Part A: Short Conversation

Directions: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1.A. Coke.       B. Coffee.       C. Tea.          D. Water.

2.A. At a restaurant.             B. At a studio.  C. At a concert. D. At a theatre.

3.A. Relieved.   B. Worried.      C. Confused.     D. Depressed.

4.A. The Browns. B. The Browns’ son.              C. The postman.  D. The neighbour.

5.A. 7:00.       B. 7:10.         C. 9:00.         D. 9:10.

6.A. The ring is not hers.        B. She doesn’t have gold rings.

  C. She prefers gold to silver.  D. She lost her silver ring.

7.A. The screen doesn’t have to be cleaned.   

B. The keyboard also needs cleaning.

  C. The man shouldn’t do the cleaning.          

D. There’s not enough time to clean both.

8.A. The driver will stop the bus immediately.

B. The guy by the door will help the woman.

  C. The woman should check the map. 

D. He will tell the woman when to get off.

9.A. She dislikes fireworks.      B. She has plans for the evening.

  C. She doesn’t feel like going out.             D. She has to get theatre tickets.

10.A. They can’t see the stars clearly.          

B. They’re not in the city tonight.

   C. They’re looking at the stars from the city.  

D. They’re talking about movie stars.

 

Part B Passages

Directions: In part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

 

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11.A. It can make her famous.     B. It is easy and rewarding.

   C. It is dangerous but exciting.                D. It has its moving moment.

12.A. Somebody was killed.        B. Nobody was injured.

   C. Karen was physically hurt.  D. Many buildings exploded.

13.A. A fierce war.                                B. A serious injury.

C. A terrible explosion.       D. A brave journalist.

 

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following report.

14.A. Internet use is increasing quickly in rural and urban areas.

   B. More and more rural residents have Internet access.

   C. People have a limited choice on Internet providers.

   D. City residents use the Internet frequently.

15.A. Over 2 million.   B. Around 6 million.    C. 23 million.     D. 17 million.

16.A. More girls have their own websites than boys.

   B. 1 in 4 kids have Internet access from home.

   C. Most kids think they get too little time online at school.

   D. Internet connection at home is quicker than that at school.

 

Part C  Longer Conversations

Directions:  In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in me numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

B1anks l 7 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

 

Garden Restaurant Reservation Form

Name:                       Jessica         17.

Time:                        9:00 p.m.         18.

Number of people:              Six.

Phone Number:                 ___19._____

Special Request:               ____20.____ dishes.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

 

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

What is Harrods, the biggest department store in the UK. Famous for?	Its     21.and Egyptian Hall.
How do people feel when they are in the Egyptian Hall?	They feel they are     22..
How does Harrods get most of its power?	By producing     23.itself.
How is the business during the January sales?	There is an increase in    24...

Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

 

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”

　 “I often check my e?mail forty times a day.”

　 “I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”

　 “I spend more time in chat rooms than with my real?life friends.”

　 Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction called Internet addiction.Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week.The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use.People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.

　 For example，one college student was missing for several days.His friends were worried，and they called the police.The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.

　 Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted.And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them.They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.

　 Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms：

　 ?You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

　 ?You can’t wait for your next online time.

　 ?You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours.

　 ?You go out with your friends less and less.

1.What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

　 A.How to become an Internet addict.

　 B.What an Internet addict usually does.

　 C.Where to find an Internet addict.

　 D.Why to write this passage.

　

2.How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

　 A.It is something like keeping drugs.

　 B.It is a way of producing drugs.

　 C.It is like taking drugs.

　 D.It is terrible to imagine.

　

3.Why do people worry about the teens?

　 A.Because the teens are wasting too much money.

　 B.Because they used to work on the Internet.

　 C.Because the playing field of the teens will disappear.

　 D.Because more and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet.

　

4.The example in the passage shows that 　　　　.

　 A.Internet problems are more serious among college students

　 B.Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

　 C.some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

　 D.the police often help to find those Internet addicts

　

5.What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?

　 A.Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

　 B.Go to family activities more often.

　 C.Do things as you have planned.

　 D.Stay with your parents as often as possible.

 

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余项。

     Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.

    The ridge （隆起） structure on a person's fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern.    Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.

     Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer's ink. They can be recorded easily.        Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain.      When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye.

        Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.

A. Special techniques are used to "develop" them.

B. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger.

C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.

D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time.

E. This is called a latent print.

F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.

G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.

About twenty of us had been fortunate enough to receive invitations to a film-studio（影棚）to take part in a crowd-scene. Although our "act" would last only for a short time, we could see quite a number of interesting things.

We all stood at the far end of the studio as workmen prepared the scene, setting up trees at the edge of a winding path. Very soon, bright lights were turned on and the big movie-camera was wheeled into position. The director shouted something to the camera operator and then went to speak to the two famous actors nearby. Since it was hot in the studio, it came as a surprise to us to see one of the actors put on a heavy overcoat and start walking along the path. A big fan began blowing tiny white feathers down on him, and soon the trees were covered in "snow". Two more fans were turned on, and a "strong wind" blew through the trees. The picture looked so real that it made us feel cold.

The next scene was a complete contrast(对比).The way it was filmed was quite unusual. Pictures taken on an island in the Pacific were shown on a glass screen. An actor and actress stood in front of the scene so that they looked as if they were at the water's edge on an island. By a simple trick like this, palm trees, sandy beaches, and blue, clear skies had been brought into the studio!

Since it was our turn next, we were left wondering what scene would be prepared for us. For a full three minutes in our lives we would be experiencing the excitement of being film ”Stars”!

1.Who is the author?

A．A cameraman.                          B．A crowd-scene actor.

C．A film director                          D．A workman for scene setting

2.What made the author feel cold?

A．The heavy snowfall.                      B．The low temperature

C．The man-made scene..                   D．The film being shown

3.What would happen in the "three minutes" mentioned, in the last paragraph?

A．The next scene would be prepared.

B．More stars would act in the film.

C．The author would leave the studio.

D．A new scene would be filmed.

 

I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves．One January, I had to hold two funerals on successive days for two elderly women in my community．Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say．Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence （吊唁） calls on the two families on the same afternoon.

At the first home, the son of the deceased （已故的） woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today．It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today．That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take．It’s my fault that she’s dead.”

You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty．Because the course of action they took turned out badly, they believe that the opposite course — keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation — would have turned out better．After all, how could it have turned out any worse?

There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty．The first is our pressing need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens．That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.

The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen．It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault．The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.

A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it．He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to its tasks．He cries, and someone comes to attend to him．When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him．Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.

1.The author had to hold the two women’s funerals probably because __________________.

A．he wanted to comfort the two families

B．he was an official from the community

C．he had great pity for the deceased

D．he was priest of the local church

2.People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because _______________________.

A．they couldn’t find a better way to express their sorrow

B．they believe that they were responsible

C．they had neglected the natural course of events

D．they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

3.According to the passage, the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably means that ______.

A．everything in the world is predetermined

B．the world can be interpreted in different ways

C．there’s an explanation for everything in the world

D．we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Life and death is an unsolved mystery.

B．Every story should have a happy ending.

C．Never feel guilty all the time because not every disaster is our fault.

D．In general, the survivors will feel guilty about the people who passed away .