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C)Attheairport.
D)Inarestaurant.
Fromtheconversationweknowthatthetwoweretalkingaboutsomeworktheyhadtofinishintheevening.Thisismostlikelytohavetakenplaceattheoffice.Therefor,“Attheoffice”isthebestanswer.Youshouldchoose[A]ontheanswerSheetandmarkitwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
SampleAnswer[A][B][C][D]
1.A)Theyaretwins.
B)Theyareclassmates.
C)Theyarefriends.
D)Theyarecolleagues.
2.A)ThemanisplanningatriptoAustin.
B)ThemanhasnotbeentoAustinbefore.
C)Themandoesn'
tlikeAustin.
D)ThemanhasbeentoAustinbefore.
3.A)Thesizeoftheroom.
B)Longworkinghours.
C)Thehotweather.
D)Thefanintheroom.
4.A)Themanhaschangedhisdestination.
B)Themanisreturninghisticket.
C)ThemanisflyingtoNewYorktomorrowmorning.
D)Themancan'
tmanagetogotoNewYorkasplanned.
5.A)Itisdifficulttoidentify.B)Ithasbeenmisplaced.
C)Itismissing.
D)Ithasbeenborrowedbysomeone.
6.A)Lookingforatimetable.
B)Buyingsomefurniture.
C)Reservingatable.
D)Windowshopping.
7.A)Coldandwindy.
B)Snowwillbereplacedbystrongwinds.
C)Itwillgetbetter.
D)Rainyandcold.
8.A)Itisnolongeravailable.
B)Ithasbeenreprintedfourtimes.
C)Thestoredoesn'
thaveitnow,butwillhaveitsoon.
D)Theinformationinthebookisoutofdate.
9.A)Henrydoesn'
tlikethecolor.
B)Someoneelsepaintedthehouse.
C)Therewasnoladderinthehouse.
D)Henrypaintedthehousehimself.
10.A)Inacottonfield.
B)Atarailwaystation.
C)Onafarm.
D)Onatrain.
SectionB
Inthissection,youwillhear3shortpassages.Attheendofeachpassage,youwillhearsomequestions.Boththepassageandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearquestion,youmustchoosethebestanswerfromthefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).ThenmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
PassageOneQuestions11to13arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
11.A)Theyinvitedhimtoaparty.
B)Theyaskedhimtomakeaspeech.
C)Theygaveaspecialdinnerforhim.
D)Theyinvitedhiswifetoattendthedinner.
12.A)Hewasembarrassed.
B)Hefeltgreatlyencouraged.
C)Hefeltsad.
D)Hewasdeeplytouched.
13.A)Sam'
swifedidnotthinkthatthecompanywasfairtoSam.
B)Sam'
swifewassatisfiedwiththegoldwatch.
C)Samdidnotlikethegoldwatch.
D)Thecompanyhadsomefinancialproblems.
PassageTwoQuestions14to16arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.14.A)Thenumberofstudentstheytakeinislimited.
B)Theyreceivelittleornosupportfrompublictaxes.
C)Theyareonlyopentochildrenfromrichfamilies.
D)Theyhavetopaymoretaxes.
15.A)Privaieschoolsadmitmorestudents.
B)Privateschoolschargelessthanreligiousschools.
C)Privateschoolsrunavarietyofprograms.
D)Privateschoolsallowstudentstoenjoymorefreedom.
16.A)Thechurches.
B)Theprogramdesigners.
C)Thelocalauthorities.
D)Thestategovernment.
PassageThree
Questions17to20arebasedonthepassageyouhavejustheard.
17.A)Shewasfoundstealinginabookstore.
B)Shecaughtsomeoneintheactofstealing.
C)Sheadmittedhavingstolensomething.
D)Shesaidshewaswronglyaccusedofstealing.
18.A)Abook.
B)$3,000.
C)Ahandbag.
D)AChristmascard.
19.A)Shewasquestionedbythepolice.
B)Shewasshutinasmallroomfor20minutes.
C)Shewasinsultedbytheshopperaroundher.
D)Shewasbodysearchedbythestoremanager.
20.A)Theyrefusedtoapologizeforhavingfollowedherthroughthetown.
B)Theyregrettedhavingwronglyaccusedherofstealing.
C)Theystillsuspectedthatshewasathief.
D)Theyagreedtopayher$3,000damages.
PartⅡ
ReadingComprehension
(35minutes)
Thereare4passagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA),B),C)andD).YoushoulddecideonthebestchoiceandmarkthecorrespondingletterontheAnswerSheetwithasinglelinethroughthecenter.
Questions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
PsychologistGeorgeSpilichandcolleaguesatWashingtonCollegeinChestertown,Maryland,decidedtofindoutwhether,asmanysmokerssay,smokinghelpsthemto“thinkandconceniraie.”Spilichputyoungnonsmokers,activesmokersandsmokersdeprived(被剥夺)ofcigarettesthroughaseriesoftests.
Inthefirsttest,eachsubject(试验对象)satbeforeacomputerscreenandpressedakeyassoonasheorsherecognizedatargetletteramongagroupingof96.Inthissimpletest,smokers,deprivedsmokersandnonsmokersperformedequallywell.
Thenexttestwasmorecomplex,requiringalltoscansequencesof20identicallettersandrespondtheinstantoneoftheletterstransformedintoadifferentone.Non-smokerswerefaster,butunderthestimulationofnicotine(尼古丁),activesmokerswerefasterthandeprivedsmokers.
Inthethirdtestofshort-termmemory,non-smokersmadethefewesterrors,butdeprivedsmokerscommittedfewererrorsthanactivesmokers.
Thefourthtestrequiredpeopletoreadapassage,thenanswerquestionsaboutit.Non-smokersremembered19percentmoreofthemostimportantinformationthanactivesmokers,anddeprivedsmokersbestedthosewhohadsmokedacigarettejustbeforetesting.Activesmokerstendednotonlytohavepoorermemoriesbutalsohadtroubleseparatingimportantinformationfrominsignificantdetails.
“Asourtestsbecamemorecomplex.”SumsupSpilich,“non-smokersperformedbetterthansmokersbywiderandwidermargins”Hepredicts,“smokersmightperformadequatelyatmanyjobsuntiltheygotcomplicated.Asmokingairlinepilotcouldflyadequatelyifnoproblemsarose,butifsomethingwentwrong,smokingmightdamagehismentalcapacity.”
21.ThepurposeofGeorgeSpilich'
sexperimentsis_______.
A)totestwhethersmokinghasapositiveeffectonthementalcapacityofsmokers
B)toshowhowsmokingdamagespeople'
smentalcapacity
C)toprovethatsmokingaffectspeople'
sregularperformance
D)tofindoutwhethersmokinghelpspeople'
sshorttermmemory
22.GeorgeSpilich'
sexperimentwasconductedinsuchawayasto_______.
A)compelthesubjectstoseparatemajorinformationfromminordetails
B)putthesubjectsthroughincreasinglycomplextests
C)checktheeffectivenessofnicotineonsmokers
D)registerthepromptresponsesofthesubjects
23.Theword“bested”(Line3,Para.5)mostprobablymeans_______.
A)beat
B)envied
C)caughtupwith
D)madethebestof
24.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
A)Activesmokersingeneralperformedbetterthandeprivedsmokers.
B)Activesmokersrespondedmorequicklythantheothersubjects.
C)Nonsmokerswerenotbetterthanothersubjectsinperformingsimpletasks.
D)Deprivedsmokersgavetheslowestresponsestothevarioustasks.
25.Wecaninferfromthelastparagraphthat_______.
A)smokersshouldnotexpecttobecomeairlinepilots
B)smokinginemergencycasescausesmentalillness
C)noairlinepilotssmokeduringflights
D)smokersmayproveunequaltohandingemergencycases
Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Thereisnodenyingthatstudentsshouldlearnsomethingabouthowcomputerswork,justasweexpectthematleasttounderstandthattheinternalcombustionengine(内燃机)hassomethingtodowithburningfuel,expandinggasesandpistons(活塞)beingdriven.Forpeopleshouldhavesomebasicideaofhowthethingsthattheyusedowhattheydo.Further,studentsmightbehelpedbyacoursethatconsidersthecomputer'
simpactonsociety.Butthatisnotwhatismeantbycomputerliteracy.Forcomputerliteracyisnotaformofliteracy(读写能力);
itisatradeskillthatshouldnotbetaughtasaliberalart.
Learninghowtouseacomputerandlearninghowtoprogramonearetwodistinctactivities,Acasemightbemadethatthecompetentcitizensoftomorrowshouldfreethemselvesfromtheirfearofcomputers.Butthisisquitedifferentfromsayingthatalloughttoknowhowtoprogramone.Leavethattopeoplewhohavechosenprogrammingasacareer.Whileprogrammingcanbelotsoffun,andwhileoursocietyneedssomepeoplewhoareexpertsatit,thesameistrueofautorepairandviolinmaking.
Learninghowtouseacomputerisnotthatdifficult,anditgetseasierallthetimeasprogramsbecomemore“userfriendly”.Letusassumethatinthefutu