1. Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by' phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
[解析] Rose had a busy day yesterday. She got up at 7 o' clock in the morning, and quickly washed her hands and face. She drove to the airport and flew to New York to attend an important meeting. In the plane, she read her latest research papers. It was 10 o' clock when she got off the plane. Mr White met her at the airport, and they had lunch in a fast food restaurant. They got to Professor Read’s office at 12:50. The meeting began at 1 in the afternoon and lasted for4 hours. All the experts were satisfied with Rose' B report. Professor Read gave her some good advice on her research. After dinner, Rose flew back and it was already 11 at night when she got home. She was tired, but very happy. She liked to keep busy.
PART Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully arm then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 1-3 W: You must be Dr. Greenfield? M: The one and only. W: Oh, great, I wanted to ask you a quick question about... M: All fight, but it needs to be short. I have to be on the road soon. W: Sorry, I just wanted to ask if I could audit your honors philosophy seminar. M: There’s no need to ask. Just register for the class through the Admissions and Records office. W: Yes, I understand the procedure, but I' m not sure if I' m competent to participate in the class. I was wondering if I might be able to sit-in on the class for the first week without paying the registration fees? M: Hmm, it’s not exactly standard. W: Well, I' ve already studied some of the books on your syllabus and I found them fascinating, but I didn't understand them completely. I was hoping your class might shed some light on the more difficult concepts. M: Miss, I must say I am charmed. You' re enthusiasm for philosophy is a rare trait on this highly ambitious campus, but I have to warn you of the distinct probability that our humble class will not provide any answers. Nonetheless, you are welcome to attend for a week, or as long as you wish for that matter.
2. Why did the professor consent to the woman’s request?
A.He was in a hurry.
B.He was impressed by her knowledge.
C.He believes she is dedicated to philosophy.
D.He wants to test the woman’s abilities.
A B C D
C
3. What warning does the professor give the woman about the class?
A.He must leave soon.
B.Her questions may not be answered.
C.She may not be ambitions enough.
D.She should not be charmed by philosophy.
A B C D
C
Questions 4 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 4-7 Harry: What do you think of Professor Potter’s course, Jane? Jane: Not much. Harry: Why, what’s wrong with it? Jane: Oh, I don’t know. It’s just that he overloads it with details. That course he gave on town planning last year. It was just the same -- a load of details, which you could have got from a book anyway. There was no overall... Harry: No general overview you mean? Jane: Yes. I suppose you could call it that. I couldn’t see the town for the buildings. Harry: But you' ve got to have details in this kind of subject. Anyway I think he's good. You take his first lecture for in stance. I thought that was very interesting, and not at all over-detailed. Jane: Well, he starts off all right, but then he just piles on the details. Harry: Now you' re exaggerating. Jane: Well, the way he dealt with the western developments, that wasn’t bad, I suppose. Harry: You seem to have got something. Perhaps Potter is a little disorganized, but I think he's good. Jane: Do you really think so? Harry: He does do most of his teaching to the postgraduates. He only does the one undergraduate course each year. After all, I think he tends to forget where he is. He starts off being nice and general and then tries to cram in a bit toe much specialized information. Jane: The main thing I object to is this lack of direction.
2. What is true of Potter’s first lecture?
A.There was an interesting start and a well-organized end.
B.There was a natural transition from its introduction to the following part.
C.The part about the western development was good.
D.The whole lecture was over-detailed and formless.
A B C D
C
3. Which of the following is true about Potter?
A.He is a postgraduate.
B.He is qualified for teaching postgraduates.
C.He is an expert in town planning.
D.He has only given one undergraduate course so far.
A B C D
B
4. What can we learn from the interview?
A.Jane and Harry are sisters.
B.Jane and Harry are undergraduates.
C.Jane and Harry are postgraduates.
D.Jane and Harry are teachers.
A B C D
B
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 8-10 W: Good morning, Doctor Sherman Aleksey. Let's talk about your life, where do you come from? M: I come from the Raze, an Indian reservation. I grew up there, lived there until 18. I lived on and off the reservation for the next 6 or 7 years during college. I lived there after I graduated, worked at a high school exchange program. I thought I' d do that kind of job to support my writing. Day jobs that require no emotional investment beyond 8 hours at day where I wouldn’t need to bring work home. I didn’t want to be part of management or anybody important at the job. I wanted to be completely replaceable, that is what I thought I would be doing for most of my life and writing. Then I got a ground and my first book got a front-page review in the New York Times' Book Review. W: When did writing enter your life? M: Books have always been in my life. My dad loved books and most of what he read were westerns -- spy novels, mysteries. I grew up loving books, copying my father’s love for books. But nobody has showed me a book written by an Indian, not even one piece of poem. Nothing. At that time I was going to be a physician. I loved math and science. I got to college, couldn’t handle physiology, and was looking around for options and took a poetry writing class for fun. W: Poetry was your way in? M: Yes, that’s where I started. I took the class, and honestly, I just thought it would be an easy grade. But I completely underestimated poetry and what it would do to me and the realm of possibility for it. I took the class and was hooked a bout ten minutes after reading my first contemporary poem.
2. What was his original goal at college?
A.To teach in high school.
B.To write his own books.
C.To be a medical doctor.
D.To be a mathematician.
A B C D
C
3. Why did he take poetry-writing class?
A.To follow his father.
B.For an easy grade.
C.To change his specialty.
D.For knowledge of poetry.
A B C D
B
SECTION B PASSAGES In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage
[解析] 11-13 Many people know the story of Noah’s ark. The three major world religions believe that God told a man named Noah to flu a boat with two animals from every species on Earth. According to the Bible, Noah was protecting the animals from a great flood. There are a lot of stories about the final resting place of Noah’s ark. Many historians think that Noah’s ark came to rest on the top of Mount Ararat in Turkey. At 17,000 feet (5,165 meters), Mount Ararat is the highest point in this area. A group of scientists and historians believe that they have actually found the ark using satellite pictures. They have al so planned a trip to the top of Mount Ararat. "We' re telling people we' re 98 percent sure, "Daniel McGivern of the Ha waii Christian Coalition said. "In one image we saw the beams, the wood." Not everyone is convinced that Noah’s ark has been found. "We think that, with the hundreds of explorers who have visited the region, if the ark was jutting out of the ice, it would be obvious, "said Rex Geissler, president of ArcImagining, an organization that has surveyed Mount Ararat.
2. Why do the scientists want to organize an expedition to the mountain?
A.Because they have seen the satellite image of Noah’s ark.
B.Because some of them have already been to the mountain.
C.Because they have found traces of the ark.
D.Because they believe that they have identified the wood structure of the ark.
A B C D
D
3. Why does the president of ArcImagining refuse to believe the existence of the ark?
A.He has been to the ground.
B.He believes that he bible story is not true.
C.He believes there is nothing to substantiate the claim.
D.He has his own interpretation of the satellite image.
A B C D
C
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.
1. How many megawatts of electricity were added in 1997?
A.45 percent more than was added in 1997.
B.35 percent more than was added in 1997.
C.25 percent more than was added in 1997.
D.15 percent more than was added in 1997.
A B C D
B
[解析] 14-17 The world added 2,100 megawatts of new wind energy generating capacity in 1998, a new all-time record, and 35 per cent more than was added in 1997, according to preliminary estimates by the World watch Institute. The new wind turbines added in 1998 pushed overall wind generating capacity worldwide to 9,600 megawatts at the end of this year. This means that the capacity in place had been doubled in just three years. These wind turbines will generate roughly 21 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 1999 -- enough for 3.5 million suburban homes. Wind power is now the world’s fastest growing energy source. Wind power has also become one of the most rapidly expanding industries, with sales of roughly $ 2 billion in 1998. The wind industry is creating thousands of jobs at a time when employment in manufacturing is falling in many nations. The 1998 boom in wind energy was led by Germany, which added 800 megawatts, pushing its wind energy capacity to over 2,800 megawatts. Germany's wind industry, which is only seven years old, is already producing as much electricity as two of the country’s largest coal-fired power plants. In the windy northern state of Schleswig Holstein, wind now pro vides 15 percent of the electricity.
2. What is NOT significant of the increase of wind power?
A.Wind power is the fastest growing energy source.
B.Wind power has become an ever-expanding industry.
C.The wind power is creating thousands of jobs in Germany.
D.The electricity generated by wind power in 1999 is enough for 3. 5 million suburban homes.
A B C D
C
3. What is the wind energy capacity of Germany in 1998?
A.600 megawatts.
B.800 megawatts.
C.2,100 megawatts.
D.2,800 megawatts.
A B C D
B
4. When did Germany start to have its wind power industry?
A.In1990.
B.In 1991.
C.In 1995.
D.In 1996.
A B C D
B
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.
[解析] 18-20 Nowadays, at each check-out counter in almost all supermarkets, a new machine is helping customers in a hurry. An electronic system "reads" a bar code on each tin, box or bottle. These little lines of the bar code give the computer all the information it needs -- the kind of product, the price and the tax. The girl at the counter simply moves the groceries along in front of the "eye" of the machine. And the bill is ready in no time. Most people are very pleased with this new idea. They don't make as many mistakes as people. Some shoppers, how ever, are complaining. They can’t read the price of the food on a tin when all they can see is just little black and white lines. The prices are on the shelves, but they want them on each tin. Many people are not sure that machines are honest shopkeepers! The machines are very expensive. But everyone, even these worried shoppers, will be happy, if in the end, they bring food prices down.
2. Most people ______ this new machine.
A.are pleased with
B.are afraid of
C.dislike and resent
D.have doubt about
A B C D
A
3. Some shoppers are not satisfied with the new machine because ______.
A.it makes so many mistakes
B.they can't read the coded prices themselves
C.they waste a lot of time shopping
D.sometimes it is not reliable
A B C D
B
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 21 to 23 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
1. According to the U. N. Food and Agricultural Organization, how much will Zimbabwe’s cereal production drop from last year?
A.25%.
B.15%.
C.50%.
D.20%.
A B C D
A
[解析] 21-23 The United Nations is predicting food shortages in Zimbabwe this year because of government policies that allowed war veterans to take over hundreds of white owned farms, crippling their production. In a report published Friday, the U. N. Food and Agricultural Organization foresees a nearly one-quarter drop in Zim babwe’s cereal production from last year. This includes a plunge of more than 50 percent in corn yields. The report says Zimbabwe will probably need to import more than 500,000 tons of cereals this year, but has only the hard currency to purchase about one-fifth that amount. The FAO study says the urban poor and low-income residents of southern and eastern Zimbabwe are most vulnerable to food shortages. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has described the seizure of farms as a justified protest against the ownership by whites of about a third of the country’s productive land. The government wants to expropriate white-owned land without compensation and redistribute it to landless blacks.
2. How many tons of cereal is the Zimbabwe government able to buy?
A.500,000.
B.100,000.
C.250,000.
D.50,000.
A B C D
B
3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The Zimbabwe government lacks hard currency.
B.White owners occupy about 1/3 of the country's productive land.
C.The urban poor and low-income residents of southern and eastern Zimbabwe suffered most from the food shortage.
D.The government wants to exchange the white-owned land with money.
A B C D
D
Questions 24 and 25 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
1. What is said about the law passed in California?
A.The law has provoked nationwide controversy.
B.The law has been declared to be against the constitution.
C.The law has been approved by a federal court in terms of the constitution.
D.The law has been enforced by the federal court.
A B C D
B
[解析] 24-25 A federal court in the United States has ruled a law passed in California, denying education, health and welfare benefits to undocumented immigrants as unconstitutional. The judge, Mary Young Lerfields said immigration affairs were the do main of the federal government, not state authorities. The controversial measure was approved by California voters in a 1994 Referendum, but has since been blocked by legal challenges. Republican governor of California, Pete Wilson who backed the law says he' U appeal.
2. Which of the following is likely to be found in the law passed in California?
A.All immigrants have the right to education, health and we]fare benefits.
B.Undocumented immigrants should be denied education, health and we]fare benefits.
C.Education, health and we]fare benefits should be given with discrimination.
D.Education, health and we]fare benefits should be guaranteed by the constitution.
A B C D
A
Questions 26 and 27 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news.
1. When did the unemployment rate begin to increase?
A.Last April.
B.Last May.
C.Last August.
D.Last October.
A B C D
C
[解析] 26-27 The U. S. economy lost fewer jobs than expected last month as the unemployment rate dropped for the first time since August. The Labor Department reports the number of jobs fell only 19,000, after a decrease of 182,000 in April, and the un employment rate fell to 4. 4 percent. The report indicates the manufacturing sector of the economy remains weak as job losses mount, but service sector employment remains stable. The slowing economy has forced many companies to change their hiring plans. A recent survey of 16,000 U. S. com panics showed only 27 percent plan to add workers in the next three months, down from 35 percent a year earlier. Federal Reserve policy-makers have lowered interest rates several times this year in an effort to stimulate the economy and avoid recession.
2. Which sector of the U. S. economy lost job most?
A.Manufacturing.
B.Service.
C.Agriculture.
D.Mass Media.
A B C D
A
Question 28 is based on the following news, At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.
[解析] 28 A 15-year-old schoolboy, Peter Emerson, of Stratford-on-Avon, was recovering at home yesterday after being trapped all night in a cold store at the butcher’s shop where he works after school. The door swung shut as he was putting meat into the store. He realized that he was left all alone after he had shouted, kicked the door and no one answer. He kept warm by jumping and running for about ten of the fourteen hours.
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item , you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
[解析] 29-30 A band of 200 armed guerrillas of the little known Free Papua Movement kidnapped 24 people in a remote Indonesian village to protest the regime of President Suharto. The 3,000 strong force of Papuans have been waging a bloody, three-decade campaign to win independence for Irian Jaya province, which covers the western half of New Guinea. The rebels later released 10 of the hostages, and negotiations continued for the remaining captive. Indonesian commandos surrounded the area.
2. How many people are still held hostage by the Free Papua Movement?
A.10.
B.200.
C.24.
D.14.
A B C D
D
PART Ⅲ CLOZE Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. By late middle age many workers are looking forward to retirement, and millions of those who have retired are 1 glad to exchange the routines of work 2 the satisfaction that a more leisured life may bring. Many other workers are 3 to give up their jobs. The desire to continue working often 4 harsh economic reality, for retirement usually brings a sharp drop in income. Some workers fear the loss of social identity that can result from 5 a job. They may be left with "nothing to do" ,and may find that they are 6 a life with significant meaning and fulfillment. Those old people who would like to continue working are too often victims of 7 is perhaps the most striking example of age discrimination, the practice of mandatory retirement, 8 people are forced to give up their jobs 9 when they reach a certain age. Until recently the precise age for mandatory retirement 10 from job to job. The usual mandatory retirement age in the U. S. A. , however, was sixty-five. The objection to mandatory retirement is that it throws people out of their jobs at a 11 arbitrary age, with out any regard to their individual abilities. There is no 12 to suggest that most people over the age of sixty-five or seventy are 13 working; at the turn of the century, in fact,70 percent of men over sixty-five were 14 in the labour force. Mandatory retirement 15 implies that people are capable of productive labour 16 the day before their seventieth birthday, then 17 become physically or mentally incapable of 18 their jobs. It also implies that we treat all members of the same age group 19 they had identical competence or incompetence at their jobs when, in fact, the mental and the physical abilities of any group of people 20 at the same time become more dissimilar, not more similar, as they grow older.
参见上述，stem from(起源于)符合题意。其他选项不合题意，trace back to意为“追溯”，track down意为“追捕，追查到底”，result in意为“导致，结果是”。
5.
A.have not
B.not having
C.having not
D.not to have
A B C D
B
句意：有些工人担心不工作就会失去社会地位。that引导的定语从句中的result from是一个短语动词，意为“由于…而产生”，例：Lung cancer often results from smoking．肺癌常常由于吸烟所致。result from后常接名词、代词、动名词做宾语，因此该题应选not having，动名词的否定结构是not + doing。
even though或even if(即使，尽管)引导条件或让步状语从句；though(虽然)引导让步状语从句；as(由于)引导原因状语从句；as though或as if表示“仿佛，好像”，用于引导方式状语从句，并且常在状语从句中使用虚拟语气，所描述的情况与现在事实相反，状语从句中的谓语动词为一般过去时(be用were)；所描述的情况与过去事实相反，则用过去完成时。本题的原句中含有一个从句，用的是一般过去时，提示用了虚拟语气，所以应选as though。
20.
A.born
B.bred
C.borne
D.given birth
A B C D
A
born和borne均为动词bear的过去分词。表示出生，要用born。表示“生育，生产”，要用borne。give birth to表示“生育，产生”。bred是breed的过去分词，意为“繁殖，养育”，如：a well-bred man一个有教养的人。本题应选born，句中的born at the same time是过去分词短语做定语，修饰people。
PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.
1. You'd rather go to theater with him this evening, ______ ?
A.are you
B.hadn’t you
C.isn’t it
D.wouldn’t you
A B C D
D
句意：你宁愿今晚跟他一起去剧院，是不是?You'd rather为You would rather的简略方式，因此在反意问句中用助动词would提问。
2. It turned out that the children were not ______ for the accident.
14. This ticket ______ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A.grants
B.entitles
C.credits
D.permits
A B C D
B
句意：这张票使你有权在我们新餐馆享用一顿免费大餐。entitle sb．to (do) sth．意为“使某人有(做)某事的资格或权利”，符合句型。grant sb sth．意为“赋予某人某物”；credit意为“信用”，permit sb. to sth. 意为“允许某人做某事”。此三选项均不合句型结构。
15. The thieves ______ the waste paper all over the room while they were searching for the diamond ring.
18. In 1840, both Lucretian Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton resented ______ proper seating at the World’s Anti-slavery convention in London because of their sex.
23. Most importantly, such an experience helps ______ a heightened sensitivity to other cultures and will bring about a greater appreciation of one’s own culture as well.
PART Ⅴ READING COMPREHENSION In this section there are several reading passages followed by twenty questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been the director of a school and a camp before she retired, but she needed to keep busy. She was even willing to work without pay. That was the reason she found a volunteer job with an agency. The agency that she chose to work for was a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she talked with other retired people like herself. By talking, she recognized two things. Old people had abilities that were not being used. Old people also had problems -- mostly problems with communication. Mrs. Douglas found a new purpose for herself. Through the years, from time to time she had written stories about people for national magazines. Now there was a new subject: old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called "Sixty Plus," which focused on getting old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being misunderstood. Anna Douglas uses her thinking ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands the reasons why problems begin. She understands old people and young people, too. For example, one of her readers said that his grandchildren left the house as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas suggested some ways for him to increase understanding with his grand children. She told him to listen to young people’s music and to watch the most popular television shows. "It’s important to know something about your grandchildren’s world," says Mrs. Douglas. "That means questioning and listening -- and listening is not what oldsters do best," she continues, "Say good things to them and about them. Never criticize your grandchildren or any other youngsters, teenagers, or young adults. Never tell them that they are wrong. Don’t give them your opinion. They have been taught that they should have respect for old people. The old should have respect for the young as well."
1. Anna Douglas understands the problems of old people ______.
A.because she likes their music
B.because she has grandchildren
C.because she watches their television programs
D.because she is old herself
A B C D
D
在原文第一和第二段中有两句话：Every day she talked with other retired people like herself(她每天都和那些同她一样都退休的老人交谈。)；Now there was a new subject; old people like herself(现在又有了一个新的课题：同她一样的那些老年人。)。这两句话都强调了“同她一样”，实际上暗示了安娜·道格拉斯之所以了解老年人问题是因为她本人就是老年人。其他三个选项均不全面。因此D为正确选项。
TEXT B People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. About 5,000 years ago, the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet. The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it. By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world. These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawing, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.
1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because ______.
A.the hunters wanted to see the pictures
B.the painters were animal lovers
C.the painters wanted to show imagination
D.the pictures were thought to be helpful
A B C D
D
根据文章第一段第三行Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals．可知古代人以为在墙上画画会对他们有所帮助，故选项D为正确答案。
2. The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ______.
4. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures ______.
A.should be made comprehensible
B.should be made interesting
C.are of much use in our life
D.have disappeared from our life
A B C D
C
文章最后一段讲述了图画在今天的用途，故选项C为正确答案。
TEXT C Ultralight(超轻型的) airplanes are a recent development in aviation that provide what aviation enthusiasts have long been seeking: an inexpensive airplane that is easy to fly. The ultralight plane was born of the marriage of the hang glider and the go-kart(微型单座赛车) engine around 1974, when John Moody mounted a 12-horsepower go-kart engine on his Icarus Ⅱ hang glider. Today’s ultralights are not just hang gliders with engines; they are" air recreation vehicles". Modem ultralight planes use snowmobile(雪地机动车)engines that let them cruise at about 50 miles per hour, climb at about 500 feet per minute, and carry combined payloads of pilot and fuel up to about 200 pounds, which is about equal to an ultralight plane’s weight when empty. More than ten thousand ultralight planes were sold last year at prices ranging from $ 2,800 to $ 7,000. But the main reason for the increasing popularity of these aircraft is not that they are inexpensive, but that they are fun to fly. The modern ultralight plane would look very familiar to the earliest pioneers of aviation. Otto Lilienthal made more than 2000 flights in Germany in the 1890’s in what were actually hang gliders. Octave Chanute designed and built many early hang gliders. Augustus Herring, Chanute’s assistam, used these gliders as models for a glider that he built for him self. On this glider, Herring installed a compressed-air motor and flew 267 feet in 1898. The Wright brothers' Flyer was the grandfather of today’s ultralight plane. The pilot sat right out in the open, just as in modem ultralights, and used con trois that were much the same as those used in today's machines. Though most ultralight planes are used for pleasure flying, some are also used for crop dusting, aerial photography, and even military observation service. The likelihood is that further uses will be found for ultralight planes, but their greatest use will continue to be as air recreational vehicles.
1. The author seems to feel that ultralight airplanes are ______.
A.a toy for the rich
B.nothing but hang gliders
C.a new development that meets the needs of aviation enthusiasts
D.the most important development in aviation since the Wright brothers' Flyer
TEXT D Reebok executives do not like to hear their stylish athletic shoes called "footwear for yuppies". They contend that Reebok shoes appeal to diverse market segments, especially now that the company offers basketball and children’s shoes for the under-18 set and walking shoes for older customers not interested in aerobics or running. The executives also point out that through recent acquisitions they have added hiking boots, dress and casual shoes, and high performance athletic footwear to product lines, all of which should attract new and varied groups of customers. Still, despite its emphasis on new markets, Reebok plans few changes in the upmarket retailing network that helped push sales to $ 1 billion annually, ahead of all other sports shoe marketers. Reebok shoes, which are priced from $ 27 to $ 85, will continue to be sold only in better specialty, sporting goods, and department stores, in accordance with the com party’s view that consumers judge the quality of the brand by the quality of its distribution. In the past few years, the Massachusetts-based company has imposed limits on the number of its distributors( and the number of shoes supplied to stores) , partly out of necessity. At times the unexpected demand for Reebok’s exceeded sup ply, and tile company could barely keep up with orders from the dealers it already had. These fulfilment problems seem to be under control now, but the company is still selective about its distributors. At present, Reebok shoes are available in a bout five thousand retail stores in the United States. Reebok has already anticipated that walking shoes will be the next fitness-related craze, replacing aerobics shoes the same way its brightly colored, soft leather exercise footwear replaced conventional running shoes. Through product diversification and careful market research, Reebok hopes to avoid the distribution problems Nike came across several years ago, when Nike misjudged the strength of tile aerobics shoe craze and was forced to unload huge inventories of running shoes through discount stores.
1. One reason why Reebok’s managerial personnel don’t like their shoes to be called "footwear for yuppies" is that ______.
A.they believe that their shoes are popular with people of different age groups
B.new production lines have been added to produce inexpensive shoes
C."yuppies" usually evokes a negative image
D.the term makes people think of prohibitive prices
3. Although the Reebok Company has solved the problem of fulfilling in orders, it ______.
A.does not want to further expand its retailing network
B.still limits the number of shoes supplied to stores
C.is still particular about who sells its products
D.Still carefully chooses the manufacturers of its products
A B C D
C
本题测试细节信息，侧重于准确理解能力。原文第三段中These fulfilment problems seem to be under control now，but the company is still selective about its distributors说明这些满足定单的问题现在控制住了，但是公司仍对其销售商很挑剔。选项C中is particular about与selective意思一致；选项A中further expand含义与原文不一致，按照原文信息，该公司没有expand销售网络，谈不上further expand；选项B在原文中没有提到；选项D中manufacturers是不正确的，因为Reebok本身是生产商。因此选项C是正确答案。
4. What lesson has Reebok learned from Nike’s distribution problems?
A.A company should not sell its high quality shoes in discount stores.
B.A company should not limit its distribution network.
C.A company should do follow-up surveys of its products.
D.A company should correctly evaluate the impact of a new craze on the market.
The mouth of the Amazon River has long been a starting place for hunters going to the jungles of Brazil. In recent years it has been, too, the headquarters for a middle-aged American couple who hunt the smallest living things and perhaps the most deadly -- viruses. Dr. Causey and his wife have discovered more new types and more old ones in new places than all of the other search teams. Dr. Causey insists that the couple’s success is due more to the number of viruses in the forests of the Amazon than to the skill he and his wife .have developed during their eighteen years of work in Brazil. "We have found the loveliest diseases right in our backyard," be told me one day as we walked through a light rain a long a jungle trail. "Oh, these viruses are here all right. There is in the jungle a great pool of disease which is carried in the blood of animals and birds. Some of the diseases can be caught by people. It may be that we shall find that the jungle is a great center of virus disease and that it overflows from here to other parts of the world. It may be that birds carry the viruses to far countries. It may be that some viruses which presently reproduce in man without making him ill, may change and become deadly to him. ' Viruses waiting for a disease, ‘they are sometimes called. This is just an idea, you understand. We do not know, but it is important that we find out, and the first step in finding out is to learn what viruses there are in the jungles." There is a Brazilian story about the beginning of the world which goes: "When God was making the world he tried to keep everything in balance. When he made a desert, he provided it with some green places. When he made a land that was beautiful, he gave it storms and other terrible things caused by the weather. Where the earth was rich below the surface, it was also made hard to live on, where the land could be fanned, the weather was made too hot or too cold or too dry. Where there was enough water, God made it so that there should sometimes be too much water. ' "But in one place God made a land that was rich, where everything grew easily. Where it was not too hot and certainly not too cold, where animals were plentiful and fruit hung from the trees all the year round." "The angels looked at this loveliness and were jealous of man. They asked God ff this was not too beautiful, too much like heaven, this valley of the Amazon. ' And God said, "True, this land looks like heaven, but wait until you see what happens to man when he tries to live in it."
1. When Dr. Causey said, "We have found the loveliest diseases right in our backyard," he meant ______.
A.new viruses have just been discovered
B.his discovery was a bit frightening
C.he and his wife were surrounded by harmful viruses
2. "Viruses waiting for a disease" refers to ______.
A.those viruses carried in the blood of animals
B.some viruses which are at present harmless to man
C.the viruses that reproduce in man without making him ill
D.the still-not-yet-discovered viruses in the jungle
A B C D
B
从文中第四段It may be that some viruses which presently reproduce in man without making him ill...可以判断出，病毒在潜伏期不对人产生病害，因此选B项。
3. When the author cited the Brazilian legend he was ______.
A.trying to add a little humor
B.trying to illustrate his earlier point
C.simply joking
D.being religious
A B C D
B
前文有viruses waiting for a disease，说明此土地表面祥和，隐伏病害，因此作者用意是进一步阐明前述观点。
PART Ⅵ WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a composition of 200 words on the following topic:
1. Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? You are to write in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, state clearly the views of those who support a test of spoken English. In the second paragraph, state clearly the views of those who are against a test of spoken English. In the last paragraph, state clearly your viewpoint on the topic and bring what you have written to a natural conclusion with a summary or suggestion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Is a Test of Spoken English Necessary? A test of spoken English will be included as a component of the College English Test. Many people express their sup port for the test. In the first place, with the deepening of reform and wider opening to the outside world, face-to-face talks with foreigners are becoming more and more frequent, so our society needs people who possess the ability to speak fluent English. In the second place, people who can speak English fluently will have a better chance of obtaining a better job. Therefore, such a test is really necessary. However, some people hold an opposite view. They consider it unnecessary to adopt the test. There are two reasons for this. One is that even ff a person speaks fluent English, he may not find a satisfactory job, for opportunity, in some cases, is more important. The other is that spoken English does not play any role in many people’s jobs. As for me, I am undoubtedly for the test because college students will benefit endlessly in their future career ff they can speak fluent English. I am determined to improve my spoken English through various means. And no doubt it will do me good.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING Write on ANSWER SHEET TWO a note of about 50-60 words based on the following situation:
1. You have promised to join your friend Mike’s party, but now you can’t go. Write to apologize and explain why. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.
Dear Mike, I' m sorry to say that I won’t be able to join your party as I' ve promised. My brother unfortunately caught a bad cold and he has no one to take care of him. I have to go to the hospital to ac company him these days. I hope you' ll have a wonderful time in your party. Yours Andy
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