Section Ⅰ Listening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are TWO parts in this section, Part A and Part B. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 3 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may false your hand NOW as you will not be. allowed to speak once the test has started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer--A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.
[解析] M: Would you like me to get you some beer also? W: Not now, thanks. Maybe later.
2. Where are the man and woman going?
A.To the beach.
B.To a play.
C.To a movie theatre.
D.To a restaurant.
A B C D
D
[解析] M: The Golden Lion sounds like a nice place to eat. W: OK, let's go there. I hear that they have a complete menu and a warm atmosphere.
3. What is the woman's job?
A.A shop assistant.
B.A telephone operator.
C.A waitress.
D.A clerk.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: How about the food I ordered? I've been waiting for 20 minutes already. W: I'm sorry, Sir. I'11 be back with your order in a minute.
4. What's the probable relationship between them?
A.Waiter and customer.
B.Doorkeeper and visitor.
C.Servant and hostess.
D.Shop assistant and old customer.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: Good afternoon, Madam, would you like to sit beside the window? You can enjoy the sea and the mountains. W: I'd prefer to sit alone, but I suppose this will do. Have you a menu, please?
5. Why did the man think the movie was better?
A.He likes the scenes of the movie.
B.He likes the acting of the movie.
C.He likes the plot of the movie.
D.He thinks a slow movie is better.
A B C D
A
[解析] W: This is the worst movie I have ever seen. The plot is dull and the acting is bad too. But you told me it was better than the one we saw last week. M: It is a little slow, but the music is beautiful and the photography is nice.
[解析] M: Mary, I'm sorry. They've just said they couldn't supply the tickets for the show this evening. W: Oh! I was really looking forward to that. It's really a pity. I hope we can go there sometime next month.
7. What are they going to do?
A.Read the paper
B.See a film.
C.Have dinner in town.
D.Stay at home.
A B C D
B
[解析] W: It's a shame to spend Saturday evening at home. Let's go to the movies now. M: That's exactly what I have been thinking about. Let me get the paper and see what's on tonight.
8. What are the speakers doing?
A.Painting a room.
B.Moving office furniture.
C.Buying an instrument.
D.Hanging a poster.
A B C D
B
[解析] W: Could you give me a hand with this file cabinet? M: All fight. Where will. you put it? W: Against the wall, next to the Xerox machine.
9. What does the man mean?
A.It's only eleven o'clock.
B.It's time for lunch.
C.His lunch time is ten o'clock.
D.He is hungry but it's too early for lunch.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: It looks that you are ready to leave. M: I feel as though it's time for lunch, even though it's only 10 o'clock.
10. What will the woman probably do?
A.Look at something for the man.
B.Stop talking so much.
C.Play the music more quietly.
D.Pay more attention to the music.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: Look, I'm sorry to bother you about this, but could you turn that music down? W: Sorry, I didn't realize you could hear it.
Part B You will hear four dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have .5 seconds to read each of the questions which accompany it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have 10 seconds to check your answer to each question. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE.
Questions 11～13 are based on the following dialogue.
1. What can we learn about Jack from the dialogue?
A.He's a native in America.
B.He's a new comer to America.
C.He knows very well about the holiday.
D.He dislikes this kind of holiday.
A B C D
B
[解析] 11-13 W: I've invited the whole family to our house for Thanksgiving dinner. M: What kind of a holiday is Thanksgiving, Mom? W: Don't you know, Jack? M: We've only been here in New York for less than three months! How am I supposed to know? W: The first settlers in the United States celebrated their being alive after a very hard year in their new country. M: So, I guess, we have to celebrate, too. We live here. W: Thanksgiving comes right after the harvest season, the last Thursday in November. M: Oh, it's kind of harvest festival, giving thanks for all the many good things to eat. W: We'll have to go shopping for the turkey and fixings. M: Why turkey? And what are fixings? W: The early settlers found wild turkeys in the woods. It was the closest thing to chicken or duck or goose. M: Yes, like we eat Beijing Duck on special occasions. W: So they have roasted stuffed turkey every year. M: But what are the fixings? W: What the turkey is served with are the fixings.., sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, turnips, and for dessert, people help themselves to pumpkin pie. M: Let's go to the supermarket and get the bird and fixings!
2. What do people eat on Thanksgiving Day?
A.Turkey.
B.Chicken.
C.Duck.
D.Goose.
A B C D
A
3. What will the two speakers do immediately after the talk?
A.They will prepare dinner.
B.They will go shopping for gifts to their guests.
C.They will invite some people to dinner.
D.They will go shopping for turkey and fixings.
A B C D
D
Questions 14～17 are based on the following dialogue.
[解析] 14-17 M: Hello, Alice. What was the film like? W: Awful. It was a complete waste of time. M: Why? What was it about? W: It was about a married couple. They had to live with the wife's mother, because they didn't have enough money to buy a house of their own. M: A lot of young poeple have to do that. W: Yes, but the husband had to work overtime three times a week, so he was always tired. M: It sounds like the story of my life. W: Yes, it does doesn't it? But this man was always over-tired, and he couldn't sleep. So he used to take two sleeping pills every night. M: I take sleeping pills sometimes. W: Yes, but not two every night, right? Anyway, the strain was too much for him, He had a nervous breakdown and went to hospital. M: It sounds like a very depressing film. W: Not really. His wife was able to find a good job as an interpreter, because she could speak French fluently. After a few months' work, she had a better job than her husband. So in the end, they were able to buy a house, and he didn't have to work any more, stupid, wasn't it? M: I don't know. My wife used to speak French. I must tell her to brush it up.
2. Why did the couple in the film have to live with the wife's mother?
A.Because the mother was alone.
B.Because the mother should be taken care of.
C.Because the couple had not enough money to buy their own house.
D.Because the couple want to live with the mother.
A B C D
C
3. Why was the wife in the film able to find a good job?
A.Because she could speak French fluently.
B.Because it was easy to find a job then.
C.Because her husband helped her.
D.Because no one wanted the job.
A B C D
A
4. What can you infer from this dialogue?
A.The man was not interested in the film.
B.Married couple have to live with their parents.
C.The man's wife cannot speak French fluently.
D.The woman suggested that the man should work hard.
A B C D
C
Questions 18～21 are based on the following dialogue.
1. Where did this conversation probably take place?
A.At home.
B.In the woman's house.
C.On the street.
D.In a restaurant.
A B C D
D
[解析] 18-21 W: What do you plan to order? M: I think I'll just have a salad and a cup of tea. W: Is that all? M: Yes. I'm on a diet. My doctor told me that I should lose some weight because I'm too heavy and that's not healthy. W: How do you feel? M: I feel fine. In fact, I've never felt better. Furthermore, some of my old clothes would fit me if I lost about 40 pounds. W: How long will that take you? M: Well, I've just started my diet, so it may take me six months to get down to my proper weight. W: Do you plan to eat nothing but salads for six months? M: No, I'll be able to eat fruit and certain meats and dairy products, but most important, I should never eat anything between meals and I should not eat anything containing sugar. W: Then you probably won't want to try the delicious pastries they serve here. I understand the head cook is an excellent pastry chef. M: Now that you mention it, I may have two or three of these delicious hot mils. I usually have five or six.
2. Why docs the man want to go a diet?
A.He is not fat.
B.He doesn't feel well.
C.On the doctor's orders.
D.He is not healthy.
A B C D
C
3. According to the man, what kind of diet should he follow?
A.To get help for deciding where to take his vacation.
B.To visit his friend, the travel agent.
C.To get information about Parisian night club.
D.To make a hotel reservation.
A B C D
A
[解析] 22-25 M: I have a three-week vacation coming up in a few months, and I want to take a trip. But I don't really know where I want to go. W: Do you want to stay in this country, or would you prefer to go abroad? M: I think I'd like to visit a foreign country. I'm not interested in Africa, but any place else would be fine. W: Well, that leaves Asia, South America, and Europe. Oh, and I almost forgot Australia. Are you interested in seeing anything in particular? Historical monuments? Museums? Countryside? People? M: Monuments might be interesting, but museums are too dull. I think I'd like to see a little night life, too. If I'm going to spend lots of money oil a trip, I don't want to be bored. W: It sounds as if you would do well to go to Europe--possibly to France, Spain, or Italy. There are excellent hotels, so many interesting sights to see and plenty of night clubs. M: Say, how about "Gay Paree"? I could spend my whole vacation there and really have a good time, couldn't I? They say the night spots are really terrific. W: Well, you'd certainly have plenty of time to find out. And during tike day you could do a little sightseeing. M: If I'm not too tired, I'd rather sleep during the day. I can always see the sights at home, you've convinced me. I'll take a ticket to Paris.
2. What does the man want to visit most?
A.Museums.
B.Italy.
C.Night clubs.
D.Monuments.
A B C D
C
3. Where does the man finally decide to spend his vacation?
A.In Italy.
B.In several European countries.
C.In Spain.
D.In France.
A B C D
D
4. What will the man probably do during the day of his holiday?
A.See sights.
B.Go to the countryside.
C.Visit people.
D.Sleep.
A B C D
D
Section Ⅱ Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on AN SWER SHEET 1.
Text The earth is not the only 1 that travels around the sun. With it are eight other planets, fellow members of the sun's family. Two of them are 2 while the other six 3 from the sun than the earth is. The farther they are, the longer 4 they 5 around the sun. People noticed long ago that these traveling bodies moved around in the sky 6 definite paths. It is a 7 called gravity that 8 them in their paths. We know that every little bit of matter in the 9 pulls upon every other bit of mater. The pull between two bodies is 10 to the product of their masses. Because the sun is so large that pulls 11 the sun and the planets are thus great. If it 12 not for these pulls, the planets 13 off into space. In the same way 14 exists a pull between the earth and the moon, which keeps the moon 15 in its orbit around our planet, the earth. The gravity holds you to its surface, and pulls back to it the ball which you 16 into the air. Of course the ball also pulls 17 the larger earth, but the earth is so much larger that the pull 18 . Now remember that large bodies exert a greater pull on any body than smaller ones which contain 19 material. But each object in the universe, no matter how small, pulls on all other objects 20 extent.
Part A Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1 A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people. Day after day my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way of life. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability. Accountability isn't hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences. Of the many values that hold civilization together--honesty, kindness, and so on--accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law--and, ultimately, no society. My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who rerun, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. Fortunately there are still communities--smaller towns, usually--where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated--they simply are not done!" Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has gone. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him. The main cause of this break-down is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the church that failed to reach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn't provide a stable home. I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
1. What the wise man said suggests that ______.
A.it's unnecessary for good people to do anything in face of evil
B.it's certain that evil will prevail it good men do nothing about it
C.it's only natural for virtue to defeat evil
D.it's desirable for good men to keep away from evil
A.stricter discipline should be maintained in schools and families
B.more good examples should be set for people to follow
C.more restrictions should be imposed on people's behavior
D.more people should accept the value of accountability
A B C D
D
[解析] 文章最后一段概括了作者的观点：在我们美国迫切需要更多的人相信犯罪者应自食其果。
Text 2 The long years of food shortage in this country has suddenly given way to apparent abundance. Stores and shops are choked with food. Rationing (定量供应) is virtually suspended, and overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries. Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and confusion. Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about? Is the abundance only temporary, or has it come to stay? Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home? No one knows what to expect. The recent growth of export surpluses on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because a strange sequence of two successful grain harvests in North America is now being followed by a third. Most of Britain's overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen. But the effect of all this on the food situation in this country has been made worse by a simultaneous rise in food prices, due chiefly lo tile gradual cutting down of government support for food. The shops are overstocked with food not only because them is more food available but also because people, frightened by high price.% are buying less of it. Moreover, the rise in domestic prices has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety. And now grain prices, too, are falling. Consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be enabled to benefit from this trend. The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers. The older generation have seen it all happen before. Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a shrinking home market. Present production is running at 51 per cent above pre-war levels, and the government has called for an expansion to 60 per cent by 1956; but repeated Ministerial advice is carrying little weight and the expansion programme is not working very well.
1. Why is there "wide-spread uneasiness and confusion" about the food situation in Britain?
A.The abundant food supply is not expected to last.
B.Britain is importing less food.
C.Despite the abundance, food prices keep rising.
D.Britain will cut back on its production of food.
A B C D
C
[解析] 参阅第一段第五句，虽然供应充足，但食品价格不断上涨。
2. The main reason for the rise in food prices is that ______.
A.people are buying less food
B.the government is providing less support for agricultural products
C.domestic food production has decreased
D.imported food is driving prices higher
A B C D
B
[解析] 参阅第三段第一句中的“．．．due chiefly to the gradual curing down of government support for food”。
3. Why didn't the government's expansion programme work very well?
A.Because the farmers were uncertain about the financial support the government guaranteed.
B.Because the farmers were uncertain about the benefits of expanding production.
C.Because the farmers were uncertain whether foreign markets could be found for their produce.
D.Because the older generation of farmers were strongly against the programme.
A B C D
B
[解析] 参阅最后一段第一句和第三句。
4. The decrease in world food prices was a result of ______.
A.a sharp fall in the purchasing power of the consumers
B.a sharp fall in the cost of food production
C.the overproduction of food in the food-importing countries
D.the overproduction on the part of the main food-exporting countries
Text 3 One of the best-known proverbs must be "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise". The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modem man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people, and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being. Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survery showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 38.5 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have ran in the Hawaiian Marathon. Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day'?" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as l have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down fill it passes."
1. The first paragraph indicates that medical workers ______.
A.are in great demand
B.make a lot of money
C.are concerned with their own health
D.like sports more than ordinary people
A B C D
A
[解析] 从第一段最后一句中的“more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being”可以看出缺少医务工作者。
2. In the United States, medical treatments are ______.
A.very effective
B.cheap
C.insufficient
D.expensive
A B C D
D
[解析] 第二段第二句指出，美国的医疗费用急剧上升。
3. Aerobics is a book about ______.
A.medicine
B.driving
C.exercise
D.marathon
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第二段第三句中的“In his book Aerobics， Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise…”可以看出该书主要是介绍运动的益处。
4. Many people take part in marathons because they ______.
A.find the marathons very exciting
B.love traveling all over the country
C.want to keep fit
D.want to be good sportsmen
A B C D
C
[解析] 作者在第二段提到“Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run．．．the hard and tiring marathons…”，在本段最后一句中又提到很多人响应进行运动的号召“running for their lives”，目的当然是健身了。
5. According to the passage, the author's tone about exercise can be described as ______.
Part B Directions: Read the following parts on men and women. For Questions 61 to 65, match the number of each part (61 to 65) to one of the statements (A to G) given below. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Part 1 Verbal superiority may continue from childhood to adulthood. Studies show that women excel at certain verbalfluency tests, such as listing multiple words that begin with the same letter. Some researchers have also found that women are more adept at learning foreign languages than men are. Part 2 According to a psychologist, Doreen Kimura of the University of Western Ontario. women outperform men on "precision manual tasks". In studies involving quick, accurate, small movements, and a pegboard test (in which subjects place small pegs into holes as quickly as they can), women outdo men. Part 3 In one study of 1995, Richard L. Dory, in the University of Pennsylvania Smell and Taste Center, asked randomly selected sniffers to identify scents. He found that, on average, women outperformed men. Women also have lower odor "thresholds", meaning they can detect fainter odors than men can. Women do better than men on hearing tests, too. And their hearing deteriorates less rapidly than men's over time, according to Mary Anne Baker, a psychology professor at Indiana University Southeast. Part 4 Women interrupt less, are more likely to be complimentary, and laugh at other people's jokes more. And women even disagree agreeably, as in "That's a good point, but ..." In numerous studies, women also read nonverbal cues--facial expressions, body movements, and changes in tone of voice--more accurately than men do, according to Hall. "Women's faces are generally more expressive than men's, too, "says Hall. Part 5 As more women rise to upper management, researchers have examined differences in how men and women lead. Women tend to share power, encourage participation, and boost their emplyees'sense of self-worth. Many of the women believe subordinates perform best when they feel good about themselves, and women tend to foster that feeling. Insignificant contrast, their male counterparts exercise more formal authority and care more about hierarchy, says Rosenerfound. Now match each of the parts (61 to 65) to the appropriate statement. Note: There are two extra statements. Statements A. Born to lead. B. Super Senses. C. Handy Women. D. Social Communication. E. Attentive Character. F. Habit of thrift. G. The language ability.
1. Part 1
G
2. Part 2
C
3. Part 3
B
4. Part 4
D
5. Part 5
A
Section Ⅳ Writing You should write your responses to both Part A and Part B of this section on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Part A
1. You write, in the name of Jack (Man) or Joan (Woman), a short note to invite your dream girl (Jenny) or dream boy (Jerry) to go to the cinema. Tell her or him what will be on and its significance for both of you.
Dear Jenny, I was wondering whether you remembered that you had told me that you loved the American movie Walking in the Cloud. We had a sharp debate on this movie, and none of us wanted to stop our mouths. That debate impressed on me deeply. Walking in the Cloud will be shown on Sunday. I have bought two tickets and I will be greatly pleased to see it with you. Are you free that day? Yours, Jack
Part B
1. You are given a picture and required to describe the scene you can see in it with the title Inside and Outside.
Inside and Outside There are two birds in the picture. One is in a cage, another is outside. Both of them are worrying about something. Locked in the cage and confined to a small space, the bird in the cage lives a very unhappy life. Although it is fed on a full bowl of rice every day, it is bored to death. It dreams of freeing itself from imprisonment and flying in the sky. On the other band, the bird outside the cage is harassed by starvation. Coveting the bowl of rice in the cage, it has a strong desire to get in. In its hunger pang, it has completely forgotten the advantage of being able to enjoy freedom. The message conveyed by this picture is instructive. Everything has its positive and negative sides. When a person is beset by his unfavorable condition, he should never lose sight of his own advantages.
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