第1部分：詞匯選項(xiàng)(第1～15題，每題1分，共15分)
下面每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語劃有底橫線，請(qǐng)為每處劃線部分確定1個(gè)意義為接近的選項(xiàng)。
1.She eventually married the most persistent one of her admirers.
A.in a way
B.in due course
C.in the end
D.in any case
2.Five minutes left，the outcome of the match was still in doubt.
A.result
B.judgment
C.decision
D.event
3.The reporter was accused of unprofessional conduct.
A.movement
B.words
C.principle
D.behavior
4.He made a considerable sum of money in real estate.
A.large
B.positive
C.powerful
D.realistic
5.A crowd gathered to see what had happened.
A.collected
B.fixed
C.divided
D.assisted
6.If I made a mistake，I will try to remedy it.
A.clarify
B.diagnose
C.evaporate
D.correct
7.We derive information mainly from the Internet.
A.deprive
B.obtain
C.descend
D.trace
8.His sole motive was to make her happy.
A.aim
B.argument
C.capability
D.pursuit
9.He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert.
A.bear
B.hate
C.like
D.criticize
10.These factors interact intimately and cannot be separated.
A.tensely
B.nearly
C.carefully
D.closely
11.She exhibited great powers of endurance during the climb.
A.play
B.send
C.show
D.tell
12.The eternal motion of the stars fascinated him.
A.long
B.never-ending
C.boring
D.extensive
13.She could not answer，it was an immense load off her heart.
A.natural
B.fatal
C.tiny
D.enormous
14.The book made a great impact on its readers.
A.force
B.influence
C.surprise
D.power
15.Accompanied by cheerful music, we began to dance.
A.pleasant
B.colorful
C.fashionable 第二部分：閱讀判斷
An Observation and an Explanation
It is worth looking at one or two aspects of the way a mother behaves towards her baby. The usual fondling, cuddling and cleaning require little comment, but the position in which she holds the baby against her body when resting is rather revealing. Careful studies have shown the fact that 80 percent of mothers hold their infants in their left arms, holding them against the left side of their bodies. If asked to explain the significance of this preference most people reply that it is obviously the result of the predominance of right-handedness in the population. By holding the babies in their left arms, the mothers keep their dominant arm free for manipulations, But a detaileed analysis shows that this is not the case. True, there is a slight difference between right-handed and left-handed femates; but not enough to provide adequate explanation. It emerges that 83 percent of right-handed mothers hold the baby on the left side, but so do 78 percent of left-handed mothers. In other words, only 22 percent of the left-handed mothers have their dominant hands free for actions. Clearly there must be some other, less obvious explanation.
The only other clue comes from the fact that the heart is on the side of the mother's body. Could it be that the sound of her heartbeat is the vital factor? And in what way? Thinking along these lines it was argued that perhaps during its existence inside the body of the mother the unborn baby get used to the sound of the heart beat. If this is so, then the re-discovery of this familiar sound after birth might have a claiming effect on the infant, especially as it has just been born into a strange and frighteningly new world. If this is so then the mother would, somehow, soon arrive at the discovery that her baby is more at peace if held on the left against her heart than on the right.
16. We can learn a lot by observing the position in which a mother holds her baby against her body.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. Most left-handed women feel comfortable by holding their babies in their left arm and keep the right arm free.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. The number of right-handed mothers who hold the baby on the left side exceeds that of left-handed ones by 22％.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. The fact that most left-handed mothers hold the baby on their left side renders the first explanation unsustainable.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. The fact that the heart is on the left side of the mother's body provides the most convincing explanation of all.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
21. A baby held in the right arm of its mother can be easily frightened.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. The writer's explanation of the phenomenon is supported by the fact that babies tend to be more peaceful if held in their mothers' left arms than in the right arms.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned 第三部分：概括大意與完成句子
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
Career With a Uniform
Want to be the next Xu Sanduo? The TV drama Soldiers’Sortie (Shebang Tuji) might have caused millions of young people to dream idly of putting on an army uniform and going off to boot camp.
In fact, a large number of students graduating might consider doing just that. Last month, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced that there will be 120,000 job openings this year for college grads. So, one out of every 50 grads has a chance if he or she would like to march down to the local recruiting office. Anyone enlisting will get preferential treatment in tuition compensation and in job opportunities.
This decision comes against a backdrop of bad employment news and a cooling economy. This year’s recruitment quota outnumbers last year’s 39,000 by about three-fold.
“It’s important to pull in fresh, talented people who can deal with the new equipment and a high-tech military to modernize the nation’s defense,” said Bai Zixing, a senior officer in the PLA General Staff Department.
The age limit for college recruits has been raised to 24, and there’s one more important policy change: Grads who have already volunteered to sign up can quit if they change their minds after finding another job before November, the deadline for enlistment. This gives grads an extra choice in starting a career.
The following is a list of preferential things that college grads qualify for if they join the army:
A one-time recruitment payment of up to 24,000 yuan, to cover four years of college tuition and loans (this has to be returned if the person is forced to leave the army before completing the service contract).
Priority in promotions and in getting admitted to military academies.
Anyone with a bachelor’s degree or above and a good performance record can be promoted to the rank of officer directly, if they meet certain other criteria. An ordinary soldier may need a couple of years longer to get there.
Anyone with a junior college degree can go on for a bachelor’s degree without having to take the entrance exams.
Anyone wanting to take the grad school entrance exam after completing their service can add 10 points to the exam results.
Anyone getting a merit citation second class can enter grad school without taking the exam after completion of the service obligation.
There are no restrictions on things like going abroad after the service period, unless one deals with confidential work in the army.
41 According to the passage, all of the following reasons make many college grads choose to join the army EXCEPT:_________.
[A] The Story of Xu Sanduo causes young people to dream to put on a uniform
[B] The grads are facing a grim employment situation
[C] The pay from the PLA is relatively higher than the grads can earn in other jobs
[D] The PLA offers a series of preferential treatments for college grads who join the army.
正確答案：C
試題解析： C 文章并未提及大學(xué)生參軍的工資待遇比其他工作所提供的薪酬高，而A、B、D三個(gè)因素均可在文章中找到。
42 It can be inferred that about students graduating consider join the army_________.
[A] 120,000
[B] 6,000,000
[C] 39,000
[D] 2,000,000.
正確答案：B
試題解析： B 文章第二段說，軍隊(duì)今年給大學(xué)畢業(yè)生提供了120，000個(gè)工作崗位，而每50個(gè)打算參軍的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生中就有1個(gè)人有機(jī)會(huì)去部隊(duì)工作，因此可以推知今年約有6,000,000名大學(xué)畢業(yè)生考慮從軍。
43 Besides the backdrop of bad employment news and a cooling economy, which of the following causes the PLA to raise this year’s recruitment quota?
[A] The TV drama Soldiers’ Sortie is high in the ratings.
[B] The PLA wants to attract high-quality personnel to meet the need of hi-tech sector in the nation’s defense.
[C] The PLA is increasing the size of the army.
[D] Some students who have already volunteered to sign up may change their minds..
正確答案：B
試題解析： B 從第四段可知，除了為緩解畢業(yè)生就業(yè)壓力之外，大規(guī)模招募人才也是科技強(qiáng)軍、國防現(xiàn)代化的需要。
44 Why does the author think that the grads are given an extra chance in starting a career?
[A] The one-time recruitment payment offered by the PLA may ease the grads’ economic burden.
[B] The grads who join the army have more chances to further their study after completing their service.
[C] Grads who have already volunteered to sign up can give up before the deadline for enlistment if they can find another job that is more suitable.
[D] No restrictions are made on things like going abroad after the service period..
正確答案：C
試題解析： C 文章第五段提及，如果大學(xué)畢業(yè)生在11月份征兵工作結(jié)束前找到其他更理想的工作，仍然可以改變主意，重新選擇職業(yè)，這就給為他們提供了多選擇的機(jī)會(huì)。
45 The word confidential in the last paragraph could best be replaced by _________.
[A] concise
[B] professional
[C] creative
[D] secret.
正確答案：D
試題解析： D 從后一段可以推測出confidential的意思是“保密性的”，因此“secret”為接近。 第五部分：補(bǔ)全短文
Stars in Their Eyes
The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy, Macmillan, ￡20, ISBN 0333782933
Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know. For the first time in history, we have a pretty good idea of the material content of the Universe, our position within it and how the whole thing came into being.
In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock and assemble what we know in a palatable (受歡迎的) form. (46)__________
The essays in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos have been selected by David Levy, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which in 1994 struck Jupiter with the violence of several full-scale nuclear wars. (47) __________This is certainly a great collection of essays, but it is not, as the book promises, a seamless (完美的，無縫隙的) synthesis of our current knowledge.
Nobody can fault the range of articles Levy has included. There are essays on the planets, moons and assorted debris (碎片) in the Solar System, and on our Galaxy, the Milky Way. (48)__________
The contributors, too, are stars in their own fields. Not many books can boast chapters written by such giants as Erwin Schrodinger and Francis Crick. My personal favorites are a piercingly clear essay by Albert Einstein on general relativity and an article by Alan Guth and Paul Steinhardt on the inflationary (膨脹的) Universe.
So much for the book’s content. But Levy has not succeeded in providing an accurate synthesis of our current knowledge of the cosmos, which the book jacket promises. Gathering together previously published articles inevitably leaves subject gaps, missing explanations and so on. (49)__________ But there isn’t one. In fact, surprisingly for a book so densely packed with information, there is no index.
Collecting essays in this way is clearly a good publishing wheeze (巧妙的). But this approach shortchanges the public, who would be better served by an account molded into a seamless whole. (50) __________However, for the next edition, please, please can we have an index?
A Tegmark fears he may hold the record for the longest time taken to read one book.
B In a more positive vein, this is a wonderful collection of essays to dip in and out of if you already have a good overview (概述) of current cosmic understanding.
C Levy is an active astronomer and an accomplished writer, so you’d expect him to provide a broad and accurate picture of our current understanding of the cosmos.
D Scientific American has attempted to cater to this need by bringing together essays that have appeared in the magazine.
E To some extent, these could have been plugged with a glossary (詞表) of terms.
F Also included are contributions on the world of subatomic particles, the origin of life on Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere.
參考答案：
46. D47. C48. F49. E50. B 第六部分：完形填空
A Powerful Influence
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ________ to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be (3) ________ to their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4) ________ their computers?
Obviously; if children are bent over their computers for hours, (5) ________in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should (6) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (7) ______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not (8) ______to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (9) ______ dealing with a child's use of the Internet is not much different from (10) ______ any other soft of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is (11) ______ alarmed about a child's behaviour should make an appointment to (12)______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not (13) ______ affect a child's performance at school. Even if a child is (14) ______ crazy about using the Internet，he or she is probably just (15) ______through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!
詞匯：
drastic / 'dr猀琀椀欀 / adj.嚴(yán)厲的，極端的
phase / felz / n. 階段，時(shí)期
arrangement / ?'reind?m?nt / n. 安排
注釋：
1. ... make a huge difference ... :……造成巨大改變…
2. ... children are bent over their computers for hours ... : bend over: ……埋頭苦干，孩子們在電腦上花費(fèi)了數(shù)小時(shí)......
練習(xí)：
1. A) always B) rarely C) never D) ever
2. A) worried B) concerned C) curious D) hopeful
3. A) harming B) harmful C) hurting D) hurtful
4. A) staring at B) glancing at C) looking D) watching
5. A) supposed B) occupied C) interested D) absorbed
6. A) do B) have C) make D) create
7. A) word B) promise C) vow D) claim
8. A) holding B) sticking C) following D) accepting
9. A) rules B) procedures C) regulation D) steps
10. A) dealing B) negotiating C) having D) arranging
11. A) widely B) heavily C) seriously D) broadly
12. A) speak B) discuss C) talk D) debate
13. A) possibly B) necessarily C) probably D) consequently
14. A) absolutely B) more C) quite D) a lot
15. A) going B) passing C) travelling D) walking
答案與題解：
1. D 此句句意為"在他們的課余時(shí)間幾乎不做其他的事情"，其中 hardly ever 為固定搭配意 為"幾乎不"等同于 never。
2. C 考查固定搭配。其中A 選項(xiàng) be worried about 8th. 意為"對(duì)……表示憂慮";B 選項(xiàng) be concerned about 意為"對(duì)……感到擔(dān)心";D 選項(xiàng) hopeful 意為"有希望的"，與句意不符;而 C選項(xiàng) be curious to sth. 意為"對(duì)……表示好奇"，與句意一致。故選 C。
3. B harmful 泛指傷害，而 hurt 強(qiáng)調(diào)情感、精神的傷害，根據(jù)題意應(yīng)選民
4. A四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都表示看的意思，stare at 表示"盯著看" ，glance at 表示"瞟一眼" ，100k 泛指看，watch 有觀察之意。本句句意為"孩子們花了大量的時(shí)間盯著電腦看"，故選 A。
5. D 考查固定搭配。此句句意為"如果孩子在電腦主花費(fèi)了太長時(shí)間，如沉迷網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲不是做功課。"A 選項(xiàng) suppose to ..意為"猜想” B 選項(xiàng) occupy on sth. 表示"專注于某事"，C 選項(xiàng) interest in 意為"對(duì)……感興趣"，而 D 選項(xiàng) be absorb in sth. 表示"沉浸在……"，與 句意相符。故選 D
6. C. 考查固定搭配 make use of sth. 表示"利用"。
7. A 考查固定搭配。此句意為"……并且孩子應(yīng)該保證這不會(huì)干預(yù)他的功課。"，A 選項(xiàng) word 意為"諾言";B 選項(xiàng) promise 意為"許諾，允許尸 ;C 選項(xiàng) vow 意為"發(fā)誓" ;' D 選項(xiàng) claim 意為 仔聲稱;斷言"，并且 give word to = promise 表示"許諾"，符合句意。故選 A。
8. A 此句句意為"如果孩子沒堅(jiān)守這個(gè)安排……"從句子的意思上'看這里有"堅(jiān)持"的意思， 所以應(yīng)該在 A 和 B 之間選擇，hold to表示"堅(jiān)持”，stick to 表示“堅(jiān)持（信念，理想）“ 選擇 A 。
9. D 固定搭配 take step to do sth. 意為"采取措施做某事"。
10. B 此句句意為"……這樣與協(xié)商任何關(guān)于這樣的行為的討價(jià)還價(jià)無異。"A 選項(xiàng) dealing 意 為"處理";D 選項(xiàng) arranging 意為"安排，排列";只有 B 選項(xiàng) negotiate 意為 談判，協(xié)商"，與句意相符。故選 B。
11. C 從句子的意思上看這里有"嚴(yán)重"之意，只有 C 表示此意。widely表示"廣泛地"，heavily 表示"沉重地" ，broadly 表示"廣泛地"。
12. B 從句子的意思上看這里有"討論"之意!，discuss sth. with sb. 表示"刷某人討論某事"debate sth. with sb 表示"和某人辯論某事"。
13. B 從句子的意思上看這里有"必要"之意，consequently 表示"結(jié)果是"。
14. A absolutely 表示"完全地"，根據(jù)句意，這里沒有比較的意思，所以排除 B ，quite 表示"相當(dāng)"，根據(jù)上下文選擇 A。
15. A 考查固定搭配。此句的句意為"…他也許僅僅是在度過個(gè)時(shí)期，幾個(gè)月以后還會(huì) 有其他事情去擔(dān)心。"B 選項(xiàng) passing 與 though 搭配意為"穿越"C 選項(xiàng) traveling 與 though搭配意為"經(jīng)過";D 選項(xiàng) walking 與 though 搭配意為"走過，草率地處理";而 A 選項(xiàng) go through 意為"度過"，與句意相符。故選 A 。
下面每個(gè)句子中均有1個(gè)詞或短語劃有底橫線，請(qǐng)為每處劃線部分確定1個(gè)意義為接近的選項(xiàng)。
1.She eventually married the most persistent one of her admirers.
A.in a way
B.in due course
C.in the end
D.in any case
2.Five minutes left，the outcome of the match was still in doubt.
A.result
B.judgment
C.decision
D.event
3.The reporter was accused of unprofessional conduct.
A.movement
B.words
C.principle
D.behavior
4.He made a considerable sum of money in real estate.
A.large
B.positive
C.powerful
D.realistic
5.A crowd gathered to see what had happened.
A.collected
B.fixed
C.divided
D.assisted
6.If I made a mistake，I will try to remedy it.
A.clarify
B.diagnose
C.evaporate
D.correct
7.We derive information mainly from the Internet.
A.deprive
B.obtain
C.descend
D.trace
8.His sole motive was to make her happy.
A.aim
B.argument
C.capability
D.pursuit
9.He could not tolerate the extremes of heat in the desert.
A.bear
B.hate
C.like
D.criticize
10.These factors interact intimately and cannot be separated.
A.tensely
B.nearly
C.carefully
D.closely
11.She exhibited great powers of endurance during the climb.
A.play
B.send
C.show
D.tell
12.The eternal motion of the stars fascinated him.
A.long
B.never-ending
C.boring
D.extensive
13.She could not answer，it was an immense load off her heart.
A.natural
B.fatal
C.tiny
D.enormous
14.The book made a great impact on its readers.
A.force
B.influence
C.surprise
D.power
15.Accompanied by cheerful music, we began to dance.
A.pleasant
B.colorful
C.fashionable 第二部分：閱讀判斷
An Observation and an Explanation
It is worth looking at one or two aspects of the way a mother behaves towards her baby. The usual fondling, cuddling and cleaning require little comment, but the position in which she holds the baby against her body when resting is rather revealing. Careful studies have shown the fact that 80 percent of mothers hold their infants in their left arms, holding them against the left side of their bodies. If asked to explain the significance of this preference most people reply that it is obviously the result of the predominance of right-handedness in the population. By holding the babies in their left arms, the mothers keep their dominant arm free for manipulations, But a detaileed analysis shows that this is not the case. True, there is a slight difference between right-handed and left-handed femates; but not enough to provide adequate explanation. It emerges that 83 percent of right-handed mothers hold the baby on the left side, but so do 78 percent of left-handed mothers. In other words, only 22 percent of the left-handed mothers have their dominant hands free for actions. Clearly there must be some other, less obvious explanation.
The only other clue comes from the fact that the heart is on the side of the mother's body. Could it be that the sound of her heartbeat is the vital factor? And in what way? Thinking along these lines it was argued that perhaps during its existence inside the body of the mother the unborn baby get used to the sound of the heart beat. If this is so, then the re-discovery of this familiar sound after birth might have a claiming effect on the infant, especially as it has just been born into a strange and frighteningly new world. If this is so then the mother would, somehow, soon arrive at the discovery that her baby is more at peace if held on the left against her heart than on the right.
16. We can learn a lot by observing the position in which a mother holds her baby against her body.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
17. Most left-handed women feel comfortable by holding their babies in their left arm and keep the right arm free.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
18. The number of right-handed mothers who hold the baby on the left side exceeds that of left-handed ones by 22％.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
19. The fact that most left-handed mothers hold the baby on their left side renders the first explanation unsustainable.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
20. The fact that the heart is on the left side of the mother's body provides the most convincing explanation of all.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
21. A baby held in the right arm of its mother can be easily frightened.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned
22. The writer's explanation of the phenomenon is supported by the fact that babies tend to be more peaceful if held in their mothers' left arms than in the right arms.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned 第三部分：概括大意與完成句子
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
Career With a Uniform
Want to be the next Xu Sanduo? The TV drama Soldiers’Sortie (Shebang Tuji) might have caused millions of young people to dream idly of putting on an army uniform and going off to boot camp.
In fact, a large number of students graduating might consider doing just that. Last month, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced that there will be 120,000 job openings this year for college grads. So, one out of every 50 grads has a chance if he or she would like to march down to the local recruiting office. Anyone enlisting will get preferential treatment in tuition compensation and in job opportunities.
This decision comes against a backdrop of bad employment news and a cooling economy. This year’s recruitment quota outnumbers last year’s 39,000 by about three-fold.
“It’s important to pull in fresh, talented people who can deal with the new equipment and a high-tech military to modernize the nation’s defense,” said Bai Zixing, a senior officer in the PLA General Staff Department.
The age limit for college recruits has been raised to 24, and there’s one more important policy change: Grads who have already volunteered to sign up can quit if they change their minds after finding another job before November, the deadline for enlistment. This gives grads an extra choice in starting a career.
The following is a list of preferential things that college grads qualify for if they join the army:
A one-time recruitment payment of up to 24,000 yuan, to cover four years of college tuition and loans (this has to be returned if the person is forced to leave the army before completing the service contract).
Priority in promotions and in getting admitted to military academies.
Anyone with a bachelor’s degree or above and a good performance record can be promoted to the rank of officer directly, if they meet certain other criteria. An ordinary soldier may need a couple of years longer to get there.
Anyone with a junior college degree can go on for a bachelor’s degree without having to take the entrance exams.
Anyone wanting to take the grad school entrance exam after completing their service can add 10 points to the exam results.
Anyone getting a merit citation second class can enter grad school without taking the exam after completion of the service obligation.
There are no restrictions on things like going abroad after the service period, unless one deals with confidential work in the army.
41 According to the passage, all of the following reasons make many college grads choose to join the army EXCEPT:_________.
[A] The Story of Xu Sanduo causes young people to dream to put on a uniform
[B] The grads are facing a grim employment situation
[C] The pay from the PLA is relatively higher than the grads can earn in other jobs
[D] The PLA offers a series of preferential treatments for college grads who join the army.
正確答案：C
試題解析： C 文章并未提及大學(xué)生參軍的工資待遇比其他工作所提供的薪酬高，而A、B、D三個(gè)因素均可在文章中找到。
42 It can be inferred that about students graduating consider join the army_________.
[A] 120,000
[B] 6,000,000
[C] 39,000
[D] 2,000,000.
正確答案：B
試題解析： B 文章第二段說，軍隊(duì)今年給大學(xué)畢業(yè)生提供了120，000個(gè)工作崗位，而每50個(gè)打算參軍的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生中就有1個(gè)人有機(jī)會(huì)去部隊(duì)工作，因此可以推知今年約有6,000,000名大學(xué)畢業(yè)生考慮從軍。
43 Besides the backdrop of bad employment news and a cooling economy, which of the following causes the PLA to raise this year’s recruitment quota?
[A] The TV drama Soldiers’ Sortie is high in the ratings.
[B] The PLA wants to attract high-quality personnel to meet the need of hi-tech sector in the nation’s defense.
[C] The PLA is increasing the size of the army.
[D] Some students who have already volunteered to sign up may change their minds..
正確答案：B
試題解析： B 從第四段可知，除了為緩解畢業(yè)生就業(yè)壓力之外，大規(guī)模招募人才也是科技強(qiáng)軍、國防現(xiàn)代化的需要。
44 Why does the author think that the grads are given an extra chance in starting a career?
[A] The one-time recruitment payment offered by the PLA may ease the grads’ economic burden.
[B] The grads who join the army have more chances to further their study after completing their service.
[C] Grads who have already volunteered to sign up can give up before the deadline for enlistment if they can find another job that is more suitable.
[D] No restrictions are made on things like going abroad after the service period..
正確答案：C
試題解析： C 文章第五段提及，如果大學(xué)畢業(yè)生在11月份征兵工作結(jié)束前找到其他更理想的工作，仍然可以改變主意，重新選擇職業(yè)，這就給為他們提供了多選擇的機(jī)會(huì)。
45 The word confidential in the last paragraph could best be replaced by _________.
[A] concise
[B] professional
[C] creative
[D] secret.
正確答案：D
試題解析： D 從后一段可以推測出confidential的意思是“保密性的”，因此“secret”為接近。 第五部分：補(bǔ)全短文
Stars in Their Eyes
The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy, Macmillan, ￡20, ISBN 0333782933
Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know. For the first time in history, we have a pretty good idea of the material content of the Universe, our position within it and how the whole thing came into being.
In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock and assemble what we know in a palatable (受歡迎的) form. (46)__________
The essays in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos have been selected by David Levy, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which in 1994 struck Jupiter with the violence of several full-scale nuclear wars. (47) __________This is certainly a great collection of essays, but it is not, as the book promises, a seamless (完美的，無縫隙的) synthesis of our current knowledge.
Nobody can fault the range of articles Levy has included. There are essays on the planets, moons and assorted debris (碎片) in the Solar System, and on our Galaxy, the Milky Way. (48)__________
The contributors, too, are stars in their own fields. Not many books can boast chapters written by such giants as Erwin Schrodinger and Francis Crick. My personal favorites are a piercingly clear essay by Albert Einstein on general relativity and an article by Alan Guth and Paul Steinhardt on the inflationary (膨脹的) Universe.
So much for the book’s content. But Levy has not succeeded in providing an accurate synthesis of our current knowledge of the cosmos, which the book jacket promises. Gathering together previously published articles inevitably leaves subject gaps, missing explanations and so on. (49)__________ But there isn’t one. In fact, surprisingly for a book so densely packed with information, there is no index.
Collecting essays in this way is clearly a good publishing wheeze (巧妙的). But this approach shortchanges the public, who would be better served by an account molded into a seamless whole. (50) __________However, for the next edition, please, please can we have an index?
A Tegmark fears he may hold the record for the longest time taken to read one book.
B In a more positive vein, this is a wonderful collection of essays to dip in and out of if you already have a good overview (概述) of current cosmic understanding.
C Levy is an active astronomer and an accomplished writer, so you’d expect him to provide a broad and accurate picture of our current understanding of the cosmos.
D Scientific American has attempted to cater to this need by bringing together essays that have appeared in the magazine.
E To some extent, these could have been plugged with a glossary (詞表) of terms.
F Also included are contributions on the world of subatomic particles, the origin of life on Earth and the possibility of its existence elsewhere.
參考答案：
46. D47. C48. F49. E50. B 第六部分：完形填空
A Powerful Influence
There can be no doubt at all that the Internet has made a huge difference to our lives. Parents are worried that children spend too much time playing on the Internet, hardly (1) ______ doing anything else in their spare time. Naturally, parents are (2) ________ to find out why the Internet is so attractive, and they want to know if it can be (3) ________ to their children. Should parents worry if their children are spending that much time (4) ________ their computers?
Obviously; if children are bent over their computers for hours, (5) ________in some game, instead of doing their homework, then something is wrong. Parents and children could decide how much use the child should (6) ______ of the Internet, and the child should give his or her (7) ______ that it won’t interfere with homework. If the child is not (8) ______to this arrangement, the parent can take more drastic (9) ______ dealing with a child's use of the Internet is not much different from (10) ______ any other soft of bargain about behaviour.
Any parent who is (11) ______ alarmed about a child's behaviour should make an appointment to (12)______ the matter with a teacher. Spending time in front of the screen does not (13) ______ affect a child's performance at school. Even if a child is (14) ______ crazy about using the Internet，he or she is probably just (15) ______through a phase, and in a few months there will be something else to worry about!
詞匯：
drastic / 'dr猀琀椀欀 / adj.嚴(yán)厲的，極端的
phase / felz / n. 階段，時(shí)期
arrangement / ?'reind?m?nt / n. 安排
注釋：
1. ... make a huge difference ... :……造成巨大改變…
2. ... children are bent over their computers for hours ... : bend over: ……埋頭苦干，孩子們在電腦上花費(fèi)了數(shù)小時(shí)......
練習(xí)：
1. A) always B) rarely C) never D) ever
2. A) worried B) concerned C) curious D) hopeful
3. A) harming B) harmful C) hurting D) hurtful
4. A) staring at B) glancing at C) looking D) watching
5. A) supposed B) occupied C) interested D) absorbed
6. A) do B) have C) make D) create
7. A) word B) promise C) vow D) claim
8. A) holding B) sticking C) following D) accepting
9. A) rules B) procedures C) regulation D) steps
10. A) dealing B) negotiating C) having D) arranging
11. A) widely B) heavily C) seriously D) broadly
12. A) speak B) discuss C) talk D) debate
13. A) possibly B) necessarily C) probably D) consequently
14. A) absolutely B) more C) quite D) a lot
15. A) going B) passing C) travelling D) walking
答案與題解：
1. D 此句句意為"在他們的課余時(shí)間幾乎不做其他的事情"，其中 hardly ever 為固定搭配意 為"幾乎不"等同于 never。
2. C 考查固定搭配。其中A 選項(xiàng) be worried about 8th. 意為"對(duì)……表示憂慮";B 選項(xiàng) be concerned about 意為"對(duì)……感到擔(dān)心";D 選項(xiàng) hopeful 意為"有希望的"，與句意不符;而 C選項(xiàng) be curious to sth. 意為"對(duì)……表示好奇"，與句意一致。故選 C。
3. B harmful 泛指傷害，而 hurt 強(qiáng)調(diào)情感、精神的傷害，根據(jù)題意應(yīng)選民
4. A四個(gè)選項(xiàng)都表示看的意思，stare at 表示"盯著看" ，glance at 表示"瞟一眼" ，100k 泛指看，watch 有觀察之意。本句句意為"孩子們花了大量的時(shí)間盯著電腦看"，故選 A。
5. D 考查固定搭配。此句句意為"如果孩子在電腦主花費(fèi)了太長時(shí)間，如沉迷網(wǎng)絡(luò)游戲不是做功課。"A 選項(xiàng) suppose to ..意為"猜想” B 選項(xiàng) occupy on sth. 表示"專注于某事"，C 選項(xiàng) interest in 意為"對(duì)……感興趣"，而 D 選項(xiàng) be absorb in sth. 表示"沉浸在……"，與 句意相符。故選 D
6. C. 考查固定搭配 make use of sth. 表示"利用"。
7. A 考查固定搭配。此句意為"……并且孩子應(yīng)該保證這不會(huì)干預(yù)他的功課。"，A 選項(xiàng) word 意為"諾言";B 選項(xiàng) promise 意為"許諾，允許尸 ;C 選項(xiàng) vow 意為"發(fā)誓" ;' D 選項(xiàng) claim 意為 仔聲稱;斷言"，并且 give word to = promise 表示"許諾"，符合句意。故選 A。
8. A 此句句意為"如果孩子沒堅(jiān)守這個(gè)安排……"從句子的意思上'看這里有"堅(jiān)持"的意思， 所以應(yīng)該在 A 和 B 之間選擇，hold to表示"堅(jiān)持”，stick to 表示“堅(jiān)持（信念，理想）“ 選擇 A 。
9. D 固定搭配 take step to do sth. 意為"采取措施做某事"。
10. B 此句句意為"……這樣與協(xié)商任何關(guān)于這樣的行為的討價(jià)還價(jià)無異。"A 選項(xiàng) dealing 意 為"處理";D 選項(xiàng) arranging 意為"安排，排列";只有 B 選項(xiàng) negotiate 意為 談判，協(xié)商"，與句意相符。故選 B。
11. C 從句子的意思上看這里有"嚴(yán)重"之意，只有 C 表示此意。widely表示"廣泛地"，heavily 表示"沉重地" ，broadly 表示"廣泛地"。
12. B 從句子的意思上看這里有"討論"之意!，discuss sth. with sb. 表示"刷某人討論某事"debate sth. with sb 表示"和某人辯論某事"。
13. B 從句子的意思上看這里有"必要"之意，consequently 表示"結(jié)果是"。
14. A absolutely 表示"完全地"，根據(jù)句意，這里沒有比較的意思，所以排除 B ，quite 表示"相當(dāng)"，根據(jù)上下文選擇 A。
15. A 考查固定搭配。此句的句意為"…他也許僅僅是在度過個(gè)時(shí)期，幾個(gè)月以后還會(huì) 有其他事情去擔(dān)心。"B 選項(xiàng) passing 與 though 搭配意為"穿越"C 選項(xiàng) traveling 與 though搭配意為"經(jīng)過";D 選項(xiàng) walking 與 though 搭配意為"走過，草率地處理";而 A 選項(xiàng) go through 意為"度過"，與句意相符。故選 A 。