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阶段性热点预测试题 ---- CET-6

试卷一

Part Ⅰ  Listening Comprehension

Section A

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. The conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After each quest

ion 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 co

responding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

1A8:00                           C7:40

B8:20                           D8:10

2           AShe became ill.                BShe gave a party.

CShe came down the woman.       DShe quarreled with the woman.

3AIn bed                         BCollecting watches

CAt work                        DAt home

4   AShe is impatient.              BIt is stuffy.

CIt sounds like noise to her.   DIt is not chamber music.

5Atwo   Bfour   Cthree   Done

6AShe decided to buy a gold necklace.

BShe decided to buy a pair of gold earrings and a gold necklace to match them.

CShe decided to buy a pair of gold earrings to match a gold necklace that                                                                                             she already had.

D She decided to buy a pair of silver earrings because they were cheaper thanthe gold ones.

7AShe has not bought him a gift yet.

BShe bought him a book.

  CShe bought him a case for his coin collection.

DShe bought him a watch

8ATo a dance        BTo a party

CTo a play         DTo a concert

9ABecause she does not like it.

BBecause it does not fit her very well.

CBecause it is too formal for the occasion.

DBecause the man likes the other dress better.

10  AFive minutes      BAn hour

CFifty minutes     DHalf an

 hour

Section B

Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. A

t 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 t

he corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

Passage One

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11ATo determine the position of a ship.

 BTo find the direction of a current.

CTo predict the direction of a ship.

     DTo carry messages across

the ocean.

12AU.S. ships were longer than British ones.

CU.S. ships could sail the Atlantic faster than British ones.

DU.S. captains knew more about maps.

13AA map of the Gulf Stream.

 BA map of the Atlantic Ocean.

CA map of important sea routes.

 DA map of his first voyage.

14AHe compared his own map with other maps.

     BHe talked with m

any U.S. sea captains.

CHe used drifting bottles to check his map.

DBoth B and C

Passage Two

Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

15ADeclined.

BDepleted.

CLimited.

DUnlimited.

16ABecause it is important for food resources.

BBecause the great fisheries are to be exhausted.

CBecause the noted biologist insisted on it.

DBecause fishes are fewer than Indian Tigers.

17 AEurope and Asia.      BThe whole world.

CAsia and America.    DAmerica.

Passage Three

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18   AShe wanted to pass the exams.

BShe had not worked very much.

CShe wanted her sister to worry about her.

DAll the students were working hard.

19AShe might not get up early.

BHer sister would not wake her up.

CShe could not have a good sleep.

DShe would dream.

20 AShe had worked hard.

BShe had taken a pill.

CHer body shook.

DShe had thought too much of her exams.

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

Directions:  There are four passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 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 center.

Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage:

Debates among candidates are rare in most countries. But they have become a staple(主要成分，经常性内容) of American politics, particularly during the last 25 years. Americans like debates because the candidates can be compared in an unscripted, live performance. The candidates don't know what questions will be asked, nor what their opponent might say. History indicates that a bad performance, particularly a telling gaffe(社会交场合的失言，失态), can  badly damage a candidate in the polls. The debates are a “key test” of the strength and abilities of the candidates, says CNN analyst Jeff Greenfield. A candidate cannot package himself in debates the way he can in party advertisements but must be quick on his feet to respond to unanticipated(未料到的) questions and criticisms, he adds.

The unforgettable debate quip(妙语，讽刺语) that can deflate a candidacy is the worst nightmare of any presidential hopeful. “There you go again”, Ronald Reagan's memorable retort to President Jimmy Carter, was a line that stuck with both viewers and commentators in the 1980 presidential campaign.

   Carter went on to lose the election, polls showed mostly because of the economy. But Carter's debate performance didn't help. Another example was Vice President Walter Mondale's deadly question to Senator Gary Hart, his main competitor in the 1984 Democratic primaries, “Where's the beef?” Mondale borrowed the line from a hamburger commercial that had used the phrase to suggest that competing products shortchanged(偷工减料) the consumer. Mondale, in effect, suggested that Hart's ideas were short on substance.The potential of debates to damage a vulnerable presidential hopeful is one reason why some candidates, particularly frontrunners(竞争领先者), are reluctant to risk their chances in such an uncontrolled environment and the fewer debate rules there are, the less control the candidates have. But broadcast presidential debates, both in the primaries and in the general election, are now routine and expected by the American people.

21. Why do the Americans like presidential debates?

A. Americans like debates.

B. The candidates can be compared in live performance.

C. It has a lots of entertainment.

D. It is interesting.

22. According to the passage, “Where's the beef” imply        .

A. competing products shortchanged the consumer

B. competitor's ideas were short on substance

C. to give a quip to competitor

D. the competitor is a humorist by saying this

23. Why candidates must attend the presidential debates?

A. Because everyone of candidates will become a propagandist

B. Because presidential debates are a key test of the strength and abilities

C. To attract a large number of the polls among Americans

D. It's a fixed form before candidate becoming a president

24. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. A candidate may package himself the same as ads in presidential debates.

B. Presidential debates have no effect to elect president.

C. Frontrunner can recall the presidential debates.

D. Presidential debates can show the candidates' strength and abilities.

25. The author's main standpoint is          .

A.       Criticism

B.       introduction

C.       objectively describe

D.       favoritism

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

     The 40 page booklet was prepared by lexicographer Robert Burchfield, chief editor of the authoritative Oxford English Dictionaries. Although intended as a final arbiter of spoken English, it has only added fuel to the rising criticism of BBC English in recent years. Burchfield approves the occasional split infinitive, or preposition at the end of a sentence. But judging from angry letters to the BBC, many listeners do not.“Anytime anyone makes a mistake, or the listener thinks he heard a mistake, the more elderly members of the public tend to write at once and say the world is coming to an end,” Burchfield says.

Burchfield finds such attacks“conservative beyond reasonableness.”He argues,“English grammar is a complicated system never quite mastered even by the best speakers of English.” As for pronunciation, it is an unending mine field.“I'm riddled with uncertainties myself,” Burchfield says.“For instance, this week I'm going through a period of indecision about whether to say SPECtator or specTAtor.”   There are rules at the BBC, but Burchfield wants them flexible, aiming——as in the case of split infinitives——for “the natural and unambiguous completion of a sentence already begun” rather than strict grammatical construction.

    However, cliches and meaningless fillers(e.g. at this point in time, ongoing, I mean to say)are to be avoided and words are to be pronounced correctly. It is government, not guvment; deeity, not dayity; jewelry, not joolerry; COMparable, not comPARable.

There have been worse controversies in the past, he says, such as the loss of grammatical gender during the Middle English period. The current rate of change in the English language, he says, is about average for the past 1,200 years.

26. Which of the following statements about Burchfield's booklet is Not True?

AIt is meant to pacify people's criticism of BBC English in recent years.

BIt is intended to judge Spoken English.

CIt turns out that it completely fails the author's expectations.

DIt must have been illprepared since it is badly.

27. The old people mentioned in the first paragraph         .

Ahave to bear the many mistakes in English

Bshould be reasonable as to the change of English

Clove to write letters to Burchfield

Dnever end a sentence with a preposition

28. Why should the rules governing English be flexible and aiming?

ABecause those who speak do not necessarily know the grammatical rules.

BBecause spoken English is more important than grammar.

CBecause the English language itself is full of controversies.

DBecause English had already existed before its grammar came into being.

29. English at present is changing        .

Arapidly

Bmore rapidly than English in the Middle Ages

Cless rapidly than English in the Middle Ages

Dat an average level with Middle English

30. Which is Not Burchfield's view concerning English?

AEnglish should be pronounced correctly.

BTry to avoid using cliches.

CThe best English speakers cannot quite master English grammar.

DThere should be standards of spoken and written English.

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

Some 1182 persons living in the U.S., almost entirely Muslim, continue to be detained without charges and without being told what their crime is since the September 11 attacks. Under the USA Patriot Act suspects can be indefinitely detained without charges for up to 6 months, with police and the FBI given wide ranging powers to conduct searches of homes and offices, intrude into the privacy of financial transactions, and intercept phone, mail, and internet communications.

Some 5,000 young men, between ages 1833, who legitimately entered the U.S. from Muslim countries after January 2000 will be questioned by the FBI for possible connections with the terrorists who hijacked the 4 planes on September 11, there by spreading alarm and fear since they could treated as suspects or even potential terrorists.

To top it all, on November 13, the day Kabul fell, President Bush, declaring an extraordinary emergency", decreed the establishment of special military tribunals to try nonAmericans within the U.S. and overseas who allegedly are involved in committing acts of terrorism. These handpicked military courts, operating insecurely and dispensing with constitutional rights, can impose a death sentence, without even the right of appeal.

The New York Times, on November 16, editorially criticized President Bush that with “the flick of a pen”, he has essentially discarded the rulebook of American justice painstakingly assembled over the course of more than two centuries…(with) a crude and unaccountable system that any dictator would admire. Denouncing these proposed tribunals as military kangaroo courts, America's premier conservative columnist, William Safire, otherwise a staunch Republican supporter, wrote on November 15: “non-citizens face an executive that is now investigator, prosecutor, judge, jury, and jailer or executioner”.

31. What is the purpose of the passage?

ATo describe the Counterterrorists defeated the terrorists.

BTo let us know what is “the flick of a pen”.

CTo remind the people against the terrorists.

DTo introduce after the 9.11 attacks what are the American doing.

32. Why is editor criticized president Bush?

ABecause government of Bush cannot catch the terrorists.

BBush modify the American constitutional rights.

C  The government of Bush intercept the privacy phone mail and internet communications.

DBecause the government of Bush established a death sentence.

33. According to the passage, which following is not true?

AAmerican government established a death sentence in constitutional rights of American.

BTo intrude into the privacy of financial transactions.

CThe FBI already searched and arrested the terrorists.

DSpreading alarm and fear the government could treated as potential terrorists.

34. According to the passage, the terrorists come from       .

APakistan

BAfghanistan

CIndia

DMuslim countries

35. The best tile for the passage is.

ATerrorists and counterterrorists.

BActs of American government.

Cshadow of American.

DTo attack the terrorists.

Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:

There are two great mysteries about the beach. One is why human beings flock there by thousands, only to prostrate(俯卧) themselves in dense packs of glistening flesh. The other is why the sand goes there. Strange as it seems, oceanographers have never really understood why sand piles up on the shore. Now Douglas Inman and Daniel Conley think they have solved the Puzzle.

The puzzle had to do with waves. Though it might seem intuitive that waves carry water to shore, and sand along with it, it's not that simple. The crest(浪尖) of a passing wave lifts a given bit of water upward and landward, but theensuing trough(波谷) pushes the water back down and out to sea. Near the bottom, where the sand is, the water was always assumed to just slide back and forth—and the sand with it. “If you take a very aloof look at a beach,”says Inman, “you'll realize that if the two motions move sand back and forth the same amount, then all the sand should end up in deep water.”

So for beaches to exist, the crest's onshore flow must somehow move enough sand up the beach to counter the seaward tug of both the trough and gravity.

    The pressure changes in the sand bed, Inman and Conley think, are the key to beach creation. They found that sand doesn't just slide back and forth with each passing wave. Under a trough, it does slide seaward, in a thin layer just above the bottom. But under a crest its movement is often more elaborate. The higher pressure under a crest—higher because the water is piled higher—forces water into the porous (多孔的) sand. This creates strong whirlpools just above the sand, which help loosen it. As the crest passes overhead, the sand first rushes across the bottom; then it abruptly turns violent lifting off the bottom in large, boiling bunches. Finally, just after the crest passes, the sand explodes up into the great water column. The boiling and rushing move more sand than the backsliding under a trough, so there's a net movement of sand toward the shore.

36. What is the primary purpose of this passage?

ATo explain why sand piles up on the beaches.

BTo explain why men only prostrate in the sea.

CTo propose a new explanation of a phenomenon.

DTo refute a misconception.

37. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

AThe pressure changes in the sand bed are the most important factor in the creation of beach.

BThe crest pushes water seaward.

CPeople take it for granted that waves carry water and sand to the beach.

DThe high pressure under a crest forms strong whirlpools above the sand.

38. Which of the following is not a step of beach creation?

AWater is forced into sand by the high pressure under a crest.

BStrong whirlpools loosen the sand.

CThe sand is first at the bottom when a crest passes.

DMore sand is pushed back to the sea.

39. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

AInman and Conley present an unconvincing explanation.

BNo one has ever made any effort to solve the puzzle in the passage.

CThe beach is full of mysteries, but now some scientists have thrown a new light on them.

DScientists like to make trouble out of nothing.

40. This passage is most probably an excerpt from      .

Aa scientific journal which introduces the latest development in oceanography

Ba popular magazine that explains new ideas to interested readers

Can introduction to a book on oceanography

Da textbook for pupils

Part Ⅲ  Vocabulary and Structure

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 that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.

41It has been estimated that the earth's surface temperature has increased         one quarter to three quarter of a degree since 1805.

A to   B by    C at    D with

42The lady dressed in the latest Paris fashion is      in her appearance but rude in her speech.

Aelaborate  Bexcessive   Celegant    Dexaggerated

43  Many people think that the standards of public         have declined.

Amorality   Brightness    Cawareness   D  mentality

44Iceland lies far north in the Atlantic, with its northernmost tip actually          the Arctic Circle.

Atouched   Btouches    Ctouching     Dbeing touched

45You need to rewrite this sentence because it is     ; the readers will have difficulty in understanding it.

Acomprehensive    B alternative    C deliberate     Dambiguous

46  People were surprised to find that he had the ability to          everything he was involved in.

Aprecede     Bdominate      Ceffect   Dambiguous

47Colin married my sister and I married his brother,        makes Colin and me double inlaws.

A what      B which     C that     Dit

48 The problems requiring immediate solution will be given         at the meeting.

Apriority     Burgency     Csuperiority   Demergency

49 A membership card authorizes         the club's facilities for a period of 12 months.

Athe holder using     Cthe holder to use   

Bthe holder's use     Dthe holder uses

50  During the conference the speaker tried to          his feelings concerning the urgency of a favorable decision.

Acomply     Bimpose     Cimply    Dconvey

51       I admit that there are problems, I don't think that they cannot be solved.

AUnless   BUntil     CAs    DWhile

52 The fact that they reacted so differently was a reflection of their different       .

Aperformances    Bpersonalities    Cqualities   Dappearances

53 Your excuse that an elephant fell on you and made you late is just        .

Ainevitable    Bindispensable   Cincredible    Dincurable

54Another big issue         the new republic is the problem of the education of its citizens.

Aconfining    Bconfirming    Cconforming    Dincurable

55I tried to relax because I knew I would use up my oxygen sooner      .

Athe more excited I got     Cand more I got excited

BI got excited more         Dand I got more excited

56Scientists first         the idea of the atom bomb in the 1930s.

Aimagined   Bconceived   Cconsidered   Dacknowledged

57Cotton production has been         the decline these years.

Adown     Bon      Cat      Dunder

58The day before my history exam, I still hadn't         reading

the first book on the list.

Aseen about    Bcaught up with   Cgot round to   Dsat for

59He has pointed out the dangers            in this type of nuclear power station.

Ainterior    Binherent    Cinside  Dinner

60 Whenever I have an appointment, I like to arrive         .

Aahead of time a little     　Ca little ahead of time

Ba little time ahead　　        Dahead of a little time

61Radar is used to extend the      of man's senses for observing his environment, especially the sense of vision.

Avalidity    Bliability     Ccapability   Dintensity

62The  boy  cycling  in  the  street  was  knocked  down  by  a minibus  and received        injures.

Afatal      Bexcessive     Cdisastrous     Dexaggerated

63If the ocean were free of ice, storm paths would move further north,     the plains of North America of rainfall.

Ato deprive   Bdeprived    Cdepriving    Ddeprived

64A window in the kitchen was        ; there was rubbish every there, and the curtains and carpets had been stolen.

Ascattered    Bscraped    Cscratched     Dsmashed

65This is an ideal site for a university            it is far from the downtown area.

Aprovided that    Bnow that    Cso that    Din that

66The most           technological success in the twentieth century　is probably the computer revolution.

Aprominent    Bprosperous    Csolemn   Dprevalent

67 Whether their football team will win is a matter of          to me.

Aindifference    Bdiscrimination    Cdeviation   Dinterests

68 He thought he could talk Mr. Robinson         buying some expensive equipment.

Aon    Bof     Cround     Dinto

69Today the public is much concerned about the way         .

Anature is being ruined     Con which to ruin nature 

Bwhich nature is ruined     Dof nature to be ruined

70 Though         rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life.

Aby any means   Bby some means   Cby all means   Dby no means

试 卷 二

Part Ⅳ  Error Correction

Directions: In the following passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the correct place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and be sure to put a slash (/) in the blank.

Example:

Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods. 1.    time 
Many of the arguments having used for the study of              2.       /   
literature as a school subject are valid for ∧ study

          3.the
of television.  
For the first 18 months of her life Helen Keller was a normal infant  
who cried, learned to recognize the voice of her father and mother and  

took joy for looking at their faces and abjects about her home.“Then,”

 71_______

as she recalled later,“came the illness which close my eyes and ears

 

and plunged me in to the unconsciousness of a newborn baby.”

 
The illness, perhaps scarlet fever, vanished as quick as it struck, 72_______   
but it erased not only the child's vision and hearing but also, a result, 73_______ 
her powers of articulate speech.  
Her life thereafter, as a girl and as a woman, became a triumph  
(over) crushing adversity and shattering affliction. In time, Miss Keller  
learned to circumvent (智胜) her blindness, eafness and muteness; she  
could“see”and “listen”with exceptional acuity; she even learned to talk 74_______  
passably and to dance in time to a fox trot or a waltz. Her remarkable  

mind unfolded, and she was in and of the world, a full and happy participant

 
in life.  
What was set Miss Keller apart was that no similarly afflicted 75_______ 
person before had done more than acquire the simplest skills.  
But she was graduated Radcliffe; she became an artful and subtle 76_______  
writer; she led a vigorous life; she developed into a crusading (征战)  
humanitarian who supported Socialism; and she energized movements  
that revolutionized help for the blind and deaf. 77_______
Her tremendous accomplishments and the force of assertive personality that  
underlay them were released through the devotion and skill of Anne Sullivan  
Macy, her teacher, through whom in large degree she  
expressed herself. Mrs. Macy succeeded, at her death in 1936, by Polly     78_______
Thomson, who died on 1960. Since then Miss Keller's companion had 79_______  
been Mrs. Winifred Corbally.  
Miss Keller's life was so long and so crowded with improbable  
feats—from riding horseback to learning Greek—and she was so serene  
yet so determined in her advocacy of beneficent causes that she became  
a great legend. She is always seemed to be standing before the world as 80_______ 
an example of unquenchable will.  
   

Part Ⅴ  Writing

Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic How to Approach Money. You should write at least 120 words and the first sentence of each paragraph is given below:

Outline:

1. Money is necessary in our modern life.

2. But money is not all good.

3. How should we approach money?

How to Approach Money

[注释]

Part Ⅰ Listening Comprehension

Section A

1     W： Have the children left for school yet?

M： Ally left at 8:00, and Julie, late as usual, dashed out 20 minutes later.

Q： What time did Julie leave?

[ 答案 B ]

2     M： I thought you were going out this evening.

W： I was, but the party was canceled because Mildred came down with the flu.

Q： What did Mildred do?

[ 答案 A ]

3    W： What do you plan to do on your vacation?

M： This year I'm just going to be lazy at home. I'll probably do some gardening, watch TV, and work on my stamp collection.

Q： Where is the man going to spend his vacation?

[ 答案 D ]

4     M： Do you enjoy classical music?

W： I adore chamber music, but I have no patience with the 20th century stuff, especially that awful electronic noise!

Q： Why doesn't the woman like electronic music?

[ 答案 C ]

5     M： How long have you been in this country?

W： My husband sent my two daughters and me a years ago last March.

Q： How many people did the woman's husband send?

[ 答案 C ]

6     M： These silver earring are only sixteen dollars this week. The

     gold ones are twenty four.

W： I'll take the silver ones, then; or on second thought, give me the gold ones. I gave a gold necklace that would look very nice with them.

Q： What did the woman decide to buy?

[ 答案 C ]

7       M： Do you have your Christmas shopping done yet?

W： Almost. I got a watch for my husband, but I can't seem to find anything for my dad. He could probably like a book or a case for his coin collection.

Q： What did the woman buy her husband for Christmas?

[ 答案 D ]

8     M： I feel obligated to attend the party, but really I'd much rather go with you to the concert.

W： I'm sorry that you can't. They will be playing music from the big bard area.

Q： Where is the Woman going?

[ 答案 D ]

9     M： Which dress do you plan to wear?

W： I like the black one, and it fits me better, but it's probably too dressy. I suppose I'll wear the red one.

Q： Why didn't the woman wear the black dress?

[ 答案 C ]

10      W： John, I'm sorry to be so late, Thank you for waiting.

M： Oh, I didn't mind I've only been here fifty minutes. You said that you

            might be as much as an hour late, so I just bought my newspaper and  

ordered myself a cup of coffee.

Q： How long has the man been waiting?

[ 答案 C ]

Section B

Passage One

The most important use of drifting bottles is to find ocean currents. When the position and direction of currents are known, ships can use the forward movement

of a current or stay away from currents that would carry them off their course.

Benjamin Franklin was one of the first to use bottles in the study of currents.

He wondered why British mail ships needed a week or two longer than U.S. ships needed in order to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Franklin thought the Gulf Stream might explain this difference.

Franklin talked with U.S. captains. He found that they knew each turn of the Gulf Stream. They used the current in every possible way. From his talks with the U.S. sea captains, Franklin made his first map of the Gulf Stream. Then he checked his map by using sealed bottles. The map that he finally made is still used, with only a few changes, today.

Questions 11 to 14 are based on the passage you have just heard.

11    Why are drifting bottles used?

[ 答案 B ]

12      What led Franklin to talk with U.S. sea captains?

[ 答案 C ]

13    What did Franklin make after his talks with U.S. sea captains?

[ 答案 A ]

14    What did Franklin do in order to make an accurate map?

[ 答案 D ]

Passage Two

During the 19th century, it was common to hear people in Europe and America say

that the resources of the sea were unlimited. For example, a noted biologist writing in the mid 19th century commented that none of the great sea fisheries are to be exhausted. Today though, there is evidence that the resources of the sea are as seriously endangered as those of the land and the air, and that the endangered species now include herring and carp as well as the African Elephant, Indian Tiger, and the American Eagle. Further, the threats to fish are more alarming in some ways than the threats to animals and birds. This is because fish are much needed food resource and people throughout the world depend on fish as an important part of their diet, and the decline in the fish supply could have extensive effects on hunger and population. Fishermen in the North Atlantic alone annually harvest 20 billion pounds of fish to satisfy food demands, but it is important to recognize that these practices cannot continue without depleting fish reserves within the next few years. Sea resources are rapidly declining in many parts of the world and the problem cannot be ignored. We can predict that food supplies in the sea cannot last forever.

Questions 15 to 17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

15   According to the speaker, what was the attitude in the 19th century toward resources of the sea?

[ 答案 D ]

16   What does the speaker emphasize as the reason for maintaining sea resources?

[ 答案 A ]

17   How widely spread could the effects of the decline in fish supply be?

[ 答案 B ]

Passage Three

Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there was the end of year exams. All the students had been working hard for some time. If they didn't pass, they would have to take them again in September. There were usually a few who failed, but Rosy was determined not to be one of them, She had worked hard all year, but just before the exams she was working so hard that her sister Betty was worried about her. She was staying up too late. The night before the first exam, Betty insisted that she should have an early night and take a sleeping pill. She promised to wake her in the morning.

As she was falling asleep, Rosy was worried that she might oversleep. Her mind kept jumping from subject to subject. At last, with the help of the pill, she fell asleep. In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the paper. She couldn't answer any of the questions. Everyone round her was writing pages and pages. However hard she thought, she couldn't find anything to write about. She kept looking at her watch. Time was running out. There was only an hour left. She started one question, wrote two sentences, gave up and tried another one. With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences. By this time she was so worried that she started crying. Her whole body shook. It shook so much that it woke her up. She was still in bed and it had all been a terrible dream. A minute later, Betty called her name.

Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.

18   Why did Rosy study until very late at night?

[ 答案 A ]

19    What was Rosy worried about after taking the pill?

[ 答案 A ]

20          Why did Rosy have a terrible dream?

[ 答案 D ]

Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension

21  B   此题答案我们可以从课文第一段可以看出，A只是表面原因，B的译文：他们可以根据候选人现场的即席发言，对他们进行比较。可见B才是本题的实质答案，而C和D  在文章中并没有提及。

22  B  “Where's the beef” 可在文章第二段找到，它实际上是一则汉堡包的广告词，但它在文章中经过蒙代尔的借用来暗示哈特(他的竞争对手)的主张缺乏实际性内容。

23  C   本题从表面上看，四个答案都正确，但我们通读全文后知道竞选者在全国作总统辩论是为了争取得到大量美国人民的选票。而A、B、D从不同方面描述了总统辩论的作用，但只是表面现象，C才是本质原因。

24  D   此题我们可以用排除法，A答案我们可以在文章第一段末尾看到。文章说“候选人不能够像在制作本党竞选广告那样包装自己”，故A可排除；B显然是错误的，通读文章后，可以发现文章通篇都在说明或暗示竞选者对总统竞选过程的作用；C虽然在文章中没有肯定或否定，但我们可以从文章最后一句话看出，竞选者不可以随便取消辩论，它是美国人民的期待，也是竞选者的一次表现机会。

25　C 　作者在描述全文中是一种客观的陈述，没有倡导也无批评。

26D  Burchfield 的小册子的出版遭到批评，并不是由于它的准备不完善，而是由于作者讨论了一些有争议的语法现象，遭到某些人，尤其是老年人的不满，因此这些人纷纷致信 BBC，BBC遭受的批评反而有增无减。

27B  老年人倾向于严格按语法习惯讲英语，对新词新用法往往持批评态度，甚至保守到超出理智的地步。

28　D  第三段说明自然朴实的英语在语法规则形成之前就已开始了，因此规则应有针对性，不应死板。

29C  见最后一段。目前英语的改变在最近1200年中不算很快，只属中等速度，中世纪英语的改变要剧烈得多。

30D  全篇从Burchfield的小册子谈起，谈到变化最快的英语口语与一定语法间的冲突，涉及公众的反应，没有具体讲口语与书面语应该有标准。

31D  本文主要议论了美国在遭受到恐怖分子袭击之后，美国人民在做些什么，从第一段和第三段，我们可以看出，美国人民在采取一定的措施，故D比较符合题意。

32B  见本文第四段我们可知，总统遭受批判是因为他修改了宪法。

33C  通读全文，可以明显看出C是不对的，因为文章中并未提起。

34D  根据上下文判断，terrorists 涉及很广，但大多数是Muslim countries, 前三项虽然涉及但不全面。

35B  根据31题，我们可以了解到作者的目的是说明什么，然后我们可以判断出最好的标题应该是B。

36A  第一段后半部分指出海洋学家们并未真正弄清沙子堆积在海滩上的原因，然后说有两位科学家自认为找到了这一难题的答案。以下各段都是围绕这一主题展开讨论的。

37B  B选项恰好与真实情况相反：浪尖推动水流向陆地涌去，而不是推向深海去。参见文章第二段。

38D 文章第三段评述了沙滩形成的过程。D选项显然是错误的，如果更多的沙子被推回到海里去，沙滩就不会形成了。

39C  to throw a new light on sth.“帮助说明某事物”，选项C是正确的。在这篇文章中，两位海洋学家阐述了沙滩形成的原因，但没有给出公论，判定他们的解释正确与否。

40A  B选项的范围太宽。D选项不尽合适，因为这样的文章给小学生看太过深奥。C选项最有干扰性，但一般在介绍部分的内容都应是公认正确的理论，或是全书要详加阐述的内容，本文不符合这两个要求。比较起来A最确切。

41B  句意：据统计自从1805年以来地球表面温度已增加了0.25度到0.75度。Increase by 意为“净增加了……”。另外by可意为“以……计”、“按……计算”，如：rent a house by the month按月租屋。I was paid by the day. 我的工资按日计算。by通常用作表示标准、度数或单位、数量。而at通常表示比率、价格。如：The car runs at a speed of 150 kilometers an hour. 汽车以时速150公里行驶。The apples are sold at fifty fen a jin.苹果五角一斤。

42C  elegant指举止优雅的，与粗鲁（rude）相对，本题句意为：这位穿着巴黎最流行服饰女士外表优雅但言谈粗鲁。elaborate意为“精心计划（或制作）的”，“详尽的”， “苦心的、刻苦的”，“复杂的”，如：an elaborate plot精心策划的阴谋，elaborate preparations周详充分的准备。excessive意为“过多的、过分的”。exaggerated意为“夸张的，夸大的，言过其实的。”

43A  句意：许多人认为公共道德水准下降了。morality意为“道德、（行为等的）道德性”，“道德观、道德规范”，如：commercial morality商业道德；Conflicts must arise between the two moralities. 这两种道德观势必会发生冲撞。awareness意为“意识到，觉悟”，如：This only enhanced their political awareness. 单单这个就提高了他们的政治觉悟。mentality意为“心理状态”，“脑力、智力”如：I don't understand the mentality of anyone who would do a terrible thing like that! 我不理解任何会做这种可怕的事的人的心理。

44C  句意：冰岛位于大西洋的最北面，它的最北端实际已触及北极圈。

45D  句意：你必须重写这个句子，因为句意模棱两可，读的人很难理解。comprehensive意为“广泛的”；deliberate意为“故意的”；alternative“供替代的”，“两者可择其一的”。 这三个词都不符合这个句子要表达的意思，只有ambiguous“模棱两可的”能使这个句子连贯，语意通顺。

46B  dominate意为“支配，影响”。

47B  如果不是非限制性定语从句，which和that一般情况下可以互换，但若在非限制性定语从句中，多数情况下用which不用that。

48A  句意：需要立即解决的问题在大会上要给予优先考虑。priority意为“优先、优先权”，如：The newly-formed airborne division gets priority in men and equipment.这个新组建的空降师在人员和装备方面享有优先权。priority还有一个意思为“优先考虑的事”，如：a top priority 应予以最优先考虑的事。本题就属于这种含义。superiority意为“优越性、优等、优势”，如：The superiority over the enemy army取得对敌军的优势。Their vast superiority in speed would be easily outweighed by the extortionate running costs.它们在速度方面的巨大优越性很可能就会被过分昂贵的经营开支所压倒。与priority易混的另一个词是privilege，意为“特权、优惠、特别的待遇、特殊的荣幸”，如：One of the obstacles to social harmony is privilege.导致社会不和的原因之一是特权。It was a privilege to hear her sing. 能听到她歌喉真是莫大的荣幸。

49C  Authorize sb. do sth. 授权，准许，如：You shouldn't have used a text that I have never authorized you to use. 你本不应引用那段我不准许你用的文章。本题句意为：会员卡准许会员能够用这个俱乐部的设施为期12个月。

50D  convey意为“传送、输送、传导”，可引申为“传达、表达（意思或感情等）”，如：I can't convey my feelings in words.我不能用言语表达我的感情。What is it that the author wants to convey to his reader through the story? 作者想通过这个故事向读者传达一个什么意思呢？imply意为“意味着、有……含意”，含有含蓄的表示，不直接谈出之意。如：Does that imply that you disagree with the committee as a whole? 那意味着你完全不同意委员会的意见吗？

51D   句意：尽管我承认有困难，但我认为它们不是不能解决的。While在这儿不表示动作在同一时间进行，而是一个连词，表示语气的转折，可译为“尽管，然而，但是”等。

52   B   句意：他们反应如此不同，这本身也是素质不同的反应。注意quality和personality两词的区别，quality意为“品质、特征、质量”，指人或事物区别于他人或其他事物的特性。如：One quality of iron is hardness. 坚硬是铁的特点之一。He has many qualities: generosity, diligence, modesty, and simplicity. 他具有许多优秀的品质：慷慨，勤奋，谦虚，纯朴。personality 指人的（鲜明的）个性，或指（团体，地方，国家）独有的特性。如：the formation of personality人格的形成。

53C  inevitable意为“不可避免的”；indispensable意为“必不可少的”；incurable意为“不可治愈的”；incredible意为“不能相信的，不可信的”，通常用来指物，如：The plot of the book is incredible. 这本书的情节不可信。at incredible speeds以难以置信的速度。注意incredible和incredulous的区别，incredulous意为“不轻信的，怀疑的”，通常用以指人，如：When they heard their story, they were incredulous. 他们听了他的故事，都不相信。be incredulous of hearsay不相信道听途说。

54D   句意：面临这个新共和国的巨大问题是教育它的公民的问题。confirm、confine、conform和confront尽管这四个词拼写有相似之处，但含义有很大区别。conform意为“符合、遵循”，常和介词to连用，表示“遵从、遵守”；与介词with连用，表示“符合”。confine意为“限制、局限”，常和介词to连用，表示“把……限制在……”。confirm意为“肯定”，“确定”，如：This letter is to confirm your appointment. 此信将确定你的任命。confront意为“面临、遭遇、勇敢地面对”，如：Confront the possibility of failure面临失败的可能。

55A  本句基本句型为：the more... the more，本题句意为：我试图放松，因为我知道我越激动，我将越快用尽氧气。

56B  conceive这儿意为“构想出、想出”，如：Conceive the design of a new type place构想出一种新型飞机的图样。本题的句意为：科学家最初在20世纪30年代就有了原子弹这个想法。

57B  句意：这些年来，棉花的产量在减少。on the decline为固定搭配，意为“在减少在衰退”，如：In our town, interests in sports are on the decline. 在我们镇，人们对于体育的兴趣在减少。The population is on the decline. 人口在减少。

58C  get round to = get around to意为“找到时间做某事，来得及做某事”。本题句      意为：历史考试前一天，我仍没有时间读单子上的第一本书。再看一个例子：After a long delay, I got around to writing the letter. 耽搁了长时间后，我终于有时间写这封信了。catch up with 意为“赶上，跟上”；see about意为“处理，留意，查询”等，sit for意为“参加（考试）”，“坐着让人为自己照相或画像”，如：She had to sit for her final examination. 她不得不参加期末考试。Please keep still while you sit for your photographs. 当你坐着让人给你照相时，请保持不动。

59B  句意：他指出了这种类型的核电站的潜在危险。inherent意为“内在的、固有的、生来就有的”，如：an inherent defect固有的缺陷。inherent这个词含有抽象意味；interior意为“内部的、内陆的、内心的”含有具体的意味，如：an interior room without windows没有窗子的内室，interior towns内地城镇，the interior life of man人的内心生活。inner意为“内部的、里面的”，如：the inner wrappings内包装。inside作形容词也有具体的意味，意为“里面的、内侧的、内部的”，如：inside clothing内衣，an  inside  wall内墙，inside furnishings屋内装修。

60C  句意：不管我什么时候有约会，我喜欢早一点赴约。ahead of time固定词组，意为“提前”。

61C  句意：雷达被用来增进人们观察其周围环境的感知能力，尤其是增进视觉的能力。capability意为“能力、才能、技能”，如：the capability to do sth. 做某事的能力。注意capability 和另一个同词根的词capacity的区别, capacity意为“容积、容量、吸收力”，如：The stadium has a seating capacity of 18000.这个体育场容纳18000名观众。

62A  fatal 意为“致命的”，disastrous意为“毁灭性的”。

63C  句意：如果洋面没有冰的话，风暴的线路便会再往北移，使北美草原没有降雨。这里的depriving the plains of North America of rainfall，是分词作storm paths would move further north的伴随状语。

64D  句意：厨房的一扇窗户被砸碎了，到处乱七八糟，窗帘和地毯被偷走了。smash意为“打碎、打破、摧毁”，如：The ball smashed a window. 球砸碎了一扇窗户。scratch意为“抓、抓破、划、刻”，“刮擦（某物）使发出刺耳声”，如：He scratched a match on the wall. 他嚓地一声在墙上擦亮一根火柴。scrape 意为“刮、擦、削”，如：scrape one's chin剃胡须，scrape one's boots.刮净靴底。

65D  句意：这是大学的理想场所，因为这儿远离闹市区。now that意为“既然、由于”，如：Now that they have taken matters into their hands, the pace of events have quickened.他们既已着手自己来处理问题，事态的进展也就加快了。in that意为“由于，因为”。

66A  句意：在20世纪最为著名的科技成就也许是计算机的革命。prominent意为“杰出的、重要的、著名的”，如：people prominent in science科学界的知名人士。prosperous意为“兴旺的、繁荣的、富裕的”，如：a prosperous city兴旺发达的城市，a prosperous farmer富裕的农民。

67A  句意：他们的足球队是否能赢与我无关。indifference意为“不感兴趣、漠不关心”，“不在乎”，如：She was much distressed by his indifference toward her. 他对她的冷淡态度使她深感苦恼。discrimination意为“区别、辨别”，如：the discrimination between right and wrong是非的分辨。

68D  句意：他认为他能够劝说罗宾逊先生买这些昂贵的设备。talk sb. into doing sth. 意为“劝某人做某事”，如：Bob talked us into waking home with him.鲍勃劝说我们和他一起走回家。talk sb. round意为“劝说使改变主意”，如：I was against going to China, but Mary eventually managed to talk me round. 我不同意去中国，但最后经玛丽劝说我改变了主意。

69A  句意：现在公众对自然正在遭受的破坏很关注。nature is being ruined是一个定语从句，修饰way, way后面省略了in which，因此这个句子也可以说成：Today the public is much concerned about the way in which nature is being ruined.

70D  句意：尽管他无论从哪方面来谈都不能称得上富裕，但他现在的境况比他一生中的任何其他时期都要好。by no means是一个固定搭配，意为“决不，一点也不”；by all means意为“务必，一定，无论如何”；by any means意为“无论如何，总之”。根据句子的语意，只有by no means符合句意的逻辑。

Part Ⅳ  Error Correction

71.   joy for  → in

此处为介词错误。take joy in doing something为固定结构，意为“喜欢做某事”，或“从做某事中获得快乐”。

72.  as quick as → quickly

文中提到疾病，可能是腥红热，来得快去得也快。quickly修饰动词vanished和struck，故应用副词，而不用形容词。strike意为疾病侵袭。

73.   ∧ a result → as

as a result为固定搭配，意为因此。

74.  and “listen” → hear

此处为动词错误。listen强调动作本身，而hear强调动作结果，听见。文中句意为“她可以异常敏锐地‘看到’或‘听到’。故应用hear。

75.  what was set → ／

此处为语态错误，应用主动语态，而不是被动语态。此句意为把海伦·凯勒和其他人区分开来的是，患过同样疾病的人只能获得最基本的技能。

76.  graduated ∧ Radicliffe → from

此处缺少介词。graduate from意为“从……地方毕业”。

77.  and ∧ deaf → the

此处缺少冠词。形容词前加定冠词the，表示某一类人。

78.  Macy ∧ succeeded → was

succeeded在此处不是成功的意思，而是指继承、接替。原文意为“Mrs. Macy在1936年去世后，由Polly Thomson来接替她的工作”，故应加was。

79.  on 1960→ in

此处为介词错误。年号前应用介词in。

80.  she is always → ／

此处为语态错误。应用主动语态而不是被动语态。

Part Ⅴ Writing Sample

How to Approach Money

Money is necessary in our modern life. Nobody can deny that money is indispensable for us to get daily necessities, such as food and clothing. In addition, the house we live in demands rent and when we go out, we should pay traffic fee. In a word, money is an important factor of our life. With more money, we can live better and obtain better working or studying conditions.

But money is not all good. If you take advantage of money and do harm to other people, that's immoral. Many people work hard when they have no money but do nothing when they have more than enough money. So sometimes money has a bad effect on people's minds. And even worse, there are some people nowadays who make money at the expense of friendship, conscience or other people's interests. That's really worth detesting.

How should we approach money, then? In my opinion, money can do a lot of benefits to our material life. So we should work hard to earn more money and make our life as comfortable and agreeable as possible. But at the same time we should remember that money is not our final goal. Instead, it is the means towards the goal. Besides making money, there are a lot of valuable things in life that deserve our devotion.