1. Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done 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 done at normal speed again and during this time you should check 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.
[解析] More than a third of young women have been sexually assaulted after getting drunk according to new research...The "Anatomy of a big night out" survey reveals 34% of young women have had unplanned or unprotected sex after drinking too much./More women than men admitted they had been arrested/or cautioned by police while under the influence./And nearly a fifth of the female interviewees had been injured through an accident after getting drunk. /More than half the young women questioned/had got into an argument while drunk./Almost half of the young women questioned/did not eat a meal either before. or during a big night out./Almost one third of interviewees said/they drank too much because they had a bad day or week/and 31% said they got drunk to make them feel more confident.
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 3 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.
1. Why didn't the women go to the restaurant to have dinner?
A.She hates to stay with the Rogers.
B.She is tired.
C.She wants to stay with her husband.
D.She is ill.
A B C D
B
[解析] 1-3 M: Darling, do you want to go downstairs to have dinner? F: Oh, I'd like to have it in the room. I'm so tired. We've been to so many places today. M: But don't you enjoy the atmosphere in the restaurant? And we may find the Rogers there. F: But you've been together for the whole day. No, I think we'll just stay here and order room service. You may stay here, or you may choose to talk to the Rogers downstairs. M: Well, how can I let you alone? It's our honeymoon! We can chat things like difference between men and women while dining. F: Sure we have a lot of differences. Like men are likely to dine in the restaurant while women preferred room service. M: Yes. I mean I am serious. The hotel habits of business travellers have been studied for the third year by the worldwide hotel chain Novotel. F: I know Novotel. It has several hotels in China. The Novotel in Beijing is one of the city's most popular hotels. But why do they do this kind of research? M: I'm not sure. Maybe to improve the hotel service. But they do find out many interesting results about behaviour of businessmen and businesswomen when they are away from home. F: Really?
[点拨] 原文中有“I'm so tired,We've been to so many places today.”一句。
2. What is not right about the man and woman?
A.They are husband and wife.
B.They are having their honeymoon.
C.They have been married for a long time.
D.They are staying in a hotel.
A B C D
C
[解析] 原文中有“It's our honey moon!”一句,可以判断他们是新婚夫妇。
3. What is not true about the Novotal?
A.It is a worldwide hotel chain
B.Novotal has one hotel in China.
C.Novotal in Beijing is very popular.
D.It has studied the hotel habits of business travellers for three years.
A B C D
B
[解析] 原文中有“I know Novotel.It has several hotels in China”一句。
Questions 4 to 6 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.
4. What must the bride and groom do on a wedding ceremony?
A.Holding the ceremony in a church.
B.Composing their own vows.
C.Saying vows.
D.Holding the ceremony outdoors.
A B C D
C
[解析] 4-6 F: Mr. Smith so we were talking about rituals of cultures. And particularly the traditions about getting married in America. M: Yes, almost every culture has rituals to signal a change in one's life. Marriage is one of the most basic life changes for people of all cultures. So it's no surprise to find many traditions in America. F: Like as the ceremony begins, the groom and his attendants stand with the minister, facing the audience. Music signals the entrance of the bride's attendants, followed by the beautiful bride. Nervously, the young couple repeats their vows. Traditionally, they promise to love each other" for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health". M: But sometimes the couple has composed their own vows. F: Right. They give each other a gold ring to symbolize their marriage commitment. Finally the minister announces the big moment:" I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride!" M: And also the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls. Traditions say that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry.
[点拨] 原文中有“Nervously, the young couple repeats their vows”一句。
5. What will happen to the girl who catches the bouquet of flowers according to traditions?
A.She will be the next to marry.
B.She will be rich.
C.She can find happiness in her life.
D.She will find a lover soon.
A B C D
A
[解析] 原文中有“Traditions say that the one who catches the bouquet will be the next to marry”一句。
6. Who are allowed to catch the bride's bouquet of flowers?
A.Girls who don't have lovers,
B.Single girls,
C.The bride's best friends,
D.The groom's best friends.
A B C D
B
[解析] 原文中有“And also the bride throws her bouquet of flowers to a group of single girls”二句。
Questions 7 to 10 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] 7-10 F: Henry, Christmas is coming. Don't you think that we should get something for the kids? M: Of course. But I'm too busy to think of such things. You see people throng to our store to get Christmas gilts. F: But it's so convenient for you. You can just pick up something when you are having a break. M: OK. But you should tell me first what do you want for the kids. F: Well, that's why I'm talking to you. What do you think they should be given? M: Jerry has grown up. Maybe we can give him something different from last few years. Instead of giving him some silly toys and snacks, I think we can get him a bicycle.. What would you say? F: That's a great idea. He will like it. And Jessie, she wants so much to have a Barbie doll, maybe we should buy one for her? M: She has already had so many dolls. Every time she wants a new one badly, but then she gets tired of it within only three days. We should have told her to be more matured when making a decision. F: Oh, Henry, she is only a girl of four years old! It's not fair and not reasonable to ask her to understand everything. M: Don't argue with me, you know I like her better than I love Jerry. I'm just afraid that she would be spoiled.
[点拨] 原文中有“You see people throng to our store to get Christmas gifts.一句。
8. What are the kids' names?
A.Henry and Jerry.
B.Henry and Jessie.
C.Jerry and Jessie.
D.None of the above.
A B C D
C
[解析] 原文中有“Jerry has grown up..And Jessie,she wants so much to have a Barbie doll,maybe we should buy one for her?”一句。
9. What will the father buy for his son?
A.A toy.
B.Some snacks.
C.A bicycle.
D.A doll.
A B C D
C
[解析] 原文中有“I think we can get him a bicycle”一句。
10. How old is the man's daughter?
A.Four.
B.Five.
C.Six.
D.Seven.
A B C D
A
[解析] 原文中有“Henry, she is only a girl of four years old!”一句。
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 14 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.
[解析] 11-14 There are a number of important novelists from America in this century, but Phillip K. Dick is certainly one of the most interesting. Dick was born in 1899, and received his education at NYU. His novels were about the post-war American society. His descriptive style is very much caught up in the rhythms of black music. In 1922, Dick published his first book. He also married, in the same year, a woman named Jane Bobb. She was also a writer. The appearance of his most famous novel was in 1925. It was called The High Tower. Although it was true that Dick had a natural talent for writing, he was also a compulsive drinker. Though a brilliant success in his youth, he never made the necessary adjustments for a maturing writer in an ever changing world. His later writings, Bladerunner, Killing Time, and The End Game, were less successful, so much that when he died in 1942 most of his books were no longer being printed and most people had forgotten about him. His reputation in modern times is far greater than it was even during the time he was alive. This has been especially true since the film version of his famous novel The High Tower was, released.
[点拨] 原文中有“His descriptive style is very much caught up in the rhythms of black music.”一句。
2. Which of his novels was made into a movie?
A.Killing Time.
B.The High Tower.
C.Bladerunner.
D.Jane Bobb.
A B C D
B
[解析] 原文中有“This has been especially true since the film version of his famous novel The High Tower was released.”一句。
3. What do we find out about Dick's personality?
A.His writing talent was natural.
B.He was a compulsive drinker.
C.His work improved as he matured.
D.He could not adjust to a changing world.
A B C D
D
[解析] 原文中有“Though a brilliant success in his youth,he never made the necessary adjustments for a maturing writer in an ever changing world.”一句,A,B项虽然文章中也有表述,但不属于人物个性。
4. When was the movie, The High Tower, released?
A.1899.
B.1922.
C.1925.
D.After Dick died.
A B C D
D
[解析] 原文中有“His reputation in modern times is far greater than it was even during the time he was alive.This has been especially true since the film version of his famous novel The High Tower was released”一句,表明作家去世后的声誉比在世时更旺,尤其是在该作品被制作成电影放映后。
Questions 15 to 17 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.
[解析] 15-17 During this century, archaeologists have discovered that the trees can be a valuable tool for measuring time. In scientific terms, this method is called dendrochronology. Dendrochronology is based on the scientific discovery that each year a tree grows a new layer of wood. When you cut down a tree, for example, you can see and count the layers of concentric circles. These circles will reveal a great deal of information. The layers vary in color and in thickness. These variations are a result of differing climate conditions from year to year that affect the growth of the annual rings. Cold weather, for example, creates thinner and lighter rings while hot weather produces thicker and darker rings. All trees that grow in the same region will have roughly the same pattern of annual rings, and this can be used as a source of comparison and measurement. Early in this century, archaeologists began using the rings to date ruined structures and figures built in the southwestern United States. They did this by comparing the rings of the wood found in the ruins with the rings of recently cut trees. Slowly but surely, the system was extended backwards in time to measure older ruins. The heavy forestry of the United States, coupled with the relative youth. Of its history, led to a fairly uncomplicated study. Eventually, dendrochronology produced an accurate time and weather record for the American southwest that extended over 2,000 years.
[点拨] 原文中有“Dendrochronology is based on the scientific discovery that each year a tree grows a new layer of wood.”一句。
6. What causes differences in size and color of annual rings?
A.The climate.
B.The exposure to light.
C.The length of time.
D.The fertility of the soil.
A B C D
A
[解析] 原文中有“These variations are a result of differing climate conditions from year to year that affect the growth of the annual rings.”一句。
7. When did dendrochronology begin to interest archaeologists?
A.It began 2000 years ago.
B.It began in the eighteenth century.
C.It began in the early twentieth century.
D.It began in this decade.
A B C D
C
[解析] 原文中有“Early in this century, archaeologists began using the rings to date ruined structures and figures built in the southwestern United States”一句。
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. Why did children not need formal schools for a long while?
A.The teachers came to the children's homes.
B.The children acquired the information they needed by direct experience.
C.Children were taught in small, personalized groups at home.
D.Parents would teach children the three R's themselves.
A B C D
B
[解析] 18-20 There was once a time along time ago when children had a different way of life. They didn't need to attend schools because they could learn everything from the school of experience. The experience of their daily lives gave them enough education to survive during that less complex period. School was not necessary for them to learn other skills because their parents would teach them all they needed to know about capturing their food and tilling the earth. Learning the basic survival skills of how to feed themselves and grow food was the only thing most people needed to learn during that time period. Slowly, however, life became more complex, and people found the need to communicate with people in distant places. The world was expanding, and people needed to interact with people outside of their little town or village for business or for personal reasons. Then, it became important that children learn to read and write. When money became the form of buying and selling, they needed to learn how to count and calculate. These things were fundamental for children to know in order to survive in this more complicated world. And because these skills could not be learned from first-hand experience, school became necessary to teach these skills.
[点拨] 原文中有“They didn't need to attend schools because they could learn everything from the school of experience”一句。
9. What did children need to do in the earliest time mentioned by the speaker?
A.They needed to count and calculate money.
B.They needed to read and write.
C.They needed to alert moving objects.
D.They needed to hunt and farm.
A B C D
D
[解析] 原文中有“School was not necessary fro them to learn other skills because their parents would teach them all they needed to know about capturing their food and tilling the earth.Learning the basic survival skills of how to feed themselves and grow food was the only thing most people needed to learn during that time period”一句。
10. What changed children's need for formal schooling?
A.There was a new dependence on communication with people far away and the use of money.
B.The alphabet and numerical system was introduced.
C.The old methods of farming now required the use of complex machines.
D.The global economy made mass electronic communication very common.
A B C D
A
[解析] 原文中有“Slowly, however,life became more complex,and people found the need to communicate with people in distant places.The world was expanding,and people needed to interact with people outside of their little town or village for business or for personal reasons.Then,it became important that children learn to read and write.When money became the form of buying and selling,they needed to learn how to count and calculate.”句。
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST Questions 21-24 are based on the following news from the BBC or the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the four questions. Now listen to the news.
1. The UN commission of inquiry on East Timor has found evidence that ______.
A.UN forces killed and buried civilians
B.many people were forced to join the militia groups
C.military groups were involved in the violence
D.more than 150 people were murdered in Dili
A B C D
C
[解析] 21-24 Meanwhile a UN commission of inquiry on East Timor says it has found clear evidence of military involvement in the violence that erupted after the Aug. 30 pro-independence referendum. Lisa Schlein in Geneva reports the commission has provided its initial findings to the top UN human rights official Mary Robinson. The 5-member commission of inquiry has just completed the series of meetings to review the materials it gathered in East Timor. The panel of human rights experts recently spent 9 days in East Timor investigating allegations of human rights abuse. A United Nations official Tom McCarthy accompanied the group to East Timor. He calls the trip" very intense". He says the 5 experts were in the capital Dili when UN forces discovered the bodies of East Timorese who had been buried during the violence. He says the experts gathered evidence from more than 150 people during their visit. Mr. McCarthy says the UN experts saw for themselves the widespread destruction of property and interviewed many East Timorese who had been forced into exile by militiamen. He says witnesses spoke of the terror that caused them to flee. He says the commission of inquiry heard testimony of the destruction of evidence including removal of bodies from the site of killings. The commission of inquiry on East Timor has to submit a report of its findings to UN Secretary-General by the end of the year. The report will then go on to the Security Council. The commission says investigations into alleged atrocities should continue and those responsible for crime should be brought to justice. However, the experts do not say whether they believe a war crimes tribunal similar to those for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda should be established. Lisa Schlein, for VOA News, Geneva.
[点拨] 从报道一开头“Meanwhile a UN commission of….30 pro-independence referendum.”得知C为正确答菜。
2. The commission of inquiry consists of ______ experts.
A.5
B.6
C.7
D.8
A B C D
A
[解析] 抓住句子“The 5-member commission of inquiry has just completed the series of meetings to review the materials it gathered in East Timor.”即可。
3. The UN commission thinks ______.
A.a war crimes tribunal should be established
B.there is no need to establish a war crimes tribunal
C.the atrocities would continue if the criminals were not punished
D.the inquiry should continue
A B C D
D
[解析] 由句子“The commission says investigations into alleged atrocities should continue and...”得出D项正确。
4. The report made by the commission of inquiry will be submitted to ______ by the end of the year.
A.UN human rights official
B.UN Secretary-General
C.the Security Council
D.UN Congress
A B C D
B
[解析] 抓住句子“The commission of inquiry on East Timor has to submit a report of its findings to UN Secretary General by the end of the year.”即可。
Questions 25~26 are based on the following news from the BBC or the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news.
5. Why were the top two directors of secret police forced out?
A.The agency was making money.
B.The agency sell weapons to rightist death squads.
C.They were involved in the allegations.
D.They were found sell intelligence to rightist squads.
A B C D
C
[解析] 25-26 The two top directors of Colombia's secret police were forced out last week as the government investigated allegations that the agency was mounting a moneymaking operation to sell intelligence and surveillance equipment to rightist death squads. After consultations with President Alvaro Uribe, the director of the Administrative Department of Security, Jorge Noguera, resigned on Tuesday and its sub-director, Jose Miguel Narva ez, was dismissed. The agency's internal affairs unit and the attorney general's office are now investigating whether the Special Intelligence Group, controlled by Enrique Ariza, a close ally of Noguera had been planning to sell phone-tapping equipment to Javier Montanes, one of several powerful paramilitary commanders, who could then use the system to monitor police and military activity.
[点拨] 见新闻的第一句。
6. The investigation was carried out by
A.secret police and surveillance agency
B.Special Intelligence Group
C.the agency's internal affairs unit and the attorney general's office
D.Enrique Ariza and the attorney general
A B C D
C
[解析] 见原文“The agency's internal affairs unit and the attorney general's office are now investigating...”。
Questions 27~28 are based on the following news from the BBC or the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news.
[解析] 27-28 More Christians residents of the Indonesian resort island Lombok fled for their lives Friday in the wake of attacks by Muslim residents. Gary Thomas reports. Indonesian police and troops patrolled the streets of Lombok Friday, keeping a lid on any recurrence of violence that swept the resort island earlier in the week. Some businesses reopened in Mataram, the main city of Lombok, but some 600 Christians fled to neighboring B ali Friday, fearful of a new eruption of anti-Christian violence. The Indonesian army warned Friday it would take stem measures against any attempts to export the violence to the capital, Jakarta. The unrest in Lombok was sparked at a rally Monday, calling for an end to the violence in the Marlucu Islands further east where at least 1,500 people have been killed in Christian-Muslim clashes. The violence comes just when tourism to Bali and neighboring Lombok was starting to recover from a slump. Tourists had been beginning to return after staying away for fear of being caught in social unrest. Gary Thomas, VOA news, Bangkok.
[点拨] 从句子“More Christians residents of…attacks by Muslim residents.”和“where at least 1,500 people have been killed in Christian-Muslim clashes.”得出答案。
8. The clashes were triggered by ______.
A.an anti-Christianity rally in the island
B.religious tensions in the country
C.a rally that's aimed to promote peace among religious groups
D.police intervention in solving trivial religious disputes
A B C D
C
[解析] 听懂句子“The unrest in Lombok……1,500 people have been killed in Christian-Muslim clashes.”。
Questions 29~30 are based on the following news from the BBC or the VOA. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the two questions. Now listen to the news.
9. Mr. Schaeuble says he and other party members bear some responsibilities for the party funding scandal because ______.
A.donations and accounts had not been checked thoroughly
B.he himself accepted 50,000 dollars
C.they also accepted donations
D.he ignored the supervision
A B C D
A
[解析] 29-30 The leader of the Germany's opposition Christian Democrats Wolfgang Schaeuble says he and other party members hear some responsibilities for the party funding scandal engulfing the former Chancellor, Helmut Kohl. Mr. Schaeuble told German Television that donations and accounts had not been checked as thoroughly as they would be now. He admitted that he himself had accepted some 50,000 dollars in cash from an arms dealer in 1994 and passed it onto Party Treasurer s. Kalan Mike reports: "Wolfgang Schaeuble has said he sees no reason to resign, blaming the then Party Treasurer for not clearing the cash contribution. But with Helmut Kohl already under criminal investigation for his activities, it now seems likely that the state prosecutors will also turn the spotlight on Wolfgang Schaeuble. Mr. Kohl's legacy as one of Europe's longest serving leaders and the man who united Germany has already ken irrevocably tarnished by this scandal. Now though, his long years of the absolute authority in his party is threatening its future by tainting the whole generation of those who served under him."
[点拨] 听懂句子“Helmut Kohl Mr.Schaeuble told German Television…as they would be now.”。
10. Mr. Schaeuble has said he sees no reason to resign because ______.
A.he didn't take any bribery
B.he did not have any personal gain
C.he should charge the scandal himself
D.the then party treasurer was responsible for the party finance
A B C D
D
[解析] 抓住句子“Wolfgang Schaeuble has said he sees no reason to resign,…the cash contribution.”。
PART Ⅲ CLOZE Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on your answer sheet. To learn with success is not a very difficult task of some fundamental principles 1 to be its bases. 2 discussing this subject, four indispensable principles should be mentioned, that is, diligence, devotion, 3 and punctuality. All things can be 4 by diligence. It 5 the foolish, wise, the poor, 6 , and the humble, noble. It produces a wonderful effect. 7 learning, the work of a diligent fool doubles 8 of a lazy wit. Devotion means to set our heart on one thing 9 and 10 all other thoughts. Never 11 learning another subject 12 one thing. Those who often change their studies will never succeed in the long 13 In order to be successful we need devotion. Constancy makes success 14 On the other hand, inconstancy of ten 15 failure. If we study day after day, there is 16 which cannot be achieved. We should remember a 17 proverb," Constant drop-ping of water wears away a stone." 18 these there is another rule helpful to one's 19 , that is, punctuality. The habit of keeping a regular time is 20 to successful learning. Work while work; play while play. Every man will certainly become strong and wise if he does these.
1.
A.laid
B.are laying
C.are laid
D.are lying
A B C D
A
[解析] laid to be its basses是一个过去分词短语作后置定语。
2.
A.In
B.With
C.For
D.As
A B C D
A
[解析] in discussing this subject在讨论这个话题时。
3.
A.capacity
B.conservation
C.consequence
D.constancy
A B C D
D
[解析] 根据第四段第二句“constancy makes success a possibility”,就可肯定此处应选constancy。
[解析] result in 和 result from这两个短语都可用来表示因果关系,但其中因和果所处的位置正好相反。result in产生,导致,其主语是因,宾语是果;result from起因于,由……引起,其主语是果,宾语是因。bring forward提出(供讨论或促使注意)。come off成功,奏效;举行。
[解析] accomplishment有“成就,技艺”之意,原意是“成绩”,与上文中的“If we study day after day,工作出发there is nothing which cannot be achieved”相符合。
20.
A.important extremely
B.extreme importance.
C.extremely importance
D.of extreme importance
A B C D
D
[解析] 在英语中“of + n.”短语作用相当于由该名词派生出来的形容词,如:He heard some news of importance.他听到一些重要消息。
PART Ⅳ GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY There are thirty sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
1. The men on board the ship pulled in the driver ______ they feared was seriously injured.
[解析] 题型:词汇题。except和but都可作介词使用,表示“除了……之外”。except和besides在字面上看上去一样,实际意义不同。前者表示排除,如:All of us came there except him.意思是我们所有人都到了那里,除了他以外。后者表示包含,如:Besides him,all of us came there.除了他以外,我们所有人也到了那里。
10. ______, I'll love him all the same.
A.He were rich or poor
B.Be he rich or poor
C.Being rich or poor
D.Were he rich or poor
A B C D
B
[解析] 题型:语法题。be he rich or poor是让步状语从句,相当于whether he is rich or poor,可以当作是一种固定句式,又如:All magnets behave the same,be they large or small.磁铁无论大小作用都是一样的。D反映的是一种虚拟,正确用法是:Were he rich,I would marry him.要是他有钱的话,我就会嫁给他。
11. The old farmer was run down by a car. He was taken to the hospital and ______ on by the chief surgeon right now.
15. Force is measured in pound ______ it is produced.
A.whenever
B.how
C.no matter how
D.although
A B C D
C
[解析] 题型:语法题。whenever意为“无论什么时候,任何时候”,如:You can phone me whenever you like.你无论什么时候给我打电话都可以。how常用来询问变化的事物,不能引导状语从句。although引导让步状语从句,包含着阻碍主句行为或状态发生的不利条件。no matter和how及wh-word连用时,引导让步状语从句,表示“无论……”。
16. ______ much advice you give him, he does exactly what he wants.
18. Doing your homework is a sure way to improve your test scores, and this is especially true ______ it comes to classroom tests.
A.when
B.since
C.before
D.after
A B C D
A
[解析] 题型:语法题。when it comets to是习惯用语,意为“当涉及……时,当谈到……时”。
19. Doctors sometimes ______ old cures when modern medicine doesn't work.
A.fall on
B.fall down on
C.fall back on
D.fall in upon
A B C D
C
[解析] 题型:词汇题。fall back on意思是“借助于”,如:She has no relatives to fall back on.fall down (on)意思是“倒下,跪倒,失败,未能符合要求”。fall on意思是在什么时候发生、来临。比如:Her birthday will fall on a Friday this year.他今年的生日是在一个礼拜五。fall in upon意思是“不期而遇”。
20. ______ you as soon as I know what
A.I'll phone; does happen
B.I'll phone; has happened
C.I am phoning; happens
D.I am going to phone; happens
A B C D
B
[解析] 题型:语法题。as soon as引导时间状语从句时,从句中通常用一般时替代将来时,主句则用将来时。据此,可以排除C。be going to do sth.虽也表示将来,但侧重“打算做某事,安排好做某事”,故D也应予以排除。A中的does happen强调谓语,此处不合题意。B中的has happened强调某种结果,符合题意,因此B为正确答案。
21. ______ the people directly involved in the tourist industry may benefit, others may find that they are worse off.
22. Did you hear someone ______ in the next room all last night?
A.moving about
B.moving along
C.moving off
D.moving on
A B C D
A
[解析] 题型:词汇题。move about (around)走来走去;到处活动,老在搬家;经常更换工作。move along往前走,走开。move off出发,如:Always check behind the car before you move off.move on继续前进,换一个话题。如:I think we've talked enough about that:let's move on.我想那一点我们已谈得够多了,谈点别的吧。
23. The meeting was so prolonged and exhausting that ______ the speakers stopped for refreshments.
A.at ease
B.at random
C.at intervals
D.at large
A B C D
C
[解析] 题型:词汇题。此题考查作状语用的介词短语。at intervals不时地,相隔一定距离。介词和名词间可插入形容词,如:at long intervals间或;at short intervals频频,常常。at ease自在;不拘束。at random随意地,胡乱地。at large自由地,未被捕的。如:He was still at large.他仍然逍遥法外。
24. The survey found that Hungary ______ as the most environment-conscious country of East Europe.
PART Ⅴ READING COMPREHENSION In this section there are several reading passages followed by twenty questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts as our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential for plants to make the food which we eat. Heat, too, makes our environment endurable. Various kinds of rays come through the air from outer space, but enormous quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. As soon as men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, do prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in space. The unit of radiation is called" rem" . Scientists have reason to think that a man can put up with far more radiation than 0.1 rem without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed on. The trouble is that it is extremely difficult to be sure about radiation damage-a person may feel perfectly well, but the cells of his or her sex organs may be damaged, and this will not be discovered until the birth of deformed(畸形的) children or even grandchildren. Missions of the Apollo flights have had to cross belts of high radiation and, during the outward and return journeys, the Apollo crew accumulated a large amount of rems. So far, no dangerous amounts of radiation have been reported, but the Apollo missions have been quite short. We simply do not know yet how men are going to get on when they spend weeks and months outside the protection of the atmosphere, working in a space laboratory. Drugs might help to decrease the damage done by radiation, but no really effective ones have been found so far.
1. We know from the passage that ______.
A.exposure to even tiny amounts of radiation is fatal
B.the effect of exposure to radiation is slow in coming
C.radiation is avoidable in space exploration
D.astronauts in spacesuits needn't worry about radiation damage
What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America-breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine.'? Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country's excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal," spatial" thinking about things technological. Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry. Acute foreign observers related American adaptiveness and inventiveness to this educational advantage. As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported," With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman." A further stimulus to invent, ion came from the" premium" system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. This approach, originated abroad, offered inventors medals, cash prizes and other incentives. In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices were awarded at country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major cities. Americans flocked to these fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the beneficence of technological advance. Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical technology. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, "A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process. The designer and the inventor are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist." This nonverbal" spatial" thinking can be just as creative as painting and writing. Robert Fulton Once wrote," The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheels, etc., like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea." When all these shaping forces--schools, open attitudes, the premium system, a genius for spatial thinking -- interacted with one another on the rich U. S. mainland, they produced that American characteristic, emulation. Today that word implies mere imitation. But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive striving for fame and excellence.
1. According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large part due to ______.
3. A technologist can be compared to an artist because ______.
A.they are both winners of awards
B.they are both experts in spatial thinking
C.they both abandon verbal description
D.they both use various instruments
A B C D
B
[解析] 细节理解题。短文倒数第二段第一句说“This nonverbal‘spatial’thinking can be just as creative as painting and writing.”(这一非语言的思维方式像绘画、写作一样具有创造力。)故本题选择B“他们都是空间思维的专家”为正确答案。
TEXT C
The story that traces life from sea to land then into the multiple niches that exist there for a great variety of living things is a fascinating one, but far too detailed for our purposes. One key point for us in that story is the emergence of the biological class of animals that are called mammals. Mammals have a number of features that distinguish them from the reptiles from which they developed. They are warm blooded; that is, they have a system of temperature control that keeps the body at a constant temperature. Mammals have a set of teeth of different shapes that serve different functions such as cutting, gouging, and grinding. Young mammals spend their earliest days of development shielded within the mother's body and are then born alive, rather than hatching from eggs. In addition, after birth they are nourished by milk provided by the mother's mammary glands. The enforced association between mother and infant provides an opportunity for learning that does not exist for those kinds of creatures that are hatched from eggs long after their parents have departed from the scene. Young mammals play -- something that amphibians and reptiles never do -- which provides additional learning opportunities. The foregoing list leaves little doubt that we are mammals. There are, of course, a great many kinds of mammals, most of which developed after the great extinction of dinosaurs and other reptiles about 65 million years ago that opened opportunities for the few small mammals that were already in existence. One of the groups of mammals that resulted was a biological order called Primates which includes monkeys, apes, humans, and some smaller creatures familiar only to ardent zoogoers. Primates share a number of behavioral features that have played important roles in their evolutionary development. Most primates are arboreal; that is, they spend their lives in and among trees. Their tree-climbing and tree-dwelling habits impose needs that are reflected in primate anatomy. Although diet varies from species to species, many primates are largely vegetarian. But they can eat and digest meat, and some species vary their diets of leaves, shoots, and fruits by eating insects, birds' eggs, and even small animals. Primates are hand-feeders, depending on their hands both to collect food and to get it into their mouths. Perhaps the most important feature of their behavior is that primates are social animals. Their genetics, habits, and even their survival are geared to living in groups. Although human beings have come to have a way of life very different from that of typical primates, the basic primate adaptation provided prehumans with capabilities that allowed them to become culture? builders. The anatomical features that separate primates from other kinds of animals relate clearly to the way primates behave.
2. Which of the following is not the features of mammals that distinguish them from the reptiles?
A.They're warm-blooded.
B.They have a set of teeth of different shapes.
C.The first period of development of young mammals is within their mother's body.
D.There's some association between mother and infant.
A B C D
D
[解析] 细节理解题。A,B,C三项在文章第一段有明显对应的句子,至于D,文中原句是“The enforced association between mother and infant provides an opportunity for learning that does not exist for those kinds of creatures that are hatched from eggs long after their parents have departed from the scene.”选项与原文意思有出入。
3. Which can be inferred from the passage?
A.Mammals developed from the reptiles.
B.The animals that are hatched from eggs have no opportunity for learning.
C.Mammals developed at the cost of the extinction of reptiles.
D.Not all the primates are mammals.
A B C D
A
[解析] 推断题。根据第一段第三句“Mammals have a number of features that distinguish them from the reptiles from which they developed.”可判断,A正确。
4. Primates are social animals because ______.
A.they are hand-feeders
B.of their anatomical features
C.they are arboreal
D.they depend on each other
A B C D
D
[解析] 细节理解题。A,B,C显然不合题意,从第二段倒数第二句“Their genetics,habits,and even their survival are geared to living in groups.”来看,灵长目动物为了生存,必须选择群居生活,它们彼此相互依赖。
5. What leads to the features of the primate anatomy?
A.Their treec-limbing and tree-dwelling life.
B.Their diet.
C.The way they behave.
D.The social emphasis in their life.
A B C D
C
[解析] 细节理解题。A,B,D或不合题意或不够全面。从最后一段“The anatomical features that separate primates from other kinds of animals relate clearly to the way primates behave.”可知C为最佳答案。
TEXT D
Attention to details 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. "It's amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves," he says. "Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates don't bother to spell the company's name correctly. Once I see a mistake, I eliminate the candidate," Crossley concludes." If they cannot take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?" Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. "To keep from losing the forest for the tree," says Charles Garfield, an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco," 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 to something else." Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA." The Apollo II moon launch was lightly off course 90 percent of the time," says Garfield." 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. Too often we believe what accounts for others' success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.
1. The underlined word" perfectionists" (Para.3) 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
[解析] 词汇题。本题需要通过从perfectionists一词所出现的上下文中推断出它的意思。文章第三段首先指出“Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely.”。然后作者举例说perfectionists为小事操劳,但却以牺牲工作中较大事情为代价。这就说明perfectionists是那些过分注意细节而丢失了大目标的人,故选项A为正确答案。
2. Which of the following is the author's advice to the reader?
A.Careless applicants are not to be trusted.
B.Don't forget details when drawing pictures.
C.Be aware of the importance of a task before undertaking it.
D.Although too much attention to details may be costly, they should not be overlooked.
3. The example of the Apollo II moon launch is given 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
[解析] 推理题。本题需要弄清作者引用Apollo II登月事例的目的。文章第四段Garfield说,90%的时间里Apollo II都稍微偏离轨道,而最终仍可顺利到达月球,这是因为不断地根据目标做了必要的调整,是因为“Knowing where we want to go helps up judge the importance of every task we undertake.”这说明做好小事、做好调整能促使大目标的实现。同时,也说明明确了大目标有助于判断我们所做的事情哪些是重要的,哪些是不重要的,因此B“明确了大目标有助于判断哪些细节可忽略”是答案。
Since World War II, there has been a clearly discernible trend, especially among the growing group of college students, toward early marriage. Many youths begin dating in the first stages of adolescence," go steady" through high school, and marry before their formal education has been completed. In some quarters, there is much shaking of graying locks and clucking of middle-aged tongues over the ways of "wayward youth". However, emotional maturity is no respecter of birthdays; it does not arrive automatically at twenty-one or twenty five. Some achieve it surprisingly early, while others never do, even in three-score years and ten. Many students are marrying as an escape, not only from an unsatisfying home life, but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness. And it can almost be put down as a dictum that any marriage entered into as an escape cannot prove entirely successful. The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems; more often, it merely accentuates them. Furthermore, it is doubtful whether the home as an institution is capable of carrying all that the young are seeking to put into it; one might say in theological terms, that they are forsaking one idol only to worship another. Young people correctly understand that their parents are wrong in believing that" success" is the ultimate good, but they erroneously believe that they themselves have found the true center of life's meaning. Their expectations of marriage are essentially utopian and therefore incapable of fulfillment. They want too much, and tragic disillusionment is often bound to follow. Shall we, then join, the chorus of" Miseries" over early marriages? One cannot generalize: all early marriages are not bad any more that all later ones are good. Satisfactory marriages are determined not by chronology, but by the emotional maturity of the partners. Therefore, each case must be judged on its own merits. If the early marriage is not an escape, if it is entered into with relatively few illusions or false expectations, and if it is economically feasible, why not? Good marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty, and so can bad ones.
1. According to this passage, the trend toward early marriages ______.
A.can be clearly seen
B.is the result of the Great Depression of the 30's
C.can't be easily determined
D.is an outgrowth of the moral looseness brought about by World War Ⅱ
A B C D
A
[解析] 主旨题。根据Since World War II,there has been a clearly discernible trend,especially among the growing group of college students,toward early marriage一句中的discernible说明这是一件很明显的事。
2. The writer suggests that many of today's early marriages result from ______.
A.the lack of formal education
B.idol shift
C.escapism
D.chronology
A B C D
C
[解析] 主旨题。Many students are marrying as an escape,not only from an unsatisfying home life,but also from their own personal problems of isolation and loneliness表明许多学生选择结婚主要是为了逃避生活中的一些不如意。
3. More often than not, early marriage will often ______.
A.ease one's problems
B.intensify one's problems
C.not affect one's problems
D.solve one's problems
A B C D
B
[解析] 词汇题。The sad fact is that marriage seldom solves one's problems;more often,it merely accentuates them中,accentuate是突出的意思。
4. Which of the following statement is not true?
A.An early marriage should be economically feasible.
B.Not all early marriages are bad.
C.Bad marriages can be made from sixteen to sixty.
5. Younger people's expectations of marriage can be described as ______.
A.utopian
B.realistic
C.materialistic
D.tragic
A B C D
A
[解析] 细节题。根据Their expectations of marriage are essentially utopian可得出答案。
PART Ⅵ WRITING
SECTION A COMPOSITION Write on your ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 200 words.
1. Some people think that human needs for farmland, housing, and industry are more important than saving land for endangered animals. Do you agree or disagree with this point of view? Why or why not? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. You are to write in three parts: In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement. In the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
参考范文 Endangered Animals are Calling for Help In the past, there have been many endangered animals. Now they are extinct. Does it matter? Has our environment been affected by their absence? Has the quality of our own life been changed? The answer to these questions is" Yes". It does matter if we destroy an endangered species habitat to develop more farmland, housing or industrial parks. There is a delicate balance of nature. If one small part is removed, it will effect all the other parts. For example, if certain trees are cut down, bats will have no place to roost. If they cannot roost, they cannot breed. If there are no bats, there will be no animal, or bird to eat certain insects that plague our crops. Our environment has been affected by the absence of certain animals. Certain flowers are pollinated by butterflies, which migrate from Canada to Mexico. Some of the breeding grounds of these butterflies were destroyed. Now these flowers are disappearing from certain areas. We will no longer be able to enjoy their beauty. The quality of our life has been changed America used to be covered with giant trees. Now we have to visit them in one small park. Rain forests around the world are being cut down to make room for humans. We will never be able to see or study this fragile ecosystem. I would encourage us humans to look for other alternatives for our farmlands, housing, and industries. We have alternatives; the animals do not.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING Write in your ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words to a friend of yours based on the following given situation:
1. You've read on the notice board that the university library is looking for a part-time library assistant who can work at weekends. You think that your classmate, George, is a suitable person for this vacancy. Write him a note, telling him what you know about the vacancy and trying to persuade him to go for an interview. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
参考范文 Sep. 26 Dear George, How are you lately? Yesterday I read on the notice board that our university library is looking for a part-time library assistant who can work at weekends. I know you've been looking for a part-time job, so I'm writing to tell you about the vacancy. I think you're the right person for the post, since you meet all the listed requirements. True, the job is not highly paid, but you only have to work at weekends. So why not go for an interview? Wish you good luck. Yours truly, ×××