Part I Listening Comprehension (30 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.
1. A. teacher—student B. lawyer—client
C. mother—son D. dentist—patient
2. A. the sixth floor B. the seventh floor
C. the fifth floor D. the eighth floor
3. A. Jim always reveals other people's secrets intentionally.
B. It is very hard for Jim to keep a secret.
C. Jim is not reliable when he carries out a duty.
D. Jim tends to tell his secrets only to reliable people.
4. A. next Monday B. next Wednesday
C. next Thursday D. next Tuesday
5. A. He will give Sam a hand in writing his term paper.
B. He will go to Sam's party after he finishes writing his term paper.
C. He will be too busy to attend Sam's birthday party.
D. He has to hand in his term paper the following day.
6. A. Mike is often in a bad temper and doesn't talk a lot.
B. Mike is usually talkative and cheerful.
C. Mike doesn't like to talk a lot in the presence of strangers.
D. Mike has said a lot today.
7. A. The man should be very careful while driving.
B. The man can't be careful while driving in a fog.
C. It is very hard to concentrate while driving in a fog.
D. The man shouldn't have driven in the fog.
8. A. The man wants to know where they can get a new clock.
B. The man suggests that the woman should not buy a new clock.
C. The man means to take the old clock to the repairman himself.
D. The man suggests that the woman should purchase a new clock.
9. A. The woman is going to be a secretary after she graduates.
B. The woman will not become a secretary after she graduates.
C. The woman doesn't have any idea what kind of job she will have after she graduates.
D. The woman doesn't know if the man has any idea about her future job.
10. A. Professor Richardson's lectures on Philosophy are always wellattended.
B. Students sometimes fall asleep in Professor Richardson's lectures on Philosophy.
C. The front seats are very hard to get on campus.
D. Professor Richardson doesn't hold seminars and discussions in his lectures.
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 question 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., and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A. machines B. guns C. rockets D. agriculture
12. A. Far East B. Middle East C. South Asia D.
13. A. More than 100,000 years ago
B. More than 50,000 years ago
C. More than 10,000 years ago
D. More than 30,000 years ago
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A. comedies B. cartoons C. cowboy films D. horror films
15. A. Hollywood has warm climate and long hours of sunlight.
B. Hollywood is the richest part of
C. Hollywood enjoys great popularity among movie directors.
D.
16. A. 1926 B. 1927 C. 1932 D. 1938
17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Of all the movie centers in the world,
B. As a comedy actor, Charlie Chaplin enjoyed great fame and popularity for many years.
C. The first full—length color movie was made in
D. Charlie Chaplin refused to make color movies for many years.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. A. Babies enjoy staying with their mothers than with any other strange adults.
B. Babies tend to show fear for other infants they meet for the first time.
C. Eight—month old babies already begin to show a friendship of a sort.
D. Babies feel more comfortable with other infants than with any other strange adults.
19. A. three months to two years
B. three months to three years
C. four months to four years
D. four months to three years
20. A. Parents should hire a housekeeper to care for their babies under three years old.
B. Parents should hire a baby—sitter to care for their babies under three years old.
C. Parents should send their babies under three to kindergartens.
D. Parents should send their babies to family care in a private home with several babies together.
Section C (Compound Dictation)略
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.
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
Opinion polls are now beginning to show that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely.
But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not rather encourage many ways for self—respecting people to work? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighborhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centers of production and work?
The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought may have to be reversed. This seems a daunting thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom.
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people commuted longer distances to their places of employment until, eventually, many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and the places in which they live.
Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. In pre-industrial times, men and women had shared the productive work of the household and village community. Now it became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and families to his wife. Tax and benefit regulations still assume this norm today, and restrict more flexible sharing of work roles between the sexes.
It was not only women whose work status suffered. As employment became the dominant form of work, young people and old people were excluded—a problem now, as more teenagers become frustrated at school and more retired people want to live active lives.
All this may now have to change.
The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the idealist goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full—time jobs.
21. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Employment became widespread in the 17th and 18th centuries.
B. Unemployment will remain a major problem for industrialized nations.
C. The industrial age may now be coming to an end.
D. Some efforts and resources should be devoted to helping more people cope with the problem of unemployment.
22. Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the spread of employment?
A. the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries
B. the development of factories
C. relief from housework on the part of women
D. development of modern means of transportation
23. It can be inferred from the passage that____.
A. Most people who have been polled believe that the problem of unemployment may not be solved within a short period of time.
B. Many farmers lost their land when new railways and factories were being constructed.
C. In pre-industrial societies housework and community service were mainly carried out by women.
D. Some of the changes in work patterns that the industrial age brought have been reversed.
24. What does the word “daunting” in the third paragraph mean?
A. shocking B. interesting C. confusing D. stimulating
25. Which of the following is NOT suggested as a possible means to cope with the current situation?
A. create situations in which people work for themselves
B. treat employment as the norm
C. endeavor to revive the household and the neighborhood as centers of production
D. encourage people to work in circumstances other than normal working conditions
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
Acid rain is a very serious air and water pollution problem. Many people feel that it is the most serious pollution problem that we now face. Scientists say that plant and animal life in thousands of lakes in the
Acid rain forms in the upper atmosphere. There, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides mix with water vapor. They mix with water vapor to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid. When the vapor condenses and rain falls, the acids fall with it. Every time acid rain falls in a lake, the level of acid in the lake rises. Over time, it can rise to the point at which plants and insects cannot survive. Without plants, which supply oxygen, and insects, which supply food, fish die. The lake becomes a dead lake.
The problem of acid rain has greatly increased in the last few years. Most of the blame for acid rain has been placed on industries. However, some people feel that ineffective air pollution laws are also to blame for the acid rain problem.
A few years ago, many cities and states passed local air pollution laws. The laws were written to improve the air quality in the cities and states. However, the laws usually didn't say anything about the amount of pollution that an industry could pump into the air. Industries found a way to meet the new pollution laws without reducing the amount of pollution they released. They met the new standards by building taller smokestacks.
With the taller smokestacks, air pollutants were released higher up into the atmosphere. The wind carried them far away from the polluting factory. To the people near the factory, the air seemed cleaner. However, the pollution that they once got was now coming down hundreds of miles away in the form of acid rain.
26. Which of the following is TRUE about acid rain?
A. It is acknowledged by scientists to be the most serious pollution problem that human beings now face.
B. Many endangered species are on the verge of extinction because of acid rain.
C. Acid rain is composed of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides mixed with water vapor found in the upper atmosphere.
D. Acid rain is mostly found in the
27. Why do lakes in the
A. Fish in the lakes die because acid rain deprives them of oxygen.
B. Fish in the lakes die from taking in poisonous substances released from the acids.
C. Fish in the lakes die from direct contact with accumulated acid in the water.
D. Air pollutants are dissolved in the water and thus kill the fish.
28. Why didn't the state and local air pollution laws achieve the end of reducing pollution?
A. Industries tend to disregard the laws because they don't want to spend extra money on the processing of industrial wastes.
B. Although measures are taken to send industrial pollutants higher up the atmosphere the amount of industrial pollutants remains the same.
C. The smokestacks built to release pollutants are not tall enough.
D. Only a small number of industries are equipped to live up to the new standards of the air pollution laws.
29. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. Air pollution laws in the
B. The neighboring areas of a factory receive less pollution than distant areas.
C. The number of occurrences of acid rain over the last few years has been on the rise.
D. It is generally believed that ineffective air pollution laws rather than industries are to blame for acid rain.
30. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Acid Rain: A Environmental Disaster
B. Who Is To Blame?
C. Formation of Acid Rain
D. New State and Local Air Pollution Laws
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
A few years ago a lone American campaigner wrote a book in which he set out the main points of his fascinating crusade—to abolish television. His manifesto (宣言、声明) Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television is an American Cult bestseller, and after eight editions is still generating concern and savage debate in the United States.
Jerry Mander, a former advertising expert，is convinced that for the sake of our freedom, and mental and physical health, we should learn to live without Television. Through his advertising background Mander is aware of how much of television is concerned with advertising. He sees the planting of values for profit as a deep, profound and disturbing act by the few against many, for a trivial purpose. And, even without commercials, he sees TV as disturbing because it crams people's heads with images which alter the way they feel and behave. Pictures formed by 300,000 tiny dancing dots altering 30 times per second, bombard their eyes as people scan the images 10 times a second. But, argues Mander, even if you reject or doubt what you see consciously, it is too late, the crucial messages have gone home.
He further argues that TV is a deadening experience as it is restricted to just two senses—sight and sound. Perception is dulled and flattened, says Mander, when you can't feel and smell and totally experience an event. People are just sitting passively for up to four hours a night watching a flickering screen and listening to artificial sound. “No culture in history has spent such an enormous amount of time looking at artificial light," says Mander,“and another worrying fact is that prolonged exposure to artificial light alters human cells which is why it is being used for certain medical treatment." Researchers do not know if life—long TV exposure is a physical risk or not, but as Mander would argue, why run the risk? It is important that people get up now and switch off before the harm is done—they might also become brainwashed, or, who knows, even moribund (濒死的).
31. The book Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television written by Jerry Mander ______.
A. received extensive public attention and sold very well
B. was meant to arouse heated public debate
C. enjoyed popularity among those who live without TV
D. won nationwide support
32. Jerry Mander expressed strong objection to advertising on TV mainly because______.
A. the amount of profits brought in by commercials on TV is very insignificant
B. he sees the planting of values for profit as a disturbing act
C. children are more susceptible to the influence of TV commercials
D. people spend too much time on TV commercials to do something meaningful
33. Why does Jerry Mander see TV as a disturbing influence?
A. It is because people's eyes scan a TV screen 10 times a second.
B. It is because people's mind and behavior tend to be changed by TV.
C. It is because the conscious mind registers all images it perceives.
D. It is because it is ineffective in getting across its messages.
34. What does go home at the end of the second paragraph mean?
A. is taken indiscriminately B. is gone unnoticed
C. is taken for granted D. is perceived
35. Jerry Mander suggests that long periods of exposure to artificial light _____.
A. may cause brain damage
B. could lead to death
C. could endanger people's health
D. would alter the brain cells
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
Political institutions develop when the complexity of the society reaches the point at which kinship organization can no longer serve as an adequate mechanism for carrying out the political functions of the society. The following may be identified as political functions: (1) to protect the society from external threats; (2) to insure order in the society; (3) to resolve conflicts within the society, and (4) to allocate resources of the society.
In simple, homogeneous societies there seems to be widespread agreement on the values that underlie solutions to these social requirements. But complexity implies a measure of diversity of interests and values. Consensus cannot be taken for granted, for solutions that benefit one set of interests may have detrimental effects on another. Questions arise to challenge the assumption that there is a common interest and that universally satisfying solutions to problems can be devised: Whose interests need protection from external threats? Whose norms provide the basis for order? Whose interests are served in conflict resolution? Who gets what in resource allocation? Order at which price? Because people at different positions in the social order tend to offer different answers to such questions, choices among alternatives are necessary.
It is obvious, then, that control of the apparatus through which these decisions are made and implemented is of crucial import. The essence of political process is the struggle between individuals and groups with different interests to gain the decisionmaking power. Power refers to the ability of an individual or group to have its will carried out even in the face of opposition to it. In terms of political functions it means being in a position to determine the answers to questions issuing from social complexity that concern whose interests and values are to be addressed.
Conflict and functional theorists differ in their conceptions of political power. Functionalists assert that only through some concentration of power can collective goals be achieved. They view the state apparatus as a mechanism for accomplishing these positive goals. Conflict theorists, on the other hand, view the state as serving the ruling economic class and see its function as maintaining the dominance of this class.
36. What is the main topic of this passage?
A. The conception of the political institutions.
B. The difference between conflict and functional theorists.
C. The different positions the people stand in the social order.
D. The development of political institutions.
37. Which of the following may NOT be identified as political functions?
A. To protect the society from internal threats
B. To allocate resources of the society
C. To insure order in the society
D. To resolve conflicts within the society
38. The word “homogeneous” in the first line of paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .
A. democratic B. primitive C. similar D. withdrawn
39. In the last sentence of paragraph 3, what does “it” refer to?
A. Political functions
B. The essence of political process
C. Power
D. Different interests
40. What is the fundamental difference between conflict and functional theorists?
A. Conceptions of political institution
B. Conceptions of political power
C. Functions of the ruling class
D. Functions of the concentration of power
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 that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
41. We have greatly _____ in our understanding of the human body and its various functions.
A. ameliorated B. achieved C. improved D. advanced
42. _____ , her proposal was quite reasonable; but in practice, we just can't make it work.
A. In part B. In certain extent
C. In a way D. In a manner
43. At last his firm was _____ up by a multinational corporation.
A. swallowed B. devoured C. swigged D. gulped
44. It is _____ by the economists that the unemployment rate will take a downward turn next year.
A. foretold B. forecast C. predicted D. prophesied
45. The board deemed it urgent that these invitations _____ first thing tomorrow morning.
A. had to be put in the mail
B. must be put in the mail
C. be put in the mail
D. should have been put in the mail
46. Foreign disinvestment and the _____ of
A. exception B. exclusion C. displacement D. elimination
47. They tried very hard to persuade him to change his mind but met with a flat_____.
A. decline B. rejection C. disapproval D. refusal
48. I just can't _____ how he managed to finish his report so soon. He said he was only halfway through it yesterday!
A. figure out B. work out
C. look out D. draw out
49. By the nineteenth century, embroidery on men's clothing had _____ disappeared except for the occasional decorative vest and tie.
A. unfortunately B. virtually C. promptly D. universally
50. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always _____ with other elements, most commonly with oxygen.
A. being combined B. having combined
C. to combine D. combined
51. Physics is the present-day equivalent of _____ used to be called natural philosophy, _____ from most of present-day science arose.
A. which. what B. that. which
C. what. which D. what. that
52. The mayor was asked to give a rough _____ of the cost of the construction of the new bridge.
A. assessment B. evaluation C. announcement D. estimate
53. On no account _____ ever leave the baby at home alone.
A. should you B. you should
C. shall you D. you shall
54. _____ is the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages.
A. It is the sun and not the earth
B. That the sun and not the earth
C. Being the sun and not the earth
D. The sun and not the earth
55. _____ that incident, I'd rather not talk about it.
A. As B. As with C. As about D. As for
56. He _____ a lot of previous cases in his criminal law presentation.
A. quoted B. cited C. drew D. recalled
57. They have got no information _____ the plane is to take off.
A. as to B. as to when
C. the time D. as to know
58. She is planning to spend _____ in
A. sometime B. some time
C. some times D. sometimes
59. The reason that his property was confiscated by the country, it _____, was that he was involved in a lot of fraudulent activities during the war.
A. was turned out B. was being turned out
C. being turned out D. turned out
60. You should know better than _____ the African jungles all by yourself.
A. to explore B. exploring
C. having explored D. to be exploring
61. I was talking with Professor Andrews on the phone the other day when suddenly we got _____.
A. hung up B. cut down C. cut off D. cut back
62. I'd rather you _____ by train because the weather forecast said there would be heavy snow tomorrow.
A. went B. should go C. will go D. go
63. I have said nothing like that. He intentionally _____ my ideas to achieve his personal ends.
A. revised B. distracted C. contradicted D. distorted
64. Please put the dictionary back in place when you are _____ it.
A. completed B. done with
C. over with D. finished using
65. Don't disturb him. He's _____ his review for his English exam.
A. at B. with C. beyond D. on
66. There is a _____ difference among the cabinet members' opinions.
A. tremendous B. abundant C. fundamental D. awful
67. The medication the nurse gave me seems to have helped, but it's making me awfully_____.
A. drowsy B. unaware C. dreamy D. unconscious
68. It is strictly that access to classified dossiers (秘密文件) is denied to all but a few top _____ ranking officials.
A. secured B. regulated C. resolved D. determined
69. Travelers are advised to use traveler's checks, which provide a secure _____ to carrying all the money in cash.
A. substitute B. alternative C. selection D. displacement
70. Einstein won the Nobel Prize in 1921 and enjoyed great fame in
A. when B. who C. then D. which
Paper Two
Part I Error Correction (15 minutes)
Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to add a word, cross out a word, or change a word. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you cross out a word, put a slash ( / ) in the blank. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.
The ocean bottom—a region near 2.5 times greater 71. _____
than the total land area of the earth—is a vast
frontier that even today is largely unexplored and uncharted.
Until about a century ago, the deep-ocean floor
was completely inaccessible, hiding beneath waters 72. _____
averaging over 3,600 meters deep. Totally without light
and subjected intense pressures hundreds of times 73. _____
greater than at the Earth's surface, the deep-ocean
bottom is a hostile environment to humans, in some ways
as forbidding and remote as the void of outer space.
Although researchers have been taken samples of deep-ocean 74. _____
rocks and sediments for over a century, the first detailed
global investigation of the ocean bottom did not
actually start before 1968, with the beginning 75. _____
of the National Science Foundation's
Project (DSDP). Used techniques first developed for 76. _____
the offshore oil and gas industry, the DSDP's drill ship, the Glomar
Challenger, was able to maintain a steady positionon the ocean's surface
and drill in very deep waters, extracted samples 77. _____
of sediments and rock from the ocean floor.
The Glomar Challenger's core samples have allowed
geologists reconstruct what the planet looked like 78. _____
hundreds of millions of years ago and to calculate what it will
probably look like millions of years in the future. Today,
largely with the strength of evidence gathered during the 79. _____
Glomar Challenger's voyages, nearly all earth scientists agree
with the theories of plate construction and continental 80. _____
drift that explain many of the geological processes that
shape the Earth.
Part II Translation from English to Chinese (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are five items, which you should translate into Chinese, each item consists of one or two sentence. These sentences are all taken from the reading passages you have just read in the Second Part of the Test Paper.
You are allowed 15 minutes to do the translation. You can refer back to the passages so as to identify their meanings in the context.
81. (Lines 14, Para.4, Passage 1)
Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves.
82. (Lines 46, Para.4, Passage 2)
Industries found a way to meet the new pollution laws without reducing the amount of pollution they released.
83. (Lines 35, Para.1, Passage 3)
His manifesto Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television is an American bestseller, and after eight editions is still generating concern and savage debate in the
84. (Lines 68, Para.2, Passage 3)
And, even without commercials, he sees TV as disturbing because it crams people's heads with images which alter the way they feel and behave.
85. (Lines 24, Para.3, Passage 4)
The essence of political process is the struggle between individuals and groups with different interests to gain the decision-making power.
Part III 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).
Earthquakes may rightly be ranked as one of the most devastating forces known to man: since records began to be written down, it has been estimated that earthquakerelated fatalities have numbered in the millions, and that earthquake-related destruction had been beyond calculation. The greater part of such damage and loss of life has been due to collapse of buildings and the effects of rockslides, floods, fire, disease, tsunamis (gigantic sea waves(海啸)), and other phenomena resulting from earthquakes, rather than from the quakes themselves.
The great majority of all earthquakes occur in two specific geographic areas. One such area encompasses the
This element of the unknown has for centuries added greatly to the dread and horror surrounding earthquakes, but in recent times there have been indications that earthquake prediction may be possible. By analyzing changes in animal behavior, patterns of movements in the earth's crust, variations in the force of gravity and the earth's magnetic field, and the frequency with which minor earth tremors are observed, scientists have shown increasing success in anticipating when and where earthquakes will strike. As a result, a worldwide earthquake warning network is already in operation and has helped to prepare for (and thus lessen) the vast destruction that might otherwise have been totally unexpected.
It is doubtful that man will ever be able to control earthquakes and eliminate their destructiveness altogether, but as how and why earthquakes happen become better understood, man will become more and more able to deal with their potential devastation before it occurs.
Questions:
86. The two geographical areas in which ninety per cent of all earthquakes take place include the area that encompasses the
87. According to the author, ___________________________________________
has added to the dread and horror to people.
88.The author believes that the prediction of earthquakes_______________________________________________________ .
89. The earthquake prediction rest mainly upon the observation and analysis of _____________________________________________, variations in the force of gravity and the earth's magnetic field, and the frequency with which minor earth tremors.
90. The author believes that human beings can lessen the devastation of earthquakes by _____________________________________________.
Part IV Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition according based on the topic Newspapers. Your part of writing should be no less than 120 words.
Tape scripts
Section A
Directions: (omitted)
1. W: Open wide. Now show me where it hurts.
M: Here on the bottom, especially when I bite into something hot or cold.
Q: What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
2. M: Could you please tell me where Mr. Anthony's office is?
W: Mr. Anthony's office is on the sixth floor. But the elevator can only go to the fifth. So you'll have to walk the stairs to reach there. It's the seventh room on the left.
Q: On which floor is Mr. Anthony's office?
3. W: Although Jim never means to tell, he just can't keep a secret.
M: Yes, Jim is not reliable.
Q: What can we learn from their conversation?
4. W: Have you seen the schedule of our final exam?
M: Yes. French will be next Monday, Shakespeare on Wednesday and American Literature still one day later.
Q: When are they going to have their American Literature exam?
5. W: Are you going to Sam's birthday party tonight?
M: I've my hands full with my term paper.
Q: What does the man mean?
6. M: Mike hasn't said many words today.
W: That's not like Mike. He is certainly in a bad mood.
Q: What can we learn about Mike?
7. M: Although I drove very slowly in the morning fog, I still hit a tree.
W: You can't be too careful.
Q: What does the woman mean?
8. W: The clock is out of action again. Maybe I should take it to the repairman on my way to work.
M: Why not buying a new clock?
Q: What does the man mean?
9. M: Are you going to work as a secretary after you graduate?
W: Where did you get an idea like that?
Q: What can be concluded about the woman?
10. W: Professor Richardson certainly has a good reputation in Department of Philosophy.
M: A welldeserved one. The same students who fall asleep in discussions and seminars fight for frontrow seats in his lectures.
Q: What can we learn from the conversation?
Section B
Directions: (omitted)
Passage One
Men sometimes say we are better and more lever than women. Women never invent things; we do. It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things: machines, rockets, and guns. But scientists and archaeologists now agree that women invented one very important thing. It has changed the history. They invented agriculture. Before the invention of agriculture, men were hunters. They went out every day. Sometimes they killed animals; sometimes the animals killed them. Life was difficult and then, one day, more than 10,000 years ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. She dropped them near her home in the middle east. They grew. And the first weed was born. The idea grew too. Women planted roots and fruit trees. They could stay at home and look after the children and the animals. Then their husbands did not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built villages and cities. Civilization began.
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. Which of the following was invented by women according to the talk?
12. It can be inferred from the talk that agriculture first began in which of the following regions?
13. According to the passage, when did agriculture first begin?
Passage Two
To begin with, all films were silent, and actors showed the story by acting larger than life. Charlie Chaplin was the most famous of these silent film actors. In 1926 some short films were made in which the actors spoke for the first time. Within three years nobody wanted to watch silent films although some famous actors, including Charlie Chaplin, refused to make talking films for many years.
At first all films were in black and white, but in 1932 the first color film was made. It was not until 1938 that a full-length color film was made, and the success of this film made producers everywhere change from black and white to color. This first full-length color film was translated into ten languages and made
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. What were the first films made in
15. Why making films in
16. When was the first talking films made?
17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Passage Three
A four-year study conducted by the
The above findings, based on observation of a hundred babies aged three months to three years, might prove interesting to working parents who must find day care for their babies. Family care in a private home, with several babies together, is probably the ideal way to care for babies under three. Dr. Benjamin Spock, wellknown pediatrician and author of books about babies supports the idea. He says that family day care is sounder in theory than hiring a housekeeper or a babysitter.
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. What did the study by the
19. How old are the babies being tested?
20. According to the talk, how should working parents provide care for their babies?
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参考答案及语言注释
Paper One
Part I Listening Comprehension
Section A 1.D 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.C 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.B 10.A
Section B 11.D 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.A 16.A 17.D 18.D 19.B 20. C
Section C (Compound Dictation)略
Part II Reading Comprehension
21. D。看起来似乎文章讨论的是失业将长时间成为一个严重的社会问题。但是文章真正讨论的是如何帮助失业的人们谋求工作以外的解决失业带来问题的办法。