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I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. | A. At a paint store. | B. At a grocery store. | ||
C. At a drugstore. | D. At a video game store. | |||
2. | A. ￡40. | B. ￡60. | C. ￡120. | D. ￡180. |
3. | A. He left the door open. | B. He broke the vase. | ||
C. He took the vase off the table. | D. He turned out to be innocent. | |||
4. | A. Judge and lawyer. | B. Policeman and driver. | ||
C. Cleaner and walker. | D. Teacher and student. | |||
5. | A. She’s got a full time job at the university. | B. She was surprised to get a full scholarship. | ||
C. Everything went just as had been expected. | D. Brighton University is not her ideal school. | |||
6. | A. The man has a serious sleep problem. | B. Neither of them has finished the paper. | ||
C. They both had a hard time doing the paper. | D. The woman thought the paper easy to do. | |||
7. | A. Help the woman find the building. | B. Follow the woman to the exhibit. | ||
C. Assist the woman to read the map. | D. Show the woman where to get a new map. | |||
8. | A. Mrs. Brown was unhappy this morning. | |||
B. Mrs. Brown is a patient teacher. | ||||
C. Susan must be poor at her studies. | ||||
D. Susan might have been scolded by Mrs. Brown. | ||||
9. | A. She is going to try a new highway to the cinema. | |||
B. She wants to go early to avoid a traffic jam. | ||||
C. She has no idea how to get to the cinema. | ||||
D. She wants to leave the cinema before the movie is over. | ||||
10. | A. She loves going to work on foot. | B. The firm she works in is not far away. | ||
C. She has to save money for her journey. | D. It takes her too much time to go to work. | |||
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passage. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. | A. It is an important occasion of American cultural activities. | |
B. They can have drinks and snacks while watching the game. | ||
C. Some companies offer viewers expensive sample products. | ||
D. The result of the game may be beyond people’s expectation. | ||
12. | A. Exciting professional performances. | B. Fancy advertisements of products. |
C. Pleasant atmosphere on the spot. | D. Warm company of their family. | |
13. | A. Expensive and impressive TV commercials. | |
B. Various ways of entertaining audience during intervals. | ||
C. An introduction to a popular ball game in America. | ||
D. Different sports people love to play in America. | ||
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. | A. Introducing healthy genes into a virus. | B. Removing faulty cells from patients. |
C. Providing emotional support to patients. | D. Preventing patients from brain injuries. | |
15. | A. It still remains in an experimental stage at present. | |
B. It has taken the place of surgery or medicine. | ||
C. It has only been tried on young patients so far. | ||
D. It helps patients to have a speedy and full recovery. | ||
16. | A. Children are more likely to be infected by diseases. | |
B. How to popularize gene therapy in different hospitals. | ||
C. A couple of successful examples of a new therapy. | ||
D. Genes rather than any other things are the master of our fortune. | ||
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Job Application Information | |
Intended position: | ___17___. |
Applicant: | Mary Smith. |
Education: | Graduated from Leeds University with the MA degree in English. |
Foreign language: | ___18___. |
Proficiency（熟练程度）: | ___19___. |
Contact telephone No: | 15007863429. |
Interview time: | Next ___20___ afternoon. |
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
How big is the farm? | About ___21___ acres. |
What is the present condition? | It needs ___22___. |
What does the man plan to grow on the farm? | ___23___. |
How does the woman like her husband’s plan? | She holds ___24___ of it. |
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
A boy plays away from home and fights with others. He’s defeated, gets hurt and suffers shame. If he is strong-willed, he would clench (咬紧) his teeth, making a firm fist from (25) ______ (weep) in front of others. But as soon as he returns home he would burst out crying at the first sight of his close relatives. He would be all tears pouring out his sufferings.
The same is true for a strong-willed grown-up. No matter what harm he suffers he would do his best (26) ______ (conceal) his feelings, trying not to let others know how he feels. He would swallow his bitter tears and show a smiling face at others (27) ______ ______ he didn’t care a bit. But however strong-willed he is, most probably he would cry as soon as he meets his close relative who loves him and to (28) ______ he can pour out his heart unreservedly. Not only would he weep but he’d cry his eyes out (29) ______ grief.
If somebody weeps in your face — the person never of the type doing this in front of others, you’d better sit by and let him cry to (30) ______ heart’s content, for it shows you are regarded as his dearest or (31) ______ (reliable) one.
It’s much better to have someone crying in your face than be met exclusively by (32) ______ smiling face. Anyone can smile at you, but very few will weep in your face, because the latter is much harder for one to do than the former.
(B)
Some of young soldiers who had recently joined the army were being trained in modern ways of fighting. One of the lessons they should take was (33) ______ an unarmed man could trick an armed enemy, take his weapon away and have him (34) ______ (arrest). First one of their two instructors took a knife away from the other, using only his bare hands, and then he took a gun away from him in the same way.
After the lesson, and before they went on to train the young soldiers to do these things themselves, the two instructors asked them a number of questions to see how well they had understood what (35) ______ (show). One of the questions was this, “Well, you now know (36) ______ an unarmed man can do against a man with a gun. Imagine that you (37) ______ (guard) a bridge at eight one night, and that you have a gun. Suddenly you see an unarmed enemy soldier (38) ______ (come) towards you, and what will you do?”
The young soldier who (39) ______ ______ answer this question thought carefully for a few seconds (40) ______ he answered, and then said, “Well after what I have just seen, I think that the first thing I would do would be to get rid of my gun as quickly as I could so that the unarmed enemy soldier couldn’t take it from me and kill me with it!”
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. countless | B. exhausted | C. comparison | D. essential | E. estimates | F. distinctive |
G. relatively | H. cleared | I. unfortunately | J. recycled | K. restricts |
Rain forests, found in Earth’s temperate and tropical (热带的) zones, are some of the most biologically varied ecosystems on the planet. All rain forests share certain ___41___ features, including a closed canopy, the dense vegetation of the top branches that forms a roof above the forest floor, a damp and warm climate, and ___42___ constant temperatures throughout the year. Most of the forest’s insect and animal life grows well in the canopy’s leafy and sunlit environment. The forest’s groundcover, by comparison, is small. Less than 2 percent of the sun’s light makes its way through the canopy and the darkness below. This darkness, along with the poor quality of the soils, ___43___ plant growth.
Rain forests are a(n) ___44___ part of Earth’s total ecology. Huge amounts of water are absorbed into tree roots and ___45___ into the atmosphere from the tree leaves through a process called transpiration (蒸发). Tree roots also fix the soil in place and slow the runoff of rains into rivers and oceans. Through the process of photosynthesis (光合作用), rain forests absorb more carbon dioxide and give off more oxygen than any other ecosystem.
The rain forests are ___46___ shrinking at a rapid rate as a result of the profitable ventures of farming, logging, and mining. When tropical rain forests are ___47___ in order to raise cattle and crops, the nutrient-poor soils are quickly ___48___. When farmers move on to new areas, heavy rains and baking sun leave the land fruitless and lifeless. Logging and mining cause similar damage to the land and destroy the territory of ___49___ millions of birds, insects and animals. By some ___50___, an area of tropical rain forest the size of the state of Delaware disappears in this way every month.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Archaeologists are scientists who search for clues that help form a clearer picture of the lives people led in the past. Archaeology is a modern science, but it has been ___51___ for centuries. More than 2,400 years ago, the Greek historian Herodotus described the Egyptian pyramids and other monuments. He may have been the first writer to consider that remains and ___52___ could provide information for ___53___ generations. For more than a thousand years, however, such ___54___ were observers rather than researchers.
In the 1700s, scientists and adventurers from a variety of countries traveled ___55___ to explore ancient sites. Digs that are still ___56___ began in 1709 at Herculaneum, an Italian city buried in ash during the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79. The Danish scholar Carsten Niebuhr visited the ruins of Persepolis in the Middle East in 1765 to study cuneiform writing (楔形文字). ___57___, archaeology didn’t become a widely recognized science and schools didn’t recognize the subject as a scholarly pursuit until the 19th century. The term itself was ___58___ in 1837. It comes from a Latin word meaning “the study of antiquities (古物).” One of the first archaeologists to use a scientific approach to the discipline was Heinrich Schliemann of Germany, who in the late 1800s ___59___ the ancient civilization of the city of Troy.
Today, archaeologists uncover the past in many different ___60___, including deserts and jungles, at sites called digs. Ancient sources, folk tales, and landscape features can suggest where archaeologists should look. Surveys of the land help them choose sites ___61___ to provide artifacts, the objects that will unlock the story of a particular people — their daily lives, their beliefs, and their ties to other cultures. A site, however, does not have to be old to be interesting to an archaeologist. Some prefer to study more ___62___ settlements. One scientist, for instance, studies coal mining camps in California by examining the garbage that miners ___63___. Archaeologists may work for universities, museums or governments, and some of them are involved in educating the public about ___64___ ancient sites. Artifact hunters who are ___65___ history rob these places and sell what they find for a few dollars to immoral dealers in antiquities.
51. | A. adventuring | B. changing | C. digging | D. evolving |
52. | A. books | B. history | C. ruins | D. science |
53. | A. lost | B. later | C. older | D. several |
54. | A. inventors | B. scholars | C. visitors | D. writers |
55. | A. extensively | B. nationwide | C. regularly | D. together |
56. | A. in progress | B. in good condition | C. on display | D. out of control |
57. | A. Besides | B. However | C. Instead | D. Meanwhile |
58. | A. coined | B. considered | C. recognized | D. used |
59. | A. created | B. developed | C. established | D. investigated |
60. | A. countries | B. fields | C. locations | D. ways |
61. | A. certain | B. likely | C. ready | D. necessary |
62. | A. honorable | B. peaceful | C. rural | D. recent |
63. | A. gave away | B. gave off | C. left behind | D. left out |
64. | A. choosing | B. examining | C. studying | D. protecting |
65. | A. aware of | B. fed up with | C. ignorant of | D. familiar with |
Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
When my old dog developed major health problems, I knew that watching him fail would be painful, but I wasn’t prepared for the powerful lessons he’d offer in the last year of his life.
Chance was 14 when the problems started. First, he developed a cancer that left him whistling for breath. Then came cataracts (白内障) in both eyes, arthritis (关节炎) in his legs, and a series of ministrokes (小中风) that threw off his balance. Any one of these misfortunes would have left me begging for relief, but Chance became calmer as the disabilities piled up.
When leg pain left him frozen on the floor, unable to rise for a quick pat as I came home, he didn’t complain. He just lay there patiently, signaling me with his hammering tail, each movement spelling out the value of waiting for the things you want. When his cataracts made steering impossible after dark, he’d stand calmly until I could guide him inside, proving how easy it is to find happiness if you let go of your pride and insecurities and learn to lean on those who love you. When ministrokes had him walk unsteadily like a drunk, he taught the value of persistence. For days after each attack, he’d fall as he moved about. Yet again and again he’d try to walk, each day moving a few more steps until finally he was able to get outside and back by himself.
There were lessons in so much of what he did, but the key one surely was the importance of obtaining all the joy possible from each experience whether it’s a day lazing under a warm sun or a few minutes appreciating a favorite meal.
For most of our life together, Chance was always rushing ahead, searching out new adventures, then circling back to let me know what lay around the next bend. As an old dog, he did the same thing, using his attitude, instead of his once-fast legs, to show the way.
66. | Chance suffered very much from all the diseases he had except for ______. | |||
A. having problem with breath | B. walking around awkwardly | |||
C. having trouble drinking | D. losing his eyesight in darkness | |||
67. | ______ is the most important lesson the author learned from Chance. | |||
A. Living in the present and enjoying what we have | ||||
B. Learning to depend on those who we love and trust | ||||
C. That we should expect good things to happen patiently | ||||
D. That we should persevere in what we believe is worth trying | ||||
68. | It is implied in the passage that ______. | |||
A. people might suffer from different diseases when they grow old | ||||
B. people could face aging with courage and dignity | ||||
C. pets would become calmer for lack of energy in their last days | ||||
D. pets and masters should stick together helping each other in difficulty | ||||
69. | Which of the following words best describes the author’s feelings to Chance? | |||
A. Bitter. | B. Grateful. | C. Proud. | D. Sympathetic. | |
(B)
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Notes: 1. Depending on room availability 2. After becoming a Voyager member, when staying 5 or more times within a 12 month period 3. Between the city airport and the property, and valid with confirmed room booking only 4. All benefits are restricted to the registered 1865 member Remarks: Some of the above benefits do not apply to Eaton Smart, New Delhi Airport Transit Hotel. To explore the benefits of this hotel, please visit 1865.langhamhotels.com. |
70. | To have a 1865 membership, guests need to ______. | |||
A. register at 1865.langhamhotel.com | B. visit Langham three times in a year | |||
C. have five stays in Langham yearly | D. stay in Langham properties once | |||
71. | Which of the following is true according to the given information? | |||
A. Gateway members have 4pm late check-out priority any time they want. | ||||
B. Members can get the benefits listed in the table at all Langham’s properties. | ||||
C. The very first hotel of Langham collection was built in 1865 in Britain. | ||||
D. Top 1% Voyagers with super residence record can apply for Destiny membership. | ||||
72. | Tony, on their honeymoon trip, wants to surprise his wife with a bunch of roses on arriving at the hotel. Tony at least needs to have the membership of ______. | |||
A. EXPLORER | B. GATEWAY | C. VOYAGER | D. DESTINY | |
73. | What is the main purpose of the writing? | |||
A. To attract more potential guests. | B. To share the history of Langham hotels. | |||
C. To introduce successful hotel management. | D. To list Langham hotels’ exclusive benefits. | |||
(C)
Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities is set in the years before and during the French Revolution (1789 - 1799). During its course, French revolutionaries brought down the empire and established a republic of free and equal citizens.
In reading the work, one sees that Dickens distorted some details of the French Revolution. At the beginning, Dickens notes that, in 1775, France was busy spending money. This mention of France’s spending touches briefly on what is perhaps the major cause of the French Revolution. Before the revolution, the government often borrowed money because it spent more than it raised in taxes. The increased spending and borrowing made many people’s blood boil, yet Dickens focused instead on the nobility’s oppression and exploitation of the working class, including peasants, as the causes of the revolution.
The Marquis, one of the book’s characters, ill-treats and kills many people. Thus, he represents the nobles who mistreat the lower classes. One reviewer criticized this picture as an unfair representation of French society in the mid-1700s. The reviewer pointed out that the government would have punished nobles who mistreated or murdered. Nobles may have been guilty of other evils, however, such as not feeding the starving masses after bad weather ruined crops in 1789.
Dickens’ account of the storming of the Bastille fails to mention that the gang that stormed the prison was looking for bullets and bombs to use in defense against a possible attack by the king’s troops. Dickens does include some accurate details, however, such as the crowd’s finding only seven prisoners and freeing them and the pack’s executing (处决) the prison administrator and sticking his head on a post. The scene that the women knit (编织) as they watch the executions may seem to be an odd detail, but actually many women did knit stockings for the war effort as they watched the killing machine at work.
Dickens’ descriptions of the steady stream of sentenced people into prison and the carts taking them to their deaths give readers some idea of the frequency with which officials jailed and executed people during the Rule of Terror, which lasted about a year. During the Terror, the government jailed about 250 thousand people, tried (审判) and killed about 17 thousand, and executed about 12 thousand without a trial. Those executed included people who opposed the revolution, people who offended the revolutionaries, and even some revolutionaries. About 15 percent were members of the ministry or nobility.
74. | What does the word “distorted” in Paragraph 2 most probably mean? | |||
A. Discussed. | B. Revealed. | C. Provided. | D. Twisted. | |
75. | Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? | |||
A. A wild crowd rushed into the Bastille to fight with the royal soldiers. | ||||
B. The nobles’ mistreating and killing people is the main cause of the revolution. | ||||
C. About thirty thousand people lost their lives in the course of the Rule of Terror. | ||||
D. Women were forced to work for the war supplies while watching people killed. | ||||
76. | What can be inferred from the passage? | |||
A. Dickens was once among the revolutionaries storming the Bastille. | ||||
B. There was an extreme disorder and horror during the revolution. | ||||
C. Nobles of those days in France were loaded with heavy social responsibilities. | ||||
D. Classic literary works may serve as history textbooks to a great degree. | ||||
77. | Which of the following might be the best title of the passage? | |||
A. The Collapse of the French Empire | ||||
B. Unknown Facts during the Rule of Terror | ||||
C. Dickens’ Description of the French Revolution | ||||
D. A Critical View on A Tale of Two Cities | ||||
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
For decades, a small percentage of homeowners have been installing solar panels (嵌板) on their rooftops. Those panels collect solar energy and change it into electricity. Until recently, the panels were too expensive for average homeowners, and their designs were anything but appealing. Thanks to new advances, however, solar panels for homes are becoming cheaper and less awkward, causing more homeowners to consider installing them.
Last fall furniture seller IKEA began selling solar panels in its U.K. stores. Of course, home improvement stores such as Home Depot have been selling panels for a while. But the initiative by IKEA is seen as a way to bring the Do It Yourself solar option to the masses. While shopping for inexpensive furniture, shoppers could add a box or two of solar panels to their carts. IKEA is partnering with a company that handles installation and servicing of the panels, making the switch to solar easy for customers. If all goes well, IKEA plans to begin selling the panels in other countries soon.
SolTech, a Swedish tech company, offers a solar-power solution that is much more pleasing to the eye than traditional solar panels. Instead of flat panels, SolTech offers a glass tile (瓦片) solution that goes well with existing tiled roof designs. The see-through tiles have a silver-gray color to them, and their shape fits traditional tiled roof designs. SolTech currently offers the solar systems that heat the home’s air or water and one solar PV system that produces electricity.
New Energy Technologies, Inc. is developing a solar application that won’t be installed on rooftops. Instead, the first-of-its-kind SolarWindowTM technology enables see-through windows to produce electricity in the way of showering their glass surfaces with the company’s patent-pending (专利申请中的) electricity-producing coatings. Amazingly, SolarWindowTM can produce electricity in low-light conditions and can even turn indoor light into electricity! This product holds great promise for commercial buildings since about 60 percent of a commercial building’s surface is covered with windows.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)
78. | Solar panels on homeowners’ rooftops work by __________. |
79. | What is IKEA doing to popularize their DIY solar option? |
80. | SolTech’s solar panels are prettier because the see-through glass tiles are __________. |
81. | How is SolarWindowTM technology used to produce electricity? |
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