2003年1月
1. A) It has nothing to do with the Internet.
B) She needs another week to get it ready.
C) It contains some valuable ideas.
D) It's far from being ready yet.
2. A) The woman is strict with her employees.
B) The man always has excuses for being late.
C) The woman is a kind-hearted boss.
D) The man's alarm clock didn't work that morning.
3. A) The woman should try her luck in the bank nearby.
B) The bank around the corner is not open today.
C) The woman should use dollars instead of pounds.
D) The bank near the railway station closes late.
4. A) Make an appointment with Dr. Chen.
B) Wait for about three minutes.
C) Call again some times later.
D) Try dialing the number again.
5. A) He is sure they will succeed in the next test.
B) He did no better than the woman in the test.
C) He believes she will pass the test this time.
D) He felt upset because of her failure.
6. A) The woman has to attend a summer course to graduate.
B) The man thinks the woman can earn the credits.
C) The woman is begging the man to let her pass the exam.
D) The woman is going to graduate from summer school.
7. A) Fred is planning a trip to Canada.
B) Fred usually flies to Canada with Jane.
C) Fred persuaded Jane to change her mind
D) Fred likes the beautiful scenery along the way to Canada.
8. A) Hang some pictures for decoration.
B) Find room for the paintings.
C) Put more coats of paint on the wall.
D) Paint the walls to match the furniture.
9. A) He'll give a lecture on drawing.
B) He doesn't mind if the woman goes to the lecture.
C) He'd rather not go to the lecture.
D) He's going to attend the lecture.
10. A) Selecting the best candidate.
B) Choosing a campaign manager.
C) Trying to persuade the woman to vote for him.
D) Running for chairman of the student union.
11. A) To study the problems of local industries.
B) To find ways to treat human wastes.
C) To investigate the annual catch of fish in the Biramichi River.
D) To conduct a study on fishing in the Biramichi River.
12. A) Lack of oxygen. C) Low water level.
B) Overgrowth of water plants. D) Serious pollution upstream.
13. A) They'll be closed down.
B) They're going to dismiss some of their employees.
C) They'll be moved to other places.
D) They have no money to build chemical treatment plants.
14. A) There were fewer fish in the river.
B) Over-fishing was prohibited.
C) The local Chamber of Commerce tried to preserve fishes.
D) The local fishing cooperative decided to reduce its catch.
15. A) Oral instructions recorded on a tape.
B) A brief letter sealed in an envelope.
C) A written document of several pages.
D) A short note to their lawyer.
16. A) Refrain from going out with men for five years.
B) Stop wearing any kind of fashionable clothes.
C) Bury the dentist with his favorite car.
D) Visit his grave regularly for five years.
17. A) He was angry with his selfish relatives.
B) He was just being humorous.
C) He was not a wealthy man.
D) He wanted to leave his body for medical purposes.
18. A) They thought it quite acceptable.
B) They believed it to be a luxury.
C) They took it to be a trend.
D) They considered it avoidable.
19. A) Critical. C) Sceptical. B) Serious. D) Casual.
20. A) When people consider marriage an important part of their lives.
B) When the costs of getting a divorce become unaffordable.
C) When the current marriage law is modified.
D) When husband and wife understand each other better.
答案:
1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. D
11. D 12. A 13. D 14. A 15. C 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. A
2003年1月听力原文
Section A
1. M: How well are you prepared for your presentation? Your turn comes next Wednesday.
W: I spent a whole week searching on the Net, but came up with nothing valuable.
Q: What does the woman say about her presentation?
2. W: Good morning, Jack. Late again? What is the excuse this time?
M: I'm awfully sorry. I must have turned the alarm off and gone back to sleep again.
Q: What so we learn from the conversation?
3、 W: Excuse me. But could you tell me where I can change American dollars into British pounds?
M: There's a bank round the corner. But I'm afraid it's already past its closing time. Why don't you try the one near the railway station?
Q: What dose the man mean?
4、 M: Could I speak to Dr. Chen? She told me to call her today.
W: She's not available right now. would you like to try around three?
Q: What does the woman tell the man to do?
5、W: Oh, dear. I'm afraid I fail again in the national test. It's the third time I took it.
M: Don't be too upset. I have the same fate. Let's try the fourth time.
Q: What does the man mean?
6、 W: Professor Smith, I really need the credits to graduate this summer.
M: Here in this school the credits are earned, not given.
Q: What do we learn from the conversation?
7、 M: How did you go to Canada, Jane? Did you fly?
W: I was planning to, because of such a long trip by bus or by train. But Fred decided to drive me to join him. It took us two days and a night.
Q: What can we infer from the conversation?
8、 M: How do you like the way I've arranged the furniture in my living room?
W: Fine, but I think the walls could do with a few paintings.
Q: What does the woman suggest the man do?
9、 W: I don't imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on drawing, do you?
M: Oh, yes, I do, now that you remind me of it.
Q: What do we learn about the man from the conversation?
10. M: You are my campaign manager. What do you think we should do to win the election? I'm convinced I'm the best candidate for the chairman of the student union.
W: We won't be able to win unless we get the majority votes from the women students.
Q: What is the man doing?
Section B
Passage One
There are some serious problems in the Biramichi River. The local Chamber of Commerce, which represents the industries in the area, hired me as a consultant to do a one-year study on fishing in the Biramichi River and write a report for them. This is my report.
One of the major problems in the Biramichi River, is that the level of the oxygen in the water is too low. Several chemicals have displaced the oxygen. This chemical pollution has two sources: The factories which dump polluted water directly into the river and the local community, which dumps untreated human wastes into the river. The local town government has already spent 2 million dollars on waste water treatment projects. But it would cost another 27 million to complete the projects. It would take at least 15 years for the town to collect enough revenue from taxes to complete these projects. The factories here employed 17 000 people, and in the area where there is very little alternative employment, it is not economically practical to close or relocate the factories. Also, the factories can not afford to finance chemical treatment plants by themselves.
Another problem is that the members of the Biramichi fishing cooperative are overfishing. Fishes are caught when they are on the way upstream to lay eggs. Consequently, not enough fish are left to reproduce in large numbers. The members of the cooperative say that they have already reduced their annual catch by 60 percent. However, my study indicates that they took fewer fish because there were fewer fish to catch, not because they were trying to preserve fishes.
Passage Two
Everybody has to die someday. But nobody likes to think about it. Even so, at some time in their lives most people manage to think about the question of how to make a will.
If you have already made yours, it's probably just a few pages of wring, stating that you wish to leave everything to your family. That's the kind of will that the majority of people make. However, there are plenty of ways to make your will more interesting if you want to.
To begin with, you don't have to write it on paper. One man wrote his will on an envelope, another on a door, and the third on an egg. For some people, the most important part of their will is the part that says how they want to be buried. Mrs . Sundrew West, a rich widow from Texas, decided that she wanted to be buried with her favorite car. In 1973, Mr. Green, a dentist from England, left most of his money to the nurse who worked for him if, in 5 years, she wouldn't wear any kind of make-up or jewelry or go out with men.
Finally, let's hope that your will is not like that of Dr. Wagner, who lived in America one hundred years ago. His family, who had not been to see him for years, suddenly began to visit him when he became ill. What was worse, each person suggested to Dr. Wagner that they would like something to remember him by when he died. Greatly annoyed with them, Dr. Wagner wrote a will that would do this: To each of his four brothers, he left one of his legs or arms. His nephew got his nose, and his two nieces each got an ear, his teeth went to his cousins. Then he set aside one thousand dollars to pay for cutting up his body and the rest of his money, he left to the poor.
Passage Three
In recent years, there has been an unusually large number of divorces in the United States. In the past, when two people married each other, they intended to stay together for life. While today many people marry, believing that they can always get divorced if their marriage does not work out.
In the past, a large majority of Americans frowned on the idea of divorce. Furthermore, many people believed that getting a divorce was a luxury that only the rich could afford. Indeed, getting a divorce is very expensive. However, since so many people have begun to take a more casual view of marriage, it is interesting to know that the costs of getting a divorce are lower. In fact, wherever you go in the United States today, it is not unusual to see newspaper ads that provide information on how and where to get a cheap divorce.
Hollywood has always been known as the divorce capital of the world. The divorce rate among the movie stars is so high that it is difficult to know who is married to whom. Today, many movie stars change husbands and wives as though they were changing clothes. Until marriage again becomes a serious and important part of people's lives, we will probably continue to see a high rate of divorce.
小短文题目分布特征:
在新题当中. 基本上一篇文章会有3至4道题目, 那么根据顺序原则, 开头会有一道题目, 结尾会有一道题目, 中间会有1至2道题目.
Test 3 Passage 3
To be successful in a job interview, you should demonstrate certain personal and professional qualities. You need to create a good image in the limited time available, usually from 30 to 45 minutes. You must make a positive impression which the interviewer will remember while he interviews other candidates. The following are some qualities you should especially pay attention to during an interview.
20. What is the main idea of the short talk you have just heard?
A) Professional knowledge is a decisive factor in job interview.
B) Finding a job is more difficult than one can imagine.
C) A job seeker should create a good image during an interview.
D) Self-confidence is most important for a job seeker.
[答案：C]
Test 6 Passage 2
You should not fear spiders because of their poison. Of all the spiders in North
America, only one kind is really dangerous and most would not bite even if they were
handled. They much prefer to run away or to drop to the ground on a thread of silk.
Even so, when a spider runs directly toward a person, it gives the impression that it is
about to attack. Actually, it cannot see the person in its way. The spider is too
shortsighted to see things at a distance. It only wants to go where it will not be
disturbed. In the United States one kind of spider is responsible for the frightening
reputation of the rest. It is the Black Widow. So called because the female, which is
larger than the male, often eats her husband after making love. The Black Widow is
found in all states but is most common in the south and the west. She constructs a loose,
irregular web under a pile of rowans or near the foundations of buildings where she is
seldom disturbed.
15. What is this passage mainly about?
A) How to handle spiders.
B) Spiders in the United States.
C) People's fear of spiders.
D) A special kind of spider.
[答案：D]
04年6月
Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too
expensive for most people. If you’re invited to a yuppie dinner party, don’t be surprised
if you’re offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course. While the idea of eating fired
insects fills most of us with horror, insect-eating is becoming highly fashionable. For
example, in the media industry, successful executives are often seen to eat fried or
boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. These safe-to-eat insects
can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to exotic
food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties.
Although the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people
would claim that pigs, chickens, and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of
great beauty. One day, insects could be marketed and sold as food item in supermarkets.
According to their fans, they are not only high in protein and low in fat, but also very
tasty. But until our attitudes to food change
17. [A] It will be consumed by more and more young people.
[B] It will become the first course at dinner parties.
[C] It will have to be changed to suit local tastes.
[D] It is unlikely to be enjoyed by most people.
[答案：A]
Jane Addams came from a well_to_do and cultured family. She was so distressed
about the misery of poor people that she left her fine home to spend her life in the slums
of Chicago. In 1889 she established a settlement house where she initiated many
projects such as hot_lunch service for factory workers, day_care centres for little
children, free classes for young people and adults, a gymnasium, and an art gallery.
Immigrants and other poor people came to her settlement house for advice and help, as
well as for fun. Jane Addams was also active in fighting against the use of child labour
and against war. She worked for women's right to vote and for improving the situation
of the blacks, she initiated country vacation programs for poor city children.
Jane Addams had great influence on the development of social work in the United
States and in other parts of the world. She promoted the idea of responsibility for the
welfare of the poor. Settlement houses of a similar kind were founded in many poor
neighbourhoods to make the lives of the poor more meaningful.
In 1931, Jane Addams was awarded the Nobel Prize for what she had done for
society.
20. What is the passage mainly about?
A) Jane Adams' life story.
B) Jane Adams' struggle for women's liberation
C) Jane Adams' contributions to society.
D) Jane Adams' responsibility for the poor.
[答案：C]
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