paper one
（90 minutes）
part i dialogue communication (10 minutes, 10 points, 1 for each)
section a dialogue completion
directions: in this section, you will read 5 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by 4 choices marked a, b, c, and d. choose the answer that best suits the situation to complete the dialogue by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring answer sheet.
1. a: excuse me. could you show me the way to the nearest subway station?
b:
a.any time. it’s next to the post office.
b.all right. do you want me to go with you?
c.no problem. it’s my pleasure to direct you.
d.of course. go down this street and turn right.
2. a: hi anita, long time no see.
b:
a. hi john. nice meeting you.
b. yeah, i’ve been in chicago working on the new project.
c. oh, i see. i’ve had lots of work to do here.
d. yes. do you know i’ve moved to a new apartment?
3. a: are you ms. kelsey, the office manager?
b:
a. yes. i am. what can i do for you?
b. oh, yes. what’s your name, please?
c. yes. it’s nice to have you here with us.
d. oh, yes. but i’m very busy now.
4. a: are you going to your family reunion this christmas holiday?
b:
a. as a matter of fact, i don’t mind it at all.
b. i do. i’ve been excited about it now.
c. however. my parents and i are going to take a trip to hawaii.
d. you bet. all my uncles and aunts will take their children along, too.
5. a: did you know that whitney houston was giving a concert last night in the town?
b:
a. why don’t you get some tickets for us?
b. i like her, but i didn’t have time for the concert.
c.why didn’t you tell me about it earlier?
d. maybe we can go to her concert some other time.
section b dialogue comprehension
directions: in this section, you will read 5 short conversations between a man and a woman. at the end of each conversation there is a question followed by 4 choices marked a, b, c, and d. choose the best answer to the question from the 4 choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring answer sheet.
6. man: what did professor clark think about my presentation?
woman: he said your presentation was right on target.
question: what did professor clark think about the man’s presentation?
a. the man didn’t see eye to eye with professor clark.
b. the man caught the most important point of the topic.
c. the man’s presentation had a right purpose.
d. the man was right to give the presentation.
7. woman: dave told me he had had 10 papers published this year. is that true?
man: you have to take what dave says with a grain of salt.
question: what does the man imply?
a. the woman shouldn’t believe everything dave tells her.
b. the woman shouldn’t let dave get the best of her.
c. dave is not serious with the woman.
d. dave is always true to his words.
8. man: welcome home, lora. do you know everyone in the town looks up to you?
woman: really? i was just too busy to come back.
question: what does the man mean?
a. everyone in the town misses lora.
b. everyone in the town expects lora to come back.
c. everyone in the town respects lora.
d. everyone in the town wants to see lora.
9. woman: we’d better get moving if we don’t want to be late.
man: take it easy. it’s three o’clock now.
question: what does the man mean?
a. they’d better hurry because they have no time to lose.
b. they needn’t hurry because they still have time.
c. they will not be late because it is easy to get there.
d. they should take the easiest way in order not to be late.
10. woman: have you seen tom lately?
man: yeah. he is really something nowadays. i can’t even get close to him.
question: what does the man think about tom?
a. tom is very rich now.
b. tom is a very important person.
c. tom has become a very bad guy.
d. tom is arrogant to his old friends.
part ii vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points,0.5 for each )
section a
directions: in this section there are fifteen sentences, each with one word or phrase underlined. choose the one from the four choices marked a, b, c and d that best keeps the meaning of the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center。
11. people of diverse backgounds now fly to distant places for pleasure, business or education.
a. different b. distinctive c. similar d.separated
12. sometimes, the messages are conveyed through deliberate, conscious gestures; other times, our bodies talk without our even knowing.
a. definite b.intentional c. delicate d.interactive
13. hunters have almost exterminated many of the larger animals while farmers destroyed many smaller animals.
a. wounded b. reduced c. killed d. trapped
14. many observers believe that country will remain in state of chaos if it fails to solve its chronic food shortage problem.
a. transient b. starving c. continuous d. serial
15. the guilty verdict was widely expected, although harsher than many had predicted.
a. judgement b. crime c. jury d. convict
16. the month which started with the fall of rome witnessed also the fall of other cities and the german fortress was successfully besieged.
a. suppressed b. surveyed c. surrounded d. surrendered
17. in the months and years that followed as i traversed the northwest passage, i came to accept such surprises as commonplace.
a. passed across b. passed away c. passed on d. passed over
18. democratic candidate kerry conceded defeat and congratulated bush on his re-election.
a. reconciled b. yielded c. compromised d. acknowledged
19. between nasty weather and inexperience, these hikers dared not venture too far.
a. indecent b. disagreeable c. stained d. frustrating
20. the government has a policy of fostering the public awareness of the dangers in smoking.
a. encouraging b. discovering c. hindering d. emphasizing
section b
directions: in this section, there are fifteen incomplete sentences. for each sentence there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
21. he in court that he had seen the prisoner run out of the bank after it had been robbed.
a. justified b. witnessed c. testified d. identified
22. if you are a member of a club, you must to the rules of that club.
a. conform b. appeal c. refer d. access
23. a patient who is dying of incurable cancer of the throat is in terrible pain, which can no longer be satisfactorily ______ .
a. diminished b. alleviated c. replaced d. abolished
24. there is nothing so lovely as to be beautiful. beauty is a gift of god and we should ______ it as such.
a. cheat b. choose c. cherish d. choke
25. i have been for years troubling the pages of historians, to find out what our fathers have done to the native americans, but i must say, that my researches have _______ been to no effect.
a. therefore b. hitherto c. however d. nevertheless
26. india’s relationship with its neighbors was reflected in the mistrust, misunderstanding, and _______ .
a. comprehension b. concession c. hostility d. hospitality
27. in today’s fast-paced world, the quest to raise a moral child ________ new urgency.
a. puts on b. takes on c. turns on d. depends on
28. my friend wants to borrow 1000 dollars from me, but i have no more than 200 _______ .
a. in person b. at length c. after all d. on hand
29. the display of goods needs to be ________ with the store’s atmosphere.
a. persistent b. existent c. insistent d. consistent
30. infants can learn about these imaginary figures by watching the ________ of fairy tales.
a. antigen b. animation c. ascendance d. autobiography
part ⅲ reading comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points, 1 for each )
directions: there are five passages in this part. each passage is followed by five questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the best answer and mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
passage one
for the five passengers aboard an american airline flight from tokyo earlier this month, it was a dilemma worthy of reality television: go with santa clara county health authorities and risk being held in quarantine(隔離) for hours for no good reason. or go home, make the next connection or get to that business meeting, and risk spreading a potentially deadly new disease to family, fellow passengers and business associates. emergency vehicles had the aircraft surrounded, and across the nation, americans watching on live tv got a new look at an old weapon in the fight to protect the public’s health: the quarantine.
in an age of mysterious diseases like sars, and of bioterrorism threats like smallpox, the quarantine is staging a comeback. by april 4, president bush signed an unusual executive order that would add sars to a list of diseases for which federal health officials may quarantine u.s. citizens against their will. it was the first such action since the time, when the dreaded eborla virus was added to a series of epidemics.
quarantine was first used in venice during the 14th century. in america, its history is long and periodic. throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, outbreaks of tuberculosis(肺結(jié)核)，smallpox, scarelet fever, cholera and other plagues prompted periodic quarantines throughout the nation. when these quarantines were challenged, courts invariably defended the state’s authority to act: quarantine, the supreme court ruled in 1909, does not invade constitutional rights, since individuals have no right to harm others.
but though quarantines were frequently effective in protecting the public from the spread of illness, they can be a blunt (鈍的) instrument, and have often been abused or misapplied. in 1900, the death of a chinese laborer suspected of having bubonic plague(腺鼠疫) in san francisco prompted authorities to quarantine that city’s entire chinatown district. trapped behind crude barriers and barbed wire, and experiencing food shortages, san francisco’s asian population successfully challenged the measure as an act aroused by racial prejudice rather than concern for public health.
today, federal officials have broad rights, through the centers for disease control, to examine and quarantine foreign citizens coming into the united states if they may be carriers of contagious diseases. and state and local officials across the country have broad powers to detain americans if they are clearly ill with a contagious disease and they resist treatment.
31. what does the first paragraph introduce to us?
a. a scene from a soap opera.
b. a piece of news about a shocking scene.
c. a scene from a medical advertisement.
d. a piece of news item telecast live.
32. the five passengers were surrounded by emergency vehicles when landing because they were ________ .
a. seriously ill
b. involved in some illegal dealings
c. seriously injured in an accident
d. suspected to have some contagious disease
33. why is the old weapon back again?
a. because we are facing with the severe attack of some mysterious disease like sars.
b. because we are facing with global bioterrorism attack.
c. because the environmental crisis has made its coming back necessary.
d. because we are in an age when we turn pale at the mere mention of something terrible.
34. from the passage we can see that _________ .
a. quarantine has a very, very long history in america
b. quarantine has been used several times in america to protect people from the soread of epidemics
c. when quarantine is carried out, human rights are infringed upon
d. american citizens have the right to protect their rights at any time and under any cirumstances
35. from this passage, we can infer that_________ .
a. faced with the threat of deadly unknown diseases quarantine is an outdated weapon
b. quarantine is not very effective as compared with some other stronger measures
c. just like other laws, quarantine can be abused for evil purposes
d. quarantine is a weapon to hatm others so as to benefit oneself
passage two
what makes teenagers moody and impulsive? the answer used to be raging hormones plus a dearth of (短缺) life experiences. but three years ago this simple equation was blown apart by evidence from brain scans of strange goings-on behind the teenage forehead.
till then, scientists had thought the brain’s internal structure was fixed by the end of childhood. the new scans showed the brain’s frontal cortex（皮層）thickening just before puberty(青春期), then slowly shirinking back to normal during the teenage years. suddenly, the erratic huffiness(發(fā)怒) seemed to make sense: the teenage brain was a work in progress, a house in the process of being rewired.
now comes more evidence of neural turmoil. according to psychologists in california, the speed with which youngsters can read the emotional expressions on people’s faces dips suddenly at around the age of 11 or 12 and takes years to get back on track.
the latest study, like the brain scan research before it, is a welcome and necessary part of building up a picture of a typical teenage brain so that scientists can get a better handle on what might be happening in the mental illnesses that appear to be afflicting children and adolescents in ever greater numbers. but there are dangers.
scientists still have no idea how to interpret the subtle changes seen in adolescent brain scans. yet in the wrong hands, these findings could be used to justify hothousing, impulse control training and other dubious attempts to get the most out of malleable teenage brain cells. the science could also spark a new wave of moralising based on a perceived need to protect teenagers’evolving brain connections from evil or toxic influences.
incredibly, some scientists have already suggested in the press that the brain scan evidence somehow proves that it is biologically bad for teenagers to play video games or lie on the couch watching mtv. a hundred years ago one well-known“expert”urged teenage boys to drink six to eight glasses of hot water a day to flush impure thoughts from their bodies. have we really learned so little?
36. in the past it was thought that teenagers were moody and impulsive because of _______ .
a. their innocence and lack of ilfe experience
b. their raging hormones and lack of life experience
c. their radical attitudes towards life
d. the generation gap between teenagers and their parents
37. form the passage we can learn that __________ .
a. the teenage brain is a kind of work in progress
b. the new brain scans support the conventional thought
c. the brain’s frontal cortex becomes bigger during the teenager years
d. at the age of 11 or 12 teenagers are unable to find out people’s true feelings
38. the latest study is very helpful in that __________.
a. it can take clearer pictures of teenagers’brains
b. scientists will meet with fewer dangers in their research work
c. it may help scientists understand better the mental illness in teenagers
d. it may enable teenagers to experience fewer dangers during teenager years
39. according to paragraph five, which of the following statements reflects the present medical reality?
a. it is biologically bad for teenagers to play games or lie on the couch watching mtv.
b. teenager boys should drink six or eight glasses of hot water in the morning everyday.
c. scientists should apply the findings of brain scans to practical use as soon as possible.
d. scientists still don’t know how to explain the subtle changes seen in teenager brain scans.
40. the author’s attitude towards the findings of teenagers’ brain scans can be concluded as _________ .
a. cautious
b. positive
c. prejudiced
d. neutral
passage three
scraps of food could soon be helping power your home, thanks to an ultra-cheap bacteria-driven battery. its developers hope that instead of feeding the dog or making garden compost (混合肥料), organic household waste could top up your home’s electricity.
although such “microbial fuel cells”（mfcs）have been developed in the past, they have always proved extremely inefficient and expensive. now chris melhuish and technologists at the university of the west of england (uwe) in bristol have come up with a simplified mfc that costs as little as ￡ 10 to make.
right now, their fuel cell runs only on sugar cubes, since these produce almost no waste when broken down, but they aim to move on to carrot power. “it has to be able to use raw materials, rather than giving it a refined fuel,” says melhuish.
inside the walkman-sized battery, a colony of e. coli bacteria produce enzymes that break down carbohydrates, releasing hydrogen atoms. the cell also contains chemicals that drive a series of redox, or reduction and oxidation reactions, stripping electrons from the hydrogen atoms and delivering them steadily to the fuel cell’s anode(正極). this creates a voltage that can be used to power a circuit.
to prove the mfc works, the researchers are using it to power a small light-sensitive robot. and when a number of the cells are connected in series, they could power domestic appliances, running a 40-watt bulb for eight hours on about 50 grams of sugar.
earlier mfcs were inefficient because they relied on energy-hungry filters and pumps. by experimenting with different anode materials, the uwe team have figured out how to make their system work: they dump the bacteria and redox chemicals directly into the cell.
in its current form, the uwe team says its organic battery can produce eight times as much power as any previous mfc. but melhuish wants to improve this, both by scaling it up and finding a better mix of redox chemicals.
41. which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
a. microbial fuel cells.
b. cost-efficient microbial fuel cells.
c. the efficiency of microbial fuel cells.
d. organic battery runs robot.
42. chris melhuish and technlogists are trying to use household wastes to _________.
a. feed domestic animals.
b. make garden compost
c. produce electricity
d. manufacture bacteria
43. the word “redox”in paragraph 4 most probably means ___________ .
a. reduction and oxidation reaction
b. electron from the hydrogen atoms
c. bacteria-driven battery
d. a colony of e. coli bacteria
44. earlier mfcs were inefficient because they _________ .
a. produced very little electricity
b. required different anode materials
c. consumed much energy on filters and pumps
d. could only run domestic appliances
45. according to melhuish, his present mfc ___________ .
a. is of very little use right now
b. is no more efficient than previous ones
c. consumes a lot of organic materials
d. is already considerably efficient
passage four
the appalling carnage(大屠殺) in bali means airlines are once again bracing themselves for hard times. yet if 11 september is a guide, any slump (暴跌) in air travel will be a blip.
global air traffic has quadrupled since 1970 and is forecast to more than double again by 2015. result? air transport is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions. though only 3.5 per cent at present, aviation’s share of emissions could exceed 10 percent by 2050. so what are governments and international bodies doing? precious little.
taxing jet fuel is banned by an international treaty dating back to 1994. emissions from international flights have yet to be included in the kyoto protocol. action at the world summit in johannesburg was confined to consciousness-raising stunts inviting delegates to cough up voluntarily for the planting of trees to offset planes’emissions. the rest of us, meanwhile, love our cheap air tickets and seem immune to the irony of jetting off an eco-tour on a return long-haul that produces more carbon dioxide per passenger than a few months’ motoring.
true, jet engines are getting more efficient. but this will not offset the fantastic growth in passengers. and planned high-speed planes such as boeing’s sonic cruiser could reverse the efficiency trend. for all these reasons, many governments, especially in europe, now accept the need to tax jet fuel even if the industry and the powerful bodies it influences consistently block such moves.
such intransigence (不讓步) looks increasingly self-serving. but in one respect the industry is right: curbing fuel consumption alone may not be the answer. in fact, to really minimize their greenhouse contributions, planes may sometimes have to do the opposite—use up more fuel by flying at lower altitude to cut out vapour trails.
the aviation industry will no doubt pour cold water on this. and in truth, the benefits of curbing plane trails are not always easy to balance against the costs. nevertheless, there are clearly circumstances in which flying lower could be the lesser of two environmental evils. airlines and their customers should take the idea seriously.
46. the passage chiefly talks about ________ .
a. slumps in air travels
b. how to fly planes at lower altitude
c. how to solve environmental pronlems caused by planes
d. the inefficiency of air travel and methods to deal with it
47. from paragraph 2 of this passage we learn that _________ .
a. air transport will soon slow down due to the increase in air accidents.
b. air transport will give rise to greenhouse gas emission in the future
c. governments and international bodies are active in protecting the environment
d. aviation will grab a bigger share of international transportation
48. which of the following is not considered as a factor leading to more serious greenhouse gas emission by planes?
a. emission from international flights has already been banned.
b. world summit in johannesburg didn’t produce a more efficient solution.
c. the 1994 international treaty banned taxing jet fuel.
d. passengers pay little attention to environmental problems caused by long-haul flights.
49. paragraph four tells us that ________.
a. the efficiency of jet planes will offset the growth in passengrs
b. boeing’s sonic cruiser will be less efficient than planes today
c. many european governments think that it is unwise to tax jet fuel
d. the aviation industry has some influences on some powerful bodies
50. why is the aviation industry reluctant to curb plane trails?
a. because it may increase the total costs of air flights.
b. because they have no other way to dump the waste water.
c. because flying lower may cause more serious environmental problems.
d. because customers do not like the idea of flying lower.
passage five
architects are hopeless when it comes to deciding whether the public will view their designs as marvels or monstrosities, according to a study by canadian psychologists. they say designers should go back to school to learn about ordinary people’s tastes.
many buildings that appeal to architects get the thumbs down from the public. robert gifford of the university of victoria in british columbia decided to find out whether architects understand public preferences and simply disagree with them, or fail to understand the lay person’s view.
with his colleague graham brown, he asked 25 experienced architects to look at photos of 42 large buildings in the us, canada, europe and hong kong. the architects predicted how the public would rate the buildings on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represented “terrible” and 10 “excellent”. a further 27 people who were not architects also scored the buildings out of 10. in addition, eight architects gave their own personal ratings of the buildings.
the three groups tended to agree among themselves on a building’s merits. and architects correctly predicted that lay people would on average rate buildings higher than they did themselves. but for individual buildings, the architects’ perceptions of what the lay people would think were often way off the mark. “some architects are quite good at predicting lay preferences, but others are not only poor at it , they get it backwards.” says gifford.
for instance, architects gave the stockley park building b-3 offices in london a moderate rating of 5.2. they thought the public would like it much better, predicting a rating of 6.3. but the public actually disliked the offices, and gave it 4.7. gifford thinks that lay people respond to specific features of buildings, such as durability and originality, and hopes to pin down what they are.
“architects in architecture school need to be taught how lay people think about buildings,” gifford concludes. he doesn’t think designers should pander to the lowest common denominator, but suggests they should aspire towards buildings that appeal to the public and architects alike, such as the bank of china building in hong kong.
marco goldschmeid of the richard rogers partnership, designers of the millennium dome in london, thinks the study is flawed. “the authors have assumed, wrongly, that buildings can be meaningfully judged from photographs rather than actual visits,” he says. goldschmeid thinks it would be more significant and interesting to look at the divergence of public taste between generations.
51. what does the first paragraph of this passage imply?
a. architects have a dark future in designing marvelous buildings.
b. architects don’t care about how ordinary people view their designs.
c. it is very difficult for architects to please the general public.
d. architects don’t know much about the public tastes for buildings.
52. through his study, robert gifford found that .
a. the three groups had similar responses to the photos of 42 large buildings
b. the architects generally rated buildings lower than lay people
c. the architects predicted precisely the preferences of lay people
d. no architect could predict the public tastes towards buildings accurately
53. from the passage we can learn that the bank of china building in hong kong .
a. panders to the lowest common denominator
b. gets a low rate from the architects
c. appeals to the public as well as the architects
d. gives the architects a lot of aspiration
54. marco goldschmeid thinks that gifford’s study is flawed because .
a. it uses photos instead of actual visits
b. it ignores the public tastes between generations
c. it lacks the necessary significance and interests
d. it doesn’t take into account the differences within the public
55. what does the passage mainly deal with ?
a. how to design attractive buildings.
b. architects need to understand public tastes.
c. how lay people view buildings.
d. different tastes between architects and the public.
part iv cloze (15 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each )
directions: in this part, there is a passage with 15 blanks. for each blank there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the best answer for each blank and mark the corresponding letter on your answer sheet with a single line through the center.
ironically, in the united states, a country of immigrants, prejudice and discrimination continue to be serious problems. there was often 56 between each established group of 57 and each succeeding group. as each group became 58 financially successful, and more powerful, they 59 newcomers from full participation in the society. prejudice and discrimination are 60 u.s. history, 6 1 , this prejudicial treatment of different groups is 62 more unjust than with black americans.
blacks had distinct 63 . for the most part, they came to the “land of opportunity” as slaves and were not free to keep their 64 and cultural traditions. 65 most european immigrants, blacks did not have the protection of a support group, sometimes slave owners separated members of 66 family. they could not mix easily with the 67 society either because of their skin color. it was difficult for them to 68 the american culture. even after they became free people, they were still discriminated 69 in employment, housing, education, and even in public 70 , such as restrooms.
56.
a. intention
b. enforcement
c. tendency
d. tension
57.
a. migrants
b. racists
c. immigrants
d. blacks
58
a. less
b. much
c. more
d. little
59
a. excluded
b. eliminated
c. included
d. diluted
60.
a. lain in
b. part of
c. within that of
d. staying in
61
a. therefore
b. moreover
c. consequently
d. however
62.
a. anywhere
b. nowhere
c. somewhere
d. everywhere
63.
a. advantages
b. disadvantages
c. merits
d. shortcomings
64.
a. heritage
b. inheritance
c. legends
d. identifications
65.
a. following
b. taking after
c. unlike
d. along with
66.
a. their
b. the same
c. one
d. slave
67.
a. former
b. original
c. existing
d. established
68.
a. be apt to
b. mix up with
c. adapt to
d. join in
69.
a. by
b. to
c. for
d. against
70.
a. facilities
b. installments
c. equipment
d. concerns
part i error detection (5 minutes, 5 points，0.5 for each )
directions: each of the following sentences has four underlined parts marked a, b, c and d. identify
the part of the sentence that is incorrect.
71. after a night spend in fever and sleeplessness,i forced myself to take a long walk the next day
a b
through the hilly country covered with pine woods.
c d
72. the only way to influence others is to talk about that they want and show them how to get it.
a b c d
73.where i work concern me because i don’t want to live in a large city.
a b c d
74.new fuels such as lead-free gasoline and alcohol, a mixture of gasoline and alcohol, have been
a b c d
appeared on the market.
75.a new product should be judged not by the promises made in commercials and advertisements,
a b
but also by the results demonstrated in actual use.
c d
76.jim spent his vacation traveling in arizona, visiting some of the indian reservations, and
a b
had finished several paintings that he had begun last year.
c d
77.since you have confessed that you were wrong for your rebellion, i will recommend that you were
a b c
not punished.
d
78.yesterday i met judy on the street, who wore the same coat that i wore.
a b c d
79.health authorities estimate that as many as 60 percents of all doctor visits in the united states are
a b c
due to psychological stress rather than specific illnesses.
d
80.related to the problem of energy is other crucial environmental issues such as clean air and
a b
water, the preservation of the wilderness and endangered species.
c d