Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question 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. Example: You will hear: You will read: A) At the office. B) In the waiting room. C) At the airport. D) In a restaurant.
From the conversation we know that the two were talking about some work they had to finish in the evening. This is most likely to have taken place at the office. Therefore, A) \office\ 1.
A) She told Jenny to meet her and the man at seven. B) She let Jenny's mother meet Jenny at seven. C) She asked Jenny to send her mother a message. D) She asked Jenny's mother to pass a message to Jenny.
2.
A) She arrived too early.
B) She failed to arrive early enough. C) She arrived at 9.
D) She managed to arrive at 10.
3.
A) Because the food spoiled. B) Because the weather was bad.
C) Because the group felt shameful.
D) Because the monitor wanted to have it on another day.
4.
A) He will buy the blouse for $20. B) He will see Betty this weekend.
C) He will borrow some money from the woman and buy the blouse. D) He will let Betty pay back the money as soon as possible.
5.
A) Martha will have class at 2:00. B) Martha will go to the library at 3:00.
C) Martha will go home immediately after class. D) Martha will go home after 4:00.
6.
A) Engineering. B) Insurance.
C) Scientific research. D) Diplomatic service.
7.
A) She is in Tokyo. B) She is in Thailand. C) She is right here. D) She is in Tibet.
8.
A) The woman is living a very busy life.
B) The woman has plenty of time to play computer games. C) The woman would like to fight in a war. D) The woman considers herself unfortunate.
9.
A) The man called her immediately. B) She read it in the morning newspaper. C) It was reported on the radio.
D) She happened to be in the man's neighborhood.
10.
A) Employer and employee. B) Husband and wife.
C) Customer and shop assistant. D) Driver and auto repairwoman.
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage 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). Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard. 11.
A) The common ancestor of humans and other primates. B) The evolution of ancient primates.
C) The fundamental difference between the human brain and that of a chimpanzee. D) The similarities between the activity of genes in different primates' brains.
12.
A) The weight of the brain. B) The size of the brain. C) Their tissue and blood. D) Gene activity in the brain.
13.
A) To find out how their common ancestor looked like.
B) To understand how chimps and humans have evolved separately. C) To see if chimpanzees can become sick with AIDS. D) To find out efficient ways to treat human diseases.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14.
A) Because she loved others to visit her.
B) Because other people might want to use her microwave. C) Because people forgot their food all the time. D) Because she often forgot to bring her key with her.
15.
A) She kept her door locked.
B) She ate some popcorn that she popped in her microwave.
C) She prayed before going to bed. D) She dreamed a lot.
16.
A) She found that someone had forgotten his food in her microwave. B) She was too tired to remember to lock the door. C) Some friends might want to visit her that night. D) She had a friend staying with her in the room.
17.
A) She held a party at home. B) Her friend ate a lot of popcorn.
C) A person entered her room without her knowledge. D) Susan dreamed a strange dream.
Passage Three
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 18.
A) A doll designer. B) A fashion model. C) A popular artist. D) An American feminist.
19.
A) It was created in 1959.
B) It has changed the way fashion models behave.
C) It died in 1985. D) It is anything but a doll.
20.
A) It provides them with choices for various careers. B) It helps shape their dreams.
C) It can do many different types of work for them. D) It has all the good qualities a woman can possibly have.
Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice. Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:
For the most part, rapid economic development has been a boon. But there is a down side to development -- health problems such as overweight are all becoming more prevalent, as more people take taxis to work instead of riding their bicycles, and other labor-saving devices become more popular.
An increasingly fast pace of life makes it difficult for people to spend time working out or playing sports. \work week, the only thing I want to do is watch some TV and go to sleep.\explain the results of a recent nationwide study, which suggested 15 percent of urban adults in China are overweight, a large number of people over the age of 40 suffer from high blood pressure and cardiac ailments.
Local researchers found that 31.2 percent of elderly respondents were getting enough exercise, but less than 9 percent of youngsters and the middle-aged got an adequate amount of physical activity.
Elderly people understand the importance of protecting their health. The young people, however, are busy working and use this as an excuse to avoid exercise. In fact, physical exercise doesn't require much time, money or a special gymnasium. (S1) People can make use of any time and any place at their convenience to take part in sports. Walking quickly, cycling, climbing the stairs and dancing are all helpful methods to enhance one's health. The benefits of adding a little more activity to your life are priceless. \be an athlete, however,\
part in some other physical activity three to five times a week. He warns, however, that people in poor physical shape should start slowly, and build up over time.
China has taken the need for more exercise to heart, with the government running several activities last Sunday, which was the designated World Health Day. Pamphlets and posters based on the theme \develop a positive and healthy lifestyle.
21. Rapid economic development has resulted in all the following except _____________.
A) an increasing number of taxi passengers B) the wide use of labor-saving devices C) an increasingly fast pace of life
D) people's awareness of the importance of exercise
22. Some people are getting overweight because __________.
A) they are too busy to have any time for exercise B) they are ignorant of the benefits of exercise C) they are too weak to participate in physical activity D) they are short of money to pay for different exercises
23. According to the passage, who need regular daily exercise most?
A) People taking taxis to work. B) Urban adults with full-time jobs.
C) Elderly people suffering from high blood pressure. D) Youngsters dreaming of becoming professional athletes.
24. What is the main idea of the last paragraph but one?
A) Many people are still unable to afford the cost of physical exercises. B) Nobody should take part in physical activity in order to be an athlete.
C) Moderate physical exercise is usually enough for ordinary people.
D) Old or sick people should only take part in physical exercises of the slowest type.
25. By referring to rapid economic development as \the author means that ____________.
A) it has benefited the general public greatly B) it has done harm to people's health nationwide C) it is going faster than anyone could have imagined
D) it has helped to establish a positive and healthy lifestyle of the public
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:
For Roy Johnson, a senior magazine editor, the latest indignity came after a recent dinner at a fancy restaurant in the wealthy New York City suburb where he and his family live. First the parking valet handed him the keys to his Jaguar instead of fetching the car. Then an elderly white couple came out and handed him the keys to their black Mercedes-Benz. \took them a while to realize that I was not a valet,\dressed for dinner and had paid a handsome price for the meal, just as he had. What mattered was that I didn't fit his idea of someone who could be equal to him.\
Such incidents, which are depressingly familiar to African-Americans of all ages, incomes and social classes, help explain why black and white attitudes often differ so completely. A recent survey found that 68 percent of blacks believe racism is still a major problem in America. Only 38 percent of whites agreed.
Many Americans find the gulf between blacks and whites bewildering. After all, official segregation is a bad memory and 40 years of laws, policies and court decisions have helped African-Americans make significant progress toward equal opportunity. Indeed, a black man born in Harlem could be the nation's next president.
But racism persists, unmistakable to every black but largely invisible to many whites. (S2) It is evident in the everyday encounters African-Americans have with racial prejudice and discrimination, like the valet parking incident. Such encounters often strike whites as trivial misunderstandings. But they remind blacks that they are often dismissed as less intelligent, less industrious, less honest and less likely to succeed. Some insults are patently racist; others may be evidence of insensitivity or bad manners rather than racial prejudice. But the accumulation of insults feeds anger.
\happens,\who says she has been watched at shopping malls.
26. The word \
A) a restaurant owner B) a driver of expensive cars C) a wealthy-looking gentleman
D) a restaurant employee taking care of the cars of the diners
27. Roy Johnson was unfairly treated because ______________.
A) his car was inferior in quality B) he forgot to wear proper clothes C) he failed to express himself clearly D) he is black
28. From the passage we can learn that ____________________.
A) both blacks and whites are bewildered by racism B) examples of racism are common in the US
C) some government officials have very bad memories D) a black man born in Harlem will be the next US president
29. It is implied in the passage that many white people deny the presence of racism in the US because __________.
A) they tend to regard instances of racism as trivial misunderstandings B) they have never seen any instance of racism in their country
C) they believe that black people are inherently less intelligent and less industrious D) they have always treated black people as their equals
30. Judging from the context, the most possible explanation for Mary Frances Berry's being watched at shopping malls is that ____________________________.
A) she was a national celebrity
B) she didn't fit people's idea of an Afro-American woman C) many people nowadays are insensitive and rude D) she is black
Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:
Add Littleton, Colorado, to the list of cities dazed with grief after a school slaughter. Two students shot and killed 12 other students and a teacher before taking their own lives. The massacre was the largest in the history of this nation. This type of crime didn't exist 10 years ago.
Americans should stop acting surprised that these shooting happen in \neighborhoods. That's the only place they happen. None of the recent school massacres took place at an inner-city campus; they all occurred in smaller towns or suburbs. (S3) These killers haven't been from impoverished or extremely violent families. They don't appear to have been picked on（挨骂受罚） any worse than kids have been for generations. They chose alienation and destruction, and they found the tools to carry out their hate-filled plan. Do not blame schools for these massacres. Schools simply take what they are sent. Question the killers' parents. The parents are supposed to teach their children respect and empathy for others' lives. Parents should help their offspring learn to handle taunt or conflict without resorting to violence.
All concerned adults should take a youth's threat to shoot someone as seriously as airport security guards take jokes about bombs. Students must be encouraged to tell teachers if a classmate threatens or jokes about violence. Administrators at schools around the country need to emphasize they will take such reports seriously, and that they will not identify any student who comes forward with such a report.
More gun regulations probably won't stop these shootings, but gun owners and sellers must take more responsibility for keeping weapons away from young people. Gun owners should keep their guns unloaded, locked up and hidden away. Most car owners don't leave their keys in the car even when they park in their own garage; gun owners should be at least as careful with weapons.
The federal government can't solve this problem. Schools alone can't solve it. More guns won't solve it. Americans must consciously create a culture that makes violence unacceptable. Parents need to stop allowing their children's minds to be polluted with violence. News media need to show more restraint and thought about how and what they report.
The Colorado massacre is a national tragedy. More's the pity if Americans do not stop, reflect and vow to make it the last school massacre. 31.
One
common
feature
of
all
the
recent
school
massacres
is
that
______________________.
A) they have all been carefully planned by hateful youngsters B) the killers have all failed to passed their exams C) they all occur in places that appear to be all right D) the killers are all from disadvantaged families
32. Children are less likely to become killers if _______________________.
A) their parents succeed in teaching them respect and empathy for others' lives B) they study hard in school and get high scores C) teachers stop telling meaningless jokes in class
D) they follow the rules set by administrators at schools around the country
33. Who does the author think should take the main responsibility for campus shootings?
A) School authorities. B) The federal government. C) News media.
D) The killers' parents.
34. What is the most effective way to prevent school massacre from happening again?
A) Reinforcing stricter laws and regulations. B) Introducing security guards onto campus.
C) Creating a culture that makes violence unacceptable. D) Keeping weapons away from young people.
35. From the passage we can infer that ___________________________.
A) there were a lot of school massacres in inner-cities 10 years ago B) many people turn a blind eye to school massacre
C) a youth's joke about violence is often ignored by other people D) most gun owners like to leave their guns in their cars
Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:
A new look at an asteroid orbiting the sun shows it could possibly smash into the Earth with tremendous force. But experts say the potential impact is still 872 years away, time enough for the speeding space rock to alter its course.
(S4) Named 1950 DA, the asteroid -- 1 kilometer wide -- is the most threatening to the Earth of all of the known large asteroids, but the odds are only about one in 300 that it would impact the planet, researchers said.
\personally going to worry about. It is so far in the future that lots of things could change.\ There are approximately 1,000 asteroids bigger than a kilometer that can pass near the Earth in their orbit of the sun. About 580 have been found and their orbits plotted. Of these, only 1950 DA represents a possible threat. Scientists continue an effort to identify all the other large asteroids that pass near the Earth, and it is their great hope that they don't find any that are greater threats.
If 1950 DA did hit the Earth, said Giorgini, it would have planetwide effects, setting off fires, changing the weather and perhaps creating immense tidal waves. But it would not be a planet killer like the asteroid thought to have snuffed out the dinosaurs some 65 million years ago.
Asteroid 1950 DA was first discovered in 1950, but then not noted in astronomy logs again for decades. It was rediscovered in the year 2000 and in March 2001 whizzed within about 77 million miles of Earth, giving astronomers an opportunity to gather visual and radar readings. From that, the astronomers projected the orbital path 1950 DA would take on its next 15 near passes of the Earth -- over a period covering nearly nine centuries. For the 15th near pass, on March 16, 2880, the analysis showed it was mathematically possible, though unlikely, that the asteroid could hit the Earth.
He said the highest probability is that the asteroid in 2880 will miss the Earth by about 290,000 kilometers -- a distance closer than the 370,000-kilometer orbit of the Moon around the Earth.
36. Talking about asteroids, the writer tells us that __________.
A) nothing can alter the course of an asteroid in its orbit of the sun B) it usually takes 300 years for scientists to discover an asteroid
C) scientists have managed to identify all the asteroids orbiting the sun D) there is no immediate threat to the Earth from an asteroid right now
37. We can infer from the passage that __________________________.
A) larger asteroids are more likely to smash into the Earth B) an asteroid will probably just miss the Earth in 2880 C) asteroids will eventually destroy everything on Earth D) no asteroid was noted in astronomy logs before 1950
38. Judging from the context, the word \________________________________.
A) kept turning around
B) went into and out of its orbit quickly C) moved very fast D) exploded all the while
39. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A) Scientists have managed to know everything about asteroid 1950 DA. B) Many people seem to be worried about the predicted asteroid smash. C) Scientists are still quite optimistic about man's future. D) The Earth is faced with frequent threats from space.
40. The best title for the passage is _____________________________.
A) Possible Asteroid Smash in 2880 B) New Discoveries about 1950 DA C) Asteroids in the Solar System D) Earth -- an Unsafe Place for Life
Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. 41. As people's living standards improve, the health and beauty business is __________ with more sophisticated products than ever before.
A) astonishing
B) flourishing
C) exaggerating
D) diminishing
42. The __________ of older persons is relatively low in developing countries, but it is growing much faster than in the West.
A) addition
B) majority
C) percentage
D) statistic
43. Makers of consumer electronics will pay for environmental sanitation services to collect and __________ used refrigerators, computers and televisions under the new rules.
A) discharge
B) distribute
C) dispose of
D) deal with
44. As some of the rules concerning foreign trade ran contrary to the principles of the WTO, the government decided to __________ them as soon as possible.
A) abolish
B) accomplish
C) distinguish
D) establish
45. As the semester is drawing to an end, the student union is calling on all the students to __________ the temptation to cheat on exams.
A) refuse
B) reject
C) resist
D) resolve
46. In the last few years, the Internet and the World Wide Web have become __________ words; almost everyone has heard of them.
A) family
B) home
C) house
D) household
47. Vicki never worried or hesitated about anything, she just __________ it and almost always got whatever she wanted.
A) went by
B) went for
C) went over
D) went with
48. The reason 800 million people go hungry today is not that there isn't enough food in the world, __________ that these people cannot get the food anyway.
A) but
B) despite
C) even
D) except
49. As she matured as an artist, she __________ realize that \culture.\
A) came to
B) kept to
C) took to
D) went to
50. My son failed to come back home last night. This morning the police came to our house and __________ my worst fears that he was injured in a car accident.
A) advocated
B) confirmed
C) insured
D) promised
51. Because of the mad cow disease, the European Union __________ a worldwide ban on British beef and beef product exports.
A) challenged
B) charged
C) forged
D) imposed
52. The exhibition at the Shanghai Science and Technology Center _____________ such endangered animals as the giant panda and the Siberian tiger and describes the work being done to protect them.
A) detects
B) exploits
C) features
D) demonstrates
53. A computer file is a collection of __________ data, used to organize the storage and processing of data by computer.
A) electrical
B) artificial
C) electronic
D) genuine
54. To protect the environment, scientists and engineers are researching ways to __________ electricity more cheaply from such renewable energy sources as the wind and sun.
A) generate
B) manufacture
C) construct
D) transform
55. In social dancing, the participants dance for their own pleasure rather than for the __________ of an audience.
A) appreciation
B) entertainment
C) leisure
D) temptation
56. Wireless waste from cell phones, pocket PCs, and music players __________ special problems because they have toxic chemicals in batteries and other components.
A) expose
B) commit
C) pose
D) transport
57. Scientists have discovered many planets orbiting distant stars, all are __________ to life.
A) unlikely
B) unfriendly
C) forbidden
D) vulnerable
58. A healthy and better-educated new generation is a __________ for sustainable economic and social development of all countries.
A) guarantee
B) security
C) demand
D) target
59. Parks and open spaces are essential to the quality of life in dense __________ areas such as New York City.
A) agricultural
B) rural
C) suburban
D) urban
60. My trip to the small village under the control of the enemy fire was full of delays and difficulties, but I eventually __________.
A) got by
B) turned it over
C) hit the sack
D) made it
61. For traditional Chinese painters, fame and fortune come late, and it is __________ for artists to hold their first exhibitions when they are over seventy years old.
A) hardly common
B) less frequent
C) not unheard of
D) just usual
62. A remote-controlled bomb exploded outside a hotel near the town square yesterday, __________ at least 12 people.
A) having been injured
B) having injured
C) injured
D) injuring
63. When energy is converted from one form to another, some energy is always lost as heat. __________, no energy conversion is ever 100% efficient.
A) In other terms
B) In other words
C) In another way
D) In some way
64. While freshmen are considered part of the academic elite, some of them appear to lack common sense __________ following traffic regulations.
A) coming to to
65. A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough __________ a fair deal afterwards.
A) being given
B) been given
C) given
D) to be given
B) when coming to
C) when it comes to
D) when they come
66. NASA's Mars program was set back when two spacecraft failed up reaching Mars, one __________ up in the planet's atmosphere and the other __________ after a software failure.
A) burned; disappeared D) burning; disappeared
B) burned; disappearing C) burning; disappearing
67. After a very busy schedule in the past two months, Kenneth plans to take things __________ for a while.
A) at ease
B) easily
C) easy
D) with ease
68. I just wonder if __________ ever __________ that you could have your own enterprise and run it yourself when you were still a student.
A) it ... occurred occurred
69. Bicycle riders want the city government to set aside special lanes for bicycles on some of the main streets, but though they have got some supporters, __________ likes the idea.
A) everyone
B) not everyone
C) no one
D) someone
B) you ... occurred to it
C) it ... occurred to you
D) you ...
70. It can be said without exaggeration that no part of the United States is not easily accessible by car, by train, or by air, and __________ by all the three of them.
A) more often than often than
B) more often than not
C) no more often than
D) less
Translation (15 minutes)
Directions: In this part, there are four items, each consisting of one or two sentences for you to translate into Chinese. These sentences are all taken from the Reading Passages you have just read in Part Two of Test Paper One. You should refer back to the passages so as to identify their meaning in the context.
(S1) People can make use of any time and any place at their convenience to take part in sports.
(S2) It is evident in the everyday encounters African-Americans have with racial prejudice and discrimination, like the valet parking incident.
(S3) These killers haven't been from impoverished or extremely violent families. They don't appear to have been picked on any worse than kids have been for generations.
(S4) Named 1950 DA, the asteroid -- 1 kilometer wide -- is the most threatening to the Earth of all of the known large asteroids, but the odds are only about one in 300 that it would impact the planet, researchers said.
Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic My Views on Campus Security. You should write at least 130 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below.
1． 校园治安问题对学生可能造成的影响 2． 对如何搞好校园治安的建议