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 centre.
[解析] W: I am pretty tired. It's time for a coffee break. Let's go out for some coffee, okay? M: I am trying to finish this program. Why don't you sit down and relax right here and I'll make you a cup of coffee several minutes later. Q: What does the man tell the woman to do?
[解析] M: Has anything important come up yet? W: Yes, Mr, Smith called about fifteen minutes ago．He asked me to have you call him between 10:30 and 12:00 if it's convenient for you, otherwise he will call back th is afternoon. I jotted his phone number down on your memo pad. Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
[解析] W: Roger and I would like to go to a movie tonight. Have you seen any good ones lately? M: I saw The Last Explorer last night. It's great. It's about the highest waterfall in the world, Angel Falls. Q: What did the man say about the movie?
[解析] M: On my way up to your office I found this briefcase in the elevator. What do you think I should do? W: Take it to the receptionist. The lost-and-found box is there. Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
B.She wants the man to take her letter to the post office.
C.She wants the man to correct her letter.
D.She wants to correct the man's mistakes.
A B C D
C
[解析] W: Could you spare me a few minutes to go over a letter I have just written? You see I've never written a letter in English before，so I've probably made lots of mistakes. M: Okay. Please sit down. What's the letter for? Q: What does the woman want?
[解析] M: This book is just what I need for the paper I'm working on. Will you lend it to me? W: I need it too. That's why I borrowed it. But I'll lend it to you as soon as I've finished with it. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
[解析] M: There's a McDonald's right across the street. We can eat there. W: I'm sure it's going to be packed. We'll never find seats. Can you go over and pick up some stuff for all of us and bring it back here? Q: What does the woman ask the man to do?
A.The man and the woman looked for Jenny everywhere.
B.The woman went to many different places on the campus.
C.The woman found Jenny.
D.The man told the woman to wait.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: Did you find Jenny? She's been gone all the morning. W: I looked all over the campus, but couldn't find her anywhere. I guess I'll just wait. Q: What do we know about the conversation?
[解析] W: I spent so much money on photocopying this afternoon in the library that I don't have enough money left for dinner. Can you lend me a few dollars? M: Sorry. I am short of money at the moment. I was hoping to borrow some money from you. Q: What do we know from the conversation?
A.He thinks that the things at sales are not good.
B.He thinks that the things at sales are of good quality.
C.He thinks that the things at sales are sometimes good.
D.He thinks that the things at sales are reasonable.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: Do you really think we can get good quality clothes at sales? The things might be out of season, out of style, or damaged. W: Naturally they have some reason to reduce the price, but if you look things over carefully, you can get good buys anyway. Q: What does the man think about the sales?
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 centre.
Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.It makes the reader the leading character in the story.
B.It uses computers.
C.It is personalized.
D.It publishes books for children.
A B C D
A
[解析] 11-13 In America, where labor costs are so high, "do-it-yourself" is a way of life. Many people repair their own cars, build their own garages, even remodel their own houses. Soon they may also be writing their own books. In Hollywood there is a company that publishes children's books with the aid of computers. Although other book companies also publish that way, this particular company is very unusual. It "personalizes" the books by having the computer make the reader the leading character in the story. Here is how they do it. Let us say your child is named Jenny. She lives on Oak Drive in St. Louis, has a dog named Spot, a cat named Tabby, and three playmates whose names are Betsy, Sandy, and Jody. The computer uses this information to fill out a story that has already been prepared and illustrated. The story is then printed with standard equipment as a hardcover book. The child who receives such a book might say, "This book is about me", the company therefore calls itself the "Me-books Publishing Company." Children like the me-books because they like to see in print their own names and the names of their friends and their pets. But more important, "personalization" has been found to be an important tool in developing enthusiasm for reading. Me-books are thus helping a child to learn how to read, by appealing to the natural desire to see his own name in print. 11. In what way is the Me-books Publishing Company different from other book companies?
[解析] 14-16 Different countries and different races have different manners. Before entering a house in some Asian countries, it is good manners to take off your shoes. In European countries, even though shoes sometimes become very muddy, this is not done. A guest in a Chinese house never finishes a drink. He leaves a little, to show that he has had enough. In England, a guest always finishes a drink to show that he has enjoyed it. We must find out the customs of other races, so that they will not think us ill-mannered. But people all over the world agree that being well-mannered really means being kind and helping others, especially those older or weaker than ourselves. If you remember this, you will not go very far wrong. Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do. He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. He is always kind, never cruel, either to people or animals. When people are waiting for a bus, or in a Post Office, he takes his turn. He does not push to the front of the queue. In the bus, he gives his seat to an older person or a lady who is standing. If he accidentally bumps into someone, or gets in their way, he says "Excuse me" or "I'm sorry" He says "Please" when making a request, and "Thank you" when he receives something. He stands up when speaking to a lady or an older person, and he does not sit down until the other person is seated. He does not talk too much himself. He does not talk with his mouth full of food. He uses a handkerchief when he sneezes or coughs. 14. In which countries is it considered good mannered to take off your shoes before entering a house?
[解析] 17-20 Most Americans eat three meals during the day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast begins between 7:00 and 8:00 am, lunch between 11:00 am and noon, and dinner between 6:00 and 8:00 pm. On Sundays "brunch" is a combination of breakfast and lunch, typically beginning at 11:00 am. Students often enjoy a "study break" or evening snack around 10:00 or 11:00 pm. Breakfast and lunch tend to be light meals, with only one course. Dinner is the main meal. For breakfast Americans will eat cereal with milk which is often mixed together in a bowl, a glass of orange juice, and toasted bread with jam, or butter. Another common breakfast meal is scrambled eggs or an omelet with potatoes and breakfast meat. People who are eating light might eat just a cup of yogurt. Lunch and dinner are more varied. When eating at a formal dinner, you may be overwhelmed by the number of utensils. How do you tell the difference between a salad fork, a butter fork, and a dessert fork? Most Americans don't know the answer either. But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last. 17. What is the Americans' eating habit on Sundays?
[解析] What time did the students have an evening snack?
事实细节题。在短文中第一段末尾提到了学生晚上十点或十一点左右吃宵夜。由此可见，正确答案应为C)。
3.
A.Cereal and milk.
B.Hamburger with butter or jam.
C.A glass of cola.
D.A cup of tea.
A B C D
A
[解析] Which of the following can be seen in the American's breakfast?
事实细节题。在原文第二段中提到了美国人早餐的主要食品，一开始便提到了cereal with milk，而其他几项并没有提到，由此可见，正确答案应为A)。
4.
A.They will use a salad fork first.
B.They will use the utensils closest to the plate first.
C.They will use the utensils outermost to the plate first.
D.They will use the utensils outermost to the plate last.
A B C D
C
[解析] How do the Americans use the dining utensils?
推理判断题。在原文最后一段的最后一句中提到了But knowing which fork or spoon to use first is simple: use the outermost utensils first and the utensils closest to the plate last，由此可见，正确答案应为C)。
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 centre.
Passage One Factory farming could soon enter a new era of mass production. Companies in the US are developing the technology needed to "clone" chickens on a massive scale. Once a chicken with desirable traits has been bred or genetically engineered, tens of thousands of eggs, which will hatch into identical copies, could roll off the production lines every hour. Billions of clones could be produced each year to supply chicken farms with birds that all grow at the same rate, have the same amount of meat and taste the same. This, at least, is the vision of the US's National Institute of Science and Technology, which has given Origen Therapeutics of Burlingame, California, and Embrex of North Carolina $ 4.7 million to help fund research. The prospect has alarmed animal welfare groups, who fear it could increase the suffering of farm birds. That's unlikely to put off the poultry industry, however, which wants disease resistant birds that grow faster on less food. "Producers would like the same meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get there," says Mike Fitzgerald of Origen. To meet this demand, Origen aims to "create an animal that is effectively a clone", he says. Normal cloning doesn't work in birds because eggs can't be re moved and implanted. Instead, the company is trying to bulk-grow embryonic(胚胎的,开始的)stem cells taken from fertilized eggs as soon as they're laid. "The trick is to culture the cells without them starting to distinguish, so they remain pluripotent(多能的), "says Fitzgerald. Using a long-established technique, these donor cells will then be injected into the embryo of a freshly laid, fertilized recipient egg, forming a chick that is a "chimera". Strictly speaking a chimera isn't a clone, because it contains cells from both donor and recipient. But Fitzgerald says it will be enough if, say, 95 percent of a chicken's body develops from donor cells. "In the poultry world, it doesn't matter if it's not 100 percent, "he says. Another challenge for Origen is to scale up production. To do this, it has teamed up with Embrex, which produces machines that can inject vaccines into up to 50,000 eggs an hour. Embrex is now trying to modify the machines to locate the embryo and inject the cells into precisely the right spot without killing it. In future, Origen imagines freezing stem cells from different strains of chicken. If orders come in for a particular strain, millions of eggs could be produced in months or even weeks. At present, maintaining all the varieties the market might call for is too expensive for breeders, and it takes years to bread enough chickens to produce the billions of eggs that farmers need.
1. Which statement is the best description of the new era of factory farming according to the first paragraph?
A.Eggs are all genetically engineered.
B.Thousands of eggs are produced every hour.
C.Cloned chickens are bulk-produced with the same growth rate, weight and taste.
D.Identical eggs can be hatched on the production lines.
2. Which institution has offered $ 4.7 million to fund the research?
A.The US's National Institute of Science and Technology.
B.Origen therapeutics of Burlingame, California.
C.Embrex of North Carolina.
D.Animal welfare groups.
A B C D
A
事实细节题。题中的四个选项在原文第二段中都出现了，分别为三个研究机构和一个民间组织。其中，“The US's National Institute of Science and Technology”为研究提供了经费，被资助的研究机构是“Origen therapeutics of Burlingame, California”和“Embrex of North Carolina”。由此可见，A)项为正确答案。[避错指导] B)项和C)项为被资助的单位，故不选；D)项“动物福利组织”并未提供资金，与题意不符。
3. By saying "Producers would like the same meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get there" (Line 2-3, Para. 3), Mike suggests that ______.
A.chicken's quality could be maintained but with less investment
B.chickens' taste could be improved but at less costs
C.chicken's growth rate could be quickened with less inputs
D.chickens could grow to the same weight but with less feed
Passage Two The bull was a sacred creature in the religion and folklore of the ancient world. It is not surprising, therefore, that the financial markets of western Europe should be moved by those ancient leg ends about the creative power of the bull. The stock market speculators translated that power into money and made it part of the speech of financial investors. The bull's back was strong enough to carry the gambler's greed for money. There were some who bought stock because they expected it would rise in price and give them a good profit. This kind of speculator was soon called a "bull". On the other side of the coin was the "bear". Instead of buying a stock, then selling it, the bear did the opposite. He sold a stock first, then bought it back at what he hoped would be a lower price. There is hard evidence that "bull" was stock market slang in Europe in the middle 1700's. Such evidence can be found in the works of several 18th century British dramatists. The famous Colley Cibber, for example, describes a man who boasts of the money he has been making on the Lon don Exchange. "Every shilling," he says, "out of stocks, bulls, bears and bubbles!" Samuel Foote calls one of his characters a "mere bull and bear booby: the patron of lame ducks, brokers and fraudulent (欺骗性的)foot bankrupts!" Still, it is generally believed that "bear" became part of stock market slang long before "bull" did so. The use of "bear", we are told, comes from a very old and well-known fable. This is the story of a man who sold the skin of a bear even before he caught the animal, just as some speculators sold stocks that they had not yet bought. English financiers of the 17th century made fun of such traders and called them "break skin jobbers". As an English dictionary of the time explained: "To sell a bear is to sell what one has not. " The financial history of the past 200 years, both in America and Europe, tells some wild stories about the bears and bulls and their efforts to influence the stock market. Some of their dishonest deals, trades and speculations have given writers and dramatists much material for their plays, novels and satires. Happily, in recent times, the bears and the bulls have been brought under control. Laws have been passed to keep dishonest traders from the exchanges. The bears and the bulls in their time have had their fun and their profits. They certainly were a wild breed in their more dramatic and destructive days, bringing ruin to the exchanges and economies of nations. They make colorful, exciting reading, but they are part of the past. Today, thank God, the bears and bulls have been tamed. They now act like house pets—as seen in the words of a modem American poet, "I play with the bulls and the bears."
1. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
Passage Three Every culture attempts to create a "universe of discourse" for its member, a way in which people can interpret their experience and convey it to one another. Without a common system of codifying sensations, life would be absurd and all efforts to share meanings doomed to failure. This universe of discourse -- one of the most precious of all cultural legacies -- is transmitted to each generation in part consciously and in part unconsciously. Parents and teachers give explicit instruction in it by praising or criticizing certain ways of dressing, of thinking, of gesturing, of responding to the acts of others. But the most significant aspects of any cultural code may be conveyed implicitly, not buy rule or lesson but through modeling behavior. The child is surrounded by others who, through the mere consistency of their actions as males and females, mothers and fathers, salesclerks and police men, display what is appropriate behavior. Thus the grammar of any culture is sent and received largely unconsciously, making one's own cultural assumptions and biases difficult to recognize. They seem so obviously right that they require no explanation. In The Open and Closed Mind, Milton Rkeach poses the problem of cultural understanding in its simplest form, but one that can readily demonstrate the complication of communication between cultures. It is called the "Denny Doodlebug problem." Readers are given all the rules that govern this culture: Denny is an animal that always faces North, and can move only by jumping; he can jump large distances or small distances, but can change direction only after jumping four times in any direction; he can jump North, South, East or West, but not diagonally. Upon concluding a jump his master places some food three feet directly West of him. Surveying the situation Denny concludes he must jump four times to reach the food. No more or less. And he is right. All the reader has to do is to explain the circumstances that make his conclusion correct. The large majority of people who at tempt this problem fail to solve it, despite the fact that they are given all the rules that control behavior in this culture. If there is no difficulty in getting inside the simplistic (过分简单化的) world of Denny Doodlebug—where the cultural code has already been broken and handed to us—imagine the complexity of comprehending behavior in societies whose codes have to yet been deciphered (解释). And where even those who obey these codes are only vaguely aware and can rarely describe the underlying sources of their own actions.
1. We acquire the greater part of our cultural codes by ______.
A.creating a universe of discourse
B.imitating the behavior of others, especially those of the previous generation
C.sharing the same experiences with other people
D.taking in the various information we are given with no discrimination
2. What does "the grammar of any culture" refer to (Line 10, Para. 1)?
A.The grammatical rules in the language used by the largest population in a culture.
B.Rules in a culture that can be modeled on by another culture.
C.Any rules that people in a culture receive throughout his lifetime.
D.Rules and codes that shape one's cultural perspective and behavior.
A B C D
D
语义理解题。根据原文第一段倒数第二句，“the grammar of any culture”(任一文化的语法)即指文中所说的“文化代码”，它形成了人们的“文化假定和偏见”。由于这一形成过程是潜移默化的，所以人们毫不察觉，认为自己所接受的这些假定和偏见都是正确的，是不需要任何解释的。因此D)项“形成一个人的文化视角和行为的那些规则和代码”最接近题意。[避错指导] A)项说“一个文化中多数人所使用的语言中的语法规则”，而题干中说的“文化的语法”是一种比喻的用法，指文化得以理解的一些规则，并非语言中的语法；B)项“一国文化中可以被其他文化模仿的规则”与文意相反，这些规则不易被另一文化模仿； C)项“某一文化中的人们在一生之中所学到的所有规则”，显然不符合文意，应排除。
3. By reading The Open and Closed Mind, we may ______.
A.find a way of solving the Denny Doodlebug problem
B.realize how little we know about the complexity of human behavior
C.bring to light codes of some societies which we didn't know before
D.be aware of the difficulties of communications between different cultures
Passage Four The energy crisis, which is being felt around the world, has dramatized how the careless use of the earth's resources has brought the whole world to tile brink of disaster. The overdevelopment of motor transport, with its increase of more ears, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near-destruction of our cities, the breakup of the family, and the pollution not only of local air but also of the earth's atmosphere. The disaster has arrived in the form of the energy crisis. Our present situation is unlike war, revolution or depression. It is also unlike the great natural disasters of the past. Worldwide resources exploitation and energy use have brought us to a state where long-range planning is essential. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement for ward to a new norm in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems. This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss morality and the revelation that lawbreaking has reached into the highest places in the land. There is a strong demand for moral revival and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own ideals that any people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly. This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other inhabitants of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need to reassess our present course, to change that course and to devise new methods through which the world can survive. This is a priceless opportunity. To grasp it we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis confronting us—and the world—a crisis that is no passing inconvenience, no by-product of the ambitions of the oil-producing countries, no environmentalists' mere fears, no by-product of any present system of government. What we face is the outcome of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is a trans formed life style. This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world's children and future generation.
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 tine through the centre.
1. The museum sends ______ porcelain objects to specialists to be restored.
A.feeble
B.foul
C.fitting
D.fragile
A B C D
D
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中feeble表示“虚弱的，衰弱的，无力的，微弱的，薄弱的”，如：I felt feeble when I was ill．(我生病的时候感到很虚弱。)foul是指“污秽的，邪恶的，肮脏的，淤塞的，”，如：It's a foul night tonight；it's pouring with rain with thundering and lightning． (今夜大雨倾盆，电闪雷鸣，天气坏极了。)fitting表示“适当的”，如：It is fitting that we should remember him on his birthday．(他们在他的诞辰之日纪念他是合适的。)fragile表示“易碎的；易坏的”。根据句意，瓷制品肯定是脆弱易碎的，应该选择D)。
2. The recent oil price rises ______ the difficulties which the motor industry is now facing.
A.clarify
B.exemplify
C.rectify
D.justify
A B C D
B
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中clarify表示“解释；澄清；阐明”，如：The government has time and time again clarified its position on equal pay for women．(政府已经反复阐明政府对男女同工同酬的立场。)exemplify是指“举例说明”，rectify表示“改正；校正；纠正”，justify表示“提出正当理由，证明…有道理；作为正当的理由”。根据句意，石油涨价正好说明了汽车工业面临困难，应该选择B)。
3. It ______ me to see him in such a bad health. He was such an energetic and strong young man only several months ago.
A.depressed
B.upset
C.harmed
D.grieved
A B C D
D
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中depress表示“使沮丧，使消沉，压下，压低，使不活泼，使萧条”，如：He was depressed because he had not passed his examinations．(他很沮丧，因为他没有通过考试。)upset是指“颠覆，推翻，扰乱，使不适，使心烦”，如：James was upset because he had lost his ticket．(詹姆斯很烦躁，因为他把车票丢了。)harm表示“伤害；损害；危害”，grieve表示“(使)悲痛，(使)伤心，忧伤”，如：She is still grieving for her dead husband．(她仍在为死去的丈夫伤心。)根据句意，此处选择伤心更为恰当，应该选择D)。
4. Under federal law, it is illegal to ______ against minorities and women.
A.distinguish
B.exclude
C.object
D.discriminate
A B C D
D
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中distinguish表示“(常与from，between连用)区别；区分”，exclude是指“拒绝；排斥”，如：They excluded people under 18 from joining the club．(他们拒绝接纳十八岁以下的人加入俱乐部。)object表示“反对(某人或某事)”，如：I object to all this noise． (我反对一切噪音。)discriminate表示“(常与against，in favor of连用)歧视；不一视同仁；(常与between连用)区别；辨别”。根据句意和与介词的搭配，应该是歧视少数民族或妇女是违法的，应该选择D)。
5. The waste pipe is blocked; try ______ it out with hot water, or just call the plumber to do it.
A.flushing
B.crushing
C.brushing
D.blushing
A B C D
A
[解析] 形近易混词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中flush表示“淹没，冲洗，使脸红，使齐平，使惊飞，使激动”，如：The river flushed the meadow．(河水淹没了草地。)crush是指“压碎；压坏；碾碎”，如：Huge hammers crush(up)the rocks．；brush表示“轻擦；轻触”，blush表示“脸红；赧颜”。根据句意，此处应该是冲刷管道，应该选择A)。
6. The thought that any parent would ______ their child into seeking fame just appalled me.
12. You could pay half of the rent right now, while the ______ must be paid by the end of this month.
A.remainder
B.remains
C.remnant
D.reservation
A B C D
A
[解析] 名词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是名词，remainder“剩余物；其余(的人)”，remains“剩余；遗体；遗骨”，如：We found the remains of a meal on the table．(我们在桌上发现了剩下的饭菜。)remnant表示“剩余；残余”，如：the remnants of the feast(宴席的剩菜)；reservation表示“保留，(旅馆房间等)预定，预约”。根据句意，此处表示其余的房租要在月底付清，应该选A)。
13. The clock in the painting is a symbolic ______ of the passage of time.
14. Funhouse mirrors, which are not flat, cause images to be ______.
A.distorted
B.distilled
C.diluted
D.diffused
A B C D
A
[解析] 动词辨义。distort表示“歪曲；曲解”，如：That newspaper accounts of international affairs are sometimes distorted．(那家报纸对国际事件的刊载有时是歪曲事实的。)distill是指“蒸馏；用蒸馏法提取”，如：Gasoline is distilled from crude oil．(汽油是由原油蒸馏而得的。)dilute表示“稀释；淡化”，如： to dilute wine with water(加水冲淡酒)；diffuse表示“漫射；散播；扩散；传开”，如：to diffuse learning(传播学问)。根据句意，哈哈镜可以歪曲人的形象，应该选择A)。
15. As time went by, he gradually became ______ to the loss of his wife.
17. I don't like playing piano, for I felt ______ to do what I was unwilling to do myself.
A.hindered
B.obligated
C.constrained
D.conspired
A B C D
C
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中hinder表示“阻止；阻碍”，如：Don't hinder him in his work．(不要妨碍他的工作。)obligate是指“使负有义务；使感到有责任”，如：He felt obligated to help．(他感到有责任帮忙。)constrain表示“强迫；强逼”，如：constrain sb．to do sth．(强逼某人做某事)；conspire表示“阴谋；图谋；密谋”，如：The criminals conspired to rob a bank．(歹徒密谋抢劫一家银行。)根据句意，做自己不喜欢的事情的时候，就感到受压迫，应该选择C)。
18. The ______ cost of the car, complete with tax and insurance, is ￡ 9,800.
19. The company had huge debts and was on the ______ of collapse.
A.glare
B.peer
C.blink
D.brink
A B C D
D
[解析] 固定搭配。此题考查的是固定搭配，其中glare表示“发光；照射；怒视；瞪眼”；peer是指“(常与into连用)凝视；盯着看”；blink表示“眨眼”；brink表示“边；边沿；边缘”，on the brink of表示“在…的边缘”，是固定搭配。根据句意，欠债太多，处于破产的边缘，应该选择D)。
20. All young men are required to do two years of ______ military service.
A.complimentary
B.complementary
C.compulsory
D.congratulatory
A B C D
C
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中complimentary表示“赞美的；表示敬意的；问候的”，complementary是指“补充的，补足的”，compulsory表示“义务的；强制的；强迫的”，如：Education is compulsory in Britain．(在英国实行义务教育。)congratulatory表示“庆祝的，祝贺的”。根据句意和常识，服兵役是义务的，必须的，应该选择C)。
21. Relations between the countries were formally ______ in 1997.
23. As a lawyer ______ for his good judgment and eloquence, he is often invited to those grand banquets and meets those distinguished people from all circles.
A.notorious
B.notable
C.nasty
D.notified
A B C D
B
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中notorious表示“臭名远扬的，臭名昭彰的”，如：Such a notorious person has got to the top of the company. That's more than I bargained for．(这样一个臭名昭著的家伙竟然登上了公司最高层。这个我可没料到。)notable是指“值得注意的；显著的；显要的；优越的”，nasty表示“丑陋的；令人不愉快的；讨厌的”，notified表示“通知的，告知的”。根据句意，以雄辩而闻名的，应该选择B)。
24. She was so ______ in her work that she didn't notice me when I entered the room
A.suffocated
B.dipped
C.immersed
D.submerged
A B C D
C
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中suffocate表示“(常与by，with连用)使窒息；窒息而死”，dip是指“蘸；浸”，如：She dipped her hand in the sea to find out how cold it was．(她把手放人海水中看看它有多凉。)immerse表示“(常与in连用)沉浸于；沉溺于”，如：be immersed in a book (专心于一本书)。submerge表示“潜入水中；沉没；淹没；潜航”。根据句意，她因专心于工作而没有留意到我，应该选择C)。
25. Sibyl was the most ______, helpful, and generous person to work with.
A.graceful
B.grateful
C.gracious
D.gorgeous
A B C D
C
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中graceful表示“优美的，优雅的”，如：a graceful young girl(优雅的少女)；grateful是指“感激的；表示谢意的”；gracious表示“亲切的；和蔼的；慈祥的”，如：She welcomed her guests in a gracious manner．(她态度亲切地欢迎了客人。)gorgeous表示“华丽的，灿烂的”。根据句意，此处讲的是西贝尔性格上的优点，应该选择C)。
26. Professor Wilson has a speaking ______ for this weekend, so-he declined the invitation by his friends for dinner. A. employment B. enhancement C. engagementD. assignment
27. Coal has been ______ by natural gas as a major source of energy.
A.displaced
B.deposited
C.displeased
D.disposed
A B C D
A
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中displace表示“移置；移位”，如：He displaced a bone in his knee in the crash with another player．(他在与另一名运动员相撞时膝部有一块骨头移位了。)deposit是指“存放；储蓄；寄存”，如：She deposited her money in the bank．(她把钱存在银行里。) displease表示“使不高兴，使不愉快”，dispose表示“布置，安排，除去，使愿意”。如：We have to dispose of this pile of old papers and magazines．(我们得把这堆旧报纸和杂志处理掉。)根据句意和我们的常识，天然气已取代煤成为主要的能量来源，应该选择A)。
28. The tragedy could have been ______ if the crew had followed safety procedures.
A.converted
B.diverted
C.reverted
D.averted
A B C D
D
[解析] 动词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是动词，其中convert表示“(常与into连用)转变；变换”，divert是指“转向；转移”，如：A ditch diverted water from the stream into the fields．(一条沟渠把水从河里引向田间。)revert表示“使外翻，翻转”，avert表示“(常与from连用)避免；防止”，如：Accidents can be averted by careful driving．(谨慎驾驶可避免发生事故。)根据句意，悲剧应该可以避免，应该选择D)。
29. They went through the rooms, being careful to touch nothing, as they did not Want to ______ the police in their search for fingerprints.
A.intervene
B.hint
C.hamper
D.reverse
A B C D
C
[解析] 形容词辨义。这四个选项的词性都是形容词，其中intervene表示“插人；介入”，如：I shall leave on Sunday if nothing intervenes．(如果没有别的事，我星期天动身。)hint是指“暗示；示意”，如： He hinted that he might be late．(他曾暗示过他可能迟到。)hamper表示“妨碍，阻碍”，如：The snow hampered my movements．(大雪阻碍了我的行动。)reverse表示“倒退；倒转”，如：Writing is reversed in a mirror．(写出来的字在镜子里是倒着的。)根据句意，小心不破坏现场，是不想对破案工作有妨碍，应该选择C)。
30. The solution, if that is the case, is to install a pressure-reducing ______ on the water system.
Part Ⅳ Error Correction Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered tine. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks 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. The term "women's liberation" refers to a collection of opinions and developments that, in general, seek to end discrimination with women—at least, discrimination that is S1. ______ based on the notion that women are somewhere inferior to S2. ______ men. "Equal right for women" is one of the movement's goals. "Equal pay for equal work" is another. Adherences of S3. ______ the women's liberation movement urge that school textbooks and teachers take note of from women's contributions to S4. ______ history, science, and other fields. They argue for end to what S5. ______ they see as stereotyping of women on television and in other media. They call for, and often get, female representation on committees or other bodies whose decisions might effect S6. ______ women' s lives. They seek to "raise the consciousness" of all Americans concerned what they consider to have been a S7. ______ pervasive, unfair, and unwarranted anti-female attitude in the society. The themes underlying the women's liberation movement are the same themes—individualism, independent S8. ______ and equality—that underlie American society in general. Those who favor women's liberation believe women have S9. ______ unfairly denied the rights and opportunities that, as American citizens, they ought to have. Those who oppose see the movement as subverting the social order, undermining family life, and setting woman against man in a way that is desirable S10. ______ or even catastrophic.
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter. Suppose you are Li Xin, a student of the Department of Applied Physics, Tsinghua University. You hope to further your study in Boston University (Massachusetts, USA ) upon your graduation next year. Now you are writing to the office of graduate admissions to ask for the Application Form and other relative materials. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given in Chinese below:
1. 你的个人情况； 2. 你选择波士顿大学的原因； 3. 索取相关的资料。
[范文1]
Department of Applied Physics Tsinghua University Beijing, China March 26th, 2005
Office of Graduate Admissions Boston University Massachusetts, USA
Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing in the hope that I may obtain an opportunity to further my study in Applied Physics toward master degree in your university. My name is Li Xin. I am an undergraduate student of the Department of Applied Physics, Tsinghua University (China). I will graduate and get my BS degree next year. I wish to further my study in this field under the instructions of outstanding professors and in a vigorous academic atmosphere. I chose Boston University because there are a group of enthusiastic researchers, an array of databases and research projects in your School of Physics. I believe my interests are extremely congruent with the strengths of the School. And my solid academic background will meet your general entrance requirements for graduate study. I am very grateful if you could send me the following materials: the Graduate Application Forms, the Application Form for Scholarships, a detailed introduction to the School of Physics, and other relevant materials. My post address is shown on the top of this letter. I am waiting for your early reply.
Sincerely yours, Li Xin
[范文2]
Department of Applied Physics Tsinghua University Beijing, China March 26th, 2005
Office of Graduate Admissions Boston University Massachusetts, USA
Dear Sir or Madam, I wish that I may obtain an opportunity to further my study in Applied Physics toward master degree in your university. My name is Li Xin, an undergraduate student of the Department of Applied Physics, Tsinghua University (China). Next year in the summer, I will graduate and get my BS degree. I plan to continue my study and research in this field under the instructions of first-class professors and in a dynamic academic atmosphere. I prefer Boston University because its School of Physics has a group of enthusiastic researchers, and an array of databases and research projects. I believe my academic interests are completely in accordance with the strengths of the School. And my solid academic reservoir will meet your general entrance requirements for graduate study. It will be highly appreciated if you could send me the Graduate Application Forms, the Application Form for Scholarships, a detailed introduction to the School of Physics, and other relevant materials. My mailing address is shown on the top of the letter. I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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