的。以上三项都有“连续的”之意，但原句是“…工业出口在过去五年中持续上升”，故B。

27. The automan checked the car engine ______ but could find nothing wrong With it.

A.entirely
B.throughout
C.thoroughly
D.wholely

A B C D

近义词辨析。原句为“……彻底检查了汽车发动机…”entirely和thoroughly都有“彻底地”之意，但entirely更强调的是“全部地”，故选C。

28. The ______ estimate of gains in gross national product suggested a fast recovery from economic recession.

A.introductory
B.possible
C.primary
D.preliminary

A B C D

语意理解题。根据题意所选之词意为预言(性)的，初步的，故选D。

29. After a long walk on a hot day, one feels ______.

A.exhaustive
B.possible
C.exhaust
D.exhausted

A B C D

习惯用法题。本题中feel为系动词，用被动语态be exhausted或feel exhausted，意为使精疲力尽。

30. Tom's left hand was seriously injured, and he would be ______ for work for several weeks at least.

A.unhealthy
B.fierce
C.unfit
D.qualified

A B C D

固定搭配题。根据全句意思Tom左手受伤了，故他不宜工作，而unfit不相宜的，be unfit for work不宜工作，故选C。

Part Ⅳ Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should chose the one that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with the single line through the center.
Bird, animal with feathers and wings. Birds are the only animals with 1 , although some other animals, such as insects and bats, also have wings. Nearly all birds can fly, and even flightless birds, such as ostriches, and penguins, 2 from flying ancestors.
Birds are members of a group of animals called vertebrates, which possess a spinal column or 3 .
Other vertebrates are fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals. Many characteristics and 4 of birds are distinct from all other animals, but there are some similarities. Like mammals, birds have four-chambered hearts and are warm-blooded--having a relatively constant body 5 that enables them to live in a wide variety of environments. Like reptiles, birds develop from embryos in eggs 6 of the mother's body.
Birds are found worldwide in many habitats. They can fly over some of the highest mountains on earth as well as both of the earth's poles, dive through water to 7 of more than 250 m (850 ft), and occupy habitats with the most extreme 8 on the planet, including arctic tundra and the Sahara Desert. Certain kinds of seabirds are commonly seen over the open ocean thousands of kilometers from the nearest 9 , but all birds must come 10 to raise their young.
As 11 developed animals, birds are sensitive and responsive, colorful and graceful, with habits that excite interest and inquiry. People have long been fascinated 12 birds, in part be cause birds are found in great abundance and variety in the same habitats 13 which humans thrive. And like people, most species of birds are active during 14 hours. Humans find inspiration in birds' capacity for flight and in their musical calls. Humans also find birds 15 -- their flesh and eggs for food, their feathers for warmth, and their companionship. Perhaps a key basis for our rapport with birds is the similarity of our sensory worlds: 16 birds and humans rely more heavily 17 hearing and color vision than on smell. Birds are useful indicators of the quality of the environment, because the health of bird populations 18 the health of our environment. The 19 decline in bird populations and the accelerating extinction rates of birds in the world's forests, grasslands, wetlands, and islands 20 therefore reasons for great concern.

A.tails
B.claw
C.heads
D.feathers

A B C D

[解析] A.tails意为“尾巴”，许多爬行动物都有尾巴；B. claw意为“爪子”，许多爬行动物都有爪子；C heads意为“头”，任何行动物都必须有头，D. feathers意为“羽毛”，只有鸟有羽毛。

A.evolved
B.result
C.apart
D.were different

A B C D

[解析] 这四个词都可与from搭配，B. result from意为“由……产生”；C. apart from意为“除了……”； D. were different from意为“与……不同”；A. evolved from意为“从……进化而来”；

A.two wing
B.a nest
C.backbone
D.a nose

A B C D

[解析] A. two wings意为“双翼”；B. a nest意为“巢”；C. backbone意为“脊椎骨”；D. a nose意为“鼻子”。

A.behaviors
B.customs
C.methods
D.ways

A B C D

[解析] B. customs意为“风俗习惯”;C．methods意为“方法”；D. ways意为“方法”；A. behaviors意为“行为”;

A.weight
B.temperature
C.size
D.height

A B C D

[解析] A. weight意为“体重”；C．size意为“身体的大小”；D. height意为“身体的高度”；B. temperature意为“温度。”

A.inside
B.under
C.at
D.outside

A B C D

[解析] 根据我们已有的知识，我们知道鸟是在母体外从蛋的胎盘发育而来的，因而D是正确答案。

A.deep
B.deepen
C.deepening
D.depth

A B C D

[解析] A. deep形容词；B. deepen动词；C. deepening动名词；D. depth名词“深度”，这儿需要抽象名词“深度”。

A.climate
B.whether
C.weather
D.climb

A B C D

[解析] B.whether意为“是否”；C. weather意为“天气”；D. climb意为“攀登”；A. climate意为“气候”。

A.ground
B.field
C.earth
D.land

A B C D

[解析] A.ground对sky；B．field指耕作的农田；C．earth对other planets；D．land对sea，所以这儿选择 D.land。

10.

A.coast
B.shore
C.ashore
D.seaside

A B C D

[解析] A. coast B. shore D. seaside都是名词，这儿需要副词与come搭配，所以C. ashore是副词，是正确答案。

11.

A.highly
B.high
C.higher
D.height

A B C D

[解析] 这儿需要副词来修饰过去分词，只有A. Highly是副词。

12.

A.at
B.on
C.by
D.with

A B C D

前面是一个被动语态，所以需要C. by来表示由。

13.

A.in
B.on
C.by
D.with

A B C D

这儿是一个介词加关系代词引导的定语从句。which代表habitats，in与habitats搭配。

14.

A.daylight
B.night
C.many
D.morning

A B C D

[解析] 根据我们的常识，我们知道鸟类在白天活动，所以选择A. daylight。

15.

A.too many
B.useful
C.beautiful
D.small

A B C D

[解析] A. too many B. useful C. beautiful D. small都可以做宾语补足语。只有B. useful符合题干要求。

16.

A.Some
B.A few
C.All
D.Both

A B C D

[解析] 这儿指birds and humans两者都．．．，所以要用D. Both。

17.

A.in
B.on
C.by
D.with

A B C D

rely需要与on搭配，所以B. on是正确答案。

18.

A.mirrors
B.has
C.wants
D.likes

A B C D

[解析] A. mirrors意为“反映”。

19.

A.slow
B.average
C.rapid
D.stable

A B C D

根据全句的意思判断，这儿需要rapid与accelerating搭配。所以C. rapid是正确答案。

20.

A.are
B.is
C.was
D.were

A B C D

这儿需要复数动词are。

Part Ⅴ Writing
Directions: For this part ,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition according to the following topic given in Chinese. Your part of writing should be no less than 120 words.

1. 春节联欢晚会是中央电视台每年必办的节目，近年来有人认为春节晚会应该取消，在除夕之夜播出其他的一些节目。你对此有什么看法？请说出你的理由来。

Since 1983, CCTV has been putting up a variety entertainment show on the Eve of the traditional Chinese New Year every year. Some television viewers have got tired of the show and suggest that it be stopped and that some other shows like movies or news may be as good. But I don't think the elimination of this show is a good idea.
This show was created at the time when Chinese people hadn’t got over the shadow of cultural deprivation in the Cultural Revolution. Through the years it has become one of the three indispensable traditions for Chinese people (the other two being letting off firecrackers and a carefully prepared meal). All the top singers, dancers, entertainers gather together to put up a show to entertain hundreds of millions of Chinese people, most of whom will not get as much fun from other TV programs.