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Part 1 Compound Dictation(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: In this section you will hear a passage or passages three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks with the information you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. Just jump into one of the citys 22,000 (1) shaped cars and enjoy your trip. All you have to do is just to tell the driver your (2), and no matter how small the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. It is well known that London taxi drivers are (3). They have all gone through a very (4) training period to get the special license needed to drive taxis. During this period, which can take from two to four years, the (5) taxi drivers have been tested several times. They have to learn the most direct (6) to every important building in London. Learner taxi drivers are also (7) to take part in a written test for traffic rules. Once a new taxi driver has a license, the next thing he or she has to cope with is the public. (8). But, as Brian Turner, 52, a taxi driver for 20 years, explains: Your job is to take them where they want to go in a polite and pleasant manner, whatever they are like. After all, if youre unpleasant to your passenger, you wont get a tip. (9) as soon as the passenger steps into their vehicle. They talk and drive smoothly. This is the art that London taxi drivers have brought to perfection. (10), along with the Queen and Big Ben, as a great British tradition 1-10 distinctive . Questions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.My first home-stay experience was in Osaka with a rather typical Japanese family, consisting of the parents and two kids. The father is an employee of Sharp Co. and the mother is a housewife. It is not unusual in Japan for a woman to (11) her job after having a child. Mothers often leave their job (12), with no plans to ever return to work again. What surprised me was the lack of the fathers (13)at home. The children seldom see their father as he comes home very late at night and leaves for work rather early. The only time that the whole family can get together is on the weekend, as long as the father doesnt have to play golf with his colleagues or (14). Recently, due to the economic (15)in Japan, there has been a change. There has been less of a need for businessmen to work overtime than before, (16)fathers to come home earlier and spend more time with their families. My second home-stay was with a Japanese family of three generations. The grandfather was a teacher of flower (17). The grandmother had been a housewife all her life. Although the grandparents lived in the same house, (18). The father and mother ran a bakery. Despite the fact that (19), she did almost all the housework. The father, on the other hand, would do very little. When he was free, he would go drinking with his friends. (20), and he would leave the work for his wife to do. Questions 21 to 30 are based on the same passage or dialog.J. William Fulbright was a great man. He died earlier in (21). He was 89 years old. He was a United States Senator from 1935 until 1975. He will be remembered by people all over the world for the (22) students exchange program he started. Senator Fulbright (23) the program in 1936. He believed an international educational (24) was helpful. He thought that it is a good way to (25) world understanding. He also believed that the (26) could help the future leaders of governments. It could also help people going into (27) and other areas. He spent a lot of money to establish the Fulbright Program. He thought that (28). It will also help them understand their own country better. The Fulbright Program helps people study or do research in other countries. (29). Next year the Fulbright Program will celebrate its 50th anniversary. (30) between people of different nations. J. William Fulbrights program is still going strong today. Questions 31 to 40 are based on the same passage or dialog.Global Management Challenge is something you should have heard about. It uses a computer simulation (模拟) of real market situations as a means of (31) something important about a team. It looks at a teams competence in (32) regarding production, financial control, and human resources. It also measures how well the team is able to do (33) control, marketing and transportation. The (34) of this event lies in its challenge to think innovatively. A team (35) of four to six university MBA students, or company employees. Each holds a position such as chief (36) officer or chief financial officer. One might even be a human (37) manager. Each team acts as a standard company. The team with the highest virtual share price at the end is the winner. (38), Global Management Challenge aims to promote MBA teaching and management standards. It also creates links between students and companies by simulating real world business skills. Young Chinese competitors embody (39). Members of the team might come from different companies or even different places with different backgrounds. (40) and expertise in global management. Many believe that the teamwork will give these young Chinese talents a great chance to gain practical experience.Part 2 Fill in the Blanks (with the initial letters provided)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the help of the first letter(s). Use only ONE word to fill in each blank.1.I just saw the of the car as it passed in front of me.2.Hundreds of workers sat on the factory floor waiting for the assembly line to start again.3.They closed a few plants and decided to use the machinery to make plastic parts for cigarette filters.4.Kelly gets a new job, and two weeks later shes with it.5.Doing the same job all day her to tears.6.One of the most unfortunate things is that parents sometimes say to their youngsters You need to go to school in order to learn how to .7.She says when other people see a badly child they often jump to the wrong conclusions.8.The official was charged with taking from people who wanted favors in return.9.Unfortunately, she many experiences, claimed journeys and discoveries by others for herself, lied about her age and kept quiet about her relatives, of whom she was ashamed.10.Thousands joined the march to their opposition to cuts in education.11.But some are designed specifically to information about the social, cultural or professional life of the country.12.They quickly to hear the brief set of orders that explained their respective tasks in the battle to come.13.Most new work needs approval from building control, to that the work meets necessary standards.14.I tried to my brother into disappearing for the afternoon by offering him the use of my car.15.Management rates vary, but a current average is 20 per cent of the artists earnings.Part 3 Fill in the Blanks (with the right preposition or adverb)(每小题：1 分)Directions: Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with an appropriate preposition or adverb. Fill in each blank with only ONE word.1.He lost his job and entered risky business ventures and eventually ended bankrupt.2.They would remain true their old friend no matter what happened.3.Dont worry about him; maybe hes trying to cool out there in the rain.4.Throughout the book, each opinion is backed by careful studies or everyday examples.5.Sarah has to room with her identical twin Katie the time being until she finds a place of her own.6.He decided to leave the company to strike on his own as a writer.7.We need to check whether our decisions are made on the basis of making our resources available to others before we strike independently.8.The roommates distress tore him , and he started to feel depressed himself.9.The change will not endure another election defeat; if Labor loses next time the party will probably tear .10.To promote the development of the Chinese film industry, the government should take more effective measures in breaking the monopolies (垄断) in film import and distribution.11.He told me he was incredibly rich and owned an expensive car, but I saw him at once.12.As the criminal was making the border, he was caught by police.13.It was clear that she would not benefit from anything that belonged her husband before their marriage.14.After the death of their parents, the sisters got well and never quarreled.15.He pretended that he was an Englishman but his accent gave him .Part 4 Multiple Choice(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: Choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.1.The patients progress was very encouraging as he could _ get out of bed without help.A. nearlyB. onlyC. merelyD. barely2.His dramatic change in opinion was _ by the unspeakable wrong done to him.A. brought outB. brought toC. brought upD. brought about3.Compared with what I saw 10 years ago, ads today are becoming increasingly _.A. sophisticatedB. soakedC. philosophicalD. physical4.Just as the increase of fax machines, wireless phones and personal computers has caused a shortage of phone numbers, heavy use of the Internet is _ the supply of numerical (数字的) Internet addresses.A. drainingB. soakingC. absorbingD. drying5.Dollys creators at Edinburghs Roslin Institute boasted she _ the promise of animals that could produce drugs and organs for humans.A. containedB. emphasizedC. packedD. embodied6.The opposition leaders _ the government for not taking action sooner.A. warnedB. criticizedC. threatenedD. urged7.In some schools children who prefer to read books rather than _ football become social outcasts (被抛弃者).A. playB. playingC. to playD. to playing8._ the concert had begun did we realize what a splendid show it was going to be.A. No soonerB. Only afterC. HardlyD. Scarcely9.In the Chinese household, grandparents and other relatives play _ roles in raising children.A. incapableB. insensibleC. indispensableD. infinite10.There was such a long line at the exhibition _ we had to wait for about half an hour.A. asB. soC. thatD. sincePart 5 Cloze (with four choices provided)(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: Read the following passage carefully and choose the best answer from the four choices given for each blank.Questions 1 to 20 are based on the following passage.Billie Holidays grandfather was one of 17 children. His mother was a black Virginia slave and his father a white Irish plantation owner. Billie first heard music on an old record 1. . It was at a house for 2. and dangerous activities in Baltimore. In that place, she cleaned the floors 3. a young girl. She 4. her professional name from a 5. star named Billie Dove and she started singing in nightclubs. She then quickly won 6. as a great singer. She was the most moving jazz singer 7. her day. She sang with many great jazz musicians. And, in 1933, one especially popular singer 8. the frightened young Holiday to a place that she would receive even more attention. He brought her to her first studio 9. . Interestingly, she never received 10. for any future sales. 11. a lack of technical training, Holiday was very successful. Holidays 12. style of singing made her popular. Her dramatic 13. made her the most extraordinary jazz singer of her day. Singing is 14. more work than sitting down and eating Chinese roast duck, and I love roast duck, she wrote. Songs she 15. included God Bless the Child. In this song, she was 16. things she believed in. Namely, she was promoting the 17. of financial independence. 18. she was often described as a singer, this isnt quite accurate. She was 19. an interpreter of popular songs. The legendary Billie Holiday died a(n) 20. death at the age of 44. Questions 21 to 40 are based on the following passage.Have you ever heard of Charles Darwin and his important theories? Charles Darwins theory of how species 21. is of great importance. It created a foundation for 22. we know in the present-day as genetics research. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the development of life on earth was a 23. occurrence. He believed that 24. developed over millions of years. They changed over time from a few common 25. . Darwin took off on a 26. visiting places around the world. He studied the plants and animals everywhere he went, collecting 27. for further study. On the Galapagos Islands, he noticed many plants and animals were of the 28. type as others he had seen elsewhere. To be specific, they were similar to 29. in South America. However, they had changed slightly in 30. to the island environment. From this observation and similar findings in other parts of the world, he came up 31. his theory of natural selection. This theory 32. that changes take place within species. These changes 33. without purpose. Still, the changes that are useful in a particular environment will be 34. . Therefore the species will be able to better 35. in that environment. Likewise, those species with slight changes that make it difficult to 36. in a certain environment will die out. The same theory could be 37. to humans. As humans 38. to different environments and climates, certain changes took place. Some of their 39. features changed. 40. , human skin color, eyes and facial structures of people in different parts of the world can be very different. That is the basic idea of evolution theories. Part 6 Skimming and Scanning (Multiple Choice + Blank Filling)(每小题：0.5 分)Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the questions. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, 1706. He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamins mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children. Young Printer When Benjamin was 15, his brother James started a New England newspaper, the first newspaper that truly belonged to Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before this one, they only reprinted news from abroad. James paper carried articles, opinion pieces, advertisements, and news of ship schedules. Before long, the Franklins found themselves at odds with Bostons powerful religious leaders, the Mathers. Disease was rather troublesome in those times, and the Mathers supported treatment; the Franklins believed that the treatment of the day only made people sicker. And while most Bostonians agreed with the Franklins, they did not like the way James made fun of religious leaders during the debate. Ultimately, James was thrown in jail for his views, and Benjamin was left to run the paper for several issues. Upon release from jail, James was not grateful to Ben for keeping the paper going. Instead he kept troubling his younger brother and giving him beatings from time to time. Ben could not take it and decided to run away in 1723. Escape to Philadelphia Running away was illegal. In early America, people all had to have a place in society and runaways did not fit in anywhere. Regardless, Ben took a boat to New York where he hoped to find work as a printer. He didnt, and walked across New Jersey, finally arriving in Philadelphia via a boat ride. After leaving by boat, he used the last of his money to buy some rolls. He was wet and messy when his future wife, Deborah Read, saw him on that day, October, 6, 1723. She thought him odd-looking, never dreaming that seven years later they would be married. Franklin found work as a printer. He did so well that the governor of Pennsylvania promised to set him up in business for himself if young Franklin would just go to London to buy printing equipment. Franklin did go to London, but the governor broke his promise and Benjamin was forced to spend several months in England doing print work. Upon returning to Philadelphia, Franklin tried his hand at helping to run a shop, but soon went back to being a printers helper. Franklin was a better printer than the man he was working for, so he borrowed some money and set himself up in the printing business. Franklin seemed to work all the time, and the citizens of Philadelphia began to notice the hard-working young businessman. Soon he began getting the contracts to do government jobs and started thriving in business. A Newspaper in Pennsylvania In 1729, Benjamin Franklin bought a newspaper in Pennsylvania. Franklin not only printed the paper, but often contributed articles to the paper under different names. His newspaper soon became the most successful in the colonies. This newspaper, among other firsts, would print the first political cartoon, authored by Ben himself. During the 1720s and 1730s, the side of Franklin devoted to public good started to show itself. He organized a young working-mans group dedicated to self-improvement and community improvement. He joined a religious group. He was a very busy