Section A Directions: In this section, you will heal' 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：John told me he had got a second-hand Car，do you know how much he paid for it? W：Well，he said he paid 800 dollars for it．I think he got a real bargain． Q：What does the woman think of the price of the car?
推理题。bargain 指“便宜货”。女士说“他买了便宜货”，意即价格低。
2.
A.Their father is unable to keep his promise.
B.Their father is going on vacation without her.
C.Their father isn't telling her the truth.
D.Their father doesn't want to travel abroad.
A B C D
A
[解析] M：I wonder what is making mother so upset these days． W：Father is canceling his vacation trip．He promised to take her abroad last year．But the company is asking him to postpone his vacation． Q：What do we learn from the conversation?
A.The roof of the woman's house needs to be repaired.
B.The roof of the man's house has several bad leaks.
C.The woman's bathroom was badly damaged.
D.The man works for a roofing company.
A B C D
A
[解析] W：During the last thunder storm I noticed several leaks in my bedroom ceiling and they really caused a mess． M：Maybe you have some broken tiles．I have the phone number of a good roofing company that could do a good repair job for you at a reasonable price． Q：What can we conclude from the conversation?
判断题。本题要求判断对话内容，通过leaks in my bedroom ceiling“我卧室屋顶的裂缝”和roofing company“屋顶维修公司”可知，二人在谈论修房顶。
4. A. Painters hired by the man and woman.B.Painters hired by Mr. Jones. C. Mr. Jones. D. The man and the woman.
A B C D
D
[解析] W：We've lived here in Thornton for 5 years now and I think it's time to have the house painted． M：You're right．Mr．Jones，our neighbor，just had his house painted．But we cannot afford to do it unless we paint it ourselves． Q：Who is going to paint their house?
细节题。男士说“Mr．Jones 叫别人粉刷的房子。我们付不起，只好自已粉刷了”。
5.
A.The woman enjoyed the movie very much.
B.The woman saw a horror movie.
C.The man asked the woman to be careful at night.
D.The man went to the show with the woman.
A B C D
B
[解析] W：I still can't get over the show last Saturday evening．I kept having frightening dreams all night． M：So，next time before you walk into a theatre，make sure what you are going to see． Q：What do we learn from the conversation?
推理题。女士说 having frightening dreams“一直在做吓人的梦”，男士建议她想好了再去剧院。据此推断，女士看了恐怖片。
[解析] W：How was the job-interview? I think you'll make a good journalist．I remember you as the best writer of the class． M：Well，in fact，my application was turned down．They are looking for people with experience in the profession． Q：Why didn't the man get the job?
推理题。男士说自己被拒绝，人家在找有经验的人。言外之意，他没有经验。
7.
A.He doesn't think it necessary to refuel the car.
B.He can manage to get the gasoline they need.
C.He hopes the woman will help him select a fuel.
D.He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the car.
A B C D
B
[解析] W：We have to face the fact that it is a little hard to get fuel for the car． M：Between you and me，I think there is always a way to get around this problem． Q：What does the man mean?
判断题。男士说“总有解决问题的办法”，意思是他能解决汽车燃油问题。
8.
A.The children have gone to their grandmother's after school.
B.The children's grandmother lives a few blocks from the sea.
C.The children and their grandmother have gone to play at school.
D.The children will go to their grandmother's after school today.
A B C D
A
[解析] M：If there's no one to take care of your children while you're away，my wife and I would be glad to have them stay with us． W：That's very kind of you，but they've already left for their grandmother's． She lives just a few blocks away，you see，they often go to play there after school． Q：What did the woman say?
细节题。女士说they've already left for their grandmother's，即 They've gone to their grandmother's“他们已经去他们的祖母家了”。
9.
A.John should not talk to Bill any more.
B.John should tell Bill not to think negatively.
C.John should take Bill's remark seriously.
D.John should pay little attention to what Bill says.
A B C D
D
[解析] M：I'm tired of Bill's remarks．I don't know why he usually wants to look at everything in such a negative way W：Why don't you do what I do，John，and take his comments with a grain of salt? Q：What does the woman mean?
推理题。take his comments with a grain of sale意为“对他的话别全信”。
10.
A.He hasn't cleaned his room since Linda visited him.
B.Linda is the only person who ever comes to see him.
C.He's been too busy to clean his room.
D.Cleaning is the last thing he wants to do.
A B C D
A
[解析] W：Your room is a mess．When is the last time you tidied your room? M：It was when Linda came over．She has been so helpful that I simply can't do without her． Q：What does the man mean?
判断题。女士问，“你最后一次打扫房间是什么时候?”男士说，“上次 Linda 来的时候。”也就是说从Linda上次来到现在，他还没有打扫过房间。
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A],[B],[C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
A.Because all the people can enter it at any time.
B.Because it opens fulltime all day.
C.Because all its students are mother of families.
D.Because students don't have to pass entrance examinations.
A B C D
D
[解析] 11-13 Some students at the Open University left school 20 years ago．Others are younger but all must be at least 21 years old．This is one example of how the Open University is different from all other universities．Its students must either work full time or be at home all day，for instance，mothers of families． They do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students. This is why the university is called "open". The university was started in order to help a known group of people who missed having a university education when they were young. The first name for the Open University was "the University of the Air". The idea was to teach "on the air", in other words, on radio and television. Most of the teaching is done like this. Radio and television have brought the classroom into people's homes. But this, on its own, is not enough for a university education. The Open University student also receives advice at one of 283 study centres in the country. 36 weeks of the year he has to send written work to a "tutor", the person who guides. He must also spend '3 weeks every summer as a full-time student. Tutors and students meet and study together, as in other universities. At the end of the Open University's first year, the results were good. Three out of every 4 students passed their examinations. If they do this every year, they will finish their studies in 4 or 5 years. 11. Why is the University called "open"?
题目问的是：为什么这所大学叫“开放的”?文章第二段开头提到：They do not have to pass any examinations before they are accepted as students．This is why the university is called“open”“在他们被接纳为学生之前他们不必通过任何考试。这就是为什么这所大学被叫做‘开放的”’。由此可知[D]“因为学生不必通过人学考试”是正确的。
2.
A.It is the same as an open university.
B.There are no teachers.
C.Students are taught on radio and television.
D.Students and tutors should meet and study together for several weeks.
A B C D
C
[解析] Which of the following is true about "the University of the Air"?
题目问的是：关于“空中大学”下列哪一项是正确的?文章第三段提到：The idea was to teach "on the air"，in other words，on radio and television“主意是‘在空中’教，换句话说，通过收音机和电视”。由此可知[C]“学生通过收音机和电视受教”是正确选项。
3.
A.36 weeks.
B.4 weeks.
C.3 weeks.
D.5 weeks.
A B C D
C
[解析] How many weeks must an open university student spend as a full-time student?
题目问的是：一个开放的大学生必须花多少周做全日学生?文章第三段后半部分提到：He must also spend 3 weeks every summer as a full-time student“他也必须每个暑假花3周时间做全日学生”。由此可知[C]“三周”是正确的。
Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 14-16 You should not fear spiders because of their poison. Of all the spiders in North America, only one kind is very dangerous and most would not bite even if they were handled. They much prefer to run away or drop to the ground on a thread of silk. Even so, when a spider runs directly toward a person, it gives the impression that it is about to attack. Actually, it cannot see the person in its way. The spider is too short-sighted to see things at a distance. It only wants to go where it won't be disturbed. In the United States one kind of spider is responsible for the frightening reputation of the rest. It is the Black Widow. So called because the female, which is larger than the male, often eats her husband after making love. The Black Widow is found in all states but is most common in the south and the west. She constructs a loose, irregular web under a pile of rowans or near the foundations of buildings where she is seldom disturbed. She is not an attacking spider and many people have proved this by letting her crawl over their hands. When she bites, it is usually in self-defence. In spite of the stories you may have heard, it is rare for a person to be bitten by a Black Widow and even more unusual for the bite to prove fatal. But remember that her poison is powerful and even though she is shy, she should be respected. 14. What is this passage mainly about?
[解析] What do we learn about the spiders from the passage?
题目问的是：从文中我们得知关于蜘蛛的什么?文章第一段提到： most would not bite even if they were handled“大部分即使被触摸也不会咬人”。由此可知[A]“大部分蜘蛛甚至被触摸也不会咬人”是正确的。
3.
A.Because she cannot find a husband for herself.
B.Because the female spider is larger than the male one.
C.Because the female spider often eats her husband.
D.Because she is a black female spider.
A B C D
C
[解析] Why is the spider you just heard about called the Black Widow?
题目问的是：为什么你刚听到的那种蜘蛛叫黑寡妇?文章第二段中间提到：So called because the female，which is larger than the male，often eats her husband after making love“这样叫是因为比雄蜘蛛个大的雌蜘蛛，经常在交配后吃掉她的丈夫”。由此可知[C]“因为雌蜘蛛吃掉她丈夫”是正确的。
Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 17-20 How men first learned to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken, or written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations--the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming and telling use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and vulgar. 17. What's the reason that men invented certain sounds to express themselves?
题目问的是：人类发明特定的声音来表达自己的原因是什么?文章第一段中间提到：so that they could communicate with each other“这样他们就能彼此交流”。由此可知[C]“他们能彼此交流”是正确的。
2.
A.They are used to express feelings only
B.They can not be written down.
C.They are simply sounds.
D.They are mysterious.
A B C D
C
[解析] What's true about words?
题目问的是：关于语言什么是正确的?文章第一段最后提到：Those sounds，whether spoken，or written in letters，we call words“那些发音，无论是说出来的还是用字母写来的，我们都叫语言”。由此可知[C] “它们仅仅是发音”是正确的。
3.
A.Properties.
B.Characteristics.
C.Peculiarity.
D.Representative function.
A B C D
D
[解析] Where does the real power of words exist?
题目问的是：语言的真正影响存在于哪儿?文章第二段开头提到：The power of words，then，lies in their associations— the things they bring up before our minds“那么语言的影响力在于它们的关联——它们带到我们头脑的东西”。由此可知 [D]“代表性的功能”是正确的。
4.
A.He is no more than a master of words.
B.He can convey his ideas in words which sing like music.
C.His style is always charming.
D.His poems can move men to tears.
A B C D
A
[解析] Which is NOT true about the real poet?
题目问的是：关于真正的诗人哪个不正确?文章第三段提到：Above all，the real poet is a master of words“总之，真正的诗人是语言大师”。由此可知 [A]“他不过是个语言大师”是正确的。
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished 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 In a familiar pattern for the nation's two-largest automakers, General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. posted sales declines last month, while Japanese rivals made impressive gains. Moreover, GM a/ad Ford said Tuesday that sales of big trucks and SUVs--vehicles that provide the highest profits--were well off last month, apparently the victim of consumer worries about high fuel prices. And both companies said they'll produce fewer vehicles in the remainder of the first quarter and in the second quarter versus a year ago--cutbacks that are sure to hurt revenue and profits. GM, the world's largest automaker, posted a 12.7 percent decline after a slight 1 percent increase in January. Ford, the No. 2 U.S. automaker, said sales of its domestic cars and trucks fell 3 percent in February--its ninth straight month of lower sales versus a year ago. Once again, the best reports came from Asian companies. Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's top automaker, said its U.S. arm's sales rose 11 percent from a year ago, while Nissan Motor Co. logged a 10 percent increase--its best February on record despite a 2 percent decline in car sales. "As gas prices continue their upward march, fuel efficiency catches the public eye," said Jim Press, executive vice president of Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. "Our investment in a broad lineup of fuel-efficient vehicles continues to drive showroom traffic." Even smaller Suzuki Motor Corp., which is looking to become a bigger player in the Asian assault on the U.S. automotive market, grabbed a bit more business with a 17.6 improvement in sales from a year ago. Suzuki launched an ambitious plan in 2003 to triple U.S. sales by 2007. GM said its truck sales fell 9 percent while car business tumbled 17 percent. The automaker said some new products, such as the Pontiac G6 and Chevrolet Cobalt, had solid performances, but overall it acknowledged a pretty rotten start to 2005. Ford said truck sales--which include pickups, SUVs and minivans--fell 8 percent last month, while demand for cars rose 9 percent. The uptick in Ford's car business was pegged to two new sedans, the Ford Five-Hundred and Mercury Montego, and the continuation of heavy demand for the redesigned Mustang launched last year. But bigger vehicles, such as the Ford Explorer and Expedition SUVs, saw double- digit sales declines from a year ago. Even sales of Ford's top-selling F-Series lineup, which account for about one-fourth of Ford's total sales, were down 11 percent last month. GM and Ford both lowered their first-quarter production plans and announced second-quarter schedules below last year's levels. GM said it plans to produce 1.25 million vehicles in North America in the April-June period, down from 1.39 million vehicles a year ago. Ford said it plans to build 940,000 vehicles in North America in the second quarter, 11,000 fewer than a year ago. Analysts had forecast disappointing sales--and production cuts--for GM and Ford because of sluggish starts to the year. Both companies cited harsh winter weather in much of the country and exceptionally strong December sales as the reasons for disappointing January tallies.
1. We can learn from the beginning of the passage that______.
A.Japanese cars always leave a deep impression on people's minds
B.people not buying big trucks and SUV were too worried
C.GM and Ford would continue to increase the car productions
D.the measures taken by two companies would be very profitable
A B C D
B
推理题。题目问的是：我们从文章的开头部分可以知道______。文章第一段第二句提到：Moreover，GM and Ford said Tuesday that sales of big trucks and SUVs— vehicles that provide the highest profits—were well off last month， apparently the victim of consumer worries about high fuel prices“另外，通用和福特周二提到大型卡车和SUV的销售量——提供最多利润的汽车——上个月的销售大减，很明显受害的消费者正为很高的油价而担心”。由此可知[B] “不购买大型卡车和 SUV的人们太过忧虑了”是正确的。[A]“日本车总是给人们留下深刻的印象”． [C]“GM和福特将继续增加汽车产量”和[D]“两家公司采取的措施将会十分赚钱”都与文章意思不符。
2. It can be inferred that the situation of Asian motor companies is______.
3. At present consumers are most concerned about a car's______.
A.the fuel consumption
B.the unique appearance
C.the great popularity
D.the loading capacity
A B C D
A
细节题。题目问的是： 目前消费者最关注一辆车的______。文章第四段提到：“As gas prices continue their upward march，fuel efficiency catches the public eyes，”said Jim Press...“Our investment in a broad lineup of fuel-efficient vehicles continues to drive showroom traffic”“Jim Press 说道：‘随着汽油价格的持续上升，燃油率吸引了人们的注意。我们对一系列广泛的节油汽车的投资继续使展厅爆满”。由此可知[A]“耗油量”是正确的。[B]“独特的外观”、[C]“高知名度”和 [D]“装载量”都与文章意思不符。
4. Which of the following is true about the performance of GM and Ford?
A.The new products of GM have an excellent sale in 2005.
B.The truck sales of Ford are always superior to the cars.
C.Ford's redesigned Mustang is very popular among the public.
D.The sales of F-Series lineup keep increasing all the way.
A B C D
C
细节题。题目问的是：下列关于GM和福特的情况哪一项是正确的?文章第七段第二句提到：The uptick in Ford's car business was pegged to two new sedans，the Ford Five-Hundred and Mercury Montego，and the continuation of heavy demand for the redesigned Mustang launched last year“福特汽车商业的繁荣限定在两款轿车上，即福特500和水量Montego，而去年也开始了对重新设计后的野马的持续大量需求”。由此可知[C] “福特重新设计后的野马在大众中十分流行”是正确的。 [A]“GM的新产品在2005年的销售量极佳”、[B]“福特的卡车销售量一直大于小汽车”和[D]“F系列汽车的销售量一直持续上升”都与文章的意思不符。
5. The reason for the disappointing sale records of GM and Ford is NOT including______.
A.the continually rising gas prices
B.the unpleasant winter weather
C.the unusually strong sales in December
D.the powerful competition from Japan
A B C D
D
细节题。题目问的是：造成GM和福特令人失望的销售记录的原因不包括______。文章最后一段最后一句提到：Both companies cited harsh winter weather in much of the, country and exceptionally strong December sales as the reasons for disappointing January tallies“两家公司都提及全国大部分地区恶劣的冬季气候和异常强劲的十二月份销售来作为令人失望的一月份记录的原因”。另外前文还提及人们对汽车耗油量的关注，可知汽车是否节油率高也是影响销售的一个因素，因此[A]“持续上涨的油价”、[B]“令人不舒服的冬季气候”和[C]“十二月不一般的强劲销售”都是符合题目中提到的原因。只有[D]“来自日本的强有力竞争”是与文意不符的。
Passage Two The moment of "blog triumphalism' is upon us. This may sound like odd news to you, since it's entirely possible that you still don't know what a blog is. If you're in the dark, hie thee to the nearest Internet search engine and type in the word. The phrase blog triumphalism speaks to the growing sense of optimism, self- confidence and power--and, perhaps, depending on one's perspective, arrogance and even hubris--that characterizes the bloggerati's mood these days. Virtual taxidermists (动物标本剥制师) are taking orders to stuff the carcasses (动物尸体) of all sorts of Mainstream Media ("MSM") mastodons bagged by the bloggers. New York Times editor Howell Raines and CNN news chief Eason Jordan top the list of felled beasts. Dan Rather, meanwhile, was merely tranquilized and de-fanged. Oddly enough, the establishment media can't stop writing about blogs. The P. R. and marketing industries kowtow to them. And politicians are getting on the bandwagon. Sen. John Cornyn of Texas boasts of being the first senator to mention the word "blog" on the Senate floor--a nice thing, I suppose, but an accomplishment that does not endanger the current headcount on Mount Rushmore either. I'm pro-blog--a reader of many and admirer of quite a few. But the steady drumbeat about the "revolutionary" nature of blogging is getting out of hand. Glenn Reynolds, aka Instapundit, may be right that "the revolution will be blogged," but the revolution isn't about blogging. First, some perspective. The typical blogger is not some hyper-smart, tenacious lawyer--like the guys at Powerline--poring over the minutiae of a faulty CBS story. Nor is he a crusading consultant/activist/left-winger like the guy who runs the Daily Kos. The average blogger, according to a 2003 survey, is a teenage girl who updates her site a couple times a month with the latest 411 about her prom dress or which Olsen Twin she, like, really likes. According to the blog search-engine firm Technorati, 23,000 new blogs are created every day--or roughly one every three seconds. Let's imagine, for argument's sake, that amid this staggering new daily output, ten excellent, must-read blogs are created--a wildly generous estimate. That means every single day there are 22,990 new blogs on the Internet that almost nobody, save a small group of friends and co- workers, will ever read or care about. That's fine, but it's not exactly a sweeping endorsement for the power of the medium as whole. In many ways, the real story of the bloggers' triumph is the story of a right-wing populist uprising that started half a century ago. The story begins with National Review's founding in 1955 and extends through five decades of steady, heavy, and difficult work. In the 1970s it was Spiro Agnew's denunciation of liberal media bias that ultimately resulted in William Safire getting a job at the New York Times. In the Wall Street Journal, the late Robert Bartley's op-ed page opened a new front in the heart of elite daily journalism.
1. In the passage, those who are compared to mastodons are______.
A.those who are talked about at the blogs
B.Howell Raines, Eason Jordan and Dan Rather
C.celebrity working for MSM the bloggers compete with
D.felled and de-ranged beasts the bloggers capture
A B C D
C
细节题。题目问的是：文中被比喻为庞然大物的是______。文章第二段在举例说明“庞然大物”时提到：New York Times editor Howell Raines and CNN news chief Eason Jordan top the list of felled beasts．Dan Rather，meanwhile，was merely tranquilized and de-fanged“《纽约时报》的编辑Howell Raines 和 CNN新闻主播Eason Jordan 居于凶猛野兽的榜首，而 Dan Rather 仅仅是被镇静剂镇静且拔除了尖牙的”。因此，可将以此为代表的mastodon 的喻义概括为[C]“博客们与之竞争的为主流媒体工作的名人”。[A]“在博客上被谈论的那些人”，没有表明这些庞然大物的本质特征；[B]项列举的三个名人只是庞然大物们的代表； [D]“博客们捕获的凶猛和被拔除了尖牙的野兽”是庞然大物原始含义的代表。因此这三项都不符合题意。
2. By saying "getting. on the bandwagon" (Line 2-3,Para. 3 , the author means that politicians are______.
A.intervening in the argument between blogs and MSM
B.joining other industries bent to blogs
C.stopping the P.R. and marketing industries' kowtow
D.attempting to take advantage of blogs
A B C D
D
推理题。题目问的是：提及“上乐队花车”，作者的意思是政治家正 ______。文章第三段谈及了博客对其他行业的影响，写道：The P．R．and marketing industries kowtow to them．And politicians are getting on the bandwagon“公共关系和市场营销业对他们卑躬屈膝，而政治家们正踏上乐队花车”。文章接下来通过 Cornyn 议员吹嘘自己是在参议院提到博客的第一人这样一个具体事例，来说明题目所要解释的“上乐队花车”的含义，可见其所指的“上乐队花车”指的是政治家们也开始加入其他利用博客谋利的行业之列，因此[D] “试图利用博客网站”是正确答案。 [A]“介入博客网站和主流媒体的争论中”、 [B]“加入其他屈服于博客网站的行业”和[C]“停止公共关系和市场营销业的卑躬屈膝”都不符合题意。
3. One of the reasons why the revolution isn't about blogging is that ______.
A.most of the bloggers are teenage girls according to a 2003 survey
B.the typical blogger updates her site a couple times a month
C.there're only a few people whose blogs can be regarded as revolutionary
D.neither the guys at Powerline nor the guy at Daily kos is typical
A B C D
C
推理题。题目问的是：改革并不是关于博客的，原因之一是______。文章在第四段最后提到了the revolution isn't about blogging“改革并不是关于博客的”，然后用接下来的第五、六两段解释了支持这一说法的两点原因。第五段对博客一族的描述表明，大多数的博客在其网站上记录的都是一些自己关心的生活琐事，根据上下文，其潜在的含义在于[C] “只有一小部分人的博客网站可以被认为是革命性的”，因此不能认为改革是关于博客的，所以[C]项符合题意。[A]“根据2003年的一份调查大多数博客都是十几岁的女孩”、 [B]“典型的博客每月更新她的网站几次”和[D]“Powerline 和 Daily Kos上的家伙都不是典型”都只是对现象的描述而没有说明原因，因此都不符合题意。
4. The author cited the number of new blogs created everyday in order to______.
A.illustrate the growth of new blogs in number leads to the revolution about blogging
B.demonstrate the number isn't big enough to guarantee the power of the medium
C.show the readers of most blogs are limited to friends and co-workers only
D.indicate ten excellent blogs every day will accumulate to a revolutionary number one day
A B C D
B
推理题。题目问的是：作者引用每天新创的博客网站的数目是为了 ______。文章倒数第二段最后一句话提到：That's fine，but it's not exactly a sweeping endorsement for the power of the medium as whole“那还没什么，但它确实不是对总体的媒介整体力量的彻底保证”，这里的that 和it 指的都是在每天新建的23，000个博客中，仅有10个是具可读性的，其余的22，990 鲜有人知。因此[B]“表明这个数字不足以保证媒介的力量”，即虽然博客的数量很有分量，但绝大多数没什么影响力，所以这场革命不能被认为是关于博客的，符合文章的行文逻辑和题目要求，为正确答案。 [A]“阐明新博客的增长导致了关于博客的革命”与文意不符；[C]“表明大多数博客的读者仅限于朋友和合作者”是数字说明的表面含义，而不是作者引用这些数字的目的；[D]“暗示每天的十个最好的博客有一天将会累积至一个革命性的数字”，这并未在文中提及。因此这三项都不正确。
5. The main topic of this passage can be summarized as______.
Passage Three At last week's Harvard faculty meeting, President Larry Summers saved his job, but he took a pummeling from his angry critics. Summers is easily the most outstanding of the major university presidents now on the scene--the most intelligent, the most energetic, as well as the most prominent. So, alarmed at his abilities and intentions, the Harvard faculty decided it would be a good idea to humiliate him. Summers has supporters, and not all the faculty joined in the game of making him look sick. But the supporters, like Summers himself, were on the defensive, making concessions, and the critics were not. The critics consist of feminist women and their male consorts on the left. But since the left these days looks opportunistically for any promising cause, it is the feminists who are the core opposed to Summers. Together the feminists and the left make up perhaps half the faculty, the other half being moderate liberals who are afraid of the feminists rather than with them. Summers saved his job by skating backwards, listening to his critics without demur(异议，反对) and occasionally accepting their harsh words by saying he agreed with them. At no point did he feel able to say yes, but.., in order to introduce a point of his own in response. His accusers were relentless and, as always with feminists, humorless. They complained of being humiliated, but they took no care not to humiliate a proud man. They complained too of being intimidated, but they were doing their best to intimidate Summers--and they succeeded. At the meeting many said that the issue was not academic freedom vs. political correctness, as portrayed by the media, but Summers'style of governing. The point has a bit of truth. Summers is an economist, and there is almost no such thing as a suave economist. The great Joseph Schumpeter, a Harvard economist of long ago, claimed to be the world's greatest lover as well as the world's greatest economist (it is said), but he was a singular marvel. The reason why economists are blunt is that words of honey seem to them mere diversion from reason and self-interest, which are the only sure guides in life. More than most people--to say nothing of university presidents--Summers lives by straightforward argument. He doesn't care whether he convinces you or you convince him. He isn't looking for victory in argument. But his forceful intelligence often produces it, in the view of those with whom he reasons. Sometimes the professors he speaks with come out feeling that they are victims of "bullying", as one of his feminist critics stated. As if to reason were to bully. One faculty colleague said in response to this, "Can anybody on earth have less reason to fear than a tenured Harvard professor.9" True enough, a Harvard professor has both the prominence to awe and, if that doesn't work, the security to escape. But feminists do not think like this. They insist on a welcoming atmosphere of encouragement to themselves and to their plans. If they do not get it, they will with a straight face accuse you of intimidating them even as they are intimidating you.
1. How did summers react to the faculty's humiliation?
A.He showed his distinguished abilities and intentions to them.
B.He has defended and yielded in their game.
C.He tried to grasp, any opportunity to prove his innocence
D.He was full of fear toward those feminists and the left.
A B C D
B
细节题。题目问的是：Summers 对教职工的羞辱作何反应?文章第二段第二句中提到：But the supporters，like Summers himself，were on the defensive， making concessions“但是其支持者同 Summers本人一样采取守势、处处让步”。由此可知[B]“他在他们的游戏中进行了防御并屈服”是正确的。[A]“他向他们展示了其卓越的能力和目的”、[C]“他尽力抓住任何机会去证实自己的清白”和[D]“他对那些女权主义者和左派人士充满了恐惧”都与文章意思不符。
2. Summers succeeded in preserving his position in Harvard mainly through______.
A.objecting to none of the arguments of his critics
B.talking about his own viewpoint with his accusers
C.speaking with those, feminists in a harsh way
D.complaining to be humiliated and intimidated by them
A B C D
A
细节题。题目问的是：Summers 成功地保住了其在哈佛大学的职位，主要是通过______。文章第三段第一句话提到：Summers saved his job by skating backwards，listening to his critics without demur and occasionally accepting their harsh words by saying he agreed with them " Summers 通过不断的后退、不作任何抗议的倾听其批评者的话并偶尔通过说同意他们的观点以接受其刺耳的言语，从而保住了自己的工作”。由此可知[A] “对其批评者的议论不表示任何反对”是正确的。 [B]“同其责难者讨论自己的观点”、[C]“用粗鲁的方式与那些女权主义者讲话”和[D]“抱怨被他们羞辱和恐吓”都与文章的意思不符。
3. The example of Joseph Schumpeter is to show that ______.
A.Summers is a victim of political correctness
B.the economists are barely gracious and refined
C.he was the greatest person in the academic field
D.words of honey are excluded from economists' life
A B C D
B
推理题。题目问的是：Joseph Schumpeter的例子是要表明______。文章第四段的第三、四句提到；Summers is an economist，and there is almost no such thing as a suave economist．The great Joseph Schumpeter，...，but he was a singular marvel“Summers是一位经济学家，而一位温文尔雅的经济学家几乎是不存在的。伟大的Joseph Schumpeter，…但他是一个个别的奇迹”。由此可知虽然文中提到Joseph是最伟大的经济学家，同时也是最伟大的情人，但又提到他只是一个奇迹而已，这说明大多数经济学家是不同时兼具这两种特质的，因此可推知[B]“经济学家几乎都是不亲切且不文雅的”与文意相符。 [A] “Summers是政治修正的一个受害者”、 [C]“他是学术界最伟大的人”和[D]“甜言蜜语被排除于经济学家的生活之外”都与文章的意思不符。
4. Which of the following is the style of Summers' argument described in the passage?
A.He concerns himself in persuading you to believe his views.
B.He is often trying to defeat others in the debate.
C.He speaks in a strong tone to show his reasoning correct.
D.He makes people have a feeling of being harassed.
A B C D
D
细节题。题目问的是：下列哪一项是文中描述的 Summers 论证的风格?文章第五段最后一句提到：Sometimes the professors he speaks with come out feeling that they are victims of "bullying"，as one of his feminist critics stated"如同一个女权主义批评者所说的，有时与他谈话的教授会产生他们是‘欺凌’的受害者的感觉”。由此可知[D]“他使人们有一种被袭击的感觉”是正确的。[A]“他使自己忙于劝告你相信他的观点”、[B]“他经常尽力去在辩论中击败其他人”和[C]“他以一种强有力的口气讲话来表明其推理是正确的”都与文章的意思不符。
5. The writer's attitude toward these academic women in Harvard is______.
A.approval
B.indifferent
C.sarcastic
D.neutral
A B C D
C
观点题。题目问的是：作者对哈佛那些搞学术的妇女的态度是______。文章最后一段的最后两句提到：They insist on a welcoming atmosphere of encouragement to themselves and to their plans．If they do not get it，they will with a straight face accuse you of intimidating them even as they are intimidating you“她们坚持对自己和她们的计划要有一种鼓励的欢迎气氛。如果没有得到，她们就会面对面地直接指责你恐吓她们，尽管当时是她们在恐吓你”。由此可看出[C]“讽刺的”符合作者的态度。[A]“赞成的”、[B]“漠不关心的”和[D]“中立的”都不是作者的态度。
Passage Four An iconic British institution is on the block. As the fans howl their protest, foreign moneymen press round, chequebooks at the ready. The End of an Era, the headlines proclaim, and How it will all go Wrong. Given that consolidation is the name of the game these days in financial markets, why should we care if or how one particular stock exchange buys another? For two reasons. The first is that the rules-for Europe's integrating financial markets are still very much in the making, and how this deal plays out will be important in shaping them. The second is that the almost equally venerable New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)may now be heading down the path of for-profit incorporation and facing similar decisions. Britain does sometimes get the jump on America in financial matters--in privatising pension saving, for example--and its experience is worth learning from. The game so far. Deutsche B6rse, the German exchange group which is also part- owner of Eurex, a big derivatives exchange, bid(叫价) about $ 1.35 billion ( $ 2.6 billion) for the London stock Exchange(LSE)in December. London turned it down, but kept talking. The bid prompted Euronext, which owns a clutch of European stock and derivatives exchanges (including London's Liffe), to express its own interest. So far, so predictable. The three exchanges have been chasing each other up and down the field for at least five years. Ever since the growth of off-exchange electronic trading threatened to take most of the business from traditional stockmarkets, and the launch of the euro suggested there was serious cash to be made in offering big investors cheap and easy cross-border trading, European exchanges have been off and running. They have shed their mutual status and gone public, launched their own electronic trading platforms, done deals with clearing and settlement providers, and merged like mad. Deutsche B6rse and Euronext now dominate securities and derivatives trading in continental Europe. The LSE, which booted the ball wide fairly consistently where both technology and alliances were concerned, now finds itself in the goal rather than shooting at it. But it is still Europe's biggest, most liquid and most international market for equities. Neither Deutsche B6rse nor Euronext can afford to let the other get it. In recent weeks, both bidders have been explaining the details of their offers (though Euronext has yet to come up with any price). More important, however, is the precise "market model" that each exchange represents. London has touted the virtues of "horizontal integration", in which exchanges come together to offer customers the benefits of economies of scale, but trades are mostly cleared and settled elsewhere. That is supposed to discourage conflicts of interest, but may encourage higher costs. Deutsche B6rse embodies "vertical integration", with a silo of services that permits it to act as both exchange and clearer and settler of trades. Reinforced by order flow from London, the German group could afford to cut its prices well below anything other clearers and settlers can match--and then be in a position to hike them. Euronext, which owns a clearing house but also uses unrelated depositories for settlement, is somewhere in between and hence more acceptable than the B6rse to many Londoners.
1. The deal that London Stock Exchange will be bought by foreign moneymen is important because______.
A.consolidation is what the moneymen do these days in financial market
B.it helps to shape the rules for Europe's integrating financial markets
C.the LSE tends to follow New York Stock Exchange's example to do so
D.it helps to shape the rules and it's what the NYSE is doing
A B C D
D
细节题。题目问的是：伦敦股票交易所将被国外金融家所购买的交易很重要，因为______。文章第二段第三、四句提到：The first is that the rules for Europe's integrating financial markets are still very much in the making，and how this deal plays out．will be important in shaping them．The second is that the almost equally venerable New York Stock Exchange may now be heading down the path of for-profit incorporation and facing similar decisions“首先是欧洲统一金融市场的规则仍处于形成阶段，而这笔交易进展如何对形成这些规则很重要。其次是几乎与其重要性相当的纽约股票交易所现在可能正沿着营利性法人的道路向前迈进且面临着类似的决定”。由此可知，正确答案应为[D]“它帮助形成规则且它正是纽约股票交易所正在做的”，涵盖了两个原因，符合题意。[A]“联合是现在金融市场金融家们所做的(事)”，这只是等同于购买交易所的一个概括性的说法，并非原因；[B]“它帮助形成欧洲统一金融市场的规则”、[C]“伦敦股票交易所倾向于学习纽约股票交易所的榜样来这么做”分别是两个原因中的一个。因此这三项都不符合题意，不能入选。
2. "The three exchanges" that have been chasing each other up and down the field refer to the exchanges of______.
3. The reasons for European exchanges to launch their own electronic trading platforms are the following EXCEPT that______.
A.off-exchange electronic trading threatened to take most of the business
B.the euro has been launched and cross-border trading has become cheap and easy
C.the launch of euro offers big investors the opportunities of cross-border trading
D.they have shed their mutual status and done deals with clearing and settlement providers
A B C D
D
细节题。题目问的是：欧洲各交易所开发自己的电子交易平台的理由有以下几点，除了______。文章第四段第三句提到：Ever since the growth of off- exchange electronic trading threatened to take most of the business from traditional stockmarkets，and the launch of the euro suggested there was serious cash to be made in offering big investors cheap and easy cross-border trading，European exchanges have been off and running“自从场外交易电子贸易的增长威胁要从传统的股票市场抢走大部分生意，并且欧元的发行暗示着会制造大笔的现金提供大投资商们便宜而且简单的跨边境交易，欧洲的各交易所已经起飞并运转起来”。因此[A]“场外交易的电子贸易威胁要抢走大部分生意”、[B]“欧元已经启动且跨边境交易已变得便宜且简单”和[C]“欧元的发行为大投资商们提供了边境交易的机会”都是欧洲各交易所要开发自己的电子交易平台的原因。只有[D]“他们放弃了其中立的立场并与清算和清偿提供者们做交易”不正确，它是与建立电子交易平台并列的，由上述三大原因而导致的后果之一，因此不符合题意。
4. By saying the LSE "finds itself in the goal rather than shooting at it"(Line 3-4, Para. 5), the author actually means that______.
A.the LSE has achieved its goal of succeeding in the fields of technology
B.the LSE has failed in controlling the trading in stock market throughout continental Europe
C.the LSE is still Europe's biggest, most liquid and most international market for equities
D.the LSE was kicked off by Deutsche B6rse and Euronext out of the fields
A B C D
B
推理题。题目问的是：提及“伦敦股票交易所发现自己在球门里而非朝它射门”，作者实际的意思是______。文章第五段第一句话提到：Deutsche Borse and Euronext now dominate securities and derivatives trading in continental Europe“Deutsche Borse和 Euronext 现在控制着欧洲大陆的证券及衍生物交易”。接下来用了本题所要解释的这句话，而文中对伦敦股票交易所的注释是：曾经在要求技术与合作的领域相当一致地将球踢得很宽，即暗示曾在这方面做得很多，但现在却失误了，导致了前句所描述的局面。因此，正确答案应为[B]“伦敦股票交易所在控制欧洲大陆股票市场的交易方面失败了”，取而代之的是另外两个交易所。[A]“伦敦股票交易所已经达到了在科技领域取得成功的目标”、[C]“伦敦股票交易所是欧洲最大、最富流动性和最国际化的市场”都不符合题； [D] “伦敦交易所被Deutsche Borse和 Euronext 踢出了该领域”，事实上，伦敦交易所在该领域依然有着举足轻重的作用，只是失去了主导权。因此，这三项都是错误的。
5. We can infer from the passage that many Londoners think the B6rse is less acceptable than Euronext because______.
A.the market model of it is closer to "horizontal integration" than that of Euronext
B.the market model it represents is totally different from that of the LSE
C.it owns a clearing house and uses unrelated depositories for settlement
D.it is built to be clearer and settler of trades as well as exchange
A B C D
B
推理题。题目问的是：从文中我们可以推断出，许多伦敦人认为Borse比Euronext 更不能接受是因为______。文章最后一段提到了三个交易所的三种市场模式。伦敦交易所采用的是“横向联合”，Borse采用的是“纵向联合”，两者截然不同，而提到Euronext，作者认为其somewhere in between and hence more acceptable than the Borse to many Londoners“处于中间，因此对许多伦敦人来说比Borse 更易接受”，由此反观之，Borse 比较令伦敦人难以接受的是其市场模式与伦敦交易所的完全不同，因此，[B] “其所代表的市场模式与伦敦股票交易所的完全不同”是正确答案。 [A]“它的市场模式比 Euronext 更接近于‘横向联合”’，与事实相反；[C]“它拥有一家清算所并使用不相关的受托人来清偿”，是 Euronext 的做法而非 Borse的做法；[D]“它除了被建为交易所同时也是交易的清算和清偿者”并没有将问题的本质说明，没有点明它与Euronext 相比所具有的不同点，只是叙述了现象，不能说明原因。因此，这三项都不正确。
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part, For each sentence there are four choices marked IAI, [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. Indeed there was little room for the sexy film producers to apply new ideas and new methods that could attract the audience without______ moral standards.
5. Medical experts believe that the high______ of heart disease and high blood pressure is related to over abundance of cholesterol(胆固醇) in American diet.
17. He was so mean that he couldn't bear to______ the smallest sum of money for the charity appeal.
A.part with
B.give in
C.pay off
D.let out
A B C D
A
题意是：他很吝啬，以致不能忍受为慈善______ 一点儿钱。 [A] part with“放弃，出让”，符合题意。 [B] give in“投降，屈服；交上，呈上”，强调动作发出者有上交的义务；[C] pay off“还清；取得成功”；[D] let out“放走，释放；发出”。因此，这三项都不符合题意。
18. There are just as many protons in the nucleus as electrons______ around it.
Part Ⅳ Error Correction Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete(删去) a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank, If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the correct place and write the missing word in the blank, If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a slash(—) in the blank. The Internet is changing. No longer is it just a bunch of websites with cool content for personal edification and entertainment. More and more, their riches lie in the data behind S1 ______ the websites. That underlying data already powers sites like Amazon ( AMZN ), eBay ( EBAY ), and Google ( GOOG ) and can now be used to power another websites and pieces of software. S2 ______ The Internet itself is, in effect, become a giant software S3 ______ platform. As tech publisher and pundit Tim O'reilly puts. "The S4 ______ real race over the next decade will be over who puts together the operating system for the Internet. "However, like the Windows S5 ______ PC operating system—which acts as a translator between software applications, peripheral devices, and the PC's hardware--an Internet operating system would act a translator S6 ______ between different databases on the Net. These databases are already becoming the foundation for the later Web-based S7 ______ software. Search engine A9, for instance, simply assembles results of S8 ______ Amazon's Search Inside the Book database, Google, reference site GuruNet, and the Internet Movie Database. Turbo Tax uses pricing information from eBay to decide the value of goods you S9 ______ have given away to charity. Startup Pluck is building a browser add-on that improves the search, e-commerce, and information- gathering experience on simply sucking in data from multiple S10 ______ sites and Organizing it in one comprehensive dashboard.
Part Ⅴ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on tile topic Gap Between Chinese and World First-class Universities. You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the table and :lie outline given below
1.
The Number of Papers Published on Science and Nature for World and
Gap Between Chinese and World First-class Universities
Gap Between Chinese and World First-class Universities
From the table based on a survey we made of the gap between Chinese and world first-class universities in the number of papers on Science and Nature in 1998-2000, we learn that the first six Chinese universities in science altogether have fifteen papers published, that is, less than four percent of those in Harvard and about ten percent in Cambridge. The most astonishing is that Tsinghua University, planning to be the foremost world first-class university of China in 2010, has no paper published at all. It suggests that the system of China's high education exists serious defects. For decades, students in colleges have been cultivated under a test-oriented system. As a result, many of them are good for nothing but skillful at obtaining high scores in tests. In fact, education should follow the latest development in science, economy and humanities. The foreign universities always provide a quality education that targets the students' development in an all-round way, concentrating on education to improve students' creativity and the practicability of the knowledge they learn. Generally, I think the Chinese universities should pay more attention to developing students' practical abilities for scientific research. And finally, they would be the real first-class universities in the world.
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