Part Ⅰ Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs? You should write at least 150 words and base your composition on the chart and outline below:
1. 1.简要分析图表 2.分析观众喜欢看体育节目的原因
Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs?
Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs?
The sport programs have been enjoying a boom among TV viewers. According to the above graph, 78 percent of TV viewers frequently watch sports, which is obviously far ahead of other televised events. News follows second with 68 percent of viewers, compared with 54 percent movies watchers. Documentaries seem preferable among people than the specials do, with 42 percent and 20 percent respectively. A passion for sports has taken possession of thousands of people. One of the masons perhaps is that sports provide an outlet for open-up emotions. People extract themselves from routine life and fully express their feelings towards sports. Stimulated by the excitement, they applaud for the victory and hold their breath for the exhilarating competition. In a sense, sports are a heaven for people to escape from boredom and tension. Enthusiasm for sports also reflects people's desire to transcend geographical and cultural limits. Freed from border and language difference, sports are accessible to everyone. People will no longer be confined to a certain living circle. They can share the same fantasy with the viewers at another hemisphere. Taken by sports, they can roam from country to country, continent to continent. Sports thus become a common language for all the people throughout the world.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions:In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-4, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Earth: Melting in the Heat?
Glaciers are melting; the ice caps are disappearing into the oceans; sea levels may rise by many meters as a consequence. Indigenous (本土的) Arctic peoples will find their food stocks gone, while fresh water supplies in Asia and south America will disappear as the glaciers which provide them melt away; penguins, polar bears and seals will find their habitats gone, their traditional lives unlivable. But how realistic is this picture? Is the world's ice really disappearing, or is it unscientific hot air? A European satellite named Cryosat was designed to provide definitive answers to some of these questions. A launcher fault destroyed the mission in October 2005, but the European Space Agency has approved a replacement. In the meantime, here is our global snapshot. The Antarctic Huge, pristine (质朴的), dramatic, unforgiving-the Antarctic is where the biggest of all global changes could begin. There is so much ice here that if it all melted, sea levels globally would rise hugely—perhaps as much as 80m. Say goodbye to London, New York, Sydney, Bangkok … in fact, the majority of the world's major cities. But will it happen? Scientists divide the Antarctic into three zones: the east and west Antarctic ice sheets; and the Peninsula, the tongue of land which points up towards the southern tip of South America. "Everybody thinks that the Antarctic is shrinking due to climate change, but the reality is much more complex," says David Vaughan, a principal investigator at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, U.K. "Parts of it appear to be thickening as a result of snowfall increases, but the Peninsula is thinning at an alarming rate due to warming. The West Antarctic sheet is also thinning, and we're not sure of the mason why." On the Up Temperatures in the Peninsula appear to be increasing at around twice the global average—about 2℃ over the last 50 years. Those figures are based on measurements made by instruments at scientific stations. Earlier this year, David Vaughan's group published research showing that the vast majority of glaciers along the Peninsula—87% of the 244 studied—are in retreat. The ice dumped into the ocean as the glaciers retreat should not make much difference to global sea levels—perhaps a few centimeters. More worrying, potentially, are the vast ice sheets covering the rest of Antarctica. Making temperature measurements for the continent as a whole is difficult; it is a vast place--more than 2,000 km across--them are few research stations, and temperatures vary naturally by 2~3℃ from year to year. But measurements indicate that in the west, reciting is underway. "About one-third of the West Antarctic ice sheet is thinning," says Dr. Vaughan, "on average by about 10cm per year, but in the worst places by 3~4m per year." The rock on which the West Antarctic ice rests is below sea level, and British Antarctic Survey researchers believe the thinning could be due to the ice sheet melting on its underside. "It may be that the ocean is warming and that's causing the ice to melt, but there may be other reasons as well; for example, there's lots of volcanism in that area and so that could change how much heat is delivered to the underside of the ice sheet." Cryosat should help to pin down what is happening at the West Antarctic fringe. The radar altimeters on board its predecessors ERSI and ERS2 have been unable to map the steep slopes at the coast, whereas Cryosat's instrument should be able to cope. If the entire West Antarctic ice sheet did melt, sea levels globally would rise, by around 5m. But at the moment, there is no sign of that happening. One recent scientific paper attempted to calculate probabilities for how much West Antarctic melting would contribute to global sea-level rises during this century. The conclusions: a 30% probability of a 20 cm rise, and a 5% chance of a 1m rise. Eastern Mass And what of the big monster, the much larger East Antarctic sheet? A recent study using altimeter data suggested it is getting thicker, by about 1.8 cm/yr; another, using the gravity satellite mission Grace indicates its mass remains stable. But could rising temperatures in time drain the ice away? "It is net going to happen on any realistic human timescale," says David Vaughan. "It's so cold that you could raise temperatures by 5~10℃ without having much of an impact; it's on rock above sea level, so warming in the ocean can't affect it." Largely insulated from global trends and so big as to generate its own climatic systems, most of Antarctica appears to be immune to the big melt for now, though answers to what is happening in the west are eagerly awaited. The Arctic At the top of the world, the Arctic is a region built on water. Around the Noah Pole is ocean, with ice floes crowding in each winter and thinning again in the summers. In September, we learned from scientists at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center that the extent of ocean covered by ice is getting smaller each year, the current rate of shrinkage they calculate at around 8% per decade. Their projection is that within about 60 years, there will be no summer ice at all on the Arctic Ocean. "Overall, the extent has been declining, with some oscillations (摆动), since the 1970s when satellites were able to map it," comments Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University, U.K., and currently at the Laboratoire Oce anographique in Villefranche-sur-mer, France. "There's been a slow decline, but now the thinning appears to be more rapid. In the last two decades, not only has the area shrunk but the ice has got thinner by about 40%; the prediction is that it will vanish altogether during summers in the second half of this century." Military Records Measurements of thickness come mainly from military submarines, which spent long periods under the Arctic ice during the Cold War. Peter Wadhams was one of the scientists who afterwards persuaded the authorities in Britain and the United States to declassify their data. But as a method of measurement, it is far from perfect; and satellites have given only limited help. The existing satellite fleet gives good measurements of ice extent, but is not so good at detecting thickness, partly because the orbits of satellites with radar altimeters do not cover every portion of the ocean. This data deficit has led to a rival theory—that the ice is not melting at ail; it is simply piling up in another part of the ocean, perhaps along the north Canadian coast. Peter Wadhams believes he has now disproved this idea. "We did an experiment where we installed a set of buoys (浮标) in that region which measure the thickness of the ice and transmit it back via satellite," he says. "The buoy sits on the ice, and as waves pass under it they make it rise and fall, just by a millimeter or two; measuring this allows you to calculate the thickness of the ice." The preliminary results, announced at a scientific meeting in April 2005, show that the extra ice is not there; it really has melted away. Wider Impact To people living, in the region, the melting brings mixed news. Current lifestyles and staple foods will almost certainly change, but the open ocean may permit new opportunities for trade and agriculture. A bigger question is what it means for the rest of the planet. Ice reflects the sun's radiation; water absorbs it. More water and less ice—a lower albedo (反照率)—mean that the pace of warming could increase. In this scenario, the Earth would be losing one of its "natural checks and balances" against warming—another positive feedback mechanism. The Arctic is intimately tied to the global climate system, and disruptions here have the potential to create worldwide changes—albeit (虽然) over long timescales. Possibly the most powerful link is via the thermohaline (热盐的) circulation, the global conveyor taking warm water along ocean surfaces and returning colder water at depth. "One very sensitive place is the middle of the Greenland Sea," says Peter Wadhams. "That has been ice-free in the summer, but usually in winter it would be covered by a lobe of ice growing out from the Greenland coast. AS it formed, it rejected salt back into the water, making the water heavier and helping it to sink. Since 1997, the ice tongue has never termed. That will be having an impact on the thermohaline circulation." Back in geological history, about 55 million years ago, the Arctic was a warm (possibly 20~C) shallow sea that would have been ice-free without the intervention of a human-enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural variations may be playing a role in the picture seen now; hut, as with other parts of the planet, it is the speed of change that alarms many researchers as much as the change itself.
1. Fresh water supplies in Asia and south America is disappearing as the glaciers melt away.
NG
根据题干中的信息词fresh water supplies和glaciers定位到原文第一段,可知北极当地人将发现自己的食物储备不见了,而亚洲和南美洲的淡水供应也将随着提供淡水的冰川的融化而消失,再结合下文可知,这只是一种假设,而原文并没有对该假设给出具体解释。
2. If all the ice in the Antarctic melted, global sea levels would rise hugely.
6. Most of Antarctica appears to be immune to the big melt for now because it's largely insulated from global trends and it's so big as to generate ______.
7. According to scientists at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center, within about 60 years, there will be ______ on the Arctic Ocean.
no summer ice at all
根据题干中的信息词U. S. National Snow and Ice Data Center和60 years定位到第四个小标题下的第二段,可知从美国国家雪冰数据中心的科学家那里得知,海上冰的覆盖率在逐年降低,他们统计出缩减率现在是每十年缩减大约8%,也就是说不到60年,北冰洋上就没有夏冰了,由此可得答案。
8. The existing satellites are not good at detecting the thickness of the ice partly because the orbits of satellites with ______ do not cover every portion of the ocean.
radar altimeters
根据题干中的信息词satellites、detecting the thickness和orbits定位到倒数第二个小标题下的第三段,可知现有的人造卫星可以很好地测量冰的覆盖范围,却不太擅长测量厚度,其部分原因在于带有雷达测高计的卫星的轨道无法覆盖大海的各个部分。
9. To people living in the Arctic, the melting of some glaciers may permit new opportunities for ______.
Section A Directions:In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions will be spoken only once..4fter each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
B.She was interrupted by a phone call during her presentation.
C.She is planning to give her presentation as soon as the microphone is fixed.
D.The microphone broke just as she began her presentation.
A B C D
D
[解析] M: How did Sally go with her presentation last night? W: No sooner had she begun her presentation than the microphone broke. Q: What can we learn about Sally?
语义替换题。根据女士所说的no sooner than(一……就……)可知,萨利一开始演讲麦克风就坏了,所以D正确。 [考点] go with sth.此处意为“进行”,还有“搭配,协调”之意,如:Her blouse doesn't go with her skirt.她的衬衫和裙子不协调。go with sb.指“与某人(多指异性)交朋友”。
2.
A.One month,
B.One month and a half.
C.Two months.
D.Two months and a hale
A B C D
B
[解析] W: Any plans for your summer vacation? M: Yes. I'm going to travel with my friends from Hong Kong. We'll probably leave in mid-July and come back at the beginning of September. Q: How long will the man travel?
综合推断题。男士说mid-July(七月中旬)出发,the beginning of September(九月初)回来,由此可知,旅行时间为一个半月,所以B正确。 [考点] 常见的有关“假日”的同汇有:make holiday, take a holiday, annual holidays, vacation,trip等。
3.
A.She should live in the country.
B.She should live near the spring.
C.He prefers to live in the country.
D.He agrees with the woman.
A B C D
C
[解析] W: If I were you I'd live in the city instead of commuting to work by train. M: But the country is so beautiful and pleasant in the spring and fall. Q: What does the man suggest?
[解析] W: Mike, how did you enjoy your trip? What did you think of Los Angeles? M: It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and they don't have a subway. Q: What does the man think of Los Angeles?
B.He will choose the novel written by Shakespeare as the topic.
C.He refuses to accept the man's advice.
D.He is on the wrong track.
A B C D
A
[解析] W: You are on the right track. Pm just thinking you need to choose another topic. M: Yes, you are right. I can't find adequate material for this topic. Maybe, I should write the essay on Shakespeare's poetry. Q: What will the man probably do next?
[解析] W: I can't believe my roommate still hasn't washed the dishes. There is not a clean dish left for us to use. M: Don't worry about it. Paper plates are fine. Q: What does the man mean?
综合推断题。女士说自己的室友没刷盘子,她们没干净的盘子可用了,男士叫她不用担心,并说纸碟不错,推断可知,现在不用刷盘子,所以C正确。 [考点] believe意为“相信某事物的真实性,相信某人的话”,相关短语有:believe in sth./sb.信仰,信任,相信…的效用;believe sth.of sb.相信某人能做出某事,如:I cannot believe it of him unless I see him doing it.除非我亲眼看到,否则我无法相信他能做出这种事。 trust意为“信任,信赖,相信”,主观性较强,相关短语有:trust to sth.依靠,如:trust to luck靠运气。
7.
A.She has not applied for any university yet.
B.She will begin university classes in a few weeks.
C.She does not know yet if a university will accept her.
D.She is too busy to contact the university right now.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: I heard you applied for several universities. Have you got accepted anywhere? W: I haven't heard anything yet. But I should know something within the next few weeks. Q: What does the woman mean?
综合推断题。女士说自己还没有得到任何消息,由此可知,她还不知道有没有学校愿意接收她,所以C正确。
8.
A.Reconsider his position later.
B.Allow the student to miss class.
C.Lower the student's grade.
D.Suggest that the student try to reschedule the operation.
A B C D
B
[解析] W: Professor, I know your course has a no-absence policy. But I have to have foot surgery next Friday and can't be here. M: Medical excuses are one of the few exceptions I make. Q: What will the professor probably do?
综合推断题。女士提到男士的课不允许缺席,但由于下周五要做脚部手术,所以不得不缺课。而男士说病假是他批准的少数例外之一,由此可知,男士同意女士缺课,所以B正确。 [考点] exception意为“例外”,常见短语有:with the exception of除……之外;也可指“反对,异议”,常见短语有:take exception to sth.反对某事,因某事而生气,如:He took great exception to having to wait outside in the rain.他为自己不得不在雨中等候感到非常气愤。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[解析] 19-21 W: Hey, Mike! Where are you off to? M: I'm heading for the Price Chopper. I do a lot of the family shopping since my mom got a part-time job. W: Can you give me a ride? I want to get some drinks. M: Sure! Let's go! W: Do you enjoy shopping? M: Enjoy? I don't mind admitting I hate shopping almost as much as I hate algebra. Correction! I hate shopping even more than 1 hate algebra. W: Yipe! A loose shopping cart! M: Today I'm proud of myself. I remembered to bring along my shopping list. W: You're becoming an experienced shopper! M: Gosh! Wrong shopping list! W: I'm sorry to hear that. M: But it's okay! I'm sure I can remember most of the six or seven items that my mom wanted me to pick up. W: Watch out for the cart, Mike! M: Thanks! You know, as I scamper through the aisles I can always successfully avoid the flying carts of my fellow shoppers. W: Whew! That was close! M: You see! I manage to pick up what I want in record time! W: Great! Let's head for the express line. Everyone knows express lines move much faster than regular lines. M: All right! Oh, unfortunately, this express line doesn't move at all! W: The next line has one shopper. Let's switch lines! 19. What is the Price Chopper?
[解析] What does the woman say about the express line?
信息明示题。女士说所有人都知道快速通道比常规通道快得多,故选B。 [考点] pick sth. up此处意为“买到某物”,该短语还有以下含义:拿起某物;(尤指借助仪器)见到,听到;通过实践学会(外语、技术等);染上(疾病);获悉或打听到(消息等);取,收集;吸取或得到某物;发现、找到某事物,例如:pick up a trail发现踪迹。 That was close!的意思是“好险!差一点!”例如: —I got 60% on my test.我考了60分。 —That was close. You almost failed.好险,你差点儿不及格。 又比如你看到一个行人横穿马路,差一点被车撞到,你就可以对他(她)说:That was close. You almost hit that car.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[解析] 22-25 W: Tony, I just moved into my new apartment, and I need to have the phones hooked up. I have no idea what I am doing. I have to make all these decisions about local, local long-distance, and long-distance carriers. M: I know. It's really complicated. In America, we have somewhere between five and ten thousand long-distance telephone companies. Competition is nice, but sometimes I think we have too much choice! It was easier before deregulation in the early eighties. The telecommunications industry has become far too confusing, but at least prices have really gone down in the last twenty years. W: Why do I need to choose more than one company? M: We divide telephone service into three categories: local, local long-distance, and long-distance. Your long-distance company allows you to call foreign countries, other American states, and other cities in your state. Your local long-distance company allows you to call suburbs or regions just outside your city. And, of course, your local company allows you to place calls within your own city. W: But they only asked me to choose a local long-distance company and a long-distance company. Don't I get to choose my local service? M: In Southern California, we really don't have much choice yet when it comes to local service. It's still basically a monopoly. W: Is it really expensive to make local telephone calls then? How much does it cost per minute? M: Actually, for most people, local calls do not have a per minute charge. You pay your local telephone company a monthly service fee of around ten to fifteen dollars for your local service, but then we don't have to pay per minute. 22. According to the man, what's the benefit of "deregulation"?
[解析] How will the woman probably pay her local telephone company?
信息明示题。女士询问打本地电话每分钟要多少钱,男士回答说,对于大多数人而言,本地电话不按分钟计费,她需要每个月向本地电话公司支付大约10到15美元的服务费,故选B。 [考点] hook sth.up此处意为“安装(电话机)等设备”,该短语还可指“用钩眼扣扣好(衣服)”,hook还常用于被动结构表“迷上,爱上”,例如:I am/get hooked on television.我看电视上了瘾。 when it comes to sth./doing sth.意为“当涉及(做)某事物的情况、事情或问题时”,其他与come相关的表达还有:come what may不论发生什么事情;how come怎么会;to come在将来,例如:in years to come在未来几年里。
Section B Directions:In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.Because they are too small to understand the rules.
B.Because they are absent-minded.
C.Because they don't have much time for it.
D.Because they arc not interested in it.
A B C D
C
[解析] 26-28 Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over. The famous English writer, Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great men of the world have had wonderful memories. A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school, it is not so easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well. A man's mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our minds. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. 26. Why is it difficult for the pupils to learn a second language in school?
信息明示题。文章第三段明确指出,because the pupils have so little time fox it,由此可知,C正确。
2.
A.A camera.
B.A film.
C.A photo.
D.A picture.
A B C D
A
[解析] What is a person's mind like according to the passage?
信息明示题。文章第四段明确指出,a man's mind is rather like a camera,由此可知,A正确。
3.
A.Time.
B.Memory.
C.Habit.
D.Textbook.
A B C D
B
[解析] What is a great help in learning a language?
信息明示题。文章第三段第一句话指出,好的记忆力对学习语言很有帮助,由此可知,B正确。
Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
B.People in the Stone Age knew a lot about plants.
C.People in the Stone Age knew little about plants.
D.Pre-industrial societies have little insights about plants.
A B C D
A
[解析] 29-31 Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans bad anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logical. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them, botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of "knowledge" at all. Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become, the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone unconsciously has an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. Our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season. That was the first great step in a new association between plants and animals. Grains wore discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. 29. Which of the following statements concerning botany is TRUE?
信息明示题。第一段第三句说到从观察仍然存在的前工业社会可以推断,植物学有很悠久的历史。
5.
A.People who live in Amazon tribes don't think plants are the basis of the food pyramid.
B.People who live in Amazon tribes don't regard botany as a special branch of knowledge.
C.People who live in Amazon tribes know all the properties of plants in the jungle.
D.People who live in Amazon tribes give some special names to botany.
A B C D
B
[解析] Which of the following is TRUE?
信息明示题。由文章中的To them, botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of "knowledge" at all可知,亚马逊的部落没有把植物学看作是一门专门的学科,所以B正确。
6.
A.Agriculture in the industrialized world.
B.Cultivated crops.
C.The association between roses and humans.
D.The discoveries of certain grasses.
A B C D
B
[解析] What was the first great step in a new association of humans and plants?
信息明示题。由文章最后的内容可知,农作物的培育是第一个伟大的进步,所以B正确。
Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 32-35 Good evening. I know many of you students are the proud owners of your first motor vehicle, and this evening I want to talk to you about some of the things you can do to make sure your car or motorbike isn't stolen. I will start with a few facts and figures to put you in the picture. Car theft is a widespread problem. In this country alone one car is stolen every 32 seconds. That's almost a million cars each year. And of those, 40% are never recovered. And don't think that just because your car might be a bit old and beaten-up looking no one will steal it. Any car can be stolen. Anywhere. Most thefts occur in residential areas, often in front of the house or even from inside the garage. Some areas that are especially dangerous are shopping centers and parking lots, particularly at sports events. Most car thieves don't need to break into the car. They usually gain entry through unlocked doors and many times they find the key in the ignition. In fact, one in five stolen cars had the keys left in the car. Isn't that amazing? Twenty percent of drivers left the keys in the ignition of an unlocked car! Who steals cars? Well, there are basically two kinds of car or bike thieves: joyriders aged about 15 to 21, and professionals. This last group usually needs less than one minute to break into a locked car and they often steal cars to use in other crimes such as robberies. You are much less likely to get your car back if it's stolen by a professional, and if it's stolen by a joyrider chances are it'll be a wreck when you do get it back. Joyriders have a very high accident rate. 32. How many stolen cars can be recovered each year?
D.Shopping centers or parking lots near stadiums or gymnasiums.
A B C D
D
[解析] Which of the following is the place where car thefts most likely occur?
信息明示题。由文章中的Some areas that are especially dangerous are shopping centers and parking lots, particularly at sports even~可知D正确。本题要注意问题中的关键同most likely,与文中的关键词 especially对应。
9.
A.They have to break into the car.
B.Five percent of the cars are left unlocked.
C.They sometimes find car keys in the ignition and simply get in.
D.They knock out the driver and get the car away.
A B C D
C
[解析] How can car thieves commit the crime?
信息明示题。由文章中的They usually gain entry through unlocked doors and many times they find the key in the ignition可知,C正确。文中提到了one in five stolen cars had the keys left in the car,而不是5%,故排除B。
10.
A.Young people who want to ride a car for joy.
B.Professionals who steal cars for other crimes.
C.People who lack money to buy a car.
D.Both A and B.
A B C D
D
[解析] Who usually steal cars?
信息明示题。文章最后提到,最常偷车的人是joyriders aged about 15 to 21 and professionals,其中 joyriders指的是喜欢驾车兜风的人,所以D正确。
Section C Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. There is something hard to 1 about cherries. The small red fruit is a popular 2 food around the world. In northern areas, cherry trees are just beginning to produce flowers. Cherries are thought to be native to western Asia. There are two major kinds of cherries 3 in the world: sour and sweet. Sour cherries are not eaten fresh because they contain little sugar, Instead, they are 4 to make 5 foods like jellies and pies and to make 6 drinks. The United States is a major producer of sour cherries. Among the states, Michigan is the top producer. Russia, Poland and Turkey are other important 7 nations. Sweet cherries contain much more sugar than their sour 8 and are usually eaten fresh. Washington State is the biggest American producer, followed by California and Oregon. The United States, Iran and Turkey are major producers of sweet cherries. 9 . Fresh cherries do not store well. 10 . Cherry trees are also valued for their springtime blossoms. 11 .
[解析] 36-46 There is something hard to (36) resist about cherries. The small red fruit is a popular (37) seasonal food around the world. In northern areas, cherry trees are just beginning to produce flowers. Cherries are thought to be native to western Asia. There are two major kinds of cherries (38) harvested in the world: sour and sweet. Sour cherries are not eaten fresh because they contain little sugar. Instead, they are (39) processed to make (40) prepared foods like jellies and pies and to make (41) alcoholic drinks. The United States is a major producer of sour cherries. Among the states, Michigan is the top producer. Russia, Poland and Turkey are other important (42) cherry-producing nations. Sweet cherries contain much more sugar than their sour (43) relatives and are usually eaten fresh. Washington State is the biggest American producer, followed by California and Oregon. The United States, Iran and Turkey are major producers of sweet cherries. (44) In the United States, production fell by twenty percent last year after a record harvest in two thousand four. Fresh cherries do not store well. (45) They must reach the market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of flesh fruit. Cherry trees are also valued for their springtime blossoms. (46) Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe.
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seasonal
3.
harvested
4.
processed
5.
prepared
6.
alcoholic
7.
cherry-producing
8.
relatives
9.
In the United States, production fell by twenty percent last year after a record harvest in two thousand four
10.
They must reach the market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of fresh fruit
11.
Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A Directions:In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2. Two cities that lay at the edge of the Mediterranean more than 1,200 years ago, Herakleion and Eastern Canopus, disappeared suddenly, swallowed by the sea. Now, an international team of scientists may have figured out the mystery of why it happened. The researchers have concluded that the two cities collapsed when the land they were built on suddenly liquefied (液化). Until recently, the only evidence that they existed came from Greek mythology and the writings of ancient historians. Then, during expeditions in 1999 and 2000, a team of French marine archaeologists headed by Franck Goddio found the ruins—almost completely intact—buried on the seafloor of the Abu Qir Bay in Egypt. Since then, there has been much speculation (猜测) about why the cities disappeared so suddenly. Earthquakes, subsistence (生存) conditions, and a rise in sea level have all been suggested as possibilities. "There are no written documents on how, when, or why these two cities went down," said Jean-Daniel Stanley, a geoarchaeologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Stanley and his colleagues at the Institute Europeen d'Archeologie Sous-Marine in Paris (the European Institute of Marine Archaeology) argue that a major flood of the Nile in the middle of the eighth century A.D. was to blame. The flood, they say, triggered the sinking of Eastern Canopus and Herakleion by turning the ground beneath the cities into liquefied mud. The collapse was sudden and catastrophic, said Stanley. "We can tell," he said, "because in both places we've found gold and jewelry, which, if there had been time, people would have taken with them when fleeing." Herakleion and East Canopus once stood at the mouth of the now-extinct Canopic branch of the Nile. Built sometime between the seventh and sixth centuries B.C., as the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs were coming to an end, the cities flourished as gateways to Egypt. Herakleion was a port of entry to Egypt and grew wealthy by collecting taxes on goods being shipped upriver. Frozen in time below the water's were many temples and statues of gods and goddesses, also attesting to the cities' role as destinations for religious pilgrims. Until the undersea discovery, historians knew about the cities only through myth and ancient literature. Menelaus, the king of Sparta and husband to Helen, over whom the Trojan War was fought, was said to have stayed in Herakleion following the ten-year war against Troy. Greek mythology holds that the city of Canopus was named after Menelaus' helmsman (舵手), who was bitten by a viper (毒蛇) and transformed into a god. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote of having visited the cities in 450 B.C. The cities' fortunes declined when Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331 B.C. Yet centuries later, Greek geographer Strabo (63 B.C.-21 A.D.) described the location and wealth of Herakleion, while Seneca (5 B.C.-65 A.D.) condemned the cities for decadent (颓废的) and corrupt lifestyles.
1. According to the passage, when did Herakleion and Eastern Canopus disappear?
More than 1,200 years ago./In the middle of the eighth century.
Section B Directions:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One Spending time in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely go there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. You soon become engrossed in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spend too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment without buying a book, of course. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, 1 think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn't buy anything you don't want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire discreetly and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book. You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of bonks in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on, say, ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a book about brass-rubbing—something which had only vaguely interested you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of the text you read proved so interesting, that you just had to buy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from section to section. Book-seller must be both long-suffering and indulgent. There is a story which well illustrates this. A medical student had to read a text-book which was far too expensive for him to buy. He couldn't obtain it from the library and the only copy he could find was in his bookshop. Every afternoon, therefore, he would go along to the shop and read a little of the book at a time. One day, however, he was dismayed to find the book missing from its usual place and was about to leave when he noticed the owner of the shop beckoning to him. Expecting to be told off, he went towards him. To his surprise, the owner pointed to the book, which was tucked away in a comer, "I put it there in case anyone was tempted to buy it," he said, and left the delighted student to continue his reading.
1. Spending time in a bookshop ______.
A.can be very goring
B.can be very pleasant
C.can be very dull
D.can be very interesting
A B C D
B
细节题。由文章首句中的enjoyable(使能够高兴的,令人愉快的)一词可知,B正确。
2. When you enter the bookshop to find a book, you will ______.
A.become completely absorbed in the books without realizing where you are
B.become completely lost without any knowledge of your whereabouts
Passage Two How many people are suffering from labor market problems? This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions. In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship. Unemployment does not have the same dire (可怕的) consequences today as it did in the 1930s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings were usually much closer to the margin of subsistence, and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated (减轻) the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority is from multiple earners, relatively affluent families. Most of those counted by the poverty statistics are elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an accurate indicator of labor market pathologies. Yet there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship. The unemployment counts exclude millions of fully employed workers whose wages are so low that their families remain in poverty. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently interact to undermine the capacity for self-support. Since the number experiencing joblessness at some time during the year is several times the number unemployed in any month, those who suffer as a result of forced idleness can equal or exceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the jobless in any month really suffers. For every person counted in the monthly unemployment tallies, there is another part-time working because of the inability to find fulltime work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a job. Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled, and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so that the dramatic expansion of cash and in kind transfers does not necessarily mean that those failings in the labor market are adequately protected. As a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether those suffering seriously as a result of labor market problems number in the hundreds of thousands or the tens of millions, and hence, whether high levels of joblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by job creation and economic stimulus. There is only one area of agreement in this debate—that the existing poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inadequate for one of their primary applications, measuring the consequences of labor market problems.
1. Which of the following does "labor market problems" (Line 1, Para. 1) refer to?
3. Which of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author?
A.Innovative programmes using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment.
B.A compromise should be found between the positions Of those who view joblessness an evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view.
C.New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inadequately paid employment cause suffering.
D.Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure.
5. According to the text, one factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over-predict the amount of economic hardship is the ______.
A.recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low wage workers
B.fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages
C.establishment era system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics
D.prevalence, among low wage workers and the unemployed, of members of families in which others are employed
A B C D
D
推断题。本题应注意题目中的over-predict,即“高估”。A项提到的低收入工人经常性失业会引起低估,应排除;B项提到的失业统计没包括那些低收入的有工作的人也是低估的原因,故排除;C项文中并未提及;由第一段第五句的more than one wage earner可知D正确。
Part Ⅴ Error Correction Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided lf you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word itt the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word cross it out and put a slash (—) in the blank. Dafter interviewing become common practice 62. ______ in the United States, American journalists were teaching Europeans what their own elites would 63. ______ submit to interviews. In 1879, an American named James Creelman became a first person to interview 64. ______ the president of France. During World War I, American correspondents helped transforming the 65. ______ standing of the interview in Britain. One of them recalled, "You saw the immemorial aloofness of the King of England wiping out at a tea party for 66. ______ American journalists at Sandringham; you beheld the holy of holy of the British War Office as the setting 67. ______ of a weekly conference with reporters." The World scored with the pope (Benedict XV) again in 1915. Interviewing the pope seems to have been the next best thing to interview God for 68. ______ American journalists, and they kept in citing papal 69. ______ interviews as earth shattering achievement. The 70. ______ United Press correspondent who interviewed Pope Pins XI in 1929 was far from the first to do so, but the UP boasted that he was at less the first to de so 71. ______ "in the private library of the Pontiff".
2. A vegetable crop expert advised ______ (将这些蔬菜放置在可以接受八到十小时日晒的地方) a day.
putting these vegetables where they can get from eight to ten hours of sunlight
由给出的中英文可知,此处没有明确的接受建议的对象,因此可采用advise doing sth.的结构。“……的地方”可以译为where引导的地点状语从句,其主语应为“接受……日晒”的vegetables;“日晒”即为“日照,阳光”,泽为sunlight。 [考点] advise表“建议,劝告”时经常用于以下结构之中: ①advise doing sth.建议做某事,如:The manager advised taking a different approach.经理建议换个方式。 ②advise sb.on sth./to do sth.建议某人做某事,如:The politician advises the government on political affairs.政治家向政府提出政治方面的建议。 ③advise (sb.) against sth./doing sth.建议(某人)不要做某事,如:I advised Mary against marrying quickly.我建议玛丽不要那么快结婚。
3. Thousands of people came to Loch Ness each year ______ (希望他们会看到那有名的生物).
in the hope that they would See that famous creature
所给出的英文为完整的简单句,再结合中文部分可知,所译部分应为句子状语。给出的英文部分采用的是一般过去时,而中文部分表示的是一种对将来的期望,因此所译部分如果包含从句就应为过去将来时。“希望”可译为in the hope of sth./that,也可译为非谓语动词结构hoping that,故此处还可译为in the hope of seeing that famous creature或hoping that they would see that famous creature。
4. Since I went to senior high school, ______ (我的生活有了一些重要的变化).
some significant changes have occurred in my life
已给出的英文部分是since引导的时间状语,因此所译部分应为现在完成时。给出的中文部分强调的是“变化”,因此所译部分可以以“变化”为主语,而“变化”的出现一般要用动词occur来表示.“重要的”为了强调意义的重大,应译为significant。“我的生活有……变化”也可按照中文顺序以“生活”为主语,译为my life has changed significantly。
5. If we can make good use of time, ______ (我们就可以期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚利润).
we may expect good results and big profits
中文部分中的“可以”表示的是一种可能性,因此应译为may;“期望”可译为expect。尽管中文给出的是“期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚利润”,但实际上“期望”的对象就是“好的成效”和“丰厚利润”,故译为expect good results and big profits即可。