[解析] W: Oh, Dick, you are in a black jacket but yellow trousers. It's the strangest combination I've ever seen. M: I know. I got up late and dressed in a hurry. I didn't realize my mistake until I entered the office. Q: What does the woman think of the way Dick's dressed?
2.
A.Call the police station.
B.Get the wallet for the man.
C.Show the man her family pictures.
D.Ask to see the man's driver's license.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: Excuse me, but has anyone turned in a brown leather wallet? I've lost my wallet. It contains my driver's license and also some family pictures that are pretty important to me. W: Oh, yes, we had a wallet brought in this morning. Wait here just a minute, please. Q: What will the woman probably do?
3.
A.The temperature is not as high as the man claims.
B.The room will get cool if the man opens the windows.
C.She is following instructions not to use the air-conditioning.
D.She is afraid the new epidemic SARS will soon spread all over town.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: Excuse me, Madam. Is the air-conditioning on? This room is getting as hot as a furnace. W: Sorry, sir. A new epidemic called SARS is threatening us right now. As a preventing measure, we are told to let in fresh air by opening the windows and not to use air-conditioners. Q: What does the woman mean?
4.
A.She lost a lot of weight in two years.
B.She stopped exercising two years ago.
C.She had a unique way of staying healthy.
D.She was never persistent in anything she did.
A B C D
A
[解析] M: You look quite different from what you used to. W: Sure. I started exercising regularly 2 years ago and went from 253 pounds to a healthy 160 pounds. And that's the only thing I did not give up halfway. Q: What do we know about the woman?
5.
A.The man is not suitable for the position.
B.The job has been given to someone else.
C.She had received only one application letter.
D.The application arrived a week earlier than expected.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: I wonder if you find my experience relevant to the job. W: Yes, certainly. But if only you had sent in your application letter a week earlier! Q: What does the woman imply?
D.He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.
A B C D
A
[解析] W: Shouldn't someone go and pick up the clothes from the laundry? They were ready 3 hours ago. M: Don't look at me, Mum. Q: What does the boy mean?
7.
A.At a shopping center.
B.At an electronics company.
C.At an international trade fair.
D.At a DVD counter in a music store.
A B C D
C
[解析] M: Er... Hi! Could you tell me where electronic products are displayed? I want to see some TVs, digital video cameras, DVD players--that sort of thing. W: Well, several countries are displaying electronic 'products. China's selection is very large this year. You might as well go to the East wing first to take a look at the Chinese booth. Q: Where is this conversation most probably taking place?
8.
A.The woman hated the man talking throughout the movie.
B.The woman saw a comedy instead of a horror movie.
C.The woman prefers light movies before sleep.
D.The woman regrets going to the movie.
A B C D
D
[解析] M: Well, what did you think of the movie? W: I don't know why I let you talk me into going. I just don't like violence! Next time you'd better choose a comedy. Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
9.
A.He is the right man to get the job done.
B.He is a man with professional expertise.
C.He is not easy to get along with.
D.He is not likely to get the job.
A B C D
D
[解析] W: Who do you think should get the job? How about Mr. Becket? M: Mr. Becket? I'm not sure. He is a nice fellow of course and easy to get along with, but I doubt his professional expertise. I want someone who can get the job done. Q: What do we learn from the conversation about Mr. Becket?
10.
A.It is being forced out of the entertainment industry.
B.It should change its concept of operation.
C.It should revolutionize its technology.
D.It is a very good place to relax.
A B C D
B
[解析] M: Do you think home video players will replace movie theatres and force them out of the entertainment business? W: We've certainly faced with the grave challenge from the DVD industry. That's why I think we have to revolutionize our concept of movie showing. As I see it, the movie theatre should not just be a place to watch a film, but a place to meet people. Q: What does the woman think of the movie theatre?
Section B
Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
C.He can best represent the spirit of early America.
D.He was the most distinguished diplomat in American history.
A B C D
C
[解析] 11-13 Few people can stand for the spirit of earlier America as much as Benjamin Franklin. He lived through almost the whole of the 18th century. He was born six years after the century began and died ten years before it ended. During this time be saw. the American colonies grew from tiny settlements into a nation and he also contributed much to the new state. He was deeply interested in science and natural history and his experiments with the electricity and lightning led directly to the invention of the lightning rod. He was also interested in improving the conditions of his fellow men. He was involved in a number of projects in his native Philadelphia, including the setting up of a library, and a university, a philosophical society and a tire-prevention service. He worked hard to enable American colonies to gain independence from Britain. As Ambassador to France, he encouraged the French to help George Washington. After the war, he attended the American Constitutional., Congress. This was his last contribution, for he died later that year. He is still fondly remembered by Americans as one of the creators of the United States. 11. What did the speaker say about Benjamin Franklin?
2.
A.He provided Washington with a lot of money.
B.He persuaded France to support Washington.
C.He served as a general in Washington's army.
D.He represented Washington in negotiations with Britain.
A B C D
B
[解析] How did Franklin help George Washington?
3.
A.As one of the greatest American scholars.
B.As one of America's most ingenious inventors.
C.As one of the founding fathers of the United States.
D.As one of the most famous activists for human rights.
A B C D
C
[解析] According to the passage, what is Franklin still well remembered as?
Passage Two Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
B.Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served.
C.Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.
D.Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.
A B C D
A
[解析] 14-17 Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for most people.If you are invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised ff you are offered freshly cooked in-sects as the fort course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect-eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful executives are often seen to eat fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. These safe-to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to exotic food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties. Although the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people would claim that pigs, chickens and some kinds of seafood we often eat are exampies of great beauty. One day, insects could be marketed and sold as a food item in supermarkets. According to their fans, they are not only high in protein and low in fat but also very tasty. But until our attitudes to food change fundamentally, it seems that insect-eaters will remain a select few. 14. Why does the speaker say we might be surprised at the yuppie dinner party?
2.
A.From yuppie clubs.
B.In the seafood market.
C.In the supermarket.
D.On the Internet.
A B C D
D
[解析] Where can people order the unusual food mentioned by the speaker?
3.
A.It's easy to prepare.
B.It's tasty and healthful.
C.It's exotic in appearance.
D.It's safe to eat.
A B C D
B
[解析] Why are some yuppies attracted by the unusual food?
4.
A.It will be consumed by more and more young people.
B.It will become the first course at dinner parties.
C.It will }lave to be changed to suit local tastes.
D.It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most people.
A B C D
D
[解析] What does the speaker say about the future of this type of unusual food?
Passage Three Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
[解析] 18-20 Many people dislike walking into the bank, standing in long lines and running out of cheeks. They are dissatisfied with their bank's limited hours, too. They want to do some banking at night and on weekends. For such people their problems may soon be over. Before long, they may be able to do their banking from the comfort of their own home, any hour of the day, any day of the week. Many banks are preparing online branches or Internet offices, which means that people will be able to take care of much of their banking business through their home computers. This process is called interactive banking. At gaze online branches, customers will be able to view all their accounts, move money between their accounts, apply for a loan, and get current information on products such as credit cards. Customers will also be able to pay their bills electronically and even email questions to the bank. Banks are creating online services for several reasons. One reason is that banks must compete for customers, who will switch to another bank ff they are dissatisfied with the service they receive. The convenience of online banking appeals to the kind of customer banks most want to keep, that is, people who are young, well-educated and have good incomes. Banks also want to take advantage of modem technology since they have moved into the 21st century. 18. What is one of the reasons for people's dissatisfaction with traditional banks?
2.
A.People who are in the habit of switching from one bank to another.
B.Young people who are fond of modern technology.
C.Young people who are wealthy and well-educated.
D.People who have computers at home.
A B C D
C
[解析] What kind of customer does online banking most appeal to?
3.
A.To compete for customers.
B.To reduce the size of their staff.
C.To provide services for distant clients.
D.To expand their operations at a lower cost.
A B C D
A
[解析] Why do banks create online services according to the passage?
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Passage One It was the worst tragedy in maritime (航海的) .history, six times more deadly than the Titanic. When the Ger- man cruise ship Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by torpedoes (鱼雷) fired from a Russian submarine in the final winter of Word War Ⅱ, more than 10,000 people - mostly women, children and old people fleeing the final Red Army push into Nazi Germany-were packed aboard. An ice storm had turned the decks into frozen sheets that sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go d own. Others desperately tried to put lifeboats down. Some who succeeded fought off those in the water who had the strength to try to claw their way a- board. Most people froze immediately. "I'll never forget the screams," says Christa Niittzmann, 87, one of the 1, 200 survivors. She recalls watching the ship, brightly lit, slipping into its dark grave-and into seeming nothing- ness, rarely mentioned for more than hall' a century. Now Germany's Nobel Prize-winning author Günter Grass has revived the memory of the 9,000 dead, including more than 4.,000 children-with his latest novel Crab Walk, published last month. The book, which will be out in English next year, doesn't dwell on the sinking; its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe only to say later: "Nobody wanted to heal about it, not here in the West (of Germany) and not at all in the East." The reason was obvious. As Grass put it in a recent interview with the weekly Die Woche: "Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant, we didn't have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings." The long silence about the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was probably unavoidable-and necessary. By unreservedly owning up to their country's monstrous crimes in the Second World War, Germans have managed to win acceptance abroad, marginalize (使…… 不得势) the neo-Nazis at home and make peace with their neighbors. Today's unified Germany is more prosperous and stable than at any time in its long, troubled history. For that, a half century of willful forgetting about painful memories like the German Titanic was perhaps a reasonable price to pay. But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they've now earned the right to discuss the full historical record. Not to equate German suffering with that of its victims, but simply to acknowledge a terrible tragedy.
1. Why does the author say the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff was the worst tragedy in maritime history.?
A.It was attacked by Russian torpedoes.
B.Most of its passengers were frozen to death.
C.Its victims were mostly women and children.
D.It caused the largest number of casualties.
A B C D
D
事实推理题。题目问:为什么作者说Wilhelm Gustloff沉船事件是航海史上最大的灾难。[A]“它受到苏联鱼雷的攻击”[B]“绝大部分的乘客被冻死了”;[C]死伤者多是妇孺”;[D]这次海难造成的伤亡人数最多”。根据文章第1句的后半部分“six times more deadly than the Titanic(造成的死伤人数是泰坦尼克号的6倍);可以判断出[D]为正确答案。
2. Hundreds of families dropped into the sea when________.
A.a strong ice storm tilted the ship
B.the cruise ship sank all of a sudden
C.the badly damaged ship Leaned toward one side
D.the frightened passengers fought desperately for lifeboats
A B C D
C
辨认事实题。题目问:当_______时,数百个家庭的人都落入了海中。根据文章第3句“... sent hundreds of families sliding into the sea as the ship tilted and began to go down(当船倾向一边并开始下沉时,数百个家庭的人滑入海中)”,“leaned toward one side”的意思就是“tilted”,因此答案为[C]。暴风雪只使甲板光滑,并没有倾覆该船,[A]错。轮船并非突然下沉,[B]与事实不符。乘客拖救生艇发生在许多人落水之后,[D]也错误。
3. The Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy was little talked about for more than half a century because Germans ________.
A.were eager to will international acceptance
B.felt guilty for their crimes in World War II
C.had been pressured to keep silent about it
D.were afraid of offending their neighbors
A B C D
B
事实推理题。题目询问超过半个世纪以来很少有人谈论 Wilhelm Gustloff海难是因为德国人_______。根据第 2段最后一句“Because the crimes we Germans are responsible for were and are so dominant,we didn't have the energy left to tell of our own sufferings.(因为我们德国人现在承担的罪行过去是、现在仍然是大于一切,所以我们没有精力剩下来诉说我们自己所受的痛苦)”,所以可以推断出答案为[B]。
4. How does Giinter Grass revive the memory of the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy.'?
A.By presenting the horrible scene of the torpedo attack.
B.By describing the ship's sinking in great detail.
C.By giving an interview to the weekly Die Woche.
D.By depicting the survival of a young pregnant woman.
A B C D
D
辨认事实题。题目询问Gunter Grass如何再现对Wilhelm Gustloff海难的回忆。根据第2段第2句“The book, which will be out in English next year,doesn't dwell on the sinking;its heroine is a pregnant young woman who survives the catastrophe(这本书并没有详细描述船的沉没,它的女主角是一个在那次海难中幸存下来的年轻孕妇。这本书的英文版将于明年推出)”,可以判断答案为[D]
5. It can be learned from the passage that Germans no longer think that
A.they will be misunderstood if they talk about the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy
B.the Wilhelm Gustloff tragedy is a reasonable price to pay for the nation's past misdeeds
C.Germany is responsible for the horrible crimes it committed in World War 1I
D.it is wrong to equate their sufferings with those of other countries
A B C D
A
事实推理题。题目询问我们可以从文章中得出德国人不再认为________。根据文章倒数第二句“But even the most politically correct Germans believe that they've now earned the right to discuss the full historical record(但是甚至政治立场最正确的德国人也相信他们现在已经赢得讨论整个历史记录的权力)”,所以可以推断出答案为[A]。原文倒数第三句提到,“有意忘却有关诸如德国泰坦尼克号之类的记忆,也许是为了德国如今得到周边国家的接纳并走向繁荣所应当付出的合理代价”,这里的“代价”是指“有意的遗忘”,即半个世纪的沉默,而非Wilhelm Gustloff灾难,因而不能选[B]。
Passage Two Given the lack of fit between gifted students and their schools, it is not surprising that such students often have little good to say about their school experience. In one study of 400 adults who had achieved distinction in all areas of life, researchers found that three-fifths of these individuals either did badly in school or were unhappy in school. Few MacArthur Prize fellows, winners of the MacArthur Award for creative accomplishment, had good things to say about their precollegiate schooling if they had not been placed in advanced programs. Anecdotal (名人轶事的) reports support this. Pablo Picasso, Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Oliver Goldsmith, and William Butler Yeats all disliked school. So did Winston Churchill, who almost failed out of Harrow, an elite British school. About Oliver Goldsmith, one of his teachers remarked, "Never was so dull a boy." Often these children realize that they know more than their teachers, and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant, inattentive, or unmotivated. Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic. Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way. But most fared poorly in school not because they lacked ability but because they found school unchallenging and consequently lost interest. Yeats described the lack of fit between his mind and school: "Because I had found it difficult to attend to anything less interesting than my own thoughts, I was difficult to teach." As noted earlier, gifted children of ali kinds tend to be strong-willed nonconformists, Nonconformity and stubbornness (and Yeats's level of arrogance and self-absorption) are likely to lead to conflicts with teachers. When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities, they are far more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers. A writing prodigy (神童) studied by David Feldman and Lynn Goldsmith was taught far more about writing by his journalist father than his English teacher. High-IQ children in Australia studied by Miraca Gross had much more positive feelings about their families than their schools. About half of the mathematicians studied by Benjamin Bloom had little good to say about school. They all did well in school and took honors classes when available, and some skipped grades.
1. The main point the author is making about schools is that________.
A.they should satisfy the needs of students from different family backgrounds
B.they are often incapable of catering to the needs of talented students
C.they should organize their classes according to the students' ability
D.they should enroll as many gifted students as possible
A B C D
B
事实推理题。题目问:作者关于学校所得出的主要观点是________。文章第1句就点题,其中的关键词“the lack of fit (between gifted students and their schools(学校和天才学生之间缺少一致性)”呼应[B]中的incapable of catering to the needs (of talented students),所以答案为[B]。
2. The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers________.
A.to provide support for his argument
B.to illustrate the strong will of some gifted children
C.to explain how dull students can also be successful
D.to show how poor Oliver's performance was at school
3. Pablo Picasso is listed among the many gifted children who________.
A.paid no attention to their teachers in class
B.contradicted their teachers much too often
C.could not cope with their studies at school successfully
D.behaved arrogantly and stubbornly in the presence of their teachers
A B C D
C
推断题。题目询问Picasso属于那些_______天才儿童。文章第2段“Some of these gifted people may have done poorly in school because their gifts were not scholastic.Maybe we can account for Picasso in this way (一些天才,由于他们的才能不是学术方面的,在学校的学业不成功。我们可以用此来解释Picasso)”,被列举的名人都是来例证前文的did badly in school 的,也就是[C]。
4. Many gifted people attributed their success________.
A.mainly to parental help and their education at home
B.both to school instruction and to their parents' coaching
C.more to their parents' encouragement than to school training
D.less to their systematic education than to their talent
A B C D
A
事实推断题。题目询问很多天才把他们的成功归因于什么。根据最后一段的前两句话"When highly gifted students in any domain talk about what was important to the development of their abilities,they are for more likely to mention their families than their schools or teachers (当任何领域的天才学生谈到什么对他们能力发展重要时,他们提到家庭的几率比提到学校或老师的几率要高得多)”,可以得出答案为[A]
5. The root cause of many gifted students having bad memories of their school years is that ________.
A.their nonconformity brought them a lot of trouble
B.they were seldom praised by their teachers
C.school courses failed to inspire or motivate them
D.teachers were usually far stricter than their parents
A B C D
C
推断题。题目询问许多天才学生对他们在学校的经历有不好的回忆的根本原因。根据第1段最后一句“Of- ten these children realize that they know more than their teachers,and their teachers often feel that these children are arrogant,inattentive,or unmotivated(通常这些孩子知道他们懂得比他们的老师多,而老师觉得这些孩子傲慢,缺少注意力以及没有动力)”,这是综述原因,因此选[C].
Passage Three When we worry about who might be spying .on our private lives, we usually, think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It's Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland's laws against secret telephone taping. It's our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms. Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will. As an example of what's going on, consider U.S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called MemberWorks with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-account and credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits. With these customer lists in hand, MemberWorks started dialing for dollars-selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services. Customers who accepted a "free trial offer" had 30 days to cancel. If the deadline passed, they were charged automatically through their bank or credit-card accounts. U. S. Bancorp collected a share of the revenues. Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims. They didn't know that the bank was giving account numbers to MemberWorks. And if customers asked, they were led to think the answer was no. The state sued MemberWorks separately for deceptive selling. The company denies that it did anything wrong. For its part, U.S. Bancorp settled without admitting any mistakes. But it agreed to stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outside firms. A few top banks decided to do the same. Many other banks will still do business with MemberWorks and similar firms. And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products, including things of little value, such as credit insurance and credit-card protection plans. You have almost no protection from businesses that use your personal accounts for profit. For example, no federal law shields "transaction and experience" information-mainly the details of your bank and credit-card ac- counts. Social Security numbers are for sale by private firms. They've generally agreed not to sell to the public. But to businesses, the numbers are an open book. Self-regulation doesn't work. A firm might publish a privacy-protection policy, but who enforces it? Take U.S. Bancorp again. Customers were told, in writing, that "all personal information you supply to us will be considered confidential." Then it sold your data to MemberWorks. The bank even claims that it doesn't "sell" your data at all. It merely "shares" it and reaps a profit. Now you know.
1. Contrary to popular belief, the author finds that spying on people's privacy ________.
A.legislators are acting to pass a law to provide better privacy protection
B.most states are turning a blind eye to the deceptive practices of private businesses
C.the state of Minnesota is considering drawing up laws to protect private information
D.lawmakers are inclined to give a free hand to businesses to inquire into customers' buying habits
A B C D
D
事实判断题。题目问:我们可以从文章中得知一。根据第2段最后一句“The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will (立法者倾向于让企业随便探究顾客的购买习惯)”,可以得出答案为[D]。
3. When the "free trial" deadline is over, you'll be charged without notice for a product or service if ________.
A.you fail to cancel it within the specified period
B.you happen to reveal your credit card number
C.you find the product or service unsatisfactory
D.you fail to apply for extension of the deadline
A B C D
A
辨认事实题。题目询问当过了所谓的免费试用期后,如果_______,在没有收到通知的情况下你就会因为一个产品或一项服务而被要求付费。根据第4段,特别是最后一句“Customers who accepted a‘free trial offer’ had 30 days to cancel.If the deadline passed,they were charged automatically through their bank or credit-card accounts(接受免费试用的顾客们可在30天内取消订购。若是过了最后期限,他们将被在银行或信用卡账户上自动扣费)”,可以得出答案为[A]
4. Businesses do not regard information concerning personal bank accounts as private because ________.
A.its revelation will do no harm to consumers under the current protection policy
B.it is considered "transaction and experience", information unprotected by law
C.it has always been considered an open secret by the general public
D.its sale can be brought under control through self-regulation
Passage Four It's hardly news that the immigration system is a mess. Foreign nationals have long been slipping across the border with fake papers, and visitors who arrive in the U.S. legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished. But since Sept. 11, it's become clear that terrorists have been shrewdly factoring the weaknesses of our system into their plans. In addition to their mastery of forging passports, at least three of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers (劫机者) were here on expired visas. That's been a safe bet until now. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) (移民归化局) lacks the resources, and apparently the inclination, to keep track of the estimated 2 million foreigners who have intentionally overstayed their welcome. But this laxness (马虎) toward immigration fraud may be about to change. Congress has already taken some modest steps. The U. S. A. Patriot Act, passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 tragedy, requires the FBI, the Justice Department, the State Department and the INS to share more data, which will make it easier to stopwatch-listed terrorists at the border. But what's really needed, critics say, is even tougher laws and more resources aimed at tightening up border security. Reformers are calling for a rollback of rules that hinder law enforcement. They also want the INS to hire hundreds more border patrol agents and investigators to keep illegal immigrants out and to track them down once they're here. Reformers also want to see the INS set up a database to monitor whether visa holders actually leave the country when they are required to. All these proposed changes were part of a new border-security bill that passed the House of Representatives but died in the Senate last week. Before Sept. 11, legislation of this kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies: universities, which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law, and business, which relies on foreigners for cheap labor. Since the attacks, they've backed off. The bill would have passed this time but for congressional maneuverings and is expected to be reintroduced and to pass next year. Also on the agenda for next year: a proposal, backed by some influential law-makers, to split the INS into two agencies-a good cop that would tend to service functions like processing citizenship papers and a bad cop that would concentrate on border inspections, deportation and other functions. One reason for the division, supporters say, is that the INS has in recent years become too focused on serving tourists and immigrants. After the Sept. 11 tragedy, the INS should pay more attention to serving the millions of ordinary Americans who rely on the nation's border security to protect them from terrorist attacks.
1. Terrorists have obviously taken advantage of ________.
A.the legal privileges granted to foreigners
B.the excessive hospitality of the American people
C.the irresponsibility of the officials at border checkpoints
D.the low efficiency of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
2. We learn from the passage that coordinated efforts will be made by various U. S. government agencies to ________.
A.refuse the renewing of expired visas
B.ward off terrorist suspects at the border
C.prevent the forgery of immigration papers
D.limit the number of immigrants to the U. S.
A B C D
B
事实判断题。题目询问我们可以从文中得知美国不同政府机构共同努力是为了什么。根据第2段最后一句,其中的the FBI,the Justice Department,the State Department and the INS就是题目中的various U.S.government agencies。而从“which will make it easier to stop watch-listed terrorists at the border(这将使得在边境阻止监视名单上的恐怖分子入境变得更为容易)”可以判断答案为[B]。
3. It can be inferred from the passage that before Sept. 11, aliens with expired visas ________.
A.might have them extended without trouble
B.would be closely watched by FBI agents
C.might stay on for as long as they wished
D.would live in constant fear of deportation
A B C D
C
事实判断题。题目询问我们从文中可得出9月11日前,带着过期签证的外国人会怎么样。根据文章第2句“visitors who arrive in the U.S.legitimately often overstay their legal welcome without being punished(以合法途径来到美国的游客经常超过合法停留时间却不会受到惩罚)”,可以得出答案为[C]
4. It is believed by many that all these years the INS________.
A.has been serving two contradictory functions
B.has been too liberal in granting visas to tourists and immigrants indiscriminately
C.has over-emphasized its service functions at the expense of the nation's security
D.has ignored the pleas of the two powerful lobbies
5. Before Sept. 11, the U.S. Congress had been unable to pass stricter immigration laws because ________.
A.they might have kept away foreign students and cheap labor
B.it was difficult to coordinate the efforts of the congressmen
C.education and business circles cared little about national security
D.resources were not available for their enforcement
A B C D
A
事实判断题。题目询问在9·11之前,美国国会未能通过更严格的移民法是因为什么。根据文章倒数第二段第 2句“legislation of this kind had been blocked by two powerful lobbies:universities,which rely on tuition from foreign students who could be kept out by the new law,and business,which relies on foreigners for cheap labor(这议案的通过却受到两个强大的游说团体的阻挠:一为大学,它们主要依赖外国学生的学费生存,另一为企业,它们主要依赖廉价劳动力,而若是新法律通过这一部分人都将挡在国门之外)”,所以得出答案为[A],注意不能选[C],[C]太武断、绝对。
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure
1. It is generally known that New York is a city for ________ and a center for odd bits of information.
4. The relatives of those killed in the crash got together to seek________.
A.premium
B.compensation
C.repayment
D.refund
A B C D
B
[解析] 坠机事件中遇难者的亲属联合起来要求赔偿。 [题解]近义词辨析:premium“投保人缴纳的保险费;额外费用;奖品,额外津贴”,at a premium 意为“奇缺的;以高价”,put/ place a premium on意为“高度评价,重视”;compensation“赔偿,补偿(的款物)”,与句意相符;repayment“偿还;报答”;refund既可以作动词也可以作名词,意为“退还,偿还;退款”。题干中的get together有“联合起来”的意思。
5. At first everything went well with the project but recently we have had a number of ________ with the machinery.
14. He said that ending the agreement would ________ the future of small or family-run shops,' lead to fewer books being published and increase prices of all but a few bestsellers.
16. His illness first ________ itself as severe stomach pains and headaches.
A.expressed
B.manifested
C.reflected
D.displayed
A B C D
B
[解析] 他的病最初表现为严重的胃病和头痛。 [题解]近义词辨析:express“表达,表示;特快发送”;manifest“体现;明白表示;使暴霹;显现(与反身代词连用)”,多指根据外部迹象或行动可以揭示其内部特性,severe stomach pains and headaches这些迹象反映了 illness这一实质性问题,与句意相符;reflect“反射(光、热、声音等);(镜子等)映现(影像等);(比喻)反映;深思熟虑,仔细想(与 on,upon 连用)”;display“显示,表现出(感情、兴趣、勇气);陈列,展览”。
17. The ________ they felt for each other was obvious to everyone who saw them.
A.affection
B.adherence
C.sensibility
D.sensitivity
A B C D
A
[解析] 他们之间的爱慕之情是每个看到他们的人都能看出来的。 [题解]形似词辨义:affection“喜爱;爱情”,与句意相符;adherence“固执;坚持,依附[指精神方面的](与 to 连用)”,adhesion则是物质上的粘合,附着力;sensibility“感性,感受力;敏感(性);灵敏度”;sensitivity“感受性;(仪器等的)灵敏性”。
18. When construction can begin depends on how soon the ________ of the route is completed.
A.conviction
B.identity
C.orientation
D.survey
A B C D
D
[解析] 道路建设什么时候能够开始取决于道路勘察什么时候完成。 [题解]名词辨义:conviction“确信;宣告有罪”,be open to conviction意为“服理,愿意听取可信之证据”;identity“身份;个性;同一性,一致性”,identity card (ID card)意为“身份证”;orientation“方向;定位,定向;取向,排列方向;熟悉情况,适应”;survey“概观;检查;调查(表);测量;测量图;概括论述”,与句意相符。
19. The government ________ a heavy tax on tobacco, which aroused opposition from the tobacco industry.
20. Years after the accident he was still ________by images of death and destruction.
A.twisted
B.dipped
C.haunted
D.submerged
A B C D
C
[解析] 事故过去多年了,但那些死亡与毁灭的情景仍然萦绕在他心头。 [题解]动词辨义:twist“拧,扭,绞;缠绕;扭弯;扭伤;扭曲,歪曲”;dip“浸,泡,蘸;(微微)弄湿,濡湿;浸染”,dip into 意为“随便翻阅;从……取出”;haunt"(思想等)萦绕;(疾病等)缠(身);(鬼魂等)常出没于”,与句意相符;submerge“使浸在水中,使沉入水中;淹没,使泛滥;使沉溺”。
21. The boxer ________and almost fell when his opponent hit him.
30. The subject of safety must be placed at the top of the________.
A.agenda
B.bulletin
C.routine
D.timetable
A B C D
A
[解析] 安全问题必须被放在日程的首要位置。 [题解]近义名词辨析及短语搭配:agenda“议事日程,会议事项”,place / put sth.on the agenda 为固定搭配,意为“把某事提到日程上来”,与句意相符;bulletin“告示;公告,公报;(学术团体等定期出版的)会刊,学报,期刊;简明新闻,最新消息”;routine“例行公事,日常工作;常规;惯例;程序”;timetable“时间表”。
Part Ⅳ Error Correction Culture refers to the social heritage of a people -- the learned patterns for thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a population or society, include the expression of these patterns in S1. ________ material things. Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture -- S2. ________ abstract creations like values, beliefs, customs anti institutional arrangements -- and material culture physical object like S3. ________ cooking pots, computers and bathtubs. In sum, culture reflects both the ideas we share or everything we make. In ordinary S4. ________ speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another S5. ________ language-the person who is unfamiliar with the arts, music, S6. ________ literature, philosophy, or history. But to sociologists, to be human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world S7. ________ of experience we share with other members of our group. Culture is essentially to our humanness. It provides a kind S8. ________ of map for relating to others. Consider how you find your way about social life. How do you know how to act in a classroom, or a department store, or toward a person who smiles or laugh S9. ________ at you.'? Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, S10. ________ ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations. Therefore, if we know a person's culture, we can understand and even predict a good deal of his behavior.
Part Ⅴ Writing For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to the editor of a newspaper complaining about the poor service of a bookstore. You should write at least 150 words according to the guidelines given below in Chinese.
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to appeal for better quality of service in our daily life. The story dated back to three days ago: I bought in a branch store of XinHua Bookshop near my school an English-Chinese dictionary, which was sealed in a plastic bag. But when I got home and unsealed it, I found that a few pages of it were missing. So I went back to the bookstore and asked for a replacement. But the shop assistant turned me down rudely, saying that it was my fault having not found out its poor quality before buying the dictionary. She even suspected that the missing pages were my responsibility. The result was that I came back with the wretched copy, distressed. The development of our society calls for high-level service as well as high-quality products. Short-sighted merchants will suffer for their poor service in the long run even though they might be able to make some short-term profits. I now resort to your newspaper in the hope that you can awaken the service industry to the importance of its quality improvement and that my embarrassment will never happen to anybody else. Thank you for your attention!