Section A Directions:In this section you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D], and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
[解析] M: I've noticed that you spend a lot of time tending to your garden.Do you think you might like to join the university gardening club? W:Oh,thanks for the invitation.But this is how I relax.I'd rather not make it something formal. Q:What does the woman mean?
[解析] W:I really like those abstract paintings we saw in our art history today.What did you think? M:I guess it's something I haven't acquired a taste for yet. Q:What does the man mean?
[解析] 观点态度题。女士说她非常喜欢那些抽象派油画,并询问男土的看法。男寸:说“我想我还没有养成这方面的爱好”,正确表达男士意思的是[D]。taste意为“兴趣,爱好”,如a taste for folk songs(喜欢民歌)。
3.
A.They don't have to arrive for the Browns' lunch on time.
B.It's impolite to be late for the Browns' lunch.
C.They don't have to have manners in France.
D.They have no time to lose.
A B C D
A
[解析] W:Aren't you ready? The Browns’ lunch is for one o'clock.We'd better leave right away or we'll arrive late.They'll think we have bad manners. M:It isn't bad manners to be late.In France every- body is late. Q:What does the man mean?
A.She didn't make full preparations for her lessons.
B.She was blamed by the professor for her carelessness.
C.She lost her key and couldn't enter her house.
D.She was afraid of the professor.
A B C D
A
[解析] M:Ordinarily you never seem to be nervous.But why were you so nervous just now when the professor called On you? W:You know.I didn't enter my house until I found my key at ll o'clock last night,so I didn't have enough time to preview my lessons. Q:Why did the woman feel nervous?
[解析] M:Martin certainly shows great enthusiasm to the tennis course. W:If only he showed as much to his study. Q:What does the woman imply about Martin?
[解析] 事实状况题。男士说马丁对网球课很感兴趣,抓住女士开头所说的if only 和结尾所说的study,即可推测女士认为马丁对学业不怎么感兴趣,选[D]“他对学习不太感兴趣”。if only 是虚拟语气,女士所说的意思是“他要是在学习上也一样有兴趣就好了”。
C.Do nothing since she is not interested in the job.
D.Phone the employment agency as soon as possible.
A B C D
D
[解析] M:Weren't you going to check with the employment agency to see if they have any leads for jobs this summer? W:Yeah.Thanks for reminding me.They might assume I'm not interested if I don't get back to them fast enough.You know,more and more people are competing for fewer and fewer jobs. Q:What will the woman probably do?
[解析] 行为活动题。男士建议女士与就业机构联系(check with the employment agency),女士回答“好的"(Yeah.),并表示感谢他的提醒,可以判断,女士将会与就业机构联系,故选[D]。
7.
A.She totally agrees with him.
B.She thinks it is easier said than done.
C.She thinks that he is a rather important person.
D.She feels that what he says is simply nonsense.
A B C D
B
[解析] M:It's partly your own fault.You should never let in anyone like that unless you're expecting him. W:It's all very well to say that,but someone comes to the door and says“Electricity”or“Gas”,and you automatically think he is OK,especially when he shows his card. Q:How does the woman feel about the man's remarks?
[解析] 观点态度题。题;于问女士对男士的话有何看法。男土批评女土说不该随便就让人进自己家门。女士先是肯定男士的话没错,然后又说,可是真有人来到门前说来查电或查煤气时,you automatically think he is OK,尤其是当他给你看了他的证件时。理解了女士所说的automatically“自动地,不自觉地”,就可以确定答案是[B]“她觉得,说起来容易,做起来难”。
8.
A.Climbing mountains.
B.Swimming.
C.Shopping.
D.Camping.
A B C D
D
[解析] M:What's your husband's idea for the vacation? W:Well,my husband is a real outdoor man.He just cannot wait to get out of the city.He likes fishing,boating and bird-watching.He thinks sleeping in a tent beside a lake is great. Q:What does the woman's husband want to do?
[解析] 事实状况题。题干问女士的丈夫想假期做什么。女士列出了很多丈夫的爱好, fishing,boating,bird-watching,还有sleeping in a tent beside a lake,直译就是“睡在湖边的帐篷里”,选项中正确的是[D] Camping "野营”。其余选项均未提及。
9.
A.Most neighbors are as noisy as the woman.
B.He'd like to know why the woman is angry.
C.The woman is too polite to her neighbors.
D.Talking to the neighbors courteously might be the best solution.
A B C D
D
[解析] W:I'm going to tell that neighbor of mine to turn down the music once and for all. M:I see why you are angry.But I have always found the polite route is the most effective. Q:What does the man mean?
[解析] 观点态度题。女士说她一定要去告诉邻居让他们把音乐关小。once and for all意为“断然地,坚决地”。男士用but一词表示他不赞成女士的意见,说polite route应该是最有效的。正确表述男士意思的是[D]“礼貌地与邻居交涉应该是最好的解决方法”。对话中的the most effective 对应选项[D]中的the best solution。
10.
A.The last one he handed in was not as good.
B.He just guessed the last time he handed in.
C.He is the only person who knows the date.
D.He definitely doesn't know the date.
A B C D
D
[解析] W:Do you know which date Ray would like us to hand our assignments in? M:Your guess is as good as mine.I'm the last one to know about these things. Q:What does the man mean?
[解析] 事实状况题。女士问男士是否知道雷(Ray)希望他们什么时候把作业交上去,男士说Your guess is as good as mine.意为“我也在猜呢”,即说明他也不知道,即可排除其他选项而选[D]。考生如熟悉be the last one to do sth.表示的隐含否定,则更易确定。
Section B Directions:In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for the general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in the missing in information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, When the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. The universities are schools of education, and schools of research. But the primary reason for their(S1)______ is not to be found either in the mere knowledge(S2)______ to the students or in the mere opportunities for research(S3)______ to the members of the faculty. The(S4)______ for the existence of a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the(S5)______ for life, by uniting the young and the old in the(S6)______ consideration of learning. The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. At least, this is the function which it should(S7)______for society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence. This atmosphere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration, transforms knowledge. A fact is no longer a bare fact: it is in- vested with all its possibilities. (S8)______. Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts. It works by eliciting the general principles which apply to the facts, and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. (S9)____________________. Youth is imaginative, and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life. (S10)_________________________.
意为“存在;生存”。本文主要讲述大学存在的理由,第二段首句为主题句。参照点为本空下文中两度出现的existence,即The(S2)______ for the existence 及 has no reason for existence 中的原词复现。
2.
conveyed
意为“传递;表达”。convey 与 to 连用“把…传递给…”,此处为把知识传递给学生。这里用过去分词形式conveyed 作定语,修饰限定knowledge.
3.
afforded
意为“给予,提供;负担”。The mere opportunities 起提示作用。根据句意理解为:为院、系提供进行研究的机会。全句意在说明大学最初建立的原因并不是要给学生传授知识.或者给院、系提供进行研究的机会。
4.
justification
意为“理由”。上段说明作者否认的大学存在的理由,本段总起说明作者认为大学存在应该具备的理由。
5.
enthusiasm
意为“热情”。根据句意理解,大学之所以存在是因为它保留了知识和生活热情之间的联系。
6.
imaginative
意为“幻想,富有想象力的”,提示点在下文中…arising from imaginative consideration.原词复现。紧接着下句话中还提到了but it imparts it imaginatively.也起了提示作用。
7.
perform
意为“履行”。所填词的宾语是 function 意为“职责;功能”,起提示作用。perform function为惯用搭配。
8.
It is no longer a burden on the memory:it is energizing as the poet of our dreams,and as the architect of our purposes
[解析] It is not a burden on the memory:it gives us dreams and purposes for the future
9.
It enables men to construct a better view of a new world and it preserves the enthusiasm for life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes
[解析] Men can create a better world to preserve the enthusiasm for life by satisfying suggestion
10.
The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience,and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations
[解析] People who have imagination but less experience and those who have experience with weak imaginations are the tragedy of the world
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions:There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or un- finished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One Banking is about money; and no other familiar commodity arouses such excesses of passion and disgust. Nor is there any other about which more nonsense is talked. The type of thing that comes to mind is not what is normally called economic, which is inexact rather than senseless, and only in the same way as all sciences are at the point where they try to predict people's behavior and its consequences. Indeed most social sciences and, for example, medicine could probably be described in the same way. However, it is common to hear assertions of the kind "if you were exiled to a desert island a few seed potatoes would be more useful to you than a million pounds" as though this proved something important about money except the undeniable fact that it would not be much use to anyone in a situation where very few of us are at all likely to find ourselves. Money in fact is a token, or symbolic object, exchangeable on demand by its holders for goods and services, its use for these purposes is universal except within a small number of primitive agricultural communities. Money and the price mechanism, i.e., the changes in prices expressed in money terms of different goods and services, are the means by which all modern societies regulate demand and supply for these things. Especially important are the relative changes in price of different goods and services compared with each other. To take random examples: the price of the house-building has over the past five years risen a good deal faster than that of domestic appliances like refrigerators, but slower than that of motor insurance or French Impressionist paintings. This fact has complex implications for students of the brick industry, trade unionism, town planning, insurance companies, fine-arts auctions, and politics. Unpacking these implications is what economics is about, but their implications for bankers are quite different. In general, in modern industrialized societies, prices of services or goods produced on a context requiring a high service-content(e, g., a meal in a restaurant) are likely to rise in price more rapidly than goods capable of mass-production on a large scale. It is also a characteristic of highly-developed economies that the number of workers employed in service industries tends to rise and that of workers employed in manufacturing to fall. The discomfort truth causes the big general trade unions as they contrast their own situation with that of the rapidly growing white- collar unions has been an important sources of tension in western political life for many years and is likely to remain so for many more.
1. According to the passage, economics is______.
A.different from sciences such as medicine
B.similar to other social sciences because it is imprecise
C.similar to other social sciences because a lot of nonsense is talked about it
D.different from social sciences which try to forecast the way people behave
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第一段第二、三两句,经济是不确切的(inexact),几乎所有的社会科学都可以这样描述(described in the same way),[B]项中imprecise 是对 inexact 的同义转述,similar是对same 的同义转述。
2. In the author's view, the assertion that money would be useless on a desert island______.
A.illustrates one limitation to the importance of money
B.is only of importance to people stranded in some places
C.tells us nothing of interest or significance about money
D.proves that there are many situations in which money is irrelevant
Passage Two When television is good, nothing -- not the theater, not the magazines or newspapers - is better. But when television is bad, nothing is worse. I invite you to sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and stay there without a book, magazine, newspaper, profit and loss sheet or rating book to distract you and keep your eyes glued to that set until the station signs off. I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland. You will see a procession of game shows, violence, audience participation shows, formula comedies about totally unbelievable families, blood and thunder, mayhem, violence, sadism (虐待狂), murder, Western bad men, Western good men, private eyes, gangsters and more violence, and cartoons. And, endlessly, commercials that scream, flatter and offend. And most of all, bore- dom. True, you will see a few things you will enjoy. But they are very, very few. And if you think I exaggerate, try it. Is there no room on television to teach, to inform, to uplift, to stretch, to enlarge the capacities of our children? No room for programs to deepen the children's understanding of children in other lands? No room for a children's news show explaining something about the world for them at their level of understanding? No room for reading the great literature of the past, teaching them the great traditions of freedom? There are some fine children's shows, but they are drowned out in the vast sea of cartoons and violence. Must these be your trademarks? Search your conscience and see whether you cannot offer more to our children whose future you guard so many hours each and every day. There are many people in this country, and you must serve all of us. You are right when you say that, given a choice between a Western and a symphony, more people will watch the Western. I like westerns and private eyes too, but a steady diet for the whole country is obviously not in the public interest. We all know that people would more often prefer to be entertained than stimulated or informed. But your duties are not satisfied if you look only to popularity as a test of what to broadcast. You are not only in show business; you are free to communicate ideas as well as to give relaxation. You must provide a wider range of choices, more diversity, more alternatives. It is not enough to serve the nation's whims(怪念头), you must also serve her needs. The people own the air. They own it as much in prime evening time as they do at 6 o'clock in the morning. For every hour that the people give you -- you owe them some- thing. I intend to see that your debt is paid with service.
1. The author's attitude toward television is______.
2. According to the passage, the "wasteland" (Line 5, Para. 1) refers to______.,
A.Western bad men and Western good men
B.average television programs
C.the morning shows
D.television shows with desert settings
A B C D
B
[解析] 推理判断题。依据第一段:I can assure you that you will observe a vast wasteland.在这句话之后罗列了许多无聊的电视节目,因而 wasteland 在此处的含义为:“普通电视节目”,选项[B]正确。其它各项都是具体电视节目,因而被排除。
3. We learn from the passage that______.
A.television instruction should be a substitute for classroom lessons
B.children's shows are worthless
C.TV programs had better mend their ways
D.mystery programs should be banned
A B C D
C
[解析] 推理判断题。作者前两段抱怨了许多电视节目存在的问题,最后给电视指出它的出路:You are not only in show business;you are free to communicate ideas as well as to give relaxation.(不仅要考虑电视的商业价值,而且要交流思想、提供休闲。)这说明作者建议电视节目能够改变方式,选项[C]是其同义转述,其它选项只是对一些具体电视节目的看法。
4. What suggestion does the author give to programs for children?
A.Eliminating cartoons.
B.Providing culture.
C.Being presented at certain periods during the day.
5. The statement that "The people own the air" implies that______.
A.citizens have the right to insist on worthwhile television programs
B.television should be socialized
C.the government may build above present structures
D.since air is worthless, the people own nothing
A B C D
A
[解析] 推理判断题。依据文中最后几句:They own it as much in....For every hour that the people give you — you owe them something.(为了人们给你的每个小时——你就亏欠他们一些东西。)作者说要用服务来偿还这个债务。因而The people own the air 的含义是选项[A]“公民有权坚持得到对他们有价值的电视节目”。选项LB]、[C]与文中的内容相反,而选项[D]则是错误的逻辑推理。
Passage Three Not all decisions are alike. Nor is every decision made in the same manner. Although some actions you undertake derive their basis from newly made decisions, there are other instances when decision-making does not really take place. The latter, according to Deacon and Firebaugh, may involve routine, programmed, impulsive or intuitive action. When you wake up in the morning and prepare to attend class, do you consciously make decisions about such things as which side of your hair to comb first, how to brush you teeth, or which shoe to put on first? Probably not. Although you may have made a conscious decision about what you were going to wear to class, you probably didn't spend any time in making a decision about how to get ready to attend class. Every individual has certain habits or routine behaviors. Although they originated from decisions made at an earlier time in your life, you no longer consciously make these decisions each time you undertake this type of action. Routine plans or actions serve a useful purpose in your daily life and management. How long would it take you to get up, get ready, and walk to class if you had to make separate decisions for each action you take? You use routine plans or actions as resource to make new decisions. In addition to the habitual behaviors or routines you follow, you also have certain specific actions you undertake in given situations. These are called programmed decisions. Programmed decisions are different from routines. Routine plans or actions are patterns of behavioral actions repeatedly undertaken on a consistent and regular basis. Programmed decisions, on the other hand, utilize your past experience in a similar situation. For instance, you know you are going to have a test. Your method of studying for this test will be done using your knowledge of a similar experience. The degree of success previously achieved will be a determinant in how, when, where, and the length of time you study for this test. Programmed decisions, like routines, are a resource in your management. When the action undertaken proves to be successful you repeat the same action the next time a similar situation occurs. This successful achievement, measured by the satisfaction you received, determines when and the extent to which you modify the original decision before employing it again in other like situations. Both routines and programmed decisions serve useful purposes. They act as resources by eliminating the need to make new decisions. They also evaluate managerial action. The success you achieve enables you to by-pass or minimize the use of the decision-making process.
1. People may spend time in making decisions about______.
A.which shoe to put on first
B.how to have breakfast
C.what clothes to wear to class
D.how to prepare to go to school
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。根据第一段第七句,你可能有意识地做出决定,穿什么衣服去上课(you may have made a conscious decision about what you were going to wear to class),因此选[C]。原文中提到人们一般不会考虑先穿哪一只鞋,以及如何准备去上学,故排除[A]和[D]。[B]项内容原文没有提及。
2. Programmed decisions differ from routines in that______.
A.they can bring people a lot of trouble
B.they are on a consistent and regular basis
C.they may be used to evaluate managerial action
D.they can use the previous experience in a same situation
A B C D
D
[解析] 选事实细节题。第二段讲述了二者的不同,习惯性决定是建立在连贯和经常(consistent and regular)基础上的重复行为,程序化决定则在相同情景下利用以前的经历(utilize your past experience in a similar situation),[D]项是对此的同义转述。[A]项不符文意。[B]项是习惯性决定的特点。[C]项为二者的共同作用。
3. Routine plans or actions serve a useful purpose because they______.
4. People's decision of the method of studying for a test originates from
A.intuitive actions
B.impulsive actions
C.habitual behaviors
D.programmed decisions
A B C D
D
[解析] 事实细节题。第三段讲述了程序化决定,并在倒数第二句以考试为例。故选择[D]项。文章第一段倒数第二句用疑问句说明,习惯性行为的有用之处在于,人们不必做出新的决定,从而节约大量时间,可知 [A]项中的程序化决定能够节约大量的时间,表述错误。根据文章第一段最后一句话,you use routine plans or actions as resource to make new decisions.可知,程序化决定能够帮助人们做出新的决定(new decisions)而不是“better decisions ”故[C]项错误。[B]项表述过于绝对,错误。
5. The best title for this passage would be______.
Passage Four Research on friendship has established a number of facts, some interesting, even useful. Did you know that the average student has 5~6 friends, or that a friend who was previously an enemy is liked more than one who has always been on the right side? Would you believe that physically attractive individuals are preferred as friends to those less comely, and is it fair that physically attractive defendants are less likely to be found guilty in court? Unfortunately, such titbits don't tell us much more about the nature or the purpose of friendship. In fact, studies of friendship seem to implicate more complex factors. For example, one function friendship seems to fulfill is that supports the image we have of ourselves, and confirms the value of the attitudes we hold. Certainly we appear to project ourselves onto our friends; several studies have shown that we judge them to be more like us than they (objectively) are. This suggests that we ought to choose friends who are similar to us rather than those who would be complementary. In our experiment, some developing friendships were monitored amongst first-year students living in the same hostel. It was found that similarity of attitudes (towards politics, religion and ethics, pastimes and aesthetics) was a good predictor of what friendships would be established by the end of four months, though it has less to do with initial alliances not surprisingly, since attitudes may not be obvious on first inspection. There have also been studies of pairings, both voluntary (married couples) and forced (student roommates), to see which remained together and which split up. Again, the evidence seems to favor similarity rather than complementarity as an omen of successful relationship, though there is a complication: where marriage is concerned, once the field is narrowed down to potential mates who come from similar backgrounds and share a broad range of attitudes and values, a degree of complementarity Seems to become desirable. When a couple are not just similar but almost identical, something else seems to be needed. Similarity can breed contempt it; it has also been found that when we find others obnoxious, we dislike them more if they are like us than when they are dissimilar. The difficulty of linking friendship with similarity of personality probably reflects the complexity of our personalities: we have many facets and therefore require a disparate group of friends to support us. This of course can explain why we may have two close friends who have little in common, and indeed dislike each other. By and large, though, it looks as though we would do well to choose friends(and spouses) who resemble us. If this were not so, computer dating agencies would have gone out of business years ago.
1. Research on friendship has demonstrated that______.
A.every student has five or six friends
B.judges are always influenced by a pretty face
C.ugly people find it harder to make friends than beautiful people
D.we lend to grow fond of people if we dislike them at first sight
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。[C]项是对第一段第三句中“人们更想和长相漂亮的人交朋友”(physically attractive individuals are preferred as friends to those less comely)的同义转述。第一段第二句,平均每个学生有5至 6个朋友(the average student has 5~6 friends),讲的是平均数目,而不是每个学生都有5至6个朋友,[A]项不正确。[B]项中always(总是)表述过于绝对。[D]项是对原文“化敌为友,友谊更亲密”(a friend who was previously an enemy is liked more)的误解,不是指第一印象不好。
2. Studies of friendships have indicated that. in seeking friends we______.
A.want to be flattered
B.are looking for sympathy
C.think they resemble us more than they really do
D.insist on them having similar attitudes to ourselves
A B C D
C
[解析] 事实细节题。[C]项是对第二段第三句we judge them to be more like us than they(objectively)are的同义转述。[A]和[B]在原文中没有提到。文中指出,观点相近的人更容易成为朋友.但不等于我们会强求别人与我们持相近的观点,[D]项不符事实。
3. The experiment conducted on students living in a hostel suggested that______.
A.it was impossible to predict which' friendships would develop
B.in the long run, people get on better with those who are like them
C.students split up as soon as they discovered differences in attitudes
D.students immediately recognized others with similar attitudes and interests
A B C D
B
[解析] 事实细节题。题干的出处在第二段最后一句,观点的相似性预示着友谊能够在四个月快要结束时建立起来(similarity of attitudes was a good predictor of what friendships would be established by the end of four months),由 predictor 一词可排除[A]项。最初的联合影响不大,因为一开始人们的观点并不明显,由此可排除[D]项,[B]项符合原文内容。[C]属于主观臆断,原文没有提到学生一发现观点不同就分开。
4. Studies of marriage relationships indicate that______.
A.opposites get on better than similar personalities
B.exactly the same bases for success apply for ordinary friendships
C.it is first of all necessary to limit prospective partners to people from similar backgrounds
D.the most successful are those between people who are alike but not exactly the same
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. All young men are required to do two years of______ military service.
8. The hotel is not very modern, but it does have the______ of being close to the city centre.
A.chance
B.interest
C.advantage
D.charge
A B C D
C
[解析] 逻辑关系题;转折。but形成语义转折,前面说旅馆不是很现代,指出它的缺点,因此but后面说的肯定是优点。have the advantage of表示“有…的优势”,所以选项[C] advantage为答案;[A] chance“机会”,have the chance of 表示“有…的机会”[B]interest“兴趣”,后面通常跟in;[D]charge“主管”,have charge of表示“主持”,charge 前不加冠词the。 [句意]这家旅馆不是很现代,但它的确有靠近市中心的优势。
9. The local communities have failed in their efforts to______ with unemployment.
A.settle
B.cope
C.intervene
D.interfere
A B C D
B
[解析] 语义连贯题:短语辨析。[A]settle down表示“(使)安坐,安居,习惯于某种(生活或工作),认真工作。全身心地做事,常用settle (sb.) down 或 settle down to sth. 后面不能直接跟宾语;[B]cope with 表示“应付,克服”,后面直接跟宾语;因此符合题干要求的为[B]选项[C]intervene in“插手,干预”和[D]interfere with“妨碍,干扰”都不能使句意通顺。 [句意]地方社团没能克服失业问题。
10. The parties can also provide______ for facilitating cooperation and regulating conflict among different parties.
12. A safety analysis would have identified the______ target as a danger. Unfortunately, it was never done.
A.overwhelming
B.constant
C.potential
D.inevitable
A B C D
C
[解析] 逻辑关系题:转折。所填同与would have identified “本来可以识别”以及target“目标”形成语义场共现关系,由此可以推断这种危险是潜在的,因此应选[C]potential;选项[A]overwhelming表示无法抵抗的、压倒性的;选项[B]constant意为“固定的”;选项[D]inevitable表示不可避免的。此三项均与本句语境不符。 [句意]一项安全分析本来可以识别出潜在目标的危险性。可惜的是没有实施。
13. If negotiations fail, the workers will have to______ to strike action.
A.proceed
B.appeal
C.resort
D.incline
A B C D
C
[解析] 语义连贯题。四个选项都可以和to搭配使用。[A]proceed to 意为开始做某事或继续做某事。 [B]appeal to 意为请求,呼吁,指急切地请求给予帮助,常用于法律,指上诉;[D]incline to意为趋向、倾向某事,如 He inclines to fatness.“他有发胖的趋势”。 [句意]如果谈判失败,工人们就不得不举行罢工。
14. During the wartime, anyone who______ with enemies might be sentenced to be shot.
A.collaborated
B.merged
C.coincided
D.constituted
A B C D
A
[解析] 惯用搭配题。被判枪毙是因为通敌,所以答案选[A]“勾结,通敌”。collaborate指两者一起做一件事情;[C]coincide 多指意见、判断、愿望或利害的一致,偶尔也用于指人.如His vocation coincides with his avocation.“他的职业与他的爱好恰恰相符”[B]merge意思是结合、合并,表示构成成分融于整体中,或者一成分完全并人另一成分[D]constitute 强调由单个部分组成整体。 [句意]在战争时期,任何通敌的人都可能被判枪毙。
15. Many rare species of plants and animals are threatened with______ with the worsening of environment and mass hunting.
28. She______ with shame when she was accused of stealing money from her roommates.
A.flared
B.flashed
C.fluttered
D.flushed
A B C D
D
[解析] 逻辑关系题:因果。被指责偷东西是不光彩的行为,所以她会因羞愧而脸红,选[D],flush“脸红”,指脸因发烧、窘迫或强烈的感情而变红[A]flared“突然发怒;燃烧”与shame无法构成因果关系;[B] flashed“闪光,闪烁”,指思想、感情时意为“闪现,突发”。如:a flash of understanding“突然的领悟”[C] fluttered“悸动”的主语应为心脏。 [句意]当她被指责偷了室友的钱时,她羞愧得满脸通红。
29. The______ of influenza are fever, headache, and muscular pain.
A.responses
B.symptoms
C.property
D.reflections
A B C D
B
[解析] 近形近义题。流感是一种疾病,发烧等都是它的症状,所以选[B]symptom意为“征状,征兆,表明某种其他东西存在的特有的迹象或表征”,是医学常用语;[A]response 指“反应”,后接介词to 而不是of;[C] property“特性”与句意不符[D] reflection,意为“something that shows what something else is like”,如a reflection of her courage(她勇气的显示)。 [句意]流感的症状是发烧,头疼和肌肉疼痛。
30. The annual parade______ the soldiers who died in the two World Wars.
Part Ⅳ Cloze Directions:There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line. through the centre. Enter the information age. Information is the raw material for many of the business activities 1 this new era, just as iron and steel were the basic commodities in the 2 of the industrial age. The world's knowledge is said to be doubling every eight years. This knowledge 3 is stimulating economic progress. The need to collect, analyze, and communicate great 4 of information is producing new products and services, creating jobs, and 5 career opportunities. The information age is 6 considered to be a phenomenon of the service sector of the economy, 7 than a product of heavy industry. Certainly, rocketing information technologies are creating new capabilities 8 knowledge-based service spheres. 9 changes just as dramatic are 10 industry, giving people the 11 to do challenging work in exciting new ways. Manufacturing is full 12 in the information age. From design to production, the manufacturing 13 has long been information-intensive. It always has required exacting communication to describe what goes into products and how to make them. Now, computer technology is giving factory managers new 14 to gather all of this information and use it to control production. Telecommunications are producing error-free communication between the design office and the factory, computer-aided design is enabling engineers to 15 product performance and manufacturing process on video displays, before resources are committed to build and test prototypes. Techniques like these are bringing 16 new advances in manufacturing productivity. Just as coal fueled the 17 to an industrial society, so microelectronics is powering the 18 of the information age. Microelectronic information-management tools are 19 U.S. industrial capability, which remains 20 to America's economic well-being and national security.
1.
A.seeking
B.stimulating
C.shaping
D.securing
A B C D
C
[解析] 语义衔接题。分析句子可知,这里缺少一个现在分词作定语,与this new era一起修饰限定the business activities,根据句意[C]shaping“形成”能使句意连贯,即“形成于新时代的商业活动”,为正确答案。 [A]seeking"寻找”[B]stimulating“刺激”[C]securing“保护”均不符合句意。
2.
A.dawning
B.origin
C.derivation
D.foundation
A B C D
A
[解析] 惯用衔接题。In the dawning of为习惯表达,意为“在…的开端”[B]origin“起源,由来”与空格前的in不搭配,与空格后的 the industrial age 也无法构成合理搭配。[C]derivation“来历,出处”、[D]foundation都与上下文语义不符。
[解析] 语义衔接题。空格后information为不可属名词,只有[D]quantities,a great quantities of 可与之构成合理搭配“大量的信息”。由此亦可排除[B]项,a great number of修饰不可属名词,此处缺少“a”。[A] extent“程度,范围”、[C]ranges“范围,射程”均无法与information构成合理搭配。
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Aging of the Population. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
People in China are living longer and longer while-new babies are insufficient to take place of them. As a result, China has become an aging society, with the population over 60 reaching 136 million, or more than 10 percent of the country's 1.3 billion total. The aging of the population is putting more and more-serious pressure on both society and family. National expenditure for the aging population is always on the increase. To make matters worse, a declining proportion of the working population is likely to hinder the economic development. As for the young couples, they are struggling harder than ever to support their old parents while raising their children at the same time. Among the following three ways to address this situation, the first is to pay due attention to guaranteeing the basic living standards of the elderly and safeguarding their legitimate rights and interests. Secondly, the elderly should be given full chance to play an active role in our social life and make a contribution to the whole society. Last, but not least we should persist in our efforts to develop the market which provides products for the elderly and stimulate the growth of our economy.