第1部分：詞匯選項(第1～15題，每題1分，共15分)
下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
1 These are the motives for doing it.
A reasons B excuses
C answers D replies
2 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west.
A extends B stretches
C Broadens D bends
3 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.
A error B puzzle
C attraction D contradiction
4 With immense relief I stopped running.
A no B little
C scarce D enormous
5 A great deal has been done to remedy the situation.
A maintain B improve
C preserve D protect
6 John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article.
A cooperating B marrying
C combining D arguing
7 He will consolidate his power.
A strengthen B win
C abandon D unite
8 Many scientists have been probing psychological problems.
A solving B exploring
C settling D handling
9 Hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habits.
A removed B cured
C treated D lessened
10 The conclusion can be deduced from the premises.
A gone B derived
C done D come
11 The food is insufficient for three people.
A scarce B short
C marginal D inadequate
12 Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
A die B disappear
C migrate D wanish
13 But ultimately he gave in.
A undoubtedly B certainly
C finally D necessarily
14 It is a complicated problem.
A strange B complex
C difficult D unusual
15 In Britain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management.
A evaluation B production
C efficiency D publicity
參考答案:
01. A 02. C 03. C 04. D 05. B
06. A 07. A 08. B 09. D 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A
第二部分：閱讀判斷(第16～22題，每題1分，鹽7分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑;如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑;如果該句的信息在文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑。
An Awful Afternoon
Sometimes I feel that being the mother of three small children is like running a large circus(馬戲團(tuán)). One afternoon last week, my three sons were playing peacefully in the backyard, throwing the ball from one to the other. I jumped at the chance to talk to one of my friends on the phone, but before I got to the phone, I could tell that the boys had begun to quarrel with each other over something. I rushed out to make peace, but before I got there, Charles had begun to fight over this. Even David, the oldest boy, who won't usually fight with anybody over anything, was involved. First, I made them stop fighting, and then I examined Mark's eye. I decided that it wasn't going to develop into a black eye, but I felt that they should suffer at least a little for what they had done. "I'm going to speak to your father about these when he comes home tonight," I said. "He and I will think of how to punish you." Things were pretty quiet after that for about half an hour, and then Charles broke a glass in the kitchen sink, and at almost the same moment, Mark fell out of the apple tree. I suppose I will be able to laugh at all these things someday. In the meantime, I just pray to heaven for patience.
16 The mother of the three children is the manager of a large circus.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
17 The mother was about to call her friend when the three boys started argue with each other about something in the backyard.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
18 Charles hit David in the eye.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
19 The father went abroad on business and would return the next day.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
20 It is not easy to look after three small children because something always happens unexpected to them.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
21 David was the quietest of the three boys.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
22 When the mother saw her son fall out the apple tree, she laughed at him.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
參考答案：
16 B 17 A 18 B 19 C 20 A 21 A 22 B 第三部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23～26題要求從所給的6個選項中為第2～5段每段選擇1個正確的小標(biāo)題;(2)第27～30題要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Women's Rights Movement
1 Women's rights are guarantees of political, social, and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally gives more power and freedom to men. Among these rights are control of property, equality of opportunity in education and employment, right of voting, and freedom of marriage. Today, complete political, economic, and social equality with men remains to be achieved.
2 Male control was obvious from the time of the earliest written historical records, probably as a result of men's role in hunting and warfare. The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to men was also found in god-centered religions. Therefore, in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage. Their education was limited to learning domestic skills, and they had no access to positions of power. A woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children.
3 The Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, which caused economic and social progress, provided a favorable climate for the rise of women's rights movement in the late 18th and 19th century. In 1848 more than 100 persons held the first women's rights convention in New York, and the feminists demanded equal rights, including the vote.
4 In the late 1960s women made up about 40 percent of the work force in England, France, Germany, and the United States. This figure rose to more than 50 percent by the mid-1981s. A commission under the President was established in 1960 to consider equal opportunities for women. Acts of Congress entitled them to equality in education, employment, and legal rights. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act, initially intended only for blacks was extended to women.
5 The objectives of the women's movement included equal pay for equal work, federal support for day-care centers, recognition of lesbian(女性同性戀) rights, making abortion legal, and the focus of serious attention on the problems of forced sex relations, wife and child beating, and discrimination against older and minority women.
23 Paragraph 2 ___________
24 Paragraph 3 ___________
25 Paragraph 4 ___________
26 Paragraph 5 ___________
A Goals
B History of Women's Rights Movement
C Start of Women's Rights Movement
D Traditional Status of Women
E Rights of Women
F Development
27 In some religions, women were considered ___________.
28 Traditionally the law did not allow women to have the control over ___________.
29 Women's rights movement started in the ___________.
30 Acts of Congress gave women the right of ___________.
A late 18th century
B equal education and employment with men
C weaker and lower in social position
D early 20th century
E her children
F the rights of voting
參考答案：
23 D 24 C 25 F 26 A 27 C 28 E 29 A 30 B 第四部分：閱讀理解(第31～45題，每題3分，共45分)
下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道題，每題后面有4個選項。請仔細(xì)閱讀短文并根據(jù)短文回答其后面的問題，從4個選項中選擇1個答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
第一篇
Ebbysemeyer-King of Currents
On December 9, 1994, the Huundai Seattle, a large freighter, lost 49 containers of cargo during a storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Among the cargo that fell overboard were some 34, 000, hockey gloves. Unable to retrieve the lost cargo, the ship headed for its destination in the United States.
What happened to the hockey gloves? Eight months later, the crew of a fishing boat found seven of them 1, 300 kilometers off the Oregon coast. Six months after that, the rest of the gloves began washing up on beaches in Washington state.
"Just as my colleague Jay Ingraham and I predicted," said Ebbyesemeyer, a scientist in Seattle. An authority on ocean currents, Ebbysemeyer has been called the "King of Currents." For more than 30 years, he has been tracking an assortment of floating objects-everything from huge icebergs to tiny bathtub toys. With his knowledge of ocean currents and sophisticated computer program developed by Ingraham, he can now predict with amazing accuracy which way floating objects will drift and where and when they will reach shore.
Why is it important to know such things? Because, Ebbysemeyer points out, knowledge of ocean currents can help determine how far an oil spill might spread or where the sewage from a treatment plant will go. By mapping currents, scientists can also figure out where plankton might drift or what paths salmon will take through the ocean to reach the streams of their birth.
Ebbysemeyer says currents are like giant rivers in the ocean. They are found both at the ocean's surface and several thousands feet down on the seafloor.
Surface currents are driven mainly by the wind and by earth's rotation, through a force called the Coriolis effect. As the wind pushes the water forward, the Coriolis effect nudges it slightly sideways. The two influences combine to make surface waters move in great loops.
Deep ocean currents are created as seawater approaches the North and South Poles. As the water cools, its molecules draw closer together, making each gallon denser. Heavier than warm water, the cold water sinks to the ocean floor, miles beneath the surface flows. The deep currents then drift toward the equator, where they are gradually heated by the sun. The water molecules spread out again, and the lighter, less dense fluid rises to the surface.
That is not the whole story, Ebbysemeyer says. Before you can accurately predict where or when a floating object will reach a particular shore, you must also consider certain details. One detail is windage. To calculate windage, Ebbysemeyer floats various items-cans, bottles, shoes-in a tank, then blasts each one with the breeze from a powerful fan.
"Some things sit on the water and just scoot right along," said Ebbysemeyer. "Others are fairly well submerged and are ndt exposed to the wind much at all. A rubber bathtub toy might move at a rate of around 48 kilometers per day, compared with an athletic shoe, which will cover only 32 kilometers in the same period."
Ebbysemeyer estimates that a thousand containers of cargo fall into the sea from ships every year. His data suggest that some of those items can remain adrift for years before washing shore. He cites the case of an unknown Nike sneaker that washed ashore in Washington after floating for three years in the Pacific Ocean. "It was still quite wearable,"said Ebbysemeyer.
31 What happened to those hockey gloves that fell overboard?
A They were retrieved by the crew.
B Some of them reached shore at last.
C They sank to the seafloor.
D They were completely lost in the vast ocean.
32 Why does Ebbysemeyer study ocean currents?
A For pragmatic purposes.
B For fun.
C Just out of curiosity.
D To study the lives of plankton.
33 All the factors that affect ocean currents are discussed in the passage EXCEPT ___________.
A the sun's heat
B rotation of the earth
C gravitational force
D windage
34 What creates deep ocean currents?
A High temperatures near the equator.
B Magnetic force near the South Pole.
C Magnetic force near the North Pole.
D Low temperatures near the two Poles.
35 What does the example of a Nike sneaker given in the last paragraph indicate?
A Nike products are most durable.
B Sometimes, objects may drift in the ocean for years.
C Seawater erodes drifting objects including Nike products.
D The Nike sneaker is still wearable after years of drifting.
參考答案：
31 B 32 A 33 C 34 D 35 B 第二篇
Global Cancer Rates to Rise 50% by 2020
The number of new cancer cases worldwide is expected to increase by 50% by the year 2020. But a new report suggests that as many as a third of new cancers could be avoided by adopting healthier lifestyles and through public health action.
The World Cancer Report, released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC, part of the World Health Organization), shows that cancer has now emerged as a major public health threat in developing countries s well as affluent ones.
Overall, cancer was responsible for 12% of all deaths in 2000. But in many countries more than a quarter of all deaths are caused by cancer.
The report show that 10 million new cancers were diagnosed globally in 2000, and that number is expected to rise to 15 million by 2020. researchers say most of that increase will mainly be due to steadily aging population in both developed and developing countries and current trends in smoking and other unhealthy habits.
"Cancer has emerged as a major public health problem in developing countries for th3e first time, matching its effect in industrialized countries," says researcher Paul Kleihues, MD, director of LARC, in a news release. "Once considered a 'Western' disease, the Report highlights that more than 50 percent of the world's cancer burden, in terms of both numbers of cases and deaths, already occurs in developing countries."
The risk of being diagnosed with cancer in developed countries is double that in less-developed ones. However, the risk of dying from cancer is much higher in developing countries, where 80% cancer patients already have late-stage incurable tumors at the time of diagnosis.
Researchers say cancer rates have traditionally been higher in developed countries due to greater exposure to tobacco, occupational carcinogens, and an unhealthy Western diet and lifestyle. As less-developed countries become industrialized and more prosperous, they tend to adopt the high-fat diet and low physical activity levels typically seen in the West, which increase cancer rates.
36 According to a new report, healthier lifestyles and pubic health action could help reduce about ___________.
A 50% of new cancers
B 33% of new cancers
C 12% of new cancers
D 80% of new cancers
37 Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A There were 10 million cancer patients worldwide in 2000.
B Cancer accounted for 12% of all deaths in 2000.
C cancer is the cause of over 25% of all deaths in many countries.
D Global cancer rates are expected to rise 50% by 2020;
38 According to the passage, cancer was once considered ___________.
A an incurable disease
B a mysterious disease
C a "western" disease
D a world disease
39 The risk of dying from cancer in developed countries is ___________.
A double that developing countries
B much higher than that in developing countries
C the same as that in developing countries
D much lower that in developing countries
40 All the following factors may increase cancer rates EXCEPT ___________.
A occupational carcinogens
B lack of access to tobacco
C unhealthy habits
D aging populations
參考答案：
?36 B 37 A 38 C 39 D 40 B
第三篇
Star Quality
A new anti-cheating system for counting the judges' scores in ice skating is flawed, according to leading sports specialists. Ice skating's governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influenced.
Initially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 give gold medal to a Russian pair, even though ethey had a fall during their routine. But International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the Russians. The International Olympics Corn-mittee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up.
The ISU, skating's governing body, now says it intends to change the rules. In future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores-selected at random-will count.
The ISU won't finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport, the British Government's sports body, has expressed reservations. "I remain to he convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for" says Jerry Bingham, UK Sport's head of ethics.
A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from the Royal Statistical Society in London. "The score of one or two judges who have been nobbled may still be in the seven selected."
Many other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchonised swimming, have a system that discards the highest and lowest scores. If a judge was under pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldn't count. It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government body's technical committee. "If you chuck out those at the top and bottom you're left with those in the middle, so you're getting a reasonable average. "
Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened up in its system still further. Two separate panels of judges score different rounds of diving during top competitions; neither panel knows the scores given by the other. "We have done this to head off any suggestion of bias," says Cook.
Bingham urged the ISU to consider other options. "This should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with problem of adjudicating on matter of style and presentation," he says.
41 Which of the following was the final result of the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City?
A The Russian pair was the only gold-medal winner.
B The Canadian pair was the only gold-medal winner.
C The Russian pair and the Canadian pair were each awarded a gold medal.
D The Canadian pair was awarded two gold medals.
42 According to the. new rules proposed by the ISU, ___________.
A the number of judges will be doubled
B only half of the judges will score
C only some selected judges will score
D only half of the scores will count
43 What does Jerry Bingham express by saying "I remain to be convinced"?
A His anger.
B His criticism.
C His disagreement.
D His doubt.
44 Which of the following is NOT true of the scoring system for diving when it is compared with that for ice-skating?
A It is more biased.
B It is more reasonable.
C It is fairer.
D It is tighter.
45 The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as ___________.
A indifferent
B reserved
C enthusiastic
D disapproving
參考答案：
?41 C 42 D 43 D 44 A 45 B 第五部分：補(bǔ)全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
閱讀下面的短文，文章中有5處空白，文章后面有6組文字，請根據(jù)文章的內(nèi)容選擇5組文字，將其分別放回文章原有位置，以恢復(fù)文章原貌。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Who is Uncle Sam?
"Uncle Sam", of course, stands for the United States. It is the nickname(綽號) of the country. It is hard to believe that this nickname arose quite by accident and there was a man called "Uncle Sam "46
The man was called Uncle Sam Wilson. He was born in Arlington, Massachusetts (馬薩諸塞州), September 13,1766. At the age of 14 Sam joined the American Revolutionary War, and served in the army under George Washington until the end of the war. He then moved to Troy, New York State and began a meat-packing business in the year 1812 war broke out between the United States and Great Britain. 47. Among them was Governor Daniel Tomp-kings of New York State. He noticed the capitalized letters EAUS on the packages of meat and asked what they stood for. A workman replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson, the businessman for whom Sam was working.48. In May 1813, this story appeared in a newspaper published in New York.49
By the end of the War of 1812, "Uncle Sam" had come to symbolize (象征)the character of the nation and the government.50
A And he added jokingly that US (actually it was the short form for the United States stood for Uncle Sam Wilson.)
B However, not many people have ever heard of such a man. Not even most young Americans.
C He did his bit to support the American army.
D In 1961 the US Congress(國會) made a decision that "Uncle Sam" is the America's national symbol.
E On October 2 that year, a group of visitors came to Sam's meat-packing plant.
F Since Uncle Sam was an example of a hard-working man and a lover of America, the idea of "Uncle Sam" as the name for this kind of man became well-known rapidly
參考答案：
46 B 47 E 48 A 49 F 50 D 第六部分：完型填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出了4個選項，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Highways in the US
The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.51 these wide modern roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with 52 sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most 53 one. Large highways often pass 54 scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 55 large urban centers which means that they become crowded with 56 traffic during rush hours, when the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route. However, there is 57 always another route to take if you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 58 new "superhighways", there are often older, 59 heavily traveled roads which go though the countryside. 60 of these are good two lane roads; others are uneven roads 61 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes along hilly 62 or down frightening hillsides to towns 63 in deep valleys. Though these are less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 64 the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean 65 of the world.
51 A Although
B Since
C Because
D Therefore
52 A little
B few
C much
D many
53 A terrible
B possible
C enjoyable
D profitable
54 A to
B into
C over
D by
55 A lead
B connect
C collect
D communicate
56 A large
B fast
C light
D heavy
57 A yet
B still
C almost
D quite
58 A relatively
B regularly
C respectively
D reasonably
59 A and
B less
C more
D or
60 A All
B Several
C Lots
D Some
61 A driving
B crossing
C curving
D traveling
62 A rocks
B cliffs
C roads
D paths
63 A lying
B laying
C laid
D lied
64 A there
B when
C which
D where
65 A view
B variety
C visit
D virtue
參考答案：
51 A 52 B 53 C 54 D 55 B
56 D 57 C 58 A 59 B 60 D
61 C 62 B 63 A 64 D 65 A
下面共有15個句子，每個句子中均有1個詞或短語劃有底橫線，請從每個句子后面所給的4個選項中選擇1個與劃線部分意義最相近的詞或短語。答案一律涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
1 These are the motives for doing it.
A reasons B excuses
C answers D replies
2 The river widens considerably as it begins to turn west.
A extends B stretches
C Broadens D bends
3 Many economists have given in to the fatal lure of mathematics.
A error B puzzle
C attraction D contradiction
4 With immense relief I stopped running.
A no B little
C scarce D enormous
5 A great deal has been done to remedy the situation.
A maintain B improve
C preserve D protect
6 John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article.
A cooperating B marrying
C combining D arguing
7 He will consolidate his power.
A strengthen B win
C abandon D unite
8 Many scientists have been probing psychological problems.
A solving B exploring
C settling D handling
9 Hearing problems may be alleviated by changes in diet and exercise habits.
A removed B cured
C treated D lessened
10 The conclusion can be deduced from the premises.
A gone B derived
C done D come
11 The food is insufficient for three people.
A scarce B short
C marginal D inadequate
12 Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
A die B disappear
C migrate D wanish
13 But ultimately he gave in.
A undoubtedly B certainly
C finally D necessarily
14 It is a complicated problem.
A strange B complex
C difficult D unusual
15 In Britain and many other countries appraisal is now a tool of management.
A evaluation B production
C efficiency D publicity
參考答案:
01. A 02. C 03. C 04. D 05. B
06. A 07. A 08. B 09. D 10. B
11. D 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. A
第二部分：閱讀判斷(第16～22題，每題1分，鹽7分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后列出7個句子，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容對每個句子做出判斷。如果該句提供的是正確信息，請在答題卡上把A涂黑;如果該句提供的是錯誤信息，請在答題卡上把B涂黑;如果該句的信息在文章中沒有提及，請在答題卡上把C涂黑。
An Awful Afternoon
Sometimes I feel that being the mother of three small children is like running a large circus(馬戲團(tuán)). One afternoon last week, my three sons were playing peacefully in the backyard, throwing the ball from one to the other. I jumped at the chance to talk to one of my friends on the phone, but before I got to the phone, I could tell that the boys had begun to quarrel with each other over something. I rushed out to make peace, but before I got there, Charles had begun to fight over this. Even David, the oldest boy, who won't usually fight with anybody over anything, was involved. First, I made them stop fighting, and then I examined Mark's eye. I decided that it wasn't going to develop into a black eye, but I felt that they should suffer at least a little for what they had done. "I'm going to speak to your father about these when he comes home tonight," I said. "He and I will think of how to punish you." Things were pretty quiet after that for about half an hour, and then Charles broke a glass in the kitchen sink, and at almost the same moment, Mark fell out of the apple tree. I suppose I will be able to laugh at all these things someday. In the meantime, I just pray to heaven for patience.
16 The mother of the three children is the manager of a large circus.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
17 The mother was about to call her friend when the three boys started argue with each other about something in the backyard.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
18 Charles hit David in the eye.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
19 The father went abroad on business and would return the next day.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
20 It is not easy to look after three small children because something always happens unexpected to them.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
21 David was the quietest of the three boys.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
22 When the mother saw her son fall out the apple tree, she laughed at him.
A Right
B Wrong
C Not mentioned
參考答案：
16 B 17 A 18 B 19 C 20 A 21 A 22 B 第三部分：概括大意與完成句子(第23～30題，每題1分，共8分)
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務(wù)：(1)第23～26題要求從所給的6個選項中為第2～5段每段選擇1個正確的小標(biāo)題;(2)第27～30題要求從所給的6個選項中選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
Women's Rights Movement
1 Women's rights are guarantees of political, social, and economic equality for women in a society that traditionally gives more power and freedom to men. Among these rights are control of property, equality of opportunity in education and employment, right of voting, and freedom of marriage. Today, complete political, economic, and social equality with men remains to be achieved.
2 Male control was obvious from the time of the earliest written historical records, probably as a result of men's role in hunting and warfare. The belief that women were naturally weaker and inferior to men was also found in god-centered religions. Therefore, in most traditional societies, women generally were at a disadvantage. Their education was limited to learning domestic skills, and they had no access to positions of power. A woman had no legal control over her person, her own land and money, or her children.
3 The Age of Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, which caused economic and social progress, provided a favorable climate for the rise of women's rights movement in the late 18th and 19th century. In 1848 more than 100 persons held the first women's rights convention in New York, and the feminists demanded equal rights, including the vote.
4 In the late 1960s women made up about 40 percent of the work force in England, France, Germany, and the United States. This figure rose to more than 50 percent by the mid-1981s. A commission under the President was established in 1960 to consider equal opportunities for women. Acts of Congress entitled them to equality in education, employment, and legal rights. In 1964 the Civil Rights Act, initially intended only for blacks was extended to women.
5 The objectives of the women's movement included equal pay for equal work, federal support for day-care centers, recognition of lesbian(女性同性戀) rights, making abortion legal, and the focus of serious attention on the problems of forced sex relations, wife and child beating, and discrimination against older and minority women.
23 Paragraph 2 ___________
24 Paragraph 3 ___________
25 Paragraph 4 ___________
26 Paragraph 5 ___________
A Goals
B History of Women's Rights Movement
C Start of Women's Rights Movement
D Traditional Status of Women
E Rights of Women
F Development
27 In some religions, women were considered ___________.
28 Traditionally the law did not allow women to have the control over ___________.
29 Women's rights movement started in the ___________.
30 Acts of Congress gave women the right of ___________.
A late 18th century
B equal education and employment with men
C weaker and lower in social position
D early 20th century
E her children
F the rights of voting
參考答案：
23 D 24 C 25 F 26 A 27 C 28 E 29 A 30 B 第四部分：閱讀理解(第31～45題，每題3分，共45分)
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第一篇
Ebbysemeyer-King of Currents
On December 9, 1994, the Huundai Seattle, a large freighter, lost 49 containers of cargo during a storm in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Among the cargo that fell overboard were some 34, 000, hockey gloves. Unable to retrieve the lost cargo, the ship headed for its destination in the United States.
What happened to the hockey gloves? Eight months later, the crew of a fishing boat found seven of them 1, 300 kilometers off the Oregon coast. Six months after that, the rest of the gloves began washing up on beaches in Washington state.
"Just as my colleague Jay Ingraham and I predicted," said Ebbyesemeyer, a scientist in Seattle. An authority on ocean currents, Ebbysemeyer has been called the "King of Currents." For more than 30 years, he has been tracking an assortment of floating objects-everything from huge icebergs to tiny bathtub toys. With his knowledge of ocean currents and sophisticated computer program developed by Ingraham, he can now predict with amazing accuracy which way floating objects will drift and where and when they will reach shore.
Why is it important to know such things? Because, Ebbysemeyer points out, knowledge of ocean currents can help determine how far an oil spill might spread or where the sewage from a treatment plant will go. By mapping currents, scientists can also figure out where plankton might drift or what paths salmon will take through the ocean to reach the streams of their birth.
Ebbysemeyer says currents are like giant rivers in the ocean. They are found both at the ocean's surface and several thousands feet down on the seafloor.
Surface currents are driven mainly by the wind and by earth's rotation, through a force called the Coriolis effect. As the wind pushes the water forward, the Coriolis effect nudges it slightly sideways. The two influences combine to make surface waters move in great loops.
Deep ocean currents are created as seawater approaches the North and South Poles. As the water cools, its molecules draw closer together, making each gallon denser. Heavier than warm water, the cold water sinks to the ocean floor, miles beneath the surface flows. The deep currents then drift toward the equator, where they are gradually heated by the sun. The water molecules spread out again, and the lighter, less dense fluid rises to the surface.
That is not the whole story, Ebbysemeyer says. Before you can accurately predict where or when a floating object will reach a particular shore, you must also consider certain details. One detail is windage. To calculate windage, Ebbysemeyer floats various items-cans, bottles, shoes-in a tank, then blasts each one with the breeze from a powerful fan.
"Some things sit on the water and just scoot right along," said Ebbysemeyer. "Others are fairly well submerged and are ndt exposed to the wind much at all. A rubber bathtub toy might move at a rate of around 48 kilometers per day, compared with an athletic shoe, which will cover only 32 kilometers in the same period."
Ebbysemeyer estimates that a thousand containers of cargo fall into the sea from ships every year. His data suggest that some of those items can remain adrift for years before washing shore. He cites the case of an unknown Nike sneaker that washed ashore in Washington after floating for three years in the Pacific Ocean. "It was still quite wearable,"said Ebbysemeyer.
31 What happened to those hockey gloves that fell overboard?
A They were retrieved by the crew.
B Some of them reached shore at last.
C They sank to the seafloor.
D They were completely lost in the vast ocean.
32 Why does Ebbysemeyer study ocean currents?
A For pragmatic purposes.
B For fun.
C Just out of curiosity.
D To study the lives of plankton.
33 All the factors that affect ocean currents are discussed in the passage EXCEPT ___________.
A the sun's heat
B rotation of the earth
C gravitational force
D windage
34 What creates deep ocean currents?
A High temperatures near the equator.
B Magnetic force near the South Pole.
C Magnetic force near the North Pole.
D Low temperatures near the two Poles.
35 What does the example of a Nike sneaker given in the last paragraph indicate?
A Nike products are most durable.
B Sometimes, objects may drift in the ocean for years.
C Seawater erodes drifting objects including Nike products.
D The Nike sneaker is still wearable after years of drifting.
參考答案：
31 B 32 A 33 C 34 D 35 B 第二篇
Global Cancer Rates to Rise 50% by 2020
The number of new cancer cases worldwide is expected to increase by 50% by the year 2020. But a new report suggests that as many as a third of new cancers could be avoided by adopting healthier lifestyles and through public health action.
The World Cancer Report, released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer(IARC, part of the World Health Organization), shows that cancer has now emerged as a major public health threat in developing countries s well as affluent ones.
Overall, cancer was responsible for 12% of all deaths in 2000. But in many countries more than a quarter of all deaths are caused by cancer.
The report show that 10 million new cancers were diagnosed globally in 2000, and that number is expected to rise to 15 million by 2020. researchers say most of that increase will mainly be due to steadily aging population in both developed and developing countries and current trends in smoking and other unhealthy habits.
"Cancer has emerged as a major public health problem in developing countries for th3e first time, matching its effect in industrialized countries," says researcher Paul Kleihues, MD, director of LARC, in a news release. "Once considered a 'Western' disease, the Report highlights that more than 50 percent of the world's cancer burden, in terms of both numbers of cases and deaths, already occurs in developing countries."
The risk of being diagnosed with cancer in developed countries is double that in less-developed ones. However, the risk of dying from cancer is much higher in developing countries, where 80% cancer patients already have late-stage incurable tumors at the time of diagnosis.
Researchers say cancer rates have traditionally been higher in developed countries due to greater exposure to tobacco, occupational carcinogens, and an unhealthy Western diet and lifestyle. As less-developed countries become industrialized and more prosperous, they tend to adopt the high-fat diet and low physical activity levels typically seen in the West, which increase cancer rates.
36 According to a new report, healthier lifestyles and pubic health action could help reduce about ___________.
A 50% of new cancers
B 33% of new cancers
C 12% of new cancers
D 80% of new cancers
37 Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
A There were 10 million cancer patients worldwide in 2000.
B Cancer accounted for 12% of all deaths in 2000.
C cancer is the cause of over 25% of all deaths in many countries.
D Global cancer rates are expected to rise 50% by 2020;
38 According to the passage, cancer was once considered ___________.
A an incurable disease
B a mysterious disease
C a "western" disease
D a world disease
39 The risk of dying from cancer in developed countries is ___________.
A double that developing countries
B much higher than that in developing countries
C the same as that in developing countries
D much lower that in developing countries
40 All the following factors may increase cancer rates EXCEPT ___________.
A occupational carcinogens
B lack of access to tobacco
C unhealthy habits
D aging populations
參考答案：
?36 B 37 A 38 C 39 D 40 B
第三篇
Star Quality
A new anti-cheating system for counting the judges' scores in ice skating is flawed, according to leading sports specialists. Ice skating's governing body announced the new rules last week after concerns that a judge at the Winter Olympics may have been unfairly influenced.
Initially the judges in the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City voted 5 to 4 give gold medal to a Russian pair, even though ethey had a fall during their routine. But International Skating Union suspended the French judge for failing to reveal that she had been put under pressure to vote for the Russians. The International Olympics Corn-mittee then decided to give a second gold to the Canadian runners-up.
The ISU, skating's governing body, now says it intends to change the rules. In future 14 judges will judge each event, but only 7 of their scores-selected at random-will count.
The ISU won't finally approve the new system until it meets in June but already UK Sport, the British Government's sports body, has expressed reservations. "I remain to he convinced that the random selection system would offer the guarantees that everyone concerned with ethical sport is looking for" says Jerry Bingham, UK Sport's head of ethics.
A random system can still be manipulated, says Mark Dixon, a specialist on sports statistics from the Royal Statistical Society in London. "The score of one or two judges who have been nobbled may still be in the seven selected."
Many other sports that have judges, including diving, gymnastics, and synchonised swimming, have a system that discards the highest and lowest scores. If a judge was under pressure to favour a particular team, they would tend to give it very high scores and mark down the opposition team, so their scores wouldn't count. It works for diving, says Jeff Cook, a member of the international government body's technical committee. "If you chuck out those at the top and bottom you're left with those in the middle, so you're getting a reasonable average. "
Since the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, diving has tightened up in its system still further. Two separate panels of judges score different rounds of diving during top competitions; neither panel knows the scores given by the other. "We have done this to head off any suggestion of bias," says Cook.
Bingham urged the ISU to consider other options. "This should involve examining the way in which other sports deal with problem of adjudicating on matter of style and presentation," he says.
41 Which of the following was the final result of the pairs figure-skating event at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City?
A The Russian pair was the only gold-medal winner.
B The Canadian pair was the only gold-medal winner.
C The Russian pair and the Canadian pair were each awarded a gold medal.
D The Canadian pair was awarded two gold medals.
42 According to the. new rules proposed by the ISU, ___________.
A the number of judges will be doubled
B only half of the judges will score
C only some selected judges will score
D only half of the scores will count
43 What does Jerry Bingham express by saying "I remain to be convinced"?
A His anger.
B His criticism.
C His disagreement.
D His doubt.
44 Which of the following is NOT true of the scoring system for diving when it is compared with that for ice-skating?
A It is more biased.
B It is more reasonable.
C It is fairer.
D It is tighter.
45 The attitude of those concerned in the UK to the new rules proposed by ISU can be best described as ___________.
A indifferent
B reserved
C enthusiastic
D disapproving
參考答案：
?41 C 42 D 43 D 44 A 45 B 第五部分：補(bǔ)全短文(第46～50題，每題2分，共10分)
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Who is Uncle Sam?
"Uncle Sam", of course, stands for the United States. It is the nickname(綽號) of the country. It is hard to believe that this nickname arose quite by accident and there was a man called "Uncle Sam "46
The man was called Uncle Sam Wilson. He was born in Arlington, Massachusetts (馬薩諸塞州), September 13,1766. At the age of 14 Sam joined the American Revolutionary War, and served in the army under George Washington until the end of the war. He then moved to Troy, New York State and began a meat-packing business in the year 1812 war broke out between the United States and Great Britain. 47. Among them was Governor Daniel Tomp-kings of New York State. He noticed the capitalized letters EAUS on the packages of meat and asked what they stood for. A workman replied that EA stood for Elbert Anderson, the businessman for whom Sam was working.48. In May 1813, this story appeared in a newspaper published in New York.49
By the end of the War of 1812, "Uncle Sam" had come to symbolize (象征)the character of the nation and the government.50
A And he added jokingly that US (actually it was the short form for the United States stood for Uncle Sam Wilson.)
B However, not many people have ever heard of such a man. Not even most young Americans.
C He did his bit to support the American army.
D In 1961 the US Congress(國會) made a decision that "Uncle Sam" is the America's national symbol.
E On October 2 that year, a group of visitors came to Sam's meat-packing plant.
F Since Uncle Sam was an example of a hard-working man and a lover of America, the idea of "Uncle Sam" as the name for this kind of man became well-known rapidly
參考答案：
46 B 47 E 48 A 49 F 50 D 第六部分：完型填空(第51～65題，每題1分，共15分)
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Highways in the US
The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.51 these wide modern roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with 52 sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most 53 one. Large highways often pass 54 scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally 55 large urban centers which means that they become crowded with 56 traffic during rush hours, when the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route. However, there is 57 always another route to take if you are not in a hurry. Not far from the 58 new "superhighways", there are often older, 59 heavily traveled roads which go though the countryside. 60 of these are good two lane roads; others are uneven roads 61 through the country. These secondary routes may go up steep slopes along hilly 62 or down frightening hillsides to towns 63 in deep valleys. Though these are less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places 64 the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean 65 of the world.
51 A Although
B Since
C Because
D Therefore
52 A little
B few
C much
D many
53 A terrible
B possible
C enjoyable
D profitable
54 A to
B into
C over
D by
55 A lead
B connect
C collect
D communicate
56 A large
B fast
C light
D heavy
57 A yet
B still
C almost
D quite
58 A relatively
B regularly
C respectively
D reasonably
59 A and
B less
C more
D or
60 A All
B Several
C Lots
D Some
61 A driving
B crossing
C curving
D traveling
62 A rocks
B cliffs
C roads
D paths
63 A lying
B laying
C laid
D lied
64 A there
B when
C which
D where
65 A view
B variety
C visit
D virtue
參考答案：
51 A 52 B 53 C 54 D 55 B
56 D 57 C 58 A 59 B 60 D
61 C 62 B 63 A 64 D 65 A