Part Ⅰ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:
Dear Mark, You will never guess what I am going to tell you in this letter. I have received the letter of admission from Harvard University. This means I am going to do my doctor degree program this fall in America. After years of hard work, I now have finally realized my dream of being able to work in the most advanced laboratory in the world with the most outstanding top scientists in the field of genetic engineering. I am now very busy preparing for this trip of utmost importance in my life. I spend most of my time improving my oral and aural English. You know I have a good command of written English. In fact, I have written my papers in English, some of which have been published abroad already. But my listening and speaking ability of English is far behind. I am afraid that this poor command of listening and speaking will hinder the effective communication once I am abroad. Can y0ujust suggest any good way of improving my oral English skills quickly? I am a bit anxious recently. Anyway, I will try my best. Hope to hear from you soon! Yours, Li Ming
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO ) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Robot Cars to Do Battle in Desert Race When 15 competitors lined up in Nevada last year for the U.S. Defense Department's first million-dollar robot race, hopes were high. The challenge: to drive a vehicle without a human driver or remote control some 150 miles (241 kilometers) through the Mojave Desert. But those hopes' quickly went up in a cloud of dust as most robots barely managed to get off the starting line. The best performer, a modified Humvee built by engineers at Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University, traveled 7 miles (11 kilometers ) before breaking down. To robot devotees(热爱者), however, it was a minor hiccup. No surprise, then, that 43 teams showed up to try out for this year's race, dubbed (被称作) the Grand Challenge. For the past week, teams ranging from garage enthusiasts to well-funded university engineers have been fine-tuning their machines at qualifying rounds here at the California Speedway in Fontana, California. (Watch the robots in action in our exclusive video. ) Twenty-three finalists were announced Thursday for Saturday's Grand Challenge. The 175-mile (282-kilometer) course starts and finishes in Primm, Nevada. The race promises to be even tougher than last year's run. But 18 months is an eternity in the robotics world, and the technology has vastly improved. Organizers believe several teams have a real shot of finishing the race in less than ten hours to earn the grand prize of two million U.S. dollars. "When the first team out of the chute (斜道)--Mojavaton, a small team out of Colorado—made it successfully around the 2.2 mile (3.5-kilometer) qualification course, I knew right there and then that we had something special," said Ron Kurjanowicz, the chief of staff for the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which is sponsoring the race. Unknown Course The aim of the Grand Challenge, Defense Department officials say, is to spur development of autonomous ground vehicles that can operate in dangerous environments, such as war zones, keeping soldiers out of harm's way. A U.S. Congress mandate (训令) requires that one-third of military ground vehicles drive themselves by 2015, but the technology to meet that mandate does not yet exist. So the government looked to enterprising teams to develop the technology for driverless vehicles, sweetening its offer with the two-million-dollar purse. None of the 23 teams knows what lies ahead for this year's race. DAP, PA won't reveal the exact route until two hours before the start of the race on Saturday. But the obstacles on the Fontana qualification course-including a steel---enforced tunnel that wipes out a vehicle's global positioning system—are made to resemble the rugged, real-life conditions that the vehicles will have to navigate. The vehicles use sensors such as lasers, cameras, and radar to help them avoid obstacles such as rocks and cliffs. The computer's brain has to figure out how to resolve unexpected conflicts, like a boulder sitting in the middle of the road. "Think about all the decisions that you and I have to make when we drive from our house to the store," Kurjanowicz said. "These vehicles have to do the same thing, without a driver." Among the top contenders in Saturday's race is TerraMax, a massive truck originally built by the Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Truck Corporation for the U.S. Marine Corps. In last year's race, TerraMax managed to go only 1.2 miles (2 kilometers). Team leader Gary Schmiedel expects to do much better this year. He pointed to the new all-wheel steering feature on the truck as an important addition. "We can move this large, 15-ton (13.5-metric ton) payload vehicle in a turn that's equivalent to that of a Humvee, " he said. Ghostrider The resources of teams like TerraMax or Carnegie Mellon University, which has two vehicles in the race this year, are a far cry from those of some of the other competitors, including inventors, electricians, and even a high school team. One entry, from a Southern California team of engineers, racers, and hot-fodders, is called It Came From the Garage. It has a beer keg (小桶) stuck on the back and an on-off switch that says "brain." "Most of the schools and organizations we're up against arc just accessorizing conventional vehicles," said team leader Chris "C.J." Pedersen, a former actor. "Our [vehicle] is a custom-built, 2lst-century hot rod.., complete with hood scoop and exhaust coming off the side." Anthony Levandowski, a robotics builder from Berkeley, California, is back with Ghostrider, the only motorcycle robot in the qualifications, Studded with sensors and computers, it toppled (翻倒) over after 3 feet (1 meter) in last year's race. Levandowski, who had to postpone his graduate studies when he couldn't find a faculty advisor who believed it would be possible to build the motorcycle robot, says his vehicle has some distinct advantages. "We're smaller and go a lot more places," he said while tinkering with the robot before another trial nm. "We're also a lot less expensive. This bike costs as much as a tire or a wheel of some of these other guys' machines." Smart Money Neither Ghostrider nor It Came From the Garage made the final cut at this week's qualifying races. However, another crowd-pleaser, Cajunbot--or the Ragin' Cajun--a converted all-terrain vehicle developed by a team from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, did. The smart money in Saturday's race may be on Stanley, a converted Volkswagen Touareg made by a team at California's Stanford University. It was the only vehicle that didn't hit an obstacle in the trial runs. Even if none of the vehicles finishes the race this year, DARPA's Kurjanowicz said, the event has succeeded in galvanizing robotics developers and pushing the creation of new technologies. "The beauty &the Grand Challenge is that it doesn't tell people how to solve the problem," he said. "The community has come up with its own elegant solutions."
1. The passage mainly describes the advantages arid disadvantages of robot car races.
10. The only vehicle that didn't hit an obstacle in the trial runs is ________________.
Stanley。
答案在全文倒数第三段末句。此题仍然考查了only这种绝对化表达。
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Questions 11 to 18 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1. [A] At the department store.[C] In the restaurant. [B] At the office. [D] In the drug store.
A B C D
C
[解析] W: Good evening, sir. Here is the menu. Would you like to order now? M: Yes, but I'm in a rush. Can I be served out of here in half an hour? Q: Where are the speakers?
综合推断题。对话中的Here is the menu．Would you like to order now?是餐厅服务员接待客人的常用语，因此对话应该发生在餐厅里，所以C正确。
2.
A.The man shouldn't expect her to go along.
C.She'll go even though the movie is had.
B.She doesn't think she has enough money.
D.The man should count the number of people going.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: I thought it would be fun if we all went to see that new movie downtown. W: Count me out. I've heard it's not worth the money. Q: What does the woman mean?
信息明示题。男士建议大家一起去城里看电影，女士认为看电影物非所值，让他不要把自己算在内，所以A正确。 [考点] count有“计算；认为”等含义，相关短语有：count out不把…算入；count in．把…算入；count on依靠，依赖，如：You can count on my help．你可以依靠我的帮助。
3.
A.She wasn't really studying,
C.She had furnished her house.
B.She hadn't finished writing her articles.
D.She could write beautifully.
A B C D
B
[解析] W: Jane has written some articles for her research project. M: So she has finished them. Q: What had the man assumed about Jane?
A.The problem may have been a very complicated one.
C.The woman thinks that the problem is too casy.
B.No one can do it
D.The man can solve the problem himself.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: I wonder if a problem like this can be solved by Linda. W: Well. If she can't solve it, no one can. Q: What can be concluded from the conversation?
5. [A] The janitor is too busy to do his work.[C] The relationship between the janitor end the .two speakers. [B] The sanitary conditions of an apartment. [D] The architecture of a building.
A B C D
B
[解析] W: I'm going to ask the janitor to clean the lobby. M: Would you ask him to wash the staircase as well? Q: What is being discussed?
综合推断题。女士准备请门卫打扫大厅，男士说能否让他也清洗一下楼梯，由此可知，他们对大楼的卫生状况不满，即在谈论大楼的卫生状况，故选B。 [考点] as well相当于too或also(也，又)，一般置于句末，起副词的作用，如：I like classical music and I like pop music as well．我喜欢古典音乐，也喜欢流行音乐。 as well as意为“既…又…；另外；不仅…而且…；和…一样好”，如：His children as well as his wife were invited to the party．他的孩子们连同他的妻子都被邀请去参加聚会。
6.
A.He can't tear either piece of cloth.
C.The pieces of cloth are made by a secret process.
B.He wants part of each piece of cloth.
D.The pieces of cloth seem identical to him.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: One piece of cloth is pure wool and the other is a synthetic fabric. M: Amazing! I really can't tell them apart. Q: What does the man mean?
信息明示题。女士说两块面料一块是纯羊毛的，另一块是合成纤维的；男士对此表示惊讶，说自己无法区分它们，所以D正确。 [考点] tell apart意为“分辨，辨认，识别”，如：I can't tell the twin girls apart．我分不清这两个双胞胎女孩儿。类似的说法还有tell…from…，tell the difference between．．．and．．．等。 形容词词组identical to意为“和…一样”，如：This bag is identical to the one I have lost．这个包和我弄丢的那个一模一样。
7.
A.Tuesday.
C.Thursday.
B.Wednesday.
D.Friday.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: Has the latest Shanghai Daily arrived yet? Today is already Tuesday. W: Sorry, it's late. Probably not till the day after tomorrow. Q: On what day of the week will the newspaper arrive?
[解析] M: Remember to act naturally when you're on camera. W: How can I be natural in front of 10 million viewers? Q: What kind of camera are they talking about?
[解析] 19-22 M: Is that a map? Are you going sailing or something? W: I wish. It's a hurricane-tracking chart. It's a map of tropical ocean areas southeast of us. It follows the development of tropical storms, even hurricanes. They develop in the Caribbean and move around the Atlantic and here on the Florida coast. We got hit a lot by those winds or rain in July or August. M: Do you think that the tropical storm is on the way? W: Too early to tell, but we need to be prepared. The radio mentioned possible evacuation routes. M: Really? It's that serious? W: You'd better believe it. Late summer is hurricane season. The television updates locations and speeds every hour. M: What did they say is out there now? W: A couple of tropical depressions, two storms and two hurricanes. M: What's the difference? W: Wind velocity. A depression is the least serious actually, and a hurricane is the most serious. M: How serious are the winds in hurricanes? W: They have sustained winds of 74 mph and up. M: What are the names on the map? W: David, Arlene, Francisco, and Gina. You know weather forecasters give the hurricanes the names of people to make storms easy to identify. M: I wonder what the status of the storm is now. W: You can turn on the television; it has the best coverage. There is an update coming up in five minutes. 19. What is the conversation mainly about?
主旨题。由对话中的a hurricane-tracking chart 及 here on the Florida coast可知，对话是针对可能影响佛罗里达的天气情况展开的，所以C正确。
2.
A.Late summer is sunny season.
C.Late summer is rainy season.
B.Late summer is hurricane season.
D.Late summer is cloudy season.
A B C D
B
[解析] What's the weather of late summer?
信息明示题。女士说Late summer is hurricane season，由此可知B正确。
3.
A.Wind speed.
C.Water temperature.
B.Rainfall.
D.Direction of approach.
A B C D
A
[解析] How is one tropical weather system distinguished from the other?
[解析] 23-25 M: I am so relieved, I just finished the story I was working on for our creative writing course. W: I haven't quite finished mine yet. I had trouble getting past the beginning. M: How come? W: Well, I was really happy to be writing a detective story. But after the first few pages, I sort of froze up mentally. I just couldn't write any more. M: The same thing happened to me. I thought it meant I lack imagination. W: Well, Professor Wilson said it's pretty common for writers to get stuck like that. M: You went to talk to her about it? W: Actually, I went to ask for more time to finish the assignment. But instead she gave me some advice about how to keep from getting stalled writing like that. She said that the first thing I should do is just write anything that comes into my head even if it doesn't make any sense, sort of warm up exercise. M: That is interesting. When I got stuck, I shift to something else, you know, do some work for one of my other courses. W: Well, her methods seem to have worked for me. I've written most of the story, and I should bc able to hand it in on time. But first I need go to the jewelry store. M: You are going shopping? Can't you wait until you finish your story? W: I am going there for my story. My detective solves a jewelry store robbery, so I want to take a look at how the jewelry eases are arranged, where the security cameras are located, that sort of thing. 23. What was the woman's problem?
综合推断题。女士说去珠宝店是为了自己的故事，她所描写的侦探破获了一桩珠宝抢劫案，她要去了解一下与此相关的事物，由此推断，她去珠宝店是为自己的故事做调查，故选B。 [考点] freeze up意为“冻住”，此处指的是头脑停止转动，与freeze相关的短语还有：freeze one's blood使充满害怕、恐怖的感觉；freeze sb．out将某人逼走，如：Small shops are being frozen out by the big supermarkets．小商店都让大型超市给挤垮了。
Section B Direction: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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 Answer Sheet 2 wish a single line through the center.
Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 26-28 The dog has often been an unselfish friend to man. It is always grateful to its master. It helps man in many ways. Certain breeds of dogs are used in criminal investigations. They are trained to sniff out drugs and bombs. They help police to catch criminals. The clogs that help in criminal investigations are trained at a school called the Military Dog Studies Branch of the U.S. Air Force in Lackland, Texas. The dogs to be trained are selected by an air force team. This team visits large cities across the country to buy the dongs. They may buy dogs from private citizens for up to $750 each. Some citizens freely give their dogs. The dogs selected must be healthy, brave and aggressive. They must be able to fight back if they are attacked. The dogs chosen are between the ages of one and three. They are given a medical examination when they arrive at the school. Their physical examination includes X-rays and heart tests. The trainee dogs undergo the first stage of training when they arrive in Lackland. This is an 11-week course for patrol duty.. After this course, the best dogs are selected to go on another 9-week course, They learn drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing. After this course, the dogs are ready for their jobs in the cities or on air force bases. The training given to a drag-sniffing dog is different from that given to a bomb-sniffing dog. A drug-sniffing dog is trained to scratch and dig for the drags when he sniffs them. A bomb-sniffing dog sits down when he finds a bomb. That is the alert for hidden explosives. 26. How are the dogs obtained for training?
信息明示题。文章提到This team (air force team) vists large cities across the country to buy the dogs，即他们到全国各大城市买狗，所以C正确。
2.
A.11-week course for control duty.
C.9-week course for control duty.
B.11-week course for patrol duty.
D.9-week course for patrol duty.
A B C D
B
[解析] What is the first stage of training for the dogs?
信息明示题。文章提到狗的第一个训练阶段是an 11-week course for patrol duty，所以B正确。
3.
A.Catching runaway criminals.
C.Patrolling the dangerous town.
B.Scratching the hidden bombs.
D.Drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing
A B C D
D
[解析] What do dogs learn during the 9-week training?
信息明示题。文章提到，在为期9个星期的课程中，They learn drug-sniffing or bomb-sniffing，所以D正确。
Passage Two Questions 29 to 31 are based, on the passage you have just heard.
D.Telegraph communications were established with the East
A B C D
A
[解析] 29-31 From this lookout we enjoy one of the most spectacular views of San Francisco. As you can see, the city rests on a series of hills varying in altitude from sea level to 938 feet. The first permanent settlement was made at this site in 1776. For 13 years the village had fewer than one hundred inhabitants. But in 1848 with the discovery of gold, the population grew to ten thousand. The same year the name was changed from Yerba Buea to San Francisco. By 1862 telegraph communications linked San Francisco with eastern cities, and by 1869 the first transcontinental railroad connected the Pacific coast with the Atlantic seaboard. Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million. It is the financial center of the west, and serves as the terminus for trans-Pacific steamship lines and air traffic. The port of San Francisco, which is almost 18 miles long with 42 piers, handles between five and six million tons of cargo annually. And now, if you will look to your right, you should just be able to see the east section of the Golden Gate Bridge. The bridge, which is more than one mile long, spans the harbor from San Francisco to Marin County and the Red Wood Highway. It was completed in 1937 at a cost of 32 million dollars and is still one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. 29. According to the tour guide, what happened in 1848?
信息明示题。文章提到1848年发现金矿后旧金山的人口增加到一万，所以A正确。
2.
A.About two million.
C.About five million.
B.About three million.
D.About six million.
A B C D
B
[解析] What is the population of San Francisco today?
信息明示题。文章明确指出Today San Francisco has a population of almost three million，所以B正确。
3.
A.19 million dollars.
C.37 million dollars.
B.32 million dollars.
D.42 million dollars.
A B C D
B
[解析] How much did it take to complete the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge?
信息明示题。文章明确指出at a cost of 32 million dollars，所以B正确。
Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
B.Computers have advantages as well as disadvantages.
D.More and more families will own computers.
A B C D
C
[解析] 32-35 For good or bad, computers arc now part of our daily lives. With the price of a small home computer now being lower, experts Predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in the rich parts of the world will own a computer of some kind. Among the general public, computers arouse strong feelings—people either love them or hate them. The computer lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business in education and in the home---apart from all the games, you can do your accounts on them, use them to control your central heating, and in some places even do your shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring some leisure, as more and more .unpleasant jobs are taken over by computerized robots. The haters, on the other hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but unemployment. They worry, too, that people who spend all their time talking to computers will forget how to talk to each other. And anyway, they ask, what's wrong with going shopping and learning languages in classroom with real teachers? But their biggest fear is that computers may eventually take over human beings altogether. 32. What does this passage mainly talk about?
Section C 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 its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blank, 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. Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social 1 . They are not part of the World Bank, the International 2 Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member countries and borrowing on world markets. Development banks provide long-term loans at market 3 . They provide even longer-term loans at below- market interest rates. These banks also provide technical 4 and 5 There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President Juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil had 6 a bank to aid economic growth in the Americas. The 7 of American States agreed. Today the bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The other money is 8 by its members. 9 : 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank. The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. 10 The country with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the United States, Japan and Egypt. The Asian Development Bank started in i966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly in Asia. 11
[解析] 36-46 Development banks are international lending groups. They lend money to developing countries to help fuel economic growth and social (36) progress. They are not part of the World Bank, the International (37) Monetary Fund or the United Nations. The money comes from member countries and borrowing on world markets. Development banks provide long-term loans at market (38)rates. They provide even longer-term loans at below-market interest rates. These banks also provide technical (39)assistance and (40) advice. There are four main ones. The oldest is the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C. It began in 1959. President Juscelino Kubitschek of Brazil had (41) proposed a bank to aid economic growth in the Americas. The (42) Organization of American States agreed. Today the bank is worth over 100,000 million dollars. It holds only 4 percent of that. The other money is (43) guaranteed by its members. (44) 47 countries around the world own the bank. The United States owns 30 percent as the largest shareholder. 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean borrow from the bank. The African Development Bank has its roots in an agreement signed in Sudan in 1963. It is based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (45)There are 24 members in the Americas, Europe and Asia in addition to 53 in Africa. The country with the most votes in the bank is Nigeria, followed as of July by the United States, Japan and Egypt. The Asian Development Bank started in 1966. It is based in Manila, in the Philippines. There are 63 members, mostly in Asia. (46) Like all development banks, it is supervised by a Board of Governors.
2.
Monetary
3.
rates
4.
assistance
5.
advice
6.
proposed
7.
Organization
8.
guaranteed
9.
47 countries around the world own the bank. The United States owns 30 percent as the largest shareholder.
10.
There are 24 members in the Americas, Europe and Asia in addition to 53 in Africa.
11.
Like all development banks, it is supervised by a Board of Governors.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you 1 the two to do something for your local 2 ? It may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to 3 it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower. 4 , a biodegradable (生物可降解的) mobile phone was introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage 5 to recycle. Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other 6 and can be hard or soft, and able to change shape. Overtime it can also break down into the soil without giving out any toxic 7 . British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed. When this new type of cover turns into waste, it 8 nitrates (硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow. Engineers have designed a small 9 window to hold the seed. They have made sum it only grows when the phone is thrown away. "We've only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant 10 to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time," said one scientist. A. Recently [I] experts B. consumers [J] forms C. chemicals [K] bury D. environment [L] paper E. combine [M] scholar F. transparent [N] plastic G. buy [O] Usually [H] companion
Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
Passage One It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory. Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use. It not only includes "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed (嗅出) something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"--string of alphabetic or numerical characters--ready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight. The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and combinations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and the kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about memory?
A.It helps us perceive things happening around us every day.
B.It is based on the decisions we made in the past.
C.It is rooted in our past habits and skills.
D.It connects our past experiences with tile present
3. What is the author's view about computers and human beings in terms of intelligence?
A.Computers have better memory than a child does.
C.Computers can understand as many as 100,000 words.
B.Computers are as intelligent as a teenager is.
D.Human beings are far superior to computers.
A B C D
D
推断题。由文章第三段中的．．．teenager probably recognizes…100,000 words…this is but a fraction of the total amount of information that the teenager has stored可知，电脑与青少年都有10万单词的记忆量，但对于青少年来说，这只占大脑信息存储量的一小部分，言外之意是人脑优于电脑，所以D正确。
4. What is the major characteristic of man's memory capacity according to the author?
5. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by ________.
A.having the ability to perceive danger
C.having the ability to recognize faces and places on sight
B.having a far greater memory capacity
D.having the ability to draw on past experiences
A B C D
B
细节题。由文章最后一句指出人类强大的记忆力使人区别于其他动物，故选B。
Passage Two "Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they arc thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family— hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them--they are their own masters. Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is. it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry (嫁妆). It is very different today. Most gifts of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results: a girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.
1. What does the author mean by "'Family' is of course an elastic word"?
A.Different families have different ways of life.
C.Different nations have different families.
B.Different definitions could be given, to the Word.
Part Ⅴ 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 a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. 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 right place and write the missing word in the blank, If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (—) in the blank. Once while trying to reach his car key, Li Ka-shing dripped a two-dollar coin, which rolled under the ear. 67. ___________. He figured out when the car started, the coin would fall 68. ___________. into the gutter, so he bent down to pick it up. Seeing this, an Indian attendant on duty immediately picked it up for him. Having got back his coin, Li Ka-shing surprisingly gave the attendant 100 dollars as a reward. His explanation for such a big reward was: "If the attendant hadn't picked up the coin, it have rolled into the gutter and 69. ___________. the two dollars would have disappeared from the world. When I gave 100 dollars to the attendant, he could spend it 70. ___________. on some useful purpose. I think money should be used, not wasted." This incident illustrates Li Ka-shing's philosophy of 71. ___________. economy. It also exemplify his way of thinking; that is, he 72. ___________. judges whether an individual's action is justified with determining whether it increases or decreases the total net income of society. As long as the total net income of society 73. ___________. increased, it doesn't matter if he himself suffers a loss; conversely, if the total net income of society is decreased, 74. ___________. his own personal financial gain will still be a loss in broad sense. We shouldn't look down on this way of Considering the 75. ___________. total net-income of society—it is a big issue concerned the wealth and strength of the nation. In his book The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith expressed an important view: the contribution individuals make to society in pursuing their 76. ___________. own good is great than that made by individuals attempting to benefit society.
as long as引导的是条件状语从句，用现在时表示将来，所以此句应该改为一般现在时的被动语态。也可从下文if the total net income of society is decreased得到提示，因为两个条件句显然是形成对比的并列结构，时态、语态应该一致，所以increased前加is。
Part Ⅵ Translation Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
1. Living in the desert has many problems, ________________________________________ (缺水并不是惟一的问题).
of which the lack of water is not the only one
依照给出的中文，可译为the lack of water is not the only problem，但已给出的英文部分已经是个完整的句子，所以译文应以从句的形式出现。缺水是many problems中的一个问题，故使用表示所属关系的of + which 结构来引导。缺水也可译为water shortage。
2. The production _____________________________________________________(增加到每月500吨) by the end of this month.
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