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.
A.Moving into a different office in the department.
B.Taking a day off from studying.
C.Joining the other students in the department.
D.Finding more students to help with the move.
A B C D
D
[解析] Woman: I'm moving to a new place tomorrow. Could you possibly give me a hand? Man: Sure. Why not ask around the department and see if some of the other students will be free, too. Question: What does the man suggest?
建议题，由女士的话可推出答案。
2.
A.He works for that journal now.
B.He hasn't read the journal before.
C.He can't find his copy of the journal.
D.He likes the issues discussed in that journal.
A B C D
B
[解析] Woman: Have you read this month's issue of Inquiry? Man: What journal is that? Question: What does the man mean?
事件与情景题，可由男士的话推出他还未读过这份期刊。
3.
A.Buy a more recent program.
B.Read in a well-lit place.
C.Attend a later performance.
D.Go immediately to their seats.
A B C D
D
[解析] Woman: The lights are blinking, but I'd like to buy a program before the play starts. Man: Shall we take our seats now? We can always get one later. Question: What does the man want to do?
计划与行动题，由“We can always get one later”可知答案。
4.
A.He thinks the woman Would like to swim.
B.He wants the woman to make some plans.
C.He has already gone swimming.
D.He has his suitcase packed.
A B C D
A
[解析] Woman: Let's take our suits along in case the sun comes out. Man: Want to go for a swim, do you? Question: What does the man mean?
计划与行动题，由男士的话可听出答案。
5.
A.She prefers the stadium.
B.She agrees with the man.
C.The light isn’t bright enough.
D.The dining room isn't large enough.
A B C D
B
[解析] Man: The light in this dinning-room is a little too bright, don't you think? Woman: I'd say it’s perfect, for a football stadium. Question: What does the woman mean?
观点与态度题，本题较准，女士的话有些干扰性，关键是理解“...for a football stadium”由引可推出答案为 B。
D.He wants to learn about wild life in the mountains.
A B C D
C
[解析] Woman: I never pictured you as the outdoors type. Man: When you live in the mountains, you learn to adapt. Question: What is true about the man?
事件与情景题，可由男士的话推出答案。
7.
A.She doesn't feel that now is the right time.
B.She wonders if they really need to do it.
C.She's writing her seminar presentation now.
D.She's suggesting that they talk immediately.
A B C D
B
[解析] Man: Do we need to get together to plan our seminar? Woman: Is there anything wrong with it right now? Question: What does the woman mean?
观点与态度题，可由女士的话推出答案是“我除外”的意思。
8.
A.The man shouldn't expect her to go along.
B.She doesn’t think she has enough money.
C.She'll go even though the movie is bad.
D.The man should count the number of people going.
A B C D
A
[解析] Man: I thought it would be fun if we all went to see that new movie downtown. Woman: Count me out. I've heard it isn't worth the money. Question: What does the woman mean?
计划与行动题，关键是理解“Count me out”。
9.
A.She will type it next week.
B.She would rather work on it than do nothing.
C.It took her an entire week to type it.
D.She still isn't quite finished with it.
A B C D
C
[解析] Man: Are you finished with your report? Woman: Finally! I have done nothing else this whole week but type it. Question: What does the woman say about the report?
事件与情景题，由“I Have done nothing else this whole week but type it.可知答案为C。
10.
A.He put the information on top of his desk.
B.He's afraid that very few people are registered.
C.He doesn't know the answer right now.
D.The top of his head hurts.
A B C D
C
[解析] Woman: Bob, can you tell me what percentage of the United States population is registered to vote? Man: Off the top of my head, I’m afraid I don't know. Question: What does Bob mean?
事件与情景题，由男士的话可直接听出答案。
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.
[解析] 11-13 Woman: Hi, John, I haven't seen you for a few weeks. Man: Oh, hi, Mary. I've been studying a lot for my final exam. Woman: Well, the semester is almost over now. Man: 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. Woman: Have you thought about camping? Man: Camping? I've never done that! Woman: I think you'll really like it. You can rent the equipment you need. Ifs much cheaper than buying it or staying at a hotel. And being close to Nature is a good way to forget about our school for a while. Man: What a good idea! We can drive until we find a nice spot and just camp wherever we like. Woman: Well, not exactly. It's usually illegal unless you camp in state parks and even privately owned camp grounds around the country. Man: But that takes all the fun out of it. Woman: Not really. Besides, there are almost always conveniences like showers at the camp grounds to make it a little easier. Ifs a good way to make new friends, too. Man: Sounds great! Here's my bus. I'll talk to you about this again and get all the details. 11. Why hasn't Mary seen John lately?
由“I've been studying a lot for my final exam”可知答案。
2.
A.Buy it
B.Rent it
C.Borrow it
D.Make it
A B C D
B
[解析] How did Mary say John could get camping equipment cheaply?
事件与情景题，由“You can rent the equipment you need．It's much cheaper than．....”可知答案。
3.
A.Camping is not fun.
B.Camping is unsafe.
C.He could camp anywhere he wanted.
D.He needed a lot of experience.
A B C D
C
[解析] What wrong idea did John have about camping?
事件与情景题，由“We can drive until we find a nice spot and just camp where we like”及“Well，not exactly”推出答案。
Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 14-16 Man: Are you ready for the trip to the museums in "The Big Apple"? I can hardly wait! Woman: "The Big Apple"? What are you talking about? Man: "The Big Apple" is the nickname for New York City. You are going to New York with us, aren't you? Woman: Yes, I'm going, I'm especially looking forward to seeing the museum of modem art. There's a special show of twentieth--century American painters there, But, tell me, where did the nickname "The Big Apple" come from? Man: The jazz musicians of the 1920's are responsible for the name, When they played a concert in a city, they called that city "an apple". Of course, New York was the biggest city in the country and the best place for a jazz concert. So, the musicians called it "The Big Apple". Woman: Amazing! New York is such a fascinating place and it even got such an interesting nickname, one that it's had for more than fifty years. 14. What is the woman interested in seeing?
事件与情景题，由第二次女士的回答可知答案为A。
2.
A.Artists
B.Musicians
C.Grocers
D.Tour guides
A B C D
B
[解析] Who gave New York its nickname?
事件与情景题，由男士第三次的话中可听出答案。
3.
A.An instrument
B.A concert
C.A theater
D.A city
A B C D
D
[解析] What does the word "apple" in the phase "The Big Apple" mean?
事件与情景题，本题目较难，需要读者从男士第三次的话中推断。
Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 17-20 I want to thank Professor James for letting me have a few minutes of class time to tell about our field trip tomorrow. We'll be leaving by bus at eight in the morning and returning at about five, Please bring your lunch. As you know, this trip is a requirement of the course, you're all expected to participate and then to write up a report in your laboratory notebook, rye put together a handout to orient you. Please pick it up after class and read it tonight. In it I discuss the members of the pine family found here in the Northeast. As you have learned, the pine family is composed of pines, larches, spruces, hemlocks, Douglas firs, and true firs. With the exception of Douglas firs, which grow only in the western part of the country, we'll be looking at examples of them all. The sketches in the handout should help you distinguish the various types of trees. As your leader tomorrow, I'll try to make the experience a rewarding one. But a field trip is a little like a bank., what you get out of it depends on what you put into it. 17. Who is speaking?
推理题，由全文可以推出只有A可以说出这些内容。
2.
A.After the laboratory period.
B.The following day.
C.The following week.
D.After class.
A B C D
B
[解析] When will the trip take place?
明示细节题，由第一段第一句话可以听出。
3.
A.Until lunchtime.
B.All day.
C.The whole weekend.
D.Five hours.
A B C D
B
[解析] How long will the trip last?
隐含细节题，由第一段第二句可推出旅行只有一天。
4.
A.Only those who want to.
B.Only those from the Northeast.
C.All of those who are not presenting reports.
D.All of them.
A B C D
D
[解析] How many of the students will be going on the trip?
隐含细节题，由第二段“…you're all expected to participate and．．．”可推出答案。
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passage in this part. Each passage is followed by come 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 Testing has replaced teaching in most public schools. Pretests, drills, tests, and retest frame my own children's school week. They know that the best way to read a textbook is to look at the questions at the end of the chapter and then skim the text for the answers. I Believe that my daughter Erica, who gets excellent marks, has never read a chapter of any of her school text books all the way through. And teachers are often heard to state proudly and openly that they teach to the mandated state test. Teaching to the test is a curious phenomenon. Instead of deciding what skills students ought to learn, helping students learn them, and then using some sensible methods of assessment to discover whether students have mastered the skills, teachers are encouraged to reverse the process. First one looks at a commercially available test. Then on distills the skills needed not to master reading, say, or math, but to do well in the test. Finally, the test skills are taught. The ability to read or write or calculate might imply the ability to do reasonably well on standardized tests. However, neither reading nor writing develops simply through being taught to take tests. We must be careful to avoid mistaking preparation for a test of a skill with the acquisition of that skill. Too many discussions of basic skills make this fundamental confusion be cause people are test obsessed rather than concerned with the nature and quality of what is taught. Recently, many schools have faced what could be called the crisis of comprehension or, in simple terms, the phenomenon of students with phonic and grammar skills still being unable to understand what they read. These students are competent at test taking and filling in workbooks and ditto masters, However, they have little or no experience reading or thinking, and talking a bout what they read. They know the details but can't see or understand the whole. They are taught to be so concerned with grade that they have no time or ease of mind to think about meaning, and reread things if necessary.
1. The author gives an account of Erica's performance in her study in order to ______.
A.illustrate her cleverness in test-taking.
B.reveal the incompetence of teachers
C.show there is something wrong with the current practice in teaching
D.demonstrate the best way to read textbooks
A B C D
C
主旨题。文篇文章主要讲应试教育给学生带来的一些危害(testing has replaced teaching in most public schools)。作者以自己女儿Erica为实例：虽然她在考试中得了高分，但她从未通读过课本中的任何一章，这表现了现行教育制度的弊端。A说明她在考试上的聪明才智，B揭示老师的无能，这两者均不是重点所在。D展现读课本的最好方法，这正好与作者体现的意思相反。故选C。
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The phenomenon of teaching to the test has aroused curiosity in many educators.
B.Skills in general are not only useless but often lead students astray.
C.Ability to read and write is one thing, and ability to do well on standardized tests is quite another.
D.Preparation for test of a skill does not necessarily mean the acquisition of that skill.
A B C D
D
事实题。九应试教育引起许多教育者的好奇，文中并未提到这一点，只说应试教育是一个奇怪的现象 (Teaching to test is a curious phenomenon)。a通常的技巧不仅无用还经常把学生引入歧途。文中所指的技巧是应试教育纯为应付考试的技巧而不指所有的一般意义上的技巧，故B不对。C读写能力是一回事，做标准化试题做的好的能力是另一回事，文中第三段的开头一句话证明了C的错误，The ability to read or write or calculate might imply the ability to do reasonably Well on standardized tests。故只有D是正确的。
3. The author insists that ______.
A.mandated state tests be replaced by some more sensible methods of assessment
B.teachers pay more attention to the nature and quality of what is taught
C.students not be concerned with grades but do more reading and thinking
D.radical changes be brought about in the general approach to teaching
A B C D
B
推断题。要做好这道题，首先应明白这是一个虚拟语气的宾语从句，从句中都省略了助动词should。A是讲mandated state tests应被一些更明智的评估方法所代替，文中并未提到代替，只是说应该用一些更明智的评估方法去发现学生们是否已掌握了技巧。D教学的一般方法应被彻底改变，文中只说改变应试教育的方法，故D不对。而B和C乍看起来都对，但仔细分析如果C是正确的，那么应试教育方法不改的话，学生是无法改变的。只有从根本上改变，才是正确的。
4. We can safely conclude that ______ may cause educational problems.
A.test obsession
B.standardized tests
C.test-taking
D.preparation for mandated state tests
A B C D
A
略。
5. By "crisis of comprehension" the author means many students ______.
A.are too much concerned with grades
B.fail to understand the real goal of education
C.lack proper practice in phonic and grammar drills
D.are unable to understand what they read, though they do reasonably well on standardized tests
A B C D
D
词组理解题。crises of comprehension(理解危机)是指由于这种应试教育，学生考试能拿高分，但并不一定懂得他所看到的。
Passage Two The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world con quest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937 the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion. American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelts "quarantine the aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler's polices. Germany's seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August 1939 came the shock of the Nazi-Soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry" exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend Lease Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August 1941 President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter which pro: claimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.
1. One item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alienated the American public was ______.
Passage Three In the USA, 85% of the population over the age of 21 approve of the death penalty. In the many states which still have the death penalty, some use the electric chair, which can take up to 20 minutes to kill, while others use gas or lethal injection. The first of these was the case of Ruth Ellis who was hanged for shooting her lover in what was generally regarded as a crime of passion, The second was hanged for murders which, it was later proved, had been committed by someone else. The pro-hanging lobby uses four main arguments to support its call for the reintroduction of capital punishment. First there is the deterrence theory, which argues that potential murderers would think twice before committing the act if they knew that they might die if they were caught. The armed bank robber might, likewise, go back to being unarmed. The other two arguments are more suspect. The idea of retribution demands that criminals should get what they deserve: if a murderer intentionally set out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences. Retribution, which is just another word for revenge, is supported by the religious doctrine of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian. But there are also statistical reasons for opposing it: the deterrence figures do not add up. In Britain, 1903 was the re cord year for executions and yet in 1904 the number of murders actually rose. There was a similar occurrence in 1946 and 1947: If the deterrence theory were correct, the rate should have fallen. The other reasons to oppose the death penalty are largely a matter of individual conscience and belief. One is that murder is murder and that the state has no more right to take a life thin the individual. The other is that Christianity advises forgiveness, not revenge.
1. All of the following death penalty methods are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ______.
2. According to the first four paragraphs, which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A.Ruth Ellis was shot by his lover, which was regarded as a crime of passion.
B.The death penalty may help the potential murderers to arouse moral awareness.
C.The intentional murderer should eat his own bitter fruit.
D.According to the religious doctrine, punishment should be as severe as the injury suffered.
A B C D
A
推断题。意为：露丝·埃利斯被其情人枪杀。这种犯罪被视作“因情犯罪”(a Passion of crime)。从第二段可以看出，受害者应该是露丝·埃利斯的情人，而不是她自己。B意为：施行死刑可以使可能犯罪的杀手良心发现。即：如果杀人犯清楚地知道杀人会偿命，他也许会因为恐惧死亡而终止犯罪。C意为：故意杀人者应自食其果。D意为：根据教义，应该量刑定罪。这就是所谓的“以血还血，以牙还牙。”
3. In paragraph 3 "deterrence "means ______.
A.proclamation
B.protest
C.prevention
D.protection
A B C D
C
观点题。终止，制止。A声明；B抗议；D保护。
4. We can learn from the last paragraph that ______.
A.neither the state nor the individual has the right to take a life
B.the state has the right to take a life but the individual does not
C.the death penalty has nothing to do with individual conscience and belief
D.the deterrence figures have added up and the execution rate has fallen
Passage Four Human relations have commanded people's attention from early times. The ways of people have been recorded in innumerable myths, folktales, novels, poems, plays, and popular or philosophical essays. Although the full significance of a human relationship may not be directly evident, the complexity of feelings and actions that can be understood at a glance is surprisingly great. For this reason psychology holds a unique position among the sciences. "Intuitive" knowledge may be remarkably penetrating and can significantly help us understand human behavior, whereas in the physical sciences such commonsense knowledge is relatively primitive. If we erased all knowledge of scientific physics from our modern world, not only would we not have cars and television sets, we might even find that the ordinary person was unable to cope with the fundamental mechanical problems of pulleys and levers. On the other hand, if we removed all knowledge of scientific psychology from our world, problems in interpersonal relations might easily be coped with and solved much as before. We would still "know" how to avoid doing something asked of us and how to get someone to agree with us; we would still "know" when someone was angry and when someone was pleased. One could even offer sensible explanations for the "whys" of much of the self's behavior and feelings. In other words, the ordinary person has a great and profound understanding of the self and of other people which, though unformulated or only vaguely conceived, enables one to interact with others in more or less adaptive ways. Kohler, in referring to the lack of great discoveries in psychology as compared with physics, accounts for this by saying that "people were acquainted with practically all territories of mental life a long time before the founding of scientific psychology. ". Paradoxically, with all this natural intuitive, commonsense capacity to grasp human relations, the science of human relations has been one of the last to develop. Different explanations of this paradox have been suggested. One is that science would destroy the vain and pleasing illusions people have about themselves; but we might ask why people have always loved to read pessimistic, debunking writings, from Ecclesiastes to Freud. It has also been proposed that just be cause we know so much about people intuitively, there has been less incentive for studying them scientifically; why should one develop a theory, carry out systematic observations, or make pre dictions about the obvious? In any case, the field of human relations, with its vast literary documentation but meager scientific treatment, is in great contrast to the field of physics in which there are relatively few nonscientific books.
1. According to the passage, it has been suggested that the science of human relations was slow to develop because ______.
A.early scientists were more interested in the physical world
B.scientific studies of human relations appear to investigate the obvious
C.the scientific method is difficult to apply to the study of human relations
D.people generally seem to be more attracted to literary than to scientific writings about human relations
2. The authors statement that "psychology holds a unique position among the sciences" (lines 4--5) is supported by which of the following claims in the passage?
A.The full meaning of a human relationship may not be obvious.
B.Commonsense understanding of human relations can be incisive.
C.Intuitive knowledge in the physical sciences is relatively advanced.
D.Subjective bias is difficult to control in psychological research.
3. It can be inferred that the author would most likely agree with which of the following statements regarding people who lived before the advent of scientific psychology?
A.Their understanding of human relations was quite limited.
B.They were uninterested in acquiring knowledge of the physical world.
C.They misunderstood others more frequently than people do today.
D.Their intuitions about human relations were reasonably sophisticated.
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. His parents gave him many expensive toys as some form of ______ , for his lameness and in ability play active games.
Part Ⅳ Short Answer Questions Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements, Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Many critics worry about violence on television, most out of fear that it stimulates viewers to violent or aggressive acts. Our research, however, indicates that the consequences of experiencing TV's symbolic world of violence may be much more far-reaching. we feel that television dramatically demonstrates the power of authority in our society, and the risks involved in breaking society's rules. Violence-filled programs show who gets away with what, and against whom. It teaches the role of victim, and the acceptance of violence as a social reality we must learn to live with or flee from. We have found that people who watch a lot of TV see the real world as more dangerous and frightening than those who watch very little. Heavy viewers are less trustful of their fellow citizens, and more fearful of the real world. Since most TV "action-adventure" dramas occur in urban settings, the fear they inspire may contribute to the current flight of the middle class from our cities. The fear may also bring in creasing demands for police protection, and election of law-and-order politicians. Those who doubt TV's influence might consider the impact of the automobile on American society. When the automobile burst upon the dusty highways about the turn of the century, most Americans saw it as a horseless carriage, not as a prime mover of a new way of life. Similarly, those of us who grew up before television tend to think of it as just another medium in a series of 20th-century mass-communications systems, such as movies and radios. But it is not just another medium. Questions:
1. Why do critics worry about violence on TV?
Because it can stimulate viewers violent or aggressive acts
2. Actually, violence is something we must ___________ , according to the author.
learn to accept and live with or flee from
3. What’s the difference between heavy TV viewers and less heavy ones?
Heavy viewers have more fears of the real world
4. Violence occurs more in ___________.
urban areas
5. What does "it" in the last one sentence refer to?
A television
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to 'write a composition based on the table given. You should write at least 120 words and please use as few figures as possible Remember to write it clearly:
1.
Monthly Housing Expenses of Some Cities of the United States
City
Monthly Housing Expenses
Chicago
$429
Houston
$439
Los Angeles
$567
New York
$497
San Francisco
$614
Washington
$578
The table shows the monthly housing expenses in some cities of the United States. The expenses are related with the incomes of people there. It can be seen clearly from the table that the monthly housing expenses of San Francisco reaches as high as $ 614, Which is the highest of all the cities mentioned in the table. Washington and Los Angeles are the following cities with expenses of $ 578and $ 567 separately. They are $ 36-- $ 47 less than the top expenses, but still much higher than the other three cities. The monthly housing expenses of Chicago, Houston and New York are all under $ 500. Among them , New York is about $ 60-- $ 70 more than the other two , yet it is $117 lower than that of San Francisco. The expenses of Chicago and Houston are close to each other, but the expense of Chicago is the lowest of all. As the housing expenses are related with the income of the residents, we may infer that people in San Francisco keeps the highest income.
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