Section Ⅰ Listening Comprehension Directions: This section is designed to test your ability to understand spoken English. You will hear a selection of recorded materials and you must answer the questions that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part B and Part C. Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet , NOT on the ANSWER SHEET. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer your answers from your test booklet onto ANSWER SHEET 1. If you have any questions ,you may raise your hand NOW as you will not be allowed to speak once the test is started. Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A You will ]tear a talk on people's "felt image". As you listen, answer Questions 1 - 10 by circling True or Alse. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. You now have 60 seconds to read Questions 1 - 10.
1. Mirror images is often different from the" felt images."
对 错
A
2. The" felt image" is much more important because it helps you to be more confident.
对 错
B
3. If you poke your tongue into a hole of your teeth, it feels very ting and slim.
对 错
B
4. The" felt image" lets you recognize your physical existence in the world.
对 错
A
5. You can find your nose in the darkness because of your "felt image."
对 错
A
6. Strokes may sometimes destroy all of the mirror image.
对 错
B
7. If a man loses the ability to recognize his left side he will lose feeling on his both sides.
对 错
B
8. Stroke victims sometimes refuse to regard their injured sides as parts of their bodies because they are unwilling to admit their disabilities.
对 错
B
9. A stroke victim can put gloves on both his hands.
对 错
B
10. The talk is mainly about the importance of "felt images".
对 错
A
[解析] 1-10 When you close your eyes and try to think of the shape of your own body, what you imagine ( or, rather, what you feel)is quite different from what you see when you open your eyes and look in the mirror. The image you feel is much vaguer than the one you see. And if you lie still, it is quite hard to imagine your-self as having any particular size or shape. When you move, when you feel the weight of your arms and legs and the natural resistance of the objects around you, the "felt image" of yourself starts to become clearer. It is almost as if it were created by your own actions and the sensations they cause. The image you make for yourself has rather strange proportions: certain parts feel much larger than they look. If you poke your tongue into a hole in one of your teeth, it feels enormous; you are often surprised by how small it looks when you inspect it in the mirror. But although the "felt image" may not have the exact shape you see in the mirror, it is much more important. It is the image through which you recognize your physical existence in the world. In spite of its strange proportions, it is all one piece, and since it has a consistent right and left and top and bottom, it allows you to locate new sensations when they occur. It allows you to find your nose in the dark, scratch itches and point to a pain. If the felt image is damaged for any reason—if it is cut in half or lost, as it often is after certain strokes which wipe out recognition of one entire side—these tasks become almost impossible. What is more, it becomes hard to make sense of one's own visual appearance. If one half of the felt image is wiped out or injured,the patient stops recognizing the affected part of his body. It is hard for him to find the location of sensation on that side, and, although he feels the doctor's touch, he locates it as being on the undamaged side. He loses his ability to accept the affected side as part of his body even when he can see it. If you throw him a pair of gloves and ask him to put them on, he will only glove one hand and leave the other bare. And yet he had to use the left hand in order to glove the fight. The fact that he can see the ungloved hand doesn't seem to help him, and there is no reason why it should. He can no longer reconcile what he sees with what he feels the ungloved object lying on the left may look like a hand, but, since there is no felt image corresponding to it ,why should he claim the object as his?
Part B You will hear 3 conversations or talks and you must answer the questions by choosing A, B, C or D. You will hear the recording ONLY ONCE.
Questions 11 - 13 are based on the following conversation. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions11-13
1. What is the woman's tone of voice when she first sees the man?
A.Frustrated.
B.Relieved.
C.Sarcastic.
D.Apologetic.
A B C D
B
2. What are the students doing when the man arrives in class?
A.Taking an examination.
B.Drawing graphs.
C.Giving presentations.
D.Having a class of discussion.
A B C D
C
3. How much time do the man and the woman have before they address the class?
A.Less than ten minutes.
B.About twenty minutes.
C.Forty-five minutes.
D.Over an hour.
A B C D
B
[解析] 11-13 W: Jim, thank goodness you've arrived. The class presentation started half an hour ago, and I was just beginning to panic. M: I'm sorry for being late, Alice. This morning has been a real mess, I didn't think I was going to make it here at all. W: Why are you late? Our presentation depends on those graphs you are holding. M: Yes, I know. I'll tell you about it later. First, let's see how we are doing for time. Two groups are still ahead of us, aren't they? The presentations on the fights of the consumer and the analysis of the stock market. That means I've got twenty minutes to sort out. W: You look cold. What happened? M: I've been standing outside in arctic temperatures for over an hour waiting for a bus. W: Over an hour. But I thought your apartment was only a ten minute bus ride to campus. M: In normal conditions, but the bus was delayed because of the weather, and when I stopped in a drug store to call home for a ride, the bus went by. As luck would have it there was no one at home, so I had to wait another forty-five minutes for the next bus. W: That's Murphy's Law, isn't it? What did it say? If anything can go wrong, it will. Well, we've still got twenty minutes to get our wits together.
Questions 14 - 16 are based on the following conversation. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 14-16
[解析] 14-16 During the Christmas shopping rush in London, the intriguing story was reported of a tramp who, apparently through no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was filled with last-minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beating and longing to get home. Presumably all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents. However that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it. There was food, drink, bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios. Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop re-opened, he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humour and philosophic temperament—as indeed vagrants very commonly are. Everyone else was enjoying Christmas,so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He submitted,cheerfully enough, to being taken away by the police. Perhaps he had a better Christmas than usual. He was put into prison for seven days. The judge awarded no compensation to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had, in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the coverage the story received in the newspapers and on television. Perhaps the judge had a good Christmas too.
Questions 17-20 are based on the following conversation. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 17 -20
1. According to the woman, why women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time?
A.She doesn't know the reason exactly.
B.Because women are smarter than men.
C.Because women have more things to deal with than men.
D.Because men always refuse to deal with more than one thing at the same time.
A B C D
A
2. Why are women much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time, but men are not as good?
A.Because women have better abilities.
B.Because men are not used to housework.
C.Because men lack practice.
D.Because men find it easy to concentrate on only one thing.
A B C D
A
3. What do we know about the difference between men and women in terms of personal relationships?
A.It is easier to get along with women than with men.
B.Women tend to reveal their feelings more easily.
C.Personal relationships are more central to most men's lives.
D.It's easier to establish personal relationships with women than with men.
A B C D
D
4. Why does the woman refer to football?
A.To illustrate men's interest.
B.To illustrate that men usually do not touch upon anything important in talking about their work and interest.
C.To prove men are mostly football fans.
D.To show that men intentionally try to avoid talking about their true feelings.
A B C D
B
[解析] 17-20 M: Do you think women are generally better at certain things than men? W: Well, it seems to me women are much better at dealing with more than one thing at a time. I don't know whether this has to do with the difference in their(工团)brain or whether it's just how they have to cope more often with more than one thing. For example, it is usually women who work, have babies, look after the babies and take the main responsibility for looking after the home. And maybe it's practicing all that makes women be better able to do more than one thing at a time. Men, it seems to me, can only concentrate on one thing at a time, including boring domestic things like washing the dishes. If a friend of mine who is a man washes the dishes he'll find it quite difficult to conduct a conversation at the same time, whereas if I'm doing the dishes I'm always talking to someone, probably cooking something as well, and finding that nottoo stressful. M: Do you think women are more interested in personal relationships than men? W: Generally, yes, though again I don't know if this is because that from an early age they are taught to please other people, whereas men are always taught to please themselves. I think relationships are more central to most women's lives. For example, I think men don't have very good conversations with each other, whereas women do. If you listen to women talking, often they will be having, after a relatively short time of knowing each other, fairly personal and truthful conversations, whereas men have conversations not about what I'd call real things. They will talk about their work in a very superficial way, or their interests in a very superficial way, for example, and football is the-um-,just a sort of way for men to relate to each other without actually saying anything important, it appears to me.
Part C You will hear a talk. As you listen, you must answer Questions 21 - 30 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE.
2. The changes in the U. S. A. in the 1960s began with the __________ Right Movement.
Civil.
3. Why did Americans have these movements in the early 1960s?
Challenge established authority.
4. What was the name given to the generation that came of age during the 1960s?
Baby Boom generation.
5. When did the Women's Movement begin in the U. S. A.
During the 1960s.
6. What are the basic principles of the women's movement?
Equality reproductive rights.
7. List three traditional female occupations mentioned in the talk.
Teachers,nurses,secretaries.
8. Why have women had an independence?
Participation in economy.
9. What is the effect of the Women's Movement?
Male-and-female relationship changed.
10. In what aspects does the speaker think all of these cultural changes are strengthened?
Media educational system.
[解析] 21-30 The ten years of the 1960s was a period of profound change in many parts of the world. In the United States, beginning with the Civil Rights Movement in the early 1960s, and extending through the Vietnam War, millions of Americans began to challenge established authority. These movements were initially political. Young Americans demanded that governmental policies in race relations and international relations correspond to the ideals of justice contained in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. By the end of the decade, however, challenges to authority were carried far beyond political issues and were directed at the social order and deeply rooted cultural patterns of the country. The generation that came of age in the 1960s, the Baby Boom generation, sought change in almost every aspect of life in the United States. For example,they experimented with cooperative economic institutions and communal living arrangements, broke sexual taboos, altered the process of education, explored non-Western spiritual traditions, developed a strong respect for the environment, and transformed popular culture. As a whole, these changes stood for a different set of cultural values that provided a thorough critique of American society as it existed at that time. Although many" alternative lifestyles" were short-lived, cultural changesthat began in that period have had a continuing effect on much of American life ,particularly in attitudes toward male-female relations. All cultures are complex. They are a combination of closely related patterns of social interaction. As a result, changes in an important aspect of a particular culture will usually produce changes throughout the society. The Women's Movement that began in the United States during the 1960s is a typical example of this phenomenon. From the beginning, the Women' s Movement was influenced by cultural changes that had occurred earlier in the decade. The Civil Rights Movement for racial equality and the development of the birth control pill were particularly important—the Civil Rights Movement because women involved in the effort for racial justice began to see themselves as victims of social injustice, and the birth control pill because it gave women reliable control over reproduction. Social, economic, and legal equality and reproductive rights continue to be the basic principles of the Women's Movement. As some of these goals have been achieved, major changes have occurred in broader cultural patterns such as the economy and the family. At the present time, most of American women are employed. Employment is no longer confined to such traditional female occupations as teacher, nurse, or secretary. Women are now found in every occupation and at all levels of responsibility and authority. Participation in the economy has given many women an independence that has allowed them to choose whether, when,and how to form a family. Working women within families now are part of an economic partnership with men in which both adults provide support for the family unit and are responsible for the quality of life. The Women's Movement has affected the relationship between men and women in the family in other ways as well. Women have challenged traditional sex roles in the household. Men are now expected to participate in child-raising and domestic activities to a much greater extent than in the past. Childbearing is now a matter of family choice, with women having the final decision in family planning. All of these cultural changes are strengthened in both the media and in the educational system. Children are growing up with self-images and expectations far different from those of earlier generations. Young men and women who have been influenced by the changes brought about by the Women's Movement over the past 25 years will carry those changes to the next generation.
Section Ⅱ Use of English Read the following text and fill. each of the numbered spaces with ONE suitable word.Write your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Impatience characterizes young intellectual workers. They want to make their mark 1 So it's important to get 2 to them in a challenging manner the idea 3 big achievements rarely come easily and quickly. Point out that the little successes are essential. Show that they 4 turn become the foundation on 5 reputations are built and from which more important tasks can be accomplished. A variety of job assignments, including job or project rotation, also keep a job 6 becoming dull. Whereas it's natural for some individuals to want to move ahead immediately to more difficult assignments, 7 proper guidance they can continue to learn and to gain versatility by working on a number of jobs that are essentially 8 the same complexity. This way they gain breadth, if not depth. Probably the greatest offense to guard 9 when dealing with younger specialists is to reject ideas out of hand. You must listen—and listen objectively—to their suggestions. Avoid 10 overcritical. You want to nurture an inquiring mind with a fresh approach. You'll frustrate it quickly if you revert too often 11 "We've tried that before and it won't 12 here." One sure way to disenchant 13 college graduates is flagrantly misusing their talents. Expect them to do some routine work, of course. But don't make their 14 work just one long series of errands. This includes such break-in assignments 15 performing routine calculations, digging up 16 material, 17 operating reproduction equipment. One large manufacturing company recently interviewed a number of 18 engineers who had left them. The company found that the overwhelming complaint was that the company not only did not offer work that 19 challenging but also expected 20 too little from them in the way of performance.
[解析] 可用于修饰 “too little ”的只能是 far,意为“太少,特别少”。故答案为 far。
Section Ⅲ Reading Comprehension
Part A
Text 1 The Stone age, the Iron age. Entire epochs have been named for materials. So what to name the decades ahead? The choice will be tough. Welcome to the age of superstuff. Material science— once the least sexy technology—is bursting with new, practical discoveries led by super conducting ceramics that may revolutionize electronics. But superconductors are just part of the picture: from houses and cars to cook pots and artificial teeth, the world will sometime be made of different stuff. Exotic plastics, glass and ceramics will shape the future just as surely as have genetic engineering and computer science. The key to the new materials is researchers' increasing ability to manipulate substances at the molecular level. Ceramics, for instance, have long been limited by their brittleness. But by minimizing the microscopic imperfections that cause it, scientists are making far stronger ceramics that still retain such qualities as hardness and heat resistance. Ford Motor Co. now uses ceramic tools to cut steel. A firm called Kyocera has created a line of ceramic scissors and knives that stay sharp for years and never rust or corrode. A similar transformation has overtaken plastics. High-strength polymers now form bridges, Ice skating rinks and helicopter rotors. And one new plastic that generates electricity when vibrated or pushed is used in electric guitars, touch sensors for robot hands and karate jackets that automatically record each punch and chop. Even plastic litter, which once threatened to permanently blot the landscape, has proved amenable to molecular tinkering. Several manufacturers now make biodegradable forms; some plastic six-pack rings for example, gradually decompose when exposed to sunlight. Researchers are developing ways to make plastics as recyclable as metal or glass. What's more, composites—plastic reinforced with fibers of graphite or other compounds—made the round-the-world flight of the voyager possible and have even been proved in combat: a helmet saved an infantryman's life by deflecting two bullets in the Grenada invasion. Some advanced materials are old standard with a new twist. The newest fiber optic cables that carry telephone calls cross-country are made of glass so transparent that a piece of 100 miles thick is clearer than a standard window pane. But new materials have no impact until they are made into products. And that transition could prove difficult, for switching requires lengthy research and investment. It can be said a firmer handle on how to move to commercialization will determine the success or failure of a country in the coming future.
1. How many new materials are mentioned in this passage?
A.Two.
B.Three.
C.Four.
D.Five.
A B C D
B
[解析] 由短文第一段最后一句“Exotic plastics,glass and ceramics willshape the future just as surely as have genetic engineering and computer science.”可知,本文提到了三种新材料。故应选B。
2. Why does the author mention genetic engineering and computer science?
A.To compare them with the new materials.
B.To show the significance of the new materials on the future world.
B.Because many manufacturers are unwilling to change their equipment.
C.Because research on new materials is very difficult.
D.Because it takes long time.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由短文最后一段中的“And that transition could prove difficult,for switching requires lengthy research and investment.”可知答案为A。故应选A。
4. Where lies success of a country in the New Age of Superstuff?
A.It lies in research.
B.It lies in investment.
C.It lies in innovation.
D.It lies in application.
A B C D
D
[解析] 由短文最后一段中的“But new materials have no impact until they are made into products...will determine the success or failure of a country in the coming future.”可知答案为D。故应选D。
5. Why could not ceramics be used widely in the past?
A.Because of their brittleness.
B.Because people didn't know how to use them.
C.Because they were not useful.
D.Because they could not resist heat.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由短文第二段中的“Ceramics,for instance,have long been limited by their brittleness.”可知答案为A。故应选A。
Text 2 Paul Strauss Mann, retired vice president of Xerox, indicates in his book Information Pay-off that "almost half of the U. S. information workers are in executive, managerial, administrative and professional positions. "He further states that "managers and professionals spend more than half of their time in communicating with each other." In other words, people are a corporation's most expensive resource. For a typical office, over 90 percent of the operating budget is for salaries, benefits and over head. With this investment, is it any wonder that managers are focusing more and more attention on employee productivity? They realize that the paper jungle cannot be tamed simply by hiring more people. To receive a return on their investment ,wise corporate executive officers are realizing what industrialists and agriculturists learned long ago—efficient tools are essential for increased productivity. A direct relationship exists between efficient flow of information and the quality and speed of the output of the end product. For those companies using technology, the per document cost of information processing is only a fraction of what it was a few years ago. The decreasing cost of computers and peripherals( equipment tied to the computer)will continue to make technology a cost-effective tool in the future. An example of this type of savings is illustrated in the case of the Western Division of General Telephone and Electronics Company(GTE). By making a one-time investment of $10 million to automate its facilities, management estimates an annual saving of $8.5 million for the company. This savings is gained mainly through the elimination of support people once needed for proposal projects. Through a telecommunications network that supports 150 computer terminals with good graphics capabilities, the engineers who conceptualize the projects are now direct participants. They use the graphics capacities of the computer rather than rely on drafters to prepare drawings, they enter their own text rather than employ typists, and they use the network to track project progress rather than conducting meetings.
1. In the first paragraph, the author quotes Strauss Mann's words in order to make clear
A.the importance of communicative capability in business.
B.the need for people of higher positions in a company.
C.the importance of assigning people to proper positions.
D.the necessity for people in higher positions to know information science.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由短文第一段最后一句“... managers and professionals spend morethan half of their time in communicating with each other.”可知,作者引用Strauss Mann 的话主要是为了表明交流能力的重要性。故应选A。
2. Today's corporate executive officers resemble the industrialists and agriculturists in the past in their realization of
A.the essential roles of the workers in turning out more products.
B.the importance of information to a company's development.
C.the importance of technology leading to high employee productivity.
D.the necessity of providing employees with a comfortable environment.
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第二段最后一句“To receive a return on their investment,wise corporate executive officers are realizing what industrialists and agriculturists learned long ago—efficient tools are essential for increased productivity.”可知答案为C。故应选C。
3. Which of the following might be the result from the use of efficient technology in corporations?
A.The quantity of products will be considerably increased.
B.The cost of computers will be decreased.
C.The per document cost of information processing will be reduced.
D.The newest information will be easier to obtain.
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第三段中的“For those companies using technology,the per document cost of information processing is only a fraction of what it was a few years ago.”可知答案为C。故应选C。
4. The GTE's example shows that
A.efficient technology is cost-effective.
B.many meetings in a company are unnecessary.
C.many positions like that of a typist can be done away with.
D.it doesn't cost much to automate the facilities of a company.
A B C D
A
[解析] 由第三段中所举的GTE的例子可知“efficient technology is cost-effective”。故应选A。
5. According to this passage, what is the most expensive resource in a corporation?
A.Product.
B.Human resource.
C.Raw materials.
D.Clients of the corporation.
A B C D
B
[解析] 文中提到,在一家企业中,最昂贵的资源是人力资源。故应选B。
Text 3 Insurance is supposed to provide protection against financial risks, and while dying too soon is one major risk we face, another risk more and more people fear is outliving their money. As a result, a growing array of life insurance products make it possible to protect against both of those risks. In many of today's life insurance products, MacDonald notes, "The death benefit portion really has become a commodity type product, so if someone is really concerned about the financial impact of dying young, then they can get a pretty good deal by buying term insurance on a commodity basis— find the cheapest policy and buy it. "But, he says," The other side of the coin is that insurance companies have developed products that can be very creative, and very competitive to other alternatives, including investments. They can fill a very important role in any overall investment plan." Diverse and universal policies offer people choices in how much they want to put into their policies and how they want their funds invested. These funds can then be tapped later on to provide a lump sum for purchasing a retirement home or a stream of retirement income. Life insurance is an attractive investment vehicle, because the "inside buildup", the accumulation of funds inside a policy structure , is not subject to taxes, in contrast to other personal investments. However, MacDonald and others warn against using insurance policies purely as an investment. While there are tax advantages, there are also the costs connected with the insurance coverage, and if you don't need that coverage these can be expensive ways to invest. Moreover, MacDonald notes that some companies are offering insurance that has a critical illness or long-term care benefit. These policies specify that if someone suffers a heart attack, for example, they will get 25% of the face amount of the insurance policy immediately rather than at death. Or if they must be confined to a nursing home, they will be able to use up to the face amount of the policy to pay the nursing home costs. Amid the proliferation of insurance product, MacDonald says, "The positive side of it is there are better products—they're cheaper and more flexible. The negative side is that it's more complicated and easier to make a mistake. In the past, it was plain vanilla; everybody was selling the same product and everybody had to find an agent they liked. Now there has been significant changes in product structure and design, and benefits, and so it is worthwhile to shop around."
1. The purpose of insurance is to
A.give you money whenever you need.
B.protect you from financial risks.
C.save money.
D.outlive money.
A B C D
B
[解析] 由文章第一段第一句“Insurance is supposed to provide protection against financial risks...”可知本题答案为B。故应选B。
2. What does the underlined word they in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A.Creative and competitive insurance products.
B.Insurance companies.
C.Other alternatives.
D.Investments.
A B C D
A
[解析] 划线单词所在句子句意为“事情的另一面是:保险公司已经开发了一些很有创造性的,能与其他替代产品,诸如投资竞争的产品。它们能够满足任何一种全面投资计划的需求。”可见“它们”即指“creative and competitive insurance products”。故应选A。
3. What advantage will there be if one buys life insurance instead of making other investments?
A.He will have money for a retirement home.
B.It will cost him nothing if he buys an life insurance.
C.Profit he earns from insurance is tax-free.
D.It is cheap to buy a life insurance.
A B C D
C
[解析] 由第三段最后一句“Life insurance is an...is not subject to taxes,in contrast to other personal investments.”可知答案为C。故应选C。
4. What does MacDonald warn people when they intend to buy life insurance products?
A.It is expensive to invest on life insurance products.
B.Some insurance has some specific terms.
C.Some insurance companies will not provide satisfactory terms.
D.People should not use insurance policies purely as an investment.
A B C D
D
[解析] 由第四段第一句“However,MacDonald and others warn aganist using insurance policies purely as an investment.”可知答案为D。故应选D。
5. Which of the following statements is true about insurance products?
A.People have no choice when buying insurance products.
B.There are so many choices in insurance products that people find it difficult to make a decision.
C.There are no better and cheaper insurance products.
D.It is better for people to have so many insurance products to choose.
A B C D
D
[解析] 由文章最后一段中的“The positive side of it is there are better products—they’re cheaper and more flexible.”可知答案为D。故应选D。
Part B From her vantage point she watched the main doors swing open and the first arrivals pour in. Those who had been at the head of the line paused momentarily on entry, looked around curiously, then quickly moved forward as others behind pressed in. Within moments the central public area of the big branch bank was filled with a chattering, noisy crowd. The building, relatively quiet less than a minute earlier, had become a Babel. Edwina saw a tall heavyset black man wave some dollar bills and announce loudly, "I want to put my money in the bank." 66._______________________ It seemed as if the report about everyone having come to open an account had been accurate after all. Edwina could see the big man leaning back expansively, still holding his dollar bills. His voice cut across the noise of other conversations and she heard him proclaim, "I'm in no hurry. There's something I'd like you to explain." Two other desks were quickly manned by other clerks. With equal speed, long wide lines of people formed in front of them.Normally, three members of staff were ample to handle new account business, but obviously inadequate now. Edwina could see Tottenhoe on the far side of the bank and called him on the intercom. She instructed, "Use more desks for new accounts and take all the staff you can spare to man them." 67._______________________ Tottenhoe grumbled in reply, "You realize we can't possibly process all these people today, and however many we do will tie us up completely." "I've got an idea," Edwina said," that's what someone has in mind. Just hurry the processing all you can. 68._______________________ First, an application form called for details of residence, employment, social security, and family matters. A specimen signature was obtained. Then proof of identity was needed. After that, the new accounts clerk would take all documents to an officer of the bank for approval and initialing. Finally, a savings passbook was made out or a temporary checkbook issued. Therefore the most new accounts that any bank employee could open in an hour were five, so the three clerks presently working might handle a sum of ninety in one business day, if they kept going at top speed ,which was unlikely. 69._______________________ Still the noise within the bank increased. It had become an uproar. A further problem was that the growing mass of arrivals in the central public area of the bank was preventing access to tellers' counters by other customers. Edwina could see a few of them outside, regarding the milling scene with consternation. While she watched, several gave up and walked away.Inside the bank some of the newcomers were engaging tellers in conversation and the tellers, having nothing else to do because of the melee, chatted back. Two assistant managers had gone to the central floor area and were trying to conduct the flood of people so as to clear some space at counters. They were having small success. 70._______________________ She decided it was time for her own intervention. Edwina left the platform and a failed-off staff area and, with difficulty, made her way through the milling crowd to the main front door. A. Yet she knew however much they hurried it would still take ten to fifteen minutes to open any single new account. It always did. The paperwork required that time. B. But still no hostility was evident. Everyone in the now jam-packed bank who was spoken to by members of the staff answered politely and with a smile. It seemed, Edwina thought, as if all who were here had been briefed to be on best behavior. C. A security guard directed him, "Over there for new accounts." The guard pointed to a desk where a clerk—a young girl—sat waiting. She appeared nervous. The big man walked toward her, smiled reassuringly, and sat down. Immediately a press of others moved into a ragged line behind him, waiting for their turn. D. Even leaning closer to the intercom, it was hard to hear above the noise. E. Even tripling the present complement of clerks would permit very few more than two hundred and fifty accounts to be opened in a day, yet already, in the first few minutes of business, the bank was crammed with at least four hundred people, with still more flooding in, and the line outside, which Edwina rose to check, appeared as long as ever. F. Obviously someone had alerted the press in advance, which explained the presence of the TV camera crew outside. Edwina hoped to know who had done it.
1.
C
[解析] 由上一段最后一句“I want to put my money in the bank.”可知对话发生在银行,只有C符合。故应选C。
2.
D
[解析] 由上一段中的"Edwina...and called him on the intercom.”可知D中的“... closer to the intercom...”与之呼应。故应选D。
Part C Answer questions 71 - 80 by referring to the following article. Note: Answer each question by choosing A, B or C and mark it on ANSWER SHEET 1. Some choices may be required more than once. Which article... A The Government is going to give new "job splitting" grants to employers willing to offer part-time work to people claiming unemployment benefit. The next scheme, which took many union leaders and large employers by surprise yesterday night, will be announced in detail in the autumn. It is intended to cost the taxpayer nothing because of savings in unemployment benefit. The proposal, unveiled last night by Mr. Norman Tebbit, Secretary of State for Employment, will be in addition to the new Community Programme for the long-term unemployed. Mr. Tebbit said that under the scheme a vacancy could be offered to two unemployed people, one existing full-time employee or two existing full-time employees if one of them would otherwise have been made redundant. The Employment Secretary suggested yesterday that workers reaching retirement might find the idea of sharing their job attractive, if pensions could be secured. But he also said that firms might find it attractive to offer one vacancy to two school leavers. In a sharp reaction to the Community Programme, Mr. Nicholas Hinton, director of the National Council for Voluntary Organizations, whose members will be expected to sponsor many of the new places, said:" The Government is trying to spread too little money too thinly among too many people and many voluntary organizations are suspicious of its motives." B Few people believe that unemployment in the United Kingdom will fall favorably below the 3.2 million mark ,or 13.4 percent of the labour force, during the next few years. The remark able rise in productivity over the past year will, if it continues, make it even more difficult to tackle unemployment. Many firms are confident that they can meet any increase in demand without hiring extra staff. Remedies more imaginative and more permanent than those tried so far are needed. The Government's job-splitting scheme announced on Tuesday is one example that should be welcomed. Another good idea is Rank Xerox's "networking" plan, by which executives would be able to work part-time from home. The possibilities of work-sharing need to be more vigorously investigated, on the lines indicated by a recent OECD study. If the total hours of work required are not going to increase—with output rising thanks to improved productivity—then let us try to share those working hours more equitably among the labour force. Work-sharing helps to produce new jobs by reducing the working hours of those in existing jobs. The danger with work-sharing is that employees may expect to be paid more per hour for working shorter hours, and that fixed labour costs will rise as the numbers on the payroll increase. Many employers therefore fear that the effect on costs and prices would be inflationary. The Government is therefore subsidizing employers to participate in its job-splitting scheme. Most kinds of work-sharing involve marginal cuts of a few per cent in total working hours, and thus only modest increases in the number of jobs. The biggest difference would be made if a substantial number of full-time jobs could be turned into part-time jobs. The Government's role would be to adapt the tax and social security system to make part-time work more attractive to employers and employees, notably by ensuring that as many part-time employees as possible escape both tax and social security payment. The social effects of work-sharing, are likely to be beneficial, since it would involve an attempt to match work opportunities to a wider variety of life styles. The combination of one full-time and one part-time spouse might become much more universal. C Part-timers usually earn less per hour than a full-timer, have fewer fringe benefits and lesjob security. They have virtually no career prospects. Employers often think that working parttime means that a person has no ambition and no chance of promotion. But job-sharing bridges that gap and offers the chance of interesting work to people who can only work part-time and that does not mean just married women. As Adrienne Broyle of "New Ways to Work"—formally the London Job-sharing Project—points out:" There are various reasons why people want to job-share and so have more spare time. "A growing number of men want to job-share so that they can play an active role in bringing up their children. It allows people to study at home in their free time, and means that disabled people or those who otherwise stay at home to look after them, can work. Job-sharing is also an ideal way for people to ease into to retirement. Many employers are wary of new work schemes, but an investigation carried out by the EOC shows that they can profit in various ways from sharing. If one sharer is away sick, at least half the job continues to be done. Skilled workers who cannot work full-time can bring years of experience to a job. Half-timers have to work flat out without a tea break. Another attraction is that two people bring to one job twice as much experience, sets of ideas and discussion. But there are financial pitfalls for the job-sharers. If one becomes unemployed, he should be eligible for Unemployment Benefit. But he has to sign on as being available for full-time work. Otherwise, he can not claim the benefit. Pensions are a big block. The EOC paper points out that the Local Government Superannuation Scheme excludes people who work less than 30 hours a week. For those who are attracted to job-sharing, beware. Most occupational pension schemes are based either on the average annual earnings during membership of the scheme or on the employee's final salary.
1. ·tells us that the government will give support to employers, who offer part-time jobs?
A
[解析] 由A中第一句话"The Government is going to...unemployment benefit.” 可知答案为A。故应选A。
2. ·states that employers can benefit from having two people performing the same job?
C
[解析] 由C中第三段的“... shows that they can profit in various ways from sharing.If one... to be done.”可知本题答案为C。故应选C。
3. ·provides means for older people to ease into retirement?
A
[解析] 由A中倒数第二段第一句“... that workers reaching retirement mightfind the idea of sharing their job attractive...”可知答案为A。故应选A。
4. ·implies that work-sharing schemes have so far been unsatisfactory?
B
[解析] 由B中第三段可知答案为B。故应选B。
5. ·shows that the author approves the Government's plan?
B
[解析] 由B中倒数第二段最后一句话“The Government's role would be...payment.”可知答案为B。故应选B。
6. ·indicates that a 63-year-old man ,night find job-sharing against his interest?
A
[解析] 由A中倒数第一段最后一句“... and many voluntary organizations are suspicious of its motives.”可知答案为A。故应选A。
7. ·states that job-sharing can offer the chance of interesting work to people who can only work part-time?
C
[解析] 由C中第二段“A growing number of men want to..can work.”可知答案为C。故应选C。
8. ·says that many organizations are doubting the motives of the government in advocating job-sharing?
A
[解析] 由A中第二段第一句“The next scheme,which took many union leaders and large employers by surprise...”可知答案为A。故应选A。
9. ·implies that increased payment for less work would destroy the scheme?
B
[解析] 由B第三段中的“The danger with work-sharing is...”可知答案为B。故应选B。
10. ·states that a rise in output does not reduce unemployment?
B
[解析] 由B第一段中的“The remarkable rise in productivity over the pastyear will,if it continues,make it even more difficult to tackle unemployment.”可知答案为B。故应选B。
Section IV Writing
1. Throughout our country, more and more private schools are set up. Some people doubt about the effectiveness of these private schools. They say adequate money doesn't necessarily guarantee better education. Write an article to clarify your own points of view towards this issue. You should use your own ideas,knowledge or experience to support your argument. You should write no less than 250 words. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET 2.
Nowadays, more and more private schools have been set up in China. In my opinion, the private school has enough advantages to justify its existence and development in our country. For one thing, private schools can make up for the shortage of schools in our country. As is known to all, our country is a developing one and we have the largest population in the world. The demand for primary, secondary and advanced education is far beyond what the government can provide. With the setting up of private schools, the money of private persons and organizations is invested into education, thus relieving the financial burden of the government. The government can then use the limited amount of money in poorer areas and thus ensure more children's rights to go to school. For another, private schools offer an objective environment to ensure the quality of education. Private schools are equipped with better living facilities and modern teaching equipment. Moreover, private schools offer higher pay for teachers and they have attracted many highly qualified teachers. If the students can be well guided and disciplined and if they can work hard, they can really receive a better education. Maybe private schools can provide more talents and better constructers for our country. Of course, students in private schools may develop some undesirable traits, such as a sense of superiority. But such side effects can be minimized and even avoided through proper moral teaching. I believe private schools will do good to the education of China.