C

[解析] 1-3
W: Good afternoon !
M: Good afternoon! I've come to report a car accident. There's been an accident with our car, Santana. Here's the policy.
W: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. No one was hurt, I hope?
M: No, but the car was badly damaged.
W: When did it happen?
M: Last night, on the highway in the suburbs. Will you send someone along to check up on it?
W: Yes, of course. Would you please fill out the declaration form first?
M: All right ... By the way, we have bought another Santana. We want to have it insured against accidents as well.
W: Very well. Is it a new one?
M: Yes, brand new.
W: How much did it cost you?
M: 130,000 yuan.
W: When did you get it?
M: The day before yesterday.
W: That's March 8th. What's the number of your license plate, please?
M: It's A-31431.
W: Thank you. Show me the driver's license, please.
M. Here you are.
W: Now here's the contract. Please go over it, and then sign it, and also the duplicate, Will you put your signature here?
M: Sure.
W: Here's your new insurance policy.

本题测试推测理解能力，要求根据对话内容，判断对话发生的地点。根据原文中的关键词，如“report”，“policy”，“fill out the declaration form”“have it insured against accidents'’等进行综合判断，该对话最有可能发生在保险公司内，因此正确答案为C。
policy n．保险单
check up on sth．检查某事物(是否真实、安全、正确等)
   另外：check up on sb．调查某人的行为、背景等
fill out=fill in：fill up填写
declaration form申报表
insure v．(常与against连用)保险
   如：insure one's house against fire给房屋保火险
license plate牌照
driver's license驾驶执照
duplicate n．一式两份
         v．复制，加倍
signature n．签名，署名

D

本题测试关于时间的理解能力。虽然不能从原文中直接获取信息，但可根据文中的明示信息，如“The day before yesterday"，“That's March 8th"，推测出对话发生在3月8日后两天，即3月10日，因此正确答案为D。

A

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。根据对话中的最后一句，可直接选出正确答案A。

B

[解析] 4-7
M: Peter Ford speaking.
W: Good morning, Mr. Ford. My name is Jane Harris. I'm ringing about the cashier's job you advertised.
M: Ah yes. Have you been a cashier before?
W: Well, I have worked in a newsagent's, and handled cash there.
M: Could you give me a number I could ring for a reference?
W: The owner is Mr. Lovell. His number is 46978.
M: Right. Thank you. I'll get in touch with him later.
W: Could you tell me—what are the hours?
M: Well, we work a basic 38-hour working week: the store is open from 8:30 to 4:30, Monday to Thursday; Friday is late-night shopping—we close at 8:00; on Saturdays we close at 5:30.
W: Thank you. And what is the pay for the basic working week?
M: ￡69.50. Now, could you come in and see me? What about tomorrow at 9:30?
W: 9:30 tomorrow morning. That will be fine.
M: Do you know where the shop is? It's 442 High Road, on the corner of Brent Street.
W: The corner of Brent Street. 442 High Road.
M. Okay, Mrs Harris. I'll see you tomorrow morning then.
W: Thank you very much. Goodbye.

本题测试推测理解能力，要求根据对话判断对话者的关系。根据文中的关键信息，如“I'm ringing about the cashier's job you advertised”，可知女子是根据招聘广告来应聘的，而男子给她详细介绍了该职位的要求等，因此可以断定两者的关系最有可能是选项B：应聘者和经理。
cashier n．(商店等的)出纳员，(银行或公司的)司库
newsagent n．报刊经销人
reference n．证明，鉴定
   如：When I was looking for a job，I asked my head teacher to give me a reference．
      当我在找工作时，我向班主任要了一份关于我情况的证明。

B

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。可从文中直接找到所需信息，正确答案为B。

C

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。由于在一句话中出现了几个表示时间的数字，可根据内容做些必要的笔记，通过仔细比较辨别，就能选出正确答案即选项C。

D

本题测试对有关数字的细节内容的理解能力。可根据原文中的明示信息，直接选出正确答案D。

C

[解析] 8-10
W: Will you tell us about the new intelligent house your company has built? It promises to be a model for houses of the future.
M: Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. This is a complete household system. It will make people's lives easier.
W: OK. So tell me how this house will make my life easier?
M: When you arrive at the front door, you won't need a key. The door will open with atouch of your finger: the system recognizes your fingerprint. You'll be able to call your refrigerator when you're in the supermarket and find out how much milk you still have and figure out how much you need to buy. Isn't that wonderful?
W: Can I call the washing machine as well?
M: Sure. But you won't need to. The house comes with a robot.
W: What about household problems?
M: Well, if a pipe bursts, the house will call the plumber. And if there's a fire, the house will turn on the fire extinguishers automatically and call the fire department.
W: And what's the price of this intelligent house?
M: A million dollars.
W: A million dollars! It will be the 22nd century before I'll be able to afford one.

本题测试对对话内容整体的理解和归纳能力，要求判断对话双方谈论的话题是什么。虽然选项A、B、D在文中都有所提及，但它们都只是构成整个话题an intelligent house的一个部分，因此正确答案应为C。
intelligent adj．智能化的
gadget n．小器具，小配件，小玩意

D

本题测试对主要内容的理解能力，要求判断该系统不具有哪种功能。选项A、B、C 在文中都有明确提及，只有选项D没有提到，因此正确答案应为D。
robot n．机器人，遥控设备
burst v．爆裂，炸破，爆发
plumber n．水管工人
fire extinguisher 灭火器
fingerprint n．指纹，手印
figure out合计为，计算出，领会到

B

本题测试对隐含信息的推测理解能力。根据原文的最后一句“It will be the 22nd century before I'll be able to afford one”(要到22世纪我才能买得起)，可知女子的真实意思是说太贵了，她买不起，因此正确答案为B。

C

[解析] 11-13
    Tonight we'll talk about one approach to structuring decision-making on a specific topic, that is, AHP, or Analytic Hierarchy Process.
    The first step is to develop a hierarchy by breaking the problem down into its components, and then prioritizing them. The important thing is not the mathematics of it so much as the concept.
    Let's say, if I was trying to buy a house, I start with my main goal. And then I break it down into smaller parts. I would have to determine the goal for the house- hunting effort. Well, let's just say, make the best choice in buying a new house, that's the goal.
     Now that you've established a goal, you establish your criteria. Under criteria I would list what were the important factors that will influence the decision, things like the cost, location, floor plan or the layout of the rooms.
     Then I get down to the subcriteria under each of these criteria. Let's say, under floor plan, the subcriteria are, you want a big kitchen, 3 bedrooms, a basement. After you've determined all the criteria and subcriteria, you go back and start making pair wise comparisons between them.
     You move through the hierarchy making judgments about one pair of choices at a time. So AHP requires you to develop a schematic model of what you're looking for. And when you start comparing them, it enables you to come up with the relative importance of each factor at a given level. It not only helps make the best decision, you're also a lot clearer on why you made the decision.

本题测试对整体信息的理解和归纳总结能力。在理解全文的主要内容的基础上，我们可以看出该文主要讨论的是如何做决定，因此正确答案应为选项C。
approach n．方法，步骤，走近，途径
structure v．构成或排列，安排
hierarchy n．层次，层级
break down(into)细分，分类
    如：The population breaks down into three main groups．人口可分成三个主要的群族。 prioritize v．把……区分优先次序

A

本题测试有关原因的推测理解能力。根据文中的关键信息，如“Let's say，under floor plan，the subcriteria are... between them”等可知，讲话者提到floor plan是试图举例说明其观点，因此正确答案应为A。
layout n．规划，布局图，版面设计
let's say假定，比如说
pairwise adj．成对(双)的，两个两个的

D

本题测试推测理解能力。根据文中的最后一句话，可知采用AHP法不仅能使人们做出更好的决定，而且能使人们更清楚为什么会做这样的决定，因此正确答案为D。
schematico adj．图解的，图表的，梗概的
come up with 提出，拿出

C

[解析] 14-17
    Most worth-while careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an occupation should be made even before the choice of-a curriculum in high school. However, most people make several job choices during their working lives, partly because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their positions. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should therefore enter into a broad flexible training program that will fit them for a field of work rather than for a single job.
    Unfortunately many young people, knowing little about the occupational world or themselves, choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss basis. Some drift from job to job. Others stick to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fit.
    One common mistake is choosing an occupation for its real or imagined prestige. Too many studentsor their parents choose the professional field, disregarding both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal requirements. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "white-collar" job is no good reason for choosing it as a life's work. Moreover, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the majority of young people should give serious consideration to these fields.
    Before making a choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants out of life and how hard he is willing to work for it. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

本题测试推测理解能力。根据文中的关键信息，如“most people make several job choices during their working lives”，“Young people should therefore enter into a broad flexible training program”，我们可以推测由于在工作中可能的变动，人们应该参加更加广泛灵活的培训以适应某一领域的工作而不只是某一具体的工作，也就是说，由于经济行业的变化以及人们自身的要求，培训项目也应有所变化，因此正确答案应为C。
curriculum n．课程

A

本题测试对隐含信息的理解能力。根据文中的关键信息，如“many young people， knowing little about the occupational world or themselves”，可知对工作和自身的不了解，导致了人们在选择工作时抱着碰运气的态度，或者不断跳槽，或者做着不能感到快乐或不合适的工作，因此可以推断如果能多些对自己和职业的了解，就可以避免此类状况，因此正确答案为A。
occupational adj．职业的，占领的
hit-or-miss adj．偶然的，碰运气的，无计划的
drift v．漂浮，漂荡，漂流
stick to 坚持，恪守、坚持(一个观点或固定的行为方式)

D

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。只要能抓住文中的相关信息“Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work，the majority of young people should give serious consideration to these fields”就能选出正确答案D。
prestige n．声望，威望，威信
professional adj．专业的，职业的
disregard v．不理，漠视
proportion n．比例，均衡，面积，部分
manual　adj．手动的，手工的，体力的
give serious consideration to sth．仔细(认真)考虑某事

B

本题测试对全文的综合理解和归纳能力，要求判断全文的中心思想。在理解全文的主要内容的基础上，可以看出本文主要讨论在选择职业时应该考虑什么，因此正确答案为B。

A

[解析] 18-20
    There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today—the wheel. For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. Then in the early 1800's the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much anymore. They began to work instead to make life better. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the electric light and the radio.
    The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909. Movies with sound in 1926. The computer in 1928. And jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over disease. By the 1960's most people could expect to live to be at least 60. By this time most people had a very good life. Of course new inventions continued to be made. But man now had a desire to explore again. The world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. This is certainly just a beginning though. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.

本题是对细节内容的直接测试。可根据文中的相关内容，如“Then in the early1800's the world started to change”，“People did not have to explore much anymore”，可选出正确答案为A。

C

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。根据文中的相关内容，可知除了radio是在19世纪下半叶发明的以外，其他几个选项都是20世纪的发明，因此正确答案为C。
explore v．探险，探测，探究
helicopter n．直升机

B

本题测试对全文的综合理解和推测能力，要求判断讲话的目的。可根据文中的重要信息，如“things that changed the way we live”，“They began to work instead to make life better”，“By this time most people had a very good life”，“New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of”等判断出，不同时代的发明创造很大地改变了人们的生活方式，因此正确答案为B。

B

[解析] 21-23
    A wide ranging conference is due to begin in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa shortly, which will look at Somalia's political future and review January cease-fire and disarmament agreement. The UN-sponsored meeting which is due to last for five days is being attended not only by the warring factions and political representatives, but also by community leaders,  intellectuals and women's groups.  It comes amid growing international pressure to bring peace to Somalia. A BBC correspondent in Addis Ababa says if no workable agreement is reached, some UN representatives have speculated that the UN which has postponed its decision on a mandate to take over from the U.S. forces may withdraw from the country.

这是道细节内容测试题。要回答问题“all of the following EXCEPT”(除……以外)，考生需要对有关内容有一个整体理解。文中除B没提到外，其他几项都有所提及，因此正确答案为B。

C

本题测试关于“谁”的细节内容的理解能力。可以根据文中“The UN-sponsored meeting”，找出正确答案C。

D

本题测试关于结果的细节内容的理解能力。文中的最后一句话有助于我们理解并选出正确答案D。

C

[解析] 25-26
     Italy was sharply criticised for allowing the Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan to leave the country on Jan. 6 and disappear again. Turkish officials urged their country's neighbors in the Caucasus not to harbor the Kurdistan Workers Party leader, who is said to be now in Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan. Any such protection, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said, would be regarded as a hostile act for which Turkey would "take necessary measures".

本题测试关于原因的细节内容的理解能力。根据文中首句，可得出正确答案应为C。

A

本题测试关于条件的细节内容的理解能力。原文的最后一句有助于选出正确答案A。

C

[解析] 27-28
    Economic experts now estimate that the Indonesian forest fires which have been blazing intimately for nearly a year could cost the region up to six billion dollars. Some, include direct losses, such as agricultural output and indirect costs like medical bills and a drop in tourism. Figures were arrived at by the world-wide Fund for Nature and Research Group funded by Western governments, the economy and the environment program for Southeast Asia.

本题测试有关时间长度的细节内容的理解能力。可从文中直接找到答案C。

A

本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。除了A：重工业没被提及外，另外几个选项在文中都有提及，因此答案为A。

C

[解析] 29-30
    The space shuttle Discovery made a rare night landing at the Kennedy Space Centre early on Thursday. The night landing, the 11th in the centre's 94 shuttle missions, ended a 10-day mission to outfit the orbiting International Space Station.
    Although the spacecraft created a sonic boom that could be heard along much of Florida's eastern seaboard, witnesses on the ground could not see the orbiter until it was directly over the runway lights.
    Scattered showers off the Florida coast had threatened to postpone the shuttle's return, but forecasters gave the green light when they decided no rain would fall within 48 kilometres of the space centre.

本题测试有关数字的细节内容的理解能力。因为几个数字选项在文中都有所提及，因此要特别注意各个数字所指内容的区别。只有仔细分辨后，才能找到正确答案C。

A

本题测试有关细节内容的理解能力。对文中第二段中的关键词“a sonic boom”(飞机突破音速障碍时，由震波所发出的爆炸声)的理解是解题的关键，但如果听不懂该词的意思，只要抓住该句后半部分中的“that could be heard along much of Florida's eastern seaboard”，也能通过推测，找到正确答案A。

C

up until recently 直到最近。

D

abnormal 反常的，异常的；eccentric，odd古怪的。

C

tendency倾向； tenancy 租期；trend 趋势。

A

accepted被接受的；admit承认；approve赞成；acknowledge承认，确认。

C

where引导关系从句，修饰world，where在从句中作状语。

B

design设计。

A

by contrast为一词组，意思是“相比之下”。

D

根据常识及下文的kick一词，可作出选择。

D

根据上下文，此处应选择wrong(不正确的)。

C

throw off是一个动饲词组，意为“击败”。

B

maiority大多数。

C

根据上下文意思及语法知识可作出选择。

A

game比赛；hobby爱好；activity活动；round比赛的一轮。

C

proportion比例。

C

be connected with与……有关系；be related要与介词to搭配；be mixed with与……混淆。

A

根据上下文意思可以作出选择。

B

根据上下文意思，此处应选“逼迫”。

C

to write with one's hands／by hand用手写。

A

tied捆住；attach A to B将A和B连接起来。

D

fewer更少。

C

本题询问关于汽车工业的坏消息的来源。文章第一句便提到“Lucas Electrical Company”所宣布的新举措使汽车工业又一次萎缩，紧接着的第二句进一步解释了新举措的内容，即工人们的周工作日将缩短。因此只有C符合文意。

D

本题为细节题，应将四个选项与原文一一比较。A的错误在于工人们每周将工作四天而不是五天；B的错误在于妇女们将受到很大影响而不是提前退休；C不符合文意； D是正确的，因为文中讲到“The Lucas announcement is expected to have an aggravated effect on the region's rapidly declining economy”，其中“aggravated”意为made worse。

B

本题为细节题，在文章第三段可找到相关信息。将选项与原文比较便可知B不是这些工厂生产的产品。

A

本题为计算题。文章第五段讲到“not all the 12，000 would be affected；about 20 percent of the staff would not be affected at all”，因此计算一下便可得知正确答案为A。

D

本题询问细节，相关信息为文章第二段和第三段。文中的相关语句为“Then he discovered that an old friend of his was one of the members of the jury at his trial”和“The other eleven people on the jury look terribly strong-minded to me”与原文比较可知，A、B、C三项均与文意不符。

C

文章的第二段最后一句中讲到“persuade... jury to add a strong recommendation for mercy to their statement that they consider me guilty”。简言之，George承认自己有罪，只是希望Jim劝说陪审团的人对自己从轻发落，因此只有C是符合文意的。

C

本题旨在检验读者是否理解故事的结局。A表示Jim为George文过饰非，B表示Jim劝说陪审团将George无罪释放，D表示Jim建议从严处罚George，此三项均不符合文意。

A

本题仍是检验读者对故事结局的深层理解。Jim完全按照George的话去做了，但适得其反、弄巧成拙，使本可被无罪释放的George．被判有罪。

C

本题询问细节。根据“the two main requirements of aircraft design”可在第一段找到相关信息，即“There are two main things that make aircraft engineering difficult： the need to make every component as reliable as possible and the need to build everything as light as possible”，即飞机设计的关键在于确保每个零部件的安全可靠性和尽可能地减轻其重量。

A

本题询问飞机的重量取决于什么因素。相关信息在文章第二段，关键语句为“Given a certain power of engine，and consequently a certain fuel consumption，there is a practical limit to the total weight of an aircraft that can be made to fly”。

B

本题询问压力工程师在飞机设计过程中的职责。相关信息在文章第二段，关键语句为
   “The designer must calculate the normal load that each part will bear．This specialist is called the‘stress man’”。

D

本题询问细节。根据“the first three aeroplanes of anew type”可在第三段找到相关信息，即“When a new type of aeroplane is being made，normally only one of the first three made will be flown．Two will be destroyed on the ground in structural tests．The third one will be tested in the air”。

D

本题询问飞机的仪器设备在温度方面的要求。相关信息在文章第五段，关键语句为 “The flying controls, the electrical equipment, the fire precautions, etc. must not only be light in weight, but must work both at high altitudes where the temperature may be below freezing point and in the hot air of an airfield in the tropics”。

B

通读文章第一段后可知，短时间内很难完成彻底改变。要想在一年之内完成革新，任何一家公司都必须作出大变动。因此几个月或半年相对较短，而几年相对过长，只有一年比较合适。

C

文章第二段的最后一句为“Without the support and active leadership of top management，this process，in all likelihood，will be fought by employees and will fail”，C项的“be unsuccessful”与原文的“will fail”意思上最贴近。

D

本题要求读者去体味作者的想法。通读第三段的后半部分和第四段的前半部分后我们得知，作者认为用电脑并不能总让公司省钱。A、B两项文中未提及，C项中所讲的变动不应是针对计算机本身的，而是针对整个公司的管理和运行机制的。

C

本题询问细节，相关信息在文章第四段。与原文比较可知，A、B、D三项均与文意不符。

A

由文章第一段可知，第一届奥林匹克运动会于公元前776年在古希腊的奥林匹亚举行，是祭祀宙斯的盛会，带有宗教性质。B、C、D三项符合现代奥林匹克运动会的特征，但不能描述古代第一届奥林匹克运动会。

C

第三段的第一句“The taint of politics and racial controversy，however，has impinged upon the Olympic Games in our epoch”是本段的主题句，希特勒的例子是用来说明这个主题句的。Jesse Owens是位黑人运动员，因此确切地说，此题反映的是种族歧视，而不是D所表示的政治偏见。A、B所表示的嫉妒和大民族主义不能由文意推理得出。

D

“boycotted”意为“联合抵制，联合拒绝”，与本文倒数第二句中的“refusing to participate in the Games”意思一致。此句同时指出那些国家拒绝参加1980年奥运会的行为“caused great dismay to their athletes”，即让他们的运动员大为沮丧。因此 A、B、C均不符合文意。