Part Ⅰ
Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Example:You will hear:
M: When shall we start our work, Jane?
W: Tomorrow at 9 o'clock. But we must work quickly, for we have to finish everything before 2 in the afternoon.
Q: For how long can they work?
You will read:
A) 2 hours.
B) 3 hours.
C) 4 hours.
D) 5 hours.
From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o'clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D)"5 hours" is the correct answer. You should choose [D] on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the center.
Sample Answer [A] [B][C] [D]
1. A) The man can have his camera fixed here.
B) The woman will probably fix the man's camera herself.
C) The man will buy a new camera.
D) The woman suggests that the camera should have been brought in earlier.
2. A) Jack vacuumed the living room but not the bathroom.
B) Jack cleaned the bathroom but not the living room.
C) Jack cleaned neither the living room nor the bathroom because he is exhausted.
D) Jack cleaned both the living room and the bathroom.
3. A) At the dentist's.
B) At a grocery.
C) At a lawyer's.
D) At a psychiatrist's.
4. A) One student received a higher grade than he did.
B) He will have to take a number of exams later.
C) The test is more difficult than he expected.
D) Several students in his class have received top grade.
5. A) He failed to finish the experiment that day.
B) He hasn't had time to do the experiment.
C) He did only part of the experiment.
D) The experiment turned out well.
6. A) He does not know who Alice is.
B) He has found a job as a messenger.
C) He does not want to deliver the note.
D) He does not know who Alice is.
7. A) Call the TV station.
B) Look for cats with the man.
C) Meet the man at the cat exhibit.
D) Watch the program on TV.
8. A) Whether the woman needs his help.
B) Whether the woman has any pets.
C) Where the woman is going.
D) Whether the woman can take care of his pet.
9. A) The man hasn't caused a problem.
B) The man should have returned the book earlier.
C) She will probably won't do well on the coming Monday's test.
D) The man should have been more thoughtful.
10.A) The man is asking the woman for help.
B) The man wants to get a new position.
C) The woman is instructing the man how to write a letter application.
D) The man has left the woman a good impression.
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 one 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 center.
Passage One
11. What is mainly talked about in the passage?
A) How to distinguish people's faces.
B) How to describe people's personality.
C) How to distinguish people both inward and outward.
D) How to differ good persons from bad persons.
12.Why is the animal "pigeon" mentioned in the passage?
A) To give an example that both human beings and animals can recognize faces.
B) To tell how a skilled writer could describe all the features of different people.
C) To indicate how pigeons and people look different.
D) To show how faces are like fingers.
13.What does the author of this passage most probably do?
A) Physician. B) Psychologist.
C) Fictional writer.D) Historian.
14.According to the passage, how do people usually classify a person into certain type?
A) His physical appearance and his action.
B) His way of speaking and behaving.
C) His learning and behaviour.
D) His way of acting and thinking.
Passage Two
15. Why are divorces so common at present?
A) Because it is difficult to maintain a marriage.
B) Because people like watching TV programs.
C) Because people prefer freedom to self-discipline.
D) Because our society is permissive towards divorces.
16.Which of the following cannot be sacrificed in a marriage?
A) The freedom to have other sexual relations.
B) The desire to follow every of one's impulse.
C) The will to keep his or her own income.
D) The wish to be his or her true self.
17.How to maintain a good marriage?
A)A man and a woman should follow every of their own impulse respectively.
B)A good marriage takes some level of compromise between the husband and the wife.
C)A man and a woman should both have to endure dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul. D)A man and a woman should stop growing or changing.
Passage Three
18.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A) Types of Loneliness. B) Causes of Loneliness.
C) Solutions to Loneliness.D) Loneliness.
19. Which type of loneliness is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A) Severe loneliness.B) Situational loneliness.
C) Chronic loneliness.D) Temporary loneliness.
20.Why is a person's social contacts one important factor in loneliness?
A) We need our friends to share similar interests and activities.
B) We need our teachers to guide us.
C) We need co-workers to help us.
D) A lonely person's popularity may be increased with more social contacts.
Part Ⅱ
Reading Comprehension(35 minutes)
Directions:There are 4 reading passages in this part. 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Many of the most damaging and life threatening types of weather torrential rains, severe thunderstorms, and tornadoes(龙卷风)- begin quickly, strike suddenly, and disappear rapidly, destroying small regions while leaving neighbouring areas untouched. Such event as a tornado struck the northeastern section of Edmonton, Alberta, in July 1987. Total damages from the tornado exceeded $250 million, the highest ever for any Canadian storm.
Conventional computer models of the atmosphere have limited value in predicting short lived local storms like the Edmonton tornado, because the available weather data are generally not detailed enough to allow computers to study carefully the subtle(微妙的)atmospheric changes that come before these storms. In most nations, for example, weather-balloon observations are taken just once every twelve hours at locations typically separated by hundreds of miles. With such limited data, conventional forecasting models do a much better job predicting general weather conditions over large regions than they do forecasting specific local events.
Until recently, the observation intensive approach needed for accurate, very short-range forecasts, or "Nowcasts," was not feasible. The cost of equipping and operating many thousands of conventional weather stations was extremely high, and the difficulties involved in rapidly collecting and processing the raw weather data from such a network were hard to overcome. Fortunately, scientific and technological advances have overcome most of these problems. Radar systems, automated weather instruments, and satellites are all capable of making detailed, nearly continuous observation over large regions at a relatively low cost. Communications satellites can transmit data around the world cheaply and instantaneously, and modern computers can quickly compile and analyze this large volume of weather information. Meteorologists(气象学者)and computer scientists now work together to design computer programs and video equipment capable of transforming raw weather data into words, symbols, and vivid graphic displays that forecasters can interpret easily and quickly. As meteorologists have begun using these new technologies in weather forecasting offices, Nowcasting is becoming a reality.
21.The word "exceeded" in paragraph 1 most probably means ____.
A) added up to B) were more than
C) were about D) were less than
22.Conventional computer models of the atmosphere fails to predict such a short-lived tornado because____.
A) the computer is not used to forecast specific local events
B) the computers are not advanced enough to predict it
C) the weather data people collect are often wrong
D) weather conditions in some small regions are not available
23.According to the passage, the word "Nowcast" (paragraph 3) means ____.
A) a way of collecting raw weather data
B) a forecast which can predict the weather conditions in the small area in an accurate way
C) a network to collect instant weather data
D) a more advanced system of weather observation
24.According to the passage, ____ is the key factor to making "Nowcasts" a reality.A) scientific and technological advances such as radar, or satellites
B) computer scientist
C) meteorologists
D) advanced computer programs
25.According to the author, the passage mainly deals with ____.
A) a tornado in Edmonton, Alberta
B) what's a "Nowcast"
C) the disadvantage of conventional computer models of the weather forecast
D) a breakthrough in weather forecast
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Bringing up children is a hard work, and you are often to blame for any bad behavior of your children. If so, Judith Rich Harris has good news for you. Parents, she argues, have no important long-term effects on the development of the personality of their children. Far more important are their playground friends and neighborhood. Ms. Harris takes to hitting the assumption, which has dominated developmental psychology for almost half a century.
Ms. Harris's attack on the developmentalists' "nature" argument looks likely to reinforce doubts that the profession was already having. If parents matter, why is it that two adopted children, reared in the same home, are no more similar in personality than two adopted children reared in separate homes? Or that a pair of identical twins, reared in the same home, are no more alike than a pair of identical twins reared in different homes?
Difficult as it is to track the precise effects of parental upbringing, it may be harder to measure the exact influence of the peer(同龄人)group in childhood and adolescence. Ms. Harris points to how children from immigrant homes soon learn not to speak at school in the way their parents speak. But acquiring a language is surely a skill, rather than a characteristic of the sort developmental psychologists hunt for. Certainly it is different from growing up tensely or relaxed, or from learning to be honest or hard-working or generous. Easy though it may be to prove that parents have little impact on those qualities, it will be hard to prove that peers have vastly more.
Moreover, mum and dad surely cannot be ditched completely. Young adults may, as Ms. Harris argues, be keen to appear like their peers. But even in those early years, parents have the power to open doors: they may initially choose the peers with whom their young associate, and pick that influential neighborhood. Moreover, most people suspect that they come to resemble their parents more in middle age, and that people's child bearing habits may be formed partly by what their parents did. So the balance of influences is probably complicated, as most parents already suspected without being able to demonstrate it scientifically. Even if it turns out that the genes they pass on and the friends their children play with matter as much as affection, discipline and good example, parents are not completely off the hook.
26. According to Ms. Harris, ____.
A) parents are to blame for any bad behavior of their children
B) parents will affect greatly the children's life in the long run
C) nature rather than nurture has a significant effect on children's personality development
D) children's personality is shaped by their friends and neighbors
27.Which of the following views is consistent with what the developmentalists hold?A) Children are more influenced by their peers than by their parents.
B) Twins are quite different if they are reared in two separate families.
C) Identical twins reared in the same home are different in personality.
D) Nurture has a less significant effect on children's personality development.
28.According to Para. 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) It is harder to track the precise effects of parental upbringing than the exact influence of the peer group in children.
B) Immigrant children tend to discard the way their parents speak quickly when they go to school.
C) It has been proved that peers have more impact on children's qualities such as to be honest or hard-working or generous.
D) It is easier for children to acquire a language at school than at home.
29.The word "ditched" ( Line 1,Para. 4) could best be replaced by ____.
A) proved B) emphasized
C) compared D) ignored
30. What is the author's main purpose?
A) To highly praise Ms. Harris's work.
B) To counter Ms. Harris's work.
C) To objectively report on Ms. Harris's work.
D) To critically comment on Ms. Harris's work.
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Microsoft is no longer the world's biggest company by market capitalization. Three other U.S. companies have overtaken the software giant in terms of stock market value. The firm's value has gone down sharply by 41% so far this year, from nearly $600 billion to $358 billion. Much of the reason for the fall has been the uncertainty prompted by the on-going anti-trust case. It has been overtaken by General Electric, now worth $506 bn, Intel, worth $441 bn and Cisco Systems, $436 bn.
Over the past year Microsoft shares have moved downwards from a high of $120 to $68 in early trading on 7 June. Meanwhile rival Cisco has seen its share price rise by $25 to more than $60 as the company has gained its role in providing the hardware for the Internet. And for most of the year it has been competing with computer chip maker Intel for the second place. Intel's Pentium chips are widely used in personal computers worldwide.
The company that now holds the title of the world's biggest company is an industrial giant which makes everything from toasters to jet engines. GE has sales of $110 bn-nearly ten times that of Microsoft and 340,000 employees worldwide. It has seen its profits grow by 15% a year to $11 bn. GE Capital Services, its financial subsidiary, make up nearly half its sales. GE produces power generation systems, locomotive, medical imaging equipment and electrical appliances. It also owns the U.S. television network NBC and its financial news subsidiary, CNBC, and ironically, a joint venture with Microsoft to provide news on the Internet.
Microsoft's shares now face a further period of uncertainty as the company's legal battle continues. It could also face difficulty in recruiting and retaining employees whose pay has been boosted by their share options. The Seattle based firm is likely to go to an appeals court on any rulings. It could suffer further losses from lawsuits brought by competitors, who would be able to claim triple(三倍)damages for any losses suffered. And with its energy and resources tied up in the lawsuits, the company may find it difficult to continue to innovate in the future, or move so aggressively to buy up competitors.
31.Microsoft's shares are devalued drastically owing to ____.
A) fierce competition from rivals
B) its involvement in a lawsuit(诉讼)
C) the court rulings
D) the decrease in sales volume
32.Cisco Systems' share price has risen considerably ____.
A) after it has overtaken part of Microsoft's shares
B) after it has beaten Intel and risen to the second place
C) since it has gained a firm footing in the market
D) because it is developing jointly with Microsoft
33.Which is now the second biggest company in the United States?
A) General Electric. B) Intel.
C) Cisco Systems.D) GE Capital Services.
34.Which of the following companies is owned by General Electric and Microsoft together?
A) GE Capital Services.B) NBC.
C) CNBC.D) MSNBC.
35.Why is it difficult for Microsoft to retain employees?
A)Because it faces an uncertain future.
B)Because it will have problem innovating itself.
C)Because it will have problem paying them.
D)Because it may be bought up by its competitors one day.
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Paradise Lost is Milton's masterpiece. Its story is taken from the Bible, about "the fall of man", that is, how Adam and Eve are tempted by Satan to disobey God by eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, and how they are punished by God and driven out of Paradise. In Milton's words, the purpose of writing the epic is to "justify the ways of God to men", but apparently, Milton is uttering his intense hatred of cruelness of the ruler in the poem. By depicting Satan and his followers as well as their fiery utterance and brave actions, Milton is showing a Puritan's(清教徒的)revolt against the dictator and against the established Catholics and the Anglican Church.
In the poem God is no better than a cruel and selfish ruler, seated on a throne with a group of angels about him singing songs to praise him. His long speeches are not pleasing at all. He is cruel and unjust in punishing Satan. His angels are stupid. But Satan is by far the most striking character in the poem, who rises against God and, though defeated, still persists in his fighting.
Adam and Eve shows Milton's belief in the power of man. God denies them a chance to pursue for knowledge. It is this longing for knowledge that opens before mankind a wide road to intelligent and active life. It has been noted by many critics that Milton's revolutionary feelings makes him forget religious doctrines(教条). The angels who surround the God never think of expressing any opinions of their own, and they never seem to have any opinions of their own. The image of God surrounded by such angels resembles the court of an absolute monarch(君主). But Satan and his followers, who freely discuss all issues in council, remind us of a Republican Parliament.
36.This passage is most probably ____.
A) a review of Milton's Paradise Lost
B) an introduction of what Paradise Lost is about
C) a depiction of the cruelness of the British ruler
D) part of an introduction to English literature
37.According to the passage, Milton ____.
A) describes Satan as a Puritan
B) doesn't believe in God
C) is satisfied with the British ruler
D) calls on people to fight against the dictator
38.In the poem, Satan is described as ____.
A) an evil person
B) contrary to what is depicted in the Bible
C) selfish and cruel devil
D) a stupid ghost
39.Which of the following can NOT be inferred from this passage?
A) If Adam and Eve had not eaten the forbidden fruit, human being would be ignorant until now.
B) God acts like a dictator.
C) Satan and his followers are parliament members in the poem.
D) The angels are depicted as stupid in the poem.
40.According to this passage, Paradise Lost is written for the purpose of ____.A) praising God for the creation of the world
B) criticizing the cruelness of British ruler
C) changing people's unfavourable impression of Satan
D) expressing his support for the fight of Satan
Part Ⅲ
Vocabulary (20 minutes)
Directions:There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41.It is common knowledge that soldiers have to endure the ____ during a war.
A) relaxation B) reliability
C) reluctanceD) inconvenience
42. They ____ those who didn't conform to their ideas, and made advantage of those who agreed with them.
A) exploredB) persecuted
C) extendedD) pinched
43.In an attempt to duplicate the painting style of the late 1800's, amateur photographer Julia Margaret Cameron ____ blurred her images to achieve a softer line.
A) occasionallyB) deliberately
C) abnormallyD) timidly
44.To my great surprise, the sweater I bought last week ____ a great deal after it was washed in hot water.
A) shrankB) decreased
C) lessenedD) reduced
45.Among the deaf and dumb ____ may be carried on by means of the finger alphabet.A) communicationB) calculation
C) transportationD) vision
46.The meeting was ____ over by the mayor to discuss the tax raise in the city.A) presumedB) propelled
C) presidedD) pricked
47.____ of accusing his neighbor of dishonesty, the man hoped that he could avoid blame by apologizing.
A) SureB) Guilty
C) JustifiedD) Pitiful
48.The author of the report is well ____ with the problems in the hospital because he has been working there for many years.
A) informedB) acquainted
C) enlightenedD) advertised
49.At post offices one buys stamps, leaves ____ letters, sends parcels or money orders, etc.
A) registeredB) rejected
C) regulatedD) reflected
50.In this workshop they ____ a vehicle in less than half an hour.
A) ejectB) fabricate
C) assembleD) resemble
51.No matter how little money we have, we should get into the habit of ____some in the bank regularly.
A) layingB) withdrawing
C) puttingD) depositing
52.The lovely picture ____ me of my happy childhood.
A) retainedB) refreshed
C) recollectedD) reminded
53.I couldn't finish my paper because the computer ____.
A) took downB) broke down
C) tore downD) fell down
54.During the next few weeks the scientists will be discussing the problem of how to ____ and control earthquakes.
A) foretellB) foresee
C) forecastD) forenotice
55. You can't smoke here; it's ____.
A) preventedB) ceased
C) prohibitedD) stopped
56.It is useless to attempt to ____ from every danger: some risks must be taken.A) fleeB) hide
C) hesitateD) run
57.The newly-formed United States took as its emblem a bald eagle with ____ wings.A) gracefulB) colorful
C) grandD) outspread
58.From the cheers and shouts of ____, I guessed that she was winning the race.A) stimulusB) heartening
C) encouragementD) urging
59.Only guests of the hotel enjoy the ____ of using the private beach.
A) privilegeB) possibility
C) favorD) advantage
60.Mary usually does things with little care, she is ____.
A) rareB) cautious
C) recklessD) rapt
61. Heavy fog made the morning light ____.
A) brightB) distorted
C) dimD) filthy
62.The travel industry plays a major role in the ____ of business, recreation, and family life.
A) sphereB) scales
C) surplusD) surveys
63.He was dismissed for failing to ____ with the school regulations.
A) accommodateB) comply
C) competeD) apply
64.Some science students reach a high ____of English competence in communication.A) levelB) plane
C) surfaceD) live
65.Everyone should be ____ innocent until it is proved that he is guilty.
A) presumedB) assumed
C) resumedD) consumed
66.The sick person has taken a ____ for the better.
A) coverB) recover
C) changeD) turn
67.Unfortunately he couldn't ____ for the loss.
A) explainB) call
C) accountD) take
68.Most science-fiction writers seek to persuade readers that the world they have created is ____ and is derived from scientific principles.
A) possibleB) impossible
C) certainlyD) unlikely
69.A guided missile consists basically of a warhead attached to a tube like body. A rocket or a jet engine may ____ the missile.
A) powerB) pull
C) compelD) expel
70.In judging his behavior, I hope that he committee will ____ his stage performance into account.
A) putB) let
C) takeD) make
Part Ⅳ
中国结(The Chinese Knot)是一种古老的艺术形式。人们发现，绳结可以追溯到10 万年前。中国人不仅用绳结来固定、包裹、狩猎、捕鱼，还用来记录事件，而且有些绳结纯粹起装饰作用。中国结具有文化内涵(culture connotation)。由于结在汉语中的发音与“吉”相近，吉的意思为“福、禄、寿、喜、财、安、康”，这是中国人永恒的追求，因此有些中国结表达出人们的各种愿望。例如：新婚夫妇的房间通常用一个盘长结(Pan-chang Knot)来装饰，象征着永恒的爱情。
Part Ⅴ
Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic:"What Do You Think of Challenge?".
You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1.挑战的意义
2.如何迎接挑战
3.我的看法
答案
听力原文
Section A
1.M:I have this camera here that I bought about 12 months ago. But it suddenly doesn't work.
W:Let me have a look at your sales slip, I am sorry, sir. Your warranty's expired.
Q:What does the woman mean?
2.W:Jack,it doesn't look like you've vacuumed the living room or cleaned the bathroom.M:No,I haven't.Ugh.I had the worst day.I am so tired.
Q:What can we learn from the conversation?
3.W:Come along, now. Open your mouth. I can't give you the injection with your mouth closed, can I?
M:I I I don't want an injection. I hate needles.
Q:Where is the conversation most probably taking place?
4.W:I heard you were the only one who has got an A on the physics test?
M:No. Quite a few of my classmates have. I don't think the test is difficult.Q:What does the man imply?
5.W: Have you finished the assignment given by Professor Smith? I don't think you have much difficulty doing that experiment?
M: No, but I didn't expect it would take me most of the day.
Q: What does the man mean?
6.W: Could you give this note to Alice?
M: Give this to Alice? What do you think I am? A messenger?
Q: What does the man imply?
7.M: Hey, there will be a program on Channel 4 at eight you might like. It's about cat.
W: I haven't heard about it. But you are right, I am interested in it.
Q: What will the woman probably do?
8.W: So you need someone to watch your dogs while you are away?
M: Will that be a problem for you?
Q: What does the man want to know?
9.M: I am sorry I forgot to return your history book last night.
W: It doesn't matter because the test isn't until the coming Monday.
Q: What does the woman imply?
10.M: I spent so much time polishing my letter application.
W: It's worthwhile to make the effort. You know just how important it is to give impression.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
Part Ⅳ
The Chinese Knot is an ancient art form and the artifacts could date back to 100 000 years ago. Chinese people used knots for more than just fastening, wrapping, hunting, and fishing. Knots were also used to record events, and some knots had purely ornamental functions. The Chinese Knot has culture connotations. Since knot is pronounced as “Jie” in Chinese similar with the of “Ji”, which means blessing, good salary, longevity, fortune, safety and health and is the everlasting pursuit of Chinese people, some Chinese Knots express people’s various hopes. For example, the room of newlyweds is usually decorated with a Pan-long Knot to symbolize eternal love.
Part Ⅴ
写作指导：
该作文题型属典型的根据提纲写作的情景作文。可以采用三段论式写法，即短文分为引言、主体正文和结论三部分。值得注意的是，这种题型中有时给出的每一部分提示未必是每段的主题，考生应根据作文的标题，灵活应对，重新拟定每段的主题句。注意使用过渡句提高短文的逻辑上的连贯与形式上的衔接。
参考范文：
With the fast development of the world, more and more challenge is in store for us. Challenge means not only hardship, but also opportunity. Since we are young people and have bright future before us, we should have the right attitude towards challenge.
By nature, challenge is an inspiration to our creative power and an opportunity to achieve success. The most important thing is to deal with challenge properly.First, you must be well prepared for challenge at any time, because you can never, in most cases, expect when it comes precisely. Second, when it really comes, you should be courageous enough to take it. No pains, no gains. Only through hard work can you achieve success. Finally, adequate knowledge is called for to meet challenge. Science and technology are developing at a tremendous rate and those who can not follow its pace will be eliminated by the society.
Living in the modern society today, no one can avoid challenges. We are obliged to prepare ourselves adequately for challenges by accumulating enough knowledge and by building a strong body. Only by means of this can we adapt ourselves to the life style of capital cities.
meteorologist: 气象学家discard: 仍掉
hatred: 憎恨emblem: 象征，标志