新理念5.0英语学习大厅综合教程第三册(Unit7)
激烈的运动会-河南省税务局
综合教程部分
第七单元
:
卷A
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Part I Listening
Comprehension ( 12 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1
to 6 are based on Text A
while the rest are
based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY
ONCE. Listen carefully and
decide whether each
statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: With his mother’s encouragement, Porter
refused to give in and proved that he was
not
stupid and could live independently.
正确答案: A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was born paralyzed
and he had to take several surgeries during his
childhood.
正确答案: B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script:
Porter was placed in a class for the disabled kids
in Lincoln High School.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: It was very hard for Porter
to get a job as salesman and he had to work in the
section
that no salesman wanted.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter valued his
appearance and he had his shoes shined every day.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: The woman
bought Porter’s laundry soap just out of sympathy.
正确答案: B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: On our way
home, my father and I talked nothing but the
baseball team.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father thought an education would
somehow rocket me into the upwardly mobile.
正确答案: A
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: After long-time
preparation, my father succeeded in the civil-
service bricklayer
foreman’s test.
正确答案: B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father was
envious of me because I could do what I like and
got paid for it.
正确答案: A
Section B
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 with the
exact words you have just heard. Finally,
when
the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
The rat race is often thought of as being
(11)_________________ with the
corporate
environment where the company tries to
(12)_________________ the most productivity
out of its workers.
With a
(13)_________________ like that, it is no
(14)_________________ that
many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的) modern life begin to question our
(15)_________________
about work and begin
seeking better (16)_________________ to escape the
rat race. Can one
make a living if one is to
leave the rat race? How?
One way
is to become (17)_________________ and work for
oneself — such as a
freelance (自由职业的) writer,
web designer, consultant, etc. Another is to
switch to a less
demanding job, to a job where
one is (18)_________________ , or to a job that
requires less
hours.
Many
tried and left the rat race. Some succeed and make
more than before. Some
end up making less, but
happier. Some failed and have to return back to
the rat race. Upon
searching through the
Internet and books, one will find many who have
found ways to
(19)_________________ without
the rat race. However, this does not give an
accurate percentage
of those who succeeded
versus (20)_________________ . It is typically
those who made it that are
the ones in the
news and media.
Script: The
rat race is often thought of as being associated
with the corporate
environment where the
company tries to squeeze the most productivity out
of its workers.
With a definition
like that, it is no wonder that many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的)
modern life begin to question
our attitudes about work and begin seeking better
alternatives to
escape the rat race. Can one
make a living if one is to leave the rat race?
How?
One way is to become self-
employed and work for oneself — such as a
freelance
(自由职业的) writer, web designer,
consultant, etc. Another is to switch to a less
demanding job,
to a job where one is following
one’s passion, or to a job that requires less
hours.
Many tried and left the rat
race. Some succeed and make more than before. Some
end up making less, but happier. Some
failed and have to return back to the rat race.
Upon
searching through the Internet and books,
one will find many who have found ways to make a
living without the rat race. However, this
does not give an accurate percentage of those who
succeeded versus those who failed. It is
typically those who made it that are the ones in
the news
and media.
正确答案:
associated
正确答案: squeeze
正确答案: definition
正确答案: wonder
正确答案: attitudes
正确答案:
alternatives
正确答案: self-employed
正确答案: following one’s passion
正确答案: make a living
正确答案: those who
failed
Part II Reading
Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, there is a passage with several blanks.
You are required to select
one word for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
following the passage. Read
the passage
through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in the bank is identified by
a letter.
You may not use any of the words in the bank more
than once.
On the 7:45
bus that stops across the street, he leaves his
briefcase next to the
driver and finds a seat
in the middle of 21 bored teenagers.
He leans forward, stares toward the driver, sits
back, then repeats the process. His
22
makes him laugh uncontrollably. The teenagers
stare at him. They don’t realize Porter’s
afraid someone will 23 his
briefcase, with the glasses, brochures, order
forms and clip-on
tie that he needs to 24
.
Porter 25 the stares. He
looks at the floor.
His face 26
nothing. In his heart, though, he knows he should
have been
like these kids, like everyone on
this bus. He’s not angry. But he knows. His mother
explained
how the 27 had been difficult,
how the doctor had used an instrument that crushed
a
section of his brain and caused cerebral
palsy, a 28 of the nervous system that
affects his
speech, hands and walk.
Porter came to Portland when he was 13 after his
father, a salesman, was 29
here. He
attended a school for the 30 and then Lincoln
High School, where he was placed
in a class
for slow kids.
But he wasn’t slow.
A) steal B) disorder C) repression D)
a pack of
E) transferred F) survive G)
senses H) nervousness
I) scores of J)
leave alone K) intimidate L) triumph
M)
delivery N) reveals O) disabled
21.
______________________
正确答案: D
22. ______________________
正确答案: H
23. ______________________
正确答案: A
24.
______________________
正确答案: F
25. ______________________
正确答案: G
26. ______________________
正确答案: N
27.
______________________
正确答案: M
28. ______________________
正确答案: B
29. ______________________
正确答案: E
30.
______________________
正确答案: O
Section B
Directions:
There are several 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.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based
on the following passage.
A new era is coming with a fundamental change in
the way of work, in our
industrialized world.
Call it what you will: the service economy, the
information age, the
knowledge society. It all
translates to a fundamental change in the way we
work. Already we’re
partly there. The
percentage of people who earn their living by
making things has fallen
dramatically in the
Western World. Today the majority of jobs in
America, Europe and Japan (two
thirds or more
in many of these countries) are in the service
industry, and the number is on the rise.
More
women are in the work force than ever before.
There are more and more part-time jobs, and
a
growing number of people who are self-employed.
But the breadth of the economic
transformation
can’t be measured by numbers alone, because it
also is giving rise to a radical new
way of
thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-
held notions about jobs and careers, the
skills needed to succeed, even the relation
between individuals and employers — all these are
being challenged.
We have only
to look behind us to get some sense of what may
lie ahead. No one
looking ahead 20 years
possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a
single invention, the
chip (集成块), would
transform our world thanks to its applications in
personal computers, digital
communications and
factory robots. Tomorrow’s achievements in
biotechnology, artificial
intelligence or even
some still unimagined technology could produce a
similar wave of dramatic
changes like
the invention of the microchip. But one thing is
certain: information and knowledge
will become
even more vital, and people who possess it,
whether they work in manufacturing or
services, will have the advantage and produce
the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as
basic a requirement as the ability to read and
write.
So the whole world will be
computerized and some people will adapt, others
won’t.
But hopefully not all work will be
equal. Some people argued, that people no longer
should be
classified as white or blue collar,
manager or laborer, but rather as knowledge and
service workers.
The ability to solve problems
by applying information instead of performing
routine tasks will be
valued above all else.
But there will be a future in manufacturing, and
the reason for that, is the
move away from
standardized production and toward more flexible,
customized manufacturing.
To survive, the
workers have to think of new ways to meet the
changing demands of customers.
31.
A characteristic of the
information age is that ________.
A) the
service industry is relying more and more on the
female work force
B) manufacturing
industries are steadily increasing
C)
people find it harder and harder to earn a living
by working in factories
D) most of the
job opportunities can now be found in the service
industry
正确答案: D
32.
One of the great changes brought about by
the knowledge society is that ________.
A)
the difference between the employee and the
employer has become insignificant
B)
people’s traditional concepts about work no longer
hold true
C) most people have to take
part-time jobs
D) people have to change
their jobs from time to time
正确答案:
B
33.
By referring to
computers and other inventions, the author means
to say that ________.
A) people should be
able to respond quickly to the advancement of
technology
B) future achievements in
technology will bring about inconceivable dramatic
changes
C) the importance of high
technology has been overlooked
D)
computer science will play a leading role in the
future information services
正确答案: B
34.
The future will
probably belong to those who ________.
A)
possess and know how to make use of information
B) give full play to their brain potential
C) involve themselves in service
industries
D) cast their minds ahead
instead of looking back
正确答案: A
35.
Which of the
following would be the best title for the passage?
A) Computers and the Knowledge Society
B) Service Industries in Modern Society
C) Features and Implications of the New
Era
D) Rapid Advancement of Information
Technology
正确答案: C
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based
on the following passage.
When global warming finally came, it stuck with a
vengeance. In some regions,
temperatures rose
several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels
shot up nearly 400 feet,
flooding coastal
settlements and forcing people to migrate inland.
Deserts spread throughout the
world as
vegetation shifted drastically in North America,
Europe and Asia. After driving many of
the
animals around them to near extinction, people
were forced to abandon their old way of life for
a radically new survival strategy that
resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The
adaptation
was farming: the global-warming
crisis that gave rise to it happened more than
10,000 years ago.
As
environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this
week to ponder the global
climate of the
future, earth scientists are in the midst of a
revolution in understanding how climate
has
changed in the past — and how those changes have
transformed human existence. Researchers
have
begun to piece together an illuminating picture of
the powerful geological and astronomical
forces that have combined to change the
planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry
and
back again over a time period stretching
back hundreds of millions of year.
Most importantly, scientists are beginning to
realize that the climatic changes have
had a
major impact on the evolution of the human
species. New research now suggests that
climate shifts have played a key role in
nearly every significant turning point in human
evolution:
from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物)
some 65 million years ago to human ancestors
rising up
to walk on two legs, from the huge
expansion of the human brain to the rise of
agriculture. Indeed,
the human history has not
been merely touched by global climate change, some
scientists argue, it
has in some instances
been driven by it.
The new
research has profound implications for the
environmental summit in Rio.
Among other
things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic
climate change is nothing new for
planet
Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that
has existed over the past 10,000 years
—
during which agriculture, writing, cities and most
other features of civilization appeared — is a
mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of
widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the
pattern or climate change in the past
reveals that Earth’s climate will almost certainly
go through
dramatic changes in the future —
even without the influence of human activity.
36.
Farming emerged as a
survival strategy because man had been obliged
_______________.
A) to give up his former
way of life
B) to leave the coastal
areas
C) to follow the ever-shifting
vegetation
D) to abandon his original
settlement
正确答案: A
37.
Earth scientists have come to understand
that climate _______________.
A) is going
through a fundamental change
B) has been
getting warmer for 10,000 years
C) will
eventually change from hot to cold
D)
has gone through periodical changes
正确答案: D
38.
Scientists
believe that human evolution _______________.
A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changes
B) has exerted little influence on
climatic changes
C) has largely been
affected by climatic changes
D) has had
a major impact on climatic changes
正确答案: C
39.
Evidence of
past climatic changes indicates that
_______________.
A) human activities have
accelerated changes of Earth’s environment
B) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite
human interference
C) Earth’s climate is
bound to change significantly in the future
D) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo
substantial changes in the future
正确答案: C
40.
The message
the author wishes to convey in the passage is that
_______________.
A) human civilization
remains glorious though it is affected by climatic
changes
B) mankind is virtually helpless
in the face of the dramatic changes of climate
C) man has to limit his activities
to slow down the global warming process
D) human civilization will continue to develop in
spite of the changes of nature
正确答案: B
Part III
Vocabulary and Structure ( 13 minutes )
Directions: There are a number
of 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.
41.
Jim took it into his head to give up his good job
and __________ for a holiday with a
relative.
A) go in
B) go along
C) go off
D) go down
正确答案: C
42.
Sickness had
robbed her of her confidence that she could carry
the ____________ .
A) load
B)
stretch
C) contents
D) base
正确答案: A
43.
It’s no good arguing with him since he is
____________ of seeing anyone else's point of
view.
A) invaluable
B)
incapable
C) inseparable
D)
incredible
正确答案: B
44.
Many colonies in Africa
became ____________ nations in the 1950s.
A) essential
B) exceptional
C)
primitive
D) independent
正确答案: D
45.
According to
the police, his attackers beat him with a(n)
____________ instrument.
A) insane
B) unbiased
C) blunt
D)
prospective
正确答案: C
46.
We must ________ for work at the
employment agency first.
A) apply
B) register
C) ask
D) inquire
正确答案: B
47.
American football and baseball are becoming known
to the British public through televised
________ from the United States.
A)
transfer
B) deliveries
C)
transportation
D) transmissions
正确答案: A
48.
His
accent at once ________ the fact that he was a
foreigner.
A) exposed
B) pointed
at
C) revealed to
D) betrayed
正确答案: D
49.
The government decided to ________ prices
for six months.
A) freeze
B)
freeze out
C) freeze over
D)
frozen
正确答案: A
50.
After a short holiday, he ________ himself
once more to his studies.
A) conducted
B) engaged
C) applied
D) acquainted
正确答案: C
51.
A train of strikes have ________
some basic industries in that country.
A)
crippled
B) changed
C)
decreased
D) blocked
正确答案: A
52.
As you
become older, your ______ get(s) stiffer.
A) beard
B) liver
C) joints
D) kidney
正确答案: C
53.
The massed crowds of
supporters ______ him a hero's welcome.
A)
quoted
B) condemned
C)
accorded
D) commented
正确答案: C
54.
There is
culture in general, and then there are the ______
cultures such as Russian, American,
British,
Hottentot, Inca.
A) identical
B)
ancient
C) specific
D)
persistent
正确答案: C
55.
She works in the ______ department of a
big store.
A) literature
B)
stationery
C) institution
D)
transplantation
正确答案: B
56.
Well, he was certainly a good
______ — he nearly talked me into buying that
coat!
A) veterinarian
B)
salesman
C) coastguardsman
D)
loudspeaker
正确答案: B
57.
The car came to a halt ______ to
prevent an accident.
A) in essence
B) in secret
C) for once
D) in
time
正确答案: D
58.
If he were to come tomorrow, I ______ him
to help me with my study.
A) will ask
B) shall ask
C) should
ask
D) should have asked
正确答案: C
59.
________ I
came tomorrow instead of this afternoon?
A) Only if
B) If what
C) What
if
D) Which if
正确答案: C
60.
He formed the habit
of taking long ______ walks through the street.
A) solid
B) solitary
C) sociable
D) solo
正确答案:
B
Part IV Translation (
10 minutes )
Directions:
Complete the sentences by translating into English
the Chinese given in brackets.
61. ____________________(他们本来打算要买幢房子), but
eventually they bought a flat.
正确答案:
They started out wanting a house
62.
Always young in spirit, ____________________
(那位年长者仿佛觉得自己还完全是
个年轻人).
正确答案: the
elderly man felt for all the world as if he were
still a young man
63.
____________________ (我们原则上同意你的方法), but we
reserved our idea.
正确答案: We agreed in
principle to your method
64. Young people
enjoy the program very much ____________________
(因为流行音乐占
了该节目的百分之三十).
正确答案:
as pop music takes up thirty percent of it
65. She is the kind of person who will
____________________ (为一件小事就大吵大闹).
正确答案: kick up a fuss about a very trivial matter
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Part I Listening Comprehension ( 12 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear ten
statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A
while the rest are based on Text B. Each
statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully
and
decide whether each statement is true or
false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: With his mother’s
encouragement, Porter refused to give in and
proved that he was
not stupid and could live
independently.
正确答案: A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was born paralyzed and he had to
take several surgeries during his childhood.
正确答案: B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was
placed in a class for the disabled kids in Lincoln
High School.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: It
was very hard for Porter to get a job as salesman
and he had to work in the section
that no
salesman wanted.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter valued his appearance and he had
his shoes shined every day.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: The woman bought Porter’s laundry
soap just out of sympathy.
正确答案: B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: On our way home, my father and I
talked nothing but the baseball team.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father thought an
education would somehow rocket me into the
upwardly mobile.
正确答案: A
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: After long-time preparation, my father
succeeded in the civil-service bricklayer
foreman’s test.
正确答案: B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father was envious of me
because I could do what I like and got paid for
it.
正确答案: A
Section
B
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 with the exact words you
have just heard. Finally,
when the passage is
read for the third time, you should check what you
have written.
Do you
have a hobby or pastime that you would love to do
as your job or business?
Well now with the
(11)_________________ of blogging and Web 2.0 that
dream has come true
for many.
With blogging you can write about the things you
know and are good at, like auto
repair,
knitting, (12)_________________ design, cooking
and thousands of other topics. You can
set up
a blog for (13)_________________ at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属)
(14)_________________ to
sell related products on your blog. You then write
posts
(15)_________________ a problem, a free
solution or advice and then (16)_________________
a
paid solution that is either faster or
better in some way and put the link to the
affiliate
(17)_________________ in your blog
post. People will click on it and if they purchase
the
product you will (18)_________________
usually from 30% to 100% of the purchase price.
The
next step is to get people to see your
post. Use a free service that notifies the search
engines that
you have a new post. The search
engines (19)_________________ and will come to
your blog
within a couple of hours to index
it. After pinging, you need to place links to your
post on over 47
social bookmarking sites where
people go to find info on a variety of subjects.
The key is to write
interesting posts, catchy
titles and (20)_________________ with your
description.
Script: Do you
have a hobby or pastime that you would love to do
as your job or
business? Well now with the
advent of blogging and Web 2.0 that dream has come
true for many.
With blogging you
can write about the things you know and are good
at, like auto
repair, knitting, interior
design, cooking and thousands of other topics. You
can set up a blog for
free at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属) accounts to sell related
products on your
blog. You then write posts
detailing a problem, a free solution or advice and
then mention a paid
solution that is either
faster or better in some way and put the link to
the affiliate program in your
blog
post. People will click on it and if they purchase
the product you will get a commission
usually
from 30% to 100% of the purchase price. The next
step is to get people to see your post.
Use a
free service that notifies the search engines that
you have a new post. The search engines
love
blog posts and will come to your blog within a
couple of hours to index it. After pinging, you
need to place links to your post on over 47
social bookmarking sites where people go to find
info
on a variety of subjects. The key is to
write interesting posts, catchy titles and arouse
their
curiosity with your description.
正确答案: advent
正确答案: interior
正确答案: free
正确答案:
accounts
正确答案: detailing
正确答案: mention
正确答案: program
正确答案: get a commission
正确答案: love
blog posts
正确答案: arouse their
curiosity
Part II
Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions:
In this section, there is a passage with several
blanks. You are required to select
one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a
word bank following the passage. Read
the
passage through carefully before making your
choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by
a letter. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
The alarm rings. It’s 5:45. He could 21 under
the covers, listening to the
radio and a
weatherman who 22 rain. People would
understand. He knows that.
A surgeon’s scar 23 his lower back. The
fingers on his right hand are so
24 that
he can’t tie his shoes. Some days, he feels like
25 . But his dead mother’s
challenge echoes
in his soul. So, too, do the voices of those who
believed him stupid, incapable of
living 26
. All his life he’s struggled to prove them wrong.
He will not quit.
And so Bill
Porter rises.
He takes the first
27 steps on a journey to Portland’s streets,
the battlefield
where he fights alone for his
independence and dignity. He’s a door-to-door
salesman. Sixty-three
years old. And his
enemies — a 28 body that betrays him and a
changing world that no
longer needs him — are
gaining on him.
With 29 hands
he assembles his weapons: dark slacks, blue shirt
and
matching jacket, brown tie, tan raincoat
and hat. Image, he believes, is everything.
He stops in the entryway, picks up his briefcase
and steps outside. A fall wind has
30 .
The weatherman was right. He pulls his raincoat
tighter.
A) predicts B) victory C)
surrendering D) has access to
E) twisted
F) linger G) independently H) kicked up
I)
sharp increase J) crippled K) atmosphere L) cuts
across
M) unsteady N) trembling O)
eloquent
21. ______________________
正确答案: F
22.
______________________
正确答案: A
23. ______________________
正确答案: L
24. ______________________
正确答案: E
25.
______________________
正确答案: C
26. ______________________
正确答案: G
27. ______________________
正确答案: M
28.
______________________
正确答案: J
29. ______________________
正确答案: N
30. ______________________
正确答案: H
Section B
Directions: There are several
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.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following
passage.
Pop stars
today enjoy a style of living which was once the
prerogative only of
Royalty. Wherever they go,
people turn out in their thousands to greet them.
The stars are
transported in their chauffeur
driven Rolls-Royces, private helicopters or
executive airplanes. All
their comings and
goings are reported, for, like Royalty, pop stars
are news. If they enjoy many of
the privileges
of Royalty, they certainly share many of the
inconveniences as well. They must be
constantly shielded from the adoring crowds
which idolize them. They are no longer private
individuals, but public property. The
financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice
cannot be
calculated, for their rates of pay
are astronomical.
And why not?
Society has always rewarded its top entertainers
lavishly. The great
days of Hollywood have
become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame,
wealth and adulation on
an unprecedented
scale. By today’s standards, the excesses of
Hollywood do not seem quite so
spectacular. A
single gramophone record nowadays may earn much
more in royalties than the
films of the past
ever did. The competition for the title “Top of
the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards
are truly
colossal.
It is only right that
the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t the
top men in
industry earn enormous salaries for
the services they perform to their companies and
their
countries? Pop stars earn vast
sums in foreign currency — often more than large
industrial
concerns — and the taxman can only
be grateful for their massive annual contributions
to the
national treasury. So who would
begrudge them their rewards?
People who make envious remarks should remember
that the most famous stars
represent only the
tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there
are hundreds of others struggling
to earn a
living. A man working in a steady job and looking
forward to a pension at the end of it
has no
right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen
security and peace of mind, so there will
always be a limit to what he can earn. But a
man who attempts to become a star is taking
enormous risks. He knows at the beginning that
only a handful of competitors ever get to the very
top. He knows that years of concentrated
effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But
he
knows, too, that the rewards for success
are very high indeed: they are the recompense for
the
huge risks involved and if he achieves
them, he has certainly earned them. That’s the
essence of
private enterprise.
31.
The sentence “Pop stars
today enjoy a style of living which was once the
prerogative only of
Royalty” means
____________.
A) their life is as
luxurious as that of royalty
B) they
enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty
C) they are rather rich
D) their
way of living is the same as that of the royalty
正确答案: B
32.
What is the author’s attitude toward top stars’
high income?
A) Approval.
B)
Disapproval.
C) Ironical.
D)
Critical.
正确答案: A
33.
What can be inferred from the last
paragraph?
A) There exists fierce
competition in climbing to the top.
B)
People are blind in idolizing stars.
C)
Successful pop stars give great entertainment.
D) The tax the pop stars have paid is
great.
正确答案: A
34.
From the passage, we can learn that
_________________.
A) successful men
should get high-income repayment
B) pop
stars make a great contribution to a country
C) pop stars can enjoy the life of royalty
D) successful men represent the tip of the
iceberg
正确答案: D
35.
Which paragraph covers the main idea?
A) The first.
B) The second.
C) The third.
D) The fourth.
正确答案: D
Passage Two
Questions
36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Imagine eating
everything delicious you want — with none of the
fat. That would
be great, wouldn’t it?
New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves
in the United States recently, but
not
everyone is happy about it. Makers of the
products, which contain a compound called olestra
(人造脂肪), say food manufacturers can now
eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics,
however,
say the new compound can rob the body
of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) and can
also
cause unpleasant side effects in some
people. So it’s up to consumers to decide whether
the new
fat-free products taste good enough to
keep eating.
Chemists discovered
olestra in the late 1960s, when they were
searching for a fat
that could be digested by
infants more easily. Instead of finding the
desired fat, the researchers
created a fat
that can’t be digested at all.
Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠)
and break them down so they can be used by the
body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of
three molecules of substances called fatty
acids.
The fatty acids are
absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the
essential
vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat
molecules are present in the intestines with any
of those
vitamins, the vitamins attach to the
molecules and are carried into the bloodstream.
Olestra, which is made from six to
eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for
the intestines to absorb. It just slides
through the intestines without being broken down.
Manufacturers say it’s that ability to slide
unchanged through the intestines that makes
olestra so
valuable as a fat substitute. It
provides consumers with the taste of regular fat
without any bad
effects on the body. But
critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E,
and K from being
absorbed. It can also
prevent the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素),
compounds that may
reduce the risk of cancer,
heart disease, etc.
Manufacturers
are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as
carotenoids to their
products now. Even so,
some nutritionists are still concerned that people
might eat unlimited
amounts of food made with
the fat substitute without worrying about how many
calories they are
consuming.
36.
We learn from the passage that
olestra is a substance that ______________.
A) contains plenty of nutrients
B)
renders foods calorie-free while retaining their
vitamins
C) makes foods easily
digestible
D) makes foods fat-free while
keeping them delicious
正确答案: D
37.
The result of the search for
an easily digestible fat turned out to be
______________.
A) commercially useless
B) just as anticipated
C)
somewhat controversial
D) quite
unexpected
正确答案: D
38.
Olestra is different from ordinary fats in
that ______________.
A) it passes through
the intestines without being absorbed
B)
it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the
body
C) it helps reduce the incidence of
heart disease
D) it prevents excessive
intake of vitamins
正确答案: A
39.
What is a possible negative
effect of olestra according to some critics?
A) It may impair the digestive system.
B) It may affect the overall fat intake.
C) It may increase the risk of cancer.
D) It may spoil the consumers’ appetite.
正确答案: C
40.
Why are nutritionists concerned about adding
vitamins to olestra?
A) It may lead to
the over-consumption of vitamins.
B)
People may be induced to eat more than what is
necessary.
C) The function of the
intestines may be weakened.
D) It may
trigger a new wave of fake food production.
正确答案: B
Part III
Vocabulary and Structure ( 13 minutes )
Directions: There are a number
of 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.
41.
His speech was interesting but his ____________
was poor.
A) deposit
B) delivery
C) definition
D) diversion
正确答案: B
42.
He died suddenly, leaving his financial affairs in
complete ____________.
A) disorder
B) consumption
C) reluctance
D) confusion
正确答案: A
43.
You are wanted _______ the
phone.
A) on
B) by
C)
through
D) down
正确答案: A
44.
The studios
pay very little attention to the low-budget movies
that used to be so ________ for
the studios.
A) advantageous
B) profitable
C) beneficial
D) helpful
正确答案: B
45.
He
________ his head, wondering how to solve the
problem.
A) scrapped
B) screwed
C) scraped
D) scratched
正确答案: D
46.
He
tried very hard to ________ his university in the
United States.
A) put through
B)
go through
C) put over
D) put
down
正确答案: A
47.
I couldn’t present myself, but I sent my
________ to the meeting.
A) delegate
B) specimen
C) representative
D) representation
正确答案: C
48.
Every member of
society has to make a ________ to struggle for the
freedom of the country.
A) pledge
B) resolve
C) guarantee
D) warranty
正确答案: A
49.
She lay down to rest her tired
and aching ______.
A) scars
B)
geniuses
C) limbs
D) lambs
正确答案: C
50.
The police arranged to ______ with their informant
at a disused warehouse.
A) rendezvous
B) assembled
C) clustered
D) register
正确答案: A
51.
Steve prepared his breakfast and
then sat down with his wife. She gave him a(n)
______ of
the newspaper and they both tried to
read for a few moments.
A) strap
B) section
C) instance
D)
joint
正确答案: B
52.
The women got on the bus, _______.
A) with babies in arm
B) babies in their
arms
C) their babies in arm
D)
baby in arm
正确答案: D
53.
________ I came tomorrow instead
of this afternoon?
A) Only if
B) If what
C) What if
D) Which if
正确答案: C
54.
They took away the knife for
fear that the child ______ himself.
A)
would harm
B) should harm
C)
harms
D) harmed
正确答案: B
55.
Take this large box
and _______ you can find enough space.
A)
put it which place
B) put it in which
C) put it wherever
D) put it
whereabout
正确答案: C
56.
The radio carries a twelve month's ______.
A) protection
B) guarantee
C) guard
D) promise
正确答案: B
57.
He has been
______ for several months with a sprained back.
A) laid up
B) laid down
C) laid in
D) laid over
正确答案: A
58.
Several people were ________ to death as they
tried to escape from the burning theatre.
A) crushed
B) crashed
C)
cracked
D) shattered
正确答案: A
59.
Many
salesmen receive a _______ of 10 per cent on all
sales made.
A) committee
B)
commission
C) commodity
D)
commerce
正确答案: B
60.
She wants to have dates, but her mother
_______.
A) won't let to
B)
won't let she to
C) will not let her
D) will not let having
正确答案: C
Part IV
Translation ( 10 minutes )
Directions: Translate the following sentences into
English (with the given words or phrases).
61. 球赛后他徘徊不去,希望能见到他最喜欢的球员。
________________________________________
正确答案: He lingered after the match, hoping to meet
his favorite football player.
62.
他倾斜着瓶子,把酒倒在我杯子里。
________________________________________
正确答案: He tilted the bottle and
poured the wine into my glass.
63.
老板把他调到了另一个部门。
________________________________________
正确答案: His boss transferred him to another
department.
64. 限于篇幅,本文将不涉及这一问题。
________________________________________
正确答案: This paper will not touch on
this issue owing to the limitation of space.
65. 大多数厂家提供各种服务,包括免费送货上门。
________________________________________
正确答案: Most companies offer a variety of services
including free home delivery.
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Part I
Listening Comprehension ( 13 minutes )
Section A
Directions:
In this section, you will hear ten statements.
Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A
while the
rest are based on Text B. Each statement will be
read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully and
decide
whether each statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: With his mother’s encouragement,
Porter refused to give in and proved that he was
not stupid and could live independently.
正确答案: A
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was
born paralyzed and he had to take several
surgeries during his childhood.
正确答案:
B
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was placed in a class for
the disabled kids in Lincoln High School.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: It was very hard
for Porter to get a job as salesman and he had to
work in the section
that no salesman wanted.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter
valued his appearance and he had his shoes shined
every day.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: The
woman bought Porter’s laundry soap just out of
sympathy.
正确答案: B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: On
our way home, my father and I talked nothing but
the baseball team.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father thought an education
would somehow rocket me into the upwardly mobile.
正确答案: A
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: After long-
time preparation, my father succeeded in the
civil-service bricklayer
foreman’s test.
正确答案: B
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father was
envious of me because I could do what I like and
got paid for it.
正确答案: A
Section B
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 with the
exact words you have just heard. Finally,
when
the passage is read for the third time, you should
check what you have written.
Do you have a hobby or pastime that you would love
to do as your job or business?
Well now with
the (11)_________________ of blogging and Web 2.0
that dream has come true
for many.
With blogging you can write about the things you
know and are good at, like auto
repair,
knitting, (12)_________________ design, cooking
and thousands of other topics. You can
set up
a blog for (13)_________________ at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属)
(14)_________________ to
sell related products on your blog. You then write
posts
(15)_________________ a problem, a free
solution or advice and then (16)_________________
a
paid solution that is either faster or
better in some way and put the link to the
affiliate
(17)_________________ in your blog
post. People will click on it and if they purchase
the
product you will (18)_________________
usually from 30% to 100% of the purchase price.
The
next step is to get people to see your
post. Use a free service that notifies the search
engines that
you have a new post. The search
engines (19)_________________ and will come to
your blog
within a couple of hours to index
it. After pinging, you need to place links to your
post on over 47
social bookmarking
sites where people go to find info on a variety of
subjects. The key is to write
interesting
posts, catchy titles and (20)_________________
with your description.
Script:
Do you have a hobby or pastime that you would love
to do as your job or
business? Well now with
the advent of blogging and Web 2.0 that dream has
come true for many.
With blogging
you can write about the things you know and are
good at, like auto
repair, knitting, interior
design, cooking and thousands of other topics. You
can set up a blog for
free at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属) accounts to sell related
products on your
blog. You then write posts
detailing a problem, a free solution or advice and
then mention a paid
solution that is either
faster or better in some way and put the link to
the affiliate program in your
blog post.
People will click on it and if they purchase the
product you will get a commission
usually from
30% to 100% of the purchase price. The next step
is to get people to see your post.
Use a free
service that notifies the search engines that you
have a new post. The search engines
love blog
posts and will come to your blog within a couple
of hours to index it. After pinging, you
need
to place links to your post on over 47 social
bookmarking sites where people go to find info
on a variety of subjects. The key is to write
interesting posts, catchy titles and arouse their
curiosity with your description.
正确答案: advent
正确答案: interior
正确答案: free
正确答案: accounts
正确答案: detailing
正确答案: mention
正确答案: program
正确答案: get a
commission
正确答案: love blog posts
正确答案: arouse their curiosity
Part II Reading Comprehension (
25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, there is a passage with several blanks.
You are required to select
one word for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
following the passage. Read
the passage
through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in the bank is identified by
a letter.
You may not use any of the words in the bank more
than once.
The alarm
rings. It’s 5:45. He could 21 under the
covers, listening to the
radio and a
weatherman who 22 rain. People would
understand. He knows that.
A
surgeon’s scar 23 his lower back. The fingers
on his right hand are so
24 that he can’t
tie his shoes. Some days, he feels like 25 .
But his dead mother’s
challenge echoes in his
soul. So, too, do the voices of those who believed
him stupid, incapable of
living 26 . All
his life he’s struggled to prove them wrong. He
will not quit.
And so Bill Porter
rises.
He takes the first 27
steps on a journey to Portland’s streets, the
battlefield
where he fights alone for his
independence and dignity. He’s a door-to-door
salesman. Sixty-three
years old. And his
enemies — a 28 body that betrays him and a
changing world that no
longer needs him — are
gaining on him.
With 29 hands
he assembles his weapons: dark slacks, blue shirt
and
matching jacket, brown tie, tan raincoat
and hat. Image, he believes, is everything.
He stops in the entryway, picks up his briefcase
and steps outside. A fall wind has
30 .
The weatherman was right. He pulls his raincoat
tighter.
A) predicts B) victory C)
surrendering D) has access to
E) twisted
F) linger G) independently H) kicked up
I)
sharp increase J) crippled K) atmosphere L) cuts
across
M) unsteady N) trembling O)
eloquent
21. ______________________
正确答案: F
22.
______________________
正确答案: A
23. ______________________
正确答案: L
24. ______________________
正确答案: E
25.
______________________
正确答案: C
26. ______________________
正确答案: G
27. ______________________
正确答案: M
28.
______________________
正确答案: J
29. ______________________
正确答案: N
30. ______________________
正确答案: H
Section B
Directions: There are several
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.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following
passage.
When
global warming finally came, it stuck with a
vengeance. In some regions,
temperatures rose
several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels
shot up nearly 400 feet,
flooding coastal
settlements and forcing people to migrate inland.
Deserts spread throughout the
world as
vegetation shifted drastically in North America,
Europe and Asia. After driving many of
the
animals around them to near extinction, people
were forced to abandon their old way of life for
a radically new survival strategy that
resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The
adaptation
was farming: the global-
warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more
than 10,000 years ago.
As
environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this
week to ponder the global
climate of the
future, earth scientists are in the midst of a
revolution in understanding how climate
has
changed in the past — and how those changes have
transformed human existence. Researchers
have
begun to piece together an illuminating picture of
the powerful geological and astronomical
forces that have combined to change the
planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry
and
back again over a time period stretching
back hundreds of millions of year.
Most importantly, scientists are beginning to
realize that the climatic changes have
had a
major impact on the evolution of the human
species. New research now suggests that
climate shifts have played a key role in
nearly every significant turning point in human
evolution:
from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物)
some 65 million years ago to human ancestors
rising up
to walk on two legs, from the huge
expansion of the human brain to the rise of
agriculture. Indeed,
the human history has not
been merely touched by global climate change, some
scientists argue, it
has in some instances
been driven by it.
The new
research has profound implications for the
environmental summit in Rio.
Among other
things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic
climate change is nothing new for
planet
Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that
has existed over the past 10,000 years
—
during which agriculture, writing, cities and most
other features of civilization appeared — is a
mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of
widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the
pattern or climate change in the past reveals
that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go
through
dramatic changes in the future — even
without the influence of human activity.
31.
Farming emerged as a
survival strategy because man had been obliged
_______________.
A) to give up his former
way of life
B) to leave the coastal
areas
C) to follow the ever-shifting
vegetation
D) to abandon his original
settlement
正确答案: A
32.
Earth scientists have come to understand
that climate _______________.
A) is going
through a fundamental change
B) has been
getting warmer for 10,000 years
C) will
eventually change from hot to cold
D)
has gone through periodical changes
正确答案: D
33.
Scientists
believe that human evolution _______________.
A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changes
B) has exerted little influence on
climatic changes
C) has largely been
affected by climatic changes
D) has had
a major impact on climatic changes
正确答案: C
34.
Evidence of
past climatic changes indicates that
_______________.
A) human activities have
accelerated changes of Earth’s environment
B) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite
human interference
C) Earth’s climate is
bound to change significantly in the future
D) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo
substantial changes in the future
正确答案: C
35.
The message
the author wishes to convey in the passage is that
_______________.
A) human civilization
remains glorious though it is affected by climatic
changes
B) mankind is virtually helpless
in the face of the dramatic changes of climate
C) man has to limit his activities to slow
down the global warming process
D) human
civilization will continue to develop in spite of
the changes of nature
正确答案: B
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are
based on the following passage.
Pop stars today enjoy a style of
living which was once the prerogative only of
Royalty. Wherever they go, people turn out in
their thousands to greet them. The stars are
transported in their chauffeur driven Rolls-
Royces, private helicopters or executive
airplanes. All
their comings and goings are
reported, for, like Royalty, pop stars are news.
If they enjoy many of
the privileges of
Royalty, they certainly share many of the
inconveniences as well. They must be
constantly shielded from the adoring crowds
which idolize them. They are no longer private
individuals, but public property. The
financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice
cannot be
calculated, for their rates of pay
are astronomical.
And why not?
Society has always rewarded its top entertainers
lavishly. The great
days of Hollywood have
become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame,
wealth and adulation on
an unprecedented
scale. By today’s standards, the excesses of
Hollywood do not seem quite so
spectacular. A
single gramophone record nowadays may earn much
more in royalties than the
films of the past
ever did. The competition for the title “Top of
the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards
are truly
colossal.
It is only right that
the stars should be paid in this way. Don’t the
top men in
industry earn enormous
salaries for the services they perform to their
companies and their
countries? Pop stars earn
vast sums in foreign currency — often more than
large industrial
concerns — and the taxman can
only be grateful for their massive annual
contributions to the
national treasury. So who
would begrudge them their rewards?
People who make envious remarks should remember
that the most famous stars
represent only the
tip of the iceberg. For every famous star, there
are hundreds of others struggling
to earn a
living. A man working in a steady job and looking
forward to a pension at the end of it
has no
right to expect very high rewards. He has chosen
security and peace of mind, so there will
always be a limit to what he can earn. But a
man who attempts to become a star is taking
enormous risks. He knows at the beginning that
only a handful of competitors ever get to the very
top. He knows that years of concentrated
effort may be rewarded with complete failure. But
he
knows, too, that the rewards for success
are very high indeed: they are the recompense for
the
huge risks involved and if he achieves
them, he has certainly earned them. That’s the
essence of
private enterprise.
36.
The sentence “Pop stars
today enjoy a style of living which was once the
prerogative only of
Royalty” means
____________.
A) their life is as
luxurious as that of royalty
B) they
enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty
C) they are rather rich
D) their
way of living is the same as that of the royalty
正确答案: B
37.
What is the author’s attitude toward top stars’
high income?
A) Approval.
B)
Disapproval.
C) Ironical.
D)
Critical.
正确答案: A
38.
What can be inferred from the last
paragraph?
A) There exists fierce
competition in climbing to the top.
B)
People are blind in idolizing stars.
C)
Successful pop stars give great entertainment.
D) The tax the pop stars have paid is
great.
正确答案: A
39.
From the passage, we can
learn that _________________.
A)
successful men should get high-income repayment
B) pop stars make a great contribution to
a country
C) pop stars can enjoy the
life of royalty
D) successful men
represent the tip of the iceberg
正确答案: D
40.
Which
paragraph covers the main idea?
A) The
first.
B) The second.
C) The
third.
D) The fourth.
正确答案: D
Part III
Vocabulary and Structure ( 12 minutes )
Directions: There are a number
of 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.
41.
With my working-class background, I ____________ a
fish out of water among these
high-income
people.
A) comply with
B) refer
to
C) attach to
D) feel like
正确答案: D
42.
Sickness had robbed her of her confidence that she
could carry the ____________ .
A) load
B) stretch
C) contents
D) base
正确答案: A
43.
His job was badly paid and
he had to __________ some evening work to keep the
pot
boiling.
A) take after
B) take in
C) take over
D)
take on
正确答案: D
44.
According to the police, his attackers
beat him with a(n) ____________ instrument.
A) insane
B) unbiased
C) blunt
D) prospective
正确答案: C
45.
American football and
baseball are becoming known to the British public
through televised
________ from the United
States.
A) transfer
B)
deliveries
C) transportation
D) transmissions
正确答案: A
46.
Could you drop me ________
near the post office?
A) off
B)
down
C) out
D) in
正确答案: A
47.
The gun
________ and the bullet went flying over his head.
A) went on
B) went over
C) went off
D) went for
正确答案: C
48.
The
studios pay very little attention to the low-
budget movies that used to be so ________ for
the studios.
A) advantageous
B) profitable
C) beneficial
D)
helpful
正确答案: B
49.
He ________ his head, wondering how to
solve the problem.
A) scrapped
B) screwed
C) scraped
D)
scratched
正确答案: D
50.
According to English legend, Robin Hood
and his band of ______ men lived in Sherwood
Forest and robbed from the rich to give to the
poor.
A) agricultural
B) merry
C) mobile
D) primitive
正确答案: B
51.
Any
excitement you have at starting a new job is
always ______ with a certain amount of
fear.
A) lingered
B) mingled
C) assembled
D) s
正确答案: B
52.
Don't walk
outside in your ______ feet.
A) balding
B) restless
C) bare
D)
dual
正确答案: C
53.
Steve prepared his breakfast and then sat
down with his wife. She gave him a(n) ______ of
the newspaper and they both tried to read for
a few moments.
A) strap
B)
section
C) instance
D) joint
正确答案: B
54.
The women got on the bus, _______.
A) with
babies in arm
B) babies in their arms
C) their babies in arm
D) baby
in arm
正确答案: D
55.
________ I came tomorrow instead of this
afternoon?
A) Only if
B) If what
C) What if
D) Which if
正确答案: C
56.
They
took away the knife for fear that the child ______
himself.
A) would harm
B) should
harm
C) harms
D) harmed
正确答案: B
57.
We were lucky, for no sooner _____ home _____ it
started to rain.
A) had we returned ...
than
B) we returned ... and
C)
after we returned ... than
D) and we
return ... when
正确答案: A
58.
The radio carries a twelve
month's ______.
A) protection
B)
guarantee
C) guard
D) promise
正确答案: B
59.
He formed the habit of taking long ______ walks
through the street.
A) solid
B)
solitary
C) sociable
D) solo
正确答案: B
60.
She wants to have dates, but her mother _______.
A) won't let to
B) won't let she
to
C) will not let her
D) will
not let having
正确答案: C
Part IV Translation ( 10 minutes
)
Directions:
Complete the sentences by translating into English
the Chinese given in brackets.
61. ____________________(他们本来打算要买幢房子), but
eventually they bought a flat.
正确答案:
They started out wanting a house
62.
____________________ (我正尽力使她在迈克回家前平静下来) lest she
say
something to him that she will regret.
正确答案: I am trying to cool her down
before Mike comes home
63.
____________________ (我们原则上同意你的方法), but we
reserved our idea.
正确答案: We agreed in
principle to your method
64. Young people
enjoy the program very much ____________________
(因为流行音乐占
了该节目的百分之三十).
正确答案: as pop
music takes up thirty percent of it
65.
After-sale service includes ____________________
(送货和免费维修) for a certain
period of time, and so
on.
正确答案: delivery and free
maintenance
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Part I Listening
Comprehension ( 12 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1
to 6 are based on Text A
while the rest are
based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY
ONCE. Listen carefully and
decide whether each
statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: Before being a salesman, Porter
was once a solider who took part in the
battlefield in
Portland.
正确答案: B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter felt quite nervous on the
bus because he was afraid someone would steal his
briefcase.
正确答案: A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was the only door-to-door salesman
left because of his top retail achievement.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: Some people who
repeatedly turned him down finally became his
loyal customers.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: In his neighborhood, there was no cable
service and he had to use a television
antenna.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script:
Porter was free of charge for his rent and he
could live there until he dies.
正确答案:
B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father expected me to
get a profitable job after years of education.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: It is in the
living room that all the family issues are
discussed.
正确答案: B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: My
father strongly opposed my decision to be a
journalist because newspaper
journalism is not
a promising and lucrative field in his eyes.
正确答案: A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father reads my
stories sometimes; usually he likes them.
正确答案: A
Section B
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 with the exact words you
have just heard. Finally,
when the passage is
read for the third time, you should check what you
have written.
The rat
race is often thought of as being
(11)_________________ with the
corporate
environment where the company tries to
(12)_________________ the most productivity
out of its workers.
With a
(13)_________________ like that, it is no
(14)_________________ that
many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的) modern life begin to question our
(15)_________________
about work and begin
seeking better (16)_________________ to escape the
rat race. Can one
make a living if one
is to leave the rat race? How?
One
way is to become (17)_________________ and work
for oneself — such as a
freelance (自由职业的)
writer, web designer, consultant, etc. Another is
to switch to a less
demanding job, to a job
where one is (18)_________________ , or to a job
that requires less
hours.
Many
tried and left the rat race. Some succeed and make
more than before. Some
end up making less, but
happier. Some failed and have to return back to
the rat race. Upon
searching through the
Internet and books, one will find many who have
found ways to
(19)_________________ without
the rat race. However, this does not give an
accurate percentage
of those who succeeded
versus (20)_________________ . It is typically
those who made it that are
the ones in the
news and media.
Script: The
rat race is often thought of as being associated
with the corporate
environment where the
company tries to squeeze the most productivity out
of its workers.
With a definition
like that, it is no wonder that many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的)
modern life begin to question
our attitudes about work and begin seeking better
alternatives to
escape the rat race. Can one
make a living if one is to leave the rat race?
How?
One way is to become self-
employed and work for oneself — such as a
freelance
(自由职业的) writer, web designer,
consultant, etc. Another is to switch to a less
demanding job,
to a job where one is following
one’s passion, or to a job that requires less
hours.
Many tried and left the rat
race. Some succeed and make more than before. Some
end up making less, but happier. Some failed
and have to return back to the rat race. Upon
searching through the Internet and books, one
will find many who have found ways to make a
living without the rat race. However, this
does not give an accurate percentage of those who
succeeded versus those who failed. It is
typically those who made it that are the ones in
the news
and media.
正确答案:
associated
正确答案: squeeze
正确答案: definition
正确答案: wonder
正确答案: attitudes
正确答案:
alternatives
正确答案: self-employed
正确答案: following one’s passion
正确答案: make a living
正确答案:
those who failed
Part II
Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions:
In this section, there is a passage with several
blanks. You are required to select
one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a
word bank following the passage. Read
the
passage through carefully before making your
choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by
a letter. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
On the 7:45 bus that stops across the street, he
leaves his briefcase next to the
driver and
finds a seat in the middle of 21 bored
teenagers.
He leans forward,
stares toward the driver, sits back, then repeats
the process. His
22 makes him laugh
uncontrollably. The teenagers stare at him. They
don’t realize Porter’s
afraid someone will
23 his briefcase, with the glasses, brochures,
order forms and clip-on
tie that he needs to
24 .
Porter 25 the stares.
He looks at the floor.
His face
26 nothing. In his heart, though, he knows he
should have been
like these kids, like
everyone on this bus. He’s not angry. But he
knows. His mother explained
how the 27
had been difficult, how the doctor had used an
instrument that crushed a
section of his brain
and caused cerebral palsy, a 28 of the
nervous system that affects his
speech, hands
and walk.
Porter came to Portland
when he was 13 after his father, a salesman, was
29
here. He attended a school for the 30
and then Lincoln High School, where he was placed
in a class for slow kids.
But
he wasn’t slow.
A) steal B) disorder
C) repression D) a pack of
E) transferred
F) survive G) senses H) nervousness
I)
scores of J) leave alone K) intimidate L) triumph
M) delivery N) reveals O) disabled
21. ______________________
正确答案: D
22. ______________________
正确答案: H
23.
______________________
正确答案: A
24. ______________________
正确答案: F
25. ______________________
正确答案: G
26.
______________________
正确答案: N
27. ______________________
正确答案: M
28. ______________________
正确答案: B
29.
______________________
正确答案: E
30. ______________________
正确答案: O
Section B
Directions: There are several 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.
Passage One
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following
passage.
When
global warming finally came, it stuck with a
vengeance. In some regions,
temperatures rose
several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels
shot up nearly 400 feet,
flooding coastal
settlements and forcing people to migrate inland.
Deserts spread throughout the
world as
vegetation shifted drastically in North America,
Europe and Asia. After driving many of
the
animals around them to near extinction, people
were forced to abandon their old way of life for
a radically new survival strategy that
resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The
adaptation
was farming: the global-warming
crisis that gave rise to it happened more than
10,000 years ago.
As
environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this
week to ponder the global
climate of the
future, earth scientists are in the midst of a
revolution in understanding how climate
has
changed in the past — and how those changes have
transformed human existence. Researchers
have
begun to piece together an illuminating picture of
the powerful geological and astronomical
forces that have combined to change the
planet’s environment from hot to cold, wet to dry
and
back again over a time period stretching
back hundreds of millions of year.
Most importantly, scientists are beginning to
realize that the climatic changes have
had a
major impact on the evolution of the human
species. New research now suggests that
climate shifts have played a key role in
nearly every significant turning point in human
evolution:
from the dawn of primates (灵长目动物)
some 65 million years ago to human ancestors
rising up
to walk on two legs, from the huge
expansion of the human brain to the rise of
agriculture. Indeed,
the human history has not
been merely touched by global climate change, some
scientists argue, it
has in some instances
been driven by it.
The new
research has profound implications for the
environmental summit in Rio.
Among other
things, the findings demonstrate that dramatic
climate change is nothing new for
planet
Earth. The benign (宜人的) global environment that
has existed over the past 10,000 years
—
during which agriculture, writing, cities and most
other features of civilization appeared — is a
mere bright spot in a much larger pattern of
widely varying climate over the ages. In fact, the
pattern or climate change in the past reveals
that Earth’s climate will almost certainly go
through
dramatic changes in the future — even
without the influence of human activity.
31.
Farming emerged as a
survival strategy because man had been obliged
_______________.
A) to give up his former
way of life
B) to leave the coastal
areas
C) to follow the ever-shifting
vegetation
D) to abandon his original
settlement
正确答案: A
32.
Earth scientists have come to understand
that climate _______________.
A) is
going through a fundamental change
B)
has been getting warmer for 10,000 years
C) will eventually change from hot to cold
D) has gone through periodical changes
正确答案: D
33.
Scientists
believe that human evolution _______________.
A) has seldom been accompanied by climatic changes
B) has exerted little influence on
climatic changes
C) has largely been
affected by climatic changes
D) has had
a major impact on climatic changes
正确答案: C
34.
Evidence of
past climatic changes indicates that
_______________.
A) human activities have
accelerated changes of Earth’s environment
B) Earth’s environment will remain mild despite
human interference
C) Earth’s climate is
bound to change significantly in the future
D) Earth’s climate is unlikely to undergo
substantial changes in the future
正确答案: C
35.
The message
the author wishes to convey in the passage is that
_______________.
A) human civilization
remains glorious though it is affected by climatic
changes
B) mankind is virtually helpless
in the face of the dramatic changes of climate
C) man has to limit his activities to slow
down the global warming process
D) human
civilization will continue to develop in spite of
the changes of nature
正确答案: B
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are
based on the following passage.
Imagine eating everything
delicious you want — with none of the fat. That
would
be great, wouldn’t it?
New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves
in the United States recently, but
not
everyone is happy about it. Makers of the
products, which contain a compound called olestra
(人造脂肪), say food manufacturers can now
eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics,
however,
say the new compound can rob
the body of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物)
and can also
cause unpleasant side effects in
some people. So it’s up to consumers to decide
whether the new
fat-free products taste good
enough to keep eating.
Chemists
discovered olestra in the late 1960s, when they
were searching for a fat
that could be
digested by infants more easily. Instead of
finding the desired fat, the researchers
created a fat that can’t be digested at all.
Normally, special chemicals in the
intestines (肠)
and break them down so they can
be used by the body. A molecule of regular fat is
made up of
three molecules of substances
called fatty acids.
The fatty
acids are absorbed by the intestines and bring
with them the essential
vitamins A, D, E, and
K. When fat molecules are present in the
intestines with any of those
vitamins, the
vitamins attach to the molecules and are carried
into the bloodstream.
Olestra,
which is made from six to eight molecules of fatty
acids, is too large for
the intestines to
absorb. It just slides through the intestines
without being broken down.
Manufacturers say
it’s that ability to slide unchanged through the
intestines that makes olestra so
valuable as a
fat substitute. It provides consumers with the
taste of regular fat without any bad
effects
on the body. But critics say olestra can prevent
vitamins A, D, E, and K from being
absorbed.
It can also prevent the absorption of carotenoids
(类胡萝卜素), compounds that may
reduce the risk of
cancer, heart disease, etc.
Manufacturers are adding vitamins A, D, E, and K
as well as carotenoids to their
products now.
Even so, some nutritionists are still concerned
that people might eat unlimited
amounts of
food made with the fat substitute without worrying
about how many calories they are
consuming.
36.
We learn from
the passage that olestra is a substance that
______________.
A) contains plenty of
nutrients
B) renders foods calorie-free
while retaining their vitamins
C) makes
foods easily digestible
D) makes foods
fat-free while keeping them delicious
正确答案: D
37.
The result
of the search for an easily digestible fat turned
out to be ______________.
A) commercially
useless
B) just as anticipated
C) somewhat controversial
D) quite
unexpected
正确答案: D
38.
Olestra is different from ordinary
fats in that ______________.
A) it passes
through the intestines without being absorbed
B) it facilitates the absorption of
vitamins by the body
C) it helps reduce
the incidence of heart disease
D) it
prevents excessive intake of vitamins
正确答案: A
39.
What is a
possible negative effect of olestra according to
some critics?
A) It may impair the
digestive system.
B) It may affect the
overall fat intake.
C) It may increase
the risk of cancer.
D) It may spoil the
consumers’ appetite.
正确答案: C
40.
Why are nutritionists
concerned about adding vitamins to olestra?
A) It may lead to the over-consumption of
vitamins.
B) People may be induced to
eat more than what is necessary.
C) The
function of the intestines may be weakened.
D) It may trigger a new wave of fake food
production.
正确答案: B
Part III Vocabulary and Structure ( 13
minutes )
Directions:
There are a number of 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.
41.
The young man is only a(n) ____________ of
his mother’s opinions.
A) echo
B) diagram
C) parallel
D)
encounter
正确答案: A
42.
The real dignity of a man
____________ what he is, not in what he has.
A) lies down
B) lies off
C)
lies in
D) lies to
正确答案:
C
43.
The conflict
continued without a ___________, but the enemy
made no further bid for
victory.
A)
gap
B) deadline
C) fiction
D) pause
正确答案: D
44.
The government has set up a
joint ____________ to consider the problem.
A) commission
B) commerce
C)
contribution
D) commonplace
正确答案: A
45.
Sickness had
robbed her of her confidence that she could carry
the ____________ .
A) load
B)
stretch
C) contents
D) base
正确答案: A
46.
My mother was learning that she could ____________
me without crushing me.
A) disapprove
B) flatter
C) assess
D) criticize
正确答案: D
47.
It takes only a
minute to ____________ someone and a day to love
someone — but it takes a
lifetime to forget
someone.
A) find fault with
B)
keep track of
C) get a crush on
D) take delight in
正确答案: C
48.
It is essential that these
application forms _____________ back as early as
possible.
A) must be sent
B)
will be sent
C) are sent
D) be
sent
正确答案: D
49.
According to the police, his attackers
beat him with a(n) ____________ instrument.
A) insane
B) unbiased
C) blunt
D) prospective
正确答案: C
50.
His accent at once ________
the fact that he was a foreigner.
A)
exposed
B) pointed at
C)
revealed to
D) betrayed
正确答案: D
51.
The TOEFL is
divided into three ________, namely, listening,
structure and reading.
A) fragments
B) fractions
C) sections
D) portions
正确答案: C
52.
Sweet-making developed
rapidly into an industry during the early 19th
century through the
discovery of sugar beet
juice and the advance of ______ appliances.
A) agricultural
B) curative
C)
considerate
D) mechanical
正确答案: D
53.
Though
heavily sedated, she had a ______ awareness of
what was happening.
A) dim
B)
mighty
C) normal
D) moral
正确答案: A
54.
I was ______ an emergency meeting this morning.
A) referred to
B) lent support
to
C) bound to
D) called to
正确答案: D
55.
You have to speed up — they're ______ us.
A) resting on
B) touching on
C) gaining on
D) cashing in on
正确答案: C
56.
Hilary was out, so I ______ a note to her and put
it under the door.
A) impressed
B) scrawled
C) accorded
D)
underwent
正确答案: B
57.
It is necessary that the director _______
the facts up before writing the report.
A)
checks
B) would check
C)
should check
D) has checked
正确答案: C
58.
Take this
large box and _______ you can find enough space.
A) put it which place
B) put it
in which
C) put it wherever
D)
put it whereabout
正确答案: C
59.
The radio carries a twelve
month's ______.
A) protection
B)
guarantee
C) guard
D) promise
正确答案: B
60.
There is a vast ______ dealing with the teaching
of reading to native speakers of English.
A) book
B) data
C) literature
D) article
正确答案: C
Part IV Translation (
10 minutes )
Directions:
Translate the following sentences into English
(with the given words or phrases).
61. 球赛后他徘徊不去,希望能见到他最喜欢的球员。
________________________________________
正确答案: He lingered after the match, hoping to meet
his favorite football player.
62.
那个男孩因为发烧卧床休息了5天。
________________________________________
正确答案: That boy was laid up with a fever for five
days.
63. 老板把他调到了另一个部门。
________________________________________
正确答案: His boss transferred him to another
department.
64. 他向我保证永远不泄漏那个秘密。
________________________________________
正确答案: He gave me the pledge that he would never
reveal the secret.
65. 限于篇幅,本文将不涉及这一问题。
________________________________________
正确答案: This paper will not touch on this issue
owing to the limitation of space.
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Part I
Listening Comprehension ( 12 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear ten
statements. Numbers 1 to 6 are based on Text A
while the rest are based on Text B. Each
statement will be read ONLY ONCE. Listen carefully
and
decide whether each statement is true or
false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: Before being a
salesman, Porter was once a solider who took part
in the battlefield in
Portland.
正确答案: B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter felt quite nervous
on the bus because he was afraid someone would
steal his
briefcase.
正确答案: A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was the only door-to-door salesman
left because of his top retail achievement.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: Some people who
repeatedly turned him down finally became his
loyal customers.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: In his neighborhood, there was no cable
service and he had to use a television
antenna.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was free of charge for his rent and
he could live there until he dies.
正确答案: B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father expected me to
get a profitable job after years of education.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: It is in the
living room that all the family issues are
discussed.
正确答案: B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: My
father strongly opposed my decision to be a
journalist because newspaper
journalism is not
a promising and lucrative field in his eyes.
正确答案: A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father reads my
stories sometimes; usually he likes them.
正确答案: A
Section B
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 with the exact words you
have just heard. Finally,
when the passage is
read for the third time, you should check what you
have written.
The rat
race is often thought of as being
(11)_________________ with the
corporate
environment where the company tries to
(12)_________________ the most productivity
out of its workers.
With a
(13)_________________ like that, it is no
(14)_________________ that
many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的) modern life begin to question our
(15)_________________
about work and begin
seeking better (16)_________________ to escape the
rat race. Can one
make a living if one is to
leave the rat race? How?
One way
is to become (17)_________________ and work for
oneself — such as a
freelance (自由职业的) writer,
web designer, consultant, etc. Another is to
switch to a less
demanding job, to a job where
one is (18)_________________ , or to a job that
requires less
hours.
Many
tried and left the rat race. Some succeed and make
more than before. Some
end up making less, but
happier. Some failed and have to return back to
the rat race. Upon
searching through the
Internet and books, one will find many who have
found ways to
(19)_________________ without
the rat race. However, this does not give an
accurate percentage
of those who succeeded
versus (20)_________________ . It is typically
those who made it that are
the ones in the
news and media.
Script: The
rat race is often thought of as being associated
with the corporate
environment where the
company tries to squeeze the most productivity out
of its workers.
With a definition
like that, it is no wonder that many people in our
frenetic (忙乱的)
modern life begin to question
our attitudes about work and begin seeking better
alternatives to
escape the rat race. Can one
make a living if one is to leave the rat race?
How?
One way is to become self-
employed and work for oneself — such as a
freelance
(自由职业的) writer, web designer,
consultant, etc. Another is to switch to a less
demanding job,
to a job where one is following
one’s passion, or to a job that requires less
hours.
Many tried and left the rat
race. Some succeed and make more than before. Some
end up making less, but happier. Some failed
and have to return back to the rat race. Upon
searching through the Internet and books, one
will find many who have found ways to make a
living without the rat race. However, this
does not give an accurate percentage of those who
succeeded versus those who failed. It is
typically those who made it that are the ones in
the news
and media.
正确答案:
associated
正确答案: squeeze
正确答案: definition
正确答案: wonder
正确答案: attitudes
正确答案:
alternatives
正确答案: self-employed
正确答案: following one’s passion
正确答案: make a living
正确答案: those who
failed
Part II Reading
Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, there is a passage with several blanks.
You are required to select
one word for each
blank from a list of choices given in a word bank
following the passage. Read
the passage
through carefully before making your choices. Each
choice in the bank is identified by
a letter.
You may not use any of the words in the bank more
than once.
The alarm
rings. It’s 5:45. He could 21 under the
covers, listening to the
radio and a
weatherman who 22 rain. People would
understand. He knows that.
A
surgeon’s scar 23 his lower back. The fingers
on his right hand are so
24 that he can’t
tie his shoes. Some days, he feels like 25 .
But his dead mother’s
challenge echoes in his
soul. So, too, do the voices of those who believed
him stupid, incapable of
living 26 . All
his life he’s struggled to prove them wrong. He
will not quit.
And so Bill Porter
rises.
He takes the first 27
steps on a journey to Portland’s streets, the
battlefield
where he fights alone for his
independence and dignity. He’s a door-to-door
salesman. Sixty-three
years old. And his
enemies — a 28 body that betrays him and a
changing world that no
longer needs him — are
gaining on him.
With 29 hands
he assembles his weapons: dark slacks, blue shirt
and
matching jacket, brown tie, tan raincoat
and hat. Image, he believes, is everything.
He stops in the entryway, picks up his briefcase
and steps outside. A fall wind has
30 .
The weatherman was right. He pulls his raincoat
tighter.
A) predicts B)
victory C) surrendering D) has access to
E) twisted F) linger G) independently H) kicked up
I) sharp increase J) crippled K)
atmosphere L) cuts across
M) unsteady N)
trembling O) eloquent
21.
______________________
正确答案: F
22. ______________________
正确答案: A
23. ______________________
正确答案: L
24.
______________________
正确答案: E
25. ______________________
正确答案: C
26. ______________________
正确答案: G
27.
______________________
正确答案: M
28. ______________________
正确答案: J
29. ______________________
正确答案: N
30.
______________________
正确答案: H
Section B
Directions: There are several 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.
Passage One
Questions 31
to 35 are based on the following passage.
A new era is coming with
a fundamental change in the way of work, in our
industrialized world. Call it what you will:
the service economy, the information age, the
knowledge society. It all translates to a
fundamental change in the way we work. Already
we’re
partly there. The percentage of people
who earn their living by making things has fallen
dramatically in the Western World. Today the
majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two
thirds or more in many of these countries) are
in the service industry, and the number is on the
rise.
More women are in the work force than
ever before. There are more and more part-time
jobs, and
a growing number of people who are
self-employed. But the breadth of the economic
transformation can’t be measured by numbers
alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical
new
way of thinking about the nature of work
itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers,
the
skills needed to succeed, even the
relation between individuals and employers — all
these are
being challenged.
We
have only to look behind us to get some sense of
what may lie ahead. No one
looking ahead 20
years possibly could have foreseen the ways in
which a single invention, the
chip (集成块),
would transform our world thanks to its
applications in personal computers, digital
communications and factory robots. Tomorrow’s
achievements in biotechnology, artificial
intelligence or even some still unimagined
technology could produce a similar wave of
dramatic
changes like the invention of the
microchip. But one thing is certain: information
and knowledge
will become even more vital, and
people who possess it, whether they work in
manufacturing or
services, will have the
advantage and produce the wealth. Computer
knowledge will become as
basic a requirement
as the ability to read and write.
So the whole world will be computerized and some
people will adapt, others won’t.
But hopefully
not all work will be equal. Some people argued,
that people no longer should be
classified as
white or blue collar, manager or laborer, but
rather as knowledge and service workers.
The
ability to solve problems by applying information
instead of performing routine tasks will be
valued above all else. But there will be a
future in manufacturing, and the reason for that,
is the
move away from standardized production
and toward more flexible, customized
manufacturing.
To survive, the workers have to
think of new ways to meet the changing demands of
customers.
31.
A characteristic of the information age is that
________.
A) the service industry is
relying more and more on the female work force
B) manufacturing industries are steadily
increasing
C) people find it harder and
harder to earn a living by working in factories
D) most of the job opportunities can now
be found in the service industry
正确答案: D
32.
One of the
great changes brought about by the knowledge
society is that ________.
A) the
difference between the employee and the employer
has become insignificant
B) people’s
traditional concepts about work no longer hold
true
C) most people have to take part-
time jobs
D) people have to change their
jobs from time to time
正确答案: B
33.
By referring to computers
and other inventions, the author means to say that
________.
A) people should be able to
respond quickly to the advancement of technology
B) future achievements in technology will
bring about inconceivable dramatic changes
C) the importance of high technology has been
overlooked
D) computer science will play
a leading role in the future information services
正确答案: B
34.
The future will probably belong to those who
________.
A) possess and know how to make
use of information
B) give full play to
their brain potential
C) involve
themselves in service industries
D) cast
their minds ahead instead of looking back
正确答案: A
35.
Which of the following would be the best title for
the passage?
A) Computers and the
Knowledge Society
B) Service Industries
in Modern Society
C) Features and
Implications of the New Era
D) Rapid
Advancement of Information Technology
正确答案: C
Passage Two
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following
passage.
Imagine
eating everything delicious you want — with none
of the fat. That would
be great, wouldn’t it?
New “fake fat” products appeared
on store shelves in the United States recently,
but
not everyone is happy about it. Makers of
the products, which contain a compound called
olestra
(人造脂肪), say food manufacturers can now
eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics,
however,
say the new compound can rob the body
of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) and can
also
cause unpleasant side effects in some
people. So it’s up to consumers to decide whether
the new
fat-free products taste good enough to
keep eating.
Chemists discovered
olestra in the late 1960s, when they were
searching for a fat
that could be digested by
infants more easily. Instead of finding the
desired fat, the researchers
created a fat
that can’t be digested at all.
Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠)
and break them down so they can be used by the
body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of
three molecules of substances called fatty
acids.
The fatty acids are
absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the
essential
vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat
molecules are present in the intestines with any
of those
vitamins, the vitamins attach to the
molecules and are carried into the bloodstream.
Olestra, which is made from six to
eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for
the intestines to absorb. It just slides
through the intestines without being broken down.
Manufacturers say it’s that ability to slide
unchanged through the intestines that makes
olestra so
valuable as a fat substitute. It
provides consumers with the taste of regular fat
without any bad
effects on the body. But
critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E,
and K from being
absorbed. It can also prevent
the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), compounds
that may
reduce the risk of cancer, heart
disease, etc.
Manufacturers are
adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as
carotenoids to their
products now. Even so,
some nutritionists are still concerned that people
might eat unlimited
amounts of food made with
the fat substitute without worrying about how many
calories they are
consuming.
36.
We learn from the passage that
olestra is a substance that ______________.
A) contains plenty of nutrients
B)
renders foods calorie-free while retaining their
vitamins
C) makes foods easily
digestible
D) makes foods fat-free while
keeping them delicious
正确答案: D
37.
The result of
the search for an easily digestible fat turned out
to be ______________.
A) commercially
useless
B) just as anticipated
C) somewhat controversial
D) quite
unexpected
正确答案: D
38.
Olestra is different from ordinary fats in
that ______________.
A) it passes through
the intestines without being absorbed
B)
it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the
body
C) it helps reduce the incidence of
heart disease
D) it prevents excessive
intake of vitamins
正确答案: A
39.
What is a possible negative
effect of olestra according to some critics?
A) It may impair the digestive system.
B) It may affect the overall fat intake.
C) It may increase the risk of cancer.
D) It may spoil the consumers’ appetite.
正确答案: C
40.
Why
are nutritionists concerned about adding vitamins
to olestra?
A) It may lead to the over-
consumption of vitamins.
B) People may
be induced to eat more than what is necessary.
C) The function of the intestines may be
weakened.
D) It may trigger a new wave
of fake food production.
正确答案: B
Part III Vocabulary and
Structure ( 13 minutes )
Directions: There are a number of 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.
41.
Some women ______________ a good salary in a job
instead of staying home, but they
decided not
to work for the sake of the family.
A)
must make
B) should have made
C) would make
D) could have made
正确答案: D
42.
Today, Microsoft’s server software division is a
comfortably ____________ business, with
$$16
billion a year in revenue.
A) profitable
B) prudent
C) privileged
D) triumphant
正确答案: A
43.
The government has set up a
joint ____________ to consider the problem.
A) commission
B) commerce
C)
contribution
D) commonplace
正确答案: A
44.
Sickness had
robbed her of her confidence that she could carry
the ____________ .
A) load
B)
stretch
C) contents
D) base
正确答案: A
45.
It takes only a minute to ____________ someone and
a day to love someone — but it takes a
lifetime to forget someone.
A)
find fault with
B) keep track of
C) get a crush on
D) take delight in
正确答案: C
46.
A bad attack of flu can _______ you ________
longer than you think.
A) lay; down
B) lay; up
C) lie; down
D)
lie; up
正确答案: B
47.
The TOEFL is divided into three ________,
namely, listening, structure and reading.
A) fragments
B) fractions
C)
sections
D) portions
正确答案: C
48.
You are
wanted _______ the phone.
A) on
B) by
C) through
D) down
正确答案: A
49.
The gun ________ and the bullet went flying over
his head.
A) went on
B) went
over
C) went off
D) went for
正确答案: C
50.
A man escaped from the prison last night.
It was a long time ________ the guards discovered
what had happened.
A) since
B) when
C) until
D) before
正确答案: D
51.
He ________ his head, wondering how to solve the
problem.
A) scrapped
B) screwed
C) scraped
D) scratched
正确答案: D
52.
She
________ the popularity of camping and sold many
tents.
A) cashed out
B) cashed
over
C) cashed in on
D) cashed
on in
正确答案: C
53.
There is no treatment so far for severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which has
symptoms similar to ______.
A)
pneumonia
B) rendezvous
C)
palsy
D) pregnancy
正确答案:
A
54.
Eleven Afghan
civilians were killed when an American warplane
pursuing enemy attackers
mistakenly ______ a
house near Afghanistan's eastern border with
Pakistan.
A) bombed
B) barked
C) condemned
D)
compressed
正确答案: A
55.
When a king was approaching, all rose in
respect. Diogenes did not rise, he merely ______
and said nothing.
A) took up
B) sat up
C) pull up
D) laid
up
正确答案: B
56.
We have to put the meeting off _____ the
chairman comes back tonight.
A) since
B) while
C) as though
D) unless
正确答案: D
57.
Jerry asked Mrs. White to _______ him
______ at the library on her way downtown.
A) drop ... by
B) drop ... in
C) drop ... off
D) drop ... out
正确答案: C
58.
Maria's weak ankle was a ______ on her walks.
A) limitation
B) limit
C)
shortcoming
D) demerit
正确答案: A
59.
Several
people were ________ to death as they tried to
escape from the burning theatre.
A)
crushed
B) crashed
C)
cracked
D) shattered
正确答案: A
60.
I ______
abuse my own students.
A) have and will
never
B) have never and will
C) have never and shall never
D) have
never abused and will never
正确答案: D
Part IV Translation (
10 minutes )
Directions:
Complete the sentences by translating into English
the Chinese given in brackets.
61. ____________________(他们本来打算要买幢房子), but
eventually they bought a flat.
正确答案:
They started out wanting a house
62.
____________________ (我正尽力使她在迈克回家前平静下来) lest she
say
something to him that she will regret.
正确答案: I am trying to cool her down
before Mike comes home
63.
____________________ (他似乎要斥责她了), but he controlled
himself.
正确答案: It seemed that he was
going to lash out at her
64. She is the
kind of person who will ____________________
(为一件小事就大吵大闹).
正确答案: kick up a fuss
about a very trivial matter
65. After-
sale service includes ____________________
(送货和免费维修) for a certain
period of time, and so
on.
正确答案: delivery and free
maintenance
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Part I Listening
Comprehension ( 12 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this
section, you will hear ten statements. Numbers 1
to 6 are based on Text A
while the rest are
based on Text B. Each statement will be read ONLY
ONCE. Listen carefully and
decide whether each
statement is true or false.
1.
A) T
B) F
Script: Before being a salesman, Porter was once a
solider who took part in the battlefield in
Portland.
正确答案: B
2.
A) T
B) F
Script:
Porter felt quite nervous on the bus because he
was afraid someone would steal his
briefcase.
正确答案: A
3.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was
the only door-to-door salesman left because of his
top retail achievement.
正确答案: B
4.
A) T
B) F
Script: Some people who repeatedly turned
him down finally became his loyal customers.
正确答案: A
5.
A) T
B) F
Script: In his
neighborhood, there was no cable service and he
had to use a television
antenna.
正确答案: B
6.
A) T
B) F
Script: Porter was free of charge
for his rent and he could live there until he
dies.
正确答案: B
7.
A) T
B) F
Script: My
father expected me to get a profitable job after
years of education.
正确答案: A
8.
A) T
B) F
Script: It is in the living room that all the
family issues are discussed.
正确答案: B
9.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father strongly opposed my
decision to be a journalist because newspaper
journalism is not a promising and lucrative
field in his eyes.
正确答案: A
10.
A) T
B) F
Script: My father reads my stories
sometimes; usually he likes them.
正确答案: A
Section B
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 with the exact words you have just
heard. Finally,
when the passage is read for
the third time, you should check what you have
written.
Do you have a
hobby or pastime that you would love to do as your
job or business?
Well now with the
(11)_________________ of blogging and Web 2.0 that
dream has come true
for many.
With blogging you can write about the things you
know and are good at, like auto
repair,
knitting, (12)_________________ design, cooking
and thousands of other topics. You can
set up
a blog for (13)_________________ at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属)
(14)_________________ to
sell related products on your blog. You then write
posts
(15)_________________ a problem, a free
solution or advice and then (16)_________________
a
paid solution that is either faster or
better in some way and put the link to the
affiliate
(17)_________________ in your blog
post. People will click on it and if they purchase
the
product you will (18)_________________
usually from 30% to 100% of the purchase price.
The
next step is to get people to see your
post. Use a free service that notifies the search
engines that
you have a new post. The search
engines (19)_________________ and will come to
your blog
within a couple of hours to index
it. After pinging, you need to place links to your
post on over 47
social bookmarking sites where
people go to find info on a variety of subjects.
The key is to write
interesting posts, catchy
titles and (20)_________________ with your
description.
Script: Do you
have a hobby or pastime that you would love to do
as your job or
business? Well now with the
advent of blogging and Web 2.0 that dream has come
true for many.
With blogging you
can write about the things you know and are good
at, like auto
repair, knitting, interior
design, cooking and thousands of other topics. You
can set up a blog for
free at and then sign
up for affiliate (附属) accounts to sell related
products on your
blog. You then write posts
detailing a problem, a free solution or advice and
then mention a paid
solution that is either
faster or better in some way and put the link to
the affiliate program in your
blog post.
People will click on it and if they purchase the
product you will get a commission
usually from
30% to 100% of the purchase price. The next step
is to get people to see your post.
Use a free
service that notifies the search engines that you
have a new post. The search engines
love blog
posts and will come to your blog within a couple
of hours to index it. After pinging, you
need
to place links to your post on over 47 social
bookmarking sites where people go to find info
on a variety of subjects. The key is to write
interesting posts, catchy titles and arouse their
curiosity with your description.
正确答案: advent
正确答案: interior
正确答案: free
正确答案:
accounts
正确答案: detailing
正确答案: mention
正确答案: program
正确答案: get a commission
正确答案: love
blog posts
正确答案: arouse their
curiosity
Part II
Reading Comprehension ( 25 minutes )
Section A
Directions:
In this section, there is a passage with several
blanks. You are required to select
one word
for each blank from a list of choices given in a
word bank following the passage. Read
the
passage through carefully before making your
choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by
a letter. You may not use any of the words in
the bank more than once.
On the 7:45 bus that stops across the street, he
leaves his briefcase next to the
driver and
finds a seat in the middle of 21 bored
teenagers.
He leans forward,
stares toward the driver, sits back, then repeats
the process. His
22 makes him laugh
uncontrollably. The teenagers stare at him. They
don’t realize Porter’s
afraid someone will
23 his briefcase, with the glasses, brochures,
order forms and clip-on
tie that he needs to
24 .
Porter 25 the stares.
He looks at the floor.
His face
26 nothing. In his heart, though, he knows he
should have been
like these kids, like
everyone on this bus. He’s not angry. But he
knows. His mother explained
how the 27
had been difficult, how the doctor had used an
instrument that crushed a
section of his brain
and caused cerebral palsy, a 28 of the
nervous system that affects his
speech, hands
and walk.
Porter came to Portland
when he was 13 after his father, a salesman, was
29
here. He attended a school for the 30
and then Lincoln High School, where he was placed
in a class for slow kids.
But
he wasn’t slow.
A) steal B) disorder
C) repression D) a pack of
E) transferred
F) survive G) senses H) nervousness
I)
scores of J) leave alone K) intimidate L) triumph
M) delivery N) reveals O) disabled
21. ______________________
正确答案: D
22. ______________________
正确答案: H
23.
______________________
正确答案: A
24. ______________________
正确答案: F
25. ______________________
正确答案: G
26.
______________________
正确答案: N
27. ______________________
正确答案: M
28. ______________________
正确答案: B
29.
______________________
正确答案: E
30. ______________________
正确答案: O
Section B
Directions: There are several 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.
Passage One
Questions 31
to 35 are based on the following passage.
A new era is coming with
a fundamental change in the way of work, in our
industrialized world. Call it what you will:
the service economy, the information age, the
knowledge society. It all translates to a
fundamental change in the way we work. Already
we’re
partly there. The percentage of people
who earn their living by making things has fallen
dramatically in the Western World. Today the
majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two
thirds or more in many of these countries) are
in the service industry, and the number is on the
rise.
More women are in the work force than
ever before. There are more and more part-time
jobs, and
a growing number of people who are
self-employed. But the breadth of the economic
transformation can’t be measured by numbers
alone, because it also is giving rise to a radical
new
way of thinking about the nature of work
itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers,
the
skills needed to succeed, even the
relation between individuals and employers — all
these are
being challenged.
We
have only to look behind us to get some sense of
what may lie ahead. No one
looking ahead 20
years possibly could have foreseen the ways in
which a single invention, the
chip (集成块),
would transform our world thanks to its
applications in personal computers, digital
communications and factory robots. Tomorrow’s
achievements in biotechnology, artificial
intelligence or even some still unimagined
technology could produce a similar wave of
dramatic
changes like the invention of the
microchip. But one thing is certain: information
and knowledge
will become even more vital, and
people who possess it, whether they work in
manufacturing or
services, will have the
advantage and produce the wealth. Computer
knowledge will become as
basic a requirement
as the ability to read and write.
So the whole world will be computerized and some
people will adapt, others won’t.
But hopefully
not all work will be equal. Some people argued,
that people no longer should be
classified as
white or blue collar, manager or laborer, but
rather as knowledge and service workers.
The
ability to solve problems by applying information
instead of performing routine tasks will be
valued above all else. But there will be a
future in manufacturing, and the reason for that,
is the
move away from standardized production
and toward more flexible, customized
manufacturing.
To survive, the workers have to
think of new ways to meet the changing demands of
customers.
31.
A
characteristic of the information age is that
________.
A) the service industry is
relying more and more on the female work force
B) manufacturing industries are steadily
increasing
C) people find it harder and
harder to earn a living by working in factories
D) most of the job opportunities can now
be found in the service industry
正确答案: D
32.
One of the
great changes brought about by the knowledge
society is that ________.
A) the
difference between the employee and the employer
has become insignificant
B) people’s
traditional concepts about work no longer hold
true
C) most people have to take part-
time jobs
D) people have to change their
jobs from time to time
正确答案: B
33.
By referring to computers
and other inventions, the author means to say that
________.
A) people should be able to
respond quickly to the advancement of technology
B) future achievements in technology will
bring about inconceivable dramatic changes
C) the importance of high technology has been
overlooked
D) computer science will play
a leading role in the future information services
正确答案: B
34.
The future will probably belong to those who
________.
A) possess and know how to make
use of information
B) give full play to
their brain potential
C) involve
themselves in service industries
D) cast
their minds ahead instead of looking back
正确答案: A
35.
Which of the following would be the best title for
the passage?
A) Computers and the
Knowledge Society
B) Service Industries
in Modern Society
C) Features and
Implications of the New Era
D) Rapid
Advancement of Information Technology
正确答案: C
Passage Two
Questions
36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
Imagine eating
everything delicious you want — with none of the
fat. That would
be great, wouldn’t it?
New “fake fat” products appeared on store shelves
in the United States recently, but
not
everyone is happy about it. Makers of the
products, which contain a compound called olestra
(人造脂肪), say food manufacturers can now
eliminate fat from certain foods. Critics,
however,
say the new compound can rob the body
of essential vitamins and nutrients (营养物) and can
also
cause unpleasant side effects in some
people. So it’s up to consumers to decide whether
the new
fat-free products taste good enough to
keep eating.
Chemists discovered
olestra in the late 1960s, when they were
searching for a fat
that could be digested by
infants more easily. Instead of finding the
desired fat, the researchers
created a fat
that can’t be digested at all.
Normally, special chemicals in the intestines (肠)
and break them down so they can be used by the
body. A molecule of regular fat is made up of
three molecules of substances called fatty
acids.
The fatty acids are
absorbed by the intestines and bring with them the
essential
vitamins A, D, E, and K. When fat
molecules are present in the intestines with any
of those
vitamins, the vitamins attach to the
molecules and are carried into the bloodstream.
Olestra, which is made from six to
eight molecules of fatty acids, is too large for
the intestines to absorb. It just slides
through the intestines without being broken down.
Manufacturers say it’s that ability to slide
unchanged through the intestines that makes
olestra so
valuable as a fat substitute. It
provides consumers with the taste of regular fat
without any bad
effects on the body. But
critics say olestra can prevent vitamins A, D, E,
and K from being
absorbed. It can also prevent
the absorption of carotenoids (类胡萝卜素), compounds
that may
reduce the risk of cancer, heart
disease, etc.
Manufacturers are
adding vitamins A, D, E, and K as well as
carotenoids to their
products now. Even so,
some nutritionists are still concerned that people
might eat unlimited
amounts of food made with
the fat substitute without worrying about how many
calories they are
consuming.
36.
We learn from the passage
that olestra is a substance that ______________.
A) contains plenty of nutrients
B) renders foods calorie-free while retaining
their vitamins
C) makes foods easily
digestible
D) makes foods fat-free while
keeping them delicious
正确答案: D
37.
The result of the search for
an easily digestible fat turned out to be
______________.
A) commercially useless
B) just as anticipated
C)
somewhat controversial
D) quite
unexpected
正确答案: D
38.
Olestra is different from ordinary fats in
that ______________.
A) it passes through
the intestines without being absorbed
B)
it facilitates the absorption of vitamins by the
body
C) it helps reduce the incidence of
heart disease
D) it prevents excessive
intake of vitamins
正确答案: A
39.
What is a possible negative
effect of olestra according to some critics?
A) It may impair the digestive system.
B) It may affect the overall fat intake.
C) It may increase the risk of cancer.
D) It may spoil the consumers’ appetite.
正确答案: C
40.
Why
are nutritionists concerned about adding vitamins
to olestra?
A) It may lead to the over-
consumption of vitamins.
B) People may
be induced to eat more than what is necessary.
C) The function of the intestines may be
weakened.
D) It may trigger a new wave
of fake food production.
正确答案: B
Part III
Vocabulary and Structure ( 13 minutes )
Directions: There are a number
of 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.
41.
It seems to me that he’s not qualified enough to
____________ that position.
A) compensate
for
B) preside over
C) apply
to
D) apply for
正确答案: D
42.
Today, Microsoft’s
server software division is a comfortably
____________ business, with
$$16 billion a year
in revenue.
A) profitable
B)
prudent
C) privileged
D)
triumphant
正确答案: A
43.
My mother was learning that she could
____________ me without crushing me.
A)
disapprove
B) flatter
C)
assess
D) criticize
正确答案:
D
44.
The general strike
of the railway workers ____________ the country’s
economy.
A) nourished
B)
crippled
C) cultivated
D)
purified
正确答案: B
45.
It is essential that these application
forms _____________ back as early as possible.
A) must be sent
B) will be sent
C) are sent
D) be sent
正确答案: D
46.
They
keep a ____________ of all those who have
contributed to the fund.
A) remedy
B) margin
C) register
D)
heredity
正确答案: C
47.
You have to handle him diplomatically or
else he’ll ____________ a lot of trouble.
A) kick up
B) kick around
C)
kick against
D) kick in
正确答案: A
48.
His accent
at once ________ the fact that he was a foreigner.
A) exposed
B) pointed at
C) revealed to
D) betrayed
正确答案: D
49.
________ as
a masterpiece, a work of art must transcend the
ideas of the period in which it
was
created.
A) Ranks
B) The ranking
C) To be ranked
D) For being
ranked
正确答案: C
50.
He was speeding along on his motorbike
when an unexpected hole in the road caught him
________ and he fell over.
A) off
guard
B) off hand
C) off
balance
D) off the point
正确答案: C
51.
She mixes
her colours on the canvas rather than on the
______.
A) pad
B) spectrum
C) palette
D) rack
正确答案: C
52.
Any
excitement you have at starting a new job is
always ______ with a certain amount of
fear.
A) lingered
B) mingled
C) assembled
D) s
正确答案: B
53.
She lay down to rest
her tired and aching ______.
A) scars
B) geniuses
C) limbs
D) lambs
正确答案: C
54.
Well, he was certainly a good
______ — he nearly talked me into buying that
coat!
A) veterinarian
B)
salesman
C) coastguardsman
D)
loudspeaker
正确答案: B
55.
The women got on the bus,
_______.
A) with babies in arm
B) babies in their arms
C) their babies
in arm
D) baby in arm
正确答案: D
56.
Jerry asked
Mrs. White to _______ him ______ at the library on
her way downtown.
A) drop ... by
B) drop ... in
C) drop ... off
D) drop ... out
正确答案: C
57.
Maria's weak ankle was a ______
on her walks.
A) limitation
B)
limit
C) shortcoming
D)
demerit
正确答案: A
58.
Many salesmen receive a _______ of 10 per
cent on all sales made.
A) committee
B) commission
C) commodity
D) commerce
正确答案: B
59.
A)
they can
B) they so do
C) so
they did
D) they did so
正确答案: A
60.
I ______
abuse my own students.
A) have and will
never
B) have never and will
C) have never and shall never
D) have
never abused and will never
正确答案: D
Part IV Translation (
10 minutes )
Directions:
Translate the following sentences into English
(with the given words or phrases).
61. 球赛后他徘徊不去,希望能见到他最喜欢的球员。
________________________________________
正确答案: He lingered after the match, hoping to meet
his favorite football player.
62.
老板把他调到了另一个部门。
________________________________________
正确答案: His boss transferred him to another
department.
63. 大多数厂家提供各种服务,包括免费送货上门。
________________________________________
正确答案: Most companies offer a
variety of services including free home delivery.
64. 不要辜负父母对你的期望。
________________________________________
正确答案: Don't betray your parents' expectations of
you.
65. 伤痕累累的手和她漂亮的脸真不相配。
________________________________________
正确答案: The scarred hands didn't match her beautiful
face.