1.我们的生存环境面临威胁;
2.人与环境的关系;
3.保护环境的办法。
1. How did investors think of the increases in CEOpay in 2011?
A) They were unhappy about that.
B) They considered it acceptable.
C) They showed indifference to it.
D) They felt it dropped too much.
2. What was true about the rise rate of averageweekly earnings for all employees in 2011?
A) It rose 1.2%.
B) It remained unchanged.
C) It rose more than 2%.
D) It was less than the rise rate of the median CEOpay.
3. What can we learn about CEO's pay in 2011 fromthe passage?
A) It continued its escalating trajectory.
B) The median CEO pay was over $10 million.
C) Many board members regarded CEO's pay moderate.
D) Board members took some measures to deal withCEO's high pay.
4. According to this passage, what is the largestsource of CEOs' total pay?
A) Megabonuses.
B) Meganavchecks.
C) Other compensation.
D) Stock grants.
5. Which of the following is the factor thatdictates what CEOs earn, according to Wayne Guay?
A) Unemployment rate of workers.
B) Most workers' flat incomes.
C) Corporate profit.
D) Low operation cost.
6. CEOs have been severely criticized the last fewyears for________
A) the perks they have received
B) the increase in their pay
C) the slow wage growth for average employees
D) the economic recession
7. We can learn from the passage that WillianWeldon ________
A) will be the new CEO of Johnson & Johnson
B) got a deferred compensation of $95.1 million
C) had a pension with a value of $144 million
D) departed with $48.4 million in retirement pay
8. According to accounting rules, falling interestrates increase the value of________
9. Obama, President of America, was involved in thediscussion of the topic of________
10. Guay points out that when there's a crisis,people will pay their attention to________
11. A) Keep looking for his wallet.
B) Report the theft of the wallet fight away.
C) Put his wallet in his jacket pocket.
D) Be more careful with his wallet.
12. A) She is on a special diet.
B) She doesn't like to walk to the cafeteria.
C) She thinks the cafeteria is too expensive.
D) She doesn't eat lunch any more.
13. A) The man should buy a new car.
B) The car looks better than it used to.
C) The man should fly to Florida.
D) The man should get his car checked.
14. A) Tickets are available for futureperformances.
B) The performance has been canceled.
C) She wants to see the show tomorrow.
D) The performance has already started.
15. A) She didn't require any papers last semester.
B) She was more flexible last semester.
C) She grades papers very quickly.
D) She isn't teaching this semester.
16. A) The women don't want to go to any morebarbecues.
B) The guests are late because of the weather.
C) Everybody should help with the cooking.
D) The weather wasn't good on last barbecue.
17. A) Find out when the new job begins.
B) Make more copies of the letter.
C) Ask for an extension to apply for the job.
D) Get a more recent reference letter.
18. A) He has been asked to join the committee.
B) There are several new people on the committee.
C) He'd like to take the woman's place on thecommittee.
D) The woman should try to join the committee.
Questions 19 to 21are based on the conversation you have just heard.
19. A) To apply for a student loan.
B) To discuss a decision he has to make.
C) To ask for a letter of recdmmendation.
D) To find out which colleges accepted him.
20. A) The laboratories are not well equipped.
B) The classes are too large.
C) It's too expensive.
D) It's too far away from home.
21. A) It has a beautiful campus.
B) Professors regularly publish their academicresults.
C) It's in an urban setting.
D) Faculty members interact with students.
Questions 22 to 25are based on the conversation you have just heard.
22. A) Because she is Professor Bill's daughter.
B) Because she works part-time as Professor Bill' ssecretary.
C) Because she used to do the job herself.
D) Because she just came out of an interview forthe job.
23. A) It should be higher,
B) It's very good.
C) It's the same as that of school post office.
D) It varies according to the person's experience.
24. A) Make up homework problem sets.
B) Do research in the laboratory.
C) Teach an economics course.
D) Grade homework sets.
25. A) He wonders if he'll have enough time to dothe job.
B) He is afraid he doesn't know enough to do thejob well.
C) He fears that the job may be too boring.
D) He thinks Professor Bill has someone else inmind.
Passage One
Questions 26 to 28are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. A) Florida.
B) California.
C) Nevada.
D) Hannibal.
27. A) Because he wanted to be a journalist.
B) Because he liked the climate there.
C) Because he wanted to get away from the army.
D) Because he was sent there by his father.
28. A) His stories were inspired by his travels.
B) His travels prevented him from writing.
C) He traveled in order to relax from the pressuresof writing.
D) He traveled around to promote his books.
Passage Two
Questions 29 to 31are based on the passage you have just heard.
29. A) He was not interested in political reform.
B) He had an unusual military career.
C) He had no political experience.
D) He expressed many controversial ideas.
30. A) Because he was well known on the West Coast.
B) Because he served as James Polk's VicePresident.
C) Because he supported financial aid to farmers.
D) Because he was a popular war hero.
31. A) He lost the support of farmers.
B) He was opposed by the Whig party.
C) He died early in his term.
D) He came into conflict with railroad owners.
Passage Three
Questions 32 to 35are based on the passage you have just heard.
32. A) All the wasps.
B) The male wasp.
C) The female wasp.
D) The new offspring.
33. A) To protect the nest.
B) To lay eggs.
C) To gather food.
D) To replace nest cells.
34. A) Because female wasps transmit diseases.
B) Because male wasps do not leave the nest.
C) Because female wasps are bigger than males.
D) Because female wasps have stingers.
35. A) Paper.
B) Stone.
C) Mud.
D) Grass.
47. Usually a conversation happens when twospeakers are in the same setting and notice________
48. When people communicate with each other, theynot only use words but also turn to________
49. To those who overhear a conversation, theyusually cannot well understand the conversation due to the lack of________
50. Conversations, unlike lectures or interviews,allow frequent________
51. In an informal conversation, the lack ofspecific topics can partly result in a sudden change of________
52. The importance of work lies in the fact that__________
A) it becomes a measurement of people's livingstandard
B) the pay from work satisfies our need formaterials
C) it is a typical life style in an industrialsociety
D) it is the only way for others to judge oursocial status
53. How does the author think of the value of work?
A) The psychological reward is less important thanbefore.
B) The material reward is greater than that ofpsychological one.
C) It is no longer important to people's life.
D) It's still of great importance to people's life.
54. According to the passage, only a small numberof people __________
A) dominate all the important positions of acompany or an organization
B) allocate the psychological reward to mostemployees in a company
C) have access to a higher position and asatisfying salary in a companyD) have the ri.'ght to enjoy the creative andother positive aspects of work
55. It can be inferred that to solve problems in anindustrial society, we________
A) should create more working opportunities for thepoor
B) have to eliminate the unequal aspects in work
C) had better cancel all managing positions in acompany
D) should turn to individual employment and work athome
56. Compared with a manager, workers __________
A) don't have any right to criticize the management
B) lack the equal chances of satisfaction from thework
C) do too much routine work without any reward
D) can make a better living in a governmentalorganization
57. In a primary group, members tend to __________
A) be quite formal to each other on certainoccasions
B) pass religious belief to other generations
C) communicate with each other in informal ways
D) keep a casual relationship with other people
58. In a communal society, members __________
A) usually show no interest in new technology
B) enjoy relatively equal relations between others
C) adapt the standard of a family to the wholesociety
D) value their family status rather than the socialone
59. Compared with a communal society, anassociational one __________
A) is marked by a highly advanced social system
B) gives high social status to people with skillsC)stresses formal relations within a temporary group
D) expands primary relations to even strangers
60. When a person's sense of well-being is notsatisfied, __________
A) the feeling of alienation will dominate his orher heart
B) the individual has to confine the emotionalneeds
C) the individual is likely to revenge on thesociety
D) an effort of developing the sense will be made
61. According to the author, in a nuclear family,________
A) family members are indifferent to each other
B) the primary family relation is between fatherand son
C) grandparents no longer love their grandchildren
D) a close tie between family members breaks up
62. A) learns
B) tends
C) refers
D) leads
63. A) permanent
B) immortal
C) infinite
D) persistent
64. A) advancing
B) creeping
C) crawling
D) spreading
65. A) convert
B) apply
C) translate
D) alter
66. A) civilization
B) accomplishment
C) culture
D) literature
67. A) out
B) up
C) on
D) over
68. A) where
B) who
C) that
D) what
69. A) sparks
B) undertakes
C) commences
D) starts
70. A) to
B) with
C) about
D) in
71. A) usual
B) most
C) plain
D) simple
72.A)stronger
B)worse
C)easier
D)harder
73.A)familiar
B)informed
C)aware
D)knowledgeable
74.A)paid
B)laid
C)fallen
D)facilitated
75.A)preserved
B)defended
C)advocated
D)upheld
76.A)followed
B)fought
C)withstood
D)resisted
77.A)about
B)against
C)for
D)towards
78.A)worded
B)anxious
C)concerned
D)disturbed
79.A)influence
B)fact
C)reason
D)effect
80.A)particular
B)specific
C)distinct
D)special
81.A)equipped
B)understood
C)informed
D)known
82.Scarcely________________(他刚一到会议室)when he realized thathe forgot to bring the important documents forthe business negotiation.
83.Rebecca did not attend thewelcome party yesterday because she was________________(忙着准备后天的期中考试).
84.I would ratherthat________________(市政府采取更有效的措施)to cope with theproblem of air pollution.
85.________________(填完所有的表格后)，he went to the counter to open a savingsaccount with the bank.
86.Human behavior is mostly aproduct of learning and consciousness, ________________(而动物的行为主要依靠的是本能).
答案精析
Part Ⅰ Writing
【答案解析】
1.B
2.C
3.A
4.D
5.C
6.A
7.B
8.future obligations Oil paper
9.how much CEOs should get paid
10.CEO pay
11.A
12.C
13.D
14.A
15.B
16.D
17.D
18.C
19.B
20.B
21.D
22.C
23.B
24.D
25.A
26. D
27. C
28. A
29.C
30.D
31.C
32.C
33.B
34.D
35.A
【答案解析】
47.each other's facial and bodilygestures
48.extra-linguistic context
49.the contextuai CUeS
50.slips and errors of grammar
51.subject matter
【答案解析】
52.A
53.D
54.D
55.B
56。B
【答案解析】57.C
58.B
59.C
60.A
61.D
【答案解析】62.B
63.A
64.B
65.C
66.C
67.B
68.C
69.D
70.A
71.C
72.D
73.C
74.C
75.D
76.D
77.B
78.C
79.C
80.D
81.A
had he arrived at the conferenceroom
83.busy preparing for the mid-termexam held the day after tomorrow
84.the municipal government tookmore effective measures
85.Having filled out aH the fornls
86.while/whereasanimal behavior depends largely on instinct
答案速查
ReadingComprehension (Skimming and Scanning)
1. B2. C3. A4. D5. C6. A7. B
8. future obligations on paper
9. how much CEOs should get paid
10. CEO pay
ListeningComprehension
11. A 12. C 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. D 17. D 18. C 19.B 20. B21. D 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. C 28. A 29. C 30. D31. C 32. C33. B 34. D 35. A
36. cynical
37. commuters
38. sandwich
39. positioned
40. ignored
41. rush
42. minority
43. reluctant
44. who did accept were generally teenagers,suggesting that the older we get, the more cynical of goodwill gestures webecome
45. only 23 percent of people thought that it ispossible to get something for nothing
46. we simply don't accept the notion of genuinebargains, discounts and offers with no catch
ReadingComprehension (Reading in Depth)
47. each other's facial and bodily gestures
48. extra-linguistic context
49. the contextual cues
50. slips and errors of grammar
51. subject matter
52. A 53. D 54. D 55. B 56. B 57. C 58. B 59. C 60.A 61. D
Cloze
62. B 63. A 64. B 65. C 66.C 67. B 68. C 69. D 70. A 71. C72. D 73. C 74. C 75. D 76. D 77. B 78.C 79. C80. D 81. A
Translation
82. had he arrived at the conference room
83. busy preparing for the mid-term exam held theday after tomorrow
84. the municipal government took more effectivemeasures
85. Having filled out all the forms
86. while/whereas animal behavior depends largelyon instinct
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