Part ⅤError Correction (15 minutes)
Directions:This part consists of a short passage.In this passage,there are altogether 10 mistakes,one in each numbered line.You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word.Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided.If you change a word,cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.If you add a word,put an insertion mark(∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the blank.If you delete a word,cross it out and put a slash(/)in the blank.
Women are a force that is changing in Australian
society. The pride of place given to women as almost the 62
sole shapers of Australian history is being challenged.
Today husbands more often than not share household
chores and more men are finding women alongside them in
the workplace. It may be some time after there is a woman 63
prime minister of Australia, but the need of women at the 64
top-and their right to be there-is now widely recognized.
The growing role of women in the Australian work force
is both a cause and a consequence of change attitudes and 65
lifestyles in Australian society.
In offices, laboratories and factories, in social and
political organizations, women are making their presence
feel.There are few remaining legal barriers against women 66
in Australia in jobs, commercial contracts, politics and
social life. The barriers that exist mainly stem from modern 67
attitudes built into society and are easily changed by new laws. 68
Women have brought about the most significant change
in the Australian work force simply by entering it in
thousands, and by seeking which before were assumed to be 69
suitable for men only. There are now women in Australia
恩波08年12月大学英语六级全真模拟五套题（二）
恩波08年12月大学英语六级全真模拟五套题（四）
恩波08年12月大学英语六级全真模拟五套题（五）
恩波08年12月大学英语六级全真模拟五套题（一）
恩波08年12月大学英语六级全真模拟五套题（三）
恩波08年12月大学英语四级全真模拟五套题（二）
drive buses, trams, taxis, racing cars and 50-tonne trucks. 70
They are race-horse jockeys. They are apprentice
electricians and mechanics. They are air-traffic controllers.
They shear sheep and work like laborers. They are judges 71
and Members of Parliament.
Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Should China Adopt Favorable Policies to Attract Foreign-trained Students? You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1.中国出台了一系列优惠政策吸引出国留学人员回国
2.人们对待这些优惠政策的两种不同态度
3.你的观点
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part,you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.
For questions 1-4,mark
Y(for YES)if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;
N(for NO)if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG(for NOT GIVEN)if the information is not given in the passage.
For questions 5-10,complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
This may come as a surprise, but you need stress in your life. Leading stress management experts say that life without stress would be dull and unexciting. Stress adds flavor, challenge, and opportunity to life. However, too much stress can seriously affect your physical and mental well-being. A major challenge in today's stress-filled world is to make the stress in your life work for you instead of against you.
In today's hectic, fast-paced world and with the booming economy, stress is our constant companion. It comes from mental or emotional activity and physical activity. Too much emotional stress can result in physical illness, such as high blood pressure, ulcers, asthma, irritable colon, headaches, or even heart disease. On the other hand, physical stress from work or exercise rarely causes such ailments. In fact, physical exercise can help you to relax and to handle your mental or emotional stress.
Hans Selye, M.D., a recognized expert in the field, has defined stress as a "non-specific response of the body to a demand". The key to reducing stress is learning how our bodies respond to those demands. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become harmful-causing distress or "bad stress". Recognizing the early signs of distress and then doing something about them can make a significant difference in the quality of your life.
In order to use stress in a positive way and prevent it from becoming distress, you should be aware of your own reactions to stressful events. The body responds to stress by going through specific stages: (1) alarm, (2) resistance, and (3) exhaustion. Muscles tense, blood pressure and heart rate rise, and adrenaline and other stress-triggered hormones that increase the level of alertness are released. If the stress-causing conditions continue, your body will need time to make repairs, if that happens, you eventually may develop a physical problem that is related to stress, such as migraine headaches, high blood pressure, backaches, or insomnia. That's why when stress occurs it's important that you recognize and deal with it in a positive way.While it's impossible to live completely free of stress and distress, it is possible to prevent some distress as well as to minimize its impact when it can't be avoided. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers the following suggestions for ways to handle stress.
Try Physical Activity
When you're nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity. Running, walking, playing tennis, or working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try. Physical exercise will relieve your anxiety and worry and help you relax. Your body and your mind will work together to ease the stress in your life.
Share Your Stress
It helps to talk with someone about your anxieties and worries. Perhaps a friend, family member, teacher, or counselor can help you achieve a more positive perspective on what's troubling you. If you feel your problem is serious, you might seek professional help from a psychologist, psychiatrist or social worker. Knowing when to ask for help is a positive step in avoiding more serious problems later.
Take Care of Yourself
You should make every effort to eat well and to get enough rest. If you're irritable and tense from lack of sleep, or if you're not eating properly, you'll be more vulnerable to stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult your doctor.
Make Time for Yourself
Schedule time for both work and recreation. Don't forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work. You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Make a List of the Things You Need to Do
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that "there's so much to do, and not enough time". Trying to take care of everything at once can be overwhelming, and as a result, you may not accomplish anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Give priority to the most important tasks and do those first.
Go Ahead and Cry
A good cry can be a healthy way to bring relief to your anxiety. It might even help you avoid a headache or other physical consequence of anxiety and stress.
Create a Quiet Scene
You can't always run away, but you can allow yourself a mental "get-away". A quiet country scene painted mentally, or on canvas, can transport you from the tension of a stressful situation to a more relaxing frame of mind. You also can create a sense of peace and tranquility by reading a good book or listening to beautiful music.
Avoid Self-Medication
While you can use prescription or over-the-counter medications to relieve stress temporarily, they do not remove the conditions that caused the stress in the first place. In fact, many medications may be habit-forming and also may reduce your efficiency, thus creating more stress than they eliminate. They should be taken only on the advice of your doctor.
Relax
The best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress altogether is to learn how to relax. Unfortunately, many people try to relax at the same pace that they lead the rest of their lives. That doesn't work. Instead, try tuning out your worries about time, productivity and "doing right". Here are several relaxation techniques you may find helpful:
-You should take a deep breath and exhale to help calm your mind, counter your body's natural stress reaction and improve your response.
-You should laugh. Many stress management experts advocate laughter as a relaxation technique for relieving tension.
-You should take a warm bath or shower. Whether you prefer bubble baths or long hot showers, this is an excellent way to relax after a stressful day.
-You should try progressive muscle relaxation. Individual contract and relax each muscle group of your body. Begin by tensing your toes for 10 seconds, then relax them for 20. Work all the way up your body, alternately tensing and relaxing, and finish with your facial muscles.
By learning the "art" of relaxation, you'll find satisfaction in just "being", without trying or striving. Your focus on relaxation, enjoyment and health will reduce stress, anxiety and worry in your life. The result is, you will be calmer, healthier and happier.
1. In today's stressful world, we should get control of the stress in our life rather than being forced by it.
2. According to the author, too much physical illness can lead to emotional stress.
3. When stress becomes prolonged or particularly frustrating, it can become too harmful to cause distress or bad stress.
4. If the conditions which cause stress continue, your body will need time, usually, three to five days, to make repairs.
5. Although it's impossible to live without stress and distress, it is possible to prevent some stress and to minimize its impact .
6. A more positive perspective on what's troubling you may be achieved with the help of .
7. Disorganization and a feeling that "there's so much to do, and not enough time"can .
8. You can read a good book or listen to beautiful music .
9. is the best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress.
10. The reduction of stress, anxiety and worry in your life is .
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section,there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements.Read the passage carefully.Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words on Answer Sheet 2.
Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
There is no doubt that adults, and even highly educated adults, vary greatly in the speed and efficiency of their reading. Some proceed very slowly throughout; others dash along too quickly and then have to reread. Poor readers, in particular, may lack the ability to vary their manner of reading according to the type of reading matter and to their intentions in reading it. A good reader can move at great speed through the text of a novel or similar light reading matter. He may be able to skim a page, picking up a word or two here and there, and gain a general idea of the whole of it before proceeding more slowly. But even then he will vary his pace, concentrating on the key words and passages, perhaps rereading them several times, and passing more quickly over the remainder. A less efficient reader tends to maintain the same speed whatever material he reads. Consequently even light reading matter gives him little pleasure because he reads so slowly. But his pace may be too fast for really difficult material, which requires special concentration at difficult points.
A type of reading which necessitates careful attention to detail is proofreading, in which the reader, in order to detect misprints in a sample print, has to notice not so much the meaning of what he reads as the exact shape and order of letters and words in the text. This is extremely difficult for most people, since they are accustomed to overlooking such details. In fact, considerable practice is required to perform this task efficiently, and it can be done only by reading very slowly, paying comparatively little attention to the general meaning of the text.
47. What is a good reader?
48. There are differences in reading speed among .
49. is the focus of proofreading.
50. How does a less efficient reader tend to read?
51. What is the passage mainly about?
Section B
Directions: There are 2 passages in this section.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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
Passage One
Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Every day from the time we wake up until the time we go to bed, we are bombarded with information from all sides, from TV, radio, newspapers and books; from family, friends, and colleagues. As a new cable television subscriber, I am absolutely amazed at the quantity and varying levels of information quality on cable television. Including the networks, there are eight TV "news" organizations vying to provide us with all the information we can possibly absorb. Newspaper, magazines, books, radio, the Internet, email, snail mail, and the telephone all compete for our attention and our minds. At the office conversations around the water cooler and coffee maker serve to spread even more items of information.
There is valuable information out there about the world we live in, on topics as varied as health, safety, traffic, nutrition, business, finance, philosophy, nature, science, weather, history and the human condition. There is also a large amount of misleading and outright false information, not just on controversial subjects such as politics and religion but on any topic one can think of, including all of the topics mentioned above.
With all this information coming at us from all directions, how does one sift through it all to sort out the facts from the fiction, the truth from the lies, the more important from the less important? Should we turn off the TV, cancel our newspaper subscriptions, disconnect our phones and modems to become information "hermits"? Probably not.
A better method of sifting through the information wave without being overwhelmed and confused is to become a skeptical inquirer-or skeptic-with regard to the surrounding world. By "skeptic"-I do not mean a cynic-a person who rejects new ideas simply because they are new. A skeptic is one who questions the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it. Skepticism is a method, not a position. It is a provisional approach to all factual claims. In terms of processing information, a skeptic needs to be able to grasp reality and acquire knowledge about the environment that agrees with reason, logic, and evidence. In other words, as skeptics, when we hear a claim that may or may not be fantastic, we should say, "That's nice, prove it."
52. According to the passage, casual conversations at work provide .
A) all the latest news B) many useful facts
C) only trivial personal gossip D) more items of information
53． The writer implies that if we want to make some judgments about some information, the first thing that we should do is to .
A) ask for the information B) cut off all channels of information
C） receive and go through the information D) become information "hermits"
54. What does the author say is the more reasonable approach to processing the information wave?
A) A skeptical approach. B) A subjective approach.
C) A cynical approach. D) A philosophical approach.
55. What can we conclude from the difference between a skeptic and a cynic?
A) Skeptics are reasonable but cynics are too optimistic.
B) Skeptics are reasonable but cynics are too pessimistic.
C) Skeptics take a position but cynics are extreme in their attitude.
D) Skeptics reject all new ideas but cynics only reject some of them.
56. When faced with an incredible or fantastic claim, what shall we do according to the author?
A) Ask questions and look for proof. B) Ignore the information and its source.
C) Change the subject immediately. D) Try to consult an expert who knows the truth.
Passage Two
Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
"Self-Reliance," by Ralph Waldo Emerson, has influenced the way I view the world and myself. This work has had a profound effect on me. It concentrates on the powers of positive thinking and careful decision-making. I believe that decision-making is one of the most important aspects of life. Since my thoughts and viewpoints will carry me throughout life, it is important that I should be confident in the decisions I will make and the viewpoints I will possess."Self-Reliance"has made it evident to me that in order to obtain the best results from my decisions I have to trust in myself.
Through reading this work I learned that the only way I can accomplish my goals and prevail in this world is to be confident in myself. Emerson said, "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men that is genius." I realize that in the future I will interact with many different people who will disagree with my views. Therefore, I have to be confident in myself in order to accept criticism and remain focused on my goals. With self-assurance I will be able to view the world realistically and overcome any disappointments.
"Self-Reliance"also influences the way I view myself. I have come to the realization that ultimately I can only depend on myself in many situations. "None but he knows what he can do, nor does he know until he has tried."I also realize that I will make mistakes but I will learn from them. However, I must not dwell on past mistakes. Instead, I should focus on confidence for future decisions. I learned that I am the key to my success. My success will depend on my persistence, intelligence and self-assurance.
Emerson has helped to elevate my confidence. I now have the ability to trust my own judgment. I do not worry about what others think of my views. I have learned to voice my opinions with confidence and clarity. Also, I should learn from and accept criticism without choosing the alternative, abandoning my views and relying on the views of others. "Your genuine action will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing." I am now able to confront my future.
"Self-Reliance" has influenced the way I view the world and myself. After much thought, I have found strength and confidence in myself and I hope to utilize these qualities in making wise decisions in the future.
57. In the first paragraph, it can be inferred that Ralph Waldo Emerson holds the view that .
A) one should have confidence in oneself but not in others
B) one should trust in oneself and have confidence in one's own decisions
C) one should do things without partners or companions
D) one should live away from one's parents
58. What does the work "Self-Reliance"concentrate on?
A) The power of positive thinking .
B) The most important ways to live one's life more happily.
C) The importance of careful decision-making.
D) Both positive thinking and careful decision-making.
59. What does the author think is the only way to succeed in this world?
A) Interacting with different people. B) Focusing on the goals.
C) Being confident in oneself. D) Viewing the world realistically.
60. What has the author come to realize according to Paragraph 3?
A) She herself is the key to her own success.
B) She will never make mistakes again.
C) She must dwell on past mistakes.
D) She shouldn't always rely on herself.
61. What is the main idea of the passage?
A) We should disagree with others if we want to succeed in the future.
B) We should accept others'opinions if we want to prevail in this world.
C) We should voice our opinions with confidence and clarity.
D) We should be confident and self-reliant if we hope to be successful.
Part ⅤError Correction (15 minutes)
Directions:This part consists of a short passage.In this passage,there are altogether 10 mistakes,one in each numbered line.You may have to change a word,add a word or delete a word.Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided.If you change a word,cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank.If you add a word,put an insertion mark(∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the blank.If you delete a word,cross it out and put a slash(/)in the blank.
Women are a force that is changing in Australian
society. The pride of place given to women as almost the 62
sole shapers of Australian history is being challenged.
Today husbands more often than not share household
chores and more men are finding women alongside them in
the workplace. It may be some time after there is a woman 63
prime minister of Australia, but the need of women at the 64
top-and their right to be there-is now widely recognized.
The growing role of women in the Australian work force
is both a cause and a consequence of change attitudes and 65
lifestyles in Australian society.
In offices, laboratories and factories, in social and
political organizations, women are making their presence
feel.There are few remaining legal barriers against women 66
in Australia in jobs, commercial contracts, politics and
social life. The barriers that exist mainly stem from modern 67
attitudes built into society and are easily changed by new laws. 68
Women have brought about the most significant change
in the Australian work force simply by entering it in
thousands, and by seeking which before were assumed to be 69
suitable for men only. There are now women in Australia
drive buses, trams, taxis, racing cars and 50-tonne trucks. 70
They are race-horse jockeys. They are apprentice
electricians and mechanics. They are air-traffic controllers.
They shear sheep and work like laborers. They are judges 71
and Members of Parliament.
Part ⅥTranslation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.
72. We want to know more about the world and (拓宽自己的视野).
73. Without a well-balanced life a person can neither function properly
(身心也得不到全面的发展).
74. (他到伦敦两年后) that he took a job in an international bank.
75. I love pop music, (不论理由是什么).
76. (观众肯定是错过了看他们的音乐演出), or they would have spoken highly of it.
Part ⅠWriting
Should China Adopt Favorable Policies to Attract Foreign-trained Students?
According to an online survey, by the end of 2006, over 1 million Chinese went abroad for higher education. Over 75 percent of them have chosen to stay abroad. In order to attract them back home after their studies to contribute to their motherland, China has offered them a range of favorable policies, including the hukou policy and giving priority to their family members in terms of employment and higher education enrollment.
However, people in China are divided in their views on these policies. Many people support these policies while some have different opinions. Those who are for the policies think that real life consists of many practical issues and working conditions are very important for the future development of those students. We should not just rely on patriotism to get them back. Those who are against these policies hold the view that these policies will reinforce people's pessimism about the education and working conditions in China. They think that we should continue our development and let those students decide on their own.
I am in favor of the former. The brain drain is a serious problem in China. We should try every means to reverse it. Attracting foreign-trained people with favorable policies is an important tool.
Part ⅡReading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. Y 本题定位于第一段最后一句，意为"在当今充满压力的世界中，一个主要的挑战就是要使生活中的压力为你服务而非与你为难"。
2. N 根据题眼emotional stress和physical illness定位于第二段第三句，可见题目中的因果关系颠倒了。
3. N 根据题眼prolonged和frustrating等定位于第三段第三句。题目中的too...to 表示"太......而不能"，表达的意思刚好与原文相反。
4. NG本题定位于第四段第四句。可见原文并未提及身体机能恢复的具体时间。
5. when it can't be avoided 解题依据为文章第四段倒数第二句"While it's impossible to live completely free of stress and distress, it is possible to prevent some distress as well as to minimize its impact when it can't be avoided."
6. a friend,family member,teacher,or counselor 本题涉及寻求外界帮助的细节，解题依据为小标题Share Your Stress下第二句"Perhaps a friend, family member, teacher, or counselor can help you achieve a more positive perspective on what's troubling you."
7. result in stress 本题涉及生活中的计划性，定位于小标题Make a List of the Things You Need to Do的第一句"Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that ‘there's so much to do, and not enough time'."其中result from 意思是"来自"或"由......引起"，与result in的意思相反。
8. to create a sense of peace and tranquility 解题依据为小标题Create a Quiet Scene的最后一句"You also can create a sense of peace and tranquility by reading a good book or listening to beautiful music."
9. Learning how to relax 解题依据为小标题Relax的第一句"The best strategy for reducing or avoiding stress altogether is to learn how to relax."
10. due to your focus on relaxation,enjoyment and health 解题依据为文章倒数第二句"Your focus on relaxation, enjoyment and health will reduce stress, anxiety and worry in your life."
Part Ⅲ Listening Comprehension
Section A
11. C 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C 16. D 17. D 18. C
19. D 20. A 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. D 25. C
11. M: I am not sure what the best way is to hang this poster without damaging the wall.
W: Couldn't you use tape? It peels off easily.
Q: What does the woman suggest?
12. M: Have you picked up your ID card from the office yet?
W: No, the camera for taking photos was broken.
Q: Why hasn't the woman gotten her ID card?
13. W: I'm going to the drugstore to buy a birthday card for Aunt Margaret.
M: If you wait a minute, I'll go with you. I need some aspirin.
Q: Why are the man and woman going to the drugstore?
14. M: I don't know where to take Janet for dinner tonight.
W: Have you ever been to that little French restaurant at ninth on Broadway?
Q: What does the woman mean?
15. M: I can't find the kind of jogging shoes I want anywhere in town.
W: Why not order them from a catalog? It's easier than running around the town looking for them.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
16. W: I'll make your flight reservations by phone now, and then write out the ticket for you.
M: That's fine. Can you please tell me the departure time again?
Q: What's the woman doing?
17. M: I have too many courses this semester. I'm going to drop one of them.
W: In order to do that, you'll have to go through the proper channels.
Q: What advice does the woman give the man?
18. W: Martin, are you doing anything special for your presentation in political science tomorrow?
M: Not really, because the class so often turns into a discussion. I've decided to play it by ear.
Q: What does Martin plan to do?
Now you'll hear two long conversations
Conversation One
M: How did you like yesterday's astronomy class?
W: It was interesting, but the point she was trying to make seemed a little far-fetched.
M: Oh, that new theory that ocean water came from comets?
W: Yeah. Do you remember what it's based on?
M: Some recent satellite photos, I think. Apparently, space satellites recently detected thousands of small comets colliding with earth's outer atmosphere, almost 40,000 per day.
W: Ok, so they collide with the atmosphere. Then that's what created the water?
M: It's not that the collision created water. Comets contain water. They are made up mostly of cosmic dust and water. When they collide with the atmosphere, they break up and the water they contain rains down to earth. Ocean water came from that rain.
W: Oh, well, this morning, I asked my geology professor about that. He said that most geologists don't accept it.
M: Why not?
W: Well, their research indicates that most of the water molecules from the comets will have burnt up as they fell through the atmosphere. Enough rain couldn't have reached the earth to fill up the ocean.
M: Well, do the geologists have an alternative theory to explain where ocean water came from?
W: Yeah, he said the more traditional view is that ocean water came from volcanoes.
M: From volcanoes?
W: Right! As the volcanic fumes are mostly steam. And they claim that it was volcanic steam that created the oceans, not rain from comets.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. What did recent photographs from a space satellite indicate?
20. According to the new theory, where did ocean water come from?
21. What group disagrees with the new theory described in the conversation?
Conversation Two
M: Hi, Sarah. What's up?
W: Oh, hi, I just got out of a history class. I had to give a presentation.
M: How did it go?
W: Terribly. I'm sure I made a fool of myself.
M: Why? Weren't you prepared?
W: No, it was not that. It's just I get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.
M: It's not so bad to blush.
W: But it happens all the time. If the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I blush like crazy if he calls on me. Doesn't that ever happen to you?
M: No, not really. Maybe you should just try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room like the exit sign.
W: I guess I could try that but I doubt it'll help.
M: You know, we talked about it in psychology class. Blushing, even though it's involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior.
W: What do you mean?
M: Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And among adults, supposedly, women blush more than men.
W: I wonder why?
M: I don't know, but I had a friend at high school, Brian Smith. It was really easy to make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order.
W: I'm not that bad. Well, I've got to get going for my next class. I'll talk to you later.
Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. What was the woman's problem?
23. Why might looking at the exit sign help the woman?
24. What does the man say about children?
25. Why does the man mention his friend Brian?
Section B
26. A 27. D 28. B 29. A 30. A 31. B 32. D 33. A 34. B 35. D
Passage One
Now Harriet Beecher Stowe is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that details the harshness of plantation life in the south. The book was extremely popular in the United States as well as in other countries. Ironically though, for the attention given to Uncle Tom's Cabin, it is far from Stowe's best work. She did write one other novel about life in the south. But much of her best work has nothing to do with the south at all. In fact, Stowe's best writing is about village life in the New England states in the 19th century. In recording the customs of the villages she wrote about, Stowe claimed that her purpose was to reflect the image as realistically as possible. She usually succeeded, for her settings were often described accurately and in detail. In this sense, she was an important forerunner to the realistic movement that became popular later in the 19th century. She was one of the first writers to use local dialect for her characters when they spoke. And she did this for thirty years before Mark Twain popularized the use of local dialect. It makes sense that Stowe would write about New England life, since she was born in Connecticut. As a young woman there, she worked as a teacher. The teaching job helped lead her to her first published work, a geography book for children. Later, when she was married, her writing helped to support her family financially. Throughout her life, she wrote poems, travel books, biographical sketches and children's books as well as novels for adults.
Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What is the main idea of the passage?
27. What do we know about the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
28. Why does the passage mention Mark Twain?
29. What was Stowe's first published work?
Passage Two
Where did the term Piggy Bank come from? Today the simple piggy bank is seen everywhere as the symbol of saving and frugality, for putting away funds for a rainy day, or building a nest egg for life's sudden money needs, such as paying college expenses, buying a home, or financing retirement. But why a pig? Dogs bury bones for a rainy day. Why not a dog shaped bank for coins? Squirrels are well known hoarders too and we talk about squirreling away valuables. Why not a bank in the shape of a squirrel? Well, nevertheless, for 300 years, children's banks have been imitations of pigs with slots in the back. Charles Bernardy, the author of Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things, tells how the symbol came about by coincidence. According to Bernardy, during the middle ages, mined metal was scarce and expensive, therefore was rarely used in the manufacture of household utensils. The type of orange clay, known as pygg, spelt p-y-g-g, was more abundant and economical throughout Western Europe. It was used in making dishes, cups, pots and jars. And so these earthenware items were referred to as pygg. Frugal people saved cash in kitchen pots and jars. Although a pygg jar was not originally shaped like a pig, the name persisted. However by the 18th century, pygg, p-y-g-g jar became pig, p-i-g jar or pig bank. Potters had simply begun to cast the bank in the shape of its common name. In the United States, the popular piggy bank has always been a symbol of saving money.
Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
30. What does the passage mainly talk about?
31. What was first made with the clay the passage mentioned?
32. Why did craftspeople of the Middle Ages use the clay?
Passage Three
It was an Italian inventor who created the first wireless device for sending out radio signals in 1895. But not until the American inventor Lee De Forest built the first amplifying vacuum tube in 1906 did we get the first radio as we know it today. And the first actual radio broadcast was made on Christmas Eve of 1906. That's when someone working from an experimental station in Brand Rock, Massachusetts, arranged the program of two short musical selections of poetry and brief holiday greeting. The broadcast was heard by wireless operators on ships with a radio over several hundred miles. The following year, De Forest began regular radio broadcasts in New York. These programs were similar to much of what we hear on the radio today in that De Forest played only music. But because there was still no home radio receivers, De Forest's audience consisted of only wireless operators on ships in New York harbor. There is no doubt that radio broadcasting was quite a novelty in those days. But it took a while to catch on commercially. Why? For the simple fact that only a few people, in fact, only those who treated wireless telegraphs as a hobby owned receivers. It wasn't until the 1920s that someone envisioned mass appeal for radio. This was radio pioneer, David Sarnoff who predicted that one day there would be a radio receiver in every home.
Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.
33. Why were early radio broadcasts heard by such a small audience?
34. According to the passage, who owned receivers in the early days of radio?
35. According to the passage, what did David Sarnoff predict about radios?
Section C
Gordon Parks is best known for his work with a camera. But he is an artist who has many skills. His (36) photographs, books, music and movies have (37) influenced many people throughout the world. He was the first African American director of major Hollywood movies.
Gordon Parks-art deals with important social (38) issues such as the poor, racism and crime. He (39) sought to help the poor and to end the racism with two very powerful weapons:his camera and his (40) creative eye. He chose the camera as a means of (41) expression and communication. He used the words and pictures to (42) explore the differences in people.
Gordon Parks was born in the middle western state of Kansas in 1912. He was the (43) youngest of 15 children and his mother died when he was 16. He moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota to live with his sister. (44) In the following years, he supported himself by working several low-paying jobs. Gordon Parks became interested in photography at the age of 25. He experienced growing up poor. He wanted to show how difficult it was to be poor. Photography could give him a way to express that, he thought.
(45) In 1941, Gordon Parks took pictures of the poor living conditions he found in the Middle city of Chicago, Illinois. In 1948, Gordon Parks began working as a photographer for Life magazine. Life magazine was the best-known cultural magazine of the time. Millions of people around the world read each issue. (46) By the 1960s, Gordon Parks was one of the most influential photographers of his time.
Part ⅣReading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)
47. A person who varies his manner of reading according to context.
第一段第三句是对不会读书者的概况总结；四、五、六三句则是详细描述会读书者。考生摘抄时如果只锁定第四句，则是片面的回答。因此，概况总结会读书者应将第三句中对不会读书者的定义改为相反义即可。
48. all readers
空白处填入名词性成份。文章第一段讲述了三类人的读书方式，涵盖了所有读书者，因此答案应为all readers。
49. Detection of misprints
空白处所填内容做主语，可以包括名词、动名词和主语从句。根据关键词proofreading锁定文章第二段第一句，即这类读者不关心语义表达错误，而只注意校正文章的拼写和排版错误，因此答案为Detection of misprints，或者Detecting /Finding out misprints。
50. Maintaining the same speed whatever material he or she is reading.
根据关键词less efficient reader锁定第一段倒数第三句。简短回答是问什么答什么。题目问的是方式，所以把动词原形maintain改为动名词。
51. Different ways of reading.
本题问的是主旨，浏览全文，可知文章讲述的是不同的阅读方式，因此答案为Different ways of reading。
Section B
Passage One
52. D 细节题根据第一段最后一句"At the office conversations around the water cooler and coffee maker serve to spread even more items of information."可知人们在办公室里站在冷饮机和咖啡壶边的谈话可以传播更多的信息，但文章没有具体介绍这些信息的内容和性质，因此应当选D。
53. C 推断题根据第三段第一句中的"...how does one sift through it all to sort out the facts..."可知，要对信息进行判断，sift through (过滤筛选）是前提，也就是首先要接收信息，并且进行初步处理，然后才能做出判断。作者没有直接表达这个意思，但可以通过推断获得。
54. A段落主旨题本题关系到对文章最后一段的理解，尤其是该段第一句。开头的a better method相当于a better approach，后面的skeptical意思是"怀疑的"。可见作者赞成持怀疑态度，反对cynical（愤世嫉俗的）态度。
55. B推断题最后一段第二、三句作者对skeptic（怀疑论者）和cynic（愤世嫉俗者）作了区分。前者"提倡用证据来证实或否定某一观点的正确性"，因而合乎情理；后者"拒绝新观点仅仅因为这些观点的新颖"，显得过于极端。
56. A细节题根据最后一段第三句"A skeptic is one who questions the validity of a particular claim by calling for evidence to prove or disprove it."可以确定答案为A。
Passage Two
57. B 推论题文章第一段简述了爱默生的"自立论"对作者的影响，主要是两个方面：一是对自己的决策有信心；另一点是相信自己。由此可以推断出答案为B。
58. D 细节题文章第一段第三句提到"自立论"研究的重点在于"积极思考和审慎决策的力量"。
59. C 细节题文章第二段第一句提到"要实现自己的目标和在这个世界上成功，惟一的方法是自信"，因此选C。
60. A 细节题文章第三段提到了"自立论"影响着作者对自身的看法，即"只能靠自己；会犯错误，但能从错误中汲取教训；不能老想着自己的错误；自己才是成功的关键"。运用排除法即可得出正确答案。
61. D 主旨题文章中"自立"这一观点贯穿全文，把握住这点就可以选出正确答案。
Part VError Correction
62. women→men 本文讲述的是澳大利亚女性社会地位的变化。本题属于逻辑错误，强调男性以往在澳大利亚社会中"惟一历史塑造者"的地位受到挑战。
63. after→before 本题属于逻辑错误，根据下文的but，此处应理解为：澳大利亚出现一位女总理还要等一段时间，因此需要把after改成before。
64. of→for "the need of women"是指"女性(本身)的需要，要求"；"the need for women"是指"对女性的需要"。
65. change→changing 表示"变化的态度"，介词of后应该用动名词，作定语。
66. feel→felt 本题表示"女性让别人感受到自己的存在"， feel的过去分词felt在这里表示被动。
67. modern→traditional 本题属于逻辑错误，表示障碍来自于"已扎根社会的传统观念"。
68. are∧easily→not 本题和上题成一体，属于逻辑错误，表示"障碍来自于传统观念，因而不容易被新法律所改变"。
69. which→what 此处为宾语从句， what引导的句子作seek的宾语，且what在宾语从句中作主语。
70. drive→driving 现在分词作定语，相当于定语从句"There are women in Australia who drive buses..."。
71. like→aslike 作介词表示"像"， as作介词表示"作为"。
Part Ⅵ Translation
72. We want to know more about the world and extend our horizons of thinking (拓宽自己的视野).
73. Without a well-balanced life a person can neither function properly nor develop into a well-rounded individual (身心也得不到全面的发展).
74. It was not until two years after he arrived in London (他到伦敦两年后) that he took a job in an international bank.
75. I love pop music,for whatever reasons (不论理由是什么).
76. The audience must have missed their musical performance (观众肯定是错过了看他们的音乐演出),or they would have spoken highly of it.