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参考答案及解析Part I WritingJob Hunting for College Students We have been hearing that college graduates are finding it more and more difficult to get a job. The situation seems puzzling. For one thing, college graduates comprise only a limited proportion of the population. They should be highly competitive in the job markets. For another, one country has been developing very quickly and it does need a lot of college graduates. In my opinion, the major reason for the situation is that college graduates nowadays usually have unrealistic hopes when they go to find a job. They mostly want to have an easy job which promises a good salary and all the opportunities to advance their career developments. They are reluctant to start from the routine work, say, in a company. A solution to this problem requires efforts on both the society and the graduates themselves. Our society should learn to value the talents and knowledge of college graduates. By creating a better environment for them, our society can benefit from their contributions. On the other hand, college students should take a more down-to-earth attitude toward their career. They need to be more realistic and prove themselves to be competent in work.Part II Reading Comprehension(Skimming and Scanning)1. Y 细节理解题。根据文章的第一段第一句，美国的妇女解放运动在60年代突然爆发，并很快成为美国规模最大的社会运动。因此，本题的内容与原文相符。2. N 细节理解题。根据文章第一段，60年代的妇女解放运动是19世纪妇女权利运动的继续，因此本题内容与原文不符。3. Y 段落大意理解题。根据第二段，美国妇女解放运动包括两个派别：一个是全国妇女组织，简称是NOW；另一个组织没有正式名称，被非正式地称为“妇女解放”。因此，本题内容与原文相符。4. N 细节理解题。根据第二段，全国妇女组织是个正规的组织，成员包括成年男女，而妇女解放是个松散的组织，成员主要包括年轻的大学女毕业生。因此，本题内容与原文不符。5. N 细节理解题。根据第四段，两个派别都是用很多斗争手段，但都没有使用暴力手段，所以本题内容与原文不符。6. Y 细节理解题。根据第四段的倒数第二句(Within just a few years millions of American women came to understand and use new terms such as “sexism”, “Ms.” “make chauvinism” and “gender”.) 在几年时间内，成百万的美国妇女开始理解和使用这些新的词。由此可以得出结论，这些词是妇女解放运动创造出来的，或者是经常强调和使用的。因此，本题内容与原文相符。7. Y 细节理解题。根据第七段，妇女解放运动的影响是广泛的，根据该段第三句后面补充的一句话(in fact, there are few areas untouched by feminism) 可以得出结论：该运动影响了美国的每一个方面。8. personal, social, and cultural life and challenged the male-dominated power structure （个人、社会和文化生活，并对男性主导的权力结构提出挑战）细节理解题。见第二段，该段分别介绍了两个流派的斗争目标。9. have been rewritten to promote equal opportunities for girls （已经被重写，以促进女孩的平等机会）细节理解题。见倒数第三段，该段主要谈教育中的变化。10. the flight/ struggle is still going on 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段，可以知道妇女解放运动在80年代和90年代已经逐渐减退，但仍然有女权组织和个人在为妇女的平等而斗争。因此，应当说斗争还在继续。Part III Listening ComprehensionSection A11D信息明示题。女士说是事故导致了男士假期的不愉快，男士回答说自己本该更加小心的，由此可知他们在谈论事故而非假期，所以D正确。*考点感叹词一般置于句首，间或也可穿插于句子中间，常见的感叹词除了what以外，还有how，why，oh，ah，oh dear, my lord，good heavens，gracious me等。如：Why，its nearly ten oclockLets hurry up啊呀，快十点了!我们快点吧!shame除了表示“羞耻，惭愧”之意，还可表示“惋惜的事”，如：What a shame that I couldnt attend your birthday party我没能参加你的生日聚会，真可惜! 12B综合推断题。男士说餐厅里的灯太亮了，女士说：“我想它对露天足球场而言是再好不过了。”言外之意，她认为这种亮度不适合餐厅。由此可知，女士同意男士的看法，所以B正确。13B信息明示题。预读选项可知，本题的关键是听清楚时间和交通工具的对应。男士说，坐火车一小时，开车要两小时，故选B。*考点有关“交通工具”的词有：bike，bicycle，car, taxi，automobile，bus，subway，underground，train，flight，plane，ship等。14C信息明示题。女士问雅各布先生两年前是否在伦敦，男士回答说自己在加拿大，还说他是澳大利亚人，三年前去了加拿大，故选C。本题的关键是听清男士说的是Australian而非Austrian(奥地利人)。15B信息明示题。女士说The Boys School is on the right，由此可知，B正确。本题的关键是分清不同学校所处的不同方位。16B信息明示题。男士开始便说I much prefer MrsPetersons lessons，由此可知，他喜欢彼得森女士的课，所以B正确。17B综合推断题。男士说She(Denise)s at school with me，at school意为“在学校，在求学”，由此可知，两者是校友，故B正确。18C信息明示题。女士说昨晚电话铃响的时候她在洗头，所以没能接听，故C正确。in在此为副词意为“在家”。Conversation One 19D综合推断题。女士说她担心自己的车，因为车又进修理厂了，还说这次应该是刹车出了问题，由again再结合其说话内容可知，车子以前也坏过，故选D。 20C信息明示题。男士说修理女士的车应该花不了多少钱，像女士这样的美国车，零部件都比较便宜，故选C。21B信息明示题。女士说那名修理工是自己邻居推荐的，他以前也给自己修过车，而且价钱似乎也比较合理，故选B。22A信息明示题。男士问女士今天下课后是否需要搭他的车回家，很明显是在提议送女士回家，故选A。*考点watch out意为“戒备，提防”，与watch相关的短语还有：watch over照看，看守，负责，如：The mother bird is watching over her young鸟妈妈正照看着自己的孩子。watch for留心找寻，耐心等候，如：Youll have to watch for the right moment你得等候适当的时机。take advantage of sb/sth此处意为“(为达个人目的而不正当地)利用某人/某事”，该短语还有“充分利用”的含义，如：You should take full advantage of the hotels facilities你应该充分利用旅馆的设备。Conversation Two 23D综合推断题。女士一开始就介绍说科学团体首次确定了太阳系以外的行星的存在，虽然人类知道存在着某些遥远的恒星，但却是最近才得知有些恒星有围绕自己运行的行星，接下来的对话也是围绕这些行星展开的，故选D。24A综合推断题。女士说天文学家是通过间接方法来发现那些行星的，他们测量出母星发出的光频的细微变化，还观察到母星似乎前后摆动，最终确定这都是由于沿轨道运行的行星的牵引而引起的，由此推断，科学家们是通过研究母星外观的变化来确定行星的存在的，故选A。25B信息明示题。女士说科学家们可以利用新的望远镜来分解、分析光线，进而希望了解这些行星的化学成分，故选B。*考点break down此处意为“分解，分为(项)”，还有以下含义：停止运转，失效，如：The engine broke down引擎坏了。失败，瓦解，如：The peace talks have broken down和平会谈破裂了。感情失去控制，如：He broke down and wept when he heard the bad news他听到坏消息时不禁痛哭起来。Section B Passage One文章精要少女卡罗尔是个胖姑娘，当她看到很多人开始减肥时也想减肥，但却一直抑制不住吃东西的欲望。医生分析了导致她暴饮暴食的原因，并建议她改变这种生活习惯以重新获得健康。26C信息明示题。文章提到，卡罗尔在感到不高兴时，会去餐馆、酒吧、超市等地方大吃一顿，所以C正确。27B信息明示题。文章提到Her feeling of unhappiness could start fromproblems with family members or friends，由此可知B正确。虽然医生也提到卡罗尔的暴饮暴食可能是想忘记作业，但医生明确指出的是家庭作业(homework assignment)而非课堂作业(class work)，排出C。28B信息明示题。文章最后提到，医生建议卡罗尔和他人电话沟通、玩电子游戏或多喝茶，以此来代替暴饮暴食，但并未建议她喝健怡可乐(diet coke)，故选B。Passage Two文章精要文章简单介绍了莱特兄弟发明的飞行器二号、三号的诞生以及当时的美国新闻界和政府对他们所持的态度。29B信息明示题。文章指出，They were able to stay up in the air for half an hour and more in this machine由此可知，B正确。30C信息明示题。文章指出,they said hardly anything about it at all，所以C正确。31B信息明示题。由第一段段末的新闻工作者refuse to believe them可知，A正确；由They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money in order to build all airplane可知，C正确；由末句It seemed nobody was interested可推出D正确；而文章并没有提及美国政府有没有资助莱特兄弟，故选B。Passage Three文章精要文章描述了用钱也买不到的种种幸福比如拥有良好的睡眠，享受生活中的点点滴滴，以及惬意的自由、友谊等精神上的幸福，并在最后指出，在这个喧嚣的时代，希望年轻一代也能珍惜和体会到这些幸福。32D综合推断题。文章主要描述了那些用钱也买不到的幸福精神幸福，由此可以推断，作者认为精神上的幸福是最重要的，所以D正确。33C综合推断题。文章论述的是精神幸福的重要性，由此可以推断，作者非常注重精神生活，所以C正确。34B信息明示题。文章最后提到I hope this doesnt sound too ridiculous in todays rough，loud world，由此可知，作者认为如今的世界是喧嚣的世界，所以B正确。35B主旨题。文章开头就提出Nothing can buy a better nights sleep，接下来又描述了各种用钱也买不到的幸福，并提到一首歌名“The Best Things in Life Are Free”，由此可知B正确。Section C文章精要为了研究学生，美国一位人类学教授以大一新生身份与学生共同生活、学习了一年时间，由此教授更好地理解了学生并改变了自己的教学方式。36debated37anthropology38complete39research40approval 41committee 42applied 43semester44In My Freshman Year, she does not identify any students by namebut she does discuss what they told her about their lives45Rebekah Nathan writes that students do not have enough time to be interested in their classes46The professor says her year as a student changed the way she teachesSection A11. W: What a shame about your accident! What a way to end your holiday!M: Yes, it was bad luck. I suppose I should have been more careful.Q: What are they talking about?12. M: The light in this dining hall is too bright, dont you think?W: I think its perfect for a football stadium.Q: What does the woman mean?13. W: How long does it take to get to London?M: Its an hour by train, and about two hours by car.Q: How many hours does it take to get to London?14. W: Were you in London two years ago, Mr. Jacobs?M: No, I was in Canada. Im an Australian, but I went to Canada three years ago.Q: What nationality is Mr. Jacobs?15. M: Excuse me, please! Wheres the school?W: Which one? The Infants School is over there. The Boys School is on the right. The Girls School is straight ahead on this street.Q: Where is the Boys School?16. M: I much prefer Mrs. Petersons lessons. Ive got pages of notes from her lessons. Ive got nothing from Crown.W: Perhaps you dont need to take notes in Crowns lessons. Ifs easy to remember what he tells you.Q: Whose lessons does the man like more?17. M: Mrs. Wilkins, Id like you to meet Denise. Shes at school with me.W: Hello, Denise. Pleased to meet you.Q: Whats the relationship between Denise and the man?18. M: Where were you last night?W: I was in all evening. The phone rang while I was washing my hair. I couldnt answer it. Im sorry.Q: Why didnt the woman answer the telephone?Now youll hear two long conversations.Conversation OneM: Is this table on the comer OK?W: Sure. We can sit here.M: Oh, you paused to get anything on your tray.W: Yeah. I guess Im just not that hungry.M: Whats the matter? Arent you feeling well?W: Well, Ive been really worried. Its my car. Ifs in the shop, again!M: Really? Whats wrong this time?W: I dont know exactly. Somethings wrong with the brakes, I think.M: Well, at least that shouldnt cost you much to fix. Parts are cheaper for all the American cars like yours. Did the mechanic say how much it would cost?W: He said hed call me with an estimate later on today.M: Watch out he doesnt try to take advantage of you.W: What do you mean?M: Well, some car mechanics, if they think that someone doesnt know much about cars, they might try to overcharge that person.W: Maybe so. But I trust this guy. He was recommended by one of my neighbors. He has done some work for me in the past and his prices seemed to be reasonable.M: Oh, thats good to know. Maybe Ill try using him in the future. By the way, do you need a ride home after class today?W: Oh, Ill sure appreciate it. Its really tough getting around without a car when you live off campus.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. What does the woman imply about her car?20. What does the man say about the womans car?21. What does the woman say about the mechanic?22. What does the man offer to do?Conversation TwoM: Doctor Cole, thank you for agreeing to this interview for the Daily Campus News. Can you tell us about what you and your colleagues discuss at the annual astronomy society meeting last month?W: Yes. For the first time ever the scientific community has established the existence of planets outside our own solar system. Of course we knew that certain distant stars existed, but only recently did we learn that several of them are orbited by their own planets.M: Why did it take so long to locate these planets?W: Well, you have to understand that they are a billion times dimmer than their parent stars. It would be like trying to see the light of a candle next to a huge explosion. We dont currently have a telescope that can be used to see them.M: But if the astronomers didnt see the planets through a telescope, how did they find them?W: By a very indirect method. The astronomers measured subtle distortions in the frequency of the light from the parent stars and observed that some of the stars seem to rock back and forth. They determined that this was caused by gravitational pull from orbiting planets.M: There is a powerful new telescope being built in Arizona. Will that help them see these planets?W: They should be able to see them at least in the form of small spots of light. And then the scientists will be able to break down and analyze this light. By doing this, they hope to learn about the chemical composition of these planets-oxygen and ozone molecules, for example, would be telltale signs of life on these planets.M: Im looking forward to hearing more when the telescope is in operation. And Im sure our readers would be interested too.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. What is the conversation mainly about?24. How did the scientists establish the existence of the planets?25. What does the professor say the scientists might learn about the planets by using the new telescope?Section BPassage OneCarole is a teenage girl. She thinks she is a bit too fat, or rather too strong. But she doesnt know how she became that way. Nowadays, people become interested in losing weight because being overweight can bring about many diseases. Carole has made up her mind to follow others example and plans to lose weight as well. Sometimes she feels so unhappy without knowing why. At these times, she often goes out to restaurants, bars and supermarkets for food. The things she likes to eat include bread, biscuits, and chocolates. Although she feels very full in her stomach, she cant stop eating because of the enjoyment she gets. She is a little worried about her behavior and thinks that she might have an unknown disease or an unhealthy mind. With these questions, Carole went to see a doctor. The doctor doesnt think she has a disease, but suggests that she need self-discipline. People often say eat less and exercise more, but one needs discipline to follow this advice. Since Carole says she enjoys eating although she feels very full, the doctor thinks this might be because Carole wants to forget about finishing work or doing a complicated homework assignment. Her feeling of unhappiness could start from something deeper, such as problems with family members or friends. The doctor says that Carole needs to find something that can bring fun to her life. Perhaps she should give up the habit of eating too much, and do something else instead, such as talking to someone over the phone, playing a video game or drinking extra tea. These methods could help Carole change the habit of eating too much and become healthy again.Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. What does Carole normally do when she feels unhappy?27. According to the doctor, which one of the following could be the TRUE reason why Carole eats too much when feeling unhappy?28. Which of the following suggestions is NOT made by the doctor?Passage TwoToday when a man steps on to the moon, or something new and important happens, the world learns about it immediately. What did the newspapers say about that first flight in 1903? Strangely enough, they said hardly anything about it at all. There were only a few reports about it in the papers. These reports said very little. Some of the things they said were not even correct. In 1904, the Wrights built a second machine. They called it Flyer No. 2. They invited some reporters to a field near Dayton to watch them fly, Unfortunately, there was some mechanical trouble with the plane and it did not fly at all that day. The reporters went away. They were disappointed and did not come back. The Wrights went on with their work. In 1905, they built an even better machine, Flyer No. 3. They were able to stay up in the air for half an hour and more in this machine. They were able to turn and climb in the air. Farmers, travelers on the roads around Dayton often saw them flying. But when these people told reporters about it, they refused to believe them.The Wrights offered Flyer No. 3 to the United States Government. The Government was not interested. They seemed to think the Wrights wanted money in order to build an airplane. They did not understand the Wrights had already done this, and flown it as well. Experts were still saying that mechanical flight was impossible. At the end of 1905, the two brothers took their plane to pieces. The parts were put into a huge wooden case. It seemed nobody was interested.Questions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.29. What were the Wrights able to do in Flyer No. 3?30. What did the newspaper say about the first flight in 1903?31. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?Passage ThreeNothing can buy a better nights sleep. Although it sounds silly, it was the first thing that crossed my mind when I awoke. I truly appreciated my happy rest. It was like a gig from heaven. Interesting to think that Bill Gates, or any rich men you can mention, really couldnt have had a more satisfying and grateful night of sleep-the best that money cant buy.That started me thinking of other pleasures that cost nothing or very little and that are often taken for granted, like a drink of cold water on a hot day when youre really thirsty, or a warm relaxing bath when youre extremely tired or mentally exhausted.Remember your first real kiss-can you put a price tag on that? Or the companionship of a faithful and loving pet or the clean, fresh smell of mountain air? Theres an old song, The Best Things in Life Are Free.Did you ever eat a meal that not only filled your stomach and satisfied all your tastes, but refreshed your soul? Ever spend a winters evening in the company of good friends?What could be better than listening to your favorite music or watching a good movie? Or sharing the beauty of a sunset with a loved one? These are quite delightful and delicate pleasures. I hope this doesnt sound too ridiculous in todays rough, loud world. I hope the new generation can appreciate some of these things.Questions 32 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.32. What can be inferred from this speech?33. Which one of the following categories does the writer attach great importance to?34. What does the speaker think of todays world?35. Which one of the following could be the most appropriate title of this speech?Section CA new book is sure to be discussed, and (36)debated, at colleges this fall. The book is called My Freshman Year. What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. The writer is Rebekah Nathan. That is not her real name. She is in her fifties. She is a professor of (37)anthropology at a university in the United States. Her name for it is Any U.The professor wanted to know why many of her students did not(38)complete their work or ask for help. She decided to do a (39)research project. She got the (40)approval of the university ethics (41)committee. Such groups consider moral and legal issues in studies. In the spring of 2002, she (42)applied to her own university under the name Rebekah Nathan and was admitted. She lived in student housing. She took five classes during her first term and two in the second (43)semester. She did pretty well, although she got one C, a