Part I Writing (30 minutes)
注意：此部分试题在答题卡1上。
Directions: For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter based on the outline below. You should write at least 120 words. You live in a room in college which you share with another student. You find it very difficult to work there because your roommate always has friends visiting. Write a letter to the Accommodation Officer at the college.
1）要求下学期换一个新房间。
2）解释原因。
3）要求单间。
Part IV Reading comprehension (reading in depth) (25 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
The song “Happy birthday to you” is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake.
It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it without ___47___. The song, with its ___48___ title “Good Morning to You”, was written in 1893 by the two sisters, Mildred and Patty Smith Hill. They were the daughters of a ___49___ Kentucky couple, who believed in female education at a time---the mid-nineteenth century--- when it was still a ___50___ idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers. They were long involved in elementary education.
A birthday cake with ___51___ candles is also indispensable at one's birthday party. It may derive, ___52___, from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis, goddess of the moon, a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck. After German bakers ___53___ the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages, a similar ___54___ was adopted for happiness at birthdays.
The candle-blowing-out custom may be associated with double meaning at birthdays. Some people believe that each birthday is another step toward the end, and what we ___55___ at birthday gatherings is not only our growth, but our transience. Thus, candles at birthdays are ___56___ of life and death, hopes and fears, increase and loss, and so on.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
A) invented I) original
B) accelerate J) novel
C) old K) apparently
D) symbols L) burning
E) hesitation M) prevented
F) progressive N) custom
G) celebrate O) substitute
H) distantly
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 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants most all use fire to make it. Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It's just the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean. It is not. It’s as if the California Greens are covering their eyes — “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
57. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?
A) The California Greens are covering their eyes.
B) People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles
C) People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells
D) People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc.
58. According to the passage, why the California Greens hold the idea “If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.”?
A) They do not know those clean cars are likely coal-burning cars.
B) They do believe that the coal is burned somewhere else so it looks clean.
C) They tend to hold that electricity is a nice part of energy.
D) They tend to maintain that gasoline is a good way to run a vehicle.
59. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run __________.
A) not less than 25 miles.
B) more than 25 miles.
C) no less than 25 miles.
D) not more than 25 miles.
60. Compared with cars using gas, electric cars __________
A) do not burn fuel and more environmental.
B) are toxic and it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spot.
C) are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated
D) are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill.
61. It can be inferred from the passage that __________.
A) Being green is good and should be encouraged in communications
B) Electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning something.
C) Zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment.
D) Electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins.
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Rising global carbon dioxide levels tied to global warming may not be as crucial in determining the composition of plant communities as other, localized climate changes.
"Nobody really knows what the increases in carbon dioxide are going to entail in terms of future changes in vegetation types," said Mark Brenner, a University of Florida assistant professor of paleolimnology, the study of ancient lakes. "It looks like climate changes in different areas may be more important than carbon dioxide, at least carbon dioxide by itself," he said.
Brenner’s research team based their conclusions on an analysis of sediment from two lake bottoms, one in northern Mexico and one in northern Guatemala. The researchers used new techniques that allowed them to analyze only the remains of land plants, specifically their leaf waxes. By measuring the composition of the leaf waxes, the researchers were able to distinguish two broad categories of plants living in these areas -- so-called C3 and C4 plants, which have different photosynthetic（光合作用） processes. Many C4 plants are tropical grasses, while most tropical trees are C3 plants. The researchers analyzed sediments（沉积物） deposited over the last 27,000 years, from the last ice age to the current geological period. Over this period, there was a worldwide, relatively uniform increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
Brenner said that if carbon dioxide played the major role in determining plant composition, one would assume that analysis of the sediments would reveal very similar changes in relative abundance of C3 and C4 plants in the two places over the study period. But, in fact, the researchers found that trends in the two types of plants were different at the two locations. The changes were related not with carbon dioxide levels, but with shifts in rainfall. "The result appears to be that climate factors, especially moisture availability, determine whether C4 or C3 plants dominate in an area, not carbon dioxide," Brenner said.
Many scientists believe global warming will cause major variation in local climates worldwide, with some wet areas becoming dry and dry areas becoming wet. If that happens, it could have more impact on relative C3 versus C4 plant distribution than the rising carbon dioxide levels.
62. What can be inferred in the first paragraph?
A) Climate changes are more important to the composition of plant communities than rising global carbon dioxide.
B) Localized climate shifts may not be as crucial as carbon dioxide.
C) Nobody knows which one is important.
D) Carbon dioxide levels is crucial to the global warming.
63. What is Mark Brenner?
A) He studies co-author’s opinion.
B) He is assisting the University of Florida.
C) He is an expert in the field of ancient lakes.
D) His research team composed of six geologists and geographers.
64. According to the third paragraph, which one is NOT true?
A) Tropical grasses are usually C4 plants.
B) C3 and C4 plants used to live in northern Mexico and Guatemala.
C) C3 and C4 plants don’t have the same processes.
D) Tropical trees are all C3 plants.
65. Why, in the 4th paragraph, the researchers found that trends in C3 and C4 plants were different at the two locations?
A) The assumption that carbon dioxide played the major role is wrong.
B) The carbon dioxide played an important role.
C) The moisture availability was different.
D) The carbon dioxide level was different.
66. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A) Climates factors determine the plant distribution and composition of plant communities.
B) Global warming will cause major variation.
C) How has Brenner’s research team proved a truth.
D) C3 and C4 plants are important plants in determining the composition of plant communities
Part V Cloze (15 minutes)
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.
When a person walks, the movement of his head, trunk, hipbones and limbs are all reflected in changes in his body. A computer 67 these changes into a database. Later, the computers can accurately 68 him according to these changes. This is a new biological identification method and it can quickly identify an examinee 69 disturbing him. It's especially suitable for use in airports and supermarkets.
Everybody's voice is 70 . When a person's voice is recorded by an ___71___, its voice frequency spectrum is called his sound print. Like a fingerprint, everybody's sound print is different. How can computers 72 his sound? First, his voice is recorded, which allows the computers to become familiar ___73___ his voice. It will then turn his sound characteristics into a ___74 of digits. These digits ___75___ the frequency, pitch and rhythm of the person's voice. These are the 76 on which the computers can distinguish his voice from 77 .
When that person needs to be identified, after he says only one word or two, the computers can identify him. The computers can even identify sounds coming 78 the wires. This will provide a safer 79 to electric banks and electric purchases.
We often bring ID cards, work cards, or driver licenses with us to ___80___ our identity. If all these cards are forgotten or lost, how can we prove 81 we are? In fact, it's not difficult to prove whom you are, because your body 82 has identifying markers. Some are physiological features, such as fingerprints, sounds, facial types and eye color. The computer can help to identify you. __83__ your features have already been stored in the database. To identify you, we have to take your picture with a camera and send it to a computer for 84 . First, the computer needs to reposition this picture according to the position of your eyes, and then starts to read the message of your physiological features such as the 85 of your pupil to the whites of your eyes and the shape of your nose. Next, it seeks matching records from the database. Finally, it makes a 86 .
67. A checks B stores C revises D modifies
68. A identify B distinguish C convey D strike
69. A without B with C for D in
70 A identical B similar C unique D sole
71. A implement B appliance C instrument D equipment
72. A hear B understand C record D distinguish
73 A to B in C on D with
74. A series B package C line D pair
75. A reverse B represent C reveal D recession
76. A origin B cause C reason D basis
77 A other's B another's C each other's D one another's
78. A at B on C in D through
79. A assure B guarantee C ensure D confirm
80. A cause B make C prove D leave
81 A whom B how C what D where
82. A oneself B themselves C itself D himself
83 A Provide B Suppose C Imagine D Give
84. A processing B copying C coloring D revising
85. A size B type C ratio D shape
86. A recommendation B contribution C proposal D decision
Part VI Translation (5 minutes)
Directions: Complete the sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese
given in brackets.
87. (大学校园是否该对游客开放)is a hot topic.
88.We all know that he (他对学英语(Q吧)付出了很多努力)。
89. The research shows this medicine .
(对危害的作用大于救命作用)
90. We all hold strong belief that the issue can be settled .
(只有通过增加投资的预算)
91． (你不会在英语上赶上别人) without diligent work.
Keys
Model Composition
Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to inform you that I wish to move into a new room next semester. I would prefer a single room, as I find the present sharing arrangement inconvenient.
I must explain that the reason for my dissatisfaction is my roommate’s inconsiderate behavior. For one thing, his friends are constantly visiting him; for another, he regularly holds noisy parties. In these circumstances, I find it difficult to concentrate on my studies, and I am falling behind in my assignments.
I am sure you will agree that the only solution is for me to move into a room of my own. Therefore, I would be grateful if you could find a single room for me, preferably not in the same building but as near to the college campus as possible.
Yours sincerely,
Li Ming
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8. National Committee
9. Team manager
10. five years
11-15 CCAAA
16-20 DACDA
21-25 CCABD
26-30 DBCCC
31-35 DBDAC
36. Emperors
37. government
38 .civilized
39. disappeared
40. diseases
41. mentally
42. magic
43. Roman
44. They translated the Greek and Roman medical books into Arabic.
45. When civilization at last came back to Europe, men once again translated the Greek and Roman works on medicine into Latin.
46. Slowly, they began to make new discoveries and found out more about the way the body works.
47 E）hesitation 48 I）original 49 F）progressive 50 J）novel 51 L）burning
52 H）distantly 53 A）invented 54 N）custom 55 B）celebrate 56 D）symbols
57-61 DADBB
62-66 ACDCA
67-71BAACC
72-76DDABD
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82-86CBACD
87. Whether the campus should be open to the tourists.
88. has put much effort into studying English.
89. does more to endanger lives than saving them.
90. only by increasing the budget on investment.
91. You would not catch up with others in English
Transcripts
Section A
11. W: Are you going to be able to come with us to a football match this evening?
M: I’d love to. But my history assignment is due tomorrow, and I still have two chapters unfinished.
Q: What will the man probably do this evening?
12. M: I’ve been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent and with a student’s discount, the tickets will be really cheap!
W: I am sorry, but I have to tell you I lost my Student ID card in the canteen last week.
Q: what does the woman imply?
13. M: how well are you prepared for your presentation? Your turn comes nest week Wednesday.
W: I spent a whole week searching on the net, but end up with nothing valuable.
Q: what did the woman say about her presentation?
14.M: Since I came here I’ve had to stay up most of the night for the last few days. No matter what time I go to bed, I always wake up in the middle of the night.
W: Your biological rhythms probably haven’t adjusted to the tiime schedule here.
Ｑ：what is the man’s trouble?
15 W: what’s the difference between a lecture and a lesson?
M: Well, both of them are imparting knowledge, but the main difference is that a lesson involves more participation.
Q: What does the man mean?
16. W: Did your pictures of the night view come out like you expected?
M: Actually, I ran out of film before I could even begin. I didn’t realize I’d finished the roll.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
17. W: I’m sorry I’ve put your uncle to so much trouble.
M: Don’t worry about it. He is the sort of man who is never happy unless he has something to complain about.
Q: What do we learn about the man’s uncle frome the conversation?
18. M: Excuse me. Can you tell me how to get to the nearest bank?
W: of course. Go to the corner and turn left. The bank is right on the corner. You can’t miss it. But today is Sunday and the bank os closed.
Q: What does the woman mean?
Conversation one
M: Thanks for stopping by, Ann. I'd like to talk to you about a research project I thought you might be interested in. A friend of mine is working at Yellowstone National Park this summer...
W: Yellowstone! I've always wanted to spend some time out in Wyoming.
M: Wait till you hear what the project is...She's working with the buffalo population. The herds have been increasing in size lately, which is good in theory...
W: Yeah...but I thought they were in danger of becoming extinct.
M: Well, apparently, because of all the winter tourists, paths are created in the snow. More buffalo are surviving the harsh winters because the paths make it easier for the buffalo to move around and find food. But it turns out that some of the herds are infected with a bacteria.
W: Oh yeah, I heard about that. Bru—
M: Brucella abortus
W: Right, It's been around for quite a while.
M: Yes it has. And because the buffalo population is increasing, they've been roaming more than usual, and the disease has begun to spread to the cattle ranches that border toe park.
W: That's bad news! Isn't that the disease that causes animals to abort their young?
M: Yes, and it's caused a lot of controversy. Some of the ranchers even want to destroy the buffalo herds.
W: That's awful! Have they made much progress with the research?
M: So far, they've been collecting tissue samples from dead buffalo to see if the bacteria's present.
W: I'd really be interested in working on this. You know I've been researching dise- ased animal populations...
M: That's why I thought of you...I took the liberty of mentioning your name to my friend. She's hoping you'll be able to spend the whole summer out there.
W: Well, I was going to work on my thesis a lot in July, but I'm sure my adviser wouldn't want me to pass up this opportunity.
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Q19. What did the professor want to talk to Ann about?
Q20. According to the professor, why is the buffalo population increasing?
Q21. Why does the professor think Ann would be interested in going to Yellowstone?
Conversation two
W: Hmm, hi.
M: Hi, I’m going door to door tonight to tell people about the Student Action Union. Do you have a few minutes?
W: Sure. You know, I think I read something in the newspaper last week.
M: Yeah, there was an article about us since the last issue. See, we are trying to protect and preserve some of the open spaces on campus.
W: That’s right. You are the group that’s opposing the extension of the parking lot next to Darwin Hall, right?
M: That’s us. We just feel it is important to save some of the natural beauty of the campus. Some of those trees are hundreds of years old.
W: It’s a pretty spot. My friends and I had picnics over there by the stream.
M: Then you understand how we feel. We are going to organize a protest on Thursday afternoon to get the administration to reconsider the parking lot plan.
W: Well, I have a class on Thursday afternoon.
M: But maybe you could sign this appeal letter. We are going to submit it to the administration to demonstrate how the students feel about this.
W: Sure, let me get a pen and I will sign it.
M: I have a pen right here. And let me leave you this booklet about the Student Action Union. Maybe you could come to some of our meetings. We get together once a month.
W: Yeah,, I'd like to know more about your group. Let me know when the next meeting is and I will try to be there.
Questions 19-22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. how did the woman know about the Student Action Union?
23.Why is the Student Action union opposing the parting lot plan?
24. What is the Student Action union going to do on Thursday?
25. what will the woman probably do on Thursday afternoon?
Passage one
Next time you bring your kids in for a checkup, don't be surprised if the doctor asks about their tastes in entertainment. The American Academy of Medicine suggested last week that doctors work with parents to evaluate how much TV kids watch and what they see, what video and computer games they play, which websites they visit on the Internet, whether they view R-rated videos without the company of their parents, what music they like and what books they read. Doctors are worried that kids who spend too much time in front of the tube don't get enough exercise and can become overweight. The academy is also concerned that the messages kids get from entertainment media can make them more violent and sexually active.
The academy recommends that children under age two not watch any TV. "Children need activities to stimulate the brain during the first two years of life," says Dr. Miriam Baron, who chairs the academy's committee on public education. "They need feedback and socialization." Older children, she says, should watch TV in a common area. Their bedrooms should be "electronic media-free" zones where they can have a quiet place to read, study, play or just relax.
Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Q26. What unusual question may doctors ask when giving kids a checkup next time?
Q27. The academy suggests that children under age two.
Q28. According to the report, children's bedrooms should.
Passage Two
My first semester of college was the worst I’ve been through. I had made plans during the summer to share an apartment with two of my close friends from high school. But before we moved in, problems started developing.
One of the two girls I was to share an apartment with was going to work instead of going to college. However, a week before we were to move in, she found out that she didn't get the job. She was forced to live at home and look for work. The rest two of us lasted for a month and then agreed that we couldn’t make it with the higher monthly rent payments. I started looking around.
I found another apartment and the rent wasn’t bad. The place was noisy, but is was the best ai could afford for the time. However, one day when I returned, I was smoke coming from the back of the house. The cottage had caught fire, and my room was a burned mess. I was once more out of a place to stay.
I finally gave up looking around and moved home. I had to drive forty miles to school every day, so I almost spent as much on gas as I would have on lodging, I was very bored. I almost host the will to study. It had been really a bad semester.
29. what was the speaker’s plan before her first college semester began?
30. What was the first lodging problem the speaker encountered?
31. Why did the speaker move back home finally?
32.Why does the speaker think her first semester of college was the worst?
Passage Three
The French are at heart traditionalists. Though they dearly live revolutions, they disapprove of shifts in behavior. Everything must be done properly, an expression that applies equally to getting married and getting drunk, stuffing a duck and filming in a form, addressing an envelop and addressing a teacher. There is an established order of things, and the order was established by the French.
The desire to maintain standards is best seen on any holiday in the summer. Where the Italians, the British, and even the Germans, relax sufficiently to leave there faces unshaven, or mealtimes become irregular, or dresses become strange, the French behave as though they were still under the microscope of real life.
French men and women take two hours over their morning making up. Watch any Frenchman at a campsite in the summer and see how long he spends shaving, trimming his moustache, and on general showers.
Wives cook three-course lunches which they serve to their husbands in the stuffy heat at little tables with linen napkins and polished dishware. The white wine must stand in an ice bucket. Everything is correct--the bread, the cheese, the sauce.
Mr,eats greedily .Mrs.stands behind him, and a little to the side, nodding happily. She will do the washing-up immediately the meal is finished. All will be neat and tidy before any other activity is even considered.
33. Which people are keen on order, according to the passage?
34. What will the wife do after the meal?
35. What is the characteristic of French people’s life according to the passage