8. A minor-party or independent candidate can draw votes away from the major-party nominees but ______almost no chance of defeating them.
A.gets
B.have
C.stands
D.rises
A B C D
C
[解析] 考查短语stand no chance of:没有……的希望。
9. It is, they say, the right to change employers which distinguishes employment______slavery.
A.by
B.between
C.from
D.apart
A B C D
C
[解析] distinguish A from B:使A区别于B。
10. Their______Coil Smith says, “Animal research is irrelevant to our health and it can often produce misleading results. ”
A.spokesman
B.spokeman
C.speaking man
D.spoken man
A B C D
A
[解析] 考查词汇spokesman:发言人。
Ⅱ.Cloze Test 下列短文中有十个空白。每个空白有四个选项。根据上下文要求选出最佳答案。 Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, bicycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some 1 -football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering. Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often 2 with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains?This astonishment is caused, 3 , by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. Mountaineering is a sport and 4 a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There, 5 , rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering 6 to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more 7 sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a“team game”. We should be mistaken 8 this. There are, it is true, no“matches”between“team”of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is 9 teamwork. The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of 10 . His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. The sea is the common property of all nations. It belongs equally to all. None can appropriate it exclusively to themselves;nor is it“foreign”to any. This was the decision of John Marshall, chief justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. It was stated as a fundamental rule the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters(the waters within three miles of a country's coast), the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongest naval powers can enforce in wartime. After the United States purchased Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans claimed that the seals were American property because they often came in to the Alaskan shores owned by the United States. International arbitrators disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, the special rights of a nation that makes use of an open-sea area are recognized. All of the sea's rules of the road are established by international conferences and treaties.
1. The fundamental rule of the sea means that______.
A.the sea should be equally divided among all the nations in the world
B.any area of the sea belongs to the nation closest to it
C.no nation has any sea rights
D.no nation has exclusive right to the open sea
A B C D
D
[解析] 由文章第一段前六句可判断,答案为D。
2. The American's claim to the seals was based on______.
A.the idea that the seals coming to American shores were American property
B.the idea that they were international arbitrators
C.the fact that the United States had purchased all the waters off Alaska
D.the fact that the United States had special rights for open-ea areas
A B C D
A
[解析] 见文章第一段第八句话。
3. International arbitrators decided that______.
A.Canada had no fight to hunt seals off Alaska
B.the Canadians could hunt the seals outside Alaska territorial waters
C.the United States could claim the seals as its property
4. In peacetime, nations may acquire special rights on open waters by______.
A.an agreement with the strongest naval powers
B.the decisions of international arbitrators
C.international agreements
D.negotiations with those who own the areas
A B C D
C
[解析] 见本文第五行第二句话。
5. The main idea of this passage is that______.
A.the law of the sea was stated by John Marshall
B.some nations are able to acquire special open-sea rights
C.every nation owns its territorial waters
D.the laws of the sea are established by international agreement
A B C D
C
[解析] 文章通篇所表达的就是every nation owns its territorial waters。
Passage two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. He had all the background that caused him to know how to make it work, because he had worked under the Continental Congress. Some presidents have limited their roles to being administrators of the laws without being leaders. But Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader. I guess, in fact, that the only anti-Washington thing I can say is that he made a mistake when he established the precedent of the two-term Presidency, and even there he had a good personal reason for wanting that, at least for himself. He was attacked viciously by the press of his day, he was called so many terrible things that he told friends ever during his first term that he wasn't going to run again. But Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Alexander Hamilton persuaded him to go ahead and serve a second term and finally he did. After he'd gotten through his second term, though, he made up his mind that he just wouldn't take it any more, and he quit.
6. Basically the author's opinion of Washington is______.
8. Washington's greatness showed itself in that______.
A.Washington worked under the Continental Congress
B.Washington limited his role to being administrators of the laws
C.Washington was both a great administrator and a great leader
D.Washington established the precedent of the two-term Presidency
A B C D
C
[解析] 见文章第一段最后一句话。
9. What's the author's attitude toward Washington's two-term Presidency?
A.He thinks Washington made a mistake by doing so.
B.He thinks that Washington had a good personal reason for doing so.
C.He thinks that Washington was too selfish in doing so.
D.Both A and B.
A B C D
D
[解析] 见文章最后一段第一句话。
10. Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Washington was very popular with the press of his day.
B.Washington was persuaded to serve the second term.
C.Washington contributed much to the establishment of the United States.
D.Washington's greatness is undoubted.
A B C D
A
[解析] 见第二段第二句话,他遭受别人恶意的诋毁。
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. The physicist investigating the relationship between time and space, the chemist exploring the properties of a new substance, the biologist probing the mysteries of the continuity of life. and the anthropologist(人类学家)searching for human origins share a common trait(特征), curiosity. Not that nonscientist are not curious;most people possess this characteristic. The scientist,however, uses a specific method to make researches into these enigmatic(难以理解的)problems-the scientific method. Unfortunately, science and its method are misunderstood, the multiplication of our knowledge in medicine and technology has led to the idea that science can cure all and explain all and that only enough time, money and intelligence are needed. In truth. science cannot provide all answers. In fact, many phenomena are not even subject to scientific explanations. On the other side of the coin, science has been attacked as a cause of most contemporary problems. It is said to be responsible for the depersonalization(使失去个性)of the individual, for stripping(夺去)creativity from human behavior, and for creating massive threats to the species through the development of nuclear power, insecticides, and polluting machinery. If we analyze the situation, we can see that it was not the original intent of the people who developed computers to debase humankind, nor was mass production proposed as a method to crush creativity. It is what society, policymakers especially, does with scientific achievements that makes them social or antisocial. There is nothing inherently good or bad about science.
11. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A.Scientists and their curiosity.
B.Science and scientific method.
C.Understandings of science.
D.Misunderstandings of science.
A B C D
D
[解析] 见第二段第一句话点题。
12. The last sentence of Para. 2 could be explained as which of the following?
A.Many phenomena can be subjects of scientific explanations.
B.Many phenomena can find answers in scientific explanations.
C.Scientific explanations cannot provide answers to many phenomena.
D.Scientific explanations are not related to many phenomena.
A B C D
C
[解析] 依题意“事实上,许多现象不能被科学解释”可知选C。
13. The expression“to debase humankind”in Para. 3 could be explained as______.
A.to provide base to humankind
B.to reduce the value of humankind
C.to get rid of humankind
D.to compete with humankind
A B C D
B
[解析] debase使……贬值,故选B。
14. According to the last paragraph, which of the following will be accepted by the author?
A.Science is the cause of modem problems.
B.Science itself is neither good nor bad.
C.Science leads to environmental pollution.
D.Science causes many antisocial acts.
A B C D
A
[解析] 见最后一段第一句话。
15. In the expression“On the other side of the coin”in Para. 3, “the coin”is used to refer to______。
A.the misunderstanding of science
B.the scientific explanation
C.the money needed in scientific research
D.the curiosity of scientists and nonscientists
A B C D
B
[解析] 根据上下文对科学的阐述可知,the coin是指科学阐述,故选B。
Ⅳ.Word Spelling 将下列汉语单词译成英语。每个单词的词类、首字母及字母数目均已给出。
1. 固定;系 vt. a_ _ _ _ _
attach
2. 代表;代表人 n. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
representative
3. 消防队员 n. f_ _ _ _ _ _
fireman
4. 偏袒的 a. P_ _ _ _ _ _
partial
5. 分析 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _
analyze
6. 框架 n. f_ _ _ _
frame
7. 放松 n. r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
relaxation
8. 描绘 vt. P_ _ _ _ _ _
portray
9. 休闲 n. l_ _ _ _ _ _
1eisure
10. 调节 vt. a_ _ _ _ _
adjust
11. 机会 n. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
opportunity
12. 获得 vt. a_ _ _ _ _ _
acquire
13. 克服 vt. o_ _ _ _ _ _ _
overcome
14. 目的地 n. d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
destination
15. 机构 n. m_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
mechanism
16. 可行的 a. f_ _ _ _ _ _ _
feasible
17. 中立的 a. n_ _ _ _ _ _
neutral
18. 典型的 a. t_ _ _ _ _ _
typical
19. 促进 vt. p_ _ _ _ _ _
promote
20. 近似的 a. a_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
approximate
Ⅴ.Word From 将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。
1. New and more up-to-date methods have to______(find)for collecting earthquake data and analyzing it.
be found
2. It is not feasible to wait four days until the body______(use)to the new time zone.
is used
3. The effects 9f rapid travel on the body are actually far______(disturb)than we realize.
more disturbing
4. The surface of some areas consists______(large)of high mountains and deep valley.
largely
5. Generally speaking, the quality of life, especially as______(see)by the individual, is meaningful in terms of the degree to which these various areas of life are available or provide satisfaction to the individual.
seen
6. The tendency______(simplify)complex problems blinds managers to other alternatives.
to simplify
7. was supposed to______(pay)£120 but I never received that amount.
be paid
8. In 1992, Clinton won in states that gave him an______(overwhelm)370 electoral votes, compared with 168 for Bush and none for Perot.
overwhelming
9. It is natural for a laborer to imagine that the______(few)hours he has to spend laboring, and the more hours he is free to play, the better.
fewer
10. If the neutron star is very large(much bigger than our sun)the process of shrinking may be so intense that a black hole______(result).
results
Ⅳ.Translation from Chinese into English 将下列各句译成英语。
1. 重要的不是你分配了多少时间去学习, 而是你在学习时学到了多少东西。
It is not how much time you allocate for study that counts but how much you learn when you do study.
2. 研究人员发现你梦中出现的人越多你醒来时就会越快乐。
Researchers have found that the more people who appear in your dreams the happier you are on awakening.
3. 社会对你玩或不玩是极不关心的。
Society could not care less whether you play games or not.
4. 电脑能帮助解决生命研究中的许多问题。
The computer Can help solve many problems in vital research.
5. 这些商品的价格从几美元到数百美元不等。
These commodities range in price from a few dollars to several hundred dollars. (The prices of these commodities range from a few dollars to several hundred dollars.)
Ⅶ.Translation from English into Chinese 将下列短文译成汉语。
1. What, then, is a good education at the end of the twentieth century?Some educators suggest that it should include foreign languages and the study of foreign cultures;a mastery of English, including the ability to write and speak well, because communications have become all-important in the modern world. and also because“a person who doesn't speak and write Clearly doesn't reason clearly either”; some knowledge of the social sciences(sociology, psychology)that deal with human relations and human problems;some basic knowledge of modem information systems, since the educated professionals of tomorrow will have to understand their machines. Is that all?“No, of course not. ”answer the educators, “We have not mentioned the two great building blocks of education:history and literature!” Is this truly the best modern education?Perhaps. But every educator would add or subtract a few subjects. And no matter what list of courses would be offered, it would not be approved by all. Not only do the professors have their own ideas on the matter, but the students have theirs'too. “I don't believe, ”protested a Harvard student when his university revised its programs, “I don't believe that colleges have the fight to define what an educated person is. ”But then, who has?