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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 questi ons that accompany them. There are three parts in this section, Part A, Part Band Part C.
Remember, while you are doing the test, you should first put down your answers in your test booklet. At the end of the listening comprehension section, you will have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to A
NSWER SHEET 1.
Now look at Part A in your test booklet.
Part A
Directions
For Questions 1—5,you will hear a dialogue in this part. While you listen, fill out the table with the information you’ve 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 )
The amount of money to be transferred is
( in dollars). 1
The name of the bank the money is transferred to Great
bank in New York. 2
The receiver’s address is 3021
Drive in New York. 3
The receiver’s account number is
. 4
The way of transfer chosen by the customer is
. 5
Part B
Directions:
For Questions 6—10,you will hear a dialogue in this part. While you listen,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 questions below. ( 5 points )
According to Michael, what is the third method of getting information about finding a place to live in Vancouver for students? 6
What are the students’major considerations in looking for housing? 7
Where do the younger students, who are away from home for the first time, usually prefer to live? 8
What kind of housing can a student get if he or she, without much financial support, does not want to share with other people? 9
As Michael suggests, when might be the proper time for a student to share a place with other if he or she is a newcomer in the city? 10
Part C
Directions:
You will hear three pieces of recorded material in this part. 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 and 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 dialogue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13.
11. What is the conversation mainly about?
［A］Looking for a suitable flat to rent.
［B］Problems the woman has with her family.
［C］How the woman’s parents intervene in her marriage.
［D］How to get rid of the trouble with one’s own family.
12. Why does the woman want to move out?
［A］Because she does not get along with her brother.
［B］Because her parents treat her badly.
［C］Because she wants to be independent.
［D］Because she does not have much freedom at home.
13. Which of the following words best describe the man’s tone?
［A］Matteroffact.［B］Indifferent.
［C］Sympathetic.［D］Detached.
Questions 14—17 are based on the following monologue. You now have 20
seconds to read Questions 14—17.
14. The name of the Mississippi River was given by
［A］the Spaniards.［B］the Indians.
［C］the French.［D］the Germans.
15. Which of the following can substitute for the word“tributary”?
［A］Headwater.［B］Branch of a river.
［C］Frontier river.［D］Navigable river.
16. In 18th century, St. Louis was a starting point for a journey of adventure to
［A］the delta of Mississippi River.［B］the source of the river.
［C］the Great Plains and the Far West.［D］the“Great Water”.
17. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
［A］The Mississippi River rises above the level of streets in the city of New Orleans.
［B］There would be no today’s New Orleans without the Mississippi River.
［C］The Missouri is 2,4800 miles long.
［D］The main branches of the Mississippi are mostly suitable for ships, boats,etc to sail on.
Questions 18—20 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 18—20.
18. How many personal characteristics does the speaker mention that can help people to get ahead in business world?
［A］Two.［B］Three.
［C］Four.［D］Five.
19. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the talk?
［A］Business success takes a high level of activity.
［B］Top managers are generally gifted at judging people.
［C］Business success takes the ability to cope with stress.
［D］Different executives make their communications well come through in different ways.
20.“Choke up”here means
［A］be unable to breathe.［B］be overcome by pressure.
［C］become speechless.［D］be scared by pressure.
You now have 5 minutes to transfer all your answers from your test booklet to ANSWER SHEET 1.
That is the end of Listening Comprehension.
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)
The German concept of self requires a wide area of privacy, which is often 21and regimented. Doors, hedges, fences: these22 features of a German home reflect an23on privacy, which is widespread throughout German life. The24of privacy is reflected not just in a house but also in a small apartment. In German houses, doors are25shut between rooms to suggest the need for26space and individual privacy. The 27German house has an entrance hall that leads visitorssintosthe house28showing specific rooms and29 the family’s privacy. It is an30to be invitedsintosa German home; this does not31happen to foreigners,who are usually viewed with32. Pieces of furniture are heavy and placed far apart,33personal space is maintained during conversation. Formal interactions—not34, happygolucky conversations—are common.
Good German neighbors are quiet, do not intrude, keep the sidewalk clean, and35the flowers nicely. They do not drop36 for a chat. Time periods for noise (even running water) are often 37. Sometimes Germans are not allowed to use their running water after nine o’clock at night! The formality of personal space and social distance is maintained by outside doors that are split,38only at waist height. The outdoors are very important to Germans. Gardens, lawns, and balconies are used often for dining as well as for gardening;39 are made as private as possible. It is possible to live in the same German neighborhood for years withoutshavingsa40with one's neighbors.
21.［A］impressive［B］casual［C］depressive［D］formal
22.［A］essential［B］physical［C］symbolic［D］mechanica
l
23.［A］appeal［B］influence［C］emphasis［D］observation
24.［A］meaning［B］intention［C］feeling［D］sense
25.［A］firmly［B］loosely［C］closely［D］wholly
26.［A］partial［B］personal［C］independent［D］transpar
ent
27.［A］perfect［B］ideal［C］fashionable［D］spectacular
28.［A］without［B］while［C］before［D］except
29.［A］destroying［B］hampering［C］spoiling［D］corroding
30.［A］hospitality［B］embarrassment［C］interference［D］honor
31.［A］invariably［B］frequently［C］similarly［D］undoubtedly
32.［A］confidence［B］gratitude［C］mystery［D］suspicion
33.［A］such that［B］in that［C］so that［D］since that
34.［A］released［B］relaxed［C］intensive［D］rejoiced
35.［A］tend［B］consider［C］attend［D］breed
36.［A］out［B］off［C］by［D］down
37.［A］subscribed［B］prescribed［C］described［D］inspired
38.［A］having opened［B］opening［C］being opened ［D］to be opened
39.［A］such［B］those［C］these［D］they
40.［A］participation［B］involvement［C］commitment［D］relationship
Section III Reading Comprehension
Part A
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
The rise of“temp”work has further magnified the decreasing rights and alienation of the worker. It is common corporate practice to phase out fulltime employees and hire temporary workers to take on more workload in less time. When facing a pressing deadline, a corporation may pay — per hour for a temp worker, but the temp worker will only see or of that money. The rest goes to go temp agency, which is usually a corporate chain, such as Kelly Services, that blatantly makes its profits off of other people’s labor. This increases profits of the corporations because they can increase a workload, get rid of the employee when they’re finished, and not worry about paying benefits or unemployment for that employee. I have had to work with temps a few times in my current position, and the workers only want one thing—a fulltime job with benefits. We really wanted to hire one temp I was working with, but we could not offer her a fulltime job because it would have been a breach in our contract with the temp agency that employed her. To hire a temp fulltime, we would have had to pay the agency over a thousand dollars. Through this practice and policy, the temp a gency locks its temporary workerssintosa horrible new form of servitude from which the worker cannot break free.
Furthermore, corporate powers push workers to take on bigger workloads, work longer hours, and accept less benefits by instilling a paranoia in their workforce.The capitalist bosses assume dishonesty, disloyalty, and laziness amongst workers, and they breed a sense of guilt and fear through their assumptions.swheresguilt doesn’t seep in, bitterness, anger, and depression take over, the highest priorities of Big Business are to increase profits and limit liabilities. Personal relations and human needs are last on their list of priorities. So what we see is a huge mass of people who are alienated, disempowered, overworked, mentally and physically ill and who spend the vast majority of their time and energy on their basic survival. They are denied a chance to really“live”, because they are forced to make profits for the capitalists in power.
41. Which of the following can NOT be listed as a reason for corporations’hiring temporary workers and phasing out fulltime employees?
［A］Corporations intend to leave more workload to temporary workers.
［B］Temp workers are generally welltrained and can achieve high efficiency.
［C］Corporations can reduce their production cost by employing temp workers.
［D］Corporations can benefit a great deal from keeping a small fulltime work force.
42. According to the first paragraph, which statement is TRUE?
［A］Temp workers seem to be satisfied with their conditions.
［B］Temp agencies have made it possible for temp workers.
［C］Temp workers are fairly paid by their agencies.
［D］It’s difficult for temp workers to be employed as fulltime workers.
43. The main purpose of the last paragraph is to
［A］show how much the capitalist bosses distrust temp workers.
［B］Reveal that temp workers are living in misery.
［C］Arouse readers’hatred for the capitalists.
［D］Severely criticize the ignorance of the temp workers.
44. The author’s attitude toward the temp workers can be descried as
［A］amicable.［B］depressed.［C］sympathetic.［D］hostile.
45. The word“liabilities”in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to
［A］risks in hiring temp workers.
［B］duties distributed to workers.
［C］responsibilities shared by temp workers.
［D］considerations offered to temp workers.
Vocabulary
* 1. temp n.临时雇员
* 2. servitude n.奴隶状态
* 3. instill v.慢慢灌输
*4. paranoia n.妄想狂
*5. alienate v.疏远
*6. disempower v.不授权
*7. amicable adj.友善的
Text 2
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines, the BugEyed Monster, embodying every trait and feature that most people find repulsive, is about to grab, and presumably ravish, a sweet, blonde, curvaceous, scantily clad Earth girl. This is unfortunate because it demeans and degrades a worthwhile and even important literary endeavor. In contrast to this unwarranted stereotype, science fiction rarely emphasizes sex, and when it does, it is more discreet than other contemporary fiction. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and while it would be foolish to claim that science fiction is a major literary genre at this time, the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary form does quite the same things.
What is science fiction? To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified and expanded, it covers much of the basic groundwork and provides a point of departure.
The first point—that science fiction is a literary subgenre—is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, with Karel
Capek’s RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots) being the only one that is well known, the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic functions in much the same way as prose fiction in general, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.
Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, a setting, characters, language, and theme. And like any prose, the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result of a particular combination of narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would be for any other story or novel.
46. Science fiction is called a literary subgenre because
［A］it is not important enough to be a literary genre.
［B］it cannot be madesintosa dramatic presentation.
［C］it shares characteristics with other types of prose fiction.
［D］to call it a“genre”would subject it to literary jargon.
47. The final sentence in the passage implies that
［A］the reader should turn next to commentaries on general fiction.
［B］there is no reason for any reader not to like science fiction.
［C］the reader should compare other novels and stories to science fiction.
［D］those who can appreciate prose fiction can appreciate science fiction.
48. From the last paragraph, we know that people read science fiction especially for
［A］the discovery of meaning.
［B］the beauty of language.
［C］the display of character.
［D］the psychological complexity.
49. An appropriate title for this passage would be
［A］On the Inaccuracies of Pulp Magazines.
［B］Toward a Definition of Science Fiction.
［C］A Type of Prose Fiction.
［D］Beyond the BugEyed Monster.
50. According to the author, the popular image of science fiction is
［A］prejudiced.［B］impartial.
［C］worthy.［D］admiring.
Vocabulary
*1. pulp n.书籍
*2. repulsive adj.令人厌恶的
*3. ravish v.强夺
*4. blonde adj.碧眼的
*5. curvaceous adj.曲线美的
*6. clad［kld］adj.穿衣的
*7. demean［dimin］v.降低
*8. stereotype n.陈腔烂调
*9. discreet adj.谨慎的
*10. genre n.流派
*11. postulate v.要求
*12. narrator n.讲述者
*13. jargon n.行话
Text 3
Many objects in daily use have clearly been influenced by science, but their form and function, their dimensions and appearance were determined by technologists, artisans, designers, inventors, and engineers—using nonscientific modes of thought. Many features and qualities of the objects that a technologist thinks a bout cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in the mind by a visual, nonverbal process. In the development of Western technology, it has been nonverbal thinking, by and large, that has fixed the outlines and filled in the details, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
The creative shaping process of a technologist’s mind can be seen in nearly every artifact that exists. For example, in designing a diesel engine, a technologist night impress individual ways of non verbal thinking on the machine by continually using an intuitive sense of rightness and fitness. What would be the shape of the combustion chamber?swheresshould be the valves played? Should it have a long or short piston? Such questions have a range of answers that are supplied by experience, by physical requirements, by limitations of available space, and not least by a sense of form. Some decisions, such as wall thickness and pin diameter, may depend on scientific calculations, but the nonscientific component of design remains primary.
Design courses, then, should be an essential element in engineering curricula. Nonverbal thinking, a central mechanism in engineering design, involves perceptions, the stockintrade of the artist, not the scientist. Because perceptive processes are not assumed to entail“hard thinking,”nonverbal thought is sometimes seen as a primitive stage in the development of cognitive processes and inferior to verbal or mathematical thought. But it is paradoxical that when the staff of the Historic American Engineering Record wished to have drawings made of machines and isometric views of industrial processes for its historical record of American engineering, the only college students with the requisite abilities were not engineering students, but rather students attending architectural schools.
If courses in design, which in a strongly analytical engineering curriculum provide the background required for practical problemsolving, are not provided, we can expect to encounter silly but costly errors occurring in advanced engineering systems. For example, early models of highspeed railroad cars loaded with sophisticated controls were unable to operate in a snowstorm because a fan sucked
snowsintosthe electrical system. Absurd random failures that plague automatic control systems are not merely trivial aberrations; they are a reflection of the chaos that results when design is assumed to be primarily a problem in mathematics.
51. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
［A］identifying the kinds of thinking that are used by technologists.
［B］stressing the importance of nonverbal thinking in engineering design.
［C］proposing a new role for nonscientific thinking in the development of technology.
［D］criticizing engineering schools for emphasizing science in engineering curricula.
52. It can be inferred that the author thinks engineering curricula are
［A］strengthened when they include courses in design.
［B］strong because nonverbal thinking is still emphasized by most of the course.
［C］strong despite the errors that graduates of such curricula have made in the development of automatic control systems.
［D］strong despite the absence of nonscientific modes of thinking.
53. The main point of the first two paragraphs can best be illustrated as
［A］when a machine like a rotary engine malfunctions, it is the technologist who is best equipped to repair it.
［B］a telephone is a complex instrument designed by technologists using only nonverbal thought.
［C］the designer of a new refrigerator should consider the designs of other refrigerators before deciding on its final form.
［D］the distinctive features of a suspension bridge reflect its designer’s conceptualization as well as the physical requirements of its site.
54. The example of the early models of highspeed railroad cars is used to
［A］weaken the point that math is a necessary part of the study of design.
［B］support the idea that errors in modern engineering systems are likely to increase.
［C］illustrate the topic that courses in design are the most effective costreducing means.
［D］exemplify the thesis that inadequate attention to nonscientific design may result in poor design.
55. The author seems to be in agreement of which of the following?
［A］Mathematical thinking is essential to any design course.
［B］Nonverbal thinking has its advantage over other perceptive processes.
［C］Engineering design demands scientific thought.
［D］artists play a primitive role in engineering work.
Vocabulary
*1. thermodynamic adj.热力学的
*2. diesel n.柴油机
*3. combustion n.<燃烧
*4. valve n.阀
*5. entail v.使必需
*6. isometric adj.等大的
*7. analytical adj.分析的
*8. aberration n. 失常
*9. malfunction n.出故障
*10. conceptualization n.概念化
Text 4
For those who made their way West generations ago, the experience must have been both terrible and exhilarating. This land seemed to exclude the human, certainly was inhospitable to all but those the early American settlers described as savage, the Indian—the pioneer determined to fight oblivious nature, to change it, to dam the waters, to bleed the Earth of oil, to chop down the trees, even at Mount Rushmore to deface the rock like teenage taggers today with proof of our existence. Who fears the wilderness anymore? This harsh desert of the American Southwest is, after all, not so far from desert resorts and swimming pools. Just a few decades ago, before air conditioning, most Americans would never have considered living in such an inhospitable spot. Because of technology, it is easier for us to be environmentalists. Because earlier generations hacked their way across the land, it is easy for us to getsintosour cars, drive to edge of a national park, and hike through meadows, oblivious of a mountain lion lurking. The division, the tear in the American heart, may now be over the issue of land—skinheads, joggers, environmentalists, ranchers, loggers, miners—the West is full of voices contending over the meaning of land. But the greatest debate may be generational—modern Americans in conflict with generations past.
Some weeks ago when a huge portion of Utah was protected by presidential signature, most modern—that is to say, most urban Americans approved the notion of wilderness protected. Earlier generations of Americans, on the other hand, did not so readily believe in wilderness so much as they did the farm. The farm conformed to the best—the biblical sense of the human within nature—planting, tilling, harvesting. In the early American imagination, the city was neighbor to the farm. Beyond the farm was wilderness,swheresthe savage lived,swheresdanger lurked, and death. Earlier generations idealized an American life like Abraham Lincoln’s being shaped on the farm. Not today. Today all over the West, settlers were spilling onto farmland, small farmers going out of business. Nobody much cares. I date the change from Teddy Roosevelt, who was our first modern President, because he changed our sense of the land, urging us to protect the wilderness. Roosevelt became the most important American who traveledsintoswilderness to restore himself, to recreate himself. At the root of all the questions about land is the question about the place of the human. In the Bible, it is the fate of the human to tend the land. In the Bible there are stories about humans who fleesintosthe desert to find God. God lives in the desert. God is not the desert. Today many Americans are moving away from Judeo Christian notions of tending the land.I meet increasing numbers who travel from desert to tundra, between hot and cold, seeking their meaning in the silence—this huge silence that terrified their ancestors.
56. The experience of exploring the West seemed exciting to
［A］both early and modern explorers.
［B］Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt.
［C］Teenage taggers trying to prove their existence.
［D］Early pioneers determined to conquer the nature.
57. Travel to the wilderness is becoming an easier experience mainly because
［A］earlier explorers paved the way for modern Americans.
［B］modern Americans are more courageous.
［C］such modern facilities as airconditioners are available.
［D］dangerous animals like lions have disappeared from the mountains.
58. The key question in the debate over the meaning of land is
［A］how to take better care of the land.
［B］how to harvest more from the land.
［C］the place of the human in nature.
［D］God’s presence in nature.
59. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
［A］Wilderness seemed a paradise to early Americans.
［B］Early and modern Americans have different views over land.
［C］Beautiful landscape is the greatest attraction to early and modern Americans.
［D］The notion of wilderness protected is accepted by all Americans.
60. The early generations had special preference for farms because
［A］they provided a hospitable shelter for living.
［B］they satisfied people’s need to return to nature.
［C］they supplied a Biblical meaning to people’s existence.
［D］they aroused people’s imagination for a better living.
Vocabulary
*1. exhilarating adj.使人愉快的
*2. oblivious adj.健忘的
*3. hack v.开辟
*4. hike v.远足
*5. skinhead n.理平头的人
*6. biblical adj.圣经的
*7. tundra n.冻土地带
Part B
Directions:
Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segmentssintosChinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (10 points)
Back when greed was good, in the 1980s, a lot of rapacious capitalists got together and decided it was okay to do some bad things, like selling junk bonds to each other and doing insider trading, which is to say that Wall Street’s Decade of Greed was a carnival of immorality that is a stain of our national conscience or something.
Whew, thank goodness that’s over! Today, by contrast, 61) we have Silicon Valley and the Internet Boom—a deeply wholesome movement of idealistic risk takers who are out to change the world and who, incidentally, all look like Jeff Bezos.
These good folks and their IPOs have been blessedly free of the sort of shady doings that characterized those ugly predators and their LBOs. And if our TV screens are full of people declaring“I feel the need for greed,”well, that’s only a game show.
Nice story. But we’re not so sure we buy it any more. 62) While not yet the stuff of a Michael Douglas movie, what increasingly passes for standard operating procedure in the Internet world does not smell right. Many dot-coms rely on woolly accounting methods to inflate revenues.
Doling out friendsandfamily stock to customers has become commonplace. 63)
CEOs and founders sell stocks early, making sure they get their cut of the wealth—no matter what signal that sends to their publicmarket investors. Startups rely on small boards packed with insiders. Stock and research analysts play a key role too, as cheerleaders pumping the Internet revolution.
Taken together, these practices suggest an industry awash in ...what? Greed, certainly. 64)
But something else too: an inverted dynamic, born of a stock market gone mad, in which entrepreneurs have begun to regard the capital market not as a disciplining force but as the customer. Companies are created, hyped and sold with less concern for attracting real customers than for lining one’s pockets with investor’s money. 65)
The result is that participants can wear a set of ethical blinders, behaving in ways that might seem perfectly acceptable within this insular(封闭的)context but that, when viewed with slight objectivity, look borderline at best.
One can already imagine the postmortem articles that will follow any Internet crash. Silicon Valley. con, they’ll call it.
“The bull market has attracted a huge number of people for whom money is the only motivating factor,”says Roger McNamee of Integral Capital Partners, a Menlo Park investment firm. He’s not alone in voicing such concerns.“We’re getting to the stageswheresthe frauds are going to come in,”warns Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems cofounder and chief scientist.“There will be handwringing afterwards. We’ve seen this movie before.”Only this time the sums at stake are much,much larger, making the end of the’80s look like kindergarten. Move over, Bonfire of the Vanities.
Section IV Writing
66. Directions:
In English there is such an old saying as“Honesty is the best policy”. You are asked to make your comment, and write an essay with about 200 words. You should base your writing on the following outline. You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. ( 20 points )
1.诚实为本
2.举例说明
参考答案与解析
Section I Listening Comprehension
Part A
1. 450 2. Western 3. Sagebrush 4. V0233779 5. telegraphic ( telegraph)
Part B
6. Word of mouth.(Talking to others.) 7. Price and distance. 8. On the campus. 9. Small suite. (Small flat/apartment.) 10. The second year.
Part C
11. D 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. B
17. D 18. B 19. C 20. A
【录音文稿】
Part A
Clerk: an I help you?
Customer:Yes. I’d like to transfer some money to a bank account in New York.
Clerk:Er…um, do you have all the details?
Customer:Yes.
Clerk:OK. We can fix that up for you right now. Do
you have the name of the bank?
Customer: Yes. It’s Great Western Bank in New York.
Clerk:And who is the money to go to?
Customer:Mrs. Ellen Robbins.
Clerk:Mm…right. And her address?
Customer:3021 Sagebrush Drive in New York.
Clerk:Sorry, could you say that again please?
Customer:3021 Sagebrush Drive S—A—G—E—B—R—U—S—H Drive, New York.
Clerk:Thank you. And her name is Robbins?
Customer:Yes, that’s right.
Clerk:Good. And the money is to be forwarded to her account at Great Western Bank?
Customer:Yes. Her account number is V0233779.
Clerk:V0233779. Right. And the amount?
Customer:Three hundred pounds.
Clerk:Three hundred pounds. Mm. OK. Now let’s see, the exchange rate today is…er…ah yeas, 1.5 dollars to the pound. So three hundred pounds comes to four hundred fifty American dollars. And your name?
Customer:Elton John.
Clerk:Elton John.
Customer:Right.
Clerk:Mm…and your address?
Customer:8 Grange Park, Ealing Broadway.
Clerk:8 Grange Park, Ealing Broadway. Right. Well,now, there’s transfer fee. It’s three pounds for a paymentsgroupsand six pounds if we telegraph it through.
Customer:What’s the difference?
Clerk:Well, with a telegraphic transfer it will get there in 3 days. The other way will take about two weeks.
Customer: Oh, it’s fairly urgent, so I th
ink we’d better telegraph it.
Clerk:All right. Well, I’ll hand this on to the teller and she’ll call out your name in a few minutes.
Customer:Thank you.
Part B
(M—Michael; C—Chinese girl student)
C:Michael, you know about finding a place to live in Vancouver for students? I wonder if you could tell me a bit about it? I wonder, for example,swherespeople get information?
M: The basic methods, I should imagine. The first is, er, the housing office at the university, the second is the two major newspapers in Vancouver, and the third is word of mouth.
C: Ah, right. So they go and talk to other students?
M: Through the grapevine.
C: And what sort of housing do the students look for? They look to rent a place, I suppose?
M: Rent, er, something cheap, something close to the university. These are the two major priorities.
C: Do they usually prefer to take university housing or housing outside?
M: I think it depends on the student. The younger students, first time away from home—they might feel like they needed some more of the security of living on the campus. The older students, I think, would much prefer to live away from the school.
C: Mm, hm. Right, yes. And what sort of housing do they look for? Are they houses or apartments and, do they share of what happens?
M: Well, if you are looking for a place on your own, it’s…, and you have a limited budget, it’s very limited to the kind of accommodation you can get, very small suites, whereas if you share with other people, you can get a larger, perhaps, rent a full house, and have your own room in it.
C: Ah, yes, right.
M: But if you’re new to the city, you might be forced the first year to find a place on your own, and then you make more acquaintances and then perhaps the second year you can share a place with other people.
C: Mm. Hm…Right. Did you share a place when you were a student?
M: No, I always lived on my own.
C: Really. Ah, ha, that’s very nice. Thank you.
M: You are welcome.
Part C
【录音文稿1】
Man: What are you looking at the classified ads for? Are you going to buy a car?
Woman:Hardly; you know I can’t drive. My parents won’t let me learn.
Man:All right, no need to bite my head off! I was only asking!
Woman:Sorry, I’mshavingstrouble at home again. Actually, I’m looking for a flat to rent.
Man: What’s the trouble this time?
Woman: Oh, it’s stupid really. It started with that barbecue a couple of weeks ago. They wouldn’t even let me go to that!
Man: Why not?
Woman:Oh, I don’t know. It’s just their way. They mean well, I suppose, but they won’t let me do anything by myself.
Man: What about your brother?
Woman: Oh, they let him do anything he wants to.
Man: Doesn’t sound fair.
Woman: No! Boys are allowed to do whatever they like and girls have to do what they are told.
Man: Hmm,…but they let you choose your own job.
Woman:Big deal! But they make me hand over all my money at the end of every week. I get pocket money.
Man: Seems a bit tough.
Woman:Oh, that’s not the only thing. Even at the weekends they make me go everywhere with them. They won’t let me go anywhere with my friends. I'm sick of it!
Man: Do they want you to be an old maid? Are they scared you might meet someone nice and get married?
Woman: No, that’s not exactly what they want. They want me to marry the son of a friend of theirs. I don’t want to.
Man: Oh! So that’s the real trouble, is it?
Woman:Yeah, I’m really scared my father will make me marry this guy.
Man: Look, don’t be stupid. That’s one thing no one can make you do.
Woman:Well, for my sake, I hope you’re right.
【录音文稿2】
The Mississippi River is a romantic river whose relationship with man goes way back beyond its discovery by the Spaniards in the 16th century. The River was used by the Indians as a highway and as a source of food, and it was they who gave it its name:“misi”, meaning“great”, and“sipi”, meaning“water”.
When the length of its great tributary, the Missouri, is added to it, the Mississippi becomes the third largest river in the world. From the source of the Missouri to the tip of the delta, it is 2,480 miles long. Its headwaters have been compared with a healthy, thickbranched tree, healthy because its main branches, or tributaries, are navigable for most of the length.“Great Water”has also been a frontier river. Pioneers who first reached its banks wondered not onlyswheresit went, but also what lay beyond. In 1764, the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, Louis XV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumpingoff place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West. Some forty years earlier, at the beginning of the eighteenth century the French had founded another city just above the Mississippi delta, New Orleans. It was the Mississippi that made the city what it is. New Orleans is one of the great ports of the world, and one of the greatest terminals for both sea and river traffic.
Yet the“Great Water”always remains a treat, for the street of the city are below the level of the river, and at flood time, only the huge dams stand between the city and disaster.
【录音文稿3】
How do you rise to the top in business? What personal qualities, skills, and background are needed? This question is frequently asked by students preparing to enter the work force and by men and women already in the business world.
Some companies want executives who combine administrative ability with a specialty in some branch of knowledge, such as mathematics or engineering. Other companies look for people skilled in human relations. For them, good management is the art of solving“people problems”.
These are interesting insights, but what are the specific traits that will help people to climb the ladder of success?
First, drive. Business takes an unusual amount of energy. A successful executive—almost by definition—is a striver. According to one industrial psychologist, 86.5 percent of top managers have a higher activity level than the average middle manager. Top men get tense when they are not striving.
Second, people sense. Some say being able to judge people is more important than a high IQ. The skill can be instinctual, but in most cases it’s learned through hard work.
Third, communication ability. An executive gets things done through other people. That means his communications must come through loud and clear. Different executives make themselves understood in different ways. Some transmit ideas best face to face; others are masters of the telephone call; still others are persuasive writers. One way or another, they all communicate clearly.
Fourth, calm under pressure, or as Hemingway put it,“grace under pressure”. No businessman will get very far if he chokes up.
Section II Use of English
21.D impressive：感人的；casual：偶然的；depressive：郁闷的；formal：正式的。所填之词修饰privacy，由此可知选用impressive、casual 和depressive不当，应选formal。选D。
22.B essential：基本的；physical：物质的；symbolic：象征的；mechanical：机械的。上句话讲到独处，本句话讲的是体现独处的物质特征——门、树篱和栅栏，因此可知应选physical。选B。
23.C appeal：吸引；influence：影响；emphasis：强调；observation：观查。选项中只有influence和emphasis能和on搭配。根据句意可知用influence不对。选C。
24.D meaning：意义；intention：目的；feeling：感觉；sense：理解。本句话讲的是对privacy的理解、看法，因此应选sense。选D。
25.A firmly：牢固地；loosely：宽松地；closely：接近地；wholly：全部地。所填之词是说明关门这一动作的，只能用firmly。选A。
26.B partial：部分的；personal：私人的；independent：独立的；transparent：显然的。本句话是说把门关好，以便留出空间自己使用。由此可知应选personal。选B。
27.B perfect：完美的；ideal：理想的；fashionable：流行的；spectacular：壮观的。本句话讲的是理想的德国房子的样子，由此可知应选ideal。选B。
28.A本文讲的是德国人的独处，这就表明他们不希望他人了解自己的特别空间。由此可知此处应填表示否定意思的词，只能用without。选A。
29.C destroying：毁坏；hampering：妨碍；spoiling：扰乱；corroding：腐蚀。上文讲德国人不希望别人了解自己的特别空间，不希望别人扰乱他们的独处，由此可知应选spoiling。选C。
30.D hospitality：好客；embarrassment：尴尬；interference：冲突；honor：荣誉。本句话是讲被邀请到德国人的家里作客给人的感受，由此可知应选honor。选D。
31.B invariably：总是；frequently：频繁地；similarly：相似地；undoubtedly：毫无疑问地。本文讲的是德国人喜欢独处，因此可知外国人被邀请到德国人的家里这种事不常发生，所以应选frequently。选B。
32.D confidence：信心；gratitude：感激之心；mystery：神秘；suspicion：怀疑。德国人不大邀请外国人到他们家作客的原因就是他们不信任外国人。由此可知应选suspicion。选D。
33.C根据句意可知此处表目的，只有so that表目的。选C。
34.B released：释放的；relaxed：轻松的；intensive：强烈的；rejoiced：高兴的。所填之词是修饰conversations的，且后面的happy-go-lucky(自在的)是解释所填之词的。由此可知应选relaxed。选B。
35.A tend：护理；consider：考虑；attend：参加；breed：抚养。所填之词的宾语是flowers。由此可知应选tend。选A。
36.C drop out：放弃；drop off：逐渐减少；drop by：顺便访问某人；drop down：放下。根据后面的for a chat可知应选drop by。选C。
37.B subscribe：捐款；prescribe：规定；describe：描述；inspire：鼓舞。所填之词的宾语是time periods for noise，因此应选prescribe。选B。
38.B所填之词是修饰门的，应用分词短语；having opened和to be opened时态不对；being opened的语态不对。选B。
39.D根据句意可知此处应填主语，指代前面提到的gardens, lawns and balconies。由此可知应选they。选D。
40.D participation：参加；involvement：包含；commitment：许诺；relationship：关联。have a relationship with是习惯搭配，意为“和…有联系”。选D。
Section III Reading Comprehension
Part A
Text 1
41.B这是一道细节题。文章第一段第二句话说：公司让临时雇员在更少的时间内从事更多的劳动这种事很普遍，这说明A是原因；第一段第五句说：这样可以增加公司的盈利，因为公司可以在雇员完成工作后解雇他们而不必担心为失业的雇员付钱，这就降低了成本，这说明C是原因；第一段倒数第二句说：要雇用一名全职的临时工，我们得向代理机构支付一千多美元的费用，这说明D也是原因。只有B文中没有提到。应选B。
42.D这是一道细节题。第一段主要讲的是：雇佣临时工可以为公司带来更大的效益，因此，公司更愿意雇佣临时工，而不是全职工人。A、B、C都与此意不符。只有D符合文章的意思。应选D。
43.C这是一道主旨题。文章第二段指出：为了获得利润，资本家运用各种手段剥夺工人的劳动，使工人处于艰难的境地。由此可知：第二段的主要目的是通过揭露资本家的本来面目，激起读者对资本家的仇恨。选项中只有C可表达此意。应选C。
44.C这是一道态度题。根据文章第一段中的“但临时工只能得到其中的七到八美元”、“一种可怕的新型、工人摆脱不了的奴隶状态”以及第二段中的“大量的人被疏离，没有权利身心受到摧残，这些人的大量时间和精力都花在维持基本生机上”可以看出作者对临时雇员是同情的。这与C项之意相符。应选C。
45.D 这是一道词义题。文章第二段第三句话指出：…大经济最优先考虑的是增加收入，限制工人的报酬。由此可知：liabilities的意思与D项之意最接近。应选D。
Text 2
46.C这是一道细节题。文章第三段最后一句话指出：大体上，科学幻想的基本作用和散文很相似，也就是说，它与所有其他的小说和短篇故事都有许多共同点。这与C项之意相符。应选C。
47.D这是一道推论题。文章最后一句话说：人们阅读、欣赏科幻小说的原因以及他们研究、分析科幻小说的方法与人们阅读、欣赏、研究和分析任何其他故事或小说的原因和方法是基本一致的。由此可知：能欣赏散文也就能欣赏科幻小说。只有D的推论结果符合文章的意思。应选D。
48.A这是一道归纳题。文章第四段指出：科幻小说同散文差不多，其主题是为了诠释人的个性、说明他与周围世界的经历，这同其他文学作品很相似。由此可知：人们看科幻小说的主要目的是为了弄懂它的意思。B、C与此意不符；文中没有提到D项之意。只有A符合文章的意思。应选A。
49.B这是一道主旨题。本文主要说明了科幻小说的定义，介绍了它的特点、主题，指出它同其他文学作品很相似。选项中只有B可以表达此意。应选B。
50.A这是一道细节题。文章第一段指出：许多人认为，科幻小说代有一些旧版书的封面包含大多数人不喜欢的所有特性；与这种毫无根据的陈辞老调相反，科幻小说很少强调性，即使强调性也比其他当代作品更谨慎；相反，科幻小说的根本点是反映人与技术、人与宇宙的关系。由此可知：人们普遍对科幻小说的看法不对，带有偏见。这与A项之意相符。应选A。
Text 3
51.B这是一道主旨题。文章第一段就指出：技术人员所设想的许多物体的特性和质量不能简化为明确的语言描述，它们是通过大脑中的非语言过程得到处理的；第二、三、四段具体阐述了非语言思考在创造性形象设计过程中的作用。由此可知：本文主要讲述的是非语言思考在工程设计中的重要性。A、C、D都不能概括本文的中心意思。只有B可以概括文章的中心内容。应选B。
52.A这是一道推论题。文章第三段指出：设计课程应该是推工程学课程里的基本课程；然而，具有讽刺意味的是，在需要绘制工业过程的有关图纸时，有能力绘制的不是学工程的学生，而是学建筑的学生。由此可知：作者认为，如果工程学课程包含了设计课程，那么工程学课程就会得到加强。选项中只有A的推论结果符合文章的意思。应选A。
53.D这是一道归纳题。文章第一段指出：许多日用品的形式、功能、大小和外观等都是由具有非科学思维的技术人员、艺术家、设计师、发明家和工程师决定的；第二段举例进一步说明：在发明设计时，技术人员可能通过直观应用反映他的非语言思考方法。由此可知：前两段的意思可以归纳为——设计人员设计出的产品可以反映他们的非语言思考方式。只有D能表达此意。应选D。
54.D这是一道结构题。文章第四段指出：如果不开设设计课程，那么我们就会在先进的工程体系中犯愚蠢、代价高昂的错误；然后举例说：早期装配有复杂控制系统的高速汽车在有雪暴时不能行驶，因为车上的风扇会把雪吸进电力系统。由此可知：所举的例子是为了说明——不注重非语言思考，就可能导致设计失败。这与D项之意相符。应选D。
55.B这是一道细节题。文章第三段第三句话说：因为人们认为理解过程不需要认真思维，所以，非语言思维有时被看成是认知过程的原始阶段，它低于语言或数学想法，但结果却相反。由此可知：作者可能认为非语言思维比其他思维过程有优势。这与B项之意相符。应选B。
Text 4
56.D这是一道细节题。文章第一段第一、二句话指出：早期向西部开拓的经历让人感到既恐怖又兴奋；西部似乎只适宜决心征服自然的早期开拓者生活。A、B明显与此意不符；C只是举的一个现代例子。只有D符合文章的意思。应选D。
57.A这是一道细节题。文章第一段第七句话指出：因为早期的开拓者已经在西部铺平了道路，所以我们现代美国人很容易到荒野去旅游。这与A项之意相符。应选A。
58.C这是一道细节题。文章第二段后半部分指出 ：.关于土地的所有问题中，最根本的就是关于人类的位置问题。这与C项之意相符。应选C。
59.B这是一道细节题。A与文章第一段第一句话之意不符；C与文章第一段第五句话之意不符；D与文章第二段第一、二句话之意不符。只有B与文章第一段最后一句话之意相符。应选B。
60.C这是一道细节题。文章第二段第三句说：农场是最合适的地方，它代表的是圣经所描述的人类在大自然中的含义。这与C项之意相符。应选C。
Part B
61.现在出现了硅谷和因特网热。这是一场由充满理想的冒险家发起的、意义深远的运动，这些冒险家站出来改造世界；顺便说一点，他们看上去同杰夫·贝佐斯一模一样。
62.虽然还不足以成为迈克尔·道格拉斯影片中的素材，但是，在因特网领域越来越被当作是标准运作程序的东西却并不正确。
63.首席执行官和网络公司的创业者们早早地抛售了手中的股票，以便得到自己的那一份财产。他们根本不考虑这样做会给股市的投资者们传递怎样的信息。
64.但是也存在某种别的因素，也就是存在一种因疯狂的股票市场产生的反动力。它让业主们把资本市场当作是自己的客户，而不是某种规范力量。
65.结果使参与的公司戴上一副道德的眼罩，其运作方式在这个封闭的市场圈子里似乎非常完美，为人接受，但是，只要稍微客观一点来看，这些方式不过是一些正邪不分的做法。
Section IV Writing
As we all know, honesty is the best policy. This is an accumulated experience we inherit from our forefathers, and now it is still widely applied to our daily life.
To illustrate the point, let me cite a case of Nokia, a mobile phone manufacturer. In the very beginning, it had the largest market share in China. According to an official publication released in July 1999, about 47 percent of mobile phone users expressed their preference for Nokia, while only 16 percent liked Motorola, Nokia’s major competitor. This year, however, the opposite situation occurs, and Nokia is said to be phasing out quickly. A major reason behind this sudden reversion, as pointed out by some experts, lies with Nokia’s being dishonest with its product and service. For example, Nokia promised free service for repair, but any real repair may cost dearly. This way, by and by, Nokia is losing its customers and market.
A lesson that we can draw from this example is quite obvious. Honesty is crucial and essential to anyone. With the rapid development of Internet and other modern technologies, our world is changing fast and becoming increasingly uncertain. It is, therefore, not only important but necessary to be honest now.(204 words)
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