作文 Part ⅠWriting(30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: Colleges Have Opened Their Doors Wider. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below:
1. 高校扩招是一件好事; 2. 高校扩招会带来一些问题; 3.我的观点。
Part Ⅰ Writing
Colleges Have Opened Their Doors Wider
Colleges have opened their doors wider in recent years because the student population has increased enormously from 4 million to more than 7 million in less than six years since 1997. Is this a good thing?
Some argue that the enrollment increase will benefit individuals and the society as well. It allows more students to pursue higher educations and state loans enable children from poor families to complete their education at universities and colleges. This may in turn contribute to helping them to eliminate poverty for the society.
Others express concerns over the rapid expansion. They are afraid that some problems may arise from it, for example, the problem of employment. A lot more graduates may have great trouble in finding a job after graduation, which will lead to a social problem.
In my opinion, the former view is more reasonable. Admittedly, a rapid increase of graduates seemingly places a heavy burden on the society. However, on second thoughts, we find that it is due to the rapid expansion that, to a great extent, we can delay the approach of the upcoming employment wave. Moreover, just as property and wealth once were keys to success, education has become the main provider of individual opportunity in our society and an element that most ensures success in life and eliminates poverty. In this sense, I am convinced that the admission expansion is very instrumental.
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Part ⅡReading Comprehesion (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 1-7,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 8-10, complete the sentences with information given in the passage.
Theft deterrent system
To deter the vehicle theft, the system is designed to give an alarm and keep the engine from being started if any of the front, sliding and back doors and hood is forcibly unlocked or the battery terminal is disconnected and then reconnected when the vehicle is locked.
The alarm blows the horn intermittently and flashes the headlights, tail lights and other exterior lights. The engine cannot be started because the starter circuit will be cut.
SETTING THE SYSTEM
1. Turn the ignition key to the “LOCK” position and remove it.
2. Have all passengers get out of the vehicle.
3. Close and lock the front, sliding and back doors and hood.
The indicator light will come on when the front, sliding and back doors and hood are closed and locked.
As the front doors are locked, the system will give you a preparation time of 30 seconds before the setting, during which the front, sliding and back doors and hood may be opened to prepare for the setting.
Be careful not to use the key when opening either front door. This will cancel the system.4.After making sure the indicator light starts flashing, you may leave the vehicle.
The system will automatically be set after the preparation time elapses. The indicator light will flash to show the system is set. If any of the front, sliding and back doors and hood is opened at that time, the setting is interrupted until it is closed and locked.
Never leave anyone in the vehicle when you set the system, because unlocking from the inside will activate (使起动) the system.
WHEN THE SYSTEM IS SET
Activating the system
The system will give the alarm and cut the starter circuit under the following conditions:
If any of the front, sliding and back doors and hood is unlocked without using the key
If the battery terminal is disconnected and then reconnected
After one minute, the alarm will automatically stop with the starter circuit cut kept on.
Reactivating the alarm
Once set, the system automatically resets the alarm each time the front, sliding and back doors and hood are closed after the alarm stops.
The alarm will be activated again under the following conditions:
If any of the front, sliding and back doors and hood is opened
If the battery terminal is disconnected and then reconnected
Stopping the alarm
Turn the ignition key from the “LOCK” to “ACC” position. The alarm will be stopped with the starter circuit cut kept on. Stopping the alarm in this manner will keep the alarm from being reactivated when any of the front, sliding and back doors and hood is opened.
Interrupting the setting
With the system set, the back door can be opened with the key without activating or canceling the system. While it is open, the front and sliding doors and hood may be opened in addition, and the system can be activated only by the battery terminal disconnection.
To resume the setting, close and lock the front, sliding and back doors and hood. The back door must be closed with the key removed.
CANCELLING THE SYSTEM
Unlock either front door with the key, or unlock the sliding door with the key when it has been closed. This cancels the system completely and the starter circuit cut will be cancelled at once.
INDICATOR LIGHT
The indicator light gives the following three indications when the system is in use. When the light is:
FLASHING-The system is set. You need the key to open the front, sliding and back doors and hood.
ON-The system will automatically be set when the time comes. The front, sliding and back doors and hood may be opened without a key.
阅读理解
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 the 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.
There’s no question that the Earth is getting hotter. The real questions are: How much of the warming is our fault, and are we (47) to slow the devastation by controlling our insatiable (48) for fossil fuels?
Global warming can seem too (49) to worry about, or too uncertain-something projected by the same computer (50) that often can’t get next week’s weather right. On a raw winter day you might think that a few degrees of warming wouldn’t be such a bad thing anyway. And no doubt about it: Warnings about (51) change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and restrict our lifestyles.
Comforting thoughts, perhaps. Unfortunately, however, the Earth has some discomforting news. From Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes the world is heating up right now, and fast. Globally, the (52) is up 1°F over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results aren’t pretty. Ice is (53), rivers are running dry, and coasts are (54), threatening communities.
The (55)are happening largely out of sight. But they shouldn’t be out of mind, because they are omens of what’s in store for the (56) of the planet.
A. remote B. techniques C. consisting D. rest E. willing
F. climate G. skill H. appetite I. melting J. vanishing
K. eroding L. temperature M. curiosity N. changes O. skillful
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.
My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box!”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money. In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity(实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol dwelt in the prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit(赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe: he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion(人们的说法) begins.
翻译
77. The beauty of the West Lake in Hangzhou is_____________________ (我无法用言语来描述).
78. Last week, Tom and his friends celebrated his twentieth birthday, ______________(尽情地唱歌跳舞).
79. Why is she looking at me______________(像是她认识我似的)? I’ve never seen her before in my life.
80. Mr. Johnson made full preparation for the experiment______________ (以便实验能顺利进行).
81. I avoided mentioning the sensitive subject lest_____________________ (触犯他).
答案：
77. more than I can describe in words/beyond words
78. singing and dancing to their heart’s content.
79. as if she knew me
80. so that it could be conducted smoothly
81. he be offended/annoyed
Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors(流星)but also because of rays from the sun and other stars.Theatmosphere again acts 1 _our protective blanket on 2_ .Lightgets through, and this is essential 3_ plants to make the foodwhich we 4_ .Heat, 5_ , makes our environments tolerable andsome ultraviolet rays(紫外线的) penetrate the 6_ .Cosmic(宇宙的) rays of various kinds come 7_ the air from outer space, but8_ quantities of radiation from the sun are screened off. 9 _menleave the atmosphere they are 10_ to this radiation; 11_ their spacesuits or the walls of theirspacecraft, if they are inside, 12_ prevent a lot of radiation damage.Radiation is the greatest knowndanger to explorers in 13 _.Doses of radiation are measured in 14 _called“rems (雷目)”.We all 15_radiation here on earth from the sun, from cosmic rays and from radioactive minerals.The“ 16_ ”dose of radiation that we receive each year is about two millirems; it 17_ according toswheresyoulive, and this is a very rough estimate.Scientists have reason to think 18_ a man can 19_ far moreradiation 20_ without being damaged; the figure of 60 rems has been agreed.
1.A.for B.with C.on D.as
2.A.stars B.sun C.earth D.space
3.A.with B.from C.under D.for
4.A.use B.live C.eat D.get
5.A.again B.also C.besides D.too
6.A.environment B.space C.atmosphere D.earth
7.A.across B.to C.from D.through
8.A.valid B.enormous C.various D.proper
9.A.As soon as B.As well as C.As much as D.As possible as
10.A.shown B.exposed C.faced D.covered
11.A.but B.because C.so D.so that
12.A.get B.make C.have D.do
13.A.earth B.atmosphere C.space D.environment
14.A.pieces B.units C.parts D.elements
15.A.receive B.accept C.bring D.catch
16.A.conventional B.commonC.general D.normal
17.A.shifts B.converts C.modifies D.varies
18.A.what B.which C.that D.why
19.A.put up with B.keep up with C.come up with D.catch up with
20.A.from B.than C.as D.away
1.【答案】D
【解析】act as“充当、起……作用”;act for“代表、代理”;act on“按照”。本句意为大气层起到保护伞的作用。
2.【答案】C
【解析】见上题分析。
3.【答案】D
【解析】be essential for“对……来说是首要的、基础的”，固定搭配。
4.【答案】C
【解析】只有eat与先行词food和定语从句which we…搭配。
5.【答案】D
【解析】本句意为：热不仅使我们的生产环境温度适宜，而且紫外线也能穿透大气。also一般紧跟动词;besides一般用在句前;too可用在句中，用逗号隔开。
6.【答案】C
【解析】根据上题所讲，penetrate这个动词后面应接atmosphere“大气”这个名词。
7.【答案】D
【解析】这里的come through相当于penetrate，穿透。come across“偶遇”;come to“来到”;come from“来自”。本句意为：各类来自外部空间的宇宙射线穿透大气层……，故选come through。
8.【答案】B
【解析】Valid有效的;various各种各样的;proper合适的。在四个选项中只有enormous表示“大量的”意思。
9.【答案】A
【解析】as soon as“只要”;as well as“除……之外”;as much as“和……一样多”;as possible as“尽可能的”。
10.【答案】B
【解析】be exposed to“暴露于”，show“展示”;face“面对”。
11.【答案】A
【解析】本句前半句的意思是：“人们一离开大气层就会接触射线”;后半句意思是：“他们的太空服和太空船会阻止射线造成的损害”。前后应该是转折关系，故用but。
12.【答案】D
【解析】Do +动词原型的结构表示强调谓语动词。
13.【答案】C
【解析】由radiation和explorers可推测，应选space(太空)。本句意为射线是探险者在太空遇见的已知的最大危险。
14.【答案】B
【解析】unit“单位、单元”;element“元素”;part“部分”;piece“碎片”本句意为：射线的多少可以以雷目这个测量单位测量。
15.【答案】A
【解析】receive表示客观收到;accept表示主观接受。我们受到的辐射并非主观接受。
16.【答案】D
【解析】conventional“传统的”;common“共同的、普通的”;general“一般的、总体的”;normal“正常的”。本句意为：我们每年接受的正常辐射量……，故选normal。
17.【答案】D中华考试网
【解析】shift“移动”;convert“转换”;modify“修改”;vary“变化”。根据句意，所处地点不同，所受辐射量也不一样……，故选varies.
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