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 answer 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 You will hear a dialogue about a lost property. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1～5 with the information you've heard. Write not more than 5 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.
[听力原文] W: I've almost finished typing my homework paper. M: Tell me when it's ready. I'd like to see it.
2. What is the woman going to have?
A.Some.
B.A party.
C.Many things.
D.A dinner.
A B C D
B
[听力原文] W: There are still so many things to organize before the party! M: I'd like to help but I'm afraid I've got too much to do.
3. What's the woman's husband's telephone number?
A.2678435.
B.2687345.
C.2687543.
D.2687435.
A B C D
D
[听力原文] M: 2687435. Who's calling? W: This is Annie. Could I speak to my husband?
4. What does the woman suggest?
A.Exercising just after getting up.
B.Eating something good for breakfast.
C.Buying the next larger size.
D.Not exercising so many times a day.
A B C D
A
[听力原文] M: I want to exercise but never seem to find the time. W: Why not do it first thing in the morning?
5. What will the man do for the woman?
A.Bring her some water.
B.Buy her some plants.
C.Water her plants while she is away.
D.Water her plants while he is on vacation.
A B C D
C
[听力原文] W: If I buy some plants for the house, will you water them for me while I'm away? M: Sure I will, if you'll water mine while I'm on vacation.
Part B You will hear a conversation about a crime. Answer questions 6-10 while you listen. Use not more than 5 words for each answer. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the questions.
[听力原文]6-10 W: Now, you are in the Imperial Palace, also known as the Purple Forbidden City. M: Why is it called purple? It doesn't look purple at all. W: The world "purple" in the name of the city was symbolically associated with the North Star and was used to show that the imperial residence was the universal center. M: I see. W: Covering an area of 101.2 hectares, the entire Palace complex includes six main palaces, as well as many smaller buildings, altogether containing over 9,000 rooms. Nearly all of the buildings stand two stories high, possessing courtyards with dimensions in proportion to the importance of their former inhabitants. The Palace of Heavenly Purity divides the whole complex into two sections, hence the names outer palace and inner palace. The outer palace includes the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony and the Hall of Preserving Harmony in the center plus the Hall of Literary Glory and the Hall of Martial Spirit on either side. This is where the emperors performed grand ceremonies, met officials and handled the state affairs. M: What is that spectacular hall? W: The Hall of Supreme Harmony. It has been in existence for about 600 years it was the first hall ever constructed in the palace. M: What is the building over there? W: That is Hall of Central Harmony, which was used by the emperor for a rest before he entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was also the place where the emperor performed such ceremonies as examining seeds for the new year's planting. M: That must be the Hall of Preserving Harmony. W: Yes, it was bulit in 1420 and it served as the site for the "Palace Examinations". Here the successful candidates sat for the final test given by the emperor himself.
2. The most grand building in the Forbidden City is
The Hall of Supreme Harmony.
3. The Hall of Supreme Harmony Was used as the site for
The "Palace Examinations".
4. On his way to the Hall of Supreme Harmony the emperor Would stop at
The Hall of Central Harmony.
5. The outer palace was used by The emperor to
For ceremonies and meetings.
Part C You will hear three dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one. You will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answer. You will hear each piece once only.
[听力原文]14-16 In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases. The expression, "to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the. way to his trust in you, to his friendship, You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river's ice jam. When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him — that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you. "Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- thing risky. It might be offensive and get him into trouble. Thin ice is not much support; if he is not more careful, he may sink right through. In sports or any other kind of contest, you will hear the phrase, "The game is on ice" or "It is iced up". This simply means that the game is really over, that one side is so far ahead that the other cannot catch up. There is no longer any doubt as who the winner will be.
"Skating on thin ice"这个短语出现在独白第四段第一句，然后下一句对其含意作出了解释：This means that...something risky，与[B]一致。
2. When somebody told you that you will "cut no ice" with him, what did he mean?
A.You will not persuade him.
B.He is getting nowhere with you.
C.You cannot sell your ice to him.
D.You should not waste time cutting ice with him.
A B C D
B
本题答案对应于解释cut no ice这一短语的第三段。其中最后一句指出用这个短语的人的意思：...that he is getting nowhere with you，因此答案是[B]。
3. When the game is really over, which idiom can we use?
A.It is iced up.
B.Skating on thin ice.
C.To cut no ice.
D.To break the ice.
A B C D
A
独自中涉及game的是最后一段，这一段是对The game is on ice和his iced up两个与ice有关的短语的说明，因此本题答案无疑是[A]。
[听力原文] 11-13 W: Hi, John. M: Oh! Hi, Laura. What are you doing here? W: Oh, I'm usually here on weekends. It's my dad's shop. So are you looking for a bike? M: Yeah. Now that the weather is warming up, I thought I'll get some exercise instead of taking the bus all the time. W: Well, you've come to the right place. Do you know what you would like? M: Well, I don't want a racer or a touring bike or anything. Mostly I'll just be using it to get me back and forth from work. W: How far is that? M: About four miles. W: Are there a lot of hills on the way? M: Some I guess. But maybe I should tell you up front that I've only got 150 dollars. Can I get anything decent for that? W: Well, you are not going to get anything top of the line. But we do have a few ones in the back that are in good condition. M: That sounds good. W: You are right. For the kind of ride you are going to be doing, the most important thing is comfort. You want to make sure it's the right height for you. Follow me and I'll show you what we've got.
5. What does Laura suggest that John do?
A.Buy a used bicycle.
B.Buy a racing bicycle.
C.Replace the tires on his bicycle.
D.Sell his old bicycle to the shop.
A B C D
A
6. What does Laura say is most important about a bike?
7. What do we learn from the passage about Catherine's father?
A.He is a successful investment banker.
B.He sold his falling bank.
C.He worked in the falling bank.
D.He is good at editing.
A B C D
A
[听力原文] 14-16 Catherine Gram graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in San Francisco. Catherine's father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post. Then Catherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father's newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law's position shortly after and became a publisher of The Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband's death, Catherine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Catherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post company. In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies. She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 thousand people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders. Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world. Catherine once wrote, "The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world." After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote, "The world without Catherine would not be the same at all." [解析] 细节题。文章开头说到她父亲是一位成功的银行投资家，故正确答案为A。
8. What does the speaker tell us about Catherine Gram?
A.She leaded the company after her father retired.
B.She is not so successful.
C.Her husband died of cancer.
D.She worked in her father's newspaper.
A B C D
D
[解析] 细节题。根据“…in his father's newspaper”可知正确答案为D。
9. What does the comment by employees of The Washington Post suggest?
A.She didn't do much contribution to the world.
B.Her life is worthy.
C.If there is not Catherine, the world will appear differently.
D.If there is not Catherine, the world will be the same.
A B C D
C
[解析] 推断题。从文章最后一句话与C意思一致可推断出正确答案为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. What do you do when you want to learn the meaning of a 1 word? If you're 2 most people, you do one of two things. You ask someone to tell you the word's meaning, or you look 3 the word in a dictionary. The fact that you can look up words in a dictionary can be 4 to a man named Noah Webster. He produced the first dictionary of American English. Noah Webster was a person who 5 words. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut in 1758. Webster studied at Yale and later became a teacher and a writer. In 1782 Webster was teaching at an elementary school in Goshen, New York. He saw that the schoolbooks he was using left 6 something he felt was important. The books Webster 7 to use in his teaching came from England. These books were just 8 for teaching English children. But they paid no 9 to American culture. Remember, the United States had only just 10 its independence from England. Americans still educated their children the same way the British 11 . Noah Webster wanted to give his students an education that was strongly 12 . In writing his first dictionary, Webster was preparing for something grander. He had become familiar 13 many different languages. He felt it was helpful and important to know where words came from their 14 . He traveled in England and France 15 research on the histories of English words. In 1807 he began to work on An American Dictionary of the English Language. Webster was seventy years old when he published the first 16 of this important work in 1828. Webster wrote the dictionary completely 17 hand. In those days people didn't have ballpoint pens, much 18 typewriters. He had to use a quill pen, which was a feather with its thickest end 19 into a point. This point was dipped in a bottle of ink in order to write. A writer using a quill pen had to dip the pen constantly to 20 the ink.
1.
A.sure
B.such
C.certain
D.some
A B C D
C
[解析] 此处意为“某一个”。
2.
A.like
B.alike
C.likely
D.as
A B C D
A
[解析] 此处意为“像……一样”。
3.
A.on
B.up
C.at
D.for
A B C D
B
[解析] 意为“查字典”，是固定搭配。
4.
A.traced
B.back
C.returned
D.gone
A B C D
A
[解析] 此处意为“追溯到”。
5.
A.respected
B.liked
C.loved
D.absorbed
A B C D
C
[解析] “loved”比“liked”语气更为强烈。
6.
A.out
B.off
C.over
D.behind
A B C D
A
[解析] 意为“遗漏，漏掉”。
7.
A.must
B.have
C.was
D.had
A B C D
D
[解析] “have to”表示客观上的必须，而且这里应用过去时。
8.
A.good
B.well
C.fairly
D.fine
A B C D
D
[解析] “fine”比“good”更为书面化。
9.
A.attentiveness
B.attention
C.note
D.notice
A B C D
B
[解析] 这里是固定搭配。
10.
A.win
B.beat
C.won
D.beaten
A B C D
C
[解析] 这里是“赢得独立，获得独立”的意思，而且应用过去时。
11.
A.way
B.does
C.can
D.did
A B C D
D
[解析] 这里是替代动词。
12.
A.England
B.American
C.different
D.independent
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据前面一句的意思可推断出此含义。
13.
A.to
B.with
C.at
D.in
A B C D
B
[解析] 这里是固定搭配。
14.
A.story
B.histories
C.country
D.resource
A B C D
D
[解析] 此句意为“这些词来自哪里”，即它们的“来源”。
15.
A.made
B.carried
C.doing
D.studying
A B C D
C
[解析] 这里是固定搭配。
16.
A.work
B.dictionary
C.edition
D.book
A B C D
C
[解析] 指“第一版”。
17.
A.in
B.at
C.by
D.on
A B C D
C
[解析] 这里是固定搭配。
18.
A.same
B.more
C.similar
D.less
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据句意可作此判断。
19.
A.sharpen
B.sharpening
C.sharpens
D.sharpened
A B C D
D
[解析] 过去分词表被动，补充说明前面的名词。
20.
A.dip
B.redip
C.fill
D.refill
A B C D
D
[解析] 指“再充满”，是一个持续不断的过程。
Section Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Part A Read the following four texts and answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Passage 1
1. According to the author, the importance of greenspace in the urban environment ______.
A.is being closely studied
B.is usually neglected
C.has been fully recognized
D.is still unknown
A B C D
C
Passage 2
1. The word "paleontologists" probably means ______.
A.scientists who study structural geology in earlier times
B.scientists who deal with life on earth in earlier times
C.scientists who investigate the data of dinosaurs
D.scientists who cope with climate change
A B C D
B
Passage 3 In a democratic society citizens are encouraged to form their own opinions on candidates for public offices, taxes, constitutional amendments, environmental concerns, foreign policy, and other issues. The opinions held by any population are shaped and manipulated by several factors: individual circumstances, the mass media, special-interest groups, and opinion leaders. Wealthy people tend to think differently on social issues from poor people. Factory workers probably do not share the same views as white-collar workers, non-union workers. Women employed outside their homes sometimes have perspectives different from those of full-time homemakers. In these and other ways individual status shapes one's view of current events. The mass media, especially television, are powerful influences on the way people think and act. Government officials note how mail from the public tends to "follow the headlines". Whatever is featured in newspapers and magazines and on television attracts enough attention that people begin to inform themselves and to express opinions. The mass media have also created larger audiences for government and a wider range of public issues than existed before. Prior to television and the national editions of newspapers, issues and candidates tended to remain localized. In Great Britain and West Germany, for example, elections to the national legislatures were usually viewed by voters as local contests. Today's elections are seen as struggles between party leaders and programs. In the United States radio and television have been beneficial to the presidency. Since the days ot Franklin D. Roosevelt and his "fireside chats", presidents have appealed directly to a national audience over the heads of Congress to advocate their programs. Special-interest groups spend vast sums annually trying to influence public opinion. Public utilities, for instance, tried to sway public opinion in favor of nuclear power plants. Opposed to them were citizens' organizations successful advertising campaign designed to prevent the passage of medicare. Opinion leaders are usually such prominent public figures as politicians, some business personalities, and celebrity athletes. The opinions of these individuals, whether informed and intelligent or not, carry weight with some segments of the population. Some individuals, such as Nobel Prize winners, are suddenly thrust into public view by the media. By quickly reaching a large audience, their views gain a hearing and are perhaps influential in shaping views on complex issues.
1. How many factors could shape public opinion, as mentioned in the text?
5. It is obvious that the opinion of famous people______.
A.is often ignored by the public
B.its seldom expressed to the point
C.is often imposed on the public
D.has a strong influence on people
A B C D
D
分析推理题。文章第一段首先指出舆论领导者是影响大众观点的一个因素，然后在最后一段分析了这种影响。由其中第二句中的carry weight with some segments of the population及最后一句(By quickly reaching a large audience...)即可推知[D]是正确的。
Passage 4
1. Many doctors choose to live where ______.
A.conditions discourage disease
B.they can be near colleagues
C.the climate is healthy
D.the new techniques are available
A B C D
C
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. Bill Gates, the billionaire Microsoft chairman without a single earned university degree, is by his success raising new doubts about the worth of the business world's favorite academic title: the MBA (Master of Business Administration). 48) The MBA, a 20th-century product, always has borne the mark of lowly commerce and greed on the tree-lined campuses ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature. But even with the recession apparently cutting into the hiring of business school graduates, about 79,000 people are expected to receive MBAs in 1993. 49) This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960, a testimony to the widespread assumption that the MBA is vital for young men and women who want to run companies some day. "If you are going into the corporate world it is still a disadvantage not to have one," said Donald Morrison, professor of marketing and management science. "But in the last five years or so, when someone says, 'Should I attempt to get an MBA, ' the answer a lot more is. It depends." 50) The success of Bill Gates and other non-MBAs, such as the late Sam Walton ofWal-Mart Stores Inc. , has helped inspire self-conscious debates on business school campuses over the worth of a business degree and whether management skills can be taught. The Harvard Business Review printed a lively, fictional exchange of letters to dramatize complaints about business degree holders. 51) The article called MBA hires "extremely disappointing" and said "MBAs want to move up too fast, they don't understand politics and people, and they aren't able to function as part of a team until their third year. But by then, they' re out looking for other jobs. " The problem, most participants in the debate acknowledge, is that the MBA has acquired an aura of future fiches and power far beyond its actual importance and usefulness. Enrollment in business schools exploded in the t970s and 1980s and created the assumption that no one who pursued a business career could do without one. The growth was fueled by a backlash against the anti-business values of the 1960s and by the women's movement. 52) Business people who have hired or worked with MBAs say those with the degrees often know how to analyze systems but are not so skillful at motivating people. "They don't get a lot of grounding in the people side of the business. " said James Shaffer, vice-president and principal of the Towers Perrin management consulting firm.
[难点分析与翻译技巧] 1) 句式结构 这是一个带有若干同位语、定语、状语结构的简单句，其主、谓、宾结构为： The MBA…has borne…the mark of…MBA 已经带有……的标志；主语The MBA的同位语：a 20th-century product；宾语mark的定语修饰成分：of lowly commerce and greed；地点状语：on the tree-lined campuses；方式状语：ruled by purer disciplines such as philosophy and literature 2) 理解与表达 本句中几个重点词语的理解：bear v. 具有；如：What he has just said does not bear such a construction. 他刚才的话不是这样的意思。X bears no relation to Y. X和Y没有关。the mark of lowly commerce and greed低俗的商业铜臭和贪婪；tree-lined campuses绿树成荫的大学校园；ruled by purer disciplines被纯学术学科主导的此句的翻译表达按汉语的表达需要做一些增词处理。
[难点分析与翻译技巧] 1) 句式结构 这是一个带定语从句的同位结构，其主谓结构为系表结构： This is nearly 16 times the number of business graduates in 1960这几乎是1960年商科毕业生的16倍；表语的同位语：a testimony to the widespread assumption对人们的普遍假设的一种证实；assumption的同位语：that the MBA is vital for young men and women; men and women的定语：who want to run companies some day 2) 理解与表达 本句中几个重点词语的理解：business graduates商科毕业生，testimony证实，the widespread assumption普遍的假设，vital for…对……至关重要，run companies开办公司翻译此句需注意处理好同位语和定语从句的翻译。按汉语的表达需要，将同位语从句单独翻译成一句。
[难点分析与翻译技巧] 1) 句式结构 这是一个带宾语从句的复合结构，其主体框架结构为： The success of…has helped inspire…debates (on…campuses)……的成功，(在校园中)帮助激发了……的辩论；动词debates的宾语1：over the worth of a business degree；动词debates的宾语2：whether management skills can be taught；比较状语：such as the late Sam Walton of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 2) 理解与表达 本句中几个重点词语的理解：non-MBAs非MBA毕业生，Sam Walton of wal-Mart Stores Inc沃玛特连锁店的萨姆。沃尔顿，inspire激发，self-conscious debates自我意识的辩论，the worth of a business degree工商学位的价值翻译此句需注意处理好debates…over的翻译。为了表达的需要，可以重复debates。
[难点分析与翻译技巧] 1) 句式结构 这个句子的主体是带平行结构的并列句，后面的分句带有一个宾语从句。其主体框架结构为： The article called…and said…文章把……称着……，并说……；Said的宾语从句：they don't understand…and they aren't able to…until… 2) 理解与表达 本句中几个重点词语的理解：extremely disappointing令人极其失望，want to move up too fast太急于升职，function as part of a team作为团队的一个部分翻译此句需注意处理好function as和not…until的译法。
[难点分析与翻译技巧] 1) 句式结构 这个句子的主体是定语从句的复合句，其主谓结构为： Business people…say……商业人士说……；定语从句：those…often know how to…but are not so skillful at…那些人知道如何……，但不善于…… 2) 理解与表达 本句中几个重点词语的理解：people who have hired or worked with MBAs雇用MBA毕业生或与他们一起工作的人，how to analyze systems如何作系统分析，motivating people激励别人；motivate v. 引起动机，促起，激发；如：to motivate the child to learn new words激励小孩子学习新词Examinations do not motivate a student to seek more knowledge. 考试不能促使学生去追求更多的知识。 翻译此句的关键是处理好定语从句。
Section Ⅳ Writing
1. Directions:Now there is a heated discussion about examination. Some hold that examination should be abolished. You are a teacher with opposite viewpoints. Write a letter to the editor, Mr. Smith, to express your viewpoints. You should write approximately 160—200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
[解题步骤] 第一步：审题 1．题型：话题作文 2．文体：书信 第二步：框架分析 1．书信格式 2．点出每个要点 第三步：列出写作思路 1．问候、提出写信目的，引出话题 2．阐述自己对于该问题的观点 3．结束语 第四步：列出关键词和词组 a heated discussion about examination; hold that examination should be abolished; praise the cancellation of exams; a student who earns good marks is generally a good student; a grade average of the year's work; the best way to choose good students for college; comparatively fair; is the best way to choose talents for our country at present time; it is unpractical to abolish examination, etc. [参考作文] Dear Mr. Smith, I have read your recent newspaper, and I see there is a heated discussion about examination. Some hold that examination should be abolished. They write articles to praise the cancellation of exams because they believe "tests don't tell the whole story." As a teacher who has many years' experience of teaching, I have witnessed that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student's final mark in a subject is usually a grade average of the year's work. Of course there are exceptions, but they' don't have the frequency that give an unfair picture of a student's ability. And in the present situation, examination is the best way to choose good students for colleges and universities. Because it is comparatively fair and can show a student's ability to a great extent. Much evidence has proven that graduates selected in this way have fully displayed their ability and also have shown that examination is the best way to choose talents for our country at present time. So I think it is unpractical to abolish examination now. Yours respectfully, A reader
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