Ⅰ Phonetics Directions: In each of the following groups of words, there are four underlined letters or letter combinations marked A, B, C and D. Compare the underlined parts and identify the one that is different from the others in pronunciation. Mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Ⅱ Vocabulary and Structure Directions: There are 15 incomplete sentences in this section. For each sentence there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose one answer that best completes the sentence and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
1. I applied for the job that I saw advertised ______ the paper.
A.on
B.of
C.in
D.at
A B C D
C
报纸上所登的东西用介词in。选项C是正确的。
2. Eat as many vegetables as possible, for they are rich ______ iron.
A.of
B.in
C.with
D.for
A B C D
B
[解析] be rich in意为“富含……，在……(方面)富有”，是固定搭配。
3. It is not polite to ______ a speaker when he is making a speech.
14. I don't know how to play bridge(桥牌) and ______.
A.my wife doesn't neither
B.my wife does either
C.neither does my wife
D.neither my wife does
A B C D
C
[解析] 表示否定的“也”的句型常用neither(nor)+助动词+主语，这是一种倒装用法。
15. In no way ______from practice.
A.theory can be separated
B.theory is separated
C.can theory be separated
D.has theory been separated
A B C D
C
in no way是表示否定意义的状语，当它放在句首时句子倒装。
Ⅲ Cloze Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Dear Jones, You have asked me for suggestions on how to get along in the United States. It is difficult to give advice, but I have found the following "dos" and" don'ts" helpful. As a 1 . it isn't easy to find anyone to talk to in a big city. However, here are some suggestions. First, get or borrow a dog! Walk him several times a day! Americans love dogs and usually stop to talk to anyone with a dog. Then, try to eat in a cafeteria. People generally 2 the same tables and will sometimes talk to you if they see that yon are a 3 . Next, take your dirty 4 to a laundry (洗衣店)! It takes about an hour to wash and dry, and many people wait there. They often pass the 5 talking to the other customers. 6 ask for information from a woman, if you are a 7 , and from a man, if you are a woman. It seems to get 8 results for a reason I can't understand. Learn the 9 : "Please", "Thank you", and" You' re welcome" before you come and use them all the time! They usually work like magic(魔术). There are some things you shouldn't do. Don't 10 the truth when people ask "How are you?" They only 11 the answer to be "Fine". Never ask people their 12 — especially women! Everyone wants to be young. Don't tell heavy people they are 13 . Tell them they are losing weight. Everyone here wants to be 14 . Don' t be late for appointments(约会)! When someone says six o'clock, be sure to be there by six. Americans respect 15 and expect everyone to be "on time". Above all, don't worry! Just follow my advice and bring a lot of money, you will get along. I hope I have been of some help to you. Cordially yours, Socrates
[解题指要] A选项expect的意思是“期待”，符合题意。D选项hope,则存在语法上的问题，因为没有hope somebody to do something这种说法。
12.
A.pay
B.age
C.family
D.life
A B C D
B
[解题指要] 通过Everyone wants to be young可以确定选B选项，意思是“年龄”。
13.
A.strong
B.young
C.fat
D.weighty
A B C D
C
[解题指要] 通过heavy可以确定选C选项fat。
14.
A.thin
B.strong
C.fat
D.heavy
A B C D
A
[解题指要] Tell them they are losing weight这句话实际上印证Everyone here wants to be thin，因此答案定在A选项thin上面。
15.
A.time
B.elders
C.knowledge
D.women
A B C D
A
[解题指要] 通过Don't be late for appointments! When someone says six o'clock， be sure to be there by six，以及后面and expect everyone to be“on time”，可以得知讲的都是与时间有关的注意事项，故确定A选项time。
Ⅳ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are five reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by four questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Dollars and cents are the basic units of American money. The back of all dollar bills are green (hence "greenbacks"). The commonly used coins are: one cent (penny), five cents (nickel), 10 cents (dime), and 25 cents (quarter). 50 pieces (half dollar) and silver dollars (not really silver anymore) are gaining in usage, while there has been talk of phasing out the penny that's inflation for you. "Always carry plenty of quarters when travelling. Very useful for phones, soda machines, laundry machines, etc." There is generally no problem in using US dollars in Canada, but this is never possible in reverse. It's useful always to carry small change for things like exact fare buses, but do not carry large sums of cash. Instead keep the bulk of your money in travellers' cheques which can be purchased both in the US and abroad and should be in dollar denominations. The best known cheques are those of American Express, so you will have the least difficulty cashing these, even in out of the way places. Thomas Cook travellers' cheques are also acceptable, especially as lost ones can be reclaimed at some car rental companies. Dollar denomination cheques can be used like regular money. There's no need to cash them at a bank: use them instead to pay for meals, supermarket purchases or whatever. Ten or twenty dollar cheques are accepted like this almost always and you'll be given change just as though you'd presented the cashier with dollar bills. Be prepared to show ID when you cash your cheques. Credit cards can be even more valuable than travellers' cheques, as they are often used to guaraniee room reservations over the phone and are accepted in lieu of deposit when renting a car—indeed without a credit card you may be considered so untrustworthy that not only a deposit but your passport will be held as security too. The major credit cards are VISA, Master Charge and Access, Diners Club and American Express. If you hold a bank card, it could well be worthwhile to increase your credit limit for travel purposes—you should ask your bank manager.
1. Why is it useful to carry enough 25-cent coins with you? ______
A.They can act as small change for the exact bus fares.
B.There is generally no problem in using them in Canada.
C.As a basic unit of money, they are gradually gaining in usage.
D.They may come in handy for pay phones or laundry machines.
A B C D
D
2. It is not necessary to carry cash instead of dollar travellers' cheques because the latter can be ______
A.used for phones, bus fares and hotel reservations
B.used to pay in restaurants and big stores
C.used like credit cards, even in remote areas
D.exchanged easily, even at car rental companies
A B C D
B
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? ______
A.Credit cards have more advantages than travellers' cheques.
B.Dollar bills are as convenient as credit cards.
C.One-cent coins have been withdrawn from circulation.
D.You can increase your credit limit as you like.
A B C D
A
4. This passage is most probably taken from ______ .
A.a tourist guide
B.a bank brochure
C.a booklet about car rental
D.a handbook on U. S. currency
A B C D
B
Only one animal can walk 200 miles without stopping once to rest. It would take a person two days and two nights to walk this far, and only one man has ever done it without stopping. What amazing animal has such endurance? The camel! The camel is well known for something else, too. It can cross an entire desert without a single drink of water. Its body is built in a special way to help it store water and food. A person has just one stomach, but a camel has quite a few. Within each stomach are layers and layers of cells. These cells are like tiny water balloons, storing liquids until the camel needs them. When the camel drinks, the cells grow larger and larger. For a whole week, they can keep the animal's thirst away by sending water to all parts of its body. And did you ever wonder why the camel has a hump? The hump is a storage place for fat. Because it has this storage area, the camel does not need to eat very often. When the animal needs energy, the layers of fat serve as fuel to keep it going on the long, hot days in the burning sun. The camel has one other gift that makes it well suited to arid regions. This gift is its amazing nose. A camel can smell a water hole from miles away! When a camel moves it sways from side to side like a ship on a wavy ocean. Because of this swaying motion, the camel has been called the "Ship of the Desert."
1. The camel's hump is a storage place for ______.
A.muscles
B.extra water
C.body sugars
D.fat
A B C D
D
第三段。驼峰是用来储存脂肪的。选项D是正确的。
2. We can conclude from this passage that camels ______.
A.feel at home in the desert
B.like to carry heavy loads
C.look like ships from a distance
D.will always be useful
A B C D
A
这篇文章从不同的角度说明骆驼在沙漠中生存的天赋。沙漠最适合它。选项A是正确的。
3. The author compares cells with water balloons in order to ______.
A.make you think of summer
B.help you visualize the cells
C.show how rubber is elastic
D.show how many shapes cells can have
A B C D
B
第二段。作者用装水的气球来形容骆驼胃中的细胞，非常形象地说明细胞的样子。选项B是正确的。
4. The word "arid" is closest in meaning to ______.
A.sunny
B.flat
C.dry
D.sandy
A B C D
C
倒数第二段。这段说骆驼在几英里外就可闻到水的味道，可见该地区极为干旱。选项 C是正确的。
Many strange new means of transport have been developed in our century, the strangest of them being perhaps the hovercraft. In 1953, a former electronics engineer in his fifties, Christopher Cockerell, who had turned to boat-building on the Norfolk Broads, suggested an idea on which be had been working for many years to the British government and industrial circles. It was the idea of supporting a craft on a "pad", or cushion, of low-pressure air, ringed with a curtain of higher pressure air. Ever since, people have had difficulty in deciding whether the craft should be ranged among ships, planes, or land vehicles—for it is something in between a boat and an aircraft. As a ship builder, Cockerell was trying to find a solution to the problem of the wave resistance which wastes a good deal of a surface's power and limits its speed. His answer was to lift the vessel out of the water by making it ride on a cushion of air, no more than one or two feet thick. This is done by a great number of ring-shaped air jets on the bottom of the craft. It "flies", therefore, but it cannot fly higher—its action depends on the surface, water or ground, over which it rides.
1. Which of the following statements is true?
A.The engineer had worked out the idea for many years.
B.The engineer had been working on the idea for many years.
C.The engineer suggested the idea to the British government and industrial circles for many years.
D.The British government and industrial circles accepted the idea many years later.
A B C D
B
[解析] 本题属判断正误题。从文章第二句中的“an idea on which he had been working for many years”便可找出答案。
2. The engineer's suggestion is that he build a craft ______.
A.with support of a pad under it
B.with support of a curtain round it
C.with support of a pad of air
D.with support of a cushion of air made by jet engines
A B C D
D
[解析] 本题属细节题。文章中第三句中的“supporting a craft on a 'pad', or cushion, of low-pressure air”已提示答案。
3. The word "hovercraft" in line two means ______.
A.a craft which can move over land or water
B.a craft which can fly a short distance
C.a craft which can fly a long distance
D.a craft which can fly in circles
A B C D
A
[解析] 本题属词汇测试题。由文章中的“it is something in between a boat and an aircraft”可知，“hovercraft”是一个水陆两用的物体。
4. We may conclude from reading the passage that ______.
A.a hovercraft can not fly high because of the surrounding high-pressure air
B.a hovercraft is as much in use as a plane
C.a hovercraft "flies" with a greater speed than ships
D.a hovercraft also has the problem of wave resistance
A B C D
C
[解析] 本题属细节推理题。A项中的“high-pressure”错了，应是“low-pressure”；B项中的“as a plane”错了，它不是飞机；D项中的问题已经得到解决。
There are various in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system and the traditional system. In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market, transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy, real goods such as automobiles, shoes and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence, the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modem market economy, goods and services are bought or sold for money. An alternative to the .market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan, drawn up by the government, shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planing of production, consumption, and exchange for the whole economy. In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition: every person's place within the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. People belonging to a certain group or caste may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health, and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone, progress may be difficult to achieve. A stagnant society may result.
1. What is main purpose of the passage?
A.To outline contrasting types of economy.
B.To explain the science of economics.
C.To argue for the superiority of one economics.
D.To compare barter and money exchange markets.
A B C D
A
2. In the second paragraph, the word "real" in "real goods" could best be replaced by which of the following?
A."high quality"
B."concrete"
C."utter"
D."authentic"
A B C D
B
3. According to the passage, a barter economy can lead to ______.
A.rapid speed of transaction
B.misunderstanding
C.inflation
D.difficulties for the traders
A B C D
D
4. According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control in an administered system?
A.Individual households.
B.Small business.
C.Major corporations.
D.The government.
A B C D
D
Every year gray whales migrate from the Bering Sea in Alaska to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. Eleven gray whales have died in the San Francisco Bay in the last three weeks. No one knows why the whales are dying. Last year 270 whales died along the whales’ migration route. Many people think starvation is the cause. This year the dead whales seem to have more blubber (fat) on them. Twenty years ago, the gray whale was listed as an endangered species. Some scientists think that the larger number of whales makes it hard to find enough food. More whales create more pressure on the food supply, a supply that some scientists say may have dwindled as a result of the warm waters of El Nino. Most of the whales have been dead for many days before they are found and studied. This makes it hard to find the reason for death. 65 whales have been seen in the San Francisco Bay Area this year compared to 17 last year. The whales could be dying from many diseases, but it may be over-population.
1. Which of the following is NOT a possible reason for whales dying?
2. Why might the increasing number of whales cause problems with their health?
A.There’s not enough room for them in Alaska.
B.There may not be enough food for them in Alaska.
C.They get pushed ashore.
D.There are more whales to spread disease.
A B C D
B
由倒数第三段可知。
3. One reason it is difficult to know why the whales are dying is that______。
A.the whales travel such a long distance
B.there are more whales than there used to be
C.the whale bodies are too old to study by the time they are found
D.the whales are endangered
A B C D
C
由倒数第二段可知。
4. About how many more whales have been sighted in the San Francisco Bay this year compared to last year?
A.Twice as many.
B.Three times as many.
C.Half as many.
D.About the same.
A B C D
B
由最后一段可知。今年在旧金山海湾地区看到了65只鲸，去年是17只。所以今年大约是去年的三倍。
Ⅴ Daily Conversation Directions: Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet. Blanca: Hello. I'm calling about the apartment you advertised. Manager: Yes. What kind of apartment 1 ? Blanca: I'm interested in a one-bedroom. Do you have any available? Manager: Yes. 2 . When do you need it? Blanca: Sometime around next week. May I come over tomorrow 3 ? Manager: Sure. What time would you like to come? Blanca: How about 10 AM? Manager: Good. May 4 , please? Blanca: My name is Blanca. Manager: Blanca. I'll 5 .
1.
are you interested in
2.
I have one
3.
to take a look
4.
I have your name
5.
see you tomorrow
Ⅵ Writing Directions: For this part, you are supposed to write a letter in English in 100-120 words based on the following situation. Remember to write it clearly.
1. 我的信用观(My Opinion on Keeping One's Word)
My Opinion on Keeping One's Word Keeping one's word is a rare quality that man can possess. Because the basic character of the world is changing. When things have changed, is it possible that a person can still keep his word? The answer is "Yes" ,but it demands a lot on the part of the person. Do you have the experience that you promised to do something for others, but when the moment really came, it turned out that if you did it, you would have to sacrifice a lot yourself. For example, parents may promise to go on a travel if their child could get a satisfactory mark in the examination. But when the child comes home with the satisfactory mark, they are engaged in their work so that they can't leave within weeks. How to make the decision? If the parents give up the travel, the child will feel hurt; but ff the parents keep their word, the work will be interrupted, which is forbidden by the boss. Anyway, they have to suffer in a sense. In a word, I think we should try to avoid promising anything if it is possible. And if you have promised, try to keep it at all expenses.
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