1. Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times: Daring the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should cheek your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
Balloons have been used for sport for about one hundred years./ There are two kinds of sport balloons: gas and hot air./ Hot air balloons are safer than gas balloons,/ which may catch fire./ Hot air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in the United States because of their safety./ They are also cheaper and easier to manager than gas balloons./ Despite the ease of operating a balloon,/ pilots must watch the weather carefully./ Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in the afternoon,/ when the wind is light./ Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuccessfully to cross the Atlantic./ It wasn't until 1978 that three American balloonists succeeded./ It took them just six days to make the trip from their homes in the United States to Paris, France./ Their voyage captured the imagination of the whole world./
Part Ⅱ LISTENING COMPREHENSION In Sections A, B and C you will hear everything ONCE ONLY. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 1 to 4 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 1-4 M: Hi, Sue. Where have you been? W: Oh. Hi, Dan. I was just at the library. I have to hand in my biology paper tomorrow. M: Tomorrow? Oh, no, I thought it wasn't due till Monday. W: Oh. Don't worry. It is due Monday. But I'm going away for the weekend and won't be back till Monday night. M: Oh, where are you going? W: California. We're having a family reunion. It's my grandmother's ninetieth birthday. So, all the cousins and aunts and uncles are going. She planned the whole thing herself. M: Wow. That's great. How many people will be there? W: Around sixty. My family is big and spread out but we're pretty close. So, have you started working on your biology paper? M: Yeah. I'm doing it on bees and how they're able to recognize whether another bee is related to them. W: How can they tell? M: They use their sense of smell. The sweat bees guard their nests this way. If another bee approaches the nest, the guard determines if the new bee is familiar. If it is, it's allowed to enter. W: Interesting. Can other insects do this? M: Well, the paper wasps can. Each wasp nest has a special combination of plant fibers and so the wasps that live there have a unique smell. Those two are the only kind I've read about so far.
本题考查原因。根据原文“Tomorrow? Oh, no, I thought it wasn't due till Monday.”选项B为正确答案。
3. According to the man, what do some bees use their sense of smell for?
A.To find their way back to the nest.
B.To locate plant fibers.
C.To identify kinds of honey.
D.To identify relatives.
A B C D
D
本题考查行为特征。根据原文“I'm doing it on bees and how they're able to recognize whether another bee is related to them.”及随后提到的“They use their related of smell.”可知选项D为正确答案。
4. What will the man probably do over the weekend?
Questions 5 to 7 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions, Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 5-7 W: Are you going to find a job again this summer? M: Yes, of course. Otherwise, how ars I going to pay for the tuition fees in the fall? W: I am thinking of working too, but my folks insist I have to spend some time with them during the summer. You know, I haven't seen them for two years. M: That's bad considering you are only an 8-hour drive away from your hometown. Why haven't you been home for so long? W: It's not that I didn't want to go home but because my parents were volunteering in a charitable organization in Central America for the last couple of years. M: In that case it's more about the reason you should visit them in the summer. W: That's true, but I didn't want to spend the whole summer staying at home. I want to make some money and pay off my tuition fees too. M: Well, you can always get a loan. W: Loan? I hate the idea of borrowing. I would rather make my own money and pay it off. M: That's true. It's not uncommon for people to have whopping bills to pay once they've graduated. W: Yes, that's exactly what I didn't want to get myself into. What do I do about money? M: Well, yon can work part-time when you are at home. There's no need to think of this as a dichotomy. Why not do both? W: I was thinking about that but my parents think I should be at home with them full-time. M: Well, I think you do have to make a decision then.
6. What did the woman's parents do in Central America?
A.Travel around the area.
B.Volunteer their services.
C.Teach in some schools.
D.Visit relatives in the area.
A B C D
B
本题考查行为。根据原文“... my parents were volunteering in a charitable organization in Central America....”可知选项B为正确答案。
7. Why docs the woman NOT want to borrow money?
A.She has her own money.
B.She wouldn't be able to get a loan.
C.She prefers to be independent.
D.Her bills are too high.
A B C D
C
本题考查原因。根据原文“I hate the idea of borrowing. I would rather make my own money and pay it off.”可以推断出选项C为正确答案。
Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the conversation.
[解析] 8-10 M: Good morning. This is Allen Pierce broadcasting from university radio. In the local news this morning, the mountain-lake cycle tour is about to begin. And in the studio, we have with us Marilyn O'Connor, president of the Ottawa bicycle club, the tour's sponsor. Marilyn, can you tell us what this tour's all about? W: Well. Allen, the mountain-lake cycle tour is a two-day bicycle tour from Ottawa to Kingston and back. It is not a race, but more like an endurance test for recreational cyclists. People do it for fitness and fun and try to better their time every year. M: How long does it take to cycle one-way, Marilyn? W: About seven to nine hours for the average cyclist. Racers can do it in four hours. But as I said, the tour is not intended to be a race. M: How many people will be taking part this year? W: This is our biggest year ever. We have twelve hundred cyclists registered. M: I'd hate to be on the road when the cyclists start out. W: Don't worry, we've introduced staggered starts to avoid these problems. Our first group will leave Ottawa at seven o'clock, and other groups will follow every twenty minutes. M: Thank you, Marilyn. Now down to the starting line of the university.
本题考查地点。根据原文“This is Allen Pierce broadcasting from university radio.”及随后的“and in the studio,...”可知选项A为正确答案。
9. Why do cyclists participate in the mountain-lake cycle tour?
A.To meet cyclists from other countries.
B.To race with professional athletes.
C.To exercise and enjoy themselves.
D.To compete for a valuable first prize.
A B C D
C
本题考查原因。根据原文“It is not a race, but more like an endurance test for recreational cyclists.”可知比赛的组织者认为这并不是一场竞技,而是参赛者锻炼身体,寻找乐趣和提高成绩的一次耐力赛。因此选项C正确答案。
10. In what order will the cyclists leave the starting line?
A.In any order they wish.
B.In groups at timed intervals.
C.Bicycle club members first, then others.
D.Racers first, then average cyclists.
A B C D
B
本题考查事物特征。根据原文“Our first group will leave Ottawa at seven o'clock, and other groups will follow every twenty minutes.”可以推断出选项B为正确答案。
SECTION B PASSAGES In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.
1. What's the characteristic of most attractive faces?
A.There is no answer.
B.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
C.Most of attractive faces look like Mona Lisa.
D.Most attractive faces have golden ratio.
A B C D
D
[解析] 11-13 Picture the most beautiful face you have ever seen. Then ask yourself what it is about that face that makes it so lovely. That question may be difficult to answer. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But is it possible to explain the beauty of a human face using math? According to many scholars throughout history, the answer could be yes. Most very attractive faces have proportions consistent with what is known as the "golden ratio." This ratio can best be understood by thinking of it as a rectangle. In a golden rectangle, the long side is 1.618 times longer than the short side. Therefore, the value of the golden ratio is equal to 1.618. The proportions of the golden rectangle are thought to reflect perfect symmetry. If we frame a gorgeous face inside of a golden rectangle, the dimensions of each will correspond perfectly. The face is beautiful because it is symmetrical. Amazingly, the golden ratio is found in many manifestations of beauty—not just in beautiful faces. The dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt conform to the golden ratio. And the famous Greek Parthenon contains many golden rectangles. Moreover, the famous fifteenth-century Italian artist, Leonardo da Vinci, deliberately used the golden ratio in his paintings. Not surprisingly, the face of da Vinci's Mona Lisa matches the golden rectangle.
情景事实题。根据原文“Most very attractive faces have proportions consistent with what is known as the 'golden ratio'.”可知,选项D为正确答案。
2. What's golden ratio?
A.Long side: short side = 1.618:1 in a rectangle.
B.Perimeter: radius = 1.681:1 in a rotundity.
C.Diagonal: side = 1.681:1 in a square.
D.Perimeter: long side = 1.681:1 in a rectangle.
A B C D
A
情景事实题。原文中明确讲到“This ratio can best be understood by thinking of it as a rectangle. In a golden rectangle, the long side is 1.618 times longer than the short side.”可知选项A为正确答案。
3. Which one dries not conform to the golden ratio?
A.The dimensions of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
B.The famous Greek Parthenon.
C.The face of da Vinci.
D.The face of Mona Lisa.
A B C D
C
推理排除题。短文的后面讲到了“... the face of da Vinci's Mona Lisa matches the golden rectangle.”但是没有提到达·芬奇的脸,可知选项C为正确答案。
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.
4. According to tile speaker, some job applicants were rejected
A.because they eliminated their names from the applicants' list themselves.
B.because of their inadequate education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume.
C.because they failed to give a detailed description of their background in their applications.
D.because of their carelessness to spell the company's name incorrectly.
A B C D
D
[解析] 14-17 Attention to detail is something everyone can and should do—especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human-resources expert notices this in the job applications that come across his desk every day. He will eliminate the candidates who don't bother to spell the company's name correctly. He believes that if they don't take care in these details, he can't trust them with a job, either. Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. Charles Garfield, associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, says that to keep from losing the forest for the trees, we must constantly ask ourselves how the details we're working on fit into the larger picture. If they don't, we should drop them and move on to something else. Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. "The Apollo II moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time, but a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary. Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake." Success is rarely mysterious. We see that by doing little things within our grasp, well, large rewards follow.
本题属于语义理解题。短文的开篇提到了:“He will eliminate the candidates who don't bother to spell the company's name correctly.”因此选项D为正确答案。
5. Perfectionists refers to those who
A.pay too much attention to details only to lose their major objectives.
B.know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances.
C.demand others to get everything absolutely right.
D.are capable of achieving perfect results in whatever they do.
A B C D
A
本题属于语义理解题。文中提到“Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward.”可见,完美主义者虽然注重细节,但是最主要是关心那些影响大局的细节。可知,选项A为正确答案。
6. The example of the Apollo Ⅱ moon launch is to illustrate that
A.minor mistakes can be ignored in achieving major objectives.
B.keeping one's goal in mind helps in deciding which details can be overlooked.
C.adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work.
D.failure is the mother of success.
A B C D
B
本题属于语义理解题。短文中“The Apollo Ⅱ moon launch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time, but a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact coordinates of our goal.”明确讲到了阿波罗二号登月的时候有百分之九十的时间有些偏离预定轨道,但是它最后还是成功地登陆了月球,由此可知选项B为正确答案。
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the passage.
8. The problem of the standard educational tests is caused by
A.well-informed users.
B.imprecise standard.
C.users who have not enough knowledge of the test.
D.people who attack the test.
A B C D
C
[解析] 18-20 The standardized educational or psychological tests are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or promoting students, employees, and military personnel. They have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, the daily press, and even in Congress. The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users. The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tool itself but largely upon the user. All informed predictions of future performance are based upon some knowledge of relevant past performance. How well the predictions will be validated by later performance depends upon the amount, reliability, and appropriateness of the information used and on the skill and wisdom with which it is interpreted. Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always subject to error. Standardized tests should be considered in this context. They prove to be a quick, objective method of getting some kinds of information about what a person has learned, the skills he has developed, or the kind of person he is.
本题属于语义理解题。从短文中提到的“The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users.”可以推断出选项C为正确答案。
9. The prediction of the test are likely to be mistaken due to
A.the irrelevance of the past experience.
B.the incompleteness of the information available,
SECTION C NEWS BROADCADCAST Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
1. What's the Justice Department accuses the industry?
A.They produce dangerous products.
B.They didn't fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program.
C.The industry conspires to hide the health dangers of smoking.
D.They didn't change its marketing practices.
A B C D
C
[解析] 21-22 Closing arguments continue today in the federal trial against the tobacco industry. The Justice Department accuses the industry of conspiring to hide the health dangers of smoking. The arguments mark the end of what's been a nine-month-long civil trial. The government bas tried to persuade a federal judge that cigarette companies engaged in a fifty-year pattern of conspiracy and fraud designed to downplay the risk of using their products. Government lawyers asked the judge to force the industry to change its marketing practices, and to fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program. The industry says those measures are unnecessary. Cigarette companies say they've already reformed the way they do business. One company lawyer conceded the industry in the past was, in his words "not lily-white". But he said there never was a conspiracy and there's no proof the industry is misleading the public now.
本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。新闻的第二句话中提到:“The Justice Department accuses the industry of conspiring to hide the health dangers of smoking.”即司法部指控烟草公司隐藏吸烟对健康的威胁。可知,司法部认为烟草公司没有明确地向人们说明吸烟对身体的危害。因此选项C为正确答案。
2. What's the government lawyers ask the judge to force the industry to do?
A.Change its marketing practices.
B.Fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program.
C.Stop the cigarette production.
D.Both A and B.
A B C D
D
本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。从新闻中提到:“Government lawyers asked the judge to force the industry to change its marketing practices, and to fund a ten-billion-dollar anti-smoking program.”可知选项A和B都是政府的律师提出来要求烟草公司做的事情,选项D为正确答案。
Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
3. Why the passenger jet was forced to land at Halifax, Canada?
A.Some passengers would get off the plane in Canada.
B.There was something wrong about the plane and it could not fly again.
C.Because there were criminals on the jet plane. '
D.Because it had been thought that the jet had been hijacked.
A B C D
D
[解析] 23-24 A passenger jet headed for New York City was forced to land at Halifax, Canada this morning. The plane's transponder was broadcasting a signal indicating it had been hijacked. The Virgin Atlantic flight from London's Heathrow Airport was midway across the Atlantic when air traffic control officials in the US started receiving its signal: a signal which carried a special code indicating them was a hijacking in progress. Canadian fighter jets operating under NORAD, the joint Canada-US command, were scrambled to intercept the jet. According to NORAD, the pilots of the passenger jet repeatedly radioed in to tell controllers they were not being hijacked. But US officials erred on the side of caution. After the plane landed, armed police boarded it to ensure there were no hijackers. It was determined that the plane's transponder had mal-functioned, and was mistakenly transmitting code "7500" for hijacking.
本题考查对新闻大意的理解。新闻开篇提到:“A passenger jet headed for New York City was forced to land at Halifax, Canada this morning. The plane's transponder was broadcasting a signal indicating it had been hijacked.”由此可知,飞机迫降的原因是它本来被认为遭到劫持,选项D为正确答案。
4. What's really happened to the passenger jet?
A.The jet was intercepted by US air force.
B.The plane's transponder had malfunctioned and was mistakenly transmitting code.
C.The pilots of the jet repeatedly radioed in to tell controllers they were hijacked.
D.The armed police arrested several criminals in the jet.
A B C D
B
本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。新闻的最后讲到:“It was determined that the plane's transponder had mal-functioned, and was mistakenly transmitting code‘7500’for hijacking.”可知是飞机的雷达故障,发出了错误的信号。选项 B为正确答案。
Questions 25 and 26 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
5. Where did the US and North Korean diplomats meet?
A.In Washington.
B.In the White House.
C.In New York.
D.In Pyongyang.
A B C D
C
[解析] 25-26 The US and North Korean diplomats met today in New York for the second time in less than a month. The State Department has confirmed that its special negotiator for North Korea Joseph Detrony and Jim Foster, director of the department's office of Korean affairs met with North Korean diplomats in New York. The United States is trying to persuade North Korea to return to six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program. Those talks have been stalled for a year, but there have been strong signals coming from Pyongyang in the last week that the North Koreans would like to return to the negotiating table. Those talks also include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea. An American scholar who recently met with North Korean leaders in Pyongyang said they are eager to resume the six-party negotiations, but they are continuing to expand their nuclear arsenal and now they want the negotiations to focus on mutual steps they and the US can take to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
本题考查对新闻细节(地点)的捕捉。新闻的开篇提到:“The US and North Korean diplomats met today in New York for the second time in less than a month.”由此可知选项C为正确答案。
6. Which countries are the six-party talks on North Korean's nuclear weapons?
A.China, North Korea, America, Russia, South Korea and Japan.
B.China, North Korea, America, Russia, British and Japan.
C.China, North Korea, America, Russia, South Korea and German.
D.China, North Korea, America, French, South Korea and Japan.
A B C D
A
本题考查对新闻内容的理解。新闻中说到:“The United States is trying to persuade North Korea to return to six-party talks…”及后面提到的“Those talks also include China, Japan, Russia and South Korea.”因此选项A为正确答案。
Questions 27 and 28 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
A.The EU government provides cheap loans to help Airbus develop new aircraft.
B.The US government subsidizes the Boeing Company by giving it government contracts.
C.The Eli and the US try to find a negotiated settlement on trade war.
D.US make a new complaint against EU subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus.
A B C D
D
[解析] 27-28 The new US Trade Representative said today that the US will reactivate its complaint against European' subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus. Both the US and the European Union had filed complaints with the World Trade Organization accusing each other of subsidizing aircraft companies. The US said the European governments were providing cheap loans to help Airbus develop new aircraft. The EU said that the US subsidizes the Boeing Company by giving it government contracts and Washington State tax breaks. Both sides had agreed to suspend their cases in January while they tried to find a negotiated settlement. Today Trade Representative Rob Portman said the EU has continued its cheap loans to Airbus forcing the US to go back to the WTO.
本题考查对新闻大意的理解。新闻中最先说明:“The Hew US Trade Representative said today that the US will reactivate its complaint against European subsidies for the aircraft maker Airbus.”可知选项D为正确答案。
8. When did EU and US agree to suspend their cases before the US new complaint?
A.Today.
B.This year.
C.In Feburary.
D.In January.
A B C D
D
本题考查对新闻细节(时间)的捕捉。新闻中提到:“Both sides had agreed to suspend their cases in January while they tried to find a negotiated settlement.”可知其时间期限为1月份,因此选项D为正确答案。
Questions 29 and 30 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.
9. To whom were the letter bombs intended to send?
A.The Danish Police.
B.Six Swedish people.
C.A Danish woman.
D.Three right-wingers.
A B C D
D
[解析] 29-30 Seven members of an extreme right-wing terrorist group involved in a plot to send letter bombs to addresses in London were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in Denmark. A Danish police officer was shot and wounded during one of the raids. The targets in London are understood to have been two right-wing activists and a journalist. Three letter bombs, disguised as videotapes, believed to have been made in Denmark, were also intercepted in Sweden. Six men and a woman, all aged between 20 and 22, were arrested.
本题考查对新闻细节的捕捉。新闻的后面明确提到:“The targets in London are understood to have been two right-wing activists and a journalist.”即邮件的目标是在伦敦的两名右翼活动家和一名右翼记者。可知选项D为正确答案。
10. What can be inferred from the news?
A.There has been an internal struggle among right-wingers.
B.These letter bombs were all made in Sweden.
C.There has been no injury during the raids.
D.The Letter bombs have caused great damage.
A B C D
A
本题考查对新闻内容的理解。新闻中首先说明:“Seven members of an extreme right-wing terrorist group involved in a plot to send letter bombs to addresses in London were arrested following a series of raids by armed police in Denmark.”由此可知,可能是右翼分子内部出现分裂或矛盾而导致的内讧,选项A为正确答案。