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1、 1 Paper One 试卷一(90 minutes)Part I Listening Comprehension(20 minutes,15 points)（略）Part II Vocabulary(10 minutes,10 points,0.5 for each)Section A Directions:In each item,choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word.Mark out pour choice on t
2、he ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.16.People of diverse backgrounds now fly to distant places for pleasure,business or education.A)different B)distinctive C)similar D)separate 17.The fun of playing the game was a greater incentive than the prize.A)motive B)initiative C)excitement
3、D)entertainment 18.Sometimes the messages are conveyed through deliberate,conscious gestures;other times,our bodies talk without our even knowing.A)definite B)intentional C)delicate D)interactive 19.Hunters have almost exterminated many of the larger animals while farmers destroyed many smaller anim
4、als.A)wounded B)reduced C)killed D)trapped 20.Today black children in South Africa are still reluctant to study subjects from which they were effectively barred for so long.A)anxious B)curious C)opposed D)unwilling 21.If a cat comes too close to its nest,the mockingbird initiates a set of actions to
5、 protect its offspring.A)hastens B)triggers C)devises D)releases 22.Panic swept through the swimmers as they caught sight of a huge shark approaching menacingly.A)Tension B)Excitement C)Fear D)Nervousness 23.Lighting levels are carefully controlled to fall within an acceptable level foroptimal readi
6、ng convenience.A)ideal B)required C)optional D)standard 24.Many observers believe that country will remain in a state of chaos if it fails to solve its chronic food shortage problem.2 A)transient B)starving C)severe D)serial 25.The exhibition is designed to facilitate further cooperation between Chi
7、nese TV industry and overseas TV industries.A)establish B)maximize C)guarantee D)promote Section B Directions:In each question,decide which of the four choices given will most suitably complete the sentence if inserted at the place marked.Mark out pour choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line t
8、hrough the center.26.Anyone who can study abroad is fortunate;but,of course,it is not easy to make the_ from one culture to another A)transaction.B)transportation C)transmission D)transition 27.We_ that diet is related to most types of cancer but we dont have definite proof.A)assure B)suspect C)asce
9、rtain D)suspend 28.How large a proportion of the sales of stores in or near resort areas can be_ to tourist spending?A)contributed B)applied C)attributed D)attached 29.Not all persons arrested and_ with a crime are guilty,and the main function of criminal courts is to determine who is guilty under t
10、he law.A)sentenced B)accused C)persecuted D)charged 30.He_ in court that he had seen the prisoner run out of the bank after it had been robbed.A)justified B)witnessed C)testified D)identified 31.If you are a member of a club,you must_ to the rules of that club.A)conform B)appeal C)refer D)access 32.
11、With the constant change of the conditions,the outcome is not always_.A)favorable B)predictable C)dependable D)reasonable 33.Instead of answering the question,the manager_ his shoulders as if it were not important.3 A)shrugged B)touched C)raised D)patted 34.I am sorry for the_ tone of your letter,bu
12、t feel sure that things are not so bad with you as you say.A)apologetic B)threatening C)pessimistic D)grateful 35.A patient who is dying of incurable cancer of the throat is in terrible pain,which can no longer be satisfactorily _.A)diminished B)alleviated C)relaxed D)abolished Part II Reading Compr
13、ehension(50 minutes,30 Points)Directions:There are 6 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 and mark the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a
14、single line through the center.Passage One Nuclear powers danger to health,safety,and even life itself can be summed up in one word:radiation.Nuclear radiation has a certain mystery about it,partly because it cannot be detected by human senses.It cant be seen or heard,or touched or tasted,even thoug
15、h it may be all around us.There are other things like that.For example,radio waves are all around us but we cant sense radioactivity without a radiation detector.But unlike common radio waves,nuclear radiation is not harmless to human beings and other living things.At very high levels,radiation can
16、kill an animal or human being outright by killing masses of cell in vital organs.But even the lowest levels can do serious damage.There is no level of radiation that is completely safe.If the radiation does nor hit anything important,the damage may not be significant.This is the case when only a few
17、 cells are hit,and if they arc killed outright.Your body will replace the dead cells with healthy ones.But if the few cells arc only damaged,and if they reproduce themselves,you may be in trouble.They reproduce themselves in a deformed way.They can grow into cancer.Sometimes this does not show up fo
18、r many years.This is another reason for some of the mystery about nuclear radiation.Serious damage can be done without the victim being aware at the time that damage has occurred.A person can be irradiated and feel fine,then die of cancer five,ten,or twenty years later as a result.Or a child can be
19、born weak or liable to 4 serious illness as a result of radiation absorbed by its grandparents.Radiation can hurt us.We must know the truth.36.According to the passage,the danger of nuclear power lies in _.A)nuclear mystery B)radiation detection C)radiation level D)nuclear radiation 37.Radiation can
20、 cause serious consequences even at the lowest level _.A)when it kills few cells B)if it damages few cells C)though the damaged cells can repair themselves D)unless the damaged cells can reproduce themselves 38.The word“significant”in paragraph 3 most probably means _.A)remarkable B)meaningful C)fat
21、al D)harmful 39.Radiation can hurt us in the way that it can _.A)kill large numbers of cells in main organs so as to cause death immediately.B)damage cells which nay grow into cancer years later C)affect the healthy growth of our offspring D)All of the above.40.Which of the following can be best inf
22、erred from the passage?A)The importance of protection from radiation cannot be over-emphasized.B)The mystery about radiation remains unsolved.C)Cancer is mainly caused by radiation.D)Radiation can hurt those who are not aware of its danger.Passage Two In some ways,the United States has made spectacu
23、lar progress.Fires no longer destroy 18,000 buildings as they did in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871,or kill half a town of 2,400 people,as they did the same night in Peshtigo,Wisconsin.Other than the Beverly Hill Supper Club fire in Kentucky,in 1977,it has been four decades since more than 100 Ameri
24、cans died in a fire.But even with such successes,the United States still has one of the worst fire death rates in the world.Safety experts say the problem is neither money nor technology,but the indifference of a country that just will not take Fires seriously enough.American fire departments are so
25、me of the worlds fastest and best equipped.They have to be.The United States has twice Japans population,and 40 times as man Fires.It spends far less on preventing fires than on fighting them.American 5 Fire-safety lessons are aimed almost entirely at children,who die in disproportionately large num
26、bers in fires but who,contrary to popular myth,start very few of them.Experts say the fatal error is an attitude that fires are not really anyones fault.Thai is not so in other countries,where both public education and the law treat Fires as either a personal failing or a crime.Japan has many wood h
27、ouses;of the estimated 48 fires in world history that burned more than 10,000 buildings,Japan has had 27.Penalties for by negligence can be as high as life imprisonment.In the United States,most education dollars are spent in elementary schools.But the lessons are aimed at too limited an audience;ju
28、st 9 percent of all Fire deaths are caused by children playing with matches.The United States continues to rely more on technology than laws or social pressure.There are smoke detectors in 85 percent of all homes.Some local building codes now require home sprinklers.New heaters and irons shut themse
29、lves off if they are tipped.41.The reason why so many Americans die in fires is that _.A)they took no interest in new technology B)they did not attach great importance to preventing fires C)they showed indifference to fighting Fires D)they did not spend enough money on fire facilities 42.Although th
30、e Fire death rate has declined,the United States _.A)still has the worst fire death rate in the world B)is still alert to the fire problem C)is still training a large number of safety experts D)is still confronted with the serious fire problem 43.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A)fire saf
31、ety lessons should be aimed at American adults B)American children have not received enough education of fire safety lesson C)Japan is better equipped with fire facilities than the Untied States D)Americas large population accounts for high fire frequency 44.In what aspects should the United States
32、learn from Japan?A)Architecture and building material.B)Education and technology.C)Laws and attitude.D)All of the above 45.To narrow the gap between the fire death rate in the United States and that in other countries,the author suggests _.6 A)developing new technology B)counting more on laws and so
33、cial pressure C)placing a fire extinguisher in every family6554 8814 D)reinforcing the safeness of household appliances021-Passage Three There are hidden factors which scientists call“feedback mechanisms”.No one knows quite how they will interact with the changing climate.Heres one example:plants an
34、d animals adapt to climate change over centuries.At the current estimate of half a degree centigrade of warming per decade,vegetation(植物)may not keep up.Climatologist James Hansen predicts climate zones will shift toward the poles by 50 to 75kilometres a year-faster than trees can naturally migrate.
35、Species that find themselves in an unfamiliar environment will die.The 1000kilometre-wide strip of forest running through Canada,the USSR and Scandinavia could be cut by half.Millions of dying trees would soon lead to massive forest fires,releasing ions of CO2 and further boosting global warming.The
36、re arc dozens of other possible.feedback mechanisms.Higher temperatures will fuel condensation and increase cloudiness,which may actually damp down global warming.Others,like the albedo effect,will do the opposite.The.albedo effect is the amount of solar energy reflected by the earths surface.As nor
37、thern ice and snow melts and the darker sea and land pokes(戳)through,more heat will be absorbed,adding to the global temperature increase.Even if we were to magically stop all greenhouse-gas emissions tomorrow the impact on global climate would continue for decades.Delay will simply make the problem
38、 worse.The fact is that some of us are doing quite well the way things are.In the developed world prosperity has been built on 150 years of cheap fossil fuels.Material progress has been linked to energy consumption.Today 75 per cent of all the worlds energy is consumed by a quarter of the worlds pop
39、ulation.The average rich world resident adds about 3.2 tons of CO2 yearly to the atmosphere,more than four times the level added by each Third World citizen.The US,with just seven per cent of the global population,is responsible for 22 per cent of global warming.46.”Feedback mechanisms”in paragraph
40、1 most probably refer to _.A)how plants and animals adapt to hidden factors B)how plants and animals interact with the changing climate C)how climate changes D)how climate zones shift 7 47.James Hansen predicts that the shift of climate zones will be accompanied by _.A)the cutting of many trees.B)de
41、sirable environmental changes.C)successful migration of species.D)unsuccessful migration of trees.48.We can learn from the passage that _.A)some feedback mechanisms may slow down global warming B)the basic facts of global warming are unknown C)developing countries benefit from cheap fossil fuels D)d
42、eveloped countries have decided to reduce their energy consumption 49.It can be inferred from the passage that _.A)the developing world has decided to increase its energy consumption B)a third-world citizen adds less than a ton of CO2 yearly to the atmosphere C)the world climate would soon gain its
43、balance if we stopped greenhouse gas emissions D)future prosperity of the world is dependent on cheap fossil fuels 50.Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?A)Material progress and energy consumption.B)Prosperity and cheap fossil fuels.C)Impact of global warming on climate.D)Plants
44、and animals in the changing climate.021-Passage Four Learning disabilities are very common.They affect perhaps 10 percent of all children.Four times as many boys as girls have learning disabilities.Since about 1970,new research has helped brain scientists understand these problems better.Scientists
45、now know there are many different kinds of learning disabilities and that they are caused by many different things.There is no longer any question that all learning disabilities result from differences in the way the brain is organized.You cannot look at a child and tell if he or she has a learning
46、disability.There is no outward sign of the disorder.So some researchers began looking at the brain itself to learn what might be wrong.In one study,researchers examined the brain of a learning-disabled person,who had died in an accident.They found two unusual things.One involved cells in the left si
47、de of the brain,which control language.These cells normally are white.8 In the learning disabled person,however,these cells were gray.The researchers also found that many of the nerve cells were not in a line the way they should have been.The nerve cells were mixed together.The study was carried out
48、 under the guidance of Norman Geschwind,an early expert on learning disabilities.Doctor Geschwind proposed that learning disabilities resulted mainly from problems in the left side of the brain.He believed this side of the brain failed to develop normally.Probably,he said,nerve cells there did not c
49、onnect as they should.So the brain was like an electrical device in which the wires were crossed.Other researchers did not examine brain tissue.Instead,they measured the brains electrical activity and made a map of the electrical signals.Frank Duffy experimented with this technique at Childrens Hosp
50、ital Medical Center in Boston.Doctor Duffy found large differences in the brain activity of normal children and those with reading problems.The differences appeared throughout the brain.Doctor Duffy said his research is evidence that reading disabilities involve damage to a wide area of the brain,no