1998年试题及解答Word格式.docx

1、C） At the airport. D） In a restaurant. From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefor, “At the office” is the best answer. You should choose Aon the answer Sheet and mark it wi

2、th a single line through the center.Sample Answer A B C D1. A） They are twins. B） They are classmates. C） They are friends. D） They are colleagues.2. A） The man is planning a trip to Austin. B） The man has not been to Austin before. C） The man doesnt like Austin. D） The man has been to Austin before

3、.3. A） The size of the room. B） Long working hours. C） The hot weather. D） The fan in the room.4. A） The man has changed his destination. B） The man is returning his ticket. C） The man is flying to New York tomorrow morning. D） The man cant manage to go to New York as planned.5. A） It is difficult t

4、o identify. B） It has been misplaced. C） It is missing. D） It has been borrowed by someone.6. A） Looking for a timetable. B） Buying some furniture. C） Reserving a table. D） Window shopping.7. A） Cold and windy. B） Snow will be replaced by strong winds. C） It will get better. D） Rainy and cold.8. A）

5、It is no longer available. B） It has been reprinted four times. C） The store doesnt have it now, but will have it soon. D） The information in the book is out of date.9. A） Henry doesnt like the color. B） Someone else painted the house. C） There was no ladder in the house. D） Henry painted the house

6、himself.10.A） In a cotton field. B） At a railway station. C） On a farm. D） On a train.Section B 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 question, you must ch

7、oose 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 center.Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.11. A） They invited him to a party. B） They asked him to make

8、a speech. C） They gave a special dinner for him. D） They invited his wife to attend th e dinner.12. A） He was embarrassed. B） He felt greatly encouraged. C） He felt sad. D） He was deeply touched.13. A） Sams wife did not think that the company was fair to Sam. B） Sams wife was satisfied with the gold

9、 watch. C） Sam did not like the gold watch. D） The company had some financial problems.Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A） The number of students they take in is limited. B） They receive little or no support from public taxes. C） They are only open to

10、children from rich families. D） They have to pay more taxes.15. A） Privaie schools admit more students. B） Private schools charge less than religious schools. C） Private schools run a variety of programs. D） Private schools allow students to enjoy more freedom.16. A） The churches. B） The program des

11、igners. C） The local authorities. D） The state government.Passage ThreeQuestions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.17. A） She was found stealing in a bookstore. B） She caught someone in the act of stealing. C） She admitted having stolen something. D） She said she was wrongly accu

12、sed of stealing.18. A） A book. B） $ 3,000. C） A handbag. D） A Christmas card.19. A） She was questioned by the police. B）She was shut in a small room for 20 minutes. C） She was insulted by the shopper around her. D）She was bodysearched by the store manager.20. A）They refused to apologize for having f

13、ollowed her through the town. B）They regretted having wrongly accused her of stealing. C）They still suspected that she was a thief. D）They agreed to pay her $ 3,000 damages.Part Reading Comprehension （35 minutes） There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfini

14、shed 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. Psychologist George Spilich and c

15、olleagues at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, decided to find out whether, as many smokers say, smoking helps them to “think and conceniraie.” Spilich put young nonsmokers, active smokers and smokers deprived （被剥夺） of cigarettes through a series of tests. In the first test, each subject

16、（试验对象） sat before a computer screen and pres sed a key as soon as he or she recognized a target letter among a grouping of 96. In this simple test, smokers, deprived smokers and nonsmokers performed equally well. The next test was more complex, requiring all to scan sequences of 20 identical letters

17、 and respond the instant one of the letters transformed into a different one. Non-smokers were faster， but under the stimulation of nicotine （尼古丁）, active smokers were faster than deprived smokers. In the third test of short-term memory, non-smokers made the fewest errors, but deprived smokers commi

18、tted fewer errors than active smokers. The fourth test required people to read a passage, then answer questions about it. Non-smokers remembered 19 percent more of the most important information tha n active smokers, and deprived smokers bested those who had smoked a cigarette ju st before testing.

19、Active smokers tended not only to have poorer memories but al so had trouble separating important information from insignificant details. “As our tests became more complex.”Sums up Spilich,“non-smokers performed better than smokers by wider and wider margins”He predicts,“smokers might per form adequ

20、ately at many jobsuntil they got complicated. A smoking airline pilot could fly adequately if no problems arose, but if something went wrong, smoking might damage his mental capacity.”21. The purpose of George Spilichs experiments is _. A） to test whether smoking has a positive effect on the mental

21、capacity of smokers B） to show how smoking damages peoples mental capacity C） to prove that smoking affects peoples regular performance D） to find out whether smoking helps peoples shortterm memory22. George Spilichs experiment was conducted in such a way as to _. A） compel the subjects to separate

22、major information from minor details B） put the subjects through increasingly complex tests C） check the effectiveness of nicotine on smokers D） register the prompt responses of the subjects23. The word“bested”（Line 3, Para. 5） most probably means _. A） beat B） envied C） caught up with D） made the b

23、est of24. Which of the following statements is true? A） Active smokers in general performed better than deprived smokers. B） Active smokers responded more quickly than the other subjects. C） Nonsmokers were not better than other subjects in performing simple tasks. D） Deprived smokers gave the slowe

24、st responses to the various tasks.25. We can infer from the last paragraph that _. A） smokers should not expect to become airline pilots B） smoking in emergency cases causes mental illness C） no airline pilots smoke during flights D） smokers may prove unequal to handing emergency casesQuestions 26 t

25、o 30 are based on the following passage. There is no denying that students should learn something about how computers work, just as we expect them at least to understandthat the internal combustion engine（内燃机） has something to do with burning fuel, expanding gases and pistons （活塞） being driven. For

26、people should have some basic idea of how the things th at they use do what they do. Further, students might be helped by a course that considers the computers impact on society. But that is not what is meant by com puter literacy. For computer literacy is not a form of literacy（读写能力）；it is a trade

27、skill that should not be taught as a liberal art. Learning how to use a computer and learning how to program one are two distinct activities, A case might be made that the competent citizens of tomorrow should free themselves from their fear of computers. But this is quite different from s aying tha

28、t all ought to know how to program one. Leave that to people who have c hosen programming as a career. While programming can be lots of fun, and while o ur society needs some people who are experts at it, the same is true of auto repair and violinmaking. Learning how to use a computer is not that difficult, and it gets easier all the time as programs become more“userfriendly”. Let us assume that in the futu