王义-忿然的意思
英语考级各种试题
11.
A)The girls got
on well with each other.
B)It's
understandable that girls don't get along. C)She
was angry
eith the other young stars.
D)The girls lacked the courage to fight.
12.
A)The woman does her own housework.
B)The woman needs a housekeeper.
C)The
woman's house is in a mess.
D)The woman works
as a housekeeper.
13.
A)The Edwards are
quite well-off.
B)The Edwards should cut down
on their living expenses. C)It'll be
unwise
for the Edwards to buy another house. D)It's too
expensive for
the Edwards to live in their
present house.
14.
A)The woman didn't
except it to be so warm at noon. B)The woman is
sensitive to weather changes. C)The weather
forrcast was unreliable
D)The weather turned
cold all of a sudden.
15.
A)At a clinic.
B)At a restaurant.
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C)In a supermarket.
D)In an ice cream
shop.
16.
A)The woman did not feel any
danger growing up in the Bronx. B)The
man
thinks it was quite safe living in the Bronx
district. C)The woman
started working at an
early age to support her family .
D)The man
doesn's think it safe to send an 8-year-old to buy
things.
17.
A)The man has never seen the
woman before.
B)The two speakers work for the
same company. C)The two speakers
work in the
same floor.
D)The woman is interested in
market research.
18.
A)The woman can't
tolerate any noise.
B)The man is looking foe
an apartment.
C)The man has missed his
appointment.
D)the woman is going to take a
train trip.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on
the conversation you have just heard.
19.
A)To make a business report to the woman .
B)To be interviewed for a job in the woman's
company. C)To resign
from his position in the
woman's company. D)To exchange stock market
infotmation with the woman.
20.
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A)He is head of a small teading
company.
B)He works in an international
insurance company. C)He leads s team
of
brokers in a big company. D)He is a public
relations officer in a
small company.
21.
A)The woman thinks rs is asking for more than
they can
offer.
B)rs will share one third
of the woman's responsibilities.
C)rs
believes that he deserves more paid vacations.
D)The
woman seems to be satisfied with rs'
past experience.
22.
A)She's worried
about the seminar.
B)The man keeps
intertupting her.
C)She finds it too hard.
D)She lacks interest in it.
23.
A)The lecturers are boring.
B)The course
is poorly designed.
C)She prefers Philosophy
to English.
D)She enjoys literature more.
24.
AB)Karen's parents. )Karen's friend.
C)Karen's lecturers.
D)Karen's herself.
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25.
A)Changing her
major.
B)Spending less of her parents' money.
C)Getting transferred to the Englidh
Department. D)Leaving the
university.
Section B
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 3 short passages. At the
end of
each passage, you will hear some questions. Both
the passage and
the questions will be spoken
only once. After you hear a question, you
must
choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A),B),C) and
D).Then mark the
corresponding
letter on the Answer Sheet with
a single line through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答.
Passage One
Question 26 to 29 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
26.
A)Rent a grave.
B)Burn the body.
C)Buty the dead near a
church.
D)buy a piece of land for a grave.
27.
A)To solve the problem of lacj of
land. B)To see whether they have
decayed. C)To
follow the Greek religious practice. D)To move
them to a
multi-Storey
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28.
A)They should be buried lying dowm .
B)They should be buried
standing up. C)They
should be buried after being washed. D)They should
be buried when partially decayed.
29.
A)Burning dead bodies to ashes.
B)Storing
dead bodies in a remote place. C)Placing dead
bodies in a
bone room. D)Digging up dead
bodies after three years.
Passage Two
Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
30.
A)Many foreign
tourist visit the Unite States every year.
B)Americans enjoy eating out with their
friends. C)The United States is
a country of
immigrants. D)Americans prefer foreign foods to
their own
food.
31.
A)They can make
friends with people from other countries. B)They
can
get to know people of other cultures and
their lifestyles.
C)They can practise
speaking foreign languages there. D)They can
meet with businessmen from all over the world.
32.
A)The couple cook the dishes and the
children help them . B)The
husband does the
cooking and the wife serves as the address.
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C)The mother does the cooking
while the famepand children withon the
guests.
D)A hired cook prepares the dishes and the
farmily members serve the
guests.
Passage
Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the
passage you have just heard .
33.
A)He
took them to watch a basketball game.
B)He
trained them to play European football.
C)He
let them compete in getting balls out of a basket.
D)He taught
them to play an exciting new game.
34.
A)The players found the basket too
high to teach.
B)The players had trouble
getting the ball out of the basket. C)The
players had difficulty understanding the
complex rules. D)The players
soon found the
game boring.
35.
A)By removing the
bottom of the basket.
B)By lowering the
position of the basket.
C)By simplifying the
complex rules.
D)By altering the size Of the
basket.
Sectin C
Directions :In this
section,you will hear a passage three
times
,when the passage is read for the first time,you
should listen
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carefully for
its general the passage is read for the second
time ,you are required to fill in the blanks
numbered from 36 to 43 with
the exact words
you have just blank numbered from 44 to 46 you
are required to fill in the missing
infornation,For these blanks ,you
can either
use the exact words you have just heard or write
down the
main points in your own ly,when the
passage is read for the
third time,you should
check what you have written
partIII Reading
Comprehension
for American time is money.
They say,
this life; you'd better use it
wisely.
(36)__________without be better than
the past or present. As
American
are(37)__________to see things, unless people use
their time
for constructive activitica, Thus
American(38)__________a
is(40)__________of
other people's time. They do
not(41)__________people's time with
conversation or other activity that
has
no(42)__________beneficial outcome.
The
American attitude toward time is
not(43)__________shared
by thers, especially
non-Europeans. They are more likely to regard
time as(44)__________.
One of the more
difficult things many studenta must adjust to in
the
states is the notion that time must be
saved whenever possible and used
wisely every
day.
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In the
contest(45)__________.MeDonald's, KFC, and eating
meals. As
MeDonald's
restaurants(46)__________, bringing not just
hamburgers but
an emphasis on speed,
efficiency, and shiny cieanliness.
Question
47 to 56 are based on the following passage. EI
NIno is
name given to the masterious and often
unpredictable change in the
climate of the
strange
___47_____happens every five to eight
starts in the
PAacific Ocean and is thought to
be caused by a failure in the trade
winds(信风),which affects the ocean currents
driven by these winds. As
the trade winds
lessen in ____48____,the ocean comperatures rise
causing
the Peru current flowing in form the
east to warm up by as much as 5`C.
The
warming of the ocean has far-reaching
hot,humid(潮湿
的)air over the ocean causes severe
___49___ rainfall is increased acrossAounth
American ____50____floods to the West
pacific,there are droughts
affecting Australia
and while some parts of the world
perpare for
heavy rains and floods,other parts face
drought,poor crops
and____51____.
EI Nino
usually lasts for about 18 months The 1982-83 EI
Nino brough
the most___52____weather in
mordern history .Its effect was worldwide
and
it left more than 2,000 people dead and caused
over eight billion
pounds ____53___of 1990 EI
Nino will ____55___,but they are
still not
__56___sure what leads to it or what affects how
strong it
will be.
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注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A)estimate
I)completely
B)strength J)destructive
C)deliberately K)starvation
D)notify
L)bringing
E)tropical M)exhaustion
F)phenomenonN)worth
G)stable O)strike
H)attraction
参考答案:
47. P phenomenon
48. B strength
49. E tropical
50. L
bringing
51. K starvation
52. J
destructive
53. N worth
54. A estimate
55. O strike
56. I completely
Directions:There are 2 passage in this section
.Eath passage is
followed by some questions or
unfinished each of them
there are four
choises maked A) B) C)and D) .You should decide on
the
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best choise and mark
the corresponding letter on Answer sheet 2 with a
single line through the centre.
Passage
One
Questions 57 to 61 ared based on the
following passage.
Communications technologies
are far from equal when it comes tp
conveying
the first study to tell lies in phone
conversations
as they are in fact that emails
are antomatically recorded-
and can come back
to haunt(困扰)you.
APPears to be the key to the
finding.
Jeff Hancock of Cornell University
in Ithaca,Mew York,asked 30
students to keep a
communications diary for a it they noted the
number of conversations or email exchanges
they had lasting more than 10
minutes,and
confessed to how many lies they k then worked out
the numberof lies per conversation foe each
medium .He found that lies
made up 14 per cent
of emails,21 per cent of instant messages,27 per
cent of face-to-face interactions and an
astonishing 37 per cent of
phone calls.
His resules to be presented at the conference
on
human-computer interaction in Vienna,
Austria, in April, have
surprised
psychologists. Some ecpected emailers to be the
biggest liars,
reasoning that beacuse
deception makes people unconfortable, the
detachment(非直接接触)of emailing would
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make it easier to lie. Others
expected people to lie more in face-
to-face
exchanges becaue we are most peactised at that
form of
communication.
But Hancock says
it is also crucial whether a conversation is being
recorded and could be reread, and whether it
occurs in real time. People
apprar to be
afraid to lie when they know the communication
could later
be used to hold them to account,
he says. This is why fewer lies appear
in
email than on the phone.
People are also more
likey to lie in ral time in a instant message
or phone call say-than if they have time to
think of a rasponse, says
Hancock. He fond
many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出
)resonses to an
unexpected demand, such as:的
dress?
Hankcock hopes his research will
help companies work our the besr
ways for
their employees to instance,the phone might be
the best medium foe sales where employees are
encouraged to stretch the
,given his
result,work assessment where honesty is a
priority,might be best done using email.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
k's study focuses on
____________.
A)the consequences of lying in
various communcations media. B)the
success of
communications technologies in conveying ideas.
C)people are less likely to lie in instant
messages. D)people 's
honesty levels across a
range of communications media.
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k's research finding surprised
those who belived
that________________.
A)people are less likely to lie in instant
messages. B)people are
unlikely to lie in
face-to-face interactions. C)people are most
likely
to lie in email communication D)People
are twice as likely to lie in
phone
conversations. 59. According to the passage,why
are people more
likely to tell the truth
through certain media of communication? A)They
are afraid of leaving behind traces of their
lies. B)They believe that
honesty is the best
policy.
C)They tend to be relaxeg when using
those media. D)They are most
practised at
those forms of communication. 60. According to
Hancock the
telephone is a preferable medium
for premoting sales because____________.
A)Salemen can talk directly to their
cunstomers. B)Salemen may feel
less restrained
to exaggerate. C)Salemen can impress customers as
being
trustworthy. D)Salemen may pass on
instant messages effectively. 61. It
can be
inferren from the passage that_____________.
A)Honesty should be encouraged in
interpersonal
communications
B)more
employers will use emails to communicate with
their employees
C)suitable media should be
chosem for different communication
perposes
D) email is now the dominant medium of
communication within a
company.
Passage
Two
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Questions 62 to 66
are based on the following passage. In a country
that defines itself by ideals,not by shared
blood,who should be allowed
to come worl and
live here?In the wake of the Sept.11 attacks these
questions have never seemet more pressing. on
December .11,2001,as part
of the effort to
increase homeland securty ,federal and local
authorities in 14 states staged
airports
to arrest employees with false
identification(身份证明).In Salt
Lake City there
were
69 those captured were anything but
terrorists,most of
them illegal immigrants
from Central or Sounth
American .Authorities
said the undocumented worker's illegal status
made them open to blankmall(讹诈)by terrorists
Many
immigrants in Salt Lake City were
angered by the arrests and said
they felt as
if they were being treated like disposable goods.
Mayor
Anderson said those feelings were
judtified to a certain extent.
saying we want
you to work in these places,we're going to look
the other
way in terms of what our laws
are,and then when it's convenient for
us,or
when we can try to make a point in terms of
national
security,especially after
Sept.11,then you'er disposable There are whole
families being uprooted for all of the wrong
reasons,
If Sept.11 had never happened the
airport workers would not have
been arrested
and could have gone on quietly living in
America,probably indefinitely .Ana Castro,a
,amanager at a Ben &
Jerry'sice cream shop at
the been working 10 years with the
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same false Social Aecurity card
when she was arrested in the December
airport
she and her family are living under the threat of
deporation(驱逐出境)。Castro's case is
currently waiting to be she awaits the
outcome ,the
government has granted her
permission to work here and she has returned
to her job at Ben&Jerry's.
ing to the
author ,the United States claims to be a
nation____________.
A)composed of people
having different vaules
B)encouraging
individual pursuits
C)sharing common
interests
D)founded on shared ideals
did the immigrants in Salt Lake City feel about
Safe Travel
A)Guilty
B)Offended
C)Disappointed
D)Discouraged
mented
workers became the target of
because__________.
A)evidence was found that they were potential
terrorists B)most of
them worked at airports
under threat of terrorists C)terrorists might
take advantage of their illgal status D) they
were reportedly helping
hide terrorists around
the airport. saying
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the
other way in terms of what pur laws
are
Aiderson
means
A)we will turn a
blind eye to your illegal atatus
B)we will
examine the laws in a different way
C)there
are other ways of enforcing the law
D) the
existing laws must not be ignored
do we
learn about Ana Castro from the last paragraph?
A)she
will be deported sooner or later.
B)She is allowed to stady permanently .
C)Her case has been dropped
D)Her fate
remains uncertain.
PartV Cloze (15 minutes)
Do you wakr up every day feeling too tired ,or
even upset?if
so .then a new alarm clock could
be just for you .The clock ,called
Sleep
Smart,measures your sleep cycle,and waits
___67___you to be in
your lightest phase of
sleep ____68___rousing makers say that
should
____69____you wake up feeling refreshed every
morning. As you sleep
you pass ___70___a
sequence of sleep states-light sleep,deep sleep
and
REM(raipd eye movement)sleep-that
____71___approximately every90
minutes .The
point in that cycle at which you wake can
___72____how you
feel later ,and may
____73____have a greater impact than hoew much or
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little you have
slept,Being roused during a light
phase____74____you are
more likely to wake up
energetic.
SleepSmart____75____the distinct
pattern of brain
waves____76____dring each
phacs of sleep, via a headband equipped
____77____electrodes(电极)and a microprocessor.
This
measurese the lelctrical activity of the
weather's brain, in much
the ____78____way as
some machines used for medical and reseach
____79____, and communicates wirelessly with a
clock unit near the bed.
You ____80____the
clock with the latest time at ____81____you want
to be
wakende, and it
____82____duly(适时地)wakes you during the last
light sleep
phase before that.
The
____83____was invented by a group of students at
Brown
University in Rhode Island____84____a
friend complained of waking up
tired and
performing poorly on a test.
ourselves, we
started thinking of ____86____to do about
it,
Shashoua, a recent cillege graduate and now
chief executive officer of
Axon Sleep Research
Laboratories, a company created by the stidents to
develop their idea.
67.A)beside B)near
C)for D) around
68.A)upon B)before C)towards
D) till
69.A)ensure B)assure C)require D)
request
70.A)through B)into C)about D) on
71.A)reveals B) reverses C)resumesD) repeats
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72.A)effect B)affect
C)reflect D) perfect
73.A)alteady B)every
C)never D) even
74.A)means B)marks C)says D)
dictates
75.A)removes B)relieves C)records D)
recalls
76.A)proceeded B)produced
C)proniunced D)progressed 77.A)by B)of
C)with
D)over
78.A)familiar B) similar C)tdentical
D) same
79.A) findings B) prospects
C)prpposals D)proposes 80.A) prompt
B)program
C)plug D) plan
81.A)where B)this C)which D)
that
82.A)then B)also C)almost D) yet
83.A)claim B)conclusion C)concept
D)explanation 84.A)once B)after
C)since D)
while
85.A)Besides B)Despite C)To D) As
86.A)what B)how C)whether D) when
part VI
Translation
87. Having spent some time in the
city, he had no trouble
________________(找到去历史博物馆的路).
参考答案:finding the way to the history museum 88.
______________________(为了挣钱供我上学), Mother
often takes on more work than is good for her.
参考答案:In order to
support my university studies
(to finance my education)
89. The professor
required that __________________(我们交研
)。 究报告
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参考答案:we hand in our
research report(s)
90. The more you explain,
_________________(我愈糊涂).
参考答案:the more
confused I am
91. Though a skilled worker,
_______________(他被公司解雇
). 了
参考答案:he was
fired by the company
2006年12月23日大学英语新四级(CET-4)真题试卷
Part I
Writing (30 minutes)
注意:此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30
minute to write a
short essay
on the
topic of students selecting their lectures. You
should write
at least
120 words following
the outline given bellow:
1. 许多人喜欢在除夕夜看春节晚会
2. 但有些人提出取消春节晚会
3. 我的看法
Part II
Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15
minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will
have 15 minute to go over the
passage
quickly and answer the questions on Answer
Sheet 1.
For questions 1-7, markY (for YES)
if the statement agrees with the
information
given in the passage;N (for NO) if statement
contradicts the
information given in the
passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information
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is not given in the question
8-10, complete the sentences
with the
information given in the passage.
Six Secrets
of High-Energy People
There’s an energy
crisis in America, and it has nothing to do with
fossil fuels. Millions of
us get up each
morning already weary over the day holds. ―I just
can’t get started,‖ people say. But it’s not
physical energy that
most of us lack. Sure, we
could all use extra
sleep and a better diet.
But in truth, people are healthier today
than
at any time in history. I can almost guarantee
that if you long for
more energy, the problem
is not with your body.
What you’re seeking is
not physical energy. It’s emotional energy.
Yet, sad to say, life sometimes seems designed
to exhaust our supply. We
work too hard. We
have family obligations. We encounter emergencies
and
personal crises. No wonder so many of us
suffer from emotional fatigue,
a kind of utter
exhaustion of the spirit.
And yet we all know
people who are filled with joy, despite the
unpleasant circumstances of their lives. Even
as a child, I observed
people who were poor,
or disabled, or ill, but who nonetheless faced
life with optimism and vigor. Consider Laura
Hillenbrand, who despite an
extremely weak
body, wrote the best-seller Seabiscuit.
Hillenbrand
barely had
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enough physical energy to drag herself out of
bed to write. But she
was fueled by having a
story she wanted to share. It was emotional
energy that helped her succeed.
Unlike
physical energy, which is finite and diminishes
with age,
emotional energy is unlimited and
has nothing to do with genes or
upbringing. So
how do you get it? You can’t simply tell yourself
to be
positive. You must take action. Here are
six practical
strategies that work.
1.
Do something new.
Very little that’s new
occurs in our lives. The impact of this
sameness on our emotional energy is gradual,
but huge: It’s like a tire
with a slow leak.
You don’t notice it at first,
but eventually
you’ll get a flat. It’s up to you to plug the
leak—even though there are
always a dozen
reasons to stay stuck in your dull routines of
life.
That’s where Maura, 36, a waitress,
found herself a year ago.
Fortunately, Maura
had a lifeline—a group of women friends who meet
regularly to
discuss their lives. Their
lively discussions spurred Maura to make
small
but nevertheless life altering changes. She joined
a gym in the
next town. She changed her look
with a short haircut and new black T-
shirts.
Eventually, Maura gathered the courage to quit her
job and start
her own business.
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Here’s a challenge: If it’s
something you wouldn’t ordinarily do,
do it.
Try a dish you’ve never eaten. Listen to music
you’d ordinarily
tune out. You’ll discover
these small things
add to your emotional
energy.
2. Reclaim life’s meaning.
So
many of my patients tell me that their lives used
to have meaning,
but that somewhere along the
line things went stale.
The first step in
solving this meaning shortage is to figure out
what you really care about, and then do
something about it. A case in
point is Ivy,
57, a pioneer in investment banking. ―I mistakenly
believed that all the money I made would mean
something,‖ she
says. ―But I feel lost, like a
22-year-old wondering what to do with
her
life.‖ Ivy’s
solution? She started a program
that shows Wall Streeters how to
donate time
and money to poor children. In the process, Ivy
filled her
life with meaning.
3. Put
yourself in the fun zone.
Most of us grown-
ups are seriously fun-deprived. High-energy people
have the same day-to-day work as the rest of
us, but they manage to find
something
enjoyable in every
situation. A real estate
broker I know keeps herself amused on the
job
by mentally redecorating the houses she shows to
clients. ―I love
imagining what even the most
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run-down house could look
like with a little tender loving care,‖
she
says. ―It’s a challenge—and the least desirable
properties are
usually the most fun.‖
We
all define fun differently, of course, but I can
guarantee this:
If you put just a bit of it
into your day, you energy will increase
quickly.
4. Bid farewell to guilt and
regret.
Everyone’s past is filled with
regrets that still cause pain. But
from an
emotional energy point of view, they are dead
weights that keep
us from moving forward.
While they can’t
merely be willed away, I do
recommend you remind yourself that
whatever
happened is in the past, and nothing can change
that. Holding
on to the memory only allows the
damage to continue into the present.
5. Make
up your mind.
Say you’ve been thinking about
cutting your hair short. Will it
look
stylish—or too
extreme?
You endlessly
think it over. Having the decision hanging over
your
head is a huge energy drain.
Every
time you can’t decide, you burden yourself with
alternatives.
Quit thinking that
you have
to make the right decision; instead, make a choice
and
don’t look back.
6. Give to get.
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Emotional energy has a
kind of magical quality; the more you give,
the more you get back. This is the difference
between emotional and
physical energy. With
the latter, you have to get it to be able to give
it. With the former, however, you get it by
giving it.
Start by asking everyone you meet,
―How are you?‖ as if you really
want to know,
then listen to the reply. Be the one who hears.
Most of us
also need to smile more often. If
you don’t smile at the person you
love first
thing in the morning, you’re sucking energy out of
your
relationship. Finally, help another
person—and make the help real,
concrete. Give
a
massage (按摩) to someone you love, or cook
her dinner. Then, expand
the circle to work.
Try asking yourself what you’d do if your goal
were
to be helpful rather than efficient.
After all, if it’s true that what goes around
comes around, why not
make sure that what’s
circulating around you is the good stuff?
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1. The energy crisis
in America discussed here mainly refers to a
shortage of fossil
fuels.
2. People
these days tend to lack physical energy.
3.
Laura Hillenbrand is an example cited to show how
emotional
energy can
contribute to one’s
success in life.
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4. The
author believes emotional energy is inherited and
genetically
determined.
5. Even small
changes people make in their lives can help
increase
their emotional energy.
6. Ivy
filled her life with meaning by launching a
program to help
poor children.
7. The
real-estate broker the author knows is talented in
home
redecoration.
8. People holding on
to sad memories of the past will find it
difficult to ________.
9. When it comes
to decision-making, one should make a quick choice
without ________.
10. Emotional energy is
in a way different from physical energy in
that the more you give, ________.
Part
III Listing Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section,
you will hear 8 short conversations and
2 long
conversations. At the end of each
conversation, one or more
questions will
be asked about what was said. Both the
conversation and the
questions will
be
spoken only once. After each question there will
be a pause.
During the
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pause, you must read the four choices marked
A), B), C) and D), and
decide
which is
the best answer, then mark the corresponding
letter on
Answer
Sheet 2 with a single
line though the centre.
注意:此部分答题在答题卡2上作答。
11. A) Plan his budget carefully.
B) Give
her more information.
C) Ask someone else for
advice.
D) Buy a gift for his girlfriend.
12. A) She’ll have some chocolate cake.
B) She’ll take a look at the menu.
C)
She’ll go without dessert.
D) She’ll prepare
the dinner.
13. A) The man can speak a
foreign language.
B) The woman hopes to
improve her English.
C) The woman knows many
different languages.
D) The man wishes to
visit many more countries.
14. A) Go to the
library.
B) Meet the woman.
C) See
Professor Smith.
D) Have a drink in the bar.
15. A) She isn’t sure when Professor Bloom
will be back.
B) The man shouldn’t be late
for his class.
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C) The man
can come back sometime later.
D) She can pass
on the message for the man. 16. A) He has a
strange
personality.
B) He’s got
emotional problems.
C) His illness is beyond
cure.
D) His behavior is hard to explain.
17. A) The tickets are more expensive than
expected.
B) The tickets are sold in advance
at half price.
C) It’s difficult to buy the
tickets on the spot.
D) It’s better to buy
the tickets beforehand. 18. A) He turned
suddenly and ran into a tree.
B) He was
hit by a fallen box from a truck.
C) He drove
too fast and crashed into a truck.
D) He was
trying to overtake the truck ahead of him.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
19. A) To
go boating on the St. Lawrence River.
B) To
go sightseeing in Quebec Province.
C) To call
on a friend in Quebec City.
D) To attend a
wedding in Montreal.
20. A) Study the map of
Quebec Province.
B) Find more about Quebec
Province.
C) Brush up on her French.
D)
Learn more about the local customs. 21. A) It’s
most beautiful
in summer.
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B) It has many historical buildings.
C)
It was greatly expanded in the 18th century.
D) It’s the only French-speaking city in
Canada.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the
conversation you have just heard.
22. A) It
was about a little animal.
B) It took her six
years to write.
C) It was adapted from a
fairy tale.
D) It was about a little girl and
her pet.
23. A) She knows how to write best-
selling novels.
B) She can earn a lot of
money by writing for adults.
C) She is able
to win enough support from publishers.
D) She
can make a living by doing what she likes.
24. A) The characters.
B) The readers.
C) Her ideas.
D) Her life experiences.
25. A) She doesn’t really know where they
originated.
B) She mainly drew on stories of
ancient saints.
C) They popped out of her
childhood dreams.
D) They grew out of her
long hours of thinking.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3
short passages. At the
end of
each
passage, you will hear some questions. Both the
passage and the
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questions
will be spoken only once. After you hear a
question, you
must
choose the best answer
from the four choices marked A), B), C) and
D).
Then mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet 2 with a
single
line
through the centre.
Passage One
26. A)
Monitor students’ sleep patterns.
B) Help
students concentrate in class.
C) Record
students’ weekly performance.
D) Ask students
to complete a sleep report.
27. A) Declining
health.
B) Lack of attention.
C) Loss of
motivation.
D) Improper behavior.
28. A)
They should make sure their children are always
punctual for
school.
B) They should
ensure their children grow up in a healthy
environment.
C) They should help their
children accomplish high-quality work.
D)
They should see to it that their children have
adequate sleep.
Passage Two
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Questions 29 to 32 are based on
the passage you have just heard. 29.
A) She
stopped being a homemaker.
B) She became a
famous educator.
C) She became a public
figure.
D) She quit driving altogether.
30. A) A motorist’s speeding.
B) Her
running a stop sign.
C) Her lack of driving
experience.
D) A motorist’s failure to
concentrate.
31. A) Nervous and unsure of
herself.
B) Calm and confident of herself.
C) Courageous and forceful.
D) Distracted
and reluctant.
32. A) More strict training of
women drivers.
B) Restrictions on cell phone
use while driving.
C) Improved traffic
conditions in cities.
D) New regulations to
ensure children’s safety.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage
you have just heard. 33.
A) They haven’t
devoted as much energy to medicine as to space
travel.
B) Three are too many kinds of cold
viruses for them to identify.
C) It is not
economical to find a cure for each type of cold.
D) They believe people can recover without
treatment. 34. A) They
reveal the seriousness
of the problem.
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B) They
indicate how fast the virus spreads.
C) They
tell us what kind of medicine to take.
D)
They show our body is fighting the virus.
35.
A) It actually does more harm than good.
B)
It causes damage to some organs of our body.
C) It works better when combined with other
remedies.
D) It helps us to recover much
sooner.
Section C
Directions: In this
section, you will hear a passage three times.
When the
passage is read for the first
time, you should listen carefully for
its
general
idea. When the passage is read for
the second time, you are required
to fill
in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the
exact words you have
just
heard. For
blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to
fill in
the
missing information. For
these blanks, you can either use the exact
words
you have just heard or write down
the main points in your own words.
Finally,
when the passage is read for the third time, you
should
check what
you have written.
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注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
You probably have noticed that people express
similar ideas in
different ways depending on
the situation they are in. This is very (36)
________. All languages have two general
levels of (37) ________: a
formal level and an
informal level. English is no (38) ________. The
difference in these two levels is the
situation in which you use a (39)
________
level. Formal language is the kind of language you
find in
textbooks, (40) ________ books and in
business letters. You would also
use formal
English in compositions and (41) ________ that you
write in
school. Informal language is used in
conversation with (42) ________,
family
members and friends, and when we write (43)
________ notes or
letters to close friends.
Formal language is different from informal
language in several ways.
First, formal
language tends to be more polite. (44)
________________________________. For example,
I might say to a friend
or a family member
―Close the door, please,‖ (45)
________________________________.
Another
difference between formal and informal language is
some of
the vocabulary. (46)
________________________________. Let’s say that I
really like soccer. If I am talking
to my
friend I might say ―I am just crazy about soccer!‖
But if I
were talking to my boss, I would
probably say ―I really enjoy soccer.‖
Part IV
Reading Comprehension (reading in depth) (25
minutes)
Section A
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Directions: In this section, there is a
passage with ten blanks. You
are
required
to select one word for each blank from a list of
choices
given in a
word bank following
the passage. Read the passage through carefully
before making your choices. Each choice in
bank is identified by a
letter.
Please
mark the corresponding letter for each item on
Answer Sheet 2
with
a single line through
the centre. You may not use any of the words
in the
bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following
passage.
The flood of women into the job
market boosted economic growth and
changed
U.S. society in many ways. Many in-home jobs that
used to be
done __47__ by
women—ranging
from family shopping to preparing meals to doing
__48__ work—still
need to be done by
someone. Husbands and children now do some of
these jobs, a __49__ that has changed the
target market for many
products. Or a working
woman may face a crushing ―poverty of time‖ and
look for help elsewhere, creating
opportunities for producers of frozen
meals,
child care centers, dry cleaners, financial
services, and the
like.
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Although there is still a big wage __50__
between men and women, the
income working
women __51__ gives them new independence and
buying power. For
example, women now __52__
about half of all cars. Not long ago, many
cars dealers __53__ women
shoppers by
ignoring them or suggesting that they come back
with
their husbands. Now car companies have
realized that women are __54__
customers. It’s
interesting that some
leading Japanese car
dealers were the first to __55__ pay attention
to women customers.
In Japan, fewer women
have jobs or buy cars—the Japanese society is
still very much
male-oriented. Perhaps it
was the __56__ contrast with Japanese
society
that prompted
American firms to pay more
attention to women buyers.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答
A) scale I) potential
B) retailed J) gap
C) generate K) voluntary
D) extreme L)
excessive
E) technically M) insulted
F)
affordable N) purchase
G) situation O)
primarily
H) really
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Section B
Directions: There are 2
passages in this section. Each passage is
followed
by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of them there
are four
choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should
decide on the best
choice and
mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line
through
the centre.
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61 are based
on the following passage.
Reaching new peaks
of popularity in North America is Iceberg Water,
which is harvested from icebergs off the coast
of Newfoundland, Canada.
Arthur von
Wiesenberger, who carries the title Water Master,
is one
of the few water critics in North
America. As a boy, he spent time in
the larger
cities of Italy, France and Switzerland, where
bottled water
is consumed daily. Even then, he
kept a water journal, noting the brands
he
liked best. ―My dog could tell the difference
between bottled and
tap water,‖ He says.
But is plain tap water all that bad? Not at
all. In fact, New
York’s municipal water for
more than a century was called the champagne
of tap water and until recently considered
among the best in the world
in terms of both
taste and purity. Similarly, a magazine in England
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found that tap water from
the Thames River tasted better than several
leading brands of bottled water that were 400
times more expensive.
Nevertheless, soft-
drink companies view bottled water as the next
battle-ground for market share—this despite
the fact that over 25
percent of bottled water
comes from tap
water: PepsiCo’s Aquafina and
Coca-Cola’s Dasani are both purified
tap water
rather than spring water.
As diners thirst
for leading brands, bottlers and restaurateurs
salivate (垂涎) over the
profits. A
restaurant’s typical mark-up on wine is 100 to 150
percent, whereas on bottled water it’s often
300 to 500 percent. But
since water is much
cheaper than wine, and many
of the fancier
brands aren’t available in stores, most diners
don’t notice or care.
As a result, some
restaurants are turning up the pressure to sell
bottled water. According
to an article in
The Street Journal, some of the more shameless
tactics include placing attractive bottles on
the table for a visual
sell, listing brands on
the menu without prices,
and pouring bottled
water without even asking the diners if they
want it.
Regardless of how it’s sold, the
popularity of bottled water taps
into our
desire for better health, our wish to appear
cultivated, and
even a longing for lost
purity.
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注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. What do we know
about Iceberg Water from the passage?
A) It
is a kind of iced water.
B) It is just plain
tap water.
C) It is a kind of bottled water.
D) It is a kind of mineral water.
58. By
saying ―My dog could tell the difference between
bottled and
tap water‖
(Line 4 Para. 2),
von Wiesenberger wants to convey the message that
________.
A) plain tap water is certainly
unfit for drinking
B) bottled water is
clearly superior to tap water
C) bottled
water often appeals more to dogs taste
D)
dogs can usually detect a fine difference in taste
59. The ―fancier brands‖ (Line 3 Para. 5)
refers to ________.
A) tap water from the
Thames River
B) famous wines not sold in
ordinary stores
C) PepsiCo’s Aquafina and
Coca-Cola’s Dasani
D) expensive bottled water
with impressive names
60. Why are some
restaurants turning up the pressure to sell
bottled
water?
A) Bottled water brings in
huge profits.
B) Competition from the wine
industry is intense.
C) Most diners find
bottled water affordable.
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D) Bottled water satisfied diners’ desire to
fashionable.
61. According to passage, why is
bottled water so popular?
A) It is much
cheaper than wine.
B) It is considered
healthier.
C) It appeals to more cultivated
people.
D) It is more widely promoted in the
market.
Passage Two
As we have seen, the
focus of medical care in our society has been
shifting from curing disease to preventing
disease—especially in terms
of changing our
many unhealthy
behaviors, such as poor eating
habits, smoking, and failure to
exercise. The
line of thought involved in this shift can be
pursued
further. Imagine a person who is about
the right weight, but does not
eat very
nutritious (有营养的) foods, who feels OK but
exercises only occasionally, who goes to work
every day, but is not
an outstanding worker,
who drinks a few beers at home most nights but
does not drive while drunk, and who has no
chest pains or abnormal blood
counts, but
sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is
not ill.
He may not even be at risk for any
particular disease. But we can
imagine that
this person could be a lot healthier.
The
field of medicine has not traditionally
distinguished between
someone who is merely
―not ill‖ and someone who is in excellent health
and pays attention to the body’s special
needs. Both types have simply
been called
―well.‖ In recent years, however, some health
specialists
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have begun to
apply the terms ―well‖ and ―wellness‖ only to
those
who are
actively striving to
maintain and improve their health. People who
are well are concerned with nutrition and
exercise, and they make a
point of monitoring
their body’s condition. Most important, perhaps,
people who are well take active responsibility
for all matters related
to their health. Even
people who have a physical disease or handicap
(缺
陷) may
be ―well,‖ in this new sense, if
they make an effort to maintain
the best
possible health they can in the face of their
physical
limitations. ―Wellness‖ may perhaps
best be viewed not as a state that
people can
achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive
for. People
who are well are likely to be
better able to resist disease and to fight
disease when it strikes. And by focusing
attention on healthy ways of
living, the
concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact
on the ways
in which people face the
challenges of daily life.
62. Today medical
care is placing more stress on ________.
A)
keeping people in a healthy physical condition
B) monitoring patients’ body functions
C)
removing people’s bad living habits
D)
ensuring people’s psychological well-being
63. In the first paragraph, people are
reminded that ________.
A) good health is
more than not being ill
B) drinking, even if
not to excess, could be harmful
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C) regular health checks are
essential to keeping fit
D) prevention is
more difficult than cure
64. Traditionally, a
person is considered ―well‖ if he ________.
A) does not have any unhealthy living habits
B) does not have any physical handicaps
C) is able to handle his daily routines
D) is free from any kind of disease
65.
According to the author, the true meaning of
―wellness‖ is for
people ________.
A) to
best satisfy their body’s special needs
B) to
strive to maintain the best possible health
C) to meet the strictest standards of bodily
health
D) to keep a proper balance between
work and leisure
66. According to what the
author advocates, which of the following
groups of
people would be considered
healthy?
A) People who have strong muscles as
well as slim figures.
B) People who are not
presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.
C) People who try to be as possible,
regardless of their limitations.
D) People
who can recover from illness even without seeking
medical
care.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the
following passage. For each
blank
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there are four choices marked A),
B), C) and D) on the right side of
the
paper. You should choose the ONE that best
fits into the passage.
Then
mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line
through
the centre.
Language is the most astonishing behavior in
the animal kingdom. It
is the species-typical
behavior that sets humans completely __67__ from
all other animals.
Language is a means of
communication, __68__ it is much more than
that. Many animals
. The dance of the
honeybee communicates the location of flowers
__70__ can __69__
other members of the
hive (蜂群). But human language permits
communication about
__71__ things like
unicorn (独角兽) that have never existed. The key
__72__ anything,
in the fact that the
units of meaning, words, can be __73__ together
in different ways,
according to __74__,
to communicate different meanings.
Language
is the most important learning we do. Nothing
__75__ humans
so much as our
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ability to communicate abstract
thoughts, __76__ about the universe,
the mind,
love,
dreams, or ordering a drink. It is an
immensely complex __77__ that
we take for
granted.
Indeed, we are not aware of most
__78__ of our speech and
understanding.
Consider what happens when one person is speaking
to
__79__. The speaker has to translate
thoughts into __80__ language. Brain imaging
studies suggest that
the time from thoughts to
the __81__ of speech is extremely fast, only
0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the
sounds to __82__ out what the
speaker means.
He must use the sounds of speech to __83__ the
words
spoken, understand the pattern of __84__
of the words (sentences),
and finally __85__
the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a
minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But __86__
started, it is of course a
continuous process.
67. A) apart
B) off
C) up
D)
down 68. A) so
B) but
C) or
D) for
69. A) transfer
B) transmit
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C) convey
D) communicate
70. A) to
B) from
C) over
D) on
71. A) only
B) almost
C) even
D) just
72. A) stays
B) situates
C) hides
D) lies
73. A) stuck
B) strung
C) rung
D) consisted 74.
A) rules
B) scales
C) laws
D)
standards 75. A) combines
B) contains
C)
defines
D) declares
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76. A) what
B) whether
C) while
D) if
77. A) prospect
B) progress
C) process
D) produce 78. A) aspects
B) abstracts
C) angles
D)
assumptions 79. A) anybody
B) another
C)
other
D) everybody 80. A) body
B)
gesture
C) written
D) spoken 81. A)
growing
B) fixing
C) beginning
D)
building 82. A) put
B) take
C) draw
D) figure 83. A) identify
B) locate
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C) reveal
D) discover
84. A) performance
B) organization
C)
design
D) layout
85. A) prescribe
B) justify
C) utter
D) interpret
86. A) since
B) after
C) once
D) until
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences by
translating into English the
Chinese
given in brackets. Please write you
translation on Answer Sheet 2.
87. Specialists
in intercultural studies say that it is not easy
to
________ (适应不同文化中的生活).
88. Since my
childhood I have found that ________
(没有什么比读书对
我更有吸引力).
89. The victim ________
(本来会有机会活下来) if he had been taken to
hospital
in
time.
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90. Some
psychologists claim that people ________
(出门在外时可能会
感到孤独).
91. The nation’s
population continues to rise ________
(以每年1200
万人的速度).
2006年12月23日新四级参考答案
Part I Writing
四级英语参考范文:
The
approach of the Chinese Lunar New Year poses a
national issue
concerning the necessity of
holding the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Its
established status is being challenged by a
growing number of people,
especially by
younger generations. It is increasingly difficult
to cater
for all tastes.
Some individuals
deem that it should be canceled or replaced by
other programs. These young people focus their
attention on other forms
of celebration
instead of immersing themselves in TV. Despite
that, the
majority of mid-aged people and
senior citizens uphold the importance of
the
traditional performance. The most striking feature
of this gala is
its traditionally close link
with ordinary people’s lives. Most of
people
view this gala as an annual staple on the
traditional Chinese
Spring Festival Eve. They
all have a restless night and glue their eyes
on the television.
I am not supportive of
the view that the grand gala should be
abandoned. Undoubtedly, it plays a vital role
in the celebration of
Chinese New Year. To
increase its appeal and meet young adults’ need,
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the upcoming performance
should invite some big names including super
stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan. We are all
eagerly anticipating this
unforgettable
evening show.
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning)
1. N
2. N
3. Y
4. N
5. Y
6. Y
7. NG
8. move forward
9. looking back
10.
the more you get back
Part III Listening
Comprehension
11. B 12. C 13. A 14. C 15. D
16. B 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. C
21. B 22. A
23. D 24. B 25. A
26. C 27. B 28. D 29. C 30.
D 31. A 32. B 33. B 34. D 35. A
36. natural
37. usage
38. exception
39.
particular
40. reference
46
41. essays
42. colleagues
43.
personal
44. What we may find interesting is
that it usually takes more words
to be polite
45. but to a stranger, I probably would say
―would you mind closing
the door?‖
46.
There are bound to be some words and phrases that
belong in
formal language
and others that
are informal. Part IV Reading Comprehension
(Reading
in Depth)
47. O 48. K 49. G 50.
J 51. C 52. N 53. M 54. I 55. H 56. D
57. C
58. B 59. D 60. A 61. B 62. C 63. B 64. D 65. B
66. C
Part V Cloze
67. A 68. B 69. D 70.
A 71. C 72. D 73. B 74. A 75. C 76. B 77. C 78.
A 79. B 80. D 81. C 82. D 83. A 84. B 85. D
86. C
87. adapt to lives in different
culturesadapt (oneself) to living
in different
cultures 88. nothing is more attractiveappealing
to me
than reading
89. would have a
chance to survive
90. might feel lonely when
they are away from homemight feel lonely
when
away from home
91. at the rate of 12 million
people per yearat the speed of 12
million
people every year
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2006年12月23日新四级听力原文
Section B
11. M:
Christmas is around the corner. And I’m looking
for a gift
for my girlfriend. Any suggestions?
W: Well you have to tell me something about
your girlfriend first.
Also, what’s your
budget?
Q: What does the woman want the man
to do?
12. M: What would you like for
dessert? I think I’ll have apple pie
and ice
cream.
W: The chocolate cake looks great, but
I have to watch my weight.
You go ahead and
get yours.
Q: What would the woman most
probably do?
13. W: Having visited so many
countries, you must be able to speak
several
different languages.
M: I wish I could. But
Japanese and, of course English are the only
languages I can speak.
Q: What do we
learn from the conversation?
14. M: Professor
Smith asked me to go to his office after class. So
it’s impossible for me to make it to the bar
at ten.
W: Then it seems that we’ll have to
meet an hour later at the
library.
Q:
What will the man do first after class?
15.
M: It’s already 11 now. Do you mean I ought to
wait until Mr.
Bloom comes back from the
class?
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W: Not really. You
can just leave a note. I’ll give it to her later.
Q: What does the woman mean?
16. M: How
is John now? Is he feeling any better?
W: Not
yet. It still seems impossible to make him smile.
Talking to
him is really difficult and he gets
upset easily over little things.
Q: What do
we learn about John from the conversation?
17. M: Do we have to get the opera tickets in
advance?
W: Certainly. Tickets at the door
are usually sold at a higher price.
Q: What
does the woman imply?
18. M: The taxi driver
must have been speeding.
W: Well, not really.
He crashed into the tree because he was trying
not to hit a box that had fallen off the truck
ahead of him.
Q: What do we learn about the
taxi driver?
Questions 19 to 21 are based on
the conversation you have just heard.
W: Hey,
Bob, guess what? I’m going to visit Quebec next
summer.
I’m invited to go to a friend’s
wedding.
But while I’m there I’d also like to
do some sightseeing.
M: That’s nice, Shelly.
But do you mean the province of Quebec, or
Quebec City?
W: I mean the province. My
friend’s wedding is in Montreal. I’m
going
there first. I’ll stay for five days. Is Montreal
the capital
city of the province?
M:
Well, Many people think so because it’s the
biggest city. But
it’s not the capital. Quebec
City is. But Montreal is great. The Saint
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Royal River runs right through the
middle of the city. It’s beautiful
in summer.
W: Wow, and do you think I can get by in
English? My French is OK,
but not that good. I
know most people there speak French, but can I
also
use English? M: Well, People speak both
French and English there. But
you’ll hear
French most of the time. And all the street signs
are in
French. In fact, Montreal is the third
largest French speaking city in
the world. So
you’d better practice your French before you go.
W: Good advice. What about Quebec City? I’ll
visit a friend from
college who lives there
now. What’s it like?
M: It’s a beautiful
city, very old. Many old buildings have been
nicely restored. Some of them were built in
the 17th or 18th centuries.
You’ll love there.
W: Fantastic. I can’t wait to go.
19.
What’s the woman’s main purpose of visiting
Quebec?
20. What does the man advise the
woman to do before the trip?
21. What does
the man say about the Quebec City?
Questions
22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have
just heard.
M: Hi, Miss Rowling, how old were
you when you started to write? And
what was
your first book?
W: I wrote my first Finnish
(finished) story when I was about six.
It was
about a small animal, a rabbit, I mean. And I’ve
been writing
ever since?
M: Why did you
choose to be an author?
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W: If someone asked me how to achieve
happiness. Step One would be
finding out what
you love doing most. Step two would be finding
someone
to pay you to do this. I consider
myself very lucky indeed to be able to
support
myself by writing
M: Do you have any plans to
write books for adults?
W: My first two
novels were for adults. I suppose I might write
another one. But
I never really imagine a
target audience when I’m writing. The
ideas
come first.
So it really depends on the ideas
that grasp me next.
M: where did the ideas
for the ―Harry Potter‖ books come from?
W:
I’ve no ideas where the ideas came from. And I
hope I’ll never
find out. It
would spoil
my excitement if it turned out I just have a funny
wrinkle on the
surface of my brain, which
makes me think about the invisible train
platform.
M: How did you come up with the
names of your characters?
W: I invented some
of them. But I also collected strange names.
I’ve got one
from ancient saints, maps,
dictionaries, plants, war memoirs and
people I
met.
M: Oh, you are really resourceful.
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22. What do we learn from the
conversation about Miss Rowling’s
first book?
23. Why does Miss Rowling consider her so very
lucky?
24. What dictates Miss Rowling’s
writing?
25. According to Miss Rowling where
did she get the ideas for the
Harry Porter
books?
Section B
Directions: In this
section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the
end of
each passage, you will hear some
questions. Both the passage and the
questions
will be spoken only once. After you hear a
question, you
must
choose the best answer
from the four choices marked A), B), C) and
D).
Then mark the corresponding letter on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single
line through the
centre.
Passage One
Reducing the amount
of sleep students get at night has a direct
impact on their performance at school during
the day. According to
classroom teachers,
elementary and middle school students who stay up
late exhibit more learning and attention
problems. This has been shown
by Brown Medical
School and Bradley Hospital research. In the
study,
teachers were not told the amount of
sleep students received when
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completing weekly performance reports, yet
they rated the students who
had received eight
hours or less as having the most trouble recalling
all the material, learning new lessons and
completing high-quality work.
Teachers also
reported that these students had more difficulty
paying
attention. The experiment is the first
to ask teachers to report on the
effects of
sleep deficiency in children. Just staying up late
can cause
increased academic difficulty and
attention problems for otherwise
healthy,
well-functioning kids, said Garharn Forlone, the
study’s lead
author. So the results provide
professionals and parents with a clear
message: when a child is having learning and
attention problems, the
issue of sleep has to
be taken into consideration. ―If we don’t ask
about sleep, and try to improve sleep patterns
in kids’ struggling
academically, then we
aren’t doing our job‖, Forlone said. For
parents, he said, the message is simple,
―getting kids to bed on time
is as important
as getting them to school on time‖.
26. What
were teachers told to do in the experiment?
27. According to the experiment, what problem
can insufficient sleep
cause in
students?
28. What message did the researcher intend to
convey to parents?
Passage Two
Questions
29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
Patricia Pania never wanted to be a
public figure. All she wanted to
be was a
mother and home-maker. But her life was turned
upside down when
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a
motorist, distracted by his cell phone, ran a stop
sign and crashed
into the side of her car. The
impact killed her 2-year-old daughter.
Four
months later, Pania reluctantly but courageously
decided to try to
educate the public and to
fight for laws to ban drivers from using cell
phones while a car is moving. She wanted to
save other children from
what happened to her
daughter. In her first speech, Pania got off to a
shaky start. She was visibly trembling and her
voice was soft and
uncertain. But as she got
into her speech, a dramatic transformation
took place. She stopped shaking and spoke with
a strong voice. For the
rest of her talk, she
was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted
everyone in the audience to know what she knew
without having to learn
it from a personal
tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears
and
to action. In subsequent presentations,
Pania gained reputation as a
highly effective
speaker. Her appearance on a talk show was
broadcast
three times, transmitting her
message to over 40 million people. Her
campaign increased public awareness of the
problem, and prompted over
300 cities and
several states to consider restrictions on cell
phone use.
29. What was the significant
change in Patricia Pania’s life?
30. What had
led to Pania’s personal tragedy?
31. How did
Pania feel when she began her first speech?
32. What could be expected as a result of
Pania’s efforts?
Passage Three
Questions
33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just
heard.
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Many people catch
a cold in the spring time or fall. It makes us
wonder if scientists can send a man to the
moon. Why can’t they find a
cure for the
common cold? The
answer is easy. There’re
actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses
out
there. You never know which one you will get, so
there isn’t a cure
for each one. When a virus
attacks your body, your body works hard to
get
rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose
and
causes a blockade in it. You feel terrible because
you can’t
breathe well, but your body is
actually eating the virus. Your
temperature
rises and you get a fever, but the heat of your
body is
killing the virus. You also have a
running nose to stop the virus from
getting
into your cells. You may feel miserable, but
actually your
wonderful body is doing
everything it can to kill the cold. Different
people have different remedies for colds. In
the United States and some
other countries,
for example, people might eat chicken soup to feel
better. Some people take hot bath and drink
warm liquids. Other people
take medicines to
relieve various symptoms of colds. There was one
interesting thing to note. Some scientists say
taking medicines when you
have a cold is
actually bad for you. The virus stays in you
longer,
because your body doesn’t develop a
way to fight it and kill it.
33. According to
the passage, why haven’t scientists found a cure
for the
common cold?
34. What does
the speaker say about the symptoms of the common
cold?
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35. What do some
scientists say about taking medicines for the
common cold,
according to the passage
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30
minutes to write a
short
essay on the
topic of Welcome to our club. You should write at
least
120 words following the outline given
bellow:
欢迎辞,欢迎加入俱乐部。
标题:Welcome to our
club
书写提纲:
1. 表达你的欢迎;
2.
对你们俱乐部作一个简要介绍。
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15
minutes to go over the
passage quickly and
answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For
questions 1-7, markY (for YES) if the statement
agrees with the
information
given in the
passage;N (for NO) if statement contradicts the
information given in
the passage;NG (for
NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in
the
question 8-10, complete the
sentences with the
information given in the
passage.
Protect Your Privacy When Job-
hunting Online
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Identity
theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer
to all
types of crime in which someone
wrongfully obtains and uses another
person’s
personal data in some way that involves fraud or
deception,
typically for economic gain.
The numbers associated with identity theft are
beginning to add up
fast these days. A recent
General Accounting Office report estimates
that as many as 750,000 Americans are victims
of identity theft every
year. And that number
may be low, as many people choose not to report
the crime even if they know they have been
victimized.
Identity theft is ―an absolute
epidemic,‖ states Robert Ellis
Smith, a
respected author and advocate of privacy. ―It’s
certainly
picked up in the last four or five
years. It’s worldwide. It affects
everybody,
and there’s very little you can do to prevent it
and,
worst of all, you can’t detect it until
it’s probably too late.‖
Unlike your
fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot
be
given to someone else for their use, you
personal data, especially your
social security
number, your bank account or credit card number,
your
telephone calling card number, and other
valuable identifying data, can
be used, if
they fall into the wrong hands, to personally
profit at your
expense. In the United States
and Canada, for example, many people have
reported that unauthorized persons have taken
funds out of their bank or
financial accounts,
or, in the worst cases, taken over their
identities
altogether, running up vast debts
and committing crimes while using the
victims’
names. In many cases, a victim’s losses may
included not only
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out-of-
pocket financial losses, but substantial
additional financial
costs associated with
trying to restore his reputation in the community
and correcting erroneous information for which
the criminal is
responsible.
According to
the FBI, identity theft is the number one fraud
committed on the Internet. So how do job
seekers protect themselves
while continuing to
circulate their resumes online? The key to a
successful online job search is learning to
manager the risks. Here are
some tips for
staying safe while conducting a job search on the
Internet.
1. Check for a privacy policy.
If you are considering posting your resume
online, make sure the job
search site your are
considering has a privacy policy, like
. The
policy should spell out how your information will
be used, stored and whether or not it will be
shared. You may want to
think twice about
posting your resume on a site that automatically
shares your information with others. You could
be opening yourself up to
unwanted calls from
solicitors (推销员).
When reviewing the site’s
privacy policy, you’ll be able to delete
your
resume just as easily as you posted it. You won’t
necessarily want
your resume to remain out
there on the Internet once you land a job.
Remember, the longer your resume remains
posted on a job board, the more
exposure, both
positive and not-so-positive, it will receive.
2. Take advantage of site features.
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Lawful job search sites offer
levels of privacy protection. Before
posting
your resume, carefully consider your job search
objective and
the level of risk you are
willing to assume.
, for example, offers
three levels of privacy from
which job seekers
can choose. The first is standard posting. This
option
gives job seekers who post their
resumes the most visibility to the
broadest
employer audience possible.
The second is
anonymous (匿名的) posting. This allows job seekers
the same
visibility as those in the
standard posting category without any of
their
contact information being displayed. Job seekers
who wish to
remain anonymous but want to share
some other information may choose
which pieces
of contact information to display.
The third
is private posting. This option allows a job
seeker to
post a resume without having it
searched by employers. Private posting
allows
job seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs
that appear on
without retyping their
information.
3. Safeguard your identity.
Career experts say that one of the ways job
seekers can stay safe
while using the Internet
to search out jobs is to conceal their
identities. Replace your name on your resume
with a generic (泛指的)
identifier, such as
―Intranet Developer Candidate,‖ or ―Experienced
Marketing Representative.‖
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You should also consider
eliminating the name and location of your
current employer. Depending on your title, it
may not be all that
difficult to determine who
you are once the name of your company is
provided. Use a general description of the
company such as ―Major auto
manufacturer,‖ or
―International packaged goods supplier.‖
If
your job title is unique, consider using the
generic equivalent
instead of the exact title
assigned by your employer.
4. Establish and
email address for your search.
Another way to
protect your privacy while seeking employment
online
is to open up an email account
specifically for your online job search.
This
will safeguard your existing email box in the
event someone you
don’t know gets hold of your
email address and shares it with others.
Using an email address specifically for you
job search also
eliminates the possibility
that you will receive unwelcome emails in
your
primary mailbox. When naming your new email
address, be sure that
it doesn’t contain
references to your name or other information that
will give away your identity. The best
solution is an email address that
is relevant
to the job you are seeking such as salesmgr2004@.
5. Protect your reference.
If your resume
contains a section with the names and contact
information of your references, take it out.
There’s no sense in
safeguarding your
information while sharing private contact
information
of your references.
6. Keep
confidential (机密的) information confidential.
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Do not, under any
circumstances, share your social security,
driver’s license, and bank account numbers or
other personal
information, such as race or
eye color. Honest
employers do not need this
information with an initial application.
Don’t
provide this
even if they say they need it in
order to conduct a background check.
This is
one of the oldest tricks in the book – don’t fall
for it.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡1上作答。
1. Robert
Ellis Smith believes identity theft is difficult
to detect
and one can
hardly do anything
to prevent it.
2. In many cases, identity
theft not only causes the victims’
immediate
financial
losses but costs them a lot to
restore their reputation.
3. Identity theft
is a minor offence and its harm has been somewhat
overestimated.
4. It is important that
your resume not stay online longer than is
necessary.
5. Of the three options
offered by in Suggestion 2,
the third
one is apparently most strongly recommended.
6. Employers require applicants to submit very
personal information
on
background
checks.
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7. Applicants are
advised to use generic names for themselves and
their current
employers when seeking
employment online.
8. Using a special email
address in the job search can help prevent
your from
receiving ________.
9. To
protect your references, you should not post
online their
________.
10. According to
the passage, identity theft is committed typically
for ________.
Part III Listing
Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 8
short conversations and
2
long
conversations. At the end of each conversation,
one or more
questions will be asked about
what was said. Both the conversation
and
the questions will be spoken only once. After
each question there
will be
a pause.
During the pause, you must read the four choices
marked A),
B), C) and D), and decide which is
the best answer, then mark the
corresponding
letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line though
the
centre.
注意:此部分答题在答题卡2上作答。
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11. A) It could help people of all
ages to avoid cancer.
B) It was mainly meant
for cancer patients.
C) It might appeal more
to viewers over 40.
D) It was frequently
interrupted by commercials. 12. A) The man is
fond of traveling.
B) The woman is a
photographer.
C) The woman took a lot of
pictures at the contest.
D) The man admires
the woman’s talent in writing. 13. A) The man
regrets being absent-minded.
B) The woman
saved the man some trouble.
C) The man placed
the reading list on a desk.
D) The woman
emptied the waste paper basket. 14. A) He quit
teaching
in June.
B) He has left the army
recently.
C) He opened a restaurant near the
school.
D) He has taken over his brother’s
business. 15. A) She seldom
reads books from
cover to cover.
B) She is interested in
reading novels.
C) She read only part of the
book.
D) She was eager to know what the book
was about. 16. A) She was
absent all week
owing to sickness.
B) She was seriously
injured in a car accident.
C) She called to
say that her husband had been hospitalized.
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D) She had to be away from
school to attend to her husband. 17. A)
The
speakers want to rent the Smiths’ old house.
B) The man lives two blocks away from the
Smiths.
C) The woman is not sure if she is on
the right street.
D) The Smiths’ new house is
not far from their old one. 18. A) The
man had
a hard time finding a parking space.
B) The
woman found they had got to the wrong spot.
C) The woman was offended by the man’s late
arrival.
D) The man couldn’t find his car in
the parking lot.
Questions 19 to 22 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
19.
A) The hotel clerk had put his reservation under
another name.
B) The hotel clerk insisted
that he didn’t make any reservation.
C) The
hotel clerk tried to take advantage of his
inexperience.
D) The hotel clerk couldn’t
find his reservation for that night. 20.
A) A
grand wedding was being held in the hotel.
B)
There was a conference going on in the city.
C) The hotel was undergoing major repairs.
D) It was a busy season for holiday-makers.
21. A) It was free of charge on weekends.
B) It had a 15% discount on weekdays.
C)
It was offered to frequent guests only.
D) It
was 10% cheaper than in other hotels.
22. A)
Demand compensation from the hotel.
B) Ask
for an additional discount.
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C) Complain to the hotel manager.
D) Find
a cheaper room in another hotel.
Questions 23
to 25 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
23. A) An employee in the city council
at Birmingham.
B) Assistant Director of the
Admissions Office.
C) Head of the Overseas
Students Office.
D) Secretary of Birmingham
Medical School.
24. A) Nearly fifty percent
are foreigners.
B) About fifteen percent are
from Africa.
C) A large majority are from
Latin America.
D) A small number are from the
Far East.
25. A) She will have more contact
with students.
B) It will bring her
capability into fuller play.
C) She will be
more involved I policy-making.
D) It will be
less demanding than her present job.
Section
B
Directions: In this section, you will hear
3 short passages. At the
end of
each
passage, you will hear some questions. Both the
passage and the
questions will be spoken only
once. After you hear a question, you
must
choose the best answer from the four choices
marked A), B), C) and
D).
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Then mark the corresponding letter on the
Answer Sheet 2 with a
single
line through
the centre.
Passage One
Questions 26 to
28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Her parents thrived in the urban
environment.
B) Her parents left Chicago to
work on a farm.
C) Her parents immigrated to
America.
D) Her parents set up an ice-cream
store.
27. A) He taught English in Chicago.
B) He was crippled in a car accident.
C)
He worked to become an executive.
D) He was
born with a limp.
28. A) She was fond of
living an isolated life.
B) She was
fascinated by American culture.
C) She was
very generous in offering help.
D) She was
highly devoted to her family.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
29. A) He suffered a
nervous breakdown.
B) He was wrongly
diagnosed.
C) He was seriously injured.
D) He developed a strange disease.
30. A)
He was able to talk again.
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B) He raced to the nursing home.
C) He
could tell red and blue apart.
D) He could
not recognize his wife.
31. A) Twenty-nine
days.
B) Two and a half months.
C)
Several minutes.
D) Fourteen hours.
32.
A) They welcomed the publicity in the media.
B) The avoided appearing on television.
C) They released a video of his progress.
D) They declined to give details of his
condition.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to
35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. A) For people to share ideas and show farm
products.
B) For officials to educate the
farming community.
C) For farmers to exchange
their daily necessities.
D) For farmers to
celebrate their harvests.
34. A) By bringing
an animal rarely seen on nearby farms.
B) By
bringing a bag of grain in exchange for a ticket.
C) By offering to do volunteer work at the
fair.
D) By performing a special skill at the
entrance.
35. A) They contribute to the
modernization of American farms.
B) They help
to increase the state governments’ revenue.
C) They provide a stage for people to give
performances.
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D) They
remind Americans of the importance of agriculture.
Section C
Directions: In this section,
you will hear a passage three times.
When
the passage is read for the first time, you
should listen carefully
for its
general
idea. When the passage is read for the second
time, you are
required to fill in the blanks
numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact
words
you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44
to 46 you are
required to fill in the missing
information. For these blanks, you
can
either use the exact words you have just heard
or write down the
main
points in your own
words. Finally, when the passage is read for the
third time, you should check what you have
written.
注意:此部分试题在答题卡2上;请在答题卡2上作答。
Students’ pressure sometimes comes from their
parents. Most parents
are well (36) ________,
but some of them aren’t very helpful with the
problems their sons and daughters have in (37)
________ to college, and
a few of them seem to
go out of their way to add to their children’s
difficulties.
For one thing, parents are
often not (38) ________ of the kinds of
problems their children face. They don’t
realize that the (39) ________
is keener, that
the required (40) ________ of work are higher, and
that
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their children may
not be prepared for the change. (41) ________ to
seeing A’s and B’s on high school report
cards, they may be upset when
their children’s
first (42) ________ college grades are below that
level. At their kindest, they may gently (43)
________ why John or Mary
isn’t doing better,
whether he or she is trying as hard as he or she
should, and so on. (44)
________________________________.
Sometimes
parents regard their children as extensions of
themselves
and (45)
________________________________. In their
involvement and
identification with their
children, they forget that everyone is
different and that each person must develop in
his or her own way. They
forget that their
children, (46)
________________________________.
Part IV
Reading Comprehension (reading in depth) (25
minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this
section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You
are
required to select one word for each
blank from a list of choices
given
in a
word bank following the passage. Read the passage
through
carefully before making your choices.
Each choice in bank is
identified
by a
letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for
each item on
Answer Sheet 2 with a single
line through the centre. You may not
use
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any of the words in the bank
more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based
on the following passage.
Years ago, doctors
often said that pain was a normal part of life.
In particular, when older patients __47__ of
pain, they were told it was
a natural part of
aging and they would have to learn to live with
it.
Times have changed. Today, we take pain
__48__. Indeed, pain is now
considered the
fifth vital sign, as important as blood
pressure, temperature,
breathing rate and
pulse in __49__ a person’s well-being. We know
that
chronic (慢性的) pain can disrupt (扰
乱)
a person’s life, causing problems that __50__ from
missed work
to depression.
That’s why a
growing number of hospitals now depend upon
physicians
who __51__
in pain medicine.
Not only do we evaluate the cause of the pain,
which can help us treat the pain better, but
we also help provide
comprehensive therapy for
depression and other psychological and social
__52__ related to chronic pain. Such
comprehensive therapy often __53__ the work of
social workers,
psychiatrists (心理
医生) and
psychologists, as well as specialists in pain
medicine.
This modern __54__ for pain
management has led to a wealth of
innovative
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treatments which are more
effective and with fewer side effects than
ever before. Decades ago, there were only a
__55__ number of drugs
available, and many of
them
caused __56__ side effects in older
people, including dizziness and
fatigue. This
created a double-edged sword: the medications
helped
relieve the pain but caused other
problems that could be worse than the
pain
itself.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答
A) result I)
determining
B) involves J) limited
C)
significant K) gravely
D) range L) complained
E) relieved M) respect
F) issues N)
prompting
G) seriously O) specialize
H)
magnificent
Section B
Directions: There
are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is
followed by some questions or unfinished
statements. For each of
them
there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should
decide
on
the best choice and mark the
corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a
single line through the centre.
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Passage One
Questions 57 to
61 are based on the following passage.
I’ve
been writing for most of my life. The book Writing
Without
Teachers introduced
me to one
distinction and one practice that has helped my
writing
processes tremendously. The
distinction is between the creative mind and
the critical mind. While you need to employ
both to get to a finished
result, they cannot
work in parallel no matter how much we might like
to
think so.
Trying to criticize writing
on the fly is possibly the single
greatest
barrier to writing that most of us encounter. If
you are
listening to that 5th grade English
teacher correct your grammar while
you are
trying to capture a fleeting (稍纵即逝的) thought, the
thought will die. If you capture the fleeting
thought and simply
share it with the world in
raw form, no one is likely to understand. You
must learn to create first and then criticize
if you want to make
writing the tool for
thinking that it is.
The practice that can
help you past your learned bad habits of
trying to edit as you write is what Elbow
calls ―free writing.‖ In
free writing, the
objective is to get words down on paper non-stop,
usually for 15-20 minutes. No stopping, no
going back, no criticizing.
The goal is to get
the words flowing. As the words begin to flow, the
ideas
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will come from
the shadows and let themselves be captured on your
notepad or your screen.
Now you have raw
materials that you can begin to work with using
the
critical mind that you’ve persuaded to sit
on the side and watch
quietly. Most likely,
you will believe that this will take more time
than you actually have and you will end up
staring blankly at the pages
as the deadline
draws near.
Instead of staring at a blank
start filling it with words no matter
how bad.
Halfway through you available time, stop and
rework your raw
writing into something closer
to finished product. Move back and forth
until
you run out of time and the final result will most
likely be far
better than your current
practices.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. When
the author says the creative mind and the critical
mind ―cannot work in
parallel‖ (Line 4,
Para. 1) in the writing process, he means
________.
A) no one can be both creative
and critical
B) they cannot be regarded as
equally important
C) they are in constant
conflict with each other
D) one cannot use
them at the same time
58. What prevents
people from writing on is ________.
A)
putting their ideas in raw form
B) attempting
to edit as they write
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C)
ignoring grammatical soundness
D) trying to
capture fleeting thoughts
59. What is the
chief objective of the first stage of writing?
A) To organize one’s thoughts logically.
B) To choose an appropriate topic.
C) To
get one’s ideas down.
D) To collect raw
materials.
60. One common concern of writers
about ―free writing‖ is that
________.
A)
it overstresses the role of the creative mind
B) it takes too much time to edit afterwards
C) it may bring about too much criticism
D) it does not help them to think clearly
61. In what way does the critical mind help
the writer in the
writing process?
A) It
refines his writing into better shape.
B) It
helps him to come up with new ideas.
C) It
saves the writing time available to him.
D)
It allows him to sit on the side and observe.
Passage Two
I don’t ever want to talk
about being a woman scientist again.
There was
a time in my life when people asked constantly for
stories
about what it’s like to work in a
field dominated by men. I was never
very good
at telling those stories because truthfully I
never found them
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interesting. What I do find interesting is the
origin of the universe,
the shape of space-
time and the nature of black holes.
At 19,
when I began studying astrophysics, it did not
bother me in
the least to be the only woman in
the classroom. But while earning my
Ph.D. at
MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space
research, the issue
started to bother me. My
every achievement—jobs, research papers,
awards—was viewed through the lens of gender
(性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes,
when I was pushed
into an argument
), I
would on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or
nature
versus nurture (培育
instantly fight
fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then
one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a
sentence that
would eventually become my reply
to any and all provocations: I don’t
talk
about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get
back the confidence
I had at 19 and to realize
that I didn’t want to deal with gender
issues.
Why should curing sexism be yet another
terrible burden on every female scientist?
After all, I don’t study
sociology or
political theory.
Today I research and teach
at Barnard, a women’s college in New
York
City. Recently, someone asked me how may of the 45
students in my
class were women. You cannot
imagine my satisfaction at being able to
answer, 45. I know some of my students worry
how they will manage their
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scientific research and a desire for children.
And I don’t dismiss
those concerns. Still, I
don’t tell them ―war‖ stories. Instead, I
have given them this: the visual of their
physics professor heavily
pregnant doing
physics experiments. And in turn they have given
me the
image of 45 women driven by a love of
science. And that’s a sight worth
talking
about.
62. Why doesn’t the author want to
talk about being a woman
scientist again?
A) She feels unhappy working in male-dominated
fields.
B) She is fed up with the issue of
gender discrimination.
C) She is not good at
telling stories of the kind.
D) She finds
space research more important.
63. From
Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would
attribute the
author’s
failures to
________.
A) the very fact that she is a
woman
B) her involvement in gender politics
C) her over-confidence as a female
astrophysicist
D) the burden she bears in a
male-dominated society
64. What did the
author constantly fight against while doing her
Ph.D. and
post-doctoral research?
A)
Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B) Unfair accusations from both inside and
outside her circle.
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C)
People’s stereotyped attitude toward female
scientists.
D) Widespread misconceptions
about nature and nurtured.
65. Why does the
author feel great satisfaction when talking about
her class?
A) Female students no longer
have to bother about gender issues.
B) Her
students’ performance has brought back her
confidence.
C) Her female students can do
just as well as male students.
D) More female
students are pursuing science than before.
66. What does the image the author presents to
her students suggest?
A) Women students
needn’t have the concerns of her generation.
B) Women have more barriers on their way to
academic success.
C) Women can balance a
career in science and having a family.
D)
Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science
career.
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the
following passage. For each
blank there are
four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right
side
of the paper. You should choose the
ONE that best fits into the
passage.
Then
mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2
with a single
line through the centre.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
An earthquake hit
Kashmir on Oct. 8, 2005. it took some 75,000
lives,
__67__
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130,000
and left nearly 3.5 million without food, jobs or
homes.
__68__ overnight,
scores of tent
villages bloomed __69__ the region, tended by
international aid organizations, military
__70__ and aid groups working
day and night to
shelter the survivors before winter set __71__.
Mercifully, the season was mild. But with the
__72__ of spring the
refugees will be moved
again. Camps that __73__ health care, food and
shelter for 150,000 survivors have begun to
close as they were __74__
intended to be
permanent.
For most of the refugees, the
thought of going back brings __75__
emotions.
The past
six months have been difficult.
Families of __76__ many as 10 people
have had
to
shelter __77__ a single tent and share
cookstoves and bathing __78__
with neighbors.
―They are looking forward to the clean water of
their
rivers,‖ officials say. ―They are
__79__ of free fresh fruit. They want to get
back to their herds and
start __80__ again.‖
But most will be returning to __81__ but heaps of
ruins. In many villages,
electrical
__82__ have not been repaired, nor have roads. Aid
workers __83__ that it will take years to
rebuild what the earthquake
took __84__. And
for the thousands of
survivors, the __85__
will never be complete.
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Yet the survivors have to start somewhere. New
homes can be built
__86__ the stones, bricks
and beams of old ones. Spring is coming and it
is a good time to start again.
67. A)
injured
B) ruined
C) destroyed
D)
damaged
68. A) Altogether
B) Almost
C) Scarcely
D) Surely
69. A) among
B) above
C) amid
D) across
70.
A) ranks
B) equipment
C) personnel
D) installations
71. A) out
B) in
C) on
D) forth
72. A) falling
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B) emergence
C) arrival
D) appearing
73. A) strengthened
B)
aided
C) transferred
D) provided 74. A)
never
B) once
C) ever
D) yet
75. A) puzzled
B) contrasted
C)
doubled
D) mixed
76. A) like
B) as
C) so
D) too
77. A) by
B) below
C) under
D) with
78. A) facilities
B) instruments
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C)
implements
D) appliances 79. A) seeking
B) dreaming
C) longing
D) searching
80. A) producing
B) cultivating
C)
farming
D) nourishing 81. A) anything
B)
something
C) everything
D) nothing 82.
A) lines
B) channels
C) paths
D)
currents 83. A) aside
B) away
C) up
D) evaluate 84. A) aside
B) away
C)
up
D) out
85. A) reservation
B)
retreat
C) replacement
D) recovery 86.
A) from
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B) through
C) upon
D) onto
Part VI Translation
(5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the
sentences by translating into English the
Chinese given in brackets. Please write you
translation on Answer
Sheet 2.
注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答,只需写出译文部分。
87. The
finding of this study failed to
________________________ (将
人们的
睡眠质量考虑在内).
88. The prevent and treatment of AIDS is
________________________
(我们可
以合作的领域).
89. Because of the leg injury, the athlete
________________________
(决定
退出比赛).
90. To make donations or for more information,
please
________________________ (按以下地址和我们联系).
91. Please come here at ten tomorrow morning
________________________ (如
果你方便的话).
2007年6月23日四级参考答案
Part I Writing
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四级英语参考范文:
Part II Reading
Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y
2. Y
3. N.
4. Y.
5. NG
6.
N
7. Y
8. unwelcome emails
9. names
and contact information
10. economic gain
Part III Listening Comprehension
11. C
12. D 13. B 14. A 15. C
16. D 17. D 18. A 19.
C 20. B 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. C 27.
B 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. B 32. D 33. A 34. B
35. D
36. meaning
37. adjusting
38.
aware
39. competition
40. standards
41. accustomed
42. semester
43.
inquire
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44. at their
worst ,they may threaten to take their children
out of
college or cut
off funds
45.
think it only right and natural that they
determine what their
children do with
their lives
46. who are now young adults
must, be the ones responsible for what
they do
and
what they are 15.10
Part IV Reading
Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
47. L 48. G
49. I 50. D 51. O 52. F 53. B 54. M 55. J
56.
C
57. D 58. B 59. C 60. B 61. A 62. B 63. A
64. C 65. D
66. C
Part V Cloze
67.
A 68. B 69. D 70. C
71. B 72. C 73. D 74. A
75. D
76. B 77. C 78. A 79. B 80. C
81.
D 82. A 83. C 84. B 85. D
86. A
Part VI
Translation (5 minutes)
87. take people’s
sleep quality into account
88. the field
(where) we can cooperate the field in which we
can
cooperate
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89.
decided to quit the match
90. contact us at
the following address
91. if it is convenient
for you at your convenience
Part I Writing
(30 minutes)
What electives to choose
1.
各大学开设了各种各样的选修课
2. 学生因为各种原因选择了不同的选修课
3.
以你自己为例……
Part II Reading Comprehension
(Skimming and Scanning ) (15 minutes)
Universities Branch Out
As never before
in their long history, universities have become
instruments of national competition as well as
instruments of peace.
They are the place of
the scientific discoveries that move economies
forward, and the primary means of educating
the talent required to
obtain and maintain
competitive advantage. But at the same time, the
opening of national borders to the flow of
goods, services, information
and especially
people has made universities a powerful force for
global
integration, mutual understanding and
geopolitical stability.
In response to the
same forces that have driven the world economy,
universities have become more self-consciously
global: seeking students
form around the world
who represent the entire range of cultures and
values, sending their own students abroad to
prepare them for global
careers, offering
courses of study that address the challenges of an
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interconnected world and
collaborative (合作的) research programs to
advance science for the benefit of all
humanity.
Of the forces shaping higher
education none is more sweeping than
the
movement across borders. Over the past three
decades the number of
students leaving home
each year to study abroad has grown at an annual
rate of 3.9 percent, from 800,000 in 1975 to
2.5 million in 2004. Most
travel from one
developed nation to another, but the flow from
developing to developed countries is growing
rapidly. The reverse flow,
from developed to
developing countries, is on the rise, too. Today
foreign students earn 30 percent of the
doctoral degrees awarded in the
United States
and 38 percent of those in the United Kingdom. And
the
number crossing borders for undergraduate
study is growing as well, to 8
percent of the
undergraduates at America’s best institutions and
10
percent of all undergraduates in the U.K.
In the United States, 20
percent of the newly
hired professors in science and engineering are
foreign-born, and in China many newly hired
faculty members at the top
research
universities received their graduate education
abroad.
Universities are also encouraging
students to spend some of their
undergraduate
years in another country. In Europe, more than
140,000
students participate in the Erasmus
program each year, taking courses
for credit
in one of 2,200 participating institutions across
the
continent. And in the United States,
institutions are helping place
students in
summer internships (实习) abroad to
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prepare them for global careers.
Yale and Harvard have led the way,
offering
every undergraduate at least one international
study or
internship opportunity-and providing
the financial resources to make it
possible.
Globalization is also reshaping the way
research is done. One new
trend involves
sourcing portions of a research program to another
country. Yale professor and Howard Hughes
Medical Institute investigator
Tian Xu directs
a research center focused on the genetics of human
disease at Shanghai’s Fudan University, in
collaboration with faculty
colleagues from
both schools. The
Shanghai center has 95
employees and graduate students working in a
4,300-square-meter laboratory facility. Yale
faculty, postdoctors and
graduate students
visit regularly and attend videoconference
seminars
with scientists from both campuses.
The arrangement benefits both
countries; Xu’s
Yale lab is more productive, thanks to the lower
costs
of conducting research in china, and
Chinese graduate students,
postdoctors and
faculty get on-the-job training from a world-class
scientist and his U.S. team.
As a result
of its strength in science, the United States has
consistently led the world in the
commercialization of major new
technologies,
from the mainframe computer and the integrated
circuit of
the 1960s to the Internet
infrastructure (基础设施) and applications
software of the
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1990s. The link between university-based
science and industrial
application is often
indirect but sometimes highly visible: Silicon
Valley was intentionally created by Stanford
University, and Route 128
outside Boston has
long housed companies spun off from MIT and
Harvard.
Around the world, governments have
encouraged copying of this model,
perhaps most
successfully in Cambridge, England, where
Microsoft and
scores of other leading software
and biotechnology companies have set up
shop
around the university.
For all its success,
the United States remains deeply hesitant about
sustaining the research-university model. Most
politician recognize the
link between
investment in science and national economic
strength, but
support for research funding has
been unsteady. The budget of the
National
Institutes of Health doubled between 1998 and
2003, but has
risen more slowly than inflation
since then. Support for the physical
sciences
and engineering barely kept pace with inflation
during that
same period. The attempt to make
up lost ground is welcome, but the
nation
would be better served by steady, predictable
increases in
science funding at the rate of
long-term GDP growth, which is on the
order of
inflation plus 3 percent per year.
American
politicians have great difficulty recognizing that
admitting more foreign students can greatly
promote the national
interest by increasing
international understanding. Adjusted for
inflation, public funding for international
exchanges and foreign-
language study is well
below the levels of 40 years ago. In the wake of
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September 11, changes in
the visa process caused a dramatic decline in
the number of foreign students seeking
admission to U.S. Universities,
and a
corresponding surge in enrollments in Australia,
Singapore and the
U.K. Objections from
American university and business leaders led to
improvements in the process and a reversal of
the
decline, but the United States is still
seen by many as unwelcoming
to international
students. Most Americans recognize that
universities
contribute to the nation’s well-
being through their
scientific research, but
many fear that foreign students threaten
American competitiveness by taking their
knowledge and skills back home.
They fail to
grasp that welcoming foreign students to the
United States
has two important positive
effects: first, the very best of them stay in
the States and –like immigrants throughout
history-strengthen the
nation; and second,
foreign students who study in the United States
become ambassadors for many of its most
cherished (珍视) values
when they return home.
Or at least they understand them better. In
America as elsewhere, few instruments of
foreign policy are as effective
in promoting
peace and stability as welcoming international
university
students.
1. From the first
paragraph we know that present-day universities
have become_________.
A) more and more
research-oriented B) in-service training
organizations
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C) more
popularized than ever before D) a powerful force
for global
integration 2. Over the past three
decades, the enrollment of overseas
students
has increased__________.
A) by 2.5 million B)
by 800,000
C) at an annual rate of 3.9
percent D) at an annual rate of 8
percent 3.
In the United States, how many of the newly hired
professors
in science and engineering are
foreign-born?
A) 10% B) 20% C)30% D)38%
4. How do Yale and Harvard prepare their
undergraduates for global
careers? A) They
organize a series of seminars on world economy.
B) They offer them various courses in
international politics.
C) They arrange for
them to participate in the Erasmus program.
D)They give them chances for international
study or internship.
5. An example
illustrating the general trend of universities’
globalization is __________.
A) Yale’s
collaboration with Fudan University on genetic
research
B) Yale’s helping Chinese
universities to launch research projects
C)
Yale’s students exchange program with European
institutions
D) Yale’s establishing branch
campuses throughout the world
6. What do we
learn about Silicon Valley from the passage?
A) It houses many companies spun off from MIT
and Harvard.
B) It is known to be the
birthplace of Microsoft Company.
C) It was
intentionally created by Stanford University.
D) It is where the Internet infrastructure was
built up.
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7. What is said
about the U.S. federal funding for research?
A) It has increased by 3 percent. B) It has
been unsteady for years.
C) It has been more
than sufficient. D) It doubled between 1998 and
2003. 8. The dramatic decline in the
enrollment of foreign students in
the U.S.
after September 11 was caused by ____.
9.
Many Americans fear that American competitiveness
may be
threatened by foreign students who
will_____.
10. The policy of welcoming
foreign students can benefit the U.S. in
that
the very best of them will stay and ___.
Part
III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes)
Section A
11. A) She used to be in poor
health. B) She was popular among boys.
C) She
was somewhat overweight. D) She didn’t do well at
high
school.
12. A) At the airport. B) In
a restaurant. C) In a booking office. D)
At
the hotel reception. 13. A) Teaching her son by
herself. B) Having
confidence in her son.
C) Asking the teacher for extra help. D)
Telling her son not to
worry. 14. A) Have a
short break. B) Take two weeks off.
C)
Continue her work outdoors. D) Go on vacation with
the man. 15. A)
He is taking care of his twin
brother. B) He has been feeling ill all
week.
C) He is worried about Rod’s health. D) He has
been in perfect
condition.
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16. A) She sold all her furniture
before she moved house.
B) She still keeps
some old furniture in her new house.
C) She
plants to put all her old furniture in the
basement.
D) She bought a new set of
furniture from Italy last month.
17. A) The
woman wondered why the man didn’t return the book.
B) The woman doesn’t seem to know what the
book is about.
C) The woman doesn’t find the
book useful any more.
D) The woman forgot
lending the book to the man.
18. A) Most of
the man’s friends are athletes. B) Few people
share
the woman’s opinion.
C) The man
doesn’t look like a sportsman. D) The woman doubts
the
man’s athletic ability.
Questions 19
to 22 are based on the conversation you have just
heard.
19. A) She has packed it in one of her
bags. B) She is going to get
it at the
airport.
C) She has probably left it in a
taxi. D) She is afraid that she has
lost it.
20. A) It ends in winter. B) It will cost her a
lot.
C) It will last one week. D) It depends
on the weather. 21. A) The
plane is taking off
soon. B) The taxi is waiting for them.
C)
There might be a traffic jam. D) There is a lot of
stuff to pack.
22. A) At home. B) At the
airport. C) In the man’s car. D) By the side
of a taxi.
Questions 23 to 25 are based
on the conversation you have just heard.
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23. A) She is thirsty for
promotion. B) She wants a much higher
salary.
C) She is tired of her present work. D) She
wants to save travel
expenses. 24. A)
Translator. B) Travel agent. C) Language
instructor. D)
Environmental engineer. 25. A)
Lively personality and inquiring mind. B)
Communication skills and team spirit.
C)
Devotion and work efficiency. D) Education and
experience.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
26. A) They care a lot
about children. B) They need looking after in
their old age.
C) They want to enrich
their life experience. D) They want children
to keep them company.
27. A) They are
usually adopted from distant places.
B) Their
birth information is usually kept secret.
C)
Their birth parents often try to conceal their
birth information.
D) Their adoptive parents
don’t want them to know their birth
parents.
28. A) They generally hold bad feelings
towards their birth parents.
B) They do not
want to hurt the feelings of their adoptive
parents.
C) They have mixed feelings about
finding their natural parents.
D) They are
fully aware of the expenses involved in the
search.
29. A) Early adoption makes for
closer parent-child relationship.
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B) Most people prefer to adopt
children from overseas.
C) Understanding is
the key to successful adoption.
D) Adoption
has much to do with love.
Passage Two
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
30. A) He suffered from
mental illness. B) He bought The Washington
Post. C) He turned a failing newspaper into a
success. D) He was once a
reporter for a major
newspaper.
31. A) She was the first woman to
lead a big U.S. publishing company.
B) She
got her first job as a teacher at the University
of Chicago.
C) She committed suicide because
of her mental disorder.
D) She took over her
father’s position when he died.
32. A) People
came to see the role of women in the business
world.
B) Katharine played a major part in
reshaping Americans’ mind.
C) American media
would be quite different without Katharine.
D) Katharine had exerted an important
influence on the world.
Passage Three
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
33. A) It’ll enable them
to enjoy the best medical care. B) It’ll
allow
them to receive free
medical treatment.
C) It’ll protect them from possible financial
crises. D) It’ll
prevent the doctors from
overcharging them.
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34. A) They can’t immediately get back the
money paid for their
medical cost.
B)
They have to go through very complicated
application procedures.
C) They can only
visit doctor who speak their native languages.
D) They may not be able to receive timely
medical treatment.
35. A) They don’t have to
pay for the medical services.
B) They needn’t
pay the entire medical bill at once.
C) They
must send the receipts to the insurance company
promptly.
D) They have to pay a much higher
price to get an insurance policy.
Section C
More and more of the world’s population are
living in towns or
cities. The speed at which
cities are growing in the less developed
countries is (36)________. Between 1920 and
1960 big cities in developed
countries (37)
________ two and a half times in size, but in
other parts
of the world the growth was eight
times their size.
The (38) _________ size of
growth is bad enough, but there are now
also
very (39) _________ signs of trouble in the (40)
___________of
percentages of people living in
towns and percentages of people working
in
industry. During the nineteenth century cities
grew as a result of
the growth
of
industry . In Europe the (41) ___________of people
living in
cities was always smaller than that
of the (42) __________working in
factories.
Now, however, the (43) ____________ is almost
always true in
the newly industrialized world
: (44) ________.
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Without
a base of people working in industry, these cities
cannot
pay for their growth; (45)
_____________. There has been little
opportunity to build water supplies or other
facilities. (46)
__________________ a growth
in the number of hopeless and despairing
parents and starving children.
Part IV
Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth ) (25
minutes)
Section A
Question 47 to 56 are
based on the following passage.
As war
spreads to many corners of the globe, children
sadly have
been drawn into the center of
conflicts. In Afghanistan, Bosnia, and
Colombia, however, groups of children have
been taking part in peace
education 47 . The
children, after learning to resolve conflicts,
took
on the 48 of peacemakers. The Children’s
Movement for Peace in Colombia
was even
nominated (提名) for
the Nobel Peace Prize in
1998. Groups of children 49 as peacemakers
studied human rights and poverty issues in
Colombia, eventually forming
a group with five
other schools in Bogota known as The Schools of
Peace.
The classroom 50 opportunities for
children to replace angry,
violent behaviors
with 51 , peaceful ones. It is in the classroom
that
caring and respect for each person
empowers children to take a step 52
toward
becoming peacemakers. Fortunately, educators have
access to many
online resources that are 53
useful when helping children along the path
to
peace. The Young Peacemakers Campaign. The World
Centers of
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Compassion for
Children International call attention to
children’s
rights and how to help the 55 of
war. Starting a Peacemakers’ Club is a
praiseworthy venture for a class and one that
could spread to other
classrooms and ideally
affect the culture of the 56 school.
A)
acting B) assuming C) comprehensive D) cooperative
E) entire F)
especially G) forward H) images
I) information J) offers K) projects L)
respectively M) role N) technology O) victims
Section B
Passage One
Questions 57 to 61
are based on the following passage.
By almost
any measure, there is a boom in Internet-based
instruction.
In just a few years, 34 percent
of American universities have begun
offering
some form of distance learning (DL), and among the
larger
schools, it’s closer to 90 percent. If
you doubt the popularity of the
trend, you
probably haven’t heard of the University of
Phoenix. It grants
degrees entirely on the
basis of online instruction. It enrolls 90,000
students, a statistic used to support its
claim to be the largest
private university in
the country.
While the kinds of instruction
offered in these programs will differ,
DL
usually signifies a course in which the
instructors post syllabi (课
程大纲), reading
assignments, and schedules on Websites,
and
students send in their assignments by e-mail.
Generally speaking,
face-to-face communication
with an instructor is minimized or eliminated
altogether.
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The
attraction for students might at first seem
obvious. Primarily,
there’s the convenience
promised by courses on the Net: you can do the
work, as they say, in your pajamas (睡衣). But
figures indicate that the reduced effort
results in a reduced
commitment to the course.
While dropout rates for all freshmen at
American universities is around 20 percent,
the rate for online students
is 35 percent.
Students themselves seem to understand the
weaknesses
inherent in the setup. In a survey
conducted for eCornell, the DL
division of
Cornell University, less than a third of the
respondents
expected the quality of the online
course to be as good as the classroom
course.
Clearly, from the schools’ perspective, there’s a
lot of money
to be saved. Although some of the
more ambitious programs require new
investments in severs and networks to support
collaborative software,
most DL courses can
run on existing or minimally upgraded(升级) systems.
The more
students who enroll in a course
but don’t come to campus, the more
the schools
saves on keeping the lights on in the classrooms,
paying
doorkeepers, and maintaining parking
lots. And, while there’s evidence
that
instructors must work harder to run a DL course
for a variety of
reasons, they
won’t be
paid any more, and might well be paid less.
57. What is the most striking feature of the
University of Phoenix?
A) All its courses are
offered online.
B) Its online courses are of
the best quality.
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C) It
boasts the largest number of students on campus.
D) Anyone taking its online courses is sure to
get a degree.
58. According to the passage,
distance learning is basically
characterized
by _________. A) a considerable flexibility in its
academic requirements
B) the great
diversity of students’ academic backgrounds
C) a minimum or total absence of face-to-face
instruction
D) the casual relationship
between students and professors
59. Many
students take Internet-based courses mainly
because they
can ________.
A) earn their
academic degrees with much less effort
B)
save a great deal on traveling and boarding
expense
C) select courses from various
colleges and universities
D) work on the
required courses whenever and wherever
60.
What accounts for the high drop-out rates for
online students?
A) There is no strict
control over the academic standards of the
courses.
B) The evaluation system used by
online universities is inherently
weak.
C) There is no mechanism to ensure that they
make the required
effort.
D) Lack of
classroom interaction reduces the effectiveness of
instruction.
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61.
According to the passage, universities show great
enthusiasm for
DL programs for the purpose of
________.
A) building up their reputation B)
cutting down on their expenses
C) upgrading
their teaching facilities D) providing convenience
for
students Passage Two
Questions 62 to
66 are based on the following passage.
In
this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality
television,
there is no shortage of mindless
activities to keep a child occupied.
Yet,
despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter
Rebecca wants to
spend her leisure time
writing short stories. She wants to enter one of
her stories into a writing contest, a
competition she won last year.
As a writer I
know about winning contests, and about losing
them. I
know what it is like to work hard on a
story to receive a rejection slip
from the
publisher. I also know the pressures of
trying to live up to a reputation created by
previous victories.
What if she doesn’t win
the contest again? That’s the strange thing
about being a parent. So many of our own past
scars and dashed hopes can
surface.
A
revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her,
―Don’t you
want to win again?‖ ―No,‖ she
replied, ―I just want to tell the
story of an
angel going to first grade.‖
I had just spent
weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously
(自发地) told them. Telling
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