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 telephone call to a travel agency. 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 1 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 M: Now let me see. Blue Skies Travel Agency. Ah, yes, it's a London number 7489932. I think I'll ring now. W: Hello. M: Uh... good morning. Is that 748 9932? W: No, it isn't. It's 738 9932. M: Sorry. I must have dialed the wrong number. W: Blue Skies Travel Agency. Asian Department. Miss Jones speaking. Can I help you? M: Yes, please. Could you give me some information about holidays in Japan? W: Which city do you plan to go? M: I'd like some information about holidays in Tokyo. W: Certainly. When do you plan to set out? M: On Wednesday. W: A flight at 9:00 on Wednesday morning goes straight to Tokyo. M: I also want to know the price. W: A single ticket or a return ticket? M: How much is the cheapest return ticket to Tokyo? W: It's 455 dollars. And there will be a 20% discount for children. M: And what will the weather be like there? W: It's mild there, neither too cold nor too hot. You can give me your name and address, and I'll send you all the detailed information on travel to Tokyo. M: OK. My name is Jimmy Adams. And my address is...
2.
Japan
3.
9:00
4.
455
5.
20
Part B Directions: For Questions 6 - 10 ,you will hear a talk about industrial pollution. While you listen ,complete the sentences and answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the re cording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below.
1. What is an important goal for some developing countries?
Economic growth
[解析] 6-10 Industrial pollution is not only a problem for the countries of Europe and North America. It is an extremely serious problem in some developing countries. For these countries, economic growth is a very important goal. They want to attract new industries, and so they put few controls on industries which cause pollution. Cubatao, an industrial town of 85,000 people in Brazil, is an example of the connection between industrial development and pollution. In 1954, Cubatao had no industry. Today it has more than twenty large factories, which produce many pollutants. The people of the town are exposed to a large number of poisonous substances in their environment, and the consequences of this exposure can be clearly seen. Birth defects are extremely common. Among children and adults, lung problems are sometime twelve times more common in Cubatao than in other places. It is true that Brazil, like many other countries, has laws against pollution, but these laws are not enforced strictly enough. It is cheaper for companies to ignore the laws and pay the fines than to buy the expensive equipment that will reduce the pollution. It is clear, therefore, that economic growth is more important to the government than to the health of the workers. However, the responsibility does not completely lie with the Brazilian government. The example of Cubatao shows that international companies are not acting in a responsible way, either. A number of the factories in the town are owned by large companies from France, Italy, and the U. S.. They are doing things in Brazil that they would not be able to do at home. If they cause the same amount of pollution at home, they would be severely punished or even put out of business.
2. How many people are there in the town Cubatao?
85,000
3. In Cubatao today, there are more than twenty
large factories
4. How many times are lung problems more common in Cubatao than in other places?
Twelve times
5. The laws against pollution in Brazil are not
enforced strictly enough
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 conversation on one of their courses. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11 - 13.
[解析] 11-13 M: Hi, Helen. What do you think of our class in children's literature? W: It looks pretty good. I was surprised to see you in there. Are you also majoring in elementary education? M: No, I'm not. But as a psychology major I can use this to fulfill the requirement in developmental psychology. W: Have you finished the first assignment yet? M: Not yet. I just brought the books today. How about you? W: I started this afternoon. It's great fun reading those children's stories by Dr. Zuss. M: Dr. Zuss? I don't seem to remember seeing his name on the reading list. W: His full name is Theodore Zuss Gisele. That's how he is listed in the bibliography Dr. Zuss is his pen name. M: I loved reading those stories as a child. It would be interesting to read them now from a different perspective. I guess they will give me a good idea of how children think. W: Those stories are also great for classroom use. M: How's that? W: Well, take a typical Dr. Zuss book like The Cat and the Hat. It has a controlled vocabulary of only 200 words. M: So that means the children get lots of practice using a small number of words over and over. W: Exactly. In fact, The Cat and the Hat was written primarily to show how a controlled vocabulary reader could also be interesting and fun. M: Well. It sounds as if this course is also going to be interesting and fun. I think I'll get started on those readings tonight.
2. Which of the following is true about Dr. Zuss?
A.He is a writer of children's stories.
B.He is a psychology professor.
C.He is Theodore Zuss Gisele's friend.
D.He is a character in the book The Cat and the Hat.
A B C D
A
3. The book The Cat and the Hat
A.tells a boring story.
B.has a controlled vocabulary.
C.is a popular book.
D.is for both children and adults.
A B C D
B
Questions 14 -16 are based on a talk about lawyers. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14 - 16.
1. What is the major way for a lawyer to learn law?
A.Going to the court.
B.Practicing law.
C.Trying cases in court.
D.Reading books.
A B C D
D
[解析] 14-16 The law is a great mass of rules, showing when and how far a man is liable to be punished, or to be made to hand over money or property to his neighbors, and so forth. These rules are contained in books. A lawyer learns them mainly by reading books. He begins by doing little else than reading, and after he has prepared himself by, say, three years' study to practice, still, all his life long and almost every day, he will be looking into books to read a little more than he already knows about some new questions which he has to answer. The power to use books, then, is a talent that a good lawyer ought to possess. He ought to have enough ability to make it easy for him to collect ideas from printed words. He ought to have some readiness in finding what a book contains, and something of a sense for where to look for what he wants. But although this is the power of which he will first feel the need, it is not the most important. A lawyer does not study law to recite it; he studies it to use it and act upon the rules which he has learned in real life. His business is to try cases in court and to advise men what to do in order to keep or get out of trouble. He studies his books in order to advise and to try his cases in the right way.
2. What ability is necessary to a good lawyer?
A.The power to use books.
B.The power to think deeply.
C.The power to argue with people.
D.The power to understand law.
A B C D
A
3. The purpose for a lawyer to study law is
A.to recite it.
B.to get a good job.
C.to use it.
D.to teach others.
A B C D
C
Questions 17-20 are based on a talk about how to find a job. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 - 20.
[解析] 17-20 Finding a job in the United States takes specific skills. The following advice will help you find a job. Write a good resume. Describe your accomplishments. Avoid including unnecessary information. Your resume should be one page if possible. Find out about available jobs. One way is by looking in the newspaper or on the Internet. Another way is by networking. Networking means exchanging information with anyone you know: family, friends, neighbors, classmates, former coworkers, professional groups who might know of a job. These people might also be able to give you insider information about a company, such as who was in charge and what it is like to work in their company. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal,94 percent of people who succeed in finding a job say that networking was a big help. Practice the interview. The more prepared you are, the more relaxed you will feel. If you were worried about saying or doing the wrong thing, practice will help. Learn something a bout the company. You can find information by going to the library and looking in directories or finding the company's website. Finding information takes time, but it pays off. You can get help in these skills :writing a resume, networking, preparing for an interview, researching a company, by seeing a career counselor. Most colleges and high schools have one who can help you get started. Finding. a job is one of the most difficult jobs. Some people send out hundreds of resumes and go on dozens of inter views before finding a job.
2. How many percent of people who succeed in finding a job say networking was a big help?
A.19%.
B.6%.
C.80%.
D.94%.
A B C D
D
3. Where can one find a career counselor?
A.In some large community.
B.In most colleges or high schools
C.In the companies that offer jobs.
D.In school libraries.
A B C D
B
4. What does the writer think of finding a job according to the talk?
A.It may have lot of fun.
B.It's a good opportunity for people to know the society.
C.It's one of the most difficult jobs.
D.It's a challenge for people's ability.
A B C D
C
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. 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 the brink of disaster. The over-development of motor transport, with its 1 of more cars, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has 2 to the near-destruction of our cities, and the pollution not only of 3 air, but also the earth's atmosphere. The disaster has arrived in the 4 of the energy crisis. Our present 5 is unlike war, revolution or depression. It's also unlike the great natural disasters of the past. Worldwide resources 6 and energy use have brought us to a state 7 long-range planning is essential. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which 8 the future of our country, our children, and our earth, 9 a movement forward 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 of 10 . There is a strong demand for moral revival and 11 some devotion that is vast enough and yet 12 enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past 13 has been only in a war in 14 of their own country that any people have been able to 15 themselves wholeheartedly. This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in 16 with all the other inhabitants of this planet, who 17 us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a 18 need to reassess our present course, and to 19 new methods through which the world can survive. This is a priceless 20 .
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 Did you know that only the female mosquito bites? Well, it's true. And it's not because she's un friendly; she needs blood to reproduce. She's quite selective, and she chooses her victims carefully. First, she uses sensors to find her victim. These sensors are located on her two antennae and her three pairs of legs. With these sensors, she tests your body moisture, body warmth, and chemical substances in your sweat. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if you don't appeal to her, she'll reject you for some one more appetizing. If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with the tip in front of her nose. This tip is a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito's eyes. It contains six sharp instruments called stylets. She stabs all six stylets into your skin at once, and if she hits a blood vessel, she'll get a full dinner in about a minute. All this usually takes place too quickly and quietly that you may not have suspected anything was happening. Why does your skin itch after the mosquito bites? The itch is not really from the bite. It is from the liquid the mosquito mixes with your blood to keep it from forming into lumps as she sucks it up her proboscis tip. By the time the itching begins, she has gone. Heavy with your blood, she picks a spot--on a leaf or a wall or a stone--to quietly lay her eggs. Just one drop of blood will produce hundreds of eggs. All mosquitoes, male and female, pass through their early stages of development in or near water. In fact, mosquito eggs will not hatch without water--although the eggs can survive up to five years on dry land waiting for water. It is not surprising that the heavy rain produce large numbers of mosquitoes. Why did nature bother to create mosquitoes? Just to annoy us? Probably that wasn't the main reason. Male mosquitoes live on the juice of flowers, and they never bite people since they do not need blood to reproduce as the female ones. Of course, mosquitoes have to reproduce, and unfortunately that's where you and I come in. Like it or not, mosquitoes are here to stay.
Text 2 In our population ,which is now about 167 million, it is estimated there are more than 33 million people with I. Q. 's below 90; it is a disturbing thought that these people will never, at any age, read much other than picture books, newspaper headlines, and the simplest of bestsellers, nor will they be able to make intelligent judgments on any complicated, important national or international problem. The intellectuals, of course, are at the other end of the scale; they are people with I. Q. 's of 130 or more, and there are slightly more than five million. From 150 to the top of the scale, there are only 2.1 million people. Careful tests have shown that at least half of these high-I. Q. people are never discovered, do not go to college, and live out their lives in humble, even though usually respected, occupations. The fact that there are discords between groups along the I. Q. scale is an intricate matter. For one thing, the people at any given level show a curious tendency to disapprove of the mental activities of the people at every other level, above or below: The scorn of the highbrow when he sees a picture book reader is equal to the contempt of the strong, median-I. Q. football player for the genius who wander about, reading poetry when he could be getting a good workout in the gym. It is a curious fact that high intelligence is rarely associated with the excess adrenal activity necessary for success in the bad, competitive world of business; the highbrow comes rather low on the Order of humans. Each group sublimates its hostility, the intellectual often by writing something cutting about the business man, the latter by driving a conspicuously more expensive car than the former can afford. A complicating factor is the rise of the mass media of communication television, radio, the movies, and magazines with multimillion circulations. Many observers have pointed out that while all of these, to succeed, must be aimed at the median I. Q. , the creative efforts involved have to be made at a much higher level; this situation frequently invalidate the creative intelligence of those who earn their livings through mass communication.
1. According to :the text, which is the right description about people with I. Q. 's below 90?
A.They can make intelligent judgments on complex issues.
Text 3 The potential economic benefits of financial literacy extend beyond government budgets. More in formed consumers--not just investors--would increase the efficiency of markets and help keep dishonest sellers at bay. If financial illiteracy leads to greater debt, then increased consumption today will be at the expense of less later, as interest payments weigh on household budgets. Once people make financial decisions, they tend to stick to them even if a change might make more sense. Watson Wyatt, a consultancy, says that about half of Britons in defined-contribution pension: plans (in which retirement benefits depend on investments' performance) never change the allocation of assets. One-third have not even reviewed them for several years. There is evidence that such inertia is a feature of other financial markets, including the one for mortgages. America has had a variety of financial-education programmes for some time, generally relying on the private sector. Most large companies and many smaller ones put on investment seminars for their employees, run by outside experts. Many of those who attend these seminars later increase their saving for retirement. However, there is a fine line between education and advice. Although education and sales are meant to be strictly separated, many of those giving the seminars work for firms that sell financial products. Some employers have been hesitant to sponsor financial seminars for fear of being sued, notes Lynn Dudley of the American Benefits Council, a lobby group. Two bills now before Congress at tempt to deal with this question. Meanwhile, a growing number of pension schemes offer "lifestyle" or "life-cycle" funds. Despite all the activity, experts caution against putting too much faith in financial education. "This is not the silver bullet that some people think it is, "says Ms. Smith. No campaign can hope to reach everyone. In addition, although those with more knowledge of finance tend to save more and make higher returns on their long-term investments, the strength of the effect is not clear. Annamaria Lusardi ,an economist at Dartmouth College, and Olivia Mitchell .of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, have found that few employees attend financial seminars even when they are offered in the workplace. Skepticism about hidden sales pitches and slanted advice abounds, particularly in the waive of recent mutual-fund scandals. "Workers are entitled to believe this is not an objective voice, "says Ms. Lusardi. Many who attend do not absorb what they hear, for want of under standing or interest.
1. What will probably be the result of greater debt caused by financial illiteracy?
A.Consumers will decrease the efficiency of markets.
B.Dishonest sellers will take advantage of consumers with greater debt.
C.They will consume less tomorrow, if they consume more today.
Text 4 Minority-owned business in the United States had unprecedented opportunities as well as new and significant risks. Civil rights activists have long argued that one of the principal reasons why Blacks and other minority groups have difficulty establishing themselves in business is that they lack access to sizable orders and subcontracts that are generated by large companies. Now Congress, in apparent agreement, has required by law that business awarded federal contracts of more than $500,000 do their best to find minority subcontractors and record their efforts to do so on forms filed with the government. Indeed, some federal and local agencies have gone so far as to set specific percentage goals for apportioning parts of public works contracts to minority enterprises. Corporate response appear to have been substantial: According to figures collected in 2003. the total of corporate contracts with minority business rose from $77 million in 1998 to $1.1 billion in 2003. The projected total of corporate contracts with minority business for the early 2004 is estimated to be over $3 billion per year with no ceasing anticipated in the next decade. Promising as it is for minority business, this increased protection poses dangers for them, too. First, minority firms risk expanding too fast and overextending themselves financially, since most are small concerns and, unlike large business, they often need to make substantial investments in new plants, staff, equipment, and the like in order to perform work subcontracted to them. If, thereafter, their subcontracts are for some reason reduced, such firms can face potentially crippling fixed expenses. The world of corporate purchasing can be frustrating for small entrepreneurs who get requests for elaborate formal estimates and bids. Both consume valuable time and resources, and a small company's efforts must soon result in orders, or both the morale and the financial health of the business will suffer. A second risk is that White-owned companies may seek to cash in on the increasing apportionments through formation of joint ventures with minority-owned concerns. Of course, in many instances there are legitimate reasons for joint ventures; clearly, White and minority enterprises can team up to acquire business that neither could acquire alone. But civil rights groups and minority business owners have complained to Congress about minorities being set up as "fronts" with White backing, rather than being accepted as full partners in legitimate joint ventures. Third, a minority enterprise that secures the business of one large corporate customer often runs the danger of becoming--and remaining dependent. Even in the best of circumstances, fierce competition from large, more established companies makes it difficult for small concerns to broaden their customer bases; when such firms have nearly guaranteed orders from a single corporate benefactor. they may truly have to struggle against serf-satisfaction arising from their current success.
1. Why does the author say "minority-owned business in the United States had unprecedented opportunities"?
A.Because minority-owned business takes up more shares in the market.
B.Because large companies generate more subcontracts.
C.Because they are awarded federal contracts.
D.Because the government provides favorite conditions and protection.
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) Behind the forthcoming war over protecting patients' records in an age of Health Maintenance Organizations and online medicine, technology, is a two-edged sword, which rarely is as clear as in the health care realm. Technology allows doctors to test their patients for genetic defects--and then to turn around and spread the results throughout the world via the Internet. For someone in need of treatment, that's good news. But for someone in search of a job or an insurance policy, the tidings can be all bad. Last week President Bill Clinton proposed a proposition to the patients' bill of rights now before Congress: a right to medical privacy. 62) Beginning in 2002, under rules set to become law in February, patients would be able to specify the conditions under which their personal medical data could be exposed. They would be able to examine their records and make corrections. They could learn who else had seen the information. Improper use of records by a caregiver or insurer could result in both civil and criminal penalties. The plan was, said Clinton, "an unprecedented step toward putting Americans back in control of their own medical records." 63) While the administration billed the rules as an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of consumers and those of the health-care industry, neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy. That, physicians said, was a loophole through which Health Maintenance Organizations and other insurers could peep into the doctor-patient relationship, in the name of assessing the quality of care. Meanwhile, the insurers protested that the rules would make them sensitive to lawsuits. They were especially disturbed by a provision holding them liable for privacy breaches by "business part hers' such as lawyers and accountants. 64) The doctors said the rules could actually erode privacy, pointing to a provision allowing managed-care plans to use personal information without consent if the purpose was" health-care operations". Both groups agreed that privacy protections would drive up the cost of health care by at least an additional 5;3.8 billion, and maybe much more, over the next five years. They also complained about the increased level of federal close observation required by the new rules' enforcement provisions. 65) One aim of the rules is to reassure patients about confidentiality, thereby encouraging them to be open with their doctors. Today various cancers and sexually transmitted diseases can go untreated because patients are afraid of embarrassment or of losing insurance coverage. The fear is real: Clinton aides noted that a January poll by Princeton Survey Research Associates found that one m six U.S. adults had at some time done something unusual to conceal medical information, such as paying cash for services.
[解析] 本句为复合句，含有一个非限制性定语从句。此句的主体句式是：...technology is．．．which rarely is．．。其中which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰前面说明的情况，即前面整个句子；此外，这个定语从句是个省略句，完整句子应该是which rarely is as clear as it is in the health care realm ,it 和which指代的是同一事物，被省略了。forthcoming有名词词义“来临”，也可用作形容词表示“即将来临的”，后面接over“关于，涉及”。
[解析] 本句是复合句，含有一个限制性定语从句。它的主体句式是：....patients would be able to．．．under which．．.。其中beginning in 2002是时间状语；under rules set to become law in February是条件状语，此处的set是过去分词，作定语修饰rules，to become law in February不是目的状语，而是表将来。此外，which引导的定语从句修饰conditions，定语从句里含有被动语态。specify意思是“明确说明或详细指明”，可译为“规定”。
[解析] 本句为含有while引导的让步状语从句的主从复合句。句子的主体句式是：While the administration billed the rules...,neither doctors nor insurance companies were happy。其中要注意此处的while是连词，表示“尽管”，引导让步状语从句，用法如although；bill在此处为动词“宣布，公告：正式通告或描述；宣布”，bill也可以作名词，意思是“法令：递交立法机构批准的法律草案”；此外strike a balance between A and B意为“找到折中办法，妥协”，此处的strike意为“通过仔细的衡量或计算达到”。
[解析] 其主体句式是：The doctors said the rules....其中the rules前面省略了关联词that，此句为谓语said的宾语；pointing to逻辑主语是the doctors，这个作伴随状语的现在分词短语又包含了一个介词without引出的方式状语和由if引导的条件状语从句，并且allowing现在分词短语作定语，修饰a provision；此外，还要正确理解provision在此句的意思，“条款：一种规定或条件，尤其是指一个文件或协议中的条文”。
5.
新法规的目标之一就是要让病人不再担心自己的隐私被泄漏，从而鼓励他们对医生坦诚相告。
[解析] 句子的主干是One aim of the rules is to reassure...。此句的结构简单，但要正确理解reassure“使安心”；there by“因此，从而，由此”，后面接V-ing形式;be open with意为“坦诚的，直率的”。
Section Ⅳ Writing
1. Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay about it. You should write your composition according to the following outlines. 1) describe and interpret the cartoon, 2) point out the necessity of solving the problem, and 3) predict the future. You should write 160 -200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
In recent years, the fees on holidays have increased. And this phenomenon has become common in China. In the picture, there is a man with a pipe in his mouth, sitting by a table. And on the wall behind him, there is a bulletin saying" the fees on holidays have increased by 50%" outside a public washing room. The main reason for the phenomenon is that on holidays, most people have time to consume on traveling, shopping and eating etc. Thus, it makes it possible for someone to charge more. It is necessary to solve the problem of disordered fees. First, holidays are important and beneficial for people, especially for those who work all the year around. During the holidays, they can relax and forget the pressure, which is helpful for their physical and mental health. However, the increase of fees on holidays costs their more money and they will give up spending the holiday by traveling, shop ping etc. Second, the consumption of people during the holiday can prompt the growth of economy. The increase of fees on holidays may frustrate people's enthusiasm, which results in the negative effect on the development of economy. So, in the future, the government and the public should share their efforts to get rid of those disordered fees on holidays. If we can do this, our economy concerning holidays will increase, or we'll have a big fall in holiday economy.
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