Directions: In Part
A. you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of
each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The
conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a
conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your
paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1.
A. The desk drawer won’t open B.
The pen is out of ink
C. She cannot find her pen D.
She is angry with the man
2.
A. It’s exactly 5:35 B.
It’s a little before 5:30
C. It’s exactly 5:30 D.
It’s a little after 5:30.
3.
A. Where he is studying B.
What subject he is studying
C. How long he has been in Paris D.
When he is returning
4.
A. Yes, because he has plenty of money B.
No, because it’s not for sale
C. Yes, if he borrows money from the
woman D. No, he wants to wait until
it goes on sale
5.
A. It’s boring B.
The subject is hard
C. It is hard to understand teacher’s
speech D. It
is hard to pronounce some words
6.
A. The man was waiting to do something B.
The man was asking for directions
C. The man was making a trip D.
The man was asking for help
7.
A. Take the bus with him B.
Drive him home from the station
C. Drive him to work D. Drive him to the
station
8.
A. He is tired of using his new computer
B. He has just
assembled the computer
C.
He has used his new computer for waiting his report
D.
He has found something wrong with the new computer
9. A. Shopping for new clothes B.
Having a party
C.
Looking for her black dress D.
Getting dressed
10. A. She does not like the apartment.
B. She is concerned about the rent for the apartment.
C. She wants to live in the apartment
D. She agrees with the man.
Part
B Passages
Directions: In
Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions
on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions
will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible
answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question
you have heard.
Questions
11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Right decisions B.
Wrong decisions
C. Experience D.
Opportunity
12. A. She was lucky to have many marvelous
opportunities.
B. She was afraid of taking risks.
C. She made wrong decisions in her work.
D. She felt bad when she made a mistake.
13. A. Forget it and move on,
B. Don’t make the same mistake repeatedly.
C. Mistakes are a necessary part of learning
D. The more mistakes you make, the better you will become.
Questions
14 through 16 are based on the following news.
14. A. The third B.
The fourth C.
The fifth D.
The sixth
15. A. He could not see their eyes B.
He thought they were useless
C. He could see no willingness to help D.
He thought they were in a hurry
16. A. He was grateful B. He was curious C.
He was happy D. He was
excited
Part
C Longer Conversations
Directions: In
Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read
twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the
numbered blanks with information you have heard. Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
Questions
17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the following table using NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS for each
question.
Linda’s Dairy
Dec.28th.,2002
Today’s
the second day of our camping holiday.
Got
up At (17) _____________
Problem
(18) ________________
Solution
Put (19) ______________on our
camping car to attract (20) _______.
The noise they made woke us up.
It
did work. What a brilliant idea!
Questions
21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the following table using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each question.
BIKES FOR HIRE
Kinds
of bikes
Push bikes and (21)_________.
Minimum
age
Must be (22) _____________.
Minimum
days
At least (23) ______________.
Can
take kids on the back?
Yes.
Necessity
for booking
(24)_____________________.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
16%
Directions:
Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B. C
and D. Choose the one answer
that best completes the sentence.
25. The
company had about 20 notebook computers but only one-third ____ used regularly.
Now we have 60 working all day long.
A. is B.
are C.
was D.
were
26.
I have just finished a book about a piano player ____ sole ambition in life was
to perform for the pope.
A.
whose B.
which C.
who D.
whom
27.
_____ well prepared you are, you still need a lot of luck in mountain climbing.
A.
No mater B.
Whatever C.
However D.
Although
28.
We are aware that, ____, the situation will get worse.
A.
if not dealing with carefully B.
if dealt not carefully with
C.
if not carefully dealt with D.
if not carefully dealing with
29.
_______ snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for entertainment when
they had a picnic in the forest.
A.
Not only they brought B.
Not only did they bring
C.
Not only brought they D.
Not only they did bring
30.
---English has a large vocabulary, hasn’t it?
---Yes. ____ more words and
expressions and you will find it easier to read and communicate.
A.
Know B.
Knowing C.
To know D.
Known
31. It
was the university ___ he was studying ____ sent him abroad.
A.
which, that B.
where, that C.
that, which D.
that, had
32.
___ electricity, you should turn off the lights when you leave a room.
A.
Saving B.
Having saved C.
Being saved D.
To save
33.
Wolves will soon be extinct everywhere ____ we stop killing them.
A.
because B.
if C.
unless D.
when
34.
Go and get your coat. It’s ___ you left it.
A.
there B.
where C.
there where D.
where there
35.
Many thousands of people were walking along the Bund on the evening of our
National Day, ____ the magnificent night scene.
A.
to enjoy B.
enjoying C.
to watch D.
noticing
36.
____ he made an important speech at yesterday’s meeting was true.
A.
That B.
Why C.
It was said D.
When
37.
I would appreciate ___ it a secret.
A.
your keeping B.
that you keep C.
you to keep D.
that you will keep
38.
It is reported that 82% of women ___ 50% or more of their income on clothing
were aged between 25 to 35.
A.
spent B.
to spend C.
spend D.
spending
39.
She had never spent a ___ day.
A.
more worry B.
most worrying C.
more worrying D.
most worried
40.
With time going on, the method she has stuck ___ very effective and it was
worthy of ___.
A.
proves, adopting B.
to proving, being adopted
C.
to proved, being adopted D.
to prove, adopting
III. Vocabulary 9%
Directions:
Complete the passage with
the words in the box. There is one extra word.
The new figures are the result of detailed
research that gives the most accurate assessment of the disease that kills at
least a million people a year. Scientists now believe there are about 515
million _1__ of malaria (瘧疾) out of 2.2 billion people who are at risk
----- about a third of the world’s _2__.
Malaria has never captured the public
imagination as AIDS has done, even though children are its chief _3___. Malaria
is old and AIDS is new. Most important, malaria is not a disease that __4__ the
West ---- except for those fortunate enough to holiday in the tropics ----
while AIDS _5__ us all.
Six years ago the WHO set a _6__ to halve the
number of deaths by the year 2010, but instead the number has risen by at least
a quarter, and in some areas by as much as 50 percent, _7__ victims have not
had the right drugs. Hundreds of thousands of children have died needlessly and
the disease has gone virtually unnoticed in the West. Malaria has been a cause
of great _8__ for humanity since ancient times and although it is largely
preventable with the use of mosquito nets and insecticides, it remains one of
the biggest __9_ of children under five.
IV.
Cloze (15%)
Directions:
For each blank in the
following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill
in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Crime has its own
cycle, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for
five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising _41_ between
changes in the season and crime patterns.
The pattern of crime
has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder _42_ its high during
July and August, as do rape and other __43__ attacks. Murder, __44__, is more
than seasonal: it is a weekend crime. It is also a high time crime: 62 percent
of murders are __45__ between 6 pm and 6 am.
Unlike the summer
high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a(n) __46__ cycle. You are most __47__
to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m.
__48__ a Saturday night in December, January or February. May is the most non-criminal
month of all except for one strange statistics. __49__ dog bites are reported in
this month than in any other month of the year.
Apparently our
intellectual seasonal cycles are __50__ different from our criminal tendencies.
Professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study of Cycles, made extensive
__51__ to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend
scientific meetings, make __52__ scores on examinations and propose the most
changes to parents. In all instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
__53__ by a summer low. On the other hand, Professor Huntington’s studies
indicated that June is the __54__ month for suicides and __55__ to mental
hospitals. June is also a peak month for marriages!
Directions: Read passage A, B, C and D. Each passage is followed
by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four
choices. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in
the passage you have just read.
(A)
Life
is difficult
It is a great truth because
once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not
fully see this truth. Instead they are always blaming their problems and
difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that their
difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them
or else upon their families, their class, their race, or even their nation.
What makes life
difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one.
Problems, depending on their nature, cause in us sadness or loneliness or
regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as
any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems,
life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet it is this whole
process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning.
Problems are the serious
test that tells success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of
the human spirit, we challenge and encourage the human ability to solve
problems, just as in school we purposely set problems for our children to
solve. It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we
learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for
this reason that wise people learn not to fear but actually to welcome problems
and actually to welcome the pain of problems.
56.
From the passage, it can be inferred that ____.
A.
people like to complain about their problems
B.
we become stronger by facing and solving the problems of life
C.
life is difficult because our problem bring us pain
D.
everybody has problems
57.
The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph
________.
A. make
readers laugh B.
persuade readers
C. save
space D.
get readers' attention
58.
According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve
in order to ______.
A.
teach them how to respect for problems
B.
help them learn to deal with pain
C.
encourage them to learn
D.
teach them to fear the pain of solving problems
59. The
saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that _______.
A. pain
teaches us important lessons B.
we do not learn when we are in pain
C.
pain cannot be avoided D. we do
not learn from experience
(B)
Ambassador Hotel
Welcome to the Ambassador Hotel. To make your stay as
enjoyable as possible, we hope you will use our facilities to the full.
Dining
Room
Breakfast is served in the dining mom from 8 a. m. to 9: 30 a.m. Alternatively, the room staff will bring a
breakfast tray to your room at any time after 7
a.m. In this case, please fill out a card and hang it outside
your door when you go to bed.
Lunch: 12:00a.m.
to2:30p.m.
Dinner: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Room Service
This operates 24 hours a day; phone the Reception desk, and your message
will be passed on to the room staff.
Telephones
To make a phone call, dial 0 for Reception and ask to be connected. We
apologize for delays in putting calls through when the staff are very busy.
There are also public telephone booths near the Reception Desk.
Shop
The
hotel shop is open for small things, gifts and cosmetics from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Laundry
We have a laundry here and will wash, iron and return your clothes within
24 hours. Ask the room staff to collect them
Bar
The hotel bar is open from 12 a.m.
to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Banking
The
Reception staff will cash cheques and exchange money in many foreign currencies
(貨幣).
60.
You have arrived to stay at the hotel at 2
a.m. and want a snack ( a light meal). What should you do?
A.
Go to the hotel shop B.
Go to the hotel bar
C.
Hang a message outside your door D.
Phone the Reception desk
61.
You have come back to the hotel just in time to make a very important phone
call. As you come in, you notice a lot of people around the Reception desk. Judging
from the notice, it would be quickest to ____.
A.
go to your room and phone from there.
B.
ask at the Reception desk
C.
use one of the telephones in the entrance-hall
D.
go out again and look for a public phone box.
62.
Imagine you are one of the room staff on night duty. What do you think your
last job is before you go off duty at 6 a.m.?
A.
Lay the tables in the dining room
B.
Check the bedroom doors
C.
Start preparing the breakfast
D.
Wake any of the guests who have asked for early calls.
(C )
A is for always
getting to work on time.
B is for being
extremely busy.
C is for the
conscientious(勤勤懇懇的)way you do your job.
You may be all these
things at the office, and more. But when it comes to getting ahead, experts
say, the ABCs of business should include a P, for politics, as in office
politics. Dale Carnegie suggested as much more than 90 years ago: Hard work
alone doesn't ensure career advancement. You have to be able to sell yourself
and your ideas, both publicly and behind the scenes. Yet, despite the obvious
rewards of engaging in office politics - a better job, a raise, praise- many
people are still unable or unwilling - to "play the game."
"People assume
that office politics involves some manipulative(工于心計的)behavior," says
Deborah Comer, an assistant professor of management at Hofstra University.
"But politics derives from the word 'polite'. It can mean lobbying(疏通)and
forming associations. It can mean being kind and helpful, or even trying to
please your superior, and then expecting something in return."
In fact, today,
experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own
self-interest in the workplace. In many cases, this involves some form of
socializing within the office environment - not just in large companies, but in
small workplaces as well.
"The first thing
people are usually judged on is their ability to perform well on a consistent
basis," says Neil P. Lewis, a management psychologist. "But if two or
three candidates are up for a promotion, each of whom has reasonably similar
ability, a manager is going to promote the person he or she likes best. It's
simple human nature."
Yet, psychologists
say, many employees and employers have trouble with the concept of politics in the
office. Some people, they say, have an idealistic vision of work and what it
takes to succeed. Still others associate politics with flattery, fearful that,
if they speak up for themselves, they may appear to be flattering their boss
for favors.
Experts suggest
altering this negative picture by recognizing the need for some self-promotion.
63.
To get promoted, one must not only be competent but ___.
A. give
his boss a good impression
B.
honest and loyal to his company
C.
get along well with his colleagues
D.
avoid being too outstanding
64.
Why are many people unwilling to "play the game"?
A.
They believe that doing so is impractical.
B.
They feel that such behavior is unprincipled.
C.
They are not good at manipulating colleagues.
D.
They think the effort will get them nowhere.
65.
The author considers office politics to be ____.
A. unwelcome
at the workplace
B.
bad for interpersonal relationships
C. essential
to the development of company culture
D.
an important factor for personal advancement
66. It
is the author's view that ____.
A.
speaking up for oneself is part of human nature
B.
self-promotion does not necessarily mean flattery
C.
hard work contributes very little to one's promotion
D.
many employees fail to recognize the need of flattery
(D)
Students create online university store
Want
to buy brand-name cosmetics? In need of a GRE preparation book? Plan to order a
bunch of flowers for your girlfriend?
No
need to rush to different stores. Students at TsinghuaUniversity
can go shopping with a click of the mouse.
Liuxingxiaozhan.com,
an e-commerce company set up by Tsinghua students last year, promises to give
students the most convenient shopping experiences. And while most dotcom
companies off-campus are struggling to make ends meet, the owners of the
student company are proudly declaring a profit.
Each
month, more than 1,000 transactions are done at Liuxingxiaozhan.com. The
monthly sales volume has reached 30,000 yuan, according to Tang Yang, head of
the campus e-commerce web.
At TsinghuaUniversity, nearly every dormitory has
computer and Internet access, making it likely that e-commerce will prosper.
Just
like the name implies, Tang said friendly services and demand-oriented supply
explained the profits. The pinyin---
Liuxing, frequently used in the students’ verses--- means shooting star.
“ An
old story says that when a shooting star flashes across the sky, your dreams
will come true if you pray to it. So if you log on Liuxingxiaozhan, your dreams
will be realized,” the 23-year-old CEO said.
He
really means it.
At
Liuxingxiaozhan, you can propose a new item if you want it. The webmaster may
supply this commodity for you. People can comment on this proposition, saying
whether the online shop should offer it or not.
“In
this way, we can supply according to the demand,” Tang said.
Sending
flowers to your “mm” is one new item proposed by the users. “mm” are the
initials for meime, the way boys
address girls at Tsinghua’s BBS.
Starting
just with VCD rentals in October, 1999, Liuxingxiaozhan now covers nearly all
student needs, including cosmetics, books and second-hand items.
Xiang
Jie, who ordered an Avon facial mask at the
virtual shop, said she was satisfied with the service.
“It
is quite convenient and the service is nice. I got the mark in two days,” Xiang
said. Most of her classmates use these services.
The
webmasters promise that every item ordered will be sent to the destination
within three days. And they pay by cash only when they have received the goods.
Part-time workers will distribute the ordered goods.
But
the current success does not mean they have been without failure.
“In
the beginning, we suffered losses because the goods we offered did not sell,”
Tang said. “This is also one of the reasons we buy information about consumer
demand from our members.’
Money
is another problem. Students don’t have a lot of money to invest in the
business. Things improved when they received an initial venture capital
investment of 1 million yuan.
However,
Tang was faced with other problems. His parents, who expected the electronic
engineering major to be an excellent engineer, did not know their son had been
working in e-commerce until they saw a CCTV report about him.
Working
day and night, like most Internet talents do, Tang said his academic performance
was greatly affected by the business.
Even
so, the young entrepreneur is still thinking of expanding his business.
“So
far, the business is only confirmed to the Tsinghua community. Some
universities are copying our model of e-commerce,” Tang said.
“We
are thinking of co-operating with other universities in Beijing,
Shanghai and Xi’an,” Tang added, in an effort to solve the
distribution bottleneck of e-commerce with a kind of a community e-distribution
box.
67. Which of the following
statements is Not true?
A. Liuxingxiaozhan
e-company is making profits
B. The yearly sales volume
of Liuxingxiaozhan has reached 30,000 yuan
C. At Tsinghua University,
nearly every dorm has computer and Internet access
D. Most off-campus
e-companies can only make ends meet.
68. At The very beginning,
Liuxingxiaozhan started with ___.
A. renting VCDs B.
selling many kinds of goods
C. sending flowers D.
developing software
69. Each year,
Liuxingxiaozhan can do more than ____ transactions.
A. 10,000 B.
3,000 C.
12,000 D. 2,000
70. According to the
article, Tang’s major in university is ____.
A. computer application B.
financial engineering
C. electronic engineering D.
e-commerce
Directions:
Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A ? F for
each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
Leadership is as much a question of timing as
anything else. The leader must appear on the scene at a moment when people are
looking for leadership, as Churchill did in 1940, as Roosevelt did in 1933, as
Lenin did in 1917. And when he comes, he must offer a simple, eloquent message.
Great leaders are almost always great
simplifiers, who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution
everybody can understand and remember. Churchill warned the British to expect
“blood, toil, tears and sweat”; Roosevelt told the Americans that “the only
thing we have to fear is fear itself”; Lenin promised the war-weary Russians
peace, land and bread. Straightforward but effective messages
We have an image of what a leader ought to be. We
even recognize the physical signs; leaders may not necessarily be tall, but
they must have bigger-than-life, commanding features --
Lyndon Baines Johnson’s nose and ear lobes, Ike’s broad grin. A trade-mark also
comes in handy; Lincoln’s stovepipe hat, Kennedy’s rocking chair. We expect our
leaders to stand out a little, not to be like an ordinary man. Half of
President Ford’s trouble lay on the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a
moment, you couldn’t remember his face, figure of clothes. A leader should have
an unforgettable identity, instantly and permanently fixed in people’s minds.
A leader must know
how to use power (that’s what leadership is about), but he also has to have the
way of showing that he does. He has to be able to project firmness -- no
physical clumsiness (笨拙) (like Ford), no rapid eye movements (like
Carter).He won’t come until we’re ready for him, for the
leader is like a mirror, reflecting back to us our own sense of purpose,
putting into words our own dreams and hopes, transforming our needs and fears
into coherent (連貫的) policies and programs.
Our strength makes
him strong; our determination makes him determined; our courage makes him a
hero; he is, in the final analysis, the symbol of the best in us, shaped by our
own spirit and will. And when these qualities are lacking in us, we can’t
produce him; and even with all our skill at image-building, we can’t fake him. He
is, after all, merely the sum of us.
1,3,5
I.Translation (20%)
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using
the words given in the brackets.