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
.
1. A) She was given a new job. B) She was given a raise.
C) She was
criticized for being late D) She was praised for her hard work.
2. A) Whether
to employ the woman. B) Whether to toke up the new job.
C) Whether to ask for
a raise. D) Whether to buy a new house.
3. A) A teacher. B) A psychologist.
C) A librarian. D) A publisher.
4. A) To visit more places in they
city.
B) To toke a lot of pictures of the beautiful city.
C) To cake some
pictures of his friends.
D) To spare some time to meet his friends.
5. A)
In town. B) Out of town.
C) In the man' s house. D) Outside Ann's
house.
6. A) Because she feels very hot in the room.
B) Because she wants
to avoid meeting people.
C) Because she wants to smoke a cigarette
outside.
D) Because she doesn't like the smell of smoke inside.
7. A)
Painters hired by the man and woman. B) Painters hired by Mr.Jones.
C) Mi.
Jones. D) The man and the woman.
8. A) The woman enjoyed the movie very
much.
B) The woman saw a horror movie.
C) The man asked the woman to be
careful at night.
D) The man went to the show with the woman.
9. A) He
doesn't write well enough.
B) He is not a professional writer.
C) He
hasn't got any professional experience.
D) He didn't perform well in the
interview.
10. A) He hasn't think it necessary to refuel the car.
B) He
can manage to get the gasoline they need.
C) He hopes the woman will help him
select a fuel.
D) He thinks it is difficult to get fuel for the
car.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short
passages. At the end of passage , you will hear some questions. Both the passage
and the questions will be spoken only once . After you hear 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) because they can't afford to.
B) Because they
think small houses are more comfortable to live in.
C) Because big houses are
usually built in the countryside.
D) Because they prefer apartments.
12.
A) Because many young people have moved into comfortable apartments.
B)
Because many old houses in the bad part of the town are not inhabited.
C)
Because many older people sell their houses after their children leave.
D)
Because many people have quit their old house to build new ones.
13. A) They
have to do their own maintenance.
B) They have to furnish their own
houses.
C) They will find it difficult to make the rest of the payment.
D)
They will find it difficult to dispose of their old-style
furniture.
Passage Two
Question 14 to 16 are based on the passage you
have just heard.
14. A) They are not active hunters. B) They don't sleep
much.
C) They are often seen alone. D) They don't eat much.
15. A) To
catch the birds. B) To look for shade in the heat of the day.
C) To catch
other animals. D) To look for a kill made by another animal.
16. A) They are
larger in size.
B) They run faster.
C) They have to hunt more to feed the
young.
D) They are not as lazy as the males.
Passage Three
Question
17 to 20 are be on the passage you have just heard
17. A) Less than 30
minutes. B) Front 30 to 45 minutes.
C) At least 45 minutes. D) More than 45
minutes.
18. A) He should show respect for the interviewer.
B) He should
show confidence in himself.
C) He should talk enthusiastically.
D) He
should be dressed properly.
19. A) Speaking confidently but not
aggressively.
B) Talking loudly to give a lasting impression.
C) Talking a
lot about the job.
D) Speaking politely and emotionally.
20. A)
Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in job interview.
B) Finding a
job is more difficult than one can imagine.
C) A job seeker should create a
good image during an interview.
D) Self-confidence is moot important for a
job seeker.
Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Direction :
There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is following 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
through the centre .
Question 21 to 25 are based on the following
passage:
The process of perceiving other people is rarely translated (to
ourselves or other's) into cold, objective terms. "She was 5 feet 8 inches tall,
had had fair hair, and wore a colored skirt." More often, we try to get inside
the other person to pinpoint his or her attitudes, emotions, motivations,
abilities, ideas and characters. Furthermore, we sometimes behave as if we can
accomplish this difficult job very quickly -perhaps with a two-second
glance.
We try to obtain information about others in many ways. Berger
suggests several methods for reducing uncertainties about others: watching,
without being noticed, a person interacting with others, particularly with
others who are known to, can compare the observed person' s behavior with the
known other's behavior is relatively unrestrained or where a wide variety of
behavioral responses are called for; deliberately structuring the physical or
axial environment so as to observe the person's to responses to specific
stimuli; asking people who have had or have frequent contact with the person
about him or her; and using various strategies in face-to-face interaction to
uncover information about an other person--questions, self-disclosures, and so
on. Getting to know someone is a never-ending task, largely because people are
constantly changing and the methods we use to obtain information are often
imprecise. You may have known someone for ten years and still know very little
about him. If we accept the idea that we won' t ever fully know another person,
it enables us to deal more easily with those things that get in the way of
accurate knowledge such as secrets and deceptions. It will also keep us from
being too surprised or shocked by seemingly inconsistent behavior. Ironically ,
those things that keep us from knowing another person too well (e. g. , secrets
and deceptions) may be just as important to the development of a satisfying
relationship as the things that enable us to obtain accurate knowledge about a
person ( e. g. , disclosures and truthful statements).
21. The word
"pinpoint" (para. 1,) basically means _______.
A) appreciate B) obtain C)
interpret D) identify
22. What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A)
People are better described in cold, objective terms.
B) The difficulty of
getting to know a person is usually underestimated.
C) One should nor judge
people by their appearances.
D) One is usually subjective when assessing
other people' s personality.
23 . It can be inferred from Berger' s
suggestions that _______.
A) People do not reveal their true self on every
occasion.
B) in most cases we should avoid contacting the observed person
directly.
C) the best way to know a person is by making comparisons.
D)
face-to-face interaction is the best strategy to uncover information about a
person.
24 . In developing personal relationships, secrets and deceptions, in
the author's opinion, are ___________.
A) personal matters that should be
seriously dealt with
B) barriers that should be done away with
C) as
significant as disclosures and truthful statements
D) things people should
guard against
25. The author's purpose in writing the passage is
_________.
A) to give advice on appropriate conduct for social
occasions
B) to provide ways of how to obtain information about
occasions
C) to call the reader's attention to the negative side of people's
characters
D) to discuss the various aspects of getting to know
people
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
The
competition among producers of personal computers is essentially a race to get
the best, most innovative products to the marketplace. Marketers in this
environment frequently have to make a judgement as to their competitors' role
when making marketing strategy decisions. If major competitors are changing
their products, then a marketer may want to follow suit to remain competitive.
Apple Computer, Inc. has introduced two new, faster person computers, the
Macintosh II and Macintosh SE, in anticipation of the introduction of a new PC
by IBM, one of Apple' s major competitors.
Apple' s new computers are much
faster and more powerful than its earlier models. The improved Macintosh is able
to run programs that previously were impossible to run on an Apple PC, including
IBM-compatible programs. This compatibility feature illustrates computer
manufacturers' new attitude of giving customers the features they want. Malting
Apple computers capable of running IBM software is Apple' s effort at making the
Mackintosh compatible with IBM computers and thus more popular in the office,
where Apple hopes to increase sales, Users of the new Apple can also add
accessories to make their machines specialize in specific uses, such as
engineering and writing.
The new computers represent a big improvement over
past models, but they also cost much more. Company officials do not think the
higher price will slow down buyers who want to step up to a more powerful
computer. Apple wants to stay in the high price end of the personal computer
marker to finance research for even faster, more sophisticated
computers.
Even though Apple and IBM are major competitors, both companies
realize that their competitor's computers have certain features that their own
models do not. The Apple line has always been popular for its sophisticated
color graphics, where-as the IBM machines have always been favored in offices.
In the future, there will probably be more compatibility between the two
companies' products, which no doubt will require that both Apple and IBM change
marketing strategies.
26. According to the passage, Apple Computer, Inc,
has introduced the Mackintosh 11 and the Mackintosh SE because _________.
A)
IBM is changing its computer models continuously
B) it wants to make its
machines specialize in specific uses
C) it wants to stay ahead of IBM in the
competitive computer market
D) it expects its major competitor IBM to follow
its example
27. Apple hopes to increase Mackintosh sales chiefly
by_________.
A) making its new models capable of running IBM software
B)
improving the color graphics of its new models
C) copying the marketing
strategies of IBM
D) giving the customers what they want
28. Apple sells
its new computer models at a high price because.
A) they have new features
and functions
B) they are more sophisticated
C) they have new accessories
attached
D) it wants to accumulate funds for future research
29. It can be
inferred from the passage that both Apple and IBM try to gain a competitive
advantage by _________.
A) copying each other's technology
B)
incorporating features that make their products distinctive
C) making their
computers more expensive
D) making their computers run much faster
30. The
best tittle for the passage would be_________.
A) Apple's Efforts so Stay
Ahead of IBM B) Apple's New Computer Technology
C) Apple's New personal
Computers D) Apple's Research Activities
Questions 31 to 35 are based on
the following passage:
It is a curious paradox that we think of the physical
sciences as "hard" , the social sciences as "soft", and the biological sciences
as somewhere in between, This is interpreted to mean that our knowledge of
physical systems is more certain than our knowledge of biological systems, and
these in turn are more certain than our knowledge of social system. In terms of
our capacity to sample the relevant universes, however, and the probability that
our images of these universes are at least approximately correct, one suspects
that a reverse order is more reasonable. We are able to sample earth' s social
systems with some degree of confidence that we have a reasonable sample of the
total universe being investigated. Our knowledge of mal systems, therefore,
while it is in many ways extremely inaccurate, is not likely to be seriously
overturned by new discoveries. Even the folk knowledge in social systems on
which ordinary life is based in earning, spending, organizing, marrying, taking
part in political activities, fighting and so on, is not very dissimilar from
the more sophisticated images of the social system derived from the social
sciences, even though it is built upon the very imperfect samples of personal
experience.
In contrast, our image of the astronomical universe, even of
earth's geological history, can easily be subject to revolutionary changes as
new data comes in and new theories are worked out. If we define the "security"
our image of various parts of the total system as the probability of their
suffering significant changes, then we world reverse the order of hardness and
see the social sciences as the most secure, the physical sciences as the least
secure, and again the biological sciences as somewhere in between. Our image of
the astronomical universe is the least secure of all simply because we observe
such a fantastically small sample of it and its record-keeping is trivial as
compared with the rich records of the axial systems, or even the limited records
of biological systems. Records of the astronomical universe, despite the fact
that we see distant things as they were long ago, are limited in the
extreme.
Even in regard to such a close neighbour as the moon, which we have
actually visited, theories about its origin and history are extremely different,
contradictory, and hard to choose among. Our knowledge of physical evolution is
incomplete and highly Insecure.
31. The word "paradox" (Para. 1,) means
"_________" .
A) implication B) contradiction C) interpretation D)
confusion
32. According to the author, we should reverse our classification
of the physical sciences as "hard" and the mal sciences as "soft" because
_______.
A) a revere ordering will help promote the development of the
physical sciences
B) our knowledge of physical systems is more reliable than
that of axial systems
C) our understanding of the social systems is
approximately correct
D) we are better able to investigate social phenomena
than physical phenomena
33. The author believes that our knowledge of social
systems is more secure than that of physical systems because _______.
A) it
is not based on personal experience
B) new discoveries are less likely to
occur in social sciences
C) it is based on a fairly representative quantity
of date
D) the records of social systems are more reliable
34. The chances
of the physical sciences being subject to great changes are the biggest because
_______.
A) contradictory theories keep emerging all the time
B) new
information is constantly coming in
C) the direction of their development is
difficult to predict
D) our knowledge of the physical world is
inaccurate
35. We know less about the astronomical universe than we do about
any social system because _______
A) theories of it origin and history are
varied
B) our knowledge of it is highly insecure
C) only a very small
sample of it has been observed
D) few scientists are involved in the stud of
astronomy
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
In
the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today
opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been
ordered or built here in 12 years.
The greatest fear of nuclear power
opponents has always been a reactor "meltdown". Today , the chances of a
meltdown that would threaten U. S. public health are very little. But to even
further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not
on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General
Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don' t expect
them ever on U. S. shores unless things change in Washington.
The procedure
for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even
after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring
everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court.
Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of
which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every I case where a
plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted
a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the
utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.
A case in point is the Shoreham
plant on New York's Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone
plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid' 60s. Millstone, completed for $
101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however,
was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests,
drove the cost over $ 5 billion and delayed its use for many.
Shoreham
finally won it operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of
power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power
to force New York' s public-utilities commission to accept the following
settlement: the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its
consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good
facility, capable of servicing hundreds of thousands of homes, sits
rusting.
36. What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power
plants a bad dream?
A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation
Commission.
B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.
C) The
length of time it takes to make investigations.
D) The objection of the
opponents of nuclear power.
37. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that
________.
A) it is not technical difficulties that prevent the building of
nuclear power plants in the U. S.
B) there are not enough safety measures in
the U. S. for running new nuclear power plants
C) there are already more
nuclear power plants than necessary in the U. S.
D) the American government
will not allow Japanese nuclear reactors to be installed in the U. S.
38. Any
objection, however trivial it may be, can ________.
A) force the power
companies to cancel the project
B) delay the construction or operation of a
nuclear plant
C) cause a serious debate within the Nuclear Regulation
Commission
D) take the builders to court
39. Governor Mario's chief
intention in proposing the settlement was to________.
A) stop the Shoreham
plant from going into operation
B) help the power company to solve its
financial problems
C) urge the power company to solve increase its power
supply
D) permit the Shoreham plant to operate under certain
conditions
40. The author' s attitude towards the development of nuclear
power is ________.
A) negative B) neutral C) positive D)
questioning
Part III Vocabulary and Structure
Directions: There are 30
incomplete sentences in this pert . For each sentence there are four choices
marked A ) , B ) , C ) and D ) . Choose the ONE that best completes the sentence
. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line
through the centre .
41. They ________to enter the building by the back
door; however, the front door was locked.
A) weren't supposed B) wouldn't be
supposed
C) were supposed D) would be supposed
42 . ________human behavior
may be caused by eating substances that upset the delicate chemical balance in
the brain.
A) Deliberate B) Consistent C) Primitive D) Abnormal
43. The
captured criminals were ________in chains through the streets.
A) exhibited
B)displayed c) paraded o) revealed
44. In reading stories we anticipate what
is to come ________on our memory of what has gone before.
A) based B) baking
C) to base D) to be based
45. The world' s governments have done
________nothing to combat the threat of nuclear accidents.
A) inherently B)
vitally C) virtually D) identically
46. I guess Jones didn't have a chance to
win the election. Almost all of the people in the city voted for his
________.
A) candidate B) opponent C) alternative D) participant
47. The
background music in an assembly line is designed ________.
A) not being
listened to B) being not listened to
C) not to be listened to D) to be not
listened to
48. Teaching students of threshold level is hard work but the
effort is very ________.
A) precious B) rewarding C) worth D)
challenging
49. The boy students in this school are nearly ________as the
girl students to say they intend to get a college degree in business.
A) as
likely twice B) likely as twice
C) as twice likely C) twice as likely
50.
The explorer lost his way so he climbed to the ton of the hill to
________himself.
A)spot B) locate C) place D) situate
51. The city has
decided to ________ smoking.
A) do away with B) take away C) get away with D)
pat away
52. Perhaps it wouldn't be ________to go and see such a film.
A)
worthy you while B) worth of while
C) worthy of while D) worth your
while
53 . The old building is in a good state of ________except for the
wooden floors.
A) observation B) preservation C) conservation D)
compensation
54. While some office jobs would seem ________to many people,
there are quite a few jobs that are stimulating, exciting and satisfying.
A)
hostile B) tedious C) fantastic D) courageous
55. ________she wondered if she
had made a mistake.
A) Not until long afterwards that B) Not long until
afterwards
C) It was not until long afterwards that D) It was long afterwards
until
56. The people who objected to the new approach were told that since
work had already started there was no point in ________.
A) denying B)
upsetting C) protesting D) competing
57. The ceremony will ________as soon as
the minister arrives.
A) complete B) upsetting C) disperse D) descend
58.
So confused ________that he didn't know how to start his lecture.
A) since he
became B) would he become
C) that he became D) did he become
59. Since the
couple could not ________their differences, they decided to get a
divorce.
A)reconcile B) comply C) coincide D) resign
60 After the
collision, he examined the considerable ________to his car.
A) ruin B)
destruction C) damage D) injury
61. Output is now six times ________it was
before 1990.
A) that B) what C) that which D) of that
62. The heavily
populated area was a breeding place for ________diseases.
A) infectious B)
powerful C) influential D) suspicious
63. It is unfortunate that, owing to
lack of money, these experiments must now be ________before the objective has
been achieved.
A) transferred B) testified C) terminated D)
transformed
64. The synthetic vitamins are identical ________those naturally
present in our achieved.
A) for B) of C) as D) with
65. Just as a book is
often judged ________by the quality and appearance of its cover, a person is
judged immediately by his appearance.
A) previously B) uniquely C) outwardly
D) initially
66. Recycling wastes slows down the rate ________which we use up
the Earth' s finite resources.
A) in B) of C) with D) at
67. Gasoline is
________by the spark plugs in the engine.
A) ignited B) inspired C) excited
D) illuminated
68. He ________another career but, at the time, he didn't have
enough money to attend graduate school.
A) might have chosen B) might
choose
C) had to choose D) must have chosen
69. Many visitors praised the
magnificent architecture of the Palace, ________.
A) known to foreigners for
the Forbidden City
B) known for foreigners to be the Forbidden City
C)
known to foreigners as the Forbidden City
D) known for foreigners as the
Forbidden City
70. The trav elers ________their journey after a short
break.
A) recovered B) resumed C) renewed D) restored
Part IV Error
Correction ( 15 minutes)
Directions: This pert consists of a short passage.
In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes , one in each numbered line
.You may haw to change a word , add a word or delete a word . If you change a
word , cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank . If
you add a word , put an insertion mark (∧) in the correct place and write the
missing word in the blank . If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to
put a slash (/) in the blank .
Example :
Television is rapidly
becoming the literature of our per/iods. Many of 1 . time
the arguments
__having__ used for the study of literature as a school 2 . /
subject are
valid for study of television. 3. the
We are all naturally attracted to
people with ideas, beliefs and
interests like our own. Similarly, we fed
comfortable with people
with physical qualities similar as ours. 71 .
_____
You may have noticed about how people who live or work 72 .
_____
closely together come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciously
we
copy these we are close to or love or admire. So a sportsman's individual
73. _____
way of walking with raised shoulders is imitated by an admired 74 .
_____
fan; a pair of lovers both shake their heads in the same way;
an
employer finds himself duplicating his boss's habit of wagging 75 .
_____
a pen between his fingers while thinking.
In every case, the
influential person may consciously notice the 76 . _____
imitation but he
will feel comfortably in its presence. And if he does 77 . _____
notice the
matching of his gestures or movements, he finds it pleasing
he is influencing
people: they are drawn to them. 78 . _____
Sensitive people have been
mirroring their friend and acquaintances 79 . _____
all their lives, and
winning affection and respect in this way
without aware of their Now, for
people who want to win 80 . _____
agreement or trust, affection or sympathy,
some psychologists
recommend the deliberate use of physical
imitation.
Part V Writing (30 minutes)
Directions : For this part ,
you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My View on
the Negative Effects of Some Advertisements . You should write at least 120
words and you should abase your composition on the outline ( given in Chinese )
below :
1. 现有一些不良的商业广告
2. 这些广告的副作用和危害性
3. 我对这些广告的态度
My View on the
Negative Effects of Some Advertisements
Part I (略)
Part II Reading Comprehension (35
minutes)
21. D 22. B 23. B 24. C 25. D
26. C 27. A 28. D 29. B 30.
A
31. B 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C
36. D 37. A 38. B 39. A 40. B
Part
III Vocabulary and Structure
41. A 42. D 43. C 44. A 45. C
46. A 47. C 48.
B 49. D 50. B
51. A 52. D 53. B 54. B 55. C
56. C 57. B 58. D 59. A 60.
C
61. B 62. A 63. C 64. D 65. C
66. D 67. A 68. A 69. C 70. B
Part
IV Error Correction
71. as->to
72. 省略about
73. these ->
those
74. admired -> admiring
75. employer -> employee
76.
consciously -> unconsicously
77. comfortably -> comfortable
78. them
-> him
79. friend -> friends
80. without aware -> without being
aware
Part V Writing
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