05年12月英语六级考试最新模拟冲刺卷及答案

05年12月英语六级考试最新模拟冲刺卷及 答案 八年级地理上册填图题岩土工程勘察试题省略号的作用及举例应急救援安全知识车间5s试题及答案 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 at 2 in the afternoon. Therefore, D) “5 hours” is the correct answer. You should choose D) on the Answer Sheet and mark it with a single line through the centre. Sample Answer [A] [B] [C] [D] 1. A) At a bus station. B) At a railway station. C) At an airport. D) In a shopping center. 2. A) Work on his paper after class. B) Postpone his meeting with Professor Green. C) Go swimming with his friends. D) Go to see Professor Green immediately. 3. A) She would rather invite more people to come. B) They would prepare more food and drinks. C) The family members always eat a lot. D) There was too much food at a previous meeting. 4. A) He wanted to change the appointment. B) He called Dr. Smith to confirm the appointment. C) He was confused about the date of the appointment. D) He can’t see Dr. Smith until tomorrow. 5. A) The man was mistaken. B) The woman won’t have to wait for long. C) The woman has done a good job. D) The man doesn’t work hard. 6. A) Organize another activity. B) Choose another restaurant. C) Wear different clothes. D) Ask more friends to go together. 7. A) He told her he would send postcards. B) It was difficult for him to have a holiday. C) He has already been to Venice for several times. D) He didn’t want to go to Venice at first. 8. A) Prepare for his examination. B) Go to the cinema after his examination. C) Ask the woman to help him with his study. D) See a film with the woman. 9. A) Share the yogurt with the man. B) Ask the man to buy some yogurt. C) Go out with the man for shopping. D) Eat what she brought with her. 10. A) The hotel will not be built in a short time. B) A good name hasn’t been found for it yet. C) They have decided to phone the hotel. D) It hasn’t been designed yet. Section B Directions: 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 the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A) It created more job opportunities. B) It offered workers more chances for training. C) It allowed workers to live far from their jobs. D) It helped shorten the working hours. 12. A) The lack of qualified personnel. B) A decline in the number of customers. C) Difficulty in finding suitable sites. D) Increases transportation costs. 13. A) Prices are lower in downtown stores. B) Job opportunities are better there. C) Highway commuting has become unpleasant. D) Environmental pollution is no longer a problem. Passage Two Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard. 14. A) Most are insomniacs. B) Most are teenagers. C) Most are easily cured. D) Most suffer from hypersomnia. 15. A) During early childhood. B) In a person’s teens. C) In a person’s twenties. D) After a person turns fifty. 16. A) Avoid social situations. B) Stop taking certain drugs. C) Take naps during the day. D) Sleep eight hours a night. Passage Three Questions 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard. 17. A) Environmental protection. B) Pest control. C) House construction. D) Fire prevention. 18. A) It’s cheaper. B) It’s safer. C) It’s quicker. D) It’s easier. 19. A) To keep the heat inside. B) To prevent insects from escaping. C) To keep the wood dry. D) To reduce the danger of fire. 20. A) To show that the technique will not cause fire. B) To highlight the dangers of the old method. C) To explain a step in the new treatment. D) To emphasize the uniqueness of the new method. Part ?Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) 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 centre. Part ?Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) 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 centre. Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Would George W. Bush have been reelected president if the public understood how much responsibility his administration bears for allowing the 9/11 attacks to succeed? The answer is unknowable and, at this date, meaningless. Yet it was appalling to learn that the White House suppressed until after the election a report that exposes the administration as woefully incompetent if not criminally negligent. Belatedly declassified excerpts from the 9/11 commission report, which focus on the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to heed multiple warnings that Al Qaeda (基地组织) terrorists were planning to hijack planes as suicide weapons, make clear that this tragedy could have been avoided. For the last three years, administration apologists have tried to make the FAA the scapegoat for the 9/11 attacks. But it is the president who ultimately is responsible for national security. The terrible fact is that the administration took none of the steps that would have put the protection of human life ahead of a diverse set of economic and political interests, which included not offending our friends the Saudis and not hurting the share prices of airline corporations. The warnings provided by intelligence agencies to the FAA were far clearer and more specific than suggested by Condoleezza Rice’s testimony before the 9/11 commission when she reluctantly conceded the existence of a presidential briefing that warned of impending Al Qaeda attacks. Given this shocking record of indifference on the part of the administration, it is politically understandable that it tried to prevent the formation of the 9/11 commission in the first place, and then for five months prevented the declassification of key sections of the final report. Had the business-friendly administration put safety first, nearly 3,000 people might not have died that day. And had the president of the United States taken some time from his ranch vacation that August to order a nationwide airport alert, two bloody wars abroad probably would not have happened. Instead, an administration that resisted spending the tens of millions required to fortify airline security before 9/11 is nearing the $300-billion mark on Afghanistan and Iraq. And declassified documents have unmistakably said the latter had nothing to do with 9/11, while those countries that at least indirectly did have been let off the hook. Indeed, the 9/11 commission was not allowed to get near that story: The basic narrative on the tragedy derives from the interrogations of key detainees whom the 9/11 commissioners were not allowed to interview. Nor were they permitted to even take testimony from the U.S. intelligence personnel who interrogated those prisoners. As a result, the public is simply incapable of making informed decisions on the most crucial decisions we face-starting with whom we elect as our commander in chief. 26. According to the author, who should shoulder the major responsibility for allowing the 9/11 tragedy to happen? A) Saddam Hussein. B) FAA. C) George W. Bush. D) Condoleezza Rice. 27. What does the word “declassify” (Line 3, Para. 2) most probably mean? A) To hide the important details of B) To report or represent in a untrue way C) To form a large group D) To become no longer secret 28. What do we learn from the passage about Afghanistan and Iraq? A) Al Qaeda terriorists had gained support from at least one of the governments. B) 9/11 was the chief reason for the Bush government to initiate both wars. C) The two wars had already cost the Americans tens of millions of dollars. D) These two countries should be held responsible for 9/11. 29. What can we infer from the passage? A) The Federal Aviation Administration was not to blame in this tragedy. B) Consideration of economic interests had hindered life protection. C) The Bush government had paid such a high price for poor information collection. D) Some government officials had been bribed by Al Qaeda terrorists. 30. What is the author’s opinion towards President Bush? A) He had been intentionally misleading as to the reasons of initiating the two wars. B) He had been late in preventing the attacks because of a personal vocation. C) He had done everything to help the 9/11 commission do a better job. D) He will have probably failed to be reelected if the public had been well informed. Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Polls can provide important guidance for politicians, but there are times when it is foolish and dangerous to rely on a temporarily misinformed public for a political compass. The current debate over Social Security provides one of the most compelling examples in modern history of the pitfalls of poll-driven political strategy. Yesterday two leading Democratic strategists publicly took their party to task for their“just say no” approach to President Bush’s program. “To say there is no problem simply puts Democrats out of the conversation for the great majority of the country that want political leaders to secure this very important retirement program,” they warned, “Voters are looking for reform, change, and new ideas, but Democrats seem stuck in concrete.” Stuck, indeed. To be more exact, they are holding their ground and refusing to surrender to a president who is once again manufacturing a “crisis” for a political purpose. And why should they do otherwise, when this strategy is clearly working? Let’s start with the facts. According to President Bush, Social Security can pay all promised benefits for the next 37 years without any changes at all. Even if nothing were done by 2043, the program would still pay a higher real benefit than what people receive today. And even looking into the future of the 75-year planning period, the shortfall is less than what we fixed in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘80s. In other words, Social Security is financially stronger today than it has been throughout most of its history. So this attack on Social Security has nothing to do with the solvency (偿 付能力) of the program. Nonetheless last week, a Quinnipiac University poll found that respondents, by a 49 to 42 percent margin, believed that Social Security would not be able to pay them a benefit when they retire. But this is a ridiculous idea, based completely on misinformation. It is even more far fetched(牵强 的) than the notion, which also commanded a majority before the invasion of Iraq, that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the massacre of 9/11. In the case of Social Security, there is no dispute about the facts. There are just a few cheap verbal and accounting tricks that have been used to convince the public that Social Security faces serious problems. These are easily refuted. The same Quinnipiac poll showed that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of the way the president is handling Social Security, with only 28 percent approving. It makes no political sense to pretend that this attack on our nation’s most successful and popular government program is actually an attempt to insure its solvency. Even in politics, there are times when honesty is the best policy. 31. What can we know about the Democrats, according to the author? A) They want to help secure the retirement program. B) They refuse to admit that the Social Security program has been successful. C) They are making efforts to solve the crisis of the Social Security program. D) They organize polls in order to gain political interests. 32. The author raise the example of Saddam Hussein in order to show that . A) the invasion of Iraq represented the wills of common people B) no evidence had come up to prove the relationship between Saddam Hussein and the massacre of 9/11 C) sometimes the public without proper information will draw foolish conclusions D) it was wrong for the government to rely on the public for important political decisions 33. According to the author, which of the following is correct? A) There is no point in worrying about the solvency of the Social Security program. B) The majority of the public will accept the Social Security program in the near future. C) Only the baby boomers should worry about the future days when they grow old. D) The Democrats attack the Social Security program in order to question its solvency. 34. By saying “honesty is the best policy”, the author seems to disapprove of . A) the Quinnipiac University who organized the poll B) the Bush administration who initiated the Social Security program C) the ill-informed public who worried about their future D) those Democrats who wanted to gain political interests through this incident 35. The best title for this passage should be. A)Time to Reconsider Social Security B) Let’s be Honest about Social Security C) Social Security is an Illusion D) Embrace the Bright Future of Social Security Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage. “When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results,” Calvin Coolidge once observed. As the U. S. economy crumbles, Coolidge s silly maxim might appear to be as apt as ever: the number of unemployment insurance claims is rising, and overall joblessness is creeping upward. But in today’ s vast and complex labor market, things aren’t always what they seem. More and more people are indeed losing their jobs but not necessarily because the economy appears to be in recession. And old-fashioned unemployment isn’t the inevitable result of job loss. New work, at less pay, often is. Call it new-wave unemployment: structural changes in the economy are overlapping the business downturn, giving joblessness a grim new twist. Small wonder that the U. S. unemployment rate is rising. Now at 5.7 percent, it is widely expected to edge toward 7 percent by the end of next year. But statistics alone can’t fully capture a complex reality. The unemployment rate has been held down by slow growth in the labor force—the number of people working or looking for work—since few people sense attractive job opportunities in a weak economy. In addition, many more people are losing their jobs than are actually ending up unemployed. Faced with hungry mouths to feed, thousands of women, for example, are taking two or more part-time positions or agreeing to shave the hours they work in service-sector jobs. For better and for worse, work in America clearly isn’t what it used to be. Now unemployment isn’t, either. Like sour old wine in new bottles, this downturn blends a little of the old and the new reflecting a decade’s worth of change in the dynamic U. S. economy. Yet, in many respects the decline is following the classic pattern, with new layoffs concentrated among blue-collar workers in the most “cyclical” (循 环的) industries, whose ups and downs track the economy most closely. As the downturn attracts attention on workers-ill fortunes, some analysts predict that political upheaval (动乱) may lie ahead. Real wages for the average U. S. worker peaked in 1973 and have been falling almost ever since. As a result, a growing group of downwardly mobile Americans could soon begin pressing policymakers to help produce better-paying jobs. Just how loud the outcry becomes will depend partly on the course of the recession. But in the long run, there’s little doubt that the bleak outlook for jobs and joblessness is “politically, socially and psychologically dynamite (具有爆炸性的)”. 36. Why does the author refer to Coolidge’s maxim as silly? A) More and more people are applying for unemployment insurance. B) Unemployment rate is not likely to rise quickly nowadays. C) Losing jobs doesn’t necessarily lead to unemployment. D) Today’s labor market is much too complicated than Coolidge’s time. 37. According to the passage, the unemployment rate has been kept under limits because . A) the number of the people in the work force slowly increases B) very few people really lose their original jobs C) less and less people are out finding new jobs D) the government has taken strong measures to control the unemployment rate 38. According to the passage, under the great pressure of life, many women . A) will do a part-time job along with the full-time job B) would rather stay at home than apply for a part-time position C) would be fired if they can not finish the job quickly D) will agree to have their working hours shortened if required 39. The present downturn is similar to traditional ones in that . A) we can never predict which way the economy will head B) the economic prospects have been unfavorable for 10 years C) the government has done relatively little to intervene the market D) physical laborers are the chief victims of the economic decline 40. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A) Blue-collar workers are given less and less wages in recent years. B) The unemployment problem may lead to serious social problems. C) The unemployment problem will probably become less serious in no time. D) The government will create more jobs with better pay in the near future. Part ? Vocabulary(20 minutes) Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best complete the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. 41. This song his life’s dream and ardent love of life. A) incorporatedB) initiated C) exposedD)embodied 42. Every time I listen to Tchaikovsky, I found myself in the beauty of the works by one of the most artistically creative composers. A) submergedB) soaked C) suckedD)immersed 43. Benjamin Franklin and presented to Congress, on the 21st of July, a plan of confederation. A) draw inB) draw on C) draw upD)draw down 44. The day when he first arrived in Chicago distinctly in his memory. A) stands downB) stands in C) stands outD)stands up 45. In regard to those ancient emperors, we need to assess them in the of their times. A) contentB) context C) contestD)contention 46. It is said that the reconstruction of the Grand Theatre is a project of Shanghai government this year. A) prestigeB) superiority C) priorityD)publicity 47. The price of the real estate in this area may to unexpected values, so everyone should be conscious of the maximum price that he would want to pay for a particular property. A) stagger B) shrink C) soar D)suspend 48. With the Chinese economy expected to continue its strong performance, ability to speak the Chinese language will be an of greater and greater value. A) asset B) ethic C) inventory D)obligation 49. People with a great deal of often have admiring friends and bitter enemies. A) qualityB) appearance C) personalityD)character 50. Such a toy with musical sounds and animal noises will any young child. A) dismayB) astonish C) fascinateD)perplex 51. After reading of books by great authors for some time, the boy decided to go on to read the originals. A) themesB) insights C) digestsD)leaflets 52. In my belief, some of the comments in the movie about the job market are actually of real life difficulties in find a good job after graduation from universities. A) reflectionsB) demonstrations C) illuminationsD)reproductions 53. In the poem, he depicted the happy of girls playing on a swing in early spring. A) perspectiveB) view C) landscapeD)scene 54. Radical social changes transformed the common of life in the countryside more slowly than in towns and cities. A) scalesB) patterns C) gradesD)ranks 55. Contrary to popular belief, epidemics do not occur after a natural disaster. A) spontaneouslyB) simultaneously C) homogeneouslyD)instantaneously 56. She all criticism and went on with her project. A) warded off B) shrugged off C) gave away D)set aside 57. Looking back upon the whole process, we have every reason to our success to Mary who suggested the right method at the beginning. A) ascribe B) ascertain C) aspire D)assert 58. Overpopulation has greatly the development of this city. A) rectifiedB) hampered C) avertedD)discarded 59. The teacher from her custom and gave no assignments for the weekend. A) deviated B) disconnected C) detachedD)distorted 60. Immigration from countries and cultures that are with the cultural core of this nation has been generally prohibited. A) interior B) invisible C) incompatibleD)integral 61. The little chair when the fat man sat down on it without thinking. A) crushed B) collapsed C) crumpledD)yielded 62. Your afternoon sightseeing will famous landmarks and monuments including the White House, Embassy Row, the Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. A) highlightB) underline C) activateD)upgrade 63. Films of this sort have lost their for many Spanish young people. A) appeal B) pledge C) imageD)survival 64. This course is designed to help children such real life situations as separation and loss. A) cope with B) settle down C) intervene in D)interfere with 65. Foreign language teachers of this university are busy designing a test of spoken English to the original written examination. A) contaminateB) compliment C) complement D)coordinate 66. Her chief was her not packing a raincoat for her trip to Yunnan last July. A) drawbackB) handicap C) bruiseD)blunder 67. Idlers, no matter how poor they are, are always at finding reasons not to take action to improve their living conditions. A) intrinsicB) ingenious C) initial D)inherent 68. As the graduation is drawing near, every student began to his future. A) compensate B) contemplate C) jeopardizeD)manifest 69. The investigation gives support to the between profit and top manager s pay. A) analogyB) paradox C) correlationD)illusion 70. It advocated by the book that a man, no matter how his origin may be, can be successful with unremitting efforts and strong will. A) inferiorB) awkward C) minorD)humble Part ? Short Answer Questions(15 minutes) Direction:In this part there is a short passage with 8 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the right of the page. What are the marks of an educated man? The first of these is correctness and precision in the use of the mother tongue. When one hears English well spoken, with pure diction, correct pronunciation, and an almost unconscious choice of the right word, he recognizes it at once. How much easier he finds it to imitate English of the other sort! A second and indispensable trait of the educated man is refined and gentle manners, which are themselves the expression of fixed habits of thought and action. When manners are superficial, artificial, and forced, no matter what their form, they are bad manners. When, however, they are the natural expression of fixed habits of thought and action, and when they reveal a refined and cultivated nature, they are good manners. There are certain things that gentlemen do not do, and they do not do them simply because they are bad manners. The gentleman instinctively knows the difference between those things which he may and should do and those things which he may not and should not do. A third trait of the educated man is the power and habit of reflection. Human beings for the most part live wholly on the surface or far beyond the present moment and that part of the future which is quickly to follow it. They do not read those works of prose and poetry which have become classic because they reveal power and habit of reflection and induce that power and habit in others. When one reflects long enough to ask the question how, he is on the way to knowing something about science. When he reflects long enough to ask the question why, he may, if he persists, even become a philosopher. A fourth trait of the educated man is the power of growth. He continues to grow and develop from birth to his dying day. His interests expand, his contacts multiply, his knowledge increases, and his reflection becomes deeper and wider. It would appear to be true that not many human beings, even those who have had a school and college education, continue to grow after they are twenty-four or twenty-five years of age. By that time it is usual to settle down to life on a level of more or less contented intellectual interest and activity. The whole present-day movement for adult education is a systematic and definite attempt to keep human beings growing long after they have left school and college, and, therefore, to help educate them. A fifth trait of the educated man is his possession of efficiency, or the power to do. The mere visionary dreamer, however charming or however wise, lacks something which an education requires. The power to do may be exercised in any one of a thousand ways, but when it clearly shows itself, that is evidence that the period of discipline of study and of companionship with parents and teachers has not been in vain. S1. An educated man should use his S1 correctly and precisely. S2. According to the author, manners are the natural expression of S2 . S3. The educated man know the difference betweenS3(1)andS3(2). S4. Most human beings live a S4 life or far beyond the present and the near future. S5. The author says that when a person persists in reflecting so as to ask the question how, he may at last become a S5 . S6. What is the aim of present-day adult education? S7. According to the author, the mere visionary dreamer lacksS7. S8. What is the main topic of the passage? Part ? Writing(30 minutes) Directions:for this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a letter of application. You should write no less than 120 words and base your composition on the outline below: 1. 渴求工作的愿望 2. 技能和经历 3. 联系方式 答案部分: Part ? Tape Scripts of Listening Comprehension Section A 1. M: Is flight 508 ready for boarding now? W: I regret to tell you that it has been delayed. This flight will not depart until 10:40. I am sorry for the inconveniences we have brought you. Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place? 2. W: Mike, Jenny and I are planning to go swimming at the beach after class. Would you like to go with us? M: I’d love to, but I have to finish my economics paper today, for Professor Green has told me to hand it in as soon as possible. Q: What will the man probably do? 3. M: Would you please help me prepare some food and drinks for tomorrow s family reunion? W: Why not? Let’s be careful not to overdo it though. Last time we had enough for two such parties. Q: What does the woman mean? 4. W: Hello. I am calling to remind you of your 3:15 appointment with Dr. Smith today. M: Thank you so much for calling. I always thought it was 3:15 tomorrow. Q: What does the man mean? 5. M: Congratulations! You have got the highest mark of the whole class. You must have been working hard for a long time. W: You must be thinking of someone else. I’m still waiting for my grades. Q: What does the woman mean? 6. W: I’m taking my roommate for her birthday night—you know, to that new Italian restaurant. M: You can’t go like that. You’d better change. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 7. M: This is a postcard from Jacky. He is in Venice. What a beautiful place! W: Oh, so he finally has got time for a holiday. Q: What does the woman imply about Jacky? 8. W: Can you go to the cinema with me this weekend, or do you have to prepare for your examination? M: There is still a lot to do„but maybe a break is also quite necessary. Q: What will the man probably do? 9. M: I’m going out to pick up a hamburger. Can I get you something? W: Oh, I have eaten too much at lunch. The yogurt I brought with me will be enough. But thank you all the same. Q: What will the woman probably do? 10. M: What have they decided to call the hotel? W: No one’s come up with anything yet. Q: What does the woman say about the hotel? Section B Passage One Today we’ll examine the role that private transportation—namely, the automobile—plays in city planning. A number of sociologists blame the automobile for the decline of the downtown areas of major cities. In the 1950’s and 1960’s the automobile made it possible to work in the city and yet live in the suburbs many miles away. Shopping patterns changed: instead of flooding into downtown stores, people in the suburbs went to large shopping malls outside the city and closer their home. Merchants in the city failed; and their stores closed. Downtown shopping areas became deserted. In recent years there has been a rebirth of the downtown area, as many suburbanites have moved back to the city. They’ve done this, of course, to avoid highways packed with commuters from the suburbs. Scientists are exploring this particular city planning problem and some of them have already come up with innovative solutions. They don’t approach this problem from a purely sociological perspective; they try to take into account environmental and economic issues as well. 11. How did the automobile affect the work force in the 1950s and 1960s? 12. What problem did downtown area merchants face in the 1960s? 13. According to the passage, why are some people lately moving back to the city? Passage Two You might think that most of the patients at sleep clinics are being treated for sleeplessness, commonly referred to as insomnia, but that is not the case. The majority of sleep-clinic patients suffer from disorders of excessive sleep or “hypersomnia”. While most insomniacs somehow manage to drag themselves through the day and function at acceptable, although not optimal, levels. This is not so for people who suffer from hypersomnia. They are incapacitated by irresistible urges to sleep during the day, often in inappropriate situations—at business meetings, in supermarkets, or at parties. Even more dangerous is their failure to remain awake when driving or operating machines. Falling asleep in such situations could obviously be life-threatening. Many hypersomnia suffer from narcolepsy, for which the primary symptom is excessive daytime sleepiness. Though not apparent in childhood, this symptom most often appears for the first time during the teen years and continues through a person’s life. The sleep attacks may occur as many as fifteen to twenty times during the courses of the day and last for periods from fifteen minutes up to two hours. What can be done to help those suffering from narcolepsy? There are certain drugs that can help, and specialists suggest voluntary napping to decrease the frequency of such sleep attacks. 14. What does the speaker say about sleep clinic patients? 15. When does narcolepsy usually first become apparent? 16. What can a narcoleptic do to prevent sleep attacks? Passage Three Words came from California of a new weapon in the war on household pests. Two scientists working for a firm in Anahelm, California, have developed a method to eliminate insects without using dangerous chemicals. The new poison? Hot air. The basic idea is that insects cannot adjust to temperature much above normal. In laboratory experiments, cockroaches and termites can’t survive much more than a quarter of an hour at 125 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 50 degrees centigrade. The new method involves covering a house with a huge tent and filling it with air heated to around 65 degrees centigrade. Hot air is forced in with fans, and the tent keeps the heat inside the house. Since termites try to escape by hiding in wooden beams, the heat treatment must be continued to a full six hours. But when it’s all over, and the insects are dead, there are no toxic residues to endanger humans or pets. Scientists claim that there is no danger of fire, either, since very few household materials will burn at 65 degrees centigrade. In fact, wood is prepared for construction use by drying it in ovens at 80 degrees centigrade, which is substantially hotter than the air used in this procedure. 17. What is the talk mainly about? 18. What makes the new system better than other treatments? 19. Why are the houses covered with tents? 20. Why does the speaker mention that construction wood is dried by heat? Part ? Reading Comprehension Passage One 21. C)细节理解题本题问如果一位学生已于去年十月参加了SAT考试，他申请哪所学校还必须再考。这个问题实际上是问哪所学校只接受新的SAT测试的成绩。根据原文 )。 可以看出，这个问题出现在列举不同学校反应的第二段，答案应为C 22. D)推理题本题问哈佛大学的情形。这里定位到文章第二段的开始与末尾，两处均提到了哈佛大学。段首说其对于新老测试成绩均接受。从这里可看出A)、B)、C)均不正确。段末说将给学生一年的过渡期。从这里可看出D)正是正确答案。 23. B)推理题本题问反对新的写作测试的原因。从原文中看出，第三至第五段具体谈大学对于写作测试的反应。第三段、第五段均是表达等待、观望的态度，只有第四段说的是反对的意见。这里面有两个关键的因素，一个是将会对准备不够充分的差生制造更多障碍，另一方面，也是更重要的是，大学委员会为迎合重要客户的需求，将此项考试匆忙推向市场。我们来看选项，如果将poor理解错，很可能错选A);C)项的后半部分不可能是正确的，因为该项测试的预测效度还未出来，虽然不能说一定是好的结果，但像该选项这样说太过武断。D)项说该测试是大学委员会与几种大学共同的产品，这是不对的。大学委员会是测试的研发和推广者，各所大学都是潜在的用户。该题的正确答案是B)，文中的关键词是“rush”，意思正好是“do something in a hurry, often too quickly and without much care”。 24. A)细节理解题此题问学生该怎么做。这是一道细节题，在文章的末段。此题本来不难，但选项间具有相当的迷惑性，答案应选A)，学生应搞清楚大学接受哪种考试。 B)是向大学咨询考试的具体安排，这是不对的。C)是向大学委员会咨询信息，这就更不对了。大学委员会是考试的设计者，今年秋天各大学要不 要求 对教师党员的评价套管和固井爆破片与爆破装置仓库管理基本要求三甲医院都需要复审吗 新的测试成绩是各种大学自己的事情。D)项说学生应在一年内做好准备——这显然不是我们当前关心的问题。 25. D)推理题此题问我们可从文章中推知什么关于该项测试的信息。这是推导题，需要一项一项细看。A)说强烈建议已参加旧测试的学生不再参加新测试，从第二段看出这是不对的。B)说与旧测试相比，新测试要求学生以更短的时间完成写作测试，这也不对，因为旧的测试根本就没有写作部分，这从第一段可以看出来。C)说大学委员会已决定邀请大学老师来担任阅卷工作，这与文章第六段不符，文中说大部分阅卷员是中学老师。D)说大学委员会多方游说，希望更多的大学支持新的考试，这一项是正确的。首先在第四段中间可以看出像加州大学这样的大客户，对大学委员会的影响有多大。其次可以在第四段末看出，大学委员会一直缠着一位入学处主任，要求其同意使用该考试。 Passage Two 26. C)细节理解题该题问谁该对9?11事件负主要责任。文章第三段第二句是一个转折句，对这一点说得很清楚，C)是正确答案。 27. D)词义理解题此题是词义题。该词在文章第二段与第八段两次出现，其名词形式又在第六段出现。根据文章可推测出来是“解密”的意思，选D)。 28. B)推理题此题问关于阿富汗与伊拉克，我们知道些什么。A)说基地组织的恐怖分子得到了至少一个政府的支持，这一点文章中间无法推导出来，大家看看第八段即可知道。B)说9?11事件是布什政府发动战争的主要原因，该选项正确，从第八段可以看出来。C)说战争使美国耗费了数以千万计的美元，实际上这远少于文中第八段的实际数字。D)说这两个国家应对9?11事件负责，实际上该点本文中并无定论，特别是对于伊拉克，文中说其与9?11没有关联(文章第八段)。 29. B)推理题此题问从文章中推导出什么。A)“联邦航空局是没有责任的”，这与第二段后面的部分不符。B)“考虑经济利益阻碍了生命的保护”，该选项是正确答案，可以在第四段和第七段看得很清楚。C)说布什政府为信息搜集的付出了高昂的代 价。第二段和第五段均可看出，警告已经发出，只是没有得到重视。D)“一些政府官员受到基地组织的贿赂”，这一点文章中无法推导出来。 30. D)推理题此题问作者对布什总统的看法。A)“他对于发动战争的原因是有意误导的”，这一项文章中无法推导出来。B)说他由于度假，没能阻止袭击。这是不对的，文章没有这样说，请看第七段。C)说他全力以赴帮助9?11委员会开展工作，实际上委员会处处受到阻挠，请大家看第六段与第九段。D)说如果大众得到恰当的消息的话，他就很可能不会再次当选总统，这个选项是正确的，也是首尾两段的核心意思。 Passage Three 31. B)推理题此题问作者对于民主党人的看法。作者认为，民主党人想通过民意调查来对布什总统的社会保障 计划 项目进度计划表范例计划下载计划下载计划下载课程教学计划下载 发起攻击，以达到政治目的，这在第三段写得很清楚，而不是为了保障其偿付能力。A)不对，这在第六段开头和最后一段均有明确说明。B)说他们拒绝承认总统的社会保障计划成功了，这个选项是正确的，请看第二和第三段。C)说他们努力解决社会保障体系所遇到的危机。作者在第三段中危机一词打了引号，因为他认为根本就没有什么危机。D)说他们组织民意调查来获得政治利益。文章中没有证据表明他们组织了民意调查，实际情况是他们利用了民意调查的结果。请研读第六段和第八段。 32. C)推理题此题问作者为何要举萨达姆的例子。例子都是用来澄清观点，说明道理，这样的题目每次考试都有，请大家关注。我们回到文章第六段，在包含萨达姆这个例子的前一句话是个表转折的句子:“但这是个可笑的想法，它完全基于错误的信息”。再看后一句即可知道，作者认为这一次比伊拉克战争前萨拉姆制造了9?11更加牵强。A)说入侵伊拉克代表了普通大众的意志，这一点文章没有提及。B)说还没有证据证明萨达姆与9?11事件有关，这不是举例子的目的。C)说有时公众会在没有确切消息时得出愚蠢的结论，这个正是正确答案。D)“政府信赖大众来做出重要的政治决定是错误的”，这与当前的例子说明的问题无关，而且说得也太绝对了。 33. A)推理题此题问就作者而言，哪项是正确的。A)说不用担心社会保障计划的偿付能力。细看文章的第二部分即第四、五、六段，可以看出，该项是正确的。B)说大部分民众将在不久的将来接受该项社会保障计划，这点文中没有涉及。C)说只有生 育高峰出生的人才该担心自己未来变老的日子，这个选项也没有出现。D)“民主党人攻击该计划是为了怀疑其偿付能力”，这在前面讲了，是不正确的。 34. D)推导题问作者为什么说“诚为上策”，他反对什么。这句话出现在文章的末尾，作者是为了揭露民主党人借民意测验的结果达成政治目的的企图。所以D)是正确答案。 35. B)主旨题问文章的最佳标题。A)“是重新考虑社会保险的时候了”，这个适合用于怀疑当前政策的文章。C)“社会保险只是个幻想”，这是悲观主义者的论调。D)“拥抱社会保险的美好明天”，这是乐观主义的、歌功颂德式文章的标题。该文章是驳论文，应以B)为最佳，文章是为驳斥某些别有用心的民主党人所写，特别又在文章末尾点题，颇具匠心。 Passage Four 36. C)细节理解题本题问作者为何称柯立芝的格言是愚蠢的。根据格言定位到文章首段，柯立芝曾经说过:“当越来越多的人失去工作之时，失业就产生了”。此后紧接着说美国经济崩溃时，这句格言或许看上去还是非常恰当的。后面立即转折，说今天事情已不一样了，接着从两个方面论述:一方面，越来越多的人失去工作，但不一定是由于经济出现颓势;另一方面，失去工作不一定导致失业——常常是找到低薪金的新工作。可以看出，推翻柯立芝格言的正是后一种情况，所以C)是正确答案。 37. A)语义替换题本题问为何失业率被控制在一定的范围之内。根据关键词unemployment rate(与原文相同)和keep under limits(原文中是hold down)定位到第二段第四行，即知原因是由于就业人群增长缓慢，选A)。 38. D)细节理解题此题问迫于生活压力，女性会怎样做。文中谈及女性之处只有第二段的后面——她们有可能会接受两份或两份以上的兼职工作，或者会同意削减服务性行业工作的时间。仔细比较四个选项，只是D)是正确的，与后面一种情况吻合。 39. D)推理题此题问现在的经济衰退与以前的有何相似之处。这正是第三段阐述的内容——当前的衰退在许多方面符合传统的模式，即新的失业人群大多是与经济波动相 关联的产业的蓝领工人。D)为正确答案，其中文中关键词组blue collar workers在这里置换为physical laborers。大家细细体会阅读中最重要的规律:定位与置换。 40. B)推理题此题问能从最后一段得出何种结论。此段首句即说有些分析家认为可能会出现政治动乱。最后作者引用他人的话表明自己观点——从长期看来，暗淡的就业前景将会带来政治、社会和心理动荡。所以B)是正确答案。 Part ? Vocabulary 41. D) 考点 动词辨析。 A) incorporate(1)“包含，加上，吸收”(2)“把„合并，使并入”;B) initiate(1)“开始，创始，发起”(2)“使初步了解”(3)“接纳(新成员)，让„加入”;C) expose(1)“暴露，显露”(2)(to)“使处于作用(或影响)之下，曝光”(3)“揭露，袒露”;D) embody (1)“使具体化，具体表现，体现” (2)“包括，包含，收入”。这正是正确答案，句中就是第一种意思: To embody an idea or quality means to be a symbol or expression of that idea or quality. 就是作为某种思想或品质的标志或表达方式的意思，也就是把抽象的意思具体地表现了出来，如:The sculpture embodies the artist s love of nature. 【译文】这首歌体现了他对生活的梦想和热爱。 42. D) 考点 动词辨析。A) submerge vi. “潜入水中” vt. “浸没，淹没”;B) soak (1)“浸泡”(2)“(使)湿透，渗透”;C) suck “吸，吮”;D) immerse(1)“使浸没”(2)“(in)使沉浸在，使专心于”。D)为正确选项，这里是第二种意思，即全身心地投入某事之中。 【译文】每次当我听到柴科夫斯基的作品时，我就会沉浸在出自一位最具艺术创造性的作曲家之手的美丽音乐篇章当中。 43. C) 考点 动词词组辨析。A) draw in(1)“(天)渐黑，(白昼)渐短”(2)“(汽车或火车)到站”;B) draw on(1)“吸，抽(烟)”(2)“动用，利用”(3)“临近，接近”;C) draw up(1)“起草，拟订”(2)“(使)停住”;D) draw together “使„团结起来，使„一致”。C)为正确选项，句中是第一种意思。 【译文】7月21日，本杰明?弗兰克林起草并呈递给国会一个关于结成同盟的计划。 44. C) 考点 动词词组辨析。A) stand down “退出(比赛或竞选)，(从某职位上)退下”;B) stand in“代替，代表，做替身”;C) stand out (1)“清晰地显出，引人注目”(2)“杰出，出色”;D) stand up(1)“站起来”(2)“(论点、论据等)站得住脚”。C)是正确答案，该词组最早是第一种意思，如:Robin s red hair made him stand out in a crowd. 后来引申为第二种意思，也就是“比同类的其它事物更好或更重要”的意思，如:He played the piano, and he stood out from all the other musicians. 【译文】初到芝加哥的那天令他记忆深刻。 45. B) 考点 名词辨析。A) content(1)[pl.]“所容纳的东西，所含之物”(2)[pl.]“( 书 关于书的成语关于读书的排比句社区图书漂流公约怎么写关于读书的小报汉书pdf 等的)内容， 目录 工贸企业有限空间作业目录特种设备作业人员作业种类与目录特种设备作业人员目录1类医疗器械目录高值医用耗材参考目录 ”(3)“含量，成分”;B) context(1)“背景，环境”(2)“上下文，语境”;C) contest (1)“竞赛，比赛”(2)“争夺，竞争”;D) contention (1)“论点”(2)“争论，争辩”。B)项为正确答案，在语言研究中，该词为语境的意思，这里是第一种意思。 【译文】关于那些古代帝王们，我们需要依据他们的时代来进行评价。 46. C) 考点 名词辨析。A) prestige“威信，威望”;B)superiority“优越(性)， 优等”;C)priority (1)“优先(权)，重点”(2)“优先考虑的事”;该项为正确答案，它的意思是某事是你必须做的最重要的事，或者必须放在别的事情前面做的事情。D) publicity(1)“公众的注意，名声”(2)“宣传，宣扬”。 【译文】据报道，大剧院的重建是上海市今年的重点工程。 47. C) 考点 动词辨析。A) stagger vi. “摇晃，蹒跚” vt. (1)“使吃惊”(2)“使错开，使交错”;B) shrink vi.(1)“起皱，收缩”(2)“退缩，畏缩” vt. “使起皱，使收缩”;C) soar (1)“猛增，剧增”(2)“高飞，升腾”(3) “(情绪、期望等)高涨”(4)“高耸，屹立”;D) suspend (1)“暂停，中止”(2)“悬，挂，吊”。C)为正确答案，该词常考。 【译文】这个地区房地产的价值可能上涨到不可预测的价值，因此每个人都要有用最高价钱购买特定资产的思想准备。 48. A) 考点 名词辨析。A) asset(1)“有价值的人(或物)，优点，长处”(2)[常pl.] “资产，财产”;B) ethic“道德准则，行为准则，伦理标准”;C) inventory“详细目录，存货清单”;D) obligation“义务，责任”。A)为正确答案，这里是“有用的、能帮助某人或组织成功的某事或某人”的意思。 【译文】随着中国经济持续地发展壮大，讲汉语的能力将拥有越来越高的价值。 49. C) 考点 名词辨析。A) quality(1)“质，质量”(2)“品德，品质”(3)“性质，特性”;B) appearance(1)“出现，显露，露面”(2)“外观，外貌，外表”;C) personality(1)“人格，个性”(2)“人物，名人”;D) character(1)“性格，品质，品德”(2)“性质，特性，特色”(3)“人物，角色”(4)“(书写或印刷)符号，(汉)字”。C)是正确答案。该题难，A)与人有关的意思有二，一是人本质中的优良品质(可数)，二是某一种特定的品质。D)指使某人与他人不同的所有品质(qualities)的总和，如果说某人has character，指的是他有能力处理艰难的或危险的情形。C)指人整体的性格(character)和本质(nature)。如果说某人has personality，意思就是说他具有很强的、引人注目的性格。可以看出，句中with a lot of personality正是has personality的变体。 【译文】很具有个性的人会钦佩朋友和敌人。 50. C) 考点 动词辨析。A) dismay(1)“使失望，使气馁”(2)“使惊恐，使惊愕”;B) astonish“使惊讶”;C) fascinate“强烈地吸引，迷住”;D) perplex“使 困惑，使费解，使复杂化”。细看本句可看出答案为C)。 【译文】这种带有音乐和动物叫声的玩具让孩子们很着迷。 51. C) 考点 名词辨析。A) theme“主题，题目”;B) insight“洞察力，洞悉， 深刻的见解”;C) digest“文摘”;D) leaflet“传单，散页印刷品，小册子”。此 题选C)。 【译文】在读完著名作家所著书的摘要一段时间后，男孩决定开始读原著。 52. A) 考点 名词辨析。A) reflection(1)“印象，倒映”(2)“反射”(3)“反映，表达”(4)“深思，考虑，反省”;B) demonstration(1)“论证，证明”(2)“说明，演示”(3)“显示，表露”;C) illumination(1)“照明，照亮”(2)“阐明，启发”;D) reproduction (1)“再生(产)，再生产过程”(2)“繁殖，生殖”(3)“复制，复制品”。此题选A)，是第三种意思。 【译文】我认为，电影中关于人才市场的一些观点反映了现实生活中大学生毕业后想找一份好工作的困难。 53. D) 考点 名词辨析。A) perspective(1)“视角，观点，想法”(2)“远景，景观”(3)“透视画法，透视图”;B) view(1)“看法，见解，观点”(2)“观察，视域，眼界”(3)“景色，风景”;C) landscape(1)“风景，景色”(2)“风景画”(3)“全景”;D) scene(1)“(戏剧的)一场，(电影、电视的)一个镜头，(小说等的)一节”(2)“(戏剧、事件等发生的)地点，背景，现场”(3)“景色，景象”(4)“舞台”。D)为正确答案，是第三种意思。 【译文】诗中他描绘了女孩子们在早春荡秋千的快乐景象。 54. B) 考点 名词辨析。A) scale(1)“大小，规模”(2)“等级，级别”(3)“刻度，标度”;B) pattern(1)“型，模式，样式”(2)“花样，图案”;C) grade(1)“等级，级别”(2)“成绩，分数”(3)“(学校的)年级”;D) rank(1)“军衔，职衔”(2)“地位，社会阶层”(3)“排，行列”。此题选B)，为第一种意思。该词意为事情发生或做事情的重复或有规律的方法。 【译文】社会根本变化引起的乡村普通生活的改变速度要慢于城市。 55. A) 考点 副词辨析。A) spontaneously(1)“自发地，无意识地”(2)“自然的，天真率直的”;B) simultaneously “同时发生的，同时存在的，同步的”;C) homogeneously“同种类的，同性质的;有相同特征的”;D) instantaneously “瞬间的，即刻的”。经典题目，选A)。 【译文】与人们普通的认识相反，流行病不会在自然灾害后自然而然地发生。 56. B) 考点 动