2012年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷

2012年12月大学英语六级(CET-6)真题试卷 2012年12月大学英语六级考试CET6真题 Part I Writing (30 minutes) Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and Computer by commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not that the computer will begin to think like man, but that man will begin to think like the computer.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words. Man and Computer Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning) (15 minutes) 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 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage. Thirst grows for living unplugged More people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania. About a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited us took me aside. What he was most interested in, he began, was stillness and quiet. A few months later, I read an interview with the well-known cutting-edge designer Philippe Starck. What allowed him to remain so consistently ahead of the curve? “I never read any magazines or watch TV,” he said, perhaps with a little exaggeration. “Nor do I go to cocktail parties, dinners or anything like that.” He lived outside conventional ideas, he implied, because “I live alone mostly, in the middle of nowhere.” Around the same time, I noticed that those who part with $2,285 a night to stay in a cliff-top room at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California, pay partly for the privilege of not having a TV in their rooms; the future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts,” which charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in their rooms. Has it really come to this? The more ways we have to connect, the more of us seem desperate to unplug. Internet rescue camps in South Korea and China try to save kids addicted to the screen. Writer friends of mine pay good money to get the Freedom software that enables them to disable the very Internet connections that seemed so emancipating not long ago. Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers. Workers were not allowed to use the phone or send e-mail, but simply had the chance to clear their heads and to hear themselves think. The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen, Nicholas Carr notes in his book The Shallows. The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month. Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once. to find the time and space to think—is nothing new, The urgency of slowing down— of course, and wiser souls have always reminded us that the more attention we pay to the moment, the less time and energy we have to place it in some larger context. “Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries,” the French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.” He also famously remarked that all of man’s problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone. When telegraphs and trains brought in the idea that convenience was more important than content, Henry David Thoreau reminded us that “the man whose horse trots (奔跑), a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.” Marshall McLuhan, who came closer than most to seeing what was coming, warned, “When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.” We have more and more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we are so busy communicating. And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines. So what to do? More and more people I know seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation (沉思), or tai chi (太极) ;these aren’t New Age fads (时尚的事物) so much as ways to connect with what could be called the wisdom of old age. Two friends of mine observe an “Internet Sabbath (安息日)” every week, turning off their online connections from Friday night to Monday morning. Other friends take walks and “forget” their cellphones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown, Mr. Carr points out, that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy (同感，共鸣) ，as well as deep thought, depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are “inherently slow.” I turn to eccentric measures to try to keep my mind sober and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all (which is the only time when I can see what I should be entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot. None of this is a matter of asceticism (苦行主义) ;it is just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, or music. It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk (僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” It is vital, of course, to stay in touch with the world. But it is only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it. For more than 20 years, therefore, I have been going several times a year—often for no longer than three days—to a Benedictine hermitage (修道院) ，40 minutes down the road, as it happens, from the Post Ranch Inn. I don’t attend services when I am there, and I have never meditated, there or anywhere; I just take walks and read and lose myself in the stillness, recalling that it is only by stepping briefly away from my wife and bosses and friends that I will have anything useful to bring to them. The last time I was in the hermitage, three months ago, I happened to meet with a youngish-looking man with a 3-year-old boy around his shoulders. “You’re Pico, aren’t you?” the man said, and introduced himself as Larry; we had met, I gathered, 19 years before, when he had been living in the hermitage as an assistant to one of the monks. “What are you doing now?” I asked. We smiled. No words were necessary. “I try to bring my kids here as often as I can,” he went on. The child of tomorrow, I realized, may actually be ahead of us, in terms of sensing not what is new, but what is essential. 1. What is special about the Post Ranch Inn? 3. What does the French philosopher Blaise A) Its rooms are well furnished but dimly lit. Pascal say about distraction? B) It makes guests feel like falling into a black A) It leads us to lots of mistakes. hole. B) It renders us unable to concentrate. C) There is no access to television in its rooms. C) It helps release our excess energy. D) It provides all the luxuries its guests can think D) It is our greatest misery in life. of. 4. According to Marshall McLuhan, what will 2. What does the author say the children of happen if things come at us very fast? tomorrow will need most? A) We will not know what to do with our own A) Convenience and comfort in everyday life. lives. B) Time away from all electronic gadgets. B) We will be busy receiving and sending C) More activities to fill in their leisure time. messages. D) Greater chances for individual development. C) We will find it difficult to meet our deadlines. D) We will not notice what is going on around us. 5. What does the author say about yoga, meditation and tai chi? A) They help people understand ancient wisdom. B) They contribute to physical and mental health. C) They are ways to communicate with nature. D) They keep people from various distractions. 6. What is neuroscientist Antonio Demario’s finding? A) Quiet rural settings contribute a lot to long life. 8. In order to see the world whole, the author thinks it necessary to __________. 9. The author takes walks and reads and loses himself in the stillness of the hermitage so that he can bring his wife and bosses and friends ___________. 10. The youngish-looking man takes his little boy to the hermitage frequently so that when he grows up he will know __________. Part III Listening Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A B) One’s brain becomes sharp when it is activated. C) Eccentric measures are needed to keep one’s mind sober. D) When people think deeply, their neural processes are slow. 7. The author moved from Manhattan to rural Japan partly because he could _______. A) stay away from the noise of the big city. B) live without modern transportation. C) enjoy the beautiful view of the countryside. D) practice asceticism in a local hermitage Directions: 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. 11. A) Ask his boss for a lighter schedule. C) Do some shopping on their way home. B) Trade places with someone else. D) Have the groceries delivered to them. C) Accept the extra work willingly. 17. A) The hot weather in summer. D) Look for a more suitable job. B) The problem with the air conditioner. 12. A) It is unusual for his wife to be at home C) The ridiculous rules of the office. now. D) The atmosphere in the office. B) He is uncertain where his wife is at the 18. A) Set a new stone in her ring. moment. B) Find the priceless jewel she lost. C) It is strange for his wife to call him at work. C) Buy a ring with precious diamond. D) He does not believe what the woman has told D) Shop on Oxford Street for a decent gift. him. Questions 19 to 22 are based on the 13. A) The man is going to send out the memo conversation you have just heard. tomorrow. 19. A) Damaging public facilities. B) The man will drive the woman to the station. B) Destroying urban wildlife. C) The speakers are traveling by train tomorrow C) Organizing rallies in the park. morning. D) Hurting baby animals in the zoo. D) The woman is concerned with the man’s 20. A) He had bribed the park keepers to keep health. quiet. 14. A) The suite booked was for a different date. B) People had differing opinions about his B) The room booked was on a different floor. behavior. C) The room booked was not spacious enough. C) The serious consequences of his doings were not D) A suite was booked instead of a double room. fully realized. 15. A) The reason for low profits. D) His behavior was thought to have resulted from s sales policy. mental illness. B) The company’ C) The fierce competition they face. 21. A) Brutal. D) The lack of effective promotion. B) Justifiable. 16. A) Go and get the groceries at once. C) Too harsh. B) Manage with what they have. D) Well-deserved. 22. A) Encouraging others to follow his wrong-doing. B) Stealing endangered animals from the zoo. C) Organizing people against the authorities. D) Attacking the park keepers in broad daylight. Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard. 23. A) She has already left school. B) She works for the handicapped. C) She is fond of practical courses. D) She is good at foreign languages. 24. A) He is interested in science courses. Section B B) He attends a boarding school. C) He speaks French and German. D) He is the brightest of her three kids. 25. A) Comprehensive schools do not offer quality education. B) Parents decide what schools their children are to attend. C) Public schools are usually bigger in size than private schools. D) Children from low income families can’t really choose schools. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. A) Encourage the students to do creative D) His education and professorship at Babson thinking. College. B) Help the students to develop communication 28. A) Development of their raw brain power. skills. B) Exposure to the liberal arts and humanities. C) Cultivate the students’ ability to inspire C) Improvement of their ability in capital employees. management. D) Focus on teaching the various functions of D) Knowledge of up-to-date information business. technology. 27. A) His teaching career at the Harvard 29. A) Reports on business and government Business School. corruption. B) His personal involvement in business B) His contact with government and business management. circles. C) His presidency at college and experience C) Discoveries of cheating among MBA overseas. students. D) The increasing influence of the mass media. Passage Two Questions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. A) They have better options for their kids C) They take part-time jobs to support than colleges. themselves. B) The unreasonably high tuition is beyond their D) They think few of the courses worth means. studying. C) The quality of higher education may not be 32. A) Its samples are not representative enough. worth the tuition. B) Its significance should not be underestimated. D) They think that their kids should pay for their C) Its findings come as a surprise to many own education. parents. 31. A) They do too many extracurricular D) Its criteria for academic progress are activities. questionable. B) They tend to select less demanding courses. Passage Three Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. A) A newly married couple. 34. A) Obtain necessary information about your B) A business acquaintance. guests. C) Someone good at cooking. B) Collect a couple of unusual or exotic recipes. D) Someone you barely know. C) Buy the best meat and the freshest fruit. D) Try to improve your cooking skills. 35. A) Losing weight. B) Entertaining guests. Section C C) Making friends. D) Cooking meals. Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. People with disabilities comprise a large but diverse segment of the population. It is (36) ______ that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. (37) ______ half of these disabilities are “developmental,” i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, often from (38) ______ conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as (39) ______, communication and employment. Most other disabilities are considered (40) ______, i.e., caused by outside forces. Before the 20th century, only a small (41) ______ of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for such conditions as stroke or spinal cord (42) ______ was unavailable. People whose disabilities should not have inherently affected their life span were often so mistreated that they (43) ______. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which (44) . Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, get an education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability. (45) _____________________________________________________________________ __. Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions to advocate their rights to integration and meaningful equality of (规定)access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, and prohibited employment discrimination by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds. Part ? Reading Comprehension (Reading in Depth) (25 minutes) Section A Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. Questions 47 to 54 are based on the following passage. A key process in interpersonal interaction is that of social comparison, in that we evaluate ourselves in terms of how we compare to others. In particular, we engage in two types of comparison. First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc. Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group. For example, modest joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon (马拉松) runners. Second, we judge the extent to which we are the same as or different from others. At certain stages of life, especially adolescence, the pressure to be seen as similar to peers is immense. Thus, wearing the right brand of clothes or shoes may be of the utmost importance. We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people. This is part of the process of self-validation whereby we employ self-disclosures to seek support for our self-concept. People who do not have access to a good listener may not only be denied the opportunity to heighten their self-awareness, but they are also denied valuable feedback as to the validity and acceptability of their inner thoughts and feelings. By discussing these with others, we receive feedback as to whether these are experiences which others have as well, or whether they are less common. Furthermore, by gauging the reactions to our self-disclosures we learn what types are acceptable or unacceptable with particular people and in specific situations. On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help. Counsellors will be familiar with client statements such as: “I just couldn’t talk about this to my husband.”, “I really can’t let my mother know my true feelings.” Another aspect of social comparison in the counselling context relates to a technique known as normalizing. This is the process whereby helpers provide reassurance to clients that what they are experiencing is not abnormal or atypical (非典型的), but is a normal reaction shared by others when facing such circumstances. Patient disclosure, facilitated by the therapist, seems also to facilitate the process of normalizing. 47. To evaluate ourselves, the author thinks it important for us to compare ourselves with _______. 48. During adolescence, people generally feel an immense pressure to appear _______. 49. It is often difficult for people to heighten their self-awareness without _______. 50. What can people do if they find what they think or say unacceptable to family or friends? 51. Counsellors often assure their clients that what they experience themselves is only _______. Section B Directions: There are 2 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. Passage One Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage. Amid all the job losses, there’s one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans. From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs. Automation isn’t just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scan and read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers. “Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors,” says economics professor Edward Leamer. The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we’re producing as much as before, only with 6% fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing (外包) stealing far more jobs than automation. Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but that’s still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas. It’s not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. It’s that they’ re better. “In some cases the quality requirements are so exacting that even if you wanted to have a human do the job, you couldn’t,” Burnstein says. Same goes for surgeons, who’re using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Cruet. Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, which could be used as a messenger in a hospital. And once you’re home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so there’s no need to send someone to your house. That “mobile telepresence” could be useful at the office. If you’re away on a trip, you can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Ava’s screen. Is any job safe? I was hoping to say “journalist,” but researchers are already developing software that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands. 注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。 52. What do we learn from the first few paragraphs? A) The over-use of robots has done damage to American economy. B) It is hard for robots to replace humans in highly professional work. C) Artificial intelligence is key to future technological innovations. D) The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession. 53. What caused the greatest loss of jobs in America? A) Using microprocessors extensively. B) Moving production to other countries. C) The bankruptcy of many companies. D) The invasion of migrant workers. 54. What does Jeff Burnstein say about robots? A) They help companies to revive. B) They are cheaper than humans. C) They prevent job losses in a way. D) They compete with human workers. 55. Why are robotic systems replacing surgeons in more and more operations according to Dr. Myriam Cruet? A) They save lots of money for the patients. B) They beat humans in precision. C) They take less time to perform a surgery. D) They make operations less painful. 56. What does the author imply about robotics? A) It will greatly enrich literary creation. B) It will start a new technological revolution. C) It will revolutionize scientific research. D) It will be applied in any field imaginable. Passage Two:Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. You’ve now heard it so many times, you can probably repeat it in your sleep. President Obama will no doubt make the point publicly when he gets to Beijing: the Chinese need to consume more; they need—believe it or not—to become more like Americans, for the sake of the global economy. And it’s all true. But the other side of that equation is that the U.S. needs to save more. For the moment, American households actually are doing so. After the personal-savings rate dipped to zero in 2005, the shock of the economic crisis last year prompted people to snap shut their wallets. In China, the household-savings rate exceeds 20%. It is partly for policy reasons. As we’ve seen, wage earners are expected to care for not only their children but their aging parents. And there is, to date, only the flimsiest (脆弱的) of publicly-funded health care and pension systems, which increases incentives for individuals to save while they are working. But China is a society that has long esteemed personal financial prudence (谨慎). There is no chance that will change anytime soon, even if the government creates a better social safety net and successfully encourages greater consumer spending. ),Because healthy savings Why does the U.S. need to learn a little frugality (节俭 rates are one of the surest indicators of a country’s long-term financial health. High savings lead, over time, to increased investment, which in turn generates productivity gains, innovation and job growth. In short, savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest. The U.S. government thus needs to act as well. By running constant deficits, it is dis-saving, even as households save more. Peter Orszag, Obama’s Budget Director, recently called the U.S. budget deficits unsustainable and he’s right. To date, the U.S. has seemed unable to see the consequences of spending so much more than is taken in. That needs to change. And though Hu Jintao and the rest of the Chinese leadership aren’t inclined to lecture visiting Presidents, he might gently hint that Beijing is getting a little nervous about the value of the dollar—which has fallen 15% since March, in large part because of increasing fears that America’s debt load is becoming unmanageable. That’s what happens when you’re the world’s biggest creditor: you get to drop hints like that, which would be enough by themselves to create international economic chaos if they were ever leaked. (Every time any official in Beijing deliberates publicly about seeking an alternative to the U.S. dollar for the $2.1 trillion China holds in reserve, currency traders have a heart attack.) If Americans saved more and spent less, consistently over time, they wouldn’t have to worry about all that. 57. How did the economic crisis affect Americans? A) They had to tighten their belts. B) Their bank savings rate dropped to zero. C) Their leadership in the global economy was shaken. D) They became concerned about China’s financial policy. 58. What should be done to encourage Chinese people to consume? A) Changing their traditional way of life. B) Providing fewer incentives for saving. C) Improving China’s social security system. D) Cutting down the expenses on child-rearing. 59. What does the author mean by saying “savings are the seed corn of a good economic harvest” (Line 4, Para. 4)? A) The more one saves, the more returns one will reap. B) A country’s economy hinges on its savings policy. C) Those who keep saving will live an easy life in the end. D) A healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity. 60. In what circumstances do currency traders become scared? A) When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float. B) When China starts to reduce its current foreign reserves. C) When China talks about switching its dollar reserves to other currencies. D) When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China. 61. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage? A) To urge the American government to cut deficits. B) To encourage Chinese people to spend more. C) To tell Americans not to worry about their economy. D) To promote understanding between China and America. Part V Cloze (15 minutes) Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. “My job is killing me.”Who among us hasn’t issued that complaint at least once? Now a new study suggests that your dramatic complaint may ____62____ some scientific truth. The 20-year study, by researchers at Tel Aviv University, _____63______ to examine the relationship between the workplace and a person’s risk of death. Researchers _____64_____ 820 adults who had undergone a ______65____ physical exam at a health clinic in 1988, and then interviewed them _____66_____ detail about their workplace conditions—asking how nice their colleagues were, whether their boss was supportive and how much ______67_____ they had in their position. The participants_____68_____ in age from 25 to 65 at the start of the study and worked in a variety of ____69___, including finance, health care, manufacturing and insurance. The researchers _____70______ the participants through their medical records: by the study’s conclusion in 2008, 53 people had died—and they were significantly more likely than those who survived to report having a ____71____ work environment. People who reported having little or no ____72____ support from their co-workers were 2.4 times more likely to die ____73____ the course of the study than those who said they had close, supportive _____74_____ with their workmates. Interestingly, the risk of death was _____75_____ only to people’s perceptions of their co-workers, not their bosses . People who reported negative relationships with their supervisors were ____76____ likely to die than others. The study was observational, _____77____ it could not determine whether toxic workplace environments caused death, only that it was _____78____ with the risk. But the findings add to the evidence ______79_______ having a supportive social network decreases stress and helps _____80____ good health. On the other hand, being exposed _____81_____ chronic stress contributes to depression, ill health and death. 62. A) hold C) risk B) strike D)trace 72.A)social C)physical B)academic D)domestic 63.A)fought C)sought B)submitted D)resorted 73. A)against C)inside B)across D)during 64. A)allied C)volunteeredB)arrayed D)recruited 74. A)pacts C)unions B)bonds D)webs 65. A)routine C)grave B)nominal D)drastic 75. A)added C)tied B)adapted D)led 66. A)beyond C)by B)in D)over 76. A)no more C)no less B)far more D)far less 67.A)autonomy C)audience 77. A)unless C)or B)while D)so B)automation D)authenticity 78.A)constructed C)collaborated 68.A)consisted C)involved B)correlated D)coordinated B)contained D)ranged 79. A)how C)that B)when D)why 69. A)facets C)districts B)fields D)species 80. A)elevate C)propel B)inject D)foster 70. A)chased C)tracked B)pursued D)trailed 81. A)at C)toward B)to D)under 71. A)cozy C)hostile B)fabulous D)transparent Part VI Translation (5 minutes) Directions: Complete the sentences by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets. Please write your translation on Answer Sheet 2 82.______________(不管中国变得多么强大), it will constitute no threat to any other country. 83.Success in life does not depend so much on one’s school records______________(而是靠其勤奋和坚持). 84. _______________(他们要是此刻在这儿就好了)，we would be able to celebrate their wedding anniversary. 85. In recent years, with his business booming, he _______________ (给慈善事业 捐了大笔的钱). 86. Without the atmosphere, we_______________ (将被迫寻找躲避太阳的藏身 处), as there would be nothing to protect us from its deadly rays. 听力原文 Section A Directions: 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 the best answer is. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. (注意:此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。) d like to go camping with you this weekend, but I don’t have a sleeping 11. M: I’ bag. W: No problem. You can count on me to get one for you. My family has tons of camping gear. Q: What does the woman mean? 12. M: I know I promise to drive you to the airport next Thursday, but I’m afraid something has come up. They’ve called a special meeting at work. W: No big deal. Karen said she was available as a back-up. Q: What does the woman mean? 13. W: Have you saved enough money for a trip to Hawaii? M: Not even close. My uncle must put the brakes on my travelling plans. Q: What does the man mean? 14. M: I’m starving. Do we still have any pie left from the dinner yesterday? W: Oh, Julia invited her friends over in the afternoon and they ate it all. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? 15. W: Three letters of recommendation are required to apply to graduate schools. I was wondering if the one professor Smith wrote for me last year could still be used. M: It’s a bit dated. You’d better submit a recent one. Q: What does the man suggest the woman do? 16. W: I’ve noticed that you spend a lot of time tending your garden. Would you like to join our gardening club? We meet every other Wednesday. M: Oh, thanks for the invitation, but this is how I relax. I’d rather not make it something formal and structured. Q: What can we infer about the man? 17. M: I heard the recent sculpture exhibit was kind of disappointing. W: That’s right. I guess a lot of other people feel the way I do about modern art. Q: What does the woman mean? 18. M: Bob is running for chairman of the student union. Would you vote for him? W: Oh, I can’t decide right now because I have to find out more about the other candidates. Q: What does the woman mean? Conversation One W: I don’t know what to do. I can’t seem to get anyone in the hospital to listen to my complaints and this outdated equipment is dangerous. Just look at it. M: Hmm, uh, are you trying to say that it presents a health hazard? W: Yes, I am. The head technician in the lab tried to persuade the hospital administration to replace it, but they are trying to cut costs. M: You are pregnant, aren’t you? W: Yes, I am. I made an effort to get my supervisor to transfer me to another department, but he urged me not to complain too loudly. Because the administration is more likely to replace me than an X-ray equipment, I’m afraid to refuse to work. But I’m more afraid to expose my unborn child to the radiation. M: I see what you mean. Well, as your union representative, I have to warn you that it would take quite a while to force management to replace the old machines and attempt to get you transferred may or may not be successful. W: Oh, what am I supposed to do then? M: Workers have the legal right to refuse certain unsafe work assignments under two federal laws, the Occupation or Safety and Health Act and the National Labor Relations Act. But the requirements of either of the Acts may be difficult to meet. W: Do you think I have a good case? M: If you do lose your job, the union will fight to get it back for you along with back pay, your lost income. But you have to be prepared for a long wait, maybe after two years. Question 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard. 19. What does the woman complain about? A) Damaging public facilities. B) Destroying urban wildlife. C) Organizing rallies in the park. D) Hurting baby animals in the zoo. 20. What has the woman asked her supervisor to do? A) He had bribed the park keepers to keep quiet. B) People had differing opinions about his behavior. C) The serious consequences of his doings were not fully realized. D) His behavior was thought to have resulted from mental illness. 21. What does the man say about the two federal laws? A) Brutal. B) Justifiable. C) Too harsh. D) Well-deserved. 22. What will the union do if the woman loses her job? A) Encouraging others to follow his wrong-doing. B) Stealing endangered animals from the zoo. C) Organizing people against the authorities. D) Attacking the park keepers in broad daylight. Conversation Two W: Mr. Green, is it fair to say that negotiation is an art? M: Well, I think it’s both an art and science. You can prepare for a negotiation quite scientifically, but the execution of the negotiation has quite a lot to do with one’s artistic quality. The scientific part of a negotiation is in determining your strategy. What do you want out of it? What can you give? Then of course there are tactics. How do you go about it? Do you take an opening position in a negotiation which differs from the eventual goal you are heading for? And then of course there are the behavioral aspects. W: What do you mean by the behavioral aspects? M: Well, that’s I think where the art comes in. In your behavior, you can either be an actor. You can pretend that you don’t like things which you are actually quite pleased about. Or you can pretend to like things which you are quite happy to do without. Or you can be the honest type negotiator who’s known to his partners in negotiation and always plays everything straight. But the artistic part of negotiation I think has to do with responding immediately to cues one gets in the process of negotiation. These can be verbal cues or even body language. This is where the artistic quality comes in. W: So really, you see two types of negotiator then, the actor or the honest one. right. And both can work. I would say the honest negotiator can be quite M: That’ effective in some circumstances. In other circumstances you need an actor. Question 23 to 25 are based on the passage you have just heard. 23. When is a scientific approach best embodied in a negotiation according to the man? A) She has already left school. B) She works for the handicapped. C) She is fond of practical courses. D) She is good at foreign languages. 24. In what way is a negotiator like an actor according to the man? A) He is interested in science courses. B) He attends a boarding school. C) He speaks French and German. D) He is the brightest of her three kids. 25. What does the man say about the two types of negotiator? A) Comprehensive schools do not offer quality education. B) Parents decide what schools their children are to attend. C) Public schools are usually bigger in size than private schools. D) Children from low income families can’t really choose schools. 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 Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center. Passage One A scientific team is studying the thinking ability of eleven and half month old children. The test is a simple one. The baby watches a sort of show on a small stage. In Act One of the show, a yellow cube is lifted from a blue box, and moved across the stage. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated 6 times. Act Two is similar except that the yellow cube is smaller. Baby boys do not react at all to the difference and the size of the cube. But girls immediately become excited. The scientists interpret the girls’ excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen. They are wondering why Act Two is odd and how it differs from Act One. In other words, the little girls are reasoning. This experiment certainly does not definitely prove that girls start to reason before boys, but it provides a clue that scientists would like to study more carefully. Already it is known that bones, muscles and nerves develop faster in baby girls. Perhaps it is early nerve development that makes some infant girls show more intelligence than infant boys. Scientists have also found that nature seems to give another boost to girls. Baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than boys do. Scientists think that there is a physical reason for this. They believe that the nerve endings in the left side of the brain develop faster in girls than in boys, and it is this side of the brain that strongly influences an individual’s ability to use language and remember things. Question 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard. 26. What is the difference between Act One and Act Two in the test? A) Encourage the students to do creative thinking. B) Help the students to develop communication skills. C) Cultivate the students’ability to inspire employees. D) Focus on teaching the various functions of business. 27. How do the scientists interpret their observation from the experiment? A) His teaching career at the Harvard Business School. B) His personal involvement in business management. C) His presidency at college and experience overseas. D) His education and professorship at Babson College. 28. What does the speaker say about the experiment? A) Development of their raw brain power. B) Exposure to the liberal arts and humanities. C) Improvement of their ability in capital management. D) Knowledge of up-to-date information technology. 29. According to scientists, what is another advantage given to girls by nature? A) Reports on business and government corruption. B) His contact with government and business circles. C) Discoveries of cheating among MBA students. D) The increasing influence of the mass media. Passage Two A super attendant of the city municipal building, Dillia Adorno, was responsible for presenting its new security plan to the public. City employees, citizens and reporters gathered in the hall to hear her describe the plan. After outlining the main points she would cover, she assured the audience that she would be happy to answer questions at the end of her presentation. Dillia realized the plan was expensive and potentially controversial. So she was not surprised to see a number of hands go up as soon as she finished speaking. An employ asked, “Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the line in the airport security checks?” Dillia had anticipated this question and had an answer ready. After repeating the question, she explained that the sufficient number of security guards would be working at peak hours to speed things along. The next question was more confrontational. “Where was the money come from to pay for all of this?” The journalists who ask the question seem hostile. But Dillia was careful not to adopt the defensive tone. She stated that the money would come from the city’s general budget. “I know these are tide times”, she added, “But everyone agrees on the importance of safe guarding our employees and members of the public who come into the building.” Near the end of the 25 minutes she has said, Dillia said she would take two more questions. When those were finished, she concluded the session with a brief restatement of how the new system will improve security and peace of mind in the municipal building. Question 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard. 30. What is the focus of Dillia Adorno’s presentation? A) They have better options for their kids than colleges. B) The unreasonably high tuition is beyond their means. C) The quality of higher education may not be worth the tuition. D) They think that their kids should pay for their own education. 31. What question had Dillia Adorno anticipated? A) They do too many extracurricular activities. B) They tend to select less demanding courses. C) They take part-time jobs to support themselves. D) They think few of the courses worth studying. 32. What did the speakers think of the question from the journalist? A) Its samples are not representative enough. B) Its significance should not be underestimated. C) Its findings come as a surprise to many parents. D) Its criteria for academic progress are questionable. Passage Three Despite unemployment and the loss of her home, Andrea Clark considers herself a blessed and happy woman. Why the cheerful attitude? Her troubles have brought her closer to her family. Last year, Andrea’s husband, Rick, a miner in Nevada was laid t off. Though Andrea kept her job as a school bus driver, she knew that they couldn’ pay their bill and support their youngest of five children, Zack, age nine, on one income. “At first their church helped out, but you can’t keep that up forever”, Andrea says. Then Michal, their eldest of her four adult children suggested they move in with his family. For almost three months, seven Clarks lived under one roof. Andrea, Rick and Zack stayed in the basement department, sharing laundry and single bathroom with Michal, his wife and their two children. The change cut their expenditures in half, but the new living arrangement proved too challenging. When Andrea found a job with a school district closer to her mother’ s home in west Jorden, Utah, the family decided to move on. Packing up again with no picnic, Zack had to switch schools for the second time and space is even tighter. Andrea says that the moves themselves are exhausting and Rick is still looking for a job. The recession has certainly come with more problems than Andrea anticipated, but she remains unfailingly optimistic. She is excited to spend more time with her mother. Another plus, rents are lower in Utah than in Nevada. So Andrea thinks they’ ll be able to save up and move out in less than 6 months. Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard. 33. What do we learn about Andrea’s husband? A) A newly married couple. B) A business acquaintance. C) Someone good at cooking. D) Someone you barely know. 34. Why did Andrea move to live in her eldest son’s home? A) Obtain necessary information about your guests. B) Collect a couple of unusual or exotic recipes. C) Buy the best meat and the freshest fruit. D) Try to improve your cooking skills. 35. What is Andrea’s attitude toward the hardships brought by the economic recession? A) Losing weight. B) Entertaining guests. C) Making friends. D) Cooking meals. SECTION C Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written. fall. They may also become ill. One of the most common dangers to climbers is altitude sickness, which can to 9,000 feet. The higher one climbs, the less oxygen there is in the air. When people don’t get enough oxygen, altitude sickness, others such as headache and may also occur. At heights of over 18,000 feet, people may be climbing in a daze. Their state of mind can have effect on their oxygen. The most important warning is this: if you have severe symptoms, then don’t go away, go down. 答案 作文: Computer and Man It is believed that the computer can do almost everything. At the time the computer was invented, scientists, carried away by its calculating speed, felt that they had created a miracle. It Was gradually used not only in mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy, but in places like the library, hospital and military army to replace the work of man. For the work of man. For this reason, the computer was entitled “Electronic Brain” in terms of appreciation。 Can man be controlled by computers? The answer is negative. Although a computer works much faster and accurately than man , a fact is undeniable; it is designed, manufactured and programmed by man, and therefore by human beings. Of course, science fictions have made up many fascinating stories about a computer, or rather robot, who conquers man and the earth, even the whole universe; however, they are only unrealistic imagination. A horse helps man a lot runs much faster than we, but it is only a slave。 The future for the computer is very promising. With the help of it, we can do things that could not be done before. Conquering the universe, discovering new things, explaining mysteruiys phenomena puzzling us at present are all made possible by computer。 快速阅读 1. There is no access to television in its rooms. 2. Time away from all electronic gadgets 3. It is our greatest misery in life 4. We will not know what to do with our own lives 5. They help people understand ancient wisdom 6. When people think deeply, their neural processes are slow 7. live without modern transportation 8. have some distance from it / the world. 9 something useful 10. what is essential Part III Listening Comprehension 11. She can lend the man a sleeping bag. 12. Karen can take her to the airport. 13. He can’t afford to go traveling yet. 14. The man has to find something else to eat. 15. Present a new letter of reference. 16. He declines to join the gardening club. 17. Many people do not appreciate modern art. 18. Bob cannot count on her vote. 19. The health hazard at her work place. 20. Transfer her to another department. 21. Their requirements may be difficult to meet. 22. Try to help her to get it back. 23. In the preparatory phase. 24. He behaves in a way contrary to his real intention. 25. Both can succeed depending on the specific situation. 26. The size of the objects shown. 27. Girls seem to start reasoning earlier than boys. 28. It may simulate scientists to make further studies. 29. They talk at an early age. 30. The new security plan for the municipal building. 31. Whether the security checks would create long queues at peak hours. 32. Confrontational 33. He used to work as a miner in Nevada. 34. To cut their living expenses. 35. Optimistic. 36. potentially 37. experienced 38. gasp 39. dizzy 40. Fatigue 41. constant 42. adverse 43. precautions 44. Your body needs to get used to a high altitude before you climb to a even higher one. 45. When you reach your top height, do like activities rather than sleep too much. 46. Don’t risk injury or death because of over-confidence or lack of knowledge. 47. others 48. similar to peers 49. a good listener 50. They seek professional help 51. a normal reaction 52. The robotic industry has benefited from the economic recession. 53. Moving production to other countries. 54. They compete with human workers. 55. They beat humans in precision. 56. It will be applied in any field imaginable. 57. They had to tighten their belts. 58. Improving China’s social security system. 59. healthy savings rate promotes economic prosperity. 60.When Beijing mentions in public the huge debts America owes China. 61.To urge the American government to cut deficits. 62. with 63. zone 64. relatively 65. vulnerable 66. researchers 67. like 68. prime 69. critical 70. experience 71. production 72. felt 73. length 74. toll 75. close 76. while 77. exceed 78. where 79. intensify 80. to 81. shifts 翻译答案 82. was said to be based on a true event 83. disperse customers’ attention to its quality 84. could not have been delayed by the traffic jam 85. to be treated as the disabled 86. as they had tried