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1、Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part A1、For Questions1-5,you will hear a news report about a case of stealingWhile you listen，fill out the table with the information you have heardSome of the information has been given to you in the tableWrite only l word in each numbered boxYou will

2、hear the recording twiceYou now have 25 seconds to read the table below Mews over a case of stealing the day of the broadcast 1. number of thieves 2. number of precious paintings 3. Lord and Lady Chestfield have been treated for 4. The landlord refuses to renew their traditional 5. _2、 _3、 _4、 _5、 _

3、Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part B6、For Questions 6-10，you will hear a conversationWhile you listen，complete the sentences and answer the questionUse not more than 3 words for each answerYou will hear the recording twiceYou now have 25 seconds to read the sentences and the questio

4、ns below Where does the conversation take place?Whats the womans name?What is the mans line of business? 6.7.8 What does the man need to do with letters and forms? 9. How much is MR5000? 10 _ 7、 _8、 _9、 _10、 _ Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part C11、Questions 11-13 are based on the f

5、ollowing interview about Doctor ThomasYou now have 15 seconds to read Questions What is the conversation mainly about?AA standard unit for measuring weightBHow to care for precious metalsCThe value of precious metalsDUsing the metric system 12、 How is the weight used?ATo measure amounts of rainfallB

6、To check the accuracy of scalesCTo observe changes in the atmosphereDTo calculate the density of other metals 13、 What does Doctor Thomas probably think about the cost of the new weight?AIt is too high for such a light weightBIt is difficult to judge the value of such an objectCIt is a small amount

7、to pay for SO much precious metalDIt is reasonable for an object with such an important function 14、Questions 14-16 are based on the following passageYou now have l5 seconds to read Questions Why does a newborn baby have to spend the first year of his life learning to listen?ABecause he likes learni

8、ngBBecause his hearing center is still immatureCBecause his ears are immatureDBecause he wants to know how to use his ears 15、 Whats a newborn babys reaction to a loud noise near him? AGet angry BLook awayCBegin crying DIgnore it 16、 When does a baby begin to use more vowels and consonants?AWhen he

9、is pleasedBAs he grows CWhen he gets angryDWhen he hears other baby crying 17、Questions 17-20 are based on the following monologueYou now have 20 seconds to read Questions According to the speaker，what should the listeners do as soon as possible?AFind a roommateBHand in applicationsCGo to Spanish ho

10、useDBuy a meal ticket for the cafeteria 18、 Which type of housing allows cooking?AWomens dorms BMens dormsCFamily housing DInternational houses 19、 Which place has no more room for students?ACoed dorms BFamily student housingCInternational houses DSpanish house 20、 What will the listeners probably d

11、o next?AVisit the type of housing they likeBMove into the housingCFill out formsDBuy a meal ticketSection II Use of English (15 minutes) 21、根据下面资料，回答21-40题： Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized trainin9Ideally，therefore，the choice of an _21_ should be made even before the choice

12、of a curriculum in high schoolActual1y, _22_ ，most people make several job choices during their working lives，_23_ because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve _24_ positionsThe “one perfect job” does not existYoung people should _25_ enter into a broadflexible training program t

13、hat will _26_ them for a field of work rather than for a single _27_.Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans _28_ benefit of help from a competent vocationalcounselor or psychologistKnowing _29_ about the occupational world，or themselves for that matter，then choose their lifework o

14、n a hitormiss_30_Some drift from job to jobOthers _31_ to work in which they are unhappy or for which they are not fitted One common mistake is choosing an occupation for _32_ real or imagined prestigeToc many high-school students-or their parents for them choose the professional field _33_ both the

15、 relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal _34_The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a“ whitecollar” job is _35_ good reason for choosing it as lifework_36_，these occupations ale not always well paidSince a large pro-portion

16、of jobs ale in mechanical and manual work，the _37_ 0f young people should give serious, _38_ to these fields Before making an occupational choice，a person should have a general idea of what he wants _39_ life and how hard he is willing to work to get itSome people desire social prestige，others intel

17、lectual satisfactionSome want security，others are willing to take _40_ for financial gainEach occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards AIdentificationBentertainmentCaccommodationDoccupation22、Ahowever Btherefore Cthough Dthereby23、Aentirely Bmainly Cpartly Dlargely24、Aits Bhis Cour

18、 Dtheir25、Asince Btherefore Cfurthermore Dforever26、Amake Bfit Ctake Dleave27、Ajob Bway Cmeans Dcompany28、Ato Bfor Cwithout Dwith29、Alittle Bfew Cmuch Da lot30、Achance Bbasis Cpurpose Dopportunity31、Aapply Bappeal Cstick Dturn32、Aour Bits Cyour Dtheir33、Aconcerning Bfollowing Cconsidering Ddisregard

19、ing34、Apreference Brequirements Ctendencies Dambitions35、Aa Bany Cno Dthe36、ATherefore BHowever CNevertheless DMoreover37、Amajority Bmass Cminority Dmultitude38、Aproposal Bsuggestion Cconsideration Dappraisal39、Atowards Bagainst Cout of Dwithout40、Aturns Bparts Cchoices DrisksSection III Reading Com

20、prehension (60 minutes)Part A41、根据下面资料，回答41-60题： Every country with a monetary system of its own has to have some kind of market in which dealers in bills，notes，and other forms of short term credit can buy and sellThe“ money market is a set of institutions or arrangements for handling what might be

21、called wholesale transactions in money and short term creditThe need for such facilities arises in much the same way that a similar need does in connection with the distribution of any of the products of a diversified economy to their final users at the retail levelIf the retailer is to provide reas

22、onably adequate service to his customers，he must have active contacts with others who specialize in making or handling bulk quantities of whatever is his stock in tradeThe money market is made up of specialized facilities of exactly this kindIt exists for the purpose of improving the ability of the

23、retailers of financial services commercial banks，savings institutions，investment houses，lending agenciesand even govemments to do their jobsIt has little if any contact with the individuals or firms who maintain accounts with these various retailers or purchase their securities or borrow from them T

24、he elemental functions of a money market must be performed in any kind of modem econocmy，even one that is largely planned or socialist，but the arrangements in socialist countries do not ordinarily take the form of a marketMoney markets exist in countries that use market processes rather than planned

25、 allocations to distribute most of their primary resources among alternative usesThe general distinguishing feature of a money market is that it relies upon open competition among those who are bulk suppliers of funds at any particular time and among those seeking bulk funds，to work out the best pra

26、cticable distribution of the existing total volume of such funds In their market transactions，those with bulk supplies of funds or demands for themrely on groups of intermediaries who act as brokers or dealersThe characteristics of these middlemenThe services they perform，and their relationship to o

27、ther parts of the financial vary widely from country to countryIn many countries there is no single meeting place where the middlemen get together，yet in most countries the contacts among all participants are sufficiently open and free to assure each supplier or user of funds that he will get or pay

28、 a price that fairly reflects all of the influences(including his own)that are currently affecting the whole supply and the whole demandIn nearly all cases，moreover，the unifying force of competition is reflected at any given moment in a common price(that is，rate of interest)for similar transactionsC

29、ontinuous fluctuations in the money market rates of interest result from changes in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon the market and in the pull of Current demands upon the market The first paragraph is mainly about _ Athe definition of money market Bthe constitution of a money market

30、Cthe basic functions of a money marketDthe general feature of a money market 42、 According to this passage, a money market_.Aprovides convenient services to its customersBhas close contact with the individuals or firms seeking funds Cmaintains accounts with various retailers of financial services Di

31、s made up of institutions who specialize in handling wholesale monetary transactions43、 Which of the following statements about a money market is NOT true according to this passage? AMoney market does not exist in planned economies.BMoney market has been established in some socialist countries.CMone

32、y market encourages open competition among bulk suppliers of funds.DM0ney market relies upon market processes to distribute funds to final users.44、 The author uses the example of middleman to show_.Amarket transactions are important in different countriesBdealers are needed in doing businessCmiddle

33、men can play great role in different transactions and different countriesDmiddlemen in different countries have different actions in buslne8845、 According to this passage，_.Abrokers usually perform the same kinds of services to their customersBbrokers have little contact with each otherCopen competi

34、tion tends to result in a common price for similar transactions at any given moment Dchanges in the pressure of available supplies of funds upon market tends to maintain a common price for similar transactions46、根据下面资料，回答46-65题： About 50 years ago the idea of disabled people doing sports was never h

35、eard ofBut when me annual games for the disabled were started at Stroke Mandeville，England in l948 by Sir Ludwig Guttmannthe situation began to changeSir Ludwig Guttmann，who had been driven to England in 1939 from Nazi Germany，had been asked by the British government to set up an injures centre at S

36、troke Mandeville Hospital near LondonHis ideas about treating injuries included sports for the disabled In the first game just two teams of injured soldiers took partThe next year,1949，five teams took pan From those beginnings things developed fastTeams now come from abroad to Stroke Mandeville ever

37、y yearIn l960 the first Olympics for the Disabled were held m Rome. Now, every four years the Olympic Games for the Disabled are held，if possible，in the place as me normal 0lympic Games，although they are organized separately. In other Years Games for me Disabled are still held at Stroke MandevilleIn

38、 the l984 wheelchair Olympic Games，l，604 wheelchair athletes from about 40 countries took part Unfortunately，they were held at Stroke Mandeville and not in Los Angeles，along with the other Olympics The Games have been a great success in promoting international friendship and understanding，and in pro

39、ving that being disabled does not mean you cant enjoy sportsOne small source of dis-appointment for those who organize and take part in the games，however，has been the unwilling-ness of the International Olympic Committee to include the disabled events at the Olympic Games for the able bodiesPerhaps

40、a few more years are still needed to convince those fortunate enough not to be disabled that their disabled fellow athletes should not be excluded The first games for the disabled were heldafter Sir Ludwing Guttmann arrived in EnglandA50 years B21 years C9 years D4 years47、 Besides Stroke Mandeville

41、，surely the games for the disabled were once held in _.ANew York BLondon CRome DLos Angeles48、 In paragraph 2,the underlined word “athletes” means“_” Apeople who support the gamesBpeople who watch the gamesCpeople who organize the gamesDpeople who compete in the games49、 Which of the following state

42、ments is NOT true? ASir Ludwig Guttmann is an early organizer of the games for the disabledBSir Ludwig Guttmann is an injured soldierCSir Ludwig Guttmann is from GermanyDSir Ludwig Guttmann is welcomed by the British 50、 From the passage we may conclude that the writer is_.Aone of the organizers of

43、the games for the disabledBa disabled who once took part in the gamesCagainst holding the games for the disabledDin favor of holding the game for the disabled51、根据下面资料，回答51-70题： Police in the popular resort city Virginia Beach recently began operating video surveillance cameras with controversial fa

44、ce recognition technologyVirginia Beach and Tampa in Florida two cities in me United States acquired the technology，which cost them$197，000.“Before we switched it onwe went through an extensive public education process with hearings and the in volvement of citizen groups and minority groups，who help

45、ed write the policies we are using，said deputy police chief Greg MullenA citizens auditing committee has the right to perform unannounced spot checks on police headquarters to make sure the technology is not being misused.Three of the citys l3 cameras are linked full time to the face recognition sys

46、tem，though the others can be activated as neededThe database of wanted people is updated every day. So far，the system has failed to produce a single arrest，though it has generated a few false alarmsIt works by analyzing faces based on a series of measurements，such as the distance from the tip of the

47、 nose to the chin or the space between the eyesCritics say it is highly inaccurate and can be easily fooled Mullen，who sees the system eventually being linked to the databases of other city，state and feder-al law enforcement agencies to track criminals and suspected terrorists，said，“The system doesn

48、t look at skin color or your hair or your genderIt takes human prejudices out0f the equation”“This technology has little or no effect on the crime rate but it does have an effect on peoples behaviorPeople feel cowed，”said Bruce Steinhardt，who directs the technologyDespite the fact that tests have sh

49、own faces recognition only works in around 30cases，the ACLU is alarmed that the technology may soon spread to airportsThe organization also fears it，could potentially be used to monitor individuals political activities to harass lawabiding citizens “This kind of surveillance should be subject to the

50、 same procedures as wiretapsLaw enforce-ment agencies should justify why they need it and it should be tightly limited，otherwise it will soon become a tool of social control，”said Mihir Kshisagar of the Electronic Information Privacy Center. Nor does such criticism come exclusively from the politica

51、l leftLawyer John Whitehead, founder of the conservative Rutherford Institute，wrote in an editorial that the techn0109y threatened the right of each UScitizen to participate in society“After all，that is exactly what constant surveillance isthe ultimate implied threat of coercion”he wrote What does M

52、ullens statement in Paragraph l indicate? APolice is confident in using me technology BPolice has made preparation for the use of the technology CCitizens have rights over managing the technology DPolice has gone through public education process 52、 Why does the system fall to arrest a wanted person

53、? AThe system is not effective in recognizing people BThe system doesnt look at skin color or ones gender CThe system doesnt consider peoples specific features DThe system is highly inaccurate and can be easily fooled 53、 What is me ACLUs attitude to the system? AWorried BSkeptical CConfident DIndif

54、ferent 54、 In John Whiteheads opinion，which statement is true? AFace recognition technology may interfere with peoples privacy BFace recognition technology may enhance the countrys constant surveillance CFace recognition technology can be used in the same way wiretaps are used DFace recognition tech

55、nology can be used after its threat has been removed 55、 What is this passage mainly about? ADisadvantage of face recognition technology BPurposes of face recognition technology CControversial face recognition technology.DEffect of face recognition technology56、根据下面资料，回答56-75题： Recent research had c

56、laimed that an excess of positive ions(离子)in the air can have an illeffect on peoples physical or psychological healthWhat are positive ions? Well，the air is full of ions，electrically charged particles，and generally there is a rough balance between the positive and the negative chargesBut sometimes

57、this balance becomes disturbed and a larger proportion of positive ions are foundThis happens naturally before thunderstorms, earthquakes or when winds are blowing in certain countriesOr it can be caused by a build-up of static electricity indoors from carpets or clothing made of manmade fibers，or f

58、rom TV sets，duplicators or computer display screens When a large number of positive ions are present in the air many people experience unpleasant effects such as headaches，fatigue，irritability，and some particularly sensitive people suffer nausea(恶心)or even mental disturbanceAnimals are also found to

59、 be affected，particularly before earthquakes：snakes have been observed to come out of hibernation(冬眠)，rats to flee from their burrows，dogs howl and cats jump about unaccountablyThis has led the US Geographical Survey to fund a network of volunteers to watch animals in all effort to foresee such disa

60、sters before they hit vulnerable areas such as California Conversely，when large numbers of negative ions are present，then people have a feeling of wellbeingNatural conditions that produce these large amounts are near the sea，close to waterfalls or fountains，or in any place where water is sprayed，or