Part Ⅰ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled The Importance of Reading Classics. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given be low.
1. 阅读经典书籍对人的成长至关重要 2. 现在愿意阅读经典的人却越来越少,原因是…
The Importance of Reading Classics
The Importance of Reading Classics
It is widely acknowledged that reading the classics enables the youth to reflect on the beauty and complexity of life, which is both essential and beneficial to their character development and personal growth. Besides, I the youth's morality might be cultivated in the process of thinking over the great themes of the classics. However, China's fast-growing economy is causing Chinese to adapt to a faster pace of life. The speed living pace is pushed by heavy pressure, so some people prefer to read some light readings instead of the Classics in their spare time. Others tend to watch soap operas and play video games rather than to spend much leisure time reading the Classics. As the salt of the earth, we college students should be fully aware of the important role the classics play in broadening one's vision, Therefore, we should Start reading and studying the treasuries our ancestors left and absorbing the essence of those classical Works. We should also advocate to the public the importance of classics so that an increasing number of general people' can enjoy the pleasure of reading.
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 1-4, 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 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Space Tourism
Make your reservations now. The space tourism industry is officially open for business, and tickets are going for a mere. $ 20 million for a one-week stay in space. Despite reluctance from National Air and Space Administration (NASA), Russia made American businessman Dennis Tito the world's first space tourist. Tito flew into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket that arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on April 30, 2001. The second space tourist, South African businessman Mark Shuttle worth, took off aboard the Russian Soyuz on April g5, 2002, also bound for the ISS. Lance Bass of' N Sync was supposed to be the third to make the $ 20 million trip, but he did not join the three-man crew as they blasted off on October 30, 2002, due to lack of payment. Probably the most incredible aspect of this proposed space tour was that NASA approved of it. These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable gist century industry. There are al ready several space tourism companies planning to build suborbital vehicles and orbital cities within the next two decades. These companies have invested millions, believing that the space tourism industry is on the verge of taking off. In 1997, NASA published a report concluding that selling trips into space to private citizens could be worth billions of dollars. A Japanese report supports these findings, and projects that space tourism could be a $10 billion per year industry within the next two decades. The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies, who are concerned with safety and the development of a reliable, reusable launch vehicle. Space Accommodations Russia's Mir space station was supposed to be the first destination for space tourists. But in March 2001, the Russian Aerospace Agency brought Mir down into the Pacific Ocean. As it turned out, bringing down Mir only temporarily delayed the first tourist trip into space. The Mir crash did cancel plans for a new reality-based game show from NBC, which was going to be called Destination Mir. The Survivor-like TV show was scheduled to air in fall 2001. Participants on the show were to go through training at Russia's cosmonaut (宇航员) training center, Star City. Each week, one of the participants would be eliminated from the show., with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir space station. The Mir crash has ruled Our NBC's space plans fog now. NASA is against beginning space tourism until the International Space Station is completed in 2006. Russia is not alone in its interest in space tourism. There are several projects underway to commercialize space travel. Here are a few of the groups that might take tourists to space: ·Space Island Group is going to build a ring-shaped, rotating "commercial space infrastructure (基础结构)" that will resemble the Discovery spacecraft in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." Space Island says it will build its space city out of empty NASA space-shuttle fuel tanks (to start, it should take around 12 or so), and place it about 400 miles above Earth. The space city will rotate once per minute to create a gravitational pull one-third as strong as Earth's. ·According to their vision statement, Space Adventures plans to. "fly tens of thousands of people in space over the next 10-15 years and beyond, around the moon, and back, from spaceports both on Earth and in space, to and from private space stations, and aboard dozens of different vehicles..." ·Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel. However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away. Initially, space tourism will offer simple accommodations au best. For instance, if the International Space Station is used as a tourist attraction, guests won't find the luxurious surroundings of a hotel room on Earth. It has been designed for conducting research, not entertainment. However the first generation of space hotels should offer tourists a much more comfortable experience. In regard to a concept for a space hotel initially planned by Space Island, such a hotel could offer guests every convenience they might find at a hotel on Earth, and some they might not. The small gravitational pull created by the rotating space city would allow space-tourists and residents to walk a round and function normally within the structure. Everything from running water to a recycling plant to medical facilities would be possible. Additionally, space tourists would even be able to take space walks. Many of these companies believe that they have to offer an extremely enjoyable experience in order for passengers to pay thousands, if not millions, of dollars to ride into space. So will space create another separation between the haves and have-nots? The Most Expensive Vacation Will space be an exotic retreat reserved for only the wealthy? Or will middle-class folks have a chance to take their families to space? Make no mistake about it, going to space will be the most expensive vacation you ever take. Prices right now are in the tens of millions of dollars. Currently, the only vehicles that can take you into space are the space shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both of which are terribly inefficient. Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch. One pound of payload (有效载重) costs about $10, 000,to put in to Earth's orbit. NASA and Lockheed Martin are currently developing a single-stage-to-orbit launch space plane, called the VentureStar, that could be launched for about a tenth of what the space shuttle costs to launch. If the VentureStar takes off, the number of people who could afford to take a trip into space would move into the millions. In 1998, a joint report from NASA and the Space Transportation Association stated that improvements in technology could push fares for space travel as low as $ 50, 000, and possibly down to $ 20, 000 or $10, 000 a decade later. The report concluded that at a ticket price of $ 50, 000, there could be 500, 000 passengers flying into space each year. While still leaving out many people, these prices would open up space to a tremendous amount of traffic. Since the beginning of the space race, the general public has said, "Isn't that great--when do I get to go?" Well, our chance might be closer than ever. Within the next 20 years, space planes could be taking off for the Moon at the same frequency as airplanes flying between New York and Los Angeles.
1. Lance Bass wasn't able to go on a tour-of space because of health problems.
N
由题干中Lance Bass定位到文章第二段。首句指出Lance Bass应该是第三个到太空旅游的游客,但是他没有参加2002年10月30日由三人组成的太空旅游团队。该句最后给出原因: due to lack of payment,可见Lance Bass太空旅游的落空是因为资金原因,并非健康原因。
2. Several tourism companies believe space travel is going to be a new profitable industry.
Y
由题干中tourism companies定位到文章第三段。第二句指出太空旅游公司的规划,planning to build suborbital Vehicles and orbital cities(计划建造进行小轨迹飞行的交通工具和轨道城市)。朱匈分析其原因:这些公司投资数百万美金,它们相信太空旅游行业将蓬勃兴起。这里的On the verge of taking off与首句These trips are the beginning of what could be a profitable 21st century industry.相呼应,与题干意思表述一致。
3. The space agencies are reluctant to open up space to tourists.
Y
由题干中space agencies定位到第四段末句The only obstacles to opening up space to tourists are the space agencies...(对游客开放太空的唯一阻碍来自于太空局),本句中的obstacles和题干中的are reluctant为同义转述。
4. Two Australian billionaires have been placed on the waiting list for entering space as private passengers.
5. The prize for the winner in the fall 2001 NBC TV game show would have been ______.
a trip to the Mir Space Station
由题干中fall 2001定位到第一个小标题下第二段,首句提到名为Destination Mir的NBC的电视节目。第四句指出Each week,one of the participants would be eliminated from the show,with the winner receiving a trip to the Mir Space Station.(每周在节目中有一个参与者会遭到淘汰,最终的获胜者舍得到去Mir Space Station旅行的奖励),故可知答案。
6. Hilton Hotels believes it won't be long before it is possible to build a ______.
space hotel
由题干中Hilton Hotels定位到第一个小标题下第三段最后一点,首句指出“希尔顿酒店集团对大空,旅行业感兴趣,它们也对投资或共同出资建造一家太空旅馆感:兴趣。”末句指出: However, the company did say that it believes such a space hotel is 15 to 20 years away.显然题干中的won't be long是对15至20年的注解,既然此处只提到“建造太空旅馆”,故答案为 space hotel.
7. In order for space tourists to walk around and function normally, it is necessary for the space city to create a ______.
small gravitational pull
由题干中walk around and function normally定位到第一个小标题下第五段第二句The small gravitational pull..walk around and function normally within the structure. (旋转的太空城市所产生的轻微地心引力会让太空旅游者和太空居民在城中正常走动、正常生活)。本题是对该句的同义转述,将因果关系表述顺序颠倒,故答案为small gravitational pull。
8. What makes going to space the most expensive vacation is the enormous cost involved in ______.
the fuel of spacecraft
由题干中the most expensive vacation定位到第二个小标题下首段。倒数第二句Each spacecraft requires millions of pounds of fuel to take off into space, which makes them expensive to launch, (每架航天—电机飞到太空都需要上百万磅的燃料,这使得发射飞船的费用巨大。)题干中的the enormous cost是对句中millions of pounds的解释,故答案为the fuel of spacecraft。
9. Each year 500, 000 space tourists could be flying into space if ticket prices could be lowered ______ to ______.
$50, 000
由题干中的数字500,000定位到倒数第二段第二句The report concluded that at a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year.(报告得出结论:如果票价定为5万美金,每年飞往太空的乘客就会有50万)。可见题干中的500,000 space tourists是对 500,000 passengers flying into space的转述,所以答案为$50,000。
10. Within the next two decades, ______ could be as common as intercity air travel.
space travel
题干中Within the next two decades是末段末句Within the next 20 years的同义转述。“未来20年内,航天飞机飞往月球的频率可08会与纽约和洛杉矶之间的民航飞机的飞行频率相同。”此处将airplanes flying between New York and Los Angeles归纳为intercity air travel,显然前面的内容可以概括为航天旅行。故答案为space travel。
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.
[解析] M: I need to find a dentist, you said you know Dr. Smith well, do you recommend her? W: Well, I had to see her a few times, but what impressed me most were the magazines in her waiting room. Q: What does the woman imply?
What impressed me most is ....约我印象最深的是……。
2.
A.The man will rent the apartment when it is available.
B.The man made a bargain with the landlady over the rent.
C.The man insists on having a look at the apartment first.
D.The man is not fully satisfied with the apartment.
A B C D
C
[解析] W: I'm afraid I can't show you the apartment at the moment, because the tenant is still living in it. It's really a lovely place with a big kitchen and a sunny window, for only $200 a month. M: Sounds good, but we really can't rent an apartment without seeing it first. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
tenant“房客”;rent“出租”。
3.
A.Packing up to go abroad.
B.Brushing up on her English.
C.Drawing up a plan for her English course.
D.Applying for a visa to the United States.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: So that's what's been keeping you so busy recently! W: Yes, I've been tied up with my studies. You know I'm planning to go to the United States this coming summer, but I'm a bit nervous about my English. Q: What is the woman busy doing?
tie up “使无空闲,占用”。
4.
A.He is anxious to find a cure for his high blood pressure.
B.He doesn't think high blood pressure is a problem for him.
C.He was not aware of his illness until diagnosed with it.
D.He did not take the symptoms of his illness seriously.
A B C D
C
[解析] W: How did you feel when you found out you had high blood pressure? M: Shocked! The problem for me was that there were no symptoms; it seemed to have sneaked up on me. Q: What does the man mean?
shocked“震惊的”;no symptoms “毫无症状”;sneaked up on me“偷偷袭击我”。
5.
A.To investigate the causes of AIDS.
B.To raise money for AIDS patients.
C.To rally support for AIDS victims in Africa.
D.To draw attention to the spread of AIDS in Asia.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: So ,you're just back from a trip to India. What were you doing there? M: The trip was intended to bring to the world's attention the fact that AIDS is not just an African disease; it's also endangering other countries, notably, India and Thailand. Q: What was the purpose of the man's trip to India?
endanger“危害,危及”。
6.
A.It has a very long history.
B.It is a private institution.
C.It was founded by Thomas Jefferson.
D.It stresses the comprehensive study of nature.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: It's quite clear for my visit, this is a full size, comprehensive university. So why is it still called a college? W: The College of William and Mary is the second oldest institution of higher learning in this country. We have nurtured great minds like Thomas Jefferson and we are proud of out name. Q: What do we learn from this conversation about the College of William and Mary?
nurture“培育”;great minds“伟人”。
7.
A.They can't fit into the machine.
B.They have not been delivered yet.
C.They were sent to the wrong address.
D.They were found to be of the wrong type.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: Have the parts we need for the photo copying machine arrived yet? W: I ordered them last week, but something is holding them up. Q: What does the woman say about the parts needed for the photo copying machine?
hold up“阻挡,使停顿”。
8.
A.The food served in the cafeteria usually lacks variety.
B.The cafeteria sometimes provides rare food for the students.
C.The students find the service in the cafeteria satisfactory.
D.The cafeteria tries hard to cater to the students' needs.
A B C D
A
[解析] W: The cafeteria provided many kinds of dishes for us today. Did you notice that? M: Yes, kind of rare ,isn't it? Q: What does the man imply?
cafeteria“自助餐厅”;rare“希罕的”。
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
D.He cleaned up all the garbage in the woman s yard.
A B C D
B
[解析] 19-22 W: Hello, Patrick, is that you? M: Yeah Jane4 wheat can I do for you? W: I was calling about the apple tree that you were trimming yesterday. M: That was hard work! W: I'm sure it was. It true looked difficult. M: Yeah! I'm glad it's 'finished. Hauling the branches to the front for garbage pick-up was no fun either. W: Well, I don't think you're quite finished yet, some of the larger branches fell over into my yard, and I think you should come and get them. M: Listen Jane, I don't see why I should do that. You've eaten all the apples that fall in your yard and you've never complained about that before. W: Well, it's easier to pick up apples than to drag tree branches all the way to the curb. My kids pick up the apples, and the branches are just too big for them to drag. M: Well, I guess you'll just have to do it yourself Jane. W: Patrick, I wish you would reconsider. We've always gotten along fairly well, but I think you're out of line here. The branches are your responsibility. M: Sorry Jane, I disagree! You take the benefits of the apple tree, but refuse to deal with the had side of it! Besides, it won't take you any time to get the branches out front! W: Get the branches off my property or I'll have to sure you. M: Yeah? For what?! You're taking those law classes too seriously! I've gotta go, I have to pick up my son. W: You'll be hearing from me. 19. What did the man do yesterday?
trim“修整”。
2.
A.Trim the apple trees in her yard.
B.Pick up the apples that felt in her yard.
C.Take the garbage to the curb for her.
D.Remove the branches from her yard.
A B C D
D
[解析] What did the woman ask the man to do?
fall into “落入”;get along well“相处得融洽”。
3.
A.File a lawsuit against the man.
B.Ask the manfor compensation.
C.Have the man's apple tree cut down.
D.Throw garbage into the man's yard.
A B C D
A
[解析] What did the woman threaten to do?
sue sb.“控诉某人”;take sth. seriously“重视”。
4.
A.He was ready to make a concession.
B.He was not prepared m go to court.
C.He was not intimidated.
D.He was a bit concerned.
A B C D
C
[解析] What was the man's reaction to the woman's threat?
court“法庭”。
Questions 23 to 25 are based on file conversation you have just heard.
[解析] 23-25 M: Did you hear about the air crash that occurred in South America recently? It was quite a tragic accident! W: No, I didn't see anything in the news about it. What happened? M: A foreign airliner was attempting to land at night in a mountainous area of Argentina and flew into a hill! W: That sounds really terrible! Did anyone survive? M: No, everyone aboard, including the crew, was killed instantly. W: What were the circumstances? Were there bad weather, a fire, or engine failure? M: Apparently, there were some low clouds in the area. but mostly it was just miscommunication between the pilots and the air traffic controllers. W: Weren't they both speaking in English, the official international aviation language? M: Yes, they were. But the transmission from poor quality radios was slightly distorted and the accents of the Spanish speaking controllers were so strong that the pilots misunderstood a vital instruction. W: How could a misunderstanding like that caused such a serious accident? M: The pilots were told to descend to 2-2, 000 feet. The instruction actually meant 22, 000 feet, but they thought they heard descend to 2, 000 feet. That's a huge difference, and it should have been confirmed, but it was not. Unfortunately, the terrain of the mountains in Norweija extends of 20,000 feet. W: So the pilots did descend to the wrong altitude then, thinking they were following the air controllers' instructions. M: Sadly enough, yes they did. It was a really bad mistake. Many people died as a result of the simple misunderstanding. W: Wow, that's a powerful lesson on how important it can be to accurately communicate to each other. 23. What was the cause of the tragedy?
air crash“飞机坠毁”,crew“全体人员”'miscommunication“错误传达”。
2.
A.Two thousand feet.
B.Twelve thousand feet.
C.Twenty thousand feet.
D.Twenty-two thousand feet.
A B C D
C
[解析] How high are the mountains in Norweija?
distort“扭曲,歪曲”;descend to“下降”。
3.
A.Accurate communication is of utmost importance.
B.Pilots should be able to speak several foreign languages.
C.Air controllers should keep a close watch on the weather.
D.Cooperation between pilots and air controllers is essential.
A B C D
A
[解析] What lesson could be drawn from the accident?
as a result of“作为(…的)结果”。
Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end a f each passage, you will hear some questions, Both the passage and the questions mill bespoken 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 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
1. A. His father caught a serious disease. B. His mother passed away. C. His mother left him to marry a rich businessman.D. His father took to drinking.
A B C D
B
[解析] 26-29 Edgar Allen Poe, an American writer, was born in 1809. His parents were actors. Edgar was a baby when his father left the family. He was two years old when his mother died. He was taken into the home of a wealthy businessman named John Allen. He then received his new name, Edgar Allen Poe. As a young man, Poe attended the University of Virginia. He was a good student, but he liked to drink alcohol and play card games for money. As an unskilled game player, he often lost money. Since he couldn't pay off his gambling money, he left university and began working for magazines. He worked hard, yet he was not well paid, or well known. At the age of 27, he got married. For a time it seemed that Poe would find some happiness, but his wife was sick for most of their marriage, and died in 1847. Through all his crises, Poe produced many stories and poems which appeared in different publications, yet he didn't become famous until 1845, when his poem, The Raven, was published. There is a question, however, about Poe's importance in American Literature. Some critics say Poe was one of Americas best. writers, and even had a great influence on many French writers, but others disagree. They say Poe's work is difficult to understand and most of his writing describes many unpleasant situations and events. Edgar Allen Poe died in 1849 when he was 40 years old. It is said that he was found dead after days of heavy drinking. 26. What happened to Edgar Allen Poe's family, when he was only two years old?
take sb. into “收留”。
2.
A.He disliked being disciplined.
B.He was expelled by the university.
C.He couldn't pay his gambling debts.
D.He enjoyed working for a magazine.
A B C D
C
[解析] Why did Edgar Allen Poe leave the University of Virginia?
pay off “付清,偿清”。
3.
A.His poems are heavily influenced by French writers.
B.His stories are mainly set in the State of Virginia.
C.His work is difficult to read.
D.His language is not refined.
A B C D
C
[解析] What do some critics say about Edgar Allen Poe?
appear “发表,出版”。
4.
A.He grieved to death over the loss of his wife.
B.He committed suicide for unknown reasons.
C.He was shot dead at the age of 40.
D.He died of heavy drinking.
A B C D
D
[解析] How did Edgar Allen Poe's life come to an end?
unpleasant situations “令人不愉快的情景”。
Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 30-32 More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It's very important for improving the lives of individuals, however, it is estimated that 880 million adults around the world are illiterate, that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. More than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school. Many others complete school or fail to finish their studies without learning to read or write. Many countries depend on the efforts of people Who offer their time to help illiterate individuals. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with this group of prisoners. He says his way of teaching can help anyone learn how to read and write with about thirty hours of study. To learn his system, people must first know how to write letters of the alphabet and learn which sounds they represent. The system divides letters into three groups. The first group of letters can be written between two lines. The second can be written between two lines but part of the letters is above the top line. The third group has letters that are partly written below the lower line. John Mogger taught his students to write simple words from the letters, in this way, his students learned more than 700 words. Many of them can now write to family members. They also can read newspapers and magazines. 30. According to the speaker, which group of people makes up of the majority of the illiterate population?
illiterate “文盲的”; a majority of“大部分”。
2.
A.He taught his students how to pronounce the letters first.
B.He matched the letters with the sounds familiar to the learners.
C.He Showed the learners how to combine the letters into simple words.
D.He divided the letters into groups according to the way they are written.
A B C D
D
[解析] What is the most important feature of John Mogger's method of teaching the alphabet?
become concerned about “关注”。
3.
A.It can help people to become literate within a short time.
B.It was originally designed for teaching the English language.
C.It enables the learners to master a language within three months.
D.It is effective in teaching any alphabetical language to Brazilians.
A B C D
A
[解析] What does John Mogger say about his teaching method?
alphabet “字母表”。
Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 33-35 Farmers usually use ploughs to prepare their fields for planting crops. Plows cue into the ground, and lift up weeds and other unwanted plants. However, plowing is blamed for causing severe damage to topsoil by removing the plant that protect soil from being blown or washed a way. Many farmers in South Asia are now trying a process called Low Till Farming. Low Till Farming limist the use of ploughs. In this method of farming seeds and fertilizer are put into the soil through small cut made in the surface of the ground. Low Till Agriculture leaves much or all of the soil and remains of plants on the ground. They serve as a natural fertilizer and help support the roots of future crops. They take in rain and al low it to flow into the soil instead of running off. It has been proved that Low Till Farming increases harvests and reduces water use, and this method reduces the need for chemical products because there are fewer unwanted plants. Scientists say Low Till Farming is becoming popular in South Asia, which is facing a severe water shortage. They say the area will become dependent on imported food unless water is saved through methods like Low Till Farming. Currently, more than 150 mil lion people in South Asia depend on local rice and wheat crops. Farmers grow rice during wet weather. During the dry season they grow wheat in the same fields. Farmers are using the Low Till method to plant wheat after harvesting rice. Scientists say Low Till Agriculture. is one of the best examples in the world of technologies working for both people and the environment. 33. What is the main problem caused by the usual way of plowing?
blame sb./sth, for sth. “把…归咎于”;topsoil“表层土”。
2.
A.It's a new way of applying chemical fertilizer.
B.It's an improved method of harvesting crops.
C.It's a creative technique for saving labor.
D.It's farming process limiting the use of ploughs.
A B C D
D
[解析] What does the speaker say about Low Till Farming?
fertilizer “肥料”;flow into“流入”。
3. A. In areas with few weeds and unwanted plants.B. In areas with a severe shortage of water. C. In areas lacking in chemical fertilizer. D. In areas dependent on imported food.
A B C D
B
[解析] Where is Low Till Farming becoming popular?
be dependent on “依靠”。
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. Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4 day-olds could understand 1 and subtraction. Now, British research 2 Graham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and tell to 3 the names of objects that were foreign to them, a result that 4 in some ways the received 5 that, apart from learning to 6 things common to their daily lives, children don't begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. "It's no 7 that children learn words, but She words they tend to know are words linked to 8 . situations in the home," explains Sehafer. " 9 with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting." Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light' on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. 10 "Language is a test case for human cognitive development," says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: 11 ". "This is not about advancing development," he says. "It's just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought. "
[解析] 36-46 Adults are getting smarter about how smart babies are. Not long ago, researchers learned that 4-day-olds could understand (36) addition and sub traction. Now, British research (37) psychologist ham Schafer has discovered that infants can learn words for uncommon things long before they can speak. He found that 9-month-old infants could be taught, through repeated show-and-tell, to (38) recognize the names of objects that were foreign to them, that (39)challenges in some ways the received (40)wisdom that ,apart from learning to (41)identify things common to their daily lives, children don't begin to build vocabulary until well into their second year. "It's no(42)secret that children learn words, but the words they tend to know are words linked to (43)specific situations in the home," explains Schafer. "(44)This is the first demonstration that we can choose what words the children will learn and that they can respond to them with an unfamiliar voice giving instructions in an unfamiliar setting." Figuring out how humans acquire language may shed light on why some children learn to read and write later than others, Schafer says, and could lead to better treatments for developmental problems. (45) What's more, the study of language acquisition offers direct insight into how humans learn. "Language is a test case for human cognitive development," says Schafer. But parents eager to teach their infants should take note: (46) even without being taught new words a control group caught up with the other infants within a few months. "This is not about advancing development," he says. "It's just about what children can do at an earlier age than what educators have often thought. "
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Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. I've heard from and talked to many people who described how Mother Nature simplified their lives for them. They'd lost their home and many or all of their possessions through fires, floods, earth quakes, or some other disaster. Losing everything you own under such circumstances can be distressing, but the people I've heard from all saw their loss. ultimately, as a blessing. "The fire saved us the agony of deciding what to keep and what to get rid of," one woman wrote. And once all those things were no longer there, she and her husband saw how they ]lad weighed them down and complicated their lives. "There was so much stuff we never used and that was just taking up space. We vowed when we started over, we'd replace only what we needed, and this time we'd do it right. We've kept our promise: we don't have much now, but what we have is exactly what we want." Though we've never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify. At that time we lived in a fire zone. One night a firestorm raged through and destroyed over six hundred homes in our community. That tragedy gave us the opportunity to look objectively at the goods we'd accumulated. We saw that there was so much we could get rid of and not only never miss, hut the better off without. Having almost lost it all, we found it much easier to let go of the things .we knew we'd never use again. Obviously, there's a tremendous difference between getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster without having a say in the matter. And this is not to minimize the tragedy and pain such a loss can generate. But you might think about how you would approach the acquisition process if you had it to do all over again. Look around, your home and make a list of what you would replace. Make another list of things you wouldn't acquire again no matter what, and in fact would be happy to be rid of. When you're ready to start unloading some of your stuff, that list will be a good place to start.
1. Many people whose possessions were destroyed in natural disasters eventually considered their loss ______.
4. According to the author, getting rid of possessions and losing them through a natural disaster are vastly ______.
different
由题干中getting rid of possessions定位至第六段。首句指出“显然,在自己扔掉财物和眼睁睁地遭受自然灾害带来的损失之间是有巨大差异的。”此处的tremendous与题干中的vastly为同一语义场,原句中使用了名词短语a tremendous difference,本题中改为形容词短语vastly different,语义不变。
5. What does the author suggest people do with unnecessary things?
Make a list of unnecessary things before unloading them.
末段指出;,当你准备开始扔掉一些物品的时候,最好从列清单开始,题干中的do with unnecessary things是对unloading some of your stuff的同义转述,显然在动手做之前应该先列清单。
Section B Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or un finished 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 In a purely biological sense, fear begins with the body's system for reacting to things that can harm us--the so-called fight-or-flight response. "An animal that can't detect danger can't stay alive," says Joseph LeDoux. Like animals, humans evolved with an elaborate mechanism for processing information about potential threats. At its core is a cluster of neurons (神经元) deep in the brain known as the amygdala (扁桃核). LeDoux studies the way animals and humans respond to threats to understand how we form memories of significant events in our lives. The amygdala receives input from many parts of the brain, including regions responsible for retrieving memories. Using this information, the amygdala appraises a situation--I think this Charging dog wants to bite me and triggers a response by radiating nerve signals throughout the body. These signals produce 'the familiar signs of distress: trembling, perspiration and fast-moving feet, just t5 name three. This fear mechanism is critical to the survival of all animals, but no one can say for sure whether beasts other than humans know they're afraid. That is, as LeDoux says, "if you put that system into a brain that has consciousness, then you get the feeling of fear. ' Humans, says Edward M. Hallowell, have the ability to call up images of bad things that happened in the past and to anticipate future events. Combine these higher thought processes with our hardwired danger-detection systems, and you get a near-universal human phenomenon: worry. That's not necessarily a bad thing, says Hallowell. "When used properly, worry is an incredible device," he says. After alit a little healthy worrying is okay if it leads to constructive action--like having a doctor look at that weird spot on your back. Hallowell insists, though, that there's a right way to worry. "Never do it alone, get the facts and then make a plan," he says. Most of us have survived a recession, so we're familiar With the belt tightening strategies needed to survive a slump. Unfortunately, few of us have much experience dealing with the threat Of terrorism, so it's been difficult to get facts about how we should respond. That's why Hallowell believes it was okay for people to indulge some extreme worries last fall by asking doctors for Cipro (抗炭疽菌的药物) and buying gas masks.
Passage Two Amitai Etzioni is not surprised by the latest headings about scheming corporate crooks (骗子). As a visiting professor at the Harvard Business School in 1989, he ended his work there disgusted with his students' overwhelming lust for money. "They're taught that profit is all that matters," he says. "Many schools don't even offer ethics (伦理学) courses at all." Etzioni expressed his frustration about the interests of his graduate students. "By and large, I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than money, power, fame and self-interest," he wrote at the time. Today he still takes the blame for not educating these "business-leaders-to-be." "I really feel like ! failed them," he says. "If I was a better teacher maybe I could have reached them." Etzioni was a respected ethics expert when he arrived at Harvard. He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished. What he found wasn't encouraging. Those would-be executives had, says Etzioni, little interest in concepts of ethics and morality in the boardroom--and their professor was met with blank stares when he urged his students to see business in new and different ways. Etzioni sees the experience at Harvard as an eye-opening one and says there's much about business schools that he'd like to change. "A lot of the faculty teaching business are bad news themselves," Etzioni says. From offering classes that teach students how to legally manipulate contracts, to reinforcing the notion of profit over community interests, Etzioni has seen a lot that's left him shaking his head. And because of what he's seen taught in business schools, he's not surprised by the latest rash of corporate scandals. "In many ways things have got a lot worse at business schools, I suspect," says Etzioni. Etzioni is still teaching the sociology of right and wrong and still calling for ethical business leader ship. "People with poor motives will always exist," he says, "Sometimes environments constrain those people and sometimes environments give those people opportunity." Etzioni says the booming economy of the last decade enabled those individuals with poor motives to get rich before getting in trouble. His hope now: that the cries for reform will provide more fertile soil for his longstanding messages about business ethics.
1. What impressed Amitai Etzioni most about Harvard MBA students?
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. The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the results of its "Reading at Risk", survey, which described the movement of the American public away from books and literature and toward television and electronic media. According to the survey, "reading is on the decline on every 62. ______ region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level. " The day the NEA report released, the U. S. House, in a tie vote, 63. ______ upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The House proposal w0uld have barred the federal government from demand library records, reading lists, book 64. ______ customer lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations. These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they echo each other 65. ______ in the message they send about the place of books and reading in American culture, At the heart of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic 66. ______ system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze texts and writing 67. ______ clearly. All of these are skills promoted by reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time, through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our country are unconsciously sending the message that reading may be connected to desirable activities that might undermine our system of 68. ______ government rather than helping democracy flourish. Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the existence of the 69. ______ Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was 70. ______ deemed by parents and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and is possibly 71. ______ having an impact on .the reading habits of the American public.
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用词不当。表示“在…地区”应用介词in。
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语态错误。any time,the next time,the day,the morning等可以引导时间状语从句。本句中The day后面需要跟完整的状语从句,而句中的the NEA report显然应该是被发布,应使用被动语态,由于主句谓语使用了过去时(upheld),这里应填入was。
Part Ⅵ Translation Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2.
1. If you had __________________(听从了我的忠告,你就不会陷入麻烦).
followed ay advice, you would not be in trouble now
2. With tears on her face, the lady __________________(看着她受伤的儿子被送进手术室).
watched her injured son sent into the operation room
3. After the terrorist attack, tourists __________________(被劝告暂时不要去该国旅游).
were advised not to travel to that country for the moment
4. I prefer to communicate with my customers __________________(通过写电子邮件而不是打电话).
via e-mail instead of telephone
5. __________________(直到截止日他才寄出) his application form.