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 single line through the center.
[解析] Man: I don't like the sound of that car engine. Woman: I'm certain it's nothing to worry about. I just had it serviced a few days ago. Question: What does the woman mean?
观点与态度题。可由女士的话推出她认为这辆车的发动机不会有问题。
2.
A.He doesn't have to do the project
B.The woman still has time to finish the project
C.He'll help the woman to finish the project
D.The semester will end in two weeks
A B C D
B
[解析] Woman: It's going to take over two weeks to get all the data I need for my research work. Man: Good thing ifs not due until the end of the term. Question: What does the man mean?
观点与态度题。
3.
A.He'll be able to clean the house in time
B.He doesn't have time to take the woman home
C.It should be easy for the guests to find the house
D.He needs time to relax before the guests arrive
A B C D
A
[解析] Woman: Look at the dirty house! Nothing gets ready, and the guests will be here soon! Man: Take it easy. I'll make sure the house is Spotless. Question: What does the man mean?
建议题。由男士的话“I'll make sure the house is spotless”可推出答案。
4.
A.She wants to go to Peter's party
B.She thought Peter went to class today
C.She wonders whether Peter will attend her party
D.She heard Peter went to a party instead of' to class
A B C D
C
[解析] Man: Peter wasn't in class today. Woman: I know. What I care about is if he's still coming to my party tonight. Question: What does the woman mean?
事件与情景题。关键是理解选项中“wonder”的意思。
5.
A.One student had higher honors than the rest of the class
B.Some engineering students had to postpone their graduation
C.Several students graduated with honors
D.One engineer graduated later than the others
A B C D
C
[解析] Man: Weren't you the only one in the School of Engineering to graduate with honors? Woman: Not exactly. There were a number of others. Question: What does the woman mean?
[解析] Man: They've just announced the flight has been delayed until four o'clock. Woman: Oh, no! How are we going to kill two hours? Question: What does the woman imply?
事件与情景题。关键是理解kill的意思是“消磨”的意思。
7.
A.He'd like to do it now
B.He'll have some time later
C.Any time but now is good for him
D.The woman should pick the time
A B C D
A
[解析] Woman: When would you like to go over that report? Man: Now's as good a time as any. Question: What does the man mean?
观点与态度题。关键是理解“as ... as”句型代表的含义。
8.
A.He's still vacationing
B.He likes his position at the paper
C.He just started a new job
D.He's unemployed
A B C D
D
[解析] Woman: Have you found a position yet? Man: I'm still checking the papers. Question: what does the man mean?
B.The woman should avoid reading about electronics
C.The article has technical errors
D.The woman should improve her writing
A B C D
A
[解析] Woman: This is the most fascinating article that I've ever read. Man: Oh, really? I would have thought that anything about electronics would be boring. Question: What does the man imply?
观点与态度题，关键是理解；Would have thought……是本以为的意思，由此可推出答案为A
10.
A.Go out with the man
B.Share her yogurt with the man
C.Eat what she brought with her
D.Eat a sandwich
A B C D
C
[解析] Man: I'm going out to pick up a sandwich. Can I get you something? Woman: Hmm. I've been eating too much lately. I’ll just have the yogurt I brought, but thanks for the offer. Question: What will the woman probably do?
计划与行动题，关键是理解“but thanks for the offer”表示女士谢绝了男士的建议。
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.To explain the high drop-out rate in the sport of competitive swimming
B.To enlist support from parents for scholarship contributions
C.To recruit swimmers from other sports
D.To raise funds for a swimming competition
A B C D
A
[解析] 11-13 Listen to a talk given by a college coach. Now that you've listened to me talk about all the rewarding aspects of competitive swimming, I'd like to talk to you about some of the sacrifices necessary to become a dedicated swimmer. Competitive swimming is one of the most demanding of all sports. Since all of you today are interested in joining the swim team, you might be wondering where your training here can lead. That's a good question and not a very easy one to answer. There's a high attrition rate among competitive swimmers. If we compare swimming to a sport like running, you will note that runners will often continue to train and compete in races after the age of thirty, but most swimmers will stop competing after graduate from college. There are probably two major reasons for this. The first is financial. Unlike runners, tennis, players, or golfers, swimmers can not make much money in the sports. Swimmers compete for the pleasure and the glory of winning, not for the monetary rewards. The athletic scholarships the colleges award to the top swimmers are probably the culminating financial rewards the swimmers receive for their swimming abilities. The second reason for the high attrition rate is a physical one. Most top competitive swimmers undergo grueling workouts four hours a day, eleven months out of the year. Swimmers pay a heavy price in developing the physical and mental discipline necessary for swimming excellence. For most swimmers this type of schedule is too demanding in terms of time and too draining in terms of physical energy. So, knowing all this, if' you are still enthusiastic about competitive swimming, I'd like to hand out this schedule of tryouts. 11. What is the purpose of this talk?
判断细节题。由全文可推出本文主要讲了游泳项目高退出率的两个原因。
2.
A.Golfing
B.Tennis
C.Football
D.Running
A B C D
D
[解析] The speaker compares competitive swimming with what sport in terms of the athlete's age?
明示细节题。由第二段第三句可得知答案。
3.
A.It is a lifelong sport
B.It may interfere with academic studies
C.It does not offer many financial rewards
D.It is less demanding than other sports
A B C D
C
[解析] What does the speaker say about competitive swimming?
隐含细节题。可由第三段第三句“swimmers can not make much money in the sports”推出答案。
Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 14-16 Listen to some introductory remarks taken from a history lecture. We usually think of history as the stow of important people or events. But some historians are also interest ed in the daily lives of ordinary people. We can get this kind of information from written documents like diaries, town records, etc. But strange as this may seem, we can also learn a lot from studying old family portraits. The number of children in a portrait, for example, indicates the size of the family. The types of clothing family members wore for the portrait suggest the popular fashions of the time. The objects children hold in their hands can give clue about the games they played, and their bobbies. The background of a family portrait gives historians an idea of room sizes and furnishings, and even the wealth and social position of the family. All of these details help historians understand more about the everyday lives of some of the ordinary people from the past. 14. What is the main topic of the lecture?
判断细节题，由全文可推出答案。
2.
A.Their playthings
B.Some money
C.Their relatives' hands
D.Their shoes
A B C D
A
[解析] According to the speaker, what was most likely held by children in family portraits?
隐含细节题，由第二段最后一句可推出答案。
3.
A.The location of the house
B.The social and economic status of the family
C.The types of games children played
D.The profession of the owner of the house
A B C D
B
[解析] According to the speaker, what can historians learn from studying the background area in a family portrait?
明示细节题。由第三段第一句可听出答案。
Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
B.The effect of water-based ink on standard printing procedures
C.The advisability of frequent changes in dry-cleaning
D.Experimental printing with oil-based inks
A B C D
B
[解析] 17-20 Listen to a talk. Its always a pleasure to show visitors the different parts of our newspaper operation. Please step this way. Here you see our printing presses, and you'll probably notice the smell of the printer's ink This is where the pa per is printed. Printing is a really messy process because of the black, oil - based ink we use. You've read news papers and come away with the black ink all over your hands, and then probably got, it on your clothes or on the woodwork at home, fight? That may change soon, with the use of a different type of ink. Several major daily newspapers are now trying out a new printing process called 'flexography'. This process produces smear--free pages that are remarkably clean and do not smudge. Flexography is often referred to as "flexo". "Flexo" presses use water- based inks that dry quickly, not like the standard oil- based inks that take much longer to dry. The new flexography inking process is also simpler and faster than the standard method. There's one major problem, though. The ink may dry too quickly, and thereby gum up the machines. It could obstruct the pres scs, so that they won't work right, or it might cause them to break down altogether. If the machines clog too easily, the process will have to be changed and retested. There's a possibility that our newspaper will convert to the flexography process sometime soon. In any ease, our readers have already expressed a definite preference for the new smudge less papers, and dean bands. 17. What is the main topic of the talk?
判断细节题，可由全文推出答案。
2.
A.The newspapers remain thin and flexible
B.The presses can print larger sheets of paper
C.The ink is fast-drying and clean
D.The ink can be changed and retested
A B C D
C
[解析] In what way is the "flexo" process considered better than standard printing?
隐含细节题，由第一段最后一句话可以推出答案。
3.
A.Presses may be clogged with ink
B.Papers get smudged with old ink
C.Reporters prefer the standard method
D.Machines may need to be oiled daily
A B C D
A
[解析] According to the speaker, what is a disadvantage of the "flexo" process?
隐含细节题。由第三段第四句话可知答案。
4.
A.Large print
B.Smooth pages
C.Pleasant smells
D.Clean hands
A B C D
D
[解析] According to the speaker, what advantage is there for people who read newspapers printed by flexography?
明示细节题。由第二段最后一句可得答案。
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished 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 Peyton Farquhar was a rich planter of an old and highly respected Alabama family. For reasons of health and family he was not able to fight for his beloved South. Meanwhile he did what he could to aid the Confederate army in protecting the homeland from the northern invader. One evening while Farquhar and his wife were sitting on a bench near the entrance to his grounds, a gray-clad soldier rode up to the gate and asked for a drink of water. Meanwhile her husband asked for news from the front. The Yanks are repairing the railroads," the man said, "and they are getting ready for an other advance. They have reached the Owl Creek Bridge, put it in order, and have built a fort on the north side of the creek. The commander has issued an order, which is posted everywhere, saying that any civilian caught interfering with the railroad, its bridges, tunnels, or the trains, will be hanged. I saw the order. "How far is it to the bridge?" Farquhar asked. "About thirty miles." "Is there a Union Force beyond this side of the bridge?" "No. The Yanks are not quite ready to advance. " The next day, shortly after dark, Farquhar was caught at the southern end of the bridge. He had already piled a great amount of loose wood and tree limbs against the wooden trestle and had just set the pile afire when he was surprised in the act by a Federal sentinel.
2. Which of the statements about Peyton Farquhat was not true?
A.He was a well-to-do planter and came from a respected family.
B.He did not fight for the South only because his health was poor.
C.He would do what he could to aid the South.
D.He wanted to protect his homeland from the Federal Force.
A B C D
B
细节题。答案见第一段。
3. The underlined phrase NORTHERN INVADERS in Para. 1 probably refers to ______.
A.the Canadians living in the north of America
B.the British invaders
C.the Yanks
D.unknown
A B C D
C
词汇题。在美国内战时，住在南部的人往往称住在北部的人为侵略者、北方佬。
4. Why did the Peyton interfere with the railroad?
A.Because he wanted to stop the advance of the Union Force.
B.Because he was in need of wood for his farm.
C.Because he wanted to prove his love for the South.
D.Because he hated the Yanks very much.
A B C D
A
推断题。从Preyton与那个士兵的对话判断他破坏铁路的目的正是为了阻止联邦军队进攻。
5. Peyton would probably ______ after he was caught by a Federal sentinel.
A.be killed
B.be beaten
C.be fined
D.be put into prison
A B C D
A
推断题。答案见第三段最后一句。
Passage Two Jazz is America's contribution to popular music. In contrast to classical music, ,which follows formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free-form. It bubbles with energy, expressing the moods, interests and emotions of the people. The origins of this music are as interesting as the music itself. Jazz was invented by American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, who were brought to the Southern states as slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long hours in the cotton and to bacco fields. This work was hard and life was short. When a Negro died, his friends and relatives formed a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. A band often accompanied the procession. On the way to the cemetery the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion. But on the way, home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Everybody was happy. Death had removed one of their members, but the living were glad to be a live. The band played happy music, improvising on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes presented at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz. But there were other influences, too. Music has always been important in Negro life. Coming mainly from West Africa, the blacks who were brought to America already possessed a rich musical tradition. This music centered in religious ceremonies in which dancing, singing, clapping, and stamping to the beat of a drum were important forms of musical and rhythmic expression. As these people settled in to their new life in the plantation of the South, music retained its importance. In the fields, they made up work songs. Singing made the hard work go faster. And as the people were converted to Christianity, they composed lovely spirituals which have become a permanent part of American music. Jazz belongs to the people, but popular taste is changeable. Jazz had to keep up to date. over the last half century it has changed many times in form, style, and tempo. Each change added something new.
1. In which aspect jazz is different from classical music?
A.Jazz is Americas contribution to popular music.
B.Jazz is coming from natural impulse and has free form.
C.Jazz sounds more modern than classical music.
D.Jazz expresses the moods, interest, and emotions of the people.
Passage Three To many non-scientists, Dolly's cloning raised the great fear of human cloning. The Pope promptly called for a worldwide ban on human cloning. The US National Bioethics Advisory Committee als0 recommended a ban--for safety reasons, such as the risk to cloned children from cancer-causing cells of the donor and the risk of his aging prematurely. American President Clinton stopped government-funded research on human cloning and put a bill before Congress proposing to outlaw such research for five years. A US opinion poll found 90 percent opposition to human cloning. By the end of 1997, the 40-nation Council of Europe had imposed the first legally binding international ban on human cloning. Cloning has also been criticized for its effects on the experimental animals. At birth, lambs and cows cloned from embryos can be twice the usual size, creating considerable stress on the surrogate mother. Transgenic animals can experience unpleasant changes in their growth rates, physical condition or behavior. The "Beltsville pig", for instance, was created by the US Department of Agriculture at Beltsville, Maryland, to produce human growth hormone. The pig grew all right, but suffered severely from bone and joint problems. There is also the question of pre mature aging. Do cloned animals wear out faster? Genes tend to accumulate wear and tear with age. This may mean that 18-month-old Dolly really has the genes and physiology of an eight-year old. If so, will she age and die faster than her non-cloned pals. The scientists are watching closely. Right now, cloning research is continuing at speed. Researchers know how to grow human tissue cloned from aborted embryos, keeping it alive in laboratories as a potentially inexhaustible source of replacement tissue to plant onto sick people. One US company, Reprogenesis, claims to have induced the growth of nipples on breast tissue, Some gene therapy researchers are even predicting that, within 10 to 20 years, the biggest problem for genetics researchers--permanent alteration of human gene lines--will be an accepted medical practice. For all the crazy activity and heated talk, it may be some time before we see the promise of the new techniques. And those groups of identical people crowded across the continents? They are unlikely to happen. Right now, the techniques are still very costly and very inefficient. No ting that Dolly was the only one of 277 cloned eggs to survive, Jim McWhir of the Roslin Institute says that,, for now, human cloning "is completely impracticable, especially considering that if s much pleasanter making children in the classical way". And, even if it does become less costly and more efficient in future, who would really want to change that?
1. The first paragraph mainly suggests ______.
A.some authorities don't like Dolly's cloning in many aspects
B.cloning technology has aroused great anxiety among people
C.President Clinton stopped giving money to researchers on human cloning
D.40-nation Council of Europe had passed a ban on human cloning
A B C D
B
主旨题。第一段第一个句子是全段的主题句，A，C，D这些细节都是用来说明它的，故选B。
2. Which of the following statements about cloning technology is true?
A.Because of the criticism, it has been stopped
B.Because of the opposition, it will be illegal for five years
C.Although it is criticized, it has made great progress
D.Although it is criticized, it is a perfect technology
A B C D
C
细节题。从整篇文章看，尽管人们对克隆技术纷争较大，但是实际上还是取得了巨大的进展。
3. According to the passage, cloning technology is ______.
A.promising
B.impracticable
C.pleasant
D.controversial
A B C D
D
推断题。从最后一段的第一个句子知道，克隆技术的前途并不很光明，故A不对；同段后面说克隆人类是行不通的，而不是说克隆技术行不通，因此B也错；C是干扰项；通篇都是说人们对克隆技术的争议， D. controversial的意思正是“有争议的，意见不一致的”，因而是正确答案。
4. Human cloning is unlikely to happen because ______.
A.people feel cloned children may not live longer than those naturally born
B.cloning technology is not so advanced that people feel doubts about it
C.it is so expensive that ordinary people have no access to it
D.it is not only costly and inefficient, but unacceptable as well
A B C D
D
推断题。答案见最后一段。
5. Cloning has been criticized for all the reasons EXCEPT ______.
Passage Four Today Sri Landka is a world of modern comforts and complexities, a nation of 18 million people gathered from waves of conquest, trade, and colonization, a nation still struggling to find unity. For the past 13 years it has been wracked with ethnic violence and social insurrection in which some 100,000 islanders have died or simply disappeared. Veddas and other tribes were already here when the Indo-Aryan Sinhalese arrived from northern India around 500 B. C. The Sinhalese, who now number 13.5 million on the island, eventually embraced Theravada Buddhism and constructed city-kingdoms that thrived in the dry, north central plain, using sophisticated irrigation canals and reservoirs. Tamils, a Dravidian people, later came from southern India and in the 13th century established a Hindu kingdom in the north. Three million Tamils now make up Sri Lanka's largest minority group. European invaders exploited Ceylon, as it was known until 1972, for its deep ports, spices, and gems: The Portuguese came in the early 16th century, the Dutch in the 17th, and the British in the late 18th. Sri Lanka means "blessed island" in Sinhala, and at its best it has been an en lightened, multiethnic democracy; an India without the crushing social problems. Its 90 percent literacy rate is among the highest in southern Asia; its population growth rate of 1.3 percent is very low. Caste discrimination is minimal, and women seem fully engaged in the life of the nation. But when I arrive in the fall of 1995, Sri Lanka is mired in a civil war. The government, dominated by Sinhalese, is battling the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE, or simply, tigers), guerrillas who demand a separate state for Tamils. The army has launched a major offensive against Jaffna, the Tiger's stronghold, and conversations about the future soon change back to the war that has polarized the nation and blackened many hearts.
2. The ruling people in Sri Lanka before 1972 were probably ______.
A.the British
B.the Tamils
C.the Sinhalese
D.the Veddas
A B C D
A
细节题。此题答案见第二、第三段。
3. The earliest people in Sri Lanka may be ______.
A.Sinhalese
B.Tamils
C.British
D.Veddas
A B C D
D
推断题。此题答案见第二段第一句。
4. A civil war broke out in Sri Lanka mainly because ______.
A.Tigers intended to overthrow the government
B.Tamils asked for more power
C.Tamils asked for independence
D.Sinhalese launched an attack first
A B C D
C
推断题。答案见第四段第二句话：“．．．guerrillas who demand a separate state for Tamils.”
5. Which of the statements about the influence of the civil war is NOT true?
A.The war has polarized the nation and blackened many hearts.
B.Some 100,000 islanders have died or simply disappeared.
C.Social and economic progress has been wracked
D.People feel disappointed about the situation.
A B C D
B
推断题。答案见第一、第四段。此题须特别注意题干：下面关于内战的影响的陈述哪个是不真实的?
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 sentece. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
1. The actors have to ______ before they appear in front of the strong lights on television.
A.cover up
B.make up
C.paint up
D.do up
A B C D
B
句意理解题。根据题意应选make up(演员等)化装、打扮。
2. The news you told me the other day has yet to be ______.
Part Ⅳ Error Correction Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word ,add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blank provided. If you change a word, cross it out and Write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark ∧ in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word ,cross it out and put a slash (—)in the blank. When I first met my future husband, I could not imagine the full life I have 71. ______ ahead of me. An hour into my first date, Brain asked me "How many children do you want?" Sage was three while I met her and sharp as any Harvard--trained network 72. ______ executive I knew, Riley was six, and the first thing he said me was "I love 73. ______ you." This works on me every time, I don't care how big step kids would be 74. ______ easy. What was not easy were ex--wives. Brain had somehow had sex before to meeting me (thus, the children), and 75. ______ with a woman who was blonde, artist, and thin. (I am redhead-- for at least 76. ______ six weeks after I visit Fred Segal in Santa Monica--and I gain weight as a Oreo -- sighting. ) This was going to be my favorite person. Our compete was subtle. But it was 77. ______ there. There would be no screaming matches, no arm--wrestling, no hair-- pulling, and thankfully, no weigh--ins. Moreover, I would write a screenplay call Stepmom about what happens when a man becomes involved with a younger 78. ______ woman and shares custody with his ex-wife. My husband was the first person to read the script. He loved it and sent it for to Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. 79. ______ Once the movie had started filmed, I visited the set and introduced myself to 80. ______ Julia and Susan. I thankfully had nothing stupid left is in our meeting
1.
could imagine→would have
主句时态是could imagine，从句时态应该是would have。
2.
while→when
连接副词是when而不是while。
3.
say sth. to sb
动词say sth. to sb．
4.
big→old
big在这里不对。应该用old。意思是我不在乎这个男人有多大年龄。
5.
before→prior
before一般不和to搭配应该是prior．
6.
∧artist→an
在artist之前有冠词an。
7.
compete→competition
compete是动词。应为名词形式competition。
8.
call→called
将call改为called。
9.
for→off
sent for不能表示“寄给”的意思。for去掉加上off。
10.
filmed→filming
时态错误。句子的是态应该是过去完成进行时态。filmed改成filming。
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions: For this part ,you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Physical Pastime or Intellectual one? You should write your composition in about 120 words and you should base it on the outline given below:
1. Outline: 1. Many people enjoy very active, physical recreation. 2. Other people prefer to spend their spare time participating in more intellectual activities. 3. Your viewpoint.
Physical pastime or Intellectual one?
Many people are inclined to take active physical recreation, like sports , camping and fishing in their leisure time, while others would rather participate in more intellectual activities, like reading , listening to music, watching films and so on. Although ifs unreasonable and impossible to tell which one is absolutely better than the other, in my opinion, it seems more advisable for the young people about 20～25 years old to take the latter which is in accordance with their unique characteristics. First, compared with physical activities, intellectual ones become more urgent and important . Since the young generation full of energy are at their highest points to learn and explore , there is no doubt that they should make full use of their golden age to enrich knowledge , cultivate their mind , broaden their vision, and develop their tastes. Thus, they will be more creative and contributed to the society as they set out to their own careers. Second , intellectual activities are more helpful for the young people to contact with their surroundings, of both the past and the present. For example , through reading one can learn about the wisdom and philosophy held by great figures in history, which may guide him to lead a more intelligent way of life. Watching films or listening to music can help a person grasp the contemporary cultural tendency and accordingly keep up with the fast--developing world. It is obvious that simple physical exercises can't achieve all of these. Of course, I want to make it clear that I don't mean physical activities are less helpful to life than intellectual ones. People should have their own choices on the basis of their different life styles, characters, hobbies and health. Yet ,for the young people of my age ,I suppose the latter be more practical and meaningful. Take more intellectual activities when you are young, which will benefit you for your whole life.
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