Part 1 Dialogue Communication (10minutes, 10points,1 for each)Section A Dialogue CompletionDirections: In this section, you will read 2 short incomplete dialogues between two speakers, each followed by four 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.Example: [A]: Beach Motel. May I help you? [B]: . A. Thank you. I’d like to make a long distance call to New York. B. Yes. We need a double room for this weekend. C. Sorry. I don’t think you can help us. Thank you any way. D. All right. My name is David Jones and my room number is 301.Answer: B
1. A: How are your German lessons going? B: _______________ A. I do. I enjoy them very much. B. Don't worry. I can deal with it easily. C. Very well. My teacher thinks I'm making progress, and I find the lessons well worth the time and trouble. D. Very good. My students like my lectures very much. 2. A: Is it true you can't take this medicine? B: _______________ A. No. It works well, but the side effects are really strong. B. Yes. It works well, but the side effects are really strong. C. No. It doesn't work well and the side effects are really strong. D. Yes. It works well and the side effects aren't strong.
3. [A]：Your husband is a real outdoors man. Her just can’t wait to get out of the city. He likes fishing and boating and bird watching. [B]: _____________.A. Oh, great. How about your husband? B. Oh, yes. He thinks sleeping in a tent beside a lake is great. C. But, do you really know your husband?D. But I think he is a coward. 4. A: What do you think of the movie? B: _______________ A. I had no idea about it. B. Oh, you've already seen that movie. C. We should go to see it together tomorrow. D: It was worth neither the time nor the money. 5. A: How annoying! I can't figure out a solution to this problem. Can you help me? B: _______________ A. Don't you see I'm busy now? B. Sorry, it can't be helped. C. Well. I'm afraid I can't at the moment. D. I'll try, but I don't think I can work it out. Section BDialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 2 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Example: [Man]: Did you tell Sally she has failed the exam again? [Woman]: No. I didn’t have the heart to tell her. [Question]: What does the woman mean? A. She doesn’t like a heart to heart talk with Sally. B. She thinks the topic is too serious for her. C. She thinks the news is too bad for Sally. D. She dares not to tell Sally the bad news.Answer C
6. W: If I were you, I'd be more careful about locking the back door at night. M: Don't worry. No one will break in. Q: What did the woman imply? A. That the man will not be able to sleep. B. That someone will enter the back door while the man is sleeping. C. That the lock on the door will break. D. That the man will not be able to come back.
7. M: I'm starting training tomorrow for the basketball season. W: Should you be playing right away after you just got over that leg injury? Q: What does the woman imply? A. The man should see the game afterward. B. The man shouldn't be playing so soon. C. The man should step over the basketball. D. The man shouldn't be leaving by train tomorrow.
8. W: I wish Mary would put on a different record. She has played that song a thousand times. M: At least. It used to be one of my favorites before I had to hear it so often. Q: What did the man and the woman say about Mary's record? A. They've got used to listening to it. B. They're happy she's playing it at last. C. It's one of their favorite songs. D. They're both very tired of it.
9. [Man]: M: Is there anything you'd like to ask about the job? W: Yes, I'd like to know if the company provides opportunities for further education. M: Yes, our employees are allowed to take up to six hours a week at full pay, to attend college courses. Q: What can we learn about the company from the conversation? A. All its employees are at least college graduates B. It allows its employees six paid hours a week for further education. C. It pays for its employees' further education. D. It offers its employee's six-hour college courses a week.10. W: Roger, come on! What's taking you so long to get ready? M: Bear with me. I'm a little tired today. Q: What does the man mean? A. He wants to take a nap. B. He asks the woman to help him carry something. C. He asks the woman to come with him. D. He asks the woman to be patient.
Section BDialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 2 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the end of each conversation there is a question followed by four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer to the question from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Example: [Man]: Did you tell Sally she has failed the exam again? [Woman]: No. I didn’t have the heart to tell her. [Question]: What does the woman mean? A. She doesn’t like a heart to heart talk with Sally. B. She thinks the topic is too serious for her. C. She thinks the news is too bad for Sally. D. She dares not to tell Sally the bad news.Answer C
6. W: If I were you, I'd be more careful about locking the back door at night. M: Don't worry. No one will break in. Q: What did the woman imply? A. That the man will not be able to sleep. B. That someone will enter the back door while the man is sleeping. C. That the lock on the door will break. D. That the man will not be able to come back.
7. M: I'm starting training tomorrow for the basketball season. W: Should you be playing right away after you just got over that leg injury? Q: What does the woman imply? A. The man should see the game afterward. B. The man shouldn't be playing so soon. C. The man should step over the basketball. D. The man shouldn't be leaving by train tomorrow.
8. W: I wish Mary would put on a different record. She has played that song a thousand times. M: At least. It used to be one of my favorites before I had to hear it so often. Q: What did the man and the woman say about Mary's record? A. They've got used to listening to it. B. They're happy she's playing it at last. C. It's one of their favorite songs. D. They're both very tired of it.
9. [Man]: M: Is there anything you'd like to ask about the job? W: Yes, I'd like to know if the company provides opportunities for further education. M: Yes, our employees are allowed to take up to six hours a week at full pay, to attend college courses. Q: What can we learn about the company from the conversation? A. All its employees are at least college graduates B. It allows its employees six paid hours a week for further education. C. It pays for its employees' further education. D. It offers its employee's six-hour college courses a week.10. W: Roger, come on! What's taking you so long to get ready? M: Bear with me. I'm a little tired today. Q: What does the man mean? A. He wants to take a nap. B. He asks the woman to help him carry something. C. He asks the woman to come with him. D. He asks the woman to be patient.
Part II Vocabulary (10 minutes, 10 points, 0.5 for each)Section ADirections: In this section, there are ten 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 with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
11. A two-year sting operation last week yielded charges of 58 American Airlines baggage handlers and food contract workers, as well as three law enforcement officials. A. gave rise to B. appealed to C. gave up D. fulfilled in12. Finances can consist of a combination of stocks, bonds, and properties. A. Achievements B. Assets C. Donations D. Requests13. As soon as the board of elections promulgates the list of candidates, a ballot is prepared. A. informally discuss B. quickly contacts C. officially declared D. critically reviews14. More and more attention is being given to conservation of wild life in allocated game reserves.A. observation B. distribution C. protection D. investigation15. The mail was delayed for a week because of the flood.A. held in B. held up C. held off D. held down16. A successful businessman must be aggressive.A. assertive B. depressed C. unstable D. insecure17. In case of intense fear, our intuitive response is very often to cry or scream.A. simultaneous B. spontaneous C. systematic D. sacred18. The merit of a sales tax is that it decreases government reliance on income taxes.A. outcome B. supply C. virtue D. balance19. A legal combination of the United States Airways, Inc., and the International Airlines Company was approved at a joint board of directors meeting.A. reconstruction B. strike C. merger D. memorandum20. The ruthless teacher put Bill down for the blunder he made in his oral presentation.A. asked him to sit down B. dismissed him from the class C. made him feel humble D. recorded his mistak
Section BDirections: In this section, there are ten 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 with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.21. My travelling _______ objected to me smoking. A. colleagues B. associates C. companions D. friends22. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ______ of the motor industry is uncertain.A. terminal B. benefit C. fate D. estimate23. To speed up the _____ of letters, the Post Office introduced the automatic sorting. A. treatment B. delivery C. transmission D. departure24. The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ____of the murder committed last month.A. observer B. witnesses C. audiences D. viewers25. _________ the proportion of people of working age will decline. A. Officially B. Endlessly C. Eventually D. Totally26. This hook for railroad cars was the ______ of a tremendous amount of scientific work. A. output B. outlet C. outset D. outcome27. Our boss is _______an important customer now and he will be back this afternoon.A. calling on B. calling in C. calling up D. calling for28. In our country, there are still thousands of caves which are ______ to travelers. A. impressive B. impossible C. inaccessible D. inactive29. A considerable amount of time and money has been invested in ______this latest video recorder。 A. effecting B. affecting C. injecting D. perfecting30. The discovery of oil in the 1980s has ______ that nation.A. enhanced B. enlarged C. enriched D. elevated
Part III Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 25 points, 1 for each)Directions: There are five passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Passage One Benjamin Franklin, whose 298-th birthday anniversary we celebrate on the 17-th of this month, was 70 years old when he undertook the most difficult task of his life. He was 72 when he negotiated the treaty of alliance with France, which made victory and independence possible.Franklin was 76 years old when he negotiated the peace treaty with Great Britain, and at 81 he organized America's first anti-slavery society.What makes a man obsolete? Franklin never became obsolete (过时无用的). With him, life began again at 70, for then he commenced a new and hazardous career. While in France he was not only a diplomat, but he created the American navy, financed the Revolution, and acted as judge in prize courts.Some business concerns make it a rule that when a man reaches a certain age he must retire. They throw away matured experience. England held on to Disraeli and to Gladstone and to Balfour of our own day as long as they lived. Their value could never be measured by years. Their value lay in their eternal youth.Who knows when age has come upon another? Is it gray hair? A faltering step? A stooping posture? Or is it when the mind loses virility(男性特征)? And where is the sage who can speak with real wisdom in his early thirties?Let no young man mock at the men of years, for tomorrow passes and yet another day is gone. Each individual too soon finds that the calendar has to be torn, and a new one takes its place.But each of us is ambitious to remain everlastingly youthful?to play gaily at 60, to be interested in all of life at 70, to keep one's wits at 80. Years are the artificial qualities of calendar makers. If the spirit is young, the years are not even remembered. If the spirit remains young, one can sing a song at 80 as at 18?but at 80 it will have more meaning.
31. The author of the passage mentions what Benjamin Franklin had done when he was over 70 in order to ___________.A. praise his greatnessB. remind the readers not to forget his merits in American revolutionC. encourage readers to learn his selfless spirit in serving his countryD. teach readers to defy old age problem 32. While working in France as a diplomat B. Franklin __________.A.prepared the American navy, collected donations for the American navy and worked for the prize courtB.organized the American anti-slavery society, collected donations for the American Revolution and started a complete new careerC.organized donations for the American navy, served as a judge in prize court and negotiated the peace treatyD.talked with Great Britain for a peace treaty, worked as a judge in prize court and built the American navy33. Another way to express the meaning of the sentence “Some business concerns make it a rule that when a man reaches a certain age he must retire” is _____________.A.It is a commonly accepted social custom that a man has to get retired at a certain age B.Nobody can deny the old age problem even if he is a great man in the societyC.Though old age can be a problem, some great people can be an exception and therefore can work on without the need to get retiredD.To get retired at a certain age is a problem no more than some business concerns34. From the context we can guess Disraeli and to Gladstone and to Balfour ______________.A. are important figures in Great BritainB. are some other examples in greatness like B. FranklinC. are some other examples tirelessly working in defying old ageD. are some famous people of eternal youth35. The best title of this passage should be ____________. A. Franklin Is Great with a Spirit of Eternal YouthB. Youth Can Be Made Eternal if One Can Keep ItC. Calendar Makers Can Be Defied if You Dare D One Can Keep One's Wits at 80 Passage 2Industrial psychology is the application of various psychological techniques to the selection and training of industrial workers and to the promotion of efficient working conditions and techniques, as well as individual job satisfaction.The selection of workers for particular jobs is essentially a problem of discovering the special aptitudes and techniques, and personality characteristics needed for the job and of devising tests to determine whether candidates have such aptitudes and characteristics. The development of tests of this kind has long been a field of psychological research. Once the worker is on the job and has been trained, the fundamental aim of the industrial psychologist is to find ways in which a particular job can best be accomplished with a minimum of effort and a maximum of individual satisfaction. The psychologist's function, therefore, differs from that of the so-called efficiency expert, who places primary emphasis on increased production. Psychological techniques used to lessen the effort involved in a given job include a detailed study of the motion required to do the job, the equipment used, and the conditions under which the job is performed. After making such a study, the industrial psychologist often determines that the job in question may be accomplished with less effort by changing the routine motions of the work itself, changing or moving the tools, improving the working conditions, or a combination of several of these methods. Industrial psychologists have also studied the effects of fatigue on workers to determine the length of working time that yields the greatest productivity. In some cases such studies have proven that total production on particular jobs could be increased by reducing the number of working hours or by increasing the number of rest periods, or "breaks", during the day. Industrial psychologists may also suggest less direct requirements for general improvement of job performance, such as establishing a better line of communication between employees and management. 36. From the first sentence of the passage, we learn that the primary objective of industrial psychology is to study________. A working efficiency that leads to tile highest output B the working skills and the working environment C the techniques leading to the highest productivity D the use of workers to get tile greatest profit37. A test in industrial psychology is used to find out _________. A a worker's achievements B. a worker's potential for a certain job C. a worker's psychological problem D. a worker's motivation for a certain job38. The industrial psychologist's function differs from that of the efficiency experts in that the former _________. A. places great emphasis on maximum production B. never cares about the increase of production C. is mainly concerned with workers' satisfaction D. worries a lot about those workers in poor working conditions 39.In an industrial psychologist's mind, all of the following is important except _______. A. tile steps in which work is clone B. the state of mind of a worker when working C. the effect of working environment on a worker D. the value of the product a worker is making40. It is certain that _________. A. two breaks in a day lead to higher productivity than one B. working less hours can yield the highest efficiency C. communication is increasing between the employers and employees D. changing tools will help increase the production
Passage 3After the violent earthquake that shook Los Angeles in 1994, earthquake scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison earthquake of similar intensity that shook America in 1988 claimed 25,000 victims. Injuries and deaths were relatively less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. on a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highways. In addition, changes made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more resistant to quakes. Despite the good news, civil engineers aren't resting on their successes. Pinned to their drawing boards are blue prints for improved quake-resistant buildings. The new designs should offer even greater security to cities where earthquakes often take place. In the past, making structures quake-resistant meant firm yet flexible materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to reduce the impact of ground vibrations. The most recent 5 designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel support. Called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake’s vibrations. When the ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would force the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new smart structures could be very expensive to build. However, that would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes. 41. One reason why the loss of lives in the Los Angeles earthquake was comparatively low is that _______. A. improvements had been made in the construction of buildings and highways B. it occurred in the residential areas rather than on the highways C. large numbers of Los Angeles residents had gone for a holiday D. new computers had been installed in the buildings
42. The function of the computer mentioned in the passage is to _______. A. help strengthen the foundation of the building B. predict the coming of an earthquake with accuracy C. counterbalance an earthquake's action on the building D. measure the impact of an earthquake's vibrations
43. The smart buildings discussed in the passage _______. A. would cause serious financial problems B. would be worthwhile though costly C. would increase the complexity of architectural design D. can reduce the ground vibrations caused by earthquakes
44. It can be inferred from the passage that in minimizing the damage caused by earthquakes attention should be focused on ______. A. the increasing use of rubber and steel in capital construction B. the reduction of the impact of ground vibrations C. the development of flexible building materials D. early forecasts of earthquakes
45. The author's main purpose in writing the passage is to ______. A. compare the consequences of the earthquakes that occurred in the U.S. B. encourage civil engineers to make more extensive use of computers C. outline the history of the development of quake-resistant building materials D. report new developments in constructing quake-resistant buildings
Passage 4Even plants can run a fever, especially when they're under attack by insects or disease. But unlike humans, plants can have their temperature taken from 3,000 feet away-- straight up. A decade ago, adapting the infrared scanning technology developed for military purposes and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley came up with a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine which ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmers precisely target pesticide spraying rather than rain poison on a whole field, which invariably includes plants that don't have pest problems. Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problems before they became visible to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet at night, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were transformed into a color-coded map showing where plants were running "fevers". Farmers could then spot-spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they otherwise would. The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers resisted the new technology and long-term backers were hard to find. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to get back into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt the technology works. "This technique can be used on 75 percent of agricultural land in the United States," says George Oerther of Texas A&M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired form the Department of .Agriculture, thinks remote infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But only if Paley finds the financial backing which he failed to obtain 10 years ago. 46. Plants will emit an increased amount of heat when they are _____.A. sprayed with pesticides B. in poor physical condition C. facing an infrared scanner D. exposed to excessive sun rays.
47. In order to apply pesticide spraying precisely ,we can use infrared scanning to _____. A. locate the problem area B. draw a color-coded map C. measure the size of the affected arm D. estimate the damage to the crops
48. Farmers can save considerable amount of pesticide by _______. A. transforming poisoned rain B. consulting infrared scanning experts C. resorting to spot-spraying D. detecting crop problems at an early date
49. The application of infrared scanning technology to agriculture met with some difficulties due to ______. A. the lack of official support B. its high cost C. its failure to help increase production D. the lack of financial support
50. Infrared scanning technology may be brought back into operation because of _______. A. growing concern about the excessive use of pesticides on crops B. the desire of farmers to improve the quality of their produce C. the forceful promotion by the Department of Agriculture D. full support from agriculture experts
Passage 5The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like “ Palaeolithic Man”, “Neolithic Man”, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label “Legless Man”. Histories of the time will go something like this: 'in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth dwellers of that time because of their extraordinary way of life. In those days, people thought nothing of traveling hundreds of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn't use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks. 'The future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird's-eye view of the world-or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great motorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: “I joined the navy to see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.”The typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says “I've been there” You mention the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like El Dorado, Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say “I've been there'-meaning, I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else. ”When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be dead. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers. 51.Anthropologists label nowaday's men “Legless” because _____. A. people forget how to use his legs B. people prefer cars, buses and trains C. lifts and escalators prevent people from walking D. there are a lot of transportation devices
52.Travelling at high speed means _____. A. people's focus on the future B. a pleasure C. satisfying drivers' great thrill D. a necessity of life
53.Why does the author say “we are deprived of the use of our eyes”? A. People won't use their eyes. B. In traveling at high speed, eyes become useless. C. People can't see anything on his way of travel. D. People want to sleep during travelling.
54.What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage? A. Legs become weaker. B. Modern means of transportation make the world a small place. C. There is no need to use eyes. D. The best way to travel is on foot.
55. What does 'a bird's-eye view' mean? A. See view with bird's eyes. B. A bird looks at a beautiful view. C. It is a general view from a high position looking down. D. A scenic place.