Ⅰ.GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Complete each of the following 15 sentences with the most likely answer. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
1. The universe is ______ at a rate of fifty miles per second per million light years.
4. Although the chairman didn't mention any name, we all knew he was ______ his secretary.
A.referring to
B.saying
C.touching on
D.suggesting
A B C D
A
[考点] 本题主要考查的知识点为refer to。 [解析] 句意:尽管董事长没有提到任何名字。我们都知道他指的是他的秘书。refer to 意为“提到,说到,指的是”,符合题意。
5. Only a few people concerned have ______ to the confidential atomic energy data.
A.admission
B.permission
C.access
D.entrance
A B C D
C
[解析] 本题考查固定搭配have access to的用法。A和D带入句子中无意义,故排除。have permission to do sth.:有权做某事,得到了许可做某事,与本句句意不符,排除。have access to sth.:使用,接近,可以利用。题意为:只有少数相关人士可以使用绝密的原子能数据。
6. The George Washington Bridge is a double-deck bridge across ______ Hudson River.
15. How do the two products compare in terms ______ quality and reliability?
A.of
B.as
C.with
D.about
A B C D
A
[考点] 本题主要考查的知识点为in terms of。 [解析] in terms of为固定搭配,意为“至于,关于,从……观点来看”。B、C、D三项均不能与in terms构成搭配。根据题意故选A。
Ⅱ.CLOZE Fill in each of the 15 blanks in the passage with the most likely answer. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet. A quarter of the world's population now speak English. If you want to 1 your products, or yourself, you have no choice 2 to do it in English. Politicians and business people must speak English if they want to make their mark 3 the world's stage. Writers of minority languages can 4 hope to sell their books unless they write in English. As English is spoken all over the world, it means that no individual country can really exercise a 5 influence over it. In the past, it was the mother tongue 6 who controlled the future of the language. Now, indeed for the last few decades, the mother tongue users are in a significant 7 This means that the character of the language could well 8 with new words, new rhythms, and new pronunciations. It isn't going to be British and American English anymore—that's 9 . All over the world education authorities are struggling to find the resources to meet the 10 for English. However, it is open to question whether they are putting all their eggs in one 11 . The future of English language is intimately 12 the electronic revolution. Satellite television and the Internet have helped accelerate the 13 of English, but will that always be the case? The lnternet, 14 , is now seen as the saviour of minority languages. Indeed, with the continuing improvements in electronic translation, will we even need a(n) 15 language? It is open to question.
Ⅲ.PARAPHRASING Choose the closest paraphrased version after each of the following sentences or the italicized part. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
1. Her mind went back to that black moment.
A.The depressing moment when she heard the bad news appeared in her mind.
B.She thought a lot about her depressing moment.
C.The depressing moment had little effect on her.
D.Her mind went back to the moment when it was dark.
5. And you would not be alone, because pollsters have found that people today do not choose political leaders who shape history for their "Most Admired" list, but rather movie and television celebrities, fashion models, professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters.
A....people today do not respect political figures most...
B....people today do not believe history is influenced by politics...
C....people today look up to historic figures rather than political ones...
D....people today do not depend on political leaders to make up their minds...
8. Every year we're selling more than a £1,000 million worth of cars abroad. If we spend a few million greasing the palms of some of the buyers, who's hurt?
A.No harm will be done to us as long as we squeeze money into the hands of some of our buyers.
B.Putting some money on the palms of those who buy our ears will make things easy for us, and we won't be hurt.
C.It is worthwhile to bribe some of our buyers with a few million pounds so as to secure contracts worth many times more.
D.Compared with £1,000 million, a few million is nothing. If we give some buyers a discount, we won't suffer much loss.
Ⅳ.READING COMPREHENSION Read the two passages and choose the most likely answer to each of the questions. Blacken the letter corresponding to your choice on the answer sheet.
Passage 1 The term "satellite city" is used to describe the relationship between a large city and neighbouring smaller cities and towns that are economically dependent upon it. Satellite cities may be collection and distribution points in the commercial linkages of a trading metropolis (大城市), or they may be manufacturing or mining centers existing with one-industry economies as the creatures of some nearby center. This latter form is what is generally meant when one uses the term "satellite city". Taken in this sense, nineteenth-century Chicopee and Lowell, Massachusetts, were satellites of Boston. Both were mill towns created by Boston investors to serve the economy of that New England metropolis. Located on cheap land along water-power sites in the midst of a farming region that could supply enough labor, they were satellites in the fullest sense of the term. Pullman, Illinois, and Gary, Indiana, were likewise one-industry towns created in conjunction with the much broader economy of nearby Chicago. Such places, as Vera Schlakman and Stanley Buder have pointed out in their excellent urban biographies, had a one-dimensional quality, a paucity (缺乏,少量) of social vigor. These cities could not stand alone; they were in a sense colonies of a multifunctional mother city.
1. Which of the following is characteristic of a satellite city?
Passage 2 Britain has always been a neighbor of France, separated only by the 20-mile seaway of the English Channel. And for most of the time that the two countries have existed, the. French and the British have been rivals or even enemies. One conflict between the two countries lasted over 100 years, and the British and the French were at war through the 18th century. Those were not just local difficulties. When Americans rebelled against British rule, thousands of French soldiers fought alongside them, and paid by France. Without the conflict between Britain and France, there would probably have been no America. There is no fighting now, of course. But there is still a strong sense of rivalry between the two nations. That's why a recent survey in the UK caused a major shock. It revealed that one third of the British people would like to live in France. It also showed that 21 per cent of British people would actually prefer to have been born in France. Many reasons were given. France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle, with some of the longest holidays in Europe. It is thought to have better public services in every area from health to transport. People in France work shorter hours and enjoy longer vacations. And think of the food! Others point to what they call "football diplomacy". French players like Thierry Henry and managers like Arsene Wenger have revolutionized British attitudes towards France. It's true that many British people only respect nations that play football well. And that may indicate why so many people want to leave England! But this may be part of a more general cultural change. Growing numbers of people in Britain drink wine instead of beer and coffee instead of tea. They pay more attention to the way they dress. In some way, they are becoming more French. Estimates of the numbers of Britons living in France range from 100,000 to half a million. But it is not one-way traffic. Around 15,000 French people per year come to live in Britain, mainly setting in London. They are attracted by higher pay in Britain, lower taxes, a more dynamic lifestyle and work in Britain, where there are greater economic opportunities. Now the citizens of the European Union are free to move between countries within the EU which have different social systems. Some are more socially conservative. Others offer better public services and a more relaxed lifestyle. Traditionally, debates over these issues have been part of the politics of European nation states. Now it seems that people can go to the place that suits them best. So perhaps the British are not becoming more French. Instead, both the French and the British are becoming more European.
1. The survey caused a shock because it shows that ______.
A.British people think France has better public services
B.France has a better climate and a more relaxed lifestyle
C.people in France work shorter hours and enjoy longer holidays
D.more than 30 per cent of the British people would like to live in France
Ⅴ.WORD DERIVATION Complete each of the following sentences with a (compound) word derived from the one (s) given in brackets. Write your word on the answer sheet.
1. The works of this famous ______ are now exhibited in leading European and American galleries. (art)
artist
[解析] 题干译为:这位著名艺术家的作品现在正在主要的欧美画廊展览。艺术家用art+ist表示。
2. People are impressed by the fact that he can ______ faces he has seen for only once. (memory)
9. ______ of English gives him an advantage in getting a job. (recover)
Recovery
[解析] 译文:重新捡回了遗忘的英语成了他找工作的一大优势。recovery of sth.找回,重新获得。
10. I'd ______ it if you could let me know in advance whether or not you will come. (appreciate)
appreciate
[解析] 括号内的动词appreciate跟在情态动词后面,要用动词原形,故不用转换词性。
Ⅵ.SENTENCE TRANSLATION Translate the following sentences into English and write your sentences on the answer sheet.
1. 她在旅游途中对所见所闻做了大量的笔记。
During her travels she extensively noted down what she had seen and heard.
2. 孩子们都盼着听他们喜爱的那位流行歌星现场演唱。
The kids are looking forward to hearing their favourite pop star sing in person.
3. 即使在平常聊天时很健谈的人,在第一次公开演讲时也会感到害怕。
Even those people who are good at words in a conversational setting may be terrified over their first public speech.
4. 我们谁也没能找出解决问题的办法,最后还是老张师傅想出了个主意。
None of us could find a solution to the problem/a method to solve the problem, but finally Master Lao Zhang came up with an idea.
5. 据报道,外交部长于今天下午开始了他的亚洲之行。
It's reported that the foreign minister will embark on his visit to Asia.
Ⅶ.WRITING Write a composition on the answer sheet in about 150 words, basing yourself on one of the texts you have learned.
1. Topic: How do friendships often differ for women and men in France? Use the following outline as a guide. · A summary of of the difference. · Give an example or examples to show the difference. · Give a brief comment on the difference.
[范文] In France, as in many European countries, friends generally are of the same sex, and friendship is seen as basically a relationship between men. Frenchwomen laugh at the idea that "women can be friends", but they also admit sometimes that for women "it a different thing". And many French people doubt the possibility of a friendship between a man and a woman. There is also the kind of relationship within a group--men and women who have worked together for a long time, who may be very close, sharing great loyalty and warmth of feeling. They may call one another "copains"--a word that in English becomes "friends" but has more the feeling of "pals" or "buddies". In French eyes this is not friendship, although two members of such a group may well be friends.