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1、Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part A1、根据以下资料，回答1-5题：Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese. Your translation should be written clearly on ANSWER SHEET 2 As part of more comprehensive compliance and ethics programs，many companies hav

2、e formulated internal policies pertaining to the ethical conduct of employeesThese policies can be simple exhortations in broad，highlygeneralized language(typically called a corporate ethics statement)，or they Can be more detailed policies，containing specific behavioral requirements(typically called

3、 corporate ethics codes)61)They are generally meant to identify the companys expectations of workers and to offer guidance on handling some of the more For Questions 1一5you will hear a reporter interviewing a runner who has just finished a Marathon raceWhile you listen，fill out the table with the in

4、formation you have heardSome of the information has been given to you in the tableWrite only l word in each numbered boxYou will hear the recording twiceYou now have 25 seconds to read the table below Marathon Race Interview Distance of a Marathon race in kilometers 1. Number of runners this year 2.

5、 Jims finishing position this year 3. Jims position last year 4. The number of Jims hours in the race 5. _ 2、 _3、 _4、 _5、 _ Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part B6、For Questions 6-10you will hear a passage about a visit to the City Zoo given by a tourist guideWhile you listen，complete

6、 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 questions below The speaker makes all announcement about the afternoon The first show will begin in the marine are-na at If visitors p

7、rovide food for the animals，this may upset the animals A tour to the giant bird cage will be guided byIf people have any inquiries，they can go to the information desk at 6.7.8.9.10 _ 7、 _8、 _9、 _10、 _ Section I Listening Comprehension (30 minutes) Part C11、Questions 11-13 are based on the following

8、dialogueYou now have 15 seconds to read Questions What kind of proof did the man probably have when he bought the radio?AA receipt and the cheque stubBThe guarantee and the receiptCThe radio and the boxDThe credit card and a receipt 12、 When did the man buy the radio?ALast week BThe day before yeste

9、rdayCYesterday DThis morning 13、 What is wrong with the radio?AIt has no instructionsBIt has run out of batteryCThe switch is in brokenDThe swish is the wrong position 14、Questions 14-16 are based on the follwing passageYou now have 15 seconds to read Questions.Why are “How T0”books in great demand

10、in the United States?ABecause the rich do not always satisfyBBecause many people read books only for pleasureCBecause these books help Americans out of troubleDBecause the books meet the needs of different readers 15、 What is one of the most popular types of books? AThe book that help people with th

11、eir personal problems BThe book that tell you how to earn more money CThe book that tell you how to choose a job DThe book that tell you how to make progress 16、 Which title best gives the ideas of the passage? AAmericans Like Reading B“How T0”Book，a True Friend C“How T0”Book Is Popular DAmericans L

12、ike Books 17、Questions 17-20 are based on the following passageYou now have 20 seconds to read Questions Why are we far from satisfied with our basic needs?ABecause we should save extra money for future expenditureBBecause we have other wants in addition to our basic needsCBecause we all enjoy readi

13、ng booksDBecause man is never satisfied even if he has everything he wants 18、 What can be inferred from the passage?AWe should be satisfied with our lifeBWe should develop good habitsCA reliable income makes the satisfactory standard of living possibleDTo provide for future expenditure is wise 19、

14、“Shelter “refers toAsafe BshellChouse Dincome 20、 “Expenditure “meansAexercise BexpenseCstyle DcostSection II Use of English (15 minutes) 21、根据以下资料，回答21-40题： In the past，the Park Service focused on making the big scenic parks more_21_and comfort-able for touristsRoads were paved to allow “windshield

15、 visitors” to experience the grandeur of nature without leaving their cars，and a_22_ number of hotels and grocery stores were permitted to open_23_the park boundaries Now this trend is changingPlans have been made to 24 the parks to their natural condition as much as possibleThe objective of such a

16、move would be to secure the preservation of the parks for future generations，_25_allowingpresentday visitors to experience pure wilderness，_26_from any obvious signs of civilizationan opportunity which is quickly disappearing in the twentieth century_27_plans call only_28_a reduction in the number o

17、f cars 29 into the parks each day，but_30_，tourists may have to leave their cars at the gates and then either visit the park on foot 3l use park _32_33_，stores and hotels may no longer be allowed within park boundaries and even the number of campgrounds may be restrictedDenali National Park in Alaska

18、 serves as an excellent_34_for this new type of park，one which has been changed only slightly from its_35_stateThere is only one road，unpaved in _36_，which cross_37_DenaliAs car traffic is strictly limited，many visitors experience the magnificent_38_and wildlife from a park busThere are no hotels or

19、 stores and only seven campgrounds within Denalis 3，000 square milesThis_39_isolation offers backpackerscalloeists，and other sport enthusiasts a_40_physical and psychological challengeApossibleBaccessibleCapproachableDreachable22、AlargeBamazingCminimumDlimited23、AwithinBinsideConDat24、ArecoverBturnC

20、rebuildDrestore25、AthusBandCwhileDbut26、AreleasedBdevoidCfreeDresulted27、ADetailedBInitialCOverallDLong-term28、AatBonCforDabout29、AallowedBparkedCmovedDheaded30、AthenBfinallyCconsequentlyDeventually31、AorBandCbutDmay32、AtransportationBtrafficCfacilitiesDlot33、AExceptionallyBAdditionallyCIncreasingly

21、DExtraordinarily34、AprototypeBexampleCmodelDpattern35、AoriginalBnaturalCprimitiveDrude36、AsegmentsBportionsCdivisionsDsections37、AinBintoCoffDthrough38、AsceneryBsceneCsightDspectacle39、AcomparativeBrelativeCstrictDgeographical40、AstrangeBspecificCspecialDdistinctSection III Reading Comprehension (60

22、 minutes)Part A41、根据以下资料，回答41-60题： Parents now have a popular belief that schools are no longer interested in spellingNo school I have taught in has ever ignored spelling or considered it unimportant as a basic skillThere arehowever，greatly different ideas about how to teach it or how muchpriority(优

23、先)it must be giv-en over general language development and writing abilityThe problem is that how to encourage a child to express himself freely andconfidently in writing without holding him back with the complexities of spelling If spelling becomes the only focal point of his teachers interest，clear

24、ly a bright child will be likely to“play safe”He will be prone to write only words within his spelling range，choosing to avoid adventurous languageThats why teachers often encourage the early use of dictionaries and pay attention to content rather than technical ability I was once shocked to read on

25、 the bottom of a sensitive piece of writing about a personal experience：“This work is terrible! There are far too many spelling errors and your writing is illegible(难以辨认的)”It may have been a sharp criticism of the pupils technical abilities in writingbut it was also a sad reflection on the teacher w

26、ho had omitted to read the essaywhich included some beautiful expressions of the childs deep feelingsThe teacher was not wrong to draw attention to the errors，but if his priorities had centered on the childs ideasan expression of his disappointment with the presentation would have given the pupil mo

27、re motivation(动力)to seek improvement Teachers are different in their opinions about_ Athe difficulties in teaching spellingBthe role of spelling in general language developmentCthe complexities of the basic writing skillsDthe necessity of teaching spelling42、 The expression “play safe” probably mean

28、s_ Ato write carefullyBto do as teachers sayCto use dictionaries frequentlyDto avoid using words one is not sure of43、 Teachers encourage the use of dictionaries so that_ Astudents will be able to express their ideas more freelyBstudents will have more confidence in writingCteachers will have less t

29、rouble in correcting mistakesDstudents will learn to be independent of teachers44、 The writer seems to think that the teachers judgment on that sensitive piece of writing isAunfair BreasonableCfoolish Dcareless45、 The major point discussed in the passage is Athe importance of developing writing skil

30、lsBthe complexities of spellingCthe correct way of marking compositionsDthe relationship between spelling and the content of a ccomposition46、根据以下资料，回答46-65题： In the 1960s the West Coast became an important center for rock musicLos Angeles and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfingT

31、here, a quieter kind of rock called surf rock became famous. The Beach Boys sang songs like “Surfin USA”，“ Califorlia Girls” and“ Fun，Fun，Fun”These songs made people dream about the good life in Califomia Sam Francisco was a center for young people and rock music in the late l960sThis was the time o

32、f the Vietnam War， student protest，hippies， and drugsHippies talked about love and peace. They wore brightly colored clothes and had long hairThey listened to rock and folk-rock music Drugs were a serious problem during that timeThe deaths of three young rock stars, Janis Jo-pling，Jim Morrison and t

33、he great guitar player Jimi Hendrix were all related to drugs Not all of the rock musicians came from California or，the USAThat was me time of the great British rock groups like the Beatles and the Rolling StonesBritish rock musicians had a very important place in the rock music of the l960s in Amer

34、ica Another kind of softer rock music was created by the singersSingers like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor wrote their own lyrics and their own musicTheir songs were about love and friendship，good and bad times In the l960s big rock concerts were very welcomed by everyoneThe most famous concert was

35、 WoodstockIn 1969 in New York State，a million young people came together to hear the rock stars.This peaceful Woodstock concert was the most important musical event of the l960s After World War II a great number of black people moved from the South to the big industrial cities like New York，Detroit，

36、and Philadelphia Many black people lived in poor part of the city such as Harlem in New YorkMusicians wrote and sang about life in the big citiesLife was difficult but music and dancing made it a little easier Popular black music had a strong beat for dancingAt first this music was called rhythm and

37、 blues.The 1960s called it soul.In Detroit, a black musician named Berry Gordy set up an all black record company. It was called MotownMotown or motor town is another name for Detroit, where cars are made. Most of mefamous soul musicians like the Supremes，the Temptations，and the Jackson Five recorde

38、d with Motown Where in the United States did pop music first emerge?AThe West BNew YorkCThe South DSan Francisco 47、 What was the war affairin late 1960s that made many American young people love to take up pop music?AThe Korean War BThe Word War llCThe Vietnam War DThe Gulf War 48、 The term “Hippie

39、s” refers to_ Athree young rock StarsBfour Liverpool boysCthe rock group of the Rolling StonesDthe lost generation49、 American rock music of the l960s was greatly influenced by_ AAmerican country music BBritish rock musicCHollywood film music Dthe Hippies50、 How did the black people feel about the p

40、op music in the l960s?ATerrible BHumiliatingCEnjoyable DHoly51、根据以下资料，回答51-70题： No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. “Is this what you like to accomplish with your careers?”an American senator asked Time Warner executives recently “You have sold your souls

41、，but must you corrupt our nation and threaten our children as well?”At Time Warner，however，such questions are simply the latest manifestation of the soul-searching that has involved the company ever since the company was born in l990Its a self-examination that hasat different times，involved issues o

42、f responsibility，creative freedom and the cor-porate bottom line At me core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin，56，who took over from the late SteVe Ross in the early l990sOn the financial front，Levin is under pressure to raise the stock Price and reduce the company，s mountainous debt，which will

43、 increase to$173 billion after two new cable deals closeHe has promised to sell off some of the property and restructure the company，but Investors are waiting impatiently The flap over rap is not making life any easier for himLevin has consistently defended the company，s rap music on the grounds of

44、expressionIn l992，when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice-Ts violent rap song Cop Killer，Levin described rap as a lawful expression of street culturewhich deserves outlet“The test of any democratic society，”he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column. lies not in how well it Call control expr

45、ession but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude，however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes beWe wont retreat when we face any threats”Levin would not comment on the debate last week, but there were signs that the chairman was backing off

46、his hard1ine stand，at least to some extentDuring the discussion of rock singing ver-ses at last months stockholders meeting，Levin asserted that“ music is not the cause of societys ills ”and even cited his son，a teacher in the Bronx，New York，who uses rap to communicate with studentsBut he talked as w

47、ell about the “balanced straggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility，and he proclaimed that the company would launch a drive to develop standards of distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music The 15-member Time Warner board is generally supportive of Levin and his c

48、orporate strategyBut insiders say some of them have shown their concerns in this matter. “Some of us have known for many，many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited”says Luce “I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only r

49、ecently come to realize thisAn American senator criticized Time Warner for_.Aits raising of the corporate stock priceBits selfexamination of the soulCits neglect of social responsibilityDits emphasis on creative freedom52、 The word “flap”(Para3)here means“_” AcontroversyBfearCdisasterDsolution53、 In

50、 1992Time Warner caused public outage because it_.Asacked workers as a result of restructuringBissued a record promoting violenceCadvocated the culture of the streetDchallenged the freedom of expression in democratic society54、 In me face of recent attacks on the company，Levin_.Astuck to a strong st

51、and to defend freedom of expressionBsoftened his tone and introduced a new initiativeCyielded to objections and resigned from the companyDrequested unconditional support from the 15-member board55、 We can infer from the last paragraph that_ Aprofits and social responsibility can rarely go hand in ha

52、nd in the companyBfew people are concerned about corporate responsibilityCthe debate over Time Warners policy will soon involve other companiesDthe Time Warner Boards opinion of the companys policy is divided56、根据以下资料，回答56-75题： It was not“ the comet of the century” expels predicted it might beHoweve

53、r，Kohoutek has provided a bonanza of scientific information。It was first spotted 370 million miles from Earth，by an astronomer who was searching the sky for asteroidsand after whom the comet was namedScientists who tracked Kohoutek the ten months before it passed the Earth predicted the comet would

54、be a brilliant spectacleBut Kohoutek fell short of these predictions，disappointingmillions of amateur sky watchers，when it proved too pale to be seen with the unaided eyeResearchers were veryhappy nonetheless with the new information they were able to glean from their investigation of the cometPerha

55、ps the most significant discovery was the identification of two important chemical compounds methyl cyanide and hydrogen cyanide never before seen in comets，but found it the farreaches of interstellar spaceThis discovery revealed new clues about the origin of comets Most astronomers agree that comet

56、s are primordial remnants from the formation of the solar system， but whether they were born between Jupiter and Neptune or much farther out toward interstellar space has been the subject of much debateIf compounds no more complex than ammonia and methane，Key components of Jupiter，were seen in comet

57、s，it，would suggest that comets form within the planetary orbitsBut more complex compoundssuch as the methyl cyanide found in Ko-houtek，point to formation far beyond the planets；there the deep freeze of space has kept them unchanged Why was Kohoutek referred to as “the comet of the century”?AIt was t

58、hought to be extremely oldBIt passes the Earth once a centuryCScientists predicted it would be very brightDScientists have been tracking it for a century 57、 In what respect was Kohoutek a disappointment?AIt could be seen only through special equipmentBIt did not approach theEarth CIt did not provid

59、e valuable scientific informationDIt was moving too rapidly for scientists to photograph 58、 According to the passage, what is one major component of Jupiter?AHydrogen cyanideBMethyl cyanideCHydrogenDAmmonia 59、 Which of the following questions is best answered by information gained from Kohoutek?AW

60、here were comets formed?BWhen were comets formed?CWhere was the solar system formed?DHow was the solar system formed?60、 What is the main topic of the passage?AWhat was learned from KohoutekBWhat was disappointing about KohoutekCWhere Kohoutek was spottedDHow Kohoutek was trackedSection III Reading