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1、Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part A1、For Questions1-5，you will hear some news over the radioWhile you listenfill out the table with the information you have heardSome of the information has been given to you in the tableWrite only l word in each numbered boxYou will hear the record

2、ing twiceYou now have 25 seconds to read the table below. News over the Radio reason for the bus accident on Freeway 65 1. a video factory destroyed by 2. the problem of the l20一year-old woman 3. amount of money found on the flight 4. reason for arresting the winner 5. _2、 _3、 _4、 _5、 _Section I Lis

3、tening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part B6、For Questions 6-10，you will hear a news broadcastWhile you listencomplete the sen-tences and answer the questionUse not more than 3 words for each answerYou will hear the recording twiceYou now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questions below Ho

4、w many pieces of news in all have you just heard? 6. According to the comments of PresidentAb-sul Krim,what is the attitude of the Syrian people towards the war? 7. What is MrPaul Angeli in the city of NewYork? 8. What iS MrKitsons most famous book? 9. What do you think of the price for fruits andve

5、getables this year? 10. _ 7、 _8、 _9、 _10、 _ Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part C11、Questions 11-13 are based on the following passageYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions 11-13 What is the most fundamental difference between plants and animals?APlants produce their own food but

6、animals dontBPlant cells have a wall which is nonliving in chemical nature but animal cells haventCPlants are green but animals arentDPlants cant move but animals Can 12、 Which of the following is TRUE about plants?AThey have the power of locomotionBThey have a wider range of foods than animalsCThey

7、 are very diverse in their external appearanceDThey are less sensitive than animals 13、 What can we infer from the passage?AP1ants have more characteristics than animalsBAnimals have more characteristics than plantsCPlants and animals are different in several waysDPlants and animals are less powerfu

8、l than human beings 14、Questions 14-16 are based on the following dialogueYou now have 15 seconds to read Questions 1416 What must you make sure when you load the cassette?AThat you open the recorderBThat you get the power supplyCThat you get the right side of the tape facing youDThat you switch the

9、 recorder on 15、 What may the red thing do besides recording?Awipe off the sound on the tapeBPlay the recorderCSet the recorder to workDStop the recorder 16、 What button do you press if you want to 1isten again what has been played?APause buttonBRecord buttonCForward buttonDRewind button 17、Question

10、s 17-20 are based on the following passageYou now have 20 seconds to read Questions 1720 Whats the main topic of this passage?AIts about the tests of a new airliner before its flyin9BIts about how to protect a new airlinerCIts about how to train a new pilotDIts about what the airliner engineers shou

11、ld d0 18、 Why air must be pumped into the plane?ABecause without air the plane cant flyBBecause the plane needs air for its fuelCBecause the passengerslives depend on airDBecause the passengers have paid for it 19、 What would happen if a small part of the plane were to crack?AThe plane would not go

12、forwardBThe plane would explodeCThe plane would fall downDThe plane would fly slowly 20、 For what purpose does the pilot shut off athe engines?ATo find out exactly what happensBTo save fuelCTo fly more slowlyDTo keep balanceSection II Use of English (15 minutes) 21、根據(jù)以下資料，回答21-40題： Man has been stor

13、ing up useful knowledge about himself and the universe at the rate which has been spiraling upward for l0,，000 years The 21 took a sharp upward leap with the invention of writing，but even 22 it remained painfully slow for several centuriesThe next great leap forward 23 knowledge acquisition did not

14、occur 24 meinvention 6f movable type in the l5th century by Gutenberg and others 25 to 1500，by the most optimistic 26 Europe was producing books at a rate of 1000 titles per yearThis means that it 27 a full century to produce a library of l00，000 riflesBy l950，four and a half 28 later，the rate had a

15、ccelerated so sharply that Europe was producing 120，000 titles a year 29 0nce took a century now took only ten monthsBy l960，a 30 decade later，the rate had made another significant jump， 31 a centurys work could be finished in seven and a half months32 ，by the midsixties，the output of books on a wor

16、ld 33 ，Europe included，approached the prodigious figure of 900 titles per day One can 34 argue that every book is a net gain for the advancement of knowledgeNevertheless we find that the accelerative 35 in book publication does，in fact，crudely 36 the rate at which man discovered new knowledge。For ex

17、ample，prior to Gutenberg 37 11 chemical elements were knownAntimony，the l2th，was discovered 38 about the time he was working on his inventionIt was fully 200 years since the llth，arsenic，had been discovered39 the same rate of discovery continued，we would by now have added only two or three additiona

18、l elements to the periodic table since Gutenber940，in the 450 years after his time，cer tain people discovered some seventy additional elementsAnd since l900 we have been isolating the remaining elements not at a rate of one every two centuries，but of one every three years Aaccumulation Bdevelopment

19、Cknowledge Drate22、Aso Bif Cthen Dwhen23、Ato Bby Cfrom Din24、Auntil Bsince Cwhen Dbefore25、AAs BDue CPrior DNext26、Aexamples Bestimates Cevidence Devaluation27、Awould take Bhad taken Cwas taking Dwould have taken28、Adecades Bcenturies Cdozens Dyears29、AThis BThese CIt DWhat30、Aplain Bhistoric Csingl

20、e Deventful31、Anow that Bso that Cas Dwhen32、AHowever BBut CAnd DTherefore33、Ascope Bsphere Cscale Dstretch34、Aso Bhardly Caccordingly Dtherefore35、Aline Bcircle Cdiagram Dcurve36、Afit Blike Cresemble Dparallel37、Aabout Bonly Cmore than Dless than38、Ain Bat Con Dfor39、AAs BHad CIfDWith40、AIn additio

21、n BIn turn CInstead DIn particularSection III Reading Comprehension (60 minutes)Part A41、根據(jù)以下資料，回答41-60題： The demoralizing environment，decrepit(老朽的)building and minimal materials make the high school experience for these children an uphill battleMerely graduating from such a high school is difficult

22、，much less becoming a highcaliber science or engineering studentSchools with students from a higher socioeconomic level would not tolerate the obstacles I encountered daily improvements need to be made efficiently and made soon，or the divisions among people in this country will only become more extr

23、eme Of course，there are things that concerned citizens can do to helpGet involved with a schoolespecially one in a poor areaVolunteer to give a presentation or just to spend time with the children. My students were excited to talk to an insurance salesperson who came to give a career ex-ploration le

24、ctureThey not only were genuinely interested in the opportunities he described but also were amazed that such a mall would donate an afternoon to them Although those measures can help，they are not enoughFor teaching to be effectivethe en-tire environment of the inner city needs to be changedTeaching

25、 someone the difference between Velocity and acceleration is irrelevant if the person is hungry and scaredPrograms that educate parents in childrearing，organize lowincome groups into cooperative unitsfight drug trafficking and help to clean up the ghettos physically will improve the life in me commu

26、nitv The small alterations and“new”proposals currently filling the newspapers are certainly not strong enough to transform a decaying and demoralized school structure that has been disintegrating for decades. Innercity schools need so much more，and the children deserve so much more than our society

27、is willing to giveLike many other people，I entered the teaching profession eager to investigate change and found many institutionalized obstacles in my wayIt should not be so difficult to make a difference.By saying“an uphill battle”，the author means_.Aa tough task Ba easy jobCan upgrade class Dclim

28、bing a hill42、 We can learn from the text that_ Athe political circle will offer the help to the high schoolsBgiving a presentation is beneficial to studentsCteaching methods have to be changedDstudents are afraid to talk to strangers43、 The author believes that_ Athe divisions among people result f

29、rom their propertyBa high-caliber science student graduates from a ordinary high schoolCme small alterations should be done immediatelyDthe societys help to innercity schools is inadequate44、 It is the authors opinion that_will improve the life of inner city people Aoffering more education programs

30、to studentsBhelping to clean up the ghettos physicallyCtaking measures to help extreme poor studentsDbringing up more engineering students45、 It can be concluded from the authors remarks that_ Awe should educate more high schools studentsBme obstacles in teachersway should be moved awayCthe decaying

31、 school buildings should be reconstructedDwe should build up more high schools in our city46、根據(jù)以下資料，回答46-65題： Many phrases used to describe monetary policy，such as“steering the economy to a soft landing”or“a touch on the brakes”，makes it sound like a precise scienceNothing could be further from me t

32、ruthThe relation between interest rates and inflation is uncertainAnd there are long， variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economyHence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen，a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty ste

33、ering wheel Given all these disadvantages，central bankers seem to have had much to boast aboutAverage inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 23one yearclose to its lowest level in 30 yearsbefore rising slightly t0 25the next JulyThis is a long way below the doubledigit rates

34、which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early l980s It is also less than most forecasters has predictedIn late l994 the panel of economists which The Economist polls each month said that Americas inflation rate would average 35in l995In factit fell t0 26in August，and is expected to average

35、 only about 3for the year as a whole. In Britain and Japan inflation is running half a percentage point below the rate predicted at the end of last yearThis is no flash in the pan；over the past few years，inflation has been continually lower than expected in Britain and America Economists have been p

36、articularly surprised by favorable inflation figures in Britain and the United States，since conventional measures suggest that both economies，and especially that of America, have little productive slackAmericas capacity utilization，for example，hit historically high levels earlier this year，and its j

37、obless rate(56in August)has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemploymentthe rate below which inflation has taken off in the past Why has inflation proved so mild? The most thrilling explanation is，unfortunately，a little defectiveSome economists argue that powerful structural chang

38、es in the world have upended the old economic models which were based upon the historical link between growth and inflation According to the text, making monetary policy changes_Ais comparable to driving a carBis similar to carrying out scientific workCwill not influence the economy immediatelyDwill

39、 have an immediate impact on the inflation rate 47、 From the text we learn that_ Athere is a clear relationship between inflation and interest ratesBthe economy always follows particular trendsCthe current economic problems are entirely predictableDthe present economic situation is better than expec

40、ted48、 The text suggests that_ Athe previous economic models are still applicableBan extremely low jobless rate will lead to inflationCa high unemployment rate will result from inflationDinterest rates have an immediate effect on the economy49、 By saying“This is no flash in the pan”(Para3)，the autho

41、r means that“_” Athe low inflation rate will continueBthe inflation rate will rise againCinflation will disappear entirelyDthere is no inflation at present50、 How does the author feel about the present situation?ATolerantBIndifferentCDisappointedDSurprised51、根據(jù)以下資料，回答51-70題： Proper arrangement of cl

42、assroom space is important to encouraging interactionMost of US have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort when we workTodays corporations hire human engineering specialists and spend a great deal of time and money to make sole that the physical environments of building

43、s are fit to the activities of their inhabitants Similarly，college classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinkin9We will move into the twentyfirst century，but step into almost any college classroom and you will step back in time at least a hundred yearsDesks are no

44、rmally in straight rows. So students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmatesThe assumption behind such an ar-rangement is obvious：everything important comes from the teacher With a little imagination and effort，unless desks are fixed to the floor，the teacher call correct this situat

45、ion and create space that encourages interchanges among studentsIn small or standardsized classes，chairs，desks and tables can be arranged in different ways：circles，Ushapes，0r semicirclesThe primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone elseLarger clas-ses，particularly those held in

46、lecture halls，unfortunately，allow much less flexibility Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercisesSmall classes with moveable desks and tables present no problemEven in large lecture halls，it is possible for

47、students to turn around and form groups of four to sixBreaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other，think out hard，and see how other students thinking processes operateall these are the most important elements in developing new modes of criti

48、cal thinking In courses that regularly use a small group format，students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the courseA colleague of mine allows students to move around during the first two weeks，until they find a group they are comfortable withHe then asks them to stay in th

49、e same seat，with the same group，from then onThis not only creates a comfortable setting for in teraction but helps him learn students names and faces The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years”(Para2)is intended to convey the idea that_Acollege classrooms often remind people of their

50、 college lifeBcritical thinking was encouraged even a century agoCa hundred years a90，desk arrangement in a classroom was quite differentDthere is not much change in the college educational idea over the past hundred years52、 The primary purpose of desk rearrangement is_ Afor the teacher to divide s

51、tudents into small groupsBto make it possible for students to interact with each otherCfor the teacher to find out how students thinkDto give students more opportunities to practice speaking53、 The greatest advantage in allowing each student to find his own group might be that_ Athe teacher saves th

52、e trouble in doing thatBlearning is made comfortable in this wayCthe teacher can easily remember studentsnames and facesDbrighter students can help slower ones54、 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?ANew kind of desks and chairs should be madeBMany companies are trying to imp

53、rove the working settings for their employeesCClassroom interaction between students is essential to the training of critical thinkingDA comfortable environment leads to higher working efficiency 55、 Which of the following arrangements of the classroom can bring about the best teaching effect? AArra

54、nging the desks in straight rows and providing every minute for the students to listen to the teacherBBreaking a class into small groups and letting the students find the group they prefer to stay inCPutting the students in larger classes and allowing them to discussDBreaking a class into small grou

55、ps and asking the students to stay in the fixed groups as the teacher arranges56、根據(jù)以下資料，回答56-75題： Davison knelt down close to the bottom of the basement stairsHe was saved for the moment by the thick fog which covered the streetCould the policemen be sure that he hadnt turned round and run back into

56、 the main street? But they werent taking chancesDavison slowly went down the street as they searched all the doorways There wasnt a light on in the basement flat behind himThat alone was dangerousThe po1icemen were coming close but they wouldnt expect to find him in an occupied flatThere was a notic

57、e on the door which said “No milk till Monday”he tore it downHe tried the door and found it was double lockedThe footsteps came nearer very slowlyThey must be searching thoroughlyHe knew there was one chance because people were often careless，so he took out a knife，slipped it under the catch of the

58、window and pushed upward until the window slid upHe climbed through quickly and fell on to a bedHe closed the window and turned on the light at once He heard steps coming towards the front doorOn no account must the place seem emptyHe looked for an electric point，and quickly connected the radio and

59、turned it onThen he opened the door opposite and found himself in the bathroomSomebodyit could only be a policemanrang the doorbellLuckily he found what he wanted in the bathroom cupboard straightawaya razor，a stick of shaving soap and a towelHe tied the towel over his collar and managed to soap ove

60、r his neat beard and the ugly scar on his chin fairly thickened before the bell rang again Davison moved slowly to the front door and opened itTwo policemen stood outside and one of them had a dirty piece of paper in one hand“Weve just found this note，”he said“As it saysNo milk till Monday，I thought