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 book let. 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 Directions: For Questions 1 - 5 ,you will hear a introduction about Kuwait. 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 Kuwait is a country which is quite small, but very rich. It is situated at the north end of the Persian Gulf, near Iraq and it has a population of a million. This small desert country is one of the world's leading oil producers and it has about 15 percent of the world's known oil stores. Since the discovery of oil in 1938, Kuwait's rulers have turned the country into a welfare state. It has free primary and secondary education, free health care and social services, and the Kuwaitis do not have to pay any personal income tax for those services. The rate of literacy is high and constantly growing. The University of Kuwait was opened in 1966, but many of the Kuwaiti students still study in colleges and universities abroad, at state's expenses. Kuwait is an Arab country and about 99 percent of the people who live there are Moslems. But 45 percent of these 'Moslems are not actually citizens of Kuwait. This is because there are many Moslem immigrants living and working there. The other 1 percent of the population, in other words the non-Moslems, are recent immigrants from America who were attracted by the opportunities to work for oil companies. There are several thousand Europeans and Americans in Kuwait. Many of them are employed by the oil companies.
2.
15
3.
1966
4.
99
5.
America
Part B Directions: For Questions 6-10,you will hear a letter of complaint. While you listen, complete the sentences and answer the questions. 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 questions below.
1. The writer of the letter saw the advertisement over
six months ago
[解析] 6-10 Dear Sir, Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo Books Ltd, offered this set at what was claimed to be a "remarkable" price :fifteen-pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare's plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them. Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered, so I returned the Dickens books to you. with a check for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my doorstep a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice. You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty-two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books of different authors has arrived every two weeks. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside. Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully, Simon Walker
2. The price -- fifteen pounds and fifty pence--includes
postage and packing
3. What language is the set of the plays of Moliere in?
French
4. How much is the bill sent by the company to the author?
Forty-two pounds
5. What are the angry letters sent by the company for?
Demanding payment
Part C Directions: 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 broadcast on sleep. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 - 13.
1. It will be more difficult to relax yourself, if
A.you do physical exercises late in the day.
B.you have sleeping pills.
C.your heart rate increases.
D.you rest frequently during the day.
A B C D
C
[解析] 11-13 Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Then, maybe, this is for you. When you worry about meeting sleep and twist around, trying to find a comfortable position, you're probably only making matters worse. What happens is that your heart rate actually increases, making it more difficult to relax. You may also have some bad habits that contribute to the problem. Do you rest frequently during the day? Do you get virtually no exercise or do your exercise late in the day? Do you think about sleep a lot or sleep late on the weekend? Any of all these factors might be leading to your sleeplessness by disrupting your body's natural rhythm. What should you do then on those sleepless nights.'? Don't bother with sleeping pills. They can actually cause worse inability to sleep later. The best thing to do is to drink milk or eat cheese or fish. They can help produce in the brain a neurotransmitter that induces sleep. This neurotransmitter will help you relax and you'll be on the way to getting a good night's sleep. Until tomorrow's broadcast, this has been another in the series" Hints for Good Health" by Dr. Goodson.
2. What is the best thing to do on sleepless night?
A.To take some sleeping pills.
B.To drink milk or eat cheese or fish.
C.To find a comfortable position in bed.
D.To do physical exercises.
A B C D
B
3. What will tomorrow's broadcast be about?
A.Neurotransmitter.
B.Body's natural rhythm.
C.How to keep health.
D.Hints for good health.
A B C D
D
Questions 14 -16 are based on a conversation on what the woman will do on this Saturday. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 -16.
1. Why can't the woman miss the dentist appointment?
A.Because she has changed the appointment twice before.
B.Because she is free only at that period of time.
C.Because she has got a toothache all day.
D.Because her dentist will be busy at other periods.
A B C D
A
[解析] 14-16 M: So, Susan, do you have anything planned for this Saturday? W: Uh, I'm kind of busy. Why do you ask? M: Oh, I was wondering if you like to get together and do something, like catch a movie or take a walk down by the lake. W: I'd love to, but I'm really going to be busy all day on Saturday. M: What do you have going on that day? W: First, my mom asked me to help clean the house in the morning, and then I have a dentist appointment at 12:30. I can't miss that because I've canceled twice before. M: Well, what about after that? W: Well, I'm going to be running around all day. After the dentist appointment, I need to meet Julie at 2:00 to help her with her science project that's due on Monday morning at school. M: Okay, but are you free 'after that? W: Hardly. Then I have to pick my brother up from soccer practice at 4:30, and my mom asked me to cook dinner for the family at 5: 30. I feel like a slave sometimes. Then, I have to clean the dishes and finish reading my history assignment. Who knows how long that'll take. M: Wow, sounds like you're going to have a full day. Hey listen, why don't I come over later in the evening, and we can make some coffee and watch a movie. W: Oh, that'd be great, but our video machine is broken. M: Huh. Well, let's just play a game or something. W: Sounds good, but give me a call before you come. My mom might try to come up with something else for me to do.
2. What will the woman do with Julie?
A.Watch a movie with Julie.
B.Practice soccer with Julie.
C.Help Julie with her science project.
D.Finish the history assignment together.
A B C D
C
3. Why can't they watch a movie at home in the evening?
A.Because Susan's mother will not allow them to watch a movie.
B.Because Susan has to finish her history assignment.
C.Because Susan has to cook for the family.
D.Because Susan's video machine is broken.
A B C D
D
Questions 17-20 are based on a talk about city traffic problem. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 - 20.
B.A period when people are going to or from their work.
C.A period when cars are crowed on the roads.
D.A period when people are crowed in the buses.
A B C D
B
[解析] 17-20 City traffic is a great problem. More cars are produced every year and the streets are getting more and more crowded. So during" rush hours", when people are going to or from their work, traffic is brought to a standstill. It has been suggested that commuters should share their cars and give each other lifts. It is an excellent idea, however, so far nobody has been able to think of a way to compel people to do so. To discourage motorists from leaving their cars in the streets all day, parking meters are used. When you park at a meter, you will pay a coin. This pays for a certain amount of time. The meter re cords this and it shows when the time that you have paid for is finished. If the car is still there then, you have to pay a fine. Traffic wardens look after the meters. They walk around the streets and check that every meter shows that money has been paid for the car parked there. If a meter registers" time expired", the motorist who has left his car there is fined. Of course, the traffic :warden cannot wait for the owner of car to return. He carries a block of printed forms, and on one of these he writes down all the details, such as the registration number of the car, where it is parked, how much the driver must pay and where he must send the money. He leaves this form on the car where the driver will be able to see it easily; he usually pushes it under one of the windscreen wipers so that it will not blow away. And in case it rains before the motorist returns, the form is put in a little plastic envelope to protect it. When the driver comes back, he gets an unpleasant surprise, but it is his own fault for leaving his car too long at a parking meter.
2. What are parking meters used to?
A.To limit the numbers of cars parked in the streets.
B.To prevent cars parked in the street from being stolen.
C.To make it convenient for drivers to pay the fee.
D.To limit the time of cars left in the streets.
A B C D
D
3. What will happen if the parking meter registers" time expired"?
A.The car will be pushed away by policemen.
B.The driver's license will be withdrawn.
C.The owner of the car will be fined.
D.The traffic wardens will drive the car away.
A B C D
C
4. How do the traffic wardens protect the form they give to the motorist from rain?
A.They put the form in a little plastic envelope.
B.They put the form under one of the windscreen wipers.
C.They wait there until the motorist returns.
D.They will ask the motorist to go to their office for the form.
A B C D
A
Section Ⅱ Use of English Read the following text. Choose the best word for each numbered blank and mark A ,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Proper street behavior in the United States requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a 1 just enough to show that you are 2 of his presence. If you look too little, you appear proud, 3 much and you are curious. Usually what happens is that people 4 each other until they are about eight feet 5 , at which point both cast down their eyes. Sociologist Erring Goffman 6 this as "a king of dimming of lights". Much of eye behavior is so 7 that we react to it only on the intuitive level. The next time you have a 8 with someone makes you feel liked, notice what he does with his eyes. 9 are he looks at you more often than is usual with 10 a little longer than the normal. You interpret this as a sign -- a polite one -- 11 he is interested in you as a person 12 than just in the topic of conversation. Probably you also feel that he is both 13 and sincere. All this has been demonstrated in elaborate 14 . Subjects sit and talk in the psychologist's laboratory, 15 of the fact that their eye behavior is being 16 from a one-way vision screen. In one fairly typical experiment, 17 were induced to cheat while performing a task, then were 18 and observed. It was found that those who had 19 met the interviewer's eyes less often than was 20 , an indication that "shifty eyes" -- to use the mystery writers' stock phrase -- can actually be a tip-off to an attempt to deceive or to feelings of guilt.
根据句意,空格中应填入一个表示“可能性”的词,Possibilities“可能性”,但常以单数的形式出现在以下句型中:There is possibility that..,不能用于Possibilities are...;Opportunities“机会”,Expectations“期望,预望”,两者从意思上均不符合句意;Chances除表示“机会”外,还可以表示“可能性”,且可用于以下句型There is a/the chance that...和Chances are...。因此答案为[A]。
10.
A.glances
B.touches
C.talks
D.sights
A B C D
A
本段讨论的是眼睛的微妙动作。由上文notice what he does with his eyes可推断,空格中不可能填入touches“触摸”;sighs“视力,视觉”;空格所在的结构是对句子中“看”这一动作的进一步说明,因此talks也不恰当,而应选择glances“匆匆看”。整个句子的意思是“他看你的次数很可能比通常时候多,扫视你的时间也比正常时候长。”
由上文he looks at you more often than is usual with glances a little longer than he normal.可推断,对方是对你而不是对谈话的主题感兴趣,因此答案应选:rather than“而不是”,其他选项other than“除了”,better than“比…好”和less than“比…少”,均与上文不符合。
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 In the second half of the twentieth century, many countries of the South began to send students to the industrialized countries for further education. They urgently needed supplies of highly trained personnel to implement a concept of development based on modernization. But, unfortunately, many of these students decided to stay on in the developed countries when they had finished their training. At the same time, many professionals who did return home but no longer felt at ease there also decided to go back to the countries where they had studied. This migration was encouraged by developed countries which offered attractive conditions to keep the services of those they had trained--people whose training had often been paid for by their home country. In the 1960s, some Latin American countries tried to solve this problem by setting up special" re turn" programs to encourage their professionals to come back home. These programs received support from international bodies such as the International Organization for Migration, which in 1947 enabled over 1600 qualified scientists and technicians to return to Latin America. In the t980s and 1990s, "temporary return programs were set up in order to make the best use of trained personnel occupying strategic positions in the developed countries. This gave rise to the United Nations Development Program's Transfer of Knowledge through Expatriate Nationals, which encourages technicians and scientists to work in their own countries for short periods. But the brain drain from these countries increases in response to the new laws of the international market in knowledge. The rich countries are far better placed than the developing countries to attract and/or to keep trained personnel. Recent studies forecast that the most developed countries are going to need more and more highly qualified professionals--around twice as many as their educational systems will be able to produce, or so it is thought. As a result there is an urgent need for developing countries which send students a broad to give preference to fields where they need competent people to give muscle to their own institutions, in stead of encouraging the training of people who may not come back because there are no professional outlets for them. The countries of the South must not be content with institutional structures that simply take back professionals sent abroad, and they must introduce flexible administrative procedures to encourage them to return. If they do not do this, the brain drain is bound to continue.
1. Why did many countries of the South send students to the developed countries?
A.Because these countries need trained personnel to develop their countries.
B.Because the developed countries need more qualified professionals.
C.Because these students can stay on in the developed countries after the training.
D.Because these countries want to establish friendly relationship with the developed countries.
Text 2 The Type A behavior is characterized by strong ambition, competitiveness, and a sense of time urgency. Type A's tended to be engaged in a perpetual attempt to achieve as much as possible in the least time even though their goals were often unrealistic. Persons With these traits tend to have a significantly high rate of heart problems, and the standard risk factors of smoking and high blood pressure are significantly higher in Type A's. The most extensive attempt to modify Type A behavioral patterns has been carded out in the San Francisco Bay area, where 600 men who have suffered heart attacks are participating in an ongoing study. The treatment consists of a variety of approaches which are intended to modify both the perception of stress and the reaction to stress. Subjects have been taught to observe their own behavior to change and manage their thinking a bout once-stressful occurrences, making them neutral by interpreting them in ways that do not evoke stress. Thus instead of fuming about the time they are wasting in a traffic jam, Type A's ought to think about the opportunity to think over their day's activities. They also have been told to adopt new, relaxing hobbies that are entirely separate from their careers, and they are learning procedures that will al low them to modify their physiological reactions through such techniques as deep muscle relaxation and learning to slow down physical activity. Still, there is no definitive evidence to date showing that reductions in Type A characteristics result invariably in a decrease in heart disease risk. Moreover, it is unclear just which aspect of Type A behavior is the crucial one, or whether it is a complex of several behaviors, all part of the Type A pat tern ,that is associated with the increased risk. In other words ,we still do not know specifically what it is about Type A behaviors that leads to heart problems, and until we do, programs that attempt to de crease the risk must use relatively expensive and time-consuming procedures, modifying essentially all manifestations of the Type A pattern. Moreover, programs which emphasize the importance of work and achievement. For these reasons, treatment programs that are designed to alter Type A behaviors may be facing an uphill battle. Despite the difficulty in implementing treatment programs to reduce the Type A behavior pattern, such attempts illustrate quite clearly the role that social psychologists can play in the treatment of health problems.
1. What is the attitude of the author towards the Type A behavior?
Text 3 The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, unalloyed, unslanted, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment confronting American journalism to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news as understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing (with the possible exception of such scribbling as society and club news) as "local" news, because any events in the international area has a local reaction in manpower draft, in economic strain, in terms, indeed', of our very way of life. There is in journalism a widespread view that when you embark on interpretation, you are entering choppy and dangerous waters, the swirling tides of opinion. This is nonsense. The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall confine himself to the "facts". This insistence raises two questions :What are the facts? And: Are the bare facts enough? As to the first query, consider how a so-called "factual" story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space allotment being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall constitute the lead of the piece. ( This is an important decision because many readers do not proceed beyond the first paragraph. ) This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large impact, or on page twenty-four, where it has little, Judgment Number Three. Thus, in the presentation of a so-called "factual" or "objective" story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which re porter and editor, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and their "news neutralism" ,arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news. The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processes--as objective, that is, as any human being can be. (Note in passing: even though complete objectivity can never be achieved, nevertheless the ideal must always be the beacon on the murky news channels. ) If an editor is intent on slanting the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that prop up his particular plea: Or he can do it by the place he gives a story--promoting it to page one or demoting it to page thirty.
1. According to the author, what will the newspaper do if it provides interpretation?
Text 4 Oil and Islam continue to define Saudi Arabia's room for maneuver. With global demand unlikely to wane in the foreseeable future and reserves elsewhere diminishing, oil will continue to keep the kingdom rich for decades to come. At the same time, the Saudis' attachment to their faith is not diminishing; it may even be growing stronger. But the faith itself is changing in subtle ways. Having gone through waves of progress and retrenchment during its 73 years as a unified kingdom, Saudi Arabia is now well into another period of rapid change. This time, however, the well-oiled complacency of the previous big boom, in the 1970s, is largely gone. Four years ago, a survey in this newspaper argued that it might require internal shocks to jolt the Saudis into taking reform seriously. Those shocks have now arrived. Since May 2003, when suicide bombers attacked a housing compound in Riyadh, terrorist violence has touched every corner of the kingdom, claiming some 200 lives. Saudi nationals, the most famous being Osama bin Laden, continue to be implicated in terrorist attacks abroad, most notably in Iraq. Yet far from rallying Saudis, terrorism has made them identify more closely with the state. More importantly, the violence has brought intense introspection and debate. Long accustomed to blaming outside influences for all ills, Saudis now accept that the fixing needs to start at home. Aside from extremism, the problems of unemployment, poverty and the abuse of human rights have moved to the top of the national agenda. Even the most absolute of previous taboos, political reform, is being widely debated. In dozens of interviews with Saudis of all stripes, one phrase kept coming up: the question is no longer whether to reform/restructure/change, but how fast to do it. The government's answer, to date, has been slow, and not very sure. But this survey will argue that far from being a dinosaur nation, lumbering to extinction, Saudi Arabia is capable of rapid evolution. On some important issues, such as the rules governing business, it is already far down the right track. On others, such as the ways it educates its youth and excludes women, the kingdom is only just beginning to shift course. Most Saudis reckon it is premature to speak of democracy in their country; but there are myriad ways to emancipate citizens, from upholding the rule of law to making budgets more transparent and loosening the grip of security agencies over universities and the press. Instead of their old tactics of prevarication, slow consensus-building and co-optation, the A1Sauds should try a new one: putting trust in their people.
1. What can we learn about Saudi Arabia from Paragraph 1 ?
A.Saudi Arabia will be as rich as before and their people will believe in their faith firmly.
B.Saudi Arabian will not believe in their faith as firmly as before.
C.The oil produced in Saudi Arabia will diminish.
D.Saudi Arabia will no longer be a kingdom, and their people pursue democracy.
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. Valeta Young ,81, a retiree from Lodi, Calif. , suffers from heart failure and requires almost constant monitoring. But she doesn't have to drive anywhere to get it. Twice a day she steps onto a special electronic scale, answers a few yes or no questions via push buttons on a small attached monitor and presses a .button that sends the information to a nurse's station in San Antonio, Texas. "It's almost a direct link to my doctor," says Young, who describes herself as computer illiterate but says she has no problems using the equipment. Young is not the only patient who is dealing with her doctor from a distance. 61) Remote monitoring is a rapidly growing field in medical technology, with more than 25 firms competing to measure remotely--and transmit by phone, Internet or through airwaves everything from patient's heart rates lo how often they cough. 62) Prompted both by the rise in health-care costs and the increasing computerization of health care equipment, doctors are using remote monitoring to track a widening variety of chronic diseases. In March, St. Francis University in Pittsburgh, Pa. , partnered with a company called Body Media on a study in which rural patients use, wireless meters to measure the amount of the sugar found in fruit juice ,which can be easily turned into energy by the human body and armband sensors to monitor their disease. And last fall .63) Yahoo began offering subscribers the ability to chart the conditions of their chronic chest illness online, using a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)-size breathing monitor that measures lung functions m real time and e-mails the data directly to doctors. Such home monitoring ;says Dr. George Dailey, a physician at the Scripps Clinic in San Diego, "could someday replace less productive ,ways that patients track changes in their heart rate, blood sugar, lipid levels, kidney functions and even vision." Dr. Timothy Moore, executive vice president of Alere Medical, which produces the smart scales that Young and more than 10.000 other patients are using, says that almost any vital sign could, in theory, be monitored from home. But, he warns, that might not always make good medical sense. He advises against performing electrocardiograms remotely. 64) For example, although he acknowledges that remote monitoring of blood-sugar levels may have real value, he points out that there are no truly independent studies that establish the value of home testing for the disease. 65) Such studies are needed because the technology is still in its infancy and medical experts are divided about its value. But on one thing they all agree: you should never rely on any remote testing system without clearing it with your doctor.
[解析] 本句是复合句,最后how often they cough为介词to的宾语从句。此句的主体句式是:Remote monitoring is a..field。其中with短语作伴随状语,在这短语申,measure和 transmit并列,其共同的宾语为everything,此句后半部分通过使用破折号分开了两个并列动词及其宾语,导致了理解困难。
[解析] 本句是复合句。句子的主体句式是:Yahoo began offering subscribers the ability to chart...using...that…其中不定式短语to chart...作定语,修饰the ability,现在分词u sing及其后面的成分则在句中作方式状语,其中包括一个含有that引导的定语从句,修饰 breathing monitor。
[解析] 本句是复合句。其主体句式是:although he acknowledges that..he points out...。其中acknowledges后面的关联同that引导宾语从句;此句的后半句中的关联词that引导的从句作points out的宾语,其中这个宾语从句又包含了一个that引导的定语从句,修饰studies。
5.
因为此项技术仍处于初期,医学专家对它的价值,意见存在分歧,因而有必要进行这类研究。
[解析] 本句为含有because引导的原因状语从句的主从复合句。句子主干是Such studies are needed because....。其中要注意被动语态的翻译,用被动语态表达会比较客观,但翻译成汉语时,由于没有动作的发出者,如果直接翻译为被动语态,会比较生硬,所以翻译为“有必要进行这类研究”。此外注意:infancy的意思“婴儿期,幼年期”,此处应该使用它的引申义“初期”。
Section Ⅳ Writing
1. Study the following drawing carefully and write an essay in which you should 1) describe the drawing, interpret its meaning, and 2) support your view with examples. You should write 160 - 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
A gate is standing in the middle of the picture on which there are characters "Door of Success". To the right of the door, a man with a bag is picking up" failure". And to the left of the door, there are paper marking 100 scores. This picture reveals a maxim: failure is the mother of success. That is to say, before reaching success, a person must do a lot of work and go through many failures. Failure is very important for success to a person. First, failure makes a person more strong willed. Second, from failure, a person can get much experience and learn a lot. Both of the two elements mentioned above are necessary qualities for a person to become successful. No man can succeed without tasting the bitterness of failure. Edison, one of the greatest scientists in the world, had many inventions. He had gone through countless failures. For example, in the invention of bulb. he failed hundreds of times. However, failure did not stop his trying again. At last, he entered the door of the success. Therefore, do not be afraid of failures, learn from them, and try again.