2014年大学英语六级考试试题及答案解析(四)

大学英语六级考试试 题 快递公司问题件快递公司问题件货款处理关于圆的周长面积重点题型关于解方程组的题及答案关于南海问题 及答案解析(四) 一、Writing （本大题1小题．每题106.0分，共106.0分。 For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition . You should write at least 100 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below: ） 第1题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs? You should write at least 150 words, and base your composition on the chart and outline below: Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs? 【正确答案】： Why Do the Viewers Like Watching Sport Programs? The sport programs have been enjoying a boom among TV viewers. According to the above graph, 78 percent of TV viewers frequently watch sports, which is obviously far ahead of other televised events. News follows second with 68 percent of viewers, compared with 54 percent movies watchers. Documentaries seem preferable among people than the specials do, with 42 percent and 20 percent respectively. A passion for sports has taken possession of thousands of people. One of the reasons perhaps is that sports provide an outlet for open-up emotions. People extract themselves from routine life end fully express their feelings towards sports. Stimulated by the excitement, they applaud for the victory and hold their breath for the exhilarating competition. In a sense, sports are a heaven for people to escape from boredom end tension. Enthusiasm for sports also reflects people's desire to transcend geographical and cultural limits. Freed from border and language difference, sports are accessible to everyone. People will no longer be confined to a certain living circle. They can share the same fantasy with the viewers at another hemisphere. Taken by sports, they can roam from country to country, continent to continent. Sports thus become a common language for all the people throughout the world. 二、Listening Comprehension（Section A）（共15小题,共105.0分）In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. At the end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the questions 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题 A She broke the microphone. B She was interrupted by a phone call during her presentation. C She is planning to give her presentation as soon as the microphone is fixed. D The microphone broke just as she began her presentation 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] M: How did Sally go with her presentation last night? W: No sooner had she begun her presentation than the microphone broke. Q: What can we learn about Sally? 语义替换题。根据女士所说的no sooner than(一……就……)可知，萨利一开始演讲麦克风就坏了，所以D正确。 [考点] go with sth．此处意为“进行”，还有“搭配，协调”之意，如：Her blouse doesn't go with her skirt．她的衬衫和裙子不协调。go with sb．指“与某人(多指异性)交朋友”。 第2题 A One month. B One month and a half. C Two months. D Two months and a half. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Any plans for your summer vacation? M: Yes. I'm going to travel with my friends from Hong Kong. We'll probably leave in mid-July and come back at the beginning of September. Q: How long will the man travel? 综合推断题。男士说mid-July(七月中旬)出发，the beginning of September(九月初)回来，由此可知，旅行时间为一个半月，所以B正确。 [考点] 常见的有关“假日”的词汇有：make holiday, take a holiday, annual holidays, vacation, trip等。 第3题 A She should live in the country. B She should live near the spring. C He prefers to live in the country. D He agrees with the women. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: If I were you I'd live in the city instead of commuting to work by tram. M: But the country is so beautiful and pleasant in the spring and fall. Q: What does the man suggest? 建议 关于小区增设电动车充电建议给教师的建议PDF智慧城市建议书pdf给教师的36条建议下载税则修订调整建议表下载 题。男士说乡村beautiful和pleasant，由此可知，他更喜欢住在乡村，所以C正确。 [考点] commute此处意为“每天(乘火车)往返上下班，定期往返于两地间”，即通勤，还可指“交换，折合”。 第4题 A It is the best city he's ever visited. B It was worse than he had expected. C It is difficult to get around in the city. D The hotel service is terrible in the city. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Mike, how did you enjoy your trip? What did you think of Los Angeles? M: It was all right. I liked it better than I thought I would. The problem is transportation. The bus service is terrible, and they don't have a subway. Q: What does the man think of Los Angeles? 综合推断题。迈克说洛杉矶还不错，就是有交通问题，洛杉矶的公共汽车服务糟糕，还没有地铁，综合推断可知，洛杉矶的市内交通不便利，故选C。 第5题 A He will choose a new topic to write the essay. B He will choose the novel written by Shakespeare as the topic. C He refuses to accept the man's advice. D He is on the wrong track. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: You are on the right track. Fm just thinking you need to choose another topic. M: Yes, you are right. I can't find adequate material for this topic. Maybe, I should write the essay on Shakespeare's poetry. Q: What will the man probably do next? 综合推断题。男士说：“是啊，我没有找到和这一主题有关的足够的资料，或许我会写一篇关于莎士比亚的诗的论文。”由此可以推断，他会换一个主题写文章，所以A正确。 第6题 A Paper plates are cheaper than dishes. B Dishes break more easily than paper plates. C There is no need to wash any dishes now. D The women's roommate, will return soon. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: I can't believe my roommate still hasn't washed the dishes, There is not a clean dish left for us to use. M: Don't worry about it. Paper plates are fine, Q: What does the man mean? 综合推断题。女士说自己的室友没刷盘子，她们没干净的盘子可用了，男士叫她不用担心，并说纸碟不错，推断可知，现在不用刷盘子，所以C正确。 [考点] believe意为“相信某事物的真实性，相信某人的话”，相关短语有：believe in sth./sb.信仰，信任，相信…的效用；believe sth. of sb. 相信某人能做出某事，如：I cannot believe it of him unless I see him doing it.除非我亲眼看到，否则我无法相信他能做出这种事。 trust意为“信任，信赖，相信”，主观性较强，相关短语有：trust to sth．依靠，如：trust to luck靠运气。 第7题 A She has not applied for any university yet. B She will begin university classes in a few weeks. C She does not know yet if a university will accept her. D She is too busy to contact the university right now. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] M: I heard you applied for several universities. Have you got accepted anywhere? W: I haven't heard anything yet. But I should know something within the next few weeks. Q: What does the woman mean? 综合推断题。女士说自己还没有得到任何消息，由此可知，她还不知道有没有学校愿意接收她，所以C正确。 第8题 A Reconsider his position later. B Allow the student to miss class. C Lower the student's grade. D Suggest that the student try to reschedule the operation. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] W: Professor. I know your course has a no-absence policy But I have to have foot surgery next Friday and can't be here. M: Medical excuses are one of the few exceptions I make. Q: What will the professor probably do? 综合推断题。女士提到男士的课不允许缺席，但由于下周五要做脚部手术，所以不得不缺课。而男士说病假是他批准的少数例外之一，由此可知，男土同意女士缺课，所以B正确。 [考点] exception意为“例外”，常见短语有：with the exception of除……之外；也可指“反对，异议”，常见短语有：take exception to sth．反对某事，因某事而生气，如：He took great exception to having to wait outside in the rain．他为自己不得不在雨中等候感到非常气愤。 第9题 A It's a market. B It's a recreation canter. C It's an algebra school. D It's the name of a part4ime job. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  W: Hey, Mike! Where are you off to? M: I'm heading for the Price Chopper. I do a lot of the family shopping since my mom got a part-time job. W: Can you give me a ride? I want to get some drinks. M: Sure! Let's go! W: Do you enjoy shopping? M: Enjoy? I don't mind admitting I hate shopping almost as much as I hate algebra. Correction! I hate shopping even more than I hate algebra. W: Yipe! A loose shopping cart! M: Today I'm proud of myself. I remembered to bring along my shopping list. W: You're becoming an experienced shopper) M: Gosh! Wrong shopping list! W: I'm sorry to hear that. M: But it's okay! I'm sure I can remember most of the six or seven items that my mom wanted me to pick up. W: Watch out for the cart, Mike! M: Thanks! You know, as I scamper through the aisles I can always successfully avoid the flying carts of my fellow shoppers. W: Whew! That was close! M: You see! I manage to pick up what I want in record time! W: Great! Let's head for the express line. Everyone knows express lines move much faster than regular lines. M: All right! Oh, unfortunately, this express line doesn't move at all! W: The next line has one shopper. Let's switch lines! 19. What is the Price Chopper? 综合推断题。男士说自己要去Price Chopper，还说自己在妈妈做兼职之后就要经常去购买家庭用品，再结合之后有关购物的对话可知，Price Chopper应该是一个market，故选A。 第10题 A Six. B Seven. C Five. D Six or seven. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] How many items should the man pick up? 信息明示题。男士说自己记得妈妈让他买的六七件物品中的大多数，即他本应该买六七件物品，故选D。 第11题 A It doesn't move at all. B It moves much faster than regular lines. C It's next to the regular lines. D It's her favorite. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What does the woman say about the express line? 信息明示题。女士说所有人都知道快速通道比常规通道快得多，故选B。 [考点] pick sth. up 此处意为“买到某物”，该短语还有以下含义：拿起某物；(尤指借助仪器)见到，听到；通过实践学会(外语、技术等)；染上(疾病)；获悉或打听到(消息等)；取，收集；吸取或得到某物；发现、找到某事物，例如：pick up a trail发现踪迹。 That was close!的意思是“好险!差一点!”例如： --I got 60% on my test．我考了60分。 --That was close. You almost failed. 好险，你差点儿不及格。 又比如你看到一个行人横穿马路，差一点被车撞到，你就可以对他(她)说：That was close. You almost hit that car. 第12题 A Lower prices. B More choices. C More competition. D More companies. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  W: Tony, I just moved into my new apartment, and I need to have the phones hooked up. I have no idea what I am doing. I have to make all these decisions about local, local long-distance, and long-distance carriers. M: I know. It's really complicated. In America, we have somewhere between five and ten thousand long-distance telephone companies. Competition is nice, but sometimes I think we have too much choice! It was easier before deregulation in the early eighties. The telecommunications industry has become far too confusing, but at least prices have really gone down in the last twenty years. W: Why do I need to choose more than one company? M: We divide telephone service into three categories: local, local long-distance, and long-distance. Your long-distance company allows you to call foreign countries, other American states, and other cities in your state. Your local long-distance company allows you to call suburbs or regions just outside your city. And, of course, your local company allows you to place calls within your own city. W: But they only asked me to choose a local long-distance company and a long-distance company. Don't I get to choose my local service? M: In Southern California, we really don't have much choice yet when it comes to local service. It's still basically a monopoly. W: Is it really expensive to make local telephone calls then? How much does it cost per minute? M: Actually, for most people, local calls do not have a per minute charge. You pay your local telephone company a monthly service fee of around ten to fifteen dollars for your local service, but then we don't have to pay per minute. 22. According to the man, what's the benefit of "deregulation"? 综合推断题。男士说美国现在有五千到一万家长途电话公司，竞争虽然是好的，但有时却让人觉得选择太多了，在八十年代早期取消管制之前，(选择)反而更加容易，如今诸多电信公司让人眼花缭乱，但．至少价格在过去二十年间降低了，由此可知，男士认为取消管制的好处就是更低的价格，故选A。 第13题 A Other American states. B Foreign countries. C Regions outside the city where people live. D Other cities in the state where people live. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What does the long-distance company in the U.S. not allow people to call? 信息明示题。男士说长途公司可以让人们给外国、美国其他州和所在州的其他城市打电话，而当地长途公司可以让人们给郊区或所在城市的周边地区打电话，由此可知，长途公司无法让人们给所在城市的周边地区打电话，故选C。 第14题 A It's nm by the government. B It appeals to most people. C It offers much choice. D It's a monopoly. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What does the man say about the loc? service in Southern California? 信息明示题。女士不明白为什么自己不需要选择当地电话服务，男士解释说，在南加利福尼亚，当地电话服务没有什么可选择的，因为那基本上还是垄断行业，故选D。 第15题 A She'll pay per minute. B She'll pay a monthly service fee. C She'll pay a yearly service fee. D She won't have to pay. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] How will the woman probably pay her local telephone company? 信息明示题。女士询问打本地电话每分钟要多少钱，男士回答说，对于大多数人而言，本地电话不按分钟计费，她需要每个月向本地电话公司支付大约10到15美元的服务费，故选B。 [考点] hook sth. up此处意为“安装(电话机)等设备”，该短语还可指“用钩眼扣扣好(衣服)”，hook还常用于被动结构表“迷上，爱上”，例如：I am/get hooked on television．我看电视上了瘾。 when it comes to sth. /doing sth．意为“当涉及(做)某事物的情况、事情或问题时”，其他与come相关的表达还有：come what may不论发生什么事情；how come怎么会；to come在将来，例如：my ears to come在未来几年里。 三、Reading Comprehension（共10小题,共90.0分）There are several passages in this section. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题 In-ancient Greece athletic festivals were very important end had strong religious associations. The Olympian athletic festival held every four years in honor of Zeus, king of the Olympian Gods, eventually lost its local character, became first a national event and then, after the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished, international.. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 7766 B.C. The games took place in August on the plain by Mount Olympus. Many thousands of spectators gathered from all parts of Greece, but no married woman was admitted even as a spectator. Slaves, women and dishonored persons were not allowed to complete. The exact sequence of events uncertain, but events included boy's gymnastics, boxing, wrestling, horse racing end field events, though there were fewer sports involved than in the modern Olympic Games. On the last day of the Games, all the winners were honored by having a ring of holy olive leaves placed on their heads. So great was the honor that the winner of the foot race gave his name to the year of his victory. Although Olympic winners received no prize money, they were, in fact, richly rewarded by their state authorities. How their results compared with modern standards, we unfortunately have no means of telling. After an uninterrupted history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were suspended by the Romans in 394 A.D. They continued for such a. lung time because people believed in the philosophy behind file Olympics: the idea that a healthy body produced a healthy mind, and that the spirit of competition in sports and games was preferable to the competition that caused wars. It was over 1,500 years before another such international athletic gathering took place in Athens in 1896. Nowadays, the Games are held in different countries in mm. The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses. The Olympics start with the arrival in the stadium of a torch, lighted on Mount Olympus by the sun's rays. It is carried by a succession of runners to the stadium. The torch symbolized the continuation of the ancient Greek athletic ideals, and it, burns throughout the Games until the closing ceremony. The well know Olympic flag, however, is a modern conception: the five interlocking rings symbolize the uniting of all five continents participating in the Games. In ancient Greece, the Olympic Games ______. A were merely national athletic festivals B were in the nature of a national event with a strong religious color C had rules which put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position D were primarily national events with few foreign participants 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 细节题。文章第一段第二句提到：the rules against foreign competitors had been abolished，即以往的比赛规则对外国选手是不利的(against)，C项put foreign participants in a disadvantageous position(将外国选手置于一个无忧势的地位)与原文属同义转换，故选C。 第2题 In the early days of ancient Olympic Games, ______. A only male Greek athletes were allowed to participate in the games B all Greeks, irrespective of sex, religion or social status, were allowed to take part C all Greeks, with the exception of women, were allowed to compete in Games D all male Greeks ware qualified to compete in the Games 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 推断题。文章第一段第六句指出：奥林匹克运动在当时是不允许奴隶、妇女以及那些玷污名誉的人参加的。由此可推断只有上等社会的男性(male)才有资格参口比赛；故选A。 第3题 The order of athletic events at the ancient Olympics ______. A has not definitely been established B varied according to the number of foreign competitors C was decided by Zeus, in whose honor the Games were held D was considered unimportant 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 细节题。文章首段最后一句提到“the exact sequence of events uncertain”，即当时比赛项目的准确顺序 (sequence)是不确定的，言外之意就是说当时还没有制定明确的比赛顺序，故选A。 第4题 Modern athletes' results cannot be compared with those of ancient runners because ______. A the Greeks had no means of recording the results B details such as the time were not recorded in the past C they are much better D they are much worse 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 细节题。第二段第四句指出：当时的得奖结果与现在的 标准 excel标准偏差excel标准偏差函数exl标准差函数国标检验抽样标准表免费下载红头文件格式标准下载 相比较有没有差距对我们来说是不得而知的(have no means of telling)，经过数千年的历史，我们很难再见当时的比赛记录(record)，故选B。 第5题 Nowadays, the athletes' expenses are paid ______. A out of the prize money of the winners B out of the funds raised by the competing nations C by the athletes themselves D by contributions 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 细节题。原文第三段最后一句提到主办国需要提供大量设备，包括大型运动场、游泳池、运动员的膳宿，参赛国则需向本国运动员支付花销费用，故运动员的费用来源于(out of)参赛国，故选B。 第6题 How many people are suffering from labor market problems? This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions: In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship. Unemployment does not have the same dire (可怕的) consequences today as it did in the 1930s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings ware usually much closer to the margin of subsistence, and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated(减轻) the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority is from multiple earners, relatively affluent families. Most of those counted by the poverty statistics are elderly or handicapped or have family responsibilities which keep them out of the labor force, so the poverty statistics are by no means an accurate indicator of labor market pathologies. Yet there are also many ways our social statistics underestimate the degree of labor-market-related hardship. The unemployment counts exclude millions of fully employed workers whose wages arc so low that their families remain in poverty. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently internet to undermine the capacity for self-support. Since the number experiencing joblessness at some time during the year is several times the number unemployed in any month, those who suffer as a result of forced idleness can equal or exceed average annual unemployment, even though only a minority of the jobless in any month really suffers. For every person counted in the monthly unemployment tallies, there is another part-time working because of the inability Io find fulltime work, or else outside the labor force but wanting a job. Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled, and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so that the dramatic expansion of cash and in kind transfers does not necessarily mean that those failings in the labor market are adequately protected. As a result of such contradictory evidence, it is uncertain whether those suffering seriously as a result of labor market problems number in the hundreds of thousands or the tens of millions, and, hence, whether high levels of joblessness can be tolerated or must be countered by job creation and economic stimulus. There is only one area of agreement in this debate----that the existing poverty, employment, and earnings statistics are inadequate for one of their primary applications, measuring the consequences of labor market problems. Which of the following docs "labor market problems" (Line 1, Para. 1) refer to? A Shortage of jobs providing adequate income. B Deficiencies in the training of the work force. C Trade relationships among producers of goods. D The overall causes of poverty. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 语义题。文章第一段谈到，现在失业对家庭的影响没有以前那么大了，但第二段又指出，很多在职雇员工资很低，难以维持生计，由此推断labor market problems指的不是传统意义上的失业，而是能提供足够收入的工作的短缺，所以A正确。 第7题 The author contrasts the 1930s with the present in order to show that ______. A more people ware unemployed in the 1930s B social programs are more needed now C unemployment now has less severe effects D now there is a greater proportion of elderly and handicapped people among those in poverty 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 推断题。由文章第一段第四句可知，20世纪30年代的失业人员主要是家中的生活来源，而现在的失业结果并没有以前那么可怕，所以比较的目的是说明如今失业的后果并没有以前那么严重。强干扰项A指出了20世纪30年代有更多的人失业，从文中并不能得出这个结论，故排除。 第8题 Which of the following proposals best responds to the issues raised by the author? A Innovative programmes using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment. B A compromise should be found between the positions of those who view joblessness an evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view. C New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inadequately paid employment cause suffering. D Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 推断题。文章先讲了现行统计数据会夸大实际失业问题，接着又从另一方面谈到这些数据会低估这一状况，其论据之—就是收入不足以维持生计的人口并未列入统计数据中。C项说新的统计指数能够反映出什么程度的失业和什么程度的在业但收入不足会真正带来困境，这正好可以弥补作者提出的现行统计数据的两大不足，故选C。 第9题 The author's purpose in citing those who are repeatedly unemployed during a twelve-month period is most probably to show that A there are several factors that cause the payment of low wages to some members of the labor force B unemployment statistics can underestimate the hardship resulting from joblessness C recurrent inadequacies in the labor market can exist and cause hardships for individual workers D a majority of those who are jobless at any time does not suffer severe hardship 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 推断题。由第二段可知，作者提到多次失业的人是为了显示统计数据常常低估失业带来的苦难和艰辛，所以B正确。 第10题 According to the text, one factor that causes unemployment and earnings figures to over-predict the amount of economic hardship is the ______. A recurrence of periods of unemployment for a group of low wage workers B fact that unemployment counts do not include those who work for low wages C establishment of a system of record keeping that makes it possible to compile poverty statistics D prevalence, among low wage workers and the unemployed, of members of families in which others are employed 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：9.0分 【答案解析】 推断题。本题应注意题目中的over-predict，即“高估”。A项提到的低收入工人经常性失业会引起低估，应排除；B项提到的失业统计没包括那些低收入的有工作的人也是低估的原因，故排除；C项文中并未提及；由第一段第五句的more than one wage earner可知D正确。 四、Listening Comprehension（Section B）（共10小题,共70.0分） In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A], [B], [C] and [D]. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. 第1题 A Because they are too small to understand the rules. B Because they are absent-minded. C Because they don't have much time for it. D Because they are not interested in it. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  Some people have very good memories, and can easily learn quite long poems by heart. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over. The famous English writer, Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great men of the world have had wonderful memories. A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school, it is not so easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well. A man's mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only 0f what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever in our minds. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us. 26. Why is it difficult for the pupils to learn a second language in school? 信息明示题。文章第三段明确指出，because the pupils have so little time for it，由此可知，C正确， 第2题 A A camera. B A film. C A photo. D a picture. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What is a person's mind like according to the passage? 信息明示题。文章第四段明确指出，a man's mind is rather like a camera，由此可知，A正确。 第3题 A Time. B Memory. C Habit. D Textbook. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What is a great help in learning a language? 信息明示题。文章第三段第一句话指出，好的记忆力对学习语言很有帮助，由此可知，B正确。 第4题 A Botany is a very ancient learning. B People in the Stone Age knew a lot about plants. C People in the Stone Age knew little about plants. D Pre-industrial societies have little insights about plants. 【正确答案】：A 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge. For many thousands of years it was the one field of awareness about which humans had anything more than the vaguest of insights. It is impossible to know today just what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pm-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must be extremely ancient. This is logic al. Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of people, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, dyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognize literally hundreds of plants and know many properties of each. To them, botany, as such, has no name and is probably ' not even recognized as a special branch of "knowledge" at all. Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become, the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less distinct our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone unconsciously has an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. Our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer yields the next season. That was the first great step in a new association between plants and animals. Grains were discovered and from them flowed the marvel of agriculture: cultivated crops. 29. Which of the following statements concerning botany is TRUE? 信息明示题。第一段第三句说到从观察仍然存在的前工业社会可以推断，植物学有很悠久的历史。 第5题 A People who live in Amazon tribes don't think plants are the basis of the food pyramid, B People who live in Amazon tribes don't regard botany as a special branch of knowledge. C People who live in Amazon tribes know all the properties of plains in the jungle. D People who live in Amazon tribes give some special names to botany. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] Which of the following is TRUE? 信息明示题。由文章中的To them，botany，as such，has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of "knowledge" at all可知，亚马逊的部落没有把植物学看作是一门专门的学科，所以B正确。 第6题 A Agriculture in the industrialized world B Cultivated crops. C The association between roses and humans. D The discoveries of certain grasses. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] What was the first great step in a new association of humans and plants? 信息明示题。由文章最后的内容可知，农作物的培育是第一个伟大的进步，所以B正确。 第7题 A Almost one million. B About 600 thousand. C Nearly 400 thousand. ' D Approximately 200 thousand. 【正确答案】：B 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  Good evening. I know many of you students are the proud owners of your first motor vehicle, and this evening I want to talk to you about some of the things you can do to make sure your car or motorbike isn't stolen. I will start with a few facts and figures to put you in the picture. Car theft is a widespread problem. In this country alone one car is stolen every 32 seconds. That's almost a million cars each year. And of those, 40% are never recovered. And don't think that just because your car might be a bit old and beaten-up looking no one will steal it. Any car can be stolen. Anywhere. Most thefts occur in residential areas, often in front of the house or even from inside the garage. Some areas that are especially dangerous are shopping centers and parking lots, particularly at sports events. Most car thieves don't need to break into the car. They usually gain entry through unlocked doors and many times they find the key in the ignition. In fact, one in five stolen cars had the keys left in the car. Isn't that amazing? Twenty percent of drivers left the keys in the ignition of an unlocked car! Who steals cars? Well, there are basically two kinds of car or bike thieves: joyriders aged about 15 to 21, and professionals. This last group usually needs less than one minute to break into a locked car and they often steal cars to use in other crimes such as robberies. You are much less likely to get your car back if it's stolen by a professional, and if it's stolen by a joyrider chances are it'll be a wreck when you do get it back. Joyriders have a very high accident rate. 32. How many stolen cars can be recovered each year? 综合推断题。文章提到每年被偷的车有100万辆，其中40%都无法找回，即能找回来的是被偷总数的 60%，计算可知为60万辆，故选B。 第8题 A Residential area. B Shopping centers. C Parking lots. D Shopping centers or parking lots near stadiums or gymnasiums 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] Which of the following is the place where car thefts most likely occur? 信息明示题。由文章中的Some areas that are especially dangerous are shopping centers and parking lots， particularly at sports events可知D正确。本题要注意问题中的关键词most likely，与文中的关键词 especially对应。 第9题 A They have to break into the car. B Five percent of the cars are left unlocked. C They sometimes find car keys in the ignition and simply get in. D They knock out the driver and get the car away. 【正确答案】：C 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] How can car thieves commit the crime? 信息明示题。由文章中的They usually gain entry through unlocked doors and many times they find the key in the ignition可知，C正确。文中提到了one in five stolen cars had the keys left in the car，而不是5%，故排除B。 第10题 A Young people who want to ride a car for joy. B Professionals who steal cars for other crimes. C People who lack money to buy a car. D Both A and B. 【正确答案】：D 【本题分数】：7.0分 【答案解析】 [听力原文] Who usually steal cars? 信息明示题。文章最后提到，最常偷车的人是joyriders aged about 15 to 21 and professionals，其中 joyriders指的是喜欢驾车兜风的人，所以D正确。 五、Translation（本大题5小题．每题7.0分，共35.0分。 Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2. (5 minutes) ） 第1题 The teacher treats the student ______ (就像自己的亲生孩子一样).   【正确答案】： as if he were his/her own child [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 由给出的中英文可知，所译部分应为句子状语，再结合“就像……一样”可知，此处应译为as if 引导的状语从句。由句意可知，那名学生并不是老师的孩子，因此“就像”之后的内容是对现在事实的虚拟，要采用虚拟语气，故从句部分的谓语，即系动词要采用were的形式。 第2题 A vegetable crop expert advised ______ (将这些蔬菜放置在可以接受八到十个小时日晒的地方 ) a day.   【正确答案】： putting these vegetables where they can get from eight to ten hours of sunlight [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 由给出的中英文可知，此处没有明确的接受建议的对象，因此可采用advise doing sth．的结构。“……的地方”可以译为where引导的地点状语从句，其主语应为“接受……日晒”的vegetables；“日晒”即为“日照，阳光”，译为sunlight。 [考点] advise表“建议，劝告”时经常用于以下结构之中： ①advise doing sth．建议做某事，如：The manager advised taking a different approach．经理建议换个方式。 ②advise sb．on sth．/to do sth．建议某人做某事，如：The politician advises the government on political affairs．政治家向政府提出政治方面的建议。 ③advise(sb．)against sth．/doing sth．建议(某人)不要做某事，如：I advised Mary against marrying quickly．我建议玛丽不要那么快结婚。 第3题 Thousands of people came to Loch Ness each year ______(希望他们会看到那有名的生物).   【正确答案】： in the hope that they would see that famous creature [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 所给出的英文为完整的简单句，再结合中文部分可知，所译部分应为句子状语。给出的英文部分采用的是一般过去时，而中文部分表示的是一种对将来的期望，因此所译部分如果包含从句就应为过去将来时。“希望”可泽为in the hope of sth. /that，也可译为非谓语动词结构hoping that，故此处还可译为in the hope of seeing that famous creature或hoping that they would see that famous creature。 第4题 Since I went to senior high school, ______ (我的生活有了一些重要的变化).   【正确答案】： some significant changes have occurred in my life [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 已给出的英文部分是since引导的时间状语，因此所译部分应为现在完成时。给出的中文部分强调的是“变化”，因此所译部分可以以“变化”为主语，而“变化”的出现一般要用动词occur来表示，“重要的”为了强调意义的重大，应译为significant。“我的生活有……变化”也可按照中文顺序以“生活”为主语，译为my life has changed significantly。 第5题 I f we can make good use of time, ______ (我们就可以期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚利润).   【正确答案】： we may expect good results and big profits [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 中文本分中的“可以”表示的是一种可能性，因此应译为may；“期望”可译为expect。尽管中文给出的是“期望得到好的成效并获得丰厚利润”，但实际上“期望”的对象就是“好的成效”和“丰厚利润”，故译为expect good results and big profits即可。 none、六（共Listening Comprehension（Section C）小题,11共分）77.0 第1题 There is something hard to (1)______ about cherries. The small red fruit is a popular (2)______ food around the world. In northern areas, cherry trees are just beginning to produce flowers. Cherries are thought to be native to western Asia. There are two major kinds of cherries (3)______ in the world: sour and sweet. Sour cherries are not eaten fresh because they contain little sugar. Instead, they are (4)______ to make (5) ______ foods like jellies and pies and to make (6)______ drinks. The United States is a major producer of sour cherries. Among the states, Michigan is the top producer. Russia, Poland and Turkey are other important ( 7)__________ nations. Sweet cherries contain much more sugar than their sour (8)______ and are usually eaten fresh. Washington State is the biggest American producer, followed by California and Oregon. The United States, Iran and Turkey arc major producers of sweet cherries. (9) ________________________________________________ in two thousand four. Fresh cherries do not store well. (10) ______________________________________________________________________________. Cherry trees are also valued for their springtime blossoms. (11) ________________________________________________. 【正确答案】： resist [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 [听力原文]  There is something hard to (1)resist about cherries. The small red fruit is a popular (2)seasonal food around the world. In northern areas, cherry trees are just beginning to produce flowers. Cherries are thought to be native to western Asia. There are two major kinds of cherries (3)harvested in the world: sour and sweet. Sour cherries are not eaten fresh because they contain little sugar. Instead, they are (4)processed to make (5) prepared foods like jellies and pies and to make (6)alcoholic drinks. The United States is a major producer of sour cherries. Among the states, Michigan is the top producer. Russia, Poland and Turkey are other important ( 7)cherry-producing nations. Sweet cherries contain much more sugar than their sour (8)relatives and are usually eaten fresh. Washington State is the biggest American producer, followed by California and Oregon. The United States, Iran and Turkey arc major producers of sweet cherries. (9) In the United States, production fell by twenty percent last year after a record harvest in two thousand four. Fresh cherries do not store well. (10) They must reach the market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of fresh fruit. Cherry trees are also valued for their springtime blossoms. (11) Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe. 第2题 【正确答案】： seasonal 第3题 【正确答案】： harvested 第4题 【正确答案】： processed 第5题 【正确答案】： prepared 第6题 【正确答案】： alcoholic 第7题 【正确答案】： cherry-producing 第8题 【正确答案】： relatives 第9题 【正确答案】： In the United States. production fell by twenty percent last year at, er a record harvest in two thousand four 第10题 【正确答案】： They must reach the market as soon as possible. So they cost more than many other kinds of fresh fi'uit 第11题 【正确答案】： Cherry blossoms are popular in many parts of Asia and Europe none、七（共Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth)小题,5共分）90.0 第1题 Two cities that lay at the edge of the Mediterranean more than 1.200 years ago, Herakleion and Eastern Canopus. disappeared suddenly, swallowed by the se a. Now, an international team of scientists may have figured out the mystery of why it happened. The researchers have concluded that the two cities collapsed when the land they were built on suddenly liquefied(液化). Until recently, the only evidence that they existed came from Greek mythology and the writings of ancient historians. Then, during expeditions in 1999 and 2000. a team of French marine archaeologists headed by Franck Goddio found the ruins--almost completely intact--buried on the seafloor of the Abu Qir Bay in Egypt. Since then, there has been much speculation (猜测) about why the cities disappeared so suddenly. Earthquakes, subsistence(生存) conditions, and a rise in sea level have all been suggested as possibilities. "There are no written documents on how. When, or why these two cities went down," said Jean-Daniel Stanley, a geoarchaeologist with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.D.C. Stanley and his colleagues at the Institute Europeen d'Archeologie Sans-Marine in Paris (the European Institute of Marine Archaeology) argue that a major flood of the Nile in the middle of the eighth centuryA.D. was to blame. The flood, they say, triggered the sinking of Eastern Canopus and Herakleion by turning the ground beneath the cities into liquefied mud. The collapse was sudden and catastrophic, said Stanley. "We can tell," he said, "because in both places we've found gold and jewelry, which, if there had been time, people would have taken with them when feeing." Herakleion and East Canopus once stood at the mouth of the now-extinct Canopic branch of the Nile. Built sometime between the seventh and sixth centuriesB.C., as the days of the Egyptian Pharaohs ware coming to an and, the cities flourished as gateways to Egypt. Harakleinn was a port of entry to Egypt and grew wealthy by collecting taxes on goods being shipped upriver. Frozen in time below the waters were many temples and statues of gods and goddesses, also attesting to the cities' role as destinations for religious pilgrims. Until the undersea discovery, historians knew about the cities only through myth and ancient literature. Menelaus, the king of Sparta and husband to Helen, over whom the Trojan War was fought, was said to have stayed in Herakleion following the ten-year war against Troy. Greek mythology holds that the city of Canopus was named after Menelaus' helmsman(舵手), who was bitten by a viper (毒蛇) and transformed into a god. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote of having visited the cities in 450B.C. The cities' fortunes declined when Alexander the Great founded Alexandria in 331B.C. Yet centuries later, Greek geographer Strabo (63B.C.-21A.D.) described the location and wealth of Herakleion, while Seneca (5B.C.-65A.D.) condemned the cities for decadent(颓废的) and corrupt lifestyles. According to the passage, when did Herakleion and Eastern Canopus disappear? 【正确答案】： More than 1,200 years ago. /In the middle of the eighth century． [本题分数]： 18.0 分 【答案解析】 文章开始提到，一千两百多年前坐落于地中海边上的赫拉克莱翁和东坎诺帕斯突然消失了，由此可得答案。第六段又提到了研究者的推断，即公元八世纪中期的尼罗河大洪水是导致城市消失的原因，由此也可得答案。 第2题 As Stanley said, if you went to know how. when or why Herakleion and Eastern Canopus disappeared, there was/were ______to refer to. 【正确答案】： no written documents [本题分数]： 18.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的关键词Stanley和how，when or why定位到第五段，可知Stanley表示没有书面文献记录那两座城市消失的方式、时间和原因。 第3题 Stanley thought that ______ was to blame for the cities' collapse in the middle of the eighth century A.D. 【正确答案】： a major flood of the Nile [本题分数]： 18.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的关键词blame和in the middle of the eighth century定位到第六段，可知Stanley及其同事认为公元八世纪中期的尼罗河大洪水是城市消失的原因， 第4题 What found below the waters could show that the cities were once the destinations for religious pilgrims? 【正确答案】： Many temples and statues of gods and goddesses [本题分数]： 18.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的关键词below the waters和religious pilgrims定位到倒数第五段，可知有许多神殿和神像保存于水下，这表明那两座城市是宗教朝圣者的目的地，由此可得答案， 第5题 According to the author, the fortunes of Herakleion and Eastern Canopus declined in ______. 【正确答案】： 331 B.C. [本题分数]： 18.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的关键词fortunes和declined定位到最后一段，可知两座城市的财富衰落于亚历山大大帝建立起亚历山大城之时，即公元前331年，由此可得答案。 none、八（共Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning)小题,10共分）70.0 第1题 Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1. For questions 1-4, mark Y (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Earth: Melting in the Heat? Glaciers are melting; the ice caps are disappearing into the oceans; sea levels may rise by many meters as a consequence. Indigenous(本土的) Arctic peoples will find their food stocks gone, while flesh water supplies in Asia and south America will disappear as the glaciers which provide them melt away; penguins, polar bears and seals will find their habitats gone, their traditional lives unlivable. But how realistic is this picture? Is the world's ice really disappearing, or is it unscientific hot air? A European satellite named Cryosat was designed to provide definitive answers to some of these questions. A launcher fault destroyed the mission in October 2005, hut the European Space Agency has approved a replacement, in the meantime, here is our global snapshot. The Antarctic Huge, pristine(质朴的), dramatic, unforgiving--the Antarctic is where the biggest of all global changes could begin. There is so much ice here that if it all melted, sea levels globally would rise hugely-perhaps as much as 80m. Say goodbye to London, New York, Sydney, Bangkok...in fact, the majority of the world's major cities. But will it happen? Scientists divide the Antarctic into three zones: the east and west Antarctic ice sheets; and the Peninsula, the tongue of land which points up towards the southern tip of South America. "Everybody thinks that the Antarctic is shrinking due to climate change, but the reality is much more complex," says David Vaughan, a principal investigator at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, U.K. "Parts of it appear to be thickening as a result of snowfall increases, but the Peninsula is thinning at an alarming rate due to warming. The West Antarctic sheet is also thinning, and we're not sure of the reason why." On the Up Temperatures in the Peninsula appear to be increasing at around twice the global average—about 2℃ over the last 50 years. Those figures are based on measurements made by instruments at scientific stations. Earlier this year, David Vaughan's group published research showing that the vast majority of glaciers along the Peninsula--87% of the 244 studied--are in retreat. The ice dumped into the ocean as the glaciers retreat should not make much difference to global sea levels--perhaps a few centimeters. More worrying, potentially, are the vast ice sheets covering the rest of Antarctica. Making temperature measurements for the continent as a whole is difficult; it is a vast place--more than 2,000 km across---there are few research stations, and temperatures vary naturally by 2-3 ℃ from year to year. But measurements indicate that in the west, melting is underway. "About one-third of the West Antarctic ice sheet is thinning," says Dr. Vaughan, "un average by about 10 cm per year, but in the worst places by 3～4m per year." The rock on which the West Antarctic ice rests is below sea level, and British Antarctic Survey researchers believe the thinning could be due to the ice sheet melting on its underside. "It may be that the ocean is warming end that's causing the ice to melt, but there may be other reasons as well; for example, there's lots of volcanism in that area and so that could change how much heat is delivered to the underside of the ice sheet." Cryosat should help to pin down what is happening at the West Antarctic fringe. The radar altimeters on board its predecessors ERS1 and ERS2 have been unable to map the steep slopes at the coast, whereas Cryosat's instrument should be able to cope. If the entire West Antarctic ice sheet did melt, sea levels globally would rise, by around 5m. But at the moment, there is no sign of that happening. One recant scientific paper attempted to calculate probabilities for how much West Antarctic melting would contribute to global sea-level rises during this century. The conclusions: a 30% probability of a 20 cm rise, and a 5% chance of a 1m rise. Eastern Mass And what of the big monster, the much larger East Antarctic sheet? A recent study using altimeter data suggested it is getting thicker, by about 1.8 cm/yr; another, using the gravity satellite mission Grace indicates its mass remains stable. But could rising temperatures in time drain the ice away?. "It is not going to happen on any realistic human timescale," says David Vaughan. "It's so cold that you could raise temperatures by 5-10℃ without having much of an impact; it's on rock above sea level, so warming in the ocean can't affect it." Largely insulated from global trends and so big as to generate its own climatic systems, most of Antarctica appears to be immune to the big melt for now, though answers to what is happening in the west arc eagerly awaited. The Arctic At the top of the world, the Arctic is a region built on water. Around the North Pole is ocean, with ice floes crowding in each winter and thinning again in the summers. In September, we learned from scientists at the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center that the extent of ocean covered by ice is getting smaller each year, the current rate of shrinkage they calculate at around 8% per decade. Their projection is that within about 60 years, there will be no summer ice at all on the Arctic Ocean. "Overall, the extent has been declining, with some oscillations(摆动), since the 1970s when satellites were able to map it," comments Peter Wadhams, Professor of Ocean Physics at Cambridge University, U.K, and currently at the Laboratoire Oce anographique in Villefranche-sur-mer, France. "There's been a slow decline, but now the thinning appears to be more rapid. In the last two decades, not only has the area shrunk but the ice has got thinner by about 400; the prediction is that it will vanish altogether during summers in the second half of this century." Military Records Measurements of thickness come mainly from military submarines, which spent long periods under the Arctic ice during the Cold War. Peter Wadhams was one of the scientists who afterwards persuaded the authorities in Britain and the United States to declassify their data. But as a method of measurement, it is far from perfect; and satellites have given only limited help. The existing satellite fleet gives good measurements of ice extent, but is not so good at detecting thickness, partly because the orbits of satellites with radar altimeters do not cover every portion of the ocean. This data deficit has led to a rival theory--that the ice is not melting at all; it is simply piling up in another part of the ocean, perhaps along the north Canadian coast. Peter Wadhams believes he has now disproved this idea. "We did an experiment where we installed a set of buoys(浮标) in that region which measure the thickness of the ice and transmit it back via satellite," he says. "The buoy sits on the ice, and us waves pass under it they make it rise and fall, just by a millimeter or two; measuring this allows you to calculate the thickness of the ice." The preliminary results, announced at a scientific meeting in April 2005, show that the extra ice is not there; it really has melted away. Wider Impact To people living in the region, the melting brings mixed news. Current lifestyles and staple foods will almost certainly change, but the open ocean may permit new opportunities for trade and agriculture. A bigger question is what it means for the rest of the planet, lee reflects the sun's radiation; water absorbs it. More water and less ice--a lower albedo (反照率 )---mean that the pace of warming could increase. In this scenario, the Earth would be losing one of its "natural checks and balances" against warming---another positive feedback mechanism. The Arctic is intimately tied to the global climate system, and disruptions here have the potential to create worldwide changes--albeit(虽然) over long timescales. Possibly the most powerful link is via the thermohaline(热盐的) circulation, the global conveyor taking warm water along ocean surfaces and returning colder water at depth. "One very sensitive place is the middle of the Greenland Sea," says Peter Wadhams. "That has been ice-free in the summer, but usually in winter it would be covered by a lobe of ice growing out from the Greenland coast. As it formed, it rejected salt back into the water, making the water heavier and helping it to sink. Since 1997, the ice tongue has never formed. That will be having an impact on the thermohaline circulation." Back in geological history, about 55 million years ago, the Arctic was a warm (possibly 20℃) shallow sea that would have been ice-free without the intervention of a human-enhanced greenhouse effect. Natural variations may be playing a role in the picture seen now; but, as with other parts of the planet, it is the speed of change that alarms many researchers as much as the change itself. Fresh water supplies in Asia and south America is disappearing as the glaciers melt away. 【正确答案】： NG [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词fresh water supplies和glaciers定位到原文第一段，可知北极当地人将发现自己的食物储备不见了，而亚洲和南美洲的淡水供应也将随着提供淡水的冰川的融化而消失，再结合下文可知，这只是一种假设，而原文并没有对该假设给出具体解释。 第2题 If all the ice in the Antarctic melted, global sea levels would rise hugely. 【正确答案】： Y [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词the Antarctic和sea levels定位到第一个小标题下的第一段，可知南极的冰非常多，如果冰全部融化，全球海平面就将大幅上升，故该句表述正确。 第3题 According to David Vaughan, the Antarctic is shrinking due to climate change. 【正确答案】： N [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词David Vaughan和shrinking定位到第一个小标题下的最后一段，可知David Vaughan表示，所有人都认为南极因气候变化而融化变小，但事实远远要复杂得多，故该句表述错误。 第4题 David Vaughan's group found that most of the glaciers along the Peninsula were in retreat. 【正确答案】： Y [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词Peninsula和in retreat定位到第二个小标题下的第二段，可知David Vaughan团队的研究 报告 软件系统测试报告下载sgs报告如何下载关于路面塌陷情况报告535n,sgs报告怎么下载竣工报告下载 表明，半岛附近绝大多数冰川——经过研究的244个冰川中的87%都在融化，故该句表述正确。 第5题 Cryosat should help figure out what is happening at the West Antarctic fringe because its radar altimeters should be able to ______. 【正确答案】： map the steep slopes at the coast。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词Cryosat和radar altimeters定位到第二个小标题下的倒数第三段，可知；Cryosat应该有助于确定南极西部边缘的现状，之前ERS1和ERS2上的雷达测高计都无法绘制出海岸边陡坡的地图，而Cryosat的设备则可以应付该问题，由此可得答案。 第6题 Most of Antarctica appears to be immune to the big melt for now because it's largely insulated from global trends and it's so big as m generate ______. 【正确答案】： its own climatic systems。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词Antarctica、immune和insulated定位到第三个小标题下的最后一段，可知南极大体上不受全球趋势的影响，而且南极非常大，可以形成自己的气候体系，所以南极大部分现在似乎还没有融化，由此可得答案。 第7题 According to scientists at the U.S. National Snow and lee Data Center, within about 60 years, there will be ______on the Arctic Ocean. 【正确答案】： no summer ice at all。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center和60 years定位到第四个小标题下的第二段，可知从美国国家雪冰数据中心的科学家那里得知，海上冰的覆盖率在逐年降低，他们统计出缩减串现在是每十年缩减大约8%，也就是说不到60年，北冰洋上就没有夏冰了，由此可得答案。 第8题 The existing satellites are not good at detecting the thickness of the ice partly because the orbits of satellites with ______do not cover every portion of the ocean. 【正确答案】： radar altimeters。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词satellites、detecting the thickness和orbits定位到倒数第二个小标题下的第三段，可知现有的人造卫星可以很好地测量冰的覆盖范围，却不太擅长测量厚度，其部分原因在于带有雷达测高计的卫星的轨道无法覆盖大海的各个部分。 第9题 To people living in the Arctic, the melting of some glaciers may permit new opportunities for ______. 【正确答案】： trade and agriculture。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词melting和new opportunities定位到最后一个小标题下的第一段，可知对于生活在该地区的人而言，冰川融化带来的既有好消息，也有坏消息，坏消息是他们现有的生活方式和主食将会改变，而好消息就是融化后更为开阔的海洋将给他们带来贸易和农业的新机会，由此可得答案。 第10题 The ice tongue growing out from the Greenland coast used to reject salt back into the water, making ______ heavier and helping it to sink. 【正确答案】： the water。 [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 根据题干中的信息词ice tongue和Greenland coast定位到原文倒数第三段，可知格陵兰海域中部在夏季不会冻结，但在冬季，通常会被从格陵兰海岸延伸而出的一大片冰覆盖，这片冰会释放盐分回到水中，从而增加水的密度，并使其下沉，而自1997年以来，这块冰舌就没有再出现过，由此可得答案。 none、九（共Error Correction小题,10共分）70.0 第1题 Dafter interviewing become common practice 1. ______ in the United States, American journalists were teaching Europeans what their own elites would 2. ______ submit to interviews, In 1879, an American named James Creelman became a first person to interview 3. ______ the president of France. During World War I, American correspondents helped transforming the 4. ______ standing of the interview in Britain. One of them recalled, "You saw the immemorial aloofness of the King of England wiping out at a tea party for 5. ______ American journalists at Sandringham; you beheld the holy of holy of the British War Office as the setting 6. ______ of a weekly conference with reporters." The World scored with the pope (Benedict XV) again in 1915. Interviewing the pope seems to have been the next best thing to interview God for 7. ______ American journalists, and they kept in citing papal 8. ______ interviews as earth shattering achievement. The 9. ______ United Press correspondent who interviewed Pope Pins Xl in 1929 was far from the first to do so, but the UP boasted that he was at less the first to do so 10. ______ "in the private library of the Pontiff". 【正确答案】： become前加had [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 本句的主句用的是过去时态，从句的时态需与主句一致。而become这一动作发生在先，应用过去完成时。 第2题 【正确答案】： what→that [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 宾语从句中的引导词what相当于all that，表示“所……”的内容，在从句中往往作宾语；而that本身没有任何含义，在从句中不充当任何成分，只起连接作用，可以略去。本句中their...interviews结构完整，不缺少句子成分，所以应该用that作引导词。从语法结构上也可改为how，但文章接下来并未涉及此方面内容，故排除。 第3题 【正确答案】： a→the [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 序数词前一般用定冠词the，而不用不定冠词a/an，故应将a改为the。 第4题 【正确答案】： transforming→transform [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 help后面接的动词不定式可以省掉to，但是不能直接接动名词，故应将其后的transforming改为transform。 第5题 【正确答案】： wiping→wiped [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 本题考查see sth．后接动词的形式。本句中的wipe out与the immemorial aloofness是被动关系，所以应将 wiping改为wiped。 第6题 【正确答案】： 将第二个holy改为holies [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 the holy of holies是固定用法，意为“最神圣的地方”，所以应将第二个holy改为holies。 第7题 【正确答案】： interview→interviewing [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 本句要表达的意思是：“对于美国记者而言，采访教皇似乎是仅次于采访上帝的大事。”协在此处表示“对……而言，和……相比”，是介词，而非动词不定式，后面应跟动名词形式。 第8题 【正确答案】： in→on [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 keep in意为“隐瞒，抑制”，根据上下文可知，本句要表达的意思是“持续不断地提及”，而keep on doing sth．才表示“持续不断”之意，故应将in改为on。 第9题 【正确答案】： achievement→achievements [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 achievement意为“完成，达到”时，是不可数名词；意为“成绩，成就”时，是可数名词，再结合前面的 interviews可知，应该用achievement的复数形式。 第10题 【正确答案】： less→least [本题分数]： 7.0 分 【答案解析】 at least是固定搭配，意为“至少”，所以应将less改为least。 跟多试卷请访问《做题室》www.zuotishi.com