Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. 简单说明目前大学生在外租房情况
2. 对这种情况进行利弊分析
3. 根据利弊分析得出结论，表明观点
Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus
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Part ⅡReading Comprehension (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 1-4,mark
Y(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N(for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 5-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Reading for Life
Today is the first day of the rest of your life. How can reading fill it to overflowing with adventure, richness, and fullness?
Your Pleasure-giving Skill
Skills are skills. Pleasures are pleasures. But some skills are lasting pleasures. Such is reading. Listen to Hazilitt---"The greatest pleasure in life is that of reading." Or Macauly--- "I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading." To them and countless others all over the world, reading is a source of the deepest and fullest enjoyment. That's true from early school days to days of leisure and retirement.
Your Fountain of Youth
Reading is more than that. It can be your fountain of youth. Virginia Woolf said, "The true reader is essentially young." One of your major problems is how to stay alive as long as you live. Some die at 30 but are not buried until they're 70. With some, youth slips away before being properly savored. Reading provides a spring of living water, refreshing and life-giving. Stay young for life with reading.
Your Dream-fulfillment Aid
Part of youth lies in dreaming---dreaming impossible dreams that you can sometimes make possible. Robert F. Kennedy said this, “Some men see things as they are and say ‘Why?' I dream things that never were and say ‘Why not?'" Certain books push the boundaries of the human mind out beyond belief. After all, a little bit of greatness hides in everyone. Let books bring it into full bloom.
Your Know-thyself Aid
What's your most important quest? Finding yourself. Finding your own identity. The Greeks epitomized that problem in two words: Know yourself. Well, articles and books help in that all-important search. They supply assurance of the power and worth of your own life, a measure of your possibilities.
To see yourself in proper perspective, you need detailed picture of real people in real situations. We need to see three-dimensional characters, with all the typical human fears and limitations. Then, and only then, can you begin to see and know yourself as you should.
Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant
What about practical questions, such as those about your vocation? Will reading help you decide more intelligently what to do, how to prepare yourself and how to succeed on the job?
To answer the first question, you have to know your own talents, abilities, and interests well. You must also, however, know the opportunities in the world around you. Some Bureau of Labor Statistics, for example, predicted a surplus of approximately two million school teachers. Still another source indicated that right now "the health fields are the only fields in which we have shortages." Balance such information with self-knowledge and you have some of the ingredients needed to make intelligent, perceptive choices.
Second, you've decided on a career. How and where do you get the required preparation? Again, turn to reading. You'll probably find a listing of school programs to choose from. You may even find them rated. If so, you'll know exactly where to go for the best possible preparation.
Third, don't stop yet. You've selected a career and trained yourself. Learn on reading now to help you succeed on the job. A variety of magazines and books will provide guidance and help.
But that's not all. The day of only one lifetime career may be almost over. All too often, change throws hundreds out of work. Change hits the aircraft industry, for example. Result? Hundreds of well-qualified engineers suddenly out on the street.
If you manage things well, keeping a close eye on changing conditions. You can avoid the pain of waking up to find yourself out of a job. Through reading develop some new skills and interests. Then if conditions change, you can slip with comparative ease from one field into another, hardly breaking stride.
Most of the things taught in school-typing, shorthand, key punching, language, farming, business management-are readily available in interesting self-help articles and books. Let them smooth your path in any new direction you decide to take.
Your Experience Extender
What's the best teacher? Experience, of course! It's priceless. It comes from what you yourself have seen, heard, tasted, smelled, and felt --- what you yourself have lived through.
Take a closer look. Look at our limitations. No wonder experience is so precious. We can't begin to get enough of it. We can't even experience again what we just lived through. We're not born with instant replay. We can't actually relive any moment. And, obviously, we're limited to one lifetime.
Space and time! How they limit us. Who has a time machine to carry him back into history? No one. It's the same with space. We can't literally be in two places at the same time. Right now you can't be sitting where you are and at the same time be strolling down the famed Champs Elysees in Paris.
Here's where reading fits. It can bring us almost unlimited additional experience. To be sure, it's secondhand experience. But it's often so vivid that it seems firsthand, just as if we're living through it ourselves, being moved to tears, laughter, or suspense. That rich range of experience provides the ideal supplement to our own limited experience. In this way, reading becomes one of our most profound mind-shaping activities.
Furthermore, all this experience is available when we want it. Books never impose on us. When we want them, we reach out and pull them off the shelf or table. At our convenience we invite them to share their unbelievable wealth with us.
Carlyle sums this all up nicely, "All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." Help yourself! Make reading your experience-extender for the rest of your life.
1. According to the passage, reading is the lasting pleasure.
2. Reading provides all the people in the world with a source of deepest and fullest enjoyment.
3. Reading is a fountain of youth in that one can always learn something new from books and never cease to be young in spirit.
4. The passage explains how books help fulfill your long-cherished dreams.
5. To find your own identity simply means__________________.
6. To make an intelligent decision on what to do, you should have an adequate knowledge of your own _________________________.
7. According to the author, reading is even ________________ after you have selected a career and trained yourself.
8. You should develop some new skills and interests with the help of books in order to prepare for _____________________.
9. Though our experience is limited by __________________, reading can bring us unlimited additional secondhand experience.
10. Carlyle calls on people to make reading their _________ for the rest of their life.
Part II Listening Comprehension (35minutes)
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 the best answer is. Then mark the correspond in 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。
11. A) She will give him the receipt later.
B) The man should make his own copies.
C) She has not got the man's copies ready.
D) The man forgot to make the copies for her.
12. A) She phoned Fred about the book.
B) She was late for the appointment.
C) She ran into Fred on her way here.
D) She often keeps other people waiting.
13. A) Mark is not fit to take charge of the Student Union.
B) Mark is the best candidate for the post of chairman.
C) It won't be easy for Mark to win the election.
D) Females are more competitive than males in elections.
14. A) It failed to arrive at its destination in time.
B) It got seriously damaged on the way.
C) It got lost at the airport in Paris.
D) It was left behind in the hotel.
15. A) Just make use of whatever information is available.
B) Put more effort into preparing for the presentation.
C) Find more relevant information for their work.
D) Simply raise the issue in their presentation.
16. A) the man has decided to choose Language Studies as his major.
B) The woman isn't interested in the psychology of language.
C) The man is still trying to sign up for the course he is interested in.
D) The woman isn't qualified to take the course the man mentioned.
17. A) They are both to blame.
B) They are both easy to please.
C) They can manage to get along.
D) They will make peace in time.
18. A) They are in desperate need of financial assistance.
B) They hope to do miracles with limited resources.
C) They want to borrow a huge sum from the bank.
D) They plan to buy out their business partners.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) We simply cannot help reacting instinctively that way.
B) We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.
C) We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.
D) We think it serves them right for being mean to other people.
20. A) They want to show their genuine sympathy.
B) They have had similar personal experiences.
C) They don't know how to cope with the situation.
D) They don't want to reveal their own frustration.
21. A) They themselves would like to do it but don't dare to.
B) Its an opportunity for relieving their tension.
C) it’s a rare chance for them to see the boss lose face.
D) They have seen this many times in old films.
22. A) to irritate them. B) To teach them a lesson.
C) To relieve her feelings. D) To show her courage.
Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. A) Smuggling drugs into Hong Kong.
B) Having committed armed robbery.
C) Stealing a fellow passenger's bag.
D) Bringing a handgun into Hong Kong.
24. A) He said not a single word during the entire flight.
B) He took away Kumar's baggage while he was asleep.
C) He was travelling on a scholarship from Delhi University.
D) He is suspected of having slipped something in Kumar's bag.
25. A) Give him a lift. B) Find Alfred Foster.
C) Check the passenger list. D) Search all suspicious cars.
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.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) they think travel has become a trend.
B) They think travel gives them their money's worth.
C) They find many of the banks untrustworthy.
D) They lack the expertise to make capital investments.
27. A) Lower their prices to attract more customers.
B) Introduce travel packages for young travelers.
C) Design programs targeted at retired couples.
D) Launch a new program of adventure trips.
28. A) the role of travel agents. B) The way people travel.
C) The number of last-minute bookings. D) The prices of polar expeditions.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) the old stereotypes about men and women.
B) The changing roles played by men and women.
C) The division of labor between men and women.
D) The widespread prejudice against women.
30. A) Offer more creative and practical ideas than men.
B) Ask questions that often lead to controversy.
C) Speak loudly enough to attract attention.
D) Raise issues on behalf of women.
31. A) to prove that she could earn her living as a gardener.
B) To show that women are more hardworking than men.
C) To show that women are capable of doing what men do.
D) To prove that she was really irritated with her husband.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) Covering major events of the day in the city.
B) Reporting criminal offenses in Greenville.
C) Hunting news for the daily headlines.
D) Writing articles on family violence.
33. A) It is a much safer place than it used to be.
B) Rapes rarely occur in the downtown areas.
C) Assaults often happen on school campuses.
D) It has fewer violent crimes than big cities.
34. A) There are a wide range of cases.
B) They are very destructive.
C) There has been a rise in such crimes.
D) They have aroused fear among the residents.
35. A) Write about something pleasant. C) Offer help to crime victims.
B) Do some research on local politics? D) Work as a newspaper editor.
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：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of 31 ice cream (36) _____ or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing. But as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us (37) _____, unhappy – even paralyzed with indecision.
That's (38) _____ true when it comes to the workplace, says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human (39) _____. Students are graduating with a (40) _____ of skills and interests, but often find themselves (41) _____ when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal.
In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students during their (42) _____ year. Based on answers to questions regarding their job-hunting (43) _____ and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups: "maximizers" who consider every possible option, and "satisfiers" who look until they find an option that is good enough.
You might expect that the students (44) _________________________________. But it turns out that's not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better paying jobs than satisfiers on average, they weren't as happy with their decision. The reason (45) _________________________________. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, (46) _________________________________.
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension(Reading in Depth)(25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
For most people, shopping is still a matter of wandering down the high street or loading a cart in a shopping mall. Soon, that will change. Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choice. There will, however, be a cost: Protecting the consumer from fraud will be harder. Many governments therefore want to extend high street regulations to the electronic world. But politicians would be wiser to see cyberspace as a basis for a new era of corporate self-regulation.
Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibility for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs, or their rights to refund(退款) when goods are faulty. But governments cannot enforce national laws on businesses whose only presence in their country is on the screen. Other countries have regulators, but the rules of consumer protection differ, as does enforcement. Even where a clear right to compensation exists, the online catalogue customer in Tokyo, say, can hardly go to New York to extract a refund for a dud purchase.
One answer is for governments to cooperate more: to recognize each other's rules. But that requires years of work and volumes of detailed rules. And plenty of countries have rules too fanciful for sober states to accept. There is, however, an alternative. Let the electronic businesses do the "regulation" themselves. They do, after all, have a self-interest in doing so.
In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset. Governments, too, may compete to be trusted. For instance, customers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration; or they may decide that the FDA's rules are too strict, and buy from Switzerland instead.
Consumers will need to use their judgment. But precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than consumers of the normal sort-and the new technology will also make it easier for them to complain noisily when a company lets them down. In this way, at least, the advent of cyberspace may argue for fewer consumer protection laws, not more.
47. What can people benefit from the fast-growing development of electronic commerce?
_____________________________________________________________________48. When goods are faulty, who do consumers in rich countries tend to think that it is takes responsibility for everything?
_____________________________________________________________________
49. In the author's view, why do businesses place a high premium on honest dealing in the electronic world?
_____________________________________________________________________
50. We can infer from the passage that in licensing new drugs the FDA in the United States is ______________.
51. We can learn from the passage that ______________ are probably more cautious than consumers of the normal sort when buying things.
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 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Some people say that the study of liberal arts is a useless luxury we can not afford in hard times. Students, they argue, who do not develop salable skills will find it difficult to land a job upon graduation. But there is a problem in speaking of "salable skills". What skills are salable? Right now, skills for making automobiles are not highly salable, but they have been for decades and might be again. Skills are another example of varying salability, as the job market fluctuates. What's more, if one wants to build a curriculum exclusively on what is salable, one will have to make the courses very short and change them very often, in order to keep up with the rapid changes in the job market. But will not the effort be in vain? In very few things can we be sure of future salability, and in a society where people are free to study what they want, and work where they want, and invest as they want, there is no way to keep supply and demand in labor in perfect accord.
A school that devotes itself totally to salable skills, especially in a time of high unemployment, sending young men and women into the world armed with only a narrow range of skills, is also sending lambs into the lion's den. If those people gain nothing more from their studies than supposedly salable skills, and can't make the sale because of changes in the job market, they have been cheated. But if those skills were more than salable, if study gave them a better understanding of the world around them and greater adaptability in a changing world, they have not been cheated. They will find some kind of job soon enough. Flexibility, and ability to change and learn new things, is a valuable skill. People who have learned how to learn can learn outside of school. That is where most of us have learned to do what we do, not in school. Learning to learn is one of the highest liberal skills.
52. From the passage, we can learn that the author is in favor of ____.
A) teaching practical skills that can be sold in the current job market
B) a flexible curriculum that changes with the times
C) a liberal education
D) keeping a balance between the supply and demand in the labor market
53. The word "fluctuate"(Line 5,Para.1) most probably means_______ .
A) remain steady B) change in an irregular way
C) follow a set pattern D) become worse and worse
54. According to the author, who of the following is more likely to get a job in times of high unemployment?
A) A person with the ability to learn by himself.
B) A construction worker.
C) A car repairman.
D) A person with quite a few salable skills.
55. According to the author, in developing a curriculum school should _______.
A) predict the salability of skills in the future job market
B) take the current job market into consideration
C) consider what skills are salable
D) focus on the ability to adapt to changes
56. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A) liberal arts education is being challenged now
B) schools that teach practical skills fare better during hard times
C) extracurricular activities are more important than classroom learning
D) many students feel cheated by the educational system
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Over the past decade, American companies have tried hard to find ways to discourage senior from feathering their own nests at the expense of their shareholders. The three most popular reforms have been recruiting more outside directors in order to make boards more independent, linking bosses' pay to various performance measures, and giving bosses share options, so that they have the same long-term interests as their shareholders.
These reforms have been widely adopted by American's larger companies, and surveys suggest that many more companies are thinking of following their lead. But have they done any good? Three papers presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management in Boston this week suggest not. As is usually the case with boardroom tinkering, the consequences have differed from those intended.
Start with those independent boards. On the face of it, dismissing the boss's friends from the board and replacing them with outsiders looks a perfect way to make senior managers more accountable. But that is not the conclusion of a study by Professor James Westphal. Instead, he found that bosses with a boardroom full of outsides spend much of their time building alliances, doing personal favors and generally pleasing the outsiders.
All too often, these seductions succeed. Mr.Westphal found that, to a remarkable degree, "independent" boards pursue strategies that are likely to favor senior managers rather than shareholders. Such companies diversify their business, increase the pay of executives and weaken the link between pay and performance.
To assess the impact of performance related pay, Mr.Westphal asked the bosses of 103 companies with sales of over $1 billion what measurements were used to determine their pay. The measurements varied widely, ranging from sales to earnings per share. But the researcher's big discovery was that bosses attend to measures that affect their own incomes and ignore or play down other factors that affect a company's overall success.
In short, bosses are quick to turn every imaginable system of corporate government to their advantage-which is probably why they are the people who are put in charge of things. Here is a paradox for the management theorists: any boss who cannot beat a system designed to keep him under control is probably not worth having.
57. What is the purpose of the large companies in recruiting outsiders and putting them on the board of directors?
A) To diversify the business of the corporation.
B) To enhance the cooperation between the senior managers and the board directors.
C) To introduce effective reforms in business management.
D) To protect the interests of the shareholders.
58. What does Professor James Westphal's study suggest?
A) Boardroom reforms have failed to achieve the desired result.
B) Outside board directors tend to be more independent.
C) With a boardroom full of outsiders, senior managers work more conscientiously.
D) Cooperation between senior managers and board directors suffered from the reforms.
59. The word "seduction"(Line 1,Para.4) probably means "________ ".
A) efforts to conquer
B) attempts to win over
C) endeavors to increase profits
D) exertions to understand
60. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Corporate executives in general are worth the high pay they receive.
B) The income of corporate executives is proportional to the growth of corporate profits.
C) Corporate executives tend to take advantage of their position to enrich themselves.
D) The performance of corporate executives affects their own interests more than those of the shareholders.
61. How does the author feel about the efforts to control senior executives?
A) Doubtful. B) Optimistic. C) Positive. D) Approving.
Part ⅤClose (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.
A great deal of attention is being paid today to the so-called digital divide--the division of the world into the info(information) rich and the info poor. And that __62__ does exist today. My wife and I lectured about this looming danger twenty years ago. What was less __63__ then, however, were the new, positive __64__ that work against the digital divide. __65__,there are reasons to be __66__.
There are technological reasons to hope the digital divide will narrow. As the Internet becomes more and more __67__, it is in the interest of business to universalize access-after all, the more people online, the more potential __68__ there are. More and more __69__, afraid their countries will be left __70__, want to spread Internet access. Within the next decade or two, one to two billion people on the planet will be __71__ together. As a result, I now believe the digital divide will __72__ rather than widen in the years ahead. And that is very good news because the Internet may well be the most powerful tool for __73__ world poverty that we've ever had.
Of course, the use of the Internet isn't the only way to __74__ poverty. And the Internet is not the only tool we have. But it has __75__ potential.
To __76__ advantage of this tool, some poor countries will have to get over their outdated anti-colonial prejudices __77__ respect to foreign investment. Countries that still think foreign investment is a/an __78__ of their sovereignty might well study the history of __79__ (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States. When the United States built its industrial infrastructure, it didn't have the capital to do so. And that is __80__ America's Second Wave infrastructure-__81__ roads, harbors, highways, ports and so on-were built with foreign investment.
62. A) divide B) information C) world D) lecture
63. A) obscure B) visible C) invisible D) indistinct
64. A) forces B) obstacles C) events D) surprises
65. A) Seriously B) Entirely C) Actually D) Continuously
66. A) negative B) optimistic C) pleasant D) disappointed
67. A) developed B) centralized C) realized D) commercialized
68. A) users B) producers C) customers D) citizens
69. A) enterprises B) governments C) officials D) customers
70. A) away B) for C) aside D) behind
71. A) netted B) worked C) put D) organized
72. A) decrease B) narrow C) neglect D) low
73. A) containing B) preventing C) keeping D) combating
74. A) win B) detail C) defeat D) fear
75. A) enormous B) countless C) numerical D) big
76. A) bring B) keep C) hold D) take
77. A) at B) with C) of D) for
78. A) offence B) investment C) invasion D) insult
79. A) construction B) facility C) infrastructure D) institution
80. A) why B) where C) when D) how
81. A) concerning B) concluding C) according D) including
Part ⅥTranslation(5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
82. If I had _______________________________________________________(足够的钱,我会毫不犹豫地买一辆名牌车).
83. With tears in her eyes, the mother ___________________________________(看着吸毒成瘾的女儿被带上了警车).
84. After the outbreak of the infectious disease, all the citizens _____________________________________(被警告暂时取消任何旅行计划).
85. Nowadays, the young people prefer to correspond with each other ________________________________________(通过发电子邮件而不是写信).
86. It must be kept in mind that ________________________________________ (你只有通过终身学习才能在这个竞争激烈的社会中生存). 答案与解析
Part ⅠWriting
Is It Appropriate for College Students to Rent Apartments Outside Campus?
Nowadays, many university students do not like to live in a dorm in the campus, but choose to rent apartments outside. If we want to know whether it is appropriate to do so, we should analyze its advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages of living outside campus are obvious. Students who live outside can enjoy more freedom and have more independence. For senior students, they may also have more opportunities for jobs. But there are also many disadvantages. For instance, they may have less time to know other students, they have to spend time traveling forth and back, their life may be less interesting, and it is obviously more expensive and less safe to live outside.
Considering the advantages and disadvantages, I think students should decide according to their own situations. If they want to save money and have more time to study and more contacts with other students, it is better for them to live inside the campus. But if they value freedom and independence more than anything else and do not have to worry about the costs, it is also appropriate for them to rent a room or an apartment outside the campus. Whatever they decide, their decisions should be appropriate for themselves.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y本题的判断依据为文章第一个小标题下的第三、四句"But some skills are lasting pleasures. Such is reading.(阅读能给人以持久的快乐。)"由此我们可判定本句与原文所述之意相符。
2. N本题的判断依据为文章第一个小标题下倒数第二句"To them and countless others all over the world, reading is a source of deepest and fullest enjoyment.(对于他们和世界上无数其他的人来说,阅读是带给他们最大限度享受和快乐的源泉。)"据此我们可知并非指世界上所有的人。
3. Y本题判断依据为文章第二个小标题下面的一段。该段讲述了阅读犹如一泉活水,使我们精神振奋,给予我们生命,阅读能使我们终身保持年轻,由此我们可判定本 题的表述与原文所述之意相符。
4. NG本题解题依据为第三个小标题下面一段。该段讲述了我们要敢于梦想不可能实现的梦想,因为我们阅读的某些书籍能引领我们去实现,但本段并未提及阅读的书 籍如何帮助我们去实现心存已久的梦想。
5. to know yourself 本题有关认识自我的问题，定位于小标题Your Know-thyself Aid第一段。答案是古希腊人给的两个字：Know thyself，意即know yourself。
6. talents, abilities and interests 本题有关职业问题，定位于小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant中。解题依据为该部分的第一段以及第二段第一句。
7. indispensable 本题有关找到工作和经过训练之后的读书问题，解题的主要依据是小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant的第四段，该段之后的段落谈的都是读书对变换工作的重要性。另外本题的答案也可以是important, useful等。
8. unexpected change 本题有关工作变化问题，定位于小标题Your Vocational Counselor and Consultant下的第五、六、七段，通读这几段，即可确定答案。
9. time and space 本题有关读书有助于扩充阅历的问题，定位于小标题Your Experience Extender的第三段，该段的第一、二句就是答案的依据"Space and time! How they limit us."
10. experience-extender本题提到的Carlyle出现在文章最后一段，根据该段的最后一句"Make reading your experience-extender for the rest of your life."即可得出答案。
Part III Listening Comprehension
Section A
11.
M: I left 20 pages here to copy. Here is the receipt.
W: I'm sorry, sir. But we're a little behind. Could you come back in a few minutes?
Q: What does the woman mean?
答案：C. She has not got the man's copies ready.
12.
W: I hope you're not too put out with me for the delay. I have to stop by friends' home to pick up a book on my way here.
M: Well, that's not a big deal. But you might at least phone if you know you're going to keep someone waiting.
Q: What do we learn about the woman from the conversation?
答案：B. She was late for the appointment.
13.
W: Mark is the best candidate for chairman of the student union, isn't he?
M: Well, that guy won't be able to win the election unless he gets some majority vote from women students. And I'm not sure about that.
Q: What does the man mean?
答案：C. It won't be easy for Mark to win the election.
14.
M: Sorry to have kept you waiting, Madam. I've located your luggage. It was left behind in Paris and won't arrive until later this evening.
W: Oh, I can't believe this. Have it deliver to my hotel then , I guess.
Q: What happened to the woman's luggage?
答案：A. It failed to arrive at its destination in time.
15.
W: I don't think we have enough information for our presentation, but we have to give it tomorrow. There doesn't seem to be much we can do about it.
M: Yeah, at this point we 'all have to make do with what we've got.
Q: What does the man suggest they do?
答案：A. Just make use of whatever information is available.
16.
M: I am taking this great course-Psychology of Language, it's really interesting. Since you are a psychology major, you should sign up for it.
W: Actually I tried to do that, but they told me I have to take language studies first.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
答案：D. The woman isn't qualified to take the course the man mentioned.
17.
W: Can you believe the way Larry was talking to his roommate? No wonder they don't get along.
M: Well, maybe Larry was just reacting to something his roommate said. There are two sides to every story you know.
Q: What does the man imply about Larry and his roommate?
答案：A. They are both to blame.
18.
M: We don't have the resources to stop those people from buying us out unless a miracle happens. This may be the end of us.
W: I still have hope we can get help from the bank. After all we don't need that much money.
Q: What do we learn about the speakers from the conversation?
答案：A. They are in desperate need of financial assistance.
Conversation One
听力原文
W: You know I've often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them.
M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn't happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.
W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or short-sighted things like that. After all, it's not really funny to be like that.
M: Oh, I think that's because we're embarrassed. We don't know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh.
M: What about the custard pie routine?
W: What do you mean ‘custard pie routine'?
M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person's face.
W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what's going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we'd all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to.
M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings.
W: It must have come a bit expensive.
M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.
Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. Why does the man say we laughed when we see some self-important people making fool of themselves?
答案：C)We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.
20. Why do some people joke about those who are fat or handicapped according to the man?
答案：B) They don't know how to cope with the situation
21. Why do many people find it funny to see someone throwing a custard pie on their boss's face?
答案：A) They themselves would like to do it but don't dare to.
22. Why do the man say she would drop cups of tea at people occasionally?
答案：C) To relieve her feelings.
Conversation Two
听力原文
W: Your name Sanjay Kumar is that correct?
M: Yes, madam.
W: You claim you are traveling on a scholarship from Delhi University.
M: That's right.
W: Now it seems that a hand gun was found in your luggage. Do you admit that?
M: Yes, but…
W：According to the statement you made, you had never seen the hand gun before it was found in your bag. Do you still maintain that?
M: But it's true. I swear it.
W: Mom, you do realize Mr. Kumar that to bring a hand gun into Hong Kong without proper authorization is a serious offense.
M: But I didn't bring it. I … I mean I didn't know anything about it. It wasn't there when I left Delhi. My bags were searched. It was part of the airport security check.
W: Maybe so, but someone managed to get that hand gun onto the aircraft or it couldn't have been there.
M: Someone but not me.
W: Tell me , where was your personal bag during the flight?
M: I had it down by my feet between me and the man in the next seat.
M: He was the only person who could have opened my bag while I was asleep. It must have been him.
W: I see. Have you any idea who this man was?
M: He told me his name, Alfred Foster. He was very friendly, after I woke up that is. He hadn't spoken before.
W: Alfred Foster, we can check that on the passenger list.
M: He said he had a car coming to meet him. He offered me a lift.
W: Oh, Why should he do that?
M: So he can get his handgun back, that's why. Please find him, Madam.
Questions 23-25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
23. What is Sanjay Kumar suspected of?
答案：D) Bringing a handgun into Hong Kong
24. What do we know about Alfred Foster?
答案：D) He is suspected of having slipped something into Kumar's bag
25. What does Sanjay Kumar ask the woman to do finally?
答案：B) Find Alfred Foster.
Section B
Passage One
听力原文
Everyone is looking for a good investment these days. And with stocks, currencies and companies all crashing, some are finding that taking the trip of a lifetime is actually a smart move right now. Prices are good, crowds are fewer and the dividends like expanded worldview, lifelong memories, and the satisfaction of boosting the global economy—can't be easily snatched away. Sylvia and Paul Custer son, a retired couple from Cambridge, England, recently took a 16-day vacation to Namibia, where they went on bird-watching excursions. Later this year, they are planning a trip to Patagonia. "We're using our capital now," says Sylvia, "And why not? We're not getting any interest in the bank. If it's a place we really want to go, then we will go. We may as well travel while we're fit and healthy. "
Some travel agents are thriving in spite of the economy. "We've had more people booking in the first quarter of this year than last," says Hubert Moniteau, founder of Solana Travel, which is planning to introduce a new program of longer adventure trips, including polar expeditions and cruises in the Galápagos. "We're hearing things like, 'We don't know what the situation will be in six months so let's travel now' ", Ashley Tuft, managing director of the U. K. tour operator Explore has been surprised to see an increase in last-minute bookings of high-priced trips to such places as India, Bhutan and Nepal. "It seems people would rather give up something else than the big trip," he says. Travel has become a necessity. It's just how we travel that is changing.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. According to the speaker, why are some people willing to spend their money on travel these days?
答案：B)They think travel gives them their money's worth.
27. What is Solana Travel planning to do, according to its founder?
答案：D) Launch a new program of adventure trips.
28. According to Ashley Tuft, managing director of Explore, what is changing now with regard to travels?
答案：B) The way people travel.
Passage Two
听力原文
Somehow the old male and female stereotypes no longer fit. Men and women in this country haven't been fulfilling their traditional roles for some time now. And there seem to be fewer and fewer differences between the sexes. For instance, even though more women than men are still homemakers without paying jobs, women have been taking over more responsibility in the business world, earning higher salaries than ever before and entering fields of work that used to be exclusively male areas. At office meetings and in group discussions, they might speak up more often, express strong opinions and come up with more creative and practical ideas than their male colleagues. Several days ago, my 23-year-old daughter came to me with some important news. Not only had she found the highest paying job of her career, but she'd also accepted a date with the most charming men she'd ever met.
“Really?” I responded,” tell me about them.”
“Receptionist in an attorney's office and a welder at a construction site.” She answered in a matter-of-fact way. The interesting thing is my daughter's date is the receptionist and my daughter is the welder. The old stereotypes of men's and women's work have been changing more quickly than ever before, except perhaps in my own marriage.
“Who's going to mow the lawn?” I asked my husband this morning.
“Oh, I will,” he answered politely. ”That's men's work.”
“What?” Irritated, I raised my voice. “That's a ridiculous stereotype. I'll show you who can do the best job on the lawn.”
The work took 3 hours and I did it all myself.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
答案：B) The changing roles played by men and women.
30. What might women do at office meetings nowadays according to the speaker?
答案：A) Offer more creative and practical ideas than men.
31. Why did the speaker mow the lawn herself that morning?
答案：C) To show that women are capable of doing what men do.
Passage Three
听力原文
Florence Hayes is a journalist for the Green Ville Journal, the daily newspaper in town. Specifically she covers crime in the Green Ville area. This responsibility takes her too many different places every week——the police station, the court and the hospital. Most of the crimes that she writes about fall into two groups: violent crimes and crimes against property. There isn't much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas. But assaults often occur on Friday and Saturday nights, near the bars downtown. There're also one or two rapes on campus every semester. Florence is very interested in this type of crime and tries to write a long article about each one. She expects that this will make women more careful when they walk around Green Ville alone at night
Fortunately, there were usually no murders in Green Ville. Crimes against property make up most of Miss Heyse' reporting. They range from minor cases of deliberate damaging of things to much more serious offenses, such as car accidents involving drunk drivers or bank robberies but Florence has to report all of these violations from the thief who took typewriters from every unlock room in the dormitory to the thief who stole one million dollars worth of art work from the university museum. Miss Hayes enjoys working for a newspaper but she sometimes gets unhappy about all the crime she has to report. She would prefer to start writing about something more interesting and less unpleasant such as local news or politics, maybe next year
Florence Hayes
Green Ville
Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. What is Florence Hayes' main responsibility as a journalist?
答案：B: Reporting criminal offenses in Grenville.
33. What does the speaker say about security in Greenville?
答案：D: It has fewer violent crimes than big cities.
34. What do we learn about crimes against property in the Greenville area?
答案：A: There are a wide range of cases.
35. What would Florence Hayes prefer to do?
答案：A. Write about something pleasant.
Section C Compound Dictation
听力原文
In America, people are faced with more and more decisions every day, whether it's picking one of thirty-one ice cream flavors, or deciding whether and when to get married. That sounds like a great thing, but as a recent study has shown, too many choices can make us confused, unhappy, even paralyzed with indecision. ‘That's particularly true when it comes to the work place', says Barry Schwartz, an author of six books about human behavior. Students are graduating with a variety of skills and interests, but often find themselves overwhelmed when it comes to choosing an ultimate career goal. In a study, Schwartz observed decision-making among college students during their senior year. Based on answers to questions regarding their job hunting strategies and career decisions, he divided the students into two groups：Maximizers, who consider every possible option, and satisfiers who look until they find an option that is good enough. You might expect that the student who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision, but it turns out that's not true. Schwartz found that while maximizers ended up with better-paying jobs than satisfiers on average, they weren't as happy with their decision. The reason why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities. When you look at every possible option, you tend to focus more on what was given up than what was gained. After surveying every option, a person is more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.
36. flavors
37. confused
38. particularly
39 . behavior
40. variety
41. overwhelmed
42 . senior
43 . strategies
44 . who had undertaken the most exhausted search would be the most satisfied with their final decision
45 . why these people feel less satisfied is that a world of possibilities may also be a world of missed opportunities.
46 . a person are more acutely aware of the opportunities they had to turn down to pursue just one career.
Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
Section A
47. More choice.
【解析】问题问人们从飞速发展的电子商务中得到什么好处。解题依据为文章第一段第三 句"Electronic commerce is growing fast and will soon bring people more choice.(电子商务正迅速发展,它将带给人们更多的选择。)"
48. the government
【解析】问题 问当商品有毛病时, 富裕国家的消费者倾向于认为谁对一切负责。解题依据为文章第二段第一句"Consumers in rich countries have grown used to the idea that the government takes responsibilities for everything from the stability of the banks to the safety of the drugs, or their rights to refund when goods are faulty.(当所购商品有毛病时,富裕国家的消费者习惯上认为政府对从银行的稳定到用药的安全到消费者的退款权利负全责。)"
49. A good reputation is a great advantage in competition.
【解析】问题问在 作者看来,为什么企业高度重视电子世界里的诚实交易。解题依据为文章第四段第一句"In electronic commerce, a reputation for honest dealing will be a valuable competitive asset.(在电子商务领域,诚实交易的声誉是一笔有价值的竞争财富。)"换句话说,诚实交易能让交易者在竞争中处于优势地位。
50. very cautious
【解析】问题问从文章中我们可推知美国的食品医药管理局在审核新药时会怎样。解题依据为文章第四段第三 句"...consumers ordering medicines online may prefer to buy from the United States because they trust the rigorous screening of the Food and Drug Administration.(......网上定购药品的消费者也许偏向于从美国购买,因为他们信赖美国食品医药管理局的严格审查。)"
51. electronic shoppers
【解析】问题问从文章中我们可知在购买东西时,谁比一般正常渠道的消费者更为谨 慎。解题依据为文章最后一段第二句"But precisely because the technology is new, electronic shoppers are likely for a while to be a lot more cautious than consumers of the normal sort...(正是因为新技术的原因,网上购物者一段时期内很可能比一般正常渠道的消费者更为谨慎......)。"
Section B
Passage one
52. C 观点判断题 本题测试对作者观点的理解，解题时应当根据各段大意判断。第一段首先介绍了反对学习文科的观点，然后分析"畅销技能"的多变性。第二段首先谈学 校只提供"畅销技能"的危害性，然后谈比较好的做法。根据文章的结尾，尤其是最后一句(Learning to learn is one of the highest liberal skills)，可知作者赞成文科教育。
53. B 猜测词义题 问题问第一段中 "fluctuate"是什么意思。该词所在句的前一句作者列举了掌握汽车制造技能现在并不畅销的例子,这一技能曾经畅销几十年并且或许还会畅销,接着作 者说技能是销路变化的另一个例子,因为就业市场的变化。联系上下文语义,即可推知fluctuate是 "无规律变化"之意。
54. A 细节推断题解题 依据为文章第二段第三句"But if those skills were more than salable...soon enough."其大意为：如果那些技能不仅仅有销路，如果学习能让他们更好地了解周围世界并适应不断变化的世界，那他考试*大们就没有被骗。进而作者得 出最后结论"Learning to learn is one of the highest liberal skills.(学会学习是文科最高技能之一。)"由此我们可推知，在失业率高的时候，有独立学习能力者最可能找到工作。
55. D 细节推论题解题 依据为文章最后一段倒数第四句"Flexibility, and ability to change and learn new things, is a valuable skill."据此我们可推知作者认为学校在设置课程时, 应注重培养学生适应不断变化的世界的能力和学习新东西的能力, 也就是选项D所述之意。
56. A 推论判断题 本题可用排除法解题。选项B(教实用技能的学校在困难时期过得更好)文章未提及; 选项C(课外活动比课堂学习更重要)文章也未提及; 选项D(许多学生感到被教育体制所骗)在文章中只是一种假设; 只有选项A(文科教育正受到挑战)正是文章讨论的话题,作者在最后提及了文科教育应教给学生们什么,由此可推知A正确。
Passage Two
57. D 细节理解题解题 依据为本文第一段第一、二句"Over the past decade, American companies have tried hard to find ways to discourage senior from feathering their own nests at the expense of their shareholders. The three most popular reforms have been recruiting more outside directors in order to make boards more independent."此句大意为:在过去的十年里,美国公司力图寻求方法以阻止资深管理者以牺牲股东利益为代价损公肥私的行为。为此采取了最流行的 三种改革措施，如招录外来董事以使董事会更加独立。由此我们可推知招录外来董事的目的是为了保护股东的利益。其中to feather their own nests意为"构筑自己的窝";at the expense of their shareholders意为"以股东的利益为代价"。
58. A 细节推论题 文章第二段最后一句"the consequences have differed from those intended"表明改革的结果是事与愿违，这是一个总的结论。第三、四、五段是具体说明，主要是引用了Westphal的调查结果。因此，本题答案应 当是A。
59. B 词义判断题 文章第三段最后讲外来董事会的老板们会花很多时间建立联盟,施惠于个人以讨好外来董事,第四段开始接着说这些手段通常是成功的,由此我们可以推 知老板的这些手段是为了争取外来董事而结成联盟, 进而可推知B正确。
60. C 细节判断题 本题可用排除法。选项A(公司高层应拿高薪)文章未提及; 选项B(公司高层的收入与公司增长的利润成比例)也未提及; 选项D(公司高层的表现比那些股东更会影响其自身利益)文章同样未提及; 选项C(公司高层倾向于利用其地位肥己)与文章第五段最后一句所述之意相符。
61. A 观点态度题 纵观全文,作者所述三项改革举措并未收到预期的效果,反而适得其反,事与愿违,由此我们可判断作者对其最终的结果显然持怀疑态度，故正确答案为 A,B选项(乐观的)、C选项(肯定的)和D选项(赞成的)均排除。
Part ⅤClose
62. A 由文中第一行的digital divide得出答案。
63. B obscure模糊的，不清楚的;visible看得见的，明显的;invisible看不见的;indistinct不清楚的，模糊的。空格前的less已有否定意义
64. A force力量，武力;obstacle障碍;event事件;surprise惊奇，诧异。句意：现在有新的、乐观的力量来对抗数字鸿沟。
65. C seriously认真地;entirely完全的;actually实际上;continuously连续地。
66. B negative消极的;optimistic乐观的;pleasant令人愉快的;disappointed令人失望的。前文说有积极的力量在对抗数字鸿沟的不利因素，因此，实际上我们有理由保持乐观的态度。
67. D develop发展;centralize集中;realize认识到;commercialize使商业化，由下文“网络有利于商业途径的普及”，可知此处表述的意思是网络越来越商业化。in the interest of...为了...的利益
68. C user使用者;producer生产者;customer消费者;citizen公民。句意：越多的人上网就有越多的潜在消费者。
69. B enterprise企业，事业;government政府;official官员;句意：越来越多的政府害怕他们的国家...
70. D leave behind 留下，超过与leave相关的短语：leave aside把某事搁置一边leave out 省去，遗漏，不考虑leave off 停止，不再穿
71. A 网络把人们联系在一起，选netted
72. B decrease减少，narrow变窄;neglect忽视，疏忽;low降低 句意：因此，我现在认为数字鸿沟是在变窄而不是在拓宽
73. D contain包含，容纳;prevent防止，阻止;keep保留，保持;combat战斗，搏斗
74. C win赢得;detail详述，细说;defeat击败，战胜;fear畏惧。
75. A enormous巨大的;countless无数的;numerical数字的。potential作名词为不可数，不能用countless修饰，big一般表示尺寸、数字、范围上的大。
76. D take advantage of 利用
77. B with respect to 关于，至于 with也可换成in.表示关于的还有with regard to, concerning等。
78. C offence冒犯;investment投资;invasion入侵;insult侮辱
79. C construction建筑;facility设备;infrastructure基础设施;institution公共机构，制度。从后文中出现的infrastructure可以轻易得到答案。
80. A 表语从句，表示原因，“这也就是为什么...”
81. D concerning关于;concluding结束的;according根据;including包括
Part ⅥTranslation
82. If I had enough money, I would not hesitate a moment to purchase a famous-brand car/I would buy a famous-brand car without any hesitation (足够的钱,我会毫不犹豫地买一辆名牌车).
83.With tears in her eyes, the mother saw/watched her drug-addicted daughter sent into the police car (看着吸毒成瘾的女儿被带上了警车).
84. After the outbreak of the infectious disease, all the citizens were warned to cancel any travel plans for the time being (被警告暂时取消任何旅行计划).
85. Nowadays, the young people prefer to correspond with each other by/via e-mail instead of writing letters(通过发电子邮件而不是写信).
86. It must be kept in mind that only through lifelong study can you survive in the highly competitive society(你只有通过终身学习才能在这个竞争激烈地社会中生存).
