A

[解析] 1-3
F: So, how are things going, Tom?
M: Well, to be honest, I was feeling great on Saturday, but I started to feel sick Sunday afternoon. 1 thought I'd get better, but I feel worse than before. And I'm really worried because I'm scheduled to give a presentation at work on Friday, so I have to be better by then.
F:  Well, what seems to be the problem?
M: Well, I thought I had the flu, but the doctor said it was just a had cold. He gave mc some cold medicine to take care of my stuffy nose and fever. I'm supposed to take the medicine three times a day after eating, but it doesn't seem to help. He also told me to stay off my feet for day or so, but I'm so busy these days.
F:  Listen, forget about that medicine! I have just the thing to get rid of bad colds. You see, my mom is really into herbal medicine.
M: Oh, no, thanks.
F:  Ah, come one! Give it a try. You just make some of mom' s herbal tea and drink it four times a day. Believe mc. you'll be up and dancing around in no time
M: Dancing around in no time, right? Well, I guess. Nothing else seems to be doing the job.
F:  Great, I’ll come by your place at 7:30. see you then.

C

C

A

D

[解析] 5-7
Interviewer: Hello, Nancy. I know you are one of the few women taxi drivers in the city now and you drive for a living. What makes you want to become a taxi driver in the first place?
Nancy: I took pride I driving well even when I was young, for I had to wait until I had a car to learn to drive. When I finally learned, it was something I really enjoyed and still enjoy, I remember how smart those taxi drivers had seemed driving so well and dressed so nearly in their uniforms. And I thought I'd like to do that myself. You really enjoy driving, I see. And how long have you been a taxi driver?
N: Err.. . altogether 12 years.
I:  It has been quite some time already, hasn't it ?
N: Yeah.
E  Then, what did you find the most difficult about becoming a taxi driver?
N: I can still remember when I was learning to drive. It was scary. I did not yet know how to judge distance, and when a truck came near, it seemed like its wheel would just come right over mc. Anyway soon learned to judge distance. I began looking ahead, stopped worrying about the truck what was moving on either side.
I:  What's the best part of your job?
N: I found that what I liked the best about this job was being outdoors, seeing how the city changes from season to season, and there are places I've seen that I would probably never have seen in another job. And I love all kinds of weather. I' d like to leave the window down in a fine rain. And the beautiful sceneries, you know...

A

B

B

[解析] 8-10
F: Good morning, Mr. Zhang. I am glad that you have accepted my interview.
M: Good morning, Miss Lee. It' s my pleasure if I can be of any help.
F:  Mr. Zhang, we all know that China and the United States signed an historic agreement in November 1999, which will pave the way for China to enter the World Trade Organization, 13years after it applied to join. As an official of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation, what do you think of the significance of this event?
M: I would say it is the most important economic event since December 1979, when China switched from state planning and isolation to reform and the open-door policy. It opened the way for China to join the world' s principal trading body, since we all know that the US was the toughest party to deal with among all negotiations with other WTO members.
F:  The chief US negotiator described the deal as "profoundly important" and all round excellent one for American business. Do you think it may create a double-winning situation?
M: Yes, of course.

C

A

A

[解析] 11-13
   Passengers of flight 17 bound for Caracas, with stops in Atlanta and Miami. The departure gate has been change to 30B. also, there will be slight departure delay due to inclement weather outside. The ground crew is in the process of de-icing the wings in preparation for departure. It also looks like the flight is slightly overbooked, so we are offering complimentary round-trip tickets to a few passengers willing to take a later flight. We should be boarding about a quarter to the hour. Thank you for your patience. That is the end of flight information. Now, we will go over the weather forecast around the world. Now, for cities around the world, fine in Beijing, cloudy in Shanghai, Macao and Taipei., snow in Seoul, cloudy in Manila and Bangkok, storm in Ho Chi Mirth City, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore., rain in Jakarta, showers in Sydney and Brisbane, fine in Melbourne and Auckland, rain in London, cloudy in Paris. That is the end of the weather forecast. Thank you for listening.

B

D

B

[解析] 14-16
  The latest diet fad is not really new. It is called the Scarsdale diet and was originally outlined 20years ago by Dr. Herman Tarnower, a cardiologist and internist from Scarsdale, New York. The diet became popular when people from Scarsdale who had used the diet successfully sent mimeographed copies to their friends in other parts of the country. Since his book the Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet was published last year, he has sold 270000 copies, and the diet has become a national pastime. In his book, Dr. Tarnower claims that a dieter who follows his plan will be able to lose up to 20 pounds in 2 weeks. The diet is very simple, but it requires a great deal of discipline. For two weeks at a time the dieter must follow a strict menu that does not provide for any substitutions by the dieter. There is no alcohol, no oil and no sugar allowed, and raw celery or carrots are the only snacks allowed. Although the amount of food that the dieter may eat is not limited, most dieters average less than one thousand calories a day. Many complain that their energy levels are low, but most are very satisfied with the results.

B

C

C

[解析] 17-20
   In countless other ways, the people of the United States are indebted to the Mexicans who once lived in the old Southwest. There were only 75 thousand of them when Mexico ceded the region to the United States, and these were scattered from the Gulf Coast in the east to the shores of the Pacific in the west. They had lived in the borderlands since 1598, more than twenty years before the Pilgrims sailed for the New World. In the course of more than 250 years, they had left their mark on the land. Many of the western states in the United States still bear the lovely lyrical names the Mexican settlers first wrote upon their maps. So do countless rivers and mountains, and thousands of cities and towns. Through trial and error, the rugged Mexicans had learned to survive and proper in the dry, half-desert land. When English-speaking people poured into the region, the Spanish-speaking people shared their knowledge with the new settlers, making things much easier fro them. Settlers in other parts of the United States did not have this advantage.

B

C

D

D

[解析] 21-22
   The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, says refugee protection is on the decline as countries harden their positions towards asylum seekers. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports representatives from about 60 governments and more than 40 private organizations spent two days discussing measures which might more effectively protect refugees while still protecting national borders from illegal migrants.
   The UN refugee agency says countries increasingly are struggling with ways to reconcile proper and effective protection for refugees with measures to control illegal migration.
   UNHCR' s director of international protection, Erika Feller, says more and more countries are closing their borders to genuine asylum seekers because they are afraid of being overwhelmed by illegal migrants. As a consequence, she says there has been a decline in the political will to protect refugees and to allow them access to proper procedures to apply for asylum.

报道对A，B，C三项的内容都提到了，因此，只能选D．

B

根据“Erika Feller, says more and more countries are closing their borders to genuine asylum seekers because they are afraid of being overwhelmed by illegal migrants．”，答案只能为B．

D

[解析]  23-24
   After a stop in Jordan, US Secretary of State Colin Powell has ended a whirlwind tour of the Middle East to shore up an Israeli Palestinian cease-fire. Secretary Powell did what he said he would. He repeatedly urged both Israelis and Palestinians to Stop shooting and get back on the road to peace.
   Mr. Powell is pushing a blueprint to end the violence, as outlined by former US Senator George Mitchell and his fact-finding team, and he told both sides there is no other option. Israelis and Palestinians have officially accepted the Mitchell Plan, but continue to argue over its implementation.
   Mr. Powell met with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and with Palestinian leader Yasser Ararat on Thursday. There were no breakthroughs, but he did get the two men to agree to a seven-day test period for the current cease-fire, before any further steps are taken.

根据“Mr．Powell is pushing a blueprint to end the violence，as outlined by former U-S Senator George Mitchell and his fact-finding team"，选项D为正确答案。

C

由报道最后一句话“but he did get the two men to agree to a seven-day test period for the current cease-fire，before any further steps are taken.”，C项正确；要注意报道中提到”Israelis and Palestinians have officially accepted the Mitchell Plan”，并不是A项所说的“carry out”．

A

[解析] 25-26
   Palestinians continued to attack Israeli targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip Friday, undermining efforts by US Secretary of State Colin Powell, to end the violence that has continued for nine months. Mr. Powell announced that there must be seven days of quiet to assess whether the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire agreement is holding and the two sides can take steps to return to peace talks. Violence flared just hours after Mr. Powell' s departure from Israel Friday.
   Palestinian militants fired mortar bombs at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. And in the divided West Bank town of Hebron, Palestinian youths hurled rocks and petrol bombs at Israeli soldiers. The Israeli troops, who are there to protect the small community of Jewish settlers, fired on the Palestinians with rubber-coated metal bullets.
   Israeli leaders say that unless all such incidents are halted, they will not adopt the next steps in a plan promoted by Secretary of State Colin Powell to get the two sides back to the negotiating table.

根据“the violence that has continued for nine months”，答案应为A.

A

由“Israeli leaders say that unless all such incidents are halted，they will not adopt the next steps”所述，只有A符合题意。

C

[解析] 27-28
   The Bush administration has laid out its plans for increased defense spending in the coming fiscal year. But members of Congress appear unimpressed, with some suggesting the proposed increase is too little, too late, and others questioning where the money will come from. It is ironic. Top Pentagon officials, backed by Congress, still boast that America' s armed forces are the best in the world. But at the same time, they argue the US military is in pretty sad shape. The nation' s highest-ranking military officer, General Henry Shelton, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells Congress more and more defense money is being spent each year just to maintain weapons systems that he says are not aging gracefully.

根据“But members of Congress appear unimpressed，with some suggesting the proposed increase is too little，too late， and others questioning where the money will come from．”可以推断出C项最符合题意。

D

答案可从“The nation's highest-ranking military officer, General Henry Shelton，chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff”看出。

A

[解析] 29-30
   A federal appeals court has voided a lower court order that the giant U-S computer software company Microsoft be broken up into separate companies. But the court upheld the principal finding of the trial court that Microsoft had broken anti-trust laws. The appeals judges also criticized trial judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, in unusually candid language, for his comments concerning the case inside and outside the courtroom.

根据第一句话“A federal appeals court has voided a lower court order that the giant U-S computer software company Microsoft be broken up into separate companies．”可以推断出选项A符合题意。

C

由报道最后一句“The appeals judges also criticized trial judge Thomas Penfield Jackson，in unusually candid language， for his comments concerning the case inside and outside the courtroom．”，只有C项符合题意。

A

begin to do sth．结构。

C

“提高质量”用improve。

C

cold storage 冷藏。

A

根据意思，最好的答案是“可能的”。

B

根据题意，此处有比较的意味。

A

fish为不可数名词。

B

extend 最符合题意。表示延伸

C

range 范围。

D

日常用品用dairy products表示。

D

show for表现在哪些方面。

C

by and large，固定搭配，表示总的来说。

A

rather than在此处意为“而不是”。

C

relatively 相对来说的。

D

shift，表示转移，迁移，最符合题意。

A

so-called所谓。

A

富含应该用in表示。

D

Act指小法规。

A

mechanical机械性的。

D

decade十年。

B

此处要注意时态用 take place的一般过去时。

D

文章第一段指出，能源危机表明，人肆无忌惮地使用地球资源已使世界处于灾难的边缘(brink)：现代交通运输的过度发展使城市濒临毁灭(near-destruction)、使家庭解体、污染了城市的空气和大气层。

B

第三段指出，现在，许多道德的丧失与腐败现象被揭露出来，甚至国家的最高层(the highest places in the land，指国家高级官员)也不依法办事。这些道德的丧失与腐败使国家岌岌可危。所以，道德需要新生，人需要新的奉献精神，需要用部分人的巨大奉献精神来带动所有人的奉献精神。过去，人们曾经为保卫自己的国家和民族以及自己的理想全心全意地奉献过自己。由本段第二、三句可以看出，第一句主要是指人们奉献精神的缺乏，含义为：解决目前的危机还需要人们做出奉献。A不对，原文中所说的“违法”(lawbreaking)主要指腐败，具体地讲，是指高级官员们不能尽职尽责而以权谋私。

A

在前三段中，作者指出了目前所存在的问题。在第四段，作者指出了这一危机的性质。与过去不同的是，我们首先要学会保护我们自己和我们珍视(hold dear)的东西，我们的合作者不再是某国某地域的人，也不是我们的同志了，而是生活在地球上的所有人，因为，我们都同时面临着同一个问题。我们需要共同努力(a common need)来衡量评价一下我们正在走的道路(course)或改变这一道路，以找出我们共存的途径。在这方面来说，现在是机不可失(priceless)。在文章最后一段，作者更具体地说明了我们所应该做的事情。

C

在文章的最后一段，作者提出了对付危机的对策。人们都应充分理解(a widespread understanding)我们所面临的危机的性质——它决不是暂时的(passing)，我们所需要的是一种新的生活方式(a transformed lifestyle)，它当然要以科学技术为基础，但要接受它却需要人们真诚的奉献，以便使我们的子孙后代生活得更美好(a higher quality of life)。选择项C中outlaw一词意为：“摈弃”、“取缔”。

D

第二段告诉我们，我们现在的状态需要一个远期的计划。

D

第一段作者引用好莱坞的例子指出流行艺术的两个极之间的区别是模糊的。

A

第二段中作者用“Verdi transforms this naive and unlikely formulation with music of extraordinary energy and rhythmic vitality, music more subtle than it seems at first hearing．”一句说明Verdi用生动有力的音乐节奏改变了过去歌剧幼稚和不真实的模式，使听众直接理解这些歌剧的政治含义。

C

由“Before Verdi，there were rarely any characters at all in musical drama，Only a series of situations which allowed the singers to express a series of emotional states．”可知在Verdi 之前的歌剧根本没有人物的个性。另外，作者赞同Verdi的做法。

A

Verdi只在精简内容和提高效果的情况下才作些修改，这也是为了人物性格的一贯性和完整性，但限制了歌唱家对乐曲和表演的影响。

B

作者用“As an example of such a transmutation，consider what Verdi made of the typical political elements of nineteenth-century opera．”一句说明脱离政治现实的男女主人公的故事情节是不切实际的。

C

这句话的意思为：“通过人物刻画所传达的信息非常重要”。第一段第二句指出，在《孩子们，小孩子们》一书中，作者对孩子所遭受的待遇表示忧虑和不满。第三段第七句指出，所塑造的单一性格的人物(one-sided characterization)——疯狂的父亲、不成熟的母亲、吝啬的祖父、自私的姑姑、残忍的邻居、完全被误解的布莱特——走过照得通明的舞台，展示一个道理(moving across a lit stage to dramatize a message)。

D

前三项根据原文都不正确，只有D相符合原文的意思。

B

这句话的意思为：“小说评论”。第三段最后一句指出，虽然其真实的结尾没有结局或展开(without resolution or growth or development)——在舞台上是行得通的，但是，这却与小说的结尾差之甚远(it is contrary to everything a novel should do)。最后一段指出，称该书是一部小说是出版者的错误，该作品更像一个剧本，是德雷克先生印成书的心理剧(psychodrama in print)，我们有理由这样看它。通过以上的分析可以看出，该书实际上是一本小说，但却具有戏剧的许多特征。

D

作者对两本书进行对比旨在提出power of literature 比 literature of knowledge更具有感染力。

A

作者在文章中把文学分为两种(There is first the literature of knowledge，and secondly the literature of power．)，本文叙述了两种文学之间的差别。

D

根据第一段的最后一句话“But it is the grandeur of all truth which can occupy a very high place in human interests， although it may not be absolutely novel even to the meanest of minds．”可判断作者更支持the literature of power，所以the literature of power提高了人们的思想觉悟。

C

作者把 Paradise Lost 作为 the literature of power文学作品的例子，所以可以把它称为对伟大真理的表述。

D

文章第一段告诉我们觉着stars 遥不可及的原因是因为我们不能穷尽其秘密。

D

文章讲述人类对自然的认识，第一段中“Not even the wisest person can extort from Nature all of her secrets nor exhaust his curiosity by finding out all her perfection．”一句说明了”自然界永远也不会成为智者的玩物”，说明人类不能理解自然界的全部奥妙，因此自然界总是使人们产生某种敬畏的感觉。

A

文章的第二段说明，“When we speak of Nature in this manner, we mean the integrity of expression made manifold by natural objects．”自然界给人类的感觉是多种多样的，而其原因是人的感受不一样。Nature always wears the color of the spirit．“自然界总是带有精神的色彩”就表示这个意思。