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 THREE parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. 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 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions, you may raise 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 For Questions 1—5, you will hear the following passage. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you have heard. Some of the information has been given to you in the table. Write only I word in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.
[解析] 1-5 It has often been said by people involved in language teaching that a student who really wants to learn will succeed in whatever circumstances under which he studies. It is certainly true that students do learn in unfavorable conditions, and it is also true that students often succeed in using methods that experts have considered unsatisfactory. All teachers can think of some students who are significantly better than their peers, and it seems reasonable to suggest that the motivation of the student is perhaps the single most important thing that he brings to the classroom. Motivation is some kind of internal drive that encourages somebody to pursue a course of action. It seems to be the case that if we perceive a goal and if that goal is sufficiently attractive, we will be strongly motivated to do what ever is necessary to reach that goal. Language learners who are motivated also perceive goals of various types, and here we might immediately make a distinction between short-term goals and long-term goals. Long-term goals might have something to do with a student's wish to get a better job or become a member of the target language community. Short term goals might include such things as the urge to pass an end-of-term or end-of-semester exam or complete a unit successfully.
2.
classroom
3.
action
4.
goal
5.
successfully
Part B For Questions 6—10, you will hear an interview with Mike. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the question. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the question below.
1. Women held a high place in the 10th and 11th centuries in southern
European societies
[解析] 6-10 Women held a high place in southern European societies in the 10th and 11th centuries. As a wife, the woman was protected by a dowry or decimum. This purpose of this was to protect her against the risk of desertion, but in reality its function in the social and family life of the time was much more important. The decimum was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all her husband's property. The wife had the right to withhold consent, in all transactions the husband would make. And more than just a right: she also enjoyed a real power of decision, equal to that of her husband. The wife shared in the management of her husband's persona property, but the opposite was not aways true. Women seemed perfectly prepared to defend their own in heritance against husbands who tried to exceed their rights. A case in point is that of Maria Vivas, a Catalan woman of Barcelona. Having agreed with her husband Miro to sell a field she had inherited, for the needs of the household, she insisted on compensation. The unfortunate husband was obliged to assign her a piece of land from his personal inheritance. Either through the dowry or through being hot-tempered, the wife knew how to win herself, within the context of the family a powerful economic position.
2. The woman was protected in those societies by a
dowry or decimum
3. The decimum was the wife's right to receive a tenth of all
her husband's property
4. A wife's position in a family was equal
to her husband
5. A husband could sell his wife's inheritance if
she agreed
Part C You will hear three 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. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13.
1. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?
A.Mother and son.
B.Father and daughter.
C.Teacher and student.
D.Husband and wife.
A B C D
D
[解析] 11-13 Elina: What's the matter with you, then? It seems that you axe hostile and miserable. Johnson: Not me. It's us, to be frank. Elina: What do you mean by "us"? Johnson: Well, I remember that we enjoyed talking to each other before we got married. Elina: What do you mean? Aren't we talking now? Johnson: Oh, yes, but we used to do so much together. We went for a walk every morning. We enjoyed reading magazines together. Elina: But we still watch television together, don't we? Johnson: But we used to go to the cinema together. I still remember you cried a lot when watching some sentimental films. Elina: That's silly. You are being totally ridiculous thinking of these things. Johnson: And we used to go to parks on Sundays and feed birds and fish there. You were so wonderful at that time. Elina: But we never used to argue. Don't you remember? (sound of the door opening). Johnson: Where are you going? Elina: Back to live with my parents. That's something else we used to do before our marriage. Remember?
2. Which of the following is the thing they did in the past and are now still doing?
A.Going to the cinema together.
B.Watching television together.
C.Going for a walk together.
D.Quarreling together.
A B C D
B
3. What will the woman do?
A.She will go to live with her parents.
B.She will go to the cinema with her husband.
C.She will go to the park alone.
D.She will leave her husband for ever.
A B C D
A
Questions 14—16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14—16.
D.To take away chances of choosing from customers.
A B C D
A
[解析] 14-16 Advertising actually has a dual function: to sell, as well as to inform. If you stop to think of it, advertisements pro vide information of almost everything in our household and immediate environment, from shampoo to fuel for cars. A significant purpose is to inform consumers of new products and new services as well as to remind them of established ones. Performance, price, value for money, quality and reliability are some of the main features mentioned in advertisements. Yet there is another important aspect of advertising that should not be forgotten: that of choice. A number of advertisements for different brands of the same product, e.g. toothpaste, shampoo or washing powder allow the consumer to choose. Choice is an important part of buying. In this busy day and age, there is little time for comparison shopping. To determin which product is the best to buy, and at the most competitive price, consumers these days rely on advertising in its various forms. This saves time and energy and simplifies shopping. So for busy people like you and me, advertisements actually do us a favor.
2. What are some of the main features of advertisements mentioned in this passage?
A.Toothpaste, shampoo and washing powder.
B.Different brands of the same product.
C.Performance, price, value for money, quality & reliability.
D.Freedom of choice for the producer.
A B C D
C
3. What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Advertisements have special features.
B.Advertisements benefit busy people in many ways.
C.We should do comparison shopping.
D.Advertisements are nothing bad for shoppers.
A B C D
B
Questions 17—20 are based on the following dialogue. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17—20.
1. What's the possible relationship of the two speakers?
A.Doctor and patient.
B.Teacher and student.
C.Husband and wife.
D.Shopkeeper and customer.
A B C D
C
[解析] 17-20 Harry: Oh, dear, tell me what's on the TV tonight. Sheila: Don't ask me. You know I never watch it. Harry: I know you are always busy. What are you busy with now? Knitting socks again. I wish I could be as free as you. Sheila: You actually have more free time than I. But you waste it all watching your television. Harry: No, that is not a waste of time. I can relax a lot when watching TV. Sheila: But you can't learn anything from it. You just sit there and stare at the screen. Harry: Of course I can learn. There are many educational programmes. Sheila: But you never watch them. You either turn over the channels or get to sleep whenever an educational programme comes on. Harry: Don't be so critical. I need to put my feet up for a while after work each day. Sheila: I like putting my feet up, too, at the end of the day, but I like doing things while I rest. Harry: Dear, as I've said many times, we're different. There are two kinds of people in the world. Sheila: I know. Those who are never happy unless they are having something to do. And those who are never happy unless they are doing nothing. Harry: So, you just go on with your knitting, and I can watch TV. Sheila: But I still want you to be well-organized and not to waste your life.
2. What docs Harry enjoy after work each day?
A.He enjoys watching TV.
B.He enjoys talking with his wife.
C.He enjoys wasting his time.
D.He enjoys doing anything.
A B C D
A
3. What docs Sheila enjoy after work?
A.She enjoys watching TV.
B.She enjoys having something to do.
C.She enjoys preparing dinner.
D.She enjoys staring at the TV screen.
A B C D
B
4. What does "put one's feet up for a while" mean?
A.To do physical exercise for a while.
B.To sleep with feet up for a while.
C.To relax for a while.
D.To sit and watch TV for a while.
A B C D
C
Section Ⅱ Use of English Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark [A], [B], [C] or [D] on ANSWER SHEET 1. Glass is everywhere in our lives. It is so common 1 we hardly think about it. We 2 it when we look out of the window and if we wear glasses. We drink from it and sometimes eat from it. The light in our homes comes through glass windows in the daytime and from glass lights 3 . Glass 4 in homes, schools, businesses, industry, and automobiles. Fortunately for us, glass is 5 very inexpensive materials. The main material is sand from quartz rock. The mixture is heated until it becomes a syrupy 6 . When the liquid cools, it becomes glass. No one knows 7 first discovered glass or how. Early humans used obsidian, a natural glass 8 by volcanoes, to make tools and jewelry. People probably began making glass themselves around 3000 B.C. in Syria. Then in a war 9 Egypt and Syria in 1400 B. C., Syria became part of Egypt. The Egyptians took Syrian glassmakers 10 to Egypt, and over the centuries the entire eastern Mediterranean area became a glassmaking center. Probably around 300 B.C. the blowpipe 11 . Egyptian glassmakers developed the use of the blowpipe. They specialized 12 beautiful jewelry, dishes, and other containers. The Romans soon started making their own glass. Then they 13 that glass could be used to make windows. 14 centuries later, Europeans made magnificent church windows 15 colored glass. 16 1900 companies have developed many new types of glass. Safety glass is a sandwich of glass and plastic. If it breaks, the pieces stay together 17 flying in all directions. This invention is very useful 18 automobile windows. Today most glass is made 19 machines in large factories. No one 20 it. People use television and computers to control the machines.
Part A Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing [A], [B], [C] or [D]. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Text 1 "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" is a popular saying in the United States. Other countries have similar sayings. It is tree that all of us need recreation. We cannot work all the time if we are going to maintain good health and enjoy life. Good physical and mental health in fact enables us to work more efficiently. Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to participate in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball, baseball, and football. There are also individual sports, such as golf and swimming. In addition, hiking, fishing, skiing and mountain climbing have a great attraction for people who like to be outdoors, Chess, card-playing, and dancing are forms of indoor recreation enjoyed by many people. Not everyone who enjoys sporting events likes to participate in them. Many people prefer to be spectators, either by attending the games in person, watching them on television, or listening to them on the radio. When there is an important baseball game or boxing match, it is almost impossible to get tickets. Everyone wants to attend. It doesn't matter whether we play a fast game of ping-pong, concentrate over the bridge table, or go walking through the woods on a brisk autumn afternoon. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time and enjoy some form of recreation.
1. What does the saying "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" really mean?
A.Jack likes work, but he doesn't like to play.
B.Jack is a dull boy both in work and in play.
C.Jack will be dull if he always works without relaxing.
D.Jack likes to play, but he has to work.
A B C D
C
解析：All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy．只工作，不玩耍会让杰克变成一个笨孩子，只有C符合此意。
2. The most popular way of relaxing is perhaps ______.
A.to participate in sports
B.to be good spectators
C.to play chess with friends
D.to watch ball matches on television
A B C D
A
解析：由文章第二段第二句话Perhaps the most popular way is to participate in sports可知。
3. What is the difference between baseball and golf?
A.Both are ball games.
B.Baseball is a team sport, while golf is an individual game.
C.Baseball is more popular than golf.
D.Baseball is more difficult than golf.
A B C D
B
解析：由文章第二段第三、四句可知，篮球、棒球和足球都是团体运动，而高尔夫球和游泳是个体运动。
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Dancing is a form of indoor recreation.
B.Many people who enjoy sports prefer to be spectators.
C.Spectators have several ways to participate in sporting events.
D.Almost everyone can get a ticket for an important baseball game or boxing match.
A.Participating in sports is a very good way of recreation.
B.There are different forms of sporting events.
C.Many people prefer to be spectators.
D.Some people like working without relax.
A B C D
A
解析：从文章大意可知，文章主要就是在谈论休闲娱乐，体育运动是休闲娱乐的好方式。
Text 2 The family in the western world has changed greatly during the last two centuries. Before the nineteenth century, families usually arranged marriages for their children. Young people did not decide whom they wanted to marry. After they got married, they usually had a lot of children. This family was an important part of the larger family of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and other relatives. By the nineteenth century, most young people could choose whom they wanted to marry. Marriage joined two people and not two families. The reason two people got married was because they loved each other. It was not just because the families wanted them to marry. At the same time, parents began to realize that they had to take very good care of their children. They had to take care of their health and try to give them an education. Before this, most people did not go to school. But now education was necessary for a good life. The parents decided they should have fewer children so they could give each one a good life. They thought it was important for the mother to spend as much time as possible with her children. Before, the family all worked together at home. After 1800 more fathers worked outside the home for money. Mothers stayed home and had greater control of the home and children. Most homes didn't produce anything. The other relatives were still important, but they were separated more than before. Family life is changing even faster in the United States today. There is almost one divorce for every two marriages. Over 10 percent of families have a mother and children but no father. At least half of all children will live part of the time with only one parent. Fifty percent of all mothers work outside the home. Some social scientists think that soon there will be no family life in the United States as we know it today. They do not know how people will live. Others think society needs families, and we will always have them.
1. The family in the western world
A.has changed a lot during the last two centuries
B.hasn't changed at all during the last two centuries
C.has changed a little during the last two centuries
D.has become bigger and bigger
A B C D
A
解析：由文章第一句话The family in the western world has changed greatly during the last two centuries可知。
2. Before the nineteenth century ______.
A.people got married because they loved each other
B.people could choose whom they wanted to marry
C.people married very young
D.families usually arranged marriages
A B C D
D
解析：由文章第二段第一句Before the nineteenth century, families usually arranged marriages for their children可知。
3. During the 1800s ______.
A.marriage involved two families
B.parents arranged marriages
C.marriage joined two people
D.parents chose husbands for their daughters
A B C D
C
解析：由文章第三段第二句话Marriage joined two people and not two families可知。
4. Today family in the United States ______.
A.isn't changing at all
B.is changing even faster
C.is changing a little
D.is still very large
A B C D
B
解析：由文章第六段第一句Family life is changing even faster in the United States today可知。
5. Social scientists do NOT study ______.
A.marriage in different countries
B.the differences between life in rural and urban areas
C.how a satellite is launched
D.family life
A B C D
C
解析：社会科学家不研究自然科学方面的东西，只有C项卫星是怎么发射的，不属于社会科学研究领域。
Text 3 Fifty volunteers were alphabetically divided into two equal groups. Group A to participate in a 7-week exercise program, and Group B to avoid deliberate exercise of any sort during those 7 weeks. On the day before the exercise program began, all 50 men participated in a step-test. This consisted of stepping up and down on a 16-inch bench at 30 steps a minute for 5 minutes. One minute after completion of the step-test, a pulse rate of each subject was taken and recorded. This served as the pretest for the experiment. For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experimental group (Group A) rode an exercycle for 15 minutes each day. The exercise schedule called for riders to ride relaxed during the first day's ride, merely holding on to the handle bars and foot pedals as the machine moved. Then, for the next 3 days, they rode relaxed for 50 seconds of each minute, and pushed, pulled, and pedaled actively for 10 seconds of each minute. The ration of active riding was increased every few days, so that by the third week it was haft of each minute, and by the seventh week the riders were performing 15 solid minutes of active riding. At the end of the 7 weeks, the step-test was again given to both groups of subjects, and their pulses taken. The post exercise pulse rates of subjects in the experimental group were found to have decreased an average of 30 heart beats per minute, with the lowest decrease of 28 and the highest decrease of 46. The pulse rates of subjects in the control group (Group B) remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats, with an average difference between the initial and final tests of zero.
1. How many people were in each group?
A.100.
B.25.
C.50.
D.15.
A B C D
B
解析：由文章第一句话可知，50个志愿者被平分到两个组，每组应有25个人。
2. The step-test was given ______.
A.at the beginning and at the end of the 7-week period
B.after each exercise period
C.only at the beginning of the 7-week period
D.only at the end of the 7-week period
A B C D
A
解析：由文中可知，在为期7周的实验始末分别进行了一次阶梯测试。
3. When were pulse rates taken?
A.After every exercise period.
B.Every time the ratio of active riding was increased.
C.Every day.
D.After each step-test.
A B C D
D
解析：由文中可知，在每次阶梯测试后都要测量脉搏。
4. What did Group A do in their program?
A.They stepped up and down on a bench every day.
B.The didn't do any exercise.
C.They rode on an exercycle every day.
D.They pushed handle bars every day.
A B C D
C
解析：由文章第一段第七句For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experimental group (Group A) rode an exercycle for 15 minutes each day可知。
5. What does this paragraph imply?
A.Most of us don't get enough exercise.
B.We should exercise 15 minutes per day.
C.A high pulse rate is more healthy.
D.Regular exercise can strengthen our heart.
A B C D
D
解析：由文章可知，该实验说明，经常锻炼可以增加心脏功能。
Text 4 Today is the anniversary of that afternoon in April a year ago that I first saw the strange and appealing doll in the window of Abe Sheftel's stationery and toy shop on Third Avenue near Fifteenth Street, just around the comer from my office, where the plate on the door read: Dr. Samuel Amory. I remember just how it was that day: the first hint of spring floated across the East River, mixing with the soft-coal smoke from the factories and the strut smells of the poor neighborhood. As I turned the comer on my way to work and came to Sheftel's, I was made once more aware of the poor collection of toys in the dusty window, and I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland, to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gifts. Therefore, I stopped and examined the window to see if there might be anything appropriate, and looked at the confusing collection of unappealing objects—a red toy fire engine, some lead soldiers, cheap baseballs, bottles of ink, pens, yellowed stationery, and garish cardboard advertisements for soft-drinks. And thus it was that my eyes eventually came to rest upon the doll tucked away in one comer, a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face. I could not wholly make her out, due to the shadows and the film through which I was looking, but I was aware that a tremendous impression had been made up on mc as though I had run into a person, as one does sometimes with a stranger, with whose personality one is deeply impressed.
1. When did the story take place?
A.Early spring.
B.Late spring.
C.Early summer.
D.Midsummer.
A B C D
A
解析：由文章第一句话in April可知，该故事发生在早春。
2. Why did the narrator go past Sheftel's?
A.He was looking for a gift for his niece.
B.He wanted to buy some stationery.
C.He was on his way to work.
D.He was window-shopping.
A B C D
C
解析：由文章第三句As I turned the corner on my way to work and came to Sheftel's...可知。
3. Why did the narrator mention his niece?
A.She lived near Sheftel's.
B.He wanted to buy a birthday present for her.
C.He was going to visit her.
D.The doll looked like her.
A B C D
B
解析：由文章第三句...I remembered the approaching birthday of a small niece of mine in Cleveland. to whom I was in the habit of sending modest gifts可知。
4. What made an impression on the narrator?
A.The doll's unusual face.
B.The collection of toys.
C.A stranger he met at the store.
D.The resemblance of the doll to his niece.
A B C D
A
解析：由文章倒数第二句...a doll with the strangest, most charming expression on her face可知。
5. Most of the things in the store window were ______.
A.expensive
B.nearly arranged
C.appealing
D.unattractive
A B C D
D
解析：由文章可知，这是一个陈旧的、杂乱的小店，店里的东西大多不吸引人。
Part B Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. 61) We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7-8 hours' sleep alternating with some 16-17 hours' wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with the hours of dark ness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified. The question is no mere academic one. 62) The case, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls insistently for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a.m., one week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next, and 4 p.m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. 63) This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently. 64) One answer would seem to be longer periods on each shift, a month, or even three months. Recent research by Bonjer of the Netherlands, however, bas shown that people on such systems will revert to their normal habits of sleep and wakefulness during the weekend and that this is quite enough to destroy any adaptation to night work built up during the week. 65) The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a corps of permanent night workers whose nocturnal wakefulness may persist through all weekends and holidays. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown. She found a high incidence of disturbed sleep, digestive disorder and domestic disruption among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of these symptoms among those on permanent night work.
解析：whose引导的是一个定语从句，修饰workers。 appear to be意为“似乎是”；hand over意为“交给”。
Section Ⅳ Writing
1. Large numbers of able and promising youths have taken up important leading posts in recent years. In this part, you are allowed 35 minutes to write a composition on the topic: On the Promotion of Able and Young Cadres (论提拔年轻有为的干部). You should base your composition on the following outline: (1) Superiorities of young leaders. (2) How to cope with the relationship between them for young leaders and seniors. You should write 160—200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
On the Promotion of Able and Young Cadres
The reform and rejustification of organizational structures at all levels have ushered in unprecedentedly abundant opportunities for able and young cadres. It is not uncommon that brilliant and young people head for the very start of the queue of cadres and stay there giving full play to their professional knowledge and skills. Needless to doubt, young people are showing greater abilities in many aspects compared with the corresponding seniors. First of all, they are always more vigorous and creative and have sharper wit to cope with various problems. And more importantly, most of them are equipped with fine education and are easier to keep up with the melody of the in formation age. For all these superiorities, young leaders should not turn a blind eye to seniors' experiences. It is sensible for young people to carry forward the good traditions. As for senior leaders, they ought to accept with pleasure younger leaders and pass on their knowledge and skills free from all inhibition. Steady link-up and transition of administrative powers are the keys to promote our economic and political prosperity and only in this way can our society develop steadily.
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