Part Ⅰ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the President of the University about Improving the Sports Facilities on Campus. You should write no more than 120 words, and base your composition on the out line given in Chinese below:
Dear Mr. President, I am writing this letter to you to express my concern about the sports facilities on campus. I have noticed that our university has very limited resources in terms of opportunities to participate in sports, especially given that the number of students on campus is increasing every year. As we both know, sports are very important for the sound growth of young people. If they have access to quality sports facilities, young people are able to choose a healthier lifestyle, to boost self-esteem and confidence, and to build a positive outlook and sense of achievement. My proposal is to build a new sports area. It should be designed with soccer players, basketball players, and ping-pong players in mind. It should have a different section for each activity and be available to students all year round. I believe such facilities will meet our sporting needs. Thank your for your reading this letter. Yours faithfully, Jiang Lin
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly. 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.
Learning a language When Do We Learn a Language? Children begin learning languages at birth (infants pay attention to their parents' voices, as opposed to random noises or even other languages), and haven't really mastered it subtleties before the age of ten years. Indeed. we never really stop learning our language. This isn't exactly the sort of behavior (like foals walking an hour after birth) that we call 'instinct' in animals. Do We learn When We Don't Have to? But at least it's effortless, isn't it? Well, no, as we can see when children have a choice of languages to learn. What's found is that, to be frank, children don't learn a language if they can get away with not learning it. Many an immigrant family in the U.S. intends to teach their child their native language; and for the first few years il goes swimmingly so much so that the parents worry that the child won't learn English. Then the child goes to school, picks up English, and within a few years the worry is reversed: the child still understands his parents, but responds in English. Eventually the parents may give up, and the home language becomes English. People's Influence A child is likely to end up as a fluent speaker of a language only if there are significant people in her life who speak it: a nanny who only speaks Spanish, a relative who doesn't speak English, etc. Once a child discovers that his parents understand English perfectly well, he's likely to give up on the home language, even in the face of strong disapproval from the parents. It's a myth that children learn to speak mainly from their parents. They don't: they learn mostly from their peers. This is most easily seen among children of immigrants, whether they come from differing language backgrounds or merely different dialect areas: the children invariably come to speak the dialect of their neighborhood and school, not that of their parents. (I found a neat example of this in my college's alumni magazine: A liberal family in Mississippi sent their daughter to the public schools, which except for her were all black. She grew up speaking fluent African-American Vernacular English. ) Do We Need Grammar? Supporters of the 'language instinct' make much of the fact that children learn to speak without formal instruction --- indeed, they notoriously ignore explicit corrections. Very little of what we learn is through formal instruction. Children aren't schooled in video games, either, yet they pick them up with the same seeming ease. The apparent effortlessness is largely an illusion caused by psychological distance. We just don't remember how hard it was to learn language. (In fact, there's some studies suggesting that memory is tied to language, so that we can't remember the language learning process. ) The perception of effortlessness should be balanced, anyway, by the universal amusement (which some cartoonists have been mining for nearly half a century) over children's language mistakes. Do Children Learn Faster? One may fall back on the position that languages may be hard for children to learn, but at least they do it better than adults. This, however, turns out to be surprisingly difficult to prove. Singleton examined hundreds of studies, and found them resoundingly ambiguous. Quite a few studies, in fact, find that adult learners progress faster than children. Even in phonetics, sometimes tile last stronghold of the kids-learn-free position, there are studies finding that adults are better at recognizing and producing foreign sounds. Now, I think Singleton misses a key point in understanding this discrepancy: the studies he reviews compare children vs. adults who are learning languages. That's quite reasonable, and indeed it's hard to imagine an alternative approach, but the two groups are not really comparable! All children have to learn at least one language; but few adults do. So the studies compare the situation of all children with that of the minority of adults motivated to formally learn other languages. Why? Why do children learn languages well, when even adults who want to learn them have trouble with them? Innate abilities aside, children have a number of powerful advantages: ●They can devote almost their full time to it. Adults consider half an hour's study a day to be onerous. ●Their motivation is intense. Adults rarely have to spend much of their time in the company of people they need to talk to but can't children can get very little of what they want without learning language(s). ●Their peers are nastier. Embarrassment is a prime motivating factor for human beings (I owe this insight to Marvin Minsky's The Society of Mind, but it was most memorably expressed by David Berlinski (in Black Mischief, p. 129), who noted that of all emotions, from rage to depression to first love, only embarrassment can recur, decades later, with its full original intensity). Dealing with a French waiter is nothing compared with the vicious reception in store for a child who speaks funny. If adults could be placed in a similar situation, they might well learn languages as readily as children. The closest such situation is cross- cultural marriage. And indeed, this works quite well. My wife, for instance, a native Spanish speaker who came here in her late 20s, has learned exceptional English, since we speak it at home. By contrast, some of her Spanish-speaking friends of the same age, married to other Spanish speakers, speak English haltingly and with a strong accent.
1. The passage gives a general explanation about the benefits of a cross cultural marriage.
N
The passage gives a general explanation about the benefits of a cross-cultural marriage．这是一个主旨题，通过文章题目发现主旨应该落脚于language，而cross-cultural marriage与language没有必然联系，所以该题正确答案N。
2. According to the author, children don't learn another language if they don't have to.
Y
According to the author，children don't learn another language if they don't have to．线索词汇为don't learn，don't have to，定位到次段末句，符合原文，故正确答案Y。
3. Unless children have other people in their lives who speak another language, they won't become fluent speakers in that language.
Y
Unless children have other people in their lives who speak another language，they won't be come fluent speakers in that language．线索词汇为other people，another language，定位到文章第4段首句，同义替换significant people in her life，正确答案Y。
4. Children don't learn to speak another language from their parents because at times, children don't get along with their parents.
N
Children don't learn to speak another language from their parents because often times，children don't get along with their parents．线索词汇为parents，get along with，定位到文章第5段首句，原因在次句；同龄人的影响，故与原文抵触，正确答案N。
5. Nearly everything we learn is through formal instruction.
N
Nearly everything we learn is through formal instruction．线索词汇为formal instruction，定位后找到第7段首句，直接与原文相反，故正确答案N。
6. Few studies find that adult language learners progress faster than children.
N
Few studies find that adult language learners progress faster than children．线索词汇为 adult，faster than children，定位后找到第8段第4句话，发现是quite a few而不是few，考点为词义辨析，quite a few的意思是“大量、很多”，故正确答案N。
7. Some studies say that adults are better at learning phonetics than children.
Y
Some studies say that adults are better at learning phonetics than children．线索词为phonetics，定位到文章第8段第5句话，发现符合原文，则正确答案Y。
8. Singleton's studies compare the situation of all children with that of the ______ of adults motivated to formally learn other languages.
minority
Singleton's studies compare the situation of all children with that of the _____ of adults motivated to formally learn other languages．词汇线索为人名Singleton，motivated，formally learn，根据人名定位到第9段，再根据其他信息定位到该段末句，则正确答案为minority。
9. Three advantages that children have over adults in language learning include: ______ , and ______.
time，motivation，embarrassment
Three advantages that children have over adults in language learning include：_____,_____ and _____.词汇线索为advantages，文章里仅一处列举了儿童学习语言的优势，则答案应该是time，motivation，embarrassment。
10. The closest situation to that of a children's environment for adults is ______.
cross-cultural marriage
The closest situation to that of a children's environment for adults is ______.词汇线索是the closest situation，environment，定位到文章末段次句，则正确答案为 cross-cultural marriage。
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..
A.The man asks Carol to attend Mr White's class with him.
B.The man asks Carol to lend him the notes from the history class.
C.If Mr. White had a history class last Monday.
D.The man asks Carol for the notes from science class.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: Hi Carol, do you have the notes from Mr. White's history class last Monday? W: Yes, don't worry, you can borrow my notes. I actually went to the class, unlike you ! Q: What does the man ask?
此题考查通过内容预测的能力，关键点是听到notes及history class notes，这里指‘历史课的笔记’。
2.
A.The man thinks his rent is very cheap.
B.The man thinks his rent is very expensive.
C.The man thinks he lives in a good area.
D.The man thinks his rent is reasonable.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: Wow! Your new apartment is fabulous! So spacious and clean! What's the rent like? M: Well, it's pretty good. I pay 500 dollars a month, which is great for this area. Q: How does the man feel about his rent?
此题考查通过内容预测的能力。关键点在题目是问男士认为租金怎样，‘which is great for this area’是答案所在，which在这里指代租金，‘在这个地区这是个很好的租价’与reasonable对应。常表示房租还有affordable负担起的。
3.
A.The woman wants to see a romance movie.
B.The woman really loves watching action movies.
C.The man doesn't want to see a movie.
D.The man wants to see an action movie.
A B C D
D
[解析] M: Do you fancy going to the cinema tonight? There's a really great new movie on, starring Jackie Chan. W: No way! You know I'm not interested in action movies. I want to see a romantic love story. Q: What style of movie does the man want to see?
A.He knows her from their elementary school science class.
B.She know his from computer science class.
C.They went to the same high school.
D.She is his sister.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: Annie, who's that new girl in your dormitory? I'm sure I recognize her from some where, have I met her before? W: Of course! She's my sister Amy, you used to be in the same English class at high school, Q: What can be inferred from this conversation?
此题考查通过内容预测的能力，问‘淡话暗示什么信息’infer‘暗示’，‘you used to be in the same English class’你过去在高中时和她上同一个班的英语课，对应答案C。
5.
A.The man is thinking of going around the world for a third time.
B.The woman wants to go on vacation.
C.James wants to go on vacation.
D.The man hasn't decided where to go on vacation.
A B C D
D
[解析] M: I'm thinking of taking a vacation. But, I have no idea where to go. W: Have you talked to James? He's been around the world twice now, so I'm sure that he will have some excellent ideas. Q: Where is the man thinking of going?
此题考查听细节的能力，解题的关键在于听到‘But，I have no idea where to go’意为‘但是我还不知道要去哪里’。通常在听力段子中常常会出现but之后出现考点。
6.
A.The woman is thinking about applying for a job.
B.They are discussing a movie.
C.They are planning a surprise party for a friend.
D.The man is applying for university.
A B C D
A
[解析] W: I’ m wondering if I should apply for this. What do you think? M: Well, personally I think that's a great idea. It sounds really interesting and the money's good. Q: What are they talking about?
D.They wish that Kim would be more focused on the housework.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: We should really get Kim to do some more housework. This place is filthy again! M: Yes, it's always untidy when it's her turn to clean. Q: What can we find out in this conversation?
此题考查通过内容预测的能力，解题的关键就在首句‘we should really get Kim to do some more house work．’意为‘我们真的应该让科姆多做点家务’。对应答案D项。
8.
A.Doctor and Patient.
B.Student and teacher.
C.Sales assistant and customer.
D.Manager and office clerk.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: I was wondering if it would be ok for me to miss the next class? I must go to visit a friend of mine who is in hospital at the moment. W: Of course, Vincent. I'm very sorry to hear about your friend. Q: What is the relationship between the man and the woman?
此题考查听细节的能力，解题的关键点在听到‘class’。I am wondering if it would be ok for me to miss the next class意为‘我不知道错过这节课是否合适’。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[解析] 19-22 W: I'm glad that you have decided to take a look. It's a beautiful property! M: Yes, it sounds perfect. After I've looked, if I like it, I will bring my wife. She's hav ing a baby. It's due in the spring, so we will be needing a bigger place before them The sooner we can sort this out, the better. I want her to relax and not worry about this. W: A family always needs more space! And of course you don't want her to worry. Well, I think that this place is just perfect for a new family. It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a spacious kitchen and living room. M: How about a garden? My wife has always imagined a place where she can grow flowers. W: There is a lovely little back garden, with grass and flowers. Just enough for a small family. M: That sounds wonderful! She will be ecstatic. How much further is it? W: Don't worry, it's not too far now. Only a 25 minute drive from our sales office and the traffic on these roads isn't too bad. On a good day you can get there in 15 minutes. M: Well that is great. My workplace is close to your sales office, so it will be very convenient, no trouble getting to work everyday. W: Oh, you work near to the office? M: Yes, in the motor sales company in Million Plaza. Do you know it? W: Yes of course! My husband bought a car from you last year. He said that the before and after sales service was excellent. M: That is good news! I'm always pleased to hear about a satisfied customer. W: I agree. Hopefully after your viewing today, I will have another satisfied customer. 19. What is the man going to view?
此题考查听细节的能力，且细节与选项为同义替换，‘property’这里指‘房子，房产’对应选项A。I'm glad that you have decided to take a look，it's a beautiful property。意为‘我很高兴你决定看一下这所房子，它很漂亮’。
2.
A.he has many pets.
B.he has three children.
C.he doesn't need a larger house.
D.his wife is pregnant.
A B C D
D
[解析] Why does the man need a new, larger house?
此题考查听细节的能力，解题的关键点在于听到she is having a baby并且了解pregnant为‘怀孕’。
此题考查从内容推测的能力。解题的关键在于从谈话的场景即和内容选择答案。如对话开始时那位女士说的‘I'm glad that you have decided to take a look．It's a beautiful property!’可以推出那位男士是来看房，之后从房产中介常用real estate agent，house agent，rental agent表示。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
[解析] 23-25 M: So, what are your thoughts on this project? To be honest, I'm not sure how to handle it. This actress has done many, many movies. W: Yes, it is a tough subject. I do have some ideas, though. What I thought was, we could start off by doing an internet search for all of her movies, her personal information, and so on. M: Yes, that's a great way to get started. We can print out everything, then take our time finding the relevant parts. W: That's what I think. We could also try to do a search on her son too, he's a famous movie director now. M: Oh yes, I've seen a couple of his movies and he's just as talented as his mother. W: Also, a classmate told me about an excellent book which contains lots of information about European films from 1960's and 1970's. We could probably find some quotes about her from other actors too. M: So that's it! We can find everything we need! W: You can start by doing some internet searches. M: I will, and why don't you go to look for that book? W: I think it would be quicker to call my friend and ask her, she knows exactly where to find the book in the library. M: True. The library is massive, if you tried to find it yourself could be in there for days! W: Ok, you stay here and do this, I'll go and find my classmate. See you back here at, erm... 5 o'clock? M: Great. That gives me plenty of time to make a start. See you later. 23. What are the 2 speakers talking about?
[解析] What idea does the woman have about getting information?
此题考查听细节的能力，而且所听即所得。对应答案句we could start off by doing an internet search for all of her movies，意为‘我们想从网上收集她的电影信息开始吧’。
3.
A.her mother.
B.an actress.
C.her room mate.
D.her classmate.
A B C D
D
[解析] Who will the woman ask about the book?
此题考查听特定信息的能力，而且所听即所得。对应答案句a classmate told me about an excellent book which contains lots of information about European films from 1960's and 1970's。
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 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 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 26-28 The word downsizing, both an excuse and not a very happy euphemism for firing people, needs, I have decided, a mate: upsizing. The country seems to be in a serious upsizing phase. When and where and how it began, I don't pretend to know, but I have a lurking -- as opposed to a somersaulting -- suspicion that it may have begun with the naming of the size of cups at Starbuck's. A Dunkin' Donuts man, I don't often go into Starbuck's. But when I used to frequent the joint, I found myself charmed with the comedy of the language of ordering, all that decaf, double-espresso, steamed, skimmed, mocha, cappu-frappo-Americano, and the rest of it. But what I couldn't get my (admittedly) literal mind around was the naming of the size of Starbuek's cups. A small cup at Starbuck's is known as a tall, a middle-size cup is a grande, and a large cup is a venti, the Italian word for twenty, which must stand for twenty ounces. Let's go through this again: a small is a tall, a medium is a grande, a large is a venti. Got it? If so, perhaps someday you will explain it to me. 26. What is the opposite of the term "downsizing?
D.they can't be bothered keeping up with popular trends
A B C D
C
[解析] 29-31 Slang has always been the province of the young. Words come in and out of favor in direct proportion to the speed with which they travel through the age ranks. Once college kids know that high school kids are using a term, it becomes pass6. And seniors don't want to sound like freshman and so forth. Once a word finds its way to mainstream media or worse, is spoken by parents, no young person with any self-respect would use it. Fifties slang wasn't particularly colorful as these things go. The Sixties, with its drug and protest culture to draw from, would be slang heaven. In the Fifties, hot-rodders and Beats provided inspiration. About the Beat Culture. This was by no means a mainstream movement. I didn't actually know any Beats nor I suspect did most of my peers across America. But they sure seemed "cool" to us. A sharp contrast from the way real teens lived in a preppy, conservative, conformist world. 29. Why does slang change as students become older?
此题考查理解能力，seniors don't want to sound like freshman与答案对应，这里seniors指高年级的学生，freshman指新生。
2.
A.colorful social life
B.drugs and protests
C.slang heaven
D.hot-rodders and Beats
A B C D
B
[解析] The "Beat" generation was in sharp contrast to what group?
此题考查听细节的能力。关键是听到“The Sixties，with its drug and protest culture to draw from．．．”。
3.
A.the College seniors
B.real teens
C.adults
D.groupies
A B C D
B
[解析] What word was added to the end of slang?
此题考查听细节的能力。解题关键是要抓住“A sharp contrast from the way real teens lived．．．”
Passage Three Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 32-35 As the offspring of a man and woman who are barely 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet tall respectively, you can probably guess how I made out in the way of stature. With the exception of a short stint of towering over my third-grade class at a height of about 4 feet 6 inches, I've always looked up-literally-to, well, pretty much everyone. Shorty, Halfpint, Shortstack, Little One, Vertically Challenged and (my personal favorite) Ankle Biter are just a few of the endearing monikers that have been repeatedly seared into my memory over the years. I've also been likened much more often to Maggie rather than Lisa Simpson, even now that I'm nearly 20 years old. But growing older has taught me that nicknames and cheap shots are the very least of my worries. Now I have real problems, like not being able to drive my car a safe distance from the steering wheel without pedal extensions. Seeing over the hood is even a bit of a challenge at times. Inconveniences have been a part of every job I had in high school. From juggling large stacks of ice cream cones while trying to fill the cone racks at Dairy Queen to begging for assistance in filling ice machines while working at a movie theater, I've had to count on someone pushing 6 feet tall to come to my rescue. Like many college students, I, too, love music. At concerts, I can usually be seen jumping up and down sporadically to the beat of a good rock song. But, unlike many college students, I do this because otherwise the concert would be no more exciting than listening to the radio in a large group of sweating, wriggling, bellowing young enthusiasts. 32. What is one nickname for a short person?
[解析] Whom has the author been likened to over the years?
此题考查听细节的能力。解题的关键是要抓住‘I've also been likened much more often to Maggie rather than Lisa Simpson’
3.
A.reaching things on shelves
B.seeing over the hood of her car
C.carrying her luggage
D.riding her bicycle
A B C D
B
[解析] What is one problem the author faces as she gets older?
此题考听细节的能力。只有B在原文中提及到过，因为主人公太矮小所以开车时看不到车盖。seeing over the hood of her car‘看到她的车盖’才符合题意。
4.
A.because she enjoys the music
B.in order to see the concert
C.to lose weight
D.for exercise
A B C D
B
[解析] Why does the author jump up and down at concerts?
考查推测理解能力，这句otherwise the concert would be no more exerting than listening to the radio in a large group of sweating，wriggling，bellowing young enthusiasts．‘否则听这场音乐会将无异于在众多的扭动身姿、挥洒着汗水、狂吼的音乐痴迷者中们听收音机’解释了她为什么跳着看的原因。
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 blanks, 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 home secretary, Charles Clarke, will today guarantee that the personal details contained on the national identity card will not go beyond those currently on passports. He will write the 1 . into the legislation which passes through its final 2 in the Commons to day. The bill 3 that only name, date and place of birth, gender, address, nationality and immigration 4 can be recorded on the ID database. The home secretary has promised fresh legislation will have to be introduced if extra personal details such as health records, 5 . records or other background information were added. Mr Clarke will also promise that everyone will be able to access their entry on the national ID card database and see which organizations had been 6 their identity. At the same time ministers will table new government amendments to ensure those who 7 the national ID cards register will not be able to tell who has a criminal re cord on the police 8 computer. 9 the Home Office has opened talks with departments likely to benefit from the introduction of the scheme to see if they can recoup some of the overall costs. 10 . The Home Office minister, Andy Burnham, said scanners and readers needed for the national identity card scheme would have to be introduced anyway to upgrade to the next generation of "biometric" passports. He said other departments which would make savings as a result of the introduction of ID cards would make a contribution. 11 .
[解析] 36-46 The home secretary, Charles Clarke, will today guarantee that the personal details contained on the national identity card will not go beyond those currently on passports. He will write the(36)guarantee into the legislation which passes through its final (37)stages in the Commons today. The bill(38)specifies that only name, date and place of birth, gender, address, nationality and immigration(39)status can be recorded on the ID database. The home secretary has promised fresh legislation will have to be introduced if extra personal details such as health records, (40)criminal records or other background information were added. Mr. Clarke will also promise that everyone will be able to access their entry on the national ID card database and see which organizations had been (41) confirming their identity. At the same time ministers will table new government amendments to ensure those who (42) access the national ID cards register will not be able to tell who has a criminal record on the police(43) national computer. (44)The government has said the cost of a combined 10-year passport/ identity card will be￡93. the Home Office has opened talks with departments likely to benefit from the introduction of the scheme to see if they can recoup some of the overall costs. (45)The departments include work and retirement fund, health, transport and local councils. The Home Office minister, Andy Burnham, said scanners and readers needed for the national identity card scheme would have to be introduced anyway to upgrade to the next generation of "biometric" passports. He said other departments which would make savings as a result of the introduction of ID cards would make a contribution. (46)The use of more se cure identity confirmation systems would mean cuts in social security, housing benefit and council tax deception.
此题主要考查听特定名词guarantee。上文中的guarantee是个很好的提示，不过在这里它是名词。“guarantee”作为名词时，解释为“保证书；担保、保证；抵押晶、担保物”。“guarantee”作为动词时，解释为“担保、保证；(与to连用)允诺”，常见用法有：guarantee sth/ guarantee to do sth/guarantee sth to sb。
2.
stages
此题主要考查特定名词stage的复数形式stages。
3.
specifies
此题主要考查听特定动词specifies。解题关键首先要从句式上判断此处缺动词，然后由下文“name，date and place of birth，gender，address，nationality．．．”等细节性的信息可以推断出这个动词应该还有“说明、指明”的意思，填写时要注意specify的第三人称单数形式的拼写。
The departments include work and retirement fund，health，transport and local councils．
此题主要考查听单句的能力。这句话是对上句中的departments的进一步说明。解题关键是要抓住“work and retirement fund，health，transport and local councils”表示部门类型的关键词。
11.
The use of mole secure identity confirmation systems would mean cuts in social security，housing benefit and council tax deception．
此题主要考查听单句。解题关键是要抓住前一句末尾的“make a contribution”，此句就是对它的一个补充。
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 pas sage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. A small robot sent to solve one of history's mysteries only succeeded in presenting scientists and TV viewers with yet another mystery yesterday. With its 1 peering through a hole in a small sealed door in Egypt's Great Pyramid to see what was beyond, it 2 yet another door. "It's another sealed door. This is very important," said an 3 Zahi Hawass, director of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. The robot took two hours to 4 along a narrow shaft, drill through a door, then push through its camera. Dr Harass said the 5 job for researchers was to study the video tape and plan for further inspections, which could take up to 12 months. His council, engineers from the Boston firm iRobot and researchers from National Geographic, had spent a year 6 planning yesterday's event. American TV stations went 7 showing the robot creeping along the 20-centimetre-square 60-metre-long shaft. As the robot inched along the 8 surfaced shaft toward the limestone door equipped with two copper handles, its path was lit by a blue beam. During the broadcast, Dr Hawass 9 a stone coffin found in a tomb near the Great Pyramid containing the skeleton of a man thought to have died at the time of the pyramid's 10 some 4500 years ago. A. revealed I) excited B. live J) rush C. camera K) rough D. discovered L) instruction E. construction M) increasingly F. crawl N) film G. last O) specially H) next
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 centre.
Passage One Going online is a favorite pastime for millions of American children. Almost 10 million (14 percent) of America's 69 million children are online. The Internet both entertains and educates children, however, there are some possible negative consequences for children who access kid-based Web sites. Advertising on kid-based Web sites has become both a rapidly growing market for consumer companies and a concern for parents. With a click on an icon, children can link to advertisers and be granted tremendous spending power. Children are an important target group for consumer companies. Children under age 12 spent $ 14 billion, teenagers another $ 67 billion, and together they influenced $ 160 billion of their parents' incomes. Many critics question the appropriateness of targeting children in Internet advertising and press to require that children be treated as a "special case" by advertisers. Because children lack the analytical abilities and judgment of adults, they may be unable to evaluate the accuracy of information they view, or understand that the information they provide to advertisers is really just data collected by an advertiser. Children generally lack the ability to give consent to the release of personal information to an advertiser, an even greater problem for children when they are offered incentives for providing personal information, or when personal information is required before they are allowed to register for various services. Children may not realize that in many cases these characters provide hotlinks directly to advertising sites. The Internet does present some challenges for advertisers who want to be ethical in their marketing practices. Many advertisers argue that we underestimate the levels of media awareness shown by children. By the age of seven or eight most children can recognize an advertisement and know that its purpose is to sell something and are able to make judgments about the products shown in advertisements. However, this somewhat optimistic and decidedly libertarian view of children runs aground when we realise that they are (like a surprising number of adults) unable to judge accurately between entertainment and advertising. Adults can fend for themselves but, as marketers, we should be explicit about our purpose when advertising to children on the Internet.
1. According to the first paragraph, children as an internet market.
A.are using it at an earlier and earlier age
B.is overtaking the adult market due to their spending power
C.is growing at an incredible rate
D.has brought about advertisements both beneficial and harmful
5. In the text the author wants his marketers to understand that.
A.advertising to children must stop
B.a libertarian view in advertising is unethical
C.advertising to children must have a clear purpose
D.children must be treated differently when advertising
A B C D
D
属主旨思想题。文章讨论的话题是孩子被当成互联网广告的目标群体，目的在于表明孩子应被区别对待。
Passage Two In the United States the science of climate change still remains a controversial issue. Part of the problems is that it is complex and hard to isolate its parts. We do know how vital it is to life. The atmosphere forms a gaseous, protective envelope around earth protecting the earth from the cold of space, from harmful ultraviolet light, and from all but the largest meteors. After traveling over 93 million miles, solar energy strikes the atmosphere and earth's surface, warming the planet and creating what is known as the "bio sphere" which is the region of earth capable of sustaining life. Atmospheric circulation is one important reason that life on earth can exist at higher latitudes because equatorial heat is transported poleward, moderating the climate. The atmosphere is not just a protector but also a great transporter. The transport of water vapor in the atmosphere is an important mechanism by which heat energy is redistributed poleward. Heat energy absorbed at the equator is deposited at the poles and the temperature gradient between these regions is reduced. The circulation of the atmosphere and the weather it generates is but one example of the many complex, interdependent events of nature. The web of life depends on the proper functioning of these natural mechanisms for its continued existence. Some argue that climate change is too complicated to be attributed only to human activity. For example, fossil studies of radiolaria, a group of one-celled animals characterized by silicon-containing shells, have given scientists a fairly accurate account of climatic conditions in the distant past. Geologists found these 450,000-year-old microorganisms pre served in cores of sediment taken beneath the floor of the Indian Ocean. They provide a re cord of cycles of climatic changes, determined by the alternating layers of species of warm and cold-preferring radiolaria. We now have confirmation that changes in the earth's orbital geometry caused the ice ages. This does not let us off the hook because although we can hardly alter the basic forces at work that alter climate, even small contributions by humans can have dramatic effects. Given nature's interconnectedness, it is possible that the most serious threats have yet to be recognized.
1. The first paragraph of the text deals mainly with the earth atmosphere's.
A.sheltering effect
B.reviving effect
C.invigorating effect
D.cleansing effect
A B C D
A
属主旨思想题，考查第一段的内容概括。第一段主要介绍大气层是地球的保护者。
2. The best definition of "biosphere". as it is used in the text is.
A.the protective envelope formed by the atmosphere around the living earth
B.that part of the earth and its atmosphere in which life can exist
C.the living things on earth whose existence is made possible by circulation of the atmosphere
D.the circulation of the atmosphere's contribution to life on earth
A B C D
B
属概念理解题。根据第一段，生物圈是指能够维持生命的地球区域。只有B项符合这个定义。
3. According to the text, fossil studies of radiolaria are significant because they.
4. According to the text, the fundamental cause of the ice ages is.
A.periodic changes in the earth's orbit around the sun
B.fossil remains of one-celled animals
C.alternating cold and warm seasons
D.changes in distance of the earth from the sun
A B C D
A
属事实细节题。第三段结尾指出：“地球轨道结构的变化导致冰川期。”
5. It can be concluded from the passage that.
A.the circulation of atmosphere protects the biosphere and makes life on earth possible.
B.if the protective atmosphere is too damaged by human activity, all life will cease.
C.life is the result of complex interdependent events of nature
D.despite the complexity and power of the atmosphere humans can affect it greatly
A B C D
D
属主旨思想题。本文的结论是：人类的些许作用对气候变化会产生重大影响。
Part Ⅴ 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. Exercise is good for you, but most people really know very 1 about how to exercise properly. So when you try, you can run into trouble. Many people 2 that when specific muscles are exercised, the fat in the neighbouring area is" 3 up". Yet the truth is that exercise burns fat 4 all over 5 . Studies show muscles which are not 6 lose their strength very quickly. To regain it needs 48 to 72 hours and exercise every other day will 7 a normal level of physical strength. To 8 weight you should always "work up a good sweat" when exercising. 9 sweating only 10 body temperature to prevent over heating. This is 11 water loss. 12 You replace the liquid, you 13 the weight. Walking is the best and easy-to-do exercise. It helps the circulation of blood 14 the body, and has a direct 15 on your overall feeling of health. Experience 16 that 20 minutes' exercise 17 is minimum amount. 18 your breathing doesn't return to normal state within minutes after you finish 19 , you've done 20 .
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