Part I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes, 15 points) Section A ( 1 point each)
1. A They are having a party.
B They are playing the piano. C Someone else is having a party.
D Someone else is funny
2. A A radio program B A TV program.
C A game played in the air D A face to face talk show. 3. A Watching TV does harm to people’s health.
B Everyone likes watching TV and likes to confess to it. C People claim openly that they like watching TV. D The man claims openly that he likes watching TV. 4. A Cross it out .
B Do not fill out the form until he gets registered. C Just blacken the space of the item. D Do not fill in this item at all.
5. A The man may have some trouble in the community. B The man should go to the community library more often. C The man should not go to the State University.
D The man can learn more about the specialties in the community library. 6. A He arrived late at the bus stop. B He was watching at a wrong place. C He couldn’t find the bus shop D He was waiting at a wrong time. 7. A Through a phone call B Through internet.
C By writing a letter to them. D By going to the Project herself. 8. A Their original pushing policy was bad. B They kept their original pushing policy. C They failed to earn a profit.
D They didn’t think highly of the man’s help.
9. A It is too late for the man to start the hobby.
B A college student shouldn’t get into that kind of hobby. C The hobby is too costly.
D The hobby is not very interesting.
Section B (1 point each)
10. A TV programs and movies B Communications C Internet and videos D Music records 11. A It provides more creative activities for children. B It may ruin children’s health.
C It can cause people to suffer from indigestion. D It can enlarge children’s scope of knowledge.
12. A They should not let children younger than two years old watch TV for more than two hours each day.
B They should prevent their young children from playing with strangers.
C They should not have a television or computer in their bedroom.
D They should only watch good TV programs.
13. A The threats to the survival of plants and animals caused by human activities. B The functions of the environmental system.
C The importance of protecting the environment and wildlife. D The causes of the worldwide loss of the animal and plant species. 14. A Twenty percent B Thirty percent C Forty percent D Fifty percent 15. A Expanding lands for farming B Polluting the air and soil. C Killing a greater number of domestic animals. D Hunting the wild games.
Part II. Vocabulary ( 10 minutes, 10 points) Section A ( 0.5 point each)
16. Johnson’s exterior concealed a miserly and deceiving nature. A personality B appearance C disinterest D temper
17. The authorities have failed to react fast enough to popular discontent but told citizens that they will try their best to improve the living conditions.
A disadvantage B disagreement C disbelief D dissatisfaction
18. They urged the authorities to make an account for the manner in which their affairs are being conducted.
A calculate B forgive C explain D demonstrate
19. The delegation of negotiation had been told to make a concession to their counterpart. A apology B compromise C substitution D permission
20. A two-year sting operation last week yielded charges of 58 American Airlines baggage handlers and food contract workers, as well as three law enforcement officials. A gave rise to B appealed to C gave up D fulfilled in
21. After the crash, the rescue workers worked feverishly to clean up the debris and tried very hard to find survivors .
A ruins B trash C facilities D refuse
22. They feared that slashing public spending and squeezing pensions would damage the “fundamental Social Democratic values” of social justice and equality.
A blaming forcefully B attacking fiercely C reducing steeply D encouraging blindly 23. No one knew what to do when he had tried in vain to get himself across.
A arrived B successful C finished D understood.
24. The government also expects that the new residential quarters will greatly facilitate the management of migrant workers.
A offer a chance for B make easy C make possible for D strongly support to
25. America and North Korea reached an agreement that halted North Korea’s production of the radioactive element---plutonium--- with a view eventually to smashing its capacity to make the stuff.
A destroying B demobilizing C assembling D diminishing
Section B (0.5 point each)
26. Federal sentencing guidelines, in place for only two years, were ____ because they were believed to have tied the hands of judges in federal drug cases.
A tossed off B tossed aside C tossed up D tossed for
27. There is a popular view that the great scientific breakthroughs occur by ____a little bit like someone looking down a test tube and saying “Aha”.
A inspection B perception C legislation D inspiration
28. President Boris Yeltsin’s fitful rule is seen to be ever more designed to serve the interests of people ____
A at a loss B at a stroke C at large D at hand.
29. At that time leukemia was almost inevitably ___, but today, more than half of the people with leukemia get a cure.
A lethal B poisonous C awesome D terrific
30. More than half of all of the American prisoners are nonviolent offenders ----usually small-time drug dealers who need help with their own _______
A addiction B drunkenness B persecution D convention
31. The city is famous for its atmospheric ____ of lofty towers and landscape.
A claps B clatter C cluster D clamp
32. Even the undone building had been decorated---- a lot of color bulbs and ribbons were put on the ___ beam.
A transitional B transverse C trifled D tumbled
33. In the newspaper they denounced the government for its ___ spending of public funds. A reckless B reluctant C reciprocal D redundant
34. He ____all control over the company to his elder son after he got seriously ill. A left over B snatched at C scrubbed out D lingered on
35. Some dictionaries are ____ . They tell us how words ought to be used. A descriptive B prescriptive C intensive D creative Part III. Close Test ( 10 minutes, 15 points, 1 point each)
Twenty years ago, when only the lowly tadpole had been cloned, ethicists raised the possibility that scientists might some day 36 the technology to include human beings as well. They wanted the issue discussed. But scientists assailed (攻击）the moralists’ concern as 37 . Let the research go forward, the scientists argued, 38 cloning human beings would serve no 39 scientific purpose. Now the cloning of humans is 40 reach, and society as a whole is caught with its 41 pants down.
Today the sheep----tomorrow the shepherd? 42 the cloning of human beings can be ethically 43 is now firmly, perhaps permanently, 44 the nation’s moral agenda. President Clinton has given an advisory 45 of experts just 90 days to come 46 with proposals for government action. The government could prohibit the cloning of human beings 47 issue regulations limiting what researchers can do. But the government can’t control the actions of individuals or private groups 48 to clone humans for whatever purpose. And science has a way of outdistancing (把。。抛在脑后)all ethical 49 . “In science, the one 50 is that what can be done will be done.” Warns Rabbi Moses Tendler, professor of medical ethics at Yeshiva University in New York.
36. A advance B elevate C propel D assign.
37. A alarmist B thrilling C emotional D passionate 38. A otherwise B lest D because D unless
39. A sensational B discernible C destructive D exclusive 40. A for B on C in D within 41. A evil B ingenious C inherent D ethical 42. A How B Whether C Given D When 43. A verified B confirmed C testified D justified 44. A on B over C in D off 45. A panel B flock C crew D jury 46. A out B off C up D away 47. A about B for C from D or 48. A involved B dedicated C determined D committed 49. A revenues B restraints C ridiculous D revenges 50. A motive B advice C rule D mode
Part IV Reading Comprehension (45 minutes, 30 points, 1 point each)
Passage One
Only one in 100 British people, according to a recent opinion poll, believes that genetically modified food can bring any net benefits. To me, that means 99% of my countrymen are uneducated on this and temporarily determined to remain so.
I wish the mainly American pioneers of GM foods had foreseen this undercurrent. Monsanto sneaked its scientific soybeans into the European food chain, hoping the locals would quietly accept them. They didn’t. Now that loud lobbies have turned the public against GM foods, European supermarkets are advertising that their shelves contain fewer than their rivals. Because many processed foods use genetically modified soybeans or grains, Europe’s increasingly restrictive regulations could turn into another Euro-American trade battle.
Why do Europeans clamor for medical biotech but reject agricultural biotech like a plague? Answer: Medical biotech is targeted at desperate consumers, while agricultural biotech is targeted at producers. European consumers see no great benefit in a scientific process that is potentially risky, does them little good, and could make the local Farmer Plod even less competitive. Might as well ban it.
Rational debate about these subjects is becoming almost impossible, given Europe’s new willingness to find food frightening. British farmers, experimenting with animal feed in the 1980s, made some cows sick---the origins of “mad cow” disease. Fewer than a dozen people are proved to have had their lives shortened by eating these sick cows, but all British beef exports were banned. When a dozen Europeans got headaches from drinking Coca-Cola after an off day at a Belgian bottling plant, this generated something close to panic. The alleged impurity of “unnatural food” has become an obsession----and distrust of government assurances about the food supply a commonplace.
My own guess is that genetic modification will bring great benefits. If Europe wants to stay on the outside looking in, that is its loss. The research and development of GM seeds will not stop just because European consumers have been scared witless. 51. Which of the following is true of the genetically modified food? A It is bringing enormous profit to the manufacture.
B It has met the opposition of the majority of the British people. C The American manufacturers anticipated its increasing popularity.
D Illiterate British consumers are ignorant of its nutritious value.
52. In European countries, the supermarkets are competing with each other by ______ A declaring they are selling mostly natural food. B lobbying against the genetically modified food. C advertising various types of processed food. D setting up more restrictive regulations on food.
53. According to the passage, the “mad cow” disease ___________ A resulted from the experiments British farmers made with sick cows. B resulted in the deaths of fewer than a dozen cows. C led to the ban on the export of all British beef.
D aroused the European traditional suspicion of unnatural food.
54. The author mentions Coca-Cola in paragraph 4 to show that ________ A unnatural food is impure. B biotech can be dangerous.
C drinks as well as food may cause panic. D many people are unreasonably frightened.
55. The author probably regards the British attitude towards GM food as ________ A reasonable B absurd C over-sensitive D incomprehensible 56. The phrase “clamor for” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______ A demanding loudly B criticizing continuously C producing reluctantly D banning completely
Passage Two
To grab the high-paid jobs of the future, workers will need the right skills. But given the pace of technological change, those skills are likely to have short shelf lives. Result: a huge need for on-the-job training.
Some companies, such as Xerox, Corning and United Technologies, already invest heavily in training programs. But if the economic prophets are correct, and long-term job security will soon be a fading memory, those efforts may not make much business sense. Why spend millions of dollars training workers you may not need next year---- or even next month? Why not recruit skilled employees away from your competitors?
Economists call it the “free rider” problem: Because any one company can avoid the costs of paying for job training, it doesn’t make sense for any company to pay for it. Unless that trap can be avoided, some analysts warn, employees won’t get trained and crucial skills will remain in short supply. “We want to build skills, but it’s not good to have a situation where there is going to be a lot of turnover,” says Dupont’s Krol.
But that particular problem may not be as severe as analysts’ fear. Some corporations are wrestling with the job-training issue with surprising results.
Xerox is emerging as a leader in the field and now offers more than 120 training courses. The fastest-growing sector: Courses for high-end computer professionals, such as system designers and network administrators. “These are $ 20- and $30- and $40-an-hour jobs,” says Mitchell Fromstein, ECO of Manpower.
Offering expensive training programs to temporary workers may not seem like a shrewd
business decision, given the high employee turnover. But Fromstein says Manpower has learned to regard training as a two-way street: Teach workers the skills they need, and they’ll keep coming back for more.
“That doesn’t mean that people never take our training and go elsewhere for more money,” Fromstein says. “But because we can deliver training on a very cost-effective basis, we’re still seeing a good return on our investment.”
What role should government play? Federal job-training efforts have a spotty record. The 14-year-old Jobs Training Partnership Act, for example, has delivered only modest employment and wage gains for adults and virtually no benefits for youths, according to a study by the Urban Institute, a politically moderate research group.
Another approach: Tax incentives. In 1978, Congress passed a law allowing firms to provide tax-free tuition to employees for job-related training. The program proved popular, and analysts gave it high marks. But Congress allowed the tax break to expire in 1998 in a budget-cutting move.
57. A great demand for on-the-job training is brought about by _______ A labor turnover B the decline of job security
C the rapid development of technology. D the high-paid jobs
58. Which of the following practices is economically reasonable according to the author? A To get skilled employees from the rival firms. B To invest in workers’ training.
C To have high employee turnover. D To ignore the “free rider” problem 59. The “free rider” problem_________
A encourages corporation to invest in employee training. B keeps employees away from job-training courses. C may lead to more job-training efforts.
D can trap the companies into costly job training programs. 60. According to Fromstein, __________
A it doesn’t pay off to offer expensive training programs.
B companies are to be well repaid for their job-training efforts.
C people should not use the skills they have learned to earn money elsewhere. D training delivery should be on the basis of mutual benefits. 61. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A Employees now pay tax-free tuition for job-related training. B The tax break came to an end in 1998.
C Analysts thought highly of the tax break program. D Federal training efforts are irregularly good and bad. 62. The word “turnover” (Para 3) means __________
A job-hoppers B job-hunters C the amount of business D rate of renewal
Passage three
When Dr. David Ho announced last year that he thought he might be able to eliminate the AIDS virus completely from the bodies of his patients by hitting it early and hard with a
combination of powerful antiviral drugs, his startling prediction was couched in a big “if”. If it turned out that there were previously undiscovered pockets of viral particles in the body, all bets were off.
The bets are off. Reporting in the journal science, two groups of investigators ----one from Johns Hopkins Medical school in Baltimore, Md., the other from the University of California at San Diego--- announced last week that they had found a hidden reservoir of HIV that seems perfectly capable of reactivating an infection. A third paper, which will appear in next week’s Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, comes to the same conclusion. All three studies determined that HIV hides in some of the so-called memory T cells of the immune system even after it has been cleared from the bloodstream. “I kind of expected this,” says Ho, director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City, who worked with the Hopkins groups. “It would have been nice not to have this to deal with, but it’s here and we have to handle it.” The memory cells turn out to be perfect hiding places for HIV. Like an extraordinarily detailed computer database, they keep track of every foreign particle or microbe that the body has ever come across. If they meet up with the same intruder at a later date, they can trigger an immediate immune response. That’s why you need to be vaccinated only once against such diseases as polio or smallpox.
Until the memory cells are called into action, however, they exist for years and possibly decades in what is known as a resting phase, never making copies of themselves or any of the viruses that may have infected them. Unfortunately, combination therapy works only against actively reproducing viruses. So by lying low within a few memory cells, HIV can escape the pharmacological onslaught.
Although disappointed by the latest results, AIDS researchers have not conceded defeat. They were pleased to discover that the HIV stored in the memory cells had not changed: the same collection of antiviral drugs should work on it whenever it comes out of hiding. “The bad news is we can’t yet get rid of the virus,” says Dr. Robert Siliciano, who led the Hopkins team. “The good news is that as long as people infected with HIV keep taking the triple-drug cocktail, they have an excellent chance of surviving the infection for a long time.”
Meanwhile, researchers are trying to figure out how to lure that virus out of hiding. If all the memory cells containing HIV could be stimulated, the viruses hiding within them could be destroyed by the right combination of drugs. Once again, it’s a big if.
63. The reports published in the journal Science have proved that _________ A Dr. David Ho’s assertion was right. B Dr. David Ho’s assertion was wrong.
C it is unlikely for any AIDS patient to be cured.
D Dr. David Ho felt good that he does not have to deal with the hidden HIV 64. The problem that AIDS researchers find difficult to solve is _______
A when old AIDS viruses are got rid of, new ones will be found in the bodies of patients B memory T cells are turned into AIDS virus producing factories. C AIDS virus can hide in memory T cells and starts renewed infections. D the immune system doesn’t work against AIDS virus.
65. The memory cells turn out to be perfect hiding places for AIDS virus because _______ A AIDS virus can be produced in the memory cells.
B even if some cells might have been infected, they may remain inactive for years or even
decades.
C They can start an immediate immune response.
D they look like a very sophisticated computer database.
66. The patients infected with AIDS virus can’t get rid of the disease because ____ A memory cells are immune to antiviral drugs. B the patients’ bets are off.
C memory cells have made copies of AIDS virus.
D antiviral drugs have no effect on AIDS viruses in memory cells during the resting phase. 67. The good news to people infected with AIDS is that _______
A as long as they keep taking the antiviral drugs, they won’t be infected again.
B as long as viruses stop operating, they can get rid of the disease.
C as long as AIDS researchers don’t concede defeat, they have an excellent chance of survival. D as long as they keep taking combination drugs they can survive for a long time. 68. According to the article, the key to eliminating AIDS viruses lies in _________ A how to activate the immune system.
B how to get the virus to actively reproduce themselves. C how to combine powerful drugs. D how to discover the virus in time.
Passage Four
Not long ago, ordering margarine (人造黄油) with your toast seemed like a downright virtuous thing to do. Without all the saturated fats that plump up butter, margarine was said to be the perfect way to get flavor without endangering your heart. In recent years, however, evidence has mounted that this supposedly healthier spread poses cardiac risks of its own. And last week a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that those risks are so great that it may be time to consider modifying food labels so consumers can tell which butter substitutes are good for them and which are not so good.
The problem with margarine comes from substances known as trans-fatty acids. At room temperature, the vegetable oil used to make margarine stays in a liquid state, not the most spreadable consistency. When the oil treated with heat and chemicals, the fatty-acid molecules straighten out, allowing the liquid to solidify. But this trans-fatty configuration also converts beneficial polyunsaturates into less healthy fatty acids, and this can cause blood fats to rise. Just how high they rise was made clearer than ever last week. In a study conducted at Boston’s Tufts University, researchers fed subjects randomly selected diets that included soybean oil, semiliquid margarine, soft margarine, and then compared their blood fats to levels measured in highbutter diets. The more trans-fatty acids in a spread, scientists found, the more fats in the blood.
Here we don’t support the idea for a return to an all-butter diet. Margarines may not lower LDL (low-density-lipoprotein) levels much, but lower them they do. What’s more, food scientist in Europe have developed margarines free of trans-fatty acids, and these are slowly making their way to grocery shelves in the U.S. Until they’re in wide use, it’s up to manufacturers to give consumers the food labels they need---- and it’s up to consumers to read them.
69. According to the passage, margarine used to be thought of as _______ A a wholesome food B having better flavor than butter.
C a nutritious food D a cheaper substitute for butter.
70. The research on margarine published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested _______
A the cessation of having margarine.
B the potential danger of margarine to health. C the disclosure of its content on labels. D the modification of labels on butter.
71. In which of the following forms can margarine be most threatening to our health? A Margarine in semiliquid state. B Margarine in soft state. C Margarine in a liquid state. D Margarine in a solid state
72. It can be concluded from the passage that the publication of the research results on margarine is _____
A to look for a better substitute for better than margarine. B to reduce the harmful content in margarine.
C to call on people to adopt an all-butter diet.
D to warn people of the potential danger in margarine.
73. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A Margarine Misgivings. B Margarine---A Potential killer. C Harmful Substances in Margarine. D Butter Substitute, Margarine.
Passage Five
At a time when it seems all things concerning Latin America are hot, hot, hot, Spanish-language papers are desperately trying to change their marketing image.
To the frustration of Hispanic publishers, advertising agencies often treat Spanish-language or bilingual newspapers as afterthoughts in their marketing plans. “The way agencies look at Hispanic media in TV first, then radio, and then magazines. And newspapers are last,” says the president of a public relations and marketing company.
That’s true even among many Hispanic owned agencies, as was evident during the recent Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies semiannual meeting here.
“As you know, Hispanic print is not usually the first choice of agencies and advertisers,” Robert Armband, associated publisher of Chicago-based La Raza, tells approximately 120 AHAA members. He goes on to enumerate the advantages of the weekly; a paid circulation base of nearly 50,000; a total market coverage program that adds another 100,000 distribution; and a study that puts readership at 400,000 and penetration at 60% of Hispanic households. “Neither TV nor radio has the penetration of La Raza,” Armband says. “As surprising as it may seem to you, print does deliver in Chicago.”
A New York-based agency executive listens, but is not necessarily swayed. “Unfortunately as we heard the guy from La Raza say, newspapers are not in front, they’re not top of mind,” Karen Treydly of Conill Advertising says later in a hallway. “We look at newspaper as a local, retail buy.”
That was a common sentiment among AHAA meeting attendees, and a frustrating one for papers like La Raza and New York’s El Diario . “Ad agencies have the tendency to pay more attention to the flamboyant and more entertaining media,” says El Diario national accounts manager German Cardenas. “And they’re in love with the film stars.”
Hispanic newspapers are jazzing themselves up. After years as an old gray lady, La Opinion, the Los Angeles daily, now bursts with color. La Raza and its closest competitor, the Exito, feature entertainment sections with extensive coverage of the entertainment world.
Viewers sometimes criticize Spanish-language networks for being “too Cuban” or “too Mexican”. Radio music formats turn off some nationalities even as they appeal to others, “The paper enjoys not having that problem,” Cardenas say. Because of the growth of the Hispanic population ---- and the increasing interest advertisers have in it -----Hispanic papers are getting more and more ad dollars. “We are here,” Cardenas says, “to make the agencies a little more conscious of the value of what we offer.”
74. Spanish language papers are desperately trying to change their market image because ____ A they intend to look more like English newspapers. B they are frustrated with their marketing plans.
C they want to have a greater appeal to the advertising people. D they have a smaller readership than the bilingual papers.
75. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of La Raza as mentioned by Armband? A It has nearly 50,000 subscribers.
B It is a weekly with its headquarters in Chicago.
C It sells 100,000 copies in addition to the paid circulation base.
D Its readers can be found in more than half of the Hispanic households. 76. By saying “ print does deliver in Chicago”, Armband meant that _____ A he was surprised at the number of their readers in Chicago. B Chicago people enjoyed reading the printed news most. C newspapers were sent to people’s homes in Chicago. D Spanish language papers and magazines sold well in Chicago. 77. Most of the people at the AHAA meeting felt that _______ A printed media only carried the local news.
B newspapers were not as entertaining as other forms of media. C Hispanic publishers were frustrated with their marketing image.
D newspapers did not have a nation-wide circulation.
78. As compared with Spanish language radio and TV programs, the Spanish language papers ___ A have a smaller penetration B have more advertising value. C do not have an international focus. D do not have a strong Latin American flavor
79. The expression “jazzing themselves up” (Paragraph 7) is closest in meaning to ____ A becoming more lively B competing harder with each other. C selling more papers D carrying more advertisement 80. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage ?
A The Spanish language papers are adjusting themselves to attract advertisers’ attention. B The advertising agencies become more and more interested in Spanish language papers. C There are several reasons why Hispanic papers are not regarded as important by advertisers.
D The advertising agencies should be more aware of the importance of Hispanic papers.
Paper Two
Part V Translation (40 minutes, 10 points) Section A ( 20 minutes, 10 points)
The capture, manipulation, transmission, and consumption of information (in digital form) has become a critical function in our economy---- and soon, perhaps, in our civilization. For years, the striking increase of digital computing and networking has been rewriting the rules in business, and it will continue to do so. Now, as these technologies develop rapidly, the Information Revolution promises to touch--- and in some cases radically transform--- every aspect of life: our work and leisure, all manner of scientific techniques, and virtually every method for recording and transmitting knowledge, including books, newspapers, magazines, movies, television, phone calls, musical recordings, and architectural drawings. Section B (20 minutes, 10 points)
以史为鉴不仅是作为政治家的共识，而且也是有社会责任感的学者的一贯追求。人们回顾历史，就是想从过往的政治风云和社会变动中获取直接的经验教训，以使所处社会得以改造，免蹈旧时代的覆辙.
Part VI Writing ( 30 minutes, 10 points)
Topic Change Our Life Style to Save the Planet Outline:
1. The situation of environmental pollution around you.
2. The results of the pollution.
3. We each should change our life styles to improve the environment.
因篇幅问题不能全部显示，请点此查看更多更全内容