SECTION A COMPOSITION [35 min ]
Directions: Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a composition of about 150 words on the following topics. Advertisements appear everywhere in modern society and play a very important role today. However, some people don’t like advertisements because they think them annoying. But what do you think would happen if there were no advertisements?
IF THERE WERE NO ADVERTISEMENTS
You are to write in three paragraphs. In the first paragraph, state what your suggested way is. In the second paragraph, state one or two reasons for your suggestion. In the last paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy. Failure to follow the instruction may result in a loss of marks.
SECTION B NOTE-WRITING [l0 MIN. ]
Directions: Write on ANSWER SHEET ONE a note of about 50-60 words on the following situation: You are Peter/Mary. You are writing to a friend of yours, inviting him or her to spend a holiday with you in some part of your city. Explain your plans and tell him or her why you think the holiday will be interesting and enjoyable. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriacy.
PART II DICTATION [-15 min.-]
Directions: Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 to 20 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more. Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO.
PART III LISTENING COMPREHENSION [-20 min.-]
Directions: In section A, B and C you will hear everything once truly. Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct response for each question on your answer sheet.
SECTION A STATEMENT
Directions: In this Section you will hear eight statements. At the end of the statement you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following eight questions.
1. According to the statement, Mrs. Cronk ______
A. spent ’20.
B. saved ’16.
C. paid too much.
D. saved ’4.
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2. What does the statement imply?
A. Now she takes one tablet.
B. Now she takes two tablets.
C. Now she takes three tablets.
D. Now she takes four tablets.
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3. What do we know about the speaker?
A. He would like some orange juice now.
B. He likes orange juice but he does not want any now.
C. He’ll never want to have orange juice again.
D. He is never tired of orange juice.
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4. What does the speaker mean?
A. It was not late when we called you.
B. It was too late so we did not call you.
C. It was late but we called you.
D. It was not late but we did not call you.
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5. According to the speaker, ______
A. Tom will ask them to admit him on Monday.
B. Tom will decide whether to go to school.
C. Tom will know about his admission on Monday.
D. They will decide whether to give Tom a scholarship.
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6. According to the statement, Gary ______
A. expects to work hard in order to finish his thesis.
B. is planning a party.
C. will finish his thesis at the party.
D. will not finish his thesis this quarter.
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7. Where is the speaker?
A. At a bank.
B. At a grocery store.
C. At a restaurant.
D. At a supermarket.
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8. The weather last weekend was ______.
A. warm and dry.
B. cold and wet.
C. cool and cloudy.
D. warm and overcast.
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SECTION B CONVERSATION
Directions: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following nine questions.
9. What does the woman say about Susan?
A. She is a fast worker.
B. She did Jack’s homework.
C. She didn’t do all of her homework by herself.
D. She has not finished her homework.
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10. What did the man have?
A. He had some ice cream.
B. He had a piece of cake.
C. He had a piece of gum.
D. He had something to drink.
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11. What does the man think of the car?
A. It looks fine.
B. The engine is good but the brakes need repairing.
C. Though it runs well, it looks old.
D. It needs a complete overhaul.
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12. What do we learn from this conversation?
A. The travel agent is at the airport.
B. The theater is near Broadway.
C. The woman is going on a bus trip.
D. The woman bought an airplane ticket.
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13. What are they discussing?
A. A new shuttle bus.
B. A regularly scheduled space flight.
C. An airplane flight six years ago.
D. A new church mission.
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14. What are the two people talking about?
A. Mathematics.
B. Banking.
C. Credits.
D. Computers.
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15. What are the man and woman doing?
A. Making an appointment.
B. Fixing a clock.
C. Discussing a price.
D. Going to class.
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16. What does the woman want to know?
A. What the man told John.
B. Why the man told John to come at 10.30.
C. Where John was supposed to arrive.
D. How John was coming.
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17. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a dress shop.
B. At a barber shop.
C. At a grocery store.
D. At an airport.
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SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Questions 18 and 19 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
18. Which of the following is true?
A. Some American steel companies are selling their products at very low prices.
B. Some European steel companies are selling their products at very low prices.
C. Some companies are selling their products in Europe and America below the fair value.
D. Some European steel companies will sell their products below their value.
正确答案是
19. Why did the American steel industry reject the agreement?
A. Because it reduced the prices of American steel.
B. Because it did not reduce the prices of European steel.
C. Because it did not have any effects.
D. Because it did not do enough to reduce the effects of unfair European steel prices.
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Questions 20 and 21 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
20. ______ countries took part in the Disarmament Conference.
A. 51
B. 60
C. 61
D. 50
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21. Annan pressed the negotiators to ______
A. prohibit transfers of nuclear weapons between countries.
B. adhere to the Ottawa Landmine Treaty.
C. prohibit the sales of land mines and nuclear arms race in outer space.
D. both B and C.
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Question 22 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
22. The news reported a ______
A. lorry crash.
B. ferry accident.
C. bridge wreckage.
D. traffic jam.
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Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
23. According to the news, how many medical discharges were granted in 1996 and 1997?
A. 5,000.
B. 10,000.
C. 2,500.
D. 20,000.
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24. Why did the soldiers bribe military doctors?
A. To be cured from physical or mental disabilities.
B. To get an early discharge.
C. To prompt an audit of military hospitals.
D. None of the above.
正确答案是
Question 25 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
25. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
A. Albright said that the two sides would work out details of the F-16 purchase.
B. Thai and US officials will discuss the technical specifications of the F-16 jet fighters.
C. Thailand is going to buy new F-16 jet fighters from America.
D. Thai and US officials considered Thailand’s economic crisis on the sale of F-16 jet fighters.
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PART IV CLOZE [15 min.]
Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would correctly complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the correct choice for each blank on your answer sheet.
One of the major pleasures in life is appetite, and one of our major duties should be to preserve it. Appetite is the (26)______ of living; it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you still have an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous (27)______ and juices. (28)______ appetite, of course, I don’t mean just the lust for food, but any condition of (29)______ desire, any burning in the blood that proves you want more than you’ve got, and that you haven’t yet (30)______ your life. Wilde said he felt sorry for those who never got their heart’s desire, but sorrier (31)______ for those who did. I got mine once only, and it nearly killed me, and I’ve always preferred wanting (32)______ since.
For appetite, to me, is this state if wanting, which keeps one’s (33)______ alive. I remember learning this lesson long ago as a child, when treats and orgies were (34)______, and when I discovered that the greatest pitch of happiness was not in actually eating a toffee, but in (35)______ it beforehand. True, the first bite was delicious, (36)______ once the toffee was gone one was left with nothing, neither toffee nor lust.
So for me, one of the keenest (37)______ of appetite remains in the wanting, not the satisfaction. In this condition, of course, I know that the object of desire is always at its most flawlessly (38)______, which is why I would carry the preservation of appetite (39)______ of deliberate fasting, simply because I think that appetite is (40)______ to lose, too precious to be bludgeoned into insensibility by satiation and over-doing it.
26.
A. wanting
B. interest
C. keenness
D. eagerness
正确答案是
27.
A. dishes
B. meals
C. smells
D. flavors
正确答案是
28.
A. By
B. With
C. Through
D. Of
正确答案是
29.
A. dissatisfied
B. unsatisfied
C. dissatisfying
D. unsatisfying
正确答案是
30.
A. used up
B. used all
C. used over
D. finished
正确答案是
31.
A. more
B. the same
C. even
D. still
正确答案是
32.
A. to having
B. rather than having
C. instead of having
D. but not having
正确答案是
33.
A. wanting
B. desiring
C. curiosity
D. expectation
正确答案是
34.
A. popular
B. many
C. few
D. a few
正确答案是
35.
A. tasting
B. imagining
C. biting
D. gazing at
正确答案是
36.
A. but
B. however
C. and
D. for
正确答案是
37.
A. happiness
B. delights
C. pleasures
D. well-being
正确答案是
38.
A. good
B. best
C. perfect
D. perfection
正确答案是
39.
A. at a degree
B. to an extent
C. to some extent
D. to the extent
正确答案是
40.
A. too good
B. so good
C. too hard
D. too easy
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PART V GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY [15 min.]
Directions: There are twenty-five sentences in this section. Beneath each sentence there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that correctly completes the sentence. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
41. I have to collect ______ about the topic before I start writing the book.
A. a few more materials
B. a few more materials
C. a little more materials
D. a little more material
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42. You can go out, ______ you promise to be back before 11 o’clock.
A. as long as
B. unless
C. lest
D. in case
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43. Were it not for the fact that his father is on the board of directors, he ______ the job.
A. will never get
B. will never have got
C. would never get
D. would never have got
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44. ______ transistor is small in ______ size and highly reliable.
A. A, /
B. The, /
C. A, the
D. The, the
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45. He resented the suggestion that he ______ conscientiously.
A. should not work
B. did not work
C. would not work
D. is not working
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46. He made a long speech ______ his ignorance of the subject.
A. only showing
B. only showed
C. only to show
D. only as to show
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47. Some men would do more for a dog than ______ for a wife.
A. they would
B. they do
C. they did
D. do
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48. Under no circumstances ______ do anything that will benefit ourselves.
A. we should
B. should we
C. that we should
D. that we will
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49. Two hundred miles ______ a long distance ______ in two hours even by a fast car.
A. are, to cover
B. are, to be covered
C. is, to cover
D. is, to be covered
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50. If reading is to accomplish anything ______ passing time, it must be active.
A. more than
B. better than
C. other than
D. without
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51. It was to New York ______ he went in the hope of finding work on one of the New York newspapers.
A. which
B. where
C. as
D. that
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52. ______ has been said above, grammar is not a set of dead rules.
A. It
B. Which
C. As
D. As it
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53. He left ______ with my secretary that he would call again in the afternoon.
A. words
B. a word
C. the word
D. word
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54. The cat ______ out in front of the fire.
A. extended
B. stretched
C. spread
D. squeezed
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55. The woman writer is very ______ on the subject of African wildlife.
A. knowing
B. knowledgeable
C. intellectual
D. intelligent
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56. Before going to bed she ______ herself that the door was locked.
A. assured
B. reassured
C. ensured
D. made sure
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57. We made plans for a visit, but ______ difficulties with the car prevented it.
A. consequent
B. consequential
C. subsequent
D. incidental
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58. Children from ______ homes are deprived of the right to receive higher education.
A. under-privileged
B. under-developed
C. backward
D. straitened
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59. I can’t ______ your bad manners any longer.
A. endure
B. bear
C. stand
D. tolerate
正确答案是
60. She is an ______ housekeeper and feeds her family cheaply.
A. economical
B. economic
C. thrift
D. simple
正确答案是
61. I can’t come out with you tonight but I’d like to ______ on your offer another time.
A. take you in
B. take you up
C. have you in
D. take you out
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62. The artist ______ an interesting picture by putting the variously-colored shapes together.
A. comprised
B. compounded
C. composed
D. combined
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63. It is thought to be a ______ to envy the possessions of other people.
A. sin
B. crime
C. error
D. mistake
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64. The change in her manner was ______ of a new attitude towards us.
A. implicit
B. explicit
C. indicative
D. intentional
正确答案是
65. Do my eyes ______ me, or is that really an elephant pulling a carriage?
A. conceal
B. relieve
C. deceive
D. deny
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PART VI READING COMPREHENSION [30 min.]
SECTION A [25 min.]
Directions: In this section there are four passages followed by fifteen questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that you think is the correct answer. Mark your choice on your answer sheet.
TEXT A
Vehicle vogue seems to have taken a decidedly luxurious turn, if this week’s annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit is any indicator. Nearly a dozen automakers are unveiling new models or concept cars aimed at affluent buyersthe goal being to win a place on the open, prosperous highway of the American luxury-car market. Says Michael Dale, president of Jaguar North America: "The economy is wonderful. Wall Street is doing great, and people want to buy a car that feels like more than just transportation. Frankly, you’re just not going to get that in a Firebird. "John Smith, general manager of GM’s Cadillac division, puts it another way: "Baby boomers have always been a relatively self-indulgent generation. Now that they’re becoming empty nesters, the luxury segment is benefiting. "... Indeed, the luxury movement represents the industry’s first significant market shift since the introduction of the minivan and the Jeep Grand Cherokee in the mid-1980’s. And it suggests that the old model developed by General Motors’ Alfred P. Sloan in the early 1920’s, which sliced the industry into carefully graded segments and moved consumers up as their income rose, may be headed for extinction. Instead, as automakers lavish more and more attention on a narrower, wealthier band of consumer, the U.S. is moving to a more European marketing model built around sales of luxury ears to the affluent and small, inexpensive shoeboxes on wheels for everyone else.
66. Firebird is ______
A. a luxury car.
B. a practical car.
C. a car that everybody likes.
D. a car that only American like.
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67. According to the passage, the introduction of the minivan in the mid-1980’s was ______
A. a steady development of the car industry.
B. an unsignificant change to luxury movement.
C. a noted change in the car industry.
D. the gradual change to luxury movement.
正确答案是
68. Alfred P. Sloan developed a model, which ______
A. dealt mainly with the self-indulgent customers.
B. evaluated the customers.
C. was the reference of the customers.
D. was General Motor’s principles in producing cars.
正确答案是
69. In European market, the car makers pay more attention to the sales of ______
A. costly cars.
B. cheap cars.
C. boxes containing shoes.
D. minivans.
正确答案是
TEXT B
First, the bad news. in the past year, Asians seeking education abroad have found it harder than usual to locate the requisite funding. Loans have become more expensive, and government grants have shrunk. As their currencies depreciated drastically against the dollar, countries like Thailand and Malaysia that had been nurturing overseas education programs simply ran out of cash. Malaysia, which had the largest state-funded study-abroad program in Asia, used to shell out ’ 660 million for its top students to study overseas. But the program has been cut back by about 90%, and the Education Ministry is urging students to be "patriotic" and stay home. Thailand, which has 2,000 government-sponsored students scattered through the U.S., is also scaling back its study-abroad programs. Although 120 undergraduates were selected to study abroad for free this academic year, just 20 are projected to receive the ’28,000 grant each in 1999. And don’t expect foreign governments to help fund Asian students either. Although Britons pay only ’1,600 a year for their undergraduate education, international students don’t get the same subsidy break and must pay an average of ’20,000 annually for tuition, living costs and travel expenses. U.S. law prohibits foreign students from receiving any federally funded financial aid, including grants and loans. Unlike their American classmates, most foreign students cannot supplement their income by getting an off-campus job. To keep their visa status as students, international scholars need to carry a full course load and may work at non-college jobs only with a special permit from the Immigration and Naturalization Servicesand it can take months to get approval. (Some of these rules have been relaxed for Asian students hit by the economic crisis, but the grace period won’t last forever. )
70. According to the passage, how much will Thailand grant the students who will study abroad in 1999?
A. ’ 594,000.
B. ’336,000.
C. ’ 560,000.
D. Not mentioned.
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71. Which of the following is Not true?
A. It is difficult for Asians to get enough money to study abroad.
B. The Asians studying abroad already feel it hard {or them to live and study.
C. The Asians studying in the U. S find life easier for the U. S government may grant them the working permits for good.
D. Many foreign students are not entitled to get a part-time job.
正确答案是
72. Which of the following can international students get from U.S. in the following year?
A. Grants and loans.
B. An average of ’20,000.
C. Some financial aid.
D. Visa status as students.
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TEXT C
It’s the 24th century, and aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, Star Trek chief engineer Geordi LaForge scans the heavens by means of the sophisticated prosthetic lenses that give him superhuman vision. That may be science fiction, but we mere myopes of the 21st century may not have to wait 300 years before we can boldly see where no one has seen before. A new high-performance contact lens under development at the department for applied physics at the University of Heidelberg will not only correct ordinary vision defects but will enhance normal night vision as much as five times, making people’s vision sharper than that of cats, owlsand Goerdi LaForge.
Josef Bille, a 54-year-old physics professor, and his colleagues at the university hope that their ultra-customized vision aids will enable hunters to better spot their quarry at dawn, campers to pitch-their tents at dusk without flashlights, drivers to make out the road ahead with more ease and persons suffering from night blindness to see in the dark. Theatergoers might also benefit: the lenses work best when the pupils are fully dilated as when looking at a lighted stage from the depths of a dark auditorium. "Forget opera glasses," crows Bille, "they will no longer be necessary."
Bille and his team work with an optical instrument called an active mirrora device used in astronomical telescopes to spot fledgling stars and far distant galaxies. Connected to a wavefront sensor that tracks and measures the course of a laser beam into the eye and back, the aluminum mirror detects the deficiencies of the cornea, the transparent membrane that covers the lens of the human eye. The highly precise data from the two instrumentswhich, Bille hopes, will one day be found at opticians all over the worldserve as a basis for the production of completely individualized contact lenses that correct and enhance vision so well that the wearer’s sight is actually better than nature’s perfect 20-20.
73. Which of the following is true?
A. In the 24 th century, people may have superhuman vision.
B. In the 21st century, people can see more clearly at night than owls.
C. In the 21st century, there have existed prosthetic lenses.
D. In the 24th century, there will be prosthetic lenses.
正确答案是
74. What’s a "myope"?
A. An astronaut.
B. A computer fan.
C. A near-sighter.
D. A far-sighter.
正确答案是
75. According to the passage, under what condition can the ultra-customized vision aids work best?
A. Hunting in a mountain.
B. Hunting with the help of a flash light.
C. Looking at a well-lit stage from the darkness.
D. Pitching a tent.
正确答案是
76. What are the two instruments mentioned in the third paragraph?
A. The active mirror and the laser beam.
B. The laser beam and the cornea.
C. The cornea and the wave-front sensor.
D. The wave-front sensor and the active mirror.
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TEXT D
The push for men to express their feelings presumes that we have feelings and we do have a few, but they remain submerged, and the airing of them often violates their authenticity. We are, as a gender, as dull as we seem. Contrary to the claptrap of the men’s movement, men gain power through not talking. "The strength of the genie," said poet Richard Wilbur, "comes from being in a bottle." I’m no biologist, but my guess is that the male human animal was programmed for silence. One can make us talk counter to our genetic makeup, but it is like training kangaroos to box. It’s mildly entertaining but pointless.
There’s a deep, basically serene well of silence in most men, which, for better and worse, is where we live. I do not mean to start clap-trapping myself, but I often think that all our acts of aggression and posturing arise from that well as forms of overcompensation of panic. Unlike women, men are not social creatures, not born administrators. It’s politically correct to think of God as female, but no woman would have thrown Lucifer out of heaven; she would have offered him a desk job. Had Lucifer been a woman, she would have dropped all that "myself am hell" business and taken it.
I would go so far as to argue that men were programmed to be isolated from one another and that aloneness is our natural state. Silence in male friendships is our way of being alone with each other. Once men have established a friendship, that itself is the word. The affection is obvious, at least to us. A main component of our silence is an appreciation of the obvious.
77. Which of the following statements about men is true?
A. Men are talkative.
B. Men are powerful.
C. Men are reticent.
D. Men are authentic.
正确答案是
78. Richard Wilbur said, "The strength of the genie comes from being in a bottle." What does he mean?
A. Men take advantage of the men’s movement.
B. Men don’t enjoy talking.
C. Men attain control over the others by saying nothing.
D. Men enjoy keeping the genie in a bottle.
正确答案是
79. When a man tends to be aggressive, that’s the result of the following except ______
A. his terror.
B. his excessive desire to make up for his loss.
C. his administrative instinct.
D. his isolation from the others.
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80. The example of Lucifer in the second paragraph suggests all of the following except ______.
A. a man is more qualified for office job.
B. a woman is more practical than a man.
C. a man is not as easy-going as a woman.
D. a man tends to remain isolated.
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SECTION B SKIMMING AND SCANNING [5 min. ]
Directions: In this section there are eight passages followed by ten questions or unfinished statements. Skim or scan the passages as required and then mark your answers on your answer sheet.
TEXT E
First read the following question.
81. The best title for this passage is ______
A. reading more can help.
B. bad news on illiteracy.
C. stop reading and begin exercising.
D. 65, a dangerous age.
正确答案是
Now skim the passage below and answer the question.
Not reading well, it turns out, can be hazardous to your health. A new study shows that people who have difficulty reading or understanding health-related materials are more than twice as likely to end up in a hospital as those who don’t. This has especially dire implications for many Americans over age 65, nearly half of whom are classified as functionally illiterate.
TEXT F
First read the following question.
82. According to the passage, Harley-Davidson is ______
A. a motorcycle.
B. a computer.
C. a mechanic mouse.
D. a watch.
正确答案是
Now skim the passage and answer the question
Harley-Davidson fans who are moving their hands away from the throttle and onto the mouse worry M. Z. Berger Co. , maker of Harley watches. So the company plans to lure the riders away from computers and back to bikes. Those who send in their computer mouse will be rewarded with watches and other Harley apparel. No word yet on free tattoos.
TEXT G
First read the following questions.
83. Hashmatullab Khan asks, "Who would kill the goose that lays the golden egg?" What does he suggest?
A. He has a goose that lays golden eggs.
B. He has an antelope that lays golden eggs.
C. He will kill the antelope.
D. He won’t kill the antelope.
正确答案是
84. What proof do the conservationists hold against the words of the weavers?
A. Tibetan antelopes only eat bushes and shrubs.
B. There are few bushes for antelopes to feed on.
C. Tibetan antelopes don’t brush up against bushes.
D. There are no shrubs for antelope to brush up against.
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Now skim the passage and answer the questions.
In Jammu and Kashmir, India’s northernmost state and the only place a worldwide ban on trade in Tibetan antelope doesn’t apply, workers in the industry deny the creatures are killed at all. Asks Hashmatullah Khan of the Kashmir Handicraft Traders Welfare Association: "Who would kill the goose that lays the golden egg?" Khan insists that weavers use only hair the animals leave behind after brushing against bushes and shrubs. Conservationists say that’s a myth perpetuated by a misinformed retail industry. Urging an end to the shahtoosh trade, they point out that there aren’t any bushes and shrubs on the plateau to brush up against.
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85. The Pollumetre Air is a pollution reader not aimed to help ______
A. pregnant women and patients.
B. people know how bad the air is just around you.
C. people forecast the weather.
D. people protectthemselves.
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In most big cities, pollution alerts are as much a part of TV newscasts as the weather report. But that doesn’t help you know how bad the air is right outside your door. Now a French firm, Pollucorp, has produced Pollumetre Air, a pager-size pollution reader. On sale in Hong Kong and Europe for ’90, the device aims to help pregnant women, children, patients with respiratory ills and other especially vulnerable people by detecting too-high levels of carbon monoxide. Of course, there’s a cheaper way to protect yourself: avoid places jammed with cars and motorbikes. www.babaimi.com
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86. The Acer FotoPrisa 300p can print the following except ______
A. stickers.
B. passport photos.
C. blurry photos.
D. greeting cards.
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The Acer FotoPrisa 300P print images downloaded from the Internet, taken with a digital camera, or scanned with a scanner. It can produce passport photos, personalized greeting cards, postcards and even stickers, and they are as colorful as the ones you see in photo shops. You can save the waiting hours for the photos to come out as well as the money wasted on printing blurry pictures. What’s fantastic about it is that you can edit the pictures to suit your specific needs before you print them out.
TEXT J
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87. According to the passage, how much of a home-owner’s yearly income should be paid for his mortgage?
A. 8%.
B. 16%.
C. 24%.
D. 30%.
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88. Edwin Khoo recommends that a home-owner should ______
A. get the mortgage loan to pay off the education loans.
B. get credit cards to pay off the other loans.
C. get consumer debts to pay off the mortgage loan.
D. get the high rates to pay off the mortgage loan.
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First, make an honest assessment of your lifestyle and financial situation. Then consider what kind of financial burden you will bear when you buy a home. Be prepared for sacrifices in your lifestyle. Typically, 30% of home-owners’ annual family income goes toward mortgage payments, says Linda Wong, principal consultant with the Allen Perkins Group. This can be a frightening prospect, especially when you’re already weighed down by education loans, consumer debts and other financial obligations. Edwin Khoo, vice-president of Citibank in Singapore, recommends consolidating your personal loans and increasing the amount of your mortgage loan to pay off those debts. Consider that credit cards or overdrafts, for example, tend to have higher interest rates than a mortgage loan. "The interest rate on your credit cards may be 24% but the interest rate on your mortgage may be only 8%," he says. "By increasing your mortgage loan to pay off the loans with higher rates, you’ll save on the interest."
TEXT K
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89. Which of the following statements about Domingo and Pavarotti is true?
A. They are nearing the end of their reigns.
B. They are surpassed by Carreras.
C. They are performing at the Metropolitan Opera.
D. They are pulling an opera.
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What makes opera run? In recent years, much of the horsepower has come from the mighty two cylinder engine of Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, whose "Three Tenors" concerts with Jose Carreras are the most profitable road show in the modern history of classical music. It has been more than a decade since the Metropolitan Opera gave an opening-night performance with one or the other performing. But few tenors sing past 60, and both men are fast approaching the inevitable end of their dual tenure at the top of the operatic heap.
TEXT L
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90. According to the passage, which of the following is not mentioned as the main reason of coronary heart disease?
A. Fat.
B. Pressure.
C. Drinking.
D. Sports.
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Here’s fresh hope for those New Year’s resolutions. A recent U. S. study shows that patients who drastically reduced fat in their diets, increased their exercise and learned to handle stress showed a marked reversal of coronary heart disease even after years of self-neglect. The five-year study found participants had, among other things, a more than 50% decrease in heart attacks and other cardiac events.
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