PART I LISTENING COMPREHENSION (15 minutes, 15 points)
Section A ( l point each)
Directions: In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said .The questions and the conversations will be spoken only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D on your Answer Sheet.
1. A. With special greetings. B. With an easy-going laugh.
C. With routine remarks. D. With a funny story.
2. A. Neither of the speakers wants to work too hard.
B. Working is the woman's whore life, too.
C. Both of the speakers hate to work.
D. The man likes to play against others.
3. A. She thinks they are expensive. B. She doesn't think they are expensive.
C. She thinks some are net expensive, D. She has no idea about this.
4. A. He needs to check with his secretary.
B. He wants to discuss with her about the day for the meeting.
C. The meeting should be delayed or even canceled.
D. He does not want to attend the meeting.
5. A. A newspaper reporter. B. A telephone operator.
C. A house-selling agent. D. An insurance agent.
6. A. Finding a book in the library. B. Making a phone call.
C. Seeing a doctor in a hospital. D. Solving an arithmetic problem.
7. A. She prefers the stadium. B. She agrees with the man.
C. The light isn't bright enough. D. The dining room isn't large enough.
8. A. She got married. B. She worked for the police.
C. She visited Russia. D. She learned French.
9. A. In a classroom, B. In a restaurant
C. In a movie theater. D. In the post office.
Section B (1 point each)
Directions: In this section, you will hear two short passages. At the end of each passage, there will be some questions. Both the passages and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter A. B, C or D on your Answer Sheet.
Passage 1 Question 10 through 12 are based on the following passage.
10. A. Because there are many developing nations.
B. Because nature is more powerful than man.
C. Because we are developing more and more industry.
D. Because it is already too late for us to do anything.
11. A. A modem way of life. B. The future of our children.
C. Our health and good food. D. Clean air and pure water.
12. A. Man knows where society is going.
B. Man can do little to prevent pollution.
C. The development of technology is exciting.
D. The future of modern society is saddening.
Passage 2 Questions 13 through 15 are based on the following passage.
13. A. One-half. B. One-fourth. C. One-third. D. One-fifth.
14. A. The same date of death. B. A private language.
C. The same dress. D. Different tooth structures.
15. A. They have the same blood type.
B. They occur randomly in the population.
C. They can be of different sex.
D. They may develop startling similarities later.
PART II VOCABULARY ( 10 minutes, 10 points)
Section A (0.5 point each )
Directions: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has one word or a set of words underlined. Below the sentence are foul' words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
16. Professor Baker came up with a new idea in his lecture yesterday.
A. abolished B. appreciated C. proposed D. cherished
17. The moon, the sun, and the visible planets were considered by the earliest observers to be divine objects.
A. orbital B. sacred C. fanciful D. magnified
t8. The quality of life for generations to come —— and the chance to solve conflict within nations and between them —— will depend on whether governments find ways of coping with accelerating urban growth.
A. tackling B. encountering C. confronting D. suppressing
19. The presumption on which human cloning rests is that all these cells, though now specialized, still contain exact copies of the original set of genetic instructions needed to make an entire individual.
A. consumption B. impression C. assumption D. interpretation
20. Psychologists tell us that to be happy we need a blend of. enjoyable leisure time and satisfying work.
A. conservation B. mixture C. substitution D. sort
21. The book is full of ideas presented through images, shedding light on philosophy through the aids of fables.
A. rumors B. theories C. instances D. tales
22. As a result, the president's action was denounced in all the newspapers.
A. condemned B. applauded C. announced D. acknowledged
23. In 1963, Maria Mayer was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for-her findings on the constituents of the atomic nucleus.
A. discovery B. dimensions C. components D. connotations
24. The process of respiration consists of two independent actions, inhaling and exhaling.
A. dreaming B. coughing C. reflecting D. breathing
25. Mutual respect offers a basis for making a plural society —— which is what the global neighborhood is —— not only stable but also one that values and is enriched by its diversity.
A. variety B. unity C. warranty D. vicinity
Section B (0.5 point each,)
Direction: There are ten sentences in this section. Each sentence has something omitted. Choose the word or words from the four choices given to best complete each sentence. Mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
26. They began constructing this bridge in 1960, but several years __ before the project was completed.
A. elapsed B. proceeded C. relayed D. faded
27. Such living conditions __ social and welfare problems.
A. give rise to B. give permission to C. give credit to D. give attention to
28. Many university courses are not really __ to the needs of students or their future employers,
A. adjusted B. qualified C. associated D. geared
29. Surrounding the business and shopping center we usually find the __ and industrial belts.
A. inhabited B. residential C. habitual D. dwelling
30. The research center is now __ with a German university to analyze the data collected.
A. collaborating B. contacting C. connecting D. associating
31. The country will take further measures to ease the "green-house effect" such, as expanding afforestation, spreading cleaner production technology and ___ birth control.
A. intensifying B. condensing. C. restricting D. subjecting
32. The Texas Opera Theater was established as a(n) of the Houston Grand Opera in order to give young singers performing experience.
A. agency B. association C. establishment D. subsidiary
33. Bodies with like electrical charges each other, and those with unlike charges attract each other.
A. replicate B. reproduce C. repel D. reproach
34. In spite of the diversity of' subjects and backgrounds, the essays and poems can be ____ classified under the title of local-flavor literature.
A. by and large B. by far C. at large D. at any rate
35. Having a strong character, the crippled girl doesn't want to be ___ her boyfriend.
A. in memory of B. at the mercy of C. in respect of D. at the risk of
PART III CLOZETEST (10 minutes, 15 points)
Direction: Read the passage through. Then go back and choose one item of suitable word(s) marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word(s) you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet.
With so many potential problems perhaps cloning research should be banned. "But this is not a technique 36 for reproductive purposes," argues Robert G. Mckirmelk professor of genetics and cell biology at the University of Minnesota. "It is a tool for achieving a new 37 of biology at the most fundamental level." Adds Beatrice Mintz, "Our 38 is not to clone a human being, but to cure human disease."
Already biologists studying the cell's inner 39 and the various methods of cloning have made discoveries that may 40 lead to breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, 41 of the aging process, and the conquest of more than 100 presently 42 human generic diseases. Cloning may 43 bring about new strains of livestock. At Yale, 44 , Market is working toward the cloning of such animals as cattle and pigs.
To 45 cloning-related research would mean closing the door 46 an important area of knowledge. To continue to probe the secrets of the cell, 47 , is perhaps to uncover the secret of human cloning. And 48 the nature of man, if it can be done it will be done.
What then is the answer?
Says Congressman Rogers, "It is clear that human cloning is 49 possible. The day when it will be——if ever——is far off. For now, at least the benefits of cell-biology research 50 the risks.".
36. A. regulated B. developed C. manufactured D. assigned
37. A. identificationB. reasoning C. understanding D. recognition
38. A. reaction B. objective C. objection D. realization
39. A. services B. arranging C. workings D. situations
40. A. absolutely B. necessarily C. ultimately D. naturally
41. A. hindrance B. withdrawal C. obstacle D. control
42. A. practical B. impractical C. curable D. incurable
43. A. yet B. still C. not D. also
44. A. no wonder B. for example C. no doubt D. for sure
45. A. retain B. restrict C. refrain D. resume
46. A. to B. for C. of D. on
47. A. however B. furthermore C. therefore D. moreover
48. A. presuming B. given C. supposing D. provided
49. A. in fact B. not yet C. till now D. as yet
50. A. overreach B. outgrow C. outweigh D. overcome PART IV READING COMPREHENSION (45 minutes, 30 points)
Directions: in this part of the test, there are five passages for you to read. Read each passage Carefully, and then do the questions their follow. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D, and Mark the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
(1)
Fifty volunteers were alphabetically divided into two equal groups, Group A to participate in a 7 week exercise program, and Group B to avoid deliberate exercise of any sort during those 7 weeks. On the day before the exercise program began, all 50 men participated in a step test. This consisted of stepping up and down on a 16-inch bench at 30 steps a minute for 5 minutes. One minute after completion of the step-test, the pulse rate of each subject was taken and recorded. This served as the pretest for the experiment. For the next 7 weeks, subjects in the experiment group (Group A) rode an excercycle (a motor-driven bicycle-type exercise machine) for 15 minutes each day. Thc exercise schedule called for riders to ride relaxed during the first day's ride, merely holding onto the handle bars and foot pedals as the machine moved. Then. for the next 3 days, they rode relaxed for 50 seconds of each minute, and pushed, pulled, and pedaled actively for 10 seconds of each minute. The ratio of active riding was increased every few days, so that by the third week it was half of each minute, and by the seventh week the riders were performing 15 solid minutes of active riding.
At the end of the 7 weeks, the step-test was again given to both groups of subjects, and their pulses taken. The post-exercise pulse rates of subjects in the experimental group were found to have decreased an average of 30 heart beats per minute, with the lowest decrease 28 and the highest decrease 46. The pulse rates of subjects in the control group remained the same or changed no more than 4 beats with an average difference between the initial and final tests or zero.
5 I. How many people were in each group?
A. 100 B. 50 C. 25 D. 15
52. The step-test was given
A. after each exercise period.
B. at the beginning and at the end of the seven week period.
C. only once, at the beginning of the seven week period.
D. twice to the men in Group A and once to the men in Group B.
53. When were pulse rates taken?
A. After every exercise period.
B. Every. day.
C. After the step-tests.
D. Every time the ration of active riding was increased.
54. The exercise schedule was planned so that the amount of active riding
A. increased every few days.
B. varied from day to day.
C. increased until the third week and then was kept constant.
D. increased every exercise period.
55. What did Group A do in their program?
A. They stepped up and down on a belch each day.
B. They pushed and pulled on exercise handles every, day.
C. They refrained from any exercise.
D. They rode on an excercyclc every day.
56. The post-exercise pulse rates of Group B were found on the average to have
A. not changed. B. gone down 28 beats per minute.
C. gone down 30 beats per minute. D. gone down 4 beats per minute.
(2)
Large companies need a way to reach the savings of the public at large. The same problem, on a smaller scale, faces practically every, company trying to develop new products and create new jobs. There can be little prospect of raising the sort of sums needed from friends and people we know; and while banks may agree to provide short-term finance, they are generally unwilling to provide money on a permanent basis for long-term projects. So companies turn to the public, inviting people to lend them money, or take a share in the business in exchange for a shoe in future profits. This they do by issuing stocks and shares in the business through The Stock Exchange. By doing so they can put into circulation the savings of individuals and institutions, both at home and overseas.
When the saver needs his money back., he does not have to go to the company with whom he originally placed it. Instead, he sells his shares through a stockbroker to some other saver who is seeking to invest his money.
Many of the services needed both by industry and by each of us are provided by the Government or by local authorities. Without hospitals, roads, electricity, telephones, railways, this country could not function. All these require continuous spending on new equipment and new development if they are to serve us properly, requiring more money than is raised through taxes alone. The Government, local authorities, and nationalized industries therefore frequently need to borrow money to finance major capital spending, and they, too, come to The Stock Exchange.
There is hardly a man or woman in this country whose job or whose standard of living does not depend on the ability of his or her employers to raise money to finance new development. In one way or another this new money must come from the savings of the country. The Stock Exchange exists to provide a channel through which these savings can reach those who need finance.
57. Almost all companies involved in new production and development must
A. rely on their own financial resources.
B. persuade the banks to provide long-term finance.
C. borrow large sums of money from friends and people they know.
D. depend on the population as a whole for finance.'
58. The money which enables these companies to go ahead with their projects is
A. repaid to its original owners as soon as possible.
B. raised by the selling of shares in the companies.
C. exchanged for part of the ownership.
D. invested in different companies on The Stock Exchange.
59. When the savers want their money back they
A. ask another company to obtain their money for them.
B. look for other people to borrow money from.
C. put their shares in the company back on the market.
D. transfer their money to a more successful company.
60. All the essential services on which we depend are
A. run by the Government or our local authorities.
B. in constant need of financial support.
C. financed wholly by rates and taxes.
D. unable to provide for the needs of the population.
61. The Stock Exchange. makes it possible for the Government, local authorities and nationalized industries to
A. borrow as much money as they wish.
B. make certain everybody saves money.
C. raise money to finance new developments.
D. make certain everybody lends money to them.
62. It is implied that the money loaned from the public will help, in return,
A. improve their life and employment prospects.
B. increase their savings by accumulating interests.
C. reduce tax payment on the average.
D. monitor the business management.
(3)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a member of the Academie Francaise, died in Pans in the early morning of June 25, 1997, and was accorded a memorial Mass attended by French President Jaeqes Chirac at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, an honor usually reserved for heads of state.
A new era of exploration of the strange and wonderful world covering nearly three-fourths of our planet had begun in the summer of. 1943 in a secluded .French Riviera cove when Cousteau, the Adam of a submerged Garden of Eden before the Fall, first slipped into the sea wearing his Aqua-Lung, the simple but elegant invention that enabled humans to take their breath with them beneath the sea.
Cousteau had dreamed, literally, of flying free under water, swimming horizontally like a fish, weightless, and maneuvering easily in three dimensions. He wanted nothing to do with the divers in standard diving dress, heavy feet, with their rubberized canvas suits, copper helmets,and lead-soled boots, making their ponderous way across the seabed, dragging their lifelines and air hoses behind them. He knew what he wanted, but it did not exist: self-contained compressed-air cylinders and a valve with hoses and mouthpiece that would feed turn air only on the intake, at the pressure of the surrounding sea, shutting off the flow when he exhaled.
Taking his idea to Pads engineer Emile Gagnan, he was astonished when Gagnan showed him a Bakelite valve, saying: "Something like this?" It was the demand valve for a device to enable cooking gas to be burned in motor cars in gasoline-scarce wartime France.
For human use the pioneers designed a spring-loaded diaphragm open to the sea. As the diver descended, increasing sea pressure automatically released air at greater volume and pressure, keeping the diver safely and comfortably in balance with the sea. Today millions of divers wear this device without a thought, but at the time the Aqua-Lung was epic-making. It opened the submarine world to a new age of discovery.
63. Cousteau was given a special honor after death mainly because he was
A. a member of the French Academy. B. a close friend of the President's.
C. one of the state political leaders. D. an outstanding inventor of the time.
64. Cousteau succeeded in
A. improving the standard diving dress.
B. creating the copper helmets and canvas suits.
C. using lifelines and air hoses underwater.
D. designing equipment for breathing underwater.
65. Gagnan helped Cousteau to solve the problem of
A. the cylinder that contained compressed air.
B. the valve that would close and open automatically.
C. the rubberized canvas suit that was heavy to wear.
D. the mouthpiece that would feed the diver with air.
66. Cousteau was astonished to see a Bakelite valve because
A. he did not expect it to be the very thing he needed.
B. Gagnan showed him something he had never seen before.
C. it was something that most people would like to have.
D. he did not expect his friend to be so intelligent.
67. Thanks to Cousteau's contribution, man can
A. breathe: more easily on land. B. use cooking gas to run motor cars.
C. swim like a fish in the sea. D. explore the seabed like a bus passenger.
68. Named as the "Adam era submerged Garden of Eden",
A. Cousteau was the first person to slip into the sea with Aqua-Lung.
B. Gagnan was the first person who discovered a new car fuel.
C. Chiroe was the first French President to attend a memorial Mass.
D. Cousteau was one of the great men born in a secluded French Riviera bay.
(4)
When concerned parents protest the excessive sex or violence on television, they often seek control of television from some outside agency: Our research, however, suggests that the most effective control of TV's influence on children can be exerted from within the home.
We have found that there is major obstacle that parents need to overcome in connection with TV viewing. Surprisingly enough, we are going to advocate that parents act rudely——at least as far as the TV set is concerned. Most of us have been socialized ill our lives with the warning, "Don't interrupt when someone else is speaking." Yet our ancestors never imagined a mechanical visitor sitting in the middle of our home 'who talks without stop and never allows the listener an opportunity to put a word in edgewise.
During our research, we found upon questioning parents that they usually reacted to TV content they disliked or disagreed with by remaining silent. This brings to mind an old saying that parents might well be advised to consider," Silence gives consent."
We advocate loud reactions and exclamations of disapproval when something is presented on TV which is in opposition to the family's values or offends them in any way. Similarly, when a program is in accordance with the family's views, parents should approve of its content—— and applaud loudly. There is much that Shakespearean audiences of old could teach us in regard to such spontaneous, public reactions. Silence is misleading to our children.
This process of direct intervention——vocal approval or disapproval of TV content—— is highly effective with young children, because they are curious, learning rapidly and ready to place a great deal of confidence in the information and attitudes of their parents and other significant adults, such as teachers. For teenagers indirect intervention is recommended, because this group is more resistant to adult statements and does not like to be "lectured."
Indirect intervention is the practice of making comments about TV to other members of the family, but in such a way that teenager is sure to overhear the comments.
Our research shows that through such parental comments of approval or disapproval, adults can dramatically influence the information their children receive and retain from watching TV.
69. We may infer from the first paragraph that parents
A. find that their children like to watch those sex or violence TV programs.
B. hope that school or society can do something to control bad TV programs.
C. feel that they can exert some influences on their children at home only.
D. realize that there is a generation gap between them and their children.
70. By advocating that parents act rudely, the author means that parents
A. shouldn't conceal their motions about some of the programs.
B. shouldn't hesitate to take control over the TV set at least,
C. should punish children for not listening to them.
D. should act as our ancestors did in respecting others in conversation.
71. The passage implies that the audiences in Shakespearean time
A. were easily satisfied. B. were uncritical but loud.
C. were critical and loud. D. were critical but silent.
72. Indirect intervention works best with
A. young children. B. adults.
C. all the members in the family. D. teenagers.
73. If parents remain silent about offensive TV contents,
A. children may mistakenly think it all right for them to watch those programs.
B. teenagers may become more resistant to their parents' attitude.
C. young children may place more confidence in their parents' information.
D. they lose a good chance to "lecture" their children.
74. With which of the following topics is the passage mainly concerned?
A. Research on TV influence.
B. Sex and violence on TV.
C. Parents protest against sex and violence on TV.
D. Control of TV influence on children.
(5)
The scientific pipeline in America is drying up: the retirement of aging U.S. scientists, a shortage of new and young scientists because of the low birth rate in the '60s and '70s, and the homeward migration of many U.S.-educated foreigners. The result could be a shortfall of between 450,000 and 750,000 American scientists and mathematicians by the year 2000. The science deficit threatens America's competitiveness with rising technological giants like Japan, South Korea and Germany.
How did America, birthplace of Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers, come to such a pass? One reason is lack of consistent financial support for science education. Funding for the
National Science Foundation used to be between $18 million to $130 million, but by recent years financing for NSF's education division had fallen to almost zero, and Congress had to fight to revive it over the protests of the federal government.
Some experts, though probably a minority, argue that funding is not the critical problem, or is not the only reason why U.S. scientists are becoming a scarce commodity. The image of scientists is less prominent than it was in the '50s and '60s, when men and women in lab coats were seen as national heroes helping the U.S. beat the Soviets in all kinds of scientific and technological competitions. Today the country's brightest aspire to be bankers and lawyers, not chemists or rocket designers.
Capable science teachers are difficult to find, in part because school salaries are no match for the incomes to be made at any of those business companies. As a result, the men and women who do choose the classroom over the corporate lab are often poor role models for potential young scientists. According to a survey of.1993, half of the country's newly employed math and science teachers are not qualified to teach theft subjects.
Many worried U.S. educators and business executives have concluded that America's shrinking scientific capital is too important a problem to be left to state legislatures and local communities. If a national dialogue on ways to improve education were to be opened, science instruction would be sure to be a major topic of discussion. "Science and math are the substance of this age, just as exploration and warfare were the substance of other ages." says William Baker, former chairman of AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories. "Science is the way to prepare Americans for the 21th century."
75. Which of the following does the author seem to worry about?
A. The dried pipelines in American homes.
B. The weakening of America's competitiveness in science.
C. The incapability of state legislatures to solve problems.
D. The immigration of many educated foreigners into the U.S.
76. Thomas Edison and the Wright brothers are mentioned in the passage to indicate that
A. they, as great scientists and inventors, were born in America.
B. they once helped America to be competitive in science and technology.
C. America has historically been a place for great scientists and inventors.
D. America's supremacy in science and technology was something in the past.
77. What is NOT mentioned as a cause for the decline of science education in America'?
A. Insufficient funding
B. Loss of favor for the science profession.
C. Unqualified science teachers.
D. Neglect of Congress
78. Many good science .graduates don't want to be scientists because
A. professors do not make as much money as bankers do.
B. the career of a banker seems more challenging.
C. few can become capable or prominent scientists.
D. they are more interested in becoming rocket designers.
79. It is implied by the author that the shortfall of scientists should be the concern of
A. all educational institutions.
B. the federal and state governments.
C. state legislatures and local communities.
D. the American nation as a whole.
80. At the end of the passage William Baker was quoted to show that science
A. is vitally important for the Americans.
B. will lend America into world dominance.
C. should be explored in all ages.
D. used to be substantially useful in wars.
PAPER TWO
PART V TRANSLATION (40 minutes, 20 points)
Section A (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Put the following passage into Chinese. Write your Chinese version in the proper space on Answer Sheet 1I.
Language was the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another. Although it was primarily spoken, it could be transferred to other media, such as writing. The immense merit of language was that it made possible the transmission of experience. What had been learned in one generation could be passed on whole to the next. Instruction could in large measure replace personal experience. Writing, even more than speech, made possible the creation of a storehouse of knowledge, and the supplementing memory by means of records. It was this facility of preserving what individuals had found out that, more than anything else, made human progress possible.
Section B (20 minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Put the following paragraph into English. Write your English version in the proper space on Answer Sheet II,
过去的科学家用他们的思想奠定了人类进步的基础。但这些思想有时却须经过若干年才能被人们充分理解。有了计算机,科学家的各种设想就可以比以往任何时候都更迅速地得到检验、传播及应用。
PART VI, WRITING (30minutes, 10 points)
Directions: Study the picture below and write a short essay in at least 120 words to cover the following points:
1) What message is the picture giving?
2) From your own experience, comment on the message. 3) Suggest some solutions to the problem.
Key For your Reference
PartⅠ Listening Comprehension
1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. A 9. A
10. C 11.A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
Part Ⅱ Vocabulary
16. C 17. B 18. A 19. C 20. B 21. D 22. A 23. C 24. D 25. A
26. A 27. A 28. D 29. B 30. A 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. A 35. B
Part Ⅲ Cloze Test
36. B 37. C 38. B 39. C 40. C 41. D 42. D 43. D 44. B 45. B
46. A 47. A 48. B 49. B 50. C
Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension
51. C 52. B 53. C 54. A 55. D 56. A 57. D 58. B 59. C 60. B
61. C 62. A 53. D 64. D 65. B 66. A 67. C 68. A 69. B 70. A
71. C 72. D 73. A 74. D 75. B 76. C 77. D 78. A 79. D 80. A
Part V Translation
Section A: English to Chinese
语言是人类彼此交流的主要手段。尽管语言主要通过说话来表达,它也可以转换成其他方式进行,如文字/书写。语言的特大优点就是它能使经验得到传播。一代人所学会的东西可以完整无缺地传给下一代。教学在很大程度上可以替代个人经验。文字甚至比话语更有助于人类建设知识宝库,它还能通过记录的手段辅助记忆。正是有了这种积累个人经验的便利条件,才使人类的进步成为可能。
Section B: Chinese to English
Scientists of the past had laid the foundation for human advances with their ideas, but their ideas sometimes had to wait for years be{ore they were fully understood. With the computer, the perceptions of scientists can be tested, distributed and applied more rapidly than ever before.
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