B

[解析] 1-3
M: Think about it, Mary. Through telecommunication, information travels almost at the speed of light.
W: That is 1,860,000 miles per second, isn't it?
M: Yeah. Or 300,000 km per second. Of course only light can travel that fast.
W: Yeah. I know, Bob. But it is still incredible. When an astronaut lands on the moon within seconds we on earth can see it happen. The people here in Australia see it at the same moment they see it in U. S. It's wonderful.
M: Maybe it’s wonderful. I know very well it is a fact. All over the planet we can see the same things at the same time -- someone moving on the moon or playing a soccer game or we can even watch the same war, if we like.
W: That’s awful!
M: What? Soccer?
W: You know very well what I mean. The war. It’s awful to have a war and it’s awful to watch a war on television. It’s not fight to sit in your house to watch people kill each other.
M: Right or wrong, awful or not, it is a fact. Wars are on television all the time, and people all over the world watch it. Sometimes they eat dinner while they watch.
W: I don't believe that.
M: The trouble with you is that you have many opinions about things but you don’t look at facts. You don’t see what you don ‘t want to see.

B

D

B

[解析] 4-7
John: So clothes carry a kind of message for other people and that what we put on is in some way a reflection of what we feel?
Pauline: Very much so. There is not just individual taste in our clothes but also a thinking behind what we wear.
John: Do you think that at work clothes and general appearance have any significance?
Pauline: True, but that’s a conscious act. What I' m talking about is more of a subconscious thing.
John: We surely dress up when we want to impress someone, such as for a job interview. That’s right. So there is a generally accepted... Why?
Pauline: Take for example the student who is away from home at college or university: if he tends to wrap himself up more than the others, he is probably feeling homesick. I think people who are sociable and outgoing tend to dress in an extrovert way, preferring brighter or more dazzling colors -yellow, bright reds, and so on. Definitely. We're al. ready spoken about job interviews a bit.., code of dressing. Yes. And a recent survey suggested that employers prefer young executives to stick to gray, black and dark blue suits if they are men, and classical outfits and dres ses in sober colors if they are women. Perhaps they feel this is a reflection of a more responsible and sober attitude to work and will also project this image to customers.

A

A

C

C

[解析] 8-10
Lena: There are a lot of things that you can’t control in this world, is that correct?
Ahmed: Exactly. So you just keep going forward. You keep going, endure and perhaps something good will come of it.
Lena: What should be done if you do want success?
Ahmed: You got to work hard, real hard. If you' re really an expert, maybe something bad won’t come of it.
Lena: Do you think nothing is as good as you want because of other people’s perceptions?
Ahmed: No, I think one may overestimate their abilities. That is the problem.
Lena: What do you mean by that?
Ahmed: Pat it this way, you should never take it for granted your abilities, be whatever they are, they can, alone decide what will come of them.
Lena: Can you give me an example?
Ahmed: Well, for example, in talking about a performance in a film, there are so many other people involved. The performance is pretty much controlled by the editing. You' re now relying on the editor and the director. If you' re editing the film. ,you' re relying on the actor and the support team and on the terrible hand, you might not be doing enough.
Lena: It sounds like, with whatever you do in the world, there are so many factors that you can’t control.
Ahmed: Absolutely.

B

C

A

[解析] 11-13
   When a new movement in Art attains a certain vogue, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however far-fetched and unreasonable their contents may seem today, it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal. With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right - it can hardly be classed as Literature.
   This, in brief, is what the Futurist says for a century, past conditions of life have been continually speeding up, till now we live in a world of noise and violence and speed. Consequently, our feelings, thoughts and emotions have undergone a corresponding change. This speeding up of life, says the Futurist, requires a new form of expressions. We must speed up our literature too, ff we want to interpret modern stress. We must pour out a cataract of essential words, unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs. Instead of describing sounds we must make up words that imitate them; we must use many sizes of type and different colored on the same page, and shorten or lengthen words at will.

C

C

C

[解析] 14-17
   Yesterday we discussed the problem of rising prices, or in the economist’s terms, inflation. We noted that, during periods of inflation, all prices and incomes do not rise at the same rate. Some incomes rise more slowly than the cost of living, and a few do not rise at all. Other incomes rise more rapidly than the cost of living.
   We concluded that people with fixed incomes as, for example, the elderly who depend upon pensions, and people with slow-rising incomes as, for example, an employee with a salary agreed to in a long-term contract, will be most seriously affected by inflation. Please recall that while their dollar incomes stay the same, the cost of goods and services rises, and in effect, real income decreases ,that is ,they are able to purchase less with the same amount of money.
   We also talked about the fact that stockholders and people with business interests and investments would probably benefit most from inflation, since high prices would increase sales receipts, and profits would more likely rise faster than the cost of living.
   And now, before we begin today’s lecture, are there any questions about the term inflation or any of the examples in our discussion so far?

A

D

D

B

[解析] 18-20
   Women and men differ not only in physical attributes and reproductive function but also in the way in which they solve intellectual problems. Adequate evidence suggests, however, that the effects of sex hormones on brain organization occur so early in life that from the start the environment is acting on differently wired brain in girls and boys.
   Major sex differences in intellectual function seem to lie in patterns of ability rather than overall level of intelligence. We are all aware that people have different intellectual strengths. Some are especially good with words, others at using objects -- for instance at constructing or fixing things. In the same fashion, two individuals may have the same overall intelligence but have varying patterns of ability.
   Men, on average, perform better than women on certain spatial tasks. In particular, men have an advantage in tests that require the subject to imagine rotating an object or manipulating it in some other way. They outperform women in mathematical reasoning tests and in navigating their way through a rotate. Further, men are more accurate in tests of target-directed motor skills -- that is, in guiding or intercepting projectiles.
   Women tend to be better than men at rapidly identifying matching items, a skill called perceptual speed. They have greater verbal fluency, including the ability to find words that begin with a specific letter or fulfil some other constraint. Women also outperform men in arithmetic calculation and in recalling landmarks from a route. Moreover, women are faster at certain precision manual tasks, such as placing nails in designated holes on a board.
   Since with the exception of sex chromosomes, men and women share genetic material, how do such differences come about? Differing patterns of ability between men and women most probably reflect different hormonal influences on their developing brains.

A

C

B

[解析] 21-23
   Important talks have been taking place between the Prime Minister and Trade Union leaders. They have agreed to work together to find ways of combating inflation and reducing the present level of unemployment in industry. Meanwhile, the Government has failed to prevent a national bus strike, and the bus drivers' union has announced that no buses will run from Monday. The decision to go ahead with the strike was announced by a union spokesman at the end of a meeting earlier this afternoon during which Government representatives failed to persuade the union and the employers to agree on a new wage plan.

A

A

B

[解析] 24-25
   Haitian hunger strikers at the US base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have begun refusing all fluids and medical treat menu. Fifteen of 267 Haitians are at the base. Seven are prepared to die if necessary to force the US to admit the rest of them. The Haitians are eligible to pursue political asylum in the US, but have been barred from entry because most have the AIDS virus. The Clinton Administration says they would lift the ban on their entry, but it is not known when.

C

B

[解析] 26-27
   The Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyan Manh Cam has called for rapid progress towards a trade agreement with the United States. Mr. Cam met with secretary of state Warren Christopher during the first ministerial visit to Washington by a Vietnamese delegation since President Clinton’s decision to establish full diplomatic relations in July. Mr. Christopher announced that a team of senior officials will travel to Hanoi to begin negotiations on a comprehensive treaty, probably next month. But American officials have warned that a trade agreement won’t come quickly or easily. The BBC correspondent in Washington says there' ll be considerable pressure on Vietnam to further liberalize the economy, implement legal, reform and allow open political participation.

D

B

[解析] 29-30
   TEHERAN -- Iran’s Agriculture Minister Issa Kalantari has given a warning of a hard year to come because of a drought that is expected to destroy up to 2. S million tons of wheat. Other crops such as cotton, maize and hay, as well as the production of sugar and meat would suffer from the drought. Mr. Kalantari said in a seminar: "Weather conditions in the current crop year have caused the destruction of 2-9. S million tons of wheat and major damage to other fields that depend on rainfall. As far as water is concerned, Iran is going through a crisis this year. The volume of water behind dams is less than 40 per cent to S0 per cent of their capacity."

B

A

on the basis of意为“在…基础上”，句子的意思是：大量的交际行为是在面对面交谈的基础上实现的。其他选项base，ground，foundation虽然都有“基础”这个意思，但不与on搭配构成固定词组，所以这里选A。

B

queue意为“队伍，排队”，这里是说在看足球比赛时排队。lines，rows，columns都不合题意，意思不正确，所以选B。

D

where指“地点，场所”，这里是说我们通常喜欢进行那些我们可以发表意见或信息的谈话。这里指的是进行谈话的场所，所以选D。

B

challenged意为“挑战，质疑”，句子意思是：希望有人对我们的观点提出质疑或挑战。根据题意，challenged一词的意思最确切。expressed意为“表达”，agreed意为“赞同”，voiced意为“发表”，都不符合题意，所以选B。

C

by no means意为“决不是”，根据题意，意思是c面对面的接触决不是交际的惟一形式。by all means意为“当然”，by some means与by any means的形式不正确，所以答案是C。

A

art意为“艺术”，这里是说；在过去的200年里交际的艺术已成为当今杜公的决定因素之一。根据题意，A是最佳选择，way意为“方法”，device意为“手段”，trick意为“策略”，都不合题意。

B

above意为“在…之上”，这里是说：有两个比其他因素更重要的原固导致通讯工业的迅速发展。根据题意，应选B。

D

advice意为“进步，先进”，句子意思是：首先，发明促进了出版业和摄影业飞速发展，evolution意为“进化”，progress更强调“进步，进展”，根据上下文，D更符合题意。

C

transmission意为“传播”，句子意思是：速度变革丁通讯的传播和接收，circulation意为“循环”，transportation意为“交通”，transference意为“转移”，都不合题意，因此选C。

A

本题表示不确指，所以用不定冠词a来表达，句子意思是：当地新闻通常比全国新闻要慢一拍。

D

confine意为“限制”，句子意思是：信息所有权不再限制在某些有特权的人手中。given意为“给予”， provided意为“提供”，allowed意为“允许”，都不合题意，所以选D。

C

flock意为“成群结队而行”，这里指：40年前，人们总是成群结队的去电影院。walk意为“步行”，pour意为“蜂拥而至”，rush意为“冲进”，都不确切，因此选C。

A

这里用进行时和被动语态，句子意思是：现在大部分人坐在家里，打开电视，观看千家万户都可以收看的节目。这里用进行时表示此时的状态，其他时态不对，因此选A。

B

be concerned with意为“关于”，句子意思是：通讯不再是仅仅关于信息的传递。其他用法都无此意，所以选B。

C

horizon意为“视野”，句子意思是：现代通讯工业通过使人们获得信息、教育和娱乐等方式影响了人们的生活，开阔了人们的视野(broaden horizon)。thinking意为“思想”，opinion意为“意见”，imagination意为“想像”，都不能和broaden(拓宽)搭配，所以选C。

B

advertising industry意为“广告业”，句子意思是：出版、广播、广告业都与传播信息、教育和娱乐有关。其他选项不合题意，因此选B。

A

这是一个表示转折关系的句子，所以用although(虽然)。because意为“之前”，because意为“因为”，even if意为“即使”，都不合题意，所以选A。

C

valuable意为“珍贵的”，句子意思是：(媒体传播的大量材料)对社会和个人都很珍贵。valued意为“昂贵的”，valueless意为“没有价值的”，invaluable意为“价值连城的”，都不符合题意，所以选C。

D

open意为“公开的，敞开的”，句子意思是：大量的现代通讯网络被公开滥用。根据题意，D是最佳选择。

D

turn back意为“往回走，折回”，句子意思是；尽管大众媒体会蛤我们带来好处或坏处，但是我们不可能退回到原来。turn away意为“赶走”，turn over意为“考虑”，turn down意为“拒绝”，都不符合题意，所以选D。

A

注意文中最后部分使用了第一人称，且根据The three of us-Neil，Mike and I-were going知“我”是三名登月宇航员之一。由此可知这是阿波罗11号登月宇航员之一讲述的故事。因此A为正确选项。

C

根据原文第一段最后两句In 6.5 hours，NASA would launch three astronauts in mankind's first attempt to land on the moon。It was an event no one wanted to miss．(6.5个小时后，NASA会将三位宇航员送上太空，开始人类登月的首次尝试。没有人愿意错过这一事件。)因此C为正确选项。

D

见原文In theory all this machinery had to work perfectly if we were to succeed in our mission(理论上，发射要成功的话，所有仪器必须万无一失。)而D项含义为假如所有仪器工作正常，发射肯定会成功，意思上有差异。而A、B和C项文中均提及，因此D为正确选项。

D

见原文最后一段，They were friendly and talkative，but also somewhat distant．The three of us-Neil，Mike and I-were going．They were staying behind．(他们友好而善谈，但似乎有些遥远。我们三个——Neil，Mike和我——将离去；他们将留下来。)由此知他们之所以遥远是因为只有我们三人参加登月计划。因此D为正确选项。

D

从文中a gaseous mixture of nitrogen，oxygen，hydrogen，carbon dioxide，water vapor，other elements and compounds，and dust panicles来看，sunlight未被包括在其中，而且根据常识判断，sunlight也不属于other elements and compounds的范围，因此应当选D。

D

在文中作者只用了apparently一个词来提出自己认为人类最早起源于非洲的观点，具体的原因并未给出，因此正确答案应当是D。

D

造成天然植被破坏的原因在文中列举了多种，包括农业发展、畜牧业发展、城市建设和取暖等原因，因此答案应当选D。

A

这道题目问的是环境问题的成因，从文章内容来看，B和C都是直接给出的原因，D也可以根据文中的一些论述推断出来，而A是环境问题的表现，不是其原因，因此答案应当选A。

C

这是就文章的中心内容进行提问，应当选择最能全面地概括文章所论述的主要内容的答案。所给的四个答案在文中都有体现，但侧重的程度不同。A是第一段的内容，属于背景介绍，不能概括全文；B也不是作者论述的重点；C是全文的核心所在，是应选答案；D是C的一部分，不全面。

B

文章第一段第一句说：从少女时代就开始被灌输的那种女性的礼貌方式对付不了讨厌的想接近你的陌生男人。由此可知A项错误，B项为正确答案。C、D两项意思接近，认为它完全过时了，应该被彻底丢掉，但实际上文章的后面却说的是这种方式具有一定的作用，故C、D均错误。

D

pick up意为：(未经正式介绍)随便地结识(常指异性)，故D为正确答案。同时根据文章大意，可知与爱情无关，故A、B可排除。C项中a couple指“夫妇，未婚夫妻”，与原话不符，故也不选。

B

be open to意为“愿接受或考虑……的”，approaches意为“亲近的表示”。整句话意为：某人是否愿意接受别人亲近的表示。B项意为：某人是否愿意和对自己表示亲近的人说话；A项意为：某人是否愿意接近陌生人；C项意为：某人是否愿意和陌生人交朋友；D项意为：某人是否愿意向陌生人介绍自己，所以，B项最合题意。

D

最后一段第一、二句说：一个朋友暗示说如果我去的是棕榈园里的话，就不会碰到橡树园里的那件事了。的确，棕榈园是传统的无伴侣的女士聚会的地方。由此可看出，她比作者传统，她的观点与作者冲突，所以D为正确答案。D项意为：她认为女性的礼貌比其他任何事都要重要，故选D。

A

根据原文第一段第一句we have long ceased to live in a world where education was the prerogative of the few and the interchange of knowledge and ideas was limited to handful of learned men(当今的世界，教育不再是少数人的特权，知识和观点的交流也不仅限于部分学者)。而A项正是此意。因此A为正确选项。

A

根据原文第二段But throughout the world there are other countries which，by their association with the Commonwealth，have unique opportunities for helping each other(但世界上有另外一些国家，他们因与英联邦的联系而享有独特的相互支援的机会)。之后文中又提到了太平洋小岛国，由此可知A为正确选项。

C

根据原文第三段，The first colleges...give tuition modeled on the arts courses at Oxford and Cambridge. (最早的一批大学是以牛津和剑桥的文科课程为参照进行教学的)。因此C为正确选项。

D

根据原文最后一段，In the nineteenth century Britain took a direct interest in developing state-aided education in India，and began financially to help the missionaries pioneering education in the colonies and to set up a few schools where there were no others(在19世纪，英国直接参与政府资助的印度教育发展，并开始从财政上帮助传教士们在这些殖民地开创教育业，并且设立了一些学校)。由此知D为正确选项。

A

从后文可以看出present from birth以及inborn一词，可以推断出dominant一词在此处的含义应为“基本的，最重要的”。

B

从文中专门介绍choleric people的一段中要可以到decisiveness和be cruel and cold towards those who do not wish to follow这两个关键句，则可以推断出本题的答案。

C

从文中考生可以看到忧郁型的人frequently make themselves miserable，worry too much and see problems everywhere，and complain too much．They often become disappointed because neither they nor the people around them can live up to their high standards由此，考生可以推断出，本题最合适的答案应该是忧郁型的人。