C
Wearing ties was originally the mark of Britain’s most powerful classes, which made the tie itself a symbol of power and respect. And that led it to be adopted by a much larger tribe－the business tribe.
You cannot wear a tie if you work with machinery. So wearing a tie became a sign that you were a man who used your brain to make a living, rather than your hands. It showed you were serious. It showed you were a professional. It meant that everyone who wanted a job in business had to wear one. It was just impossible to take seriously a man who didn’t wear a piece of colored silk around his neck.
This is how millions of people came to be wearing ties across the world. They are part of the uniform of business.
“Ties offer a point of indifference,” says John Milne, head of the British Guide of Tie Makers, “They give a chance to say something about their own personality.”
So if you happen to meet a man with a very brightly colored tie, there is a good chance that he is the office joker. There is also a good chance that he will be wearing brightly colored socks.
Is there a future for ties? The signs are not promising. Tie wearing seems to be rare among the new bread of entrepreneurs(创业者) in the Internet and new technology industries. Many political leaders, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, now go without ties. This shows they are men of the people－but not the people wearing ties.
Up until around 1960, it was common for men across the western world to wear hats as part of their business uniform. That changed with the election of John F. Kennedy to the presidency of the United States. Kennedy never wore a hat－in fact his nickname was “hatless Jack”. Seeing that the most powerful man in the world did not have to wear a hat, millions of other men decided that they did not have to, either. Hats simply vanished across the Western world. Perhaps “tieless Tony” (former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair) will have the same effect as “hatless Jack”.
66．In Britain, ties were first used as a sign to show a person’s __________.
A．personality       B．social position  C．wearing style    D．favorite hobby
67．In the business world, wearing a tie was necessary because _________.
A．it showed you used your brain       B．it showed you got a good salary
C．it showed you were an employer    D．it showed you were well-equipped
68．The underlined word “vanished” in this passage may mean _________.
A．sold  B．washed     C．appeared   D．disappeared
69．The writer may hold the opinion that _____________.
A．Blair is the best leader in the world
B．Kennedy is the best leader in the world
C．millions of people will go to work without a tie
D．people will wear hats instead of ties
70．Which of the following statements is TURE according to the passage?
A．If you are a professional, you can’t wear a tie in Britain
B．The tie will become more fashionable and popular in the future
C．It was the election of John F．Kennedy to the presidency of the United States that changed the fact that wearing hats as part of their business uniform
D．Men across the western world didn’t wear hats as part of their business uniform until around 1960

第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷标号为61—65的空格中，选项中有一项为多余选项。

首先, 请阅读下列的应用文

A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards are one of the most film honors in Asia. Founded in 1962, golden horses were initially awarded for local excellence. They’ve since been extended to professionals from the mainland and Hong Kong.

B. The establishment of the Academy (and its awards system) has had a major effect and influence upon the film industry, due to the enormous boost a nomination or award (for a film or actor) creates, by giving prestige and bottom- line profits to a studio or performer.

C. In 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in Paris. Among its four closely-written pages, less than one refers to the donation which was destined to link his name with the supreme achievements of the modern world in science and literature and the cause of peace. In the will, Nobel made his lifelong love of literature clear, as one of the prizes was to be awarded to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.”

D. Regarded as China’s Nobel Prize by those in the Chinese scientific circle, the Supreme State Science and Technology Award was established in 1999 to honour scientists who make remarkable contributions to the progress of science and the commercialization of technological findings. The top honour is bestowed on no more than two individuals each year and the prize is presented by the president.

E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize was created due to Mao Dun’s wish that outstanding novels should be encouraged and communist literature should be promoted. It is one of the most honorable literature awards in China.

F. The Fields Medal plays the most importance in the world of mathematics. It is awarded by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) every four years at ICM. It is accompanied by strict conditions. Only those mathematicans below the age of 40 are eligible to receive it. This is because they are meant to encourage future endeavour.

请阅读以下获奖者或获奖作品的信息, 然后匹配

获奖者或获奖作品和适合他们的奖项:

On 2003 July 16, The American-Chinese Writers’ Association declared their nomination (提名) of Wang Meng, a contemporary Chinese writer and vice chairman of the China Writers’ Association, to the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm a candidate for the 2003 Prize.

“Red Poppy” has been widely acclaimed as one of the best novels written in China this century even before it won the prize. It tells about the rise and fall of a Tibetan landlord’s family, and the relationship between the Tibetan region and other parts of China.

Winning were geologist Liu Dongsheng and space and aviation scientist Wang Yongzhi. The two were rewarded for their decades of dedication to China’s development of geological and environmental science and satellite and aircraft engineering science, respectively.

Andrei Okounkov won the prize “for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry”

Charlize Theron, born in South Africa, who gave a career-making performance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster, won best actress.

获奖者或获奖作品                            奖项

56. Wang Meng                     A. Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards

57. Red Poppy                     B. Academy Awards

58. Liu Dongsheng & Wang Yongzhi   C. Nobel Prize in Literature nominee

59. Andrei Okounkov                D. The Supreme State Science and Technology Award

60. Charlize Theron                 E. The Mao Dun Literature Prize

F. The Fields Medal

单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据首字母或汉语注释写出单词的正确形式，并将答案填写到题中的相应位置。

1. We should e_______ new ways to solve the problemss that we are facing.

2.I meant it to be a(n) i______(非正式的) discussion, but it didn’t turn out as I mentioned

3. Playing basketball is one form of p_______(身体的) exercise.

4. He caused his parents a great deal of s_____(痛苦).

5. That black suitcase on the floor b_________ to me..

6. She looks very _____(熟悉的),but I can’t remember where I met her.

7.She refused to answer questions about her personal f_____(财力)。

8.There are a lot of c____ relics in our country.

9.S____ this difficult problem to make it easier to be understood by everyone.

10.The a____(外观) of the old house completely changed.

Dr. Green, Mrs. Brown, Li Ming 以及其他的读者，Mr. King 和Henry Jordan 正在书店选择自己所需的书刊。阅读下面六个介绍书籍及杂志的广告（选项A、B、C、D、E和F），选出符合各人需要的最佳选项，并标在相应的位置。选项中有一项是多余选项。

____1. Dr. Green — a historian who is interested in the English history.

____2. Mrs. Brown — a woman who tries her best to keep pace with the fashion.

____3. Li Ming—a Chinese student who considers English a headache but wants to make progress in it.

__ _4. Mr. King—a CEO in an IT company.

____5. Henry Jordan—an ordinary worker who is crazy about the mysteries of nature.

A. Discover

Newsmagazine of science devoted to the wonders and stories of modern science, written for the educated

general readers. Published (出版)  by Disney Magazine Publishing Co., Discover tells many of the same stories by professionals  (专业人员) read in Scientific American. A truly delightful family science magazine, each issue (每期) brings light and newsworthy topics to make dinnertime and water-cooler conversations interesting.

Cover Price: $59.88

Price: $19.95 ($1.66 / issue)

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Issues: 12 issues / 12 months

B. Self

Published by Conde Nast Publications Inc., Self is a handbook devoted to women’s overall physical and mental health. Each issue contains usable articles such as “Style Lab”, in which wearable clothes are 

mixed and matched on “Non-models” and the “Eat-right Road Map”, with tips on how to eat properly.

Cover Price: $35.86

Price: $15.00 ($2.5 / issue)

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C. Instyle

Instyle is a guide to the life and life-styles of the world’s famous people. The magazine covers the

choices about their homes, their clothes and their free time activities. With photos and articles, it opens 

the door to these people’s homes, families, parties and weddings, offering ideas about beauty, fitness and

in general, life-styles. Publisher: The Time Inc. Magazine Company.

Cover Price: $47.88

Price: $23.88 ($2.38 / issue)

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D. Wired

This magazine is designed for leaders in the field of information engineering including top managers and professionals in the computer, business, design and education industries. Published by Conde Nast 

Publications Inc., Wired often carries articles on how technology changes people’s life.

Cover Price: $59.40

Price: $10.00 ($1.00 / issue)

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E. Crazy English

This book is meant for the students who are learning English as a foreign language or a second language. Published by Guangming Publishing Company. The writer—Li Yang says it will be of great help to whoever reads it carefully.

Cover Price: 15 yuan

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F. A History of the English-speaking Peoples

The book, written by Winston Churchill, who once was a famous Prince Minister of the UK, informs us 

something about the history of English-speaking people. It says something until the time when the New World was discovered by Christopher Columbus.

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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答案。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Is the customer always right?    【小题1】   Shopping is very much a part of a country’s culture, and attitudes to shopping and consumers vary from country to country just as much as climate or taste in food.
Recent economic hardship has given the consumers increased power in Europe because shopkeepers fight to win their share of reduced disposable(可支配的)income. This has meant falling prices, plenty of special offers and a re-examination of what customer service really means.
   【小题2】  In restaurants in the south of the USA, for example, waiters compliment(恭维)you on your clothes, ask about your day, compliment you on your wisdom of your order and then return every ten minutes to refill your glass and make sure that everything is to your satisfaction.
Anyone who has waited 30 minutes to be served in a restaurant may possible dream of such customer service.     【小题3】  In fact, different nationalities expect different types of service. As a friend of mine once told me “By the end of evening I had spent as much time talking to the waiter as to my wife.”
A Chinese-American friend loves telling people about how her Chinese mother shops for clothes. First of all she waits until they are on sale.     【小题4】  And later she finds some small fault with the product and demands a further reduction. She never buys anything at the regular price. Could you imagine trying such ways in department stores in other countries?0
Attitudes to service are, of course, affected by employer’s attitudes to their workers. As American waiters heavily depend on tips, they have to provide more service. But is this fair?     【小题5】    It might not be a case of “Is the customer always right?” but a case of “How much service is it fair to expect?”