Directions: In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. Both the conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A), B), C) and D), and decide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
11. What can some people do if they have a good memory as mentioned in the talk?
12. For what purpose does the speaker mention Charles Dickens?
13. Why is it difficult for the pupils to learn a second language in school?
14. What can be concluded from the talk?
15. Why is it difficult for doctors to operate on the brain?
16. What does Dr. White advise other doctors to do?
17. What do we know about the experiment?
18. Why do some countries try to limit the size of population?
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Passage One Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage: One thing the tour books dont tell you about London is that 2, 000 of its residents are foxes. They ran away from the city about two centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. But now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home. "The number and variety of wild animals in urban areas is increasing," says Gomer Jones. A survey of the wildlife in New Yorks central Park last year counted 14 species of mammals. A similar survey conducted in the 1890s counted only five species. Several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. Foremost is that air and water quality in many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. Meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, leaving many animals on the edges of suburbs. In addition, urban wildlife refuges have been created. The Greater London Council last year spent 750,000 to buy land and build 10 permanent wildlife refuges in the city. As a result, many birds are now living in the city. For peregrine falcons cities are actually safer than rural cliff dwellings. By 1970 the birds had died out east of the Mississippi because of the DDT had made their eggs too thin to support life. That year, scientist Tom Cade of Cornell University began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded plenty of food. Cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. The trick is to create habitats where they can be self-sufficient but still be seen and appreciated. Such habitats can even be functional. In San Francisco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones retain the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.
21. The passage is primarily concerned with ______.
22. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
23. According to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in New York's Central Park ______.
24. Which of the following is NOT a reason wildlife is returning to the cities?
25. The word "habitat" (Para. 4, Line 2) here means ______.
Passage Two Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage: Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs. Most large companies send people to colleges to interview graduating students with the required academic training. A large university may have more than 500 companies a year knocking on its doors. Big firms are your best place for a job because their normal growth, employee retirements, and turnover create thousands of jobs nationwide each year. Corporations, however, illustrate the rule that the biggest isnt always the best. Many small firms with just a few hundred employees have positions that may correspond with your profession goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money, or need to send people around to your college youll probably have to contact them yourself either directly or through an employment agency. Dont ignore these little companies. Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancement and recognition even stronger than those of a big firm. You could become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would if you had climbed the more competitive ladder of a corporate giant. For example, a small company may need a bright engineering accounting or management graduate who would report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the company controller, or the general manager. In larger firms it may take years to reach that level and accumulate similar in-depth experience. In addition, responsibilities may come faster in a small firm with less specialization and fewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority.
26. The purpose of the passage is ______.
27. Which of the following is true of large corporations?
28. The word "Their" (Para. 2, Line 5) refers to ______.
29. Which of the following is NOT true of small firms?
30. With whom is the passage most probably concerned?
Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage: Futurists love computers. After all, 40 years ago electronic digital computers didnt exist today microchips as tiny as a babys fingernail are making all sorts of tasks faster and easier. Surely the future holds still more miracles. Some of the computer experiments now going on inspire exciting imagination of the future. For example, scientists are working on devices that can electronically perform some sight and hearing functions, which could make life easier for the blind and deaf. Theyre also working on artificial arms and legs that respond to the electric impulses produced by the human brain. Scientists hope that someday a person whos lost an arm could still have near-normal brain control over an artificial arm. Video games, computerized special effects in movies, and real-life training machines now being used by the U.S. Army are causing some people to predict new educational uses for computers. Computers could some day be used to imitate travel to other planets, to explore the ocean floor, or to look inside an atom. Experiments with electronic banking and shopping inspire predictions that these activities will soon be done from home computer terminals. Cars, too, might be equipped with computers to help drivers find their way around or to communicate with home and office computers. Many people, including handicapped workers with limited ability to move around, already are working at home using computer terminals. Each terminal is connected to a system at a companys main office. Some futurists say the day may come when few people will have to leave home to go to work -- theyll just turn on a terminal. Predicting the future can be difficult, of course. In 1948 an IBM study predicted that there would never be enough demand for computers to justify going into the business!
31. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the passage?
32. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
33. Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
34. Computers in the future could be used to ______.
35. Which of the following is supported by the author?
Passage Four Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage: Let us suppose that you are in the position of a parent. Would you allow your children to read any book they wanted to without first checking its contents? Would you take your children to see any film without first finding out whether it is suitable for them? If your answer to these questions is yes, then you are either extremely permissive, or just plain irresponsible. If your answer is no , then you are exercising your right as a parent to protect your children from what you consider to be undesirable influences. In other words, by acting as a censor yourself, you are admitting that there is a strong case for censorship. Now, of course, you will say that it is one thing to exercise censorship where children are concerned and quite another to do the same for adults. Children need protection and it is the parents responsibility to provide it. But what about adults? Arent they old enough to decide what is good for them? The answer is that many adults are, but dont make the mistake of thinking that all adults are like yourself. Censorship is for the good of society as a whole. Like the law, censorship contributes to the common good. Some people think that it is disgraceful that a censor should interfere with works of art. Who is this person, they say, to ban this great book or cut that great film? No one can set himself up as a superior being. But we must remember two things. Firstly, where genuine works of art are concerned, modern censors are extremely liberal in their views -- often far more liberal than a large section of the public. Artistic merit is something which censors clearly recognize. And secondly, we must bear in mind that the great proportion of books, plays and films which come before the censor are very far from being works of art. When discussing censorship, therefore, we should not confine our attention to great masterpieces, but should consider the vast numbers of publications and films which make up the bulk of the entertainment industry. When censorship laws are relaxed, immoral people are given a license to produce virtually anything in the name of art. There is an increasing tendency to equate artistic with pornographic. The vast market for pornography would rapidly be exploited. One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the, minds of others. To argue in favor of absolute freedom is to argue in favor of anarchy. Society would really be the poorer if it deprived itself of the wise counsel and the restraining influence which a censor provides.
36. Permissive parents would ______.
37. The fact that parents check the contents of the book or the film for their children to read or see shows ______.
38. Which of the following statements is Not True?
39. The word "corrupt" in the sentence "One of the great things that censorship does is to prevent certain people from making fat profits by corrupting the minds of others" in Para. 4 means ______.
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. Nowhere in Latin America has greater progress been made ______ free trade than in Brazil and Argentina.
42. Little in Barry Levinson's background suggested he would ______ to be the artist of the family.
43. We have the technology to prevent ______ of the 40,000 child deaths that take place each day.
44. Whatever happens, the journey to the market is ______ to be longer and more painful in the Soviet Union than in other communist countries.
45. Since the mid 1970s, medicine has ______ few new treatment triumphs in the war against cancer.
46. If you rub certain things together -- shoes and a carpet -- their surfaces become ______ static electricity.
47. It's been scientifically proven that we remember words we hear ______ than words we see.
48. In our daily lives we all ______ being involved in accidents.
49. The reality is that more Indians want to learn English than ______ before.
50. Saddam's invasion is the first international crisis to occur ______ Japan's arrival at the center of the world stage.
51. No other subject in American history has ______ more books than the Civil War.
52. Researchers cannot ______ the possibility that Earth may one day run out of its orbit.
53. Reducing population growth will improve both ______ of people and the environment.
54. He ______ his studies and not on his home.
55. We should not ______ from the responsibility of defending freedom.
56. "Life begins at forty" is more often an expression of hope ______ a statement of fact.
57. Intonation helps speakers _______ their meaning.
58. They questioned whether teachers' salaries were high ______.
59. When food is ______ it is usually called by the name used in the foreign country.
60. British and American English differ partly ______ their geographical separation for over 200 years.
61. Not everybody could be expected to know all the answers ______ some questions called for educated guesses rather than general knowledge.
62. Once the potential is known, government would be under great pressure ______.
63. President George Bush wants to see an American flag ______ on the surface of Mars by 2019.
64. About 40,000 years ago, the sea ______ 40 metres below today's level.
65. As towns expand mainly in agricultural areas, not in forests or deserts, most of the increase ______ at the expense of agricultural land.
66. Advice should be provided free to ______ needs it.
67. Ansel Adams was one of those who believed that future of the American landscape was closely ______ to the fate of the Republic itself.
68. The rhythm of a healthy heart is always changing, as the interval between beats gets a bit ______.
69. What changes do you think _______ in the modern world?
70. The finished monitor picture, the final product, may ______ the work of a single person.
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) below the passage. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
A teacher who worked for, say three days each week in a school and two days in a research environment would experience science at first hand, possibly for the first time. The diversity of the work, regular contact 71)______ the scientific community and a wealth of 72)______ to take back to the classroom could 73)______ only to increase self-esteem and a (n) 74)______ of professional worth. Renewed enthusiasm 75)______ science teachers could fire up the 76)______ generation of potential scientists 77)______ help to stop the fall. What would the science community 78)______ from such an arrangement? First, 79)______ would be a greater supply of scientific 80)______, after the necessary period of in-service 81)______. Next, the teacher-as-researcher would 82)______ a broader perspective to the research 83)______ than currently tends to be the 84)______. And perhaps most importantly, the scientist who 85)______ to work as a teacher 86)______ part of the time would be better 87)______ to address effectively the issue of communication of science to the world 88)______ the laboratory. The image of science has 89)______ a battering in recent years, not least because of 90)______ communication between scientists and the general public. Enhanced communication through a researcher-as-teacher program could improve this situation.
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about "Characteristics of Creative People" in three paragraphs. You are given the following hints in Chinese and are required to write no less than 100 words. Remember to write clearly.