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. W: Could you give me a ride to the conference center? My presentation is in about half an hour.M._____________________. Have you checked with Bob? He seems to be on his way there abour this time.A I’m sorry. Perhaps next time B. I’m glad to. But it’s too lateC. I’m afraid I am going to the opposite direction D. Excuse me, but I’m going to the conference center.
2. W: So, are you going over to Cindy’s after class?M: I'd like to. But she has a pet cat and I'm very allergic.W:________________. A. Oh, so sorry to hear that B. But what do you mean by allergic C. It doesn’t matter. Maybe, we can go somewhere else D. Yes, I agree with you
3. A: I hear your parents are coming for a visit.B: ___A. My mother is.B. My father won't come.C. My parents haven't been here beforeD. They'll visit the city.
4. A: Let's see if the baseball game has started yet. B: _______________ A. Sorry. I don't think I can help you. B. Really? Let's have a look now. C. Oh, I don't care about the result. D. Started? It must be clear who's winning by now.
5. . A: I'd like to exchange this orange shirt that I bought last week for the pink one. B: _______________ A. Oh, the orange shirt is fine on you, just take it. B. Sorry, I'm busy now. C. Let's see now. The pink one is only eleven dollars, and the orange one was fifteen dollarsD. However. I have no idea about the colors.
Section BDialogue ComprehensionDirections: In this section, you will read 2 short conversations between a man and a woman. At the endof 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: Good to see you. You look fatter and better. M: Thanks. I had a lot of exercise and drank vegetable juice every day. Q: What can we learn from the conversation? A. The man used to be unhealthy. B. The man is handsome. C. The man ate a lot everyday. D. The man has become a better person.
7. M: One good thing about it is the higher salary. It's perfect for me. W: I'm sure you'll be better off. But I guess you might have to work for longer hours. Q: What does the woman mean? A. The man took a wrong job. B. The man will be richer than the woman. C. The man had better work for longer hours. D. The man may have to work harder for more money.
8. M: I have a call from New York for Robert Bush. W: Hold the line, please. Robert, quick! Someone is calling you from New York. Q: What kind of phone call is it? A. A service call. B. A long distance call. C. An emergency call. D. A local call.
9. M: I don't know if Steve liked the apartment or not. W: He said he liked it, but then he didn't want to sign the lease. Q: What can be concluded about Steve? A. He doesn't want to live in an apartment. B. He doesn't always say what he means. C. His taste in apartment is different from theirs. D. He thought his signature was unnecessary.
10. W: I'm sorry. The computer lab is closing in ten minutes. We open again at nine a. m. M: But my paper is due at eight! Q: What is the man's problem? A. He must do eight more pages. B. He must finish his paper before morning. C. He cannot come back the next morning. D. He must stop to eat dinner.
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. Leslie began to speculate on what life would be like if he were single again. A. wish B. guess C. long D. forecast12. The world is shrinking into a “village”. We need to have a global perspective. A. view B. spectacle C. eyesight D. spirit13. The speed at which their company continues to expand illustrates a difference between their managing style and ours. A. prevents B. insulates C. reflect D. launches14. Despite the smooth development of Sino-American relations, many of America’s policies aimto contain China.A. condemn B. include C. restrain D. occupy15. Studies of feasibility have to be conducted before we embark on this gigantic project.A. evaluate B. inspect C. terminate D. start16. Steadily expanding programs of adult education and better job-placement services are both sensible ways to help those unemployed workers.A. excellent B. probable C. advisable D. slippery17. This young man is capable enough to assume the direction of a business. A. undertake B. suppose C. ensure D. lead18.They differ from the theories described in Chapter 3, therefore, only in that they do not ascribe the poor acquisition to a change in the value of some attention-like process. A. describe B. attribute C. assign D. blame19. If there are civilizations on other planets, they are likely to be radically different from ours. A. exactly B. approximately C. partially D. basically20. Modern printing equipment quickly turns out duplicate copies of textual and pictorial matter.A. identical B. excessive C. illustrated D. legible
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. The city _________ the clean-air campaign with a bicycle parade. A. inaugurated B. registered C. initiated D. processed22. Merit and knowledge will not gain hearts, though they will _______ them when gained A. guarantee B. secure C. assure D. insure 23. Moved to tears, he ________ to plunge himself into the new battle. A. believed B. resolved C. agreed D. decided24. This incident __________ me in my belief that loving-mother force alone is incomplete, without father’s discipline. A. committed B. conducted C. confirmed D. compelled25._____ the storm, the trip would have reached its destination on time. A. But for B. in case of C. In spite of D. Because of26. The experiments _____________ his changing of the original testing methods. A. prove B. witness C identify D. justify27. The teachers at the school _______ with flu one after the other.A. went down B. went off C. went out D. went under28. Whoever has skills and knowledge in this country, I believe, should be properly treated and rewarded ________ his educational background and family origin. A. despite of B. regardless of C. let alone D. because of 29. George Washington Carver was ________ for his contributions in the fields of botany and chemistry. A. overlooked B. compensated C. regarded D. esteemed30. “Since we are exchanging _______________, I too have a secret to reveal,” said Mary. A. transferences B. transactions C. confidences D. promises
Part III Reading Comprehension (45minutes, 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
Despite not being terribly smart as individuals, wasp（黄蜂） colonies build and maintain a complex nest that lasts many generations. Just how these social wasps coordinate this task has always been a mystery. But now a mathematical model suggests that one key factor drives their behavior: the amount of water in the nest. Social wasps cannot learn from one another — unlike bees, which use a complex dance to tell nest mates where sources of nectar are. Nor do they use pheromones（信息素） the way ants do to lead other ants to food. Robert Jeanne of the University of Wisconsin-Madison proposed that wasps set up a demand-driven chain of information. At the end of the chain, builder wasps monitor the nest and when necessary, request pulp from pulp forager wasps. They in turn demand water from water foragers in order to make the pulp. But biologist Istvan Karsai of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and his team found that social wasps in Panama don’t actually work that way. They removed either builders or pulp foragers from a colony of a species called Metapolybia aztecoides. Although that should break up the so-called information chain, it did not significantly alter the amount of water being brought into the nest. They also found that the wasps could change roles, something that Jeanne didn’t expert. For in stance, when the researchers sprayed a surplus of water onto the nest, water foragers quickly became builders, and nest building increased. Based on their observations, Karsai’s team developed a mathematical model that shows that wasps achieve their complex behaviour simply by monitoring the level of water in the nest — what he calls the “common stomach” of the colony. He believes wasps infer what the level is when they exchange fluids on meeting each other, a behaviour called trophallaxis（交哺现象） that is common in many social inserts. To test the model, Karsai simulated changes in the model colony, for example by removing pulp foragers or builders. “What’s interesting is that in every case the model responds like the actual colony in Panama,” says Karsai.31. According to the passage wasps ________.A. are very smart as individualsB. are able to build and maintain complex nestsC. drink more water than scientists have expectedD. can learn from each other just like the bees
32. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?A. Bees are smarter than wasps.B. Wasps have nothing in common with bees.C. Unlike bees, wasps live in colonies.D. Wasps use pheromones to lead other wasps to food.
33. Robert Jeanne believes that ________.A. the wasps colonies are the ideal social coloniesB. wasps have very strict hierarchical classesC. wasps’ behaviors depend on their demandsD. builder wasps have a higher status than pulp forager wasps34. Istvan Karsai and his team have found that ________.A. water distribution in the wasps colonies is based on the kind of job the wasps are doingB. when the information chain is broken up in the wasps colonies, the amount of water decreasesC. when a surplus of water is sprayed onto the wasps nest, the water foragers refuse to workD. wasps change roles according to the situations in the nests
35. The word “trophallaxis” is closest in meaning to ________.A. the level of water in the nestB. the common stomach of the colonyC. the exchange of fluids on meeting each other D. common social insects
Passage 2What 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 thickening just before puberty, then slowly shrinking back to normal during the teenage years. Suddenly, the erratic huffiness（发怒） 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 life experienceB. their raging hormones and lack of life experienceC. their radical attitudes towards lifeD. the generation gap between teenagers and their parents
37. From the passage we can learn that ________.A. the teenage brain is a kind of work in progressB. the new brain scans support the conventional thoughtC. the brain’s frontal cortex becomes bigger during the teenager yearsD. 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 for teenagers’ brainsB. scientists will meet with fewer dangers in their research workC. it may help scientists understand better the mental illness in teenagersD. 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 MTVB. Teenager boys should drink six or eight glasses of hot water in the morning everydayC. Scientists should apply the findings of brain scans to practical use as soon as possibleD. 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. cautiousB. positiveC. prejudicedD. neutral
Passage 3When 20-year-old Phyllis Burn succumbed to flu during the great pandemic of 1918, she was just one victim out of an estimated 25 million across the world. But her wealthy family’s decision to bury her in an expensive, lead-lined coffin will help a present-day virologist in his quest to understand what turns an ordinary flu virus into a killer. Phyllis had just returned to London from service as a Red Cross ambulance driver in France during the First World War. She had survived the horrors and hardships at the front, only to face another kind of war — with the virus that was spreading through her body. It’s known that Phyllis spent her final days in a house a street away from the family home, perhaps because she was afraid of infecting her nearest and dearest. On 30 October she took her last breath. It was at the height of the flu epidemic, and some victims were being buried in cardboard coffins or simply wrapped in newspaper. But Phyllis’s family could afford the best that money could buy. John Oxford, a virologist at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine in London, is glad they did. He’s been searching for preserved samples of the 1918 flu virus for several years. The hope is that sequencing the genome of the flu strain that caused the worst pandemic in recorded history will help us arm ourselves against future outbreaks. After poring over thousands of burial records in London from autumn 1918, Oxford came upon Phyllis. A lining of lead makes a coffin airtight, and that can keep a corpse in near-perfect condition for 150 years. Oxford has identified nine other bodies that may do, but Phyllis is the best hope. “She died young and had been in good health before succumbing to the virus,” he says. He hopes to isolate the complete virus genome from Phyllis’s lungs and then sequence it to look for clues to its virulence. Oxford has permission from Burn family descendants and is now awaiting the go-ahead from church and health authorities to exhume the body. The team will have to take biohazard precautions, just in case there is still live virus around. “To have a complete body is unusual. It will be the first time,” says Oxford. “We don’t expert to find live virus — but then no one expected to find well-preserved bodies in lead coffins, either.” 41. The passage tells us that the great pandemic of 1918 ________.A. killed Phyllis Burn and all her familyB. killed about 25 million people in BritainC. brought great fortune to Burn’s familyD. stemmed from an ordinary flu virus
42. Which of the following about Phyllis Burn is NOT true according to the passage?A. She took part in the First World War.B. She was a French servicewoman.C. She experienced a lot of horror and hardships.D. She lived away from her family before she died.
43. Phyllis Burn was buried in a lead-lined coffin because ________.A. her family was rich enough to afford itB. her family wanted to preserve her body for future medical researchC. cardboard coffins and newspapers were in short supplyD. her family were afraid that her body might continue to spread virus
44. Which of the following is the purpose of John Oxford’s investigation on Phyllis’ body?A. It is to learn how to preserve a body for long.B. It is to find out the virus that killed her.C. It is to see why she died so young.D. It is to predict future outbreak of similar epidemic.45. John Oxford is now sure that ________.A. there is live virus in Phyllis’ bodyB. the body is well-preservedC. the Burn descendents will support his actionD. the Church will grant him permission soon
Passage 4The first English settlers in North America were extraordinarily unlucky weather-wise, conclude scientists who have looked at centuries of climate data. Their analysis suggests that two early settlements reached crisis points because the colonists arrived during the worst periods of drought in 800 years. The fate of 120 colonists who arrived at Roanoke Island on the North Carolina coast in 1587 has always been a mystery. A supply ship from England docked in 1590 to find the colony abandoned, with few records to explain what had happened. Two decades later, the Jamestown colony in Virginia reported thousands of deaths from starvation, and the settlers came close to abandoning their new home. Historians have long blamed the failure at Roanoke and the problems at Jamestown on inexperience, ineptitude, internal quarreling and hostile natives. But archaeologist Dennis Blanton, of the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Williamsburg, noted that the Jamestown colonists wrote of the local tribes complaining about poor corn crops and decided to see if climate had played a role. He contacted David Stable of the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville who uses tree ring data to study climate. Stable’s group studied cores from 140 bald cypress trees in Virginia, near the sites of the two colonies. They found that the timing of the unsuspecting colonists could not have been much worse. Jamestown colonists landed in 1607, during the driest seven-year period in 770 years, and colony medical records show a close correlation between the severity of drought and mortality. Roanoke Island inhabitants were even more unfortunate. Although their drought was shorter it was even drier, the worst in 800 years. Blanton points out that the Jamestown colonists had counted on trading with the natives for food, and that they had brought copper, a metal prized by local tribes. However, the locals proved reluctant to trade in the face of the drought, leaving the colonists short of food. Drought exaggerated the difficulties between two alien cultures, says Blanton.
46. The first English settlers in North America were considered extraordinarily unlucky because ________.A. they knew too well about the climateB. they studied centuries of the climate dataC. they arrived during the driest period in 800 yearsD. they arrived in summer time47. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. The first settlers of Roanoke Island nearly abandoned their colony.B. Unlike the Roanoke Island settlers, the Jamestown settlers met with serious starvation.C. The Jamestown settlers were the first English settlers in North America.D. Few people knew what had happened to the Roanoke Island settlers.48. According to Dennis Blanton, the real reason for the failure at Roanoke was ________.A. inexperience B. ineptitudeC. hostile natives D. bad climate49. Compared with Roanoke Island inhabitants, Jamestown settlers were luckier because ________.A. there were cypress trees in VirginiaB. their drought was drierC. their drought was shorterD. their drought was less severe50. The local Indian tribes were reluctant to trade with Jamestown settlers because ________.A. they themselves didn’t have enough to eatB. they knew too little about the value of the copper brought by the settlersC. they had quite different cultures with the new settlersD. they considered the new settlers to be their enemy
Passage 5When I was still an architecture student, a teacher told me, "We learn more from buildings that fall down than from buildings that stand up." What he meant was that construction is as much the result of experience as of theory. Although structural design follows established formulas, the actual performance of a building is complicated by the passage of time, the behavior of users, the natural elements -- and unnatural events. All are difficult to simulate. Buildings, unlike cars, can't be crash-testedThe first important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is that tall buildings can withstand the impact of a large jetliner. The twin towers were supported by 59 perimeter columns on each side. Although about 30 of these columns, extending from four to six floors, were destroyed in each building by the impact, initially both towers remained standing. Even so, the death toll（代价）was appalling -- 2,245 people lost their lives. .I was once asked, how tall buildings should be designed given what we'd learned from the World Trade Center collapse. My answer was, "Lower." The question of when a tall building becomes unsafe is easy to answer. Common aerial fire-fighting ladders in use today are 100 feet high and can reach to about the 10th floor, so fires in buildings up to 10 stories high can be fought from the exterior (外部). Fighting fires and evacuating occupants above that height depend on fire stairs. The taller the building, the longer it will take for firefighters to climb to the scene of the fire. So the simple answer to the safety question is "Lower than 10 stories." Then why don't cities impose lower height limits? A 60-story office building does not have six times as much rentable space as a 10-story building. However, all things being equal, such a building will produce four times more revenue and four times more in property taxes. So cutting building heights would mean cutting city budgets. The most important lesson of the World Trade Center collapse is not that we should stop building tall buildings but that we have misjudged their cost. We did the same thing when we underestimated the cost of hurtling along a highway in a steel box at 70 miles per hour. It took many years before seat belts, air bags, radial tires, and antilock brakes became commonplace. At first, cars simply were too slow to warrant concern. Later, manufacturers resisted these expensive devices, arguing that consumers would not pay for safety. Now we do—willingly. 51. The first paragraph tells us that ______. A. architecture is something more out of experience than out of theory B. architecture depends just as much on experience as on theory C. it is safer for people to live in old buildings D. we learn not so much from our failures as from our success52. What can we learn from the WTC collapse? A. Although the structure of the two buildings was very strong, the death toll was still very shocking. B. The structure of the two buildings was of the first class. C. The structure of the two buildings was not so strong as people had expected. D. The structure of the two buildings was strong enough to withstand any accidents.53. Ideally, the policy in city construction should be ______. A. lower than ten stories B. the lower, the better C. the higher, the better D. higher than ten stories54. Why are there still high buildings, or even skyscrapers in many cities? A. Because they are the symbol of modern time. B. Because many cities now lack building space. C. Because high buildings are an important financial source of a city’s budget. D. Because high buildings represent the level of a country’s science and technology. 55. What is the most important lesson of the WTC collapse? A. We should wear seat belts while driving. B. We should build low buildings just as we should drive slowly. C. We should make building tall buildings illegal. D. We should pay for safety while constructing tall buildings.
Part IV Cloze Test (10 minutes, 15 points, 1 for each)Directions: In this part, there is a passage with fifteen 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 with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.Laser technology was first developed in the 1960s, and has grown to touch our lives in many ways. We use laser technology in space-age medical equipment, office printers and light shows ____56____ rock concerts.A laser is the strongest source of light ever created by scientists. The beam that comes out of a simple hand-held laser pointer is at least a million times brighter than the __57___light bulb in your home. Hand-held laser pointers are popular in Canada. Unfortunately, users are not ___58____ about the intensity of the light and the effect it may have __59____ the eye. If you look directly into the _____60_____ from a laser pointer for more than a minute and a half in a very steady manner, ___61____shine the beam into your eyes with binoculars, you could ___62_____permanent eye damage. These pointers are not ___63___when used with care, but the brightness of laser light can damage the eyes of anyone who looks directly into the beam for more than a minute and a half.A split-second look can ____64____a condition called flashblindness. This is _____65____ the effect you get during flash photography, where the image of the flash remains in your eyes for a few seconds, and then ___66____ away. Flashblindness is temporary. Your __67_____returns to normal after a few moments, and there are no long-term effects. However, a longer look can cause serious damage to your eyes. It's worse if the laser beam is being ____68____ through a piece of optical equipment, such as a telescope or a pair of binoculars. In these situations, the laser beam could actually burn a tiny spot, or cut open a blood vessel, on the retina at the back of your eye. In a worst-case scenario, you could go _____69___. Laser pointers are not toys. Use them with __70____, and only for their intended purpose. So far, there have been no reports of permanent eye damage caused by the use of laser pointers in Canada. We can keep it that way if we use our common sense. By following a few guidelines you can make sure no one gets hurt by a laser pointer.
56. A. on B. at C. in D. for57. A. average B. usual C. ordinary D. extraordinary58. A. known B. aware C. alert D. knowledgeable59. A. for B. to C. on D. toward60. A. beam B. light C. flash D. concentration61. A. then B. or C. and D. therefore62. A. put an end with B. finish with C. suffer with D. end up with63. A. poisonous B. intensive C. dangerous D. damaging 64. A. result in B. lead C. introduce D. bring 65. A. identical to B. according to C. familiar to D. similar to66. A. fades B. disappears C. dies D. leaves67. A. sense B. eyes C. illusion D. vision 68. A. taken B. concentrated C. projected D. caught69. A. sick B. blind C. vomit D. dizzy70. A. caution B. care C. awareness D. precaution Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 5 points, 0.5 for each)
Directions:In this section, there are 10 sentences. Each sentence has 4 underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect .
71. We draw some excerpts from "Speaking Smart" to give you some advice about how to control
A B C
a presentation while the audience is speaking.
D
72. These are the questions you might have asked yourself before start a career, or even now when
A B C
you do have a career.
D
73. When the aging father of a rich, thriving farm family in Iowa decide to retire, he offers his
A B C
hand to his three daughters.
D
74. Many thousand of people go to “pictures” in Jamaica and spend a fair amount of time
A B C
viewing moving films.
D
75. The small, local labor organizations of the first half of the nineteenth century were
A
influentially in calling attention to the extremely long working day.
B C D
76. New York City’s first large electric sign, which was over six stories high and topped by a
A B
forty-feet-long green pickle, appeared on the side of a building in 1900.
C D
77.A tourist can find cheap computers nowhere else in the world than in Hong Kong.
A B C D
78. Plainly threatened by the prospect, some of nineteenth-century physicians objected to that
A B
educated nurses would not do as they were told.
C D
79. While the state’s project has been completed, California will boast the most extensive
A B C
water transport system in history.
D
80. As the problem is complicate, it can be solved in only two hours with an electronic computer.
A B C D