Questions 1-15:
Choose the best answer from A, B, C and D. Write your answers on the
Answer Sheet. 从A,B,C,D选项中选择一个正确的答案写在答题卷上。
1
His film career began after the war, __________ he
had already appeared in the films before that.
A. even
B. except
C. although
D. despite
2
Shopping for clothes is not the same experience
for a man __________ it is for a woman.
A. as
B. than
C. that
D. when
3
It
was essential that the application forms __________ back before the
deadlines.
A. must be sent
B. would be sent
C. be sent
D. were sent
4
A news report is usually very
short, __________ when it is about something very
important.
A. besides
B. apart from
C. except
D. except for
5
Having been found guilty, the
man was given a severe __________ by the judge.
A. crisis
B. sentence
C. crime
D. service
6
The price system works primarily __________
balancing the decisions of consumers and producers.
A. to
B. from
C. by
D. out of
7
In
another month’s time, Professor Lee __________ in this university for
exactly 30 years.
A. will teach
B. will have been teaching
C. will have taught
D. will be teaching
8
Children
are very curious __________.
A. at heart
B. in person
C. on purpose
D. by nature
9
__________ they are inexperienced, they have done
a considerably good job.
A. Now that
B. Given that
C. On condition that
D. In case
10
I’d like to take this opportunity to __________ a
warm welcome to all those present.
A. depress
B. impress
C. extend
D. intend
11
Mary __________ back home if she had known that
her husband would go to the station with the car to meet
her.
A. mustn’t have walked
B. wouldn’t have walked
C. couldn’t have walked
D. shouldn’t have walked
12
I regret that a __________ engagement prevents me
from accepting your kind invitation.
A. last
B. previous
C. before
D. foregoing
13
We
must give up this new plan because we are __________ funds.
A. lack in
B. lack
C. lacking of
D. lacking
14
Nice words
may win friends, but only one's good personality and credit can hold
_______.
A. it
B. that
C. those
D. them
15
In the
desert, even a small cup of water may be a _______ of life or
death.
A. fact
B. thing
C. matter
D. business
完型填空 30.0 分
Choose the best word
to fill each blank from the choices A, B, C and D given after the passage.
Write your answers on the Answer Sheet.
从A、B、C、D中选择最正确的答案,并填写在答题卷上。
One summer evening I was sitting by the open
window, reading a good but rather frightening mystery story. After a
time it was too dark for me to read __________(1), so I put my book
down and turned on the light.
I was just about to draw the __________(2) as
well when I heard a loud cry of “Help! Help!” It seemed to come from
the trees at the end of the garden. I looked __________(3) but it
was too dark to see anything clearly. So I decided to go out and
have a look in the garden, just in case someone was in trouble. I
took the torch and picked up a long walking stick. __________(4)
with these, I went out into the garden. Now and then I heard the
cry. There was no doubt that it came from the trees at the end of
the garden. “Who’s there?” I called out as I walked, rather
nervously, down the path that __________(5) to the trees. But there
was no answer. With the help of my torch I __________(6) the whole
of that part of the garden and the lower branches of the trees.
There was no sign of anybody or anything. I came to the
__________(7) that someone was playing a rather silly joke on
me.
__________(8) feeling rather puzzled, I went
back to the house and put away the torch and the stick. I had just
sat down when I heard the cry of “Help! Help!” This time from right
__________(9) my shoulder. I dropped my book and __________(10).
There, sitting on top of the radio set, was a
parrot!
(1)
A. easily B. correctly C.
quickly D. hardly
(2)
A. door B. chair C.
curtain D. tree
(3)
A. in B. out C.
ahead D. around
(4)
A. Supplied B. Loaded C.
Armed D. Provided
(5)
A. led B. went C.
passed D. joined
(6)
A. discovered B. searched C.
checked D. viewed
(7)
A. decision B. suggestion C.
explanation D. conclusion
(8)
A. Even B. Just C.
Still D. Though
(9)
A. before B. under C.
beside D. behind
(10)
A. cried for B. came out C.
jumped up D. pointed to
阅读理解 40.0 分
Impatience characterizes young
knowledge workers. They want to make their mark fast. So it’s
important to get across to them in a challenging manner the idea
that big achievements rarely come easily and quickly. Point out that
the little successes are essential. Show that
they in turn become the foundation on which
reputations are built and from which more important tasks can be
attacked.
A variety of job assignments,
including job or project rotation, also keep a job from becoming
dull. Whereas it’s natural for some individuals to want to move
ahead immediately to more difficult assignments, under proper
guidance they can continue to learn and to gain versatility by
working on a number of jobs that are essentially of the same
complexity. This way they gain breadth, if
not depth.
Probably the greatest offense to
guard against when dealing with younger specialists is to reject
ideas out of hand. You must listen – and listen objectively – to
their suggestions. Avoid being overcritical. You want to nurture an
inquiring mind with a fresh approach. You’ll discourage it quickly
if you revert too often to “We’ve tried that before and it won’t
work here.”
One sure way to disenchant young
college graduates is flagrantly misuse their talents. Expect them to
do some routine work, of course. But don’t make their daily work
just one long series of errands. This includes such break-in
assignments as performing routine calculations, digging up reference
material, and operating reproduction equipment. One large
manufacturing company recently interviewed a number of promising
engineers who had left them. The company found that the overwhelming
complaint was that the company not only did not provide work that
was challenging but also expected far too little from them in the
way of performance.
(1)
The main idea of the first paragraph is that
__________.
A. young workers shouldn’t
expect to accomplish a lot overnight
B. young workers are
usually impatient and so can’t achieve much in their work
C. little successes are
more important than big achievements
D. it is important to
challenge the young workers from time to time
(2)
The underlined word “they” in the first
paragraph refers to __________.
A. young workers
B. big achievements
C. reputations and
important tasks
D. little successes
(3)
In order to gain “breadth” (Para. 2), young
workers should __________.
A. stick to one job for a
sufficiently long period of time
B. change their jobs as
frequently as possible
C. try some other jobs at
more or less the same level
D. move to more difficult
assignments as early as possible
(4)
From
the third paragraph we can conclude that the writer believes that
__________.
A. young workers are
usually very difficult to deal with
B. some administrators
tend to trust in young workers’ creativity
C. young workers’
suggestions are usually objectively evaluated
D. administrators should
encourage all the suggestions put forward by the young workers
(5)
In
order to stimulate young workers’ enthusiasm, administrators
__________.
A. should not ask them to
do routine work
B. should not let them
keep doing the break-in assignments
C. should try to prevent
them from leaving the company
D. should encourage them
to do some tough jobs
Every mom and dad can tell you
that keeping children busy helps stave off
cries of boredom – now there is scientific backing
to prove it. Dr. Anthony Chaston has proven that time really does
fly when you’re having fun. Or, at least, it flies when your
attention is engaged.
Working in the University of
Alberta, Chaston devised a test that required subjects to find
specific items in various images. However, before the subjects
started the test, they were told that once they had completed it
they would be asked to estimate how much time had passed during
their test.
There were seven levels of
difficulty among the tests. In some cases, the items were easy to
find because they were of different colors. In the more difficult
tests, the items were placed among many similar looking items, or
they didn’t even exist in the image. “The harder the search tasks
were, the smaller the estimates became,” said Chaston.
There are two kinds of time
estimations, Chaston added, and there’s generally a big difference
between the two. There’s prospective time estimation, which means
the estimator knows in advance that he or she will be asked to make
an estimate after a task is completed. Then there’s retrospective,
which means someone has been asked to provide a time estimate after
the task has been completed.
Chaston said, “In our society,
we’re pretty good with prospective estimates. Most of us wear
watches, and we’re pretty good at keeping track of the time because
we have to for most of our regular, daily lives.” For
this reason, Chaston is pleased that the results of his
study showed such a powerful effect of attention on prospective time
estimates. “This really shows that even if you know in advance that
you’re going to have to estimate the time of a task, the more
attention the task requires, the faster time flies.”
(1)
“Stave off” in Paragraph 1 is closest in
meaning to __________.
A. prevent
B. encourage
C. support
D. worsen
(2)
The second paragraph is centered on
__________.
A. the difficulty of the
test
B. the procedure of the
test
C. Dr. Chaston’s expected
result
D. Dr. Chaston’s theory
(3)
Dr. Chaston’s tests show that
__________.
A. the easier task needs
less time to make the estimation
B. the harder task needs
less time to make the estimation
C. the easier task results
in less correct time estimation
D. the harder task results
in less correct time estimation
(4)
The major difference between prospective and
retrospective time estimation lies in
__________.
A. different test results
B. different groups of
estimators
C. different items used in
the tests
D. different instructions
to the estimators
(5)
“For this reason, Chaston is pleased” in the
last paragraph, what does “this reason” refer
to?
A. Most of us wear
watches.
B. We have to keep track
of time.
C. We are good with
prospective estimation.
D. We work hard in most of
our regular, daily lives.
Every day now, when the tide was
out, I went on board the ship. Gradually I brought away all the
sails, the ropes and chains. I even brought some iron cables, but
these proved to be too heavy for my raft. On the way back to the
shore, it turned over and the cables fell into the sea. However,
when the tide was out I was able to recover the cables one by one.
On one of my trips I was very pleased to discover some more food,
including sugar, flour and bread.
Very soon I had been on the
island for a fortnight and had made eleven trips to the ship. On my
last trip of all I noticed a cupboard which I had previously
overlooked. In it were three razors, a large pair of scissors and a
dozen good knives. There was also some European money, worth about
thirty-six pounds in all.
By now I had taken everything
from the ship, which was of value to me, and I began to consider
where I should live on the island. My tent was on rather low ground
heart to the sea and I did not think that it would be healthy to
live there for very long. There were four points that I had to bear
in mind in choosing the site of my home. First of all, I needed to
find a place which would be healthy and near some flesh water.
Secondly, there ought to be protection from the heat of the sun.
Thirdly, I had to be safe from attacks by wild animals. Last of all,
I needed to have a view of the sea so that, if any ship should
chance to come near to the island, I would not miss it.
(1)
What did the sailor do when the tide was
out?
A. He got back all the
cables.
B. He got back some
cables.
C. He found one of the
cables.
D. He found two cables
beside each other.
(2)
On his last trip of all he noticed a
cupboard which he had __________.
A. noticed previously but
had no time to look into
B. noticed previously but
not thought worth looking into
C. not noticed previously
D. looked into earlier
(3)
On one of his trips he was pleased to
discover __________.
A. some more flour and
bread
B. a large amount of
daily food
C. some sugar and some
bread covered in flour
D. some sugar, bread, and
flour
(4)
Why
were the things he had taken from the ship of value to
him?
A. They were things he
had bought earlier.
B. They would help him to
live on the island.
C. They were things he
liked.
D. He could sell them
later on.
(5)
Why
did he want a view of the sea?
A. To see a ship if one
came near.
B. To avoid any ships
that came near.
C. To see the ship that
was coming to rescue him.
D. It wouldn’t matter if
he missed seeing a ship.
Tim Berners-Lee is the brilliant
British physicist and computer scientist who in 1991 invented the
World Wide Web. But the great breakthrough engineered by this
icon of cyberspace did occur, in part, by
chance. Berners-Lee was trying to find a way to organize his
research files, so he developed a software program that, as he puts
it, was “really useful for keeping track of all the random
associations one comes across in real life. Brains are supposed to
be so good at remembering – but sometimes mine
wouldn’t.” It worked so well, creating effective linkages between
huge amounts of information. It eventually became the basis for the
revolution we now casually refer to as the Web. “It would be akin to
a carpenter building a little cabinet for himself and suddenly
discovering he could store the entire world inside the thing. There
was quite a bit of luck in it,” says Arthur Molella from the
National Museum of American History.
The element of chance has also
helped produce many of the most important innovations in modern
life. Take Percy Lebaron Spencer, a hero of World War II for his
work in developing radar. One day shortly after the war, he was
walking through his lab when he stopped briefly by a magnetron
– the tube that produces the high-frequency
microwaves that power radar. But just that second he got a strange
feeling. He realized that a candy bar in his pocket had melted. Odd,
Spencer thought. Immediately, he performed an experiment. He put
some popcorn in front of the magnetron and popcorn was soon popping
all over the place. Right away Percy Spencer was thinking about what
this could be used for – a microwave
oven.
(1)
The
word “icon” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to
__________.
A. follower
B. idol
C. teacher
D. newcomer
(2)
Berners-Lee’s new way of organizing files
was intended to __________.
A. made up for his
imperfect memory
B. provide information
for people to share
C. promote his
newly-developed computer program
D. made it easy for him
to communicate with others
(3)
Percy Spencer thought about inventing a
microwave oven __________.
A. at the time he was
developing radar
B. as wartime people
needed a new cooking device
C. when a candy bar
melted in his pocket
D. after he did
experiment with the popcorn
(4)
We can know from the passage that Percy
Spencer had all the following characteristics
EXCEPT __________.
A. realistic
B. experienced
C. observant
D. creative
(5)
The passage emphasizes the importance of
__________ in innovations.
A. hard work
B. pioneering spirit
C. unexpected luck
D. great knowledge
写作 11.0 分
For this part, you have 30 minutes to write
a composition (at least 111 words) on the
topic of Problems Brought By the Week-long Holiday
(黄金周长假带来的问题). You should base your composition on the
outline below. Please write your composition on the Answer
Sheet.
1. 你对黄金周的看法 ( your view on the week-long
holiday)
2. 列举黄金周带来的三个问题 (three problems brought by the week-long
holiday)