Section
I Listening Comprehension
Directions: This section is
designed to test your ability
to understand spoken English.
You will hear a selection of recorded
materials and you must answer
the questions that accompany them.
There are three parts in this
section, Part A, Part B, and Part
C. Remember, while you should
first put down your answers in
your test booklet. At the end
of the listening comprehension
section, you will have five minutes
to transfer all your answers from
your test booklet to Answer Sheet
I. Now look at Part At your test
booklet.
Part A
Directions: For Question 1-5,
you will hear a talk about Boston
Museum of Fine Art. While you
listen, fill out the table with
the information you have heard.
Some of the information has
been given to you in the table.
Write Only 1 word or number
in each numbered box. You will
hear the recording twice. You
now have 25 seconds to read
the table below.(5 points)
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Founded( year ) 1870 Opened
to the public( year ) Question
1
Moved to the current location
( year ) 1909 The west wing
completed( year ) Question 2
Number of departments 9 The
most remarkable department Question
3
Exhibition Space ( m2 ) Question
4 Approximate number of visitors/year
800,000 Programs provided classes
lectures Question 5 films
Part B
Directions :For Questions
6-10, you will hear an interview
with an expert on marriage problems.
While you listen, complete the
sentences or answer the questions.
USe not more than 3 words for
each answer. You will hear the
recording twice. You now have
25 seconds to read the sentences
and questions below. ( 5 points
)
What should be the primary
source of help for a troubled
couple? __________ . Question
6
Writing down a list of problems
in the marriage may help a troubled
couple discuss them_______ .
Question 7
Who should a couple consider
seriously turning to if they
can't talk with each other?
_________ . Question 8
Priests are usually unsuccessful
in counseling troubled couples
despite their _______ . Question
9
According to the old notion,
what will make hearts grow fonder?
_______. Question 10
Part C
Directions: You will hear
three pieces of recorded material.
Before listening to each one,
you will have time to read the
questions related to it. While
listening, answer each question
by choosing A,B,C or D . After
listening, you will have time
to check your answers you will
hear each piece once only. (
10 points )
Questions 11-13 are based
on the following talk about
napping, you now have 15 seconds
to read questions 11-13.
11. Children under five have
abundant energy partly because
they _________ .
A. Sleep in three distinct
parts.
B. have many five-minute
naps.
C. sleep in one long block.
D. take one or two naps daily.
12. According to the speaker,
the sleep pattern of a baby
is determined by_______ .
A. its genes
B. its habit
C. its mental state
D. its physical condition
13. The talk suggests that,
if you feel sleepy through the
day, you should______ .
A. take some refreshment.
B. go to bed early
C. have a long rest
D. give in to sleep.
Questions 14-16 are based
on the following interview with
Sherman Alexie. an American
Indian poet.You now have 15
seconds to read Questions 14-16.
14. Why did Sherman Alexie only
take day jobs?
A. he Could bring unfinished
work home.
B. He might have time to
pursue his interests. C. He
might do some evening teaching.
D. He could invest more emotion
in his family. 15.What was his
original goal at college?
A. to teach in high school
.
B. to write his own books.
C. to be a medical doctor.
D. to be a mathematician.
16. Why did he take the poetry-writing
class?
A. To follow his father.
B. For an easy grade. C. To
change his specialty.
D. For knowledge of poetry.
Questions 17-20 are based
on the following talk about
public speaking. you know have
20 seconds to read Questions
17-20.
17. What is the most important
thing in public speaking ?
A. Confidence.
B. Preparation.
C. Informativeness.
D. Organization.
18. What does the speaker
advise us to do to capture the
audience's attention?
A. Gather abundant data.
B. Organize the idea logically.
C. Develop a great opening.
D. Select appropriate material.
19. If you don't start working
for the presentation until the
day before, you will feel _____
.
A. uneasy
B. uncertain
C. frustrated
D. depressed
20. Who is this speech ,ost
probably meant for?
A. Those interested in the
power of persuasion. B. Those
trying to improve their public
image.
C. Those planning to take
up some public work.
D. Those eager to become
effective speakers.
You now have 5 minutes to
transfer all your answers from
your test booklet to ANSWER
SHEET 1.
Section II Use of English
Directions:
Read the following text.
Choose the best word(s) for
each numbered blank and mark
A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
(10 points)
Teachers need to be aware
of the emotional, intellectual,
and physical changes that young
adults experience. And they
also need to give serious 21
to how they can be best 22 such
changes. Growing bodies need
movement and 23 , but not just
in ways that emphasize competition.
24 they are adjusting to their
new bodies and a whole host
of new intellectual and emotional
challenges, teenagers are especially
self-concious and need the 25
that comes from achieving success
and knowing that their accomplishments
are 26 by others. However, the
typical teenage lifestyle is
already filled with so much
competition that it would be
27 to plan activities in which
thereare more winners than losers,
28 ,publishing newsletters with
many student-written book reviews,
29 student artwork, and sponsoring
book discussion clubs. A variety
of small clubs can provide 30
opportunities for leadership,
as well as for practice in successful
31 dynamics. Making friends
is extremely important to teenagers,
and many shy students need the
32 of some kind of organization
with a supportive adult 33 visible
in the background.
In these activities, it is
important to remember that the
young teens have 34 attention
spans. A variety of activities
should be organized 35 participants
can remain active as long as
they want and then go on to
36 else without feeling guity
and without letting the other
participants 37 . this does
not mean that adults must accept
irresponsibity. 38 they can
help students acquire a sense
of commitment by 39 for roles
that are within their 40 and
their attention spans and byshavingsclearly
stated rules.
21. A. thought B.idea C.
opinion D. advice
22. A. strengthen B. accommodate
C. stimulate D. enhance
23. A. care B. nutrition
C. exercise D. leisure
24. A. If B. Although C.
Whereas D. Because
25. A. assistance B. guidance
C. confidence D. tolerance
26. A. claimed B. admired
C. ignored D. surpassed
27. A. improper B. risky
C. fair D. wise
28. A. in effect B. as a
result C. for example D. in
a sense
29. A. displaying B. describing
C. creating D. exchanging
30. A. durable B. exessive
C. surplus D. multiple
31. A.sgroupsB. individual
C. personnel D. corporation
32. A. consent B. insurance
C. admission D. security
33. A. particularly B. barely
C. definitely D. rarely
34. A. similiar B. long C.
different D. short
35. A. if only B. now that
C. so that D. even if
36. A. everything B. anything
C. nothing D. something
37. A. off B. down C. out
D. alone
38. A. On the contrary B.
On the average C. On the whole
D. On the other hand
39. A. making B. standing
C. planning D. taking
40. A. capability B. responsibility
C. proficiency D. efficiency
21-25 DBCC?C
26-30 BDCAD
31-35 B?CBCC
36-40 DBACA
Section III Reading Comprehension
Directions: Read the following
fore texts. Answer the questions
below each text by choosing
A,B,C or D. Mark your answers
on ANAWER SHEET 1(40 points)
Text 1
Wild Bill Donovan would have
loved the Internet. The American
spymaster who built the Office
of Strategic Services in the
World War II and later laid
the roots for the CIA was fascinated
with information. Donovan believed
in using whatever tools came
to hand in the "great game
" of espionage-----spying
as a "profession."
These days the Net, which has
already re-made pastimes as
buying books and sending mail,
is reshaping Donovan's vocation
as well.
The last revolution isn't
simply a matter of gentlemen
reading other gentlemen's e-mail.
That kind of electronic spying
has been going on for decades.
In the past three or four years,
the world wide web has given
birth to a whole industry of
point-and-click spying. The
spooks call it "open source
intelligence," and as the
Net grows, it is becoming increasingly
influential. in 1995 the CIA
held a contest to see who could
compile the most data about
Burundi. The winner, by a large
margin, was a tiny Virginia
company called Open-Source Solutions,whose
clear advantage was its mastery
of the electronic world.
Among the firms making the
biggest splash in the new world
is Straitford, Inc., a private
intelligence-analysis firm based
in Austin, Texas. Straitford
makes money by selling the results
of spying(covering nations from
Chile to Russia) to corporations
like energy-services firm McDermott
International. Many of its predictions
are available online at www.straitford.com.
Straifford president George
Friedman says he sees the online
world as a kind of mutually
reinforcing tool for both information
collection and distribution,
a spymaster's dream. Last week
his firm was busy vacuuming
up data bits from the far corners
of the world and predicting
a crisis in Ukraine." As
soon as that report runs, we'll
suddenly get 500 new internet
sign-ups from Ukraine,"
says Friedman, a former political
science professor. "And
we'll hear back from some of
them." Open-source spying
does have its risks, of course,
since it can be difficult to
tell good information from bad.
That 'sswheresStraitford earns
its keep.
Friedman relies on a lean
staff in Austin. Several of
his staff members have military-intelligence
backgrounds. He sees the firm's
outsider status as the key to
its success. Straitford's briefs
don't sound like the usual Washington
back-and forthing, whereby agencies
avoid dramatic declarations
on the chance they might be
wrong. Straitford, says Friedman,
takes pride in its independent
voice.
41. The emergence of the
Net has
A. received support from
fans like Donovan.
B. remolded the intelligence
services.
C. restored many common pastimes.
D. revived spying as a profession.
42.Donovan's story is mentioned
in the text to
A. introduce the topic of
online spying.
B. show how he fought for
the U.S.
C. give an episode of the
information war.
D. honor his unique services
to the CIA.
43.The phrase“making the
biggest splash”(line 1,paragraph
3)most probably means
A. causing the biggest trouble.
B. exerting the greatest
effort.
C. achieving the greatest
success.
D. enjoying the widest popularity.
44.It can be learned from
paragraph 4 that
A. Straitford's prediction
about Ukraine has proved true.
B. Straitford guarantees
the truthfulness of its information.
C. Straitford's business
is characterized by unpredictability.
D. Straitford is able to
provide fairly reliable information.
45.Straitford is most proud
of its
A. official status.
B. nonconformist image.
C. efficient staff.
D. military background.
BACDB
Text 2 To paraphrase 18th-century
statesman Edmund Burke,“all
that is needed for the triumph
of a misguided cause is that
good people do nothing.”One
such cause now seeks to end
biomedical research because
of the theory that animals have
rights ruling out their use
in research. Scientists need
to respond forcefully to animal
rights advocates, whose arguments
are confusing the public and
thereby threatening advances
in health knowledge and care.
Leaders of the animal rights
movement target biomedical research
because it depends on public
funding, and few people understand
the process of health care research.
Hearing allegations of cruelty
to animals in research settings,
many are perplexed that anyone
would deliberately harm an animal.
For example, a grandmotherly
woman staffing an animal rights
booth at a recent street fair
was distributing a brochure
that encouraged readers not
to use anything that opposed
immunizations, she wanted to
know if vaccines come from animal
research. When assured that
they do, she replied,“Then I
would have to say yes.”Asked
what will happen when epidemics
return, she said,“Don’t worry,
scientists will find some way
of using computers.”Such well-meaning
people just don's understand.
Scientists must communicate
their message to the public
in a compassionate, understandable
way-in human terms, not in the
language of molecular biology.
We need to make clear the connection
between animal research and
a grandmother's hip replacement,
a father's bypass operation
a baby's vaccinations, and even
a pet's shots. To those who
are unaware that animal research
was needed to produce these
treatments, as well as new treatments
and vaccines, animal research
seems wasteful at best and cruel
at worst.
Much can be done. Scientists
could“adopt”middle school classes
and present their own research.
They should be quick to respond
to letters to the editor, lest
animal rights misinformation
go unchallenged and acquire
a deceptive appearance of truth.
Research institutions could
be opened to tours, to show
that laboratory animals receive
humane care. Finally, because
the ultimate stakeholders are
patients, the health research
community should actively recruit
to its cause not only well-known
personalities such as Stephen
Cooper, who has made courageous
statements about the value of
animal research, but all who
receive medical treatment. If
good people do nothing there
is a real possibility that an
uninformed citizenry will extinguish
the precious embers of medical
progress.
46.The author begins his
article with Edmund Burke's
words to
A. call on scientists to
take some actions.
B. criticize the misguided
cause of animal rights.
C. warn of the doom of biomedical
research.
D. show the triumph of the
animal rights movement.
47.Misled people tend to
think that using an animal in
research is
A. cruel but natural.
B. inhuman and unacceptable.
C. inevitable but vicious.
D. pointless and wasteful.
48.The example of the grandmotherly
woman is used to show the public's
A. discontent with animal
research.
B. ignorance about medical
science.
C. indifference to epidemics.
D. anxiety about animal rights.
49.The author believes that,
in face of the challenge from
animal rights advocates, scientists
should
A. communicate more with
the public.
B. employ hi-tech means in
research.
C. feel no shame for their
cause.
D. strive to develop new
cures.
50. From the text we learn
that Stephen Cooper is
A. a well-known humanist.
B. a medical practitioner.
C. an enthusiast in animal
rights.
D. a supporter of animal
research.
ABBAD
Text 3
In recent years, railroads
have been combining with each
other, mergingsintossuper systems,
causing heightened concerns
about monopoly. As recently
as 1995,the top four railroads
accounted for under 70 percent
of the total ton-miles moved
by rails. Next year, after a
series of mergers is completed,
just four railroads will control
well over 90 percent of all
the freight moved by major rail
carriers.
Supporters of the new super
systems argue that these mergers
will allow for substantial cost
reductions and better coordinated
service. Any threat of monopoly,
they argue, is removed by fierce
competition from trucks. But
many shippers complain that
for heavy bulk commodities traveling
long distances, such as coal,
chemicals, and grain, trucking
is too costly and the railroads
therefore have them by the throat.
The vast consolidation within
the rail industry means that
most shippers are served by
only one rail company. Railroads
typically charge such“captive”shippers
20 to 30 percent more than they
do when another railroad is
competing for the business.
Shippers who feel they are being
overcharged have the right to
appeal to the federal government's
Surface Transportation Board
for rate relief, but the process
is expensive, time consuming,
and will work only in truly
extreme cases.
Railroads justify rate discrimination
against captive shippers on
the grounds that in the long
run it reduces everyone's cost.
If railroads charged all customers
the same average rate, they
argue, shippers who have the
option of switching to trucks
or other forms of transportation
would do so, leaving remaining
customers to shoulder the cost
of keeping up the line. It's
theory to which many economists
subscribe, but in practice it
often leaves railroads in the
position of determining which
companies will flourish and
which will fail.“Do we really
want railroads to be the arbiters
of who wins and who loses in
the marketplace?”asks Martin
Bercovici, a Washington lawyer
who frequently represents shipper.
Many captive shippers also
worry they will soon be his
with a round of huge rate increases.
The railroad industry as a whole,
despite its brightening fortuning
fortunes. still does not earn
enough to cover the cost of
the capital it must invest to
keep up with its surging traffic.
Yet railroads continue to borrow
billions to acquire one another,
with Wall Street cheering them
on. Consider the .2 billion
bid by Norfolk Southern and
CSX to acquire Conrail this
year. Conrail's net railway
operating income in 1996 was
just million, less than half
of the carrying costs of the
transaction. Who's going to
pay for the rest of the bill?
Many captive shippers fear that
they will, as Norfolk Southern
and CSX increase their grip
on the market.
51.According to those who
support mergers railway monopoly
is unlikely because
A. cost reduction is based
on competition.
B. services call for cross-trade
coordination.
C. outside competitors will
continue to exist.
D. shippers will have the
railway by the throat.
52.What is many captive shippers'
attitude towards the consolidation
in the rail industry?
A. Indifferent.
B. Supportive.
C. Indignant.
D. Apprehensive.
53.It can be inferred from
paragraph 3 that
A. shippers will be charged
less without a rival railroad.
B. there will soon be only
one railroad company nationwide.
C. overcharged shippers are
unlikely to appeal for rate
relief.
D. a government board ensures
fair play in railway business.
54.The word“arbiters”(line
7,paragraph 4)most probably
refers to those
A. who work as coordinators.
B. who function as judges.
C. who supervise transactions.
D. who determine the price.
55.According to the text,
the cost increase in the rail
industry is mainly caused by
A. the continuing acquisition.
B. the growing traffic.
C. the cheering Wall Street.
D. the shrinking market.
CCDBA
Text 4 It is said that in
England death is pressing, in
Canada inevitable and in California
optional Small wonder. Americans'
life expectancy has nearly doubled
over the past century. Failing
hips can be replaced, clinical
depression controlled, cataracts
removed in a 30-minuts surgical
procedure. Such advances offer
the aging population a quality
of life that was unimaginable
when I entered medicine 50 years
ago. But not even a great health-care
system can cure death-and our
failure to confront that reality
now threatens this greatness
of ours.
Death is normal; we are genetically
programmed to disintegrate and
perish, even under ideal conditions.
We all understand that at some
level, yet as medical consumers
we treat death as a problem
to be solved. Shielded by third-party
payers from the cost of our
care, we demand everything that
can possibly be done for us,
even if it's useless. The most
obvious example is late-stage
cancer care. Physicians-frustrated
by their inability to cure the
disease and fearing loss of
hope in the patient-too often
offer aggressive treatment far
beyond what is scientifically
justified.
In1950, the U.S. spent .7
billion on health care. In 2002,
the cost will be billion. Anyone
can see this trend is unsustainable.
Yet few seem willing to try
to reverse it. Some scholars
conclude that a government with
finite resources should simply
stop paying for medical care
that sustains life beyond a
certain age-----say 83 or so.
Former Colorado governor Richard
Lamm has been quoted as saying
that the old and infirm“have
a duty todie and get out of
the way”,so that younger, healthier
people can realize their potential.
I would not go that far.
Energetic people now routinely
work through their 60s and beyond,
and remain dazzlingly productive.
At 78,Viacom chairman Sumner
Redstone jokingly claims to
be 53.Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor is in her
70s,and former surgeon general
C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet
start-up in his 80s.These leaders
are living proof that prevention
works and that we can manage
the health problems that come
naturally with age. As a mere
68-year-old,I wish to age as
productively as they have.
Yet there are limits to what
a society can spend in this
pursuit. Ask a physician, I
know the most costly and dramatic
measures may be ineffective
and painful. I also know that
people in Japan and Sweden,
countries that spend far less
on medical care, have achieved
longer, healthier lives than
we have. As a nation, we may
be overfunding the quest for
unlikely cures while underfunding
research on humbler therapies
that could improve people's
lives.
56.What is implied in the
first sentence?
A. Americans are better prepared
for death than other people.
B. Americans enjoy a higher
life quality than ever before.
C. Americans are over-confident
of their medical technology.
D. Americans take a vain
pride in their long life expectancy.
57.The author uses the example
of caner patients to show that
A. medical resources are
often wasted.
B. doctors are helpless against
fatal diseases.
C. some treatments are too
aggressive.
D. medical costs are becoming
unaffordable.
58.The author's attitude
to ward Richard Lamm's remark
is one of
A. strong disapproval.
B. reserved consent.
C. slight contempt.
D. enthusiastic support.
59.In contras to the U.S.
,Japan and Sweden are funding
their medical care
A. more flexibly.
B. more extravagantly.
C .more cautiously.
D. more reasonably.
60.The text intends to express
the idea that
A medicine will further prolong
people's lives.
B. life beyond a certain
limit is not worth living.
C. death should be accepted
as a fact of life.
D. excessive demands increase
the cost of health care.
DABDC
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text carefully
and the translate the underlines
segmentssintosChinese. Your
translation should be written
clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2.(10
points)
Human beings in all times
and places think about their
world and wonder at their place
in it. Humans are thoughtful
and creative, possessed of insatiable
curiosity.(61)Furthermore, humans
have the ability to modify the
environment in which they live,
thus subjecting all other life
forms to their own peculiar
ideas and fancies. Therefore,
it is important to study humans
in all their richness and diversity
in a calm and systematic manner,
with the hope that the knowledge
resulting from such studies
can lead humans to a more harmonious
way of living with themselves
and with all other life forms
on this planet Earth.
“Anthropology”derives from
the Greek words“anthropos”:“human”and
logos“the study of.”By its very
name, anthropology encompasses
the study of all humankind.
Anthropology is one of the
social sciences.(62)Social science
is that branch of intellectual
enquiry which seeks to study
humans and their endeavors in
the same reasoned, orderly,
systematic, and dispassioned(原文如此)
manner that natural scientists
use for the study of natural
phenomena.
Social science disciplines
include geography, economics,
political science, psychology,
and sociology. Each of these
social sciences has a subfield
or specialization which lies
particularly close to anthropology.
All the social sciences focus
upon the study of humanity.
Anthropology is a field-study
oriented discipline which makes
extensive use of the comparative
method in analysis.(63)The emphasis
on data gathered first-hand,
combined with a cross-cultural
perspective brought to the analysis
of cultures past and present,
makes this study a unique and
distinctly important social
science.
Anthropological analyses
rest heavily upon the concept
of culture. Sir Edward Tylor’s
formulation of the concept of
culture was one of the great
intellectual achievements of
19th century science.(64)Tylor
defined culture as“…that complex
whole which includes belief,
art, morals, law, custom, and
any other capabilities and habits
acquired by man as a member
of society.”This insight, so
profound in its simplicity,
opened up an entirely new way
of perceiving and understanding
human life. Implicit within
Tylor’s definition is the concept
that culture is learned. shared,
and patterned behavior.
(65)Thus, the anthropological
concept of“culture,”like the
concept of“set”in mathematics,
is an abstract concept which
makes possible immense amounts
of concrete research and understanding.
Section IV Writing
66.Directions:
1) describe the set of drawings,
Interpret its meaning, and
2) point out its implications
in our life.
You should write about 200
words neatly on ANSWER SHEET
2.(20 points)
参考答案:
Section I Listening Comprehension
(20 points)
Part A (5 points)
1.1876
2.1981
3.textiles
4.19,137
5.concerts
Part B (5 points)
6.(the couple) themselves
7.constructively
8.a qualified psychologist
9.good intentions
10.absence
Part C (10points)
11.D 12.A 13.D 14.B 15.C 16.B 17.B 18.C 19.A 20.D
Section II Use of English (10
points)
21.A 22.B 23.C 24.D 25.C 26.B 27.D 28.C 29.A 30.D
31.A 32.D 33.B 34.D 35.C 36.D 37.B 38.A 39.C 40.A
Section III Reading Comprehension
(50 points)
Part A (40 points)
41.B 42.A 43.C 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.B 48.B 49.A 50.D
51.C 52.D 53.C 54.B 55.A 56.C 57.A 58.B 59.D 60.C
Part B(10 points)
61.而且,人类还有能力改变自己的生存环境,从而是让所有其它形态的生命服从人类自己独特的想法和想象。
62.社会科学是知识探索的一个分支,它力图像自然科学家研究自然现象那样,用理性的、有序的、系统的和冷静的方式研究人类及其行为。
63.强调收集第一手资料,加上在分析过去和现在文化形态时采用跨文化视角,使得这一研究成为一门独特并且非常重要的社会科学。
64.泰勒把文化定义为“……一个复合整体,它包括人作为社会成员所获得的信仰、艺术、道德、法律、风俗以及其它能力和习惯”。
65.因此,人类学中“文化”概念就像数学中“集”的概念一样,是一个抽象概念,它使大量的具体研究和认识成为可能。
Section IV Writing (20 points)
66.(略)