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Part

Ⅰ

Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)

Section A:

Directions:

In

this

section,

you

will

hear

10

short

conversations.

At

the

end

of

each

conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation

and

the

question

will

be

spoken

only

once.

After

each

question

there

will

be

a

pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D),

and

decide

which

is

the

best

answer.

Then

mark

the

corresponding

letter

on

the

Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.

Example: You will hear:

You will read:

A) 2 hours.

B) 3 hours.

C) 4 hours.

D) 5 hours.

From

the

conversation

we

know

that

the

two

are

talking

about

some

work

they

will

start

at

9

o

’

clock

in

the

morning

and

have

to

finish

by

2

in

the

afternoon.

Therefore,

D)

“5

hours”

is

the correct answer.

You should choose

［

D

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on

the

Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre.

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1. A) It will reduce government revenues.

B) It will stimulate business activities.

C) It will mainly benefit the wealthy.

D) It will cut the stockholders’ dividends.

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2. A) She will do her best if the job is worth doing.

B) She prefers a life of continued exploration.

C) She will stick to the job if the pay is good.

D) She

doesn’t think much of job

-hopping.

3. A) Stop thinking about the matter.

B) Talk the drug user out of the habit.

C) Be more friendly to his schoolmate.

D) Keep his distance from drug addicts.

4. A) The son.

B) The father.

C) The mother.

D) Aunt Louise.

5. A) Stay away for a couple of weeks.

B) Check the locks every two weeks.

C) Look after the Johnsons’ house.

D) Move to another place.

6. A) He would like to warm up for the game.

B) He didn’t want to be held up in traff

ic.

C) He didn’t want to miss the game.

D) He wanted to catch as many game birds as possible.

7. A) It was burned down.

B) It was robbed.

C) It was blown up.

D) It was closed down.

8. A) She isn’t going to change her major.

B) She plans to major in tax law.

C) She studies in the same school as her brother.

D) She isn’t going to work in her brother’s firm.

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9. A) The man should phone the hotel for directions.

B) The man can ask the department store for help.

C) She doesn’t have the hotel’s phone number.

D) The hotel is just around the corner.

10. A) she doesn’t expect to finish all her work in thirty minutes.

B) She has to do a lot of things within a short time.

C) She has been overworking for a long time.

D) She doesn’t know why there

are so many things to do.

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Part

Ⅱ

Reading Comprehension

Directions:

There

are

4

passages

in

this

part.

Each

passage

is

followed

by

some

questions

or

unfinished

statements.

For

each

of

them

there

are

four

choices

marked

A),B),C),and

D).

You

should

decide

on

the

best

choice

and

mark

the

corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage.

Low- level

slash-and-

burn

farming

doesn’t

harm

rainforest.

On

the

contrary,

it

helps

farmers and

improves

forest soils.

This

is

the

unorthodox

view of

a German soil

scientist

who

has

shown

that

burnt

clearings

in

the

Amazon,

dating

back

more

than 1,000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that farmers still benefit

from today.

Most rainforest soils

are thin and poor because they

lack

minerals and because the

heat and

heavy

rainfall destroy

most organic

matter

in

the soils

within

four

years

of

it reaching the

forest

floor.

This

means

topsoil contains

few of

the

ingredients

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needed for long-term successful farming.

But

Bruno

Glaser,

a

soil

scientist

of

the

University

of

Bayreuth,

has

studied

unexpected patches of

fertile soils

in the central

Amazon.

These soils contain

lots

of organic matter.

Glaser

has

shown

that

most

of

this

fertile

organic

matter

comes

from

“black

carbon”

-the

organic

particles

from

camp

fires

and

charred

(

烧成炭的

)

wood

left

over

from

thousands

of

years

of

slash- and-

burn

farming.

”The

soils,

known

as

Terra

Preta,

contained

up

to

70times

more

black

carbon

than

the

surrounding

soil, ”says Glaser.

Unburnt

vegetation

rots

quickly,

but

black

carbon

persists

in

the

soil

for

many

centuries. Radiocarbon dating

shows

that

the charred wood

in Terra Preta soils

is

typically more than 1,000 years old.

“Slash

-and-

burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn’t completely burn all

the

vegetation,

and

leaves

behind

charred

wood,”

says

Glaser.

“It

can

be

better

than

manure (

粪肥

).” Burning the

forest just once can

leave behind enough black

carbon

to

keep

the

soil

fertile

for

thousands

of

years.

And

rainforests

easily

regrow

after

small-scale

clearing.

Contrary

to

the

conventional

view

that

human

activities

damage

the

envi

ronment,

Glaser

says:

”Black

carbon

combined

with

human wastes is responsible for the richness of Terra Preta soils.”

Terra Preta

soils turn

up

in

large patches all over the

Amazon,

where

they are

highly

prized by

farmers.

All

the patches

fall within 500 square kilometers

in

the central

Amazon.

Glaser

says

the

widespread

presence

of

pottery

(

陶器

)

confirms

the

soil’s human origins.

The

findings add

weight to the

theory that

large areas of

the Amazon

have recovered

so well

from past periods of agricultural

use

that

the regrowth

has been

mistaken

by generations of biologists for “virgin” forest.

During

the

past

decade,

researchers

have

discovered

hundreds

of

large

earth

works

deep

in

the

jungle.

They

are

up

to

20

meters

high

and

cover

up

to

a

square

kilometer.

Glaser claims that these earth works, built between AD 400 and 1400,

were

at

the

heart

of

urban

civilizations.

Now

it

seems

the

richness

of

the

Terra

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Preta soils may explain how such civilizations managed to feed themselves.

11. We

learn

from the passage that the traditional

view of slash-and-burn

farming

is

that

.

A) it does no harm to the topsoil of the rainforest

B) it destroys rainforest soils

C) it helps improve rainforest soils

D) it diminishes the organic matter in rainforest soils

12. Most rainforest soils are thin and poor because

.

A) the composition of the topsoil is rather unstable

B) black carbon is washed away by heavy rains

C) organic matter is quickly lost due to heat and rain

D) long-term farming has exhausted the ingredients essential to plant growth

13. Glaser made his discovery by

.

A) studying patches of fertile soils in the central Amazon

B) examining pottery left over by ancient civilizations

C) test-burning patches of trees in the central Amazon

D) radiocarbon-dating ingredients contained in forest soils

14. What does Glaser say about the regrowth of rainforests?

A) They take centuries to regrow after being burnt.

B) They cannot recover unless the vegetation is burnt completely.

C) Their regrowth will be hampered by human habitation.

D) They can recover easily after slash-and-burn farming.

15. From the passage it can be inferred that .

A) human activities will do grave damage to rainforests

B) Amazon rainforest soils used to be the richest in the world

C) farming is responsible for the destruction of the Amazon rainforests

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D) there once existed an urban civilization in the Amazon rainforests

Passage Two

Questions 16 to 20 are based on the following passage.

As

a

wise

man

once

said,

we

are

all

ultimately

alone.

But

an

increasing

number

of

Europeans

are

choosing

to

be

so

at

an

ever

earlier

age.

This

isn’t

the

stuff

of

gloomy

philosophical

contemplations,

but

a

fact

of

Europe’s

new

economic

landscape,

embraced

by

sociologists,

real-estate

developers

and

ad

executives

alike.

The

shift

away

from

family

life

to

solo

lifestyle,

observes

a

French

sociologist,

is

part

of

the

“irresistible

momentum

of

individualism”

over

the

last

century.

The

communications

revolution,

the

shift

from

a

business

culture

of

stability

to one of

mobility and the

mass entry of

women

into the

workforce

have

greatly wreaked havoc on(

扰乱

) Europeans’ private lives.

Europe’s

new economic climate

has

largely

fostered the trend

toward

independence.

The

current

generation

of

home-aloners

came

of

age

durin

g

Europe’s

shift

from

social

democracy

to

the

sharper,

more

individualistic

climate

of

American

style

capitalism.

Raised

in

an

era

of

privatization

and

increased

consumer

choice,

today’s tech

-savvy(

精通技术的

)

workers have embraced a

free

market

in

love as

well as economics. Modern Europeans are rich enough to afford to live alone, and

temperamentally independent enough to want to do so.

Once

upon

a

time,

people

who

lived

alone

tended

to

be

those

on

either

side

of

marriage- twentysomething

professionals

or

widowed

senior

citizens.

While

pensioners, particularly elderly women, make up a large proportion of those living

alone,

the

newest

crop

of

singles

are

high

earners

in

their

30s

and

40s

who

increasingly view living alone as a lifestyle choice. Living alone was conceived to

be negative-dark and cold, while being together suggested

warmth and

light.

But

then

came

along

the

idea

of

singles.

They

were

young,

beautiful,

strong!

Now,

young people want to live alone.

The booming economy

means people are working

harder t

han ever. And that doesn’t

leave

much

room

for

relationships.

Pimpi

Arroyo,

a

35-year-old

composer

who

lives alone in a house in Paris, says he hasn’t got time to get lonely because he has

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too much work. “I have deadlines which would make life with someone

else fairly

difficult.”

Only

an

Ideal

Woman

would

make

him

change

his

lifestyle,

he

says.

Kaufmann,

author

of

a

recent

book

called

“The

Single

Woman

and

Prince

Charming,”

thinks

this

fierce

new

individualism

means

that

people

expect

more

and more of mates

, so relationships don’t last long

-if they start at all. Eppendorf, a

blond

Berliner

with

a

deep

tan,

teaches

grade

school

in

the

mornings.

In

the

afternoon she sunbathes or sleeps, resting up for going dancing. Just shy of 50, she

says she’d never have wa

nted to do what her mother did-give up a career to raise a

family.

Instead,

“I’ve

always

done

what

I

wanted

to

do:

live

a

self

-determined

life.”

16. More and more young Europeans remain single because

.

A) they are driven by an overwhelming sense of individualism

B) they have entered the workforce at a much earlier age

C) they have embraced a business culture of stability

D) they are pessimistic about their economic future

17. What is said about European society in the passage?

A) It has fostered the trend towards small families.

B) It is getting closer to American- style capitalism.

C) It has limited consumer choice despite a free market.

D) It is being threatened by irresistible privatization.

18. According to Paragraph 3, the newest group of singles are

.

A) warm and lighthearted

B) on either side of marriage

C) negative and gloomy

D) healthy and wealthy

19. The author quotes Eppendorf to show that

.

A) some modern women prefer a life of individual freedom

B) the family is no longer the basic unit of society in present-day Europe

C) some professional people have too much work to do to feel lonely

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D) most Europeans conceive living a single life as unacceptable

20. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A) To review the impact of women becoming high earners.

B) To contemplate the philosophy underlying individualism.

C) To examine the trend of young people living alone.

D) To stress the rebuilding of personal relationships.

Passage Three

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.

Supporters of

the biotech

industry

have accused an American scientist of

misconduct

after she testified to the New Zealand government that a genetically modified(GM)

bacterium could cause serious damage if released.

The

New

Zealand

Life

Sciences

Network,

an

association

of

pro-GM

scientists

and

organisations,

says

the

view

expressed

by

Elaine

Ingham,

a

soil

biologist

at

Oregon

State

University

in

Corvallis,

was

exaggerated

and

irresponsible.

It

has

asked her university to discipline her.

But Ingham stands by her comments and says the complaints are an attempt to silence

her.

“They’re

trying

to

cause

trouble

with

my

university

and

get

me

fired,”

Ingham told New Scientist.

The controversy began on 1 February,

when

Ingham testi

fied before New

Zealand’s

Royal

Commission

on

Genetic

Modification,

which

will

determine

how

to

regulate

GM

organisms.

Ingham

claimed

that

a

GM

version

of

a

common

soil

bacterium

could

spread

and

destroy

plants

if

released

into

the

wild.

Other

researchers

had

previously

modified

the

bacterium

to

produce

alcohol

from

organic waste.

But Ingham says

that when she put

it

in soil with wheat plants, all

of the plants died within a week.

“We

would

lose

terrestrial(

陆生的

)

plants...this

is

an

organism

that

is

potentially

deadly to

the continued survival of

human beings,” she

told

the commission. She

added that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) canceled

its approval

for

field

tests

using

the

organism

once

she

had

told

them

about

her

research

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1999.

But las

t week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of “presenting

inaccurate,

careless

and

exaggerated

information”

and

“generating

speculative

doomsday

scenarios(

世界末日的局面

)

that

are

not

scientifically

supportable”.

They say that

her

study doesn’t

e

ven show that the bacteria

would survive

in

the

wild,

much

less

kill

massive

numbers

of

plants.

What’s

more,

the

network

says

that

contrary

to

Ingham’s

claims,

the

EPA

was

never

asked

to

consider

the

organism for field trials.

The EPA has not commented on the dispute. But an e-mail

to the network

from Janet

Anderson, director of the EPA’s bio

-pesticides(

生物杀虫剂

) division, says

“there

is no record of a review and/or clearance to field test” the organism.

Ingham says EPA officials had told her that the organism was approved for field tests,

but

says

she

has

few

details.

It’s

also

not

clear

whether

the

organism,

first

engineered by a German institute for biotechnology, is still in use.

Whether Ingham is right or wrong, her supporters say opponents are trying unfairly to

silence her.

“I

think

her

concerns

should

be

taken

seriously.

She

shouldn’t

be

harassed

in

this

way,”

says

Ann Clarke, a plant biologist at

the University of

Guelph

in Canada

who

also

testified

before

the

commission.

“It’s

n

attempt

to

silence

the

opposition.”

21. The passage centers on the controversy

.

A) between American and New Zealand biologists over genetic modification

B) as to whether the study of genetic modification should be continued

C) over the possible adverse effect of a GM bacterium on plants

D) about whether Elaine Ingham should be fired by her university

22. Ingham insists that her testimony is based on

.

A) evidence provided by the EPA of the United States

B) the results of an experiment she conducted herself

C) evidence from her collaborative research with German biologists

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D) the results of extensive field tests in Corvallis, Oregon

23. According to Janet Anderson, the EPA

.

A) has cancelled its approval for field tests of the GM organism

B) hasn’t reviewed the findings of Ingham’s research

C) has approved field tests using the GM organism

D) hasn’t given permission to field test the GM organism

24. According to Ann Clarke, the New Zealand Life Sciences Network

.

A) should gather evidence to di

scredit Ingham’s claims

B) should require that the research by their biologists be regulated

C) shouldn’t demand that Ingham be disciplined for voicing her views

D) shouldn’t appease the opposition in such a quiet way

25. Which of the following statements about Ingham is TRUE?

A) Her testimony hasn’t been supported by the EPA.

B) Her credibility as a scientist hasn’t been undermined.

C) She is firmly supported by her university.

D) She has made great contributions to the study of GM bacteria.

Passage Four

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Every

fall,

like

clockwork,

Linda

Krentz

of

Beaverton,

Oregon,

felt

her

brain

go

on

strike. “I just couldn’t

get

going

in the

morning,” she says.

“I’d get depressed and

gain

10

pounds

every

winter

and

lose

them

again

in

the

spring.”

Then

she

read

about

seasonal

affective

disorder,

a

form

of

depression

that

occurs

in

fall

and

winter, and she saw the light-literally. Every morning now she turns on a specially

constructed

light box

for

half an

hour and sits

in

front of

it

to trick

her brain

into

thinking it’s still enjoying those long summer days. It seems to work.

Krentz

is

not

alone.

Scientists

estimate

that

10

million

Americans

suffer

from

seasonal

depression

and

25

million

more

develop

milder

versions.

But

there’s

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