大学体验英语一周一练第四版答案

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Key to Model Test (1) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: A Reply to A Friend Dear John,

I received your letter yesterday. In reply to your inquiry about applying for admis -sion to my university, I would like to give you the following suggestions.

My school is a comprehensive university with such disciplines as science, engi-neering, the arts, economy, management, law and education. Among all the majors, I

suggest that you should apply for the major of computer science and technology. There are some reasons for this suggestion. First, the computer personnel are in great demand owing to the widespread use of computers in every field. Therefore, you can find a job

easily if you have a degree in this major. Second, my university has first-rate facilities

and excellent teachers in this field. You will definitely benefit from studying in my uni -versity. There are some requirements for this major. To begin with, you must have a good

foundation in math and English. Knowledge in these two subjects is essential for do -ing well in this major. In addition, you have to pay a higher tuition fee than students of other majors.

Of course, you have to make some preparations for the test. On the one hand, you

need to learn something about the computer. On the other hand, you should have basic

knowledge about English before coming to the university. Otherwise, you will have dif -ficulty in learning well in this major.

I hope the above suggestions helpful to you. Wish you good luck. Yours Sincerely, David

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1-7 Y Y N Y NG N Y

8. face-to-face and respect 9. a favor or debt should never be forgotten 10. to make friends and keep them

Part III. Listening Comprehension

11. C. 该题考查说话人所处的地点. 根据对话中的关键词books, return, overdue 可以确定

对话地点在图书馆。正确答案为C.

12. C. 该题是根据女士的回答推断Jake 的情况. 根据“his racket is here on the sofa”可以确

定他就在附近。正确答案为C. 165

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13. B. 该题考查对话双方之间的关系。在对话中，女士祝贺男士考试取得好成绩，男士

说女士肯定也做得不错。由此可见，两个人都是学生。正确答案为B. 14. A. 该题考查男士建议女士做什么。从男士的回答“it would clear up by noon” 可知，天

气将变晴，所以女士不用回去拿雨衣。正确答案为A.

15. C. 该题考查说话人谈论的话题。从对话中的关键词window broken, belongings miss-ing, called the police station 可推断这是一起入室盗窃案。正确答案为C.

16. D. 该题考查男士正在干什么。结合男士讲的话，根据女士说的fill in the rest of it 可判

断出男士在填表。正确答案为D.

17. C. 该题考查男士对新课程的看法。在对话中，女士认为这门新课容易，但是男士说好多学生学得不好，由此推断他认为这门课并不是女士想象的那么容易，正确答案为 C.

18. A. 该题是推断题。女士说这首歌已被老师在课堂上放了一千遍了，男士说他同意，并说在没听这么多遍前他也很喜欢这首歌，说明他们现在都对这首歌很厌倦。正确答案为A. Section A

11-18 CCBACDCA 19-22 BDCA 23-25 DCD Section B

26-28 DCB 29-31 ACA 32-35 CBBD Section C

36. primarily 37. establishing 38. similarities 39. criticize 40. closest 41. approached 42. preserve 43. status

44. This is done by exhibiting knowledge and skill, and by holding center stage through

verbal performance such as storytelling, joking, or conveying information.

45. they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups made up of people they know less well

46. the most private situations can be approached like public speaking Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47-56: I M F L C J G D N B Section B

57-66: D B C A D A C B D B

57. D 本题考查作者的观点，属于综合主旨题。根据第二段except the successful outcome

和文章最后一长句，可以得出婴儿之所以会学会一些行为是因为他们通过这些行为可以获得成功的感觉。A 项是人们以往的观点，B 项和C 项只是表面的原因，并不是实际原因，所以正确答案为D。

58. B 本题为细节题。根据第三段第一句话，Papousek通过使用用牛奶奖励孩子的办法， 166 Model Test 1

就是为了教会孩子完成一些简单的动作。所以ACD都不是此举的目的，正确答案为 B。

59. C 本题为细节题。根据第三段第二句话， Papousek 在研究中发现，婴儿吃饱之后会

拒绝牛奶，但是还会继续重复已经学会的动作，说明即使不给牛奶，他们也会重复

一些简单动作，因此A 不正确。 B, D 内容基本一致，这两项都不是Papousek要去发现的东西。C项符合原文，故为正确答案。

60. A 本题为细节题。根据文章最后一句话， Papousek得出结论：婴儿感到高兴的不是

因为灯光，而是因为他们所获得的解决问题和掌握技能后的成功感，再有就是人类本身有一种理解世界、控制世界的渴求。B, C, D项都没有提及，正确答案为A。 61. D 本题为细节题，根据见上题。正确答案为D。

62. A 本题为主旨题。文章讲述人类从前人那里继承了许多文化成果，并将其传乘下去，所以文章主题为文化继承。答案为A。

63. C 本题为是非题。文章第二段开始讲述文化的定义，它包括一代人传给另一代人的所有思想、知识、做事的方法、习惯、价值观以及处世态度等，文章后半部分又阐述文化与本能的不同，因此A, B, D都属于文化的范畴，C 项不属于文化，故正确答案为C。

. B 本题为语义题，需要根据上下文来推断。根据原文 “it can store new information,

infinitely more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological evolution… ”, 可以

推断出mutation 和biological evolution表达相近的意思，是“ 变化、进化” 的意思，而 exchange 指“ 交换、兑换”, communication 指“ 交际、交流”, existence 指“ 生存” ，故正

确答案为B。

65. D 本题为推断题。根据文章第一句话，人类的发明创造是永无止境的，所以A 项与

原文一致。根据第一段 “this process of cultural transmission yields enormous econo -my”, B项与此句意思一致。C 项与原文第二句话意思一致，同时根据这一句，人类

最大的发明创造就是不去发明创造，而是继承前辈的文化传统，所以D 项与原文不符。正确答案为D。

66. B 本题为推断题。根据文章最后一句话 “The transmission of culture is more flexible than instinct, and can grow…more rapidly than the process of mutation and biological

evolution…”, 可以推断出文化传播比生物本能发展要快得多，反过来也就是说生物本能也在发展，但是速度要比文化传播慢得多，因此可以推断出B 项为正确答案，A 项和C项与原文相反，D项原文没有提及。 Part V. Cloze

67-86: C B A B D C A D B A C D C B A B D D A C

67. C 原句意思是：此项研究为人们意想不到的，因此C 符合句意。A 为“ 震惊” ，B 为“ 激动”，D为“迷惑”，均不符题意。

68. B 此句not only之后应为倒装，并且feeling 是复数形式，故选B。

69. A 此句的意思是：人的情感不仅很难用语言描述清楚，而且很难一一列举出来，所以答案选择A。

70. B 此句的意思是：几乎没有人对有多少种情感达成一致意见，C 和D 不符句意, scarcely表示“几乎不”（程度）, rarely 表示“几乎不”（频率），所以选择B。 167

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71. D 前三项为近义词，意思是“重要的”，而此句指的是人最基本的情感，所以选D。 72. C 此句为that 引导的定语从句，修饰something ，故只能选C。

73. A 这里这种积极的情感是指 “ 快乐、高兴” ，所以正确答案为“joy”。其他三项不符题意。

74. D search for 意思是“寻找、寻求”，其他三项都不正确。 75. B as a rule是固定词组，意思是“一般来说”。

76. A 这里填的词和reach the desired goal 表达同样的意思，即，“实现或获得目标”，所

以应选择“obtain” 。

77. C for 引出附加的理由，应置于句尾。since引出显而易见的理由。when 和 if 不符题

意。故正确答案为C。

78. D 此句意思是：既然人们经常渴望不同的目标，所以有人在修理汽车中找到快乐，而有人在解数学题中找到快乐，这些都是可以理解的。所以应选D。 79. C 前后两句表示对照，故选C。

80. B 根据后文“We can experience the joy together”，此句意思是“ 分享共同的目标和兴

趣” ，故选share。cultivate 意思是“ 培养”, develop是“ 发展”, form是“ 形成” ，均不符合句意。

81. A 此表达方式的意思是“养家”，故选A。

82. B 此句的固定搭配为 “have difficulty in doing sth.”, 故选B。 83. D bad意思是“糟糕的、坏的”。 incorrect 意思是“不正确的”。 unwilling意思是“不愿意的”。 negative 意思是“消极的”。根据题意应选D。

84. D small指“ 数量少、体积小” ， unnecessary 指 “ 不必要的” ， less 指“ 较少的” ，minor 指“不重要的、琐碎的”，故选D。

85. A 此句意思是“ 外出赴约时，拉链坏了会让人感到沮丧” 。frustration“沮丧”, sadness

“悲伤”, ignorance“ 无知”, grief “ 伤心”，故选A。

86. C 此句意思是：如果你想让某事发生，或者你觉得这件事应该发生，但是有人或物却阻止其发生，你就会生气了。所以应该选择should, 正确答案为C。 Part VI. Translation

87. while he feels very sad in private

88. but for the fact that the team they support wins . that makes English a global language

90. only to find that I had left the ticket at home 91. but one vital point 168 Model Test 1 Model Test 1

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decide which is the best answer. Then write the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2. Short Conversations.

11. M: I’d like to check those books out and return these.

W: OK, but you are overdue. I’ll have to charge you for three days. Q: Where does this conversation most probably take place?

12. M: Have you seen Jake around? We are supposed to play tennis now. W: Well, his racket is here on the sofa. Q: What does the women imply?

13. W: I heard you got full marks on your physics exam. Congratulations! M: Thanks. I’m sure you also did a good job.

Q: What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

14. W: I left my raincoat in the house. Could you please wait while I go back to get it? M: Don’t bother. The weatherman said it would clear up by noon. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

15. M: When did you discover your window broken and your belongings missing?

W: Right after getting up, about 6 o’clock. And then I called the police station immedi-ately.

Q: What are the man and the woman talking about?

16. M: Well, I have printed my last name, first name, date of birth and contact information. Anything else?

W: No. That’s all right. We’ll fill in the rest of it if you just sign your name at the bot-tom. Q: What has the man been doing?

17. W: The new course is supposed to be easy.

M: Not many students do well in it, though, do they? Q: What does the man think of the course?

18. W: I wish the teacher would change the record. She has played that song a thousand times in class.

M: I agree. It used to be one of my favorites before I had to hear it so often. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 169

Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

M: Hey Linda, did you get that letter about the new options for food service next year?

W: Not yet. Are there a lot of changes?

M: There sure are. Instead of paying one fee to cover all meals for the whole school year, we are now able to choose seven, ten, fourteen or twenty-one meals per

week. They give you a card with the number of meals you get for a week marked on it.

W: That’s a big change, Tom. And a complicated system.

M: Yeah. It will be much better for people who don’t eat 3 meals a day, seven days a week in the cafeteria, because they won’t have to pay for meals they don’t eat. W: So what’s the deal for those who do eat at school all the time?

M: It’s better for them, too. Because the more meals you sign a contract for, the cheaper each one is.

W: I see. It still sounds rather complicated.

M: True. It took me several hours to figure it out. I decided to go with the ten meals. W: Why is that?

M: Well, I never eat breakfast and I often go away on weekends. So the ten-meal plan gives me lunch and dinner each weekday at a fairly low price. And I won’t be pay -ing for meals I don’t usually eat.

W: What about the weekend when you are on campus?

M: Well, there are often guests on campus on weekends. So they allow you to buy

single meals on a walk-in basis on Saturdays and Sundays. The price per meal is

much higher that way. But I am away so much that it will still be less money for me to pay single price on the weekends rather than sign up for the fourteen meals a week plan.

W: Oh. I guess I’ll have to sit down and figure out my eating pattern, so I can get the best deal.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What’s the main characteristic of the new way of paying for meals? 20. When do the students pay for the meals they sign a contract for?

21. What is the advantage of the new plan for those students who eat all their meals at the school cafeteria?

22. How can guests have meals on campus at weekends? Conversation two

M: Honey, the basketball game is about to start. Could you bring me some chips and a bowl of ice cream? And …uh a slice of pizza from the fridge. W: Anything else?

M: Nope, that’s all for now. Hey, honey, you know, they’re organizing a company bas-ketball team, and I’m thinking about joining. What do you think? W: Humpf. 170 Model Test 1

M: What do you mean “Humpf”? I was the star player in high school.

W: Yeah, twenty-five years ago. Look, I just don’t want you to have a heart attack run -ning up and down the court.

M: So, what are you suggesting? Should I just abandon the idea? I’m not that out of shape.

W: Well …you ought to at least get a physical before you begin. I mean, it has been at least five years since you played at all. M: Well, okay, but…

W: And you need to watch your diet and cut back on the fatty foods, like the ice

cream. And you should try eating more fresh fruits and vegetables. M: Yeah, you’re probably right.

W: And you should take up a little weight training to strengthen your muscles or per-haps try cycling to build up your cardiovascular system. Oh, and you need to go to bed early instead of watching TV all night.

M: Hey, you’re starting to sound like my personal fitness instructor! W: No, I just love you and want you around for a long, long time. M: Thanks. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What does the man want to do? 24. What is the woman worried about?

25. Which of the following is not the woman’s advice to the man? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Mr. and Mrs. Brown were going abroad for their holiday. They had a dog called

Blackie which they were very fond of. But they could not take him with them, so they

looked for a good place to leave him while they were away, and at last found a place

where dogs were looked after very well while their owners were away. They took Blackie there just before they left for their holiday, and sadly said goodbye to him.

At the end of their holiday, they got back to England very late at night, and as they

thought that the place where Blackie was staying might be closed at that hour, they de -cided to wait until the next morning to get him back.

So the next morning Mr. Brown got into his car and drove off happily to get Blackie.

When he reached home with a dog, he said to his wife, “Do you know, dear, I don’t think that Blackie can have enjoyed his stay at that place very much. He barked all the way home in the car as if he wanted to tell me something.” 171

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Mrs. Brown looked at the dog carefully and then answered, “You are quite right,

dear. He was certainly trying to tell you something. But he wasn’t trying to tell you that

he hadn’t enjoyed his stay at that place. He was only complaining that you were bring -ing me the wrong dog home. This isn’t Blackie.”

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. How was the dog taken care of when they were abroad for the holiday? 27. Why didn’t they go to get their dog once they had arrived in England? 28. Why did the dog bark all the way home? Passage Two

The world’s first completely automatic railway was built under the busy streets of

London. The railway is called the Victoria Line, and it is part of the complete London underground railway.

The new Victoria Line was opened in 1969. This new line was very different from the others.

The stations on the other lines need a lot of workers to sell tickets, and to check

and to collect them when people leave the trains. This is all different on the Victoria

Line. Here a machine checks and collects the tickets, and there are no workers on the platforms.

On the train, there is only one worker. If necessary, this man can drive the train.

But usually he just starts it; it runs and stops by itself. The trains are controlled by elec -trical signals which are sent by so-called “command spots”. The command spots are the

same distance apart. Each sends a certain signal. The train always moves at the speed

that the command spots allow. If the command spot sends no signals, the train will stop. Most of the control work is done by computers. The computers also fix the train’s speeds, and send the signals to the command spots.

Other machines make sure that the trains are always a safe distance apart. If one

train stays too long at a station, the other trains will then automatically move slower. So there is no danger of accidents on the line. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. On the Victoria Line, who checks and collects the tickets?

30. What is the job of the only one worker on the Victoria Line train? 31. If there is no signal sent from the command spot, what will happen? Passage Three

Every part of the United States has special celebrations, depending on the particu-lar national groups that live in the area. In Hawaii, there are many Asians. Many of these

Asians are of Japanese, Chinese, or Polynesian decent. Immigrants from China and

Japan arrived in Hawaii in great numbers during the past century. The early Polyne -sians came to Hawaii from the South Pacific islands more than a thousand years be -fore any other people. The Asians left rich traditions for their younger generations 172 Model Test 1

to follow. Today, Hawaiians honor the memory of their ancestors with special feasts

and festivals.

Chinese-Hawaiians celebrate the Moon Festival to honor the memory of their ancestors and their native land. The Moon Festival occurs in August on the night of

the full moon. Unlike the Japanese festival, the Chinese celebration is a simple fam -ily occasion. Family members gather in a garden or large open-air space in the light of

the moon. They drink tea and feast on delicious moon-shaped cakes filled with meat

or sweets, depending on their family custom. If the family is from northern China,

the cakes have meat in them; if the family came from southern China, the cakes have a

sweet filling. The cakes, an important food on this occasion, represent an event in Chi -nese history. A long time ago, the people of China used round cakes in a special way:

they sent secret massages to each other in them. The messages gave instructions for the

people of the north and south to join together to fight against the evil emperor who

ruled them at that time. The trick worked and the people were able to overthrow their ruler. By recalling this event in the Moon Festival, the Chinese people help to keep their native traditions alive and their family ties strong.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. What three groups of people in Hawaii are mentioned in the passage? 33. Why do Chinese-Hawaiians hold the moon festival?

34. What do the Moon shaped cakes represent according to the passage? 35. Which one is not true about Chinese moon cakes? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read

for the third time, you should check what you have written.

For most women, the language of (36) conversation is primarily a language of rap -port: a way of (37) establishing connections and negotiating relationships. (38) Emphasis is placed on displaying similarities and matching experiences. From childhood, girls (39) criticize their friends who try to stand out or appear better than others. People feel

their (40) closest connections at home, or in places where they feel at home — with

one or a few people they feel close to and comfortable with — in other words, during

private speaking. But even the most public situations can be (41) approached like private speaking.

For most men, talk is primarily a means to preserve (42) independence and negoti -ate and maintain status in a hierarchical (43) social order. (44) This is done by exhibit -ing knowledge and skill, and by holding center stage through verbal performance such 173

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as storytelling, joking, or conveying information. From childhood, men learn to use

talking as a way to get and keep attention. Therefore, (45) they are more comfortable speaking in larger groups made up of people they know less well. In the broadest sense,

this is “public speaking”. But even (46) the most private situations can be approached

like public speaking , more like giving a report than establishing rapport 174 Model Test 2

Key to Model Test (2) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: June 18, 2002 Dear Wang Hui,

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to reply to your last letter. As you know,

July is the test season, and these days I’m almost up to my ears in preparation for final exams. But after that will come summer vacation. I’ve already made elaborate plans for the coming vacation.

First of all, I’d like to travel back home and have a good rest. After such along

term of study, I am a little tired. I plan to stay home for about half month, and take the opportunity to visit our high school teachers and friends. Then I will come back to school for a one-month remedy class. Through these years I have been given too

much weight to written English, but only to find myself quite weak in oral commu -nication. So I’ve signed up for an oral English training course to improve my spoken English.

What is your plan for summer vacation? You mentioned in your last letter

that

you would make a trip to Beijing during the summer vacation. Have you made up your mind?

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours, Li Ming

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and scanning)

1. Y 见小标题。

2. Y 见小标题caution 部分的第一句话But family exports caution that the new equality

can also have a negative side, diminishing respect for parents.

3. N 见第一段最后几行可知父母和子女的差别表现在很多方面。 4. N 见第二段可知差距并没有消失，而是缩小了。

5. Y 见小标题Causes of the change 部分，一共四个自然段，段意正是所述内容。 6. NG 文章没有提到所述内容。

7. Y 见小标题Where do families go from here?第一句。

8. He believes that parents — in their eagerness to keep the peace and avoid arguments —

miss an opportunity to teach children how to resolve conflicts, rather than simply

avoiding them. 见小标题caution 部分第二段的倒数第四句话。

9. neglecting values, neglecting teaching opportunities, and neglecting the relationship。 175

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见小标题caution 部分第二段的倒数第五行。

10. Because the parents experience the rebellion in the 60’s, they can better accept their

son’s desire for independence and crazy and sometimes rebellious things that children do.见小标题growing understanding 部分第一段的第三行。 Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-15 DBDBB 16-18 ADB 19-21 AAC 22-25 DBCC Section B

26-29 CCBA 30-32 BDC 33-35: ADA Section C

36-43 regularly, measure, frequently, mass media, academic, preferences, commercial, ad -vertising,

44. polls are used to obtain information about voters’ attitudes

45. to put forward candidates with winning potential, and to plan campaigns. 46. it is often possible to determine the probable winner Part IV. Reading Comprehension( Reading in Depth) Section A

48. F) authority 该空需要选择一个名词与over 搭配，表示对…行使权利。Obedience

指

服从不能与此搭配。

48. N) clearly 根据句子的意思需要选择个副词修饰drawn, 且前面有much more 限定，全

句子的意思为，随着社会的复杂，服从是相对而言的，在此种状况下，处于某种地位的人在权力能触及范围内此权势变得越来越明显。只有clearly 最合适。

49. O) assign 根据句子表述 teach 与homework 搭配只能选assign 表示布置作业。 50. D) obedience 根据上下文提示的摩托车手遵守规则听从，their 限定前面的那种

情况，所以选择该词。

51. K) likely 根据上文提到的情况，如果这种范围越权了，那么遵守就不可能了。 52. E) recite 该空选择一个动词与lists 搭配，只有recite 表示背诵条条款款。 53. M) chaos 根据本段的意思，遵守某种权力有时候有利于社会处于和谐的状态。没有

这种约束，社会就会变得一片混乱。

. I) answer 根据搭配 answer the question

55. J) blindly 该空需要选择一个修饰形容词的副词，指盲目服从的人。 56. B) other one…the other… 搭配，表示一种看法，另一种看法。 Section B

57. B) 主旨题。第一段是introduction. ，第二段从but 引出sea water，第三段提到利用

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energy proposal 来开发海水资源。第五段提到利用 wave power 来开发海水资源。综上所述B) How to use sea water to develop water source of energy 正确。

58. C) 词汇题。根据第二段landlocked 后面一句The seas have contributed little or noth-ing in the way of power. 可知这儿提到的水资源不是来自海水，又根据构词法可判断

C) almost or entirely surrounded by land是正确答案。 59. D) 细节题。见第四段。

60. B) 推断题。文章中不曾提到 Russia 和 South America , 而Asia 也只提到 Japan. 61. A) 推断题。用排除法，文章中不曾提到 C, 而B和D与文章的主题句不符合。 62. D) 是非判断题见第一段的第二到第三行。

63. C) 词汇题。见第二段第三行 they 是所在从句的主语和主句的主语一致。 . A) 推断题。根据文章的最后一段的最后一句话可推测出。

65. D) 主旨题。第三段提到的并不是所有的时尚都能被人们接受甚至有人抵制新的时尚。接着举出例子来说明时尚的接受是怎样的过程。

66. B) 根据文章第二段提到的one reason, a second reason, a further reason可知一共三个原因。 Part V. Cloze

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67. C. autonomous 形容词指自主的，自治的。Autonomy 名词自治自主，auto 指汽车。该空需填写一个名词。据意思这种装置在现代化过程中发挥着重要的作用。 68. B. 该空后面指一种普遍原理，且machine 为单数。 69. C. one’s own 指⋯⋯自己的

70. B. 该空填一个表所属的定语从句

71. A. 选一个副词修饰detect, constantly, 经常地，consistently 表前后一致地。

72. C. 根据前面提到的governor 指自动调温，调速的装置。所有只有increase 合适。 73. A. no one 指泛指没有人这种反馈装置能起作用。 74. D. such a 修饰名词。 75. B. as …as 表比较结构。 76. A. it is adj. to do that …

77. D. nothing but 强调 “ 只有，仅仅”。 78. A. in their path 表在它们的路径。 79. C. by + doing 指手段，途径。 80. B. avoid doing 结构

81. A. recharging place 指充电位置。 82. B. which 指不确定哪一个。

83. A. 现在分词做状语表伴随的状态。 84. D. until 指直到⋯⋯为止 85. A. artificial 指人造的，人工的，与第三段第四行 artificial “tortoises” 遥相对应。false

指假的，人造的，fake 指仿造的，unnatural 指非天然的。 86. B. which to do 需要“思考”的义项。 177

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87. nothing but some broken furniture 88. Given the condition of the engine . In terms of employment

90. regardless of the color of his skin 91. the only doctor I can rely on 178 Model Test 2 Model Test 2

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. W: If we hurry we can take a taxi instead of the local train and save half an hour. Couldn’t we?

M: Yes, the taxi takes thirty minutes to get downtown. Q: How long does it take the local train to get downtown?

12. W: The guests are leaving for London today on the nine o’clock flight. Can you drive them there on time?

M: I’d be happy to, but my car is under repair. Q: How are the guests going to get to London?

13. M: Would you like to go on a picnic this afternoon? Tom and Rose are coming too.

W: I’m sorry, but I was just going out shopping. I need to get a pair of shoes that goes with my pants suit. They had to order them, and they just arrived yesterday. Q: What is the woman going to buy downtown? 14. M: How did you like the performance?

W: Generally speaking, it was very good. The part of the secretary was played beauti-fully, but I thought the man who played the boss was toodramatic to be realistic. Q: How does the woman feel about the boss in the play? 15. W: Are you going to take that job at the real estate agency?

M: Oh, I’m not sure. There are so many advantages to my present job, but the real es-tate agency is offering me a lot of money.

Q: Which of the following can best describe the man?

16. W: I really get puzzled. It’s hard to tell if Johnson liked the film or not.

M: I’m sure he wouldn’t have been enthusiastic about it if he didn’t like it. Q: According to the man, how did Johnson like the film?

17. M: What happened to the flight, Jean? You said your parents were arriving at 7:00. But it’s 8:00 now

W: I don’t know. They told me their time of arrival on the phone. Maybe there is really something wrong with the flight.

Q: What did the phone call say?

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W: It wasn’t as easy as I had expected. I barely had time to get to the last question. Q: What can we learn from the conversation? Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation One

M: When I was around sixteen years old, I liked to lie in bed late at night and listen to the radio.

W: What sort of programs did you listen to?

M: I was a teenager then, so of course I liked to listen to music. Carpenter is my fa -vorite singer. I like Yesterday Once More best. W: But I prefer Steve Wonder. M: I was also keen on talk shows.

W: You could concentrate on conversations in the middle of the night?

M: In a way, You see, I like this feeling of being connected to the outside world, yet at the same time comfortable and safe at home in my bed.

W: I prefer watching television too, It’s more exciting.

M: Oh, of course I love television too, and movies. But they are entirely different ex-periences from listening to the radio. W: Yes, they’re intensely visual.

M: And much more passive. You just sit back and let the images happen to you. W: It maybe so, but I still prefer TV to the radio.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What did the woman prefer when she was young? 20. Who is the man’s favorite singer? 21. What does the man think about TV? Conversation Two

M: Cold day, isn’t it? W: Yes, it’s freezing.

M: I hope the snow will let up. The ground is so slippery. W: Well, this is January.

W: Luckily it’ll soon be winter vacation. M: And the Chinese New Year. W: When’s that?

M: Early February? I think.

W: Are you going to celebrate it with a big firework show?

M: Not then. We usually have fantastic displays of fireworks on our National Day. W: Oh, yes. I remember that. I saw one on October 1st. It was really magnificent. The whole sky lit up.

M: Don’t you have big fireworks shows in America? W: Sure we do.

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W: Of course. I was in San Francisco last July. We all drove to the seaside to watch the fireworks. There were cars everywhere. The whole city seemed to have turned out. M: Was it good?

W: Fantastic. But we had a hard time driving back home. M: Too many cars on the road, I suppose. W: How right you are!

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. What is the weather like according to the conversation?

23. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers? 24. When do Americans have displays of fireworks?

25. What’s the problem the fireworks caused according to the conversation? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Old Age’s Problems and Opportunities

Old age in the United States presents many problems and opportunities. As a re-sult of improved medical services, people live longer than they used to. This increase in

longevity creates a wide range of social needs. The medical specialty of gerontology (老年医学) has opened up new research areas and careers related to the elderly.

Because of changes in the family structure from extended to nuclear, the elderly

have to create existences apart from basical small family units. This situation is compli -cated by the fact that many of their friends may have died and their children may have moved away.

The elderly must set up a new life. Often, the elderly must rely on a fixed income — Social Security and Pensions — and gradually diminished savings. While some live with their children, many more live by themselves, with a friend or in a nursing home.

However, the increasing proportion of elderly people in society has given them

a new political power. They have formed organizations to voice their own needs and

concerns to local state and federal agencies. Lobbying (游说) for such issues as increased

Social Security benefits, better health care, income tax benefits and rent controls has

brought to the public an increased awareness of the determination of the elderly to as -sert their ability to deal effectively with their own lives.

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What leads to a longer life span according to the passage?

27. Which of the following statements is Not true according to the passage?

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apart from basical small family units?

29. What’s the author’s attitude towards old age? Passage Two

A few months ago I got a letter from my ex-girlfriend, telling me that she was

pregnant, and that I was the father! I was worried.

I was scared to death! I didn’t know what to do, and finally decided to tell my par-ents. I didn’t know how to tell them, I was just so ashamed. I ended up just giving them the letter with tears in my eyes. They didn’t take it well.

To make things worse, they took me to my grandparents’ house, where they all

had a long talk about my situation. It was hell! My grandparents are very old-fashioned and, as you can imagine, they didn’t take it well either. I needed to get out of that house and get some fresh air!

I ran to my best friend’s house and told him about the letter. My friend has a

pretty sick sense of humor and he seemed to think it was pretty funny to see me embar-rassed like this. The more upset I got at him for laughing at my problems, the more he laughed.

Finally it dawned on me! HE had written that letter, not my ex-girlfriend! It was his idea of a funny trick! I was so annoyed at him, I could have killed him! Literally!

I ran back home and told my parents that the letter wasn’t real and it had just been

my friend’s idea of a joke. I don’t know which talk was worse. Telling them I was the fa -ther of my ex-girlfriend’s baby, or telling them that it was all a mistake. That’s something I would have rather kept to myself

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. What happened to the man according to the letter he got? 31. What did he feel when receiving the letter?

32. Who is it that wrote the letter to him according to the passage? Passage Three

A beautiful girl and a lawyer were seated next to each other on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. The lawyer asked her if she would like to play a fun game with him.

The girl, tired, just wanted to take a nap. She politely declined and rolled over to

the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persisted and explained that the game was easy and a lot of fun. He explained, “I’ll ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5, and if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $500.”

This caught the girl’s attention and as she figured there would be no end to this

annoyance unless she played, she agreed to the game.

The lawyer asked the first question. “What’s the distance from the earth to the

moon?” Without saying a word, the girl reached into her purse, pulled out a $5 bill and handed it to the lawyer.

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The lawyer, puzzled, took out his laptop computer and searched all through his

computer and searched all his references, and found no answer. He searched the Inter -net and the Library of Congress, still no answer. Frustrated, he sent e-mails to all his

friends and co-workers, to no avail. After an hour, he woke up the girl, and handed her $500. “Thank you,” the girl said and turned back to get some more sleep.

The lawyer, who was a bit angry, woke her up again and asked, “well, what’s the

answer?”

Without a word, the girl reached into her purse, handed the lawyer $5,and went back to sleep.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. What was the game the lawyer suggested?

34. Which of the following is NOT TRUE when the lawyer tries to find the an-swer to the girl’s question?

35. How much money did the beautiful girl win? How much money did the law-yer lose? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

Public opinion polls are (36) regularly conducted and published in many coun -tries. They (37) measure not only support for political parties but also public opinion on a wide range of social and political issues. They are (38) frequently published in major

newspapers and are generally accepted as useful tools by businesses, political organiza -tions, the (39) mass media and government, and (40) academic research groups. Hun -dreds of public polling firms operate around the world.

In business, polls are used to test consumers’ (41) preferences and to discover what

gives a product its appeal (吸引力). Responses to (42) commercial polls help businesses in planning marketing and (43) advertising strategies and in making changes in a prod -uct to increase its sales.

In politics, (44) polls are used to obtain information about voters’ attitudes toward issues and candidates, (45) to put forward candidates with winning potential, and to plan campaigns. Polling organizations have also been successful in predicting the outcome ( 结果) of elections. By polling voters on Election Day, (46) it is often possible to determine the probable winner even before the voting booths close. 183

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Part I. Writing Sample Writing:

When asked about the relation between love and study on campus, different peo-ple will offer different opinions. Some people take it for granted that college students

should not fall in love with each other in order to waste their precious

time. In their

opinion, love is time-consuming and will distract one’s attention from learning. Besides, they think that if a student falls in love, he will certainly fall behind in his study.

However, others hold that love on campus may encourage students to study hard-er. They maintain that a true love will never stand aside while another falls behind in his

or her study. And most love stories on campus are developed on the basis of mutual help in study.

Weighing up these two arguments, I am for the second one. For one thing, mutual

help in life is certainly a strong support in study. For another, true lovers usually help

each other both in life and study. Therefore, if guided properly, love will be helpful to the study.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and scanning)

1. Y [解释] 快速浏览全文黑体字标题，可知，全文都是作者给家长提出的一些建议。故

答案为Yes.

2. N [解释]从文章的第一段最后一句可以得出答案为No。

3. Y [解释] 从文章的“Success in soccer is more than just winning.”第一段中可以得出答案为Yes.

4. N [解释] 从文章的“Winning is fun.” 一段中的最后一句话可以得出答案为No。 5. Y [解释] 从文章的第四个标题中第一句话可以得出答案为Yes。

6. NG [解释] 从文章的“Realistic goals will help your chlild.” 一段中并没有提到“替孩子订

目标利于孩子有安全感”。故答案为NG。

7. Y [解释] 从文章小标题为“Encourage skill improvements, good plays, and good behav -ior” 中的第一句话可以得出答案为Yes。

8. the right and responsibility to ask questions [ 解释] 从文章的“Fulfill your responsibil-ity.” 一段中可以得出答案。

9. parents setting unrealistically high goals for their child. [解释] 从文章的“Identifying

with your child is perfectly natural.”一段中可以得出答案。 10. your expectations. [ 解释] 从文章的“Let the coach COACH.” 的第二段中可以得出答案。

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Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 BCCCADAC 19-22 DCDB 23-25 ACA Section B

26-28 BDA 29-31 CAC 32-35 AADA Section C

36. vital 37. nursing 38. guides 39. active

40. nurturing 41. demands 42. practically 43. alike 44. In fact, many of the differences are learned, especially from parents.

45. From around two to three years of age boys and girls begin to differ in their choices of some toys.

46. They also want praise from their parents for good behaviour. Part IV. Reading Comprehension Section A

47. 『解析』J. 此处应填入一个名词，而且是一个固定搭配，应选择hand。 48. 『解析』D. 此处应填入一个副词，选项中符合要求的有differently, insignificantly和

absolutely。从语境上看，应选择absolutely。 49. 『解析』K. 此处缺少一个形容词，选项中符合要求的有worth, worthy 和negative 。

而本句意思是毒品对身体有副面的，消极的影响。故选择negative。 50. 『解析』H. 此处应填入一个分词。从语境和语法角度看，应选择causing。 51. 『解析』B. 从下文看出毒品危害性极大，根本不值得冒险。故选择worth。 52. 『解析』M. 此处应填入一个名词。从句意看，本句列举了毒品滥用给人带来的一些

风险，包括健康问题、事故和和暴力等。故选择violence 。

53. 『解析』A. 从句意看，本句讲的是当某个家庭成员吸毒后，家庭中首要失去的是什

么？happen 和involved 符合句意，但happen形式不对，故选择involved 。 . 『解析』C. 此处应填入一个动词，而且从固定搭配上看，应选择reacts 。 55. 『解析』O. 此处应填入一个副词，修饰dress。从语境上看，应选择differently。 56. 『解析』F. 此处应填入一个动词，本句表达“ 根本无法估计一个吸毒受害者所花费的医疗费用”。故选择estimate ，表示“估计、判断”。 Section B Passage One 57．『解析』[D] 事实细节题。本文第一句话就是答案。 58．『解析』[A] 事实细节题。见第二段第一句话。 59．『解析』[D] 判断是非题。见第二段第四、五句话。 60．『解析』[B] 事实细节题。见第二段第三、四句话。 185

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61．『解析』[A] 主旨大意题。第一段主要叙述了老鼠能广泛生存的原因。第二段叙述了人类害怕老鼠的原因。故选择[A]。 Passage Two 62．『解析』[D] 事实细节题。从第一段可以看出A) 、B) 、C)与事实相反。 63．『解析』[D] 事实细节题。见第二段最后一句话。．『解析』[A] 从全文可以看出这两种孩子表现的差异主要在语言方面。故选择[A]。 65．『解析』[D] 语义理解题。运用代入法或从上下文可判断出正确答案。 66．『解析』[B] 概括判断题，从字里行间可以看出作者没有带任何感情色彩，只是描述一种现象。故选择[B]。

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67. 『解析』C. 动词辨析题。本句说肥胖者锻炼与正常体重者不锻炼相比，哪一种人的死亡率较高。从句子结构看，句中包括两个定语从句，分别位于obese men 与normal weight men之后，根据后一个定语从句的内容normal weight men who do not exer-cise 可推断出空格处应为exercise。 68. 『解析』 C. 名词辨析题。prejudice意为“ 偏见，成见” ，根据常识可知，人们一般对

肥胖者有偏见。 69. 『解析』A. 语义衔接题。从句意看意思应为“早在幼儿园时期“，故选A. 70. 『解析』 B. 形容词辨析题。‘disabled’一词意思全面，概括了其他选项，译为“ 残疾的”，故应选B. 71. 『解析』 A. 结构衔接题。would rather do…than do…为固定句式，意为“ 宁愿，不愿”。 72. 『解析』 B. 语义衔接题。discrimination 意为“ 歧视” ，根据上文内容以及空格后的

that affects fat people in every part of their lives 可知，影响着肥胖人生活的各个方

面，且比prejudice 更近一步的应是“歧视”。 73. 『解析』C. 习惯搭配题。according to 是介词短语，意为“按照，依据”。 74. 『解析』 B. 动词辨析题。根据上下文内容以及空格后的宾语judgments about fat

people (关于对肥胖人的看法)可推知，此处应表示“证明”之意。 75. 『解析』C. 语义衔接题。根据下文提示“Choose? Who would choose life as a fat per-son”,可推断出空格处应填choose 。 76. 『解析』 C. 名词辨析题。下文有一个that 引导的从句，而空格处应为其同位语，其

大意为历来有许多关于肥胖者的荒谬说法，即胖人都有的饮食紊乱和感情或精神方面的问题。从文章内容可知，这种说法缺乏理论依据，因此C 虚构的理论为正确答案。 77. 『解析』 B. 逻辑衔接题。本句大意为：如果他们确实想减肥的话，他们可以做到。

根据上下文内容以及本句句意可知，此处应为条件状语从句，关系连词应为if 。 78. 『解析』 B. 逻辑衔接题。感觉上下文可知人的体重是由很多因素决定的，所以认为

如果想减肥就能成功的观点是完全不符合逻辑的。由句意可知，空格处应表示原因。 79. 『解析』 B. 副词辨析题。上文提到遗传对人的体重具有一定的影响，下文也提到遗

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传学是科学，可猜测出此处的意思指“有些人天生就胖”，所以应选naturally 。 80. 『解析』 B. 动词辨析题。从语境上看应该是疾病控制中心报告了一种事实，而

非建

议，表明和认为了一种事实。 81. 『解析』 D. 动词辨析题。为避免来自各方面的歧视，很多美国妇女积极减肥。lose

weight 是减肥的习惯表达。 82. 『解析』 D. 动词辨析题。许多美国妇女在积极减肥，然而却有着惊人的失败率，由

95％的节食者在两到五年内重新增加了他们所减掉的体重。 83. 『解析』 A. 惯用搭配题。本题所在句是上句意思的延续，即节食过后，体重经常反

弹。gain back 与 regain 同义，此处表示体重的反弹。 84. 『解析』B. 惯用搭配题。prepare for 意为“为…做准备”，符合题意。 85. 『解析』A. 形容词辨析题。根据下文的“earning $33 billion each year”可推知，此处

是说减肥产业是非常赚钱的。 86．『解析』B. 动词辨析题。本句意为“ 如果减肥食品都…，我们现在不就都成了瘦人了吗？”据此可推知，空格处为“有效，起作用”之意。 Part VI. Translation

87. burst into laughter/burst out laughing 88. Even if I had known about it yesterday . rather than keep it as a secret forever 90. Otherwise, he would have passed the test

91. did he overcharge me/ did he charge me too much 187

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Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. M: Aren’t we supposed to have a math test this afternoon?

W: It’s postponed because the teacher has to attend a conference. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 12. M: Did you tell White about the meeting?

W: Whatever I say to him goes in one ear and out the other. Q: What does the woman mean?

13. W: I wanted to tell you how sorry I was to hear about your father. M: Thanks. I really miss him.

Q: What probably happened to the man’s father? 14. M: You look absolutely exhausted!

W: I know. How do you manage to look so fresh and energetic after ten hours of work? Q: How does the man look?

15. W: Let’s see. I have printed my family name, middle name, first name, birthdate and ad-dress. Anything else?

M: No, that’s fine. We’ll fill in the rest if you’ll just sign at the bottom. Q: What has the woman been doing?

16. W: I’m worried that man may soon run out of oil.

M: By then we will surely have cheap energy substitutes like power from the sun, the wind or the waves.

Q: Why does the man mention other sources of energy? 17. M: Do you like your new room you’ve just moved into?

W: It’s nice to have enough space for all my things, so I’m glad I moved. But I miss my friends and my neighbours.

Q: How is the woman’s new room compared with her old one? 18. M: I can’t find Turking Park on the map. W: Why don’t you ask someone where it is? Q: What does the woman mean? Now you will hear two long conversations. 188 Model Test 3

Conversation One

W: Have you ever been to Japan? I’m going there in autumn. M: Yes, I went there last year.

W: Really? Please tell me something about it. M: Of course. It was terrific. W: Where did you go then?

M: I went to Tokyo and Kyoto. I only had a little more than a week there. W: What do you think of Tokyo?

M: Tokyo is an exciting place, but not very beautiful. All the buildings are almost the same, and they are gray and ugly, and the city is very heavily populated, the streets are full of people.

W: Is that so? Then what about Kyoto? The same thing?

M: That’s a fascinating place. It’s better than Tokyo, though a bit smaller, and it’s not as crowded. Generally speaking, it’s just more interesting. W: Why? Anything to see there?

M: Yeah, there are a lot of beautiful old temples, some really lovely gardens, and it’s also got an old imperial palace.

W: It sounds fascinating. By the way, I want to buy a Japanese-made camera. Would you recommend a good place for me to go shopping?

M: Tokyo, I guess. There are more shops there and you’ll have a bigger choice. Mind you, it may be more expensive to shop there. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. How does the man think about Tokyo?

20. How does the man compare Kyoto with Tokyo? 21. What does the woman want to buy in Japan? 22. How long did the man spend in Tokyo and Kyoto? Conversation Two

W: Excuse me. I’m a student of this school during the day. I’m writing a report for the school newspaper. It’s about the evening school. May I ask you some questions?

M: Yes, of course. But I only have about ten minutes before my classes begin.

W: Thank you. Well, where are you from? And when did you come to this country? M: I’m from China. I came here two years ago.

W: Did you know any English before you arrive in England? M: Yes, I did. I learned English in middle school. W: How are you getting on with your English now?

M: My reading, writing and grammar are all right, but I have some trouble talking to English people here. It seems that they don’t like to talk to people like me.

W: I’m sorry. I know some English people don’t try to understand foreigners. That’s too bad. Uh… Well, do you have a job?

M: Yes, I do. I work in a restaurant. W: Where do you live?

M: I’m living with my uncle here, and my brother is coming to join us soon. 1

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W: You mean he’s coming here from China? M: That’s right.

W: I see. Well, I’ve finished my questions. Thank you for your help. M: It’s a pleasure. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. When did the man come to England?

24. What did the man think about his English?

25. What was the man going to do after the conversation? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Before 1883, most cities in the United States had their own time. They set their

time by the sun. This made many problems for the railroad companies whose trains had to follow more than 300 different timetables.

In 1883, William Allen made a plan to divide the United States into four differ -ent parts called time zones. This made things easier for the railroad companies. Now

every city in the same time zone has the same time. These four time zones are the Pa -cific

Standard Time (PST), the Mountain Standard Time (MST), the Central Standard Time (CST), and the Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Today most parts of the United States have daylight savings time for five months

of the year. People want to have more daylight hours after work. To do this, people turn their clocks forward one hour before they go to bed on the last Sunday in April. They turn them back one hour before they go to bed on the last Sunday in October. We can’t really save an hour of daylight to use when we need it. We can change

only what the clock says. Before we changed the clock for daylight saving time, it was

dark in the evening at seven o’clock. With daylight saving time, it is daylight at seven

in the evening, but dark at eight o’clock. Of course the number of daylight hours is the same.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What do we learn about the time in the United States before 1883? 27. What happened in 1883?

28. To save day light, when do the Americans turn their clocks forward one hour? Passage Two

To get a driver’s license, you must take three tests. The first test is a vision test.

This test checks your eyes to see if you have to wear glasses when you drive. The second 190 Model Test 3

test is a written test that checks your knowledge of highway and traffic regulations. You

can prepare for this test by studying a booklet that you can get at the driver’s license

office. After you pass the written test, you receive an instruction permit. This permit al -lows you to practice driving with an experienced driver. The last test you have to take is

a road test. This checks your driving ability. If you pass it, you will receive your driver’s license.

When you go to the driver’s license office to take the road test, you must provide

your own vehicle. First, the license examiner checks the mechanical condition of your

car. Then the examiner gets into the car with you and asks you to drive in regular traffic.

While you are driving, the examiner tests you for such things as starting, stopping, turn-ing, backing, and parking. If you can’t control the car properly, or if you violate a traffic

regulation while you are taking the test, you fail the examination. You will have to prac -tice driving more until you take the road test again and pass it. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. What does the third test check?

30. What does the instruction permit allow you to do?

31. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about the road test?

Passage Three

Tornadoes, which are extremely destructive windstorms, occur often during the spring and summer. These storms have spinning winds that blow at 300 miles an hour

or more. They develop when masses of hot air and cold air come together, and they are

usually accompanied by severe thunderstorms. Tornadoes destroy almost everything

that they hit. One of the worst tornadoes in history occurred in the spring of 1928. This

tornado, which traveled through parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana of the United

States, killed almost 700 people.

A hurricane, or typhoon, is a severe storm that develops over the ocean in tropical areas. It has two parts: an eye or calm area in the center of the storm, and wall clouds.

The wall clouds, which surround the eye and may have a diameter of more than 100

miles, have winds that blow at seventy-five miles per hour or more and contain large

amounts of moisture. When a hurricane moves over land, it can cause extensive wind

damage and flooding as well as loss of human life.

Whenever severe weather threatens, you should listen to a radio or watch televi-sion for storm information. If a tornado warning is issued, you should take cover imme -diately. The best place to go is a basement. If you cannot reach a basement quickly, you

should get away from windows and lie down on the floor in a small room if you are in a house or an apartment. If you are driving in a car when a tornado comes, you should stop, get out of the car, and lie down in a ditch along the side of the road. 191

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Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about tor-nado? 33. Where did the tornado travel in the spring of 1928?

34. What damage can a hurricane cause? 35. What should you do when a tornado comes? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

Toys are (36) vital to your child’s development. Someone said that if you gave foot -balls to 100 girls and dolls to 100 boys, within an hour the boys would be kicking the dolls around and the girls would be (37) nursing the footballs.

Research shows that the toy itself (38) guides play. It’s generally true that boys are

more (39) active than girls, while girls are more (40) nurturing in their play. But the toy itself makes (41) demands — footballs invite kicking and dolls (42) practically beg to be

cuddled. It’s true that “boys will be boys”, but it’s also true that dolls will be dolls and footballs will be footballs!

Although boys and girls play differently they are (43) alike in basic ways. (44) In

fact, many of the differences are learned, especially from parents . Most children like

a variety of playthings — puzzles, wind-up animals, modelling clay, books and board

games. (45) From around two to three years of age boys and girls begin to differ in their

choices of some toys. Boys select male super-hero dolls and vehicles, girls preferring

baby dolls and toy household objects.

Why are those gender choices made? Apart from simply copying adults around

them, children hope to win approval (or avoid disapproval) from their playmates, en -couraging them to join them in their play. (46) They also want praise from their parents

for good behaviour.

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Part I. Writing Sample Writing: Pressure

In our modern society marked by competition, people are faced with various kinds of pressure, the pressure from work, from family, from study and even from your heart. And a lot of people are afraid of pressure. They keep complaining about everything and appear very anxious.

However, a certain measure of pressure is not necessarily bad. Just imagine how a

high school student can pass the entrance examination to a university without pressure.

And the fear of losing one’s job keeps a worker working hard. Therefore, it is no exag -geration to say the pressure runs the world around.

Of course, too much pressure is harmful to our life. He who can not handle the

pressure might collapse someday if it is too much to endure. There are already too many

examples of this. Thus the question is we must learn how to relieve ourselves of the bur -den of work and study and at the same time, keep up the stimulus to drive us to make efforts.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and scanning)

1. Y (在文章开头第一句即可找到答案)

2. Y (文中第二段谈到了这一点)

3. N (在SETTING THE SYSTEM 部分中可知这与原文相悖) 4. Y. (在SETTING THE SYSTEM 部分末尾可以可作出判断) 5. Y. (在WHEN THE SYSTEM IS SET 的第一部分可作出判断) 6. N (在 INDICATOR LIGHT 部分可知此句与文章不符) 7. NG.

8. a preparation time (在SETTING THE SYSTEM 部分)

9. activating or canceling the system ( 在SETTING THE SYSTEM 部分) 10. Toyota dealer (文章最后一句) Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 CABA BDCC 19-22 BBAC 23-25 CDA Section B

26-28 BAB 29-31 CAD 32-35 ACAD 193

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36. best-selling 37. reliable source 38. druggist 39. substituted 40. officially 41. advertised

42. extension and promotions 43. sales representatives 44. While attempting to sell Coca-Cola fountain

45. Not only did the product do a lot, so did its advertising 46. numerous other items from calendars to baseball cards Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47-56. B)capital （n. 资本）; M)inputs （n. 输入、投入）; E)varies（v. 变化，不同 vary

from…to…是固定搭配）; J)economic （a. 经济的）; H)transformation （n. 转变）；A)offer（v. 提供）; L)internal （a. 内部的，内在的）; F)differently（ad. 不同地）; K)reducing （v-ing. 降低，减少）; O)information （n. 信息）。（此短文主要讲述了投入和产出之间的关系。根据这一中心，结合做题的基本技巧——

词性判断、句中成分、语意推断——填入恰当的词语,并注意排除干扰选项。）解析： 47. 此空应该填名词，备选项中 A 、B 、C 、G 、H 、M 、O 都在词性上合适，但通过意思

分析，能够以建筑物、装备、商品等形式存在的只能是钱财，即资本。所以选B。 48. 这一空仍然须填名词，根据后面括号中的内容 ——土地、装备、劳动力，可以推出这

里应为“投入”，即M。 49. 通过语法判断可以确定此处须填谓语动词，而主语是单数，所以动词形式须为第三人

称单数，符合这一条件的只有E。 50. 该词作为定语修饰phenomenon ，从语意考虑，应为经济现象。

51. 观察发现空格后面是介词 of ，可确定填写名词，再后面又出现into 结构，这样可以排

除不少选项，只有H合乎题意。 52. 这句话缺少谓语动词，所以备选项只有 A 和D ，而再通过意思判断可确定A 为正确答案。 53. 分析整句话可以看出这里要选的词与external对立，故选择L。 . 通过语法检测，发现本句话不缺少必要的成分，根据空格的位置可以判断它是副词，修饰前面的动词affect，故选F。 55. 这里是动名词作主语，在形式及意义上只有reducing 合适。 56. 空格后面紧跟名词 linkages ，说明需要添加定语，通过排除最终可以确定选项O 为最

佳答案。 Section B

57-66 CCDBB DADBC Passage One 57. 答案C. 文章第一段提到了孩子学习时间存在问题，原因是孩子不戴手表，以及父母

不知道如何教孩子时间。因此可以确定C正确。A、B、D与文意相悖。 194 Model Test 4

58. 答案 C ．选项A 、B 、D 都可在第一、二段中找到出处，只有C 错误。因为文中最后

一句说it is one thing for kids to tell time; it’s quite another for them to be on time ，说明即便孩子学会看时间，守不守时是另一回事。 59. 答案 D ．根据前文所述得知handicap 的意思是不足、不利条件。A 表示不快乐；B 是

挫折、气馁；C表示失望。 60. 答案 B ．第二段第二行开始谈到Flik Flak代表着什么，从it merely “captures their

imagination” by presenting the “hour” hand as a beautiful red girl named Flak and the

“minute” as a tall blue boy named Flik可以判断B为正解。 61. 答案B．最后一段中说到Kid — proof: if it gets dirty you can throw the whole watch in the washing machine ，说明其质量好，孩子不容易损坏它。选项A 、B 虽然文章中也谈到一些，但并非Kid – proof 的解释；选项D未提及。 Passage Two 62. 答案D ．从第一段可以看出A 正确，第二段开始就说到东京的拥挤，故B 也正确，从

第二段第三行Tokyo is not different from London, Paris and New York in that. 这说明东京和伦敦、巴黎、纽约有着相似的地方。这样排除C。只有D过于绝对。 63. 答案A．第二段倒数第三行The worst time to be in the street is at 11:30 at night. That is when the nightclubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. 可以确定A为正确答案。 . 答案 D ．此题出自最后一段，A 选项未提及；B 选项似是而非；C 选项与D 选项意思

相背。根据They always leave and arrive on time可以断定D正确。 65. 答案B．从In Tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep, whether his journey is long or short 可以判断B为正确选项。 66. 答案 C ．选项A 、B 都没有提到；C 和D 意思截然相反，根据“I stood outside the sta-tion for five minutes. Three fire-engines raced past on the way to one of the many fires that Tokyo has everyday.” 可以判断C正确。 Part V. Cloze

67-86 BACDD BACBA BBCAB DBDBC

67. 答案B. confusing。因为紧连的是frustrating ，只有B 与它表意相近。A 表示受益，C

是有利润的，D表示迷人的。 68. 答案A. illustrating 。后面的宾语是the talk，手段为使用幻灯，A选项语意最贴切。B

是不及物动词，与with 搭配使用。C指表演；D是延伸。 69. 答案C. distributing。通过上下文和常识可判断这里应该是分发阅读材料。 70. 答案D. assignments。选项A、B、C都在意思上与文意不符。 71. 答案D. continuously。选项A表示一贯的，B是少有地，罕见地，C为逐渐地，D表示

连续不断地。 72. 答案B. with 表示伴随。 73. 答案A. teachers。根据前文even for…推断“即便是做讲座的老师也无法理解”。 74. 答案 C. assist。根据搭配和语句含义判断C 为最佳选项，意思是帮助学生们培养技能。 195

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75. 答案 B. efficient 。高效的，有效率的。A 指有法律效力的，C 表示有效果的，D 指充

足的。这里要修饰听众和记笔记的人，故选B。 76. 答案 A. unavailable。不可得到的，不可利用的。B 指不可接受的，C 是喜爱的，D 表

示不可建议的。前面的主语是培训课程，所以A是最佳答案。 77. 答案B. enable 。根据搭配排除A选项，再通过意思可以确定选项B。 78. 答案 B. independently。选项A 为模糊地，C 是各自地，D 为分开地，只有B 地较合题意。 79. 答案C. cases。情形，情况。 A 是状况、条件，B为环境；D表示周围的环境。 80. 答案A. tackle对付。B和C都是不及物动词，与with 搭配，含义是对付、应对；D是评

估,语意不符。 81. 答案B. acknowledge 承认。其余各项分别是怀疑、声称、忽视，均不合题意。 82. 答案D. overcoming 克服，与these difficulties 搭配。A是防止，B表示抵抗，经得起，

C指维持。 83. 答案B. attend 参加。干扰项是D，后接抽象名词。 84. 答案D. academic 此处意思是学年。A、B、C分别表示平均的、普通的、正常的。只

有D和学生的身份相符。 85. 答案B. strategy 策略。A是陈述，C是形势，D是建议，都不符合题意。 86. 答案 C. exchange 交换，交流。因为与学习搭档进行的动作应是相互的，故C 是是最佳答案。

Part VI. Translation

87. as fluently as he speaks English 88. Whether Tony will come or not

. more than I can describe in words / beyond words 90. benefit greatly from 91. relevant to the case 196 Model Test 4 Model Test 4

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. M: It’s a lovely day today. Want to go climb the mountain? W: I’d like to, but today I’m working on a paper. Q: What does the woman mean?

12. W: How did you like the movie? I found it really fantastic. M: I prefer action movies to love stories. Q: What does the man mean?

13. M: I fixed the door, painted the bookshelf, and put away all the toys and the newspaper.

W: Been busy, haven’t you?

Q: What does the woman imply about the man? 14. M: Nancy is always complaining about her job.

W: Maybe if you tried waiting on tables, you’d see what it’s like. Q: What does the woman mean?

15. M: Would you like to own your own computer? W: I wouldn’t mind a bit.

Q: What does the woman mean?

16. W: Let’s get a snack when we finish watching the movie.

M: When we finish watching the movie? I am dying of hunger now. Q: What does the man mean?

17. M: The cafeteria is short handed so we’ll have to wait in line. W: I know they asked me to work today. Q: Why is there a line?

18. W: Why are you late again? I’ve been waiting for an hour or so. M: My bicycle had a flat tire and I had to walk. Q: Why was the man delayed? 197

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Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation One

W: Bob, can we really afford a holiday? We’re paying for this house and the furniture is on lease and …

M: Now listen, Peggy. You work hard and I work hard. We’re not talking about

whether we can have a holiday. We’re talking about where and when. W: Shall we go to Sweden?

M: Sweden’s colder than Sheffield. I’d rather not go to Sweden. W: What about Florida? Florida’s warmer than Sheffield.

M: Yes, but it’s a long way. How long does it take to get from here to Florida? W: All right. Let’s go to Hawaii.

M: You must be joking. How much would it cost for the two of us?

W: But the brochure says the problem of money will disappear. Bob, where do you re-ally want to go?

M: I’m thinking of Wales or Scotland. Do you know why? W: Yes. They’re so close to home. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers? 20. What are the two speakers discussing? 21. Why does Bob not want to go to Florida? 22. Where does Bob want to go for the holiday? Conversation Two

M: What are you going to do after you return from Washington? W: I’m going to stay in the city. M: What will you do all day?

W: I’m going to work with my father at the store. In the evening, I’ll read books. On weekends, I’ll go to the beach with my family. M: Have you ever worked?

W: No, but I can learn. What are you going to do this summer? M: I’m going to camp. I’ve gone to camp for four summers. W: I’ve never gone to camp. What do you do there?

M: We do many things. In the morning, we go swimming and boating. In the after-noon,

we play basketball or tennis. We sit around a campfire at night. We sing or tell stories.

W: That sounds wonderful.

M: It is wonderful. What’s John going to do this summer? W: I think he’s going to the mountains with his parents. M: Well, so long, Mary. Have fun.

W: You too, Peter. Give my regards to John. I’ll see you in September. 198 Model Test 4 Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What is the girl going to do during the day time? 24. What is John going to do this summer?

25. What are the two speakers most probably talking about? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

John liked chocolate very much, but his mother never gave him any, because it was bad for his teeth. But John had a very nice grand father. The old man loved his grandson very much, and sometimes he brought John chocolate when he came to visit him. Then his mother let him eat it, because she wanted to make the old man happy.

One evening, a few days before John’s seventh birthday, he was saying his prayers

in his bedroom before he went to bed. “Please, God,” he shouted, “make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday on Saturday.”

His mother was in the kitchen, but she heard the small boy shouting and went into his bedroom quickly.

“Why are you shouting, John?” she asked her son. “God can hear you when you talk quietly.”

“I know,” answered the clever boy with a smile, “but Grandfather’s in the next

room, and he can’t.”

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Why did John’s mother never give him any chocolate? 27. What is John’s wish for his seventh birthday? 28. Why did John shout his prayers? Passage Two

Robert Edwards was blinded in an automobile accident nine years ago. He was

also partially deaf because of old age. Last week, he was strolling near his home when a thunderstorm approached. He took refuge under a tree and was struck by lightning. He was knocked to the ground and woke up some 20 minutes later, lying face down in water

below a tree. He went into the house and lay down in bed. A short time later, he awoke; his legs were numb and he was trembling, but, when he opened his eyes, he could see the clock across the room fading in and out in front of him. When his wife entered, he saw her for the first time in nine years. Doctors confirm that he has regained his sight and hearing from the flash of lightning, but they are unable to explain the occurrence.

The only possible explanation offered by one doctor was that, since Edwards lost his 199

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sight as a result of trauma in a terrible accident, perhaps the only way it could be re -stored was by another trauma. Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. What caused Robert Edwards’ blindness?

30. What was Edwards doing when he was struck by lightning?

31. What was the reason given by one doctor that Edwards regained his sight? Passage Three

One of the primary materials used in the construction of buildings and roads is

cement, a powder made primarily from limestone and clay. Even though the ancient

Egyptians and Romans used a kind of cement, it was not until 1824 that an English

bricklayer developed a cement strong enough for modern roads and buildings.

While experimenting in his kitchen, the bricklayer found that a mixture of lime-stone and clay, that had been heated together formed a hard, stonelike chunk as it

cooled. When this substance was ground into a fine powder it could be stored indefi -nitely.

When the powder was mixed with water, it made an excellent quality of cement

that quickly hardened in sunlight or even under water. With only a few variations, this is how cement is made today.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. What is the main topic of the talk?

33. Who developed the kind of cement that is used today? 34. Where was modern cement first made? 35. How is cement stored? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

for the third time, you should check what you have written.

Coca-Cola is the world’s (36) best-selling soft drink. Its formula is a more closely

guarded secret than most bank vault combinations. A (37) reliable source offers that the beverage was invented by a 53-year-old Georgia (38) druggist named John Pemberton

in 1886. When a chap named Willis Venable accidentally (39) substituted carbonated

water for Mr. Pemberton’s plain water, Coca-Cola was (40) officially born as a soda

fountain drink and by 1904 was being (41) advertised in national magazines. 200 Model Test 4

Brand (42) extension and promotions are not new to Coca-Cola. Records dating

back to the 1920s have (43) sales representatives fanning out ( 散开) across their assigned territories, loaded down with trunks of advertising materials, complimentary tickets, and circulars. (44) While attempting to sell Coca-Cola fountain syrup ( 糖浆), they would

also offer for sale Coca-Cola chewing gum, cigars, and glasses bearing the Coca-Cola trademark.

(45) Not only did the product do a lot, so did its advertising . By 1913 the com-pany claimed to have produced five million signs, as well as 200,000 cutouts for window

displays; 50,000 metal signs for tacking under windows; two million trays for soda foun -tains; and (46) numerous other items from calendars to baseball cards and pencils.

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Key to Model Test (5) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: Private Cars

Nowadays, private cars are increasing rapidly. As the product of modern civiliza-tion and the symbol of the improvement of human life, private cars have given people

who own them great convenience, especially in work, social activities and entertainment. But private cars have also given rise to some serious problems. With the increase

of cars and other vehicles, the streets are often crowded. They may not only cause traffic

accidents, but also make great noises and send off poisonous gas. They also cause park -ing problems. If you go to a busy street, it is difficult to find a suitable place to park your car.

Private cars, like anything else, make the main stream of the society. More and

more people have realized that they are a necessity to mankind. I think it is a sign of the progress of the society. I hope the government or the police should find some solutions

to the problems.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1. N [解释] 通过各个小标题可知答案。 2. Y [解释] 见第一段最后一句话。 3. Y [解释] 见第二个小标题第二段。 4. N [解释] 见第三个小标题第二段。

5. N [解释] 见第四个小标题第一段最后一句话。 6. NG [解释] 文中未提及。

7. Y [解释] 见最后一个小标题第三段第一句话。 8. the surface of Mars.

[解释] 从第三个小标题第三段第二句话可找到答案。 9. two exploration vehicles respectively on Mars. [解释] 从第四个小标题第四段第一句话可找到答案。 10. extremes in climate.

[解释] 从第五个小标题第四段第一句话可找到答案。 Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 C D B B B D D A 19-22 A B C B 23-25 A C B 202 Model Test 5 Section B

26-28 C B D 29-31 B D A 32-35 B A C D Section C

36. holiday 37. observed 38. government 39. traditionally 40. celebrating 41. custom 42. ancient 43. experts

44. Many people did not know about the change because it was difficult to communicate in those days.

45. A famous joke in Scotland was to send someone to a house to deliver a letter.

46. After traveling many miles this way, the tired Scot would return home to find friends laughing at the joke.

Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47. [G] 此处应填一个动词。根据文意，到2003年为止，全世界估计有四千二百万人感染

艾滋病，并已有二千多万人死于艾滋病。故选 G。

48. [M] 此处应填一个分词作定语。根据文意，2002年联合国提交的一份报告中预测⋯⋯。故选M。

49. [B] 此处应填一个形容词。根据文意，2002年美国约有九十万人携带艾滋病病毒。动

词过去分词estimated 符合题意，故选 B。

50. [D] 此处应填一个名词。根据文意，艾滋病是通过和已被感染的诸如血液和精液的

体

液接触传播的。故选 D。

51. [A] 此处应填一个名词。根据文意，被感染的人也许携带艾滋病病毒几年或终生直到

出现艾滋病症状。故选 A。

52. [C] 此处应填一个名词。根据文意，全世界大多数的艾滋病病毒是在异性性伴侣的性

关系过程中传播的。名词 transmission 意思是“传播，传送”，符合题意，故选 C。

53. [L] 此处应填一个形容词。根据文意，吸毒者共用被感染的针头也会传播艾滋病病毒。故选 L。

. [E] 此处应填一个形容词。根据文意，研究者正在研试预防艾滋病的疫苗。故选 E。 55. [H] 此处应填一个形容词。根据文意，上个世纪90年代中期采用的药物治疗，对一些

病人来说，在控制艾滋病发展方面效果显著。故选 H。

56. [N] 此处应填一个名词。根据文意，对于世界上大部分艾滋病病毒检测呈阳性的人来

说，药疗法太昂贵了，超出了他们能负担的范围。故选 N。 Section B

Passage One

57. 『解析』C 。事实细节题。从第一段可知，美国人的友谊是比较随意的，不是非常正

式，故C项为正确答案。

58. 『解析』C 。语义理解题。第二段首句提到：因为美国是一个充满活力、富于流动和变化的社会，⋯⋯。：在这个highly charged 的环境中，美国人有时看起来有些唐突，缺乏耐心。由此可推断出，C项为正确答案。 59. 『解析』C。事实细节题。见第二段第一句。 203 Band Four

60. 『解析』D 。推理判断题。从文章首段第四句、二段首句和文章最后一句可以看出D

为正确选项。

61. 『解析』B。事实细节题。从最后一段可知答案。 Passage Two

62. 『解析』D。从第一段可知答案。

63. 『解析』D。从第三段第一句话可知答案。 . 『解析』D。从第三段倒数第二句话可知答案。 65. 『解析』B。从第三段最后一句话可知答案。 66. 『解析』D。从从第二段第一句话可知答案。 Part V. Cloze

67. [B] 该句意为：一片未受伤的土地，它的财富、自然资源和劳动力资源，这一切都是

促使英国成为工业的重要因素。be free from: without。

68. [D] 联系上下文看，此处应该应该用however 表示转折关系。 69. [A] 紧接上一个句子，还需要别的东西来开始工业的进程。 70. [B] 这里应该是发明机器。

71. [B] new sources of power ：指得是新能源。 72. [C] 这里指得是建立商业组织。 73. [B] 该句意为：工业中发明新机器的人来自于不同的背景，从事的职业也不同。 74. [C] 从上下文可看出这里指得是工业中发明新机器的人从事的职业也不同。 75. [D] 固定搭配。

76. [C] 这句话的意思是他工作并不是为了使他的发现能够得到应用。so that ：引导目的

或结果状语。

77. [A] 同上句，这里指得是他的发现。

78. [A] 与上文所说的理论科学家不同，一个发明家或者对应用科学感兴趣的人自然总是

试图制造有具体用途的东西。根据语境应选择usually （总是）。 79. [B] 这里指有具体用途的东西。

80. [B] 这里指解决问题。其他选项搭配不对。 81. [C] 固定搭配。

82. [D] 这里指许多其他东西。 83. [B] 根据下文可知答案。

84. [C] 该句意为：如果没有多年前科学家奠定的基础，那些在科学方面几乎没有受过训

练的人就不可能会有发明创造了。little or no ：almost not ，几乎没有。 85. [A] 这一句为虚拟条件句，句中缺少了连词if ，故选A。

86. [D] 根据句子意思可排除选项B 和C ，而条件从句中用的是完成时，因此只能用be-fore ，而不能用ago 。 Part VI. Translation

87. deprived him of his political rights 204 Model Test 5

88. No sooner had I got home

. are facing the shortage of fresh water resources 90. lest she should lose her temper 91. let alone criminals 205 Band Four Model Test 5

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. W: Could you explain the assignment for Monday, Mr. Smith?

M: Certainly. Read the next chapter in your textbook and come to class prepared to dis-cuss what you have read.

Q: What is the probable relationship between the two speakers? 12. M: Hi, Tom. How did your chemical experiment go last night?

W: Well, it wasn’t as easy as I had thought. I have to continue doing it tonight. Q: What do we learn from the conversation?

13. W: Hey, if you can’t enjoy that at a sensible volume, please use the earphones. I’m try-ing to study.

M: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realize it was bothering you. Q: What has the man probably been doing?

14. W: If I were you, I’d be more careful about locking the back door at night. M: Don’t worry. No one will break in. Q: What does the woman mean?

15. W: Are you going to serve lunch on this express and are there any soft drinks? M: Yes, madam. We serve lunch and drinks until we get to the next station. Q: Where are they talking?

16. M: Will Jim be able to come to the meeting?

W: I don’t know yet. When I phoned just now, his roommate said he had just taken his girlfriend out to the movies.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

17. W: Did you get my message about the meeting on Monday?

M: Yes, I did. But I’m still not quite sure what the meeting is about. Not bad news, I hope.

Q: What does the man wish to know most?

18. M: What happened to you? You are so late.

W: The bus I took broke down in front of the bookstore, and I had to walk from there. Q: Why was the woman so late? 206 Model Test 5

Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

W: So, what’s your usual day like? You always seem so busy.

M: Well, I usually get up around 5:00 am and work on the computer until 6:00 am. W: Why do you get up so early?

M: Well, I have to leave home at twenty to seven so I can catch a bus at 7 o’clock. It takes me about twenty minutes to walk to the bus stop from my house. W: And what time do you get to work?

M: Uh, my bus takes about an hour to get there, but it stops right in front of my of-fice. W: That’s nice. And what time do you get off work?

M: Uh, around 5 o’clock. Then, we eat dinner around 6:30, and my wife and I read

and play with the kids until 8:00 or so.

W: So, when do you work on your website? You said one time that you create it at home?

M: Well, my wife and I often watch TV or talk until 10 o’clock. She then often reads while I work on my site, and I sometimes stay up until the early hours of the morn-ing, but I try to finish everything by one or two.

W: And then you get up at 5:00 am?

M: Well, yeah, but it’s important to live a balanced life. I enjoy what I do, but you have to set aside time for family and yourself. W: I agree.

M: But I think my wife has the toughest job. She spends her whole day taking care of our family ... taking the kids to school, working in the garden, buying groceries,

taking the kids to piano lessons... That’s a full-time job, but she enjoys what she does.

W: Well, it sounds like you’re a busy, but lucky man. M: I think so too.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What time does the man get up? 20. When do the kids go to bed?

21. What does he do with his family around 6:30 pm? 22. What is his wife’s job? Conversation two

W: What are pubs?

M: Pubs in English are friendly and warm places where you can have a drink and usu-ally a simple meal.

W: What kind of drinks do people get?

M: You can get wine in most pubs. Many also serve coffee. You go to the counter to order and pay for your drink.

W: When do people go to the pubs?

M: Pubs are not open all day. They can decide when to open. Most open for 3 or 4 207 Band Four

hours at lunch time and again from about 6:00 pm — 11:00 pm. In busy areas,

pubs may stay open from 11:00 am — 11:00 pm. Are there pubs in China?

W: Yes. Most of the goers are young people. They like to stay with their friends after work and have a fun time.

M: It is against the law in England to go into a pub if you are under the age of 14. So many pubs provide a special room for children.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What are the man and the woman talking about? 24. For how many hours is a pub usually open? 25. Who is not allowed to go into a pub? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of

each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

The dog has often been an unselfish friend to man. It is always grateful to its master. It helps man in many ways. Certain breeds of dogs are used in criminal investigations. They are trained to sniff out drugs and bombs. They help police to catch criminals.

The dogs that help in criminal investigations are trained at a school called the Military Dog Studies Branch of the U. S. Air Force in Lackland, Texas. The dogs to be trained are

selected by an air force team. This team visits large cities across the country to buy the dogs. They may buy dogs from private citizens for up to $ 750 each. Some citizens freely give their dogs. The dogs selected must be healthy, brave and aggressive. They must be able to fight back if they are attacked. The dogs chosen are between the ages of one and three. They are given a medical examination when they arrive at the school. Their physical examination in -cludes X-rays and heart tests. The trainee dogs undergo the first stage of training when they

arrive in Lackland. This is an 11-week course for patrol duty. After this course, the best dogs

are selected to go on another 9-week course. They learn drug sniffing or bomb-sniffing. Af -ter this course, the dogs are ready for their jobs in the cities or on air force bases.

The training given to a drug-sniffing dog is different from that given to a bomb-sniffing dog. A drug-sniffing dog is trained to scratch and dig for the drugs when he sniffs them. A bomb-sniffing dog sits down when he finds a bomb. That is the alert for hidden explosives. Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. How are the dogs obtained for training?

27. What is the first stage of training for the dogs? 28. What do dogs learn during the 9-week training? 208 Model Test 5 Passage Two

In 1968, the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had a problem. The city’s school

system needed a new school building and teachers but did not have the money to pay for this multi-million-dollar project.

City officials solved the problem in a unique way. They decided to use the many

scientific and cultural institutions in the city as the classrooms. Experts who worked in the various institutions would be the teachers. About 100 institutions in Philadelphia — public, private, and commercial — helped the program.

The experiment in institutions in education, known as the Parkway Program, began

in February 1969. John Bremer, an Englishman and an innovator in the field of educa -tion, planned the program and became its director.

The program has grown in size from 142 to 500 high school students and is so

popular that thousands of applicants are denied places each year. The

program gives

freedom to high school education never known before. Besides basic courses required

for a diploma — languages, history, science — students may choose from more than one hundred other courses. Any subject will be offered if an instructor can be found. Every

group of 15 boys and girls belongs to a “tutorial group”, led by a teacher and one as -sistant. Students in the program say that school is no longer a place but an interesting activity.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. What kind of people would be qualified to teach in the Parkway Program? 30. What are the basic courses required for a diploma?

31. Which of the following can be inferred from this passage? Passage Three

An old friend of mine from abroad telephoned from the airport to tell me that he

had arrived. I was still at the office at the time. After explaining where my new flat was, I told him that I had left the key under the doormat. Maybe I would be home rather late, I advised him to go into the kitchen and help himself to food and drink.

Two hours later my friend telephoned me from the flat in which he stayed. At the

moment, he said, he was listening to some of my records after having just had a truly

wonderful meal. He had fried two eggs and helped himself to some cold chicken from the refrigerator.

Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of orange juice. When I asked him if he had

reached the flat without difficulty, he answered that he had not been able to find the key under the doormat, but fortunately the living room window just by the apple tree had been left open and he had climbed in. I listened to all this in astonishment. There is no apple tree in front of my living room, but there is one in front of my neighbour’s ! Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. Where did the writer receive his friend’s telephone?

33. How long did the writer’s friend take to get to his new flat? 209 Band Four

34. Where did the writer’s friend have his wonderful meal?

35. Why did the writer feel surprised after he heard his friend’s explaining? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

Saturday, April 1st, is April Fool’s Day in the United States. It is not a real (36) holi -day like the

Fourth of July or Labor Day. It is not (37) observed by the schools or the (38) government. It is just a day when people (39) traditionally play tricks on each other.

History experts say people have been (40) celebrating April Fool’s Day for a long

time. The (41) custom began so long ago, it is difficult to know how it got started. Some

people believe the tradition came from the (42) ancient Romans more than 2,000 years ago.

Other history (43) experts say the day for fooling began in France in 15, when

King Charles IV changed the yearly calendar. He moved New Year’s Day from April 1st to January 1st.

(44) Many people did not know about the change because it was difficult to com -municate in those days. Others knew but refused to accept it. For whatever reason, some

people continued to celebrate New Year’s Day on April 1st. Other people called them

April Fools. And they played jokes on them.

People in Britain and Scotland recognize April 1st as a day of fooling. (45) A famous

joke in Scotland was to send someone to a house to deliver a letter. The letter told the re -ceiver it was a joke. The receiver would say the letter was for the person who lived down

the road. (46) After traveling many miles this way, the tired Scot would return home to

find friends laughing at the joke. 210 Model Test 6

Key to Model Test (6) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: Mobile Phone

With the development of information technology and reduced price of communi-cation products, the mobile phone has become a necessity for most people. Obviously,

it connects people and makes our life more convenient. Thanks to it, it’s easy for us to

contact or be contacted by others anytime and anywhere. We will never miss any impor -tant meetings, great deals or admirable opportunities.

But, have you noticed sometimes the mobile phone also causes embarrassment?

It’s not rare to see someone pressing the mobile phone to his ear and shouting loudly

in public as if there were no one else around. And I’m sure you may have such an ex -perience that the mobile phone ring continuously on a formal occasion. Perhaps these

people have many life-and-death reasons to keep the phone working at all times, but it

interrupts people around them who have to hear what they don’t care when they want to concentrate on what they’re doing.

So please shut off your cell phone in public, especially on a quiet and serious occa-sion. It’s a respect for others and will win yourself respect in return. Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. N (该陈述只是文章第一部分的主要意思)

2. Y (在Why do we Dream?部分第一段最后可以找到答案)

3. N (在Why do we Dream?部分最后可以看出这一句话把两种理论搅在了一起) 4. N (在 Dreaming and the Brain 部分最后可证实REM应是第五阶段) 5. N (在 How to Improve Your Dream Recall 部分第一句发现，数字错误) 6. NG

7. Y (在Common Dream Themes and Their Interpretations部分谈论飞翔时可以找到此句)

8. only from their dream state. (出自Why do we Dream?部分第一段)

9. whatever we’re afraid of is unfounded. ( 出自Common Dream Themes and Their Inter -pretations部分)

10. from your problems (出自Common Dream Themes and Their Interpretations部分) Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 BCDC BCAC 19-22 CACC 23-25 DBC 211

Band Four Section B

26-28 ACB 29-31 BCB 32-35 AACD Section C

36. individuals and businesses 37. crime

38. individuals 39. vulnerable 40. unknowingly 41. access

42. security company 43. logically

44. There is software available on the Internet which can passwords 45. when trying to break into our computers.

46. give details of passwords or other things by pretending to be staff Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47. B 48. E 49. H 50. A 51. O 52. F 53. K . I 55. L 56. N

（文章主要讲述的是全球变暖问题，做题的关键在于理解文章，合理选词。）

47. 答案B. fault 过失，失误。这里需填一个名词，可选项有BDFHMN ，通过意思判断确

定问句表示的是全球变暖问题有多少是我们的过失呢？

48. 答案E。这空是固定搭配be willing to do… 表示愿意，乐意做谋事。

49. 答案H。这里也需要填一个名词，后面与介词短语for fossil fuels 搭配，合适的名词只

有appetite 胃口。表示我们是否愿意通过控制自己对于化石燃料的无限贪婪来减缓破坏的速度。

50. 答案A。这里需要填一个形容词，只有A可选，表示遥远的。

51. 答案O 。通过分析，整句话不缺少任何必要成分，所以这里应为副词，修饰全句。唯

一的选项是O，表示无论如何，不管怎么说。

52. 答案F。这里是定语，修饰变化，通过上下文不难确定F是正确答案，指气候变化。 53. 答案K。这空只能填介词，连接时间短语the past century ，K是唯一选择。

. 答案I 。句子主语为冰，缺少谓语动词，故选项I. melting 消融、融化成为恰当的词语。

55. 答案L 。根据语法判断可知这里应该是动词-ing 形式，备选项只剩L. threatening 威

胁。且正合题意。

56. 答案N。思想。表示通常大家看不到这些变化，但不应该想不到。 Section B

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57. 答案D 。主旨题。文章第一段给出化石的定义，第二段谈到保存化石的两个条件，后

面四个自然段是举例证明第二段。所以全文的中心就是探讨化石保存的条件。

58. 答案C。通过前句Two conditions are almost always present: (1) The possession of hard parts, either internal or external, such as bones, teeth, scales, shells, and wood; these

parts remain after the rest of the organism has decayed. 可以推断 “meager” 指的是不充足。

59. 答案D。同58题，可断定只有D选项毛毛虫难以形成化石。

60. 答案B。根据常识也能知道寒冷的北部地区之所以能保存化石是因为寒冷低温。 61. 答案C。在第三段说到植物也能成为化石，故选C。 Passage Two

62. 答案C 。文章第一段讲述从古至今人们对于梦的理解，从第六行开始讲现在的认识，尤其是these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually

brought under conscious control 说明C为正确答案。 63. 答案C 。细节题。通过第二段第二句可排除A ；第三句排除B ，同时证实C ；D 未提

及。因此选择C。 . 答案C。二段最后一句We wake up from dreams happy or depressed, and those feelings can stay with us all day 得出C为正确答案。

65. 答案D。第三段探讨梦的可控性，故选D。

66. 答案B。最后一段中Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist说明此时应求助专业人士，故选择B。 Part V. Cloze

67-86 CABCA ABDAA BDBAD CBCDA

解析：

67. 答案C. features 特征，特色。其余各项分别为A. things 事情；B. natures本质，自然；

D. differences 区别，不同。在意思上C最合适。 68. 答案A. attempt 企图，尝试。后接不定式。B. intend 打算；C. pretend 假装；D. ex-pect 期望。原句的意思是：因为作者不知道谁会阅读他所写的内容，他必须尽可能表

达清楚。

69. 答案B. taken。花时间做谋事的固定表达 it takes sb. some time to do…, sb spend some

time (in) doing sth. waste 是浪费，而consume 指消耗。这里用的是被动语态。 70. 答案C. however 位置特殊性及语意决定该选项。

71. 答案A. intend 打算，意图。C. extend为延伸、扩展，D是膨胀。 72. 答案A. have decided。时态判断题，关键看到before 。

73. 答案B. sequence 顺序。A表示秩序，次序。这里指的是逻辑顺序，故选择B。 74. 答案D. omit 省略。A. lose 丢失，B. forget 忘记，C. add 加。通过上下文可以知道这句

话表达的是：因为我们是面对面向观众陈述，所以我们会省略那些观众已经了解的信息。

75. 答案A. And 。此处表递进或并列关系。B、D表示转折，C表因果关系。

76. 答案A. case 情形。B状态，C条件，D事情。In any case 表示“在任何情况下”。 213

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77. 答案B. least。B至少，A至多，C最后，D充其量。根据上下文只能选择B。

78. 答案D. that is to say 即，也就是说。A. in general一般，总体上；B. in conclusion总

结；C. on the contrary 相反。空格后面的语句是前一句话的解释说明，故选择D。 79. 答案B. refer to。这里考察“查字典”的说法，A选项后要接查找的东西。 80. 答案A. out。固定词组。

81. 答案D. despite 尽管。等同于in spite of，引起让步。 82. 答案C. by。固定搭配，表示⋯的特征为⋯。

83. 答案B. convey 传递。A. transmit 传播，后常常接疾病等；C. negotiate 谈判，不及物

动词；D. conduct 做。因为后面的宾语是meaning，所以convey 是最合适的选择。

84. 答案C. ignoring 忽视。A. forgetting 忘记；B. marking 标记；D. finding 找到。语句含义为：听话人通过忽视说话人的重复和错误来积极参与这一过程。 85. 答案D. smoothly 顺利地。A. regularly 有规律地，规则地，定期地；B. fluently 流利

地；C. peacefully 平静地。

86. 答案A. without。 Part VI. Translation

87. get right down to it

88. contrary to the doctor’s orders . as if she knew me

90. is twice as expensive as it was a few years ago 91. did she realize/ become aware 214 Model Test 6 Model Test 6

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. M: Would you like to go on a tour with us on Saturday?

W: I would enjoy that very much if my mom hadn’t asked me to help her with the

housework that day. I think I’d better listen to her.

Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

12. M: It’s true that short hair is fashionable these days, but you look much nicer with long hair.

W: I agree with you, but during the summer it’s so uncomfortable. Even after I bought an air conditioner my hair still bothered me.

Q: What is the woman’s reason for cutting her hair? 13. M: I heard Billy got a ticket yesterday. What did he do? W: He drove down a one-way street the wrong way. Q: Why did Billy get a ticket?

14. M: Will you back me up on this monitor election? W: You can count me in.

Q: What does the woman mean?

15. W: Did you have your friend type your term paper? M: Yes, I did. But he said it was my own business. Q: What can we learn from the conversation?

16. W: Do you think this skirt goes well with this blouse?

M: Yes, but I think your blue dress will be more elegant for the party. Q: What does the man think of the woman’s choice of clothing? 17. W: I am afraid that I can not handle all of these books for this course.

M: I think you don’t have to read them thoroughly. Just skim through and get the

ma-jor points.

Q: How does the woman feel about her books?

18. W: It’s too bad that you missed the class today. Professor Mark outlined the entire

course and pointed out the important points. He said at least 30% of the exam will come from that.

M: That means I’ll have to do twice as much work for the exam. Q: How does the man feel about the missing class? 215

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Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

M: When in Rome, do as the Romans do, they say. W: What do the Romans do?

M: They live in Rome, of course, and go to work by car or bus. But sometimes it takes too long that way because of the traffic jams, so they walk.

W: In other words, the Romans do what everyone else does. M: Yes, but they do it differently. Everything is different. W: What do you mean?

M: Well, the climate’s different for a start. It doesn’t rain so much as it does in Eng-land. The sun shines more often.

W: I envy them having the sun.

M: I know. You hate the rain, don’t you? W: I certainly do.

M: And a Roman really loves life. He knows how to enjoy himself. W: They always eat spaghetti and drink wine, don’t they?

M: Not always. But they like a good meal. Lots of tourists go to Rome just for the food, you know.

W: Really? How much does it cost to fly to Rome? M: I don’t know exactly, but it costs a lot of money.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What are the two speakers talking about? 20. How do the Romans get to work?

21. How does the climate in Rome differ from that in England? 22. What do lots of tourists go to Rome for? Conversation two

W: Mike, please go to the door. I hear the bell.

M: It’s the mailman, Mother. Here’s a letter from Uncle George. W: Give it to me… How wonderful! He’s coming to visit us. M: When’s he coming?

W: He’s coming by car on the twenty-fourth. He’s staying from the twenty-fourth to the twenty-sixth.

M: Let me look at the calendar. Good! The twenty-fourth is a Saturday. Is he coming

alone?

W: No, he’s coming with Aunt Cynthia and the girls.

M: Mother, I don’t remember the girls. How old are they?

W: Your cousin Fay is fifteen. Rosemary is older than Fay. She’s seventeen. M: Are they going to stay here with us?

W: Of course. The girls can stay in the guest room. M: Mother, may we have a party?

W: If you like, but now we have to think about meals and many other things.

M: Prepare the list, Mother. I can go shopping. I can go to the small stores. Everyone 216 Model Test 6 knows me there.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. When and how is Mike’s uncle coming?

24. How many people are going to visit Mike’s family?

25. What does Mike want to do during his cousins’ stay here? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Mrs. Jones was still cleaning the house when her husband came back from work. She was wearing dirty, old clothes and no stockings, her hair was not tidy, she had dust on her face, and she looked dirty and tired. Her husband looked at her and said, “Is this what I come home to see after a hard day’s work?”

Mrs. Jones’s neighbor, Mrs. Smith, was there. When she heard Mr. Jones’s words, she

quickly said goodbye and ran back to her house. Then she washed, brushed and combed her hair carefully, put on her best dress and her prettiest stockings, painted her face, and waited for her husband to come home.

When he arrived, he was hot and tired. He walked slowly into the house, saw his wife and stopped. Then he shouted angrily, “And where are you going this evening?” Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What did Mrs. Jones look like when her husband came back? 27. What did Mrs. Smith do after she ran back to her house? 28. What can we learn from Mr. Smith’s response? Passage Two

The city’s museums are much more than cultural centers. They are major contribu -tors to the city’s economy. Not only do they provide jobs for people living in the city,

but the museums also attract tourists who spend money in hotels, restaurants and stores. Each year mass-motoring tours visit our museums and spend millions of dollars in the city, but only a fraction of that money is ever seen by the museums. This, in addition to

recent cuts in government aid, has hurt the museums. Museums are in trouble, and we

can all help by increasing our contributions and encourage others to support cultural

institutions. We should help the museums and help ourselves too. This message is by

Crocker Bank, which is interested in keeping New York financially healthy. 217

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Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. Why are the city’s museums economically important? 30. What are people encouraged to do? 31. Why are museums having problems? Passage Three

Balloons have been used for sport for about one hundred years. There are two

kinds of sport balloons: gas, and hot air. Hot air balloons are safer than gas bal -loons, which may catch fire. Hot air balloons are preferred by most balloonists in

the United States because of their safety. They are also cheaper, and easier to man -age than gas balloons. Despite the ease of operating a balloon, pilots must watch

the weather carefully. Sport balloon flights are best early in the morning or late in

the afternoon, when the wind is light. Over the years, balloonists have tried unsuc -cessfully to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It wasn’t until 1978 that three American Bal -loonists succeeded. It took them just six days to make their trip from their homes

in the United States to Paris, France. Their voyage captured the imagination of

the whole world.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.

32. What is the main reason that most balloonists use hot air balloons? 33. According to the speaker, what must balloon pilots be careful to do? 34. What would be ideal weather for flying a balloon?

35. Who finally succeeded in crossing the Atlantic in a balloon? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

In America, the FBI reports that cybercrime is rising, costing (36) individuals and

businesses billions of dollars. And the war on this kind of (37) crime seems hard to win.

Hackers are not looking for (38) individuals , they are looking for any (39) vulner -able computers.

Sometimes computer users are helping the hacker (40) unknowingly. Most people

do not use methods to protect personal information because most people think they

have very little a hacker might want.

So they often use their birthday as a PIN code to (41) access bank accounts, mobile phones and other personal information, to make it easier to remember. 218 Model Test 6

A recent survey from U.S. (42) security company Pentasafe suggested most people

do not know how to set up a password that cannot be easily worked out. Pentasafe’s

marketing director David Blackman said: “Hackers work very (43) logically . Once they discover one password to the PC, getting the one to the cash point isn’t rocket science. (44) There is software available on the Internet which can passwords.”

Even a well-chosen password may not be enough to protect digital information as

some hackers use sophisticated methods (45) when trying to break into our computers. The most likely way for bad guys to break into the system is through social engineering. This involves persuading administrators or telephonists to (46) give details of passwords or other things by pretending to be staff, suppliers or trusted individuals —even police officers. They could be even masquerading as a computer repair person to get an access to the premises. 219

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Key to Model Test (7) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing:

Should the University Campus be Open to Tourists?

Thanks to the rapid development of our modern society, great changes have taken

place on the campus. On university campus, especially in some famous ones, such as Pe -king University and Tsinghua University, tourists are always seen looking around every -where.

When it comes to the problem, people’s opinions differ. Some folks harbor the

idea that it not only makes some profit from the tourism, but also promotes the fame of the university. But others hold the different belief that the university campus should not be open to tourists. Sometimes they get into teaching buildings, libraries and so on, thus make noises and throw rubbish everywhere. Besides that, some tourists trample grass to take photos, and sculpture on trees to leave words. These will affect the environment of the campus badly.

In my opinion, university campus should be open to tourists. As more tourists

come to visit universities, these universities can widen their influence. That is because

it is a dream for many Chinese parents and young ambitious students. But at the same

time, the university should try to set up some rules to prevent tourists from disturbing the normal operations.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. N 考察文章的主旨题目，根据文章的题目和小标题可知关于室内空气质量的。 2. Y 根据文章的第一段可查询到信息。

3. N 根据文章的第二段可知此选项以片面概括了全体。 4. Y 根据文章的第四个小标题的第一段可知。 5. N 选项后半句的陈述绝对化了。 6. Y 根据文章的最后一部分可知。 7. NG 文章没有提到此部分。

8. oil , gas kerosene ,coal , wood , and tobacco products. 参见第二段第二行。

9. there is always fresh air going in and out/ there is good ventilation. 参见第三段第二行。 10. show up a long time after exposure to air pollution. 参见第六段第一行。 Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 C C B D A B D B 19-21 B B D 220 Model Test 7 22-25 C A C A Section B

26-29 B A C D 30-32 C A B 33-35 A B A Section C

36. attached 37. ancient 38. symbol 39. revalued 40. reputation 41. politicians 42. conservative 43. currencies 44. who was captured by the still poundless English. 45. Over the next 400 years the name came and went

46. the French franc disappeared completely from the financial scene. Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47. The bronze medal winner tends to be happier than the silver medal winner.

参见文章的第三段第一行。

48. tends to think he or she is luckier than those who are not among the medal winners (while

the silver medal tends to regret the missing of the gold medal) 参见文章的第三段倒数第四行。

49. We should try our best and be satisfied with whatever we achieve. 参见第四段。

50. We should prefer to be satisfied with all our imperfections and call them successes rath-er than fell satisfied with them. 参见最后一段第一行。 51. a report or lecture

根据文中提到的audience 一词。

Section B

52. B 考察文章的主旨的题，文章的最后一段提出作者的观点。 53. D 参考文章第二段倒数第三行。 . C 参考文中的第四段可知。 55. D 参见文中的第三段。

56. B 考察作者观点的题目需要从所举的例子及语气可知，最后一段可看出。 57. D 参见文中第一段最后一行be described as…。 58. D 参见文中第二段第二行。 59. A 参见第二段最后一行。 60. B 参见最后一段倒数第六行。

61. B 文章的最后一段倒数第二行告诉人们，积极鼓励的态度远远比批评要好得多。 221 Band Four Part V. Cloze

62. A 本题目考察动词的用法。consist of , 不用作被动语态，表示整体由局部构成。con -stituent of 用作被动态，表示整体由局部构成。其余两项均表示局部被由整体构成，用作被动态。

63. B 考查动词的搭配。judge… from 表从⋯判断出。 . B 考查句子之间的承接关系。if 表假设。 65. C tell 表示分辨的意思。

66. D 考查介词加定语从句的用法。belong to 表示所属。

67. D something 表示后面所指的一些东西，其余所指不明确。

68. B display 表展示，陈列某种东西。indicate 指显示出⋯来说明的东西。 69. C every 指每一个种族，后面跟单数名词。

70. A 本题考查时词类的搭配，be distinct to 表对⋯明显。be distinct from指⋯区别于⋯⋯

71. B 根据冠词the 可知与same搭配。 72. D vary 后面的in 提示表示变化的范围。 73. D so指代前面的情况也是一样。

74. D 选择一个后置定语，表示以前被检查过的。

75. A 根据前一句话的largest 与small相对， weak 与most distinguished 相对。 76. A between races表两者前后提示表种族间的。 77. C given 介词表示假设“如果有⋯⋯”。 78. B either…. or 固定搭配。 79. B civilization 文明

80. A 该空是that 引导的定语从句，并在从句中做主语。 81. D in the past是固定搭配。 Part VI. Translation

82. I wouldn’t have troubled him so much 83. When it comes to music

84. were in opposition to the proposed change 85. taken on greater responsibilities

86. assured all the passengers of the safety of traveling by ship 222 Model Test 7

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Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. W: Your sister Jane didn’t recognize me at first.

M: I’m not surprised. Why on earth don’t you lose some weight? Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?

12. M: What was the weather like during your holidays?

W: Not bad, but it would be better if it had been a little bit warmer. Q: What was the weather like during the woman’s holidays? 13. W: Hi, John, how’s your project going?

M: Oh, just so so, You know, it seems much more difficult to get financial support than we expected.

Q: What do we know about the man’s project?

14. M: How did you enjoy your three-day holiday in Europe? W: I just loved every minute of it.

Q: What do you know about the woman?

15. M: What’s wrong with your new MP3 player? Let me see if I can fix it. W: Oh, I had the shop replace it with a new one this morning. Q: What did the woman do this morning?

16. W: Do you know that Mark turned down that job offer by an advertising company? M: Yeah, the hours were convenient, but he wouldn’t have been able to make ends meet.

Q: Why did Mark refuse to take the job?

17. W: Hi, John. Haven’t seen you for quite a few days. I heard you’ve been sick. How are you feeling now?

M: They must have made me for my brother Jack. Anyway, he’s feeling better now. Q: What do we know from the conversation?

18. W: The new film on space exploration is pretty interesting. M: Pretty interesting? It makes me doze off at times. Q: What does the man think about the film? 223 Band Four

Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

M: What kind of movies do you like best, Carol?

W: Comedy is my favorite. But I like drama and romance too. M: Don’t you like suspense and horror?

W: Suspense is Ok with me, but certainly not horror.

M: I don’t fancy horror either. But suspense stories are exciting.

W: Yeah, they are really good, especially the ones directed by Hitchcock. M: They are terrific.

W: What type of movies do you like best, Alan?

M: As a matter of fact, I like action and adventure best. W: I like them as well.

M: Have you seen Mission Impossible, starring Tom Cruise? W: No. He is certainly popular. M: Shall we go and see it? W: Why not?

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What kind of movies does the woman like best? 20. What kind of movies does the man like best? 21. What types of film appeal to both the speakers? Conversation two

M: Hi, Jenny, you don’t look happy. What’s wrong? W: Well, Roger, I’ve got a problem. M: What is it?

W: You know my daughter Jane is 16 years old now. And we’ve begun talking about

college. She says she wants to go, but she’s let her grades slip and no matter how

I urge her to study, all she seems interested in are clothes and boys. We’re not

wealthy, you know. And it won’t be easy for us to afford the tuition if she can’t get a scholarship. Is going to college the best choice for her right now? M: Do you mean that she doesn’t seem ready for college? W: You’re right.

M: Then you’d better have a serious talk with Jane about college. W: A serious talk with her?

M: Yes, in my mind it’s quite normal for girls of her age to be wrapped up in ( 倾注全部注意力于⋯) fashion and dating, but as a mother you have a right to expect her to pay attention to her studies too. W: Yes, but how?

M: Ask her how serious she is about college and how hard she’s willing to work for

it. Jane may be more committed(坚定的) than you realize. But if not, tell her she

should think about putting college off for a while. That could give her the push

she needs to take her education seriously. W: Sounds like a good idea. 224 Model Test 7

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. What was the woman’s daughter interested in?

23. What does the woman expect her daughter to do?？

24. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers? 25. What does Roger suggest the woman do according to the passage? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

In these days, you will often see people riding skatescooters in the streets. Depending on which way you look at them, they can be great for performing tricks or are

just the latest fashionable commodity. Fung is one of the more experienced skatescooter rid -ers, as he has been practicing his technique for about a year. His curly hair and baggy jeans show his devotion to street fashion and being comfortable. He has a deep passion for and understanding of this sport.

“I started riding skatescooters a year ago, but at that time there was no one to share

the experience with or learn new tricks from,” he explained. “Now that it has caught on and more people take part in it, it is more enjoyable.”

Most of the best brands of skatescooters are made in Switzerland and began to be imported to in 1999. No one took much notice of them, however until they

became popular in Japan. When people saw skatescooters in Japanese magazines they were soon trying to buy them in . Very quickly had its own group of ska -tescooter riders and the number is still growing.

However, not all who enjoy skatescooters regard riding them as a sport. For some peo-ple they are simply a quick way to get from home to the underground or from a bus stop to

the office. As they can be folded up without difficulty and are easy to carry about, they have become popular with a variety of people from school students to business executives. Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. Where are the best brands of skatescooters made? 27. When were the skatescooters imported to ?

28. The skate scooter can be used in the following cases except________. 29. The following are advantages of skate scooters except_______? Passage Two

Child labor — the employment of children in industry, often against their will, — has

been a problem for many years. Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked

many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children

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worked in British factories. The condition Dickens described continue almost

un -changed today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today employment of children is confined to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restau -rants and particularly farms, rather than large factories.

Girls suffer more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often light, it is often harmful to the health. Recently, children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working conditions. Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the payment going to a parent or older relative.

The children not only receive nothing or very little for their long hours of work, but

also they are prevented from attending school. Therefore, when they become older they are unable to do any other kind of work.

Solutions to the problem of child labor are better laws to protect young children, greater supervision of industry and heavier fines for those who break the laws. Only in these ways can young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of their lives — childhood.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. What are the conditions under which young children work? 31. What seems to be the reason that young children go to work ? 32. What does the writer suggest to solve the problem of child labor? Passage Three

A few years ago my landlord, a seventy-five year-old woman, asked me to walk her to the store. I agreed, and off we went.

On the way we ran into a teacher that I had a fond feeling toward in high school

a few years back. To my surprise he recognized me and stopped to say hello. He must have thought my landlord was my mother, and he said hello to her and reached out to shake her hand. She was about to grab his hand and say hello, when all of a sudden her teeth fell out!

Yes, all of them … the whole works! She had a bridge with false teeth and they

always moved when she talked. When they slipped out, they almost fell into my ex-teacher’s extended hand.

And to add to my horror, she could not bend down to pick them up, so she asked

me to get them for her. I was so grossed out, I just couldn’t bring myself to touch them. When my ex-teacher saw I hesitated, he picked up her teeth and handed them back to her! I looked at her, looked at him, and just wanted to run away. Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. How old was my landlord?

34. Whom did my teacher make my landlord out to be? 35. What happened to my landlord when she was talking? 226 Model Test 7

Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for

the first time,

you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time,

you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have

just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing informa -tion. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in you own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.

For a country much (36) attached to national symbols, France took the imminent

death of the franc calmly. It was as if an (37) ancient great-great uncle were about to

pass away: a time for nostalgia (怀旧) and regret, rather than grief.

Unlike the German mark, the franc had never been a (38) symbol of national re-birth or glory. Its recent history was relatively stable but it had to be (39) revalued as recently as 1960. In the 1950s, its value and ( 40) reputation were so weak that French (41) politicians considered abolishing it and replacing it with something else, based on the

value of the pound.

But money is money after all. It is with us everyday. It was surprising that such a

(42) conservative people did not express a sense of aesthetic( 美的) loss, for the franc had always been one of the world’s most beautiful (43) currencies.

The name franc was first used in 1360, to celebrate and help to pay for release of

King Jean, (44) who was captured by the still poundless English. He created the “franc”

or “free” to celebrate the occasion. (45) Over the next 400 years the name came and

went but was finally restored by the Revolution in 1795. On February 17th, 2002, (46) the French franc disappeared completely from the financial scene. 227 Band Four

Key to Model Test (8) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: My Best Friend

I made many friends at university, but the friend I would like to tell you about is

called Wang Ping. I met Wang Ping about two years ago at the university that we at -tended together, and we soon became friends. Our friendship has lasted to this day.

Wang Ping is always friendly. She cares about her family and friends and is always willing to help others. I believe that Wang Ping has had a positive influence on my life since we have met.

For example, I had trouble with my English in my freshman year. Wang

Ping

helped me whenever she saw me frowning over my English exercise book. She told me many basic techniques to improve my English and lent me many useful books. By the end of the second semester, my English had improved a lot.

So now you know why I regard Wang Ping as my best friend and will cherish our friendship forever.

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1. Y 『解析』见原文第一段第二句。 2. N 『解析』见原文第二段。

3. Y 『解析』原文第三段第四句。 4. Y 『解析』原文第四段第一句。 5. NG『解析』原文未提及。

6. N 『解析』见原文第九段最后一句。 7. N 『解析』原文第十三段第二句。 8. demonstrates special talent.

『解析』参见原文第五段第二句。 9. make a positive contribution.

『解析』参见原文第十三段第三句。 10. a peculiar kind of freedom.

『解析』参见原文最后一段第一句。 Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18 C A B C A B A A 19-22 DC C B 23-25 C A A 228 Model Test 8 Section B

26-28 A A D 29-31 A D D 32-35 B B B A Section C

36. temperature 37. apparently 38. surrounded 39. familiar 40. employee 41. depression 42. Typically 43. authorities

44. However, Yetta Adams’s death received nationwide attention because of where she died 45. Homelessness is evident in both industrialized and developing countries.

46. In Third World countries, rapid population growth has outpaced the expansion of

housing by a wide margin, leading to a rise in homelessness.

Part IV. Reading Comprehension Section A

47. E. 『解析』此处应填入一个形容词，这里指得是“最豪华的海上船只”。应选择 luxurious 。

48. I. 『解析』此处应填入一个形容词，而且还要符合搭配。故选择superior 。 49. K. 『解析』此处应填的词修饰，后面还的搭配，故选择so 。

50. O. 『解析』此处缺少一个副词，指得是“那天晚上，很多乘客在船上”。故选择

aboard 。

51. C. 『解析』此处应填入一个形容词。这里指得是“不可能避开冰山”，应选择im-possible。

52. A. 『解析』从语境和固定搭配看，这里指得是“不可扑灭的大火也促使船沉没在水中”。故选择contributed 。

53. B. 『解析』此处应填入一个名词。从后半句看，是“恐慌增加了死亡人数。”故选择Panic。

. L. 『解析』此处应填入一个动词。从句意看，本句讲的是另一艘船营救了生存者。故选择rescued。

55. N. 『解析』此处应填入一个副词，从句意看，指得是人数不到原来的三分之一。故

应选择originally。

56. J. 『解析』此处应填入一个动词，本句表达“它至今还躺在那儿。”故选择lies 。 Section B

Passage One

57. 『解析』 B .

[ 解释] 文章第一段中提到，In a competitive economy, the consumer usually has the

choice of several different brands of the same product. Yet underneath their labels, the

products are often nearly identical. “identical” 指“相同的”，本句意为不同标签下的产品几乎一模一样。 58. 『解析』 A.

[解释] 由第一段“Manufacturers solve this problem by advertising.” 可以看出应选A. 59. 『解析』 C. 229 Band Four

[解释] 文章第二段第一句可以看出科学的保证试图满足消费者的推理心理。 60. 『解析』 B.

[ 解释] 猜测词义题。根据第三段 “For example, the advertisers may personify cans of

insecticide, and show them attacking mean-faced bugs.” 可以推测“insecticide”指的是杀虫剂。

61. 『解析』 C.

[ 解释] 文章最后一段In this class, ads suggest that the product will satisfy some basic

human desire. One such desire is the wish to be admired by other people.看出，人们希望得到他人的崇拜。 Passage Two

62. C. 从第一段倒数第二句话可知每年地震数量变化不大。

63. C. 文章第二段给出了地震造成破坏性的原因，未提及仪器的精确性。 . B. 文章第四段中submarine 被these 修饰，与前句句意有关，“In certain areas, earth-quakes take place beneath the sea.” ，故这里意为在某些地方，地震在海下发生。 65. C. 从文章最后一句话可知答案。 66. D. 从文章最后一段可知答案。

Part V. Cloze

67. [B] 该句大意为：大豆作为经济上的现金的重要性在美国及全世界都迅速加强。 68. [A] 此处应填一个表转折的连接词，句意为尽管大豆在当今被广泛种植，它是古老种

植的农作物之一。 69. [C] 参见68。

70. [D] 根据文意，最早的大豆种植应是在中国。

71. [B] 根据文意，这里需要一个动词表示追溯到，固定搭配，应填date back 。 72. [C] 固定搭配题，后文提到depend, 可知这里的搭配应为on/upon, 意为大豆是中国文

明依靠的五种神圣作物之一。

73. [A] 根据文意，近年来大豆的广泛种植的原因之一是用它来做大豆油。 74. [D] 固定搭配，on the average, 表示通常。

75. [B] 根据文意，前文指出为了生产大豆油，人们广泛种植大豆，此处表明原因，因为

大豆籽中含有20％的油。

76. [C] 根据文意，大豆油中含有少量的氢，用于少数比较，故选less 。 77. [A] 由于大豆有很多优点，所以医师建议可以用大豆油烹饪或考面包。 78. [B] 固定搭配题，with an average, 意为大豆籽富含蛋白质，大豆籽中40％为蛋白质。 79. [C] 此处应填入一个形容词，意为因此大豆在我们称作合成食物的制造中占有了突出位置。

80. [D] 此处缺少一个关系代词引导一个宾语从句，表示被我们称作合成食物的 ⋯，故选

择what。

81. [A] 本句意为由于用大豆油制造的合成食物具有和肉大致相仿的样子及味道，大豆才

拥有了在合成食物制造中的重要位置。故选almost 。

82. [B] 该题为固定搭配题。in appearance, 表示看起来，参见81。

83. [D] 本句意为在美国，大豆蛋白质的主要用途之一是把它用作给家畜的高糖分饲料的

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补充，表示作为，用as 。

84. [A] 固定搭配，说明把大豆蛋白质用于家畜饲料的原因，so…that… 结构。

85. [B] 本句意为把大豆蛋白质用于家畜饲料的原因是为了使家畜有均衡的饮食并能获得

最大的增重。

86. [C] 参见85。 Part VI. Translation

87. As far as I’m concerned

88. having said/ that he had said what he shouldn’t have said to the boss. . regardless of local opposition

90. if you want to achieve something in life 91. solely responsible for the traffic accident

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Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. M: Do you think Bill will run for presidency?

W: I imagine it’s just a question of time before he makes his announcement. Q: What does the woman think about Bill? 12. W: The moon is really beautiful from here.

M: Especially when it’s the first time you have seen it from so high above the earth. Q: Where did this conversation probably take place?

13. W: Will you agree that most of this country’s best beef is exported? M: That might be true, but cheese is a different case. Q: On what point do these people agree?

14. M: If you can make up your mind about the color, I can start on the outside of your house early next week.

W: Right now I think I want white for the window frame and yellow for the wall, but I’ll let

you know tomorrow for sure.

Q: Who is the woman talking to?

15. W: How’s your new job with the car company?

M: It seemed promising at first, but I guess I’m no salesman. And to add fuel to the fire,

the boss and I often have differences.

Q: What do we know about the man’s job?

16. M: Your son is only slightly wounded. In a couple of days, he’ll be well enough to go back to climbing trees.

W: He won’t be climbing any trees. A fall like that could have killed him. Q: What happened to the boy?

17. W: What time is your mother arriving?

M: She was supposed to catch the noon bus but she called to say she missed it. So she

plans to take the 3:00 which will get her here about dinner time. Q: When will the man’s mother probably arrive? 18. M: Frank is always complaining about his job.

W: Maybe if you tried on tables, you’d see what it’s like. Q: What does the woman mean? 232 Model Test 8

Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

W: Mr. Padley, I believe you’ve lived here all your life? M: Yes, that’s right.

W: I wonder if you could tell us about this area.

M: Certainly. This part of town was part of Orts Farm. The development of the area started when the Royal Berkshire Hospital was built. W: When was that?

M: Ah, in 1837. The hospital opened in 1839. From then on a lot of houses were built here, and by 1860 the whole area had become a residential area. W: So the old farm disappeared?

M: Yes, it did. But there were still some old buildings. Watlington House, over there, was built in 1688.

W: That’s the large house opposite St. John’s Church, isn’t it?

M: That’s it. It’s still standing. Beautiful old building, it is. And St. John’s Church. It’s quite

new. Only a hundred years old. Built in 18, and the school next to it was built the following year.

W: I see. And what about the other buildings: shops, pubs, places like that?

M: Well, when I was young, there used to be nine pubs. There are only four now.

There were also four bakers and three butchers. There’s only one baker now, and there aren’t any butchers at all.

W: And were there any industries?

M: Oh yes. There was a small biscuit factory. And there were two mineral water facto-ries, and during the 1930’s there was a light engineering workshop. W: Well, Mr. Padley, you’ve seen a lot of changes here.

M: Oh, yes. Now it’s mostly offices, and a lot of newcomers in the houses. There are only a few old-timers like me left here.

Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. According to the man, when did the hospital open? 20. What do you know about Watlington House? 21. How many pubs were there in the area?

22. What do you know about the industries of the area in the past? Conversation two

W: Hi, Jeremy, I heard that you have got a new job, cutting grass for people, right? M: Yeah, you must have heard that from Joe. W: Yes. I guess it must be nice to work outdoors.

M: Sometimes it is, except when it rains, snows or gets too hot or too cold. W: I guess every job has its drawbacks. M: You can say that again.

W: There are times when I get pretty tired of wrapping vegetables and fruits in the

supermarket. But it’s my job and a job is a job. Got to earn money for school.

M: Me, too. Tuition is surely high, isn’t it? Well, I’d better get going. I’ve got to plant 233 Band Four

some trees for my neighbors this afternoon.

W: Well, don’t work too hard, holding on the job, going to class studying, sometimes it can become too much for one person. Take it easy. M: You too, it was great seeing you.

Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. What does the man think about working outdoor? 24. What is the woman’s job?

25. How does the woman know the man’s new job? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

William McGuffey had an important place in American education. He was born in

western Pennsylvania in 1800. Then his parents moved further west to Ohio. His area had very few schools. So McGuffey was his own teacher. He began to teach school himself when he was thirteen years old. But he wanted to go to college. So he used his free time to study.

After eight years of part-time study, he received his degree. McGuffey became very inter -ested in the public schools. He wrote many reading books for young children. McGuffey

meant to teach children good behavior in his books. So he put in many little stories about how children should behave. McGuffey’s reading books became the most important school books in America.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. When did William McGuffey begin to teach school himself? 27. How old was he when he received his degree?

28. What is his intention of writing books for children? Passage Two

Adaptation is the process by which living things adjust to changes in their environ -ment — ways of finding food, protecting themselves from their enemies, and reproduc -ing.

The protective adaptation varies with each species of animal depending on its indi -vidual needs and environment.

Many animals possess colors that help them blend in with their surroundings. Polar

bears and white rabbits can easily move undetected amidst the winter snows. Many but -terflies’ colors make it difficult to find them among the trees. Chameleons can change

colors to disguise themselves on rocks trees, and wood chips.

Snakes bite; bees and wasps sting; skunks emit an unpleasant odor and porcupines 234 Model Test 8

eject painful quills into their attackers.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

29. Which of the following was not mentioned as possessing a protective device? 30. What makes porcupines unique?

31. What is polar bear’s protective device? Passage Three

We often hear people talking about a generation gap. The name is new, but the

idea is old. Young people and their parents don’t understand each other. The world

keeps changing. It has always kept changing. During the second century after Christ a wise man said: “Bury me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”

There has always been a gap between generations, but more people talk about it

now. Old Mr. Ellis thinks he understands what has happened.

“When I was a boy, I thought the world was a beautiful place. My life was very

pleasant. But when I was older, I learned about people who were treated badly, people who did not have enough to eat. I wanted to help them, and I married a girl who wanted

to help them, too. We went to meetings and talked a lot, but it didn’t seem to make much difference.”

“Our children grew up in a world of war. They didn’t know when the fighting

would stop. They wanted to think about the future. They thought nothing could be done about it.”

“Now I have grandchildren, and they have their own ideas. They are trying to

make the world better. They are trying to help other people. They are making people listen to them. I am proud of their generation.”

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. Who had grown up in a world of war?

33. What did the wise man mean by saying “Burying me on my face because in a little while everything will be turned upside down”?

34. How many generations did Mr. Ellis mention in his story? 35. What could we infer from the passage? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond

time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

On the evening of November 29, 1993, despite near-freezing (36) temperature, Yetta Adams (37) apparently went to sleep on a bus bench in Washington, D.C. The next morning, this 43-year-old mother of three grown children was found dead on

the bench, (38) surrounded by shopping bags and covered only by an old blanket.

Adams had been a (39) familiar face to office workers and homeless people in the

neighborhood. Once an (40) employee of a preschool, she had long battled severe (41) depression and an addiction to painkilling drugs.

Every winter, homeless people like Yetta Adams die on the streets during cold

nights. (42) Typically , there is little publicity attached to their deaths, and in some

cases (43) authorities can never even identify the dead. (44) However, Yetta Adams’s death received nationwide attention because of where she died: right across from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(45) Homelessness is evident in both industrialized and developing countries.

In Great Britain, some 175,000 households accounting for about 400,000 people

are accepted as homeless by the government and are given housing. An even larger number, perhaps 1 million people, are turned away from government assistance or

are sharing a household with relatives or acquaintances but want separate accommo-dations. (46) In Third World countries, rapid population growth has outpaced the expansion of housing by a wide margin, leading to a rise in homelessness. 236 Model Test 9

Key to Model Test (9) Band Four

Part I. Writing Sample Writing: June 15, 2002 Dear President,

I’m writing to call your attention to some problems about the university library

that calls for an immediate solution.

Firstly, I think the librarians are impatient and impolite. Being a freshman, I was

not familiar with the specific procedures of borrowing, returning and renewing books

when I went to the library for the first time. To my embarrassment, the librarian didn’t tell me patiently but shouted at me loudly in full view of other students. Now almost one year has passed, and the situation has seen little improvement. Some librarians are reluctant to help the students with the new computer system when their service is needed. In my opinion, the problems with the staff are that they don’t have the sense of responsibility and the devotion to work.

Another problem I want to point out is about the poor management of books.

The books there are not classified clearly — books which can be taken out of the li -brary and those that can’t be taken out are often laid together. As a result, the books

we take from the open shelves turn out to be the reserved collection which can only be read in the library. What’s worse, the librarians are so rude as if we were to blame for the mess.

The university library is the academic center of our school. It should be a world

of peace and civility where students can devote themselves to the intensive quest for

knowledge and improvement. So it’s urgent for our school to take measures to improve the qualities of the librarians and the management there, so that the students can enjoy a better study environment. I look forward to your reply. Yours, Li Ming

Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) 1. N 参见文章第一段第二行。 2. Y 参见第三段第二行。 3. Y 参见第四段的第一行。

4. Y 见文中第六段的倒数第一句。 5. N 参见文中第七段的第二行。 6. Y 参见第七段倒数第三行。

7. NG 文中第七段没有提到选项中的发展趋势。 237 Band Four

8. technoburbs 参见文章倒数第二段的第二行。

9. their low density and loosely configured spatial structure. 参见文章小标题Differences 倒数第二行。

10. with more than 100,000 residents that are not the largest city in their metropolitan ar-eas and have maintained double digital rates of population growth in recent decades. 参见第二段的第一行。

Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11-18: C C D B D B A C 19-21: B C B 22-25: C C D A Section B

26-29: C C D A 30-32: C B B 33-35: C C B Section C: Compound Dictation:

36. property 37. injury 38. overwhelmed 39. community 40. professional

41. involved 42. affected 43. recovery.

44. It is critical to discuss what happened, our role, what we thought, as well as our emo -tional and physical reactions.

45. but may not happen formally and informally over a period of weeks

46. become more challenging when an individual is exposed to repeated traumas over time

Part IV. Reading Comprehension ( Reading in Depth ) Section A

47-51: CDFME 52-56: KJ IAB

47. C. 该空需要填写一个名词表示a wide range of …, 指范围广。 48. D. 根据题意需填as a tool 表示作为一种工具。

49. F. in attempt to 是固定搭配，名词与后面的to 搭配的词只有attempt 适合。 50. M. place emphasis on 是固定搭配。

51. E. 该空需选择一个副词来修饰start, 表示开设这门课的及时性。

52. K. 该空选择一个动词，上下文中讲到的青少年怀孕率的提高，需要学校去降低此事情的发生。从句中用goes up, 主句用reduce 正好是一对反义词. 53. J. 该空需填写副词修饰drive 只能用safely .

. I. 根据上下文提示需选择名词。faith 和in 搭配。

55. A. 该空需选动词与attitudes 搭配，只有change 适合。 56. B. together with 和⋯一起。 Section B

57. D. 主旨题。本文主要阐述的是英国大学教育中的课程设置问题。B教育制度，话题太

大。没有提到A教育方法。C overseas countries范围太大. 238 Model Test 9

58. A. 细节题。参考文中第一段倒数第一行。 59. D. 细节题。参考第三段第四行。 60. B. 是非判断题。参见第三段第一行。

61. D. 语义猜测题。文中结下来举出的例子就说明了那一点。 62. D. 细节题。见第一段最后一句。

63. A. 词汇猜测题。根据Out of thin air Aczel conjures ⋯可知Aczel的想象是没有根据的。

. C. 细节推理题。见最后一段倒数第四行。

65. B. 态度判断题。见文章最后一段作者用了表示转折的词but。 66. C 主旨题。见文章最后一句。 Part V. Cloze

67. A. ability后用不定式做定语

68. C. 固定搭配。be concerned about 对⋯关注。其余的选项be interested in sth. be

con-fident of sth.对⋯有信心的。be eager for 对⋯热心的。

69. D. wrong approach, 通常作定语不合要求的，不适合的，mistaken修饰想法，见解，

指判断上错误的，不正确的。

70. A. valuable 指有价值的，worthless, 无价值的，没用的。worthy 作定语表示值得尊

敬的，值得考虑的。

71. D. 固定搭配be thought of…as 被看作⋯。

72. B. perceive 意识到，察觉到。acknowledge 指承认。claim 指宣称。 73. D. 根据前文所提示的文章重点讲 listening 和talking 。 74. C. all of which 用作非定语从句。 75. A. encourage sb.to do sth, 鼓励⋯做事情。

76. C. turn …back, 指使⋯返回去，turn …down 顶回，拒不理会。 77. C. signal 用信号传达⋯用作动词。 78. B. 考察时态的题。

79. A. looking at 做主语，谓语动词用单数。 80. A. nodding点头, 根据语境指承认。

81. D. enjoy 指对谈话很感兴趣，与smile 相对应。 82. B. 根据前后承接选择关联词。

83. A. be likely to do sth. 固定搭配⋯有可能。 84. B. ⋯根据前后表示时间同时发生。

85. C. resolution 指坚定，坚毅。solution 指解决方式方法。 86. C. 根据上下文的提示所选，control 指控制想法。 Part VI. Translation

87. was beyond repair.

88. In the name of our research center 239 Band Four

. areas are lacking in scientific and cultural knowledge 90. do more harm than good to one’s health 91. in terms of convenience and speed. 240 Model Test 9 Model Test 9

Listening Material

Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 conversations. At the end

11. M: Have you had any trouble finding a place to park?

long W: Not so far. Thank goodness! Q: What does the woman mean?

12. M: John must have been joking when he said that he was going to live in Detroit. W: Don’t be so sure. He told me that he was looking for an agent to sell his house. Q: What can you learn from the conversation?

13. M: If you are in a hurry, you can take a taxi. If you want to go sightseeing, take a bus.

W: Actually, I don’t have to be at the meeting before noon. Q: What will the woman probably do?

14. W: Look, it’s getting late and we’d better be leaving together. Have you got a car, Mr. Smith?

M: No, thanks. There’s a bus.

Q: What does the woman intend to do?

15. W: Shall I call you to tell you about our plan? M: By all means.

Q: What does the woman mean?

16. W: I would like to spend the evening watching News Report followed by the talk show.

M: What? No way! I want to see the live basketball game! Q: What are they discussing?

17. W: George looks good in that green jacket, doesn’t he? M: I still wish he’d get a new one. Q: What’s the man’s opinion?

18. M: I can’t find my glasses. I need to finish my paper.

W: I’ll look for them later. Right now I need your help fixing the shelf before I paint it. Q: What will they do first? 241

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Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

M: Hi, Jane! You missed a great lecture today. What’s wrong with you?

W: Oh, I overslept again. This is really a bad habit. What did Dr. Smith talk about in his lecture?

M: We talked about George Washington’s false teeth. W: Oh, I knew it! His teeth were made of wood.

M: A professor at a dental school in California recently presented a paper showing

that Washington’s teeth were made of elephant ivory, and not wood.

W: But why do people say Washington’s teeth were made of wood?

M: A set of his teeth that were made of elephant ivory were shown publicly at various exhibitions about a hundred years ago. The ivory had turned a very dark color, and I guess, it looks like wood.

W: Yes, I’ve seen some ivory that was a dark brown color.

M: It seems that ivory turns dark easily with age, especially if it’s

exposed to drinks,

such as coffee, tea, or wine. I guess that’s how the story got started.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What’s the most probable relationship between the two speakers? 20. What was wrong with Jane?

21. What is the main topic of the conversation? Conversation two

(An Interview with a Successful Woman Writer The author of Harry Potter, J. R. Rowl-ing, is being interviewed by a reporter.)

Interviewer: Where do you get your ideas from, Mrs. Rowling?

Rowling: I wish I knew. Sometimes they just come like magic and other times I have to sit and think for weeks before I manage to work out how something will happen. Where the idea for Harry Potter came from, I really couldn’t tell you. I was traveling on a train between Manchester and London and it just

popped into my head. I spent four hours thinking about what Hogwarts would be like — the most interesting train journey I’ve ever taken. By the

time I got off at King’s Cross many of the characters in the books had al -ready been invented. Interviewer: Are any of the characters in the books based on real people?

Rowling: Tricky question! The answer is yes, and no. I have to confess that Herm -ione Granger is a little bit like I was at her age. Though I was neither as

clever nor as annoying. Ron is little bit like my oldest friend and Professor Snape is a lot like one of my old teachers, but I’m not saying which one. Interviewer: Did you expect the Harry Potter books to be this successful?

Rowing: Never. I just wrote the sort of thing I liked reading when I was younger. I didn’t expect lots of people to like them, in fact, I never really thought much about it, apart from getting them published. Interviewer: Any clues about the next book? 242 Model Test 9

Rowing: I don’t want to give anything away, but I can tell you that the books are getting darker … Harry’s going to have quite a bit to deal with as he gets older. Sorry if they get too scary!

Interviewer: Who are your favorite authors?

Rowing: My favorite writer of all time is Jane Austen.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. When did Rowling get the idea for Harry Potter? 23. What kind of character is Hermione Granger?

24. How different will her future books on Harry Potter be from this one? 25. Who is Rowling’s favorite writer? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Ludwig Beethoven was born in Bonn, in the Rhineland. His father was a professional

musician in the Court of the Elector of Cologne; he was often drunk, he was a hard master to his son. Ludwig began learning violin and piano when he was only 5, and by the time he was 8 years old he began giving public concerts. He received very little education apart from music, but he was fortunate in having a good music teacher, the court organist, who recognized his abilities and taught him well. When he was 14, Ludwig was appointed second court organist, a post which gave him some opportunity to travel. He visited Vienna, where Mozart heard him play and said, “Watch that young fellow, he is going to cause a stir in the world.” When he was 16 his mother died, and three years later his father was dismissed from his post at Court. Ludwig, with characteristic loyalty and devotion to his family, accepted responsibility both for his father and two younger brothers.

Throughout his life Beethoven produced numerous musical works. First and foremost,

Beethoven was a composer of extended music, that is, long works in several movements. His masterpieces remain the greatest and personal compositions of one of the world’s greatest musical thinkers. No composer has put more of himself into his music, everything he left, from anger to tenderness, from misery to hope, is found there.

Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. When did Beethoven begin giving public concerts? 27. What was Beethoven fortunate in?

28. What happened to Beethoven when he was fourteen years old? 29. According to the passage, what does “extended music” refer to? 243

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Scientists say they have developed a camera that can help identify when a person is not telling the truth. The new camera measures the heat released by a person’s face.

The scientists say the camera correctly identified lying in more than eight percent

of the people they tested. They say the device might one day be used in high-level secu -rity operations at airports or border crossings.

The scientists based their work on the theory that people who plan to trick some -one else release physical or chemical signals. They say these signals can help security of -ficials prevent wrongdoings.

The researchers say the camera is designed to measure small changes in the body.

They note that the flow of blood to the surface of the skin increases around the eyes when a person lies.

The scientists used twenty people to test the heat-sensing camera. Eight of the peo -ple took part in a crime that was not real. They attacked a human-like object and stole

money from it. They were asked to lie and say they were innocent of the crime. The

twelve other people in the study were told nothing about the make-believe crime.

The researchers used the special camera while questioning the twenty people about

the crime. The camera showed that six of the eight people who carried

out the crime

had increased heat around their eyes when they lied. Eleven of the twelve people who

knew nothing about the crime were correctly identified as innocent. When they told the truth, the area around their eyes remained cool.

Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. What is the main idea of the talk?

31. What is the working principle of the new camera? 32. How many liars were detected in the experiment? Passage Three

Man’s first real invention, one of the most important inventions in history, was the wheel. All transportation and every machine in the world depend on it.

The wheel is the simplest yet perhaps the most remarkable of all inventions, be -cause there are no wheels in nature. No living things were ever created with wheels.

How, then, did man come to invent the wheel?

Perhaps some early hunters found that they could roll the dead body of a heavy ani -mal through the forest on logs more easily than they could carry it. However, the logs

themselves weighed a lot. It must have taken a great prehistoric thinker to imagine two thin slices of log connected at their centers by a strong stick. This would roll along just as the logs did, yet be much lighter and easier to handle. Thus the wheel and axle came into being, and with them the first carts.

Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. Why was it remarkable of man to invent the wheel? 34. Who probably invented the wheel? 244 Model Test 9

35. Where may the idea for the wheel have come from? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

None of us are fully prepared to deal with traumatic events. We feel devastated whenever (36) property is destroyed or there is a serious (37) injury or a loss of life.

We can become (38) overwhelmed when friends, co-workers and loved ones expe -rience tragic, dangerous, life-threatening or violent events. To cope, we can look

for support from our (39) community , friends, families, coworkers, employers, or a health care (40) professional. A special meeting within the first 24 to 72 hours of a

traumatic incident for the people directly (41) involved as well as others (42) affected

is an important step toward (43) recovery . (44) It is critical to discuss what happened,

our role, what we thought, as well as our emotional and physical reactions. This

may not take place all at once (45) but may happen formally and informally over a period of weeks. Without this, the problems associated with traumatic incidents can become chronic and harder to cure. Talking about traumatic events can (46) become more challenging when an individual is exposed to repeated traumas over time. 245

Key to Model Test (10)

Part I. Writing Sample Writings:

Do “Lucky Numbers” Really Bring Good Luck?

Some people say that some numbers will bring them good luck. Take 8 for exam -ple, in Chinese character “Fa”, means fortune. Therefore, many Chinese people spare no effort to get their telephone number or plate number to include this number “8”.

They undoubtedly believe that the number will bring them luck.

However, others don’t believe that numbers have any connection with good luck. They think such kind of idea is only an ignorant and superstitious belief. A number is one thing, and good luck is another. They will say; how can you ever have any good luck simply because of some lucky numbers, and if you don’t work hard, do you have good opportunities and get along well with the people around you?

So far as I am concerned, I agree with the later one. Obviously, such belief is only

a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but it does not in prevailing

time. Numbers can never bring good luck to a person at all and our fortune is in our

own hands. Therefore, everyone can have good fortune only if he tries his best. Part II. Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)

1. N 见文章第二段最后一句。艾比生气的原因是误解了你的意思。 2. Y 见文章第三段第四句。

3. Y 见文章第五段最后一句。connotative meaning指的是单词所暗指的意思，它更为

多变、比喻而且主观。blue 在这里指的是忧郁之意，比喻义。 4. Y 见文章第六段第四句。

5. NG 见文章第七段第一句。要想使别人不误解，表达的准确和清楚是必须的。但是以一种直接的方式本身就有歧义：如果所用词本身很简单那么很容易理解；如果所用词本身即为多义那么直接也不能避免误解。所以无法确定。 6. N 见第十三段第三行。原句使用的是暗喻 (metaphor) 。

7. N 见第十三段第六行。parallelism 指的是两个或一组单词、短语或句子都有相同或相似的结构安排。原句不是。

8. imagery and rhythm 见第八段第五行。

9. helps create our sense of reality by giving meaning to events / our attitudes to events 见

第九段最后一行。

10. alliteration 见第十三段第八行。alliteration 指的是相近或相邻的单词的第一个辅音重

复，即押头韵。原句safe 和 sound 中的第一个辅音字母s相同。 246 Model Test 10

Part III. Listening Comprehension Section A

11. B 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. A 20. D 21. B 22. D 23. A 24. C 25. B Section B

26. D 27. D 28. A 29. B 30. C 31. D 32.B 33. C 34. D 35. A Section C

36. improving 37. faith 38. expressed 39. passively 40. initiative 41. misleading 42. region 43. exercises 44. less significant to this generation

45. have a greater emotional grip upon the poor and uneducated than upon the affluent and educated

46. are generally more traditional in their attitudes toward religion

Part IV. Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) Section A

47. C. 从第二句中的 this advantage 可以推断此处用advantage。 48. A. 从修饰词 capable 推断。 49. O. 从相邻的单词 abroad 推断。

50. F. “ 产生这种决定的最重要的因素”underlie 形成⋯的基础 51. I. efficient 有效的

52. L. comparative 相对的

53. K. 在生产过程中用到的资金数量 amount: 数量 . M. extend … to… 扩展，扩大

55. G. 在英国，有的肯得基由当地人所属并由他们运作。 56. J. be capable of … 能够⋯ Section B

57. A. 文章第二段举例说明了北美洲的土著部落因为感染了欧洲人带来的天花，而遭到

灭种的命运。

58. B. 文章第一段的末尾，德国纳粹在二战期间的暴行使得联合国起草了一个公约，反

对种族行为。

59. D. 文章第三段的末尾说明，在二战末期，波兰没有一个完整无缺的犹太家庭。 60. C. 根据文章第三段提供的数字可以粗略地计算出，二战期间波兰大约三百二十多万的犹太人惨遭。

61. D. 文章采用了下定义和举例子的说明方式进行说明。作者没有做出一个新理论。 62. A. 文章开篇指出：对植物的了解在人类认识的历史中占特殊地位。下文又说：虽不

知石器时代人类祖先对植物的理解，但据对工业社会以前的情况的观察可知人类对植 247

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物及其特性的详尽了解是相当久远的。

63. B. this 指上文所述早期人类对植物具有详尽知识之事。。

. D. 文章第二段开头两句指出：社会越工业化，人和植物直接接触就越少，有关植物

的知识就减弱了。

65. C. 文章原句意为：很少有人不认得玫瑰、苹果或兰花，即这些东西人人都认得。 66. C. 文章第二段第三句：我们新石器时代的祖先发现了播种与收获的秘密。 Part V. Cloze

67. C. the advantages and disadvantages of doing sth. 做⋯事的优缺点 68. A. in … position 在⋯职位上 69. D. consider 考虑

70. C. that从句中 the faculty member from abroad 说明此处要用 foreign background 。

71. C. emerge 使⋯浮现；引出⋯问题。

72. A. 前文中使用了the foreign research scholar ，所以这里要用himself。

73. C. however 表示转折。otherwise否则的话；moreover而且；更进一步说；whatever 无论什么。

74. C. fit to … 适合⋯

75. D. be different from … 与⋯不同 that 是为了避免重复使用university system 而用。

76. B. be faced with … 面对（困难等）⋯

77. D. be lack of … 缺乏⋯与前边从国外回来的有外国背景的教授相对比。 78. A. concept 概念、观念; 原文：美国学生的大脑中早已有的概念、观念⋯ 79. D. require 需求、需要

80. B. adapt oneself to … 调整自己使适应⋯ 81. C. make adjustments 采取调整措施 82. A. take advantage of … 利用⋯的优势 83. D. offer 提供；afford 付的起

84. A. make powerful / good use of … 很好的利用⋯ 85. C. 因为定语从句引导词是 where，所以用 field.

86. B. call on / upon 访问、拜访；号召；呼吁；call for 邀请、要求、需求 Part VI. Translation

87. worth remembering all my life 88. have resorted to a court of law . retail sales

90. To our relief / joy/ happiness

91. because there is no point staying

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Part III. Listening Comprehension Scripts:

Section A: Understanding Conversations

Directions: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end

11. W: I’m trying to figure out if it’s best to buy a new computer or a second-hand one. What do you think?

M: I think you should get to a new one. New computers are more reliable, and you’ll save money in the long run.

Q: What does the man suggest?

12. M: Did you see the black and white movie on TV last night?

W: I would have checked it out, but my aunt stopped by for a visit. I hadn’t seen her in over a month.

Q: What does the woman mean?

13. W: Christmas will be here soon. Let’s get a pullover for Uncle Albert. Do you know if he has got a favorite color?

M: No, I don’t. but we must get to Saint Mike’s. There he can take it back and change

it if he doesn’t like the color.

Q: What’s the probable reason why they want to get a pullover at Saint Mikes? 14. M: Should I buy the ten-pound bag of potatoes or the five-pound bag? W: What does it matter? You won’t save any money on the larger size. Q: What does the woman mean?

15. W: Who are you going to take to the party tomorrow? M: I’ll take Mary along if you’re not going with her. Q: Who is the one that he wants to take to the party?

16. M: Geoff has lots of good ideas. Do you think he’d be willing to come to the meeting?

W: Oh, I think he’ll be glad to come. What will be difficult is getting him to speak be-fore a large crowd.

Q: What does the woman imply about Geoff? 17. M: Would you like to go have some coffee?

W: Thanks, but I have some work I have to catch up on. Q: What does the woman mean?

18. M: What? You have gotten your degree already?

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W: Already? It’s been six years! Q: What does the woman imply? Now you will hear two long conversations. Conversation one

W: I haven’t seen you here for a couple of weeks. Have you stopped eating or some -thing?

M: No. Does it look like I’ve stopped eating? I’ve been spending a lot of time in the library.

W: Working on the paper?

M: I wish I was working on just one paper. I’m working on three different papers: an -thropology, English lit, and history. W: Wow, that is a lot of work.

M: Yeah, and what’s frustrating is that I am studying the 19th century British Empire in all three classes. But I can’t just write a single paper for all three. W: Why not?

M: The professors won’t let me, even if I can make it three times as long as the sug-gested length.

W: Oh, that’s too bad. Could you write your papers on three aspects of one topic? M: Mm, what do you mean? Do you have something in mined?

W: Well, let’s see. Hum, maybe you could do something with Romanticism, like, eh, write your anthropology paper on the cultural basis of Romanticism, and your his-tory paper on the influence of the Romantic Poets and your British paper, on an analysis of some Romantic poems.

M: Hey, that’s not a bad idea. I’ve already started the research for one of the papers. So I can use that. What can I do to repay you?

W: You want to write up my chemistry lab for me?

M: I’d love to, but I’ve never taken chemistry, so I am not sure you’ll like the result. W: Oh, well. No thanks necessary, then. Have a good weekend and try to get out of the library and get some sleep. You have big circles under your eyes. M: Okay, I’ll try. See you later.

Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 19. What has the man been busy doing all week?

20. What does the woman suggest the man do to make his work easier? 21. Why does the woman mention romanticism? Conversation two

W: Are you going to the fair next Saturday? M: What fair?

W: The annual fair that Riverdale puts-on on the first Saturday in June to raise money for the Riverdale Hospital. The fair is being held in the University athletic field

just like in previous years. Haven’t you noticed these tents that are already set up? M: Yes, I have. What are they for?

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W: They’re for the many special events and displays. And this year there’ll be quite

a few new events. I’m going to help serve food at the refreshment tent for a few

hours Saturday afternoon.

M: Do many people volunteer to help out?

W: Oh, yes. I like helping because I really enjoy seeing a lot of my friends at the food tent. Every body loves to eat.

M: So that’s it. I heard some other people talking about going to hear local bands. Ev -eryone says that this year’s show is expected to be more exciting than all others put together. That’s the entertainment tent, right?

W: Right, but that event will be in the evening before the fair on Friday. And auctions will take place on Saturday afternoon. And there will be some real treasures for

sale then. Those things will also be in the art show on Saturday, and the special

game tent is just for children.

M: And all of the profits from the fair always go to support the hospital. What a good idea! Well, I need a couple of bookcases. Maybe I can find some in the auction. I’m glad you mentioned it.

Questions 22 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 22. What is the main reason for having the fair? 23. Where will the event take place?

24. What will the woman do during the fair? 25. What is the man’s opinion of the auction? Section B: Understanding Passages

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear

some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be spoken only once. After you

hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C

and D. Then write the corresponding letter on the Answer sheet 2. Passage One

Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food. But they do not re-ally know what they are talking about because they rarely get a chance to eat it. Most of

the restaurants in large towns have foreign owners and serve foreign food. When visi -tors are invited to eat in an English home, their hosts often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic.

Those of us who do know English food are aware that at its best it can be really

very good. On the other hand it is true to say that it is sometimes terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really interested in food — we eat to live, we do not live to

eat. So we don’t generally spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook really

good meals. We prefer food that is simple and easy to cook, or ready prepared food

which only needs heating up before eating.

You can find the best English food in the country, away from the large towns, where

life is slower and people are not in such a hurry. But of course, most visitors come to Lon -don. They come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing. They do not come 251 Band Four

because of the food, so why should they complain about it?

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What is the speaker’s opinion?

27. What does the statement “we eat to live” imply? 28. What does the conclusion suggest? Passage Two

Nearly everyone is attracted to water, whether it be the sea, canals, rivers or the

village pond. Beautiful as it is, water should be regarded with respect as it can be hazard -ous. Around 300 children up to the age of ten die each year from drowning. It should be every parent’s responsibility to ensure that both he and the child can swim and that as the child gets older, he has some knowledge of life saving and artificial respiration. The basic rules of water safety are:

— don’t leave small children playing alone in the water — never swim an hour before or an hour after a big meal

— if it’s a dangerous area, find out before you start swimming where the life-guard is or where a lifebelt is available

— as children get older, try to teach them to remain calm in an emergency — look out for warning signs to see whether you’re in a danger area.

Be especially careful of inland stretches of water pools, reservoirs and dykes —

where there are often fewer people about than at the seaside.

Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard. 29. What does the speaker feel about water?

30. What does the speaker say about the danger to children?

31. What does the speaker think that parents should make sure their children know?

Passage Three

Magic is a form of entertainment that is based on pretending to do things which are

impossible. The magician is a specially trained actor. He tries to make the audience be -lieve that he has the power to do things which are against the laws of nature.

Magic shows are entertaining as long as the audience does not discover how the

tricks are done. The magician always tries to keep his tricks a secret.

The magician usually depends on his skill with his hands, on his knowledge of

psychology, and, sometimes, on mechanical devices. Since magic tricks are meant to

fool people, the use of psychology is important. The magician must keep people from noticing all the movements of his hands and from thinking about the secret parts of his

equipment. He must also lead the audience to draw false conclusions. The magician’s suc -cess depends on the fact that many things seen by the eye do not register in the mind.

Two basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear and making objects

disappear. A combination of these two tricks makes for some interesting effects. For 252 Model Test 10

example, the magician puts a small ball under one of several cups. The ball then seems to jump from one cup to another or to change color. What actually happens is that the magician, applying quick hand movements or a mechanical device, hides one ball. While

doing this he talks to the audience and waves a brightly colored cloth with one hand.

The audience is too busy watching the cloth and listening to the magician’s words to

notice that his other hand is hiding the ball.

Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 32. What kind of things does the magician pretend to do? 33. What is an important part of a magic trick? 34. On what does the magician’s success depend? 35. What are the two basic magic tricks? Section C: Compound Dictation

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first

time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the sec -ond time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact

The modern American seems less worried about saving his soul for the hereaf-ter and more interested in (36) improving his life on earth. In this endeavor, Ameri -cans have a strong (37) faith in their ability to improve conditions through their own

efforts. Ben Franklin said, “God helps them that help themselves.” During World

War II, the same idea was (38) expressed as “Praise the Lord and pass the ammuni -tion.” In other words, Americans do not believe in (39) passively accepting whatever

seems to be God’s will; they count upon their own (40) initiative to get what they want.

Of course, generalizations about religious attitudes can be (41) misleading be

-cause religious outlooks varies quite a bit depending upon one’s age group, social

class, degree of education and (42) region of the country. Religion probably (43) ex -ercises a greater control over the behavior of Catholics than of Protestants or Jews.

The rising rate of interfaith marriages suggests that religious differences are (44) less significant to this generation. Religion seems to (45) have a greater emotional grip upon the poor and uneducated than upon the affluent and educated. In the southern part of the country, often called the Bible Belt, parishioners (46) are generally more traditional in their attitudes toward religion than is the rest of the nation.

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