C

[解析] 1-3
W: Sit down please, Mr Johnson.
M: Thank you, ma' am
W: I have read your letter here. You seem to have done very well in school. Can you tell me something about your schoolwork?
M: As you can see, my strongest subjects were art subjects. My best subject was history, and my second best was geography. However, my favorite subject was math, and the results I got in the math paper were quite reasonable.
W: That's tree. Now, can you tell me why you think these subjects will help you in this job?
M: Well, ma'am, I understand that you manufacture computers, prepare software, and advise clients on how to use them. Is that right?
W: That' s right.
M: And I've been told that working with computers needs a logical mind rather than great skills in mathematics. That's especially tree, I believe, when it comes to writing programs. So I think my results show that I have some ability in logic and in mathematics, as well.
W: So, you would like to write material for computers, would you?
M: Yes, ma'am, That's what interests me most about computers, writing programs. But I think the computer industry itself is still expanding enormously. I' m sure that career prospects in the industry would be very good.
W: I see. Well, thank you. I've enjoyed our talk. We'll be writing to you.
M: Thank you, ma'am. Good bye.

A

B

C

[解析] 4-7
M: May I see Dean williams, please?
W: Dean Williams won' t be in the office this afternoon. I'm an assistant dean. Perhaps I can help you.
M: I need an extension for a paper. And my professor said I would have to get special permission from the Dean's office.
W: For what course?
M: Economies, Professor Brown's course.
W: Is this the term paper, or a paper written instead of a final exam?
M: It's to take the place of the final exam.
W: So ordinarily, it would be due on the last day of exam period, which is this Friday. That's two days away. Don' t you think you could have the paper finished by then?
M: I haven' t even started yet. You see, I've been sick since last Saturday with tonsillitis. I just checked out of infirmary this morning.
W: So you were in the infirmary for 4 days?
M: Yes, from Saturday until today, Wednesday.
W: Generally for an illness like tiffs, we can postpone an exam or the due day of a paper that takes the place of an exam by the number of days the student has been ill, in your case, by 4 days.
M: That means I' 11 be able to hand in my paper next Tuesday instead of this Friday.
W: That' s right. But first you have to fill out this form, giving the name of the course, your reasons for needing the extension and so on, then take the request to the infirmary to have it signed by the doctor, then bring it back to me today. And I'll have a copy sent to Professor Brown.
M: Thank you very much. I'll see you late this afternoon with the completed form.
W: I'm glad you're feeling better.

D

A

B

C

[解析] 8-10
W: Hello, Professor Denis. My name is Susan Adams. I read in the university newspaper that you were looking for a student to work as a language laboratory assistant.
M: Yes, we are. Are you interested in the job?
W: I think so. But before I apply, I' d like you to tell me more about the work.
M: Have you worked with tape recorders before?
W: I used cassette recorders a lot when I studied French in high school.
M: Good. There are many different kinds of language labs. Ours is a small one. And it's fairly easy to operate. This is the main control panel. You can set the controls to allow students to listen to the lessons they want to hear. If you decide to take the job, I'll explain how the system operates. Most of the lessons are on cassette tapes, but some of them are also on long reel tapes of records. The cassettes are kept in order on these shelves. And they are dearly marked with the language and the lesson number. For example, the cassettes in the green boxes are French lessons, Records and long tapes are over there.
W: How many hours would I work?
M: We need someone 10 hours a week, Monday through Friday, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. That's one of the busiest times for this laboratory.
W: I'll fill out an application for the job right now. It would fit into my class schedule nicely.
M: Frae. I'll get back to you a week or so after we review the applications.

D

B

B

[解析] 11-13
   In the United States, couples usually receive gifts from their relatives and blends when they get married. Sometimes a bride will exchange a gift for something else if she doesn't find it useful. We give gifts to express our good wishes for the marriage, but gifts aren't necessary for the marriage itself. However, in some societies gifts are very important, and the marriage isn' t legal without them. One type of gift is called bride service. A young husband must work for his wife' s family. He may work for as long as fifteen years or until the third child is born. Bride service may seem strange to us, but it is necessary in societies where people don' t have money or material things to exchange at marriage.

C

D

C

[解析] 14-16
   Education is required and flee for every child in the United States. Most children start by the age of six. They attend eight years of elementary school and four years of high school (or secondary school). The money for free public schools comes from taxes, and each state is responsible for its own educational system. State legislatures set the educational requirements but leave the management of the schools in the hands of the local communities. Most states require their children to go to school until a certain age. This age varies from 16 to 18 according to the laws of the individual states, The Federal Government contributes funds to the states for additional school services.
   After graduation from the high school, a student can start his higher education in a two-year college, a four-year college, a university, or a specialized professional school--either public or private. Most colleges admit students on the basis of their high school records. The cost of the college education is great in private universities, but it is much less in those supported by states and cities. Many students receive scholarships from the schools, the Government, or private foundations and organizations. More than 50% of the college students work to help pay their college expenses. Only 2 % of the population of the country cannot read and write.

C

B

B

[解析] 17-20
   London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands, no matter how small and indistinct the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. The reason that London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they have all gone through a very tough training period to get the special taxi driving license. During this period which can take from 2 to 4 years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct road to every single road and every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes, practising how to move to and from different points of the city.
   Learner taxi drivers are tested several times during the training period by government officers. Their exams are terrible experience. The officers will ask you, "How do you get from the Buckingham Palace to the Tower of London?" And you have to take them there in the direct line. When you get to the tower they won' t say "well done!' They will quickly move on to the next question. After 5 to 6 questions, they will just say "see you in two months lime", and then you know the exam is over.
   Learner drivers are not allowed to work and earn money as drivers, therefore many of them keep their previous jobs until they obtain the license. The training can cost quite a lot because learners have to pay for their own expenses on the tests and a medical exam. SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST

D

B

C

C

[解析] 21-22
   El  Salvador called Tuesday for a regional summit on ways to fight criminal youth gangs.
   Salvadorean President Tony Saca said American officials of "the highest level" also would be 'invited to the summit on youth gangs, which Mexican President Vicente Fox called "a strategic topic and important for us.'
   The gangs, known as "maras," have increasingly alarmed officials in Central America, Mexico and the United States.
   U.S. officials and gang investigators believe gang members from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador may be entering the United States more frequently because of laws targeting gang members in those countries.
   Saca said the summit of Central American and Mexican leaders could be held around the end of June, but did not say where.

A

B

[解析] 23-24
   An inmate condemned to die by injection next week asked the Indiana Parole Board to grant him clemency or at least enough time to donate his liver to his 'ailing sister.
   "My sister is sick, she needs a liver," Gregory Scott Johnson said during a hearing Monday. "At this point, everything else--including my own life--is secondary to trying to help hex ff I can."
   Johnson, 40, was sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of 82-year-old Ruby Hutslar. Authorities said he broke into her house, beat and stomped on hex, then set a fire. His execution is scheduled for May 25.
   Earl Coleman, assistant for the parole board, said Johnson's attorney must still prove such a donation is necessary.

A

B

[解析] 25-26
   A bus carrying a wedding party fell into a mountain gorge in northern India on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 20 others, a senior official in the area said.
   The vehicle swerved to avoid another bus coming from the opposite direction, and plunged i50 feet into the gorge in the Rupdraprayag district of Uttranchal Pradesh state, said District Magistrate Y. D. Chaubey.
   The bus was carrying members of a wedding party, Chaubey said. The groom was traveling in a separate car, he added.
   Chaubey said 20 others injured in the accident had been hospitalized. Further details were not immediately available
   Buses and trucks are the main means of transportation in much of rural India. Hundreds of road accidents take place each year, with most blamed on reckless driving and overcrowding.

D

C

[解析] 27-28
   Ethiopia's two main opposition parties claimed victory Wednesday in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the African nation's commitment to democracy, saying they have won enough seats to form a government.
   The claim came a day after Ethiopia' s ruling party said it had won just over half the parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote, acknowledging opposition gains but insisting it would remain in power.
   The National Electoral Board was not immediately available to comment on the claims said to be projected from tallies drawn up by party monitors at individual polling stations at which results have been posted. The board has said it will not issue provisional results until Saturday. Official and final results are to be announced on June 8.
   On Wednesday, the main opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, said it had won in most of the constituencies where the ballots had been counted and the trend was it will have enough seats to form the government.

B

D

[解析] 29-30
   The European allies will resume talks with Iran in Paris on Tuesday to insist that the nation restrict its nuclear activities to civilian purposes, a leading Genuan legislator said.
   "The Europeans are very clear about that," Volker Ruehe, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the German parliament, said Wednesday.
   Ruehe was in Washington primarily to talk to Bush administration officials about Germany' s drive for a reorganization of the U.N. Security Council that would give Germany a permanent seat.
   On a recent visit to Iran, Ruehe said, he found lower-level Iranian officials saying openly "they want to go nuclear." He said they view having nuclear weapons as a matter of national pride, which makes negotiating a ban on weapon development a political problem.
   With strong U.S. support, Germany, Britain and France have taken the lead in seeking a negotiated settlement.
   If talks fail, the United States and the allies have agreed to take their concerns to the International Atomic Energy Agency's board in Vienna and probably then to the U.N. Security Council, where the United States would be expected to push for economic and political sanctions.

A

B

根据本句与下一句的关系，以及下句中的they(the geographers)also go beyond the individual places and consider the earth as a whole，就可以肯定[B]为正确答案。

C

go beyond意为“超过，超出”，适合本题。而reach作及物动词，后不能跟介词；尽管pass和set可以作不及物动词，但不能和后面的介词beyond构成搭配。

A

as a whole为固定搭配，意为“作为一个整体”讲。而[B]，[C]和[D]都不能与as a构成表示该意义的固定搭配

D

come from在这里作“源自，来源于”解，正合题意。而remove为及物动词，意为“除去，去掉”，后不能跟介词。fall from无此固定搭配。result from意为“由……所导致；是由……引起的”。

C

首先要弄清楚这里需要一个词来引导非限制性定语从句，因此[A]和[D]错误，因为它们均不可引导定语从句；由于[B]不可以引导非限制性定语从句，因此也是错误的。

A

根据下文的others，便可以肯定这里只能选择some。

C

首先我们可看出这里使用的词应该能表达“像……的；例如”之意，因此[A]和[B]错误。由于as 一般和such搭配，才能表达该意义，否则单个 as 就只能作“作为”讲，所以[D]也错误。

D

根据上句"Some geography books focus on a small area like a town or city和本句的对比关系，可以肯定本句中的a state，a region，a nation，or an entire continent应为递进关系，所以选择[D]。而[A]则意为“广泛的，广阔的”，[B]则意为“巨大的”。而entire意为“全部的；整个的”。所以 [D]为正确答案。

A

way意为“方法，方式”，正合题意。而[B]则作“手段”解，后跟动词时，一般要用of引导的动名词。而[C]和[D]不合题意。

D

根据本文中一再出现的geography以及下文的“．．．is to  distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography”，便可肯定这里只能使用"geography"。

B

根据上文中的"the former(前者)”，就可肯定这里只能使用"the latter(后者)”。

C

根据上文反复出现的“study”，便可以肯定只能选[C]。

A

act upon意为“作用于”，正合题意。而act to 则为“对……作出反应”之意；act as意为“作为…… 而作出反应”，二者用在此处均不合适。另外，act不与for搭配。

B

either一般用在否定句中，one和each二者一般不能与the other构成搭配。根据语义，应选[B]，意为“两者中任何一者都不能忽略另一者”。

D

be described as作“被描写成”讲。而be described by意为“被……描写；被……描述”，用在此处不合适；另外，to和for一般不与describe构成搭配。

B

根据下句中的"If places were alike，there would be little need for geographers"，就可肯定地理学家应该研究各地之间的不同，而不是其他。

C

由于主句there would be little need for geographers使用了虚拟语气，这里便需要一个虚拟条件句，因此[C]为正确答案。

D

首先我们要弄清楚这里需要一个连接词来引导know的宾语从句，因此[A]和[C]错误；另外，尽管whether(是否)有时可以引导宾语从句，但是用在此处，不合语义。

A

then在这里作“因此，那么”讲，用在此处起连接上下文的作用。

D

look at意为“观察”，正合题意。而work at作“从事”讲，get at和arrive at均作“到达”讲，用在此处都不合适。

C

作者在第一段第三句指出"in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood'’，由此可以看出[C]为正确答案。而[A]，[B]和[D]不是作者的观点，而是公众的看法。

B

根据第二段的例子，我们可以看出，在比赛中获得亚军的球队，表现出愤懑之情，拒绝接受最后的结果。他们认为他们的一次进球应算有效，对手的胜利是不公正的，这种不公正会毁坏国际曲棍球协会的声誉，会把曲棍球运动毁掉，所以[B]为正确答案。而[A]，[C]和[D]却难从上下文中推理出来。

A

文章一开头，作者就叙述了人们对国际比赛的看法，说明国际体育比赛助长了虚伪的民族荣誉感，并导致误解和仇恨。然后作者又在第二段和第三段中分别以一场曲棍球比赛和一场篮球赛为例，证明自己的观点。最后文章又在结尾处总结了以上两例比赛争执的根源：“But in the present organization of the Olympics there is fart too much that encourages aggressive patriotism”，故[A]为正确答案。而[B]，[C]和[D]并非作者的见解。

A

作者在第二段和第三段中所举的例子，作为细节是为了证明作者的观点，故[A]为正确答案(请参见第83题精解)。而[B]，[C]和[D]在文中均未提及。

A

从本文最后一句话"in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism"可见，国际奥运组织有待改革，以便革除国际体育比赛中出现的一些弊端。[B]是一个建议，而不是结论；[C]内容与本文内容矛盾；[D]是一种现象，是论据而不是结论。

B

选项[A)和[C]与原文第一段第一句"The natural environment has，of course，always conditioned technology"相矛盾。而[D]与原文第一段最后一句中的“．．．emerging scarcity of some technological resource may ignite a research for，and gradual transition to，a new technology using resources present in the environment in greater abundance，．．．”相矛盾。而答案[B]与原文的第一段第二句中的“．．．the nature of an environment(polar，desert，jungle)engenders the development of technologies appropriate to that environment to enable man to adapt successfully to it”相符，故选[B]。

D

根据第一段最后一句"Further，emerging scarcity of some technological resource may ignite a research for，and gradual transition to，a new technology using resources present in the environment in greater abundance，as，for example，in the case of the gradual change from wood-based to condition technology in England that began in Elizabeth times and stretched until the end of the eighteenth century"，就可推断出18世纪的英国煤炭资源很丰富，故[D]为正确答案。

A

选项[A]符合第二段第二句“The safety and quality of the environment and public perceptions of it have begun to translate into presidential politics and congressional mandates to regulatory agencies to protect or enhance environmental quality or safety，occasionally even at the cost of some perturbation of the tech-economic status-quo"，故选[A]。而[C]与原文第二段第一句"In modern Western society ，environment has begun to condition technology in new ways，although admittedly more indirectly"相矛盾；[B]和[D]与原文明显不符。

C

heed所在的上下句谈的都是人们对环境的重视态度，我们将四个选项替换原文中的heed，就不难发现，attention无论是从语义上还是从搭配上都是最合适的，所以[C]为正确答案。

D

综观全文，尤其是根据第一段第一句(略)和第二段第一句"In modern Western society，environment has begun to condition technology in new ways，although admittedly more indilectly"及第二段最后两句的相关论述，可以断定，本文主要论述的是技术发展中的环境问题，故选[D]。其他选项与原文明显不符。

C

综观全文，尤其从第一段第一句中的"Efforts to educate people about the risks of substance abuse seem to deter some people from using dangerous substances"和第二段第一句"Although persuasion can work for some people if ti is balanced and reasonable，other people seem  immune to the most；reasoned educational efforts"可推知，反对滥用毒品的教育效果因人不同，效果不一，故选[C]。

C

根据原文第一段第五句"This is illustrated by the popularity among young marijuana users of Reefer Madness，a widely unrealistic propaganda film against marijuana made in the l930s”可知，正确答案为[C]。而[A]和[B]与原文的第一段最后一句"Instead of deterring marijuana use，it became a cult film among users ，many of whom got high to watch it”相矛盾。[D]在原文中未提及。

A

根据原文中第一段第三句和第四句"Such sources are influential，because they do not give a simple' all drugs are terrible for you’message．Drug users know there are big variations in danger among drugs and anti-drug education that ignores or denies this is likely to be ridiculed"可知，[A]是正确答案。

B

从原文第一段第四句中"Drug users know there are big variations in danger among drugs and anti drug education that ignores or denies this is likely to be ridiculed"可知，[B]与原文不符，故为正确答案。而[A]，[C]及[D]原文均有相关论述。

D

综观全文，尤其从第一段第一句(略)和第二段第一句"Although persuasion can work for some people if it is balanced and reasonable，other people seem immune to the most reasoned educational efforts"和第三句"Moreover，the usefulness of education lies in primary prevention：prevention of abuse among those who presently have no problem"可知，本文题目应为[D]。

D

根据第一段第五句和第六句"The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World．Today the majority of jobs in America，Europe，and Japan are in the service industry，and the number is on the rise”，可以断定正确答案为[D]。文中提到妇女的就业人数倍增，但并未提及她们是否主力军，故[A]不正确。[B]和文中第一段第五句相矛盾。而[C]与第二段第四句"But one thing is certain：information and knowledge will become even more vital，and the people who possess it ，whether they work in manufacturing or services，will have the advantage and produce the wealth"相矛盾。

B

根据第一段最后一句“Long-held notions about jobs and careers ，．．．all these are being challenged"，可知[B]为正确答案。而[A]和[D]中所述在文中未提及，[C]中所述与第一段第八句 “There are more part-time jobs"并非是一码事，因此[A]，[C]和[D]均错误。

B

根据第二段第一句"We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead”就可推断出作者之所以举计算机和其他发明的例子，是为了说明未来技术会带来什么变化，再根据第二段第三句"Tomorrow，s achievements in biotechnology，artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes"，就可肯定[B]为正确答案。，而[A]，[C]和[D]在原文中并未提及。

A

根据文中第二段第四句"But one thing is certain：information and knowledge will become even  more vital，and the people who possess it ,whether they work in manufacturing or services，will have the advantage and produce the wealth"可知，正确答案为[A]。而[B]，[C]和[D]在原文中并未提及。

C

综观全文，尤其是根据第一段第一至第三句“A new era is upon us．Call it what you will：the service economy，the information age，the knowledge society．It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work"和第二段第四句"But one thing is certain：information and knowledge will become even more vital，and the people who possess it，whether they work in manufacturing or services，will have the advantage and produce the wealth”，可以看出，文章着重介绍了新时代的特点和对未来的展望，故选[C]。而其他选项所述都只是文章的一个方面，概括不了文章的全部内容。