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 centre.
Example
You will
hear
You will read A At the office. B In the waiting room.
C At the airport. D In a restaurant.
From the conversation
we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish
in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office.
Therefore A “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose
A on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the
centre.
Sample Answer A B C D
1. A His father.
B His mother.
C His brother.
D His sister.
2. A A job opportunity.
B A position as general manager.
C A big travel agency.
D An inexperienced salesman.
3.
A Having a break.
B Continuing the meeting.
C Moving
on to the next item.
D Waiting a little longer.
4. A
The weather forecast says it will be fine.
B The weather doesn't
count in their plan.
C They will not do as planned in case
of rain.
D They will postpone their program if it rains.
5. A He wishes to have more courses like it.
B He finds it
hard to follow the teacher.
C He wishes the teacher would
talk more.
D He doesn't like the teacher's accent.
6.
A Go on with the game.
C Review his lessons.
B Draw pictures
on the computer.
D Have a good rest.
7. A She does not
agree with Jack.
B Jack’s performance is disappointing.
C Most people will find basketball boring.
D She shares
Jack's opinion.
8. A The man went to a wrong check-in counter.
B The man has just missed his flight.
C The plane
will leave at 914.
D The plane's departure time remains unknown.
9. A At a newsstand.
B At a car dealer's.
C
At a publishing house.
D At a newspaper office.
10. A
He wants to get a new position.
B He is asking the woman for
help.
C He has left the woman a good impression.
D
He enjoys letter writing.
Section B
Directions
In this section you will hear 3 short passage. 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.
Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based
on the passage you have just heard.
11. A They are interested
in other kinds of reading.
B They are active in voluntary
services.
C They tend to be low in education and in income.
D They live in isolated areas.
12. A The reasons why
people don't read newspapers are more complicated than assumed.
B There are more uneducated people among the wealthy than originally
expected.
C The number of newspaper readers is steadily increasing.
D There are more nonreaders among young people nowadays.
13. A Lowering the prices of their newspapers.
B Shortening
their news stories.
C Adding variety to their newspaper content.
D Including more advertisements in their newspapers.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage
you have just heard.
14. A A basket. C An egg. B
A cup. D An oven. 15. A To let in the sunshine. C
To keep the nest cool. B To serve as its door. D For the bird
to lay eggs.
16. A Branches. C Mud. B Grasses.
D Straw. 17. A Some are built underground. C Most are sewed
with grasses. B Some can be eaten. D Most are dried by the sun.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the
passage you have just heard.
18. A To examine the chemical
elements in the Ice Age.
B To look into the pattern of solar
wind activity.
C To analyze the composition of different trees.
D To find out the origin of carbon-14 on Earth.
19. A
The lifecycle of trees.
B The number of trees.
C The
intensity of solar burning.
D The quality of air.
20.
A It affects the growth of trees.
B It has been increasing
since the Ice Age.
C It is determined by the chemicals in
the air.
D It follows a certain cycle.
Part Ⅱ
Reading Comprehension 35 minutes
Directions There are 4 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 centre.
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following
passage
In the 1960s medical researchers Thomas Holmes
and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated
the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative
events like “serious illness of a family member” were high on the
list but so were some positive life-changing events like marriage.
When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score
does not reflect how you deal with stress—it only shows how much you
have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events
dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early
1970s hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And
millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over
the reports. Somehow the research got boiled down to a memorable
message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like “Stress causes illness”
If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy the articles
said avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible
to follow. Even if stressful events are dangerous many—like the death
of a loved one—are impossible to avoid. Moreover any warning to avoid
all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from
opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful
a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry
have a child take a new job or move. The notion that all stress
makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It
assumes we’re all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity
(逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity﹖ Many come through
periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had
before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge
can lead to boredom and physical and mental strain. 21.
The result of Holmes-Rahe's medical research tells us ____ .
A the way you handle major events may cause stress
B what
should be done to avoid stress
C what kind of event would
cause stress
D how to cope with sudden changes in life
22. The studies on stress in the early 1970’s led to ____ .
A widespread concern over its harmful effects
B great
panic over the mental disorder it could cause
C an intensive
research into stress-related illnesses
D popular avoidance
of stressful jobs
23. The score of the Holmes-Rahe test shows
____ .
A how much pressure you are under
B how positive
events can change you life
C how stressful a major event
can be
D how you can deal with life-changing events
24. Why is “such simplistic advice”Line 1Para.3 impossible to follow﹖
A No one can stay on the same job for long
B No
prescription is effective in relieving stress
C People have
to get married someday
D You could be missing opportunities
as well
25. According to the passage people who have experienced
ups and downs may become ____ .
A nervous when faced with
difficulties
B physically and mentally strained
C
more capable of coping with adversity
D indifferent toward
what happens to them Passage
Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage
Most episodes of absent-mindedness—forgetting where you left
something or wondering why you just entered a room-are caused by a
simple lack of attention says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember
something but you haven’t encoded it deeply.” Encoding Schacter
explains is a special way of paying attention to an event that has
a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can
create annoying situations. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket
for example and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re
involved in a conversation you’ll probably forget that the phone
is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe (衣柜). “Your memory itself
isn’t failing you” says Schacter. “Rather you didn’t give your memory
system the information it needed.”
Lack of interest can also
lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics
from 30 years ago” says Zelinski “may not remember to drop a letter
in the mailbox.” Women have slightly better memories than men possibly
because they pay more attention to their environment and memory relies
on just that. Visual cues can help prevent absent-mindedness says
Schacter. “But be sure the cue is clear and available” he cautions.
If you want to remember to take a medication (药物) with lunch put
the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don’t leave it in the medicine
chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket. Another
common episode of absent-mindedness walking into a room and wondering
why you’re there. Most likely you were thinking about something else.
“Everyone does this from time to time” says Zelinski. The best thing
to do is to return to where you were before entering the room and
you’ll likely remember.
26. Why does the author think
that encoding properly is very important﹖
A It helps us understand
our memory system better
B It enables us to recall something
from our memory
C It expands our memory capacity considerably
D It slows down the process of losing our memory
27. One possible reason why women have better memories than men is
that ____ .
A they have a wider range of interests
B they are more reliant on the environment
C they have an
unusual power of focusing their attention
D they are more
interested in what's happening around them
28. A note in the
pocket can hardly serve as a reminder because ____ .
A it
will easily get lost
B it's not clear enough for you to read
C it's out of your sight
D it might get mixed up
with other things
29. What do we learn from the last paragraph﹖
A If we focus our attention on one thing we might forget
another.
B Memory depends to a certain extent on the environment.
C Repetition helps improve our memory.
D If we keep
forgetting things we'd better return to where we were.
30.
What is the passage mainly about﹖
A The process of gradual
memory loss.
B The causes of absent-mindedness.
C
The impact of the environment on memory.
D A way of encoding
and recalling. Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage
It is hard to track the blue whale the ocean’s largest creature
which has almost been killed off by commercial whaling and is now
listed as an endangered species. Attaching radio devices to it is
difficult and visual sightings are too unreliable to give real insight
into its behavior.
So biologists were delighted early this
year when with the help of the Navy they were able to track a particular
blue whale for 43 days monitoring its sounds. This was possible because
of the Navy’s formerly top-secret system of underwater listening devices
spanning the oceans. Tracking whales is but one example of an exciting
new world just opening to civilian scientists after the cold war as
the Navy starts to share and partly uncover its global network of
underwater listening system built over the decades to track the ships
of potential enemies.
Earth scientists announced at a news
conference recently that they had used the system for closely monitoring
a deep-sea volcanic eruption (爆发) for the first time and that they
plan similar studies. Other scientists have proposed to use the network
for tracking ocean currents and measuring changes in ocean and global
temperatures. The speed of sound in water is roughly one mile a
second-slower than through land but faster than through air. What
is most important different layers of ocean water can act as channels
for sounds focusing them in the same way a stethoscope (听诊器) does
when it carries faint noises from a patient’s chest to a doctor’s
ear. This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds
in the ocean especially low-frequency ones can often travel thousands
of miles. 31. The passage is
chiefly about ____ .
A an effort to protect an endangered
marine species.
B the civilian use of a military detection
system.
C the exposure of a U.S. Navy top-secret weapon.
D a new way to look into the behavior of blue whales.
32. The underwater listening system was originally designed ____
.
A to trace and locate enemy vessels
B to monitor
deep-sea volcanic eruptions
C to study the movement of ocean
currents
D to replace the global radio communications network
33. The deep-sea listening system makes use of ____ .
A the sophisticated technology of focusing sounds under water
B the capability of sound to travel at high speed
C
the unique property of layers of ocean water in transmitting sound
D low-frequency sounds travelling across different layers
of water
34. It can be inferred from the passage that____.
A new radio devices should be developed for tracking the
endangered blue whales
B blue whales are no longer endangered
with the use of the new listening system
C opinions differ
as to whether civilian scientists should be allowed to use military
technology
D military technology has great potential in civilian
use
35. Which of the following is true about the U.S. Navy
underwater listening network﹖
A It is now partly accessible
to civilian scientists.
B It has been replaced by a more
advanced system.
C It became useless to the military after
the cold war.
D It is indispensable in protecting endangered
species. Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage
The
fitness movement that began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered
around aerobic exercise (有氧操). Millions of individuals became engaged
in a variety of aerobic activities and literally thousands of health
spas developed around the country to capitalize (获利) on this emerging
interest in fitness particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number
of fitness spas existed prior to this aerobic fitness movement even
a national chain with spas in most major cities. However their focus
was not on aerobics but rather on weight-training programs designed
to develop muscular mass strength and endurance in their primarily
male enthusiasts. These fitness spas did not seem to benefit financially
from the aerobic fitness movement to better health since medical
opinion suggested that weight-training programs offered few if any
health benefits. In recent years however weight training has again
become increasingly popular for males and for females. Many current
programs focus not only on developing muscular strength and endurance
but on aerobic fitness as well.
Historically most physical-fitness
tests have usually included measures of muscular strength and endurance
not for health-related reasons but primarily because such fitness
components have been related to performance in athletics. However
in recent years evidence has shown that training programs designed
primarily to improve muscular strength and endurance might also offer
some health benefits as well. The American College of Sports Medicine
now recommends that weight training be part of a total fitness program
for healthy Americans. Increased participation in such training is
one of the specific physical activity and fitness objectives of Healthy
People 2000 National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives.
36. The word “spas”Line 3Para.1
most probably refers to ____.
A sports activities C recreation
centers
B places for physical exercise D athletic training
programs.
37. Early fitness spas were intended mainly for
____.
A the promotion of aerobic exercise
B endurance
and muscular development
C the improvement of women's figures
D better performance in aerobic dancing
38. What
was the attitude of doctors towards weight training in health improvement﹖
A Positive. C Negative.
B Indifferent. D Cautious.
39. People were given physical fitness tests in order to find
out ____ .
A how well they could do in athletics
B what their health condition was like
C what kind of fitness
center was suitable for them
D whether they were fit for
aerobic exercise
40. Recent studies have suggested that weight
training ____ .
A has become an essential part of people’s
life.
B may well affect the health of the trainees.
C will attract more people in the days to come.
D contributes
to health improvement as well. Part
Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure 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 answer that best completes the sentence.
Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single
line through the centre.
41. You would be ____ a risk to let
your child go to school by himself.
A omitting B attaching
C affording D running
42. He is always here It's ____ you've
never met him.
A unique B strange C rare D peculiar
43. There has been a great increase in retail sales ____﹖
A does there B isn't there C hasn't there D isn't it
44. We'd like to ____ a table for five for dinner this evening.
A preserve B reserve C retain D sustain
45. Although
a teenager Fred could resist ____ what to do and what not to do.
A being told B telling C to be told D to tell
46. The European Union countries were once worried that they would
not have ____ supplies of petroleum.
A proficient B efficient
C potential D sufficient
47. In fact Peter would rather
have left for San Francisco than ____ in New York..
A to
stay B stayed C staying D having stayed
48. He soon received
promotion for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable
____.
A ability B future C possibility D opportunity
49. Britain has the highest ____ of road traffic in the world—over
60 cars for every mile of road.
A popularity B density C
intensity D prosperity
50. How is it ____ your roommate's
request and yours are identical﹖
A in all B at best C for
all D by far
51. In my opinion he's ____ the most imaginative
of all the contemporary poets.
A in all B at best C for
all D by far
52. He didn't have time to read the report word
for word he just ____ it.
A skimmed B observed C overlooked
D glanced
53. The leader of the expedition ____ everyone
to follow his example.
A promoted B reinforced C sparked
D inspired
54. What a lovely party It's worth ____ all my
life.
A remembering B to remember C to be remembered D
being remembered
55. Who would you rather ____ with you George
or me﹖
A going B to go C have gone D went
56.
The ____ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research
and teaching particularly between
researchers and teachers.
A intensive B concise C joint D overall
57. The
owner and editor of the newspaper ____ the conference.
A
were attending B were to attend C is to attend D are to attend
58. We left the meeting there obviously ____ no point in
staying.
A were B being C to be D having
59. Their
products are frequently overpriced and ____ in quality.
A
influential B inferior C superior D subordinate
60. The
neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ____ lot.
A valid B vain C vacant D vague
61. These people once
had fame and fortune now ____ is left to them is utter poverty.
A all that B all what C all which D that all
62.
To our ____ Geoffrey's illness proved not to be as serious as we
had feared.
A anxiety B relief C view D judgment
63. Many people like white color as it is a ____ of purity.
A symbol B sign C signal D symptom
64. The residents
____ had been damaged by the fire were given help by the Red Cross.
A all of their homes B all their homes C whose all homes
D all of whose homes
65. This research has attracted wide
____ coverage and has featured on BBC television's Tomorrow's World.
A message B information C media D data
66. I would
never have ____ a court of law if I hadn't been so desperate.
A sought for B accounted for C turned up D resorted to
67. Investigators agreed that passengers on the airliner ____ at the
very moment of the crash.
A should have died B must be dying
C must have died D ought to die
68. The energy ____ by the
chain reaction is transformed into heat.
A transferred B
released C delivered D conveyed
69. ____ their work will
give us a much better feel for the wide differences between the two
schools of
thought.
A To have reviewed B Having
reviewed C Reviewing D Being reviewed
70. During the process
great care has to be taken to protect the ____ silk from damage.
A sensitive B tender C delicate D sensible 试卷二
Part Ⅳ Short Answer Questions 15 minutes
Directions
In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete
statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions
or complete the statements in the fewest possible words not exceeding
10 words.
As researchers learn more about how children’s intelligence
develops they are increasingly surprised by the power of parents.
The power of the school has been replaced by the home. To begin with
all the factors which are part of intelligence—the child’s understanding
of language learning patterns curiosity—are established well before
the child enters school at the age of six. Study after study has shown
that even after school begins children’s achievements have been far
more influenced by parents than by teachers. This is particularly
true about learning that is language-related. The school rather than
the home is given credit for variations in achievement in subjects
such as science.
In view of their power it’s sad to see so
many parents not making the most of their child’s intelligence. Until
recently parents had been warned by educators who asked them not to
educate their children. Many teachers now realize that children cannot
be educated only at school and parents are being asked to contribute
both before and after the child enters school.
Parents have
been particularly afraid to teach reading at home. Of course children
shouldn’t be pushed to read by their parents but educators have discovered
that reading is best taught individually—and the easiest place to
do this is at home. Many four and five-year-old who have been shown
a few letters and taught their sounds will compose single words of
their own with them even before they have been taught to read.
Questions (注意：答题尽量简短，超过10个词要扣分。每条横线限写一个英语单词，标点符号不占格。)
S1. What have researchers found out about the influence of parents
and the school on children’s intelligence﹖
S2. What do researchers
conclude about children’s learning patterns﹖
S3. In which area
may school play a more important role﹖
S4. Why did many parents
fail to make the most of their children’s intelligence﹖
S5. The
author suggests in the last paragraph that parents should be encouraged
to
Part Ⅴ Writing 30 minutes
Directions For this part you
are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Student
Use of Computers. You should write at least 120 words and base your
composition on the chart and the outline given below
1、上图所示为1990年、1995年、2002年某校大学生事业计算机的情况，请描述其变化；
2、请说明发生这些变化的原因(可从计算机的用途、价格或社会发展等方面加以说明)；
3、你认为目前大学生在计算机使用中有什么困难或问题。
Student Use of Computers 答案：
Part
I Listening Comprehension
Section A
1 -10 D A A C
B C A D C A
Section B
11-20 C A C B B C A D C D
Part II Reading Comprehension
21. A 22. A 23. A 24. B
25. C 26.B 27.D 28. C 29. A 30. B 31. B 32. A 33.C 34. D 35. A 36.
B 37. B 38. B 39. A 40. D 41. D 42. B 43. C 44. B 45. A 46. D 47.
B 48. A 49. B 50. D 51. D 52. A 53. D 54. A 55. D 56. D 57. C 58.
B 59. B 60. C 61. A 62. B 63. A 64. D 65. C 66. D 67. C 68. B 69.
C 70. C
Part IV
1. What have researchers found out
the influence of parents and the school on children’s intelligence﹖
Parents have greater influence than the school.
或Parent’s
influence is greater than the school’s.
2. What do researchers
conclude about children’s learning patterns﹖
They are established
well before the age of six.
3. In which area may school play
a more important role﹖
In science subjects.
4. Why
did many parents fail to make the most of their children’s intelligence﹖
They were told not to educate their children
5. The author
suggests in the last paragraph that parents should be encouraged to
____
Teach reading at home. |