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Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension
Section A Short Conversations

1.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个推断题。男士说,昨天我在街上偶然碰到我们的朋友马克,他说有两个月没有收到你的信了(he hadn't heard from you in two months),女士说,不错,我知道,我一直很忙,没时间给他打电话啊(But I've been too busy to phone him)。结合上下文很易于推断出答案D。
2.【答案】C
【分析】这是一个推断题。男士说,布朗先生让我告诉你他很抱歉不能亲自来接你,他实在太忙了,女士说,没关系,我很高兴你代替他来接我(I'm glad you've come in his place)。显然C是正确答案。
3.【答案】C
【分析】这是一个推算题。男士说,那么别的人什么时候到?火车过十分钟就要开了;我们不可能老在这儿等啊,女士说,已经10:30了吗(It's 10:30 already?)?他们这个时候该到这儿的;我告诉所有人10:15到这儿集合的。结合上下文显然答案为C。
4.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个理解题。女士说,那么你终于听你妻子的建议,戒烟了?男士说,是听从医生的建议,我得了高血压。根据女士的话(So you've finally listened to your wife's advice and given up smoking?),答案为A。
5.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个推理题。女士说,弗兰克,我以为你在纽约上班呢,男士说,我在那儿工作过;现在我搬回来了,我不习惯大都市的生活,所以回到学校来选修一些报考教师证的课程(so here I am back in school taking courses for a teacher's certificate)。所以答案为B。
6.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个理解题。男士说,每天在餐馆洗盘子真是令人讨厌,女士说,为什么不辞职来为我送花呢(Why don’t you quit and deliver flowers for me)?显然答案为D。
7.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个理解题。男士说,我能借一下你的数学课本吗?我把我的掉在车上了,女士说,你算找对人了,我碰巧有本多余的。无论是听出(You’ve asked the right person)还是听出(I happen to have an extra copy),都很容易得出答案B。
8.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个推断题,也是一个理解题。女士说,喂,你好,这里是格雷医生的办公室,我们打电话提醒您别忘了明天下午4:15一年一次的体检,男士说,哦,谢谢,多亏你们打电话,我还以为是今天4:15呢。根据上下文,很容易得出答案A。
9.【答案】C
【分析】这是一个推断题。女士说,真不敢相信这是我们最后一年了,大学生活过得好快啊,男士说,是啊,我们不久就要真正进入社会了,那么,你想好毕业后做什么了吗?结合上下文,得出答案C。
10.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个理解题。男士说,这本小说真是难读啊,女士说,我有同感,谁能记住35个名字各异的角色?根据上下文,或(I had a hard time getting through this novel)很容易得出答案B。
Section B Compound Dictation
【内容梗概】短文从各方面简明扼要地介绍了美国国会图书馆或国家图书馆的概况:它的收藏品、开放日、开放对象、借阅规则以及它的兴建历史、发展情况等。
S1 【答案】popular
S2 【答案】historical
S3 【答案】prints
S4 【答案】instruments
S5 【答案】permitted
S6 【答案】established
S7 【答案】destroyed
S8 【答案】In 1897, the library moved into its own building across the street from the Capitol.
S9 【答案】The library provides books and materials to the U.S. Congress and also lends books to other American libraries, government agencies, and foreign libraries.
S10【答案】Anyone who wants copyright protection for a publication in the U.S. must send two copies to the library.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
【内容梗概】短文简述了个人的成功不仅取决于准时上班、工作塌实和办事勤恳,而且还取决于另一个因素----办公室策略。作者认为,人们应该改变对办公室策略的消极看法,认识到讲究办公室策略的正面作用,正确对待,积极参与。
11.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个词义理解题。题目问的是,第4自然段第2行中的“office politics”指的是什么。结合上下文,根据“the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office politics”,可得出答案D。
12.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,为了得到升职,一个人不仅要有能力,还要做到什么。结合上下文,根据“Hard work alone doesn't ensure Career advancement”以及“But if two or three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It's simple human nature”,显然答案为A。
13.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是为什么很多人不愿意“play the game”(参与这个游戏)。根据文中“People assume that office politics involves some manipulative (工于心计的) behavior”以及“Still others associate politics with flattery 奉承), fearful that, if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss for favors”,就可得出B。
14.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个主旨理解题。题目问的是,作者把办公室策略看作是什么。综合全篇,尽管作者在文中似乎大部分是引用“experts' say, Dale Carnegie suggested, People assume, psychologists say, Experts suggest”等语句,但结合作者的语气和撰文的目的,显然也代表了作者自己的观点和看法,对照几个选项,显然可得出答案D。
15.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个观点理解题。题目问的是,在作者看来,以下选项正确的是哪一项。对照选项,根据文章的主旨以及文中最后一句“Experts suggest altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion”,可得出答案为B。
【内容梗概】短文讲述的是,一名记者一报道说他已经发现怎么制造氢弹,一群武器爱好者就成立了一个协会,试图反对任何立法机构制止美国人人拥有一枚。它的发言人从宪法赋予的权利、协会的作用以及氢弹所具有的威慑作用方面作了表述。但氢弹置于房间所带来的危险性以及它成本昂贵恐怕只限于富人阶层拥有等问题也值得深思。


16.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,文章中有些人成立了一个全国性的协会,目的是什么。根据“and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one”,显然答案为A,选项A是意义相同的另一种表达。
17.【答案】C
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,有些人反对个人拥有氢弹的理由是什么。结合上下文,根据文中“Don't you think it's dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?”以及“Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody”,可知答案为C。
18.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,协会发言人提到氢弹有威慑作用,这是指什么。上文谈到“The bomb is for self-protection and it also has a deterrent effect” 接下来就阐述“If somebody knows you have a nuclear weapon in your house, they're going to think twice about breaking in”,其中对“to think twice about”的理解尤为关键。显然答案为A。
19.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,短文中,反对个人拥有氢弹的人非常担心的是什么。比较文中反对者的几种意见,根据最后一自然段中“Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns”,对照选项,显然答案为D。
20.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个观点理解题。题目问的是,从文章的语气看来,作者会持什么态度。根据作者的行文和布局,基本上是针对协会发言人每一个观点,紧跟着都会提出一个疑点,而且几乎围绕对氢弹的拥有展开。可以得出答案A。
【内容梗概】短文讲述的是近20年来对标志语进行研究的概况。首先,语言学家们意识到了标志语的独特性,提出了全新的研究途径,接着谈到Bill Stokoe的研究情况,他的研究原由以及他对这种语言的观点和看法等。
21.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,对标志语的研究被认为是什么。结合上下文,根据“They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy: whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people.”,尤其是“a new way”,“pioneering work of one rebel teacher”等,可知答案为B。
22.【答案】C
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,当前对标志语的持续兴趣是由谁激发的。根据“The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering
work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people. When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing.”,对照选项,显然答案为C。
23.【答案】B
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,在Bill Stokoe看来,标志语是一种什么语言。结合上下文,比如“At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语 ). But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer”,接着讲到“Might deaf people actually have a genuine language?”,以及他由此而做的研究。可知答案为B。
24.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,许多教育者都反对Bill Stokoe的观点,是因为他们认为什么。根据“For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound”,即得出答案D。
25.【答案】D
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,Bill Stokoe的论点是建立在他坚信什么。根据“For decades educators fought his idea that signed languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound. But sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space. "What I said," Stokoe explains, "is that language is not mouth stuff- it's brain stuff.”,尤其是短文最后一句,可知答案为D。
【内容梗概】短文讲述的是威尔士王妃戴安娜1997年出访安哥拉,支持国际红十字会关于全面禁止非人道的地雷活动。她亲眼目睹了一些地雷受害者,反复表达,我们一定要禁止地雷。但国内有人赞同,也有人持不同意见。
26.【答案】A
【分析】这是一个细节理解题。题目问的是,戴安娜王妃1997年出访安哥拉为的是什么。结合上下文,根据“It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip co Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a tot