i. listening comprehension (20 points)
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, d and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. a. she thinks his term paper is difficult to read.
??b. she thinks his term paper has a good title.
??c. she doesn’t like his choice of the title.
??d. she doesn’t think he prepares well enough.
2. a. where to meet lisa.
??b. why lisa wants to meet them.
??c. the location of the campus.
??d. the time of the meeting.
3. a. paul sold it for her.
??b. she didn’t want paul to borrow it.
??c. sarah has bought it.
??d. paul purchased it for her.
4. a. show the man the way to the station.
??b. find out when the next bus leaves.
??c. take the man to the station.
??d. wait for the man at the bus station.
5. a. the english evening doesn’t interest him.
??b. he may already have plans.
??c. he’d like to bring a classmate to the english evening.
??d. he’d rather come another time.
6. a. in a dressing shop.
??b. in a shoe store.
??c. in a gymnasium
d. at a swimming pool.
7. a. at 5:15
??b. at 5:45
??c. at 5:50
??d. at 4:45
8. a. a dentist and a patient
??b. a physicist and a patient
??c. a patient and a surgeon
??d. a patient and a physician
9. a. the woman made another new shirt for the man.
??b. the man bought a new bottle of ink from the woman yesterday.
??c. the man lost his new pen he bought yesterday.
??d. the man’s shirt was stained by his new pen.
10. a. repair his air-conditioner.
???b. go to sleep.
???c. get a new air-conditioner.
???d. look for a repairman.
section b
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, d and decide which is the best answer. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
passage one
questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. a. he made cartoon films.
???b. under his leadership, three world-famous parks were built.
???c. he was born of a wealthy family.
???d. he was once an artist.
12. a. advertisements.
???b. comedy news.
???c. mickey mouse.
???d. world-famous parks.
13. a. in kansas city
???b. in disneyland
???c. in chicago
???d. in los angeles
passage two
questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. a. he often does the work his boss doesn’t mean him to do.
???b. he likes being a boss.
???c. he is reluctant to do what his boss wants him to do.
???d. he is eager for a better-paid job.
15. a. he hired four men to paint the house without mr. king’s permission.
???b. he didn’t show respect for his boss.
???c. he paid too little money for hiring the workers.
???d. he didn’t brush the house willingly.
16. a. $30
???b. $32
???c. $2
???d.$8
passage three
questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. a. she is very active.
???b. she is dark-haired.
???c. she lives a busy life.
???d. she lives with her daughter.
18. a. a pacemaker.
???b. her daughter
???c. a dressmaker
???d.a battery
19. a. in the skin beneath her ribs.
???b. in her heart.
???c. in her stomach
???d. in the skin beneath her breastbones.
20. a. they help solve the problems of life.
???b. they are numerous in number.
???c. they are a new type of engineer.
???d. both a and c.
ii. reading comprehension (30 points)
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 center.
questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
in a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a new york taxi driver? i began studying this question and found the answers interesting.
one morning i got into three different taxis and announced, “well, it’s my first day back in new york in seven years. i’ve been prison.” not a single driver replied, so i tried again. “yeah, i shot a man in reno.” i explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. the only response came from a ghananian driver, “reno? that is in nevada?”
taxi drivers were uniformly (共同地) sympathetic when i said i’d just been fired. “this is america,” a haitian driver said. “one door is closed. another is open.” he argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house, “if you do something silly and they put you away, you cannot look for another job.” a pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope: he refused to take me to the middle of the george washington bridge, a $20 trip. “why you want to go there? go home and relax. don’t worry. take a new job.”
one very hot weekday in july, while wearing a red skin mask and holding a stuffed (塞满的) pillowcase with the word “bank” on it, i tried hailing(招待) a taxi five times outside different banks. the driver picked me up every time. my ride with guy caaude thevenain, a haitian driver, was typical of the superb (一流的) assistance i received.
“is anyone following us?”
“no,” said the driver, looking in his rearview mirror at traffic and me.
“let’s go across the park,” i said. “i just robbed the bank there. i got $ 25,000.”
“$25,000?” he asked.
“yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”
“no, man. i work 8 hours and i earn just $70. if i can do that, i do it too.”
as we approached 86, lexington street, i pointed to the chemical bank.
“hey, there’s another bank,” i said, “could you wait here a minute while i go inside?”
“no, i can’t wait. pay me now.” his reluctance may have something to do with money — taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low, but i think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.
21. from the ghanaian driver’s response, we can infer that ________.
a. he was not caring about the killing
b. he was frightened to hear what the writer said
c. he thought the writer was a criminal
d. he thought the writer was crazy
22. why did the pakistani driver refuse to give the writer a ride?
a. he didn’t want to help the writer get over his career crisis.
b. he was in a hurry to go home and relax.
c. the place was far away.
d. he thought the writer was going to kill himself.
23. what is the author’s interpretation of the driver’s reluctance “to wait outside the chemical bank”?
a. the driver thought that the rate for waiting time was too low.
b. the driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.
c. the driver was frightened and wanted to leave him as soon as possible.
d. the driver did not want to help a suspect to escape from a bank robbery.
24. which of the following statements is true about new york taxi drivers?
a. they are ready to help you do whatever you

want to.
b. they refuse to pick up those who would kill themselves.
c. they are sympathetic with those who are out of work.
d. they work only for money.
25. the passage mainly discusses ___________________.
a. how to please taxi riders
b. how to deal with taxi riders
c. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards riders in personal trouble
d. the attitudes of taxi drivers towards the government
questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
is there enough oil beneath the arctic national wildlife refuge?(维护区) (anwr) to help secure america’s energy future? president bush certainly thinks so. he has argued that tapping anwr’s oil would help ease california’s electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country’s energy independence. but no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth, with

the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.
the oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of u. s. consumption for as long as six years. by pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two to three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the u. s. from saudi arabia. sounds good. an oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall?(意外之财) in tax revenue, royalties?(发掘权运用费) and leasing fees for alaska and the federal government. best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant. “we’ve never had a documented case of an oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice,” says alaska state representative

scott ogan.
not so fast, say environmentalists. sticking to the low end of government estimates, the national resources defense council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of anwr, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease america’s energy problems. and consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. as for anwr’s impact on the california power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the golden state’s electricity output — and just 3% of the nation’s.
26. what does president bush think of tapping oil in anwr?
it will increase america’s energy consumption.
it will exhaust the nation’s oil reserves.
it will help reduce the nation’s oil imports.
it will help secure the future of anwr.
27. ?we learn from the second paragraph that the american oil industry ________.
a. shows little interests in tapping oil in anwr
b. expects to stop oil imports from saudi arabia
c. tends to exaggerate america’s reliance on foreign oil
d. believes that drilling for oil in anwr will produce high yields
28. those against oil drilling in anwr argue that_______.
a. it will drain the oil reserves in the alaskan region
b. it can do little to solve u. s. energy problems
c. it can cause serious damage to the environment
d. it will not have much commercial value
29. what do the environmentalists mean by saying “not so fast” (line 1, para. 3)?
a. don’t be too optimistic.
b. don’t expect fast returns.
c. the oil drilling should be delayed.
d. oil exploitation takes a long time.
30. it can be learned from the passage that oil exploitation beneath anwr’s frozen earth ________.
a. involves a lot of technological problems
b. remains a controversial issue
c. is expected to get under way soon
d. will enable the u. s. to be oil independent
questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
although suicide rates around the world are about three times higher for men than women, evidence is mounting that in developing countries in asia, suicide is far more common among young women than men.?
in a study this week in the lancet medical journal, researchers give the first picture of suicide among young people in india. in a region near vellore in southern india, more than twice as many young women aged 10 to 19 committed suicide as men in the same age group.?the study found the average suicide rate for women in that age group was 148 per 100,000, compared with 58 suicides per 100,000 men.?globally, the suicide rate for men is about 24 per 100,000, and about 6.8 per 100,000 for women.?
experts say the latest study was based on too few suicides to be certain the observed rates are valid, but added that the research shows suicide is vastly underreported in the developing world.?
one of the major differences between suicide in the west and in developing countries is the method. it is known from studies in the west that more women than men attempt suicide, but fewer succeed.?
usually, women in western countries attempt suicide by slashing their wrists or swallowing pills, both methods that are treatable. in rural india, the methods are hanging, poisoning with lethal insecticides that are banned in many other parts of the world and setting oneself on fire. all three are difficult to survive.?
some of the pesticides, widely kept in rural homes, kill within three hours. for women trying to kill themselves in the countryside, where there is no transportation and sometimes no roads, it is often too late by the time they reach a hospital.?
there are a few theories why young asian women are committing suicide at such a high rate.?
“it could be because of lack of education, conflicts surrounding the issue of arranged marriages, love failures, dowries and things like that,” said dr. lakshmi vijayakumar, who runs the sneha suicide prevention center in chennai, in the madras region of india.?
overall in india, male suicides start to outnumber the women as they get older, said vijayakumar, who was not involved with the latest study.?
once the women have children, they become emotionally and psychologically stronger and the suicide rate goes down, she said.
31. according to the latest research, the average suicide rate around the world is ______ that of the developing countries concerning about the gender factor.
a. similar to
b. the same as
c. irrelevant to
d. different from
32. comparatively speaking, the suicide rate around the world for men is ______ higher than it for women.?
a. more than twice
b. more than three times
c. twice
d. more than one time
33. experts’ attitude toward the latest study in vellore in southern india is _______.
a. totally agreeable
b. opposite
c. critical
d. extreme
34. in rural india, women often attempt suicide by the following means except _______.
a. poisoning with pesticides
b. setting oneself on fire
c. swallowing pills
d. hanging
35. the factors influencing the phenomenon that young asian women are committing suicide at such a high rate do not include ________.
a. education
b. emotion
c. egoism
d. marriage issues
questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
???like many other small boys, i was fascinated by cars, not least because my oldest brother was a bit of a car guy and subscribed to cool magazines like car and driver and motor trend. every so often, one of those magazines would run an article on the “car of the future.” they featured unconventional styling and things like small nuclear reactors as power sources. yet, frankly, my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s studebaker didn’t do. it goes, it stops, it burns gasoline, it plays music. i still have to steer it, and it still runs into things if i don’t steer it carefully.
???but guess what? all of these things are subjected to change in the not-so-distant future. it will still go and stop, but it may not burn gasoline, i may not have to steer it, and it may be a lot better at not running into things.
???airbags aren’t the be-all and end-all in safety. in fact, considering the recent news about people occasionally being killed by their airbags in low-speed collisions (磕碰), they obviously still need some development. but they aren’t going away, and in fact, you can expect to see cars appearing with additional, side-impact airbags, something some european car manufacturers already offer.
???better than systems to minimize injury in the event of an accident, however, are systems that minimize the likelihood of an accident happening in the first place. future cars may be able to eliminate many of the major causes of accidents, including drunk-driving, tailgating and sleepiness. cars could be equipped with sensors that can detect alcohol in a driver’s system and prevent the car from being started, for example. many accidents are caused by people following the car in front too closely. as early as next year, you’ll be able to buy cars with radar-equipped control systems. if the radar determines you’re closing too quickly with the car in front, it will ease up on the throttle. for city streets, expect other radar devices that will give advance warning that the car in front of you has slowed abruptly and you should step on the brakes — or that may even brake for you.
???will cars eventually be able to drive themselves? there’s no reason to think it won’t be technically possible, and mercedes is working on a system that can brake, accelerate and steer a vehicle down a highway on its own. nobody really expects people to give up all control to their cars, but such systems could be used as failsafe systems to keep cars on the road and bring them safely to a stop even if the driver suddenly became disabled.
36. the author was fascinated by cars because__________.
a. other small boys liked to own a car of their own, too
b. he read exotic things about cars in his brother’s magazines
c. his oldest brother loved to take him to places in his car
d. he subscribed to cool car magazines
37. by saying “my car doesn’t do anything that my brother’s studebaker didn’t do,” the author means that________.
a. my car is far better than my brother’s was
b. my car is not as good as my brother’s was
c. not much has changed in the performance of cars so far
d. much improvement has been made in the design of cars recently
38. which of the following statements is true of airbags?
a. they are in need of further improvement.
b. they are going to disappear gradually.
c. they kill people instead of protecting them in low-speed collisions.
d. they are a standard feature of european cars.
39. what will future cars do if the sensors detect alcohol in the driver’s system?
a. they will give a warning in advance.
b. they will brake automatically.
c. they will ease up on the throttle.
d. they will not start.
40. which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph?
a. people will give up all control to their cars.
b. cars will be able to drive themselves.
c. no cars will ever break down on the roads.
d. cars will all be equipped with failsafe systems.
iii. vocabulary and structure (10 points)
directions: there are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. for each sentence there are four choices ?marked a, b, c, and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
41. this disease ________ in africa but has now spread to many parts of the world.
a. derived ?b. originated ?c. sparkled ? ?d. dwelled
42. the aircraft base is protected with specially designed shelters which are built to ________ ground and air attacks.
a. launch ????b. withstand ?????c. contest ?????????d. contend
43. much of the territory is still under ________.
a. elimination b. invasion ? c. constitution ? d. occupation
44. these devices mounted in the car can _______ driver to an impending hazard.
a. instruct ?b. warn ? ?c. dictate ? ?d. alert
45. windy days are _______ of march.
a. character ????b. characteristic ?c. feature ? ?d. quality
46. the mayor promised to trim the city budget without cutting _______ services.
a. appropriate b. essential ?????c. equivalent ? d. lucrative
47. once mrs. kirkpatrick ______ you in conversation, you’re stuck with her for at least half an hour.
a. engages ????b. occupies ?????c. submerges ? d. launches
48. people from different cultures have different _______ of the world.
a. complications b. instincts ? c. conceptions ?????d. impressions
49. due to his recent failure to meet the deadline, jason is _______ from the list for promotion.
a. wrenched ?b. pried ? c. retreated ? ????d. eliminated
50. some of the tunnels in the cliff are natural, some were _______ out.
a. decorated ?b. penetrated ?c. pried ? ????d. carved
51. ?population growth and pollution place enormous ______ on the world’s supply of usable water.
a. stress ?b. exposure ? c. endurance ?????d. endeavor
52. it is not so much the actual population of the world _______ its rate of increase which is important.
a. of ? b. over ? ?c. like ? ?d. as
53. ?tom is so weak that he should _______ be allowed to go to work until he has completely recovered from his illness.
a ?in case ?b. in some case ?c. in any case ? d. in no case
54. ?________ quite recently, most mothers in britain did not take paid work outside the home.
a. before ?b. until ? c. from ? ?d. since
55. ?the old couple decided to _______ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own.
a. adapt ?b. bring ? c. receive ? ?d. adopt
56. the shopkeepers are complaining that business has been reduced to a ________ of what it was before the outbreak of war.
a. fraction ?b. section ? c. portion ? ?d. trifle
57. ?the weather wasn’t favorable and both teams had to ________ icy rain and a strong wind during the match.
a. pin down ? ? ????????b. contend with
c. get stuck in ? ? ? ????d. take control of
58. ?the offer of a free overseas tour _______ him into buying the villa on the hillside.
a. discouraged ?b. committed ????c. tempted ?????d. tangled
59. that morning, on mount tai, i saw the most ________ sunrise in my life.
a. mysterious ? b. opaque ?c. spectacular ? d. adolescent
60. after mike left for work, i ________ the beds and vacuumed the carpets.
a. patted ? ????b. clapped ?c. stripped ? d. shaved
iv. cloze (20 points)
directions: there are 10 blanks in each of the following two passages. for each blank there are four choices marked a, b, c, and d.?you should choose the one that best fits into the passage. then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the center.
a
the mere 61?that america still attracts millions of people is evidence that it is not 62. people aren’t 63?a place of decline. signs of decline are 64?to be found in a place as complex as america: debt, crime, the homeless, drugs, dropouts. but the main 65?of america, the first and most 66?impression, is 67, energy, aggressiveness, forward movement.
it is so hard to think of this nation in decline 68?you know that there are vast regions of the planet which are absolutely 69, incapable 70?any improvement at all.
61. a. reason ? b. fact ?????c. phenomenon ????d. idea
62. a. in the decline ?b. on decline ??c. in decline ? d. for decline
63. a. attracted by ?b. attached to ?c. attracted to ? d. associated with
64. a. sure ? b. real ?????c. true ? ????d. clear
65. a. characteristic b. characterization c. appearance ? d. phenomenon
66. a. longing ?b. lasting ? c. important ? d. enduring
67. a. dynamic ?b. dynamics ?c. dynamist ? d. dynamism
68. a. as if ?????b. though ???????c. when ?????????d. because
69. a. paralyzed ????b. being paralyzed c. paralyzing ?????d. to be paralyzed
70. a. for ? b. of ? c. to ? ? d. with
b
???the equivalents of these driver muscle functions are electromechanical devices 71?the automated vehicle. they receive electronic commands from the onboard control computer and then 72?the appropriate steering angle, throttle angle, and brake pressure 73?small electric motors. early versions of these devices are already being introduced 74?production of vehicles, 75?they receive their commands directly from the driver’s inputs to the steering wheel and pedals. these decisions are 76?for reasons largely unrelated 77?automation. 78?they are associated with reduced energy consumption, simplification of vehicle design, enhanced ease of vehicle assembly, improved ability to 79?performance to match driver preferences, and cost savings 80?traditional direct mechanical control devices.
71. a. made in ?????b. attached to ?c. installed in ?d. mounted on
72. a. apply ? b. control ?????c. manage ?????d. manipulate
73. a. with ?????b. by means of c. due to ?????d. into
74. a. of ?????????b. with ?????c. into ?????d. by
75. a. where ?????b. which ?????c. when ?????d. because
76. a. been made ?b. making ????c. being made ?d. to make
77. a. to ?????????b. with ????????c. of ?????d. by
78. a. instead ?????b. but ?????c. rather ? d. so
79. a. adopt ? b. adjust ? c. adapt ?????d. arrange
80. a. compared to ?b. contrary to ?c. comparing to d. comparable to
v. writing (20 points)
directions：you are required to write no less than 120 words within 30 minutes on the answer sheet. a suggested title with further information is listed as follows.
title：to get along with your roommates
①?it often happens on campus that roommates conflict with each other;
②?please summarize the main causes of such conflicts and support your argument;
③?please give some suggestion ons how to live in harmony among roommates.

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