1、 Paper OnePart I Listening Comprehension (15 minutes 15%)Section A (10%)Directions: In this section you will hear ten shortconversations. At the end of each conversation, a questionwill be asked about what was said. Both the conversationand the question will be spoken only once. After eachquestion t
2、here will be a pause. During the pause you mustread the four choices marked A, B, C and D, and decidewhich is the best answer. Then mark the correspondingletter on your Answer Sheet with a single line through thecenter. 1. A. $125 B. $250 C. $375 D. $500 2. A. At the drug store B. At the doctors off
3、iceC. At home D. At the mens house 3. A. A writer B. A teacherC. A reporter D. A student 4. A. They are having breakfast.? B. They are eating some fruits.C. They are preparing a hot soup.D. They are drinking cold milk. 5. A. Because she does not like it.t B. Because it does not it her very well. - C
4、. Because it is too format for the occasion.! , D. Because the man likes the other dress better. 6. A. Go out to workB. Listen carefully to John.C. Be calm and patient.D. Do the easiest thing. 7. A. He doesnt like to talk.13. He is a very kind man.C. He is friendly.D. He is not a pleasant person. 8.
5、 A. The doctor wont see her tomorrow.B. The doctor is busy tomorrow.C. The doctor is busy all day today,D. The doctor will see her today.-1 S, A. Young people are too quick in making decisions.B. Young people seldom stay long on the same iob.C. Young people lose their jobs easily.D. Young people are
6、 too eager to succeed. 10. A. She felt it was tiring.13. She felt it was very nice.C. She thought it took less time.D. She thought it was expensive.Section B (5%)Directions: In this section, you will hear one dialogueand one short passage. At the end of the dialogue and thepassage, you will hear som
7、e questions. The dialogue andthe passage as well as the questions wiU be spoken onlyonce. After you hear a question, you must choose the bestanswer from the four choices marked A, B, Cand D. Thenmark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with asingle line through the center.Questions 1112 are
8、 based on the following dialogue. 11. A. English B. Art historyC. Economics D. American history 12. A. She is good at calculating.B. She is good at company management.C. She is good at dealing with different people.D. She is good at wordsQuestions 1315 are based on the following passage. 13. A. Beca
9、use the great fisheries are to be exhausted.B. Because it is important for food resources.C. Because people have not realized the importanceof sea resources.D. Because fishes are fewer than Indian Tigers. 14. A. Sea resources can last forever.B. None of the great sea fisheries are to be exhausted.C.
10、 Fish supply has no effects on people.D. Sea resources are important to people. 15. A. Europe and Asia. B. The whole world.C. Asia and America. D. North America.Part Reading Comprehension (30 minutes 30%)Directions: In this part there are four passages. Eachpassage is fo/lowed by some questions or i
11、ncompletestatements. For each of them there are four choices markedA, B, Cand D . You are required to choose the best answerfrom the four choices. Then mark the corresponding letteron the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.Time sp
12、ent in bookshop can be most enjoyable,whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buya book as a present. You may even have entered the shopjust to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever thereason, you can soon become totally unaware of yoursurroundings. The desire to pick up a book
13、 with anattractive dustjacket is irresistible, although this method ofselection ought not to be followed, as you might end upwith a rather dull book. You soon become interested insome book or other, and usually it is only much later thatyou realize you have spent far too much time there and mustdash
14、 off to keep some forgotten appointment withoutbuying a hook, of course.This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday lifeis, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There arenot many places where it is possible to do this. A musicshop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander roundsuc
15、h places to your hearts content. If it is a good shop, noassistant will approach you with inevitable greeting:“Can Ihelp you, sir?“ You neednt buy anything you dont want.In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the backgrounduntil you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, arehis services n
16、ecessary. Of course you may want to find outwhere a particular section is, but when he has led you there,the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is notinterested in selling a single book.You have to be careful not to be attracted by the varietyof books in a bookshop. It is very easy
17、to enter the shoplooking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carryinga copy of the latest best-selling novel and perhaps a bookabout brass-rubbing something that had only vaguelyinterested you up until then. This volume on the subject,however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part
18、ofthe text you read proved so interesting that you just had tobuy it. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apartfrom running up a huge account, you can waste a great dealof time wandering from section to section. 16. “Dust-jacket“ in the first paragraph probably meansA. a kind of clothesB. prot
19、ecting paper cover of a bookC. book cover full of dust13. title of a book 17. You may spend too much time in a bookshop becauseA. the dust-jackets of some books are very attractiveB. you start reading one of the booksC. it keeps raining outsideD. you have to make sure you dont buy dull book asa pres
20、ent 18. In a good bookshopA. nobody takes any notice of youB. the assistant greets you in a friendly wayC. you feel as if you are in a music shopD. you find yourself satisfied with browsing19. An assistants help is neededA. as soon as you have entered the shopB. before you start browsingC. only when
21、 you have finished browsingD. when you have determined your choice 20. Picking up books that vaguely interest you can bedangerous becauseA. you may forget ab9ut the book you plan to buy13. you have to give up the best-selling bookC. it makes you break your appointmentD. it costs you too much money a
22、nd timeQuestions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.Recreation is for everyone! Too often recreation isconsidered something that is fine for children, but anindication of unwillingness to work on the part of adults.The recreative experience brings balance into mans life, andcan be the most
23、dominant social force in modern society.There are three principal factors in the daily life ofevery adult: his work, by which he earns his living; hisleisure, in which he gains much of his reason for living; andhis sleep, through which he recovers to be ready once more forwork and leisure. This, of
24、course, is an oversimplification oflife, but it is an indication of the broad components thatmake it up. Within each of these, however, there are manylesser components,The work of a large majority of our employedpopulation is relatively dull, and often frustrating. Inaddition, the work of a large pe
25、rcentage of our population tsprescribed by an mthority who says, “Do this or else.“This means that relatively few people have the opportunityto make choices in their work time. Even though men maynot be ruled by machines in their work, they areautomations to s0rae degree because prescribed methods g
26、ivethem few opportunities to exercise their initiative.Although there is considerable disagreement amongscientists about the activity that takes place during sleep,there seems to be good evidence that man is not conscious ofhis actions while he is asleep. This means that another partof daily living
27、is not directed by the individual, except in thedegree that it is directed through subconscious orunconscious thoughts. This, therefore, leaves leisure asthat component of daily living in which man has theopportunity to make choices about his activity. Since he hasthe opportunity for choice, man may
28、 follow either aconstructive or a destructive path. There are many waysnwhich man shapes his leisure, that is, the time when he isnot working or slee 21. A common misconception with regard to leisure isThatA. it leads to lazinessB. it is the most dominant force in modern societyC. it is more essenti
29、al to childrenD. it is a waste of time for adults 22. The three chief factors of work, leisure and sleepA. are what make up a human beingB. are the components of lifeC. are the facts of lifeD. are the reasons of being alive-7 23. Men are robots to some extent because work rulesA. prevent them from d
30、oing as they wishB. do not give them much chance to do as they thinkbestC. require them to work efficientlyD. cause them to work automatically 24. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the dulland frustrating work most people are doing?A. Most work is mechanical in nature.B. Most work is dictat
31、ed by an authority.C. Very often, people have no choice about whatthey do.D. Most people have to work with machines.25. Mans leisure is different from work and sleep in thatA. it allows him the freedom of choiceB. it refreshes him so that he is ready again for workC. it forms the largest portion of
32、his lifeD. it involves subconscious and unconscious thoughtsQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.While still in its early stages, welfare reform hasaready been judged a great success in many states atleast in getting people off welfare. Its estimated that morethan 2 million people h
33、ave left the rolls since 1994.In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Countyhve been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who leftin the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 anhur. The result: The Athens County poverty rate stillranains at more than 30 percent twice the natio
34、nalaverage.For advocates ( J) for the poor, thats anindication much more needs to be done.“More people are getting jobs, but its not making theirlives any better,“ says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at theCenter on Budget and Poicy Priorities in Washington.A center analysis of US Census data nationw
35、ide foundthat between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single,female-headed households were earning money on theirown, but that average income for these households actuallywent down.But for many, the fact that poor people are able tosupport themselves almost as well without government aidas th
36、ey did with it is in itself a huge victory.“Welfare was a poison. Itwas a toxin(j/) that waspoisoning the family,“ says Robert Rector, a welfare-reformpolicy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate inlow-income communities. Its beginning to rebuild the workethic(,), which is much more imp
37、ortant.“Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit ofdependency is cracked,“ then the country can make otherpolicy changes aimed at improving living standards. 26. From the passage, it can be seen that the authorA. believes the reform has reduced the governmentsburden3. insists that welfare r
38、eform is doing little good forthe poorC. is overenthusiastic about the success of welfarereOltllD. considers welfare reform to be fundamentallysuccessful 27. Why arent people enjoying better lives when theyhave jobs?A. Because many families are divorced.B. Because government aid is now rare.C. Becau
39、se their wages are low.D. Because the cost of living is rising. 28. What is worth noting from the example of AthensCounty is thatA. greater efforts should be made to improve peoplesliving standardsB. 70 percent of the people there have been employedfor two yearsC. 50 percent of the population no lon
40、ger relies onwelfareD. the living standards of most people are goingdown 29. From the passage we know that welfare reform aimsatA. saving welfare fundsB. rebuilding the work ethicC. providing more jobsD. cutting government expenses 30. According to the passage, before the welfare reformwas carried o
41、ut,A. the poverty rate was lowerB. average living standards were higherC. the average worker was paidhigher wagesD. the poor used to rely on government aidQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.There seems never to have been a civilization withouttoys, but when and how they dex/eloped
42、 is unknown. Theyprobably came about just to give children something to do.In the ancient world, as is today, most boys playedwith some kinds of toys and most girls with another. Insocieties where social roles are rigidly determined, boyspattern their play after the activities of their fathers andgi
43、rls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true becauseboys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step intothe roles and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not somuch how they changed over the centuries but how muchthey have remained the s
44、ame. The changes have been mostlyin terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It isthe universality of toys with regard to their development inall parts of the world and their persistence to the presentthat is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan andamong the Arctic (: IJ ) peoples
45、, generally the samekinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on localcustoms and ways of life because toys imitate theirsurroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, littleweapons, toys soldier, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of artform, they have
46、not been subject to technological leaps thatcharacterize inventions for adult use. The progress from thewheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line ofascent (:,). The progress from a rattle (/) used bya baby in 3000 BC to one used by an infant today, however,is not characterized by invent
47、iveness. Each rattle is theproduct of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to thelimitations of available materials. 31. The reason why the toys most boys play with aredifferent from those that girls play with is thatA. their social roles are rigidly determinedB. most boys would like to foll
48、ow their fathersprofessionsC. boys like to play with their fathers while girlswith their mothersD. they like challenging activitiese 32. One aspect of “the universality of toys“ lies in thefact thatA. technological advances have greatly improved thedurability of toysB. the improvement of craftsmansh
49、ip in making toysdepends on the efforts of universitiesC. the exploration of the universe has led to thecreation of new kinds of toysD. the basic characteristics of toys are the same theworld over 33. Which of the following is the authors view on thehistorical development of toys?A. The craftsmanship in toy-making has remainedessentially unchanged.B. Toys have remained basically the same allthrough the centuries.C.
