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2005年12月六级考试最新模拟冲刺卷 试卷一 Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension (20 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) 2 hours B) 3 hours C) 4 hours D) 5 hours From the conversation we know that the two are talking about some work they will start at 9 o’clock in the morning and have to finish at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) At a bus station. B) At a railway station. C) At an airport. D) In a shopping center. 2. A) Work on his paper after class. B) Postpone his meeting with Professor Green. C) Go swimming with his friends. D) Go to see Professor Green immediately. 3. A) She would rather invite more people to come. B) They would prepare more food and drinks. C) The family members always eat a lot. D) There was too much food at a previous meeting. 4. A) He wanted to change the appointment. B) He called Dr. Smith to confirm the appointment. C) He was confused about the date of the appointment. D) He can’t see Dr. Smith until tomorrow. 5. A) The man was mistaken. B) The woman won’t have to wait for long. C) The woman has done a good job. D) The man doesn’t work hard. 6. A) Organize another activity. B) Choose another restaurant. C) Wear different clothes. D) Ask more friends to go together. 7. A) He told her he would send postcards. B) It was difficult for him to have a holiday. C) He has already been to Venice for several times. D) He didn’t want to go to Venice at first. 8. A) Prepare for his examination. B) Go to the cinema after his examination. C) Ask the woman to help him with his study. D) See a film with the woman. 9. A) Share the yogurt with the man. B) Ask the man to buy some yogurt. C) Go out with the man for shopping. D) Eat what she brought with her. 10. A) The hotel will not be built in a short time. B) A good name hasn’t been found for it yet. C) They have decided to phone the hotel. D) It hasn’t been designed yet. Section B Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A) It created more job opportunities. B) It offered workers more chances for training. C) It allowed workers to live far from their jobs. D) It helped shorten the working hours. 12. A) The lack of qualified personnel. B) A decline in the number of customers. C) Difficulty in finding suitable sites. D) Increases transportation costs. 13. A) Prices are lower in downtown stores. B) Job opportunities are better there. C) Highway commuting has become unpleasant. D) Environmental pollution is no longer a problem. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) Most are insomniacs. B) Most are teenagers. C) Most are easily cured. D) Most suffer from hypersomnia. 15. A) During early childhood. B) In a person’s teens. C) In a person’s twenties. D) After a person turns fifty. 16. A) Avoid social situations. B) Stop taking certain drugs. C) Take naps during the day. D) Sleep eight hours a night. Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Environmental protection. B) Pest control. C) House construction. D) Fire prevention. 18. A) It’s cheaper. B) It’s safer. C) It’s quicker. D) It’s easier. 19. A) To keep the heat inside. B) To prevent insects from escaping. C) To keep the wood dry. D) To reduce the danger of fire. 20. A) To show that the technique will not cause fire. B) To highlight the dangers of the old method. C) To explain a step in the new treatment. D) To emphasize the uniqueness of the new method. Part ⅡReading Comprehension (35 minutes) Directions: There are 4 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). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage. In a few weeks, high school students face the prospect of taking the much-publicized new SAT Reasoning Test, which for the first time will require them to write a timed essay. Yet colleges continue to send confusing signals about whether students applying in the fall to attend college must take the new exam. Some schools, including Harvard, say they will accept scores from either the new test or the old SAT I, which was administered for the last time in January and did not contain a writing section. The University of Central Florida, for example, will require the new test, which will be given for the first time on March 12. Still others, such as the University of Virginia, strongly recommend that prospective applicants take the new test but under some circumstances also will accept the old SAT. A number of colleges are delaying a decision. The College Board, which administers the SAT, surveyed more than 1,900 four-year schools and has heard back from slightly more than 500. Of those, 81% say they will require the new test, including schools such as Harvard that are giving students a choice in what will be a year of transition. “Anything new goes through a special lens of evaluation,” says Lee Stetson, admissions dean at the University of Pennsylvania, which judiciously will use results from the new writing section until officials have a chance to study the revised SAT’s predictive validity. A number of admissions deans are skeptical that the new exam will be an improvement. Charles Deacon, dean of undergraduate admissions at Georgetown University, says adding the essay “will create more barriers to poor kids who are less well-prepared”. The test was rushed to market because the University of California system, a major College Board customer, threatened to stop requiring the SAT, he says. The test “was developed and marketed for all the wrong reasons”. Deacon, who says he has been “badgered” by the College Board to endorse the new exam, has refused to do so. Some schools, including Georgetown, Iowa’s Grinnell College and Pennsylvania’s Franklin and Marshall College, say that at least for now, they will not even look at scores from the writing section when making admission decisions. “We have adopted a wait-and-see attitude,” says Dennis Trotter of Franklin and Marshall. College Board officials counter that based on extensive field tests, they are confident the test is as reliable a predictor of freshman-year performance as the old SAT. Moreover, they say, well-trained scorers, many of them high school English teachers, will grade the essays, which student have 25 minutes to write. Amidst all the confusion, what should students do? Admissions deans and school counselors say to be sure to check with each college for requirements. 21. If a student took the SAT in October last year, he has to take another test if he applies for . A) University of Virginia B) Georgetown University C) the University of Central Florida D) Harvard University 22. What does the article tell us about Harvard University? A) It will only accept the new SAT this fall. B) It has not made a decision on whether to accept the old SAT this fall. C) It will require scores from the writing section this fall. D) It will ask all applicants to take the new test a year later. 23. An important reason for negative attitudes towards the new writing examination is that . A) the examination will add to the difficulty for those students from financially underprivileged families B) the examination was marketed much too quickly without careful consideration C) the examination will cause short-term confusion and lead to no long-term benefits D) the examination was a product of the College Board and various universities 24. According to the author, what should students do at the moment? A) Students should make clear which test is acceptable. B) Students should contact the university for the arrangement of the test. C) Students should ask the College Board for the latest information about the program. D) Students should get prepared for the new examination in less that a year. 25. What can we infer from the passage about the test? A) Students who have taken the old test are strongly advised not to take the new test. B) As compared with the old test, the new one requires the student to write an essay in a shorter period of time. C) The College Board has decided to invite university teachers to grade the essays. D) The College Board has appealed to many universities to support the new examination. Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Would George W. Bush have been reelected president if the public understood how much responsibility his administration bears for allowing the 9/11 attacks to succeed? The answer is unknowable and, at this date, meaningless. Yet it was appalling to learn that the White House suppressed until after the election a report that exposes the administration as woefully incompetent if not criminally negligent. Belatedly declassified excerpts from the 9/11 commission report, which focus on the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to heed multiple warnings that Al Qaeda (基地组织) terrorists were planning to hijack planes as suicide weapons, make clear that this tragedy could have been avoided. For the last three years, administration apologists have tried to make the FAA the scapegoat for the 9/11 attacks. But it is the president who ultimately is responsible for national security. The terrible fact is that the administration took none of the steps that would have put the protection of human life ahead of a diverse set of economic and political interests, which included not offending our friends the Saudis and not hurting the share prices of airline corporations. The warnings provided by intelligence agencies to the FAA were far clearer and more specific than suggested by Condoleezza Rice’s testimony before the 9/11 commission when she reluctantly conceded the existence of a presidential briefing that warned of impending Al Qaeda attacks. Given this shocking record of indifference on the part of the administration, it is politically understandable that it tried to prevent the formation of the 9/11 commission in the first place, and then for five months prevented the declassification of key sections of the final report. Had the business-friendly administration put safety first, nearly 3,000 people might not have died that day. And had the president of the United States taken some time from his ranch vacation that August to order a nationwide airport alert, two bloody wars abroad probably would not have happened. Instead, an administration that resisted spending the tens of millions required to fortify airline security before 9/11 is nearing the $300-billion mark on Afghanistan and Iraq. And declassified documents have unmistakably said the latter had nothing to do with 9/11, while those countries that at least indirectly did have been let off the hook. Indeed, the 9/11 commission was not allowed to get near that story: The basic narrative on the tragedy derives from the interrogations of key detainees whom the 9/11 commissioners were not allowed to interview. Nor were they permitted to even take testimony from the U.S. intelligence personnel who interrogated those prisoners. As a result, the public is simply incapable of making informed decisions on the most crucial decisions we face-starting with whom we elect as our commander in chief. |
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26. According to the author, who should shoulder the major responsibility for allowing the 9/11 tragedy to happen? A) Saddam Hussein. B) FAA. C) George W. Bush. D) Condoleezza Rice. 27. What does the word “declassify” (Line 3, Para. 2) most probably mean? A) To hide the important details of B) To report or represent in a untrue way C) To form a large group D) To become no longer secret 28. What do we learn from the passage about Afghanistan and Iraq? A) Al Qaeda terriorists had gained support from at least one of the governments. B) 9/11 was the chief reason for the Bush government to initiate both wars. C) The two wars had already cost the Americans tens of millions of dollars. D) These two countries should be held responsible for 9/11. 29. What can we infer from the passage? A) The Federal Aviation Administration was not to blame in this tragedy. B) Consideration of economic interests had hindered life protection. C) The Bush government had paid such a high price for poor information collection. D) Some government officials had been bribed by Al Qaeda terrorists. 30. What is the author’s opinion towards President Bush? A) He had been intentionally misleading as to the reasons of initiating the two wars. B) He had been late in preventing the attacks because of a personal vocation. C) He had done everything to help the 9/11 commission do a better job. D) He will have probably failed to be reelected if the public had been well informed. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Polls can provide important guidance for politicians, but there are times when it is foolish and dangerous to rely on a temporarily misinformed public for a political compass. The current debate over Social Security provides one of the most compelling examples in modern history of the pitfalls of poll-driven political strategy. Yesterday two leading Democratic strategists publicly took their party to task for their“just say no” approach to President Bush’s program. “To say there is no problem simply puts Democrats out of the conversation for the great majority of the country that want political leaders to secure this very important retirement program,” they warned, “Voters are looking for reform, change, and new ideas, but Democrats seem stuck in concrete.” Stuck, indeed. To be more exact, they are holding their ground and refusing to surrender to a president who is once again manufacturing a “crisis” for a political purpose. And why should they do otherwise, when this strategy is clearly working? Let’s start with the facts. According to President Bush, Social Security can pay all promised benefits for the next 37 years without any changes at all. Even if nothing were done by 2043, the program would still pay a higher real benefit than what people receive today. And even looking into the future of the 75-year planning period, the shortfall is less than what we fixed in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘80s. In other words, Social Security is financially stronger today than it has been throughout most of its history. So this attack on Social Security has nothing to do with the solvency (偿付能力) of the program. Nonetheless last week, a Quinnipiac University poll found that respondents, by a 49 to 42 percent margin, believed that Social Security would not be able to pay them a benefit when they retire. But this is a ridiculous idea, based completely on misinformation. It is even more far fetched（牵强的） than the notion, which also commanded a majority before the invasion of Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the massacre of 9/11. In the case of Social Security, there is no dispute about the facts. There are just a few cheap verbal and accounting tricks that have been used to convince the public that Social Security faces serious problems. These are easily refuted. The same Quinnipiac poll showed that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling Social Security, with only 28 percent approving. It makes no political sense to pretend that this attack on our nation’s most successful and popular government program is actually an attempt to insure its solvency. Even in politics, there are times when honesty is the best policy. 31. What can we know about the Democrats, according to the author? A) They want to help secure the retirement program. B) They refuse to admit that the Social Security program has been successful. C) They are making efforts to solve the crisis of the Social Security program. D) They organize polls in order to gain political interests. 32. The author raise the example of Saddam Hussein in order to show that . A) the invasion of Iraq represented the wills of common people B) no evidence had come up to prove the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the massacre of 9/11 C) sometimes the public without proper information will draw foolish conclusions D) it was wrong for the government to rely on the public for important political decisions 33. According to the author, which of the following is correct? A) There is no point in worrying about the solvency of the Social Security program. B) The majority of the public will accept the Social Security program in the near future. C) Only the baby boomers should worry about the future days when they grow old. D) The Democrats attack the Social Security program in order to question its solvency. 34. By saying “honesty is the best policy”, the author seems to disapprove of . A) the Quinnipiac University who organized the poll B) the Bush administration who initiated the Social Security program C) the ill-informed public who worried about their future D) those Democrats who wanted to gain political interests through this incident 35. The best title for this passage should be. A) Time to Reconsider Social Security B) Let’s be Honest about Social Security C) Social Security is an Illusion D) Embrace the Bright Future of Social Security Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. “When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results,” Calvin Coolidge once observed. As the U. S. economy crumbles, Coolidges silly maxim might appear to be as apt as ever: the number of unemploymentinsurance claims is rising, and overall joblessness is creeping upward. But in today’s vast and complex labor market, things aren’t always what they seem. More and more people are indeed losing their jobs but not necessarily because the economy appears to be in recession. And old-fashioned unemployment isn’t the inevitable result of job loss. New work, at less pay, often is. Call it new-wave unemployment: structural changes in the economy are overlapping the business downturn, giving joblessness a grim new twist. Small wonder that the U. S. unemployment rate is rising. Now at 5.7 percent, it is widely expected to edge toward 7 percent by the end of next year. But statistics alone can’t fully capture a complex reality. The unemployment rate has been held down by slow growth in the labor force—the number of people working or looking for work—since few people sense attractive job opportunities in a weak economy. In addition, many more people are losing their jobs than are actually ending up unemployed. Faced with hungry mouths to feed, thousands of women, for example, are taking two or more part-time positions or agreeing to shave the hours they work in service-sector jobs. For better and for worse, work in America clearly isn’t what it used to be. Now unemployment isn’t, either. Like sour old wine in new bottles, this downturn blends a little of the old and the new reflecting a decade’s worth of change in the dynamic U. S. economy. Yet, in many respects the decline is following the classic pattern, with new layoffs concentrated among blue-collar workers in the most “cyclical” (循环的) industries, whose ups and downs track the economy most closely. As the downturn attracts attention on workers-ill fortunes, some analysts predict that political upheaval (动乱) may lie ahead. Real wages for the average U. S. worker peaked in 1973 and have been falling almost ever since. As a result, a growing group of downwardly mobile Americans could soon begin pressing policymakers to help produce better-paying jobs. Just how loud the outcry becomes will depend partly on the course of the recession. But in the long run, there’s little doubt that the bleak outlook for jobs and joblessness is “politically, socially and psychologically dynamite (具有爆炸性的)”. 36. Why does the author refer to Coolidge’s maxim as silly? A) More and more people are applying for unemployment insurance. B) Unemployment rate is not likely to rise quickly nowadays. C) Losing jobs doesn’t necessarily lead to unemployment. D) Today’s labor market is much too complicated than Coolidge’s time. 37. According to the passage, the unemployment rate has been kept under limits because . A) the number of the people in the work force slowly increases B) very few people really lose their original jobs C) less and less people are out finding new jobs D) the government has taken strong measures to control the unemployment rate 38. According to the passage, under the great pressure of life, many women . A) will do a part-time job along with the full-time job B) would rather stay at home than apply for a part-time position C) would be fired if they can not finish the job quickly D) will agree to have their working hours shortened if required 39. The present downturn is similar to traditional ones in that . A) we can never predict which way the economy will head B) the economic prospects have been unfavorable for 10 years C) the government has done relatively little to intervene the market D) physical laborers are the chief victims of the economic decline 40. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A) Blue-collar workers are given less and less wages in recent years. B) The unemployment problem may lead to serious social problems. C) The unemployment problem will probably become less serious in no time. D) The government will create more jobs with better pay in the near future. Part Ⅲ Vocabulary(20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41. This song his life’s dream and ardent love of life. A) incorporated B) initiated C) exposed D)embodied 42. Every time I listen to Tchaikovsky, I found myself in the beauty of the works by one of the most artistically creative composers. A) submerged B) soaked C) sucked D)immersed 43. Benjamin Franklin and presented to Congress, on the 21st of July, a plan of confederation. A) draw in B) draw on C) draw up D)draw down 44. The day when he first arrived in Chicago distinctly in his memory. A) stands down B) stands in C) stands out D)stands up 45. In regard to those ancient emperors, we need to assess them in the of their times. A) content B) context C) contest D)contention 46. It is said that the reconstruction of the Grand Theatre is a project of Shanghai government this year. A) prestige B) superiority C) priority D)publicity 47. The price of the real estate in this area may to unexpected values, so everyone should be conscious of the maximum price that he would want to pay for a particular property. A) stagger B) shrink C) soar D)suspend 48. With the Chinese economy expected to continue its strong performance, ability to speak the Chinese language will be an of greater and greater value. A) asset B) ethic C) inventory D)obligation 49. People with a great deal of often have admiring friends and bitter enemies. A) quality B) appearance C) personality D)character 50. Such a toy with musical sounds and animal noises will any young child. A) dismay B) astonish C) fascinate D)perplex 51. After reading of books by great authors for some time, the boy decided to go on to read the originals. A) themes B) insights C) digests D)leaflets |
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52. In my belief, some of the comments in the movie about the job market are actually of reallife difficulties in find a good job after graduation from universities. A) reflections B) demonstrations C) illuminations D)reproductions 53. In the poem, he depicted the happy of girls playing on a swing in early spring. A) perspective B) view C) landscape D)scene 54. Radical social changes transformed the common of life in the countryside more slowly than in towns and cities. A) scales B) patterns C) grades D)ranks 55. Contrary to popular belief, epidemics do not occur after a natural disaster. A) spontaneously B) simultaneously C) homogeneously D)instantaneously 56. She all criticism and went on with her project. A) warded off B) shrugged off C) gave away D)set aside 57. Looking back upon the whole process, we have every reason to our success to Mary who suggested the right method at the beginning. A) ascribe B) ascertain C) aspire D)assert 58. Overpopulation has greatly the development of this city. A) rectified B) hampered C) averted D)discarded 59. The teacher from her custom and gave no assignments for the weekend. A) deviated B) disconnected C) detached D)distorted 60. Immigration from countries and cultures that are with the cultural core of this nation has been generally prohibited. A) interior B) invisible C) incompatible D)integral 61. The little chair when the fat man sat down on it without thinking. A) crushed B) collapsed C) crumpled D)yielded 62. Your afternoon sightseeing will famous landmarks and monuments including the White House, Embassy Row, the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. A) highlight B) underline C) activate D)upgrade 63. Films of this sort have lost their for many Spanish young people. A) appeal B) pledge C) image D)survival 64. This course is designed to help children such reallife situations as separation and loss. A) cope with B) settle down C) intervene in D)interfere with 65. Foreign language teachers of this university are busy designing a test of spoken English to the original written examination. A) contaminate B) compliment C) complement D)coordinate 66. Her chief was her not packing a raincoat for her trip to Yunnan last July. A) drawback B) handicap C) bruise D)blunder 67. Idlers, no matter how poor they are, are always at finding reasons not to take action to improve their living conditions. A) intrinsic B) ingenious C) initial D)inherent 68. As the graduation is drawing near, every student began to his future. A) compensate B) contemplate C) jeopardize D)manifest 69. The investigation gives support to the between profit and top managers pay. A) analogy B) paradox C) correlation D)illusion 70. It advocated by the book that a man, no matter how his origin may be, can be successful with unremitting efforts and strong will. A) inferior B) awkward C) minor D)humble 试卷二 Part Ⅳ Short Answer Questions（15 minutes） Direction：In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page. What are the marks of an educated man? The first of these is correctness and precision in the use of the mother tongue. When one hears English well spoken, with pure diction, correct pronunciation, and an almost unconscious choice of the right word, he recognizes it at once. How much easier he finds it to imitate English of the other sort! A second and indispensable trait of the educated man is refined and gentle manners, which are themselves the expression of fixed habits of thought and action. When manners are superficial, artificial, and forced, no matter what their form, they are bad manners. When, however, they are the natural expression of fixed habits of thought and action, and when they reveal a refined and cultivated nature, they are good manners. There are certain things that gentlemen do not do, and they do not do them simply because they are bad manners. The gentleman instinctively knows the difference between those things which he may and should do and those things which he may not and should not do. A third trait of the educated man is the power and habit of reflection. Human beings for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the present moment and that part of the future which is quickly to follow it. They do not read those works of prose and poetry which have become classic because they reveal power and habit of reflection and induce that power and habit in others. When one reflects long enough to ask the question how, he is on the way to knowing something about science. When he reflects long enough to ask the question why, he may, if he persists, even become a philosopher. A fourth trait of the educated man is the power of growth. He continues to grow and develop from birth to his dying day. His interests expand, his contacts multiply, his knowledge increases, and his reflection becomes deeper and wider. It would appear to be true that not many human beings, even those who have had a school and college education, continue to grow after they are twenty-four or twenty-five years of age. By that time it is usual to settle down to life on a level of more or less contented intellectual interest and activity. The whole present-day movement for adult education is a systematic and definite attempt to keep human beings growing long after they have left school and college, and, therefore, to help educate them. A fifth trait of the educated man is his possession of efficiency, or the power to do. The mere visionary dreamer, however charming or however wise, lacks something which an education requires. The power to do may be exercised in any one of a thousand ways, but when it clearly shows itself, that is evidence that the period of discipline of study and of companionship with parents and teachers has not been in vain. S1. An educated man should use his S1 correctly and precisely. S2. According to the author, manners are the natural expression of S2 . S3. The educated man know the difference betweenS3（1）andS3（2）. S4. Most human beings live a S4 life or far beyond the present and the near future. S5. The author says that when a person persists in reflecting so as to ask the question how, he may at last become a S5 . S6. What is the aim of present-day adult education? S7. According to the author, the mere visionary dreamer lacksS7. S8. What is the main topic of the passage? Part Ⅴ Writing（30 minutes） Directions:for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter of application. You should write no less than 120 words and base your composition on the outline below: 1. 渴求工作的愿望 2. 技能和经历 3. 联系方式 KEY Part I Listening Comprehension 1. C2. A3. D4. C5. A6. B7. B8. D9. D10. B 11. C12. B13. C14. D15. B16. C17. B18. B19. A20. A Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension 21. C22. D23. B24. A25. D26. C27. D28. B29. B30. D 31. B32. C33. A34. D35. B36. C37. A38. D39. D40. B Part Ⅲ Vocabulary 41. D42. D43. C44. C45. B46. C47. C48. A49. C50. C 51. C52. A53. D54. B55. A56. B57. A58. B59. A60. C 61. B62. A63. A64. A65. C66. D67. B68. B69. C70. D Part Ⅳ Short Answer Questions S1. mother tongue / native language S2. fixed habits of thoughts and action S3(1). good manners或what he may and should do S3(2). bad manners或what he may not and should not do S4. superficialS5. scientist S6. To keep a person growing throughout his life. S7. efficiency / the power to doS8. The marks of an educated man. Part Ⅰ Tape Scripts of Listening Comprehension Section A 1. M: Is flight 508 ready for boarding now? W: I regret to tell you that it has been delayed. This flight will not depart until 10:40. I am sorry for the inconveniences we have brought you. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 2. W: Mike, Jenny and I are planning to go swimming at the beach after class. Would you like to go with us? M: I’d love to, but I have to finish my economics paper today, for Professor Green has told me to hand it in as soon as possible. Q: What will the man probably do? 3. M: Would you please help me prepare some food and drinks for tomorrows family reunion? W: Why not? Let’s be careful not to overdo it though. Last time we had enough for two such parties. Q: What does the woman mean? 4. W: Hello. I am calling to remind you of your 3:15 appointment with Dr. Smith today. M: Thank you so much for calling. I always thought it was 3:15 tomorrow. Q: What does the man mean? 5. M: Congratulations! You have got the highest mark of the whole class. You must have been working hard for a long time. W: You must be thinking of someone else. I’m still waiting for my grades. Q: What does the woman mean? 6. W: I’m taking my roommate for her birthday night—you know, to that new Italian restaurant. M: You can’t go like that. You’d better change. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 7. M: This is a postcard from Jacky. He is in Venice. What a beautiful place! W: Oh, so he finally has got time for a holiday. Q: What does the woman imply about Jacky? 8. W: Can you go to the cinema with me this weekend, or do you have to prepare for your examination? M: There is still a lot to do…but maybe a break is also quite necessary. Q: What will the man probably do? 9. M: I’m going out to pick up a hamburger. Can I get you something? W: Oh, I have eaten too much at lunch. The yogurt I brought with me will be enough. But thank you all the same. Q: What will the woman probably do? 10. M: What have they decided to call the hotel? W: No one’s come up with anything yet. Q: What does the woman say about the hotel? Section B Passage One Today we’ll examine the role that private transportation—namely, the automobile—plays in city planning. A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950’s and 1960’s the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of flooding into downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer their home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas became deserted. In recent years there has been a rebirth of the downtown area, as many suburbanites have moved back to the city. They’ve done this, of course, to avoid highways packed with commuters from the suburbs. Scientists are exploring this particular city planning problem and some of them have already come up with innovative solutions. They don’t approach this problem from a purely sociological perspective; they try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well. 11. How did the automobile affect the work force in the 1950s and 1960s? 12. What problem did downtown area merchants face in the 1960s? 13. According to the passage, why are some people lately moving back to the city? Passage Two You might think that most of the patients at sleep clinics are being treated for sleeplessness, commonly referred to as insomnia, but that is not the case. The majority of sleep-clinic patients suffer from disorders of excessive sleep or “hypersomnia”. While most insomniacs somehow manage to drag themselves through the day and function at acceptable, although not optimal, levels. This is not so for people who suffer from hypersomnia. They are incapacitated by irresistible urges to sleep during the day, often in inappropriate situations—at business meetings, in supermarkets, or at parties. Even more dangerous is their failure to remain awake when driving or operating machines. Falling asleep in such situations could obviously be life-threatening. Many hypersomnia suffer from narcolepsy, for which the primary symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness. Though not apparent in childhood, this symptom most often appears for the first time during the teen years and continues through a person’s life. The sleep attacks may occur as many as fifteen to twenty times during the courses of the day and last for periods from fifteen minutes up to two hours. What can be done to help those suffering from narcolepsy? There are certain drugs that can help, and specialists suggest voluntary napping to decrease the frequency of such sleep attacks. 14. What does the speaker say about sleepclinic patients? 15. When does narcolepsy usually first become apparent? 16. What can a narcoleptic do to prevent sleep attacks? Passage Three Words came from California of a new weapon in the war on household pests. Two scientists working for a firm in Anahelm, California, have developed a method to eliminate insects without using dangerous chemicals. The new poison? Hot air. The basic idea is that insects cannot adjust to temperature much above normal. In laboratory experiments, cockroaches and termites can’t survive much more than a quarter of an hour at 125 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 50 degrees centigrade. The new method involves covering a house with a huge tent and filling it with air heated to around 65 degrees centigrade. Hot air is forced in with fans, and the tent keeps the heat inside the house. Since termites try to escape by hiding in wooden beams, the heat treatment must be continued to a full six hours. But when it’s all over, and the insects are dead, there are no toxic residues to endanger humans or pets. Scientists claim that there is no danger of fire, either, since very few household materials will burn at 65 degrees centigrade. In fact, wood is prepared for construction use by drying it in ovens at 80 degrees centigrade, which is substantially hotter than the air used in this procedure. 17. What is the talk mainly about? 18. What makes the new system better than other treatments? 19. Why are the houses covered with tents? 20. Why does the speaker mention that construction wood is dried by heat? Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension Passage One 21. C)细节理解题本题问如果一位学生已于去年十月参加了SAT考试，他申请哪所学校还必须再考。这个问题实际上是问哪所学校只接受新的SAT测试的成绩。根据原文可以看出，这个问题出现在列举不同学校反应的第二段，答案应为C）。 |
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