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.
C.He wants to see how Ann's experiment is progressing.
D.He isn't interested in watching Ann.
A B C D
C
[解析] Woman: How's Ann's lab experiment coming along? Man: I'm not sure, Why don't we go and have a look? Question: What does the man mean?
建议题，“Why don't we…”属于很常见的表建议的反问句。
2.
A.She doesn't like the professor very much.
B.She doubts class will be cancelled.
C.She doesn't want to attend the conference.
D.She wonders whether the professor is an accountant.
A B C D
B
[解析] Man: Do you think Professor Smith will cancel the class on account of the special conference? Woman: Not likely. Question: what does the woman mean?
观点与态度题，关键是理解“Not likely”是“不大可能”的意思。
3.
A.The mail was sent back to the post office.
B.He doesn't have anything to drop in the mailbox.
C.It's too soon to go back there.
D.The post office is closed for an hour.
A B C D
C
[解析] Woman: Let's drop by the post office again, Fred, and see if there's any mail yet. Man: The post office again? It’s only been an hour! Question: What does Fred mean?
事件与情景题，由“It's only been an hour”可推出答案。
4.
A.She may need to take another course.
B.The math course is too short.
C.The graduation date has been changed.
D.She should have gotten a better score.
A B C D
A
[解析] Man: The math requirements for graduation are being changed. Woman: Yes, and tm afraid I maybe short one course. Question: Why is the woman concerned?
原因与结果题，关键是理解“short”的含义为“缺少”。
5.
A.Tea is better than coffee.
B.The man should switch to tea.
C.There are two reasons not to drink coffee.
D.The man shouldn't drink either one.
A B C D
D
[解析] Man: The doctor told me to quit drinking coffee. Woman: Shouldn't you quit drinking tea, too? Question: What does the woman suggest?
C.He rarely has time to read the newspaper on Sunday.
D.He's interested in finding a job.
A B C D
D
[解析] Woman: Since when do you read the "Sunday Times"? Man: Since I discovered its big "Help Wanted" section. Question: What can be assumed about the man?
[解析] Man: Do you mind if I turn the television off? Woman: Pm in the middle of watching a program. Question: What does the woman imply?
建议题，女士的话可知她正在看节目，暗示男士最好不隐含，要关电视。
8.
A.At last he enjoys campus life.
B.School has changed little since last year.
C.He has many new friends.
D.It's easier to find his way around this year.
A B C D
B
[解析] Woman: Randy, how are you finding life on campus this year? Man: Much the same as last. Question: What does Randy mean?
B观点与态度题，“…the same…as”指“…与…”一样，可推出B为正确答案。
9.
A.The next few days are supposed to be warm.
B.Clouds and cool temperatures are expected.
C.It can't get much better than it already is.
D.The rain is not expected to last much longer.
A B C D
B
[解析] Man: It would be nice if these last few days of vacation were sunny and warm. Woman: But that's not what they forecast, is it? Question: What does the woman imply about the weather?
观点与态度题，本题较难，由女士的话可知要选出“sunny and warm”的反义短词可知B为正确答案。
10.
A.Harry took care of someone in the office.
B.They were going to give Harry a job.
C.Harry had done a very good job.
D.They still had to find a replacement for Harry.
A B C D
D
[解析] Man: We got someone to take over Harry's job. Woman: Oh, so it has been taken care of. Question: What had the woman assumed?
事件与情景题，由女士的话可推出答案。
Section B Directions: In this section you will hear 3 passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and questions will be spoken only once. After each 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've just heard of.
[解析] 11-13 In the early nineteenth century in the United States inland waterways provided North Americas most popu lar form of long distance transportation. Travel by river was often more convenient than taking a wagon over primitive country roads, especially when shipping heavy loads of farm products or household goods. Where the natural waterways were inadequate, shallow canals were built, the Erie Canal, opened in 1925, connected the Great Lakes region to send their crops eastward to New York City at the mouth of the Hudson at a much lower cost. From there, crops could be shipped to other Atlantic ports. 11. Transportation of which period of time is described in this passage?
明示细节题，文中第一句In the early nineteenth century in the United States inland waterways provided North America's most popular form of long distance transportation．
2.
A.Wagons
B.Horses
C.Ships
D.the Erie Canal.
A B C D
C
[解析] According to the passage, which form of vehicle was the most popular in North America?
判断细节题，文中inland waterways和Travel by river说明是船。
3.
A.Travel by river is more expensive than taking a wagon over country roads.
B.If there were not enough rivers, people there built shallow canals.
C.Crops from New York were sent to Atlantic ports through the Great Lakes.
D.The Erie Canal was built to connect New York with the mouth of the Hudson.
A B C D
B
[解析] According to the passage, which statement is true?
判断细节题，文中提到Where the natural waterways were inadequate，shallow canals were built.
Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are bused on the passage you've just heard of.
[解析] 14-16 Emily Dickenson was born in 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, barely a decade after Whitman. In her early 20's, for reasons which still remain a mystery, she began to withdraw from her ordinary contact with the world. For the remaining thirty years of her life , she was seldom seen outside her home. In this respect, she was quite unlike Whitman who loved the great outdoors. Emily Dickenson spent her solitary days corresponding with her friends and writing hundreds of remarkable poems, notably, "I Heard a Fly Buzz", and the poem "I Am Nobody". Although she showed some of her poems to her family, and sent some of her letters to her friends, only four were published in her lifetime. Most of them. almost twelve hundred poems, were discovered in her room after she died in 1886 at the age of fifty-six. These poems have established her as a major poet in the English lauguage. 14. How many poems did Emily Dickenson publish during her lifetime?
细节题，文中有这样一句话Although she showed some of her poems to her family，and sent some of her letters to her friends，only four were published in her lifetime．
2.
A.When she met Whitman.
B.At the age of fifty-six.
C.After she wrote "I Am Nobody".
D.When she was in her 20's.
A B C D
D
[解析] When did Emily Dickenson make a great change in her life style for some unknown reasons?
细节题，文中第二句话In her early 20's，for reasons which still remain a mystery，she began to with draw from her ordinary contact with the world.
3.
A.Emily Dickenson is American and nearly 10 years younger.
B.Emily Dickenson was rarely in contact with the outside world.
C.Emily Dickenson seldom read poems to her family and friends.
D.Emily Dickenson established herself as an important poet in the English language.
A B C D
B
[解析] According to the passage, in what way is Emily Dickenson different from Whitman?
判断细节题，文中提到她很少与外界联系，接下来讲In this respect，she was quite unlike Whitman who loved the great outdoors．
Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you've just heard of.
A.Because moths can't open their eyes in the sunlight.
B.Because moths like to fly to the lights in darkness.
C.Because moths' movements are influenced by light.
D.Because moths want to commit suicide in the flames.
A B C D
C
[解析] 17-20 Have you ever wondered why you see moths flying mostly at night, and then only round lights? It seems that moths are attracted to light. But what do you suppose the light does to them? Here's my theory. A moth's nervous system is extremely sensitive to light. I think that light cause the moth to reduce its movements. At night, light hitting one side of a moth is perceived by the moth's eye, stimulating, g the nervous system. This produces a reflex action that reduces wing movements on the side facing the light. When the wing on that side slows down, the uneven wing beat turns the other side of the moth to the light. In this way, the moth is continually turning near a light. During daylight hours, light is much more intense and evenly distributed, causing the moth to remain motionless. 17. Why do moths fly mostly at night round lights according to the passage?
隐含细节题文中提到I think that light causes the moth to reduce its movements．说明飞蛾的移动受到光的影响．
2.
A.A moth's nervous system is very sensitive to light.
B.Light makes the moth reduce the movements of its wings.
C.When the wing on one side slows down, the moth will turn to this side.
D.Light attracts the moth and makes it continually turn near the light.
A B C D
B
[解析] What is the speaker's theory?
判断细节题，推理题，尽管A答案本身意义正确，但不是题中所指理论，C，D答案本身就与事实不符。
3.
A.Because the moth wants to protect itself from being hunt.
B.Because the moth usually sleeps during the day.
C.Because sunlight is more strong and evenly distributed.
D.Because the moth becomes much more slow in the daylight.
A B C D
C
[解析] According to the passage, why do the moth keep motionless during daylight hours?
明示细节题，文章结尾提到During daylight hours，light is much，more intense and evenly distributed， causing the moth to remain motionless．
4.
A.Light stimulates the moth's nervous System to produce a reflex action.
B.The wing on the side facing the light moves faster and faster.
C.The uneven wing beat makes the moth fly directly to the light.
D.The heat from the light causes the moth to fly around the light.
A B C D
A
[解析] According to the speakers theory, which statement is true?
判断细节题，根据文章所说理论At night，light hitting one side of a moth is perceived by the moth's eye， stimulating the nervous system．This produces a reflex action that reduces wing movements on the side facing the light．判断得出。
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 with a single line through the center.
Passage One What day follows the day before yesterday if two days from now will be Sunday? Lots of college students miss that one, according to Arthur Whimbey, a psychologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Their difficulty has nothing to do with deficiencies in reading, writing or computing, the weaknesses that concern so many educators. It reflects, instead, something even more basic, a failure to think clearly. Last week, about 50 representatives of such disciplines as computer science, mathematics, philosophy, physics and psychology met in Amherst, Mass. , to think about thinking: how human beings do it, how scientists can find out how they do it, and whether or not it is possible to teach people to do it. John Lochhead, director of the Cognitive Development Process at the University of Massa chusetts, believes that thinking, like athletics, can indeed be taught; and it was he who called the meeting and gave it its title "Conference on Cognitive Progress Instruction--New Directions for Teaching College-Level Science, Mathematics and Composition." Dr. Lochhead and colleagues who share his optimism--many do not--are running how-to-think courses, under fancier names, at scores of colleges across the country. They believe they are at the forefront of a new discipline, cognitive science, which could some day revolutionize education and perhaps even improve the general level of human intelligence. Advocates of cognitive process instruction, Dr. Loehhead said, are "engaged in a renaissance of the 19th centrury belief that education can improve the functioning of the mind through training." The way to do this, it is argued, is to find out how good problem-solvers think and to teach students to do likewise. The conferees had no illusions about the magnitude of their task. "This is hard stuff," said Prof. Frederick Reif, a physicist who teaches problem-solving at the University of California at Berkeley. Compared to athletic coaches, cognitive scientists are at a disadvantage. They cannot take motion pictures of mental processes and then show the game films on Monday. However, some researchers believe they can learn much about what happens inside people's heads by using computers to stimulate thought. Nearly all of the investigators depend heavily on observation; they ask people to describe what goes on in their minds as they solve problems. The scientists know that these descriptions leave large gaps. Several conferees reported anecdotal evidence that students who take thinking courses do better in other classes. But one delegate told his colleagues that some of them were "making too broad claims," and several seemed to think that attempts to teach thinking should await more knowledge about cognition. Believers, however, were not greatly worried about the lack of a sol id theoretical underpinning for their teachings the pragmatists argued, that's all that matters. For some students, it does seem to work, said one student after taking part in Dr. Loehhead 's Cognitive Development Program, "I feel smarter".
1. What day follows the day before yesterday if two days from now will be Sunday?
A.Friday
B.Thursday
C.Wednesday
D.Tuesday
A B C D
B
推断题。从第一句中可知“今天是星期五”，那么，“前天的第二天”即“昨天”是“星期四”。
2. Many college students fail to give a correct answer to the above question because ______.
A.they are weak in reading, writing and computing
B.they miss one opportunity
C.it is indeed a tough question
D.they are not able to think clearly
A B C D
D
细节题。第二段说学生对上述问题没有回答正确，不是学生在读写算方面不足，而是教育者的问题。
3. The passage 3 used the word "discipline" to refer to ______.
A.the practice of making people obey rules and punishing them when they do not follow the system of rules or m a particular activity
B.a branch of knowledge
C.the quality of always behaving or working in a controlled way
D.training which produces obedience or self-control
5. The greatest difficulty cognitive scientists are now unable to solve is ______.
A.learning about how people solved problems
B.asking people to describe what they have in their minds
C.using computers to stimulate thought
D.recording mental processes of problem-solving
A B C D
D
细节题。A、B、C三个选项的内容是解决问题的方法，而D是问题所在。
Passage Two "Much of the sickness and death attributed to the major communicable diseases are in fact caused by malnutrition which makes the body less able to withstand infections when they strike," said Dr. Hiroshi Nakajima, Director-General of World Health Organization, in his statement on the first day of the World Food Summit. "At the same time," he added, "in developing countries today, malnutrition is the cause of 174 million children under five years of age being underweight, and 230 million being stunted in their growth. Such figures represent deprivation, suffering and wasted human potential on a scale that is unacceptable from every point of view. Whether we think in terms of humanitarian concern, common justice or development needs, they demand a response, both from the national governments and from the international community." At the end of January 1996, 98 countries had national plans of action for nutrition and 41 countries had one under preparation, in keeping with their commitments made at the International Conference on nutrition in Rome in December 1992. The global situation, however, remains grim. Over 800 million people around the world still cannot meet the basic needs for energy and protein, more than two thousand million people lack essential micronutrients, and hundreds of millions suffer from diseases caused by unsafe or unbalanced diets. While there is no single remedy, a combination of several preventive approaches is believed to work best. Dietary Improvement includes consumption of iron-and-vitamin C-rich foods and foods of animal origin, and avoiding drinking tea or coffee with or soon after meals. Iron fortification of foods, particularly of staple cereals, is practiced in a growing number of countries. Iron supplementation is the most common approach, particularly for pregnant women. As Dr. Nakajima noted in his statement today, "The globalization of industry, trade, travel and communicable has brought with it unprecedented possibilities for mutual cooperation in com bating hunger and malnutrition. At the same time, however, the acceptability of certain foods, and the cultural aspects of their production, distribution and preparation, are now recognized as crucial in the promotion of good nutrition."
1. Which is not mentioned as one of the causes of malnutrition according to the passage?
A.lack basic needs for energy and protein
B.lack essential micronutrients
C.unsafe or unbalanced diets
D.remedies
A B C D
D
细节题。第三段最后一句有A、B、C三个选项的内容。
2. From the passage, we can infer that the word "stunted" means ______.
Passage Three Insurance is the sharing of risks. Nearly everyone is exposed to risk of some sort. The house owner, for example, knows that his property can be damaged by fire; the ship owner knows his vessel may be lost at sea; the breadwinner knows that he may die at an early age and leave his family the poorer. On the other hand, not every house is damaged by fire nor every vessel is lost at sea. If these persons each put a small sum into a pool, there will be enough to meet the needs of the few who do suffer loss. In other words, the losses of the few are met from the contributions of the many. This is the basis of insurance. Those who pay the contributions are known as "insured" and those who administer the pool of contributions as "insurers". Not all risks lend themselves to being covered by insurance. Broadly speaking, the ordinary risks of business and speculation cannot be covered. The risk that buyers will not buy goods at the prices offered is not a kind that can be statistically estimated--and risks can only be insured against if they can be so estimated. The legal basis of all insurance is the "policy". This is a printed form of contract on stout paper of the best quality. It states that in return for the payment by the insured of a named sum of money, called the "premium", which is usually paid every year, the insurer will pay a sum of money or compensation for loss, if the risk or event insured against actually happens. The wording of policies, particularly in marine insurance, often seems very old-fashioned, but there is a sound reason for this. Over a large number of years many law cases have been brought to clear up the meanings of doubtful phrases in policies. The law courts, in their judgment, have given these phrases a definite and indisputable meaning, and to avoid future disputes the phrases have continued to be used in policies even when they have passed out of normal use in speech.
1. The writer of the passage seems to think that Insurance is ______.
Passage Four To most of us, the word "speech" means a method of communicable based on the use of sounds produced by the throat, tongue, lips, etc. Of course, other communicative processes can be substituted under given conditions. Writing, for instance, and gestures may adequately re place vocal intercourse when hearing is impeded and sounds cannot be received. Besides speech as we know it, and its substitutes, there exist a number of languages, which have acoustic bases but which, nevertheless, do not use vowels and consonants as the sound material of speech. For example, in La Gomera , the inhabitants can converse by means of articulated whistles. For ordinary conversation they use normal spoken Spanish, but whenever distance makes speech inconvenient or impossible, they resort to the silbo, as this whistled form of speech is called. Gomera is exceedingly mountainous, and moving over such ground involves much time and energy. For this reason, the silbo is of constant utility to Gomeros. A good whistler will be heard and understood five miles or more away when conditions are favorable, that is, when there is little or no wind. The point is that a whistle is practically a pure tone of unchanging, which, if perceived at all, will be intelligible. So the silbo scores over shouted speech in two major respects., articulation does not suffer in any way when an effort is made to increase loudness, and sounds which in speech have a low level of audibility, as most consonants have, are as easily heard a thousand yards away as at close quarters; and it is superior to visual "codes" in that it is as rapid as spoken Spanish.
1. According to the passage, speech is commonly thought of as ______.
A.a method of communicable based on sounds
B.a substitute for oral methods of communicable
C.the least common method of communicable
D.an inferior method of communication
A B C D
A
细节题。文章第一句就解释了speech的意思，即以喉、舌、唇等发出的声音为基础的一种交流方法。
2. The inhabitants of La Gomera communicate by whistles ______.
A.all of time
B.whenever distance makes speech inconvenient or impossible
5. Of the followings, which is NOT mentioned as one of the factors making the silbo superior to speech at long distance?
A.There are no transients and overtones to be lost.
B.The silbo is superior to visual "code" and is as rapid as spoken Spanish.
C.The quality is limited by many variables.
D.Articulation does not suffer when loudness is increased.
A B C D
C
推断题。C答案没有提到，符合题意。
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). Chose 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. There is no electricity again. A ______ has blown, causing the lights to fail.
A.fuse
B.wire
C.plug
D.circuit
A B C D
A
句意理解题。由于本题是讲“停电了”，而blow一词意为“(保险丝)烧断”，故选fuse保险丝。
2. Unemployment was at the ______ of the problem.
A.bulb
B.seed
C.root
D.shoot
A B C D
C
固定搭配。be at the root of是…的根本(基础)，为一固定用法，原句意为，失业是出现这一问题的根本，故选C。
3. It was surprising that he showed so little ______ at his sister's death.
25. Many hunting and gathering people of the late 20th century have recently adopted some form of organized agriculture to ______ their wild food resources.
29. His name was on the ______ of my tongue, but I just couldn't remember it.
A.point
B.edge
C.tip
D.top
A B C D
C
固定搭配。on(at)the tip of one’s tongue是固定搭配，意为：差点说出某事，某事就在嘴边。”
30. Please don't take ______ at what I'm saying.
A.defence
B.offence
C.declaration
D.obedience
A B C D
B
固定搭配。短语take offence at sth.意为“因某事而生气。”恰与题意相符。
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. Are you worried by the rising crime rate? If you are, then you probably know that your house, possessions and persons are increasingly in danger of suffering from the tremendous rise in the cases of burglar and assault, Figures 71. ______ indicate that it is an ever-increasing crime rate but it is only too easy to imagine 72. ______ it will never happen to me. Unfortunately, statistics show it is really can happen 73. ______ to you and, if you live in the large city, you run twice the risk of being a 74. ______ victim. Fortunately, there is something definite what you can do. Protect Alarms 75. ______ can help to protect your house with a burglar alarm system which is effective, simple to operate and easily affordable. You may remember that possessing a 76. ______ burglar alarm is no indication which your house is packed with valuable possessions 77. ______ .It quite simply indicates of unwelcome visitors that yours is one house 78. ______ they will not break into easily so they carry on to an unprotect house where their 79. ______ job is made a lot easier. Send now for our free leaflet telling you how we can Protect Alarm your house quickly, easily and cheaply. Complete out and tear off the slip below and 80. ______ post it to us. Postage is free.
1.
burglar→burglary
词性错误，此处应用抽象名词“盗窃”而不是“盗贼”。
2.
it→there
搭配错误，此处是一个表示“有”的“there be”句型。
3.
is→/
这里已有情态动词作谓语，is是多余的。
4.
the→a
这里应当用不定冠词指某一大城市。
5.
what→that
定语从句关系代词使用错误，先行词为不定代词something关系代词需要用that。
6.
may→must
情态动词使用错误，根据句意这里是指“必须”。
7.
which→that
这里是一个同位语从句，只有that可以做引导词。
8.
of→to
介词使用错误，根据句意，“对于不欢迎的人”应使用to。
9.
unprotect→unprotected
动词形式错误，这里是过去分词作定语。
10.
out→/
这里complete独立表示填完，out是多余的。
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter on the topic given in Chinese below. You should write at least 120 words.
1. 就学校(或系里)的情况请你向校长(或系主任)提3条建议。
To Dear president xxx From Mary Blake Suggestions on improving school education 25/07/2002 Dear Sir or Madam, Before leaving the university, I have nothing to offer to my beloved university but three suggestions to put forward. First, our teachers are really working very hard , talking and sweating round 80 to 90 minutes in a 2-period class. Their devotion is undoubtable, yet this is not the way to cultivate autonomous learners, but produce very obedient listeners. Cafft our teachers leave some room for the students to discuss, to demonstrate, to scratch their heads for the solutions? Second, 90% of our text books are very old. I don't deny that basic knowledge is never out of date, yet we also need up-to-date knowledge. Can our teachers introduce some new things from the periodicals or from the internet? Third, the 4 years academic study mainly connected with book learning. Cafft the students be involved in some research work as well as they are in the USA. ? I do hope your honor will do something to upgrade the classroom teaching and make it more creative and fruitful.
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