Part I Listening Comprehension (20 minutes)
Section A
1. A) All the passengers were killed. C) No more survivors have been found.
B) The plane crashed in the night. D) It's too late to search for survivors.
2. A) It’s results were just as expected. C) It fully reflected the students' ability.
B) It wasn't very well designed. D) Its results fell short of her expectations.
3. A) He believes dancing is enjoyable. C) He admires those who dance.
B) He definitely does not like dancing. D) He won't dance until he has done his work.
4. A) His computer doesn't work well. C) He didn't register for a proper course.
B) He isn't getting along with his staff. D) He can't apply the theory to his program.
5. A) Reading on the campus lawn. C) Applying for financial aid.
B) Depositing money in the bank. D) Reviewing a student's application.
6. A) A new shuttle bus. C) An airplane flight.
B) A scheduled space flight. D) The first space flight.
7. A) The deadline is drawing near. C) She turned in the proposals today.
B) She can't meet the deadline. D) They are two days ahead of time.
8. A) By going on a diet. C) By doing physical exercise.
B) By having fewer meals. D) He liked some parts of it.
9. A) He enjoyed it as a whole. C) He didn't like it at all.
B) He didn't think much of it. D) He liked some parts of it.
10. A) It looks quite new. C) It looks old, but it runs well.
B) It needs to be repaired. D) Its engine needs to be painted.
Section B
Passage One
Questions 11 to 13 are based on the passage you have just heard.
11. A) Experience in negotiating. C) The time they spend on preparation.
B) A high level of intelligence. D) The amount of pay they receive.
12. A) Study the case carefully beforehand. C) Appear friendly to the other party.
B) Stick to a set target. D) Try to be flexible about their terms.
13. A) Make sure there is no misunderstanding. C) Repeat the same reasons.
B) Try to persuade by giving various reasons. D) Listen carefully and patiently to the other party.
Passage Two
Questions 14 to 16 are based on the passage you have just heard.
14. A) They eat huge amounts of food. C) They usually eat to their hearts' content.
B) They usually eat twice a day. D) They eat much less than people assume.
15. A) when it is breeding.
B) When it feels threatened by humans in its territory.
C) When its offspring it threatened.
D) When it is suffering from illness.
16. A) They are not as dangerous as people think. C) They attack human beings by nature.
B) They can be as friendly to humans as dogs. D) They are really tame sea animals.
Passage Three
Question 17 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
17. A) Because people might have to migrate there someday.
B) Because it is very much like the earth.
C) Because it is easier to explore than other planets.
D) Because its atmosphere is different from that of the earth.
18. A) Its chemical elements must be studied. C) Big spaceships must be built.
B) Its temperature must be lowered. D) Its atmosphere must be changed.
19. A) It influences the surface temperature of Mars.
B) It protects living beings from harmful rays.
C) It keeps a planet from overheating.
D) It is the main component of the air people breathe.
20. A) Man will probably be able to live there in 200 years.
B) Scientists are rather pessimistic about it.
C) Man will probably be able to live there in 100,000 years' time.
D) Scientists are optimistic about overcoming the difficulties soon.
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Passage One
Questions 21 to 25 are based on the following passage.
Navigation computers, now sold by most car-makers, cost ??2,000 and up. No surprise, then, that they are most often found in luxury cars, like Lexus, BMW and Audi. But it is a developing technology meaning prices should eventually drop--and the market does seem to be growing.
Even at current prices, a navigation computer is impressive. It can guide you from point to point in most major cities with precise turn-by-turn directions--spoken by a clear human-sounding voice, and written on a screen in front of the driver.
The computer works with an antenna(天线) that takes signals from no fewer than three of the 24 global positioning system (GPS) satellites. By measuring the time required for a signal to travel between the satellites and the antenna, the car's location can be pinned down within 100 meters.
The satellite signals, along with inputs on speed from a wheel-speed sensor and direction from a meter, determine the car's position even as it moves. This information is combined with a map database. Streets, landmarks and points of interest are included.
Most systems are basically identical. The differences come in hardware--the way the computer accepts the driver's request for directions and the way it presents the driving instructions. On most systems, a driver enters a desired address, motorway junction or point of interest via a touch screen or disc. But the Lexus screen goes a step further: you can point to any spot on the map screen and get directions to it.
BMW's system offers a set of cross hairs (瞄准器上的十字纹) that can be moved across the map (you have several choices of map scale ) to pick a point you'd like to get to. Audi's screen can be switched to TV reception.
Even the voices that recite the directions can differ, with better systems like BMW's and Lexus's having a wider vocabulary. The instructions are available in French, German, Spanish, Dutch and Italian, as well as English, The driver can also choose parameters for determining the route: fastest, shortest or no freeways (高速公路), for example.
21. We learn from the passage that navigation computers______.
A) will greatly promote sales of automobiles C) are likely to be accepted by more drivers
B) may help solve potential traffic problems D) will soon be viewed as a symbol of luxury
22. With a navigation computer, a driver will easily find the best route to his destination____.
A) by inputting the exact address C) by checking his computer database
B) by indicating the location of his car D) by giving vocal orders to the computer
23. Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars_______.
A) are more or less the same price C) work on more or less the same principles
B) provide directions in much the same way D) receive instructions from the same satellites
24. The navigation computer functions_______.
A) by means of a direction finder and a speed detector
B) basically on satellite signals and a map database
C) mainly through the reception of turn-by-turn directions
D) by using a screen to display satellite signals
25. The navigation systems in cars like Lexus, BMW and Audi are mentioned to show_____.
A) the immaturity of the new technology
B) the superiority of the global positioning system
C) the cause of price fluctuations in car equipment
D) the different ways of providing guidance to the driver
Passage Two
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
"The world's environment is surprisingly healthy. Discuss." If that were an examination topic, most students would tear it apart, offering a long list of complaints: from local smog(烟雾) to global climate change, from the felling(砍伐) of forests to the extinction of species. The list would largely be accurate, the concern legitimate. Yet the students who should be given the highest marks would actually be those who agreed with the statement. The surprise is how good things are, not how bad.
After all, the world's population has more than tripled during this century, and world output has risen hugely, so you would expect the earth itself to have been affected. Indeed, if people lived, consumed and produced things in the same way as they did in 1900(or1950, or indeed 1980), the world by now would be a pretty disgusting place: smelly, dirty, toxic and dangerous.
But they don't. The reasons why they don't, and why the environment has not been ruined, have to do with prices, technological innovation, social change and government regulation in response to popular pressure. That is why today's environmental problems in the poor countries ought, in principle, to be solvable.
Raw materials have not run out, and show no sign of doing so. Logically, one day they must: the planet is a finite place. Yet it is also very big, and man is very ingenious. What has happened is that every time a material seems to be running short, the price has risen and, in response, people have looked for new sources of supply, tried to find ways to use less of the material, or looked for a new substitute. For this reason prices for energy and for minerals have fallen in real terms during the century. The same is true for food. Prices fluctuate, in response to harvests, natural disasters and political instability; and when they rise, it takes some time before new sources of supply become available. But they always do, assisted by new farming and crop technology. The longterm trend has been downwards.
It is where prices and markets do not operate properly that this benign(亲戚) trend begins to stumble, and the genuine problems arise. Markets cannot always keep the environment healthy. If no one owns the resource concerned, no one has an interest in conserving it or fostering it: fish is the best example of this.
26. According to the author, most students_______.
A) believe the world's environment is in an undesirable condition
B) agree that the environment of the world is not as bad as it is thought to be
C) get high
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